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Show THE PAST LOVE. TOE COUNTY REGISTER. MfgUlcr I hats the bronze PibllihlDl t'aMpany. EPHRAIM, UTAH. : Tbz venerable Neal Dow has been thinking it over, and conclude that the world on the whole i growing boiler. Sensible optimism like this is an adornment to old nge. leave anil ilir rol. And tlis le IIiiwcm with ilutioriiiff stalk That lined the nIibiIuwv )NiUr walk Where our lint words of love were will. We loved; the com was in the ear; (iay hunters uiade tiic hillsides rinir. And. oil, love seemed e beauteous tiling, And ail we sighed lor dose and near! I lute tho woodland' spicy smell. Through whose wild tweets at dusk wc Htrayeil, W parted It is with frontier settloments pretty much as it is with raising children. In families where the mother wears allppurs, one of which she cau easily remove and promptly apply to the slippery boy where it will do the most good. She children cannot help growing up to be good and dutiful ciLisens. KninMsl And cast it through tne echoing gloom In purple fringes mixed with dust: Let winter sweep the desolate aisle', And make their stones Ida winnowing floor. Nay, let the green spring come once more And light it with immortal smile-- ! Dora Head tiuodaleiu Ifarjier's Weekly. the" HAM) Quite a persistent effort is being made to break up gambling, which has become an apparently permanent institution In most of the larger places. The judges have charged the grand juries to Indict even such officials as neglect to perform thoir whole duty In breaking up gambling establishment. OF FATE. On a cold blustering night in March a young girl, uppiinmlly not more than yuan of ogeslowly wended her way along the country road, ituutcd about five miles from the little villuge of O.akdulo. Her appearRixtecn ance betokened extreme poverty. She woa dressed in an suit of rusty black, and liur shabby black bon not waa drawn tightly over a thin, pallid face, which wue lighted up by a pair of piercing block eyes that seemed to penetrate brillaucy. Her long black hair became unfastened by the fierceness of the storm and hung in frozen strands almost to liar waist. Howr well the boy knows him, tho Everything around her seemed to be boy's man. Ko need to tell him this touclied will: the winter's frost, and man like boys, lie shows it in all hia now lay piled in huge masses os far actions. If ho doesnt say anything as eye could reach. As she purtiters is a kindly twluklo in his eye suedthe her journey her heart sunk withevery time It falls upon a boy that in her, her head reeled as if in a drunkspeaks volumes. Ferhups he has boys en stujior, her weary limlM begun to at home, perhaps he hasn't, for it isn't foil, and at last nature refused to do every father of boys who is a boys its work, and she succumbed to the man. pitiless cold and sank in an exhausted and unconscious condition to the Mr. Starlet delivers this oracular ground. Down the road with rapid strides opinion: All the Indians should bo corralled and disarmed and furnished came Farmer Hawkins and his dog with neat cottages and given a start Nero, and as he hurried along he stumbled over the prostrate form. In so that they might become useful an instant lie was on liis feet trying Mr. Stanley may be an auto arouse the motionless object thority on matters on tho Congo, but him, while the dog burked vociferously what ho dont know about tho North as if imploring aid. In the distance, Who's American Indian would fill a book and a rough voice called out. rethere?" "Tis I, your In Africa." master,"' Darkest than larger sponded the fanner as lie recognized voice of his hired man, and for The scientists are threatening to the Gods sake make liasle or it will bo drive a useful and deserving animal too late. Fritz approached, together out of business. They say that soap tliey lifted the inanimate form and in can bo made out o! corn without tho a few minutes arrived at the old farm introduction of the hog, and that house. It was not long post the Ruth eventually processes will bo discovered usual hour for Bupier, nnd Ilawkius, being alarmed at her husfor making other bog products directbands protracted absence, was seated ly from tho grain. A company has in her rocker by the oommennod manufacture the already ide of the open tireplucc in the com of soap in Iowa, but the process is not fortablo kitchen of the old homestead fully demonstrated to bo a complete knitting, while every now and then she would cast furtive glances toward success! the window, and strain her ears to Tho good old state of Maine has listen if sbo could catch tho welcome san tho abandoned farm scheme of sound of her husband's footsteps. Tlie logs burned merrily and cracked its sister elate. New Hampshire, and on the irons, and and proposes to follow in the footsteps of threw spluttered a cheery reduction in all directhe latter. Tha Statistics compiled by tions about the room. The table was the Labor Commissioner show that still set, and with a bountiful supply 8.S10 farms have been abandoned in of food. The delicious hoine-mud- e tha 09 towns and plantitions from bread, the print of golden butter, the which reporta worn asked. The numruby quinces and quivering custards the pretty blua and white china ber of acres Is 9 3,515 and the assussed and to the two offered an valuation $1.211, 7G0, an average of men as inviting prospect passed tho window on they $499 an acre. their way to the sitting room door. sake, father, what have Or course some of us hero more youMercy's there?" excbimed lluth, as site reasons for gratitude and appreciation sprang from her scat, nnd, opening the than other, because our lot in life is door, saw the men with their unconDo not waste any better and our allotments are much scious burden. more favorable than those of others. time in asking questions, wife, but some brandy ns soon asnossi And yet every human being, no matter bring replied. With careful hands wbat hie condition, has reason to their unhidden guest iiwy grateful for something. It may La I OV'ivJC jpPi9. lliiHtily directing herself of much, but It Is something. Llf?lD istenco, even the barest and cqi hv jPouter garments, the farmer en IM?1 Arwavoredto resuscitate tho younggirl .canwhile Ruth had returned to the room with the brandy, and with kindly hands moistened the lips of Last year's sugar crop of Louisiana the young girl, anil succeeded in forcwas the largest ever raised in the ing a few drops down her throat, tale, and it is supposed the sugar while the farmer waa busily engaged in rubbing and slapping her hands. yield from it will be proportionately large, though the figures are not yet At first all their attempts to bring mndo up. The average yield of cane tho girl back to consciousness seemed Hush Is twenty tons to the acre, hut eases fruitless, but at hist a faint her features, slieoiened her overspread are published this yoar where tha eves, nnd in pitiful tones lieisb-- that yield has bean fifty to sixty ton, and she might remain during the night. oa soma plantations it is said tha pro- Tho farmer had scarcely noticed the duct of sugar has been 6,003 6,000 and girt, but lie now looked anxiously at We shall keep her shan't we area 7,000 pounds to tha acre having her. Of Mrs. Hawkins. a money value, at 5 cents a pound, of father?"didasked ever know me to turn Theta appear course; tromyou door? Saint or sin$2501 $300 and $350l my monstrous figure to western eora anyone ner, rich or poor, tliey are welromo to raisers. how goes the supper, wife? stay; but I am as hungry as a wolf." Afirendv, It hss long been claimed that each father, was tho reply, and as sfio nation haa its peculiar missloa and sjiokeslie placed the steaming coffee excellency. Greece had to reveal the urn upon the table. What shall I principles of philosophy, art and call von?" asked Mrs. Hawkins ns of custard uMin n science. Rome developed tho spirit she placed a ir by the side of the settee. "Call of organization and realized the idea elm mo fa'iin," reiieatcd the girl, ns she of law and eivil government, Ger- trii-- to partake of the food that was many's best gifts to the world are la offered to her. the direction of erudition and sclenti-fi- o Tin hospitable couple watched the scholarship. England's forte is to stranger curiously, trying to solve the mystery that hung around her. Those plant colonies and to carry on a sucor never scruhla-cessful maritime commerce- The while nnd there wns n lertnin grace scoured, United States are working out practicabout every movement which impresswith ed one with the idea, that she was of ally the ideal of the utmost possible freedom for the gentle birth, n girl whom no ordinary Individual. Older than any of these sorrow had made a honieics wandernations by many centurion the Jewish er. Thu clock struck Hand then ( at the girl ns raoe, though widely scattered all over and still they sat gazing When the dork she lay quietly. Its alill retains the globe, peculiar struck 10 nnd the last chimes had characteristics sod 1 still an Import-aa- t died away, the girl timidly inquired if factor la the world's pro grass. gli was keeping them from their rest. street car company in Indianapolis has placed smoking curs on its alectrie motor trains, each car bearing a sign designating its character. But it is said that the women invaded those ears tho first day they were la use and glared aa fiercely as aver at tho men who did not throw their cigars out of tho windows. A kins where to put the newcomer ever since she hud asked tier to stay. The garret was first thought of, t hen the west room, hill now, lighting a fresh eundle, Mrs. Hankins led her guest into the parlor nnd through it into the room, mid turnin ' down sheets ana shnk-iiigtthe lavendersH-eulcdowny pillows of the tented she said in motherly tom: "Sleep here, and going hack to the kiteheii murmured dreamily: For in so doing you may entertain angels unawares. About midnight the sorrn, which had been gathering all its forces during the evening, hurst violently forth. .The old farm house fairly rocked with wild gusts of wind, while the snow fell fast and furious. It is nowonderthut the poor girl hid her head lieneath the blankets and thanked God for the shelter she had found, and when, ufter hours had passed, the storm gradually uliatud, sha fell into a refreshing slumber. Tlie next morning she was awnkened by a tapping at the door, and the voice of Mrs. Hawkins inquiring if she might eouie in. Certainly, ma'am, replied the girl in a faint voice. Entering the room and approaching tlie bud, Mrs. Hawkins found her guest much better, but still suffering from the effects of the physical strain to which she hud lata subjected during the previous night. Lie still my dear," said the kind hearted woman, as tlie girl attempted to raise herself on her elbow. I will bring you something to eat, and perhaps, oy noon you may be able to get hed-Hten- Arm linked in arm, by rock and glade. While (lie heart w liispcred, All is a oil!" There is not a harder-workinmore faithful set of men than the life- Was mine the fault that love was lirief The wonder of a matchless day saving crews in the publlo service; Whose glory dimmed and died away and jet it is verj difficult to get Con- Like the rvd color on a leal? gress to listen to their appeal for bet- Was mine the fault that all that flama ter puj. The reason is apparent 1asstd as a breath and eea-t- d to lief Hein of a fruitlowi Im) were we; enough there is verj little politics in Worthy of ity more than blame. the lifesaving service. g, Du not iniid me,'' she sniff, I can sleep here very comfortably." ll had lieeii u query witii Mrs. Haw- cili-sen- s.'' e 1 'vsited d d up." In a few moments Mrs. Hawkins returned bearing in her hands a tray covered with a snowy cloth, on which were temptingly arranged some nicely buttered toast, a poached egg and a delicious cup of coffee. Now, dear, eat a good breakfast, and we will soon have the roses back in your checks. Placing the tray on tho side of the lied Mrs. Hawkins left the room, and after she had cleared away her breakfast dishes and finished her usual work, she again returned to the chamber and found that Lena had eaten heartily of the food placed before her and was sleeping soundly. Poor child, I will let her sleep," said Mrs. Hawkins to liersclf; she is in need of it," and lifting tlie troy she she stepped softly out of the room. In the afternoon Lena awoke, and on hearing tho clock in the parlor strike three she was astonished to find that she had slept so long. Hurriedly dressing herself she soon made her in the kitchen, wliere she omul Mrs. Hawkins darning her husbands socks, nnd tlie farmcrtakingliis accustomed afternoon imp in the nicking chair by the fire. At tlie sound of footsteps the farmer awoke with a start, and straightening himself up, inquired of the girl if she was better. Much better, I thank you, sir, and I will not intrude upon your hospitality any longer," replied the girl holding her bonnet in her hands. I am afraid you will have to content yourself here another night," said the farmer, for tlie roads a so iinpaesia-blTlie snow has drifted so high in some X'laces that it would cover a lit-tl- o body like you; but won't your friends lie alarmed by your absence?" My friends, replied the girl, sadly. I am trying to find them, and if you will allow me to tell you my story, perhaps you can assist me as they Placlive somewhere in this region. ing a chuir near her own. Sirs. Hawkins requested the girl to be seated, while they listened to her story. My mother," said she." was tlie only daughter of a wealthy fanner, who wns left a widow at her birth, leaving him with two children my mother and a son ten years of nge. When . she wns sixteen years old my father secretly wedded her against my grandfather s wishes, and although she wrote to that relative repeatedly begging for forgiveness, her letters were returned unopened. After two years of unalloyed happiness I was bora, and for ten years iny parents' union was a happy one until the fatal day came which deprived my mother of one of tlie most indulgent of fathers. One day a large sum of money was found missing from tlie safe in the office in which my father was employed ns bookkct'icr, and he being tlie one who had access to the safe nnd some of the stolen money being found in liis desk, he was arrested, tried nnd convicted and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. My mother, firmly believing him innocent, converted everything of any value into money to obtain lawyers hoping to save him. 8hc appealed to her father, but he would not listen to her, and her letters again were ret uracil unopned. rilie wrote to her brother, but with the same result, and she was finally obliged to see my father sent to prison, st rongly liis innocence to the lust, Iirotnsting my mother managed to eke out a scanty subsistence with her needle, withwhut little assist mice I could give her, but at last care anil sorrow did their work; and she wns finnlly forced to give t'P n despair, and eventually became a victim to quick ronsuniption. For nine long weeks she was confined to her bod, gradually wnstingaway. A little while before her death she culled me to her Iwdside, ami, placing it letter in my hands, exacted a promise from me that immediately after her death 1 would cell what litllefiirniturewebarl, go to my grandfather aiul deliver the proceeds in l liis hand. As the tears streamed down my check slid took my hands in tiers, and, with n heavenly smile on her countenance bade me good bye and nked me to meet her in heaven. Her l.it moments were spoilt in breathing word of affection for the husband she still loved so dearly. "Yi;!i the nssi. tain-- of some kind neighbors and the sale of wli.-i- t little furniture we laid 1 procured enough money to pay for a decent burial, nnd three day after her funeral I started on my journey lofind my grandfather. I had only sufficient me my lolmyiny railroad ticket and a little more, but ce e. e the landlady with whom we lived and, THE WORLD onvOMEX. to whom I had sold tlie furniture pre-- ! pared a little lunch for me and saw me safely on the cars. After a journey of AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE six hours 1 iny destination. READING FOR THE WOMEN. As soon us 1 alighted I inquired of the man at the station the way to the Uriuwood furm. You wifi have to take the stage, AQulst Lifs To Make Hair to tho miss,' replied the man. I dont bee Woman to Meat. and any of their folks down here it comes now.' Assisting me to get in, lie bade me good night, leaving Business Women. me to wonder what sort of people I MhwMuryF. Seymour, the editor should meet and how they Would of the Business Woman's Journal, treat me. A luilf hour's ride brought me to a proposes soon to organize a womans house, standing in business college in the United States. large, the center of a lonely lawu, with on Mm says it will bo the outcome of the abundance of trees anil a carriage Union School of Stenography and drive on both sides of the house. Tyjiewriting, which site lias so sucHanding my fare to the driver, he cessfully conducted for ten years. helied me to dismount, anil a few this venture wifi be somemomenta brought me to the house. Probably what similar to the college which is In answer to my ring at the bell the now being launched by a lady at Ben coldoor opened, and a in Yorkshire. Curl--Warni- ng to-da- good-nature- ored girl inquired who y d Uhydding I wanted. Your nuister,' I replied. Will you walk in and be seated and I will call him,' said she, ushering me into a large comfortably furnished room on one side of tlie spacioiufiull. In a few moments an elderly gentleman and asked me my businesswith him. I drew the letter from my pocket, and handed it to him, told him that was for my grandfat her. Adjusting his spectacles, he read the envelope carefully, and in a tone of surprise exclaimed: My dear miss, the gentleman to whom this letter is addressed 1ms been dead for thirteen years. They say lie died of a broken heart, About Kissing. On the question as to whether kissing ought to be abolished, in deference to tho opinion of the physiciuns that dangerous diseases are ikely to be connnuuicatcd through tlie contact of tlie lips a symposihnm of eminent auteorilies is unanimous in the opinion that the kiss ded serves to survive. Mich a man as Gen. Tecumseh filler-niafor instance, is in favor of kissing, barring only the kiss of two peobefore a third party when the caused bythedisuppear&nceof liis on- ple third party isnt in it. lliat is ly daughter, who ran away and got is too aggramarried. At all events he never for- vating. opinion, quite her be and forbade to mime her, gave mentioned, and finally died, leaving She Was Not a Connoisseur. everything to his only son, with the One of the green clerks iu Buffalo's if ho should seek out provision that liis sister the property should go to largest crockery store sold a plate an institution. The son never caring before Christmas to a woman customto live in the old house sold it to me, er. Tlie plate was marked $125, and and moved away three or four milee from the village of Oakdnle,a distance the clerk charged the customer $1.25 of twenty milee, but it will be inipoe-eibi- e for it. The one hundred and twenty, as five dollar mark meant that the plates for you to get there there are no more trains, but I will are worth that much a dozen. Great call mv daughter and she wifi find you was t he dismay of the clerk wheu the a bed lor tlie night.' was discovered. But all's mistake A few minutes later he returned well that ends well. Theday after the with a very prepossessing young lady, occurred in came the who lie introduced ns hu daughter. mistake ilollnrphite. She did n't After I had joined them at supper she like the plate didn't think it was desired me to follow her into the hall quite good enough. She wanted someup stairs into tlie prettiest room I had She was accommodated thing ever seen. Tlie pale yellow carpet, with ubetter. two dollar plate. Buffalo with its bunches of roses; tho carved cherry bedstead, with its dainty hangings; tlie dressing bureau, with its Spotted (tils. pretty cover of satin anil lace; the Even the most charming complexion pretty little willow rocking chairs every t hing gave evidence of refinement is just ilicd in retailing against being and luxury. off by the freakish veiling of the Tlie next morning after partaking of barred moment, snys a writer in the Philaof a hearty breakfast, I thanked them Tho for their kindness and started on my delphia Inquirer. journey to find my uncle. For nearly beauty spots, which are supposed two days I journeyed aJeeg sometimes to lend a piquant charm to the face, getting a lift from one o .lie farm wag- become ludicrous in the extreme when from meal a ons, and occasionally some of the kind hearted people I allowed to settle in eccentric fashion would ask to direct me. I became so over tho eye or upon tho tip of the weak from want of food that I conld nose. A becoming way of arranging go no further, and you know the these mouches is yet to be discovered' At present they Are parodies. rest. As the farmer listencdattcntiveiy to Tlie cross meshed veiling, behind which her sad story his face grew pale and, linlf of the prettiest eyes and daintiest striving to conceal the agitation which romplexions in tin; city are hidden, even more trying to a woman's convulsed IliHentirefranic, he deinand-i- n husky tones the name of the uncle prettiness than its patch rivals in tulle. she was trying to seek. John Hawkins," replied I lie girl, as she regarded the farmer with atnaze Countess Tolstoi. mont. Tlie Countess Tolstoi has lately As soon ns he could sufficiently control his emotions to speak, lie stretch- visited London as a delegate to the ed out his arms and clasped her to his Liberal Woman's Federation. She is breast, and in broken accents exclaim- a beautiful and accomplished woman ed: "Truly tho liaml of Providence and unlike her husband, yt extremely has directed you higher, for 'tis fond of society. She gives up licr I, your uncle, who lias brought you to this house, and our home however, and is tho novelist's shall he yours and you shall tic one of private secretary, making us." Embracing first one and then copies of liis prohibited stories and tlie other she drew tho secret letter them through the mnils circulating from lier pocket and hauded it to her whenever possible. There are nine unde. As betook it from her hand he press- children, of whom the eldest, a very ed it to his lips and said: My poor attractive girl of eighteen is her famost enthusiastic disciple, denychild, as soon as your grandfather ther's died I made every effort to find my ing herself all indulgences, wearing the clothing, and attempting in sister and I traced her os fur as Ixn-do- cheapest where I learned the story of your all things to live as did the primitive All the family speak Engfather's misfortune. There all traces Christians. of her were lost, and I concluded ulus lish, French and Russian, uud most had chang'd tier name and gone to of them are mnsiciuns. America. At all events, 1 had given A Proof of Gallantry. her up for dead, and now, after eighteen years she tins returned to mo in 'Those vinegary persons who think the form of her daughter." New York politeness is a lost science because Mail. they sometimes see ladies standing in The Sheriffs Nervy Wife. the cars while tired men are seated W. D. Blanton, of Steplicnvillo can see the refinement of gallantry Tex., convicted of horse theft nnd and every day in tho General post-olfic- e. new was rrmnnded a to trial, granted There is never an hour while jail. One day while Perkins, acting the in Sheriff the of absence long line of men tails away from Miami, jailer was feeding the prisoners, Blanton, the retail stamp window that some who hod concealed himself in the run woman docs not insist upon taking around, and provided himself with a her place at the head of the lino inloom stove leg, made a break for lib- stead of the foot, to buy a stamp or Perkins down stairs. get a package weighed. Timo is preerty. running Perkins fell as tie ran, and yelled out, cious to most of the men in the line, but no one has ever known to object Ixiok out! Blanton is roiniug!" Mrs. Sluind, wife of the sheriff, who to the peculiarly feminine irregularity, resides below, cniltil to her dauehters whereas if a man tries to do the same to run and lock the doors, while she thing oaths and violence are somegathered the Winchester, threw a times used to right the injustice New cartridge in it and drew it upon tlie York Sun. cried out, Mr. SIihikIh, Jrisoner,who Mie replied. You Unplsaeant Women to Meet. are the only one excited. Holdup!" Women who wear diamonds with ami he held up and wnsninrched back. calico erases. Cor. Fort Worth Gazette. at your Sneering women, who Heroic Treatment of a Cold, clothes, your family andsnap your friends. "You have taken a severe cold," Women who talk talk to each said the old family doctor, and it other and kin each baby on all other oc seems to have settled in yourthroat." Yes. doctor, you sic 1 rail hardly rations. Women who gossip, and who never speak," said the patient, a vivacious, bright-eyefail to tell you disagreeable things young woman. "fail yon stmul heroic treatment, said of you. do you think?'' the doctor. Simpering, babyish women, who haven t brains cue ugh to know when Try me!" felicv're hungry. Are you sure? women who wear lainbow gowns on Yes, anything you like; medicine, mustard plasters, electricity any- the street and a whole millinery store on their licads. thing!" said she in a breath. Women with voices ns sweet as a And you want to get back your turtle dove's coo in society and like a voice?" Yes! buzz saw in the family. It's heroic treatment, mind you." Hysterical women, who burst into floods of tears if you cross them All right what is it? You mustn't talk at nil for two in the slightest particular. Beautiful women, who think their days. Pittsburg Dispatch' ap-iiear- distin-guislic- n, t, custom-erwithtliet- Ex-tires- s. pref-;rcnc- e, type-writte- n to all of lu beauty entitles them s. earth and a good share of tlie planet in around Wopien who lug lop million ( their duns when there ore niothetfl't, homeless children in tin1 world. Warning to tno Fat. Four women luff ween tlie open of and 00, who considered their figure too stout for beauty, resolved two years ugo to try one of the systems for reducing fatr given in a newspupr. at the They were in jierfect Health time. They gave lip n't on anil eert-aikind of food wholly the use of to which they hud been accustomed since childhjod. Tliey took each exday excessive and unaccustomed muscles ercise, and overstrained tlier by lifting heavy weights. All this was done without tho knowledge of a physician. Tho result wosunexjKVtcdly successful. During the first fortuight Tlie they lost weight rapidly was accomdecrease in Weight panied with a sense of prostration and pains in the limbs, but theso things mattered little tothenicompured with their joy in the more narrow waists uiul delicacy of feature. They persevered with the exiicriuicnt. One is now a victim of uervous prostration; a second contracted typhoid fever, and ufter a struggle of weeks for life died; tlie two others have suffered with rheumatic gout. Iu each caw the physician stated that the weakening of thetissues by the sudden and complete change of diet, hail rendered the patient unable to resist disease. Do not tamper with that most wonderful complex of all machines, ycur body. Wiien you attempt to change its workings, unless under the direction of a skillful physician, you lay your ignorant hand upon the mainspring of life. A Quiet Lite. Next tobcuuty, ortho attractiveness that passes for beauty, or both, tlie object of the sensible womans desire is a quiet life. There is on record a tale of a young woman who had been reared in a roaring and turbulent city. Her health was impaired, and it was decided that she must jiao a year in strict retirement at her husbands country place, "far from the maddenAt the end of six months, ing crowd. however, she returned to town, declaring tliat so quiet a life was more than she could endure. It appears thatduringihat time she different servants, had thirty-seve- n one of whom was discharged for an attempt to set tho house on tire while intoxicated, and one for an attempt while half n to rob the xlnte-close- t, dozen more were sent nwny for violent quarrels in the xurt of the establishment. Her mother-in-lahad bgcn thrown from a carriage at tho foot of tho lawn and injured fatally; her in-law had come to make a visit and had improved the opportunity to run away with a man whom she had been forbidden to many. The timo had further been broken in upon by visits from the six bridesmaius of the hostess, who invited them in pairs for two weeks each, and then asked a few men to meet them, lest it should be dull. A gale had blown down an ouk so near the house that its branchwines dashed in the drawing-roodows, and the stableshndbcen struck by lightning and burned totheground. And such a quiet life," the lady said, conluding her account, was too much for me. sister-- m To Maks the Hair Curl. Coiffeurs liave been nvnling with each other in inventions which will give the most natural wave and stay the longest. One of the designers, Martel, is now called tho Koch of liair dressers, because he alone has discovered a way of waving the hair that looks so natural and lasts so long that tlie society women now look aa if tiny were all born with curly hair.1 In vain do the other manipulators of the brush and comb cudgel their brains to find out his way. They are all ohlidged to confess their inability to discover it. This fortunate linir dresser's salons are so crowded with women that they are obliged to wait hours for their turn. lie believes in making money out of inventions, and complacently acquiesces in a means which the imxiatient have taken to obtain precedence. When the attendant opens the door to cry Next! women whoso turns will not take Xilace for some hours bid ns at an auction to break tho ranks. The coiffeurs price is $2 a wave, and one woman will exclaim, Ill pay $3 to go in now." Another offers $4; the attendant waits until tlie highest bidder has shouted her price, and then introduces her into his master's presence. This coiffeur is said to make two and three hundred dollars a day at the business. The other morning an Englishwoman called to make an apxioiiit-mefor the coiffeur to wave her hair at home. What is your price?" she asked. nt Four dollars when I go to the , house; but it is useless to for my time is taken up, and women in vain have offered me double and triple the price for precedence." Oh, well, money is no object. T am willing to pay you any price. I'll give you $40 tf you will como at my convenience." "For that money I shall make the others wait," said the practical hairdresser. Paris cor. Brooklyn Engl tell-you- Overwork. The great labor movement, though it is a serious thing, is not without its humors. It is said that following a strike in a factory in a Mains village, the wng of tho place was asked: Why did the men strike up at the vinegar factory?" I understand," said lie, "that it was because the rider wns working more than ten hours a day." cider-vineg- |