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"II,rn un-II,r.r GrunnA..n

Or esteemed contemporary, tho Stand
ard Oh Company, is CrtdIed With q hun'
gering fer the natural gas wells in the
county. Whether this 10 strictly in the
limo Of husintrp, or with view to mSx-a
little mole politics wiihs great bu:inees,
has not EttnGtytlop,d.
the Standard Oil Company had de-
v.l,pol tho natural gas wells which have
become 80 great factor in tho Industrial
economy Of the region in which they are
found, We should feel indebted to that
company and bs willing to sec 1t reap
fair and liberal reIurn. But tho Standard
has way Of waiting Ike cat ut q mouse
hole for s0me one e!ge to develop, and
then 1t pourCes.
With ita vast resources and the hand it
hOlda in politics, the Standard Oil Com.
pRny, II It we!o determined to run the
buBinegs, could mako things very hot for
those who would not sell out ut tho
Standards terms. Thiaiaits policy in the
oil busineEB, to buy out below value or to
freeze out,
1t is TO be hoped that the Standard may
not come walizirg around in this neigh
bOFloOd.
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A TnIc nL ms Congo.

Mr.. Stanley, the explorer, has been tell
ing some things that may cauGe him 10 be
disliked in England, Speaking OF trading
with the natives on tho Congo he said:
introduced Eomo Manchester stalched
Cottons, ZONE pure American sheeting
worth 10 CentB u yard, and some velyets
sold pieCe OF ono Tor one goas, q piece
OF another for two goGlg, and u piece Of Il
third for three goats. They found out
that the Manchester RtticlCs were no good,
and held fast to the American RheetinR.
Over 90 years ago American sheetinR was
as well known on the west coast as 1t IL
to-day on the eaBt. But the Manchester
goods ruined the trade, and 1t remained
ruined until introduced the American
goods again.
This is not the first time that the Eng.
lish have heard Of their adulteIation Of
fabrics, but they have never learned to
like hearing about it. They have even
made low grade goods packed with clay to
give them body, and sold them as Ameri.
can manufactures.
The English have never hesitated to
steal the livery Of proteCtiOnist America to
serve free trade England in. And to have
TO believe all this OF Manchester, which
has given its name to the dominant school
OF British political economy! 1t Is very
aoI
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BRAVE GIRL those Hearty nvigong Stories which leave
with humanity ourselves II follows the
avehOaed wOedued gill who compelled leave college before
graduation living Her pluck push and onAGy fine exa
Eating tone lie story every reader will personal Interest
ges e repFe0ds novng BROTHER the embodiment OF
nau spirited boy just entering college furnishes current fng hunO
oil through
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The New York Star Baya: "Mr, Bseeh'
or Is not devoted to literary work and for
this resson rejects all the numerous odeTa
that reach him TO write Tor periodicals and
magazines Of I'LL description, Some OF the
offers held out TO him are of the moat Hat
teTing character, from a GnAncla! view,
and his friends are often surprised and
annoyed thRt they meet only with his po'
lite declinAtion. These facts make 1t the
more surprising that he should have con-
iraCted to write q series Of weekly letters
on current events for ssyndiCate Ot Amer
lean newspapers. But he has entered
into the work, and the two enterprlainG
young Brooklynites who have triumphsd
where so many others have failed teel
parionable degree Of self satisfaction. For
this work Mr. BePCher Ia paid almost Q
fabulous salary, II Ia not yet definitely
known whether he will undertake. the
completion { / his "Lile Of Christ" during
The coming winter, but II is not impEo0a;;
BILE that next spring will see the second
volume on the market"
The January number Of LippmcoHs
Magqsiae will be gala number, with such
names IS Julia Hawthorne, R:ss ElzA'
beth Cleveland, Walt Whitman, Edgar
FaWCett, Austin Dobaon, and Sidney
Luska among lis contributors. Julian
Hawthorne contributes the complete
novel, "SinaHe," which Ia aaid TO ha as
strange and weird as hia "AIChibRld Nal
maison," Miss Cleveland has 3 long
sstiriCAl poem on the woman question en-
titled "The Dilemma Of the Nineteenth
Century" Walt Whitman talks about
himself and his poetiCal theories under
the title Of "My Book and l." Edgar
FawCett takes the opportunity to hit back
at bis critics in q lruCulent article, en-,
titled "Should Critics ba GentlemenY'
Austin Dobson has Q poem, Sidney LusEa
contributes "rhe Story OF Angela" .
touching and beautiful tale OF Nsw YORK
life.
About December D, I.othrop & Co
will issue the Young FclkS' Golden Treasury
Of POEMS, the largest and choicest oil Rll
books for young people, containing 0Tisi
nal poems contributed by tho best Ameli'
can and English poets, with about "Ol
fine illustrations by American artists.
Our Little Muu and Women, the charming
illustrated magazine for youngest readers
is to be enlarged with the January nun
her, 1887, thu price to remain IS now, 81 .
year, 10 cents number. D. LotAIop q
Co, Boston, are the publishers.
Jesse Denton'a Fremont's story Of he
pet Shetland ponies Tally and busts
tied 10 u Christmas Tree" will have a 60
quel, "IaGy and Buster at NlblO's, in thu
January Wide AWGks,
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with which We wrought seems pltlably
primitive, dsplorably clumsy. Skilled
cooka found in It all they desiTed, assisted
by It achieved daintiness and sayoty
abundance. To this day Ircall certain
cakes oil surpsssing righteousness that has
never, to my knoWlede, been properly
concocled ont OF an old-iashloned Virginia
kitchen, Brunswick stew, pound and
sponge cake, into the composition Of
which entered neither baking powder nor
prepared flour, genuine fried chicken,gar'
nished with bacon and mashed by cream
gravy-bpGtsn biRcuit-WhRt mouth that
once received and rolled the sweet NOR
sells under the tongue but waters with the
mention thereof
Stimulated by memory and by dreams,
my housawiiely ambitions grew space
during the three happy, care-tree months
we passed IS boaTders in the delightful
home Of parishionsr. The society OF
the region was the best OF itB kind, and
no other country, South or North, offered
q better kind. heard 30 little talk OF do.
mestic difficulties In the round Of visits
we received and paid, thNt | gave misRiv-
iugs to the wind, and made ready for In
stallAtiOn in our Co2y quarters with q
light impatient heart, When the time
drew mar, | WAS heguiled into paying q
visit to my old home under pIetexI Of the
necessity for making purchaser Of china
etc, AS soon as the course was clear, oul
neighbors-then and always nonpreil IL
exCellenGs-had the carpets made and
laid, hung ehades, curtains and
pictures, and guided by what they
knew OF our plans, superintendent
the unparking and arrangement o
our furniture, books and kitChsu.ware
This was done with Johns knowledge
but as a surprise TO myself, When, In TIT
twilight OF q January day, We drove up Il
the cottage door, the windows were light
ed, every room was in order; fires burnet
on the hearths Of parlor, bed chamber
and dining yOomi starry glow sho
heay0uwaEd from the kitchen chimney
through an open door We saw the tablt
laid for supper with our own nspGly, ell
yer and china. No human thing beside
ourselves WRs on the premises, exiept tn
gray. haired stab!oman and gardener, VIII
stepped, hat In hand, to the horses heads
and q C0lored woman, CouItesying ant
grinning in the doorway.
She may have been thirty years old AM
looked forty; she was broad.shOuldered
OF medium height; wore q dark-6luG.ard
red liusey' woisey gown and q Checl
sprou her complexion was that Of neV
oiled black walnut; she was devOu
''siater"' in the Baptist church, and be
name was Emily. More-aud very muCl
mOre-oi her hereafter.
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Uhe 4tElekka930FF1.
WHEELING, ". va, UEUENIWtH T. 1884
A brilliant Idea,

Ths CloEe shave IN the United States
Senate has csust d the Demccratsin Wssh-
inRton to put Gu their thinking caps in
the hope Of devisinss wsyto capture that
important strategic point, Nobody has
been "knowltdgeons" enough to think out
a plan to get majority, hut somebody
has scheme to tie thingu up with dead
lock,
In the last session the Senate passed
bills to admit as States the Territories o.
Dakota and Washington, AT this time
Washington Ia Democratic, and would
send two Democrats TO the Senate. The
idea Ia tina. tho HouGe shall pass the Wash
ington bill and n jsCt the Dakota bill.
This ca tho face OF it looks very well
but it 10 p,cbshls that there are enough
fair minded Democrats in the Houae t.
Join with the whole body Of Republican,
and knock in the head 30 transparent
job. 1t would be very interesting, how
ever, to SEQ the thing tried,
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Where's nyChristmas numhsrg

This Ia little Tanabe Gengoro, who lives
in Japan, and ho Ia only ono Of the thous.
ands OF children IN all parts OF the world
to whom ST, NICHOLAS goes evOry month,
children IN Siam, and Ceylon, and Iln-
zlbar, in Russia, and Iceland, and Queens
land. 1t takes six copies to supply the
household OF the Prince OF Wales, and
the children Of the Empress Of Austria
and the Queen Of Italy are said to have
been brought up on ST. NICHOLAS, Arc
there any boys and girls In America who
do not see it? The Christmas issue Is a
great number and 1t costs only 20 cents
Dealers and the publishers take subsCrip.
tionE,-s3 90 q year. Is there any better
Christmas present for boy or girl2
THE CENTURY Co., n. Y.
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R1DsFoR1RoN BUlLDlNdE0RTnN
q. Il. CALDWELL,

nov26 Chairman.
WANTED--A MAN OF TEMPERATE
w aud moral habit Iceklrg CmgOymtnt ~
ftpieaenl all old etAb'khOd house In NJ, own Ic'
tl1n. Salary SO I u 500 pfr month l!eiCf'
VI ga tGaCttd, Az, MANUFACTURING HOUSE.
III II BatClaytti Nril
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DIED.

sHIELDs-0 on Monday, November %, Mn Edith
Shields, Wits OF Wm. shIel q.
FuGGrIl from the residence Of her husband, No
c9Ji Cuaplue stre3t, this Wednesday NiterRool al
. p IN Incrmept at Pen!nsular Cemetory, Friend
OF the family Invited.
V L.TX -Oa Tuesday November so, lSS6, at 1880
y. IN al his residence III BenTcOl, W. Va, John
Vote, il.
NELi-At tho Fnlton House, WsEhinUton, Pa
Funeral sslyi cs will be held s!hls late Residence
In west Alexander, H., to day twtdncslsN at 2;3(
o'clock. lnennepL In West Alexander Cemetery
Friends arc cordially invited to attend.
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Babies

That are fretiul, peevish, cross, or troubled
with Windy Collie, Teething Pains, OF
Stomach Disorder, can DO relieved at
orcs by using ACker's Baby SOOther Il
contains no Onium or Morphine, hence ia
SAFE Price % cents. Sold by Logan 4
Go, and 9. Menkemeller,
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TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

A RRIvAL AND DEPARTURE OF
n. TRAINs-On and after May 80, 1sS6-ExPLA- |
NATION or REFERENCE MARKS oDRily. tSunday |
excepted. Monday CxCopted.-Whecling time:
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, LITERARY NOTES.

tanning ard Instructive, -Estes e Laurial
Botcn. Stont0a & Davenport, Hhseltng.
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4eaI Estate.
FOR SALE.


No lm TWenty'ninth st.
No. 6 Virginia st.
No. 60 North Front st ground GO feet front, run
ming back an equal Width " the river.
No. ~ Maryland st,
No. 1909 IGcohI
No. ~ ThirtcenlhSt.
No. 40 Sixteenth st.
No. pls NCCulloch st.
No. Gl7 EOA st.
No. o. Twenty seoond..St.
No 8lslxtcenthk 81.
NJ. 1901 WOOdSEt.
No. TlOI1S MalketSk
No I'LL SSTiet &C
No. s. and 81; Eighteenth at
No. 1912 ChGplluesL
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A i1.,V Itnnlts


Inc llght oil tho lie oil Elizabeth Pfen'
tiss has been shLd through her writings
In thousanda of honts. not only IN Amer.
ioo ond Mt orl, who,o ,Lo Erni,ah ,onnn,
~" an" "O' WY "NT'U 'A0 "a ','" '','hue
mas been spoken her WORKS have been
translated into French German, Norwe.
S"rGn no,s ,hon ~ nm oOn,1s Sano hS".
Eoii to The Epplish speaEjDS world. "a a
new and cheaper edition is now published
IN suesianIia! loTm; AnexcelIont feature
Sboss talent wa mt N ~ E %oS,o MVn ,.
pose-Ins0n b. +, RandOiuh 4 e., Nrw
YorE. Stanton Il: Uateai o,i. IIhftlin1'
The writinoa nj Ftancpa Rid,ev Hove,.
.I ~. t.,Ii,a, aa IonsoI,,,,, -. - ~
Sal 1e 'ail''ia' sS nuuDehOlu "oiusln inc
religious world. Miss HSvergal lived a
lie OF faith and works whose benehCent
influence was nost helpiul to human,tv
IIas hc.,. ,roo Sllod n.i,t, ,",a ~ ~
sssa ta VIII ~ 49, W. O's, "uu sne
Sat .ho ~, H. ~ h "'IS a,ei IsnueL ieeI
,ia "S liz liz ~ r,octCo v ,a,Y S par VI nsf
rn,k IN do win hor nan and shs sn m"J
todoit with ali her heart. a new edition Of
her "Royal Grace aud Loyal Gifts" % iust
rom inc press IN a Sst6 Which Will make
\ pEpSSaipI q Co S'iy yopk S G"'I" " y
DawSno,t WIaIin1. WV W." @'"'''' "
'''4'' "''''
Whoover has ,aksn Tho ro,,s IN rrt In
go ~, A" -' ''NS" '"o p"'"D " PE' ~
ascFap'DooK every OHol verse that pIeAs'
cd him 90 he ran through the newspapers
and magazines, han doubtless been sur.
nriasd IN spO hov soor I,n L.J .otho,aS
r ,.,'... " ~ Nv" 'OSn NO Nau eA.neieu
O VTiu Ia o. Tey q gteS1 value TO him
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Special a0ttec$.

FITS An Fits stopped free by DR.. KlinO'6 Great
Nerve RstorCr. No Fits after GrSt days Use. Mar
yolous cures Treatise and $500 trial bottle free to
Ell cases Send to Dr. Kline q9l AHnh 81. PhIIa pa.
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NUMBER az .
Foster tina, lie was welcome tos,aIl.
Interpolation he would get from.

Foster that lie was welcome tos,alls
:the:repntattn lie would get from.
their publication.
Poor Shir;ls. died whenshe-was %
years old, before he dreamed that
.he3songs which he had written in
an idle fancy,sas.a mere pastime.f
wouId.live-in every h%mes i'm the
Christian world. Mrs. Jane SWISS.
helm wrote:his obituary. He left
"a young wife and a girl. baby
This baby is now a buxom wife and
mother Of babies.
Foster lived some years after tile
deatll5of his friend. He went to
New York city, where he died in
1864, from the effects Of a fall in.
the Bowery. lie was widely
known and very popular. His {
funeral was attended largely bY'
,theslite rary,s eatric;lL and nnsicaISs &:
80 untsBe llirIsa;s, sfho,s so ofss
ten Ided ssthe boys for sfayffS & 4
'npslate at might and making s,
much noise in her back parlor, has
passed away. Aud so has John
Hull, who first startled good
"Aunt Becky" with the rattling
rhythm Of "Old Uncle Ned" and
soorb eli her with the melody of
"Massa's in tie Cold, Cold Ground.n
All are dead. But thur music
Will live aus long Us there are homes.
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DILLHEAI)o,
ID LETTENHEADS,
STATEMENTS,
ENVELOPES,

IANODIdIAJ3 COS
Neatly printed at this oihce by a first
Class Rrtst-uo amateur work.
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Soothing the Waters with oil.

The reports received at the n.y.
geographic office from mariners of
their success in using oilupon trou.
bled seas are Oh the increase and
show that the practice is meeting
with general favor.
Captain Lewis, Of the brig Maria
w. Norwood, reports that Oh Feb.
ruary 4, he encountered heavy
gale and had to heave.to. Three
bags filled with pine oil were hung
over at the bow, waist and stern,
and not drop Of water came OH
board afterward for three days.
The oil spread well to windward as
the vessel dritted. The captain
ard mate declare thay they will buy
oil for this purpose out of their own
pockets rather than to 90 to Sea
without it.
Captain Tregartben, ofthe British
Steamship Marmanhense, reports
that Oh March 2, off Hatteras,when
in a very strong northwest wind,
he used oil with good results. After
using the oil, he says, the vessel
rode much more easily, could be
kept head to the sea, and no water
came on board, the sea being with.
out combers for thirty yards to
windward oflIer. "Ishall be ready"
he says, "to use oil, and feel no
hesitancy in stating that with the
proper use OF oil will be perfectly
willing to encounter the hardest
gale that ever blew" and intend
ron the first occasion that offers it
self, to stop the engines, place sew
eral oil bags to windward, and let
the vessel drift lis she will,
feeling sure that the vessel
will be us safe and comfortable as
possible. | only regret not having
tried tile experiment. before, as op-
portunities have offered themselves,
and wonder that shipowners, in the
face of SO many successful expert
mentS, fail to supply their ships
with appliances for this purpose.
Bark James A Borland reports
that she met terrible wea ther on her
passage from Brazil. Captain Da.
Wis says that the hurricane which
visited New York during the latter
part Of February struck his vessel
on the Goth of that month, when
she w;ls in the middle of the Gulf
stream, off Cape Hattera>. Itlast.
ed for two days, and came again OH
March 3, and again on March 10,
when the vessel WIS OH the eastern
edge Of the Gulf stream; much of
the time the decks were,submerged
Ind the vessel had to be kept be-
fore the wind. 1t was necessary
to calm the violence of the sea in
some way, and Captain Davis had
resort to the use Of linseed oil. He
placed large pieces of otkum, sat
urate,l with oil Ill bags, and let the
oil drip slowly into the sea-. The
effect was marvellous, the oil com.
pletely breaking the edge and
sharpness Of the waves.-W;lshing-
ton Star.
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oh so.very gootl?-for thu soul
But for meeting with them We
might never learn the way Ito
Heaven
Alisonstlid NOT answer. Her fee
bic hands were cl;lspr,l in silent
prayer, her face WIS lifted to the
glorieso Of the evening sky.
1t was Mt the same sunset hour,
anevening or twolater, that Alison,
who was picking mp strength daily.
strolIed away. to the churchyard.-
She wanted to look for a newly
made grave in that corner whore
SO many ofthe Watkyn's lay buried.
She could not see it; the same
graveStones that there before
were there now; there we're no fresh
: one.
aPerhaps they opened the old
vault for him. Thought Alison, as
she Shutdown on a bench, justinside
the gate, fol. she was too Weak to
Walk :backa n vii hot1t q rest: q.
The'sun was going down tonight
without any loneliness, just % Grim.
son ball, which seemed to give red
light to the atmosphere, and to
light up really the face OF pale,
tottering man who was coming up
to tile gate by the help OF a stick.
He halted when he reached it,
Alison lurned sick and faint With
all manner of emotions as she gazed
at him, fright being uppernost.
ssAlison!7
t.Thomas~
He held out his hand; he came
inside; his pale, sad face wore for
her its old, sweet expression.
ooh, Thomas, | thoughtyou were
dead,n she burst out in a storm Of
sobs. came here to look for your
grave. l thought L had killed YOU"
"They thought [ WAS tlea,lat first.
They thought for ii long while that
l should die" lie answered, as he
SIT down beside her, keeping her
hands in his. 'sBut the sllilful med
icaI men have raised me up, under
God. hope in time to be strong
and we'll again"
.'Can you ever forgive me9" She
walled, bitter, painful tears falling
down her checks like ram. | shall
never forgive myself"
No! Then yon must atone to
me instead. Be all the more loving
to me during our future lives. We
must pass them together, my dear"
'sDo you mean it still2" she
gaaped. "OI, Thomas, how good
and true you are. Ii can only be
little bit worthy of you"
They walked home slowly, arm
in arm. Neither could walk fast
yet. Mrs. Reece came to the porch
to meet them. God is full OF ner-
cy, she thought.
81 did not tell her, Thomas" she
said; "shc was so dreadfully low
when she came out OF the fever.
meant to tell her to night"
81 have told her myself; it was
best So" answered Thomas Wat
kyn.
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He Forgot to Pull His Moon In.

The literalness of children hits to
plead for their want OF reverence
in such casesas q boy Named Tom,
six years old, who noticed, one win
ter morning, after sunrise tue
moon in the western sky. Having
never before seen both orbS ut the
same time, lie WAS deeply Impress
ed, and ran to his mother, with:
"Oh mamma, I'ye got an awful
joke on our Father who art i'll
heaven!"
"Wly Tom, what do you meant"
said the mother, in u rebukiug
tone, greatly shocked.
Gle forgot to pull his moon ill.,"
cried Tom, his voice quaking with
giee.-Christian Observer.
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Doubt, he nighttime gone to the
wall but for that determination to
form his manners in good society.
And What was said so.many years
ago to a basIiful Enslish4youtll, q
bashful boy of any nation may
readswith benefit: .sDonot be dis.
couraged. Allyou wants manner,
and yon do not want,tliist .ss much
as you think you don. Y, Led,
ger.
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Bashful Youths.

As a general thing young ladic:
arc much more self-possesssd whel
they first go into society than young
gentlemen, and while the girl o
sixteen is helped out by the kind
ness of older women and the ut
tention men always pay to "the
rosebuds" if they are pretty Oh
pleasing, the boy Of eighteen oil
nineteen is left to do the best he
Cali tor himself, and if he is mod
est, well-bred and not conceite.l
he often retircs from society alter
Il few brief plunges into it, with
feeling that he Is not wanted there
and will never lie fitted for it. Yet
after all, hollow as society is, in
many professions it is necessary
for il young man to hold his own
and appear we'll on social occasions.
1t is also IL relief to any one
whose feelings are strong aud who
is apo to grow melancholy in soil.
tude to have "s0ne where to go.n
| presume many originally able
men who have become Oddities,
and grown careless III their habits
and offensive in their manners,
might have been comfortable and
well liked If they had taken Il little
pains to know a few people, and to
be sought at least in some small
circles Of society.
Long ago Lord Chesterfield said
to his sou: "Your figure is like
other peopIe's;I hope you will take
care 10 dress SO, too. Why then
Should you he ashamed? Why not
60 into mixed company as freely
as into your own room?" Aud he
adds:
81 remember that when, with all
the awkwardness Of college about
me, I WAS first introduced into
good company, was frightened
out of my wits. If l saw people
whisper l was sure it was about
me, and thought myself the object
of the ceDsure or ridIcule OF the
whole company, who Heaven
knows, did not trouble themselves
about me. In this way suffered
martyrdom, and should certainly
have renowned polite society for
ever if l had not been absolutely
convinced of the necessity OF form
ing my manners. l remember at
last gaining lntrepidity enough to
so up to Il fine woman and tell her
that l thought it was a warm day.
She answered me very civilly that
she thought 50, too; upon which
the conversation OIL my part ceas
ed, until she remarked, good fla
turedly resuming it: II see your
embarrassment, and [ am sure the
few words you said to me cost you
a good deal; but do not be dis
Outraged. All you want is man
ner, and you do not walt that us
much as you think you do +"
Lord Chesterfield was supposed
to be one or the most elegant men
OF his day; and the bashful boy
who made al effort to say, at is Il
warm day, inatlaln," to u lady, be
came Ambassador to the Hague,
Viceroy to Ireland, Secretary OF
State, and member Of the cabinet.
He had all the clements OF social
success within him, and yet, no