Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 8, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 March 1876 — Page 2

tw, what ft: x fur si' I hvavv j cam: ii auk ) Oh. whst(-n found I wnen I . .tin' haute, i rr tli sea trae tar rounlrie. Wi' a Ix-.irt a lu'it a 1'ir u faera? Slx'kU I llll.ll when I i-NIll' hniue T- the In. In yrow roun' no hei.l I mi! 1 an Miiiiil when 1 X"' User XI jr dartm' v .kid. I ha1 w i me A cw .ten kaint , A chain o Um Ii a srllow wT imd, A WIT K" ' ""M I CAMl' Il.tlllK, Aa' n mickle nvxue aa ton. In eoiiltl howj. "J hr.sk" tii chain id' II io ir den tain) , I hunt tli' pur Ihhii her held. 4 n' u.-n' t'ie um o' iiiotu mair? Mv darlin'a tlcid. Cira AMH4.y .4tlea. 117 17 .s7.i7.A 77 ; A u !i mm whctil no children proposed l i i.ir neighbor, let had frd, tt tike one ut thetn, an I promised, i( the pareuU would onseal, iimt he would jot them proicm enon.-h to ak tlH'iiioi'lTpit and taeir i.lhrr n rliildrrn AonilVjrUbii-I rhfe.J Wich r,s)l it I' Whi h idiall it I?

I looked at.lehn, J n I oked at nip, Aixlwrtenll und that I must upeak Mr mice aeeined Mraiuelr low and weak. Tvil nit i)riu what K her. aid;" A -hi then I, li-lcuinir, Ixti t my hem! T); i hi letter i "I mill ptT A buM un I l.iuil v hi. you ahall lire. If, in rrinni, f.-i.m out jour Ten, ' OrwchiM u rne for me U iTen." I l-ioked t Joha'a old (inurnu worn; I Uiourht of all (hat Im' lia borne Of Ter.T . and work, and rare. Which I, though i,hn. could not ahar ! 1 th.Mihl of rrvcn vouuit inoiiUit to feed, C is-sen I Jllr i-hiMrcn'f ne-s. Ml J Uk'D i thi. Tome, Jhn.".sld I. " W e'll h. anion Hunt Uier lie AtU-4-p." , .tlW:ujr hand in band, war John and I uivftf.lour band; Kina uttlwra lie Itirti'tlT teped Where I. ill in, tie Imhr, l-VU Soil y th llli. r t.kx' 1 ! lav Wi r'fMiKh hir4 in a l-vip way, V ton iliv.itn tr hi-wr m. hf r ur, Km-l hu4vj!r U nul. Not her!" Ve rt mpc 1 ti tmn15 bl. A D't one rinr rajr of laui.lu-tit lw tliart tuc l)vlh tai4 Uu-re, la riefp - tM'Hutif al and fa r. I mw on J.iin-'t rxuyh, rl clxek t:r un'tncl. Y. re J "tin rouM rak H-'ln a l-ahv. t.v,"n-il.t 1, A i t ki-l turn hurrwl bv. l'aU-t j.i; i.-ii t i:ll't?'t ann-i tu e ul( ib hi Wi tor iuiTi-rin trare. N. fir a ttou-.tni rr-.i n not In in lie wtiir'iTtii, while uurT wentdini. Tour rv k I IVok ! o'.ir way wanl aon Turin: lint, rtje-, Mieortt Cwul'l h U niLirr-t NaT, Jl who frare Paii n xfri-ti hjri to U irraTo; - 'inlr a nniUi-r' heart rotil-l In I'a'.ti n( rn iu'i fr mirh a Im; n i.o." m: 1 .l..hn. l woul I U' t flare Tj tale h m irt ni hrr lcli'l? i-rijer. Tfxrc !'. we .irtlr lKr, An kn.Mt hv Nrv". rtiil l . f love. rrhAt f-r hrr 'ton;i li-tir I," I i I I .tctin. t'i:U- Mk-nt:y ! hf I u a .-url tl. it Isy -r hrr !! k in a w tit wsr. Ant h- k liii head "Vr, lore, n"t Uicc," Th.- h..f ,i,t i..i t beat au'l.btf . itni on nir. our et.lrt Tru-'.v an t lrnt):il, ro-al arvl fU l, -. ti!- l'i".. r. o, John, no! I en n"t. will t" t. let him iro." And r nw in a r"rtiia way, V . .1,1,1 r..t irive on. r'lild awar ; tn I frOcr-xir I I nl !'u,ti-r in-eniel. Thiakin.' of t'ut f whwli w ilmind!, II tpi'T in tru'h Utit n tt ru fai-e W a- hh from it a'ci!tJnd place; Thankful f v rk f-r all ttwp eTrn, Ira-nn; I'.'.- r-.t to Due in hearen. FIDELIA'S rORTl'SE. YIi. lli.i. lirt.l p )y the KirtjrLiniN' Cih; ami Lriliiantlv iihtol hu on tli i vnin of Mii llarcourtN '' cotil'l L.iro iin tiiH'il that an a hinj; heart, svwl the 1 trk :tnI unkind p;"in ihit m.ik"i .n hino; luMrtn, oxisteil within th-te dazzling walls? I-iht tram-il through the wimlow s ; muio puurt-d forth leli?htftil strain; fuo.tH were arriving ami lop.irtinr; the v'p.ne, the praiul aretme of the town, wi aniin:ititl with th ronnir.e; uiul i crow J l cajr people, eneourajreI by the halmy air of the late .pring niht, preoil into the fhnillery unler the ball-room windows, and tooJ jrapinj with unfeigned almiration at the tlittin"; fiiirei of the dance. All the window of the two lower stork-, l-side the win in which the ll!-roo'ii lay, were lihtel. Atntve then iuten ened dark space ; ami over the third try, in one of the small round windows of the Mamard-roof, a faint liht twinkled. An observer noticing it would have iu ptviwed that ome - donicvtio whose luty did not call t active n.-rvice had rvtire-l iK-times. 15ut no! The dimly lihtt d chamU r in the roof !n-ld in it-, solitude a l.iuhlcr of the, houe. The fiiir fif a ynn irl, wrapjd oaivclv in the fnl-! of a course jrrtiv J re.injtr-i !, wa (Innz nt full lnth upon a narrow ImmI in nn attitude of tintnistakMoh ilcjef tion. Her face w a. bwrioil inthe piilow, her hand clamper! lxve trie flowing hair that reached in aahraid'-d tro-es to the tl-or. Her whole frame w a?itatt ly a pitiful iv aobbino; that could not lo Controlled. A U'i alon the uncsirpeU'd pa-sae and a knock at the d)rhal no etfeetto axoue thy nnh:pty irl. The knock wern repnaUid rapidly and more loudly, and Ix-innnaniw i red, a woman's voic, clear and shrill, hut njrnialile-toiied, c&Uc'lfroiu without, "Fidelia Kitinland, aie you there?" The pirl arose nlowly, anil ruMm; Ike t-ari away from her eeliil-i with a Iwwildereii air, moved litl--Ijr toward tho door. "Who i it? uho calN me?" she x-ked, with her hand upon the key. ' A friend of your mother," answered lh i''.ick, clear oice. i am dn-amin," said Fidelia, not in reply, hut sadly to lierolf, ami turned away. 44 You are not dre:irninj," answered ihe voiro. Fidelia Kinysland ca-t oneglance, lewildorcl yet imploring, at a picture hanin alove her lx-d a portrait that, formino; the Mile ornament of the room, occupied the only perpendicular space of w;ills elsewhere slanted so sharply as t i make the t hamln r oppressive, ' 'ike a cell.

44 Yohi niotlier! Iri-'iid!" Ifaii-e from that other world into which lon years ho the l ivclv hein of the portrait forever pus-cil h is spoken now to her desolate child, it could not hae awakenc more complete and woinlcrir. surprise. Mechanically she unlocked the door, and the stranger entered. Fidelia pacd at the apparition w ith a stupor reeinhlin that of a sleep-walker. The stranger returned the pi.e not at all, hut walked into the room quickly, scanned it hiictly and stiidion-ly in every part with a manner much like a petted hird. Her costume added to this sprightly, eit, hinl-like ellect. lui wore a walking-dress of dai k blue velvet, titling her petite figure with nice exactness ; a cahmere shawl dnmped from her shoulders so low that its point trailed on the Moor; a velvet hat ct with narrow feathers erected her small head. Her black h lir shone ia flossy waves; her tjuick black eves sparkled like polisheil jet ; diamonds glittered at her ears. She granted Fidelia several moments to recover from urpri.-e. Then she spoku to her in a familiar way, as if she had known her all her life. 44 Sit down by my side,' she said, drawing her t the foot of the pallet, and taking a chair very near. 44 Sit down here and tell me why vou were cr in;." because niy'heart U broken," said the ;rirl. 44 That I am jrlad to hear," returned the little lady, briskly. "We are not so bad otTa we feared. Whenthese things are much broken there is no orv. Mv

ar. I tl.Iiik I can ;rt:. TO' . r I. ( Yu.tid ou were a friend of mv mother," Fhlelia mnrmureil, iraing with child-like wond r at hergnest, and actually smiling through her tears. 44 That you may have rontidctice, let me tell you of im self. I w as a school friend of your mother in Pari. M name is Nannette liieard. I am a w idowwithout children ; consequently I have no resting-place. I am a traveler; I go around the world. Hy accident 1 paused at this town to stop overnight at the hotel 4Two Isles.' There the rumor of the birthday fete encountered me. I made inquiries. I learned that the husband of my dear school friend hail married agiiu, and had chosen for his second wife a widow with two children, the elder bting the heroine of to-night's fete. 'Where is Fidelia,' I asked, 'the charming little, daughter of the Kin'slands. tliu interesting child of w hom c.-. ly letters of my friend gae me u. h agreeable advice?" 4he has growu to be a woman,' tl.ey answered, v-.nd she is kept a captive in her ;w n hoti-e.' 'I must see,' 1 cried, 4t his captive ;kt on-e.' 4 I came, an.l availed niyeif of doors opened to juest. From the dressing, room I fminl my way with dill'uulty. It was a child a visitor, I imagine who cotid.icted in? Up stairs t, the la-t flight. Shining of ligiit through tincrevi'.'e of (.;ir d r raided me t he rest. Now, my child, speak to me lreelv as to your ow n heart. Thrr i n lhi-i:; , rnti ili'i'j a nfru nl. T 11 ir.e w hy you sufTer and what you w ish." 44 1 sntTer," aid Fidelia, without the slightest reserve or di tnist, 44 because I am a motherless girl. No one loves me. I have no right itideed, I often f,.d o to I,- in the world. And I w ish it is easier to iy why I sutler than what I wih I wish to be happy and to be loved." The bright little hiily listened attentively to this speech. he sighed once or twice, Uut at the last .seized Fidelia's hand warmly, and, wilh a bright smile, said : "My dear, vou shall have your wish. lo not fall Into despair; keep your faitb in life. I shall help you ; I knowhow. To-morrow I continue iny journej, but any day after a fortnight von may look for my return. Then I shall send for jou to visit, me. Keen courage: sunny days come to all ; ificy will come to you. And now kiss me, if you like, my "child, and good night." Fidelia lerit dow n from her queenly height to kiss lovingly the strange little lady whom an hour ago she had not known to ln-ar an existence in the world. She lighted her guest along the passage ; blazing luster below showed plainly enough the descent. Then sh returned to her own room, and having mi-dres-ed and said her prayers with a comforted heart, lay down in I er I e l, and thedance-muic lulled her to sleep. When at dawn she awoke, her xperienec of the evening seemed like a dream. Nor could he by such inquiries as she ventured to make learn anything of herguet. A fortnight passed ; three weeks; a month. On the last day of the month she received a note; Mv ik.k Cii i mi : Come and spend the day ami flight with mo at the hotel. "Two I-h -." I have nMainetl rour father's per-ml--i.n to extend to u thi request. Your mother' friend, Niv.vr.iir ltiriu. On no more nnpropitions day could the note have ben sent. As if Fate had dei ree l that Madame liieard should visit this qceial town only on its days of unusual excitement, there was this timo a grand ball to be given in honor of a distinguished citizen; and not merely was the whole place in a ferment, but each house had its share of excitement, the Kingslands' not the least. The citizen whom the. ball honored was a young soldier, Colonel Parrel, whose habitual bravery h.id been made famous by a brilliant act of valor. The war having ended, he was commissioned to goalroadon an important diplomatic service. He possessed the hearty appreciation of his townsmen; and although he had dwelt but briefly in Lis native pi. tee, yet as he was a linelookinj man, with affable manners, and, moreover, the largest land-owner in the county, he had the happiness to possess

tin- v;id will of his towiiowonicu also. Fhis feminine regard Wo heightened bv an appeal to compassion. F.dgar

I wivl li.ol in.'t with a sad inisfurluue While still in boyhood l h id ht by one ni.'ht's tragedy both his parents. A lire, tiui ki ned by a tempest, had at tacked his homestead and burned it to

the ground. His mother, an invalid, , rated to become one of the attractions ' not unconscious of ine f,n t. A rakish periliel in the tl.imes; his father, drag- of the night. Madame l.'icard gave en-' military cap, run down at the xj,.,t, ged fnna the burning building in a a un- sent. And it was there, under the green hiinir on his temple, mil exposed a percoiisi ious state, survived his wife but a urchway of palms and hot house plant s j j'cndieular parting in his Imek hair. fcvvdas. I'heir only heir inherited the that improvised a tropical vista, that l'he cap w as of white and gold, and con-

estate encumbered with this life lonir grief. 4 You surely will not be so heartless as to leave your si-ters to-day!" said Mrs. Kingsland to Fidelia, when the impoit of Madame liieard 's note reached her. "Your father, man-like, forgot all that must be done to make your sisters pri eiit able to night. For once in your life you can be of use. The Paris alld res ses, only tliis morning arrived, require stitches and tact to make them tit." Fidelia sighed in spirit, but, schooled to self-sacrifice, uncomplainingly remained. Conscientiously all day she plied her needle and exercised her taste. Her arrogant step-sisters did not hesitate to wfeak upon her at once demands for her servii e and contempt for her servile state. It was evening when, hooded and

cloaked, she tlew from the door. All the j i,.,s j,y tht. coittiir.'s uncertainty of he will still bear the war that resell, bles way to the hotel she encountered signs j entity, were a fashion of the day. And a red-hot gridiron when be ha outof the coming event. The atmosphere j M,m0 (,n. m:iv s.,v lYrh:us the col-1 grown the folly and vainglory of his

was impregnated with a sense of ex pet'tanev. (Jronps of gossips lingered in the streets. The doors of the spacious

hall where the ball was to taku place :V jgns of prowessbeeome the owner i will have departed. I'o-d.ty he is u!towas guarded by liveried men, and strag- f H i. t fringed w ith the smooth locks get her lovely, wilh a love l'i m which

gling musicians sauntered across the avenue and disappeared in adjacent va-ilts. The lovely June night had its air st-titecl with the perfume of roses, syringas, and honey suckles. The sky was lluslied with the rosy light of sun-

set. ruielia forgot ,er sorrow s, an. ;tjn f hj grandeur with the fascinabegan to alhlute herself with the joyous ; .;,. ,,f i.,.r ...:... i,..ii . ....a ,.,.,.,,11,.,..

spirit that inspired the scene. l,y the tion lb.it sin in-vor took without drop- i 'getting In his way. A monstrous bloodtime she had reached the hotel she was . j,,,, iT .v,.ii,l,t and bluhingclieek and j hound follows ut his heels. He turns kindled ly smiathetie excitement into , heart -a 're colli -el ion of one'olance. 1 into a public bouse, -in. I as I pa s the

toe .ooo..ug beauty that only t'ui malignant depression of her unhappy condition had kept paled. Madame Kicard, whose apartments were the grand rooms of the "Two Isles" received her guest with the utmost cordiality. A fiUi-f dinner w;is mtv cd in luxurious style, and Fidelia, who felt hei-self in happiness, en. joy ed the fea-t, from bouibi to ice, and r.t. -red freely into the ( hatting mood of her hostess. They .-jM.ke al dessert of the hero of the night. 44 He is a friend of mine," taid Masianie Kicard. "ll'w happy you must b to posse. s 1 s -.i-'i a friend!" cx 1 aimed Fidelia, with ; sparkling yes. 44 He i a hero--a leal , h..ro of the time in which we live., Con! 1 tlo-re b an a-t more courageous than his part in the v ictory of October I '? Ah, low I should like to look upon t Lis brave face! lint I forget. I am a ' vaal by Fate's special design, should I dream of heroes?" W hy 44 (io on, th v dear, with your dream- i

mg."said Madamellicard.withafnend-I ,nade Fidelia King-land his wife. It ly little nod. "That is precisely the i W:l, ,-,imor.d that th. rehad been a c.-r-u si.- of an occasional slavery, to make j respond, nee between the i.ow wedded

out- uie.uu in uoom tilings. niu aniu:!e free ;it this mooienf Kmrever. v'..., i.i m-.. :.i.. 1 1 lis u'..!l for n lioc.ot iLIu i .1... ....... ........ .f the little lady that this astounding projMisition w,.s not made until after they nam ilined. H.leh.i tnrne.l j. ale w uhecstacy at the very thought. 'I e-ii t . i I lie 1 i:ill Toco viilh hi.r oun nen the enehantimr w.,.net To have a veritable glimpse of the hero's brave -- s - . . -s, . . face! She answered after a moment of profound silence, ami with a feminine reservation that vailed the intensity of her assent, 44 1 should like to go, if I had a white" "There is nothing so easily obtained," saitl Madame Kicard, 44 as a white bodice and skirt." She bade her maid hasten to the office of the hotel anil order up stairs a trunk marked w ith a blue roette. Out of thi trunk came white gauze skirls, w hich were made to envelop the young girl in layers of grace, until the :f. ( t of white was dense, yet ethereal, like a lily. A bodi"e was found th i4 conformed easily to the pliant form. lUue ribbons, the tint of forget-me-iiot.s, embellished the draperies ; the coitTure, w ith the exception of a pale blue fillet, was left in its natural " falling grace." 44 Simple and comme if faul, and altogether as I wish," said Madame Kicard, w hen the toilet tvas complete. They arrived la!; At the ball, but not J irritated bv haste; anil Madame Kicard Wat gratified to find the excitement of pleasure at its height. Fidelia was presented to the Ipto of the night, and at hi ow n request. He engaged her hand for tbe next dance. If tin; dance, ncttording to the theory of one of our famed philosophers, was invented as an ordeal, it is certainlv' t youth ami health an ordeal that inspires. If it is pitiless to deformity, it. is generous to beauty. It display and at the same moment create mobile grace. Fortunately for Fi'b lia.the next dance was a waltz. Her life had been so long in bondage, she had forgotten whatever is conventional in the figures of tl.anc-ing-s( hiwil.and remembered only this th? natural response of elastic mid sensilive feet to the musical Iroit-Utnft invented for their pleasure, by Nature herself. " Nut the next waltz "toy, but the next anil nejt, Fidelia found herself the partner of Colonel Parrel. He took her to supper, ami she became the object of interest to all eyes. The gossips made her the heroine of the night. P.ut of these leer honors Fidelia was quite

uncoii'cious. .she reeled in the thought that she h id seen again :ind again and with an expression in his

ces ot so mucii Kimlncss the hero's bras e face. to herself After supper he left her a w hile, but returned to beg a brief pnenenade upon the balcony, w hich had been dei ot olonel Parrel said to the Youmr 'irl who seemed to him the personification of guileless sweetness and iligni!iel beauty, "Will you give me one of these little blue rosettes as a keepsake of the night?" 'I would indeed, I would," said Fidelia, with charming hesitation ; "but--but they are not mine to give." A strange expression darted across

the hero's face; and then, with benduij i vulnerable part under the blunt edge i f head, he gave one glance into Fidelia's: i his oppoueut'it weapon until he had reeyes that made her checks, from her j ceived the necessary carving, for the very heart, blush. glory of the (lerinan student is receiving "These aru yours to give," he said, ' ani not giving wounds. After his mantouching gently the bright brown curls gled person w as rescued from the furious that the evening w ind had blown across i charges of the victorious party, who, his arm. "May 1?" he asked; and being ' alas! hud nothing but his paiiding to unforbidden, anil w hile they still moved identify him as one of the fighting corps, onward in the current of the crowded . the victim can-fully irritated bis tl-sh

promenade, he succeeded in possessing himself of a lock of the beautiful hair. 1 S,,..!. l,.(w.1L,. sinee render...! vlne. onel, being a brilliant and assiduously courted man, hal already, like an In - tlian warrior who reioices in sealn-loeks f auquished girls." Hut no. This was his first gallantry of the kind, and be took the little keqsake with him when he went to Kunme upon his appointed embassy. And Fidelia had she any keepsake of him? N'oiie. eveeut ill' the ii.ssui-i.i-Two ear abroad, but ail liiis tone j Madame Kicard corresponded with her

friend Colonel Parrel; and she sent ! glasses, fragments ol songs mm :i -tir-him, every three months, quite nnkii -w ti j ring of feet. They are pntbiMy nil to Fidelia", a photograph of her lovely ! students recreating; and why should

protegee, whom she managed to have fre.iucntlv with her in cities where her que passion for travel allowed her to linger a fortnight or a month. The people of the town in which the i Kingslands lived were much excited by an event that occurred during the ;rt year of Colonel Parrel's aii.i nee in I j ai rope. 'I he event was the rebuilding of the p irn l homestead hi a te' of ' mi'iglcd comfort and iuagniticcin e uu- ! paralleled in tli ? region round. Win n i the edifice was complete, the grounds i were elaborately i-nibcl.ished, and the interior was fi:rnihe.l in captivating ta-te. Still greater w as theexe'uement when, two years after the niiht of the li a',1 i given in his honor, Colonel Parrel nI fiirro.il fj. ti-it i-. fo&-n to 1 li'. iii.r si'ttlctl l)im-i If ii !,m s'iihtIi iimiTi. ' ' before i lovers f. r half a year or mop i.u.. ..i .. i. ' . .. ... . i '! . IV!1 V." J1.. 'V1'1. V:,m' ""1 , irom ine eann. mil r men.i never Mrj WT Umeractress. Particularly she rcmemb. -ed the words aid to her by ,1(.r Mr visitor on the night of her j unhappincs., "Thrci nnthiwj .,..- I . i . . .. . .. t . i ' '? .. r.. ' ' ...i.i! i :.. i - i 11 llt'll kllll IKM--I lllli 1's.l I III l I l'i 1 111 I I I" r .own iiouse, sue ouio no. auow ner.en 1 . . 1 1 1 . 11 ... W o sink into the absorbing happiness of love, she was good and atVct.oiiHto to all, even to her step sisters, who org-t now in her prosperity that in adverse hours thev had treated her with con tempt. The towns-people called her, accordingly as the adjectives struck their appreciating sense, affable, kind, charitable, courteous, friendly. Friendly was the tine word. .-.... ..... ...j .......... said Fidelia. " K't me nevt r be a miser li.i1 f r i. .ii.lslii ik leu nil- lortnni. o id the inestimable prize." Mormon Courtship. On Saturttay a .Mormon hy the name of Fulmer, who had been choen auemg the faithful to iro on a mission to Arizo.1 uiiix 11.., 1 .Hie'l IIOOII ifll-ll.llll lo.iii-. "Married?" Mueri,,l the Prophet. 44 Not any," said Fulmer. Vr whose . ... li..... i .it i, ,i :. brow forty odd years had left the i ant J .i . n , . I.- i i 44 .Must man v, Krother rulr.ier, beII I ... ... I ! ;.r I. .. ... V. ,,n - fore von ,ro i Ari.m-L I.. I... 11.1 .... t Im Kingdom.' 44 Pon't know any body w ho will have me," was tin- reply. " I'll find some one. Po you know Krother P.rown in the Seventeenth Win!? Well, he has several daughters; you go to P rot her 15 row u's and tell him that 1 want you to marry one ,f his daughters. " Fulmer left ami obeyed counsel to. the letter. "Knocking at the door he was admitted by l!rot hei I5rown, who upon learning what w as wanted, called in his e i ral daughters to be selected from. Fulmer taking his choice, lirown told th girl to get ready in fifteen minutes " I M do as voij say, dad." was her meek ; reply, ns she walked out I " I hat's the way I raise my daugh - i... :i .i. .. .i:..a.... .i -t :.. . I . I , I I s - ll-"lll'l , lll.'C- s war m camp. T he wedding festivities take place to night.--Strfl l.nkc Trihuw. " lleineniber," saitl a trading (Quaker to hi son, 44 in making thy way in the world, a sptKiiiful of oil will" go further than a quart of vinegar."

Student Duelists at Hcidt 11m rr.

Charles Warren Stoddard writes to J t In San Francisco t'fimnirl-: One of j the corps just passed in". He was huiii 1 after tlie beat-known models, a cios j between Apollo and Antim-us. I'mln- ! bly he knew it; certainly his tailor was ti'asted pleasantly with the Mvi-hroiii ! of bis boyish cheek. Across his ehei k yaw ned three hideous sears of the length mid breadth of your liti le linger. Yo:i think it a pity that a handsome fellow should be thus hopelessly mnl horribly tattooed but he likes it. He went out done up in wadding, so tbil u it long but his cheek was open to the assaults of the enemy. He probably held this 1 wounds ho :is to insure a scar of the h ' sired proportion, lie will wear it t i I his llviier dav : if he live Ion" ciioiitIi I youth ; when his broad shouhlers will , have begun to dnwsp and his thighs i to shrink, and the t remit li of his huus j is of the earth, eaithy. Physically he i superb; mentally, he just manages to j hold hisowit; morally, he Is less than nothing, for he is radically wrong. A pal " of his comes dow n the tieet whistling in response to the salute of his comrade. He swings a mii.iM ridingwhip, lashes the air and makes threats it Imaginary creatures that ur forever ' windows a icv: m'.imtes 1 Vr 1 hr t he i murmur of many voices, the click of . they not. recreate? If only they wmi! i cut "Zur HirschgassH " up the ri. Would r an I be satisfied with a face that j. tolerably ugly in the grea'er number d ca.es, but which at the worst is not so ridiculous ns the un '.. huteheric.; of the amatclir duelists 'i .-y alieiced i:i making it. There are t. ire ways than one of becoming rep.il ive. as, nlier aii is .aid. pl.y sicil d. fonnity i- not ..o p..j -ular as it might be were all idi ;.. Snail Farm. ? J my farmers h ive an i ieit'ii! lie reason why they are not lai. -h m.iie successful jf) their business is lur ni... Fiey owii only viTV .small farms. They thiiik that if tliey had tl'i'i r lour torn . as inn. land as they now have, th. :. pioiit would be largely increased. Probably ninety -nine of t lie.-incn m.ik. a serious mistake, where there i oi . a ho is correct in his ennclu.iiins. '1 1.. have land enough already. Manv of i ,. , . J ,, f 411 in ji.i jn oil iwi it, they run over the whole of it arm gel w ould cultivate it better and ob..,ia ,;.......... . ', ,' ,t ,i ' ,' .. , , .,' lt is tint the number of manner in wh'c'i they :.re tilled, W hit ll tell oil the pi o!i' and loss account. .Some farmers obtain a large an income and a larger profit from i lllil,y than other ,,) from M-veiitV-liv I ' 1 " ' 'I'l'O'T i'-"l '."l'i. I m , ,u, - ,rri,,, .i.s ..f Anu.ri(..m farmers that they are oontm j :lv Mriving to get more acre undo their enntrofand paying too little at ,,.,;, . thorough tillage id th. land they already own. The more he have, the more they want, and the less careful they are to cultivate it well. They do not increase thi ir facilities for making or obtaining fertilizers nearly .... f-lt i.u fluo- ..! in v.. tl... ..r.. ..f tli.-i'' I j ry firms ) .'.' it . . ,,. , ..a- .. a'lilllf t llltftll tl ril IM" l" ll,l I OH I It years hence if he would now si ll onethird or even one-half of his land ai d I llse.the money thus obtained f i the pa incnl of 111 ti. I.; s, or i.i the iinpn - i ..t . i li,.... i. ... : 11 l. ... .l 1 ...:il. .1 1...1. 111. lib I1 l.ll.lb l.llltl I llll.l 111..., lll-i:i " "" ' ;4' " - 'li'- IlilS Ol . .lOII.II IIOIIU IO .11 1 on i r r . i .. i .i. . .,, I . i . ' .. I i II. h,H '';- " prohtable ,n.sn.,cr. I,4 rsul ,, nr,;l" '"- cause he has not me:ii with which to . ... . , , pay for them. 1 1 in nimy is loekiaj up in land w iiich he has n it ca'tital eiioiign , ., I 4 ' I" -p i ly luauagc. iie.au IV p.cash, ami for everything whidi he huv he Is charged from ten to twenty' per cent, too much, ami is coit uitly harassed with debts ami business perplexities. He would be much nmre happv and prosperous if he had less .nd and was free from these annoy anees. Thirtv or f rty neri( beside h wo.hI lot, ii properly managed, would te'-irn a larger net profit than the av crag" of lie large farms which are now nn coirinoii. And these small farms could be man aged by t he owner and one or tw o of hisons, or a hired man, aiul thus much of the perplexity and trouble of having hired help would ! nvchlcd.' It would make less work in flu' house, and imt only promote the happiness arid pros. i. ..... i . i ... i ... ..i.i. .... i 1 " 'V- ' V' r lit to his v ife and family. '.nr. (.ounlri imt i.iiiiny, ( i tutu hKin. Toms 1(kkai. .1 cupa of Indiaa meal, 1 cup Ibmr, g cups awect milk, 1 cup of sour milk, cup molasses, 1 teaspoonful soda. Steam .' hour. Should be eaten hot, and is CM-ellent as a side dish with cold meat. With good sum ', it makes a good plain pudding.