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Show night egaln I was worse than I,wia the night before, and began wondering TIIE STUDY OF.WOMEN u huvriis tlie Hex Hits (islttsS t ut In why It waadhat eome men were so mm h luckier than others, aftd also whether tnox Uellt h which etudes U,,there was nuub rhunre of Mr. Hilman women to 'utrhan rmiu,departing this life and btlnfe laid to s au Independent 1"' e rest with his fa'her- - I ner of a ijutr.-lie- r r, ,, e t xu ,,r said 1, with positive-boss- , puissant to my friend no. sir. Baaroin; k 1 shall not acuim- i pany you Into (he tints of thi un' married wnaiiin." But. ray dear argued Maraton. Barroni, you oujilit to go. Of course. O," ,i I Q you i.t" u h Tutu al n, ake a fa1 of q "Ard again, Tnlghtnt" ray '. ! liter ab! ofd f o1d In furp i ell, old in, 'I, " said IHiwoni a w look the triiiti for town Murid, 'ton. vour- - If " log 'I hope you r ortirii.r, "I new i h ul ( plca'-an- ' I mv y-so !iwer d wi'lr ujih ll at lie lo'tn.iliy blush) ! an wot ! axe t,.i thanks tit all their an.p'i i hiith-elarl.- I 1 k- ci is inniiH, c 11 ot'ii lady paln'erxi ami aid female a .ltlO'-- (1 . juiirnalists ( :5t, 21.515 bn- -' . j n- - . " i i' i j . , t ' i I. j 5 7 1.5 . 3 i,f'rs-f-f- . M3 rl'e-- s ml xx ii ' etc e ir 1 Vt5 xvoun n x ' 'Ilk' 1 - ! a !c t Li i lie. It ,, m a (,.. n inter : rc'p-ut'u- i u idle u.d jiui Ioolu xias t 1 no-r.g- emhai-lasMim'ii- whmU-vu-wuulil- lii it tc. utx u:"l (im u noi In i , I usi-us-- - xx xx he me. ng 'o to ildV. beg Grit it B;ot!i ll i ir ,,, ix s a tiii to from the pi. ill. but . ,ia ted no ciodion whattxtr. and . ID, who at tins tune was in the .1 e lean list li un the road to the housi ,x aril vu.ssein l) tie s toon es tliev d'suppt areil Iron) a ,x Lo.uh left tlie pjreh of the luui.c, .!oi' he had Im cn ttting. and went ho ot ii . : all tm tt ll ('i.r ,elt s r' ix x pa-so- t d ii x - i , Thi Khlt. At a recent cast end wedding there ixeie among the guesu tnree students or tho Sixteenth strict college m their tl.-u- , , -- llt-tl- . er h - nil ' "I. ".I xx llx. xxo,,.' ,1 , :,i 1,1 I' it L. 1. II r. one etc xx sill), d Ml IK Ill (It he! 3 IK- ic I ' i -- on h . .; i u hi . at ' x , It H M till'd i lli. tla ill III ul xx " i 'I.U 'I I, k big big he f.l , elld ''ll It . . (,3 I, Mil, g. I weir a'. i , I! dull, -- i ill.lJ i till ue. 1' lo he d .a- - " deg anil tl oiteu aUing oeM le il e. not tie, w nougii fir lW to tomU, ou kio.x ll iept I.u con.p r lili' lo like xx an' to hint x . x . v.Trli mo nnnl rinylight, and Hen rot:! r 3 k Uie cL.iiing ot the txi'tt alovi i : meat a.,nut homo. When the lii.ali.x left tne it would step now au then him' look Ikk k ;i if a good rniuJ to keep on I bi'ull alxxaxs think that xxolf sent lo me. h Pioxidenoe; for I ilrti.'t believe I ever should have lept up .iii.l found raj xxaj that dark night nv( r the mountains without it. And that s the reason I never hurt a wolf, but Ive done them many a good t me tell you, and ain't even turn, gruuged Hirtu a sheep or two out of Youth's Companion. uiy. flock. xx 1 THE BANYAN TREE. DUMAS AND GOLDSMITH. oluti of lkMoiulilanoe Itetweea tbtt Two Writers. n. - in- 1 tx-- o pre-idi- -- ! i i Ue.-x-t 1 ers r., f th.- - di ti et ix 1 Htr-(irowr- x ii ,i ii i u I 1 er ix a u J - in tt e j.i Co. o. tl, ill ' t i ixilc'ilu in e of oi del ot rot: ah i to- - ot the iia ks in the .'oeit; xxa- - sten "ti X. !nle t! e ling m tie- toll limit of i he (1 i no s, lm L t In u '1 be Lul.it to mhd him (oinplet'lx ' nteri d in almost the name spi t as the hot li bail bred wtek.- - b foil at lie Coilof as ufiiw.ml nun ib d for las iasubordm itioii, ior this ln'rm.-uinuciount uf tlie moxemems on Tuesday anil Uednesiv, the writer is Indehteil to Mr Jaik Garrett, who now lives w ltlilti a few nub o of his father's old home, 'i he old homestead still reineins in the builds of the Garrett family. CFoui Lincoln Conspnaries, hy Victor Louis Mason, in the Century ) j - I LX ( , p un-rcr- Bas-com- i x . 1 in u ."US a ai ) : hi li lie cot., m xx l i 1 . I J1.- you l"e i 1' 1 - ai. til-- . - ,;b tlesira.x in the s It hurnej' ,il the duof . lri 'he u.iui nine J.e i. G.nrett hi n Indu. i i to pile lu j, ul barn V. lu)-- doing su lo xx is I., ly IP i '., vxi.o, put'it.c, i v n.xuith to a a rji I. xx ) , , ti, xo'irg mu a v,,is, xxhis- - to I" :!, uUXlsc xou tc klep ax' .x iro)! l.'H brxorroxin i..t t A f. in ii m e alniaatd tiie hat".' 1 1 t J ' rf xx horn 54 b ( ' 'No, sir f x'tied iloi tori, and abt H.iv, ; ted leen married for several e.ii. rd 1 had his freqiunt assurarae that s ntre married life was noth r ltij ore or low than a path of mI'1of Ini. t a time' ei.ps'.me. through a roPro garihr. 'V II, ' I lepllwl, pleklrg mv Ki.f, ft was a that mine me'anhor, tiUw that to "1 will. say lie at. hu p Ml ui.fin unappreeltitlve ears. e.ireinhy. xx i.s f." rod try as hud far i.'kci nttrtu. your household that Base in kt I In h e youth, nnd, Ill addition o IhHt. I n - pert Is tnoi e pleasing thin knew what all tfcotrflit It eould be In v . f, ruarrieil . nd of "And wool I you six the llilmai in 'in a men had to say to bachelors ii1 p hrntiv, as they hud found It. It hull adiold were any pleading th... 1 in j ly cugar : pr ud upon an llil.i was a nmlge ami a rpine such i i '( minion in order to caith mickle that i thought quite unealb or tho e between V and u, 4' P1 tirw. rv Ihes as might be attracted for In view of the lad that Mis Hd lent and of those niucc lit, xeir- - ' 4u man was a mart led woman, and had tl.'i- y From tills It I" 11. well to express undue ad .nil alma 54.5 pi r lent he said, "have It your I lf for her nr her household, and whim ex i, but lliat women who h ue f r owi. way I am sure I ran stand me modi the blood iuh into my face. von qiienteil unlvfrHitcs, at least in Ancr Jtdn will httt. , ,.n say. y.vi It I'v b i, rnnrrv much later than others lulled. he tm own hours must that Of at course, my our Sirdav so thlt. Is a off result she (if o' natural uti'I Is, rfly perhaps, told mv wife about you, said, trying to laugh she com nils "And Htlll, 1 coutluiled, curnstancp that divorces are x iru ill snh us to see you that out for Bun thul is ony two, and them are mtuio:.. a thing unhnoxvn among tho-- e lae topd me to Invite you Yuri. cuie to praise. d.tx marrying women students. N he ictoited, Treiss 11 k or or no barhelor. I could not "What are they to you afford lo be a boor. at4 to slight such "You arc not hunting for the millions, A WINDOW MIRROR an nt itutlon as this was inexcusable hut the one. one 1 h gan to hedge a bit, Bo uot am hunting "Appureutly I'roin tho Inilo. Bnt traniparfiit dear Barr ora. I raid, apologetiwith e great degree of success." I onlitiiif (ilM OutU!o. rae you tell now you But you should, and cally "why didnt you A transparent mirror was brought house?" own want'd me to go toyotir have positive proof that the life Is uot fiom Germany to this country a ( Vtl! It haent just oeeurred to me. as black as it Is painted. months ago by a New York Arm and the I gi, ts. and he laughed. .It's very easy lor you to talk, exroi.ise," I went on. It la quite a loutemied warmly. You have called perplexing properties of tlie glass dlfiu-'o- t thin? to go there than to a lucky turn and so has Hilman. But cited much curiosity. It was at once the 0 - " have exhausted the supply. Now, In demand for many purposes and ' cn youll go. he Interrupted, with you same firm Is now engaged In Importing Mrs 1 eould get such a woman a If sus- in I an Interest that I became " But I stopped short, for 1 was it in large quantities. It is still a novu pii to make a discrimination which elty. and some screens, made of thl3 about on "Are there to be any of the gay and wua hardly complimentary to ray host, glass have recently" been placed I asked. giddy fhrong about sale at one of the local stores. They 1 didn't want to do that. and be J "hummer glrla and such? "Go on," he urged, good naturedly. jire probably the first to be viewed in JxHrfl. "1 don't care If you say Mrs. illluian. this city. The coating is placed on ore "i.'.elly Anybody could see that you bad a lean- side of the glass Just the Bame as the 1 hen Ill be frank with feu and say ing that way. Even my wife wasnt at silvering on the mirror and has the there Is not one on the place." j same properties of reflecting the rays of all envious of her sister." Ill then, Vnder the circumstances, I Mrs. I ubmltUxl, say wall, Ughk and color. The difference, Vry I eoakd wouiwn find such It t h Good tor you old man!" ; ntr, ta Ust when looked at front ih 11 as Mrs. Hilman, 1 am not at 11 sure back the coating Is entirely anepaf claimed, clapping m on thfi back. "t will that my mind would not undergo a ent. To one sitting Indoors the view go and telegraph my wife you evening. me change, and that 1 could not bo per- without Is not obstruct"! in tho least, Saturday come up with trambut a pedestrian peering Into the winThen he went out ot my office to cnd suaded to throw off a few of the mel of bachelorhood. dow or doorway la greeted by Lis own bis d.spatch. Baacom let off a guffaw that not only reflection. The glass Is used largely In It waa about 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon when be reached hl borne In startled me, but it shocked mo aa wellv Hen of screens where privacy Is dethe country, three boura earlier than for 1 thought I bad said something i sired without obstruction of light from the outside or barring the vision of bta usual time of arrival, aa be had should not have said. NVbat'a the matter, man?" 1 asked, those Inside. It was introduced with taken me out at that hour ao we might have a little loafing apcll before dinner, much alarmed. effect first In a New York club window. That's it, he continued to laugh. Behind It the chappies could alt and and as the day waa unusually fine In the country and aa It had not been Whats tbe matter with Mrs. Hil- ogle the girls and viexv the passing waa glad man ? plearnnt In the heated town, I throng without being themselves obao thoughtful. been had I waa much more disturbed than ever served. Its use was also resorted to In enough that he tree at this queer Inquiry. it wae delightful under the big cafes, where It offered privacy to those "What do you mean? 1 asked, taking lounging inside, while (he latter had ofjiiajloqryardbe object edTtr calling It a lawn and when h brought out a him by the collar. an undisturbed view of the street. Hilman is Mrs. old if couple of great. Juicy mint juleps, and fellow, "Why, I at there browsing upon them your ideal and you tblnlg you could be Two Tta?rm don t think I aver felt more at peace happy with that kind of a woman, why Here I a true story of coincidence, with the world than I did at that very dont you avail youreelf of your opwhich may be regarded as remarkable: moment. portunities and take Mrs. Hilman? W. of one of Bostons suburbs, who, Mr, little a " Ba Mrs. scorn, 1 dainty " Wha wha wha why why Later with his partner. Mr. S.. bad intended woman, with three as pretty children stammered, utterly upset. to take a business trip to New York, as children can be pretty to a bachelor "Oh, there isn't any Mr. Hilman, if actbat'a what you Jtre trying to say. He was unable, on account of a alight A his to . cident. engagement keep fur has been in the quiet churchyard lo! these many years, and Mrs, Hilman telegram was therefore sent to Mr. S.: "Slipped on lee; strained back Meet has been living with us the last twelve-montW." in New York Wednesday.' you and I am positive that she is What was the amazement of Mr. W. heart-whol- e and fancy free, and, what was on is more to the poinLahe I just a little to receive, while his the sxgy to the office, a dispatch from bit tired of living with Us. See? Possibly I saw, and possibly 1 didn't his partner, as follows: bark, slipped on Ice. Meet Whether I did or not, I spent the next Sunday with Dascoui uml Incidentally, you In New York Wpilnes lax S. with Mrs. IlHscom and Mrs. Hilman. The next Sunday I spent principally FOR THE HOUSEWIFE. with Mrs. Hllraan.y Prlrk a nutmeg with n pin and If it And the next. Is fresh and good oil will Instantly are And others. there AND THERE ARE OTHERS." spread aroun.l the puneire . ef my procllvltlee. Joined us, and. with Malta at a To ascertain if an egg ,s fresh put it her came her sister, Mrs. Hilman, a An English statistician hss demon-strateIn a p.xil of water If eonl it will sink I was whom matronly woman of 85, to the fact that music has a di- Imrie.lt..tely ; if it floats It Is doubtful. formally presented. rect and wonderful influence upon the Sllxer spoons that have become i ronfesa tm an Ailmlritlon of Mrs. of the hair. Atminf" the coni- growth eggs niayber leaned readily not saw that Hilman as soon aa I her; the percentage of bahlnesa Is 12 by nihbirg with a soft ( loth and a e Mrs Bascom wasnt admirable, but that poters which is about the average drv salt j her sister was older and more aubstan-llnU- o per cent, on the of To extract the Juice from an onion 'Performers generally. people a. faeG-MrlUlman my mtnd. ln cut dbtv endem In halt and press lt piano, vlollQ or other string Instruwas ot that pleasing rotundity ot perments retain their hair up to a late against and move it slow !v over a gratson which seems to appeal to an er The Jioce will run nfl the point of period in life. In the ase of piano-playb man of 50, while Mra. reespecially the hirsute growth the graler. was rather spirltuelle and To bronze a phmter cf p.irls figure minded one morekot angeta than of la aggressive, and vloltnDts are a ebse Recall the shocks worn by coxer It wtth a coating of sheUac vargood housekeepers. In addition to her second, other attractions, Mra. Hilman was of many of the eminent pianists and vio- nish. When this Is dry mix some yean. bronze powder with th- - xarnlsh and the laughing, jolly kind ot women, who linist of the past twenty-fiv- e seep to carry a surplus of sunshine Performing on brass instruments, no- apply to the figure, then cover with anwith them for general distribution, nnd tably the cornet, French horn, trom- other coat of clear varnL'i. to suI always bad a. kind of sneaking fondbone pr tuba, la "demonstrated An r,rel!ent cuie for hoarseness Is ness for that kind of a woman. perinduce "baldnessr and massive brows to roast a lemon until it ir soft all I went to bed early, aa Is the custom that reach around to the back of the through; do not allow it to burst. While In the country, and though I waa lu neck are so general In tbe regimental still hot cut a piece, from the end and good sleeping trim and my conscience bands of European armies as to have fill the lemon with aa much granulated was In perfect order, somehow I Jpy given rise to tho diagnosis of "trumpet sugar as it will hold. Then eat it while awake thinking what a lonesome sort baldness, hot. ot life a bachelor's life waa, and bow' Balms, rubber plants and all foliage 7 much cozier and pleasanter a woman lahoBbbUfcu used In the Tiou.se shoutiLhav plants in could make a mans life; Sven It she In throb rabbit drives this season hadnt more than half the chance. Cassia county, Idaho, som 8,000 rab - r WPcV,' wash day- t'slE a soft cloth After a long time 1 slept and dreamed bits have been killed. The animals are Pnge' each leaf should receive a dreams in which there were summer astonishingly numerous and a vcr.. 'lent washing with .lukewarm watef, girls and other disturbing elements, serious nuisance. A round-u- p hunt Is ; nd ,be soil 8hou''' ibe loosened about root8 breathe through their and when 1 awoke In the morning. 4a to be held every week in the hope of and cannot grow well unless J leaves, response to Ba scorns knock. I was my exterminating the pest old self again and lkughed at the very ihey are kept free from dust. , . Idea of a woman as a life companion. - . Four thousand bcmlcidce a year are . A Springfield, O., firm has shipped k During Sunday I had several very committed in Italy. This la almost an I targe-ordof putepa to Russia. lnterestinglaTks wirh'MrcTItlman, axrl sversge ot one la every twn hours. rr .! lb d j III! ex 3.! , V! h ll te- - d I i do, and xx .u n n .out, it he did not i: h..jn xxnuhl oe he i mat hi d Bui tl I.- m ! xx h.) . e to iiw - xx iih ID y I ad v, he i el, pun I b M pi si n -- ( 3 ' 4 I - .a ix surrei.dei whuvxi.x I 27 ,27 777 t u im n - ha' to go into the xl tm- 11 eus, d on y til (7l tS 10(5), ,.0 d . ice - diluted. 'laud i turned mi him atuiniy itel V,' v) ) (none) p x , t t t iV'utnial maeagers t'n u I ( spoe xx and the fe, jPt 4 ..f -- 11 know," I said, with a, I "Non th'uk tl.a u'ter ray i , in h peili-tiiof the last forty eight limits w 'i i my xexxs on the woiomi ' "tub rgo si in In id li mge I ml led at ray pm n nidi d Ud fumllty of ole mm e he so i up, i,w. Marston "Haxen't xnt r x Ii v ( hang) d soncxx it by f Dal you have tiled In for cm n x or,,.o to .4me ant 5 of ll 'ri an;, 'line in -- 'Oh now 25 fernixb xi xi Ked Im gl d xi ii It, for Tim r n .wont, th.iij one " and be smiled ral lo r mid U . 4lt - Mlt'e It does j., k ,)f in ii M , kf. J . U- h i 'r!l' Hhottt (ho MurilcTrf . Cip I x, l?kf4 profevni.m M)f in piiienlheseg iieing '! 1VM lixTc for i.ik 'figutes xX'le i 1 lf, female diiiiois vie dent lets (21) .1 f, nlf femalr pf' II r.i, 1 '' fi m th- engineer-- , tau lurid "i e.u I 'he I il.-"- A ooi-stbu- V ' , I I or not. want xou to get out of the rut of and go with me. You are very kind. oh! man. Will you 'I r a xarh-ty- . go - l dear .wexer. whether H i Taken from u, Oarreti, XV ho Ha, tm, A Story during the last xrt simply actoutid.iS Ntb'j lll'Htr.ite tb.ls m tter ll 1,1 liauies, which bax re!" r p' k n'tod j 'I- -, her rtf women in ttse - i 1 s I x , pleasant hiuch ards where thought Mr Hilman might be a"( w ii h iiuc r'ers Ind flnlu 1. ami J fell tha.1 I mild ailend bis futu-- .1 with ui'n pb tho"irl, as a m'1 ol JU !lh 3 i, SAVED EY A WOLF. , airy were picketed before each winaowr j and door of every building on the plrj-e- . n Old Th hlrunge xtoiy Tbit Jack Garrett, wieu awakened, without H lolxt. xlxn. llunirr where hisita'ion infirmul the buidn-rJohn Inns of Jthisxown l;i , wis they world hud Uie two mm. whose1 n nne. but true names ef course lit did not know; teed xer LICHT ON THE LAST HOURS OF THE ASSASbIN. fr l.arhtlor of 50 lightly on that point, phase, iv might a ncm ltv. . tile. 1 I l rf. WILKES BOOTH'S END, w;E women marry late. f by this page we show an illustration a Inn. This Is peculiar to India. The leaves aro and arc pointed at the tips. This vegetable Is weak in itself, but has the quality of making Itself supported by others. It may be that from this quality It derives its name, as the word banyan in India means a trader, and especially a trader with foreigners. These trees, like the traders, dexelop with the assistance of others. A banyan tree will send down rootlets from every branch. These little filaments increase in size till they reach the ground. They then send out strong roots and the filament that came down from the branch develops and becomes a great trunk. Through this process tho single tree often becomes a great forest. The admiral of Alexander describes such a one, and it is supposed that it is standing today, though somewhat cut away by floods that have made great Inroads on it. A French traveler describes a forest On of ITa-nja- heart-shape- that had all grown from a single tree, all the roots and all the great Branches the forest being united. Other travelers say they have counted 3,000 trunks all originating and still .connected wltli the same trunk. Others describe groups of trunks 2,000 feet in circumference. Farmers Review. of meet Herold, and In his conversation school uniforms. These attracted the with him, at a short distance from the attention of the urchins who were enfreely criticising the wedding house, exhibited the only excitement gaged Which he displayed while there. party as it entered the church. Catch on to der kids wld der soldier That tight the assassin attempted to leave Mr. Garrett's. Jackllarrett was suits," yeWed one of the youngsters deoffered $150 for his horse, which he re- risively. "Ah! dems kldets. replied an unfused to epII, but agreed to take the two the next morning to Guinea's Sta- conscious punster with great pride lp tion. a distance of about eighteen miles, his knowledge. New York Evening for which Booth paid his $10 in ad- Sun. vance. Booth explained to Mr. Garlialtat Glrla at Blla. rett's f.wn'ly that he had had "a little o lirxish with Ihe Yankees oxer in Most of the girls In tights, short -aremtBt --for his excitement desves and bizarre costumes at the after the cavalry rode bv. nnd stated French and Arion balls and at the masthat he and Herold would like to sltep querade affairs of the Cm koos," "Early in the barn that night. The actions of I Birds and "Night Hawks-ar- e paid the fugitives had already aroused the ballet dancers, and chorus girls from his of Garrett Jack and suspicions the theatrical attractions playing in the brother Willie, and they interpreted the city. wish of the assassins to sleep in the For tl.e tetter class balls the girls barn as a ruse to secure their horses $10 each. They usually do a during tbe inght. After Booth and receivedame and appear in the grand Herold went to the burn, therefore, the fancy much horses were secretly led Into lhewcods march. As the fun does not begin -arhalf a mile distant, and Jack and Willie before nndnlghtTThpy ran easily at the theater and go to and appear Booth range after locking quietly Garrett, Herold in the barn, slept on their arms j to the ball later. The ballet dancers at the Metropoli- near by. In thecorn-eri- b The cavalry, guided by Rollins, who tan pera bouse anL at tbe TRympTa was not Informed cf the name of the are in greatest demand. They possess man whom they were pursuing, rode the personal beauty and physical qualion to Bowling Green, which they fications of the chorus girl and in reached about t oclock Wednesday addition, as trained dancers, are more dim graceful than chorus or extra, girls morning. Jett awoke to see by the bedmen at. his four who have only been taught to walk a candle of light Ama-xen- s. side, each of whom held a large cocked and carry a spear in a parade of hi head. A voice Journal. New Y'ork. at levelled pistol gruffily demanded, .Where did you leave those men? TeU ua quickly. or The-- Kn4 x Uie World. . we'll blow out your brains. Only half and the heavens are to be earth The awake, and much frightened by the burned up. That Is wbat the Bible he that stated sight before him. Jett Science Is gradually coming says. had left them at Garfetts. Under .the around to believe .with the Bible. Sclep-tis- ts threat of death he waa forced to lead agree now that the old earth must the soldiers back about twelve miles to be burned up. Unless It is recuperated which waa reached between somehow this old world must go to Garrett, 3 and 4 Wednesday morning. For Jett's smash, Rev. C. M. Hall. connection with this affair he whs Jilted by his sweetheart, ostracized by his Hard ack la Kansas. friends, outlawed by bis family, and a farmer and his wife were While finally obliged to leave the neighborgold piece hood. This waa not because he guided searching for a at Wellington. Kan., Booth, but because be betrayed him. lost on the street the other day by The farmer.- - bla wife He died In an Insane asylum In Baltibill and they dropped a more. . find Ex. either. could not cav Upon reaching Garretts farm the Mary-lantl-t- j ten-doll- ar 'two-doll- ar Dumas the elder had uot a few points of resemblance to Oliver Goldsmith, says the Century. He could not help running into debt, giving alma largely to every one who demanded them, without stopping to inquire whether the or an honmendkpnt were an impostor orable man. being a prey to sharp dealers and parisites, and living from hand to mouth. He was also boastful, from a fear of being forgotten or underrated, though without a grain of envy in his genial soul, was fond of the excitement and adventures of the modes of traveling, and had an undying love for the place In whifch he spent his youth. TMioughout his long and varied literary career he nursed the forest-girdle- d hope of ending his days in the in the town of ancient province of Valois, where be was borii and reared. If ever the thought of having any of his earnings traversed his brain, the father to it was g desire to there return and his die at borne at last. He often talked of buying, when be bad tbe means, The house in the Rue de Lorimer in which he was born as day dawned on a July morning, in the second year of this was written centuiy. Villers-Cottereon his heart, and reacted on most of his after-lif- e impressions. When he revisited the town he was lionized by great and small, and found that boyish escapades and venial sins of adolescence were still held in kindly remembrance by the old folks. Dumas was a man of warm ahd ready sympathies, Jovial of temperament, and sparkling with ready wit. His impressions were vivacious, the fountains were near his eye, and after laughing and crying or rather blubbering for sheer joy at the welcome he received, he lent himself to convivial demonstrations and delighted all who sat down with him at table by bis high spirits and tbe brilliancy of his conversation. Vlllers-Cottere- ts life-lon- ts BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN. No gift offered by love is ever too small. Men run to tbe devil and creep toward Gcd. Little troubles are big troubles to J little mem There Is no sin that dies a harder death than pride. The Juafer never blauies the rlght man for his bad luck. To know Christ well, is to become a magnet for him. The man who is a slave to himself, has a bafd master. Our friends may leave us. but God will still be very close. There are too many people who have mere religion than loxe. Great things are done by learning nottoslight . lit tie. one To to?e who know fo('s voice, he is always telling bis Iqve. We are walking with 'he devil whenever we are in. bad. company. If your work seem hard, you can make it feasy by doing it for Christ.-- Th old serpent has not grown a quarter on an inch since be tempted Adam. It Is only the man who is faithful to God, who is a true frlead to himself. To bring out the very best that God has put in us, tbe motive muzt be love. Many a rose-line- d path is . full 6t tracks that were made by the cloven foot Rams Horn. |
