Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 27, Number 15, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 October 1896 — Page 3

THE MEN WtfO LIVE ALONE.

Bo, ho, ha, ha, tho jolly men 'Who live alone! Why, yog, We hare our homes—that is, I guess The rest adopt a den

That's like to mine and have a placeUp high sometimes, yon know. But that's a splendid thing to brace A fallow op who's slow

At climbing, and they're not too Nor yet too large. Now, mine Is snog and warm, except when all The oil's burned oat, and flue.

Bat, say, my view across the street Is—well, disturbing. Nay, Not quite so bad, because it's«woet And good. Bat every day

Or evening I can look across Through windows clear and bright And see a father romp and toss His youngster* in the light

That glows from out his Are and see His wife look smiling on And kiss the babies lovingly Until the picture's gone.

They pall tbo curtain down, and then I'm cheerful as a stone And laugh—ha, ha, the jolly men Who live in "rooms" alone! —Vanity.

THE AETIST'S STOKY:

"I tell yon, ladies," declared handsome and cynical Wilton Robeley, the artist, "a fortune teller showed me the image of my wife two years before ever saw her in tbo flesh and thousands of miles from the place I first met her. "You are the last man in tho world •whose mind I would think obscured by the clouds of mysticism," replied the rich Mrs. Austyn, his friend and patron. "You have never ehown any patience with the charlatans who pretend to ex pose and expound the secrets that a wise providenoe has ordained we should not fathom. And yet you are taxing our credulity with a statement that would be marvelous if trua "I must insist upon my veracity in this instance," smiled the artist "Now, don't stop to argue, mamma," urged the elder of the Austyn girls. 'There is a story in this, and after Mr. Robeley has told it you can reclaim him from tho darkness of his superstitions and air your theories. Now, do tell

all about it," and three pretty sisters sighed their curiosity in chorus. "Just so. You don't ask me to explain, said the artist with a quizzical look. "I shall give you the remarkable facts and leave you to wrestlo with them. Eight years ago I was in Paris pursuing my studies and lived the life of a Bohemian from choice rather than from nocesaity. We fellows hold the responsibilities of life vory lightly and laughed at ull human phenomena that would not yield to the test of materialism. I was chief among the scoffers and found barefaced fraud in everything from elairvoynnoy to the piercing of the future through tho medium of tea grounds. "Then, as now, I occasionally broke entirely awny from my usual surroundings and was one day sauntering alona through Run do Boguos. As I paseod oue of tho most pretentious houses I was startled by a scream for help and dashed through tho open doorway to find a woman battling with flames that with great leaps and flashes were consuming the whito draperies of what struok me as a consocrutcd altar out of placa Our combined efforts soon mastered tho incipient conflagration. As the woman anointed my hands with some soothing lotion I saw that she was as dark as a gypsy. Her hair rippled back from her forehead in waves of blue black, her oyes were brilliant in the samo deop coloring, und her strong, even toeth suggested polished ivory. She was an ainnzon in size, yet the sweeping curves of beauty were such as to fascinato the artist, whilo her motious were as

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pie and graceful as those of a tiger. 'You area gentlomau, and there is but one way in which I can offer return for your service,' she said as I turned to leave. Her voice was soft as tho notos of a lute, ana her accent gavo unsus peeted charms to my mother tongue. 'I was born of royal blood in India Through study of the sacred "Vedas and the pure doctrine of Karma I attainod tho power of divination. Your people would classify mo among fortune tellers, but I am polos apart from the vul

gtir humbugs that trade upon ignorance ana superstition. Promise you will oome tomorrow, for I tun upset by this nocieient. Then I will be both your historian ami your prophet. I shall count on you, m'sour.' "Though I mentally sneered at tho woman's pretensions and lay awake half tho night assuring myself that I would never seek her 6ut, I was at her door turn minutes before the appointed time next day. She had either assumed her professional air or was under the spoil of her supernatural attainments. I will not describe tho 'inner temple of mysteries' to whioh she conducted me, but the weird effect of its hangings, mirrors, grotesque carvings and ruythioal symbols it challenges the most hardened skepticism. Throwing the whole light of a golden light upon my face with a powerful reflector, she general/used upon my past life as any shrewd judge of human nature might da Then, suddenly knittiug her brows and leaning closer, she slowly spelled out 'Marcia Arnold.' 'That to the name of the girl you will marry," she announced in a dreamy voice, 'and there yw^see her.' I "With that the lights faded to the| dimness of deep twilight and there followed the darkuomof a dungeon. Opposite mo as if in life was the image of tho $\veet arsd beautiful woman you know as Mrs. RoUvlcy, Never before had I been dominated by the tender passion. but there I was fat hems deep in love with what might have been an enchanting illusion era superb painting. So deeply was I impressed that after lenvmg in bewilderment of doubt I ski ubed the magnificent creature so indehbiy itnpmssed upon my memory. "Eighteen months later I was in southern California, enjoying the medicinal virtues of the climate and finding subjects in some of the delightful scenery One morning I had my easel at the edg» of a wooded precipice overlooking a charming spread of landscape. The velvet carpeting of grans and moat had

failed to warn me of approaching footsteps, and when I turned it was the startled movement caused by a half suppressed scream. There were two ladies, the elder anxiously supporting the younger, whose face was blanched and whose eyes were fastened upon me though 1 were a terrifying apparition. It was the girl the Indian sorceress had shown me in Paris, but what did sht know of me? '"What can be the matter, daugh ter?' asked the elder. 'You have alwayt been so strong and vigorous.' 'Is your name Henry Morton?' ask ed the younger of me, without heeding the mother's question. 'It is Wilton Robeley,' I responded quietly. At that instant it flashed upor me that in a desire to conceal my iden tity I had given the name of Henry Mor ton to the fortune teller. Then, witi the inspiration of an anxious lover, added, 'But I have a cousin of that name, who bears a striking resemblance to me.' 'My immediate reward was a revival of strength and spirits on the part oi the young lady. The mother introduced herself as Mrs. Gilsen, her daughter at Miss Gilsen, and then said, 'Lucy, we bad best get back to the hotel.' 'Lucy Gilsen?' And yet it was hei presence that had been conjured up as my bride to be. She was the girl of my sketch and my dreams. The next day called at the hotel and inquired after her. I called often. We walked, drove, painted and boated together. I came tc know through the intuition of love that she was not indifferent to ma On evening as we drifted lazily through the water lilies she handed me a sketch of myself and asked, 'Is that a pioturc of Henry Morton?' 'It'e perfect,' I answered, though dumfounded. A shadow of anger crossed her face, and she was about to tear the picture to pieces when I caught hot hands and suddenly showed the repro duction of herself that I had made it: Paris. It was her turn to be surprised, and when I told her of my experienc at the fortune teller's on Rue dc Bouges giving her the date, she quickly ex* claimed 'Why, I was there with Marcia Ar nold. Mamma and I did Europe that season, and we two girls visited that Indian princess just for a lark. That was where I saw Henry Morton, whon I was told fate had decreed as my fu ture husband.' "Before we rowed home it was al explained, and the sequel of our strangt experience was a happy marriage. Th( dusky prophetess who had confused the name of the two girls was a cultivated fraud. It was all a trick of the mirrors, ladies. "—Detroit Free Prosa

Tho Desecration of Scenery. Ten years ago, wo are assured, hardly a letter of the alphabet oould have boei descried, either on the Surrey or the Middlesex shore of the Thames, but now mi lid, wharves, hotels, chimney stacks and sheds ecem to vie with one anothei in tho exhibition of these huge painted placards, which are an abomination tc tho eyo and an effectual bar to tho improvement of London from an aesthetic point of view. But if any one is sanguine enough to suppose that "business men" will givo up tho system on the ground that, while it annoys other peo pie, it does not benefit themselves, are afraid he is doomed to disappointment. Tho people who go to tho expense of putting up these plaoards must know best whether they aro of any use, and it can hardly be believed that they woulu ooutinue to spend money on them un loss they were. Whether many among them would be found publio spirited enough to sacrifico the advantago derivod from such erections to tho mere love of tho beautiful—whioh, unhappily, has not that influence among Englishmen whioh it possesses in some other countries—we should bo disposed tc doubt.—London Standard.

Eating Slowly.

The opinion that hurry in eating is prolific cause of dyspepsia is founded ci: oommon observation. The ill results oi bolting food have been attributed to the lack of thorough mastication and to the incomplete action of the saliva upon the food. Two thirds of the food which we eat is starch, and starch cannot be utilized in the system as food until it hat been converted into sugar, and thic ohange is principally effected by the saliva. But there is a third reason why rapidity of eating interferes with digestion. The presence of the aalivary secre tion in the stomach acts as a stimulus to the secretion of the gastrio juioa Irrespective of the mechanical function oi the teeth, food which goes into the stomach incompletely mingled with saliva passes slowly and imperfectly through the process of stomach diges tion. Therefore, as a sanitary murlm

no mean value, teach the children tc eat slowly, and in giving this instruction by example the teacher as well at tho pupil may receive benefit—Troy Times. 8le«plnf a Ftae Aft.

Most persons labor under the delusion that sleep is a natural function, and that slumber is a state that requires nc preparation. Given abed and a oertair hour of the evening, and sleep follow? is their simple creed. As a matter oi fact tfcey find that they do not always sleep when they think they should, but it never occurs to them that their theory is wrong. But it is. Sleep is a state requiring careful preparation, and without that preoanuion its beet results camnot 4e obtained.

Tl* Minister Dtd ft.

"Klnneawinskootslcer has the most unmanageable name on earth. He sayi that there mrrer was but one individual who endeavored to designate him upon first acquaintance."

Who was that?*' "The clergyman who married him. Ha looked at Kinney for a moment glanced at a card in his band and then •aid, 'I pronounce—I pronounce you man and wife.' "—Philadelphia CalL

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AM Awfol Disappointment.

One Sunday morning a poor max dressed in his Sunday* best, having trudged all the way from Boston, en tered the ohurch at Newburyport anc took a seat near the pulpit. Present!? the service began, and the preacher ha not been speaking long before the vis itor from Boston began to show sign of excitement. As the sermon proceed his body swayed backward and forward his eyes glittered strangely, and length he fell in a fit on the floor. Tw deacons of the church carried him out side, laid him down on the churci green, unfastened his collar and dashe* water upon him while he writhed an' rolled on the earth.

At last the man recovered his sense and was asked what ailed him. "Oh such powerful preaching I" said ha had heard before of men going into fit under Whitfield's preaching, but never supposed it would double me SO." "But," said one of the deacons "that was not Mr. Whitfield preaching but only a nearby minister substituting for him this morning."

At this point the Boston man becaxn mad clear through. "What!" he said. "Have I walker 50 miles, spoiled my best suit of clot! and had fits and never heard Mr. WL field after all? Well, I'll be goldarnee if that isn't the worst sell I ever had!' —New York Recorder.

The Firm's Entertaining Friend. In the employ of a large wholesalf mercantile house of this city is a mai whose official title is "entertainer," anu he is down on the pay roll as suoh. Hi donnection with the firm is not gener ally known. If it were much of his use fulness would be gona His salary rge, he lives at one of the big hotels, he knows everybody, has a variety oi accomplishments, and is one of the pleasantest men to meet in this city.

Ho poses as a friend of the severe members of the firm and when a pro spective placer of a large order appear? he drops into the office and an intro duction follows. The merchant ask if i: would be too much trouble to show Mr. So-and-so about, and the entertainer re plies that it would be a great pleasure Then follows a dinner at the olub, in troductions to genial and prominenl men of the town, and after the theatei perhaps the visitor is given a glimpse oi behind the scenes. A wine supper follows, and after it is over the visitoi thinks Philadelphia is the only city ir the world, and he subsequently comet over to place orders with the avowee, purpose of spending the evening witl his entertaining friend.—Philadolphit Record.

Talleyrand's Intrigues.

At first Talleyrand appears to hav desired a violent death for Napoleon ii the hope of furthering his own scheme* during along imperial regency. At all events, he ardently opposed tho depar ture of the empress and the king cJ Rome from Paris. Nevertheless it war he who dispatched Vitrolles, the passionate royalist, to Nesselrode with letter in invisible ink which, when de ciphered, turned out to be an inscrutable riddle capable of two interprets tions. Lannes had long before stigmatized the unfrocked bishop as a mess oi filth in a silk stocking. Murat said

But to the fertile brain of one of the oldest offioers in the department is due tbo latest development in the work the postoffica

The Punjab poetofljee has come for ward as an elementary teacher. It not only collects letters and delivers them but teaches boys in olementary schools how to write them and address the cov era—London Answers.

Color and Aroma of CofTfee.

There are two things which people imagine are guides to the goodness oi ooffee whioh are really of no oonse quence whatever. They are the oolor of the deooction and the aroma of the coffee when ground or as it escapes from the pot in drawing. The oolor is due almost entirely to the roasting. This is true also of tea. The finest coffees and teas when properly roasted and prepared to give mt their finest flavors will oolor the water but little. The zeal essem whioh give the flavor have practically no oolor.

All

Over.

"Jinks and his girl have bad a quarrel" What about?" 'Oh, he wanted to be original and gave her a gold thimble instead of an engagement ring!"

4'Novel

TEBRE HAUTE SATURDAY JBTEN TNG MAIL, OCTOBER 3, 1896.

oould take a kick from behind without showing it in his faca His fellow conspirators wore scarcely less bitter it their dislike than his avowed enemies. Yet he pursued the even tenor of hit oourse, scattering innuendos, distributing showers of anonymous pamphlets, smuggling English newspapers into the city—in faot, working every wire of conspiracy.—"Life of Napoleon," by Professor W. M. Sloane, in Century.

Tho Indian Fostoffloe.

The postofSoe in India not only collects and delivers letters, parcels and other articles, but acts to a certain ex tent as a banker to thb general publio. sells quinine and salt, pays military pensions and collects the revenue accruing to the government from land ano other sources.

idea. Didn't she like iiF*

"Oh, you see, she didn't know which finger to wear it on!"—Detroit Free Prosa.

People who make puna are like wanton boys that put coppers on the rail* road tracks. They amuse themselves and other children, bat their little trick may upset a freight train of conversation for the sake of a battered witticism.—Ol W. Holmea.

Chameleons always change their coinon the approach of a Morn and a neutral hue, darker than their oustomary tint

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The Baboon Replaces the Dog. Speed is a form of equipment in which the dog exoels the baboon, and pe an aid in the direct pursuit -of animals it must always be inferior to what Dr. Caius calls the "leporarii"—the "chasing dogges." But in the great and justly prized gift of scent the monkey has the advantage, though dogs have for centuries been bred with a view to the development of that particular gift, and have both in sport and in their use as* detectives and watches become almost indispensable aids to man. Among the very few instances in whioh the animal has been taken wild and used intelligently as a servant it has been found that he cannot only find edible plants by scent, which the truffle hunters' poodles are trained to do, but can be used to discover hidden water—a unique instance of animal servioa Le Vaillant, the African traveler, gives an account of a tame baboon—probably a chacma from South Africa—which illustrates its fitness as a watch, a hunter and a procurer of food and water more fully than any others record.

This monkey, by sheer force erf brains, took command of the dogs kept to protect the camp and used and directed them just as the older baboons command and direct the rest of their tribe. "By his cries," says Le Vaillant, "he always warned us of the approach of an en^my before my dogs discovered in. The de)gs were so accustomed to hi* voice that they used to go to sleep, and I was at first vexed with them for deserting their duties. When he once had given the alarm, they would all stop to watch for bis signal, and on the least motion of his eyes or the shaking of his head I have seen them all rush forward to the quarter toward whioh they observed that his looks were directed."— Cornhill Magazine.

The Pretty Pansy.

One of the most cheerful flowers of this and of my mother's garden was the happy faced little pansy that under various fanciful folk names has ever been loved. Like Montgomery's daisy, it blossomed everywhere. Its Italian name means idle thoughts the German, "little stepmother." Spenser called it "pawnee." Shakespeare said maidens called it "love in idleness," and Drayton named it heartseasa Dr. Prior gives these names: Herb trinity, three facee under a hood, fancy, flamy, kiss me, pull mo, cuddle unto you, tickle my fancy, kiss me ere I rise, jump up and kiss me, kiss me at the garden gate, pink of my Joan. To those let me odd the New England names: Birdseyr, garden gate, johnny jump up, kit run about, none sc pretty and ladies' delight.

All these testify to the affectionate and intimate friendship felt for this laughing and fairly speaking little gar den face, not the least of whose endearing qualities was that after a half warm, snow melting week in January or February this brightsome little "de light" often opened a tiny blossom tc greet and cheer us, a true 'jump up and kiss me," and proved by its blex)m ing the truth of the graceful Chinese verse:

Ere man is aware

it That the spring Is herd The plants have found it out. —Scribner's Magazine.

A Montenegro I'eui

The customs at the court of Montenegro seem very primitive judging from an incident at a recent dinner party. The prince and his guests were Bitting in the dining hall, when the servants entered, bringing in an enormous boar roasted whole, whioh they placed on the tabla The prince and his guests drew near, and at a sign from his highness a younn officer drew his sword and with one ctroke cut through the hog, through the tablecloth and deep into tho tabla Inside the boar was a turkey ind inside the turkey a snipe, which had been ahot by the prince, and it is said to have acquired a most delicate flavor from its manner of oooking.— New York Times.

Th# Whale*# Mouth.

The whale's mouth is the largest institution of the kind in the animal kingdom, being capable of containing over two hogsheads of water. The whale's threat, however, is so small that an orange would scarcely pass through it, and he lives on the minute sea animals contained in the water. Drawing in a large quantity, he strains it through his whalebone sieve, retaining the animal organisms it contains and throwing out the water through circular holes in his head. Whales engaged in feeding are said by whalers to be "spouting."

Loglosl.

She—I think we should be able to live nicely on $8,000 a year. He—But my salary is only $3,000. "I know it, dear, but my olothes oome to $1,000 a year, and I have enough now to last for the first 18 months."—New York Herald.

In 1848 a great fixe raged in Constantinople along the shores of the Golden Horn. It is said that on this occasion 2,000 dwellings, shops and bazaars were destroyed, their value being estimated at fS*,000,000.

The first public library was established in New Fork in the year 1700.

Biliousness

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