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- AN - UNFINISaED PROPOSAL By C. B. LEWIS. .When mothera put 1t the lfll7 dP we m{Jst sympathlzG with D;lOre or less, especlo.lly wben the er Is a widow. It Isn't t!irou,ll lll)lrit of avarfce that she would her dnughter marry rich, It Ia that tho money may be ln th\ when the man comes around wlth gas bill. It lsn 't because of sn~•bb):Sh· ness that sh6 woW.d prcSr to mother-in-law ot a duke l'!lther a eommouer, but duke~~ ar. 11114 t.o can their motber!Joln-1Aw oid It knot tram a:ri7 dame to .mau~ or break Jul,a:tte tba.t 'tu 4angbter ot twenty ofr to '· YORU.-t>Y AUTHOntTJ'. No more argnm<,nts. no more prt•t· elltatlons, no more tears. The mt•!b· LAKE MANGJSHLAK. er &Imply throw her arlll!l arouad her Ita daughter and. murmured that she was Strongly Plirf'umed Wmtw Mauve In Color. \GraS!$ Clinging to 1t11 Alp, above the 1\l:edlterranean. Is sn:p~·j>s~~ the sweetest. dea:-est dang-llter In tilt' l'Fhole world and then went o!T to In· rorm mllord that he bad a cinch. A cinch, It may be explained, means n to gl\\e th') s~ranger ~ :::::f:~~::~: goo4 thing-you ore the only Iceman count ot ita pel-fume~ said ll on the route. !''Grasse mnkel the world's You see motmtalns ·of Nothing hns heretotore been sa)d as I in & mDIIn~.oountry you to J\IIss Deland being the sole owner I tatnil r h t Th od Is uo·wl!!m: 1 L and cbautreur of an electric ronabnut, 0 w qa • e or and ven ow th name of the maker but 11.3 far as headaches-no . e n e \But in 't,he (ilasplan dlstrlct will Dot be announced eJ>cept. at regu- lak · s llfr gly pertumed lar advertising rates. • e . o : OD Wben she realized that a second stranger .bqats ·on it· or I really getlf a headache. proposal from milord WllS inevi:Uble, b n'- ·ar A\ white sal• · sbe chose b.er own ground to recei•e it. a ~\' & ,.. ' That Is, she Invited the living remains 'filters are mauve In color, and to take a trip wltb her over the high-~ an odor ot vlo~ts Is exhaled. ways. Bad be been a young man ot \It ts L~ Ma,n~shlak. 1 thirty he would bu·e scented devfltry . n> ~ l.t l conldti t bottle lt up in the air. Had he been •· few year~ tt ,on the pertul)le markoet.res:Neno•cel older he could not have managed to <Jon aee, It Sll the cllmb into the veblcla. -'ll!'eed PolydcystJa :rror the 11rst iDJle. ot the trip he bun; . Jives the llike Ita hue an•tt·Blmelllf .. wtth a death crtp and said nothing. :vou bottle· the water. the aemrww:ied Thi!!D, aa no eatamtb' happened he «at ems alter a few dayB dle over h\ IICIIl'll a bit and proee'eded to 'l'hen the odor ehanps from tn ,bopea she w:ID tor~;et the twen~j!Te to 411 .in lov. W!tor of alm1. It ~ that ob!JI!l\Ye• . ~-pahl \My dear and cbarmtng M!lls Deland, \But It roo are eTU 1D the j)ulpla.n a J'OU. remember that In London\- 'l'is1t the MankJshlalt Tbe dear and chAl'llllng one steered I take a look at the lake. . 1 g1rl may have a :grandfather, a and a. hnsba!)d all In o~ Sncb wer& the grild~g prii~CII'lea Mrs. Deland!, rc&t o~ Judge .... ,.,....,..., aud lt :Ill ~nested that a eent ot the' read&l'll ei! tbls as CtJr1ons as the UJPh•t!t .. latrea: Pr the vehicle over the humpy ground be- Am 1 \-N Orleans lide the track, and the bumps and er ca. . ew · bounces that followed kept milord in erat. terror tor the next five minutt.., He had not been sm~tshed up or tltlown · out, and he began again: \I make. no excuse !or tollowlns you Th• to America. All I told your daar moth· .r tn London\- ' The eiectrle started tor the ditch, and Olnra screamed, and for a few seconds there was eVecy Pro!D!Jse of a tragedy. Mllot'd gasped a prayer and dug Ill his toea, and when ,the· Tehicle was once more in the straight and uarrow po.th · tta conductn~~BS eald: \I think It was your talk that con· tnsed me, but I will do better hence- forth. You were saytiig that you told or I told or mother or some :one else told somebody eomethlng 1n LOildon.u HY-es. Is it positively necessary, :::J.y deu Mise Deland, to drive this Tehlcle as lt we were racing with a locomo- tive?'' \Oh not at all, my lord. Yon were aaylng\- \i WllB sa;rtng to your mother that I bad met my Ideal at last and that\- Thls time the electric left the road and brushed the hazel 'bushes, and no man would have kept hill nerve and made. a mnrriag' proposal then. Mi· lord thought 1t wM all over, az~d It was fn!ly five mtnntes before he could swallow the lump fn 1 b:le throat and gasp out: \My delll', It we were to take a tllower pace I belJeve I should enjoy the ride mora. I felt tt my llrst duty to let your mother know what my feel· illgs were toward you, ·and then\- \W.by you don't call tbls fast 11:(1· lng, ·do ;rott'l'' interrupted the girl. \We ha. ve a!mply lulen lingering. I will now 11how· :JOII the epeed I gen- erally ride at.\ She showed him, He 11gured it out that 1t was a thog~and miles an hour, but of course It was only twenty. He· needed encot~ragement to go on, and Miss Clara gave it to him by observ- l!lg: . -\Yea 1011 epolre bJ mamma, and tben .. - \Thell my deu, I had the courage to\- A \\\ went the maehlne for a tele- graph pole, and the llvlng remains for- got his dignity and crled ont In appre- hension. He. waJJ ptherfng' himself tor a Jump when th!l ~hit:le missed the pole by all of three-eighths or an inch an4 wns gUided ·back futo the rottd mnnlng on two wheele. \You bad the courage tlt-to\- queried Clara when tblnp were going right again. . . \Yell my dear girl, I bad the cour• age 11!1 well as the honor to ll!lk tor a private Interview. with you, and when tt had been accorded !\- • At this point the runabout shot to the right, shot to the lett, jumped ahead and then made a sudden sweep and beaded for home. It came to a halt tor Just three seconds, but that ·was plenty o! time tor milord to tumble out and remark:. ''The scenery !11110 beautiful hel'll that I think I wlll walk back to the bouse.\ \Bllt when the private .Interview had been accorded\- · · \Yell! Uml Yes, I thtDk I will 'II'U1k.\ .• \Wenr uked the mother wheD the &lugbter reached home. \He never JlropoSed. He didn't half propose,\ was the answer, \and now If' Mr. Lee calls and :rou like him half as well as I do\- \Clnra you go to your room. Mi- lord leaves tomorrow. You have frightened him ont of .America.\ Misspelled Names of Plllf'D .. A. name very difficult to find correct- ly spelled Is that of the Lake Ontario port Sncket Harbor. When It is not \Snc~tt's Harbor'' or \Sackett Har- bor''\ it 1s commonly 14 Sacket's Harbor.\ Another, not so frequentlyawrong, 1.!! \Newburgh the clty or which name Is In the town or \Newburg.\ This br1ngs up tho problem of \Pittsburg which Its cltlzensqlike so well to spell \Pittsburgh.\ Another puzzler Is \Hoo- sick Falls,\ whlt>h Is on the Boosac river, In Rensselaer county. Tlie Unit- em states geo~aphical board Is the ul- timate authority on the names or places In Amerlca.--Rochester Democrat antl' Chrorlcle. Lighting tha Nest. There dwells In upper Burmn n blrd With the lllgh sounding name of New- court~ baza, trot whl<:h Is really a sort of blackbird. It !s conspicuously clev· er, at l<)ast 1D oue curious particular, tor it actually llgh ts up Its nest artifl· clally. To do this 1t wot<.ks up a lot ot ~ay tnto bnlls IUld stlckl:l these balls all over with living f!refl!es 1n su cb a way thnt, although the tlrefiles nre llel<i cap- tive, they shine all the same. The New- eourls bazn then decorates its nest With half a dozen or so oc tbeee bal!B by .hanging them round. The balls laat for only a t.ew da.ys and are then reple;eed· by others, 1md so on all tkrqh the IIMI:Iq 118~ • TRICKS OF WRITERS, A RuM by Whloh Kl~llng PlqueJ .HJ• . Readera' Cj,JrloGity. -whm 1 11rst be&'ali to read Ktp- Hng,\ !laid an adinJi.er, \my cnriosttt was lmmens~y piqued .by the ilcrapll ot ver!ie with wb~ch h& usnall:r headed · hl!l• e~y etoriell. TheY. were !Iii cred- Ited to poems 1 had never. beard of lli my llfe and were just• such saiient, lltrUdng frogmenta aa· would ne,turally · whet one'e appetite tor the roma4lder. tame . For over a year t tried hard to locate ~:~=~u~~fe!~~: In . those myi!terious poems and ullsted h 80, of, bali' a dozen book dealers . tn the' •earch. At last one of them wrote tile, that I wn11 wasting time and that the alleged quotation~; were merely, Mr. Kl:pllng's little joke. \In other words, he mnnul'actured \em to order nnd stuck them at the top of his tales tor the sake of the odor ot ' erudltiQn they lent to the produt)tlon. I was mad for a· while, bilt when I cooled orr i hnd ll good big latigb. or cimrse yoil know l!lcott used to do the t~anio thing, and so, tor t.hat matter, did Edgar Allan Poe. P(IB WllS really th~ worst quotation takil' of the lot. · \He would wrlte wJs~ sounding ·dOl· tached 11.0ntences lllld credit them to tmaglnar,. ~nnan ph:llbsophers with l~ng,,on~!U19.l.sh and lmpi;'esslvefllll.meS. However, I lfon!t know why the thfi1g !l.hoald be pnnls!la)Jle. 'l'he business ot a vrlter of :ll.etlon Ia to· emate an 11lu- Jion, and a1;1 long as he · doE!t! it. i tor one am not part!CtJll!!.\ what means he .employe to contribute to th' end.\- New Orleans Tlllle&-Democrat. Jmml9f1ll.\ts' Purae .. 'l'he tmmlgralita wbo ~eam tnto . New York an have cUt!erent waye ot ea~g their 111o:iiey. The Iioleh Jmm!gra~t earrt.es a eanvas bag in which nOtes and co1ns are crammed together. The Germllllll welll' a money belt, py and costl;r, or embroidered cha· m<ilil. tubes With 1crew tops wberetn the3f,. keep their eash' 2D tw~b' franc aold piece&· · 'l'he Swede !II enre to han an 1m• · mense pocketboOk of cowhide that hlll!l been handed down from father to son tor geierntlons. The Slavs carry their money tn theb' high boots, nlong with .a fork and spoon.-New l'ork Prell!!. FOODS OF· ITALY. \'Je snl.!! femme.' T~ time ~ New Yovker s!ild he ,aas a worn~,~ . \'And madam drc.lbs lli this·, wli;r for comfort's snll:el' the wil:it~~ in~ !lillre~. with a gallant mni:ie.-New York, Press. · hthlltio tncidlint at tha 81tllle Gf PM ', Hu!l.on. , 1 • • ' At the afege. at Port Hu~o,D,: ·14. Speclaltlea of tho Frlggltr.iol In Naple11 Ulere w~ one gui;\ eomillanlled by 4l'i · ·· · and Genoa. phonso Dub~e\liL. He was a ·y~ E:nge meaty chestnuts are found .ev· sqgar pla~ter. who bad 9.PPOlled •'\\ etywhin·e In Italy. Peeled al!d boiled' slon, bpt malnta!Ded that l.t LOUIJ1aDa:· In a reddish broth seasoned with tau- seceded he · would go with h!a iti.tle. rei leaves and caraway aeeda, the nuts Dr •. Chatrana. his neighbor, 'W411. a ·'Yto- lll'e P!llatable. About two d~n ot tlle. lent s~cesliionf!it, ~d.. :OUbftun ~ U.. large kernels are sold tor a penn7. lll: dO<!to~• dlilighter Ameua w:•··~ both ,Genoa and Nsplee the. trlggltrf¢1 LOu.lslana se<:eded. AJphoiJgo' l1l2H4 & are Interesting, and some of their epa- compan:f aild pron.l 110 b~:.J. a·OD- · claltiee ~ well worth a trlal· U one' fedt\l'ate that tiled~, 'ivhO bad op;. can fo:tget the unappetlzlng appear- poSed 1$ daughti!~B marrlage, ~ nnce ot cooks and cooking app!lanc$ eonsen~d. and tile p~ were ~ One :triggltrice attracts attention .to Ill. Hls bnde was a!:l!orded lilied&l ~ tray of golden balls which she piles 111 mlselon to go into the bomb pro¢i ot fnll~grw.tlion. 11 a pyramid. The golden ball!!,_ are artl· the fort, where In· coinp!lrative ft!.tt 11 I chokes. They are boiled In ISiilted wa· she could be near her hnsbittid. Thei.'lt 1V!')!Jtiifully. It WllS ter uutll tender nnd are put ill a pap she savi .him ~per!ltlng· hlB enoMnO!Ia Ws lunch, over steam to keep them hot until a gun, but her heart was torn WJ.th: te!ll' tl le!ssh sderiito~~ ! customer app~ For threepence tbe tor his safety. ·$1tddeiliJ' lbe .. beCame n 8 e = vender will take one trom the steam· e:tclt!ld by .the no~e of dJ1ng and; :tilf\J- sat comfort- IIIg pan. dry it, dip it tnto batter ~d lng out from her· place ot illtfet;r, \'u of the I pop it Into the bot oiL A moment straok by o. piece of Bh!ill anli teil: *k .to sleep !a ter a golden brown ball, dellcloas llteless. Dubrenll ran to her lllde, ·saw swarming and cr1SDY on the outsl(le and tender death in her face and went back brav• tl:m dazzling 1 , o.nd succulent on the inside, Is banded }y to hiS gun. . . • 1.'he olllcers to the purchaser. The trying Is man- The neXt mor;!lbig was·beautltul, and OC(:urrer•ce that aged in such a way that when -the the sun 11honq g1orlotmly. Tlieze Wltll llnl[lc·ted on the I fritters are taken from the kettle they cessat!l)n of hostJllt!¥ that tht! 4!!1id · nre very hot. but so dry on the outside might 1>8 ·buried. Tbuli engaged, .a ~· ----++-+-- that they ~carcely soil the tlngers when quest ·Came from the enemy to allow H\ Was. I eaten· !rom the band. Another trig- the body of a young lady to.. p~ss o£ Chiengo knew gitrlce specialty Is that of cheese balls. through. ottr lines. It was granted; from defeat and \ They are mude of paste filled with' The lltt!e cortege came, preceded by .li make stepping of stumbllng 1 . g·rnted cheese and fried. Mashed chest· m1l!tary band playlnl: a moUI1i,fnl blocks Is shown following story nuts, rice, chopped i:h1cken and many dir~e. and halted at the outpost. The told ot him bY a : vegetables are used to vaey the fillings olil mu.'Jket box used as a bier was ac- Wheu a boy l<'ield went to ll ·1 !or the populnr~I1 oe. Some of tbe companied by two ladies and several great asked, \Do you frying kettles n.re ortable, and the &ftlcer8. One o! the latter, a haliCIBom• want a ·'J.•ornmv wants a boy,\ friggltricl have ar routes Hke tbe young fellow with long hair, walked replled the you need a ; milkmen, where the!:; tap at the ·base- ·calmly and slowly, but his tRee be. boy1\ the ~~~c>g;~~:=~:· not ~t all ment door, geot their orders, t!lk& thelr trayeil t!)e greatest u!ef.: A deta$1 Cit o:basl!ed. ... a boy, was tiny bellows aud blow up the char- Confederate privakes1acte4 as pall~ not give up. coal until It glews 11nd then cook the ~rs. Our men uncovered 'belr heads. have to have breakfast of meat ball1'! or rice cakes .All were blindfolded nnd led through or artichokes, whicll llrlt lilent 1n hot.- our Unes to :the steamboat. They tmde I..eslie'a W(lekly. . a last adleu to the dead bride nnd r• turned bltndf~ilded. ! It was tbe snddest sight I ewr ea1f..- G. N. Saussy in Spare Mo'mentrf. \Len made the glee \'Wl!y his voice 1!1. Cl'IILqked. \' know, but It. aDd he!e tllngl:na JteeOI\'1. !
