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barber must be, and what makes me
mad is that they never get any credit for
it. My class of custom Is such that | sell
dom have to deal with a drunken man, or
, worse still, one that is just getting over the
effects of big SPREE"
What was the matter with the MANI"
He haf been out all night and had been
drinking besides. l don't know his name,
though | have shaved him before some
where, probably az the Planters House. I
did not notice that he was asleep, and was
just putting the finishing touches on his
chin and under jaw. when he gave a sudden
turn of his head that made me feel sick at
the stomach, for had ! not just second
prior drawn the razor away from his throat
TO wipe off the lather ne would in all prob
ability have imbedded it in his jugular, and
! would have been blamed or probably az
rested for criminal carelessness IN my
trade"
whenever l think a gentleman has been
taking little too much" he continued, /
never stretch him out in the chair for that
is bound 10 upset his stomach, and away
goes his head swimming like a seasick man.
Just set him on slight incline and throw
his head hack, when he will probably come
through all right.
There is a funny thing in this con-
nectiOn which most gentlemen have
noticed and commented upon. Time and
time again while | have had gentleman
lying out in the chair some one
would come in and, patting him on the
head. would say. Hello, Bob (or Cbarlie),
old man! How goes it?' when the party in
the chair would raise his head, only to dis
cover that the gentleman had mistaken him
for somebody else. 1t Is the easiest thing
in the world TO make mistake in mans
identity. II you guess il hastily while he is
lying down. Fer that reason / have often
thought Ii advisable in morgues to prop the
bodies up instead of lying them almost lat
on q slab. Many dead unknown has
failed 10 be identified from this very cause"
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MISS HiLDRETH

81 must have a peaeoek. John, sald MISS
Ujldreth. as she met her man-servant on tue
lawn. He would look so finely en- inc
baustrade with his feathers spread or tEai'-
ing them over the green sward' l reaI'S
must have Que, john"
They be an awful nuisance, marin, uo
INJURED John. They'd never SUCK 10 'no
.balustrade. They be as hard to manage d
children, an that's fac 49,
h" They keep up an awful squalllng' MISS
nut in Jane. the maid, when the MA, 'eI
reached her ears. They'll be worse th'.h
Miss Noyes' guinea hens and MISS Dunn
n,rrot or them children of ParsOh Mi'eI ;
= never did see such neglected plaeu7S ID
ttev he " she added irrelevantIy. won
der .heir mother don't rise IN her grave.
Rut the Do3r mau-what does he kno" Oh
the care of babies, with his sermons and ms
praver-meeuugs, and his parochlal visits
and his poor? He's off to this wedding OF
that funeral. or he's reading the NoIu 70
the sick and blind. rs shame there 10
women folks, but hired help, to look al'el
,sm I see him myself one lay a-tIdy ils Vi
them M. and pinuius on their Cream o1 go,
wrong side our and upside down. tOSO
he was thinking Of free VIII anu eioo'I0H'
~ II " wish him Joy of them," said Miss Pru-
dence. Il prefer the peacock.
The first night after the peacock ar
riya.. however. Miss Prudence never closed
her ewes ar tie bird mis- mouth, SO 70 speak,
Inn when he pT8uCe! across the lawn III 1'ie
r,'' min, li-at Miss Prue thought she would
r5tner iasr her sleep than the sight Of SO
Mi Dunn says she viii have to lay IN
o. sock of choral ana bromide II you re
T6inC 70 keep the peacock Jane reported
and Mrs Moves herself dropped In 10 suS-
g-sl that be could be killed anu stuHed'
"Ujtbout disturbing the nelgh0ors.
Every TWO or three days small urcaln
would aupear with the bird IN tow and re-
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home several days without darkenlng. OF,
to express her feelings better. illuminating
Miss Prue's door Naturally, she wondered
what his errand had been; if he had had a
call 20 leave the parish; and at that thought
her heart stood still.
You have been away" she said, after the
first greetings.
Yes. l hope you did not suffer from an
invasion Of young MIlers during my alb
sence"
I'VE met but we missed you," she admit
ted. II hope your vacation was a rest and
recreation to you"
my journey was not a pleasure trip,
Prue,' he said. my wife died suddenly at
the asylum on the 5th of the month"
Your wife," gasped Miss Prue. "Your
wife-died-on the jth of the month"; l
thoughI-Austn-Mr Miller thought she
had been dead years and years"
Il thought you knew" be eturned. 81
thought everybody had heard it; il was too
SAD a story 10 Tehearse often or needlessly.
1t was in all the dalies at the time. You
must have been abroad then. Amy was n
her cradle when Lefty left me--eloped with
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when his eyes fell upon his sermon, THE
Mistakes OF a Christian" and lest this
should be one Of them be threw il into the
waste basket He looked at the clock; he
had been idle two whole hours. ''Of what
was he thinking?" he asked himself;
where was be drifting an anOinted priest
the example and c0unselO of sinnersP
At least he could go and thank Prue
with a clear con science; as for the children,
they were already IN bed, technically speak
ing, and having such a capital pillow fight
that they agreed { get into mischief every
day OF their lives aud be punished.
After that Mr. Miller often found himself
dropping IN, on one pretext or another at
The Elms, 10 ask Miss FTue 10 play over the
air OF some new psalmody, that he might
Join the congregational singing; TO lend her
the latest volume of religious thought; 10
beg advice about the children. Sometimes
he came bringing those unrulv infants, with
their brown hands full Of peacock feathers
and their little hearts full of impenIteuce.
They and the peacock were Cow the best If
friends; be ate from their hands and en-
duied their peitlng, which was much like
punishment. with beroism II he staId away
they hunted him cut aud brought him home
In tfiumph.
Those children might as well live here,"
said Jane.
and their father, too" added John.
''N0t bite Of sweetbread can ] keep In
the larder. and when they tear their frOcks
they goes straight 10 Miss Prue, and she
mends them before Bridget scplds 'em. just
as If they'd be her very own"
" A fine siepmotheT shed be making.
observed John. "They do be saying in the
village that it's her cap she is setting for the
parsou."
That's just the way OF the gossipsl II a
man takes 10 a woman It's always she thEfs
asserting Of her cap for him. The parson
ought 10 ask EN- to pi * out a wife for him
and suit themselves"
And then there's others who say it's her
money" persisted John, who, like fair
historian. was bound to state both sides ;
an that ne come here purpose TO marry
her"
=" A great deal they knows about il. cried
Jane. s. herd him tell her, with my own
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tabourets that come from Paris are elabor-
ate affairs, and cost as high as SIS a piece.
They are extensively upholstered, and serve
also as ladies' work-boxes.
We hear a great deal nowadays about imi-
tations. and folks sheer at thing that's a
copy. but good copy Of a good thing is
preferable to the best and most original
efforts of mediocrlty. Some of the old
castles in Europe are vertically art mu-
seums of house furnishings. Until recent
years they have been guarded with jealous
eyes. but now their doorways have been
thrown open and we hence find some of the
most marvellous pieces Of cabinet work re-
produced in American shops. The palaces
of Fontainehlean contain. ii is estimated,
nearly SO, 0CQ0 600 worth Of furnishings. Illus
tTating the tastes Of PHILIPPE Augaste. Fran
els |, Henry Nv, Louis XIII. Louis XIV,
LOUIS XVI and Napoleon. Here is piece
of furniture we do not see in modern homes,
but il was quite common In the time of
Marie AntOinette.
The correct things In lace curtains for the
coming season will be shown in Louis XVI
STYLES of livery net with ecru cable cord
work, richly set OF in white embroidered
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Vlumage, while their little sister stood out
side and eapped her hands, and, with a
crowd Of other children, stood peeplng be-
tween the slats.
What are you doing. children?" she
cried.
"Ob. we've been reading about peacocks,
and they need exercise" youchsafed the
eldest Miller.
1T seems to me that you need stick. &"
said Miss PTue.
Father don't approve Of whipping"
chirTuped the youngest; do you, father?'
And Mss Prue lifted her eyes aud met
those + the Rev. Austin Miller, which wore
4 startled, DerpleXed expression, while the
color palyitated across his face.
MY children have annoyed you," he
said. with the heSitaling tone which begged
u Dr. gai0said
They have only annoyed the peacock"
answered Miss Prue, dropping her gaze,
AID flushing rosy red in her turn.
Il came II search Of these rogues," he
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ART In HOME
DECORATIONS.
No Beauty in Hard. Stern Lines as Laid
Down by Some Designers.
Fetching" Seat for q Hall-How Lace
Curtains Should Hang-seme Pretty
Tabourets.
FROM The UrHoLsTEREa, PHILADELPHIA.

If there is any home that is thoroughly
unhomelike it is the place that has been put
into the hands of some unsympathetic deco
rator and furnished upon tie hard. stern
lines laid down by some correct epoch of
design. 1t is all well enough to have a
house furnished correctly, but house needs
the stamp of personality to make it all and
wholly home, for the occupants bereft OF
a large share of pleasure if her establish
ment is robbed of all Renaissance and sem
timent. The get-rich-quick people who sud-
denly realize that their surroundings are
inartistic are never satisfied with what
decorator would call "eorrect furnishings"
Decorators like shoemakers endeavor to fit
their patrons and they will, if you ask them,
always find places to incorporate the things
that are surcharged and saturated with the
hOmely suggestions of pleasurable past
Johnny's first valentine, Mary's diploma
and the cardboard notices mother made. )"
You cannot reconcile machrame lambre-
quins to the Jaeobean room, but snch things
have a pressure on the heart thrObs, and
happily placed will prove lasting factors in
the endearment if not in the enrichment OF
a home Do not offend good taste by fore
ing these ''relics" into inappropriate places.
Put them in the living ro0ms-madam's
boudoir and the old gentleman's den.
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blessed ears, that when he was called to this
ere parish he never dreamed that she lived
here. They must have known each other.
you see. when they were young, af0re Miss
Prue came into her great-uncle's property
and came to live at The Fins; for hear 'en
talking now and again of folks that don't
belong hereaboutS. Aud she says, DO you
remember the day we went hither and the
day we went yon?' And hesays. i remem-
ber l remember and looks away from her
face. l think, myself. he must have been
an old beau of hers. / sees 'em together
heap, you know, bringing in the tea things,
and the lamps, and pottering round"
At the keyhole," laughed John.
"And I've never found 'em love making
once, though l steps quiet like. John, as you
know, and it isn't like opening a door to
push the portiere aside"
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went on. bridget was sure they were in
SOME Mischief did not expect 10 find
you"
No OF course not" said Miss Prue, in a
voice studiously matteT-of-fact.
Il have read, somewhere" the Rev. Mr..
Miller pursued, that the only real bappi-
LESS which ever arrives TO Us springs up
quite unexpectedly in our path-it is not
the result Of search. l dropped the thread
Of my sermon, against my viii. at a critical
point to pick up these little folks. have
my reward"
You are very easily satisfied" returned
Miss PTue, In the same remote voice. She
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medallions; point Espanol is a tam ooured
net somewhat on the order or BfusseiS;
Pidaany oneIet is another new fabric; and
colored Irish points are decided novelties.
During the past year the cranks have been
out in full force. Eighteen different kinds
of folding beds were patented. patent trap
10 catch bed-bugs was evolved; SIX schemes
were devised to hold bed-clOthes on klekers,
seven bed-lounges were produced; seven
invalid chairs and nineteen different ways
of rolling up shade were duly patented,
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VOLAPUK.
Another Lesson in The Language That Nav
Become Universal.

LESSON IL.
THE REFLEXIyE yERB AND THE IMPER-
sONAL VERB.
The yeFertre form applies to active verbs only
and is expressed by sufhxlng the pronouD OK to
the proper person the verb. or by using the
personal pronoGns, instead of Ok, for the first
and second persons, in which event these pro-
nouns are declined titus:
Flapobok or fapob obi, strike myself.
FiapolOk or fiapol oil, you strike yourself.
Floapm0k, he strikes hlmself-neyer fapom
orli, which means only he strikes hin. (some ole
other than HIMSELF.
Reciprocity is expressed by the adverb BAL
voTo when the reciprocity would be expressed
in English by leach other" or by Ko BALvoTo
when The English would be "with- ca Oh other"
or by BALM LEN voT1M, when the English
would be "Of each other" thus:
Hetoms balYoto they hate each other
GolObs ko balyoto, We go with each other.
1ikOls balm len yotim you think of each ether.
1he impeTsondI form is always the third per-
son. and may be either active or passive. 1t adds
Pasaeos it IS said. Pesagos' Il ' has BEEN
said.
Exercises.
Uts kels hetoms balyoto binoms badk-Om IL
no kidom jibIOdi obik alb liblod omik oblk
kdofs balvOI0-Man yOm at iik0ms gudko
balm len vOlim Q viponIs bn0n fiens-Ciis ct
g0obs ko balyoto al dom faiea omsIk Ia fun al
EtYon ONE nous sflutk heilS iaDNinS 10 mans
ofnsik: no ltlogol olis-It ot0tos no OBJ mob len
dom dix Jipul 0bik eiemof pl0 of buki alb
elemoi magis folis plo blOd smalik elk
Wagons minis In fol noka obsix-Li-yipol lemon
jeVali ct kell elOgobs len lam feDa obiK?-
Passages das man yOm al laboms ellis baisebal,
lul onas binGms jiDuls c ma pulls ellis Ell i5Odoms
In dom OF ko Befs rel jiuefs fol.
These children Ought TO KISS each other and
lhink OF each other as brothers and sisters
Children II Is not well 10 strike each other; IL Is
better 10 kiss each othef-Ibey have been walk
Ing together aud have come TO (tD your house 10
see your graRdfsther-Thnk OF one another in
the most friendly manner and you VIII be good
boys and gtIis-Ihe man who teaches himself
goodness viii not teach his friends badness
Vine says that II did not thunder "a the forest by
the river shOre2-Ihe ebati under Tie table IS The
one which your little boy can haye-Let Us 20 to-
Ceiher 10 your sisters Eouse see her books and
pictures-Mhich animals will you buy, horse 4
dog or a cai?- he boys Who live Ia the house 80
font OF the forest hate each other and teach
each other 10 DE bad.
NoTE--Lesson was published october lt1 in
TIE CALL VITA outline OF the plan and full IN
Structions for the revision OF the exercises Mr A.
l. Bancroft of s03 SutteE street. ciel for the Pa
cifc Coast. who has devoted much time and atteH-
ton 10 the dissemination % tine prneip OF this
language offers without the student to give
ass stance that Will put hiB In the way OF master
lug the principles OF Noiapak Communications
addressed TO lnem Will receive prompt attention
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eyes fell upon the three harum-scarum
children in their torn frOcks and mischief
the children who might have been her own
but for their mothers double dealing.
Austin Nil er smiled little sadly as his
g auce followed hers.
fear" he said; but they are ali the COM
fort l have" holding a hand TO them.
Come children, make your bow TO Miss
Hildreth and tell her you are sorry"
But we are not a bit sorry" said little
Amy. The peacock is so beautiful, we
are glad we coined. We mean to do it
again"
Truth is no longer at the bottom of a
well, said Miss Prue. with a real smile
dimpling her face as she said good-by.
If Deacon BTickett could have seen the
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Texas Musical Note.

At the Yerger mansion at an evening So
cable musical young lady played and
sang a piece called sylvan Sounds" in
which the singing and notes of the mocking
bird and lark were initiated.
Did not that young lady's singing re-
mind you of the singing of the birds? You
might have thought she was really Bird"
asked Gihooley.
Yes; but | never saw bird sit down at
table after it got through singing and hide
away three or four cups of tea, half ham,
and enough cakes and cream TO founder a
mule. on never saw a lark or mocking
bird, did you?" replied Hostetter MeGiunis.
Texas Siltings.
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WIN He Dressed Loud.

"My son." said New York merchant, 81
should think that Miss Flutterby would 90
back on you. and she is considered quite an
heiress, too"
"Why, father" inquired the dude,
should you think that Maud would trile
with my affections?"
Because you get yourself up In an ex-
travagant style. You dress too loud"
Yes, ! know you think so /; but you never
take into consideration the fact that Maud
is trife deaf. That's the reason that (
dress loud. Texas SiltIngs.
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4 small frchig Ir5itf appear 1ri'F ne orr W On
mark demurely. "Ynur peacock straved
over to Dickens and I've fetched him along
bone" for which civiEty sundry pieces OF
small change would be disbursed.
And who are you?" she asked when the
same yuungster had performed the same be-
nevolent service some half dozen times.
Il? on. I'm PaTsou Niller's boy
His soD?"
"Why. yes'um-I reckon ST"
Il shall have to smut HIM up" said Miss
Prue His travelling expenses viii ruin
me-"
BY this time the poor bird had lost much
Of lis fine tall feathers in the process Of be-
ing run down by the Miller brothers and
their contemporaries. and presented a rag
ged appearance which went 70 its owners
heart - he was shut up IN a temporary
pen till be should learn better ways; but
Miss Prudence. going % look after him one
afternoon. found the TWO Mi.eTs inside the
Pen, chasing him about TO display his
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was hardening her heart against the per-
suasiye tones which had once been like the
music Of the spheres 10 her.
"No. I am not easily satisfied / have
never been satisfied with myseif-with some
hasty actions Of my own. ! should say.
Miss Prudence, you have never forgiven
me?y lie spoke hzll-Qnestioningly as il
lie would fain be eOnrradlcted.
q never thought II Il IS anything 10 for
give" she said, and her voice melted and
broke little in spite of herself. at was
SO long ago" a little proudly, as if she
would not let him suppose that il siguihed.
II see now that the fate of providence was
kinder 10 US than believed. / don't think
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WISDOM FROM THE BARBER.

Few Timely Suggestions Which Gus
TONERS Would Do Well to Heed
THAT man came very near having his
throat cut. Did you notice how he sud
denly ierked his head to one side while l
was shaving him just under his left jaw
bone?" asked a barber Of the st. Louis
Sunday Mirror reporter.
mo. l was reading the paper at the
time"
"Well, it Just shows how careful a
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1t is true the Miller children were a great
deal at The Fins, and gave their father fire.
quent excuse to follow them; and it is true
there were few congenial souls in the par
lsh and village, and what so natural that he
should see more or less of his pleasant neigh
Dor, with whom he could journey back to
the past? Indeed, they never talked of to-
day or tomorrow; it was always yesterday
whose praises they sang, whose skies they
eXtolled. whose pleasures they coveted. He
was nothing ike lover, to be sure, except
In preterring her society, and yet il was
happiness to Prue to see him there, to know
that he would come tomorrow. 1t was to-
ward night on one summer day that Miss
frue, looking out on the lawn, where the
shadows Of the leaves were dancing, saw
Mr.. 'Miller-n0 unusual sight-cOming to-
ward her door He had been out Of town a
tided to Jane that he mad "gOne away
suddin', after a telegraph in a yaller wrap
per come for him." but he had been at
The morning call., 1892-01-03
Home-Loving Bees.

1t appears, from a letter from one who
knows, that the black fellows Of Australia,
knew long ago of the home-loving Instincts
of the bee, aud made use Of the knowledge
thus: They used to wait till they spied a
bee sucking honey from flower and then
gently dropped upon his back a piece of
swaBsdown. The bee, Immediately feeling
something was amiss with him, started for
home, perhaps to seek bee doctors advice
as TO this strange malay. Owing to the
little bit of white upon his back, the keen eyes
of the natives we're able TO follow the insect
their hardest to keep pace with him. AZ
last he reached his desired haven, and then
the natives knew where the honey was hid
den, and, of course, avaiIed themselves of
this knowledge to help themselves to as
much as they wished for.-London Figaro.
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Amsterdam and Antwerp, Holland, con-
troll the diamond trade Of tie world. Fully
q. 900 carats Of rough diamonds reach the
hands OF the Amsterdam manufacturers
each week. When finished these vary in
price from "a t. $50 per ear>t, while some
command much higher prices.
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An EVERGREEN TREE.

an EVERGREEN TREE.
The
Bible con-
tnins 3, J66, $50
letters. S10.697
words, 81, I7j verses.
1859 chapters, and Go
books. The longest chap
ter is the 109th psalm; the
shortest and middle chapter
the 117th psalm. The middle
verse IS the Sth Of the 18th psalm.
The longest name is in the Sth chap
ter of Isaiah. The word ''and" ours
46.627 times; the word Lord" 1855
times. The 37th chapter of Isaiah and
10th chapter Of thes2d Book Of Kings are
alike. The longest verse is the 9th
Of the Sth chapter OF Esther; the
shortest verse is the 35ih OF
the 18th chapter of
John. In
the 21st
verse
of the 7th
chapter Of Ezra
Is all the alphabet but
81" The name of our God
is not mentioned once in the
Book of Esther Ii contains
knowledge, Wisdom. Holiness and Love.
New York Ledger.
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COM BIN Ed.
Latest Edition Corrected TO Date.
46x66 Inches Largest Ever Printed.
THIS DOUBLE MAP CONTAINS:

a Diagram showing all Of the Political Par.
ties. 11x66
a Diagram showing all the Presidents AMI
Cabinets 5x65.
A Diagram showing the Political Complexion
OF each Congress. 2x66.
A Dia gram showing the Creeis Of the World
l3xl0.
a Diagram showing the Standing Armies Of
each Nation. 1910.
A Diagram showing the Naval Tonnage OF
each Nation. 1910.
A Comrle.e Map OF the World. 1920.
Ccmpleta Map OF the United STATES (Raai
McNslly & Co.'s 1890. 46x66.
Nap of Central America. l0xl3.
Map Of Alaska 10zl3.
Map Of South Africa 10xl3.
A Map of Upper Nubia and Habs5h or Abys-
sinia 10x13.
4 Map Of Persia, Afghanistan aud BslushiI.
tan 10x13
A Complete HAP OF the Soar system-bsss eve,
made 1910.
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Pictures of all the Presidents from
Washington to Harrison.
1T ALSO GIVES In BRIEF:

The History OF Colonial Politics.
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History Of the Confederation.
The History Of thu Q. S. Government By Con-
crosses.
The History Of the u s BY Administratioal
An Analysis OF the Federal Government.
Valuable Statistics on Debts.
Valuable Statistics on Revenues.
Valuable Statistics on Exps nditursI.
Issues Of all Political Parties
The History Of all Political Parties which h,y.
existed In this country.
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manuscript Of MI M1lers sermon rs he re-
flected in his study that evening, he would
have supposed that the words, Come again,
dear dream" Scrawled on the margin, re-
ferred beyond a doubt to the dream Of ia
cob when he saw the angels of God ascend
ir,cr and apsnanAin