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Show LOVE IS MASTER. 1 waft tbs wbitantM of my soul Across tho skin to tbixi. Awl prey that heaven's awaot control May lwep thy loro for ma. kaow that not la all tka world, Nor yet in all lha or a thought unfurled, la Can bring to thee lurprhta. aentlent band I know that in thy Our destinies are aura; distant land flat ia earh near and Thy government ia pura. X kaow that in thy sentient breath Our aoula do breathe aa free An love ia maater over death; So keep thy love for me. W. Q Thorns. X ski, A COWBOY , Joa Burkskln, as may be Interred from bis name, waa a son of the plains. The greater part of his life had been spent on a ranch In Texas, and he was familiar with the duties of a cowboy, lining un expert and daring horseinun, he possessed admirable qualifleations Kudo health hiul for a coachmun. boun acquired during hi free, open-ai- r life, and strength and agility were well combined in his large and symmetrical form. Ho had a strong and pleasing fin-but be was not handsome. Quite noticeable was hi careless western gait which showed that he waa unfamiliar with the podtntrianlsm of groat cities. During the month that Miss was absent from home, Ituekskin became proficient in his new duties, and learned much concerning the toio-grapMrs. Valopixil, of the whose life of indolence and indulgence in high living had given her a puffy appearance and rendered her unwicld-loften ordered tho carriage In the afternoon and took a drive up and down the avenues, and occasionally in Central Park. Buckskin was thus afforded good opimrtiinities for seeing Ihn beautiful and fashionable young ludics of the city; but none of them msesed tho air of regal superiority which distinguished Miss VuloppoL Buckskin eagerly awaited the re turn of the daughter of the household, and speculate much as to whether she would ever toko any notice of hlin. When sho did come buck, lie was more than over impressed by the cold distance of her manners. She Hcareoly Sho ever deigned to look ut him. spolco to lil in only when it was necessary, anil then uttered courteous deYal-opp- COACHMAN. Mr. Valoppul, the preeldont of the Celestial Ineuranoe Company, aat in hi handMiiuoly furnished office on Broadway. He 'U one of the large-ize- d and diKlinguishod looking busl-an- a men of New York. Although fifty-fiv- e yearn old. an age at which a man living in the country ha become some-whcarulea at to hi personal he wa dressed in the height of faahion. lli hair and mount ache were white, hi feature were clear cut anil haughty, hi Insuring wa arisat tocratic The office boy 0ened a door, and a young man in rough garb wa ushered into the august presence. Tho newcomer made aniqiectful obeisance. and - tuud in humliln altitude, awaiting the jilciutiire of the great inun. The letter of recommendation is i hove decided to give catisfactory. you a trial. You must first ho suitably clothed, and I herewith give you un order on A. H. King ifc Co., for a hand-enm- e eonelmmn' outfit, (loud morn- el y, mands in firm hut mellow tones, that In ills mind long after the sound hiul died on his cars. For two lingered that of Romeo when he gazed at Juliet in the window. Women admire downright boldness teiuiiaed with the dueMMt respect. Tlio haughty Miss Valoppul bowed her head toward her cuuquuror and received an exquisite kiss. The next moment him excluiined: What have I done! How can I marry a coachman! Father will never forgive me!'' But quickly told hor something which restored her courage, and caused her cheeks to glow with happiBui-kski- ness. They returned to Miss Vsloppel's stately home, and entered it hand in hand. In the arlor they encountered Mr. Valoppul and Count PoccopuccL They glared at tho couple. What do you mean ly entering this parlor on the arm of that coachman?" shouted the aristocratic father in tones of thunder. It means thut your duughtcr has promised to lmconic my wife. It shall not bo. Sho shall not marry an ignorant ronrlraiun. I am not an ignorant coiiobiunn. I am the son of a gentleman who owns thousand of cuttle in Texas, and whoso wraith surpasses even yours. 1 was educated at Harvard college, and my only disadvantage is that I have never mingled much in cultivated society. I fell in love with your daughter the first timo I saw her, and concluded that the best way to secure a prize so difficult to obtain w;i to become tiie family coachman, because nowaday a smart couch niun, next to an Italian count, is the most successful suitor for tho liund of a rich girl." Mr. VulopjH'1 was ut first liewilderoil by what lie had heard; but recovering hlinsclf, lip cried: You impudent scounilrvl. I do not believe a wool you have said. Ho has told tho truth, us I enn prove to your full satisfaction, said a calm voice, Mr. Dunstiin. a member of a Wall street firm, whom Buckskin had summoned liy telephone before Miss Valoppel and he entered tho mansion, had come into tho room unperceived by the irate parent; and it was he who had simken. Mr. Dunstan's firm hud written the letter of recommendation thut had enabled Buckskin to become Mr. coachman. Mr. Dunstan held in his hand papers which substantiated all that Buckskin had just said. As for this man, snid Mr. painting to tho Italian. I cin produce the proof that ho is a consummate villain. He lias been seeking to marry your daughter, although ho has a wife living in Italy. Count Foccopucd turned deadly pale and hastily made his exit from tho house. A month later Miss Valoppel nal Edward Livingstone, alias Joe Buckskin. were married- - and went to tho elder Llvlngtonas rantdi in Texas to spend their honeymoon. months her manner toward him was nneliungi-dAt tlic end of that timo tin noticed Hint she would occasionally look at him in a covert wny, when she thought she waa unobserved, and that to him, and departi-d- . appeared to lie concealing consider'i'en liours later tho suit was com- site able curiosity concerning him. Finalpleted, and at tho end of fourteen ly to his immenso surprise and mortinoro hours tlic young man, wearing sho departed from her rulo to the showy clothes, sat on the coach- fication, commands alone, and abruitly utter lino stood man's lox of a equipage that before a brown stimo front on Fifth said: "Mr. Buckskin, why do you not There are winter mornings ho eold overcome your horrid Western gait, walk like city people? The coachthat Mirsona in tlus 0cn air bend their anil tonnsand contract their slzo, and them man of a family like ours should have re other mornings when the air, keen a cultivated walk.'1 I I beg pardon. Miss Valoppel," but not cutting, arouses all of tho poor Buckskin stammered; 'Til try to artivily . of vigorous hutnun beings, improve; indeed I will. causing them to expand their chests, Buckskin sought out a fashionable arm become and their larger awing nil more poworful tliun when they are dancing muster, who taught him how in an Indolent mood. It waa a morn- to walks, properly. Ho bought a large placed it in hie room, ing of the letter kind and the avenue looking-glasand spent an hour in every evening choorful The a appearance. presented it before until he had comwalking walked but in sunshine, pedestrians ibreathed a cool, dry air that guve them pletely overcome his defects. Mine Valoppel noticed the great imerst- - The sleek black horses attached to the equipage wore full of mottle and provement in the coachman'a gnlt and champed thoir bits and rattled tholr rulaxed her haughtiness sufficiently to how him that she was pleased. harnesses. When Spring arrived. Miss Valoppol .The duor uf the brown-ston- e front wan opened by a colored servant con- expressed a ilcslre to ride on horseback, cealed from view, but it seemed as if and having learned that Buckskin hud waa a fine rider, It sprung buck at a nod from the been a cowboy toand Queer Menas) leant Isilirw take lessons of him preferred A novel sentence has been pronounced splendid lining that was revealed, her she an instructor of the .queenly bearing conveying the Im- rather than from by a justice at Huntington, in this Cent ml Park. Accordingly state. at academy all the oven that A wife had kissed another things, pression often rode together in the park husband hud chastised her inanimate, must yield to her wishes they soon her man;" became well acquainted. I'he with and render hor homage. A more and corporal punishment, and Justice and haughty manliness, the good sense and the Kelly, supplying the third act in a trlklngly handsome evinced and dexterity power drama unhappily played with too much young lady than she was it would bo physical by Buckskin favorably impressed Miss frequency in all our courts, gave a verdifficult to imagine. slnppel, who admired heroes and dict that tiie wife retire to her usrnl The brisk and cheerful spirit of tbe dudes. She also discovered morning communicated itself to her, dcspinod place of abode, and lock the doors bo he drawing her tall and graceful form that ho waa singularly well informed that no strangers can be admitted tr conand that to Its full height with glad vigor, and for a man in his station, a period of six days; that the husbaid with elastic tread descending broad versation with him was both instructive for the same longth of time board with tone steps to tho aidewalk. A smile and agreeable. On the other hand. his next-doo- r neighbor and sleep in tie waa delighted to find that and that each party pay half tka burn, played on hor proud and glowing Buckskin features, but It waa for herself alone; Miss Valoppel had an affectionate costa and stand committed until tip admirable qualities, in sentence ia Of tin It was a tribute to her consciousness heart ofandhormany complied with. reserve. Now that the Ice that sho was the chief attraction of the spite efficacy of such an original judgmeit ahe him been.brokcn. last at had gave winter scene. there cannot be much doubt, alihougi As slio approached tlio carriage her friendship and treated him with a a question might be raised on the where the obsequious footman stood respect which, In view of their previground of its being cruel aid soemod incredible. unusual punishment at least fur tie weedy to aid her, tho heart of the new ous relatione, But there came a disagreeable next-doo- r coachman boat rapidly; for, strange as neighbor. I'he usual It may soem, there is often an unac- rhango. Count Poccopucel of Italy for however, La countable fascination in that which we arrived In New York, and received a so clearly inadequate that, in tbe 4 cannot wholly approve or like. Her warm welcome from Mr. Valoppel, senoe of a whipping-pos- t, the result if rdTisdalnfiil exclusiveness, tho seeming who beiioved that ho could now obtain the new departure in dealing with ll s linareewaibiiity of her personality to the tho long desired litlod despicable rrlmo deserves caret! friendly and respectful advances of com-- i Tho count waa an inferior looking watching. Philadelphia Record. mem mortal. ap;auvntly separated her mortal. Ho had an evil eye and sui from all ordinary influences. There percilious manners, but he found favor Tka IVw In the Future with Miss Valoppel. Buckskin bocamo waa a mystery in her iniUviduallty. news item of the future W.l The waa now for ho feel Could her proud very melancholy, Could she deeply? like the foliowi read something with tho proud beauty. fhniwt be touched and he subdued by deeply in love As Farmer Smith was deliverim a Meanwhile Count Poecopucci, inThe power of love? naked stead of the ooachman. accompanied hula of hay at the treasury buildi Cu it be that the coachman t for even a rom-w- n Miss Valoppol when sho rode on horae- - and while waiting to have the govqit-menthese questions? Yes; tint his hones affixed, In stamp Central coachman cun indulge in romantic hack park. Buckskin, v howevrewaw her nearly every day, fright at the limited express on peculation. Tlte footman directed tho coachman and ha noticed after awhile that sho Washington and San Francisco Lino. They dashed down to drive to the Grand Central Depot. seemed very sad and that the rich ship and, turning the corner at avenue, was from her checks. bloom fading 'The carrlago was an open one, and on station of the Washington One morning sho asked him to the wiy the driver ventured to look him twice In a quick and eau-lio-ii ride with her in tho park. ITor mood Chicago Pneumatic Tube Rapid Trui up with a dn itanner. lie saw the fair maiden, was melancholy and she did not speak sit Company, thebrought window of t! celluloid thud timo. some to against him for retting like a daughter of the gods, with Potomac Artificial Egg Company, said she deeply, nlmut blushing robe drawn her, Finally, magnificent the crush and general confusion Farm but ahe did not notice hint. Ho felt ith timidity: Smith's head and two of his limbs we I Buckskin. nro Mr. believe a you him ,ihat she must regard merely as severed from bis body, but he w I conwish to and of friend mine, nu man machine thut was unworthy of true Edison lie Tier consideration. At tlio station her sult you with regard to an important promptly removed to the pital, and after tho electrical bnn Indifference was manlnincd, and, a no mutter." Miss Valoppel. I am at your ser- welding operation was performed eompanied by the footman she entered vice. My life Is at your service, if was able to drive homo and keep t, the new tho ladles waiting-roowith the man who ho having rorovered bis customary nceessary. was the reply, in tones appointment on his farm." Wasbir the earnestness. mortgage of himself found deep wondering equanimity, ton Host. nnd him blushed a Sho gave bonnet and again bow much her brilliant handsome sealskin cloak must have most grateful look. I have promised father," she said, Whs kiswit ciwt, and estimating how large must be that I will marry Count Poecopiiccl; lie w the income of a man who could afford Arabian proverb says: An but I few ho is not a good man and knows not, and knows not he kno :to marry hor. The name of the young lady was that I have made a mistake. not, i a fool: shun him. Ho w Her companion felt a thrill of an- ; knows not and knows he knows not, Julia Valoppel, she being tho only daughter of tho proud president of the guish, but ho manfully recovered him- simple: teach him. He who knn scir. Celestial Insurance comjiany. She and knows not ho knows, ia aslci You lmvo iruulo a mistake, lie is him in character, anil sho wake him. lie who knows, andkmr 1 it. can He a scoundrel, and prove witisfled him in every particular. ho knows, is wise: follow him." Miss Valoppel was net offended. ardently desired that she should marry Whnt snail I do?' she cried. d a title, lie had divided that her Klie Wa Talkative, Her proud spirit was broken, and must bo an English duko or an Oh. John!" said Mrs. Smith, ti site opiK'iiled to tho young niun ns if ; Italian count or a tier mini baron, and tua ha cut her thumb dro she shared hla wishes. The foregoing ho alone could protect and advise her. fully, anthe doctor suyj there' ai was tho and me." Juo fully Ituekskin, startling were ascertained Marry by (nets gor of lockjaw. tbe coachman, a he conversed with swer. He needn't bo afraid of that Buckskin leaped from Ills horse and the footman, after tho latter had Sh Smith, sarcastically. mls-- . taking her hand tenderly in his, lookfor his ticket a plied young purchased a chance to luc her ardor with never her to into ed jaw eyes ehockod to givo her lhiston, equal trunk and truss, ing. tho Thus summarily dismissed, young mnn lightened his grasp on the letter that Mr. Vulnppel had handed . well-kno- l's Dun-ma- n. twUver-mounto- d - nt wife-boatin- son-in-la- 3 up-to- to-hi- - 1 ser-wan- -- , rSkra A HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL. THE OLDEST CHURCH. BEAUTY OP FORM. Hath Mai It Was Hullt Years Ha fora Wuhtaf-tuWas Itora. A JOURNEY IN THE ANDES TO ANCIENT CUZCO. About 200 miles south of the city of Beauty of tho human form is y IV ashington, and a few miles south of the exactly whut it wa in ancient (Ireor; mouth of the James river, in tlieancient Cue Is tka Aoeiaat Capital af tin it is the same through all tho centurilaeas, aa the Trip Thlihar is of Isle of Wight, in tho state ol charit to we blind are county however es, arrouadvd With stork stands the bull erectoldest acteristic through ignorance. The Virginia, ding Wild Cattta. ernsu of age i a true verdict, and ed on this continent by English-speakin- g tiecoine safe model classic form poople.suysthe Washington Star. It It would be a pity for the sojourner Brock sculpture was wrought when is a church built entirely of brick and the body received it highest cultiva- called St. Luke's and Old Smith-fiel- d in tills part of Peru to miss seeing Church, while it historic name Cuzco, the ancientVapltal of tbe Incus, tion. and wa so beautiful a to be writes Fannie B. Ward, in a letter is The Brick Oiureh. called divine. For 200 years the house of worship from Ariquipa to the Philadelphia This sculpture should be carefully Record. There are no hotel along and continuously studied, as well as from time to time of the six generathat sleep around it under the the route, and one must depend upon pictures of good nude figures. They tions are to be made familiar, that one may fine grove of oaks, sycamores, walnuts private hoapltality. which is freely d cedars, it resound with no voice accorded to those who bring letters learn why they are good, why they deo. Every villag&Ju Most praise or prayer, it having been recommendation. serve admiration. people fancy uluindoucd in the year lKfiti a a its tamlio. however, similar to the inns they admire these classic models, hut cliui-i-h- , on account of most of the of Egypt in Mary'a time. it must he in imagination only, else The first day is by far the hardest uu'tiihero to having died or moved from sliould themselves allow why they of the entire trip, as much because one the and parish. of form, exemplify false standards This venerable church waa built in is not yet used to it as because the road n positively distort their own the year 1632, 100 years before Wash- Is incomparably worse; and at all bodies? ington was born, andouly twelve years hazards one must reach Aguas Calient standards for the Searching highest after the landing of the pilgrims at before night-fal- l. of human form, wo discover that manTo the right of a lofty, snow-cla- d The antiquity of the ly beauty and womanly brauty differ Plymouth Rock. mountain one follows for some miles" It is agreed that the typo chiin-- is proven liy two deeply-marke- d essentially. date liricks thut cuine down with the and finally fords a small Water-coursof manly proportions Includes a comrust wall in the year 1XM7, when the which seems to rise in one of the hot paratively large head, wide shoulder, springs so numerous in that locality, mthcr square, a torso tailoring to a original top fell in. The church was erected under the und which Peruvians regard as (he nintracti-while the whole may of Caption Joseph mother spring of the great Amazonas lie 71 beads iu bight, or an ndditiona1 superinteiuloncy uf affairs lathe shire river system. a Bridges, of d added to tile longth the The little stream which here takef finlegs, giving u particularly elegant fig- of Isle of Wight ut that time, and tiie name of the near-b- y mountain 14 ished lifter that substantial fashion Inure. Oil tho other hand, line proportions tended to lust for ages, so that . day known a the Chalca further on, an (I fur a woman are u small head, should- the massive wnilsaro as sir mg as wlien afterward as the Urabamba. Man. miles farther northward, having gaim ers rather sloping uml narrow, tin first put up. Thu church having been iibniiilnin-i- l much strength and volume, it joins tl torso full nnd widest at the hips; while tlic front line from the sternum over as a house of worship in ISliti. in llm Rio Tnmbn, und their united wutr tiie niidiiincii sliould show first a gen- year lXN.i the Rev. David Harr, then form the famous UeagelL the largi rector of the church at Mmithvillc, Va., of Peru's tributaries to tho Amazm tle. and then a full outward curve. The second night out one is book 'Ilie conventional figure of the day is undertook tliu work of having the old at variance with this type. Every church put in perfect and completo to sleep at the village of Lieuain effort is niiulo to imitate niHsciiiino order. Since then ho hus devoted ride of only eighteen miles, throt Tiie shoulders arc much time to his labor of lovo and with charming scenery. There is a possi characteristics. thrust up high and square, or made to great success. At this time there is drawback, however, in tho Lieu only about l.(Kk) to finish tho river, which must be forded sc appear so. tiie torso is rauilc to tiiier lacking times, and is likely to be rather 1 in. and everything under heaven is work. In the restoration of twelve of tho There is a road on the left of it. done to make the waist look small. small windows composing the cast travelers are warned to take tc Thu front liue is fnived to take an curve the bust, anil the window, tho nave windows and vestry-roo- water instead, fur there are windows are to be memorials. swamps on thut side, with quicks side lines to form un awkward angle, in the hollow of which voluminous In the east window will be one each to treacherous enough to ingulf an ai Washington (the only memorial win- and, lmsides, one must pass thn skirts arc hung. The charm of womunly proportion dow to him in the United States); I,co tiie unfcnced hacienda of Antaeu is In tho long curve from armpit to Bridges, the builder of the church; which is celebrated fur and whhjfor ankle, which is so different from the the Rev. Mr. llublMird, tho colonial it wild cattle. Nobody goes over lhat of the church (up to 1802, when dungorous road if be can avoid it,' beauty of a manly figure. Tiie de- parson Jio died): Bishops Madison, Moore, there being no place of refuge should-hwaist line pression at the be attacked by the torros. Fancy a Mendo and Johns, Virginia' four detwo of the muscles only meeting large Sir Walter party of United States tourists, incknj-in- g which in a beautiful woman should be ceased chief pustors; two women, riding peaceably along Captain John Smith, John slight would better bo ignored in the Raleigh, Rolfc. of Pocahontas, and the on mule-bacwhen a herd of wild clothing, for tho sake of the greater Rev. husband of William and bulls come charging full tilt founder Bluir, whole of the beauty sweep. them, and not a wall or tree It is to be understood that the long Mary College. I'he southeast corner window in tho to hido behind. curves are made up of shorter conIn the vicinity of the hot spring! tours. one gently melting into another. nave will be a memorial of Pocahontas, provided principally by her descend- there are acres of plump mushrooms A form made up of graceful swoop whose palate hai alone would be a weak, nerveless, ants, and the two opposite onos are and no passer-b- y memorials of Parsons Hunt and Whit- been properly educated will fall to insipid tiling. a supply for hia evening msal, These proportions should be so taker, first and second chaplains, with understood and so thoroughly appreci- Captain John Smith in the Virginia whether he takes it at the tambto-- ' Whittaker baptised Pocahon- at the hospitable home of Don ated, aa to be always in mind, else a colony. Mejias. beautiful human Airm Will not be tas and married hor to Holfe. The first roof was put on the church The third night one sleeps at Tinta. Use physical exercises to recognized. a hacienda owned by an educated attain the perfection of those curves. In 1663, the second in 1777, the third about Sen or Don Francisco Masciotta, Hang picture showing them where 1887. 1821, and the present one in Italian, who ia sure to give the pilgrim a kindinto grow they may your thought. The contributions for the work, ly welcome. The road thereto lies Harper's Bazar. more than 400 in number, have come through an ancient Indian village in sums from one cent (the first by a called Raccha. built within the Biunartk and 111 Hop. little Virginia girl) up to (200, by a of an extinct volcana Among ostter Many will remember that the Iron Californian, and have been made by curiosities, it contains a remarkable Chancellor, Bismarck, lost his favorite rich and poor, the eminent and the wall, which is said to be the remains of Tyraa, called the Realm dog, some two lowly, white and colored, Episeoia-lian- a palace built by an Indian prince, or three years ago. Among the reRoman Catholics, Presbyterians, eldest son of Tupac Yupangi, who reTh of lroearUao aid 1 lOO a WoaiBB. to-da- la-tar- i- - God-give- e, half-hea- rd m la-lo- k, Ir. o ' r s, markable achievements of this Realm it waa recorded of him that on one occasion, little .more than ten years ago, two delegates from Altona, charged with the presentation of a petition to Prince Bismarck, were received by him one morning in a special audience. After shaking hands with them the chancellor resumed his seat in his own particular rocking chair, by which his faithful Tyraa lay stretched out silent by observant, and tho delegates aat down on a leather couch facing his highness. It so happened that one of thorn held a roll of paper in his right hand, and being an energetic speaker and accustomed to emphasize argument by gesticulation, he waved his scroll about while addressing the chancellor, unmindful of the circumstances that his movements elicited several successive utterances of disapprobation from tbe watchful hound. Presently Tyraa rose to hla foot with an ominous snarl whereupon Bismarck unceremoniously interrupted his interlocutor's remarks, exclaiming: Do put down that scroll, I beg of you. My dog, like myself, entertains a profound aversion to every kind of a paper. IIo believes it to bo a deadly The deputy's compliance weapon. with this request was doubtless prompt It is the successor of Tyrns in hia masters favor, who ia now ill, and that is why Bismarck is looking caredog, worn. Tka Mural Wheel la the World, lYhat i believed to bo the largest wheel in the world was recently made in Scranton. Pa., for the Calumet and Hecln Mining company, of Michigan. It is a fifty-fofoot in diameter, with- - an eighteen-inc- h face, and la built in tbe exact form of a bicycle, with its extensions and spokes. The capacity of the wheel, ate velocity of ten foot a second at the inner edge of the bucket, is 30,000,000 gallons of water and 3,000 tons of sand in twenty-fou- r hours. It woight is 100,000 pounds Tho journals are : wonty-thro- e inches in dinmetcr and I feet 4 Inches long. The total length of the shaft is S3 foot 6 inches. Philadelphia Press. eog-who- ur Methodists, Baptists, and Unitarians. At an early day it Is expected that the work will be completed, and the Old Brick Church again open for the service of God, a in the days part. Th Pert Young Man. n See that man? Ho will never kr.ow os much again as he does now at the ripe age of 20. Whim he gets to be A0, when his hair la grizzled and his hopes are like the dead leaves that cling to November trees, he will look back upon those years of rare wisdom and colossal effrontery and Dlush a little, perhaps, at the recollection. Now he has no reverence for a woman or for God. Ho sneers at good in a world whose threshold ho has child barely crossed, as a year-olmight stand in tiie doorway of his nursery and denounce what was going on in tbe drawing-rooMost of the scathing things that are said about domestic felicity, and the sneers that an bestowed on love, and the gibes that are flung at purity, and tho scoffs that are launched at established religions; all the jokes at the expense of noble womanhood and tho witticisms that are lavished upon the virtues, spring from tho gigantic brain of the youth of tho period. Chicago Herald. half-grow- d Ifa Asked. I wanted to ask you, said a young practitiohcr to the girl, cold-blood- whether you would honor mo with your hand? You want my hand?" Yes. Why, really you flatter me. You medical gentlemen are auch good juugea of hands that I am delighted to find that I have a desirable specimen, and if my relations don't object, and you happen to bo living when I am through with it, I will have no objections to you helping yourself Wash ington Pont Re It Khali. Curfew shall ring down in New Bedford. Tho city council of that antique town has voted that the bull shall continue to ring every night at 9 o'clock, when, according to immemorial usage, ail good New go to bed. Boston Globe. lfod-forde- hus-lian- An AmrrlranlMn. English Statesman He makes him-u- lf felt in the house of oommons. He ms 1 forgot the word the power of mtting himself In his opponent's lure. " Pull with the administration,1 wa .all It at homo," . volted against paternal rule and hers maintained his independence. Near & is one of the many small round towers so frequently found in this part of Peru, which are believed to have been astronomical observatories wherein the Inca determined the meridian passage of the sun. On the fourth day one may take a leisurely jaunt of only fifteen miles to Checocupe, where ho will be made to feel quite at home by Colonel Martin Aluascz, who is a regular king in his little world a large landed proprietor, a member of congress and a wealthy wool merchant We went out of the way a few miles to view the little into called Urcos. famous in Peruvian tradition for being the burial place of that great gold chain of the Inca Iluascar. We read that the celebrated chain waa long enough to encircle the grand Plaza Mayor of Cuzco, and that ever- - link in it was as heavy ns a strong man could carry all of pure gold. Of course the Btory is nonsense; nevertheless we spurred our beasts to the perilous brink and faithfully tried to believe that we saw gold shining through tho dark waters. No securer hiding place for the heavy treasure could be found, because the lake has a bottom of unfathomable ooze, which speedily swallows anything thrown into it, and affords no footing for divers. Twelve miles beyond is Zucre hacienda, where the traveler is advised to stop over night This very fine estate, a mile or two from tho village of Oropesa. belongs to tho Garmcndla family, and includes a cloth manufactory. Only twelve miles beyond Oropesa is Cuzco; in tho midst of a tropical valley. After leaving tho highlands the weather grow warm and warmer; paroquets and monkeys, palms and fig trees are seen; and one sultry afternoon (midwinter at home) we earns cantering into the stony streets of the old, old city that had seen several centuries before the United States was born. Poor Tib. Tippoo Tib ia to bo a social lion in London next season. Poor old white headed Tib! By the time you have been to a couplo of lawn fetes and receptions you will yearn for the jungle and starvation without tantalbation Pittsburg Telegraph. Hate's Change, A Hard Job, When a woman falls in love you No, said Bjenks, -- it doesn't take can't make her believe all men are me long to make up my mind, but it alike, and when site has been married often takes nio a long time to make up tun yours you can't inaxe her believe my wife's mind to agree with mine." they are not Atcluso . Globe. Somerville Journal. i |