Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-02

| feet that no woman VIII have the nerve
| 10 be literary OF IA time when sll her
friends are showing UP in new hats aud
talor-.ndde gowns.
And the good. though aggressive, wo-
man, finally admitted to mo one night
that she believed she. would begin tho
study of the authors of the early part Of
this century j soothed her anxiety by
urging such a course. Two days after
wards l came upon her suddenly and she
was deep in a story called Dora Thorne."
She got through this In an hour and a
half. and in fifteen minutes thereafter had
read another novel called "MOlly Bawn."
On THE following morning, after she had
put away the breakfast things and scolded
tho cook. she found time to read "Phyl
lis" Kenneth, My King" AIRY Fairy
Lillian" and three other invaluable pro-
ductions of the Seaside Library. in these
books the heroines all had waving, nut
brown hair, and the heroes all twirled
blonde moustaches, and were strong and
athletic. At critical moments the women
In the novels gnawed their lace handker-
chiefs price. 80 IL cents per dozen), while
the men invariably smoked and occa-
sionally swore. When the COMMANDMENTS
Chief brought herself down TO tho level
or these works l knew her condition was
again normal and that for the time being
her soul was wrapt in the adventures Of
the persons described. But she'll break
aloose again. L know and when she does
all the dictionaries and encyclopedias on
earth won't DO enough to accommodate
her.
The sympathes of all married men In
this prosperous community will go forth
to Mr.. Edwin Gilbert Of Allegheny. Pa,
ttrt,1 n.
tack and has since experienced more con-
flictng emotions than a man on the bust
ness end OF a live electric wire. A Penn
syvania paper says that the domestic
implement I'm question has been constantly
with him and near HMM fact. Inside of
him-and that at times when he has had
an extra twtch I'm his side that small
brass tack has assumed the proportions of
a handspike.
The unfortunate man, at the time OF his
misfortune, was assisting his wife I'm
decorating her parlor and she kept his
hands and feet so busy that ne was COM
PEELED TO place four tacks he was using
in his mouth He utilized three OF them
but when he went to find the fourth it was
missing. After a thorough search for
the absentee, the awful truth dawned on
the once happy couple and subsequently
Mr.. Gilbert was able % locate the tack.
Since then the Allegheny man has lived /
hard, but he has borne up bravely, and |
asserts that he IS able to fight his own |
battles with any brass tack that was ever |
made. But the little bit OF metal has |
proved no mean antagonist, and from the l
latest accounts we infer that II has tho |
inside track on Mr.. Gilbert. Physicians |
think he will ultimately recoverable tack. |
The following story comes from n New
York correspondent, and | am not pre- Z
pared TO make affidavit TO the truth OF |
the facts alleged. 1t appears that some |
days ago a smart young clubman made
n bet that no could eat five cakes OF |
yeast. Married men, who had had expe-
rlence with domestic chemistry, urged
him not TO try the experiment, but he
treated the matter lightly, and. to use
the words OF my informant, "rOse TO the
occasion" He has always been some
thing Of a swell, out never has he been
such "howlng swell" as he was short
ly after he ate those yeast cakes.
At this point the narrative becomes so
exciting that / must quote the language
of the person who tells the story. Pause
and reflect thereon:
"He grew light-headed and imagined
himself n champion feather weight. Then
he talked at random Of a rising market
and the imitation of stocks. Next he
imagined himself a second Cyrano de
and said he had discovered
still another way to get 10 the moon. His
friends tried to keep him down 10 sober
facts. but he would have none OF e. He
said no man could keep him down II he
wanted to soar Then one of his friends
ran home and told his wife. and she
anne to the rescue. She brought cake
IF angel food with her and made her
husband swallow it as an antidote. The
'east and the angel food had a hard tus-
sic. but finally struck an average, and
he young clubman will recover"