Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-03-06

Wo41GN WITH NO Aolp,No PLACE..
whsrsas e happens upoa uncoomos
occasious that To good and tidy hoass-
keeper of the civillS~i World asds hsfs
elf beset by untoward conditions, h n
ths ordinary state of tho army wo0su
% BE- thas hampered. There u no tine
during ne active servics Of her husband
In which che may erect her houseboId
Rods In The pleaslng conscsossDcss thst
they arc there 10 ss,y. Four years 70 ~
uausaai length of time 10 which 90 larry
u oue place and even within Tho llmlts
Of . single garrison u 10 no extraordinary
thing Coz q household % move from 600
set % quarters TO another upon The curt
Get notIcc. The army woman 10 .
pamad. She has M abiding place. She
u here to-day, and there Tomorrow, and
noe, 10 common, wherc she llsteth. The
wisc and raternal government has need
Of her husbands services In Maine ous
month aud possibly In TEXAS the next.
lie obcys hls orders without question,
promptly and she, u abe be true wife
and IN altogcthcr adorable army woman,
will not return 20 the house Of her
father there 10 dwell 10 undisturbed
serenity; but packs hcrself on With her
husband 10 the last unheari-of place
where he must go.
Nor u this uomsdIc existence the
WORT part of her life. One must con-
alder the places In which her lines are
cast. They are often unpleasant In the ex-
trcme. Some one hal. cynIcally said that
the United States Governmeot builds Ne
military stations on land that otherwise
remain vacant through shces worthless
ness. by the ccaseless expenditure of
labor these plsces are made habltAble
and occasionally pleasing To thu ere;
vet there are many of them 81 which .
plot 90 green growing grass the sise Of .
parlor noor is looked upon ~ miracle
Of accomplishment, and priceless poe
sessIon. AZ such stations. gardens are
Only tn he dreamed Of - tho Mussulman
dreams of heaven. Take such place
and suppose u . long strv,sh o. dusty
miles from the raiiroad, which 10 easlly
fact Ice . luxury for the rich, Of
whom there are none present; aud the
difficulties of the hcusekr~per may be
regarded 40 lnsurmountable. To ooe
ret INITIATED the prospect would contain
nothing reassuring. And young lleuten-
ants who casually visit the East and take
To wife carefully rearrxi girls out Of CON-
Portable families shoald look for an IN.
usual degree of difficulty In settling On
life under these new and severe coodi-
tions. Hut being much like other young
men In love, u " doubtful u this ever
occurs To them. Godeyt.
HAVING FUN WITH rhE,clGRks.
"You cant always tell how green .
man may b. by the color you think he
L." said the drummer sententlously,
and the hotel clerk ran his eyebrows up
Into interrogation points.
"Ne." he vent on, 90 u the clerk had
put hIs question Into words. "No, you
cant. last week ] vas In New York
aud one night vent dom to sleep by
the sea-"
'.Ou . bench In Battery psrkr' ibquir.
cd the dlsIngrnuous clerk.
"Of course not" fetorted the drum
mer; '.do~n at Que Of the nearby s~a.
eide resorts. Well, 90 VAS saying.
When I got there and had registered II
one of The swell botel,, acoantry. docking
citizen stepped up aud took my place
before the book. lie wrote hls name
aud looked up at the dlgnifi-d and In
periou. young man behind the counter.
"Got any rooms, young Teller" be
said. "'fer about one dolyrr pr dayr'
"Certsiniy not" wAs the naughty aud
dlsgusied reply.
"lio~'s yer rates, anyhow
swell, you can get . suite for eiO0
q DAY." he ssld Nth the air Of one man
expecting To Zee the other man drop
dead.
"Good enough" responded the coun.
trymAu, without turning = hair, "iil
take that Kind for I've days and pay In
advance. Can you change . bill for
mey'' aud he slapped down new thou.
..nd dollar william that must have look
Ell yard long 10 the clerk. whether u
did az not. b. grew red In the face; said
he'd have 10 see the landlord; couldn't
raise over sis0 In change To save his life
that early In the season; and while be-
~As trying Ia spolcgife, the country
man stuffed the bin In his pocket aud
vent across the STREET to another hotel.
'sThat evening ! talked With him on
the beach, aud be said he VAS nicely
aned at ~ . day for . month. Then he
lsughlngiy told me that he carried that
bill along With him to Aug highfaiufin
clerks with. aud he called TIA thousand
dollar billie, because u knocked them