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st. Valentine and the Yellow Garter.

New ORR Star-
If you wish 10 be lucky and get whichever you
most DESIRE either q husband or n lot of money,
you must, nv dear, just as the clock is striking
IL on the night of the 18th of February, get up,
and, without speaking word to any one, put on
yellow silk garter Most OF the girls bet
ting garters, and. of course. the man who sends
them will naturally put them lovely pair of
buckles. A very Frenchy pair that l SAW the
other day were of broad yellow silk, with per-
fumed sachel under the clasp so it wouldn't hurt
one. The buckles were of gold.
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AVERY OLD NOVEL.
The Story of "Ancassin and Nicolette," the
Earliest Work of Fiction

James Payne, in London News.
suppose ''Aucassin and Nicolette" is The old
est work OF fiction in the world, and on that ac-
count Is deserving OF word or two 1t was
written 757 years ago in France and is entirely
love story-a much more pure and simple
one than The French. even. regret 10 say
some OF the English ones OF to-day, while il is
more full OF incident than the American novel.
The hero. the son of great lord. declines to
embrace any profession. but only Nicolette. II
marvel that you will be speaking. fathern be
says In little disrespectfuliy. it strikes one)
when it is suggested that he shall go 20 tho
wars. like other young persons Of his quality; to
which '.the governor" replies flor papas really
were governors in those days) that III he gets
the young woman Eat bis viii" he will burn
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CONSERVATIVES obtain relief by using Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. No other cure il so effective
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written Tor the Suud y journal.
To Friend in Addiction.
know in grief like thine how than vain
All comfort TO the stricken heart appears,
And as the bursting cloud must spend its rain
So grief its tears.
know that when thy little darling's form
Had freed the living spirit fettered there,
You could not pierce beyond the breaking storm
In your despair.
You only knew those precious eyes were dim,
Yon only felt those tiny lips cold
You only chung to what remained of him
Beneath the mould.
You could not see the tender hand that caught
Your little lamb all its witching charms,
You missed him from your own, but never thought
Of Jesus arms
But on, young mother, look, the gate unbars,
And through the darkness, smiling from the skies,
Are beaming you brighter than those stars,
Your darling's eyes.
TITS said that when the pastures down among
The Alpine wales have ceased to feed the hocks,
And they must mount where yet the grass is young
Far up the rocks.
The Shepherd takes little lamb at play
And lifts him gently to his careful breast,
And with its tender bleatng leads the way
For all the rest
That quick the mother follows in the path
Then others go, like of faith and hopes,
And soon the Shepherd gathers all he hath
Far up the slopes.
The trusting fold in green that never pals,
Look up!-oh see-your little darling leads,
The Shepherd calls.
Key. VIM. Me mford.
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her in fire." So the relations are q little
strained between them from the first
How very much Aucassn is in earnest may
be gathered from bis reply to friend of the
family who points out that by marrying this
young person twho is q slave grill he will never
enter into Paradise. "Psradisev replies the
Young ; fsl,ow twho. I am afraid. must
opinions of The twelfth Century Review,
''thither go these same old priests, and halt old
men and MANNED, who all day and night cover
continually before the affairs and in the crypts;
and such folk as wear old amices and old
clouted frocks. and naked folk and shoeess, and
covered with sores, perishng of hunger and
they which go into Paradise But
into the other place (which he indicatesl would
1 fam go; for thither fare the goody clerks and
goodly knights that fell in Journeys and great
wars. and all noblemen. And thither pass the
sweet ladies and courteous that have two lovers
or three. With these would 1 liefy go, let me
but have with me Nicolle, my sweetest lady"
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OPEN DAILY FROM 10 M. TO ii F. M. NEW ATTR.

hours. These ten hours I have to pay for, and
we are consequently out Of pocket to that
amount"
At Norwalk, Conn, a little muskrAt strayed
into q hen-coop from a neighhorine field and
tried TO get under a hen with a brood OF hall q
dozen chickens. Biddy objected for some time.
but finally yielded, and the waif slept under her
wing that night with tho chicks. and the ar.
raneement pleased all concerned SO we'll that it
has beer continued nightly ever since.
At an ostrich farm between Pasadena and
Los Angeles, CAL, q mischevious dog frightened
the birds and they broke out OF their pens and
ran in all directions with the speed OF grey
hounds. The ostrichss were finally caught with
lassoes. after q desperate chase and q struggle.
One of them struck . dog and killed him. A
Mexican grabbed another, and the bird kicked
him in the stomach. il Is stated, i~nfiicting q ser
ious injury.
A curious smoking pine tree on the Vaughan
estate in Halloweli. Me-, is again the topic OF
discussion IN that city. A gentleman the other
day said that the last time he saw it smoke was
on June o. The vapor comes from the extreme
top or apex and extends several feet into the air,
waving TO and fro. The column 10 about the
diameter of a mans arm, and sometimes divides
into two columns. 1t smokes periodically, and
10 really a phenomenon.
Near Laredo, Mex, there has just been dis
covered the remains of a concrete dam across
the Rio Grande, evidently built in that time
wherein the record runneth not, and the other
day, less than one hundred yards from il.
there was picked up q clasp-knife, with
blade about the length Of the modern bowie
knife and handle tbickly overlaid with the pur-
est gold, deeply chass d in q sort or cipher pat
tern ~intermixed With animals whose like has
not existed since the flood. How or whence 1t
came no man can say, but it is thought to be q
relic of a prehistoric age, and hence is held a.
much beyond its weight in gold by its present
proud possessor.
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ODDITIES OF ALL KINDS.

An Italian chemist has discovered that the
bodies of cells contain q poison similar to the
venom Of reptiles.
Wild ducks are scarce this year on the St
Clair flats, and, as q consequence, sports are
shooting and eating mad hens.
A sparrow with white wings leads a flock of
100 Of the brown species at Rondout, n. Y. 1t
is treated with great Difference by its companions
who follow all its movements at a respectful
distance.
David Haley, of Deaham, 5iass., has q brindls
dog that can climb a tree. He can get a piece
of paper pinned on the trunk Of a large tree of
the height OF twenty feet He has been offered
$50 for him, but he wont accept
A Chester policeman who undertook to con-
fscate q flock of geese which he found running
At large. was fercelv attacked by one of the
NUMBER eander-and finally fed. leaving the
puguacious bird and it's companions TO roam at
will.
Twenty-one apples picked by q New Holland,
Pa. fsrmer completely filed q half meas
and the largest one pound and i've ounces. The
entire lot tipped the scales at twenty-four
pounds.
A miller who operates q mill near the dam Of
the New Market lake. New Jersey. emptied the
lake on Friday, ostensibly to make repairs to
the lam. The lake is . stocked stream, fostered
by the government. and tons OF bass and other
fish escaped down the stream.
Building blocks made of corn cobs form the
object of a new italian patent. The cobs Are
pressed BY machinery into forms similar to
bricks and held together by wire. They are
made water tight BY soaking with tar. These
moulds are very tight and strong. Their weight
is less than one-third OF that OF . hollow brick.
and they can never get damp.
The head of o large dry goods establishment
in San Francisco has forbidden his eswom
to wear bustles. On being interviewed on the
subject he explained his action as follows: "Ev-
cry woman wearing . hustle adjusts 1t at least
Eve times q day. II takes her q minute each
dav. one hundred and twenty-dve women will
consequently lose COS minutes, which IL ever ten
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PRESENTED BY THE ACTORS
The Black Flag the Only Local Attrac-
ton Underlined for the Current Week.
Bills fol the Immediate Future Will Include
Someof the Best Stars and Plays in the
Ountry-6Ossip of the Stage.

The only city theater open this week will be
the Pari. which, like Tennysonis brook, appar-
entity s.eoes OF forever" and with very good
reason. for it has a great and continuous patron
age. 1t will have a dramatic attraction this
week Of unusual interest in "The Black Flag
the famous English melodrama, whose hold ON
popular favor, seems to be unbroken. 1t is by
Henry Petit, who. with George r. Sims. wrote
1.-The World" 'Romsny Rye" and other sue
cesses, but this has outlived them. 1t tells a
story of very strong interest in a manner that is
most effective dramatically and It's location af-
foris opportunities for the introduction of
special scenery and realistic effects. The name
of The play has its origin in the fact that when
q prisoner escapes from the Portland prison,
En,and, a black flag Is raised. The story is that
of q young man. who, although innocent, is con-
denned to prison, makes his escape and eventu-
ally is restored to his rights. 1t is full of excit-
ing situations and strong scenes, which have
contributed go largely to its popularity. The
company that will engage III its presentation at
the Park, is one OF unusual strength. 1t in
cluies that excellent actor. Hal Clarendon, who
plays tho hero, Harry Glyndon. Miss Marie
Acosta, who plays the heroine, Naomi Blamford,
Z. Z. Gardner, the comedians as Tim Lazarus,
Mr.. Ed Clifford. Miss Zelda Worth, Miss Julia
Gilroy. Harry English, aud others. It will be
put on the stage with special scenery.
The new Eden Musee and Theatorium had a
large patronage last week, which opened its reg
ulsr season, and it is proving to be q popular
resort especially for ladies and children. The
new attractions announced for this week are az
follows: Miss Carrie O'Brisn, the Nova Scotia
giantess, the tallest woman in the world, and in
contrast with her, little Nora Wren,. who is
about the smallest; BArnum's Fiji cannibals, the
originals. and others. In the theatorium will be
seen Comm and Mack's illuminated shadow
graphs; Will and Fannie Pearley, clever sketch
artists; Katie and Goldie Melville. singers and
dancers, and other specialties. The Musee is
open afternoon and evening. The admission
for adults is but 10 cents; children, 5 cents.
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In
will be still;
The terror drawing nigh
Shall startle from my lips no coward cry;
Nay, though the night my deadliest dread fulfill,
will be still.
For oh. / know,
Though suffering hours delay,
Yet to eternity they pass away,
Carrying something onward as they flow,
Outlasting woe.
Yes, something won;
The harvest of our tears-
Something unfading. plucked from fading years;
Something to blossom on beyond the sun,
from sorrow won.
The agony,
SO hopeless now Of balm,
Shall sleep at last. in light as pure and calm
AS that wherewith the stars look down on thee,
Gethsemane.
Florence Earle Coates, in November Harper.
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Comes a dream Of q quaint old town,
Oft my waking eyes to fill;
Through its dear streets. up and down,
In fancy / wander still.
All, the merry times that / had
That l never again shall know
When / was a careless lad,
Just forty years ago.
I remember the seat by the beach.
And the castle washed by the tide;
Add | list to the prattling speech
OF q dear one at my side.
For a young face made me glad,
And set my heart in . glow;
When L wac q lad-a lad,
Just forty years ago.
But ct length came q weary day.
When the farewell words were said,
And / snatched, ere / sailed away,
A kiss from the lips so red:
When the fair young face grew sad,
And its roses forgot to blow,
For love of a sailor-lad,
just forty years ago.
And the dreams of bliss, alack,
That was never TO take it's flight
They are here. for they will come back,
In the silent hours of the night;
And tears-well, WELL am I mad,
That I babble of trihes sol
All, mel for the lass and the lad,
Just forty years ago.
Matthias Barr, in Cassells Magazine
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White are the daisies, white as milk;
The stately corn is hung with silk;
The roses are in blow.
Love me, beloved. while you may,
And beg the flying hours to stay,
For love shall end and all delight.
The day is long, the day is bright,
But soon viii come the snow!
Up from the meadow sedges tall
Floats musical the lark's clear call;
Scarlet the lilies grow.
Love me, l pray you. while you may,
And beg the flying hours to stay,
For love shall end and dear delight.
The day is long. the day is bright.
But soon will come the snow!
An islet in q shoreless sea,
This moment is for you and me,
And bliss that lovers know.
Love me, beloved. Soon we die.
Joys, like the swallows, quickly fly.
And love shall end. and all delight;
The day is long. the day is bright,
But soon will come the snowl
elizabeth Cummings.
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Improbable. Yet True,

Her lips were for kisses sweet,
Her eyes like gems Gid shine.
Her form and carriage. ah! how neat,
Her pose, how statuesque; divine.
What pictures fancy c~onjured from
Her clipging garments every sway;
No pulse so cold. no clay so numb,
That one could l~istless turn away.
All. fairest of your si.terhood,
sweet one with budding charms so rife,
Whoe'er would cen suppose you could
Chew gum or say, you bet your life"
Merchant Traveller.
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On Halloween.
(Adagio con expressions.

Do you remember n year ago,
In the embers burning red and low.
We tried our fortunes on this syel
Did you the augurv believe
How, before the year had fully fed.
/ was to be engaged to weds
The year viii pass away tonight.
The Fates may then have been Alright,
Although tbs said Love will not mind
These ruling sisters of Mankind.
Still pray I that their words were true:
Alone it rests, my love, with you.
-Flavel scott Mine In November Harper.
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On Halloween.

"a woman's desire is her conviction"
On the thirty-first of October,
The superstitious girl
VIII pare an apple from top to stem
In a long unbrcsen curl,
Inc throw it over her shoulder
With a single dext'rous whirl.
And the shape it falls in on the floor
She anxiously will scan:
And whether that shape is like a snake
Or a wheel, or az open fan,
She'll discover in it the initial
Of the name of her ''best young man
-Charies Prescott >hermon, in Pucl
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Written for the Sunday Journal.

for the Sunday Journal.
In the Forest.
The slender birches, white and gold,
Among the red oaks lean;
And still the feathery willows hold
Their wsn6s of tender green.
And ~glinting through the furry grass,
The scarlet rose-seeds show
Where, in q tangled. russell mass.
A wealth of wild things grow.
Beneath my feet the frost-fower springs,
Like bits of bluest skies;
And far above, I glimpse the wings
OF wild geese, weather.wise.
The naples vivid crimson crowns
The winds have loosed and torn,
But in these softened ereys and browns
Such color-tones are born,
And all the forest underwood
So shimmers in the light,
would not change it, if I could,
Nor wish q tint more bright.
But. o I would / had not found
This empty blue-bird's nest!
For now the beauty all around
But brings me vague unrest.
-Evaleen Stein.
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Written for the Sunday journal.
Persistent.

Itten for the Sunday journal.
Persistent.
A little picture haunts me;
1t comes, and comes again;
IL is a tiny bird's-nest,
All ragged from the rain.
1t clings within a birch tree,
Upon the moorland's edge:
Between the barren branches,
Above the swaying sedge.
The sky is grey behind il.
And when the north winds blow,
The birch tree bends and shivers,
And losses to and fro.
wonder, does It haunt them,
The birds that few awayi
And viii they come to seek it,
Some sunny summer dayl
wonder does some redbreast
Upon an orange bough,
Still picture it as plainly
AS / can view it nowf
An me- I would forget it,
But still, with sense of pain,
] see this little bir6's-nest
Within the driving rain.
-Evaleen Stein.
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A Chronic Sufferer.

Seedy Neutrality-suspicious., can't you give
something TO n yellow fever suffererl, Woman
-"Aint you the same man who called here q
few months ago and got twenty-five cents 70
helm q blizzard suffererls Seedy inaividual-
Yes, maam. don't do nothin' but suffer from
one years end TO the othsr.p
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Not Tha. Kind of FREQ Trade.

Albany Journal.
sDaniel, dost think that Hill is really with us
for free tradel"
.Oh! all too much, l fear. your Excellency.s
"How can that be. Danislf'
"Thus, your nightiuess: He is liks to freely
trade the national ticket right and left to aid his
selfish campaign. There Is a kind OF trade
which had better not be free
And Grover eased his mind by spelling the
Governors name with an "e."
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No Flies or Ben.

lNU IICS Oh btu.
There are no flies OF Ben,
There are no flies On Ben.
But that man Grover,
Has flies all over
There are no flies on Ben.
There are no flies on Protection.
There are no flies on Protection,
Bot on free trade
There's a whole brigade
There are no flies on Protection.
There are no flies on the q. o. p.
There are no flies on the g.. D. p,
But on the Democracy
Are flies of Hypocrisy
There are no flies on the q. o. p.
H. T.. Royse.
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WIN You Love Ne?
Boston Courier.

boston touflcI.
A little mole is growing, John,
Just here beneath my chin,
i. gives me so much trouble, John,
I'm growing pale and thin.
And so i want 10 ask you. John,
VIII e'sr your love grow cold
Oh. whisper TO me. darling.
VIII you love me when Tn moiedi
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Written for the Sunday Journal
A Fragment

IL flames blown roses never can be mine,
III warm my heart with still . sweeter wine.
A drink that cen the gods nigh call divine.l
A star of stars immortal yet to shine
A faith Of faith that make al things sublime
Above.
Ill steep my senses till the sosl dc.h swim
In endless beakers filed unto the brim;
IN light of eyes that time can never dim
In faith in God and man. one endless hymn
II. S. L.. Thompson
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AYERS Hair Vlgor invigorates the scalp; cures
dandrud and itching; an elegant dressing.
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day when woman suffrage will be allowed. but |
believe that day to be inevitable. and L should
certainly consider il my duty to vote. To the
plea that the ignorant vote will be so greatly in
creased. ! msintain that women will become ed
ucsted by the use and possession Of their right
much faster than men have become educated.
and that there will be a larger proportion o.
considerations and unpsrtisan votes than are cast
now. SARAH ORSE JEwETT.
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Should / exercise the right OF suffrage IL / had
itl i certainly should think / ought TO do so.
ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
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tai and ignorant to whom it opens its arms.
JENNY JUNE
/ might vote il pressed into the necessity by
the voting OF all sorts of other women. But I
shall hope that is may never fall tn my expert
ence. i believe that woman occupies a central.
not m external place in the order of things, and
] do not wish that order turned inside ont.
ADELINE d. 7. wHrrNEy.
Did | possess the right Of suffrage, I certainly
should vote on almost all occasions. The ex-
eeptions would be those few cases where the
question TO be voted upon demanded for an in
tellieent decision, technical knowledge that I
had either insufficient time or ability TO acquire:
or whore i happened TO be distinctly opposed TO
oil the candidates nominated for election.
MARY PUTNAM jacob, N. d.
Nothing would induce me 70 20 10 the nolls
and vote. For thareason that 1 do notthink il is
awoman's place or within . woman's capacity to
do so fully agree with St Paul in his ssti-
mate OF a woman's powers and dutiss
Rose TERRY Cooke.
To q good citiZen-man or woman-ths right
90 vote should imply the honorable exercise of a
grave trust, after a conscientious consideration
OF the history. the significance, and the tendsn-
eies OF national movements and political situa-
tions Personally ! am not mpafisntf for the ad-
vent OF women suffrage Bot il IL sould come /
would recognize the obligations involved
MARY MAPEs DODGE.
l believe 10 would have been better 10 care
fully restrict the voting OF men by high sdrca-
tional ADD certain property qualifications. But
since only the matter Of general representation
and not . certain decree OF inssliiesnce and
knowlsdge OF the care Of property are considered
In the matter OF deciding upon public questions
which concsrn women ~ we'll - men, 1 believe
that common justice gives women the right to
vote. Personally. ] hAvs no wish to hasten the
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I have only to answer No.
CELIA THAXTER.

/ have not yet been convinced that the grant
ing of the right of suffrage to woman would,
on the whole. be to her advantage, or to that
of the state. But when Qf it ever does) the
voice Of the Commonwealth calls her daughters
to the polls. it will be their manifest duty to
obey it, as it is that of her sons now.
JULIA G. r. DoRR