Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 28, Number 21, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 March 1886 — Page 7

WEEKLY COURIER,

O. DOANJ, 1uIHm1mi jASl'Ht. - INDIANA .THOUGHT AND SORROW." Twin s'ster I deem ye, lnle Thourht and deep If row; ccli her lineament -mm Irow the other to harrow. 'Th HUM) SftVe HCrMtM Ad like HHllV tltUH1UM On hta leaturee ye traee. On whmm'i nk brew y NoMl MM-V th MMW) llMM, Ou lean's rorehend ilow ye lJke (Mtrtt-wrlMkM sl-n. With the tame sMt Mill llg-nt Km eye do ye kindle; Ye make It more bright Or IU tortsoea dwindle. In the mm deep-drawn way Sick alike Thought and Sorrow He who think deep to-day, He who bode ill to-merrew. The Hp's curve MNlnte Ye limn In like ration. To mark thought that are groat Or Orkfs mournful n nation. To each other ye lend. In men younger er older, The pains earth-ward bene Of bead and of shoulder. Men's slow heavy rait In like manner yu share: To both ernwl at the rate Of men burdened with ears. Words In common, m " tensive, Yn jmrtHkc, 'J'liouifht ami Sorr Kcli. her twin apprehensive From the, other ye Borrow If dlfTrenoe between ye Perchance then; might be, Tl thu difference mainly That la " of degree." If twin Thought wear aa au Of somber unjcladiHM, Sorrow hath, at Iter tear. More positive cadnoss. Or urge we more J tut Thought doth 1Ifht Imnly 'While horrows p rt wnrt In mute uffer.ag lie' 'Yet are suffering ami doing In tiue iMue the Mine; Kaeh le test of man's notHjr, Kach hla vigor may tame. If the rant air of Thought We ohII miy 'abstrootteu, While Sorrow's onslaught We aay ends In "dIMraetleB." Both terma but declare. liy coequal concession. Thought and horrow imth share Alike lest pelf-poeualen. By your kinship, whai mean ye, rale Thought mw! leaii riorrew That your feat una are aeen. ye Share likeness so thorough? Does It mean thnt deep Thought Is by Sorrow nttemled. And that Sorrow is taught By deep Thought to be friended? Does it mean thnt while Ufo Need must irrief Hint or borrow Men's Tlioiitflit t axe rllo With objeots of Sorrow? Twin sisters I deem ye, I'aleTtMHiKht aNl Iwh Sorrowj Keen herlliifMtnents swm ye From the other to borrow. Jukn tvm,iHtkc Athtnmim. P0LTAT,S ALLOWANCE. 'The Trouble and the Brought Her. Good It The ladies of St. Philip's sewing clrclo always spoke of Mrs. Fuller's six daughters as if they were an extravagance in whiok she had wilfully indulged, and by good managementcould have avoi led. "If they had only been Ixiys, nowf ' Mrs. Archdeaconoss (as Polly Fuller called Iter behind her august back) Kevins would .say. "But fix good-for-nothing, useless girls!'' Perhaps the reason $rs. Kevins objected ho strenuously to Mrs. Fuller's preference for the female sex wan that fhe had had boys; that is. .she had had one boy, collogc-brod, Kuropcan-tourcd, with k fortune in his own right, to say nothing of his prospective heirship through Jeremiah Kevins, Sen., the richest yestry-man in St. Philip's Church. And thin adored, petted and only boy was very fond of the Fuller girts, and so attentive to Polly, the prettiest of the lot, that lllooniingdale was agog with excitement on the subject. So she would rejwat: "If they hnd only been boys stalwart, hardworking boys! But six girls!" Now it wa hard to believe for the arehdeaconew was tall, grizzled, bony and she might have left Jericho at any hour, "for Tier bard was fully grown' that she too must at one time have been a girl, as Mr. llardell was once a single gentleman; hut this fact did not soften her toward her sex. If Jerry But we are anticipating. There certainly were six Fullers Margaret, Jen, Julie, Poll, Lilian, Kosie. They lived in a little cramjiedp rectory that belonged lo St. Philip's, t poor little church on the outskirts of Bloomingdale. Their papa was a dear, wrong-headed, okver, impractical -clergyman. Their mamma wan only - shade better, tut she proved by havnig six girls in stand of boys. Her bght bread was apt to refuse to rise, ami her preserve had a way of working after the second week. If the archdtittconetM emild have broken off the engagement between Kev. Altihonso Fuller and Susan his wife, which had exieted for twenty-sev-?n years, and aent the six offending maidens back to chaos or to paradise, and married them both to more suitable and more practical people, I snppose it would have been better. Proviuence Is a twor manager, compared to w. Jeremiah Xevins; out she couldn't. St. Philip's had to put ut with a thousand dollar a rear rector, hla shifts less wife, and his half a deee daughters. The Fullers were generally absurdly, rovoklngly happy. As king as one ias no "object of 'bigotry aiHlvlrtue," it makes little diHerenee if the cat does Jump on the narlor Utile. If the carnet worn lo rags, the tears of the maid-i-au.worK may e drkKl with the reflection that a cinder or two dropped trom the ash pan will do little UmBt aheiit8ix monUw previous it waa home On the mlMdanf tkuui alx fwetabm that H they had an allowance they would pretent mttoh better anpearaeoeii, Mild Spend Uwa MinaeV m dnine It. Anil Wtcn the six Fuller girk made up their J"inl, there wee an end of it. They "Umlewed their MiMaM, they helUed

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easthM of what they wtutld ki U they only emtld he allowed to iudfe for thenwelveti, that the long-eufferiag martyr eowieitted, and promlaed te let them have their way. Now a proetiee in the Fuller family was as good ae a Imh1 Imtter, for 1 have heard many a man tweidee St. Paul declare kiwelf happy, esHH;ially after a panic ia the street, except the) Inrnds. Uut the difficulty about the allowance wan this: The day these irirl not their money they felt so enormously rich mat mey oomiu not contain tkemtelVM auu it. t ney lorgot it must last MX mouths, and represents boots, gloves, gowns, bonnet -a thousand aeeeeseries. They forgot the waste the lack of a parasol makes in the life of the American girl; they only aw the beautiful $ (no, I will not hold them up to ridicule), and they longed to spend it, and it burned in their pocket, till, ala! sometime they lived like prodigals for three weeks, and starved and were almost naked the rest of the tweatysix. On this particular morning the whole family were assembled in the sittingroom. It was a June day, a dewy, rosy, djmpled day, and Vail the trees on all the hills had opened their thou send leaves;" the air itself was as fresh and sweet as the first day that ever broku in paradise. Even the orphanschool children had come out the Sunday before in little pink-gnriirxed cali coes. All the Fullers but one bad gone to cnttreii also in their neat spnng suits, looking so stylish and jaunty, so sweet anu violot-evcu, that the arch deaconess failed in her responses, and scanned each ligure as it went up the aisle with a glance that Julie declared amounted to an indictment for larceny Yes, all the Fullers but one. One wretched, forlorn, siwiidthrift of Fuller staid at home. She had neither spring gown, nor spring hat, nor boots, nor parasol; shu had spent her allow ance long ago on concert tickets, and candy, and a set of silver jewelry. So she spent the dav in a disrepute' ble gingham, and a hat that deserves a chapter to itself, swinging in the big apple-tree, and wishing she had her money back. And this unfortunate was named roily, and she was nine teen years old old enough and pretty onougu to Know better. "li we had only known how much of a hole you were in, Polly," said Jen, "We'd have clubbed in and helped you buy your spring things. "No, niy dears," said papa, from what was by courtesy called "the study," though in reality it was the china closet and canned fruit room (the Fullers ate a good deal of canned things; their preserves weren't gener ally successful). "It is not so recorded in the bond. You know you bargained eacn to maKo the most oi Her allow anoe, and bear the consequences oi her good or evil judgment. II roily has spent her money she meet do. without." Alas! each remembered; it toes o written in the bond. "What have vou got toward opting things, Polly dear?" asked mamma. looKing up irora jueroeri opencer s fsoctowoH in a dazed way, and en deavoring to set her cap at right angles, which, if the truth histoid, was not quite as straight as a plumb-line. "I nave my black satteen, mamma (to be sure, the front is stained with lemonade, but I don't care), and my boots are pretty good, and I have one long, nice, creatn-cplorcd j-ftMft butde that luckily is for my right hand, and my turquoise ring is on my left, so it doesn't matter about the other's being lost, and my white muslin and my white mull (to be sure, it has shrunken up to my knees, but I can let itdown)," she said, eagerly; then, seeing amuse ment in her Meters' eyes, she burst into tears and rushed out, calling in a loud voice: "I do not care if I never have another rag to my back so long as I live. I am going to bed, and will stay there till I die for want of exercise, anil then you will all be sorry, and not laugh at me and taunt me because I am not mean, miserable, niggardly things like yourselves." " Come back, Polly love," cried all the live unoffending sisters, deeply grieved, but not at aU hurt at Polly s outburst Tell us about your hate, and how much money have vou?" " I have no hat but this," said Polly, sobbing bitterly; " and fifteen dollars." Tears of sympathy stood in mamma's eyes; Seotefcey slipped off her lap and fell to the ground. Papa tapped his linger reflectively on tne pane. For the first time he half wished he had not given the bishop so positive a reply about the doctrine of original sin. One might be mistakes, aud this was Polly's hat. As I remarked, it was her only one, and deserved a chapter of iteelf. It was a little round bonnet, originally of white straw, which was now sunburned to a dirty yellow, a faded red rose adorned one side; the crown was mashed ia; a limp, draggled feather stood up in front. Nothing could have been more hopeless, more disreputable. " Poor dear!" But Polly had flows; Ike subject was teo tender to )e discussed. Just then the hell rang. "A note for Miss Polly; from Mr. Jerry Kevins, I s'pose," Mid the little maid-of-all-work, syaapathetieally. She was a very Mack -fisted Mercury, but never did Cupid select a mure interested ene; and the note by Jen, and eagerly welcomed by the whole family as a diversion for the unhappy damsel. " Let's find her." Strange to say, the o Wonts did not seek Polly in her little whKe-eurtaiaed chamber, where she rowed she would spend the rest of her hapless existence; tfiev made straight for the apple-tree, and there, perched on one of the highest houghs, was the penniless Pofly, singing in her high clear voice: "I sent thee late a rosy wreath." " Here, Poll here's a note from Jer ry Kevins," cried the cherue, delightetiiy. "tietuownanureauit." Miss Fuller slipped at otoee from her leafy throne, and read aleud the fol lowing missive: "Mr mam Mies 1m.t,Y I am ewuHthimr dnur, wHm Mhm Mlvertee see Mm HeewHys, to the nefci met eh fet-daa at feureeteek. Won't yen let us well ter you? I waet yea to envs. ntaes say yea. r l eurs mwava, J.M.Bavie,Jna."

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ef one moment It was brake br the voice ef eur hereiae, "I am goi," said Polly. " l!ut your ektbee, Petty," eried the eborus. I don't ears one bk about mv elotiie," said she, defiantly. "Pft take your parasol, Margaret, and 'I'll et you to smooth my muslin, Jen. and 'vejgot one glove, and I'm going." "But your hat, dear," said Julie. Ion gs to my suit, and is all gray, iM look like a guy in it." you 'Never wind, said Polly, dismis wind, said sing the whole erew with a wave of the hand; "IwiUgtt me a M. Give yourselves no concern." With these words she rushed into the house, and in a few minutes had disappeared down the long, irregular street Half an hour later a tall young lady in a disreputable bonnet ana a ging ham dress made her entree into a ionable millinery. All the shop-girls. and that superior person who prestued over the establishment, knew her by sight as one of the rector of St. Philip s six daughters the prettiest one. More valuable customers were being served, so she received no special attention. Uut presently the head of the establish ment herself heard those unmistakable tones of command that, though they came from this insignificant customer, brought her down on her marrow bone, so to speak, and half a dosen obedient attendants to her side. "Here," she cried, with her mouth full of pins; "show Mrs. VsB Dyke these bonnet: I myself will wait on Miss Fuller." " I wish a bonnet that is becoming . , . i . to me, Sam me young iauy, ca miy. "Ah! mademoiselle, this is a French hat," Madame exclaimed, " a love, a beauty, exactly your style, made ex pressly for you bought for you," she cried, growing bolder, and encouraged by Polly's pleased gase at herself in the mirror. "What is the price?" "Only fifteen dollars," said Madame "to voh. Miss Fuller, the daughter of a clergyman, and a customer" (Mar garet had bought a pair of ribbon strings there a year ago). "Fifteen dollars only." "I will take it with me." said Pollv. laving her moist, hot money on the counter; for she had carried it in her hand her g loveless hand all the way from the rectory. Madame smilingly did up the parcel. She had just offered the hat to Mrs. Van Dyke for ten dollars, and it was . t T i a v 1. 1. won ii six a ihioi lace, aiiemwrwiuoniu crown and a pink rose at the side that was all. Hut one must take money where one finds it Polly's fifteen dol lars were as good as cross Mrs. v an Dvke's ten better by five. Our voting lady got home aboHt halfpast tliree o'clock. Everv body had gone out but .Jen, who, exhausted wun smoothing the muslin, was last astcep, She rushed into her tiny bedroom and began her preparations. Notwith standing all speed. Jerry was at the door with his drag and his guests ere Miss Polly's muslin was donned. With all her faults, Pollv had little personal vanity. Site seldom looked in the glass. One reason was that the mirror was cracked exactly throug! the middle: another, that her sisters criticisms held un to candid view al faults and defect. She never thought of her f.tce or bead. She threw on he drees, pitched a bonnet on the back of her curly brown hair, flew down the steps, and was assisted into the drag by two grooms and a smiling host jmiss jnirenon leaneu oacK in a perfectly fitting drivingcosttime, and gave her the friendliest of smiles a little condescending, indeed, and was it slightly amused? That was not possible. To be sure, one dimpled hand was bare, but she had no Tight to suspect that the other glove would not soon be need to cover it White was always en regie and becoming, and she had on her fifteen-dollar bonnet So Polly bowed and smiled back again, and was altogether eo sweet and lovely and like a June rose that Mr. Jerry Kevins had hard work to keep from declaring himself on the spot The Kennels, at which the pologame was plaved, was a very fashionable place, fivery body was out that afternoon. Polly was so happy happy with that ooMolatkm religion itself docs not always give of being appropriately and becomingly dressed. To be sure, all her income was swallowed up; site was a wrecked, penniless, forlorn creature on the morrow, but this was to-day "Let to-morrow take care of the things of Heelf," quoted Polly, piously. "Every one is so kind," she whimpered to Jerry, confidingly. "See, thev are all bowing and smiling." " "How pretty Polly Fuller Is!" she heard someliody say as she passed. "Poor little thing! Did you ever see" The rest was lost Polly drew herself up rather indignantly. "They are commenting on my bonnet, and wondering where I got it impertinent thing?!" Then she looked up and saw Jerry's eye fixed on it, and there was the greatest tenderness in his glance, as if he were sorry for her, and yet lered her. "He thinks, I suppose," said Felly to her aUer ego, "that this is the first time I ever had any thing nice, and he Is sorry for me." And then she half wished she had not worn it "Are vou very fond of dress?" she inquired, presently. "Yes, very; that is, I like a woman properly and handsomely dressed, as I want my wife to be" (here Polly's hand her ungloved hand got the least possible liUlesqtteeae)" but what I eare for most k a sweet, lovely, brave spirit which rises above criticism, and hi true enough and well-bred enough to look beautiful and be happy in spite of the garb." "But, indeed," said the guilty Pelly, "sometimes R is so hard to be that; sometimes one waste things, so one yields to the temptation. You must not be too hard on people If they do not dress aeoording to your ideas," she added, with tears in her big brown eyes. "I hard en you?" eried Jerry it was in the moonlight, and they were driving down a lane of Naming ehestnute " hard? 1 just love and admire yen for H. I think yen an the preV-

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attjr an ug wiati tw. M aM raiment, just to pay yen baek for all your bravery. Oh, Petty, I love yen! There !" Miss Miverton and Mr. Kenaelys eeenpied baek aeata; they both looked engrossed m eaea other. What Polly said I don't knew ismothiag that was satWaeiory to the driver. Then she' .looked up eonaoioase strieken. Oh, Jerry!" she eried. "H iw't 1 you love; it's my bonnet, and you have no idea what I sacrificed to get it 1 spent all my allowaaee. I was the most extravagant creature; igot angry with all my sisters, even mamma and papa. Now you have loved me and tokl me so just because of it, I will take it off," sue cried, ia a msmos. "1 wm never wear it araia. ' sne She sained the 1 structure with both hands-it foil into i li her lap. tm, careless, absent-minded reuy: Where were your senses! Stupidly she gased one moment at the dreadful ob ject It was her wretched, dimpidated. ragged, witaeree, limp, eiereputaeto eM Aet, and her beautiful ene of laee and roses was lying ia the bandbox on her own bed. The archdeaconess did'nt like the match at all, of course, bet she was heard to congratulate herself that Jerry's wife was an economical little thing, and wouldn't throw away aw money. lou remember that aornd mue straw bonnet she wore to the polo match, don't you. Sue?" she asked of Mise Miverton, who was Miss Miverton still. Miss Miverton remembered. "One thing I will never do, Jerry," said Polly to her husband during the honeymoon. "What?" he naked, with insatiate curiosity of a weak-minded bride groom. I will never nave an atiowaaee again." And she never a hi. amrpr mmm A FEW SUGGESTIONS. What a Itaket Kdttor Have ts Sm.y Ahmet Jn Dffrt tasTft aJ BCewaneMff A new edition of Webster'sdictioaan is soon to be issued under tne editor ship of President Porter, of Yale. It will doubtless be fouud so difficult to reconcile the spelling with the maay approved forms in use in this free country that the professor might as well not try that but we want to say a word to him about the picture. Some of them need reforming. They should at least be rounded up and some of the corners out off and fixed around a little generally, while a few of them should be fired. The picture ef the whiek-broom comet with a hole in It must go. It don't help on the grand cauee of aetronomy to any very great extent. While in the astronomy butanes-; you might a well put a little more neck on tbemoonlish. You will find it hard work to convince the rising generation that thi fish butted hie head against the stern of a boat and drove it down into hie shoulders till hi dorsal fin grows out of his eyebrow. It would also probably be better to set the legs about six inches farther front 011 the flamingo. The latest flamingo fashion plates shew that they are westing their legs well up in the -! .1 1. .: . 1. - 1.. 1. Well to put a litttle less villainous expression on the dodo. The dodo is dead, and there ie no me of trying to run on him and make sport of him aay longer, even if it was considered the correct thing in Webster's time. The pelican also needs revising. He is too poor, and we would suggest that you take him in hand personally and stall-feed him for a few weeks. Cod-fish newly extracted from the briny deep wilf do the business don't expect to see him pick up on a diet of railroad spikes and eord-wood like an ostrich. The way Webster laid out the cow isn't altogether ia accordance with modern usage. He only has one place marked sirloim whereae sirloin steak can be eut from any part of the animal. The ridge-pole on the Bectrian camel ought to be straightened out a little. While you are fixing him over you might as well pat a hitter looking countenance on him. You had bettor bounce the present picture of the orang-outang and get him to sit again. The rhinoceros should also go unless you can secure a portrait which does not look quite so villainous. The one now in the book is not fit to associate with the other animals. Try and get a little more pleasant expression on the gorilla. Have him hold his chin a little higher and try and look natural. As he is at present he is one of the worst looking scoundrels in the book. Have the hiptopotamns open his mouth; while the ippopotamns on every circus-poster in the country stands with his mouth open displaying four rows of teeth the one In Webster has the eatrance to hie provision depot hermetically sealed and one ear sawed off. The snakes need considerable overhauling. Take the knife-plaiting off the back of the hooded basilisk it is not fashionable. Untie the knot in the boa-constrictor and remove the string of braes baggage checks from the tail of the rattlesnake. Take the stand-no collar off the frilled liaard and put basque on him. Let reform be the watchword in the great work you have undertaken. Xttetmtc (Z. 21) BtU. A countryman was standing on one of the wharfs the other day watohing the process of hoisting am anchor of a fehip whteh was getting under weigh, and, as he saw the huge iron rise from the water to the "Yo. heave, oh!" of the sailors, he remarked: "Yon may heave high and heave low, but you will never get that great oroohod thing through thnt Rule hole; I know 2rs. Diamonds ha plenty, a geologist who has studied the mbjeet says, will yet be found m Georgm, m a bek that he locates between Atlanta and the Savannah river, a distoneeof about one hundred miles by frea ten to thktr ha

AT THE POST-OWOfc Ma er weed dees net lamiay Jfceen eHkj and tonsinuintiy a laee iraum Seen ef she Tilili and TiUmlaMiee ef j . .a. -j .m rig ef Save neeetM aeavawei aUeee ejejeeBfi ii Tm

The average iagennky of the family," eJ4 a retail stamp elerk the past celee, "meet he very Whv. there k not ene aerson in hundred who has gnanpthm enough hi pat a stamp on a letter. I see the progone through wicti about a tatoetead times a day, and I ought to know. AU the people at my window bogist by ! putting the stamps into their mouths, efoeing their mouths, roihag then eyes Uke a man trying to swallow a pill and moving the stamps around in their mouths until they are perfectly setmtMl wit, aahva. Then thev lay .u.. .i. "n Hits wwrci w m .wr- , and bring their eleeehed lists Joira oa them like a phVdnvor. Then thenrofaakv. See bore, elerk,' they sav. 'this stamp is no account Won't you please put a little mucilage oat it So strtnge that they ean't put enough mucilage on tne stamps w maae utiek ' Now. the trouble is that neottle liek and chew all the gum off the stamp before they try to affix H; and if the rum were an mob thick, it would meet with the same fate. The war to nut a stamp on is to moietea the rum rerv slightly, and lav it on the " envelope, and what the end of the forefinger slip k baek and forwards once or twice unm tne ssutva and the rum are mixed. I have been licking stamps for forty years, but I have never vet met with one which would not adhere, if it was treated in this wav. Another thing people like to kick about k the refusal of the clerks to take torn notes and great piles of nickels aad pennies ia Mvment for stamps." "Are thev not bound to Uke them?" "Not much. The Government has a treasury for the redemption of met! lated currencv. ami there is no more sense in expecting the post-efface to re deem it than in expecting the paymaster of the new ia doing so. If it was once understood that we would take torn bills, we should have no other monev to haudle and nothing else to do. We would embark in the banking business, and somebody else would have to be hired to attend to the postoffice. Then, as to nickels, three-ceat and pennies, the post-ofliee reg ulations expressly provide that we are not bound to Uke over twenty-five eenU' worth from one person. Bet thev keen bringing; them to nee in larre nuaattties. sometimes rolled up in paper and sometimes slung in an old haakerehief. It is all in vain, how ever. Then, how they do kick against telling what is m their package and against directing then before they are weighed. "What's the use of that?" "Whv. all the use in the world. If we dida'texereise any supervision, over what was put into the mails, every bagful of mail that brft here would be soiled with naetv ointment or hair oil. even if the post-off ice were not mown un with some explosive. Now, we do not require people to tell us exactly what they have got in their parcels, but onlrlts general character, soon as drv goods, leather, wearing apparel and so on. but thev 5tiek like Maie even against that Then, as to ad dressing' their letters and paroek be fore they bring them to us to bt weighed, that ao w iadespensable. in order to avokl giving misleading information. We sometimes weigh something in an unsealed envelope, aad tell the postage, on the theory that it is unhealed. Then the man goes off. puts that amount of postage on it, aad seals it. thereby doubling the rate. The consequence u that hk letter is returned to him for want of suffkient posUge. Then be goes to the postmaster and howls; and swears that he put exactly the amount of postage on the leUer that we told him to put on k. Again, we weigh a parcel of merchandise that k not directed, aad sell the man the stomps for it We ask where it k going, but the man ie sullen and makes some aaswer that we do not eatok. We Uke it for granted H k going to some place in the United States. But he goes off and direeta k to Belgium. It gets stopped aad returned to him of course, as no merehnndke can be sent by mail to any ulnae outside of the United States. 'Then the man goes to the postmaster and bowk, and savs that we expressly told him thnt the parcel could go to Belgium. See? "Have you seen the Annual Postal Guide tor imt, just out? Itaanouaees rather interest ing saeagw in postal rates." "What are they?" "One relates to piMtographs. Yon would be surprised tf you Knew what a large percentage of the mail matter weighed by us Is photographs. Heretofore a strange anomaly has existed ha the postage on them. We have been charging a cent nn ounce for them when sent to any place in thk country, and only a cent for everv two ounces when sent abroad; that m to aay, it cost two cents to send two ounees of photographs, unsealed to the Weot side of the city, and one cent to send the same package to Turkey, Indm ami Arabia. Now, however, photographs are ruled by the department to bo printed matter, and they go, wheel unsealed, all over tne etvHiaed werhi, nearly, at the rate of two ounces, or a fraction thereof, for two cents." "What else has been changed?" "Some changes have been made in the rulings eoneernin P ttismananu5fcnwfc BaMerW ter. The rule has been, for a long time, that cendv aad cake eoehl not be sent by mall unless inclosed ia a tin or wooden box. These articles are very troublesome in the mail. If candy can go, any kind of candy ran go, and candies are sent thnt melt and run, aad defile and glue together all the other mail matter in the same pouch with itCake k worse still, and, strange as It may seem, gives the department more trouble than any other kind of mail matter. It k always weddieg-eake, and very rich. It not only breaks up, gets scattered through the pouok and leaves great grease spots on alt the other mail-matter, but attracts the rata, so that they eat through the pouches get to it. Expsrienes has proved, new, HtjJh fMMajaaa LbjaauiadAesu dBeuJaja Majnni AjavmLssa nffS emmmru) o emnHBaVrvmPmi eMnmeaTV enumnV uuuBaTna J smn

This will break the isispaneably neees " Av taJnar else! (Jaw tltiaar more: aiaas nas ruled out too. Mltnsrm mans son admitted wheat iaelossd iet tin or wood. This was required, not to save ioes by bfeakage, bt to prevent, the broken ciaes from riving tne loskjawto all the mailing eterk. It has found maeevem imvmmrPft DOe aVmemtoientCie JJsum- Jn w4m4 been ordered that ciaes snail not ne mailed ualese first iaeiojd m a eoMi beg, and then matin or woodo he. This refers evee to sp setacies and openfaeed watch os. as weflm to ehianwsro , , g . ',,11,.. tiem than goto people tnts mraeh trouble. " tmefs rfisraw. A DARKY'S WOOfNQ. asad a CeiYears ago a planter was courting a certain young lady m the sunny South. One day he ordered hut negro eeaeamaa to drive to the resUenee of hk mnet 01 ata The next morning Cuffoe observed hk master and the young lady proceeding arm in arm to a summer house around which vines bad overspread, making it a cool retreat from the suhry neat Be it known that Cuffes, on has ar rival, had fallen desperately in love with the ebony cook ia the knehen, but he was dumbfounded in the pressaee of this sable woman, the art of lovemaking being to him nn almost unlatftomaMe mvsiery. innee, wmw, was bound to'learn, and he silently followed the pah- to the shady bower. Farting the vines with his hands, he veiy eautiously peeped within. There oa a bench sat tne young muy, anu. kneeling on the ground was his master, who was holding her hand in hk. Caffee beard these words: . O. your eves are Uke dove's eyes: Your alabaster neck sets me on are. O, Cupid!" As quick as poaetMe uuuee uieappeared from the scene. He returned to the kitchen, turned a kettle bottom side up, seised- the bewildered Dinah ami seated her oat the kettle. Then' getting down on hk knees, be took both her hands in hk, and with up lifted eves, exclaimed: "Ob. vour eyes are tike doe s eyes Your valier blasted neck sets me oa fire. Oh. blue pot!" The last seen of that unfortunate darkv he was fleeing from the wrath to eome. followed br suadrv stove stmks propelled bv the Irate and very iauUgnaat JDmek. letm otpmf. AROUND THE HOUSE. UsefWt Wash black stockings thoroughly in strong sak aad water; wash again in a weaker solution, and finish by a thorougk rinsing in clear water. Steekhsgs thus washed will not crack. To relieve hoarseness and tieknag in the throat: Make a gargle of the white A aa egg beaten to a 1 roth, adding a half-glass of sweetened, lukewarm water. Diseolored tea said coffeepots maybe cleaned bv filling them with water in whiok two or three Ubiespoonfuk of wood-ashes have been placed, and letting it boil up, then wash thoroughly with hot soapsuds, and rinse. Mii.4ard water will cleanse the hands after handling odorous substances. A mixture of rain water, cologne aad glycerine should be kept by those who are troubled with roughness ef the skin. Apply to the face and hands aiier wjummr. Mm good for rough skin, a bag and dip it in water is ako Put a handful in urat-up 'ejajajl r, sswmL ennnrem wash, with it. To remove the dust from oarpets, pin a wet cloth over the broom. Also to make the broom wear as long as two. draw a stockier leg over the brush, and with a needle aad twine sew through, aad dampen the broom every dav. Liene powder well sprinkled where coekroacaes abound win drive away. PaiWefoAta Press. Ot eWnt "TenUnn'Js'e "Maria, what k Augustus muttering about?" "Why. he won't eat hk soup, dear." "Won't eat hk seep what do yon mean sir" "I don't like R." "Ion't like it, oh why, when I was a boy I was glad enough to have dry ebCManml MKal aaWM& ftMT aunVJT nifoMnrdiT Jlnmrt str." "Well, it's a good tame you married in our family, then, pa"' Tht Jfomtfer. A little squad of printers m New Haven were photoeraphed months ago. and shwe then soma of them have been sick constantly. The iweessant illness led some of the party to attribute it to the picture, which ft was found contained just thirteen piet res. As soon as it became known that the party contained thnt fateful number the increase of limes was marked, and to-day four or five of the party are off duty, while the remainder are going about kicking themselves and tdtekiug with fear over what may happen. aVtw Jforcn MtfjiMtr. and notes, hue former most

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