The Bryan Daily Eagle. (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 63, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1897 Page: 2 of 4
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INTERESTING READING FOR
DAMES AND DAMSELS.
'Ktn Yon and I Wr Yonng ttaggl"
The Italiy't (hrUtciiln Kohe Old-
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J YE GOOD ST. VALENTINE.
llinjr year ago a rrncbuiaa who
lslted London wrote tbla pul con-
cerning tba EnglUh girl od tbt four-
teenth of February:
Valentine' day "rulval
ef th young peopl br. English f irU
ilt lb rrlTl cf th potmo with
tli utmott lmptlDc. TbfT opm
thrlr Mtert Id U cf dfllghtwl !
clifir.ent. and tnittnu glr ot to
their fellngi la crl of riptar cr
liurt of laughter. Th girl ho r-
etlt no valrDtlDt baa rtaaon to fl
mortlflnj m It la proof potltl that
aha will braid th tr- of BU Catber-
lae." Tba a4m tonJltlon of thlnga exlata
to-Jar. aa tha poalmaa who work la
Ooutilrd and trebled at that period will
arely teatlfy. In city and tillage and
In bomea relot the tlma la ona of Jojr-
cui eiperlanry and often there la more
than tha trivial following of a tradition
la th en-bang of tho lace-bordered
and decorated mlMlrea with their
liucj. cilacbleroua cuplda their bearta
trimllied by arrowa and tbclr aentl-
B'entul eraca.
"Jlf arta are broken beada ar turned
I!y cattlea In tha air."
There are a few who take advantage
cf the time to aend hateful eomic al-
entlnea which llluatrata aome peculiar-
l!T of the one to whom they are ad-
dred. but no one will envy the un
kind apirll that could dictate auch a
proceeding. But there are comic ralen-
tlnea that are employed aa a paatlma
ty peraone who ara not over-aenaltUe
cr refined.
In the otden daya when the world waa
Binatly under pagan rule the Hth day
of February waa one of carnival and
often uilinil. The valentine lottery
t. one of the favorite amuaetnenta In
England when the lada and laaaea had
r.ot the glided opportunity of the prea-
ent time. They wrote bllleta with
their namea Inacrlbed thereon an
ti.ua! number of each and drew by lot
the n.ta taking the bllleta from the
miilda. and vlee vera. The company
being tbua divided Into couplet who
were each otber't valenllnea many
fcnppy carrlagea grew out of tbla lot
tery.
Writing waa not then cultivated. even
la court clrclea. and the Brat written
raientlne of wb'a eentlmi-ntal btatory
)ia kept any account la the famoua one
cf the I)uke of Orleana. Thla noble-
I:. an kelni a primmer of the battle of
Aclncourt tould not draw bla valentine
to he wro'e a quaint and chlvalrout ad
grea to an unknown divinity lletng a
roet and a writer of aonga. bla verse
bad merit and la diatlngulnhcd for Ita
graceful almpltclty. A iuau will give
an Idea of the poem:
"Wilt thoa be mine. dtr lovet Reply
pweetly content or cli deny;
Wbliper aoftly none ahall know;
Will thou be mine love? ay or no.
"Though age with withered band do
trkye
The form moat fayre the face moat
bryghte.
Still doth ahe leave unnetoucbed ande
treat
Thy Wllly'a love and frcynahyppe too.
"Though death with neverre fayllnge
bloae
Doth manne and babe alyka brynge
lowe
Tette doth be take naugbte but bla
due.
And atrykea notte Wllly'a heart atlll
trewe.
"Synre thenne not fortune death nor
age
Caune faythfulle Wllly'a love aatwage
Thenne doe I live and dye forre you.
Thy Willy eyncrre and mott trewe."
Drayton alto alludca touchlngly to
the euttom which tradition gave to the
blrda of pairing on BL Valcntlne'a
day.
I'erbapa one of the most ancient
veraea la that written by Lydgatc. the
"Spite of fortune we may be
Happy by one word from thee;
Life Alee ewlftly r It go.
Wilt thou be my love? aye or no.
Fhnkctpeare. Drayton. Cower. Chau
ccr and many othere of the old writer
have nude alluilune or aung poem to
tit. Valentine Day and Ita pretty cua
toma. la "A Mldaummer Mght
I'ream" Theotua. on dltcoverlng the
Ciartet of lovert In the wooda aa:
"(Jood morrow trlccda! Saint Valen
tine I pati;
IV;ln thete wood-blrda but to couple
not r
Among the Khaketpearlan valentlnet
It one br the Immortal William him
ilf whli'h It la preaumed waa written
to the valentine of bla life. Anne Hatha
vray. No doubt the epcll.ng waa good
CLTID'S AIM 13 TRUE.
monk of Dury In 1440 In pralae of
Queen Catherine ccnaort of Henry V.:
Saynt Valentine of euttom yeera oy
Tee re
Vrn have an uaaunre In thla rrgloun
To look and terche Cupid' kalender
And chute theyr choyte by gret at
fecloun."
llerrlck. In bla "He iperldea" apeak
log of a bride eaya:
"She mutt no more a-maylng.
Or by rotebuda divine
Who'll be her Valentine."
A modern valentine haa all the
marka of the old-time effutlona. The
writer really claimed that It waa yel
low with age belrn found In the dr'at
lng-cae of a lady of the pant who bad
11 red and died elnxte. The valentine
waa wrapped In a b t of yellow lace
"faintly acentd with vanilla ban.
"Thla nv rry maiden radiant rare
With !noma wave and debonair.
When eweet the tnillie on me 1 ewear
That Eden'a light la retting there
I'pon thoFe llpa to ripe ao fair!
To look upon ber face o'.d Care
Would reaae to carp and court Dcapalr
Would give up dole bla trade forswear.
Dun aunny lorka make Joy h a heir.
What wonder then that I ahould dare
Her pralte to alng her color wear.
Her valentine mytelf declare?
Tbla merry maiden rad.aut rarer
which a bird la opaline color I trill
ing a love eong ha the non-aentl
mental vers on It cover:
"The turnpike road to people' heart I
Cnd
LJea through their mouth or I mis
take mankind."
When the leave are opened behold
a real peppermint loienge and a dga
rette fattened to the Inalde page wltn
appropriate couplet to "My Valen
tine."
Cupid riding a bicycle and bearing
a large bouquet to bla lady love la de
picted In outline of gold and fancy
paper and a (pan of norte ana
lelgh In the ame atyl form pretty
valentine toy for children. A batn
Ing houte made of cardboard baa for
Ita foundation a aandpaper f
matcbea. On would think the valen
tine Inventive faculty had gone mad to
tee auch an attempt aa thla. A aweet
face peera from a heart-ahaped open
Ing In the door of the bathing ettab-
llthment. Half-way down the building
a tiny Iron eercw I fattened. It fornii
a word In the poetry that It printed
around It:
"He ald aa he giied
In her eyea of blue
Civ me a k!aa.
My d.irllng. do.
' 'I won't' ahe tald;
'You laiy elf.
Errew up your 1'pa
And help youralf."
day to the bill.
M:i pee
o watch the
erne bluw;
The cre-U nnd tho
creak lug old
tnlll Margie
Aa we ut'd to
long ago.
The green grove la
eoiie from the
bill. Miigglc
Where flrat tin d.ilnUa aprung;
The creaking old mill U U11 MuEkU'.
Elnce you and I were young.
And now we are aged and gray Mag
gie.
And the trlnl of life nearly done;
Lot ua alng of the daya that are gone
Maggie
When you and I were young.
A city to allent and lone Maggie
Where the young and the gay and
the beat.
In pollth'd white manalun of (tone
Magnle
Have each found a place of rest
I built where the bird used to ptar.
Maggie
And Join In the ong that were
aung.
hould be a plate doily and a tumbler
dolly; In the cento.' of the table an
embroidered centerpiece In cokir la
harmony with the table decoration!
and the flower It 1 intended to oao.
At the head of the table upon an em-
broidered square are laid the tea erv-
Ice the urn. the cup and auccr. the
cream nltrher. luznr howl. etc. At th
other end upon an embroidered aqiiar
may be placcJ tho plcco de realutanre
of tho "hlrh fa." Scattered about on
circular dolllet ore the illnhJ of Jelly
pr't-ervra. plc'dea atveet and lour
olivet butter ball rake etc. At
enrh place rett'ng upon the plate dully
thctild lie a pretty plute and tb neces
sary allver. a goiilet a bnad-and-but
er-plate and a salt-cellar. All the cold
dltlin arc plant! upon tho table b-
fure the nn'al It announced and th"
b(rt one serve Immediately upon tho
K'Kitta being fated. Ilro'lfd chicken
and wufflen frli d o.vn era and hot Ma-
cult. 'a!Ioied o)Htrr crcimcd oya-
tern. lirollol oyttir. nnd creamed
chicken are alwny In ord r. Hot but-
A POWER IN OLD SOUTH
INDULGENCE DEMANDED.
PLANTATION OVERSEER AND
. P1ACE HE OCCUPIED.
4 Authority and lilt lortunlly
Althaagb Not lteroiild HorUlly
II m Wat an Important rartur la I'ull-
N Inatltntlon fa-
miliar to the south-
erner of tho ante-
bellum pCllOil tlirlt
ha diaapyeareJ
nud amoei been
forgotten waa tho
plantation oversejr.
On every plunU-
tlon In tie o'itn
where tin re were
nt mnti a twenty-
flvc groan t! ivei tli-re was nn overseer
and on the g--at plantation whre
there were I.Miidreilt nnd hundred of
lir.il anrl lint dnr lnnl liclons nroner-I ol ivro lhra una n I'iMil OVeriCOr. With
iy to tno lurn tea at uo ruicaen
and lobster anlad. The tea and coffee
are orvel with the meal. Generally
the tweet portion ctnalats merely of
cake Ji'lly and preserve. Ice cream ll
aometlme served and whipped cream
or charlotte ruare. Thin allre of whit
end brown bread carefully buttered
make a welcome addition to the menu
Ladle' Home Journal.
t'orrvrl Attire for tha nriitrrrawa.
"A o'clock church weddlug when
the bride wears a traveling gown and
there I to be no reception afterward
call for afternoon dret on th pari
of the bridegroom." write Walter Ger-
main. "He abould even If ho la goini
Htyla After III (irfal rat
The elderly Waahlngtsn gentleman
1)10 ycurs do not len a genial
Intercut in the affair of life had an
unfamiliar awagger In hit gait ai be
came Into the hoimc taya the Washing-
ton Star. HI wife observed It Imme-
diately. There waa something In bla
manner when lie merely tenred the but-
ter at dinner which suggested the
pompous. "Richard" his wife aald.
"I hope you have not forgot ten that
prldo goeth before a fall." "My dear."
waa tho reply "I am p.-. fo lly familiar
with that ndmunltlnn And I hsve rea-
non to f.er that In xy ra It applle
la a literal iu wt li rt y a tig irative
tt'nrt. Kut 1 enn't lulft It." 'Von are
not UHiuilly thla wry." "I know It.
Wben I waa radiiatrit at the bend i.f
my cluan In roilore j was m meek and
modem Hi last n.an on the Hit.
When I waa elected to office and ran
awny ahei d or nty ticket. I could have
defied anybody to tecum nio of ahow-
Ing the leant elation. When I won my
flrnt big lawrult I endeavored to bear
aticceaa with th aamo phllonophy
which I should hare felt waa poper In
. . i .
a force of Rhtlstantt Willi a:.ne !.--men
urdcr them all of whom came be-
twron tho tlavo nnd the tnaiter Jua: a
mntaltit and rnlonell come bet wren
the prlvato aoldler and the r.enrral-l:i- defeat When 1 got my picture In the
chief; for every plantation waa Hip- l'l'-r aa a leaoriiR cmim oi tue eora-
poned to be worked by a force organ- munlty I could have defied any of my
Ued aa tn army la organlied wlih de- old-time friends to detect the allrhteat
tall for thla i nd detalla for thnt. and difference In my behavior. Ilut thla
at the head of all thla organisation caae I different. I hope you'll bear with
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HI
A MOST WELCOME VISITOR.
for thote day and lb entlmeut en-
deared It to the heart of th :lr Ann.
I there Inne heavenn aught more
rare
Than thou tweet nymph tf Avoa
fayre.
It there ocne earth a mann more
treae
Thn WIHy Fhikvare I toe you?
T.-iiTh fl Kle fortune prove ur.kynde.
; .:; i!.!h ahe leave berre wealth be-
l.jn.le:
.!. n.-r t'-a heart eann forme
a .
r u.l ttr unnctxewe.
Sending valentlnet ha become a fa-
vorite method of amusement among
cblluren. who buy one-cent mtaalve
which contain a verse of poetry with a
fat rupld or a trantfixed heart entwined
with lllie and forget-me-nots th po-
etic tent! meat being something Ilk
thla:
"Can pictured paper fondly prov
My flied deot:on nd my love?"
Many years agj an Engllth Journal
copied the fnlloaln no' Ice front the
adveriialng column of in American
hrwtpaper. the Voo:er Iemocrat
thoa Ing the popularity of SL Valen-
tine' day and at the tame time th
peculiar form of advertising In vopue
tn thla country:
"The srrnt Increue of niarrlagca
throughout Wayne county during the
pnt year It tald to be occtiioncd by
the tuperlor eic"lli-nce of the valen-
tines fold by (Icorge Howard. Indeed
to complete wat hit nun e In thl
line thst Cui.ld haa ataln commln-
aloned him at great h!g:i prlett of love
crurlahlp and marriage and hat sup-
plied Ceorge with the niont complete
and perfect antortment of 'love's armor'
ever before dieted to the cltiten cf
Wayne county. During the past year
the bliud goj bat ctfiitereJ hla thought
on producing tnmethlng In th line far
arrpaattng anything he baa heretofore
latued. And It la with 'fellnka' of th
greatest Joy that be Is able to announce
that he haa succeeded "
Then follow a description:
"Th turtle-dov kind with It coo-
coo the tentlbly enllmental. th cut-
ting th evere ar.d. In short every-
thing that tan be required with all
neceaary flilrga. Trie. rang from I
ctnt to j."
A great number cf vslentlne are on
the market this year and some daring
Innovation are mide en the tradi-
tional Cuplda. the love and doves of
y olden timet. Ftr ifiMance a neat
tmall folio of cardboard with ralne-
flower at.d a medallion ot gM on
A at. Valaatln tlaaer.
The New York Herald offered a prize
ot JS for the best dealgn In table deco-
ratlona for a Bt. Valcutlne dinner ot
tlx. A large number of drawing wert
submitted aod the ptlxe wa awarded
to lb design herewith presented.
The tsble I (even feet by four and t
half. Th cloth I white satin damask
and th center-piece a diamond shaped.
plate glata mirror eighteen Inches
long by fourteen wide. Heart fit about
thl outlined a tolldly aa posslbl In
red carnation. Within th heart ttand
flv branched diver candelabra. . with
red randle-ahade. Threw small heart'
shaped cut gla.a dlthe filled with
heart-shaped chocolates peppermlnti
aud wlntergreena and one with aalted
almonda ar placed near the candel
tbra.
At the comer of the table are flat
looped bow of satin ribbon. fit Inchet
wide with long end reaching to the
bottom of th table rlcth. On each how
I placed a slender cut glaa vate eight-
ecu Inchet high with twelve American
Ileauty roe arranged carelessly. The
rlblMin thoiitd match the rotet. From
the chandelier four ribbon streamers
four Inches wide of the same shade
are suspended and fattened on to a rote
In each vaae. In the center a carrier
dove I hung with a an-.all white en-
velope attached to It neck by a diver
cord.
At each rover are four fork four
spoons two knlve and five glaatea tor
water champagne claret aherry and
cordial. On the napkin la placed a
white linen picture frame heart-thipd
and embroidered with tolld red hearts
outlined In gold. In them may be In-
serted either th dinner rardt or a suit-
able valentine vri. but who know If
there might not one day be allpped Into
torn of the pretty favors th present-
ment of that very far which maidens
long to dream ot on Su Valentine'
Eve?
To ecure th' vate to th table a
simple device may be employed. Rew
a piece of kid the alxe ot th standard
of the vate. In the center ot each bow
then tew each In turn firmly to thl
tablecloth and underneath to th samt
i. m iv'a t.
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SJORNINQ GOWN FOR SmiNU. From "Toilette."
For we sang as gay a they. Magsie
When ycu and 1 were young.
They say I ara feeble with g. Magsle.
My atcp are Io sprightly than
then.
My face Is a well-written page Maggie.
But time alone wa the pen.
They say w ar aged and gray Mag-
gie. A pray ty th white breaker
flung;
Ilut. to me you'r at fair at you were
Maggie
When you and I were young.
rlpht from the church to the train
wear frock coat cf black light trour-
cm. gray glove light four-ln-hand 01
Atcot tie top hat Juat as If the wed-
ding were to b a large afiernoon affair."
L. -
Plae and tl
A very pretty drett of figured allk
I shown In th tccomptnytng picture
the good being a handtoro comblna-
THR DINNER TADLE.
place. ew a plec of tap In the middle
leaving the endt to tie to the leg of the
table or tack underneath. Mix platter
of parla with water to the conalatency
of cream moisten the kid with water
and tpread a thin layer ot the plaster
over It. If th vat la placed thereon
and held firmly till th platter aeta no
unpleasant disaster like overturning It
need be dreaded.
The fishy' rartalealag Hob
"The chrlttenlng rob I usua.ly of
the finest mull and trimmed with real
Valenciennes lace edging but one ot
fine nalntook with hemstitched hem
front of machine-made Valcncienne
tntertlon end nrlnsook embroidery
yoke to corretpond make a very daln-
ty and serviceable affair." write Em-
ma M. Hooper In a practical article on
"Th IUby Layette." la the Ladle'
Home Journal. "It may be mad aa
follows: Take two lenctha of fine
lawn th'.rty-lx Inches wide cortlng
a'lout fifty centa a yard; have a threr-
Irch hern hemstitched and a nifTte of
three-Inch Valenelenne lace; whip
thla to the lower et!r. (lather to a
short square yoke oper.'ng It In the
lark. The yoiie sho'ild be mi!i of
r'r'pet ef lare Insert lw and nalnaoik
embroidery and edited with a ruffle of
lace the neck being fln.hhcd with a
ruffle nf narrower lace. Cover the
front with alternate crosswise rowt of
lc.ee and embroidery Insertion com-
mencing them at the hem twenty Inch-
es wide and tapering toward th top
to a width of tlx Inches; a rufTle of lace
down each tide. One-esm leeve
gathered In to the armhnle and at
th wrlat. where there I a band of
Insertion and rufTle of lace. Of three-
Inch lace eight yarda. of narrow edg-
ing halt a yard and ot lace and naln-
took Insertion tl ytrd each. On
yard from th neck to the lower edge
1 amply long for a dress many being
only thirty-three Inches a It haa been
decided unhealthy for the baby to be
turJened with any extra weight"
Derlrtvdly W r.
He Do you think It a rong for a man
to kla a girl be la not engaged to?
She I think It would be wrong for
him to be engaged to a'.' th glrU h
klstet. New York Journal
KSi''
there wtt an overteer. the second In
command. whi wat tntwerable alone
to the planter. Shrewd fellow wer
thete overieet at a rlas and men
proud of their calling. Tb product of
neeettlty when the rich slave-owner
gathered together more human cattle
than they could herd tbemtclves they
formed a distinct and aeparat clat.
the ton of overseer being overseer
for generations ami seeking th daugh-
ter of overseer for wive.
Th position of an ovtr"r on a rich
plantation wa not only a responsible
one but one of Influence In the com-
munity. Wealthy planters spent much
of their time away from their planta-
tion and upon the overteer aa their
reprcsmtatlvea. devolved not only th
dutle but th Influence common to the
bead of a great butine.
Though rarely ever explicitly au-
thorlied to act Independently they gen
erally attended not only to tb pur-
chatlng of tnppllet. equipment etc..
but tt th end of the iea-on thipped
th year'a crop to the ajent at Charles
ton Mobile or New Orleans and taw
that the planter received hi proper re-
turna; so that so far as being a mere
alftve driver aa he hit been generally
presented the overteer was la miry
Inttancn. a capable man of nffjlra fill-
ing praetlcilly the place of an English
tteward and relieving his self-indulgent
employer ef practically all the dutlet
of bit position except the agreeable
one of posing aa a grand seignior off
the proceed of his slaves' labor.
Then of roune there waa the over-
tier of the little planter who ran ten
or a doxin plow that he could well
have attended to himself. Thl man
waa a rule a hack a mere toady-
ing taskmaster cringing to hi em-
ployer and bullying the negroet under
him: ita) Ing In no place for more than
a year at a time and demorallilng every
plantation that he undertook to run.
To thla class Is due the odium that at
the north attaches to the name. Hut
111 not deal with them. They are
Dot in entertaining ttudy.
The potl:lon of t head overer on a
rich plantation wat. a I have Intimat-
ed one of great retrona.b.llty. There
were many plantstlona In th south
that embraced lO.ooo li.Orto ;o.0o0
acrea of land upon which thr wer
employed from I'W to l.noo tlave.
There were a great many planter who
owned ceveral plantation lying far
apart with an overteer upon eirh. Thlt
plant. r.g wa a b'g business. First
there wa the question of tilling sev-
eral tttndred hungry mouths and cov-
ering everal hundred bod'et with
proper clothing to be solved; hnites
bad to be kept lu reptlr knlttert.
weavers n.lll'rt. carpenters tmitlu
shoemaker nil had to be kept em-
ployed to the Imi! a Kaatag." to tupply
the ne-d rf the plantation. ir at
ttrlnga of fence mll-t and mi'ct long.
had to b kept tip; and after thl a
profit had to be shown to the planter
or there wa a varnnry for a new over
teer. Then th're wa the retpontlbtllty
for a great body of valuable slaves.
Ther wer masters who did not pro-
frit to know tbelr ilavea on tight.
Theae tlave were worth much m 'ney
and hould they run away or die they
were a lot that a masfr. however
Indolent and lelf-lndulgent. would not
be patient wlh. Not even th ambi-
tion to excel aa a farmrr must be al-
lowed to blind the overseer lo the wel-
fare of hla charges. If a slnv died
from overwork the caae waa Inveall-
ratcd nd a change made In the man-
ashmen! another year. Hut that the
uie but I've Just ridden my bicycle
three timet around the block without
falling off aud I Just can't help putting
on airs."
A THREE-DAYS DANCE.
Loafmt lull aa Kranrri. With t'eastaal
Krlatt af Masletaaa.
What promlie to b the longest ball
on record will imm be held at Bright-
on. England In the cause of charity
say the New York Journal. It It aald
It will last rontinuoutiy. for three
da and tbrte nigh:. Just how till
will be managed b.i not yet been
learned. It la poMlble however that
It can be kepi guiug by a careful ar-
rangement of relay of mua.ciana and
dancer who will reel alt the waltte
maturkii and chottitchtw on after
the other. Probably a abort Interval
will be allowed In the daytime tor rest
and then the programme resumed with
Increased ardor. The entertainment It
to be given In the town hull and the
Institution to be benefited by It It a
dirpentary for the relief of the tick
poor. There la a long llt of titled
people among the patroncitae and ll
It pnaumrj that many membcra ot
the nolillliy nerti-d will grace the oe-
ctalon ly their pr"'iiee. Tho Duch-
ess of Tck It the greatest "aliens" on
the lilt which also Include the Count-
ess of Munster llaront de Wortui
Lady Ellis Itdy I'ocock and teveral
Kore of ih untitled g-ntry of the
place. The lord lieutenant of the coun-
ty the Marqula of Abergavenny la th
nominal head of the affair but wheth-
er the authors!.'.? of the I lea U hi 1
not stated.
Bvrerl Sorlrtlf la t'lilaa.
Throughout the long course of Chi-
nes history th existence of the
"Hul" or ecret association ha been
recognlxed and recorded. At various
time they have adopted different ti-
tle. We read of the "Whl: Lily" ect
the "Yellow Cap." "The Society of
Heaven Earth and Man." th "Triad
Soclnv." th "Hung League" and th
"Kolao Hul" and counties other as-
sociations. More often than not thee
bodies ha.' ben carted a benevolent
aocletlea. but almost Invariably cer
tainly In th cant cf those we hav
named th philnnthroplc teal of tb
founder ha degenerated Into politi-
cal fanaticism. Pome of the grewtast
political change In th empire hav
been due to tbelr action. Tb Mongol
dj nasty established by Jenghli Khan
and hit follower mainly owed It
doanfall to the energetic action ot th
tlu'ig league; and It la bcyjol ques-
tion that had It not b'en for the aup-
port w gve to th government of
Chin In It ttniggie with the T'al
Tinga who trace thtlr or'g'.n to th
twt.ie secret torlety th pre-ent Man-
thu dynasty would have tharcd the
fate of the Mongol emperor. Mack-
wood1 Magatine.
Th Itey ktag f
Maharajah Krlamarajah Wagayer
riahader are the official title ot a Hin-
doo boy not yet ten year of age who
I th King of Mysore. He It on ot the
chief native prince of India and I
Immensely rich. Th young rajah I
being prepared for th lofty position he
will occupy. He ha English and na-
tlv tutor who will turn out a prtnc
and a pundit (wit man) at the tarn
time. During hla minority the affair
of the province ar conducted by hi
mother and the late king' minister.
Th little fellow i an apt pupil and
oveneer dealt with all th questions apeak English a fluently aa any boy
.h. nr... n led themselve with nsst- ' " " m ni general tiuuiet
The Old-rashlonrd High Tea.
Th table for a "high tea" 1 usually
arranged without a table-cloth par-
ticularly If th hottea happen to i -tu
a handsome tab!. At each plat
tbm of dull blue t nil green the blue
blue Ixlng In the ground and the gr-'en
In the figuring. The fitted bodlco wat
black velvet and hooked Invisibly at
the tide. It waa finished In a very
thort bolero that waa edged with nar-
row Jeweled galoon and had plaited
and draped front tnd a abort tquare
bark. The leeve bad very mall
puff nd were trimmed with lace at
the wrliti the time lace appearing on
the collar. In back wer long black
velvet aaah ends.
able tnrree I exldeneed by th fact
that he not only held hla ground but
gained ground from year to year until
at th breaking out of the war the
great cottrn crop of the south wa
praetlcilly th product cf hla energy
and generalHl Ip In directing te effort
of th Ignorant tlave In bli charge.
Hut the oxersier can be Viewed from
another point than that of the butl-
net man of the totith. He was a po-
litical power. His employer"! policy
was genernllr hla. and In many In-
stance his pulley became hit em-
plcyrr's; but ro nutter who shaped
the policy. It wbj the ovi rseer who saw
that the elect lot went right. The print-
er ho backed a friend tor Congre
Governor or Ugislature placed the
niatitgenifni tn n.s campaign pr.v-u-cally
In the handa of the overseer who
wit In touch wlih the voten and knew
Just where and how to make every vot
count
I far advanced aa boyi tour or f!j
year hi enlor would be In thl coun-
try. Tho English government hat In-
listed upon thlt Instruction tad It will
make a ruler who will govern hit tub-
Jecti with credit. .
Tlie Tel or lllllrraey.
The test of 'Illiteracy la to be ap-
plied when Immlgrtiila land. Each
tmni:g:ant will select the language ot
the test and will dmw t random from
a box a allp ot card uu ahlch rt
prlnie!. In thBt lanpujge. five line
from the Cimtltutlcn of the Cnited
Slati. If he cannot ri-n.l thla extract
and write It out he will bi iwurued
to the country from which he came tt
th exiM'iiai of the HUamshlp or rail
road company which brought him.
Hole t th Yog a.
There are at many Tertian lamb
coatt worn ai tealskln one ard the
too by women who could r.fford th
higher-prleed akin It they wanted It;
ao It mutt b I'emlan lamb I better
liked.
The ttylo of walking boot now
In vogue for women allow mor com-
fort and freedom than the era) while
popular hlsh-heeled French tffatr and
therefor conducet to more graceful
walking.
l.ynrhd.
Dronro Tele Yek lady; I wui wld
yr ton w en h died. H looked Je"
like tn angel too w'rn be wa dyln'.
Mr. Urown (weeping) He did? Dron-
to rete Oh yei; Indeed he did
twlngtn' back and forth In de air you
know almott ei tt he had wings.
JuJg.
Illls-fol Itnoranr.
nobby I iay. Mis Silverspoom my
tlstrr Maud' going to marry your
brother DUk; but don't tay anything
about It. because he doesn't know ll
himself ycl. Al'y Sloper.
.!
Aa Ktleatl Way.
Gll'jjy I undvratand that Judge Mar
rymur la breaking up housekeeping
tiadman That can't be; b.'a very buty
thete dayt deriding divorct case. Gil-
boy Well. ln't that whtt I said?
Itoxbury Garette. t
A riaaaclar. )
Th tultaa look iiicru than t year "
to pay tor a load ot lumber he ordered
from a firm In th I'nlteJ Stalea.' What
Christian Napoleon of f.uaoc could do
bettor than that thort ot not 'paying
at all? fit. Loult Dispatch.
A rralasl l ep'll-
A pen may be driven but the pencil
doet better when It li lead.
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