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Ikf WABWITH BBBBBLF. The Story of a Woman's Atonement, by Charlotte M. Braeme. CBAPTKB XII. , May, with its bloHßOmu and flA™™. had oome at last. Lady Chatflelgh land Lady Fanshawe had taken posbt'Hiaion of the magnificent tnajrion In *‘«selffravia, which the late IjOi* Charnlolgh had beautified and dcflratod In the most auperlor fashion./ He had lavished a small fortune oty". and, in Its way, It was as luxurious* a palace. The first few days of thy'' stay were occupied in procuring dresses and jewels, Lady Charnlejfh was Introduced to Madame BerOL w ho looked her gravely, and •he would do full justly to th o radiant a peM whirlpool of ffayety," said Lady /’anshawo, as she looked at the numt>r of cards of invitation; “you must >° careful, Leonie, not to lose your rf 08 in London. ? But the girl wa/l oo king at the nu,merouß invitatid 8 wl th a glorious ‘smile on her facy . t “Oh, auntie,”/ 10 cried, clasping her ihands "Is it n</ glorious? I long for . the time. Ya “Y others tire. I never •hall. It to me that I shall be young and g£ and light-hearted forlever. /- i And Fanshawe bethought herself th/it was useless to preach, 'for axnei/nce is the great teacher, fid tWvely, bright, hopeful girl I would sch discover the truth for herI self - soA om a number of cards she I Charnleigh," she said, “you I this one. It is an invitaI tion ♦the Duchess of Rockhampton’s I i ballot is always the best of the seaI 'son“d it always takes place after the I I | And that will be my first ball,” said I ito girl, laughingly—“the key to the I jolden land, the entrance to an earthly I Aaradise! I wish it were to-ni^ht— I I /dislike waiting so long for anything.” Id Long afterward people talked of that I drawing-room ana the lovely young I countess that drew all eyes and won all I hearts. She was magnificently dressed; I her costume was of the richest white I Bilk, covered with silver net, and em- | ibroldered with silver flowers. With ( this she wore the far-famed Charn- ( leigh diamonds. Young and old all ( agreed that no fairer debutante had ( ever appeared even at that Court' 1 , ( where lair and graceful women abound, (j “I hope,” she said to Lady FanBshawe, when they had reached home, ■ and were; resting in the cool, fragrant (boudoir —“I hope I acquitted myself to ■ your satisfaction. I tried to remember B all you had told me.” ■l “I have nothing more to teach you, ■Leonie: you are une grande dame now’ ■ launched on the great world. Every ■ one was charmed with you; I never saw ■ a more complete success.” ■| “Then I should be happy,” said the ■/Countess, with that peculiar smile ■which Lady Fanshawe never quite uh■l jdNw rest. I shall n.t let you stir ■until it is time for the ball. You must ■look your brightest and best, Lady for, although her Grace of ■Rockhampton is very popular, half the ■people there will have gone to see ■’OU." ■ When Lady Fanshawe saw her charge ■dressed that evening for the ball, she ■allowed to herself that she was perfect. ■The costume again was of white and ■diver, so appropriate always to fair youthful beauty; the silver net was ■astened with sprays of white heath, ■t id the bouquet she carried was of her ■avorito flowers—sweet, white daphnes. ■ The Charnleigh diamonds adorned ■he golden head, carried with such grace; they rose and fell like ■mints of flame on the white breast, and ■ne superb bracelet gleamed on the Bounded arm. The lovely face was rain its youth and hope; it had a Mltish like the daintiest color of a roseBeaf; no stars were ever brighter than eyes. The unstudied perfect grace Ms the whole figure was something to at. She stood before the mir■or in silence, and then, turning sudto Lady Fanshawe, she said: H “Do you know what forebodings are, ■untie?” “Weaknesses in which no sensible ever indulges,” was the grave »ply. (■ "Sometimes they are more than that. a foreboding, auntie—a kind of that something is going happen to-night.” (■“Something will happen: you will be much admired, Leonie—nothing ■■oro than that.” |B“Seo, auntie, my hand trembles—l saw my hand tremble before; my heart beats, yet it is not from (■“You are excited with this morning's success, Leonie.” that all?” she murmured. “I feel (■ though I were on the threshold of |Bother world. It cannot be all fancy imagination. What can happen (■me? Nothing, for I have all I want.” (■She repeatea these words as they (Hove through the sweet May night to (■ckhampton House — “Nothing can (■jppen to me—l have all I want.' CHAPTER XIII. (■Leonie, Countess of Charnleigh, was (■eon of the ball. Fair women were EHssent, but none so fair as she. (■The Duchess of Rockhampton was (Mxious to give a most cordial welcome (■her beautiful young guest. The . Hmer was considered and justly so—- (■> proudest and most exclusive woman London. Yet she sot herself to ■Base Lady Charnleigh. She introher noblest guests to her; she ■■light her son, the heir of the house, (■rd Falcon, to her; and people whisked that it would not be displeasing grace if the young lord should win the fair heiress. ■■[is "grace of Rockhampton -who wasted many minutes in talking ■^■adies— seemed enchanted with her. ((■ those who understood such things HHas very evident that a ducal corin time fall to the lot of ■Hnio, Lady Charnleigh. ■Hverything was so novel to hor that ((■ ffijoughts did not run much either ■H/ve or lovers. To look at that most and radiant face was enough Io one happy. Sweetest smiles ■■led over the peaceful lips; the vio■■eyes shone like stars. She enjoyed and was not ashamed of show(■■it. Lord Falcon was unwilling to her. ((■ have never found a ball so pleas■■as this,” he said to her, ana she at him with a smile. ' > Hn all probabilty I shall never find ((■her so pleasant; it is my first." SHiero came an interval between the ■■lave you seen the ferns grouped in he asked her. |S|K, she had not seen them, and Lord ■Kon, only too happy to have her SHlmself for a few minutes, led the dear mother has but one de(BK mania," he said, as they walked High the broad, fragrant, brilliantitfiHrhted corridor; “and that is for I do not care for them, but she ■something wonderful in them, and

A supposed to have the finest collection in England: some of the host and most wonderful art, grouped here. ' The duchess wished to make the world envious, I suppose. ” The dining-room was lighted with innumerable wax tapers, which threw a soft, pearly light; and Leonie, standing among the ferns, made a lovely picture. At the other end of the room she saw a gentleman standing liefore a picture; he was evidently admiring or criticising it. Sometimes the grand statuesque attitude of that tall, stately figure struck her with admiration; ho timed suddenly, and she saw a kingly Saxon head with fair clustering hair, and a fair, frank, handsome face. It was the handsomest face, she thought to herself, that she had ever seen—such a face as women lovp and children trust, full of loyalty, of noble simplicity—a face that could" be as tender as a woman's, yet stern and severe when need should be. With her qulqk fanciful imagination Lady Charnleigh made all mon heroes. A sudden desire seized hor that the light of that face should bo turned upon her. and then she became conscious that Lord Falcon had boon speaking to her for some time, and her face flushed. “I crave pardon, Lady Charnleigh; if your thoughts are really so far away that ybu cannot hear, I will not intrude.” “Pray pardon me,” she said. She was just going to add, “Who is that gentleman?" when sho paused. It would not do to let' Lord Falcon know how entirely her mind had been occupied with a stranger while he was by her side. Leonie, Lady Charnleigh, was growing worldly wise. She was saved all further wonder by the stranger’s suddenly catching a glimpse of Lord Falcon, upon which he came forward quickly, and the greeting bctw'een the two was warm and cordial. Then Lord Falcon introduced Sir Bertram Gordon to the Countess of Charnleigh, and a new lifedrama was begun. The grand Saxon head, with its clustering hair, was bent over her, and Leome's face grew warm as two keen, clear eyes frankly met her own. "I have heard so much and so often of you, Lady Charnleigh, that it gives me the greatest delight to meet you.” She was accustomed to compliments, but something in the ring of nis voice told her he was speaking truth Suddenly the soft, sweet strains of the “So daten Lioder” floated through the open doors. Lord Falcon looked at his companion. “Lady Charnleigh, if I were fond of quotations I could use one now —‘With thee conversing, I forget all time.’ I am engaged for this dance to Miss Hyltou. and it has begun—what shall I do?" “Hasten to atone for your forgetfulness.” “And you?” he said. Sir Bertram at once stepped forward. “If Lady Charnley will accept my escort, I shall feel most honored,” Her face flushed again, her hand trembled as it touched his arm. “What is coming to me?” thought the girl, impatiently. “Surely lam not growing nervous and aw.kward.” “Are you engaged for this waltz?” asked Sir Bertram, suddenly. And the next moment, as it seemed to her, sho was floating round the room on the wings of a zephyr. The strong arm clasped her, the handsome Saxon face was bonding over her. What was it came so suddenly from his eyes to hers? A sweet, subtle something that she could not understand. Suddenly the sweet face grew pale; the vague, dreamy happiness was so great that it became painful. "You are tired, Lady Charnleigh,” said Sir Bertram; “you have grown very pale. Will you leave this warm room? I will find you a cool seat among the flowers. She took his arm. Her senses were all in a whirl; she would have mechanically done anything he told her. So they walked on in silence, all tremulous with happiness too sweet for words; and, as they went, the music appeared to grow softer, the lights brighter, the flowers more fair. It* was but the dawn of love, and they were unconscious of it. They went through the long suit of brilliantly lighted rooms; then they heard the ripple of fountains, and Sir Bertram said: “You will find that ten minutes here among the flowers will refresh you, Lady Charnleigh." He placed a seat for her near a large stand of fragrant white daphnes. She looked at him with a smile. “Did you guess that these were my favorite flowers?" she asked. “No,” he replied promptly. , “Well,” confessed the young heiress, “I love the daphnes—they are full of poetry. The name has associations that I cannot explain, or even understand; and the perfume says more to me than the perfume of any other flower.” He was leaning against the white marble fountain, looking earnestly at her radiant, lovely face. “I wish I were a daphne,” he said. “Then I should gather you and wear you, and then you would die,” she returned. , “Happy in such a death! You would not throw me away, though, when I was dead—would you?" “Os what use is a faded flower?” she asked, laughingly. “I shall never see a daphne again without thinking of you," he said, and there fell upon them a golden silence more eloquent than words. The ripple of the fountains, mingled with the distant sound of music, the fragrance of the odorous blossoms, the soft pearly light from the lamps, halfhidden in the green foliage,' formed a poem in themselves. What was coming to her? She who had bright, frank words for every one, whose smiles were easily won, who had never known fear, timidity, or shyness, could not raise her fair flushed face, dared not raise her eyes and look at her companion, and yet she felt and knew in some vague way that her silence told him more than words could have done. He was quite content to stand there and drink In the beauty of that marvelous face, to watch the play of those exquisite features, the light and shade, the sweet girlish shrinking, the pretty shy embarrassment—he would have been quite content to watch that picture and forget everything else. But he bethought himself at last; he must speak; it seemed hardly courteous to stand in silent, mute admiration before a lady for whoso least word men contended as for a prize. “I think the waltz is over,” she said. “We must go; I am engaged for the next." Yet she would have given the world to remain. “Your kindness makes me bold, Lady Charnleigh,” he said; “I refuse to go until you have granted me a favor." “What is it?” she asked. “Will you give me a daphne—nay; not one of those growing there, but one from your bouquet? They have been in your hand, you have sighed over them, and that makes them more precious. Will you give me one?” She hesitated for a minute, and then took the flower he asked for and gave it to him. He kissed it reverently. “I shall keep that until I die,” he said, “and then it shall be buried with me.”

• There was the sound of approaching I footsteps, wlttj, the rustle of silken , robes, and the next moment her grace i of Rockhampton had “My dear Lady Charnleigh, I am . glad you have found limo to rest;” apd then her quick eyes noted the flower in 1 Sir Bertram's hand, and a frown disturbed the calm serenity of her face. “I am sorry you are tired,” she con- . tinuod, laying one hand caressingly on ' the young girl’s shoulder, “but I cannot allow my ballroom to lose its fairest ornament. I have hud several inquiries put to mo about you." Sir Bertram saw that ho was do trop. Lord Falcon camo and stood by his mother’s side; there was no further opi portunity for the baronet to speak. “You promised me one quadrille, Lady Charnleigh," said Sir Bertram, i as he went away—and it seemed to her that the light and fragrance went with him. She tried to forget him while she listened to Lord Falcon, but hor heart was still beating with that new-found ' happiness for which sho know no name. The remainder of the evening passed 1 like a dream; the homage offered to ’ her, the countloss compliments that she received, the music, the light, the ; flowers, were all part of a confused ' dream, from which she did not awaken ' until Sir Bertram came to claim her hand for the promised quadrille. She saw the white daphne in his coat, and 1 she kept her eyes averted from him. He lingered by her side until the 1 carriage was called, and then Lord Falcon joined them. There was a 1 a slight contention without words between the two gentlemen as to who should conduct Lady Charnleigh to her carriage, but Sir Bertram won; her ’ last word, her last smile was for him, ■ and she drove away with the memory 1 of his face haunting her. 1 An hour later and Lady Charnleigh ' was seated before her sumptuous toi- ' let-table, her wealth of golden hair,all ' unbound, falling around him. She had laid aside her magnificent dress and ■ costly jewels, the white daphnes had 1 been carefully placed in a vase of i water, and, dressed in a white negli-,' gee, she looked eVen more beautiful than in full dress. ; She must have been tired, but no sleep came to her. She opened her window and looked out at the stars 1 gleaming in the blue sky; the night ' wind was whispering in the trees; it 1 was heavy with the dewy fragrance of 1 mignonette. i 1 “If we lived in days of magic, I , should say he had cast a spell upon me," : she said to herself; “I cannot forgel 1 him.” Never once during/that long reverie did she think of Lord Falcon. Right ' well she loved rank, position and wealth —had a ducal coronet no charm for her! ■ She only remembered Sir Bertram, his looks, his words. She kissed the , fair white daphnes for his sake, and then blushed at what she had done. • The last words which sho remembered that night were those she had used herself — “What can marriage giv* . me?” Ito be continued.] DATES IN MEDICINES. 1538. Vesalius, the father of modern surgery, began the systematic study of anatomy. 1538. The first anatomical plates designed by Titian and used in lectures ’ by Vesalius. 1539. Pare invented the ligature to restrain hemorrhage after amputation. 1543. The great anatomical work of Vesalius published at Padua. 1543. Immense improvements made in obstetrics by Vesalius and other surgeons. 1547. The monastery of St. Mary of Bethlehem, Bedlam, taken by Henry VIII. as a hospital and refuge for the insane. 1567. The first gardens established for the cultivation of medical herbs, London. 1581. Francis Rousset practiced the Caesarian section with complete success. 1608. Calomel first mentioned by i Crollius. Directions for its preparation given by Bequin. 1610. Laudanum used as a medical remedy. Employed at first for headaches. 1622. Gaspard Asselli, professor of anatomy at Milan, discovered the lacteal vessels and their use. 1622. Paola Bacchia published at Rome his “Medico-Legal Questions,” originating medical jurisprudence, 1628. The circulation of the blood discovered by Harvey. • 1639. Peruvian bark introduced into Spain by the Countess of Cinchon or by the Jesuits. 1644. The scientific study of embryology begun by Redi, an Italian physician and naturalist. 1651. Dr. Harvey, English, published his work on embryology, considered with reference to the human race. 1652. The Oxford Medical Gardens established and endowed by the Earl of Danby. 1652. Jean Pecquet demonstrated the reservoir that bears his name, and also traced the thoracic duct. 1653. Harvey’s great bequests of books and buildings to the Royal Society. 1658. Silvius, a Fleming, first presented a chemical theory of the actions of the animal economy. ANNALS OF ENGLAND. 1787. New South Wales acquired by original settlement. 1787. Sierra Leone added to the empire by settlement and conquest. 1788. The trial of Warren Hastings for treason began at Westminster. 1792. The first coalition against the French Republic formed. 1796. The first experiments made in vaccination by Dr. Jenner. 1797. Financial distress. Cash payments suspended by the banks. 1798. The great insjMrection in Ireland. Nelson’s victory’at the Nile. 1800. Malta acquired by conquest from Knights of Malta. 1801. The first railroad sanctioned by Parliament from Wandsworth to Croydon. 1801. The first steamboat on the Thames. 1801. Legislative union of Groat Britain and Ireland effected. 1803. British Guiana /required by conquest and settlement. 1803. Emmett’s insurrection in Ireland. Suppressed with much cruelty. 1803. Van Dieman’s Land acquired by discovery and settlement. 1805. Nelson’s victory and death at Trafalgar. Naval supremacy established. 1807. Parliament by enactment, abolished the trade in African slaves. ■lßll. Insanity of George HI. Regency establish, with Prince George as Regent. . 1812. The second war with America began in dispute about right of search. 1814. The first locomotive built by George Stephenson. 1814. The treaty of Ghent Close of the second American war. 1815. Great victory by Wellington at Waterloo. Close of the French wars. 1817. The “Green Bag Inquiry." Investigation of seditious plots, 1819. Queen Victoria born in Kensington Palace. May 24. 1820. Trial of Queen Caroline began before a special tribunal. —•

ALL HIS CROPS FAILED. i 1 a Now n*mp«hlra Granger Not fattened Ewen with HU Children. A gentleman who was rusticating In the northern part of New llamp- ' shlro took a tramp among the hills one day recently. In passing a hillside farm he saw an aged granger . hoeing a very stony potato field near his house, and the gentleman stopped to converse with him. “Your potatoes seem to be doing well,” he started in. “Oh, 1 reckon I’il hev a few pertaters," rejoined the farmer dryly, as he stopped hoeing the rocks off the vines and glanced at the stranger curiously from under the wide brim of his weather-beaten straw hat. “Otner crops good?” “Oh, the crops is Jest tolerlbie, as usual, I s’pose,” replied the farmer indifferently, as he came up to the rail fence dragging his hoe after him. “But I’ll tell yer Jest how 'tie, squire,’’ he < ontinued confidentially. “I’m the most untortunit ole critter in Coos County.” “Farming doesn’t pay very well up here, I suppose?” “Pay! Nothin’ pays me, ’squire, but 1 did expect a leetle of suthen from my crop of young uns." “Children turned out bad, eh?” “Jes’ so, stranger. The hull on ’em has been a dead loss to me. Dan’l— I named him for Dan’l Webster an’ give him a good eddication—he’s a hoss doctor; practiced on my old mare, an’ she died. Zeke went inter what they call the green goods business—keepin’ a grocery store, I s’pose —but he busted up, an’ be writes me he’s now working in a place called bing Sing, says he’s got a good, stiddy job, but the pay ain’t good and he’s allers wantin’ to borrer a dollar from me. Sam an’ Hi went ter brakin' on the railroad, an’ I had ter pay the funeral expenses of both of ’em. Maria Ann got married to a drummer at the county fair last fall, an’ went up in a balloon, but they came down safe, an’ hev ben honeymoonin’ with me an’ the old woman ever since. Lizy, my youngest, ain’t wuth her keep, an’ she’s a teasin’ me to buy her a bvsuckle —me, who hain’t laid eyes on a flve-dollar note sence the war. I tell yer stranger, I’m the most unfortunit old critter with my young ones that ever lived," he groaned. “You certainly have had bad luck with your children.” “I should say I had. Now. there's Bill Durkee up ter Colebrook; he’s had the greatest luck with his. They supports him in good style, and Bill hain’t done a stroke o’ work fur five years.” “All smart and steady, eh?”' “That’s where you miss it, 'squire: they ain’t any on urn taken that way.” “How is it they get along so well, then?” “They are all freaks, an' have al! got good stiddy jobs the year around. Sal weighs 'bout a ton. Mirandy’s got tremendous long hair an' his oldest boy was born without legs. An’ here I be without even a mammoth hog or a two-headed calf," sighed the aged farmer as he went back to bis hoeing. Trial of the Pyx. The annual ceremony of testing the standard fineness of the gold and silver coins of the United States, as well as those of Great Britain, is called the “trial of the pyx.” The custom is very ancient, and the name is derived from the “pyx." or chesty in which the coip reserved for examination were formerly kept In tne United States the trial, which is provided for by law, is made on the second Wednesday of each recurring February before the Judge of the United States District Court. the Comptroller of the Currency, the Assayer of the New York Assay office and such other persons as the President may designate. A majority ol the persons constitute a competent board, and the examination is made in the presence of the Director of the Mint. The coins thus reserved for trial are mado up from those selected from each delivery made by the chief coiner, deposited in the “pyx” and kept under the joint care of the Superintendent of the Mint and the Chief As sayer, each of whom has his separate lock and key. Coins from other mints are transmitted quarterly for examination to the Director of the Mint, or in lieu of this be may test any piece which falls into his hands. The examiners detailed to make a “trial of the pyx" are not sworn, but they make a certified report of their doings. If this report shows the coins to be within the limit of tolerance in fineness and weight, it is filed. If not, the fact is certified to the President, and it he should deem it proper so to do he may order all those implicated in the error to be thenceforth disqualified from holding office. Lucy Stone’s Early Trials. Many and varied are the stories told of the opposition and obstacles with which Lucy Stone was surrounded on every hand when she began her endeavors in behalf of equal suffrage. She had no co-operation and support, and started out entirely alone. She put up the posters for her own meetings, with a little package of tacks and a stone picked up from the street. Sometimes tlie boys would follow her, hooting and preparing to tear down the posters. Then she would stop, and, calling the boys about her, would hold a preliminary meeting in the street, until she had won the bovs all over and persuaded them to let her posters alone Atone time she wqs to speak at an anti-slavery meeting in the Public Hall of a suburb of Boston, together with William Lloyd Garrison and others. It had been requested that notices of the meeting should be given from the church pulpits on Sunday morning, and the minister of the orthodox church, in announcing that she was to speak, held up the paper on which the notice was written and said in a loud voice: “A hen will attempt to crow like a cock in the town hall at 4 j/clook this afternoon. Those who enjoy that kind of music will attend the meeting.”—Boston Globe. The man who has “nothing to Uva for," calls In the doctor as quick as any other man when there to anytning the matter with him.

INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH. Tttught by the Bravery of the Victoria'* Dead Nallorn, The name of the Victoria will ever be associated with a story that the nation will cherish as one of those precious records by which empires live. It was all over in fifteen minutes, but those fifteen minutes will live in history as lives the charge, which did not last much longer. The testing times of life seldom last long. The first dip of the litmus paper in the solution proves the existence of add, and the first moment of a supreme crisis suffices for a test. And as it has been said that it was almost worth the enormous, expenditure of the Crimean war to have the object lesson which was afforded by the charge of the 600—of the absolute readiness of the British soldier to ride “into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell”— so it may be said it was almost worth while to lose the Victoria in order to have so superb an illustration of our men, writes W. T. Stead. Death, in the old phase, is the gate of lite, but death is more than that Death is the sovereign alchemist who assays the value of the coin stuck in the mint of life. Death is the supreme test Invincible in life, are our bluejackets invincible also in death? Their drill goes like clockwork by day and by night; their discipline is perfect by sea and by land. But how will it be when each individual. nay, when the whole ship’s company, with all its componentweaknesses and shortcomings, is suddenly slung over an abyss yawning eighty fathoms deep below, with not one chance in three that any will escape alive? The Victoria supplied an answer. Not for a single moment does there seem to have been a faltering word or a flurrid deed. Not even when the great ship reeled and quivered like a wounded thing beneath the crushing blow of 10,000 tons of metal hurled against It at the rate of eighteen miles an hour, did any of the crew or officers lose their self-possession. Everything which had been laid down and provided for such an emergency was remembered and acted upon. Whether in trying to get out the collision mats or in the last desperate plunge shoreward, the half-sinking ship, with her forepart all under water, steamed toward the land—everything seems to have been done with regularity and steadiness and cool courage that are the distinguishing features of the British Navy. And in the last dread moment when the order was given, “Each for himself,” which dissolved the organic whole of the disciplined ship’s company into a mass of individuals, each set free to seek his own safety in his own way, nothing seems to have been done unworthy the name and the fame of the British sailor. The papers, indeed, are full of stories of the self-forget-ting devotion of these bluejackets to each other. All seem to have been alike, from the Admiral who sank with his ship to the chaplain who perished in saving others. The midshipman who refused to leave the Admiral and went down by his side, the brave fellow who freed the diver from his leadladen sinkers and lost his own life in doing so, although he saved the dver, and all the other incidents of a hiroic selflessness and a comradeship that is stronger than death—these things are a priceless addition to the heritage of our land.—Review of Reviews. Don't Sulk. Girls, don't be too sensitive. As a rule women are always vegetating over some fancied slight from husbands or brothers which was never meant in the way that it is taken. A woman will get back at another woman who annoys her, and make life a burden to her. But when it is a masculine snub, she sulks and sulks, nursing her wrath to keep it warm like the Scotch A sulking man is bad enough, but a sulking woman is ten times worse, because she makes everyone within reach feel accountable. When she has finally dissolved in tears she says to the man she has reduced to the verge of idiocy: “Y-y-ou s-s-ald m-m-y p-p-udding d-didn’t n-n-eed a-a-ny p-praising, J-J-ack!” A goose? Yes, but she doesn’t know it, though I hope she will, after she reads this. I was visiting a young couple recently when the husband, a bright, Jolly fellow, would have his Joke, if he sacrificed the whole community of his woman kind. It was the occasiou of a dinner. There was a mold of dark jelly on the table and at a moment when there was a solemn stillness, be said: “Kate, please pass the glue!” Was his wile offended? Not a bit of it. She thought it as funny as the others did, and laughed as heartily, but there are women who would have looked upon it as household treason, and made several lives miserable in consequence. There are so many snags in our daily lives that we might avoid, if wfe would only become better pilots. Let us learn how to navigate. Philosophy of Tan. The stimulus of the sun’s direct rays and that arising from the friction of the fresh air causes increased activity in the capillaries supplying the surface with blood. When this stimulus is continued for any considerable time these vessels become gorged, and minute portions-* of -the blood-4orce their way into the layer immediately under the epidermis, or outer skin. It is the presence of the red corpuscles of blood which gives the ruddy flesh tint seen through the outer skin. At the same time the sweat glands and oil glands whose function it is”tb lubricate the surface ■ and keep it moist become exhausted by over-stimulus; the outer skin gets hard and dry, and soon begins to peel off in the familiar way, taking the minute particles of extravasatod blood along with it. Direct sunlight also has a darkening effect upon the actual coloring pigments ot the skin, but this action is distinct from actual tanning, and manifests itself in the form of freckles. The permanent bronze or ruddiness of complexion seen in sailorsand travelers in hot countries is the result of a long continued combination of the two processes. Cleveland has a very good voice, but it has not got a silvery ring.

Business Directory 1 «■■■——■ ■ -3 THE DECATIIK. IAWHI BIIK. CAPITAL, 150,000. SCRPLUB, *11.500, Organized August 15,1883. Officers;—P. W. Smith, Pres.. Daniel Weldy, Vloo-pres.. H. 8. Peterson, Cashier, J. 8. Peterson, Ass’t Cashier. Do a general banking business. Interest paid on time deposits. Buy and sell Domestic and Foreign Exchange, County and City Orders. Adams County Bank Capital, 079,000. Burpias, 75.00*. ? Organised fa I*7L Offiosra—D. fltadabakar, Prasidsat; Kobt. B. Allison, Vloa-Prasldant; W. H. Niblick, Caahlas. Do a general banking busfaMS. CoUectioM made in aU parts of the country. County, City and Township Orders bought. Foreign and Domestic Exonange bought and sold. Interest paid on time deposits. Paul O. Hoopefi at DeeaSvr, • • XnsKana. w K nuns, (, a. xnimr a mann, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, And Notaries Public. Pension Claims Prosecuted, Office fa Odd Fellows' Building, Decatur, Ind. TTiBANCE A MEBBYMAN. J. T. ntASCn. A? J. I. MXKBTMAX A-ttoraeyn *t Lmw, niCATVB, INDIANA. Office Nos. L S and 8, over the Adams County Bank. Collections a specialty. A- o. FOLLOW at, Fliy«loisui db Surgeon Office over Burns' harness shop, residence one door north of M. I. church. All calls promptly attended to fa city or country night Or day. M, L. HOLLOWAT, M. D. Office and residence one door nerth of M. * church. Diseases of woman and children specialties. Levi Nelson, Veterinary Surgeoe, Decatur, Ind. Residence southeast cor, Decntur and Short streets. T Q. NEPTUNE, vs DENierr. UJ I ITT 1 Now located orer Holthouse's shoo store, and la prepared to do all work pertaining to the dental profession. Gold filling a specialty, By the use of Mayo's Vapor he is enabled to extract teeth without pain. All work warranted. MONEYTOLOAN On Fares Property on Leng Tima, ■o Oox3oiX3aJ.aiffiiloAo Low Bate of Interest. In nay amounts can be made at any tfaa* and stop fatarest. Call on, or address, a. X. GBUBB, ar Z. T. MABB, Offiso: Odd Fallows' Building, DecoSut. Lines. Schedule in effect 27. 1893. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. No. 5. Vestibule Limited, daily for I D u Chicago f 2.40 P. M No. 8. Pacific Express, daily for I , Chicago p.lO A. M No. 1, Express, daily for I jj.oOA M No. 31. Accommodation, daily. l ln .« i v except Sunday f lO ' 45 A ' M TRAINS BAST. No. 8. Vestibule Limited, daily for I -.or. D New York and Boston | M daily for New p M Express, daily for New I. j-xa M No. 80. Accommodation, daily cx-l ln .on . ~ cept Sunday f A ’ 31 Second No. 12—Leaving Decatur 1:30 a. m. dally. Solid train for Columbus. Ohio, via Marion and tlie Columbus, Hooking Valley and Tolddo Hailway (Buckeyeßoue): Pullman sleepers tO’Columbus. Kenova, and Norfolk and other Virginia points via the Columbus. Hocktug-Valley and Toledo and the Norfolk and Western Lines. J. W. DkLosg. Agent. W.G.MaoEdwards, T. P. A. Huntington. Ind First Class Night and Day Service batweM Toledo, Ohio, )AND( St. Louis, Mo. FREE CHAIR CARS UY TRAIIIS—MODERN EQUIPMENT IHMfiiCNin. VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS ON NIOHT TRAINdI SERVED EM ROUTE, Mg *Mr, MT OR MISHT, at Moderate cost Itkftr tickets vis Toledo, St Loais I linns City L & For further particular!, call on naaMto Agent as the Company, or address O. O. JENKINS, huril ruwaru Ifaeh TOLEDO; OHIOk

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