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DUTCH couRrsH1p.
The Cigar Plays m Important Part In the |
Wooinz and winainE.


The Cigar PLAYS m Important Part In the
Wooinz and Winning.
London Spare Moments.
In certain parts of Holland, when young
man thinks he has found his affinity, it is
customary for him to ask for q match to
light his cigar at the door Of the loved ones
house. This little subterfuge is intended to
arouse the parents Of the girl to the fact that
something is in the wind. If a second call
with a similar object is made soon after, no
doubt is left of the young mans intentions,
and the parents proceed to investigate the
young mans character and antecedents
with a view of ascertaining his eligibility as
a member Of the family. When he calls
the third time, always for a match to light
his cigar. they are prepared to give him an
answer.
II his suit is regarded with favor he is
politely requested to step inside or the first
time, and is served with q light. II he is
not accepted he is refused light, and the
door is shut in his lace without further cere-
mony. But having prepared for this con-
tingencv, the downcast suitor will, in all
probability, light his weed with a match
from his own box, ahd walk away musing
on the transitory nature of alIearthly things.
When the accepted suitor is invited to enter
the house he, as matter of course, informs
the Parents which OF their daughters has
captivated his fancy.
When this is settled the young man steps
forward and they join hands. While the
engagement is by no means considered set
tied fact, even at this important stage, yet it
is stated as truth that when on the occa-
sion of the young mans third visit his in
amorata has offered him second cigar,
which he had smoked in the house, the en-
gagement has never been cancelled.
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AN ALLEeoR1cAL GROUP.

Those in charge Of the building will made
no predictions about the time OF its COM
pletion, but in general way it will take at
least another year, The Postofhce Depart
ment 10 anxious 10 get into the FIRST foor,
and 1t may be transferred about January l.
A coIGN OF VANTAGE.
About the only variation made from the
original plans was a change in the tower 'front.'
ing Smithheld street. SeV eral years ago the
oepartment at WashingtosS decided to lower
u about hve ieet and place on top a
little house TO accommodate people
who might desire a Wet OF the city
from the height The surs-structure on
the top will be well supplied With windows,
and anyone who desires q bid 's-eye view of
PIttsburg can get II rom thiS elevated point
tree OF any cost The elevas1r will run to
the top floor, where the sight-seers will be
admitted 10 the root. A balustrade is pro-
vided to keep them from falling. and In this
manner the tower-house can be easily
reached.
What is worrying Superintendent Ma
lone now is the neglect of the city to lower
the grade Of Fourth and Third avenues and
Cherry alley. The building was erected be-
low these streets to avoid several additional
steps In front facing Smithfeld street. Mr..
Malone has already taken measurements and
prepared plans to build retaining wall
around three sides of the building, unless
the city comes to his rescue and performs its
part OF the contract
RESULT OF NEGLBcT.
Should this work be done it will entail
ans building win be surrounded with an
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THE GIRL WHO WOES.


Her Great Fault is That she Hasn't the
Brnins to be Glover.
I may as well be frank at once and say I
do not like the maid who does the wooing.
She is usurping the privilege of her knight,
and if were he should turn and flee.
"But," says Ethilinda, che needs encour-
agementl" Perhaps he does. But not too
much of it. When you want to give an in
valid something to increase his appetite you
do not offer to eat for him; instead you offer
a dainty bit, little spicy, or q little acid
that quickens the taste and makes o great
hunger come.
Treat your sweetheart in the same way,
says Ruth Ashmore in the Ladies' Home
Journal. Let him be conscious that you
are pleased with his liking, but do not Tor
q minute take away his prerogative and do
the wooing. No man has true appreci-
alton for good things too easily obtained.
Man is yet little bit of savage, and the
hunt is always delight to him. Your eyes
may reflect his love, but they need not an
nounce yours first, thereby sending out an
invitation. Ny dear girl, ask almost any
man you know what his iavorite flower is,
and, after he has thought, he will tell you
either violet or the rose, One grows sur
rounded and protected by green leaves, and
to get it perfect--that is. with stem-you
have to reach down and pluck it carefully,
but in a determined way. The other is
guarded by sharp thorns, and though it
stands MP in most digniied way, it rrsists,
except by its encouraging sweetness. the
one brave enough to take it from the parent
tree.
You can learn good lesson in flower
garden; you see the hollyhocks plant and
know that they are the forward beauties of
the world o flowers; you see the lilies with
their bowed heads, and are convinced that
beauty without faith is of little worth; you
are aware of dainty perfume, and know
that the little lady, whose qualities surpass
her charms-the mignonette-is near; you
can see the masculine girl in Johnny
jump-ups;" you can see the positive one in
the gnudy sunfower; you can see the ag-
gressive one in the scarlet geranium, aud
you can think Of them all and conclude
this, the ones worth having, sweet OF per-
Iume and restful in color, are not the ones
that protrude themselves on your vision,
and say, as do some flowers and some maid
ems, s'Take us.
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ance with the technique OF architecture to
properly describe and then properly under
stand the description Of the exterior of the
new postofice. It contains any number OF
pretty pilasters that set il of, and the heavy
piers in the front on Smithfeld street add TO
the general beauty of the structure. Facing
the two avenues on the roof and about the
center of the building are two towers smaller
than the one that will be used for an OBJ
servatory. Indeed fancy stone work and
beautiful designs have been introduced
all over the surface with a lavish
hand. The longer one studies this building
the more does its beauty and delicacy grow
on him. To tell the truth, the new post
Office will be credit to the city, and the
people will recognize II rs such when, after
the exercise of little more patience, they
behold il complete. Superintendent Ma
lone is taking tonic these days to keep up
under the public pressure that is brought to
bear on him for rapid completion Of the
building.
But the interior will be something gor-
geous. The floors will be laid in oblong mar
bic tile. The great iron columns have been
covered with curved tiling to make them
freproof. and over this will be placed kings
cement, as hard as adamant and white as
alabaster. Capitals will ornament the tops
and fancy figures will be placed at the base.
The iron girders will be finished in stucco
work, or ornamental plastering. Pretty
brackets of various designs viii hide the
corners.
! DAYLIGHT Is COMING.
just as soon as the loot is inished the
plastsring wiz be eom3penced. The con-
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CHAPTER TX.
DOUBTS AND DREAMS.


And at first Vim Harris was for rebel
liously thrusting aside and ignoring this in
formation that had reached him so unex-
pectedly. Was he, on the strength OF q
statement forwarded by an unknown corre-
spondent in New York, to suspect-nay. to
condemn unheard-this proud and solitary
old man with whom he had all this while
been on terms of such close and friendly
intimacy? Had he not had ample oppor-
tunities of Judging whether George Bethune
was the sort of person likely to have done
this thing that was now charged against
him?
He went over these past weeks and
months. Was it any wonder that the old
mans indomitable courage, his passionate
love Of his native land, and the constant
and assiduous care and affection he be-
slowed on his granddaughter, should have
aroused alike the younger mans admira-
tiou and his gratitude? What if he talked
with too lofty an air of birth and lineage, or
allowed his enthusiasm about Scotland and
Scottish song to lead him into the realms Of
rodomontade; may not an old man have his
harmless foibles? Anyone who had wit
messed Maisrie's devotion to her grand
father, her gentle fornearsnce and consider
alton, her skill ul humoring o. him, and
her never-iailing faith in him, must have
got to know what kind of man was ola
George Bethune.
And yet, when Vincent turned to the
letter. il seemed terribly simple, and
Straightforward, and sincere. There was
no vindictiveness in it at all; rather there
was panied surprise on the part Of the
writer that loyal Scot-one, too, who had
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AT A SUMNER HOTEL.
How Fielding Spent His Term Of
Seventeen Days and Nights.
THE SLAVE OF THE HEAD WAITER.
Boodling in Connection With Grand and
Artistic Tableau.
DECLINE OF TIE HOSTS ORCHESTRA
rwnrrrrr ron THE DrspArcu.i

WRITTEN FOE THE prsPLTCH.i
have just served sentence of two weeks
and three days at summer hotel. will
not state where the hotel is, but the climate
Of the place was said to be q sure cure for
large variety of ailments, none Of which 1
had ever had before went there During
my stay, however, enjoyed them all. The
landlord told me that nothing but the salu-
briefly OF the place saved my life. I shall
never impose the same strain on that climate
again, for do not wish to spoil it.
The early part of my term was passed
practically in solitary confinement. No
body but the head waiter paid any attention
to me, and should have been much obliged
to him if he hadn't. He appeared to have
reserved a table In the dining room ex-
clusively for people OF no account on earth,
and l was one Of them, in tbe head walters
warped and dislocated Judgment There is
nothing so corrosive to q mans self-esteem
as to find himself classed way down in the
sub-cellar of the social category DOWN
among the men who order the whole bill OF
fare, and the women who publicly quarrel
with their husbands in order to re-
move injurious suspicious from the
mind of the observer-to be classed,
I repeat, by gentleman of color
who wears dress suit at break
fast time.
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baen admitted into that fraternity of song
writing exiIes over the water-should have
been guilty of such fagrant breach Of
trust. Then Lord Musselburgh's patronage,
as the young man knew very well, had
taken the form of cheque; so that the
charge brought by the writer of this letter
practically was that George Bethuue had
obtained, and might even now be obtaining,
money bv fraud and false pretenses. 1t was
a bewildering thing-an impossible thing
to think of. And now, as he strove to con-
struct all sorts OF explanatory hypotheses.
there seemed to stand in the background the
visionary form of Mrs. Ellison; and her
eyes were cold and inquiring. How had
she come to suspect? It was not likely that
she could be familiar with the Scotch
American newspaper Offices Of the United
States.
Old George Bethune, as he knew, was
quite careless about pecuniary matters; for
example, ii the bill for those little dinners
at the various restaurants WIS paid by some
one, that was enough; the old gentleman
made no fuither inquiries. he wns content
to let his young friend settle these trivial
details, and Muster Vim was willing enough.
In fact, the latter had devised a system by
which the awkwa ardness of calling tor the
system worked admirably, and Mr. Bethune
asked no questions. Doubtless, if he had
remembered, or taken the trouble, he would
have paid his shot like anyone else.
: But amid all these conflicting specula-
tions, there was one point on which the
mind OF this young man remained clear and
answering; and that was that whatever
might be the character or career Of old
George Bethune, bis principles or his prac-
tice, Maisrie was as far apart and dis
sociated from them as If worlds intervened.
And the more be pondered, the more anxious
he became to know whether Maisrie had
any idea Of the position in which her grand
father was placed. How much would he be
entitled to tell her, suprosing she was 10
Ignorance? And when could he hope for
an opportunity?
Fortune favored him. Toward evening,
q little before 6 o'clock, he heard a door
shut on the other side Of the street; and,
lifting his head, he perceived 1t was Mr..
Bethune who had just come out of the house,
alone. Here was chance not to be missed.
Waiting tor couple Of minutes. to max
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anything that will induce him to begin as
once, so much the better"
1t was clear that she was wholly In igno-
rance of the true state of the case.
"No," said he, watching her the while.
"What have heard will not have that r.
feet, but rather the reverse. To tell you
the plain truth, the American or Scotch
American writer has finished his book, and
it Will be out almost directly"
She sprang to her feet with an involun-
tary gesture, and stood still for moment,
her lips grown suddenly pale and her eyes
bewildered; and then she turned away from
him TO hide her emotion, and walked to the
window. Instantly be followed her.
"Maisrie, what is the matterP' be ex-
claimed in establishment, for he found that
her lashes were wet.
"Oh, il is a shame-it is q shame" she
said, in broken accents, and her hands were
clenched together, 't0 steal an old mans
good name from him, and that for so small
thing. What harm had he ever done them?
The book was such small thing-they
might have left it to him-vhat can they
gain from it"
''Oh, you don't understand, Vincent you
don't understand at all. she said, in de-
spairing sort OF way, show nv grandfather
will be compromised He undertook to
bring out the book; he got friends to nelp
him with money; and now-now-what will
they think-what can say to them-what
can do? II must 90 to them-but-but
what can say?"
Her tears were running afresh now; and
at sight OF them the young man threw to the
winds all his doubts and conjectures con-
eerning George Bethune's honesty. That
was not the question now.
mo, you shall not go to themP' said be,
With indignant eyes. "Yon-you 20 to any
oue--in that way? No, you shall not. I
will 60. It is a question Of monev; 1 will
pay them their money back. Tell me who
they are, and the amounts; and they shall
have every fsrthing OF their money back,
and at once. what can they ask for more?''
For second she regarded him with
glance Of almost more than gratitude; but
10 was only to shake her head.
mo, how could allow you to do that7
What explanation could you make? There
must be some other way-often I have
wished that my grand .ather woald let me
try to earn something's am willing enough
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CURE FOR MALARIA.
The Eucalyptus Planted in tho Neighbor.
hood Drains the Ground Perfectly.

The Eucalyptus Planted in tho Neighbor.
hood Drains the Ground Perfectly.
For years past the Trefontane Convent at
Rome had become positively uninhabitable,
owing to the malaria which attacked-in
many instances with fatal results-its in
mates. Senator Torelli presented bill in
Parliament proposing that the estate an
nexed to the convent should be planted with
eucalyptus as an experiment against ma
laria. The bill was passed, and the Trap
pist monks planted thousands OF eucalyptus
plants Of all species on the estate. But still
the malaria ravaged, and several monks
suffered severely. But it was remarked
that it was only the monks who had their
cells looking on the central cloister who fell
victims to the malaria.
This suggested the idea of planting four
eucalyptus trees at the four corners Of the
cloister. The plants, sheltered from the
winds, soon grew to great height. The
immediate result was the complete draining
of the soil in the cloister, and the disap-
pearance Of malarial fever from the convent
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A NovEI. DEALING WITH CoTEMPoRARY LIFE
EnRr rIE lisp
Auhor "A Princess Of Ihue "Sunrtse and Many Other
Stories of Highest Reputation Tt0o Continents.
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
WRITTEN FOB THE pIsPA,


Of Of
brilliant political
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Masres He MIS- Ellison sn
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Yin the R visit
by
Ellison MIelbu
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letter
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on Fourth avenue is q most beautiful arch.
The pointing has brought out the fine de-
tails that were before obscure. Above this
arch are two alcoves, each containing fig
ures that are truly works Of art The deco,
ration around them is unique and appropri-
ate, aud has been well executed.
PHILOSOPHY OF THE HEADS.
In the arch of each window is head that
acts as the keystone. Some OF these heads
have been sources Of great amusement Tor
the newspaper paragrapher and wrathful
citizens anxious to see the building finished.
Superintendent Pattison says the heads
were intended to represent types of various
nations. The women are arranged toward
Smithfeld street, while the men, as is be-
coming, are given the rear places. Taxing
some Of them individually, especially the
dude with eyeglasses and large mutton
chop whiskers, who was doubtless designed
to stand ior a Frenchman, they are ridic-
ulous, but Mr.. Pattison says that when the
building is completed and the large
plate glass windows are put In
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No Wonder the ballroom, Is Empty.

Pudding-I can remember his real name
was good enough sort of fellow, for an
Englshman. He had that peculiar breed
ing which makes even Chicago pork seem
very inferior article in England. Nobody
who hasn't had the advantage OF being
reared In that little island, can be perfectly
courteous to one whom he honors with his
immediate society, and at the same time as
cruelty Indifferent as a barbed wire fence to
the comic OF the stranger who casually
gets within range. The polished American,
on the other hand, is scrupulously polite to
the man he doesn't know. while he may not
tip his hat to his own wife's mother.
HIGH HOPES BLASTED.
MY lord certainly kept his eyeglasses
bearing steadily on the table where the
mother and daughters sal, and they were not
slow TO notice it. 1 could hear some pretty
little squabbles between the girls, as to
which one of them was getting the best of
it. The mother did not enter into these dis
putes, but she looked at my lord in a way
that meant: "Ohl how wish there were
enough of you to 60 around"
She was in high feather, and the girls
couldn't sit still in their chairs. 1t looked
like clear case even to my unprecedented
vision, and was beginning to be interested
to discover which of the daughters stood
the best chance of being unhappy Tor life,
when my lord pulled one OF his side-whisk-
ers with an air of decision and remarked to
the man beside him. in that generously
audible voice Of his: 81 say, dear boy, that
table girl, as you call EN-, don't-yerknow,
waiting on those old women over there, is
the prettiest girl in this hotel, ba Jove."
The blight which fell on the table ct my
right beat the one which killed all the cur
rant bushes in the State Of Maine, when
was 9 boy.
DEoLINE OF THE ORCHESTRA.
Everybody was talking about the Incl
dent after dinner while the evening prom.
enade on She piazza was in progress. was
there, catching the neuralgia in one ear and
the sweet strains of the hotel orchestra in the
other. The orchestra was not what 1t used
to be. Many seaside hotel proprietor has
had to cut down expenses this season.
The unhappy musician has been the first
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open space like the Court House. Mr..
Malone hopes the city will cut down the
grade in time to avoid this trouble.
The building itself is model In archi-
lecture OF the Romanesque order. 1t Is six
stories high, including the attic. All the
Government buildings are made on the
Romsnesque style, as it is the most substan-
tial and they are intended to stand
for centuries and the wonder and
admiration Of the ages The stone
is Bine Hill granite from Maine,
roughed down to considerable degree OF
fneness. The superstructure contains 124, :
600 cubic feet. and there are 10000 cubic
feet in the basement The work OF pointing
the stone was commenced three months ago,
and the Third avenue side is finished. The
men are now engaged on the rear. II the
people interested enough would take the
time to stand on Third avenue and study
that side OF the building they could then
get some idea of the fneness of the stone
work that has been done, work that re-
quired months to complete. In the center
Of this side and the same thing is repeated
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tract for the tiling was let a few days ago to
Chicago firm, and the tiles for the first
floor are now being made.
The FIRST three floors will be finished 10
mahogany, aud the other two in oak or
cherry. Pine will probably be used In the
attic. Nothing but hard woods will be put
in. Just over the postofice department
where the men will work Is the skylight
The iron In it will be lined with polished
copper, and the contractor with his meu has
been here over month waiting to do the
work, but Il can't be done until the roof Is
put on. The tiling to 60 between the iron
work OF the roof has been piled mp for some
time and is in the way of the men. The roof
proper consists of this tiling and hard ce-
ment that is placed over it. This makes q
ireproof bed for the copper, which is ex-
posed to the weather,
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the general effect will be pleasing
in the extreme. He Is not very
enthusiastic over some of the heads, but ii
they are not fair types of certain nations, it is
the sult OF the people and not the designers
- or the latter are not responsible for the
appearance of some of our brethren across
the seas.
On the root of the Third and Fourth ave-
nue. sides also are the figures OF Justice,
standing erect and holding in her hand q
metal scale. The scale has not been placed
there yet, but that will be done very soon.
Both groups are very handsome and much
admired.
1t wonld require an intimate acquaint-
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the pasture lot outside as she passed from
kitchen to dining room and vice versa.
tried getting there early in order to eat
before the chumps arrived, but no sooner
did reach my place than observed in the
doorway the melancholy countenance of the
lonely young nan who did not wear cuffs-
When he had seated the young man the
head waiter at once returned to the door and
brought in the husband who palpably re-
GREETED his choice, and the wife who WAS the
amply sufficient cause of his remorse. Close
upon them came the remaining chumps
treading upon each others heels in their
haste to be fed. Then 1 tried coming late,
but the chumps were also unavodably de-
tanned on that occasion, and we were all fed
from the same trough as usual. One day I
summoned up all the nerve had left, and
asked the head waiter togive me another seat.
he said: "Yes, sab; dis way, sah," seated
me in my old place, and escaped. I hadn't
the moral courage to move.
THE FINAL VICTORY.
That afternoon asked the clerk to make
the head waiter change my seat, and be
promised to do it. At dinner time, my
dusky brother obeyed the instructions he
had received. He took me to another table;
and then brought all the chumps over there,
to-.
The change, however, was not wholly
fruitless, for it enabled me to hear fairly
good thing. On my right was table where
a mother and four daughters sat. The girls
were all old enough to marry rich men, and
the mother was willing that they should do
SO at any moment. On my left sat the sem
sation OF the hour; the only real, live,
guaranteed foreign noblemnn in the place.
And he was q bachelor, too. Lord Yorkshire