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ns t.be tw ilight Kldom lb ho lust irte , *88, with Us faint perfnnMt mf he uinite ao room, . 1 not let mi. •* '• I till the gqaaa giwt«#, rn tr, *Sk»V Hand, aw he whispering Mid; ,,wver lifted ouch j>ink, "irffit* nitWil , . Telfiftakiftall that ruv lover -n f<1J <©, clover in.bloppv-\low it! >40^ NM WJ»t the i>nth to l&lkk »VM kliinit ov«r,' %.•:}* »©• either Hidj. W*e#fMNI , sf&xs i vftiniV triad, &*:< the arm* at my AMdft^t lover. %£ Ami IM know l never ooefcl wish tot»t«y, And would not h»n heard Mt*t ht> WW sdif. "r" he drew plimm ana softly tdd: :-n•:»•• -j-.-s » WWBP"* .W** «r«n- «\tll lUstMM TV> listen to ell tlmt mv lover «{u<l { , OvtMl*aw»i> hanging lowly o'er in#f. > ~3fonl he moved asMe but a lltt W war,' itMkl surely then have lnwand him. And he know I never could wish to at*' I am 'i tfe v l..*r «Ai.l! wind around n*! " M f . he know, when he held lae fast, , aMatliMlimctmas, -- ^or tjUttd to go and woul I have passed. -V -W thjr?dfll& wMButge with'?ty"fl$»» it laifc.t41 *' And tttt Ay <vitlFits.«tar» wp.s 'Ailing; , t i B«tJi»4dMM aaeolcae when t wlwM fifcil. *.nd*» made me hwr bis storv, JmA MB BOBI cam# o4t. front hi*UpMM#t safc)•' IKsw theaters crept out, wtfMn the white uioon T» listen to -what my lover aai.l: <*, Uielaora and star* m glory s , S&*ow that 'the grass and th^l^alS} *»N. . , , , MM&that tfcewilid. preeioua i .,- so aafelv and well • • * Is- m:: «tt VflM. dinco ver I f W H i M d f t A y lover; MMNMtbe stars that, looked over ntittialwliht a fairy like spelt i » about «s that n^ht in Ilk® "".'11 throwBtitbedew-lade* clover;'1 f > whispers that made my hflft Stam the lips of wy lovW. " • 4. WICKED lAiElf LOT «KIWK FORBI AK HAXAFUID. -simplv perfect. THe yms limiting on hill to4 valley, on wMt'- «std streftm. Tbe hasr- n trees were white with blossoms, their sweet fragrance filled the air, the bird* were pouring forth their >• J8Pspl» Elwood waa in the garden, 09ft s fffipllfW8 the bushes that grew in '• th#' iiwit of a broad, high trellis. The roses fall of dewy fres linens, and Xeola taste in the selection and r>f . McaBgement of them. f Sndh a winning face had Neola El­ wood, with bright, laughing brown eyes, pi thick, short curls of sunny "brown j» beautiful face, in which the and went at every change of ^ and feeling. Her vmoe was I saof t uid moaical, happy and joyoua, and fe Shcr every movement wae fall of un- -- ^ - - ftn lilWIM JTAC6. ; ' -Tfesrs -w^s a quick, firm step upon |;i 5. tto graveled path, and the gate shut pi < 'witk a sharp little click that sent the pH" mesa • dancing into Meola's cheeks and |y? the hright love-light into, her bonny, Sworn eyes, -RBOI», my darling!" The voice was folT dfltrve and reverence. and, as the Mi paused before Neola, the ex- of ma eyes said, more plainly voidi oonld have done, that she me brijght, particular utar in all 4be world forhini. llMkbpghi aunbeaina danced joyqnsly <rrer ine earth, and lingered with loving teradMSMMs on Neola's brown curls, -gMulfeag them with golden lights, and •Mlmg^the giri's Iwanty something "Neola ̂d^rling, I wish I had a picture •of JOB, jw as yon look now, with your anna full of roses, vourself the fairest flower of them all." 1 Thna spoke the ardent young lover, as, he eaoght Neola's hands in both lus own, caosing her to drop more than lialf her roeoe. NMUt glanced up coyly and blushed preltiSy, as she said, "After' you see irty CwjuinCora, Harold, you will forget all «ligrtt me. Ah, she is so beautiful, tms tiwiii of mine, so different from poor "Different from yon? Of course she is,' " my darling. There "never was att- «ttber in world as sweet and win­ ning as yon, Neola, dear." And Harold ficaatiey, at the time, meant every word fcesrfd. ' . - Hsola drew a sigh of relief, and her «yos' net his in sweet shyness. "But Cot* is, indeed, very beautiful, Harold!" *^8»! there I let us leave your Ckmsin Cora out of the question. Xeola, you know that you are all the , woffld to me. and I never could care for t^aqgwr as I care for you,, little one." "A» you quite sure of that, Harold?? eo&M demanded; then, seeing the expression of his face, hear r instantly changed, and, putting arms around his neck, she pressed ^srjlps to his and whispered, "I love SO 4early, Harold, that I am almost >, at tirnoii, for fear something will us." many food wor^sof end Brentley clasped her closet; kissing the sweet, trouT _ and again and assuring he would always love her, and must never doubt him. For Neola was silent, then a wreethed the lovely " face, Its ~ closer to him. will never doubt you, my Haroldk n*(»iw yon I never will." t That is right, my darling," he sai& S«thr and caaressongly, drawiaw iher Mf to him, ahdonoi agidti he^ktike* ini, - ,.i W%m * Harold, this is my Cousin Cora--Hiss Milliard, Mr. Brentley." • before he realize ̂fwhat he t, Harold Brentley found hita.- log over a dainty little hand, and soft as velvet, on which , a lovely cluster diamond ring jape of a star, and was listening, 'ream, to the sweet tones of .'•dice pronouncing his name. ^ *1 he looked up into a pair of w£ eyes, of the deepest violet, whose smiting glance somehow, made him feel, for an instant, decidedly uncomfortable. Certainly Cora Hilliard was remark- lovely. She was refined in feature, and graceful in form, with a fair, j .face and golden-tinted hair. *f both quick and clever, Neola with sadly-beating heart, thfi d pleased surprise on Harold SnetttleyV face, as he lingered by her «onsln's side and listened to her merrv and ringing laughter. Poor Neolf! Was she jealous So soonj1 mm she to lose the man she loved, b4- •mnse another face iras fairer than her -wsra ? Would it not have been better ior |kU. of them if her cousin had staid She dared not trust herself to ; about it, for already she felt thp t varv near the surface. > ' •Sfeola!" It was Harold's voice, and |fc <NMsed Neola to start quickly, for her " Is were so sad that she felt sore Jd notice the changed expression r &oe, but he did not. Evidently he was too much occupied by ̂ R-I^rir cousin, for tiiis was whal li^.aaMVV'Ne- ola, we must tf&f your eoHM^|o«li& the imrks; I was j*st tellin| herhowoharm ingtliey are around here." ^ That was all, but it was enough. Ne­ ola knew he was not thinking of he#. Thus two weeks passed quickly away. Cora Hilliard was a born coquette, and was never so happy as when making a new conquest. It mattered little to her that Harold Brentley was betrothed to her Cousin Noola. If anything, it in­ creased the desire to win him if possi­ ble. As for Harold, ht> was bewitched by Iter beauty, and flattered by hc§ very evident preferenoe for his society, and he imagined himself in love with her, and the sight of Neola's sad eyes and wistful Irtoks made him feel like n brate. Yet what oeuld he do? He lutd gone too far to r#rae^' his steps now. It was tots late: ana" Mi# realized that his posi­ tion was mwnentarily growing more perilous. $he was like a beautiful siron, nrging iiim on to eertayi destruetitm. When alone wifelt his oWu thoughts, he re­ gretted the passionate « oms that lie had spoken .to her, and wished he had never met het", for then lie * Would nave re­ mained true^ to Neoljju He was wea*k, ah, so pitiably weak but not picked. He wsa as if under a spell. When in her presence, and a Way from her, his self-accusation was some­ thing terrible. , It was a lovely evening. The Aobn was full, and had just risen, flooding the silent landscape with a soft, silvery fight. And as he neared the house his heart gave a great throb, for in tiie dim lig.'it he could just discern the faint outlines of a girlish figure, not far in th« diatanw anj lio Jmjw full well who it was that had come to meet him. In another week Cora Hilliard was to return to her city home, and as Harold caught a glimpse of her floating white dress, whfere she stood waiting tor him, he felt that he could not give hier up and let her go out of his life forever. She was all the world to him now, or at any rate he thought so. Conscience was nothing to him; honor was forgotten when the beauty of her face and form, and the golden gleam of her perfumed hair, were near him; Hurrying forward, his pulses thrill­ ing, his head in a whirl of delight jst the unexpected meeting, he as suddenly paused, and his heart almost ceased to beat. ] Yes, it was Cora, and she was not alone. He could easily distinguish voices: and one, a man's, sounded clearly on the still night air. And thai, in spite of all knowledge of right or wrong, perhaps because he had not the power to go, he stood still and listened to what the man had to say. "Cora, darling, say you are glad to see me. You are pleased, are you not? I could almost fancy you knew I was coining, and came to meet me, when 'I had the good fortune to find you herfe. It seems years since you went away, and I thought yon would never conle back, so I took a run down here to see • what there was in a little country town like this to interest yon and keep you away from me so long." i Then standing, as if turned to. stone, and unable to move, Harold saw the stranger take the girlish form in 14s arms and press kiss upon kiss on the uplifted face. And as for Cora, she did not stop him; in fact she rather seemed to like it, and returned the' same with interest. , Then her voice fell on his ear, seft am! sweet, as she had so often addressed him. And the hot blood surged into Harold Brentley's faoe, as her vor4s sounded clear and distinct. "Of course I am pleased to see you, Alex. It is so dull here, and I have missed you so much. If it had not been that Auntie Elwood was taken so siek k short time after I reached here, I should have been home long ago. But I felt It was- my duty to stay and help dear Cousin Neola to take care of her. And I cannot ask you to the house, Alex, and you must not stay here, for I could not devote any titfrQ to you while dear auntie is so ill. As soon as she is better I promise you I will come home, and you can expect *pe in a few days, aweejc at the longest. V Now, go.back to towi$, that's a dear, and be content until I can come home once more." „ j And the flush that the falsehoodrnu have brought into her face was hidden •by the dusk. • "My darling, I cannot have you losing your pretty roses in a sick room, but that shows just how tender and full qf pitty you are, and here I was making myself miserable, thinking perhaps there was some fellow down here that you were interested in. Forgive me, dearest." "As if I oonld be interested in any one but yon, you silTy boy. There are no gentlemen here, excepting one, who is engaged to my Cousin Neola, and sa. much in love with her that he hasn't eyes or ears for any one else, much less my charming self. Engaged people always are so stupid, I think, don't you? Now kiss' me good-bye and go, for I must ran back to dear auntie, or she will miss me. I only ran out to get & little breath of air, and meant to be back long ago. Do "not come again, Alex; I will be home soon as I can leave here, and I will telegraph you, so that you gan meet me." Harold awoke as from a trance and hurried away. He was fully disen chanted now,, and lie despised her as much as he imagined he loved her^ Heavens, that any one could stand up and lie as fast a* that young girl had done. What a story she had inveuted', at a minute's notice, to prevent her un- weloome lover from going to the house. He oonld scarcely believe the evidence of hpiosra- eyes and ears.. p For no one knew better than Harqid Bentley that Mrs. Elwood was in perfed; health, and had not been iU a day since Cora Hilliard's arrival. Ah, now he regretted his mad infatua­ tion for so unworthy an object. Then he thought of Neola, the dear little girl he had neglected and lost by his miserable conduct and instability. Oh. how wretched he was. There was no excuse 'r for him, and he knew it. Neola would never forgive him, he felt certain of it. And he could not blame her; he deserved her scorn, and did no$ merit forgiveness* ' - ' For half an hour he walked up and down among the trees, in the moonlight, and tried to decide what was best to do. At last he made up his mind. He would go directly to the house and ask Neola's forgiveness; then he would go away, out of her life, nnless--oh, blessed thought--unless she should ask him to stay. On reaching the house he found Cora Hilliard standing on the st^ps, her face wreathed in smiles, waiting to welcome him. " "You are late, Harold; she said sweetly. "I was growing anxious, for fear you would not come." What a finished actress she was. Har- her as ah© stood, lo &ooent, her white dress of material enchancinff her her eyes shining like hands held out in glad pic .are was indeed a pre' l>eauty was entirely lost Brentley. For an instant t* met, and in that glance Cora t knew that she had lost him'. * Harold entered the house, and, ftp Mrs. Elwood alone, he asked where he could find Neola. "She weut out into the garden a few minutes ago," replied Neola's mother, quietly. Harold tpok his w ay out into the garden, and there, among the roses, he found his little sweetheart sobbing as if hgy heart would break. » - j; :; "Neola." ; , The girl started to her fee r back the tumbled curls from fr^» eyes^ and looked startled and ashanuy| that any one, much less Harold should have found her crying. . •» "Neola, dear, may I talk to you? Will you forgive me for treating you ao? Listen, and then forgive me if you can. "From the first moment that I looked upon your cousin's face I lost my,senses, and was as if under a spell which I had no power to break. I struggled to be strong, and knew that I still loved you, but when near, her I was completely under her j>owcr. Neola, that spell is broken, and I know lier real worth, and also that I never loved her. I was simply infatuated with her beauty; never loved any one but you. Oh, forgive me, ; tho pain I have caused you, and take me back to your heart once more." The bitterness of self-reproach lent an added tenderness to his tone,. as b& pleaded with his wronged love for for­ giveness. . « ,i v > And Ncols ? /Well, WM UUL: M woman, and she loved him. Need I say more? Perhaps she thought, <what was undoubtedly true, that he was weak not wicked. As for the fair, treacherous Cora, she sent a telegram, the following morning, to the unsuspecting "Alex,* telling; hiin that, as dear Auntie was "so much bo,ti­ ter," she should start for home on the next train. Poor Alex. There is an old/saying, "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to be wise." It may be so, and yet would it not be better if he knew? Can he ever be happy with a woman like, Cora> Hilliard for his wife, who is not on^n weak, but wicked? I would excuse her if I could, for his pake. But I eaasofco Can you? ' .ii ".I-' .•if' . . The Last of Bis Raee, A good story is told of a purse-proud1 old'nobleman who was traveling through) the rural districts of Sweden. Over in that country the people do^not havfe quite as much respect ^or the titled aristocracy as in some other localities on the continent. One day this nobleman came rolling up to a tavern, and as be stopped his carriage he called Out in an imperious tone: ' >; "Horses, landlord; horses here at once." "lam very much pained to inform! you that you will have to wait over an hour before fresh horses can be brought, in," replied the landlord. , .. j "How," violently exclaimed the noble­ man, "this to me! My man, rdemand horses at once." , !i Then observing the fresh ahd| felee]^', looking horses which were being led >%p> to another carriage, he said: ; >» "For whom are those horses?" ; " • "They were ordered for this genll^i man," said the landlord, pointing- to»! tall, slim individual a few paces distant.: I say, my man," called out the noble­ man to the slim gent, "will you let me have those horses if 1 pay you* liberal bonus therefor?" "Not much," answered the slim gelit,' "I intend to use.them myself." " [ ' "This to me," exclaimed the ripblft- man. That's what I said," replied the man. , " Perhaps you are not aware who i am?" roared thp now thoroughly agi-; tated and irate nobleman. "I am, air^ Field-Marshal Baron George Spftrre, the last and only one of my race." "I am very glad to hear tha^" said the slim man,stepping into his oavriiigei "It would be it terrible thing to tHink that there might be more of yon .bond­ ing. I am inclined to think that your race will be a foot moe." ; The slim tuau «• : a brother o{ #4 King of Hweatm.--'/Vj-rtw 8 If tings. m I I. .0 , ; A CalentU Nnakery. The late King of Oiule had built A snakery in the gardens of his palaee at Garden Beaeli, near Calcutta. It was an oblong pit about 30 feet long by 20 feet broad, the walls being about 12 feet high and perfectly smooth, M that a snake could not crawl np. 3JX the center of the pit there was a large block of rough masonry perforated so that it was as full of holes as a sponge. In this honeycombed block the snakes dwelt, and when the sun shone brightly they came out to bask or to feed.' 1 \ His Majesty used to have Jive frog^ put in the pit, and amuse himself by seeing the hungry snakes catch tnfr frogs. When a large snake catches . a small frog it is all over in an instant, but if a small snake catches a largo frog, so that he cannot swallow it at once, the frog's cries are piteous to heaf. Again and again I have heard the?x\ while out shooting, and have gone to* the bush or tuft of grass from which the piteous cries came--sometimes in , tupe, sometimes too late to save the . poor froggy, though the snake generally* got shot. As a final story let me tell how a frog has been seen to turn tHe tables on the snake. " " ; Two gentlemen in Cachar some^' jWfWi ago saw a snake seize a small frog and attempt to swallow it. But suddenly a» large frog jumped forward, seized thO snake's tail,, and began to swalloW the snake. How the affair might have ended cannoi be told^.besi cause my friends imprudently' drew near to watch the combat, ' yhje'n! the frogs and snake took alarm, and the big frog disgorged the snake's tfcily khid the snake released the little frogi :and they all scuffled off. But the tale 1# perfectly true, and both the gentlemen who saw it are still alive; apJLI only regret that it w*s not my good luA to see the affair with my own eyes. --India letter. * lacM^ati of the Metoorolnglc*! Terror ToM by t liyrafiment School -TeMdier. j*lye^bii^artis co^iDttfti id the 4#|»^ jimntktti, i Mopowi to invite th^ clubto meet at Jimr camp, llo^bM jM|enoy, SQutherij^JJj&ota^ To prepareih6m{nds of Ihe" memtere let me 'Mp|% ex- petiene'e of last January! We knew be­ fore we' ^ot out of lied, in this little government school-house, that the most awful storm we had over witnessed was itfniiintjnt.. The sky tiras' ifitfcy. 'In a1 .r,tf^',!' inlnutes the storm began, arid iii half an hour ftbm this tiAafir 'it Waal i& ife' height. Eilia ventured a few yards but of the front dfWr'i^ its beginning and was near not getting back. The wind struck her with such violence as to bring her head down td a level with her knees and take away her breath. She said she was near falling on her face, and she knew that if she fell she would not get up Again. She got to the house, bent at the angle into Which the wind had forced her. The storm raged without one moment's abatement or lull "during the whole day and far iiito the night, whdn we fell asleep. At first the little frame building creaked and shivered like a ship at sea, and we wondered how anything con­ structed by fhe hand of man could stand against that wind. After the first half- hour it was impossible to distinguish the sound of groaning timbers, for the ears were filled with the rush of the elements. It was like the *o&r aiid surging of a mighty ocean. Being in the house we could sec out a few yards on one side--the side from which the storm did not come. On the other three sides the snow beat and vault; iu (iliuugii the house is close and tight), and'Went half way across the sclhool-room. It hung in a beautiful fringe, several inches long, from the drying rd$*e stfetehed across the room, and festoo*WI the maps on the walls and finally blocked up the windows till they were as impenetrable as sn6w banks. f It was a comfort to us to believe', as we then did, that this greatest of all blizzards had set in as early iri other camps as iri onts, and that no human being- was exposed'to its fury. ' No sun had risen over our heads on that day and we had rung no school bell ? we could not know that bells were ringing from many' a ptairie schbol-liouse and that th6 fair promise of the day was luring men, Women, and children to their doom. 'On the aftetnoofa preceding this de­ structive day no-snow fell, but th6 force of the wind was so great that it lifted up from the botmdlefcis prairie the accumu­ lated; drifts'of weeks and carried them aloug in great waves, so that the whole earth seemed in motion and rising heavenward. The outline of these vast billows and the intervening troughs, as seen against the horizon, was the most, impressive sight that had ever met our eyes. .. • s \ ; On the morning of the l3th the mer­ cery registered * 25 degrees below zero apd the wind was blowing cnielly. The drifts between us and the village were so deep that we thought it unsafe to ring for the children. But they came over the half mile, through drifts waist deep to >large children, and the two faithful policemen, Stiff Arm and Cut Foot, came to see how we had got through the blizzard. * i The school-room waa not to bethought of on that bitter day, and we brought the children and the polieem*n into our bedroom to thaw out. We ran the mercury up to 110 degrees within two feet of the stove; at a distance of eight fleet it was 95 degrees lower. Not one of the children uttered a sound of plaint, but the big tears rolled silent] down the swollen cheeks of one of tl little1 girls when the genial warmth of the room began to make her comfortable. % Our ftfteen-mile-off neighbor, the young teacher at the next camp, stepped in one evening to ask if we could give him a bed for the night. He had been ttviug all day to get to his camp and had; consumed four hdurs in traveling abe; mile and. a half. His plucky little Indian pony dragged the wagon through the heavy drifts by main force, the wheels not turning and the horse wad­ dling where lie could not walk. The ffcithful creature was quite exhausted. A sheet of ice inclosed his nose and an icicle more than a foot long hung from it. This gentle animal during the blizzard of the 12th not only broke his halter, but pawed down a thick stable door with binges a foot long. His master went out into the storm to see how he was faring. He spent two hours in looking for him, though he was only a few yards from him. When found he was a mass of ice, his eyes nearly closed by it, and a giant icicle hanging from his nose. \ * . Mr. Wafer's own eye-lashes" froze every time lie winked and he had to hold his hand to his face and send the hot breath up to them before he could open tliexn again. We hear this is common enough in Dakota, but we don't stay out long enough ,to wink. , Where Frogtf Leg* Come Froife > "Sixty centra pound, did yotk *'s&Jr?" 1 asked a reporter of a wholesale fish mer- I chant, who is the largest dealer in frogs' l f e g s I h t h i s c o u n t r y . . . . ; 'Yes," he replied, "Khat's What frogs1 i lfegs are selling for to-day, and'they'll :bnng niore than that soon. It will take • an ^enterprising hotel man to keep this ^cdicafcy-' before his guests until next spring, when the eatcli begins agaim | Where do th«y all eome from ? We get ja few barrels from C&pe Cod, a few :from New Jersey, and a g<fc>d many from jthe Northwest; but the' bulk of the sup- jply eomes from Canada. Over in New Jersey boys travel along the edge of the swamps and marshes drugging a long pole, at the end of which is tied a piece of red cotton cloth over a common fish hook. There is no nibbling the bait jwith him. 'Spraddle legs' makes one pass at it, and when he shuts his capac­ ious jaws the ml cloth has disappeared tvwd the next moment froggie is in the : hoy's basket. Up in Canada there af«rK - , _ , . What He Took It For, snsszi - ̂ -(to ;the lakes in canoes, carrying flaming Yery {Loinantle. 'was Algernon last nighf?" ' " ***** t . "Oh, Lucia, I must tell yon! 5e ?M just too poetical for anything. Qe At on the sofa reading Browning, with such eloquence that I just flopped dowi| <11 > nest of happy thoughts " • [Ring at the door bell.] ' W . What is it sir?" ^,"-1 "I was sent around to pvt oe*' castow tm a sots here, mum!"--Chicago Ledger. OF the 7,120 miles of new railroad constructed in thus country in 1888, old paused for an instant and looked at | third was in the Southern States. Wn ipitte tfifohes to light up the bottom. IThe light stupifies the ftog, and he is | (easily secured." • ; "Is there no effort being made to breed them systematically tor the market?** ' » , '^ i "I only know erf one frog-pen--that of ! Messrs. Clark, out in Michigan, near Detroit, which embraces twelve or flf- ;tee« acres. The pen is surrounded by [high walls, and the business has been i profitable one to the owners. Owing to I tlleitf cannibalistic propensities the pens have to b6 of enormous size, else the big ' ftogs wotfld eat up all the little ones. Tlie^e frogs; are kti^wn in the trade as •treated' frogs. This consists of break­ ing their legs when they are young in Such a way as to allow of a greater growth of flesh on the hindquarters, which are the only edible part. Treated £ro|̂ |||gi;.: ottto. weigh as mueh as a quartet of a pOOCtd. Frogs' legs are getting more popolar every year. They wonld be as eheap and common as chickens, too, I think, if the Govern­ ment would not persist in levying an Import dnty on the Canadian under the classification of 'manttfactured articles.' They ought to be let in ts fish, fresh for consumption. The only manufacturing process they undergo is to cut off their hind legs and skin them."--vJVea' York Tribune, . -i, .••• • Matrimonial Xaxims. J. V In your study to master your IW*- band's temper, do not forget to keep a firm hold of your own. Women are less selfish and less imperious, but they are more sensitive and hasty than men, and more apt, on small occasions, to mount into a flame and become indig­ nant about trifles. Of all things in the world beware most of this fault, for by indulging it you lose the grace and van-' tage-ground of your sex. When your husband speaks harshly to you--as even the best of husbands may "do in an evil moment--either remain silent, or, if you are pressed hard, give a firm but placid reply in a tone that expresses neither exasperation nor contempt. Obey your husband in all reasonable matters and in some unreasonable mat­ ters, but not in all matters; otherwise you will make him a tyrant and your­ self a slave. When he becomes im­ perious about crochets, take your own way and smile bewitchingly. He can­ not get the better of you thus without becoming a brute, and beating, or at least bullying you, an issue whichf if your husband has any tincture of gen- tlemanliness about him, in a decent, sober-minded Christian country, you have no great reason to fear. Always attend conscientiously, as part of your special province, to the kitchen and the pantry; also to the wardrobe, and, if you have children, to the nurs* ery. But beware of becoming alto­ gether a mere housekeeper or bringer- up of bairns. You have a duty to per­ form to yourself, as well as to your hus­ band and your family; and, if you neg­ lect this duty, you may soon become unworthy to be either his wife or their mother. Cultivate your gifts, and do not prove by neglecting your accom­ plishments that your only object iu ac­ quiring them was to catch a husband. To insure the continuance of your husband's love behave so in all points as to command his respect. Love with­ out reverence is a childish affair and can satisfy only a low type of man who looks on his wife as a plaything. Dress well. Married women often err here from want of a high motive. In the fair sex outward decoration, when genu­ ine--for painting is vile--is, in my opin­ ion, a positive duty, a duty not to a hus­ band merely, or to any fellow=mortal, but to God, The Author of the Uni­ verse, as all His works testify, delights in the utmost possible magnificence and luxuriance of external decoration; and it is plainly our duty, being endowed with reason, to follow His hint, and, where He has created a fair object, to set it forth with every graceful trapping that is in keeping with the character of the work. Good dresB is, in fact, a sort of jpoetry addressed to the eye, which it is in the power of every well-conditioned woman to compose; and a woman who has no taste for decoration is a deficient creature, as much out of nature as a bird without wings.--/. Stuart Blackie, in Ca88ell's Family Magazine, ; . Iadia-Buhbcr Pavement. The authorities of the city of Basle intend repaving their principal thorough­ fares, and are now considering the ma­ terial best suited for the purpose. In one street a trial was given to wood >avement, but somehow it does not givfi satisfaction. The decision, therefore, turns upon asphalt or india-rubber. The latter xwas invented by the ̂ German engineer;, Busse, in Linden, near Han­ over, and was first practically used about fifteen months ago for paving the roadway over the Goethe bridge in Hanover, which required about 1,000 square metres of material. The first experiment proved so successful that during the present year another street in Hanover was paved with india-rubber to the extent vl 1,000 - square meters. Berlin is already considering the advisability of availing itself of the same pavement, and has given it a fair trial by laying it down over a consider­ able distance near the Lutzow Bank, which example is being followed by Hamburg. The india-rubber pavement is said to combine great elasticity with the hardness of stone, to be completely noiseless, and to suffer neither from cold nor hot weather. Moreover, it is not slippery, like asphalt, and is more dur­ able.--From Invention. ' After Twenty-Four Yean. Mrs. Kinyoun, wife of Dr. J. J. Kin- Voun, surgeon in the Marine Hospital at Stapleton, Staten Island, witnessed a short time ago what is seldom vouch­ safed to mortal eye. While on a visit not long since to Jier old home in Cen­ ter View, Mo., she had the remains of her mother disinterred for removal. The body had been placed in a metallic casket and buried in an underground vault, which was hermetically sealed. When the casket was opened Mrs. Kin- youn was utterly amazed to see that her mother's body was in just as natural and life-like a condition as it was when it was buried. Her clothing was intact and the preservation of her body was won­ derful. There was no ghastliness about the face, the complexion was as clear and delicate as that of a living person; there was even a alight color in the cheelts and her brow was as clearly pen­ ciled as if it had been artificially done only a few days before. Mrs. Einyoun's amazement was mingled with a certain joy, which will be understood when the fact is stated that she had never before seen her mother to know her, as she had died two weeks after Mrs. Kinyoun was born and had been buried twenty-four years.--Charlotte (N. C.) Chronicle. AUTHENTIC STATISTICS IK WKN3ASW to DAKOTA TBRBITOK?. " 1 Ita rntmmmmA VaAwrtloa. Bmdu, fwr«, School*, aad Oram*** - LirtMt Wheat: Yield of Amy. Matt «r Territory-- Aa Array of Facta for Home Iters. • (SPBCXAXa OOBJBJBSPOltDXNCA.] f MANDAN. Dak.. Jan. U. 1888. Wo section of the Union has received more attention in the last few years than Dakota, owing to its wonderful growth, yet lew realize the enormous ^ftotSlbffltfos oi the ftorrlltor?. hi WD there was not a town for a tkoqMn mites from the western end of Lake superior to the mining camps of Montana, eoceeot military posts. Now towns and aitioa are strung along the rail­ roads lilfe pearls on a string, and the Terri­ tory has risen to leadership in population and wealth. It has an assessed valuation of one hundrr- I and sixty-two million dol­ lars; twenty-live States have fewer banks; only fourteen have mora newspapers, and the schools outnumber those of California, with three tlmSs the population. Instead of beintr entirety a wide plain, the Territory has over 8,000,009£erefl of timber. 1.200 miles of navigable rivers, besides numerous lakes and small streams. Western Dakota is full of coal, and coal gives to North­ ern lands what Emerson calls a -portable climate." Cold can .be kept out, but not heat. A good many coalmines have already been opened up along the Northern Pacific Kail road, the veins varying in thickness .from three to twelve feet. Farmers in many localities dig their supplies from the outcropping^ in the hill sides. The chief mineral district of thfe Territory is !n tlus Black Hilts, -where are found the largest gold stamp mills in the world. Dakota, too* J* favored'in the mat- £ / *M 8 S. jeitffv mm AS I/ABOR AS TEIT EASTERN STATES. ter of easily obtained artesian wells, which, in some places, are being used to run ma­ chinery. the water coming with such force. Dakota's wheat crop of 1887 exceeded all the other States and Territories in the num­ ber of bushels sixty-two million, while in the yield of oats it took fourth place, and in corn exceeded two-thirds of the States. Dakota's crops aro grown on land worth an average of f 10 an aero as against *50 and $100 land in the States. Seven connties of Dakota in 1887 raised twenty-three million bushels of wheat and eleven million bush­ els of oats. This was inOthc valley of the Red Kiver of the North, which Bayard Tay­ lor called the Nile of America. The soil of Dakota needs no fertilizer or irrigation. All the crops of the last Federal census year were produced- upon an area but little greater than that of Dakota. Who can figure the results when intelligence has subjected the full acreage of this mighty territory to human use? And a mightier domain lies to the west, rich with minerals, forests, and agricultural and grazing lands. The settlement of Dakota is mainly con­ fined to the eastern part. It has only been in the last four or live years that settlers began to occupv the country west of th,e Missouri, and as yet the settlements are mostly along the line ef the Northern Pa­ cific Railroad. The topography and climate of Western Dakota are peculiar ; it is prai de, II ¥ with buttes or odd-shaped points or npji mOe* prominent everywhere. In the grassy sides of tbe buttes lignite ooal crops out. The soil Of the broad slopes and valleys is rich, and produces all the staple crops of the North. The country is well watered by the Heart, Cannonball. Knife, Green, Sweet- briar, Little Missouri and other streams, along which there is considerable growth of timber and wild fruits. The climate is A DAKOTA COUtfTY tAIiGEB. TttiifMstfeW STATES. milder than in Eastern Dakota, owing to the hills, which break the force of the north winds, and to the influence of the Chinook breezes from the west. The winter is inueh shorter than in Minnesota. There is more variety in landscape and resources than in Eastern Dakota, fuel costs but little, and stone is abundant tor building purposes; but. more than all, iree home­ steads can still be had almost in sight of the cars, an advantage not found anywhere else in the United States in a general farm­ ing region. To open a farm 011 a free quar­ ter section of land means the creation of a property worth from $1,500 to $2,000, but it takes work. The chief town of Western Dakota* the Black Hills not be­ ing included in this review, is Mandan, three miles from the western end of the Northern Pacific bridge across the Missouri, the only place the Big Muddy is bridged in Dakota. Mandan is county seat of Morton County, and to further impress the reader with the vnstness of Dakota, we give a diagram of the county, which contains over 100 town­ ships of land, area enough to allow th^ States of Bhodo Island and Delaware to be spread over Its anapto bosom. The present population of Morton County, 6,000. could be increased to 00,000, and yet .not be crowded as an agricultural region. Two- thirds of It is still vacant land. Mandan is to Western Dakota what Fargo ife to Northeastern Dakota, Sioux Falls to South- w fonnd a young lady sitting on a bench in the park weeping bitterly?. Prisoner--Yes, sir. "And under pretext of consoling her and wiping away her tears, you stole her round silver watch. What did yon take it for?" . ' * " What did I take it for. .Why I took in for an onion that was making her cry. Was it really a watch?--Texas Siftings. • M. SPUING, the French physioist, finds that the preservation of rails in use is not the result of vibratory motion, or of an electric action produced by the pas­ sage of the trains, tut is'due to the formation, of a.ooating of magnetic oxide by the compression of the rust on the metal. DIOGENES lived in a tub. He prob­ ably did not advertise.--Fred Gardner. . .. • B* their fruit yo* and, therefore, the ahawmao known by their data*.-r-, AN Easter servaaft.l** the human body contains mora on Friday than any other day week. --Rochester Post-Mqprem "Do voc find it Wl to jokes into poetry ?" she aaked. very," replied Tubbs. "The thing is to turn the poetry into --Time. "THAT Campbell family scum 6f the earth." "But, move in the very highest "Well, isn't scum always found top?"--Time. "THAT'S a fine wallet you Henry." "Yes. M* wife gawait for Christmas." "Indeed! AI it?" "Yes; the bill for the Harper's Bazar. HOSTESS--I hope von are your dinner, Mr. Fowler? Yes, indeed. This country air has ft • me such an appetite that 1 can eat m« anything.--Boston Beacon. THE ancients believed that the whole earth was square, bnt np to the hour of going to press we have not heard that they expressed a similar belief in regard to the inhabitants thereof. --Norristown Herald. * "Is YOUR mother making foe-cream?* inquired the man when Johnnie came four times during the .morning for ioe. "No," chuckled little Johnnie; "the old man was out late last nighk"--New York Suit. ENGLISH papers say that swallows are getting scarce ift England, but they do nul explain whether or not she decrease , in their number is to be attributed W the operation of the new license law.--% SonierviUe Journal • AN American volcano have been fbund in 0 cano is a natural cttrii has long lacked, though tl be plenty of the "crater" in --Norristown Herald. ETHEL (to her betrothed) to skate, George. Fm sure you would look lovely on ice. George (a young and rising undertaker) -Look lovely on ice, would I? Thank you. No hurry about it.--Texas Si flings. Dr.Mi.EY--There'comes Brawn up the street. I owe that man a grudge,. and I propose to pay him with interest. Rob­ inson--Going to pay him now, Dumley ? Dumley--No, not now. Let's turn down this way.--New York Sun. MR. BLUNDEBBY (severely) --Young Softy was on the loose last*week. Mrs. B.--Dear me! How dreadful! Poor young fellow! Mr. B.--And be got tight again. Mrs. B. (relieved)--O, Fm glad he got tight again. That's all right then.--Fun. IT is time for a revival of reading, writing, and arithmetic in the public schools. Clay modeling and music are nice accomplishments, but the children when grown cannot handle mud for their board nor sing for their supper.--San Francisco Alia. FIRST STAGE ROBBEB--What did yon git yesterdhy, Jerry? Second Robbsr --Nothin'. There wasn't nobody in the stage 'ceptin' a lawyer, two plumbers, and a prima donna, an' professions! curtesy wouldn't aHow me to touch 'eMt; ' eouraju*»-Terre Haute Express. HE (deputing)--I hope, Miss Smith, I will be green in your memory. She Yes, Mr. Grassley, and yoa rted m /ils A voll.vv-^ >untryf^v '"J 2»rtof cky.f -Do learn ,1 f . .' . V eastern Dakota, and Deadwood to the Black Hills. w • In all that goes to make up wen-organ­ ized society--population, wealth, and cnar- • aeter--sueh as should be the basis of Statehood, Dakota has been up tojhe high­ est standard for several years. That it is large enough tor two States, or even four. We think u fully shown by our diagram. ' The two Dakotas, with 75,000 miles square eaoh of land, will each surpass In size thirty of the present States, and each lead all the other Territories in population and wealth. VilFW green in the memory of every­ body who has known yon. But dont be sad, Mr. Grassley, you'll be ripe br­ and-by, maybe.--Washington PostT "You know Cholly de S'appv, dooV you, Mildred?" asked the high-schodl girl's brother. "Yes," replied the sister. "Well, he jumped town last night." "You mean, I presume, that he leaped the municipality?" observed Mildred severely.--Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele- graph. TOURIST to stage-driver in the Yel­ lowstone region--Are there any wonder­ ful curiosities to be seen in this region, driver ? Stage-driver--Wonderful curi­ osities ! Well, I should say there were! Why, you drop a rock down that gorge, come back in three days, rand you call hear the echo.--Des Moines Register. FIRST BENEDICT--Yes, it is mighty quiet at my home. When wife and I ate alone in the evening you could hear the clock tick. Second Benedict (unhappily wedded to a temper)--^Che silence » still more oppressive at my house. When -wife and I are alone yon can only bear the broomstick.--Pittsburgh Bul­ letin. • . ENTHUSIASTIC LA*Y ytrntan--What a delightful place this is, professor. And the baths, how perfect. I could, bathe all day--couldn't yon? The Pro-, fessor--Well, you see, I'm a resident and that makes a difference. Lad; Visitor--Ah, to be sure. I "suppose y never even think of taking a bath. London Punch. YOUNG WIDOW--Yes, it Is true, Slowfellow has been attentive to lately, and he is certainly interestini So you nsed to know him ? Friend Yes, indeed. Knew him and his fi: wife, too. He courted her^mne yei before marrying her. Raiting Maid ( Mr. Slowfellow is in the parlor, mum Young Widow (savagely)--Not at home. --Philadelphia Becord. f Cot. KAINTUCK-Yes, sab; M-o-o-cfeo sab! I'll kill him on sightT Philadel-* phian--Murder is punished by hanging in this section. "I'll glory in any death in such a case, sab. Bl-o-o-d! Bl-o-o-d, I say! Fll " "But during the months of imprisonment previous to the hanging you will be allowed neither whisky or tobacco." "Eh? Ill go right around and apologize.--Philadelphia Becord. a IT was in a Dakota court. A pawn- { broker had sued to recover money leh* ::' »- ̂ nn an artioln aa vmlnnklA - 1 on an article represented as valuable but found to be worthless. "Yoor Honor," said the defendant's counsel* "I move for a nonsuit. The pawner is not liable for the pawnee's failure to ob­ serve that grand old maxim, 'caveat emptortherefore, the pawnee cannot sue." "The court will so hold; the Pawnee cannot Sioux," remarked the judge.-- 8an Francisco Examiner. 4x IT WAS MUTUAL. They hadwkirled around in the ate^a of feat And dismav had spread o'er fata faee, For he found junt then, at the end of the A button had caught in her lace. ........ He colored, and then, in embarrassed tone*, l il'i When the dance had gotten quite through, • "• "Fray pardon my boldness,*-jM said wltbK smile, "Bnt you see I'm attached to you. I;' fsmshly glancing, she answered at an#. DOII t lOti thftt WHlfir VAII ON* "Don't let that worry you no; For quicldy you'd see, If you doufy lia^ try. This attachment is mutual--yea know." --Yale Courani. * No ONE has ever yet been able to < plain why & kiss is sue' i thing, but the subject J stantly investigated.--,Si rv