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A WALU Hy Pose Hawthorne Lathrop. J> tl *a'i* sn*, etv. bu alu* ni a vlniin : Urania] steps begin. Et rn s at ber werai I * Clouda I ipa -Ung Hcht, Whi i*" rs nf lavers alene As the couple* eltift one by one In Ike golden sh er. of tlie ball. Ah in* in the kappa, crowd Each pair gil.les pa-r each pair' DeMeaae itralni of an air; Rainbow iravi-tv Pride eif lae anneal throbs. ¦enilles, eui Ihe youthful cheek, Frailni* un ill-wind's freak. Wann tn the heart of thc ir_lts< Moving llhe nvlody. flowing In licit ai'el .lee, Yoong as th* Ma,*, i- abe, Strong as the June I am. NEW-YORK LIFE THB SAILING PARTY. ben Mr. Tompkins dec!d"d lo give a "-alllnrjr part-. be determined rhrir he would mah.-* lt a SOOeess. '. A lonrj and ha;'l*y ela. BB tl"* water." said he. talk lng it over Tilth Donsia Hand, "that'e the Mea, Yon bring your mother and asl; any of your friends, and .we'll see If we can't have ,-, lrttb* spree.¦ t aaala Maud thou.ht lt a very nico Idea. She bad Been Batted much, she wandered if ike wnaM ho a good sailor, anl wa"- quite aonfldenl thal she Would, because she was aol ill at all When abe weni down in OM roini aa tbe ateaner. Mr. Tonaktaa was alao quite eeafldeat, tor, la bet, Mr. Tonvktaa wn \ «*i j swrcr aa Mani Bad -Mini Ilka, even In fancy, to -... the betoVM O-JOCl sea tick n. Maud sahl she would ask some of tke girts- Mn. .innes and lilrdie Tomtit, and of coane dear Viss Rounder, and tivy would hiv the beal lian thar ever was gnow fl 50 our beyond the Kaveetnk 1..^ht. righi into the real ocean. ll would be perfectly aptea-Ml With Ugbtnen of bear! tkcj parted. Mr. Tompkins, after hunting about the man:lrtr" parts nf the city and ferrcllng very Blurb nf a Md Ma el'>-*. bind tb" most lovely small Moon, called the Viking, With a cabin and s cockpit, a skipper and a buy. Prom a distance it look.*- just like* a teal yacht. It was only Wkea you got on board that you tonad tbe cabin wn too small to stand up la, at.d that th" icata in th^ eockpll "in¬ fo narrow jim slid a9 than when tbe Viking heeled Mr. Tompkins, himself, fi nm a ellst ure. looked ]U8l like a real incmb"i* nf ike N. v. Y. C. He had a blue flannel suit with bnaa buttoni and a peaked can, sci archly on one sui" fen the complete mbjBgatton ni bli lovely Maud. Ile rf-11 that be looked gatte fast and fashionable, and indeed rn so long itudylBg btmeoll li: his glass, and earling up rh" cogs of hi- mustache, that he was lute, and found SOBH Ol his party already assembled WbOU lr* reacbed inc pier. The ladles are all grep-red to do battle with the "le anna. The; waar Tam ..' ghaatan, or large. gaming lennis hats lied gown savanly with long vella. Ovei their arms arr mackintosh.*"-., shawls, and ulsters. In their hands p»p"r uovcis, parasola, a t.li af signals, two fiehi glasses, a few bean el candy. Ml a Bounder carries an air cushion of rubber. lindie Tomtit a box ol biscuits. As Mr. Tompkins epTroaebes, with a BMBsenger boy In his wake carrying the lunch, he linds them all lean¬ ing over tba d'.* of the wharf looking at something in the water. A _rrat cackling and elanor of voices arises, and ta their excitcm-nt they bend over n far that Mr. Tor:ri''..r:s his a toll view nf their ankles In the deshabille of old, eO-~fort_-le low il on. B bal ran they be tooklBg at? He'a about lo call ont, bal few*-, thal tke nore-, of bis manly roin may itartle them, sn thai they tv 111 fall In. Then they seo him and rush forward with effusive greeting) -So glad you've come, How could you be irrte* Doaranl e/hal alor nfbaskeu: IsnM tbe day n-t- fe-t? Marni and her mamma are lar.* too. 1- it goirv te be e lady De ye u tb ok n's rough ..ursid** I" Thus be*-loped, rhe gallant Tompkins falls Into an easy attitude Ranked by the b-iketi ar.d, returning greet n.'-, Snail) a-sks: '.What were you all looking at when I rame up?" There is a -.lenee. Then lome one lays: -We w.re looking ar the b at. Bhe'i very pretty bot.n_a.rather far down. Thal tar.1 should say. the tide's very bev."' Yes, tbe tide must be low. for the boat ls Indeed a long way down, gently Jamming np armin-: tba Slimy boards. lint sin* lookl very swell, veiy niucll Of a yacht. If there wasn't sn nr.ieh white paint about her, and a little rim:*" I" a-s, it would be hard to tell ber from the genuine article. Bul Ibe skipper, who is leaning agelael the mast, chewing a peaceful quid, and BQtdBtlBg Bp a' them from ur.eb*r the brim nf his straw hat-well. Mr*. Tompkins own thal li¬ ls disappointed In tie* skipper. Thu appearance of this son of the sea is BOl conducive to style. No one would mistake Mm for Ihe genuine article with bis sun barned --.traw bar and bli re itupendei Mr. Timir.psnn exebaagn Mme Jovial nautical remarks willi him In a jaunty manner, ami linally Inciuii"-; .. Ali. Skipper, how are we poins to get the ladies on board ? I einn't see any steps !" The skipper, without moving, spits dreamily, and says: "Thar ain't bo steps nowheres 'round here. Bal thar's a ladder nailed np agalnal tba whait They'll have lo clln b richi down that." All the ladies peer over. Then are. Indeed, snirie bits of wood nailed one* over the other arxainst the slimy board! od itu* wharf, and these are hardly wide enough io bold your toes. The ia<ii'*s beep a pained silence. Thc skipper) pitying them, anya consollrif ly "They could Jump lt. If they set lirrrht down em the cdrrre, with -heir leg! dangling over, and we could Belch *,.|n mi the fly.*1 "Ob thu-'s notUng," aaya Tompkins, pooh poohing, and loftily waving his band, ** We*- get yon down easy enough. You watch bow.ll'l very simple. You get down this way." be -.Its down on Ibe edge of the wharf, then tarns over very charily, aird feels for the ladder f\iib lils toes, lie doesn't lind it, bowen :. and ms position I- pei ilona. "Jii't a li'tb* lower and you*n all right," says the skipper, watching with interest, but rmt moving. '. Just a little tower." In his eiforts to gal a little lower Mr. Tompkins blips aaddenly down, clawing along the wharf wuh Ongera. Ile latches ¦ post In time, and nt himself fiom falling, In tke face of all 1.- ladles, pros- Iran on *hls bae*u ob Ike deck When he gets down l.e s.a.-, s with triumph, puffli g ¦ l-""1 deal, and ob- Vvtoua of lung, green ¦¦.rii.s on the from of bim: "That'a Ike way to do lt: Ob, it's not a Lit hard when you e-e: tke koa I" The ladles aeiuire the knack in different ways. Mrs. lom la "n the edge, carefully tm tkirts round her ankles, ar.d then spHup wildly mir, with bei eyes shut, serean ,i!s upon the 1hipper and Sir. Tompkins, ranged below her, who are as rocka to tbe shock Bul Birdie Tomtit, who com. a second, la afraid nf this bold style. She hesi¬ tates, and dings, ami shrlnka lu great angalab crying as she* pee:* over tin* ditty verge: "Mow if any rf yon *_-nls p..sh nie. I'll never for¬ give you- tn., nev. r." la despair ahe tries 'lr. Teimpklps's-way. and bein? aborter than Mr. Tompkini li a good f" ¦' from the top step, ard bungs lhere, ' Irani wah ber fe<t. and crying piteously: | "Oki Mr. 1 the ruatt'T? Where's the step? di,, (,on*i Ueaveaa! 1 <a:ri gel down anj fun!.11, wi:nt\ going m happen to Bief" Mr. Tonpklni and tke skipj r*r have to pull ber down Ly tba bet, tm gagan Mrateklng along the wharf, and tor distended, terrified eyes, frightening the other ladlee. Mba Baandee and Maud are easily disposed ot Miss Hound-*;, to be mu. eat-hea oa maty nail heads yulte _ poad deal, and her elothes emit occasion-] ripping sounds, lither wis- ber descenl is uneventful. Dm when it eomei to Mrs. Brown, Ma.ni's mamma, both Mr. Tonpktna and tke skipper lui thal ii would be false poittent 1 to aUude in -the knack." X-erc can be no boaeal talking el knacki with Maud'a mamma In on.', fine of vision. Bbc 1- ene e.f t' .,-.- triumphant!.*, stool i" o'," a hon tal tben la no curb¬ ing, Ine-xe.rable and Uni ai a gie ler lt quietly obllteiai'->» all landmark-, iwaepa away all bound-. I'otiderous and good natured, si..* stands on the edge e»f ti..* pin, and i""i.> over a ranneri of i.iaek ju tri-unlng, pun*. lng huskily, and eying Ike ladtoa Joyfully me tata Bm eoekplt, Tke skipper runs a wall-trained, 1.anneal ega over her, and spits dull salty on tke palms at his iarnis. Ebor Mr. Tomi 1. u 1- anaaay ami worried. Be »a\s w.ti an attempt at airy badlaagei '.Now Ml brown, lt's your turn. Nl.iih way will you take lr ?. ..I don't se,- tba' tben'i much ebo'ee," s-ys lBe lady, Marin;; and nkWUlBg "WeB/ .,3.v'- laeaplUae with the penplrailon lng on bb beoWj " Y 1,1 eal >H down and iriirnb dov. 11 tb i gdn m an ah you ean Jump." Mrs. Brown, baMing -ha poet, leta down ona mighty I feels lor the ladder. As an BttOmpI this is a failure, she drnwa up tbe f"1'' bi I Mya dnHenetej -Jui_ri Lviu fcgggj li's a good Uu'.-iicc*" s-_H_____-_| "Oh." gallantly, "we'll catch you. You won't hurt yourself.*" .. I gan cay not. nut 1 won't take mr affidavit that I won't hurt you." '. Never mind nie." Bega the hero, conscious that the eyes of Maud are* upon bim. After some d.scii-Mon lt ls decided by the party that Mrs. Brown will Jump. Mr. Tompkins and the tsklppe*r bear the brunt of the blow, whllo Hie tiny stands behind, dot-g duty as a buffer, lu prepai al hm sh" throws gawa lier black handball, her parasol, her keefe, her cashmere shawl, her tennis hal, and finally herself, strlklni: ihe Skipper with a dull, hollow sound. Wbe In bis turn sends the poor buffer staKgerlng alar. The first part of the sail was dcllpjitf-il. F.very one was In gay .spirit's. The bree:. was stiff and whistle*.! in Ihe rurdaire, and the brlcht. smooth waves parted I Mk, clear ami gbaaatag 'ruin the Ylklnp's sharp bOW. Mr. Tnrnpklns, retiring tn the cabin, piled to the sky¬ light wm. the loach ba.«kets, rotwraed with a hag of prunes, a bot:1" of olives and a box of foda crackers. "To be always catnip, ls a good preventive ap.alnst lea Ste KU h* -all be, and their duty thus clearly In (Heated, his gonn at e iptonaly and wen* ak-eedtugty merry. They told yams, and goeslppcd, leeghed and even sane. At every lurch of ibo vessel they all .il together and cried .Ok, bow lovely I Isn't this fun? Will lt bo rougher when we get outsidef" OanMa the Narrows, and well Into the Lower Ray, th" sloop fi nm a gentle, well-bred roll, trevan tn lurch and pitch eui Ihe ragged BO-*. The sci-eams grew louder and ann lead Every one ihonght this the nos! enchanting antlon Bo exeitiag th . way th" bow plunged into a wave, and such fun rn watch the big sens com.thine from nader th.* lae aida ll eraj Mn. .innes who grsl dbeovend th-* poteni charm nf ib - il I". She hal !.-¦ ii sitting in the sun on the upper side, screaming bini! wi nt ail. winn presently, siienco descended mon ber. ike had abmntly moved to the *. and iprea ling b w pai eeo] ot er h ir bed, leaned forward and looked lr tn th" sea. Nu mi noticed her, a lady revelling in tie* beauties nf rh* deep not being a phenomenon, til! the host cried out Jocosely : - w hat is Mi.-,, .innes plotting un les* that parasol 1" It may have been tim; Mrs. Jones thought rbis re¬ it.mk unduly Inquisitive certain lt ls she neve:- ral«e*d ihe parasol, and her roba sounded angry when ibe Bald' ¦- Looking at Hie water. Ihe waves are so lovely." Indeed they seemed to be a ilngalarly captivating si_'h* m ih"-" ladles. 'i noir Kreams and ertaa nf Joy gradually subsided, giving plan tn an awed silence in presence of tie* beauties of nature, it was Miss Rounder who uoxl succumbed to ihe occult fascination i.; ri.- bounding billows M.ss Bounder, who bas been screaming gleefully at every crested hillock that tin* Vii,.n;; monuted, .1 id ever] green hollow into which sim sank Silence new. gradual but deep, fe*li upon bin Bounder. At iirst she yawned several limes. Tken leaned back in her inner and bl ber 'jes mam Irom th.- boat i..,: -'-a lo the swaying ma-it. and the undula! lng deck, after which, v.iiii a smothered loond which might, Ullarristeil, have been a groan, sh" shut her eyes, and a siruiy pallin* overspread bec mea. owning her eves am! spying about In a frightened, apprehensive manner, ber glance bil npon th" barj of prunes, out ..f which s!ie bad been liberally helping herself, and with a dasparing groan sic ron, and so strong was the at¬ traction nt th" bQlOWS that she actually ran tn the be lid Blnee then Miss Bounder has not been abio tn look a prune !n th" face, Th" popularity of the lee stile now became quite (triking. Maud's mamma sunn toll beneath its eon- quorlng iway. .-he had taken off her bonnet, whbb v. !'!i l!i.> bu.. I. flited Ira cabin to Ibff lk)light, and had put on her edd. felt tennis hat, tied down with a veli. Nu British Onoadler ever looked mme s"ven> ami im¬ movable than Maud's mamma. Both Maud and Mr. Tompkins noticed it. " Your rn itber," said the adoring Tompkins, who had a 'terniie-si'1 for all Maud's belongings, " Meats a liri" sailor." "Oh, i!'*ar. yes.** sahl Marni willi h"f enticing sim- per, wo'i all *od sailors In our family.'' Ai.il they both turned at-d bu.ked proudly af tho Spartan parent severely unsmiling under tbe tennis hat Hotb noticed a slight glassiness tn mamma's cerulean orbs, and a set look aluin her lips. Mr. Tompkins, ci Idly conscious e.f the row of parasols bloom li like mushrooms ainag the lee side, said with sudd bar: .. You teal quite.ah.quite com fort able, Mrs. Brou ii'" "Quite," arith haughty emphasis. Then saddanly: " benik ken.hand ni*> that parasol.quick.any of them.*1 Sho disappeared under Its friendly shade, but presently linked nut again, with her old faro quite gray under the tennis hat. "I lind the sun glvn me such terrible headaches," sho said easily, with a presence, of mind which struck Mr. Tompkins as heroic. And now the rays of th" ron beat down fiercely on the briie sloop. There was mir enough ihade on thd deck tn rover with a penny pi's*", -rbi* shadow ol lae *-.jil br. bree and cool on tin* ipny-frlnged waves. Nni.ii'ly said much, fm* the <nn was burning, and. now thal th" s!"*.;r hrr-l tun.eil. th* wa\^s kepi creel.lng up behind it. steaithllj rahing rh" itorn, anl then letting ii limp with a ludden, fleroe playfulness, whick, how¬ ever, wu more conducive ro misery than tn mirth. A terrible fear f'-ll nu Mr. Tompkins, e.'bal if Ma d should jnin th" slleni majority on the le" sldel II* looked fearfully at the mv nf parasols and the row of fi et, a'l lying limp on the dock, In the dejected deshabille of turned-ln ton. Then he looked at Maud. She, t'">. hal grown sltonl and preoccupied, bul still Hy uj tht .-mr! smiled when ir* inoka tn her 'li.* suspense wns awful, and be said. h...king at. his watch: '.What do you say tn something to eat? It's 2 o'clock, let's have ioma tardine*t" r-he gave him a quick and rather deadly look* "No, thanks,* she said, looking away from him and winking up her eye*.- in Ihe clam. .* I'm not hungry.*' 'ih" silent row nf honorably wounded had all groaned at hr- snggntlon, and the f* et had writhed In anguish .rn rh" deck. " I've tn'. 1 the Skipper tri nut back tn the Narrows," be hazard *l as .-. second remark. Whatever made his Maud su heavy in band ail nf a snddea I Tbe nu groaned again with nltof, and Maud With ind "¦. \ lt Mlty ¦. ll .*.*.- long before we ger there?' .. Aboul twenty minutes.' '. And then ll will be smooth f" '.eih. i,u:t" -ri.i...th. as Sniiii as we ri;.; the lotta.* "Tl .. -:" rr v, Mtttod henel! down In tbe most bitslness-liko manner, clinched her hand- round hor p_l :-.!. I.r-t -tieri her eye- nil the fort.s anil MM lint a word. -p's awfully warm, Isn'l lt?" said tho lover dee*- Ij. sn I a Ith a rubicund laen .¦ Very," said tbe loved mi", speaking a; if her (seth set .. Are yon snr.* you wouldn't Uko something to eat. Jri<t a little pa!" de tole c-:.rs .". .* Quit ».¦ - No! a glass nf beer1" s wetly. *. Nu.- loudly and ti' icely. "Al ck?" No answer, only a heavy pause. The lurer was ; mid couldn't make nut what caused thi- rh.-ins-e. v..*n* i..*r ir. i - l .-:." wasn cold, and almost rude. "We'll crut-e mund after wc gel Inside, it'll bo rn dei "I hop "Vni don't feel «:rfc. do you*" In a fond whisper, ; .- under iii- pa | arith i'-nd'*r solicitude. "No, ! don't," pulling th" parasol down over her hoad, i ni the points stick lato hi- cheek. ..Well. we-!i bave lunch as soon as we pi Inside the forts, wont we " "Good Heavens, I don't know: How long now be- (Orc we pei tv-t" p .¦ Five minutes." And elur ng that ejVP minutes sri" wouldn't say a Word. Nut a syllabto could Tompkins eatraci iron ber. it ri rerj peculiar, i'm a-- up the river, and anchored In a she!r.*r.*'l n.mk. and finally did have hiaeh, and th" boa) Mas Steady, she was as lively as ever, 1.1 nf fun aad Jokes, only coating al thi in th" evening TompkiM overboard hw »aj tn ber mother: "Wa ii'1 it anita] 1 i couldn't hare stood it a mo¬ ment longer." And Mi- Tompkins went hume Wandering what " If nos. A fit HOLAirs RI MARKA RLE RECORD. Frem Th** Baaba a Irartiasr. At lbs risk of "lb .i lin*-' UM BWdeaty Bf the *'ibjert erf ths pharsgiapb we <'.**iri it <.ur daly ht neks public I .'. ile* I. ii...*; at.b record ri.i.l" In Mb Ulm ¦' ii n- ii se..,,,, highly li il ;i «in s.*i bs squalled Bbc catered tbs pa Mis *-<-h"f'l Itt ti.. ,.;i rind gIBdBSlSd Bl UM ilil'b S i.'.'.l re ,ii.i.. .¦!,. im nt last I t.i*". r. '),¦ sgS i.r.. r. 1..un,;.* Um f eleven years ¦-!.. has in ith. r losi i da., i.. ibo ie n i minute si te I sen nth la a slaaa "f f mt li ls r it In ml ihiii tiiri" slrkn ot n sn in-- li her sbaeni s . hui ¦.¦ nh tea lurln feta le .. aad i. sal] tum rai tts* i.ii* ie ri eailed t*. utiei.1 oecunad mn .. bsta I * '¦ I »ti.r.l's trill I',.i.s.,.I,nie. IF VOll Ali-. Z-.LU'fOU*,. ad caurjrvi Babb try *** ' BILL JKXKS'S STORY. ArKMlMSCKNCEnrTHF. DEADWOODTEL&IL lr v\as late In Octnlwr and the nmitntaln air wa< chilly, but the Ure which we had built, and whlen leached up with Its lonp tntn-U"-. of Hame half way tn the garb pine hsfl above, mad HM imp coiiifor nhl". We had stopped tor the n|;;ht Just off the gnat Dead wooel trail, a dniren mlle's fmrn that place- that (treat wai;.ni read which bads from the enid mines to clvlll- -tatton, nver 'Jeni mb- BBSOag nintintulns and BBron plains. arorOoeenrannl land and tkrongb indian re r | rations, *. I'sn coln' lo biri an' to sleep to nlpM." said flene n-mlis. a frc ehter, with tin-.-.. rraal (rcigbl wagona and twelve mules, which h" drove alone, as ls ene* te.mary; "I set up all last BlgM toUtis' rna fellers st..rles, but .voil can't mpe ni" In tl it Wag Untight." We had fallen In with '.enc on tin* dall t.he day before. Me looked at the (ire, BOW bunill''' Inwer. as we list rneii to the niqht wind, imf-lt below, tinging through trie pine tops the same |OW, -rid leiralri Which HM wlml anel the pines ever Sine. "Hanged If there ain't a Stony mule.-' sall r;ene, as he strained his eyes th mn ch the darkness toward thf trail "LOOkl some HkO e.ne nf lilli 'ctilrs's leaders. Inn. ktti lilli dnri'e let -tum of I ls mules pet iway. 'Sidi-s, he's pone lo Sundance this trip. IkOOgh lt ir.list be 'bout time fur him tn eel back.ko burrin long hinder fast now be pe-ts toneaona, I reckon. I b'llce I must tell vi.ll 'borif lilli 'ton I fnrift lt," and Gone cul nfT a chew of tobacco with a pocket- knife and Hillel over and Waked hH toes Into the pmnnel as h.. cared at the gm, while the pines eels.* 1 their complalriine song for a moment, ariel the mnr- tiiirlnp of BOW Hutt.' Creek cam** to our ears as lt bubbled alone e.vcr the rock* a few yards tiwav. all prayish, milky-white, muddled by the silver mlnlnc Inbiri- ll* head Waters In the Calena dl-lrle-t-all tba streams in tbe Blaeh lillis rna either th" sam" prayish, j milky-white or blood red silver e>r enid mining. "TOM heard me mention Bill last Digkt," went on One. -lb's a .-."nil one ain't 'froid ol nothing thal | walka. Been (relghtin1 ever since i have.nine year. Cnr a twelve-mule out lit- three waentis. I.Ill ain't exactly qaambome, bul if he has e"t anything at n' anybody be don't po round hryln' bi tornH ir. Hon likely he Jumps the fclbr an' cleans him nut. lilli ain't never I.ri licked nn the trail. Carrin a rna In the wagon to bm In cnn <>f necosslty. Good feller if you know bow to take him I never had no trouble with bim.bul s mt*" queer arr nol a man b> monkey with Ins you're tookin' for mighty lively exercises" (.ene meditatlv.dy look OB bis hat and blew tie* dosi bon tbe wbta brim.tbe red, powdery dust ol the trail, ti,.* dasi that I- id .-a ri hither and thltkor, on everything, in everything, through everything; thal li stirred by tke treeean eoaeh and passenger coaeb, mule train and bull train, by the passlag bee.?* ai I the eal-* a.s lt sweeps ih.wn nut nf the ranon anil whirls lt alnng In prent eloods that shut fruin light coaeb and wagon train, duaty penong* and evener driver. Then lu* beean again: '.Well, 'bunt two year a,'n we was all frelphtln' from Ptarre- nearest railroad Iowa then, you know. Them v..-*. lively tlm-s at Hem. Killed a man every night, bnrled him the aex' norola', ur mebby tke day aiter, 'cordi-' ta bow busy they waa, "Then was a p'll at PbRB named I'earl Queen, lea-t thar'- what the bills aald ber name was, though I al'aya thought ll wn a little mined 'tout it beta' right. Sh" Beted at the Alhambra Theatre, you see. Danced na ber to.-* remarkably penty like, she'd j bis-n th"iv som- time, and We all l.imwed tier mon ur tma She wai B little thing, BtidllB' Vnllli-.', I {Odg-d, I though i sl'aya eababtod she looked a littb* sort o' faded She was kinder e*u!et, tkOOgh she bael a ]"*itty pearl look, too. They said ike shut a toltoe at Sidney, but pete Parri! <a d it wa'n't ber a tall, so I don't know nothing Imbi lt "Anyhow, Hill .Tonks pot acquainted With l^r nn* trip, and Ikey Jess seemed tn muchtl'Iy tall la tove wltk each other at iir-t r-'pht. Weil, w-* iiidn't pay i no attention to this, but we wa'n't quite nady i u what tolbrod. HUI pnt a |na«l of mereh'ndlse for Lead City, an' the BOX' nmrriln' pulled mir. an' th" p'lnl ls right here Settln' Bp e.n Iii" sa.lil" nn the neari wheel it'll- wa Pearl Queen. Jes' '-if ahe'd aJ'ays I'-'i then; an1 Bill was walkin "longBlde, mebby a little cloaer'n gen'ral, sweai n* al the mules Jot1 'ell be never polled anl rm other way I "Well, we all limbed rm' that's 'bunt nil we did do when we see 'ern emil In' there happened to b" quite a h.i nf us In camp then* an' We wa- ]..-' lined,iu' up¬ hill had -amped down by the freight house, P erl in.! mi a new caliber dress, mostly red and perts) mr' I noticed she 'pt ared rather bettor tookin' than gen'ral I thought Big sm.th was camped arith us. Be's one o' then 'ere smart Alecs. an' a flghtln' man, an* dleln't like HUI n..n" too weU nohow. Ile *-tep- np wkea Ihey comes along an' say h*: 'Mornln', mu.' .Mnrnin.' Big Smith.' says Bill and Stops his leam. 'I tee you pn» Pearl Queen with you,' says r.ie Smith. .lt goea 'pear thal way.' says BBL 'I b**lleve i'm somewhat a'qualnted with i'earl myself,' says Big Smith, kinder smart like *i low you don t know any¬ thing bad 'bmii her," -ays mil. bltln' bl- teeth together han!. 'Well, I --' ('rack: an' mil blt him one on the Jaw so we* could all hear it, sny.n' al Ihe sane tune .What ls lt ynu Know!' Hie Smith fell like a 1 lay then for 'anal a minute, mil all the time waltin' fm* an answer. Parity io in Big Smith |ol so he could kinder roll a lirtle, an' then --aid: *l:ll!, lt 'amt worth mentloaia':' Then i,:ii whistled to bis mille* and weal on. "Nothing but fights for BIB .Trnit- after that. II" had lo stop ari' lick the man teal kip' the Red Corral 'fnis' he pot out o' town, atrd he pounded tWO freighter. Bl Willow Creek, nn' it Had Uiver he an' the man thal ran the road ranch lhere t;r twenty minutes, an1 Bill tin-illy put him up to the bank of the* stream an' shoved him In an' that settled him. He wnnl l nu-et a man, the man would say something 'bout Pearl or :¦> tn grianln', an' HUI wombi st.,p. an' step np an' whale him, come back, klndei mop off the ihtokeat nf the blood with his sleeve, su.-ar ar th" arabs an' jo nn. while l'.ari reached down au" vaned him on thc shoulder an' cheered him up. '. Pearl stayed with him righi alnn". She didn't ride . rn th" mill.- r much after rhe ilrst trij.. v.j.r when thev were pn'n' Into town, When lilli always had ber rids lt. -n that If there wns anybody 'round that want.si tn mal;" any remarks, tl,at ike would 'trait their 'ie li¬ tton and they would make 'em, an' i'.ill could -r..p and have ir out wit. 'em. Ral lt »a*n't tong 'f .p. folks iyln* much In BIB'S hearin'.awful unh une day when they wns pallin' Into Rapid i it,- m..- nf these ph-t'it' men tried tn lake their plciur' with 1'. ail on the mule, bi;? lilli CBUghl linn at it an' v.etit ..vcr an' kiel.ed one nf tli" bps nlf his outfit, an' a- that nniy l.*fr r-wo mi ii. ir gidn'l stand v.*-.*. an" Hu* '..!.- looked kinder sheepish, pul ir and arri, an' made a -rerik. '. Hill afars Axed 1.".- up a nice place to ride In the tr-il w.*i*.-i.n, an' winn she Wasn't lhere ai mi th" tn.ile thc " .:.!.! v. nih 'hm:, by his side, I s'pon it WM very pie ml i"i ber tn bear bill swearta* at the mobs ail dav. 'cause she thought s heap nf him. When one o' tv* rest "f us rnmp*. nf course we al'ays have t" rustto 'mu; d an' cook oar os o baron, but -he ,\ me his eooUn' i oi .-. ai.' % ii eookln' I' was too,'ea i*e ir il asked mc io car with rhem sev'ral times, Biscuits I w*y she used i" make bi-s-uit- thai ta-r.i, w'y, dum lt ail, i they twted 'n.it I be the) used tn at bomen BIB au' I-. a.I al'ays put abu.- powerful lin* togclker wnn'l mani, i ng*lar, um knou Bill -.-ml be didn't h. lleva iii any .¦ icfa awn] an' i rec! mi she I'!:.'i neither, bul inn loki bm it wm cora, tn i*. a steady thing; an' it v.a-. '.Well, lt wa* a bari bf,* tor th" rjrl, al'.rvs mi t'.,. I* -i cob an' itormy Ihroagb tin* winter an' ho' and dusty when -rammer rom--- never de ¦: la' in a h h.Hy ever being in one at ell,'copi oceastonaBy mebby a store, or freight depot, or i .nibing but -ho s'-'-nre.l tn srand lt tir-i mr.* an' ni.r want norhin' .be. lull was mighty careful 'bout lier Starla' In the Wagon rm' geegin' warm in cid er rainy areatker, s.. i dunno, mebby tke nf'* wm 'boat a*- bmj n any ibe was and r... lier 'n' ind wa- al'ayi bspp) anyhow, an' I I'pon tbat'i a br*ner record lhaa lane tolks thal live toot an' arr lunrs* Milder married can shnw. -w.n. i mkoa then alni so vary much mn:-.* t,, tell, thmrph it's ktad-l bani weuk In |.*:i *t ¦_ i,:\\. One iiipht, 'way long this rummer I camped bael i. .*. i* ii .sr.ir.iv i pot up earl) ami pulled mil fm* Dead¬ wood, imt tklakln' 'bum Batiking, r.i gone ii* ar seven mil,- an' wa; plttln' 'long lin.*, wkea I Borne 'round a bend In the- mad rlgkf 'runup th' MggBBI nf ll..* inniintains, when what shmild I *¦<..¦ bit inn .lenka's out lit eaaped ahead a wajs. It wa'n't on ng*br campltt1 ila.-.*, an' I eoaMn'l make || out ,(t grst, bm Ihen I see lull a-WnUtin' bark'anU 'n' fnr'anl, s,,|. o' thii watton with aoantMag whit.** tn bb arms, an' ihen, says 1, *1 km.w what's up. mi you sanies!' Ati' I rlliu' on tho near one ari' blt each of 'em a crack with the whip, an' l'n ho banped if l didn't come ap tn whe-re he was on Hie tint I itoppofj an' was pol-' tn yali, an' then I tboaghl l badn'1 bettor 'ci -it mlgbl uni t.e th" thing fur aaeh sn oceaalon. then i iii drelu'l '< BOM .i- bli .-.i.i.- nv -ar¬ in bisc/ea, Plnl i tkoogM ba felt bul. then I 'lowed h.* wm fled, tinn i didn't knowi ten 1.1.1 steps up mill* in' ru be te.tidally blanked tat, sb, I will If be eii.ln'l turn back si.ni m.rt o' -..fl Cloth nu Ihe bundli* an* ibOWOd Bb the all gimbat, bbihl.. ., inaBnt, inti* cns- bafcjr, ynu know that rou aver Beenl That's what he dune, sn' my Byee stu.lt nut a foot, thou.- 1 known!, soon as 1 ¦«..*_ mil Walkin- what was r..min', too. Then says l:ill; . .tret,.*, that- my bap. Dent ho took Jcs* like itu* " I was stink tor a minute Vause I rmi'dn'l see's ir looked like anytklng 'eepl j- .' baby, hut I brae*e*.i np, an' says I ' BUI, be. He* plctur' of ye.ti 'eepl lils ayn be. gal bi*-, aiotker*- eyea.' ' rea,' says BUD, * bl- mother's eVOB, an' Ettrbbt her hair, toe), emly It's awful abort.1 'Mun I started to say seimethlnp. but lilli -topped nu*, an' savs he: ' I'earl ls awful sick, an' I waul uni tn gel onto ene* o' my mules an' rleler on to Deadwood an' p|r a dO-tOT »<. ceiine- ilov.n.' s.. I .b.ne M.. gotn' 'bunt m* qatok as anybody ever did with n mab that was [dueler set np'ln gB-B* any- h'iw. an' pi'l bark 'way Bined o' tho elortor. When I eome up Un n* was B0-Ody In Sight. 1 Waited a mln- Bb an' diun't h- ir nnihln'. Then I tappe-el a little em th" trail nagOB an' lilli said, 'Come In,* sorter choked like, an' I put mv heal under the canvas at the baili end. '* Ther,* sal Hill em tin* liottom eif the wapnn-box with tin- baby mi me* arm. whll" he was a-looklli' elown af pearl- ber bead was a layla' In his lap an' her taco was -.. villi" that it nari ni*-. Ikea tin opened bet ern an' at first thev was h\g an' wild like, bul they put sufi"! an' she Linked af nie tm' said awful weah, sn I cnuld J"-' bear lt ' '<'e*ne,' says sba, ' bok after lilli a Hui" au' cheer him up w Inn I'm pnin*.' An' Ik-B -he baked at the baby with he-r Mg eyes an' np at Hill, aad tried to raise her hands, an' Hill saw what she wanted un' put mn* nf brr arms 'm'tiiel the bab*/ an' flu* either up 'round hi- own ruck an' leane*<l aver, mr I eome away gab h's i cottid an' nani "round to Un* milli's rm' tried to i nike blbve I was Ililli' tho barnett er aometklng a muli* is -rory ebentn' em roch a .Mba. An' afte-r a few minutes Hill eOBM out. with the baby still on lils arin-the Utile toltol Beaver wkimpend.an' he set down em tito wagon lonpiie BB1 his head kinder dropped In his band, an' saga in-: 'Gene, then ain't eeaodj t<> tala nan o' me* 'n' the boy BOW :* '. We Waited i Whlto an' then I cur a feller that came alonp to drive my niitlil an' I timk Hill's an' he put. in ih" wagoe an' we vent tn Deadwood. The next day was Sunday an* we had th" funeral. Br'ry freighter that cnuld le wis then, an' lob e.f either folks that kaowed hui 1*11111.* down when we held lt. I had a preacher, inn; mil wm doubtful, but I told him I' Vd bo better. Whoa he eome Bill timk him tonie side, an' lay! he! 'I wan* tn t.-|l inn 'fme ynu tiegTA: You know who I am an' win. sh" wns mv wife.you've hean! mir -fury. Niv.v I don't want .Min tn pneefa I... -eirimr, 'CBUM vmi rr .rri"**r 1.1 ti._' agMn hoi when ymi didn't mean tn rm' it would be bail fur you, au' of Course me. tim; sn J's' read a little mit o' V'.ur nibil*-I reckon that's ali straight talk.aa' if you must sny something jes' -ay she was -<|uar' an' -OVS! Wet:'. BCk nil Hill Je*lllis [. ..sn that's about the way lt was; the preacher r".ael -nine an" then ha stint; a long l heard af chunb when I va- a boy, mi' some nf us J'inerl lu a little, an' Hip smith Whistled th" tune* kinder soft Ilk", an' looked at th" Ground; nn' then tbe preacher said that b*r thal i i- pone iiin-t ban been a good woman ni- the husband she left would not inmirn ber SO much an' so deep. un' then be pur on: 'She was always true to HUI leahs,1 an' that was rill. ..We burled ber down Ike pilch, a blt off from the trail In a little- park 'mong Mime pines I.lll Wouldn't have BOtklng tu eb> with the reg*lu praveyards. he -.i 1 folks might tint waul her lh"re, an' they needn't bare ber. He eiup rhe grave himself so it would lio right be said. 1!" seor clear t.. Omaha after a bead. sturm rm' Ir's S beauty .Hirer 'n any they got In the bnryln'-ground '.Tin* baby, hey? Yon bet he's all ritrht. lire preach¬ er's wife ti".ii bim fur a while an' then Hill got her an' h"r husband tn pu with him an' tahe Ike baby down lo his folks In iowa-all mu's featly down there* are a good "leal mein* on style an' that sort o' thlnp than be is, jiu' they got bb o' money an' were* ttokled to death with tbe inri* cuss, tat are taking ike beal kind O' e-.ue nf him an' when be pits hip are going* lo send him to school, an' plvo him an edieation an' B lp start in life. The old fnlks wanted mil to -tav borne too, bal ne aald tbe llb would kill bim lt was io I'v'lai- n l"*'s j.*"in' down to iee tl" little feller once ,*, year. I wonder when be grows up an' pin wearln' Ano clothes aa' one thing 'n' another if he'll ever know anything 'boul Ihe start he bad way oal ben by tho trail in tin* big beigh) wagon all evered with duatl <>h, 'Bother iking, mn -Baaed him winiam Queen Bngene lenka.nothing ornery 'benn that name ls there P FRED. IL CABRCTH. SEGOVIA AND MADRID Tty nose Terry Cooke It lings rn ne in sunshine, lr wi i.-|'i- all def, tong, ¦. M> bi an -clio like an if ho Hep. s's tl; w -ti ii tong Onlj :. Quail i old tove lilt, v. herein my life ls hil.. '. M.*. bod' I- i-r Be "\ia. Bul tny soul ll In Madrid '." 1 dram, ard wake, anel wonelcr, Foi dream and day ai" nm*. Alipiit wtrh vanished (aces. Ai .: di.. for > ci 'I *, smile and thin arnaud me As long ipi ihey did. Fi r n:\ body i- In - govla But rn;, soul is In Ma li ld Through Inland hills ard forests I hear the mean breenie, Tho creak or straining cordage, i he I mighty .¦'-. The Hit if angry blllowi Through v Men a iwifl rn 1 slid; For it*\ body i- In Segovia Bal my soul I-* in Madrid. Oh tait haired little darlings Who i'm my heart away : , A a Ide and wutul ocean i.. twi en -i- n ari to-day : Vi t am l cb ii beside y< u Tin lil. li tim.* and space fnrbld; Mi body ;- In Segovia Bul tn;. M.nl is in Madrid. If I were once lr. heaven. ei v. ubi no inn;'* ttB', My heart would cease iii wander, My ioi roo¦ cease to be; y.\ - ..I *.' - ileep fores er, In dust and delfin ld. Ai 'I my body b ave Segovia .Would my soul torgel Madrid! CAYE'S WIFE. Sam T. Clover In Chicago News. WI '*¦ ''ii he -¦ ' her? Who ' rb other Had she a Hs rn lia: she a motherl V. thc pu* Adamle Horn before hlitory*-* With her Identity H p ¦:.'. 'i in mjstory 1 Afr* ... In a, 'r i* rr 'i Suabiat WI,., wm her father I Wm he s ribing, Cruising a Just tn hie libing; . tnt of Hie U he- Cl I'Ver the I Into the wi., re, Bringing l;s daughter1 Kath '¦ nf .\ ii a bj i"*i Birk or Sweden? Lured bi tli" rharmi Ol rh Carden of K len Blonde r rm cttol Bounded or ilcnde ri in ry i i tr (taught) or lender? \. hi ri- bei gi aces nknown to fame I V*. hen eli.l Cain meet her! \\ nt wa brr name I Whisper lt softly. - ir. eu lt be Tin lady w.eh '" R. H ir.i's "Shel*1 Ti ll me. ve gagM, stn.lents of life, Ar wer mj query.-" M be wm i aln'a wife MEDIC I XE FOR THE IMAGINATION, from lin* Popular letoaee Monthly. ft bat we ave said ol hypnotism, and parttenlarty nf luggestlnn, may li ail tie- reader to understand the .*. Irina ,.f niedlelne for rhe Imagination, of which the Importance has ali rad] been Intimated bj earlier writers. Deslon Mbi why, if medici rn tor tit" Imagination was tbe ¦'.s-tive. ii should mit I"- employed We mus) h.- permltti d lo dwell for a moment nn this medicine f. r Hie Imagination, which ls entitled tn Ihe nat.f u.-.-e live therapeutics, ihe process I- as follows: Influenced bj a persistent Idea, suggested by external eurum tame-. _ paralysis u developed The ph. irlan makes use of bl- au: hot Itv In suggMl tl"* Idi i d an ii.ei Itablo, Incontestable cute, and thc pai sly sis is cured accordingly. T,Ms euri*, as well as the development of functional disturbance, wa* directly effected by an Idea Ai Idea mav. therefore, be, ac cording to clrcnmsiancn. a pathogenic and a therapeu¬ tic agent, 'ibis m.non is nol new, but, since it was misinterpreted, li has remained unfruitful. ll" iiini Important of the organic disturbance*, pro- -ueiNl bi an Idea lu an rsrperlmenl on rnlcatlon, per¬ formed bj Foeaehou, ri chemist at Chantra. Ile ip piled -mn" po lagestatnps tn Ihe loft shoulder of a hypnotlletl -ii .J.ei. lt .pint' th-in In fh.-li pla.*.* willi ¦' me -til**- nf ii.adi., hm an.! a compreu t at ihe Mme Mme hi .. tn rle* .ubjeel tba; I, had applied a blister. The rubjeel was watched. and wh.-n twenty bonn had elapsed tbe ig, ***. lile'h had retnali untouched, w aa removed .i h.* pi.brtni- tn a bli I. it h il nen applied wm thick¬ ened am! li.-ai ,v.| ol i rnllowlsh whin* color, and this nf thc -lin was p,iii\ ami surrounded bv an In- lenselj red idne. it wm In .'.' nm Rasaell Reynolds firvt noted tbe ezlstcnee ol motor and sensory disturbances, developed andi Ihe Influence "f ,m idea Hu* motor dltl-rbance lometimes onststi In ipai bi ls ataxia ur inca ordinate**! uiuvcinuiiu. aud ui.iu fit Heatly lu narah sis ui.i,h ! irlfecfs the upper limb*. Krb dvn to these symptoms the name of Imagln itlvn paraplegia. The* t\ pe Ol th!- paraplegia I- alleueled by Reynolds's first observation, wnlch concerned Byeang woman who was affected by paraplegia undei the loUowlng elreom- Slatic.es: sh" llVOd aime With her father, who hail undergone a reverse of fortune, and who beean.e paralytic In cniise.jii.nie of preitrue,i.*<i anxiety. Hre. supported the household by gvinn leesons, which in¬ volved long walks aboul Ike Iowa luiiii-nrf.f| by tho fatigue caused by >u much walbing, it oeeuned to hw rim sh- loutit herself become paralysed, and thal tier situation would then be terrible, Haunted by tins idea, -he* felt a glowing weakness In her limbs, and after a while wa- qnjte unable t, walk The path¬ ology nf the affection wm understood by Reynolds, who prescribed a purely moral tnatmenl He -nally eoa vined his patient ihat -h" WM ault* to wailt, and lu fad stn- neumed the practice. IS TBE DOIaL DOOMED? TUB f__CVOLOU8 AND THE SERIOUS LITTLE GIRL I'nim Babyhood. The extract fi um Miss Fraaen K. Willard's article r-sinenralng tlie h." **i dten which glrla are supposed to learn limn their -wretched, heathenish" dollaJim rall-sl forth an unusually large number ol nplles from - babyhood's" reeders. Must e.f these an protean more or less emphatic against tbe extreme vie** laaen by Miss WIllaro, but not a low ivlruii ar least the partial Justice ol in*r strictures, while em.* ,,r two loin unhesitatingly in ber condemnation ol whal has hither¬ to been considered the natural companion "f Kins e.i every eountry and station. We publish extrai ti frons then letters which appeared to us repceeoniaUva ol the various views held on the lubjeet A reiader in Northboro, Mass., f'.rilfle-s her .own opinion by b quotation fran oloncl T. xx. Higginson, "that foremost friend e.f wnman alni thereinto eif dulls'' : ¦* If ls a von Instinctive fact," say; Mr. IllpKlnson, "that two of the besl mothers i know- and mothers, lt must be added, on tho larges! scale have had their preliminary training solely through the charge ed dolls. i visited lateli tho nursery of one of these mothers, arranged as the collective playroom ed sis children under ten there being also three older offspring who havo graduated from 'Ids pto] room, and aro ni a manner lattncbed Into tin- world outside." ibis room ls described as a model nursery, and the happy mother who presided ovei lt had acquired ber principal training in ber own play room when a child. -ip tn the age e,f thirteen her experience with dulls was mi tho very largest scale. She had seldom less than twenty, eaeh with Ita own waiiin.be, orna¬ ments, and possessions. Everj night "f ber life the twenty dulls were undressed and pul to bed before then* mistress went, ami all their clothes were neatly folded and pul away separatoly. During tho day, doubtless, each doll bad its nun career and posit Inn, wm led al table, flited with new- clothes, elevated lr tn grandeur or repressed Into humbleness. . . Tho lady l describe wn-. after an Interval e.f some ten yean, reMslgnod to the duty that had absorbed In:- lu girlhood nniy this time the .b.lls were alive. e>n rhe other haml, there were tower of them.only ultu* and they were, and aro. even m.ne* Intonating, M ran testify, than the dolls." " v. Lilian A.. Oermantoirn, Penn., writes Indignantly that every beling of love and tenderness In her i. up in revolt on reading rr.o quotation fnnn M:>s wil¬ lard's article, .. I caniiif Imagine*, anv wuniari wrlrlni such hard¬ hearted absurdities. ertalnly no man. excepting a cross, erabbed old bachelor, who gnows nothing ol a chihi's longings aird necessities, could ever <. a11 a doll's Influence anything but purifying and ennobling, How any woman can look bach upon lu*r own childhood, ami remembering, as she must, tko '""lines her dolls have evoked, sjieak of the 'grotesque uuoen of the play room,' ls beyond my simple comprehension "What elms tbs generation expect ol tba little ones nf the next! First, tbere is a hoe and cry to banish Santa elans: and hefnro our In ha** cooled at snch a doctrine, up srarrs another, even mme heart¬ less, rn exclude th.* pom*. Inotfonslve doll from our nurseries. And yet we hear sighs fur children, not miniature men and women, while we are duiner all that WO can t.i efface all the nhl Inn..cent traditions." -M. I", xx." Chicago, laid the number of "Baby*- hood" with Mis; Willard's quotation no the desk furn which e-very week Miss llari j-."n leotuna til au atte-n- live assemblage of mothers She ls described a- e- Ing " tho lic.-vi and front of the blndergarten movement In Chicago," and " bf. P. W.'s" question was whether the kindergarten really did regard the doll as Mi-s Willare! laid lt did. Miss Harrison's n-ply nama areli wor-rh repeating: ..sh., said that, without bavlng read the piper of Miss Willard's quoted from, she ventured to Msert n ar if ir wen correctly given ir erna only partially quoted.thal is, with..ur the context, which abe wm quite certain would modify tbe statement consider¬ ably, tor Miss will.ipl wm too Just ;i wi.man and too clear a thinker to make such a statement unmodified. The blndergarten 'b"*s rmi discourage dolls. <>u tbe contrary, lt approves of and en..mirri.-,-- their uso, not Cntllltill)*' them to ft"* lillie i-'ills In Its care, bul e\- * tending them to the boyi as welt Tn take away J dolls from children would be to fake away tho cultl- ' ration of th" parental Instinct from their play-life.'* Mi-s Ilar-iS.n. bowiter, admitted that there ls i danger lr* ovrrdnrml de ll-, esp...rally in French dolla, a...! In doll-Jewelry. The child should lu* taught to look i.pun rh" doll win. affection, nol noon the doll's clmhes arid appurtenances. To the doll the child re¬ peats the lesson it has learned from its mother e.r teacher, and. through thus imitating rl.eir actions, learns rn understand them. In Miss Harrison's opinion the doll ls specially Important to buys as ea erclslng a softening Intiuence on them, in a state of nature a boy li just as fond of a doll as ls his sister, ir i- only through being laughed ar ami j..!- t.si ar by tl..* Anger nf seora rhar Be learns rn look down upon bis onn oom dollie, she thinks thai anytl lng which mair's i boy despise rho occupa¬ tions and ari.'i-eni"i*rs of his sisters ls m be de precatod. Iii tbe playing Witl dolls may l»> found an ann,-"- riu'rit Innocent and delightful tor both lexes. Dickons, in lileah House, leti birth very beautifully tho lender ar.d gracious part a ib.ll may play lu a child's life. .*.\ Russian Mother" relates ber experience with ber own six year-obi girl, who occasionally gets dolls in em ber friends, dressed up with ribbons, la.-.*-, etc., bul who always, before she begins tn play with any of them, asks her- mother to take n.r the rlbl.-, necklace, nvl ear ritii-'-. except the embroidery e.n the* nock and sleeves, "She never puts on ihe dolla tke things which she d'.es not wear herself." "As far as my personal observation goes," writes thai lady, '-rhe* dulls are what tho mothers make ot them In other -words, ina dolla an* but a mirror e.f the family's n< tit n nf dress. ablts, otc. If a mother dally spends a good deal of time In dmslng herself and h«*r little one-, and particularly If she does lt arith 1 big don of vanity, yoe may oe sun that her little :irl<- dull will le tr.r a 'grotesque rpieen of the play- -. .'mn," lt; whieh 'the tove of dress' and 'Hu* lu-t of V ie eye' will be daily exercised, »'n the of her hand, If rt mother has good common sense In regard tri dress her little clrl will have in ber doll a playmate wblch certainly will not display 'bespangled robes,' bal wiu be dressed Itself lt* the same plain, treat, and .lean v way as the cl lld.' j " Atinf-rer point to be considered ls the pleasure that would be tal.en from the little folks if the world lu general listened to Ml-s Willard. To deprive them f (if their elnlls. no matter what else mlgnl be sub¬ stituted, would be to remove half the beaury of their Chlklhood. At the be-t these faithful companions are I thrown MMe early enough; many children nf c;r,-:t ami nitre years consider themselves tm. big* for ' dolls, and iind levs safe entertainment tn listening to ri n gi islp of their eiders, nr in being participants In I children's parties, which are* calculated to dei more barm than all the elnlls lo Christendom. I t *. Pillars of Unselfishness" n what *- bf. O. lt.." Go 1 neva, N. V.. considers dulls, and she relates tho fol- I towing experience as a ease In point: I mm- my oldest little daughter yesterday if she lad slep! well in her new bcd, which she Ird occu¬ pied fur tin* fii-st time. -Nu.' si e answered. ...whv" i Mked. -wasn't if roatfortablet' ".Ve-.1 she replied, -int i was sgalnsl the hard1 (meaning Ihe lidos of the wooden rrlni. ¦..I ut why didn't you ii'* In the middle of the bed!1 I perslsted. ¦. -Weil, became mv baby dull was in the middle of Ihe bed. She doe w't Uko the bari ell i-n'r rh ii a glimpse ot tho Imo mother-spirit ¦.f self-sacrifice 1 And the teacher In this mosl un- .eUl-h school ls Irule. .1 Ihat 'queen nf the pla*, -runrii," the linn." v. v. r..." Quiney. Mass., in ronsiderini 'tke doll as an educator," layi "A large part of the pond which I brue gained ii rome to me through my little china headed dust-filled drdi-. I tova them fur ir even now, and handle them tenderly when I take them down on dunda*, attorn.rs for mv ci.ii.iien tu play wit Phes wero my first children, and mi mother's Ural grand¬ children. She loved ll.ern and t-Ughl n.e in train and care fur them. '11 .*.. had piont) of clothes, but thev were always serviceable and .uh mafia \s -'.mi ai I became old enough I planned, cut, and made them .-ill rn*. - lt from mhI. -das and ends of cloth as could be spared; aird lt is tr, this, snd, as in si i know, tei this atone, that I owe a happy faculty, which has proved uf untold rorvlce lo me. of making children look neal and attractive wii.ii hardlj anj labor m- expense. M> dolls never die , ,, their station, lie \ wore ginghams and prints in tiro morning and somethiug nicol In the afternoon, Ju-t u did. Tbe besl drosses were sometimes of silk, bul so wm.* mine, lt oarer occurred lo me thal either they nr 1 had mon CBUM for pride In one set Of dress.., than In another." Miss Willard linds her warmest defender tn "An old lashiniiid Nev Hampshire Mother," who writ.--.: *. I was rory glad when a friend showed bm Ibe number of your magaslne lu which mi-s Willard eon- damned that antiquated nulaauce the doll l have never had any use fur lt. either for myself as a Huhs clrl eir nest thal I bave three girls ol my own and (.mr boys rn take can ot When l was young, n in as ni\ m. m.n**. run- ba.!;, 1 had to belg my anther, who was § bard-worklng and (Ind loaring woman, with a large family lo provide tor. .she believed In malling serious men and women nf her children, and tim affected creatures, and s,, go I, I think that playing arith dulls has .lone mem* mischief t.. many Kins tirari religion and the teachings ol lite can undo. Polls nil the minda "f girls with a desire for show, tot" of lin*'-, and false sentiments. The doll ls really as Miss Willard -a\s, 'heathenish,' and ought to !._*..> BO plaee In hr-.tl.in household* " .* p. a.," Sen li iv. n. (eels rather dHRdanl about writing to " Uabybood" roneerning the doll .juestion, as he dies mit know whether talkers an allowed to have anj thoughts on a subject which tuts baan fur untold centuries ihe domain of wonjan. .liiii nevertheless," he conlnues, ¦¦ I cannot help thinking that Ml-s \\ illari la- spoken a courageous ami timely word, rshe certainly has encouraged me to express openly what 1 always entertained secretly a doubt a* to wheller the doll li really as imp..nant a factor lu female edtteatloa a-s ihe practice of the civilised wi.rhl aseuasee. 1 have often shaken my head, metaphorically sneaking, on watching the ex¬ cessive tondnoM ..f my little girl tor ber doll: a fond* 11.-ss which, while it mav enpfnder -iii"! erline-s' and 'domesticity' and all that virtues which, .1 seems lo me. need nol be cult!, ile ¦'. al di, is thej natural!*, enough latei nu pm cert alni* closed r nun.1 lo many tiitu*;--, especially In il.ul door world, which sh.ighi to observe and entity in common will i'i brot hers, and 1 think wm,rd enjoy tun (ur tho (Mrlnalon which lu*r «l"ti excrclsos over bet " I ather father. .*¦ B D N ," 1 mu-ville. Ky., wrltoe thai when his wtie showed bim Ml-s willard's article in "Babyhood," he could nm help exolaimtng: "ai last: 1 Knew* 11 would eome," Many a lime," be says, - my wife and I havo discussed this very subject, and onea 1 had actually boL-uu _ l.tior fur yum _*i>_ui_eut. ul *. Kunari -le rr Pilli FY YOI R BI.(ion Imptrrltte* In the blwl pro-luce. fll w*a ¦<»., Bo-lllr .nd mental he*.ilth gsgeni upon a healthy ebullition of the blood. The Meed, ps: tie til.ulT In the spring ¦ nd during Hie hot eirrt.r. *r month*, liecome* i-A'ilgntl with tmpuritie**, wiibh p'.lson M and generate div Cane. A h.irn.i'*s* MOBd pnrifbr, wi.li..ut, j narilla mineral poison In lt, »u<:h a* mercury or [tots*-, 1* neccf.sury to Maam th"«e Imt.urltle* »n.1 to re. *r..ro the heslrhy rorer of mir.1 and body. The. bett ptirlfhT uni toola known to the wot 11 ls Swift'* Sp*, lilc (S. 8. ti.) In regari to Jr* wm \-:tul nnrltj. rig ani tonic powers, we give a few tc.st!n.oni_la as oilows: Mr. William A. Stebola, with Ceo. JV P.owiril % C., 10 Spruce-rt., New-York, writ**, Kanb Cf». Iggg: ¦ I feel I*, ny duty, for the benefit of other! who nay be s Steted a* I sraswttj arils you th!* let. tor, winch you can um* a -,- in any war you <hoose. I wttl BBBBier any Inquiry from oth. rs In rsssttoa to tie* bets hsnolth mass, in FeBtsa arr i.i-r. i iagsnd gnat pain sad ir. ' .ia boil*, all over my aeck; I soali ti"-- in ag haag without seats p.in, anl ny Meed om in pwm math lion. Afi'r trying all rh*; asusl maadtoa ht h _ aaa * and lad af Mr. J. i>V. r.*ar«, MSBtg'r Bf your '. 1 u- d on- Mttil s. rs. ti., uti llb ty sad very sooa I »a* satin ly te lb rad sf nv lab Now nor. ¦ sir/n of my ar*!r ".,n can In- --n. 1 f"*i stnag sad ci.rM. g. s. I i* s Im r.,t,i« as prara, la Bi] ; .,¦>, I its is goad." Dr. f. N. ("heney, a *: ell-known phv»le!an. writes fr .rn iriinviii", Georgia' "i an s. s. s. in tam ralesesat lem nan with the baal reaaltt lt win, ta my Judgment t gjsnlny. If or." will file," a tow (."til's in M gngariag M.-. geott Liston, lld I bg, Vf, -r. Vlrrr-inia. v. IBS .- Sd gb g. gi for the btood, i ass ml ' m t_at it asm mr- thing I bru* u*.r| e.. eleSBSS ile* bi md lal MBBB a mu I i pe *-.n.' Mr. U, rs. ; NC, write. .. I line lt amy sprtag, Il ni.vries builds ir," up. riv- tog bm .¦.;...'* ind -Ik oe ind ei il M bm M r." long, trying, enei ystui On astag it i sen beean* nreag af body aad ney of nind." Treatise on Bl nod and Skin Dtasaon mnllel free. THK SWIFT gPBClPIO 00 Drawi r :t. a-' ii Hts e.i. ¦_, ¦ - - lervatlona,' cnmmenting upon ibe indtk 'monee tn dolli always shown by ."ir little da I) now six years old. To my positive knowledge -hs never played with a doll In Ihe aaj other ehlld.a lo; and so stell la this peculiarity boost. to b-r rei*. lives that Bone of tl em have for ri f b.ll as a present -bortly before her tifrb bin ., jin* nf ber annis Jokingly remarked: -.ue-ll. Bertie, wi at hind e.f a prrsenl ihall I give roe a french iinii." and she replied with comical .rmphasfs: 'Anything bul a doll, auntie; von krmw detest them.' Her aversion ls all the mon itnusaal 'ri.rn the fa.-r thal she has rm brothel oho eouid | sra poisoned her mil d,' ai d thal I »nd -eserved child. rory tnt from the traditional 'tom- ¦or.' My w:fe bM been somewhal puzzled by her -difference to dolla, bul I have alwaj l hat it was to my rnlml more natural than tal tore ol dolla: and I rm-* sm in Miss Willard'? ¦rusade against dolls, different m ber standpoint ls from my own, at toast a partial eorroboratloa "f n.y lew -. -1 Mts. J. o. R.. CbtoagO, thinks that Min Willard ¦hns hit the nail on t .. head." Ir. her omi s-peri- *nce she ha- found thar girls, in comparing i ibnur their dolls, show a spirit e.f Jealously bon t net beauty or the Doer drau al a friend's loll. Mv little daughter,* ^h" -a-rlfes-. '-* pnt inn. sro ¦ame borne from a doll party In an nnusnally dej i nne.el, and when I questioned her M tl runt ont crying: I have the agilest doll in ("hi- ¦a.-".' I am afraid ihe doll li a breeder of envy snd inhapplness in not a ten ranee." In conclusion we quotg fruin a leiter from "C. S.,* bangor, Me* a bo a-s-. l wonder If Miss Willard bas ever "-"en a really beautiful d"ii ' I know a woman, n r.or illy, but intelligent, cultivated, and refined, wi ors seeing a beautiful doll -*i much thal I--r f rho are aware of her fancy often present them to .er for on unenti to her rimm Her children, tia lu lumber, regard 'mamma's dolls' **i::i something Uko iw-f. as they do rh.* parlor brie a-bnc wi..cn ikey aro iot. allowed ta tench." "C. g." plead* guilty of a lurking fondness tor doHg lerself even noir, a:,.l sriil linds ptoaeun in making he*lr elm: es. "My Utile girl." s>.e fan em to MB', " I- thrri>-snd i-lialf years old. ont bM not yel shown i ; tffectfon fnr dulls, i am boning, however, that she rill In fin;.* barn rn enjoy them, as I feel (hat s|.o ilil le.se much "f I'." pleasure of childhood if she ib*«-i iot. This world I* i.r..-ale. arni (hero U t<M> I/rrl«» maglnaflnn already. Why tint cultivate all that wis an In mir chillier.' lei them bru.* their dolli and heir Santa taus, and all the chlldi.-b illusions whlcU uko a child's happy world." OFFICE 11, EXPERIENCES. OEALxnti with cnimxau an*d the roon. ndge Duffy In The Kp,. h. I'.nm my experi rice as a Judge tn Police e"eurt«, f hntil.i saj that luiness le the chief cause of crime. 'he young n.an who ls Inherently lazy will steal rai her han work, According te the Scriiitnrei a nun should bread by tlie sweat "f i.i- brow, i.*ir ir .ur argn cltlos there aro I ousandi of ni' n wno will do iel ther monta) nor manual work, and who prefer to :.*t their living by preying upon the community la om f' rm oi ol Voung cr inri al- at" burr*, bad. Ton cannot ex* tl sot.daugbti rs of a thiel or a hur.lar rill !.* nar rally genni. Their wh I" lurrooi ;" bad, ." arlj 11 erj Influei that is es ted Baan 1, rm f,. tn childhood up. I .... heir progenitor*-. Even glrb i cliced to be roe ri mat, bj coi lagton. b ci en ba " ive many tiktltittlons Ii' this city for I lion of e-riml- inla o', bi r -ev -. b .' \eiv few of the are r- formed li such place -. My sith lau breakers J us il tie* th'* froth of .Once a th! once tel al an ii nt..l with the poison of crime ard be will live ind die ari outlaw of society, In rim courtroom I -an tell .rr a glance children that have been in mig lit up tful and rh. y ave i ha g-d g. era :; g expii'SFlol if.' In my e :U'*iai career I h in met a gre at a ans ia!s, and I Biuel ci if) . iot er know tr t ,i j ire a ons time mav sometime) elapse beti In tbs penitentiary or atate-a prison, but tl*. tr .. return tor some newt itt* ice uonec ur ster, moro hardened th-." ever. i'ure In a great while a tuan who has *rnne .¦ | sill attempt :.' ic! i efl s lt ir ri ruurseermerir. I v. ,Ii oj j '.*.* day. while sitting In the '.Tombs,'' an i" adie In his hand. I aid t.. tl officer: ¦. v*. at Tiargn du you make against this man , The replied: "Ho e an ocai-cd convict (rum tr.i* i teiitlary' ho . s 'titence, sei md ow inoi Stare.s i iflicer wi. m he found him. He said he I In a cup.ia.-.* "What wm he eb.lng."' "li making barrels." v. ,. he dressed as !.-* u 'Ves." ..w.ii.-* I s.-ij,;. t* he leapt l from prisoa lt w;i^ the faull rn' :..*ia!s it,* - , r*>.. rears for hrs offence. When you arrested iml In rh" Ml "i commit ; to earn an bones) Ut lng In hi iiirin. Ir may I" technically wrong for me i charge I in*, bul I I suits w! et, I -av. -^ .- 1; gu b ¦¦hnTi an I work i I break thor law - i raia.1 ¦ Bul il li an exceptional c.,-e. Burglars artll Mt burglars; ptckpu kots cannot N* reformed, and ..m*.» .f n w,.iii i inri er gel .' tiling their beguiling methods than earn live i in the san.i tth ol me t ti ." thai lo them stolen fruit rime, bowel i, lr nu mi preval f lu Xew-1 ; riian n ls In any ^i »ll !" ulatton. 1 havo \ Ifi city iu tl e '.;.'. ritates, .1i-l d the ii .¦. ll of ope. [hat I in reg ird ta rrii ¦¦ and that New-York, not wit hstandlni i < I "¦ .ninnis ll nm all sth ely a- fro i from < bree r.* riling i.> nu-, lectures, etc., dla artb to a certain extent, bul th** ten-cent bulging < mon thin com tcrbalance the b. all the former Bneb lodging-houses have caosed tim- titntton, more beag-i*) and crian than any 1 l.iii.w- nf. Mechanics and f yea ago whoa Ines had to pi i JO lo iv* I week f ira In nguiu boarding boases, lt those days, men worked and liked to t many » mechanic and I abort ns maa, I sorry to say, erith his stomach foll *i beet nr whiskey, will he *stls_ed if. by - 'tn.*- cirme or by beg . to i *'- lodging When I was s >"'rng in»n, mechanics ctn! laborers rsv.*:*. .. less ws a they lin BOW, bul they lived bel 'I they .'... to-da) Vi ii ml rh! Ih *n ree t on llfth ave. j mechanic snd the owner of a mst n, .> l rr wo I bani ta iii-' Meei an-l i\ - teem to hai ." ar.- hu," gypsies, rh.*\ are sh Bless I tove io ¦ from pine lo place, content if they can sui Int.* needs of the parsing moment. I l-ina tl cheap |< diing ho i olisbed by tnt Hoard ol He ill i wn.ihi i.u- ri sm ann public parka tl ut tberj aie*. bot, strati! lo tay, ri,.* p..,.r who .hw ii rr t tn Ibe parki seldom resort io the ni. Residents j Vorbt il!" and Harlem will -visit tho Ri j people wini dwell with *i s 11000*1 throe nf it d,> n.t ;."« p ones a rear tenement dsreliors liv.nu* n*M Central Parb seldom walk In tha* breath; lng place On week day* lt ls patronitci bi -. on -nilli.--.,,. (o their credit be lt said hy tie mses aas their fi ls the - rm* .llb libraries: 'li*> -rt int pairoalaed f-y tbe poor who wonld renr, I iin.-t benet,; (rom thon¬ 's nf loren p.>rane'e i a rna j « ll le ld hun to oe vortj »n *-''.l \ \ poor he win try io he «_tlts tn iNViillie .'!*;'\ inlis i-f * ;.iit we mti-t n-inenilier ihat '¦ ". **. J rn occMloti tor 1 eitough tor ail. n. aged ai I course, u> tai.en care ol b) tbe I'lirlb*. 1 believe, however, 'l fi proral»ci .¦ .. .iU ? w"*'j Wifing. I he pilbil" w,. ibl b<* - ' ' ' hiiin-iutv bj glvlag BOthlng lu stn*t U-.sf-. U'fsuj If a tramp can make - dollai ur iwo - day b. L-r ..*..* be v,._ rw. weeli.

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