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Lucknow Sentinel, 1891-11-13, Page 7NIU E'S LEAP 'IBA$ PROI.'O8AL, ?he Storj of & Little girt Who Brought ,.bout a Weddhwe " Really; Catharine, I don't wonder at Mary's surprise at your behavior. You for- get that you are Frank's widow. You are too forward." I hesitated .a moment, really anxious to keep my temper;, foe ,I was Frame's widow,. and the speaker was his mother. "Forward !" cried Mary. "Indeed, you, wettid beve•bee t shocked last night,mother. There was Mr. Vance urging her to sing, and actin as if Herbert- Halstead wag" ber -wily f$ende. when it was only a married woman" " Yea '' . interrupted Julia. " I think, mother, cif you can't make Kate realize that she is married, with a daughter nearly *'six years of age, you had better "— " Send me away," I broke in, unable longer to control myself ; " it's not the first time that hint hasbeen• r3enet.rnitts- , - A.4, n t< et lee 'i ore `l�or �''Iittle-Telly, poor chi Ate. �ld, I would go away to earn mg living at once. You drive me desperate. I declare I win marry again and get rid of all this"— and Hien I Burst into tears.• " Marry again t How will you do it • ? Oh, yes ! legend joke --3 cried Julia, with a shrug at ny tears. R' Don't you see, Mary, it's Ieap year !" and she laughed derisively. " Who'll you ask f' sneered Mary. •' Herbert Halstead ? Julia, you'd better look out 1" " You may sn er," I cried, checking my tears. I was no thoroughly angry. " But I tell you, if o should ask me to marry him,. I belie I .should ask ,Mr. Halstead, ,and—he'd have me 1" I had fairly taken, up their own :weapons of personalities which I had scorned. The moment after, ashamed of myself, I ran to my room to put on my bonnet and get out of the house. I looked in the glass as I put on the crape bonnet, with its widow's cap and veil, on my head, and I•saw a face t� which black was very becoming, though it was not a remarkably pretty face. It looked not more than 25, some said not more than 20, but I was really over 24. Married at 18 to Frank Stevens, I had been ' a petted wifeforfouryears and now a widow for two, The thought of the hapt ineas of the four and the. loneliness of the two, pp I looked at the face surrounded by crape, ncade the tears come again,; but I brushed them away resolutely and went out, know- ing that a .brisk walk would de me more good than anything else. I went out without my ri'.4:,-my inseparable com- panion, my 1 , eby girl, Nellie. This alone showed to troubled I was. Truth to tell, I was too a gi y to trust myself with the little one, who might have asked to have our conversation explained, her she • had been in the room at the time. I could only hope that at 5 years old a child did not understand me. • Soon after I left my mother-in-law and her daughters went out for a drive. They invited Nillie'to go, but she feeling, per- haps, that they had not treated mamma well, refused.. . Soon the front door -bell rang, and, like all children, Nellie must run to see who was there. She managed to open: the door herself, and there stood her prime favorite among the gentlemen who visited the house, Mr. Halstead, or as she called him since her babyhood, Uncle Herbert. He bad been her father's chum and dearest friend, and loved the%child for Frank's sake. " Ladies home, Nell ?" " I'm home," she said, " and I des Mamma '11 be in soon." • _., " Very well. Let's go in the parlor and I have a chat." Nellie sat in his lap, discussing the merits 1 of cocoanut cakes and sugar almonds a little while but, suddenly dropping her candies in her lap, she;. asked, " What's leap—leap—leap, I fordet. Do you . know what's it'?" " heap I leap frog'? leap year ? Is that ,it9" '" Yes. What is it 9" " Why, it's a year when you ladies can • ask the gentlemen to marry you. But you ',see, Nellie, you're too young—or wouldn't you ask me ?" " Oh, no ! I wouldn't ask you. Mamma's going to ask you," The young man nearly dropped the child, and then folded her'close to him again, lest, perhaps, he should forget her again. "What o you mean, darling?" he asked " Now Mutt, Nellie, but don't tell Uncle Herbert • anythi#,g of your own make-up." "Oh! no ! really, truly, bless me, she's alive-isi.'t that what you say when you are true? Wall !"—the little tot gave a long sigh and paused, Herbert not daring to in- terrupt her fast she should see his anxiety, and, miniature woman that she was, should refuse to satiate. him. " Well," sh$ repeated, " you see, they does scold materna, so they does. To -day ire ring they msked mamma cry, to -mor - (she would call yesterday to -morrow) ey scolded her epause she wouldn't sing, d `hey sad she was forard. What's ed !" ejaculated Herbert, 'e If it had been. some others now. B>k 'Nellie, how about leap year?" " Oh, yes"! I ost fordot ! didn't I ? Well, you see, ammo, said—but, oh, Uncle Herbert I new r showed you my two weenie new kittens( They's only little„ sings, without e ee. eerie out_-on;thepiazza- dnI'll s low you. It was no use toe impatient. The young man knew the chid too well for that, and so they went out nd inspected the kittens. Then he tried coax Nellie back to the subject. " Oh, I fordot !" she sat , " Only they made mamma say"---- " What did they say, 4riing, I'll give you a big doll" " With real alit ?" " Yep, yes eal hair and eyes, and -- oh, nothing. Bu did they say I wanted to marry' , " They say mamma wasn't a girl, and she was old ; and mamma said—oh, there's / mamma. Mamma, didn't you ask Undo Herbert to marry you .? He wants to know." I had come in looking for the child, and that was the speech I heard. I felt ready to sink with mortification. " Kate, darling, can I hope you'll let ins ask ? You must know that . I .hoped when these (touching my veil and black dress) were put aside, that'' could ask you to let me care for you, and at once. Come dar- an then :forard . " For rd, in under his breath r ling," as I hid my face in my handl, " You've .asked me to marry, you and I inn t Dante the day ; and I say now, at once. Let's give them a good, thorough surprise. I can, ,guess w_a he .- .have -treated you. Come, now, get ready this fairy, this blessed little darling that has brought me my happiness, and we- will go to -your own pminister. " I tried to refuse, but I was so weary of living with mother -in-laws that ne. last, we three- slipped out of the lienal ;arts) dear Dr. S , who lead baptized me, married -me to Frank,.und knew Herbert well and mar- ried us. We drove back and reached the front .door as- she-faniily- were returning." Julia. who . would appropriate Herbert, stepped forward. " Good evening, Mr. Halstead. So you met Kate on the steps ? Strange ?"—with a glance at me, as if I had planned to meet "Not at all, Miss Julia," maid Herbert. "My wife and I just called in to receive your conxatielatto,(a ,w.,, i3�- .lneense tkle iifigef'libre •fox a few ddays." No tableau I have ever seen wan half so comical as the one those three made. I really felt for Julia, for I knew she cared for Herbert.. She gained self-possession quickly and congratulates) me, whispering as she kissed me : " So -you asked him ?" My husband heard and answered : " No, Miss Julia, she did not ask nee. Through other means, thank God, I learned the one I loved was unhappy ; and, as I hoped, for more than a year past, to soon ask her to be my wife, I persuaded her to marry me at once. Leap' year privileges are still open to those who choose them." We are quite an old married couple now, for three years have passed ; but Herbert and I still often laugh over Nellie's leap - year proposal. A NEW DANCE. It is a W'i'altz. and is Known as the Jubilee. Devotees of dancing will be glad of the new waltz, the " Jubilee."' It is certain to win a.triumpii ;oust .atescertain as society dons hen diencing shoes. neon eenase,-^�•�# feet, beginners want to waltz the first thug, and inability to reverse is apt to discourage them. Now the ardent swain, the'college fellow, the apoplectic dandy in his second childhood, and the fair, fat and frisky widow wh'e� ggets dizzy when she tries to go around bacleward will commence with the " Jubilee," master it in two lessons, and get a fine opinion of themselves all through a bit of trickery on the part of -the composer. There is no reversing blit a great deal of revolving to the right. • The partners take waltz position and dance two " dips " to the side, separating, advance one step,, then kick with the inside foot "and again with, the outside ; join hands, • swing in waltz position and take four waltz steps. This mischievous, captivating dance will in. all probability score a double success, for some rogue will be certain to write a song accom- paniment.—Chicago News. he et American .- American Prayers for the Queen. " The prayers of the ;righteous availeth much, quoted a genial South Dakotan to the reporter yesterday, prefacing a little story in a manner befitting the day. " The truth of this," he. continued, "has certainly a very strikingillustration in Yankton. At the Episcopal church in that town finances were a trifle light some time ago, when one of its members visited England, his former home. Well, sir, he actually succeeded there'. in securing the promise of $1,000 a year for his church upon the condition that it should offer prayer at each service for the Queen of England. The condition is being fulfilled, and the money, I am told, is being paid regularly. You can visit the Yankton church at either the morning or evening service and you will hear prayer offered ,for the ' Queen of England, the President of the United States and all others in authority.' This fact is of not a little importance in showing that Victoria thinks South Dakotans are ' righteous.' She is to be commendedfor her good judgment.—Sioux City Journal. " I thought Mrs. Snapper was rich." "So she is ; she keeps her own carriage." " Keeps her own carriage ? That is rather strange.", " Why ?" " Because 1 heard the other day that she couldn't keep a servant girl." - Indians don't have ballet performances, but when they give a scalp (dance the bald heads are bound to come. The centenary of a panorama occurs in 1892. A young l+ d boro painter named Barker wits thrown nto prison by •his creditors., From the way in which the light from a hole in the ceiling struck the walls he evolved the idea of the panorama. In 1804 there were 35 translations of the Scriptures in existence. There are now nearly 300. A female jewelry drummer is on the road in Maine. She is handsome, dresses stylishly, n1ears a man's soft felt hat and hails from New York. , The greatest truths are the simplest ; so likewise are the greatest men. Princess Beatrice's last baby, barn on Oct& er 4th, was Victoria's 12th grandson and 34th grandchild. !'A Book of Scotch, Humor" 'illustrates anew of a native of Annandale the saying that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. "Ikon them a'," said a rustic, speaking of the Carlyle' ; "Jock's -a,.--dotter--aboet-'-London.- Tang's a haxem- scarem kind of thiel, an' wreates : books an' that. ' But Jamie—yon's his farm you see owre yonder --Jamie's the man o' that family, an' I'm prood to say I ken him. Janie Carlyle, sir, feeds the best swine that come into Dumfries market." " Mary," said Mrs. Marker, "I wish you would step over and see how old Mrs. Jones is this morning."In a few minutes Mary return. " Sure she's just 72 years, 7 months and 2 days old." The average expectation of life on the principle of heredity may bo found, accord- ing to a statistician, by' adding the ages of a man's parents and grandparents, if dead, and dividing the result by six. He—I see that only one girl has been. admitted to Harvard College. She'll be awfully lonely, don'tou think ? She—O no ; there are lots of y real nice Thelylike young men there. Et hcl—Chappie is sure now that marriage is a lottery. ' Maud—What has convinced him ? Ethel --He told Jeseic he guessed be would make her his wife, end she told him. to "guess again." ' JAPAN MOM Ur. The Third 4ty tit J 140IF AuEutRe4. A London cable says : De atches fr m - Japan state that shocks of earthquake ha e been experienced in that country. So severe were they at Iliogo and Osaka that scores of houses were deetroye4• And anaay lives foot at both Places.' Despatches ware received here this even- ing from Japan announcing that the tele- graphic wires beyond Hiogo and Osaka were down,. It was added that there had been an sur uaka.ab aiogo and -•the rumor was Current that a great amount of property had been destroyed and that the loss of life had been considerable. Hiogo is a seaport town of Japan on the Island of Hondo, with a population of over 50,000, and is situated about 22 miles from Osaka. Osaka in point of,sise is the third or fourth city in Japan having over 350,000 people, but in social affairs, fashion, commerce neetetetdilet Later—A private telegram, dated Hiogol- received here to -night, confirms the report eanninissenntreseeteenseeesee conveyed in former telegrams, that a dis- astrous earthquake shock has occurred in Japan. This telegram says a seyere shook was experienced at Osaka and that the de- struction both of life and property was very great. So severe was the shock that a number of houses were thrown to, the ground and many of the occupants ere caught in the falling buildings and crushed to death. A large number of persons suc- ceeded in escaping from their tottering homes only to meet death in the streets. There is no means at present of estimating the total loss of life, as all the telegraph wires in the districts affected were broken by the falling of the poles, which were thrown down by the seismic disturbance. The above-mentioned despatch, however, states that it is known that in Osaka alone the death list contains the names of 300 of the residents of that city. A RECTOR'S CRUELTY. '"Rg elationis as to the 5Zanage- • went of an Orphanage. A Dublin cable says : Startling testimony was given to -day in the trial of Rev. Samuel Cotton, a rector at Carnogh, County Kil- dare, who was charged with criminal neg- lect and ill-treatment of the children in Carnogh Orphanage. Rev. Mr. Cotton, who has conducted the affairs of the orphan- age for many years, jias,made many appeals to the public for financial aid, and has re- ceived large sums of money by subscriptions for the maintenance of the orphanage. Owing to numerous complarnts-against that institution the Society for the Protection of Children recently 'made an investigation into the manner in which the orphanage was conducted. It was ascertained that the children were in an emaciated, filthy and ragged condition. A girl had been chained by the legs to a table leg. The rooms of the orphanage.were in the filthiest possible condition. In the kitchen' was found a baby, six weeks old, covered with dirty rags and dying of cold and starvation.. - Other children were found in the same apartment crowded around a small fire, almost frozen and half starved. All were weak and sickly, and their growthhad been stunted by the treatment received.. The sanitary condition of the establishment was perfectly horrible. The walls and floors were in a beastly condition, and some of the beds used by the children were old bags and packing cases filled with stale hay. All the children were kept in a state of terror by Mr. Cotton. Mr. Cotton was committed for trial. • 11e Loses the Fees. • New York Press : " I see that a man has been buried alive out West, Doctor." "I can hardly believe it." " But the papers say so." " Well, all I've got to say is he is a mighty poor doctor who allows a patient to be buried alive." They Had no Use tor Kim. Puck : " How did poor Waters happen to get lynched ?" " He got into the flooded district and somebody spread a report that he was a Government rain -maker." A Welcome Relief. New York Weekly : Sea Captain—There is no hope ! The ship is doomed ! In an hour we shall all be dead ! Seasick Passenger—Thank heaven ! Rev. William J. Boone, Protestant Episcopal bishop in China, is dead. - His father before him was also a bishop in the same country. HER STRONG POINT. My wife she cannot cook at all, Roast spoil,'s sure to t hersexo has the call hen she and I• at breakfast fall Into a family broil. The Madrid Telephone Company, which recently took a losing business from the hands of the Government, has now 1,800 subscribers, or one to every 270 inhabitants.Bare wires longer than 900 feet ate not per- mitted. • " The privileges you enjoy; my son, from being an American," said the proud father, " are simply inestimable. You may some day become President of the United States ; while in England i}o little boy; however brilliant or good, can ever become Queen." " I am compelled to announce, 'dear -brethren,," observed the minister, taking off his glasses and wiping. thein, " that our regular Wednesday evening prayer meeting will not be held this week. I shall bo on hand, of course, but the janitor will be unavoidably , absent that evening, and it takes two to make a prayer meeting. We will sing the doxology and be dismissed."— Chicago Tribune. Miss Eastlake, the actrets, was left pen- niless at Philadelphia Saturday night by the attachment of the box office receipts and her scenery by the management of the Walnut street theatre for money loaned her man- ager three, weeks ago to help him out on another attraction. In consequence Miss Eastlake disbanded her company. She cabled to London for money and will re- organize and finish iter season on her own account. --English barmaids have been introduced in a New York drinking place. Mother—Why, Rosalie, I thought you, were gcitig driving.with lir. De Riche. What aro you wearing black for ?'1 Rosalie—Youe know the poor fellow is in mourning for his wife and I want t o show my sympathy." • BUM t3 NOT A' SSC„ RdinbliniRD 11lag1Qfraf Haint tu* That He Was a Religious Han. Baillie Colatop, of Edinburgh, in a recent address on Eurus, said : Robert Burps was essentially a' religious man, and having thoroughly ,dissected Seattish life and char- -atter came irresistibly to the couciuemu that the peasant religsous life, of his coun- trymen was the grand secret of his country's greatness. fp the " Cotter's Saturday Night," Scotland's peasant life is most admirably depicted. The he ds_al the-house-- -holdare there, discharging their respective'. duties. The -reception room for all is the kit.' -hen, with its " clean hearth-stane." There are little children there. who are toddlin' aboot ; and there are older childreb, also, who cams in with their cronies ; and there are are bashful lovers, too, who are introduced into the familycircle. There is gossip freely indulged in eta 1'R .neperteosn t"ai' "a'o o their duty. There is business spoken °V— as to horses,t plows and kye. Then comes the supper—a plain supper of which all par- take— The halcsome parritch, chief of Scotia:s food. But there the evening is not ended, and the assembly does not disperse. There is a duty still to be discharged : • The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the Ingle form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, T e big ha' Bible ance his father's pride; His nnet rev'rently is laid aside, A- lyart haffet s wearing thin and bare ; Tho a strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion w. th j udieious care; And 'Let us worship God 1" he says with solemn air. Burns then proceeds to describe the ser vice ; how they sing a•psalm or hymn, with, ehapter read and tlppropriate remaz'ks made by the father ; how they kneel before heavens eternal king and the head of the household prays for all those under his roof, without any strain of.sacredotal pomp, but in his own natural way and language. He then describes the happy parting of ljlei,nnpmeni .. ecien, entinceeingenninnenea From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur s orings. That makes her loved at home, rever'd abroad ; Princes and lords are but the breath of ngs" An honest man's the noblest work of God." But while Robert Burns showed how he looked upon the Scottish religions life as a most important factor in forming the. religious character of Scotchmen and snak- ing them men in the best and truest sense of the work—he himself was brought from time to time pear enough to the fountain of grace tet show that he was no skeptic, no scoffer, but one who had the germs of .religion deeply implanted in his heart. THAT FISH c;mrMM1SSION. The Stocking of babe Ontario With Fish to be Considered. The United States Government has de- cided to establish a hatchery on Lake Ontario just—as soon as New York State shall enact protection laws, and engineers -the past season have been inspecting the eipore for a location. New York State last winter appointed a special commission to confer with the Canadian commission to draft joint laws and regulations for Lake Ontario. This :joint commission niet last week in New York city, at which Aid.. Stewart, of this city, attended. Invitations were extended to and accepted by the United States Fish Commission• and the• Fish Commissions of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. It was well attended and much interest was manifested. Hon. Robert B. Roosevelt was made chair- man. A special sub-commitiee of twelve was, appointed, representing the United States fish commission and the several state fish commissions, as well as officials from the fish protection and propagation bureaus of. Ontario and Quebec, to formulate a plan of action to be submitted at an adjourned. meeting. The meeting of the sub -committee voted to be held - in Rochester, November 10th. It isthus apparent that this association has been the means of arousing the people and officials of two countries, and most gratifying progress is now con- fidently expected. You May See a Aiilliau. A concession has been granted to M. Stepanni to erect a Moorish palace at the World's Fair. One of the many attractions which he proposes to exhibit in this `palace is $1,000,000 in gold coin in one pile. He believes that this will be a great drawing card and that nearly every visitor, will want to see it. Of course great precautions will bo taken for- the safety of such great Atreasure. It will be in a strong cage and Mr. Stepanni says : "Just under the gold will be constructed a fire and burglar proof vault. To the doors of this vault will be connected electric wires. In the event of an attempt to rob the palace my guards will press an electric button, the entire pile will fall into the vaults and the doors will spring shut." • A space 200 by 250 feet was granted for the Moorish palace, upon which Mr. Stepanni says that he will expend $400,000. Limited' Co 'ersational Points. Smith—Well, i you can't bear her, what- ever made you propose ? Jones --Well we had danced three times and I couldn't think of anything else to say. —Texas Siftings. The average Atlantic steamer. is manned by about 150 men, as follows : Thirty-two deck hands, 4 officers, 9 petty officers, 32 firemen, etc., 8 engineers and 65 stewards. The master and chief oflieials—that is, mates and engineers—are chosen by ,the owners or managers, while the remainder of the crew are chosen by the captain. First- class'sliips muster from 12 to 15 men in each watch, and all of these are shipped as sea- men. - Paul du- Chaillu, the noted traveler and African explorer, is a little brown man with flashing black eyes, smooth bronze face and a head as bald as a baby's. He is a con- firmed old bachelor, but has manners that charm women. In boring artesian wells on the Pacific Coast great depths are reached before strik- ing water. At Jaral and Monclara the wells are 1,530 and 1,280 feet in depth. The supply is'incxheustfble, but the water has to be pnrirped. , fly a mixture of oil and graphite, screws used about machinery may be prevented from becoming rusted. A it+1li. I wish I were as. busy As the cunning little bee ; 1 with --I were a sparrow brown, To Hy from bush to tree. I wish I were a humming -bird, But not o: b_utterflyl; For it lives just in. summer, And in winter has to die. I wish I were the sunlight, To sparkle every day ; I wish I were the roses, • So fragrant, bright and gay. • I -wish fi-were°t1[e travel. moon That's gleaming up on high; I wish I were the tiny stars— ,Those flowers of the sky. - I even wish I were my doll, With golden hair acurl. I wish that I were anything; But a naughty little girl —ELLA BENTLEY (aged 10 years), in " Harper's Young People." e, :�� 31'iiitik' overty the Destruction of the - Poor. An interesting writer for the New York Times has been visiting in the regions of the working poor in< New. -York city trying to learn what it costs them to live. ' Entering a typical store in Hester street, he gave the woman who kept it a dollar to answer his questions, and from her he learned thatsuch stores do a strictly cash business, that com- petition is at times and by spurts very keen, and that the customers pay more for what they buy than does the well-to-do house- holder. It gave the writer food for thought whlie en— discovered that these people pay more for their common kindling wood than the millionaire does for the hard hickory logs that he site and. watches sputtering -on itis open hearth, and that they pay as muck again for their coal as doe's- that same mil- • Bonaire. The wife of a workingman would come with only 30 or 40 cents with which to purchase her supplies for the day. With that amount she would buy meat; vegetables, flour or bread,��ahodpof�co��aals and . a bundle head, AiDe- '.rigiS'e6 1 ..WJe* sold by the pound was sold by the ounce, and coal and wood instead -of being sold by the ton and the waggon -load, werebought here by the basketand bundle. The prices, therefore, had to be high, for the tenement house stores, selling in such small quanti- ties, had to purchase in smalluantities. Their wholesale price, owing to this fact, was almost as high as the usual retail price. In fact, they were really middlemen be- tween the regular retailers and the people of the tenement houses whose small means did not enable them to purchase the quan- tities usually sold by retailers. They did not want a pound of butter, for they have no ice to keep it en. They do not want to buy a twenty-five pound bag of flour, for they want something else besides bread to eat, and if they bought flour in that way it would take all the available funds. How did prices run? Well, 'customers paid 5 cents a pound for flour. So that by the tine' the patrons of these tenement house stores had purchased 200 pounds -they would have inveated $10 for what would only cost the millionaire $5 at his grocery store:. For a quarter of a pound of butter they paid 8 to 10 cents, or 32 to 40 cents a pound for stuffthat can be purchased at any first-class store for from 25 to 30 cents a pound, and very much less by the tub. They paid 1 cent an ounce,for washiug'soda. First-class grocersare glad to deliver it at your door for 3 cents a pound. For a cup of sugar, holding less than one-half a pound, they pay 3 cents. In a Srst-class store they could buy a pound for 4 cents. They paid 5 cents for half a bar of seven -cent soap, and at the rate . of 40 cents a ppoound for a. - cheaptea, and 30 cents a pound for a very inferior coffee. . Bet the coal and wood end of the busi- ness presented an even more striking illus- tration of the extravagance of the poor. Nearly everybody living in the tenement houses bought their coal and wood each day. If they had money to buy'•coal and wood in the quantities it is ordinarily pur- chased, they would not know what to do with it.' They certainly could not keep it in the stuffy little rooms where they live. There is usually a cellar in each tenement house, with a little place partitioned off for each family, but if they put coal and wood there it would not stay long. Therefore these tenementhouse storekeepers had established the coal and wood bins for -the poor. They drew their daily supplies from them, and they paid well for doing it. The storekeepers usually only kept two or three tons of coal on hand at a time. " It was a light, bulky 'coal, yielding 100 baskets or pitilsful to the ton. It cost the tenement house storekeepers $5 a ton, delivered. They sold it at 14 cents a. pail, or $14 a ton. What a wail would go up from the rich and well-to-do people of New York if they were called upon to pay any such price as that for coal. For wood people in tll'e tenement houses paid 2 cents for a little bundle of soft pine, about a dozen sticks four inches long, anti averaging about an inch 'and a half in thickness. It is the poorest kind of, fuel, and in fact is fit for nothing but kindling. The man who buys•his wood by the waggon- load or the cord Would get more fire out of a half cent's worth of his supply than the people of the tenement houses get out of one of these two cent bundles. A Question of Knowledge. Her Adorer : May I marry your daughter, air'?' - Her Father : What do you want to marry for ? You don't know when you're well off. Her Adorer : No, perhaps not ; but I know when you're well ori , Didn't Miss flim. Mrs. Jocelyn—Don't you miss your hus- band very much, now that be is away ? Mrs. Golightly—Oh, not stall., You see, he left me plenty of money, and at break- fast I.jnat stand a newspaper up in front of his plate, and half the time forget that he really isn't there.—Puck. He'd' Never Heard it. gate Field's Washington : " Jones, did jou ever hear the ' Song of the Shirt' ?" " No, (hic) Billings, I never did. Fact is (hie) I didn't know a shirt could (hic) sing." • Mrs. George Go. rrld is .said to litre nothing for society, but devotes all her time to her home and children. She does ;her own marketing, keeps a set of books showing her household expenses, and altogether proves herself to be a model housewife. - 4' �ACtZW!„