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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-12-22, Page 3REALM OF FAIR Dancing Recommended as a Bealth Invigorator, HOW TO BUY CaRISTMAS GIFTS leireetions for the einitthag of a Illend• some Wool. Wren—care of the attilets— How to Dolt a iliant—iiints Housewife Should! leead. I-MISTMAS chop. le ping ia more often than otherwise a eerious burden, and la oleo likely to prove us muoh of a confine tug ari it is a laborioue neottess. The follow- alg, mays the Chicago Post, is the plan of a woman who declares :thee by her emmie eenewneethod shG hem elim- inated :di that is either vexing or over- • taxing in regard. to it. Earlyin the season she makee out a list a persons 'to whom she wants to give pees- - cuts. As she makes up her inind what she wants to give eech person :the nets nown whatever 11 is oppoeite the nem°. Then whenever she untie ibeouvenient to get any ef theta gifts she cleat: so, and at onset in- aoribes and addresses tbe article and pleoes it in eN large drawer which :the keeps ex- presely for the purpoee. She aaya thai. sinoe she Mee adopted this plan Christon joy and delight, %heroes before ie was a time that she dreaded. It is not too late to make a hook of this kind eerviceable. It should be smell enough so that it eau be conveniently carried in order that it rimy be at hand, both as a reminder and to jot edown memoranda, meuccat or ing. The late Sir Thomas .%V eon—one of the • most lecoomplished pliyitioiana, and cer tainly the mod eloquent medical leoturer that leugland has produced during the present century—watt in the babit of .advising young •banjos to tette vigorous •-exercise after dinuer. Belle and dances Were recommended by this great medical [authority as admirable digestives, and it would doubtlees have afforded him much satisfaction to read some steatistice which have just appeared in one el our transantlautio contemporaries, from which we learn that a yourig lady with a well - called erogratome covers no less than eleven and a half miles at an ordinary bale According to this agreeable calculation it appears that a waltz of average duration takes a dancer over about throe quarters of e. mile, while a square dance (menet her to travel about half a mile. Estime.ting that she dances 12 waltzes in the night, it is ,obvious that she veil! have travelled nine milee at the close. For equere deuces at half a mile apiece will add two mlles to the reckoning, " while," continues our ely -contemporary, " the intermission stroll and the occasional trips to the dressing -room to repair damages and to renovate her complexion will aug ment the total dietmen by another, half - mile." Unforeunetely, it is not always easy :for young ladies to find ,mportuniteies of taking active exereises after dinner, To meet this difficulty Sir Themes 'Watson used to advise them to play billiards when- ever it was poesibie, or to dance a vigorous dance, such ae "Sir Roger de Coverley," when they. were etaylog as geests in a eountry house. Tbe late Lord. Eversley, who died in his 99th year, treed to ettribtite his longevity to his behie of playing bil- Hardt: for hours together np.m wet clays. Be calculated that during an Otdinv.ry game players accomplah not lees than two mites .avery hour. • Among the young of both sexes there will be few to dneeet from Sir Thomas Watson's opinion thee, balls and dances have a selu leery irfluence noon the • health of those who engage in them streart- *tidy upon all possible oecasione. Threenterneree ehawit. Required: Twelve hanks ef wool and ben° crochet needle, Bell ganage, No. 2. •First row: Coe:me:we at print with five chain, throw the woo; 1,r71013 over needle and decaw through the firet etitcb chaill raade, reeking one onein between nesh, repeat into same stitch three times. Sec - end row ; Turn with four chine, throve . , wool twice over neeolle, peveinen needle through chain etiteh at top of Met row before &Meshing stitch, throw woel again twice over needle, draw through altogether to complete stitch, melting one chain be. tween. Increase at each ere/. Third row: Turn with four chain, throw over needle twiee as first row, and drew through be- tween every stitch of seeone row, repeat. ing second and third rove aiternately until centre of shawl heti 25 rows in g411 '• eticchee on teat row; when fieiehed should be 52. 'Border.—Comnience at point with four •,thain treble and doulne orochet into SUITle tituti, repeat four chein again, and one ,reble in top of first row ; repeat Tato every ow all round shawl, increasing at corners, necond row: Throw wool over needle voice, and draw through, mal.ingonecbain ; .hrow wool twice over rie,Jilhi uto chain titch just madta, and pet ruieele into -en,re of chain loop in la ie row, ,repeat all ound shawl, increasing at congas. Third -ow : Same as first. Fourth row : Three • • hain and one double ernehet into each loop II roiled shawl. 'irif;a1 row : One treble nd one chain all round hhvad ; three bust -cows worked exactly as first three rows of • order. ' Fringe. --Piece of cardboard required even inches deep, wind wool over card -ourbeen times, out and knoll, makiag three rope on each length of fine.—London The Ltpe. Do not think to cave chapped lips by 'nointing them after beteg oat in the air. he time for treatment is before the mitt- hief is done, putting on a litehe oolit oreem very time you start eat for a walk. ^Glycerine and rose weter ithould never be sed to ['often the lipe, as tlris remedy has ne great drawback—it inditoee the growth f superfluous heir, a winning which ell •'women will gladly heed, foe ro one desiree o pose as a bearded lady. When cold oree appear rub theu wh 0(114 cream, eieg careful not to break lien), aucl they will soon disappear. The reseon that they usually cling eo lung ie that they t,,re tem. 'pored with by tubbing or biting, and there. toin cermet have a chairce to hal properly, ato they would if left, alone, 'Ne same writer who warns us against, glyeerine and node water is a strong ativotwete of hot water, and affirms that tnero is seareely rosy ailment that will not 131100(11,i') 1.0 ii,11 healing irtues. Therefore with oold oream and hot water one 'should be table to present to the world a pair of rosy lips free from any ,unsightly blemishes. The Dainty leforseewtreetece-Trox. She insiato that the huttet Oen' be oared law in a 'covered crock. , The is not dumpel tlewn ia an ?pen nail of 1n, but the sweetest of glass pars vith t -hp of glass, holds th o dairy supply. All fresh meet it kept above the ice. This leo qr ot y adhered to by experienced houeeWinee. Left -avows are Oven a place on cool evvinging ehelf or wired cupboard. tnold cauliflower, turnips and cabbage are net allowed to taine the purity of tine food Teeentesele. You will net find tne lerd straying about in a wooden platter, but Purely packed into the °leanest of covered crooks. And last, but by no means least, is tbe daily baptism whittle is given this important pieceof pantry furniture. Het slide followed by a drenohing of cold water, the ioe raised upon wooden bars so that it will nob melt, and your ice-cheet is ready for the day's supplies. Warming oraokers in the oven before using. ' Dipping sliced onionin milk before fry. ing, Rubbing tough meat with a oet lemon. Steaming a stale loaf of bread to freshen Heating the dry coffee before pouring on the water. Stale cake with brandy sauce for deesert. Bemire fat for frying chicken and gismo. Fried sweet apples when you hove liver or kidney. Hard-boiled egg salad, made like potato [mind. The juice of an orange and some nutmeg in lemonade. Stewed grapee as an appetizer. Lemon and orange peels to flavor sauces. Billi a Ham. Run a knife or a skewer into the thickest part of the ham next the: bone ; if the knife oolnee out clean the ham is good ; if it smells rank and, mesons the knife the ham is uo G good, Select your ham, then, accord- ing to this rule and lay it in cold water. Serape and wash it carefully, and let it re- main in the water all night. In the morn. tug, when the water --enough to ever the ham—is nearly boiling, lay the ham in and keep the water in a simmer. When it has boiled about an hoar throw in two carrote, four onions, two head e of celery, a sprig of parsley; two or three blades of mace and four oloves. If the ham is very salt it is well to change tho water before puttindin the seasoning, but if you do, be sure to change to boiling water. To obtain tender- ness and mellowness the ham must not be allowed to boil hard, only simmer. Too much heat hardens all mean; especially salt meat. When the ham is done ;set it off in He own water and let it cool in it; by this means it will retain its rnoieture. When cool, take it oub, skin it and dindge bread crumbs and pepper over it and see it in the oven until it browns. Wasteful "teeonosnies." • Using an old cooking stove that coin sumes one-half more feel than a first-olass range. 'Inying to heat a eliabbily built home in winter without stoppitig draughts of cold sir with storm doors and windows or weather strips. Building a new fire in the kitchen range every morning dining the winter. Doing the family wash withent wringer and wearing clothes ub by rubbing on a washboard, ianteadof us ng ome harm- less eleansing agent,. • Scrubbing white kitchen fio instead of leaving them oiled or etained. •Cleaning floor oilcloths with a brush and soap, instead of washing them with borax water and afterward wiping with a flannel cloth moistened wine kerosene. Soraping and scouring cooking utensils that are greasy or burned, instead of using pearline or ammonial. Using tablecloths without a Canton flan- nel "silence -pad" under them. Buying single -width sheeting 36 instead of 40 inches wide and making sheets too short to tuck well under the mattress. Ueing •mattresses without protecting them with covers of unbleached cotton oloth. Covering comfortables for common use with cheap prints or old dress skirts, in- stead of domestic gingham. Wearing out carpets, as well as one's strength, by using a broom instead of a carpet -sweeper. Using old and inconvenient cooking utensils, and a scanty 'supply of even those. Do You Know? Do you know that you candrive nails into hardwood without bending them if you dip them first in lard? ' Tbat corks warmed.in oil make excellent substitutes for glass stoppers? That A lump of camphor in your clothes- press will keep steel ornaments from tar- nishing ? That tale bread will clean kid gloves? Then bread crumbs cleanse silk gowns? That Milk, applied once a -week witii a oft eleth, freehene and preserves boots and hoes? That /gloves can be cleaned at home by rubbing with gasoline? That weak spots in a black silk waist may bd etrezigthened by "sticking" court plaster underneath? That tooth powder is an excellenb oleanser for Inc filagree jewelry? That a little vaseline, rubbed in once a day, will keep the hands from chapping? That gum arabio and gum tragacanth in equal parts dissolved in hot water make the best and most convenient muoilage you can keep in the house ? for a wedding tiirt. There is nothing more sensible than house linen for a wedding gift, and yet it is' very rarely given. It is sure to be accept. able in either small or large quantities. And why not blankets also? A pair of the best Californias would be a welcome addition to the store of any housekeeper, and so much more useful than some small bit ot silver that nobody wante.--Roseleal. What Gould gave to charity was nothing to nobody. Recipe for a domestic broil : First catch the hair on your husband's coat colter. Fitznoodle was out again worrying the life out of the cluoke with his shotgun. He blazed away at some ducks and an unseen num on the other side of the pond rose up threateningly with a long gun and called out: "Did yen Shoot at me?" "Did any of the shot bit you ?" inquired Fitznoodle, "Yea, they did," said the man, rubbing his legs. "Then you nen be certain I didn't shoot at you. I never hit anything I fire at." The epeed of railway trains is being brought to a point where even people on bridal touts regerd the tunnel as a nein, nee. " Ethel 'meths to think that her chance for marrying is slim." " Is that eo? What is Mr. Slim's first name Mrs. Fleecy—Whyedoesn't Mt. Downey 401'00 to ahuroh with you 1 Mrs. Downey -- I could not have it,: my dear. Downey tents in Ills sleep. Priscilla—So you have finished your col. lege course, Mr. Mudheckle. WASH hard work for you? Mudhedde—No ; but it was deuced bard for my tuner, Comedian—Doctor, I have been feeling very fenny of late. Deotur —Well, that ia just the thing. Now, what you want is to throw a little of it hate your businetie. A CALGARY MIRACLE, The Xest Wonderful °ass Ever Beeorded In the Northwest, Miss teln Cullen is Ileseueill rrom What nier letweicians and Itniende Thought to be Mee DeatlAbeel. (Winnipeg TribUna) Caneann, N. W, Oot. 20, 1892.— some time past the residents of thie beve been deeply intereeted in the ca Mise Lela Cullen, a young lady, who ba nearly approaehed the portels of tlee g unknown, that her friends despaired o recovery, and who has now fully, in almost miraculously, regained her lot lth e and etrength. Having read on various oasions in the Tribune, the particular what appeared to be miraculous cures, y correspondent determined to investigate cese of Miss Cullen, and pow sends you partioulare, fully believing that you wil justified in giving them the wideet (ern non. When your elerrespt 'w enetted reindeer/3e (of Mrs. Cullen, the =the:en; young lady, he was eourteoustly reoeiv and in reply to his enquiries as to whet she would be willing to give the fact her daughter's wonderful recovery, publication for the benefit of other suffer Mrs. Cullen readily assented. " daughter's flint illness," enact Mrs. Cull " was in June, 1890, when she was tal with the measles, At that time elle was years of age, tall, fine-looking and oeedingly healthy, weiphing about pouude. All the family took the mews and all got over them without trou except Lela. Her case from the fi baffled all the ordinary remedies usei that disease, and as the measles did a0o He come out a physician was called in. administered remedies, but with no bat results, and her ease seemed to baffle physician's *kill. After a few weeks daughter begau to improve so newhat, b did not regain her former strength, and s weeks after she was firat taken in, her fa neck and limbs broke out in blotohes. T doctor was again celled in, and said it w the measles getting out of her system, a that she would soon be all right again. T dootor's statement was not verified, ho ever, for not only did my daughter n improve but she gradually grew wore Soon. after she began to swell, first the fee then the limbs, breast and face beat puffedup. Another doctor was celled and he pronounced her trouble dropsy, r suiting from the measles. The elect attended her all winter, and, although seemed to do all in his power for her, s gradually became weaker and weaker. S did not eat, and tonics failed to improv her appetite, and as she gradually gre weaker elle lost her courage, felt s. th hope of life was fast slipping away. I the spring, the doctor's medioine havin • done her no good, was disaoutinued, an instead he gave her preperetions of bee iron and wine, hypophosphites'eggs, cream etc. In fact, stimulants of this kind ha to be constantly forced unon her to kee her alive and I gave up all hope of her re oovery, and in rny misery waited for he death. She was now so weak that th could not walk across the floor, and iu orde to mit her we would lift her into a chair where she would sit for a short while whe we evould again place her in bed. Sh was slowly but surely dying before ou ey-es, and nothing we coula do for he was of avail. She was still puffed up, • and nothing the doctors could do would no longer support her anti she could ot illy sic up a very short time each day. In this condition ehe lingered on until August, 1891, some fifteen months after ehe was first taken ill, and while we were sorrowfully awaiting what seemed the in- evitable end, a ray of hope came. I read in a newspaper of a remerkable cure from the use of Dr. Williams'Pink Pale for Pale People, and while I feared that I had heard of this wonderful medicine too late, I hoped almost against hope and sent to the headquenters of the company, at Brockville, Oat., for a supply. .A.t this time, Lela was not able to be removed from her bed ; her weight was reduced to 90 pounds, and her lips were blue. You will thus see how hale hope there appeared for her when the begat( the use of Dr. Wil/iama' Pink Pitts. After she had taken the firer, box, although there was no visible improvement, she thought they were doing her good and hek spirits began to rise. At the end of the second hex I could notice the improvement, and Lela was very hopeful, and felt life was re turning to her again. After she had been taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pine for a month, ehe was able to get up, and by Oc- tober she was so well that she could super. intend work about the house. She still continued taking the Pills, and rapidly re covered all her old-time health, strength and spirits. I cannot tell you," continued Mrs. Callen, ro "how deeply grateful I a for the wonderful medicine that saved my daughter's life. You may be sure that both me and mine will always warmly recommend it, as we have every reason to do." torFvo vtatit t of : f deo ahdeedr 00- a of our the the I be ula- the the ede, her• $ of for ers, My en, one 17 ex - 140 t e; Hfl bis rst the my ut ix ce, he as he w. ot e. t, ne in 0 - or he he he at d. f, J. oft WITAT A PROMLIaNT Daus mar SAYS. Your correspondent then called uponMr, G. Templeton, the well-known druggiet Stephen avenue. In reply to an enquiry as to what he could tell me about Dr. Win Marna' Pink Pills Mr. Templeton replied : 16 What can I tell you about Pink Pills? Well, I can tell you, ' they are the most wonderful medicine I ever handled, I had experience with them in Ontario beforecom- ing here., and in all my experience as a druggist I never knew any medicine to have such a wonderful demand, or give such great satisfaction. My experience here has been like my experience in Ontario, all who have used Dr. William'? Pink Pills speak in their praise, and if I were to tell you how many boxes I am selling here daily you would be readily eacused for being somewhat incredu- lous. If I am asked to recommend a medi- cine, I unhesitatingly recommend Dr. Wil- liam's Pink Pilbs, and my confidence in them has never been misplaced. I have already said the demand for Pink Pills ia estonishing, and they invariably give the beet eatisfaction. I know this to be so from thestatements of customers. I have sold here and in Ontario thousands of bone:: and have no hesitation in recommending them as a perfect blood builder and nerve restorer, curing such diseases as rheu- matism, neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance nervous headache, nervous prostration anethe tired feeling therefrom, the after effecte of la grippe, diseases depending on humors of the blood, such as sanfula, chronic erysipelas, eto. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow complexions, and are a specific for the troubles peculiar to the female system, and in the case of men they effect a radical cure in all caeca 'Irking frotn mental worry, over -work or excessee of any nature. These Pdis are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' IVIedieine Company, Brookville, Ont., and Schellectady, N. Ye, and are sold only in bone bearing the firm's trade mark arid wrapper, at 50 cote a box, or 6 boicee for $2.50. Bear in mind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pala are never sold in bulk, or by the damn or hundred, and any dealer who (Mere eubetitutee itt Cent form is trying to d0fraUd iou and ellould be avoided. Dr, Willie= Pink Pillmay be had of all druggiete or direct by mail from Itr. Williams' Medicine Company &Am either eddrees. The price at which these pill,* are sold melees aetourse of treatment com- paratively inexpensive as convened with ether remedies or medical treetnienn Ant lereeneetTANW enrianule. The Wanking Delegate% wore Ineongnit Mut Proinotry murals, The walking delegate never tired of talk- ing of the strike. Ile held that it wads Put, tillable if ever a etrike was, and he was fpercetplyareparotpoordteomootnr juktrea to t e stet ante iabn ywcre 0 Pireerei result. He so told his wife, and she seemed to agree with him. She laid it seemed to be the easiemb way of enforoing a de- mand. And that night when he came home he found that the table wan nott set. " I want a new dress," she said, when he asked what the trouble was. I know. You've been bothering me for that dress for a month," he maid. "Bub how about supper ?" '12here isn't any," she replied. " This a genet. Y tee -up. I've been trying to 00011r0 a peaceable setlementr of this trou- ble. mf oar rey,some ytioinued,abrteenclow I mean, en- force my rights," , "Ob, don't talk to me that way! If oaten, get you to arbitrate, why I've got to strike. I don't care if it does block the wheels of trade." "Bit!, Mary, you don't understand." "01, yes, I do! I've made my demands, and they've been refused. I've asked for arbitration, witb, a view to oornpromiset and that has also been refused. A strike is all then there is Idle and I've struok." "Bub youndemands are unreasonable.' "1 don't think they are." "You're no judge." "You're the judge of your own demands when you strike, and I'm just as good a judge as you are when I want something. les no use talking. This strike is on." • She folded her aeme in a determined way and he subsided. lb was perhaps half an hour later when he looked up and asked: " Mary, is the strike still on?" • "Itis still on," the replied. "Aren't you hungry?' "No. I saw that I had something in the treasury before the strike was ordered." " Meening the pantry ?" he asked. "Meaning the pantry," she returned. "1 believe I'll go! a bite," he said. "It's looked,' she replied. The re- serve is to be used simply to keep the strike going. You can't touch the striker's re- sources.' "Bo oareful, Mary," be said warningly. " If I shut off the cash "--- She laughed and nodded towards the pantry. "1 can stick it out a week," she re- tuPrilivede.or ten minutes later he penpesed that they compromise on the bads of $10. ." Twenty," elm replied amity. " But that means ruin," he protested. cttn't afford it." "That's your business," she answered. "1 offered to arbitrate once." It was 10 o'clock that night when he finally gave in, and somehow he felt that he had experienced a new phase of the abrike badness. Ib looked different from. the other side of the fenoe.—Detroit Free Press. Have Non Got 18 To mire cramps take Nervilbse. Tobreak up a cold nothing is as good as leerviline. If lumbago, neuralgia or rheumatism troublee you resort to Nerviline. lb never, fails to give relief. Nerviline is a powerful penetrating sunstance, which goes at once to the bottom and speedily dislodges all pain. Nerviline is better, stronger and more certain in action than any other pain remedy in the market. Nervilene is gold by all dealers, only 25 cents. Take no substitute, At druggists. !Ira. John Burns Armin. John Burns is very proud of hie wife nohn Burns is the English labor &gamete,. He has a fine beard and is a very enthu siaseic man. When perched upon it, barrel on any convenient etretience, he addresses itudiencee of the unemployed, his wife stands beside him and lends him the moral support of her presence, and, if he misses her in the crowd, he shouts lustily., "Where is my wife !" and then Mrs. Burns says, "Here, John," and the speech proceeds. Palatable and Potent. The great objection to cod liver oil has been he nauseous taste, This has been eh- tirely rerneved by the process of prepaiing "Milian Emulsion of Cod Liver 011," which is combined with hypophosphites of Rime and soda, the greatest creator of new blood in the world. It bas cured thousands of consumptives by rebuilding their constitu- tions. Everybody is talking of the wonderful pewee of this Emulsion. In big bottles, 50, and Si, at all drug stores. • A. Swing Deterrent. Dusty Rhodes—I believe I would make woe with myself but for one thing. Mrs. Dogood—What impulse restrains you? Dusty Rhodes—I'm afraid [some news- paper would say I "animated.' dlecollones Rheumatic Repellent. This remarkable internal remedy was first discovered over 18years ago by W. A. MeCollom, Druggist, Tilsonburg, and has since been successfully used in Canada and the U. S. in thousands of met extreme oases. It is neatly pub tipin dollar bottles and sold by druggists generally. Managing Papa. He—How do you manage your father so well? , She—Why, every time he refuses to do what I wish I threaten to marry you. ennsenatenneneasennaesenneegennenneensamenee A FOOT -HOLD eat for Consnmption is what you are offering, ir your blood is impure. Consumption is gimp- ly Lung Serofula. A scrofu- lous condition, with a slight cough or cold, is all that it needs to develop it. But just as it depends Won the blood for its origin, so it depends upon the blood for da cure. The surest remedy for Scrofula in every form, the most effective blood -cleans- er, flesh -builder, and strength.' restorer that's lonoven to mod', mil science, is Doctor. Pierce's Golden Mctdical Discovery. For Cottsuniption in all its earlier stages, and for Weak Lungs,Asthma,Sovere Coughs, and all Bronchial, Throat, and Lung afte�. lions, that is the only reined,' SO Wending that it can be guaranteed. If it &earl benefit or cure, you have yoUr money back. No matter how long ,yotnve had Ca or how severe, Dr. Sagse 8 Bernedy will e a permanent cure. WO reward ia °Stared by the proprieters of this medicine, tat OD irteurabla case of Catarrh. A DETECTIVE STORY0 ffeeene—Thelaet ball of the season. Bleghana (to Men Meredith, in the con- eervatory_ as the music strikes up) -13 Jove AV dance with May Darling; nuistn't miss that, Mrs.Meredith (sareautically)--On no am. count, Good-bye, for the present. (Exit Bingham, hastily. Enter Darcy). Well, Aele ! Marcy (nervously, Bitting doevii)e4 want you to do something for em, dear Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Meredith --I'll do anything for yen, my dear boy, but dance with you. Darcy (shorttly)—I cloznb want you to dance with me, Mrs. Meredith --Thank you. Darey--bTot now, at least. But why de you say you won't? . Mrs, Meredith—Because I don't care to have my feet trodden on every minute be. cause you are watehing May Derling in- eteed of minding your stepe—to be your partner in the lancers so that you may get lelay Darling to be our visenvie—to be brought up short in a waltz that you May stop near where May Darling ie fanning her- self and talking to her partner—,. Darcy—Heavens 1 You don't mean to say you notice— Mrs. Meredith—Don't interrupt I Now, though May Darling is undoubtedly the prettiest gni of the MEM, I don't see why she should be allowed to devastate the ball- room in this way, She puts all young men iitto such a state of cantatas° adoration that you are absolutely useless for the ordinery purpose's?' 9f life ; and I consider it is tinte she made Viler mind one way or another and selected 'hen viotim—her permanent victim. Darcy eagerly) ---Wan extraordinary in- tuitions you have ! Th 18 just what I. wanted to ask you about. YeanKwasting--- • Mrs. Meredith—Away? • Darcy—No, my time. Don't 1atig4.4 I assure you it is becoming a very mime matter. And she puzzles me. Moat women make tip their minds long before a, man does, and can't help letting him see it; but this is the most enigmatical little woman I ever —adored—for I really do, you know. Only I (ain't make her out in the least. Mrs. Meredith—Of court° not. The girl isn't a fool. Darcy (sharply)—What do you mean? • Mrs. Meredith—Such a fool as to show her hand. It's her first season, remember. She must not be too precipitate. In the game of marriage, as in poker, you must "bluff" a little. Darcy (bitterly)—You mean in case one or the other of the players may be dispolied to " go one better ?" • Mrs. Meredith—Precisely. It's the world we live in. Darcy—But still, in the end, one has to "see ' her, and I don't know why it shouldn't be me. I am not badly oft. I cen give her what she has been accustomed Mrs. Meredith—Then you sbould "call." To drop this poker metaphor—you should propose to hem! • Darcy (fretfully)—How can I propose till I know ? - • Mrs. Meredith—He either fears his fate too much— Daroy (stilly—No man should expose himeel to the chance of a refusal. Bias. Meredith (archly) — Surely the chances of that in your case are infinites- imal ! Strange, too, some men are poor spirited enough to riek that contingency. Darey—Weak idiots ! A man ought to have more sense of Ms own dignity. I have -never given royeelf away yet, and I don't mean to. But I vvish 1 were not so abomin- ably in 10Ve. Mrs. Meredith—With your themiee, jack Darcy, you should have contrived to keep cool and wait until it was a dead certaint before you bestowed your affeotions. But, to come to business, what CS111 I do for you? Darcy—A great deal. You can find out for me. Mrs. Meredith—Which way heraffections tend? Inn not a particular friend of hers, you know. Dareer—All right, then; Tenni tell me the truth. Mrs. Meredith ---Cynic I Wein go on what am 1 to do? Deny—Watch her. They're all here, confound them 1 Mrs. Meredith—Who? Darcy—My possible rivals. This is the last ball of the season, and I mean it to be the crucial test—for me. Let me see (counts on his fingers)—Regy Bingham, that ass Heaviside, Lawson—. Mrs. Meredith—Is that all? Darcy—Yes, there's nobody else, that I know. • • Airs. Meredith—Quite sure? No " out- sider" ? Remember the Derby the other day. In these matters, you know, one should always take the unknown quantity into account. Darcy—That really is all. Those are the owes three I'm at alt afraid of, and I'm not really afraid of them. There's Bingham— her mother likes Biogliam ; thinks he will be civil to her when she's his mother-in-law. Ciood for Bingham, but he won't get May ; she snubs him. Then Lawson— Mrs. Meredith—She sits on the stairs with him. Dercy—That's nothing. She goes down t he garden with Inc. Mre Meredith—One for you. How about Heaviside? Darcy—Ob, we need hardly count him, the only takes him in to sapper. Mrs. Meredith (quickly)—Does she care for supper? Darcy—Good healthy appetite! I don'b like angels, Mrs. Meredith (thoughtfully)—I never knew a woman whine affections were engaged know or care what ehe was eating, so long as the man she loved was beside her, Darcy—Good heavens! I don't want her affections engaged 1 I have never made love to her yet. All 1 want is a clear COlir08--- Mre. Meredith—And no favor? Darcy—To anyone hut me, of course. Mrs. Meredith—Well, you shall have all my good wishes, Jack, and I don't back Binghain, or Heaviside, or Lawson—whom ease did you ineetion ? Happy, mart, to haveonly three Herein Now go away, and leave me to cohduct my obeervatione in patios—it has to be eettled trenight, you say? Oo 1 Don't you see you prevent people:, who are not, in love with May Darling, coming to Milk me to dace? (Exit Darcy). (Later on. In the bail room.) Darey (to Mrs. Meredith)—Well ? Mrs. Meredith—Oh, go away4 rye nothing to tell you—nothing conclusive, at lead, Darcy—Vow does oho book? Mrs. Meredith—Bored to death • Darcy -1 don't wooder. lleavieide— Mrs, Meredith—She has not got what elle Wants, I can toll you that mach. Dart—Ah I Otte donee hatutit tome off yet I Mrs. Meredith --The cenceit of the man ing. Meet ine of; the feet of the stairs in sts hourna thne. * * * * (Liner still, at the door of the hell rie0M.11 Lady Darling (to Binghtem)--Ole, Ceptalet Bingbaan I an so very sorry to Lave to men our dance, but my 'another its taking we away. She says I look mo tired. 13trighain (enthusiastically)—You look -- (he passes on). * * Heaviside (tit Mies Darline)—Are y,orz really going, Miss Darling ? )4.911 promised, I should take yon in to eupper. May Darling (oheerfully)—And I am going to break my promeee. DreadIal of me, ren't ? Bub one moot do as one in told, you know. Good night! (She passes on.) Laymen (to Miss Darling)—May 1 come, aad call to -morrow, Miss Darling ? May Darling (elfueively)---Oh, yes, 'dm' It's our last reception before we go to Hom- burg. Mind you don't forget. (She paeeen on.) * * * +.• Vane (to lYfise Darling, on the [noire)— You are not off, Mies Darling? I ww: hoping for a dance with you. I've inane 002110. May Darling (shyle)—And I arn jinn going. A—Good-bye. (Passes on. * * * * Darcy (who has followed behind Miss: Darling, to Mrs. Meredith, at the foot a the stairs --Well ? 1VIrs. Meredith (pettishly)—Well 1 Yea leave spoilt my evening for me. I've been as busy as a private detective Darcy --You have your reward—my gratitude. I know I'm eternally obliged to, you. Dear IVIrs. Meredith, the result—the moult ! Mrs. Meredith—you needn't be afraid of Capt. Bingham 1 Darcy (fervently)—Thank Heaven! Mrs. Meredith—Nor or Heaviside—nor Lawson Darcy—Thank Heaven again! Now r breathe freely. I shall call there to -morrow - Mrs. Dieredith—you hed better iion Darcy—Why riot? I rely implicitly on gnu imliennentinej shall propose—..- : Mr 'tnnettenlitleasnitop a, moment, youfool- bill man. D?n't ge‘so fast. The unknown. Darcy—Whe Mrs. Meredith— I her eyes just now? Didn't yen ? Are you blind and deaf, Jac , Darcy_—No, I noticed ii me! Quwk !' Mrs. Meredith—Why, can't you ace that the glrr 15 heart' in !eve with the /11EU1 she spoke to 6 stairs? (Leughing.) The " outsider " " hands down !" WOMAN'S BARGAIN.DAT MANIA. Eastiy Persuaded to Bay ffiseless Things Became They Are Cheap,. There are few women who can realist bargain day in a big store. There is some- thing constitutional in a woman's love for bargains "Just think of it," one will say to an- other, "rugs for ri dollar apiece,' or "lace worth 50 cents a yard to be eold at 18," says the Chicago Journal. "1 =Mt- ge and have a look at in Perhaps it would do for Nellie's new dress." She goes. The rugs may be yellow, when to look well with her furniture and wallet they should be' blue, but." they were ea cheap I just couldn't pass them by, and 31 can put them somewhere," she will say to ease her esonecience. The lace may be cream instead of the pure white Nellie's new dress requires.. You will never have another chance like this," the sal, sman says. That 'settles it. Madame knows she has /10 present use for - it, perhaps never eliall have, but "it was such a bargain." Her money is gone, and as far as present needs are concerned the lace is useless. It sounds like madness ; it really is a eort of mania that enters a woman's mind. She loves to buy a thing she thinks she is getting at half its value, and 18 15 only the woman- who is exceptionally strong-minded, or the one whom circumstances compel ta make the most of every penny, and to spend not one unless it is for something absolutely needed, who dares not indulge, juet by way of an occasional recreation in buying bar- gains. Onwoman 1 know of, quite lately, weak down town one morning to buya new cloth. street dress. Late in the evening she came home, quite worn out and cross. "Did you get what you wanted?" asked. "No," she replied. " I °halved my mind. I don't really need a cloth dress. you know," she said haltingly, "and they are selling summer goods so cheap, E. thought--." 1 understand," I interrupted; "you've been buying bargains." Andshe acknowledged that she had. , . No Disappointment Cala arise from the use of the great sure pop corn cure--Putnam's Panakes Corn Extractor. Putnam's Extractor removes corns painlessly in a few days. Canvasser—Do you wish to subscribe anythingto the aid of the Society for the Suppression of Crime ? Man of the House —Do you make anything out of this for yourself? 0.—Oertainly ; the society pays me a commission on all Imollect. M. of the H.—Then it is best for you that r should, not ,,subscribe anything. C.—Why so t M. of the H.—Why, if I should subscribe; and crime should be suppressed, you would be out of a job. Warm suffering from toothache use Gibbons' Toothache Gum. Sold by an druggists. The late U. S. Hobart, of San Frenchmen who left a fortune of $4,000,000, was earn- ing a small salary se a carman in a mine twenty years ago. Sandow, the London Samson, has a rival in the person of a short, about, young athlete, who calls himself The Man of the Iron Skull." He places a block of wood on his head, mid on top of that a huge ehunk of granite, and then sustains what- ever blow may be given with the heaviest o • sledge -hammers. Wife—I need a little more money. Hus- band—It is only WM days since— Wife —Now, see here 1 I want you to under - eland that I wouldn't ask for the money if I didn't need it, and I don't intend to be mminded that it's only two days Made you gave me some. I am not a child, nor menial, nor a slave, to be treated Mat an irresponsible being ; and 1 just wane yen ter know tat I Won't stand it either, se there, now! rve got as much right to your money as you have, FJO there, now, you—. Husband—My dear, I wats naerely going to remark that it is only two &eye since drew my salary, and you could have all yen wanted, An idea of the filaments° siee of the Her: tioultural Hall in Chicago may be gained from the statement that it can oentain the hortieultural hells of the Centennial, New Orleare. d Paris Bxpoens. Now go Away, you Onsettle me. 1 shin Maw,. iosn V110 til .•fight if you kick know all 1 want to by theinal o thinenten his het- wife carry in all the weed&