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Show GETHYN : l happen MARLOW. various LIFE IN INDIA. A QUEER DESTROYER This seems to be one of those year ' when an attack is being made upon the crops all along the line. The army J worm Is doing a lot of damage just at present, and is making Itself particu- - j larly obnoxious in Illinois, Indians, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri. This is sn lnaect native to North America. Nowhere else iff the world Is It particularIt Is a naked a'riped ly destructive. caterpillar, about au inch and a quar-t- i r long, and dark in color. In May and June these caterpillars sometimes make their appearance in immense numbers, devouring whedt, oats and other grains and grasses They climb up the seed stalks afid'Cnt'wff the heads. Jut now there is a plague of grasshoppers in Ohio and Michigan, where they are destroying tbe grain crps. The Hessian fly is doing an immense amount of damage at present in Michigan. This Insect destroys 40,000,000 bushels of wheat annually in this cound gnat, try. It Is a minute, somewhat resembling a mosquito. The larvae, which is a footless maggot, does the mischief, feeding on the juices of the plant. This fly is an Importation from Europe, and is believed to have been brought over in straw with the Hessian troops during the war of tbe revolution. Equally injurious Is the familiar chinch bug, which in 1874 deworth of wheat, voured $70,000,000 The corn and oats In seven states. chinch bug Is making much trouble just now throughout the western states. It lays its eggs on the roots of the infested plants, and the young grubs, as soon as they are hatched, insert their beaks Into the growing stalk and begin to suck the sap. The potato bug has recently made its Wtiatir In She IU-tar- a her hus- band seriously. a feat no person ever attempted without loss of He was such an er of oeprlsea; Mttc bttma-mtn"la Jjji paragraph true? she asked him midday when he had come home to recruit "Read it." he said, returning the paper. "Iant hold the baily thing atlll. "It says ktr. Austin Marlow is financing the Regent theater. "Yea. thats true. "You ne'er told me. "I didnt see the necessity. "Then, as Miss Brstnber is, I see, the reputed tenant of the Regent, you are financing Miss Bramber Well, why not Ho did nor happen to look at her when he spoke. "Under the circumstances, she saiiL-curtl"we will consider the financial , aspect. Can we afford It? What are the expenses? - Bleat If 1 know he replied Impatiently. "1 cant bother with figures. About sis or seven hundred a week. And how much are you losing? "how do you know Im losing anything.? "1 he paper says It is anjll-starrVentcre. "About two hundred a week I dare T self-estee- cal to-d- s f 1 "You have your remedy, madam-"No- , thanks. Miss Bramber. Reputa- IDAHO DEVIL THAT THEY CALL I A PEST. tions are made In divorce court yours. of no making Intention have Quite otherwise." Ua la Ealing I'p Ika Par Waalara Crar said Mits BramThen I defy you 0 Kilaa Von If Ion Hothar Him ber, snapping her fingers of Ha r Ha a Chlnaaa trickat persons Naturally. Oilier parasitic Hanatar. tba pugilhave given me similar trouble If ou (ir ists, touts, money-lendewestern farmto accept a month's salary and cancel er e waging s a solicitor your engagement, war against the Shall call with a check." devil- - This pgrtb Tm not b Idiot, madam'' J ular devil has no that concludes my business horns or laH, But with you. Kindly ring for your serthe havoc he vant. Mrs Marlow was so gratified with the malting with the shows he result of her business that, immediately crop doesn't need them ifter lunch, she returned to Berkshire and her husband. He had braced up One of the mori and cutious features of wonderfully since the previous day. converthey kept up a this devil U that he is one of that gensation all through dinner, much to the us that most people have been taught secret surprise of both luck the cricket. The they brings good "By the way. she said, when Harfarmers call him the Idaho devil. So is had reached the sweet, "who serious are the attacks he is making ry?" that the govOld upon the growing crops he Which Harry? ernment has sent an expert out west Harry Is the. devil. to study him and see what can be dene I mean the Harry who breakfasts in the lino of extermination. Tba westwith Miss Bram- ern in a dressing-gowpeople have another name for him, ber ' which shows what a pest they too, He glanced at her k- - nly. him. They call him the Chiconsider T don't mean both In one dressing-gownese cricket. and you know," she explained, These crickets live in holed In the hes not old at least, nut aged, break- sand and are carnivorous of habit anvone How do you know he asked They have enormous heads and their fasts with Mica Bramber Jaws are so powerful that they are quickly. easily able to bite through an ordinary I called there glove. Cannibals they are, and other Where?" , Insects nearly related to them are their "At her house." busi-neifavorite prey. The Mexicans, Into own T told you to mind your Gethyn. "And I obi yed, Austin You referred me to Miss Hiamber, if you remember." You hae an abnormal faculty for " interfering with other people's affair Only wi'h Irrational affairs. Aus'ln. Some one must kep you clear of thu bankruptcy court lie got very angry and very red. 't never van and never will be tied to a Woman's apron atrlngt' he said. Wily. on haven't told me who is Harry," she repaid, quietly. " Tlow the devil should I know?" "Because, ''ohar, you finance Miss B.amler's vanity." "And have to tolerate your meddling." he retorted. "At a rough guess, Austin, 1 should any h plays the good young man at she wattl, pteparing to 5 our tlunier, to. "Hi-- i name is Henry Something-or-o.he- r on the bills. Is it not? lie Is a animal. sturdy, She timed her exit Judiciously to the lust word. "1 think that leaven will work better with appropriate pianoforte accompani-mruVsh- e said on her way to the drawing-- seriously. know why; I on grounds" MARLOW iETHYN to object, 1 madn ENGLISH Dioatrg d 13 CALLED A ThtrtcaU Plot? of Mn mag jU Ptrndtof Air Lax or? kritbii At 1Ub4 for Ever? Tut ISSY Sahib, chota hazri tayar bai (breakfast is ready), nd "the daughter, vho has just come hose out --fret to Jem faiheror mother in the far east realizes that at last the Jong sea voyage and are amount of other work to be done. She will win the heartfelt gratitude of the chaplains wife by interesting herself In the Sunday school for eoldtejr chl-dre- n and visiting their mother In the regimental line. Then, again, if she take the trouble to study the language carefully and earn more than the few sentences requtred for ordering servants it opens up a world of interest too Hidden little known to Europeans awmy behind the purdah in house of o native are women whose lives aro spent inclosed between four wjlls and they gladly welcome anyone who will devote a little of her time to visiting them and taking an interest In their'affars, amUtire daughter wtil find the gratitude of her Indian sister well worth the sacrifice of an occasional tiffin party or picnic. well-to-d- i land journey A WONDERFUL WEDDING. over and her first day In India had really begun, says Ti Tboai4 Coaplei Were Inltfil In Madame. Marriage at On Tim. The l.xrgeet and most remarkable A dusky, white-robeayah has brought a tray with tea. toast and fruit wedding since the world began took to the bedside and pulled up the white place at Suaa. When the great Alexnet curtains that protect the sleeper ander had conquered Persia, wishing to from the bloodthirsty mosquito and unite ictors and vanquished by the uuw waits to assist at her mistre ss strongest ties possible, he decreed a Now, guess how toilet. It is 6 o'clock and time to be- wedd.ing festival. he ordered to he married. many people gin the day. Unueed to the services of You could never do it. Well, Alexander a maid at home, the girl experiences a himself was to marry Statlra, the sense of luxury In having her stockdaughter of Darius. 100 of his chief offings put on for her even though one is icers were to be united to ladies from sure to be Inside out. She also begins the noblest Persian and Median famito realize a sense of her own impor- lies, and 10,000 of his Greek soldiers tance, for in India he Is distinctly a were to marry 10,01)0 Asiatic women personage, and women are probably 22 202 people were married at once. I dont see how they managed to at a higher premium there than in any other civilized country. The arrival of get up a feast for so many, but they did, a new spin (as the unmarried girl Is and for a vast multitude of guests belay. colloquially termed) is the cause of sides. They had the most splendid ar"Ten thousand a year! Undoubtedly much excitement In an Indian station, rangements. On a plain near the city we emt afford it. The whole Income and everybody is on the alert to see a v.i:,t pavilion was erected on pillars doesnt total eighteen thousand a year. What are you paying Miss Bramber? the latest addition to feminine society. sixty feet high. It was hung and with the richest tissues, while "A hundred The day usually bfgin with a visit snicad the gold and precious stones ornaA week? she excla'mcd. Intrroga to the badminton courts and there the mented It v. ould have made your eyes lively. girl will run the gauntlet of criticism blink "Yes. a from large portion of her neighbors, "1 should consider M..ss Brambet Adjoining this building were 100 go g for it is a favorite meeting place. The ousehamb'r, for thelOO bridegroom, rather an expensive luxury. What did ladles eagerly scan every- detail of her while for ihe aho cam as a phntogi apher'a model be-- remaining 10,000 an outer drees; being fresh from home she con . t was inclosed and hung with costly fore yot! made her into a star actress must, of course, have the newest fash- tapio'iy, and tables were spread outYou'd better ask her " ions, and laer on they will ask foi side for ihe multitude, a separate seat it. Are about think I'll "Thanks. blouse, etc., as patterns. There are v.as as.iigncd each pair, and all were aryou too shaky to ride? I'm going io pu e also plenty of candidates of the oppo- rang'd in a on cither hand a now horse at the tow fencej this site sex eager to teach her badminton o' ihe royal throne. Each bridegroom morairg." 1 couldnt sit a dray licrse. end everyones racket is at her dis- hail received a golden vessel for his 1 Then 1 must hu.'c you Be good " posal. At 9 oclock it is too hat for ation, and when the last of these had She returned, however. In a fcw-ni'further play and they drive home foi la on announced by trumpets to the Sites. bath and breakfast. The bath, with multitudes without, the brides entered 'T'ye changed my m!nd." the auid its water cooled in large earthenware the banquet hall and took their places. The horse shall have a rest, I'm so And now don't you think each brideis delightfully refreshing and the jars, Ing up to town till toniono. I want tin mug wherewith to bale it over one's groom stood up separately and vowed: to see how we stand at the bauk and With this ring I now thee wed," and person is a distinct novelty. Breakfast to In'ervlew the lawyers. Ycu wont is a meal of many courses, comwnc!ng so cn. No. the ceremony was very simdrive me down to the station, I supwith porridge and ending with fruit. ple; the king gave his hand to Statira pose? After breakfast the housekeeping has and kisted her as his wife, and the "No, thanks." to be seen To and this seems an easy c;'..er Lridegrooms followed his examCinclan.-t- i "Very well. Anything I can do for Tribune. matter to the girl accustomed to that ple. you?-fiha- !l I elm the theater?" duty at home, for It simply consists of "Mind your own buiurs, Getjiyq." room. Major fthlrt, of ('nane, Next morning she breakfasted early giving orders to the numerous servants Til try. Austin. Good morning. Famous old Gov. Henry A. Wise, of and dealing out the tinned "Europe With that Intention she railed a and got to work on accounts In the stores. Then there are flowers to be Vlrgnia, was directly or indirectly the Miss Bramber about noon the next day, library before her husband came down source of a good story. Here Is snd.wlth some amaxement, found the She could see he had been writing there arranged and at 12 oclock callers be- one that Imany do not think has found its so was the at breakfast. lady gin to arrive. The servant in the veprevious night everything One day at a political "1 would have called later had I untidy. Nevertheless, she was surranda Inquires if the mem sahib be v?y into print: he was approached by a well-dr- e known your breakfast hour." she evlil. prised almost into Joyfully clapping at home" and bring up a pile of gathcrlrg 3sed v.ho shook hands individual, beI eat when she subsequently her hands "That doesn't matter; nevpr card on a salver. Carriage follows wairnly with him. The governor was a fore lunch. This Is Harrys founda- - turned up a sheet of foolscap and read in carriage quick succession, for every- bit bothered, and confessed he could the large, sprawling lines thereon. A body in the station is anxious to make not recall the handshaker's name. V.flyw.' .o y she "Evidently tried how it looked, r-the new arrival's acquaintance. Only "Why, you must remember me, govsaid; then hesitated bout sending it. the governors wife and the generals ernor, said the latter, Im from RichIt would be a pity if he changed hla do not come, for It will be the girl's mond. I made jour shirts. mlml. He must have another dose of duty to leave cards upon these impor"Why, of course, said the governor, b.ttcra at once," she concluded, turning tant personage. The bachelors of the with all a politician's tact. GentletLe foolscap face downward again and station arrive In group of twos and men, this is my very excellent neighcovering It with other paper. threes, thereby lending each other their bor, Maj. Shirts. Washington Post. Leaving the accounts, Bhe went in moral support should they feel nervous, search of her husband, and eventually but they are all eager to meet and conTo Fry TomttOM. found him In the stable yard. verse on current topics with the spin. Put three ounces of butter in the fryWhere are you going, Austin?" she They Inquire whether she dances or Is ing pan. Slice six large, smooth toasked. fond of riding, and if the answer be matoes into three slices each, and dip "To the devil! he replied surlily. affirmative beg for a place on her card In floor. Then sprinkle with pepper. TU go with you, dear, she said. DONT BE PERSONAL." at the first ball and put their ponies at Put the slices into this pan when the Walt till I get Into my habit." not mine," said Miss Bram"1 cant wait, he growled. her disposal. Ry 2 oclock tiffin, a rep- butter is hot, and fry until tender and ber, smiling at her of breakfast, is ready, and after brown. Remove from the pan with a I etition take wouldn't the Tm joursorry. - "I did not send my name up because this meal people retire to their rooms cake turner, or with a broad-blade- d ney on that raw beast, though, Austin. tny business la quite private," said Mrs. He'll shy at a gooseberry buBh." to read and a siesta is generally In- knife, to & hot dish. Mix one teaspoonMarlow. ful of flour with two tablespoonfuis of own "Could mind you possibly your dulged in. THE IDAHO DEVIL. "Youd better hurry up, Han-y-, bntterrbrown In the pan and add one business ft he sneered. tea After out. everybody goes They pint of milk or cream. Stir until It there's stood boy1 said Mlijs Bramber. "I really try, Austin." drive to the band-stanwhere the regi- boils, season and "All right. Ive finished," said Harry, pour over the toHe set his horse at a gallop acfosx whose country they range, believs that way into South Carolina, Alabama and mental band plays; there Is lawn ten- matoes. Serve while "ao Ill be off. Hiw long will you be? the their "nip is death. But this is a mi- Mississippi, where It is causing no lit- nis very hot. Kanpark. for the energetic, or garden parties sas City Times. "Not long, dear." "That Vast wont Jump the fences'" stake, doubtlssa arising In part tnm tle alarm. In the northern states, howMy name la Marlow," aald Gethyn, she shouted. their fierce aspect. Still It is had ever, It Is not so abundant as formerly, at the club or messhouse. and the new will be struck by the when Harry hid gone; "Mrs. Austin "Then I'll make him! .he shouted enough to have a pest that not oaly perhaps owing to the persistent use of arrival Th fflnril'l Kpueh. Marlow." air of luxury Servants are in eats everything within Its reach, hut paris green. That remedy practically back. Mr. Edison has only once tried to Miss Bramber screwed up her mouth constant attendance, the carriages are make a speech. It was before a 'Tm afraid hes gotng to save me a will also take a blte out of your finjer controls It. girls and almost whistled. filled with comfortable cushions and or legs If you bother him. deal of Gethyn. great seminary, where he had agreed to lectrouble," thought "O! aha aald. "Anything wrong a email tennis dark The Idaho devil is a powerful mIm every player has Xavntii of America. He got no further on the meditated ture on electricity. He had engaged a with Marlow T maker, but he has no voice His atked newness of American life was boy at his elbow ready to hand him friend named Ada.ma fracThe a of Journey, however,than the couple "Nothing unusually wrong with my tured Is produced by rubbing his wiag Illustrated recently at Minneapolis, balls. At 8 oclock dinner takes place while he talked; but when ribs, a fractured elbow, and slight chirp apparatus husband, thank you, In He a replied Mis. eenousion hole lives with Btlle when 7,000 school children, In relays of and when there are no dances or eventogether. of the brain. the wizard arose before his audience, Marlow, coldly and politely, "But galleries underground, and in front of a thousand, hauled the first house ever ing entertainments everyone goes to he felt so dazed that he . "He'll lie all right In two months, 1 simply said; not social a woman a call. Im this his bouse he builds a small platform, built In Minneapolis through the street bed early. said the doctor. , "Ladles, Mr. Adams will now address of. business. My husband Is what you his throws he on which refuse. All In the meantime, I suppose I mu t Certainly the daughter In India has a you on electricity, and I will demonof the town to the Bite that had been call your backer, is he not? day and all n'ght he sits at the en- arranged for It in Minnehaha Park. really good time. Invitations to dances, strate what his said manage Gethyn, affairs," he has to say wit'.i the ap-- p la the "Marlow financing Regent spee, trant e to his home and performs eper-at- The house was built, says Harpeis dinners and entertainments come rapvratns. SaiuFfaBCisco Argonaut. going to the library. his wings. be with Why? selections years ago, and not idly for acceptance and if she can sing Weekly, forty-seve- n During the evening a solicitors clerk mal and the female live "The result does not Justify the exapart, eieh but its builder is or act she will be In great demand. survived, of foolscap, written upon j a it has sheet posted only saw the I performance last In penditure, in its own hous,e. Squabbles are fr. as well as his wife, who Everywhere the preponderance of men call too, on the lines, great living, sprawling Aa Expert. night." quent, and they fight so fiercely ith came from New York to live In it. He board at the Regent Theater strikes her and they yle with each other Misa Bramber sneered slightly. I understand that Boarder First their hind legs and powerful H. a veteran of John Stevens, Col. in providing her with amusements. At the "Marlow is satisfied," the aald; with serrated teeth, that tbe la armed Is to take a trip to the landlady born In the raCeiTand shooting matches they : war, who : Notice. that's everything." combatants frequently suffer the Bost the Mexican Second Boarder West. Is that so? 1849 for the in : Minnesota : to went on The season will terminate 1S20, a3k her to nominate" them, when, if If the train would A a speculation, an Not quite. dreadful mutilation. They never go : at : stop long not MARLOW. AUSTIN a hie lungs, and, finding Saturday, Australian aborigine wouldnt touch it. her nominee wins, she will receive the stations Bhe could give theenough more than an Inch or two away from good of - : : "Messrs, Jackthorn him in the suited railway Jackof and that village claim As a performance prize. The constant balls and dances burrow, whichthey defend )th some great points. 7 thorn, ' Solicitors." : their SL Paul, went up the river and staked are rendered gay by Innumerable uni- restaurant people Don't be personal! Interjected Miss the utmost ferocity. Puck. at on $t. Anthonys Falls, were the only crickets te b out a farm Bramber. men these If of and the large proportion la now the center of a city forms, And Mies Bramber, when she read it, It la a personal matter. What did said ' makes that hardy perennial, the wallfought against in the northwest, the land that ! In 200,000 Town. its of Inhabitants, brags which In IlHm. you ears aa a photographer's model, people of that region would be flower, an impossibility, and every girl and hopes to have a million more. Col. with the faintest idles Bramber?" My ffear," said Mr. Simple to his of happy. has Idea Unfortunately, dancing tpre Miiage4 to Gtt Aloft f. is a tribe of Insects, nearly allied to Stevens has been a leading man In her card filled to the twentieth extra. wife, "I dreameiTlast night that I was Lrss than you would earn as a model What do you and your friends do for the "devils" already described, Minneapolis ever since he started the In heaven looking for Vou. of impertinence." replied Mis Bramuc& scorchBefore the hot season, with Its And did you find me, dear? ber angrily. "My contract doesnt stip- digues? asked the old maid of the have a migratory propensity, fj,ey town and apparently has not failed to ing winds, makes an exodus to the hills legitimate advantages as ulate for your impudent catechism, ma- tramp who aa Just leaving her hack start on a Journey through a cotatry gain suchaccrue No. They told me you were at the had several prohave to a pioneer, who sea general, she wjfl door with both hands full of a bountilike the locusts of old, appearing ought to dam." Detroit Free Press. , position of bargain counter." her to with farm discretion bad exchange posals and in such enormous numbers that lects his PKeep ' to business, please, Misa ful supply of cold food that she for of wife, though daughter for that n measures taken against thea are abides by hla choice. Bramber. My husband recommended given him. Down Dat. spine" on their first season are plentime to ask the question. However, at Well, mum," replied the tramp, po or the slightest avail. No obsacle "Diggs seems to he doing a rushing ful. those In their second are rarer, and 14 Hla Can. the most generous computation, your litely, "we get alongwlthout plates. stops them. Their armies destroy Yes; he has hired a lot of those in their third are hardly to be business." service-valu- e aa an actress can scarcely you know, because Its work to wash every thing before them leaving b)Dd "Beauty is only skin deep," said the me withfa running a painless indeaf and mutes a la des?ru 80 them 20 a thriving Marriage a week. The surplus exceed only brown em; hut each ot n ha a big knife and sebra, with an attempt to liven up the Puck. are etltutlon In India, in spite of thejran- - barber shop. must iherefore, I presume, be consid- we generally use one of the forks of i 1 army ericbq. of the menagerie. Just now they are making thenadyes gloom ered a gift, and the weekly losa a sacri- the road.Somervllle Journal. "I know," replied the rhinoceros, ishlng rupee, a terror. Indrr ordinary circnmj;,jce Mo Mood (or Harry. fice to your vanity. We cant afford It" "but think what Although the life of a girl In Ihdia la trying to be cheerful, r . lit, they are vegetable feeder, Collector "Marlow can" This account must be setand of case." London round Mail In means pleasures a my frequently that i ' ' .' ffeiflib. straits they become carnivorous, "Mr. Marlow wont not be so, and though tled, Mr. Shorts. It has been running eed tie it else, I - "He She.,,1CVhat a dyeadful crowd. farmers In regions Infested by ' will." long time." "Well, let it stand there be not much in houeekeeplng to tsh I had stayed at home." Ha t , dig ditches Into which they tumu Mrs. Marlow moved her bead imps When yon borrow trouble you give vast awhile." Truth. i. la there a energies, her occupy Truth. aa oollater&L Ufe. numbers. 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