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 m l^iy^M y. '^:^^, m."' â-  J ,: n m it 'I 1 *â-  fl^.j " if 4^1 l'.^ti! a A BLUE GRASS PENELOPE. BT CHAPTEK n. The wind and nin had okarad thennfra- qoented mbmb (tf aay ofaaarraat lonngor, uidthadukiiaaa,iife only by far-^aoed. siuW lampa. Ud bar haateniog figora. Sha had baray croMed the aaeond atnak wbm aha haard the qnkk elsttar of hoofi hdmid har; a boRgy dnra np to tha ourliatoBa, and Poindezter la^ad out Sha antacad qaiek' ly, but for a moownt ha atffl hald Oa nioa of tba impttiant bona. "He'a laikher freah ha laid eyaiii^ her keenly; **tK9 yoa aua yo can manage bun/" "Give me the reiaa," aha aaid aimpfy. He placed them in the two finn, well- ahi^ed banda that waohad from the deptha of the vehicle, and waa aatiafiad. Tat he lin- gered. 'It's roiu(h work for a lme woman," he aaid, almoat onrtly. "I can't go with yoo, batâ€" apeak franklyâ€" ia there any man yoa know whom yop can treat wdl enoaghto take 7 IVa not too late yet think a mo- ment!" He paaaed orer the battening of the leath- er apron of the Tahiole. "No, there bb none," anawered the voice from the mterior; "and ita better ao. Ia all raady?" "One moment more." Ha had recovered hia h^ bantering manner. '^Yon have a friend and conntrypian already with yon, do yoa know? Yonr horae ia Bine Graas. Good-niKht." With these worda liagii^ in her eara she began her joomey. The horae, as if eager to maintain the repatation which his native district had given hia race, aa well as the race of the pretty woman behind him leaped impatiently forward. Bat palled together by the fine and firm fingera that aeemed to guide rather than check his eznbarance, he presently strack into the long swinging pace of his kind, and kejpt it thioagoat without "break" or acceleration. Over the paved streets the light baggy rattled, and the slen- der shafts danced around his smooth barrel, but when they touched the level high road, horse and vehide slipped forward through the niehtâ€" a swift and noiseless phantom, Mrs. Tucker could see his graceful back dimly rising and falling before her with tire- less rhythm, and could feel the mtelligent pressure of his mouth until it seemed the re- sponsive grasp of a powerful but kindly hand. The faint glow of conquest came to her cold cheek t£e slight stirrings of pride moved her preoccupied heait. A soft light filled her hazel eyes. A desolate woman, berefc of husband and home, and flying through storm and night â€" she knew not where â€" she stfll leaned forward toward her horse. "Was he Blue Grass, then, dear old bo} " she gect y coced at him in the darkness, fle evidently was, and respond' ed by blowing her an ostentatious equine kiss. "And he would be good to his own forsakeu Belle," she murmured caressingly, "and wouldn't let any one barm herl" Bat here, overcome by the lazy witchery of her voice, he sfaojk his head eo violently that Mfd. Tucker, after the fashion of her sex, had the double catisfacticn of demurely re- straining the .passim she had evoked. To avoid the more travelled thoroughfare, while the evening was still early, it had been ar^arged tbat she should at first take a less dirtct out less trequented road. This was a famous pleasure drive from San Fran- cisco â€" a gravelled and sanded stretch of eight miles to the sea, and an ultimate cock- tail in a "stately pleasuredom decreed" among the surf and rocks of the Pacific shore. It was deserted now, and left to the unobstructed sweep of the wind and rain. Mrs. Tucker would uot have chosen thi« road. With the iostinctive jealousy of a bucolic inland race bom by great rivers, she did not like the sea; and agam the dim and dreary waste tended to recall the vision C0Dnect3d with her husband's flight, upon which she had resolutely shut her eyes. But when she had reached it the lokl suddenly tcmed, following the trend of the beach, and she was exposed to the full power of its dread fascinations. The combined roar of sea and shore was in her ears; as the di- rect fbrce of the gale had compelled her to furl the protected hood of the baggy to keep the light ehicle from oversetting or drift- ing to leeward, she could no longer shut out the heavlnp chaos on the right frcm which the pallid ghosts of dead and dying breakers dimly ruse and sank ai if in awfut saluta- tion. At times through darkness a white sueet appeared spread before the path and beneath the wheels of the buggy, which, when withdrawn with a reluctant hiss, seemed striving to drag the exhausted beach seaward with it. But the blmd terror of her hone, who swerved at every sweep of the surge, shame 1 her own hslf superstitious fears, and with the effort to ccntrol his alarm she regained her own self possession â€" albeit with eyelashes wet, not altogether with the salt spray fram the sea. Tois was followed by a reaction, perhaps stimulated by the victory over the beaten animal, when for a time â€" she knew not how long-^she felt only a mid sense of freedom and power; oblivious of even her sorrows, her lost borne and husband; and with intense feminine conscioosnesa she longed to be a man. She was scarcely aware that the track turn- ed airain inland until the beat of the horse's hoofs on the firm groond and an acceleration of speed showed her she had Idft the beach and the mysterious eea behind her, and she remembeiei thai she waa near the end of the first stage of her journey. Half an hour later the twinkling lights of the roadside inn where she waa to ciwnge horses rose out of the darkneaa. Happily for her the hoatler ocnsidered the horse, who had a local reputation, of more importance than the unknown muffled figure m the ahadow of the nnforled hood, and confined hia attention to the animaL After a oarafol e Tamfnation of hia feet and • few eommenta addreaaed adldy to tiie anperiw creation, he led him away. Mrs. Tucker would have liked to part moce aflEsc: tionately from her four footed oon^triot, and felt a sadden sense of lonelinesa at the loaa rf her new friend, bat a r ecollecti o n of certain oaatfcma of Csptain Poindextar'a kept her mate. Neverthelea^ thaostUr'a ostentationa adjuration of "Now, fhen, aren't yon going to bring o«t that mnataag fortheSenoraT'^poziledhar. It waa not on- til the fresh hoae waa i^t to, and ahe had flung a pieoe ol gold mto tiw attendant's hand, that the "eraeku" of hia nnmirtak- aUe Saxon apeeckzevealed to bar ttMreoaon of the Inwyar^ OMtian. Pinndaxf^ IM evidently rmreaentoa ha to these people aa • native Caiifomiaa who did not apsak Bog- iMh. In her inoouiafeaney her blood took CalhoiB W«»v* Hewoa^hearof â- first MHMroaa Aenot aaa train of thoo^t aelf tUnking of h erâ€" and not pleaaantly. their raiato-monow, part^paot flight. He would vaoMnber MiyM^.â€" d wh^ would he tkak of har dooaitfnl frivol- ity? Wonld be bailieve that igootans oftiie Mhue? It Suae of any aoooonlability to othaci titan beraelf, bat even tiien it waa tafthar owing to aanneaaiy eonaeionaini of what har hna- baad mnakfeelif lia were aabjaoted to tiie eritieiamaofven likaCalhooa. She won- dered if othera knew that ha had kq^ her inignoraneeof hia flight. Did Poiadextar know itâ€" or had he only entranpsd her in- to the admiariem t Why had aha not been clever enough to make him think that she knew it already! For the moment ahe hat- ed Poindezter for aharingthat aeoret. Yet ti4B waa again fdUowad byanew im|^enoe of^ her hudMmd'a want of iaaigbt mto her aUlitytohelphim. Ofoonraetiie poor fel- low oould not bear to worry hei^-ooald not bear to face aooh men aa Calhoonâ€" or even Poindezterâ€" (ahe added eznltindiy to her self) but he might have aent her line as he fled, only to larepars her tomeet and combat tha ahame alone. It did mitooonr to her unsophistioated aingloneaa of nature that ahe was accepting aa an error of feeling what the world would call oowardly ae^ah- -^JS tShowi. and hava baen ra- ..Bat wboia i. »• **l*'22!Li?*' r^Am mrtlv to bid* b« embixravMnfc ViMamoavoarowalaad. *o"P*"**â„¢ -taTao^ Lookl All you «ee before you » youra,; raa^a." Tm tone of half ailery did^not cheer Mra. Tuokar. â- ndoaafebereyoa over howarar, Sha ahnddered alighUy the monotonoua aaa At midnight tiie atorm^lolled and a few etaxB trembwd thron{^ the rent clouds. Her eyes had become acouatomed to the dark- ness, and her country inatincta, a little over- laid by the nrban ezperienoes of the last few yeara, came again to the surface. Siie felt the fresh cool radiation from outlying up- turned fielda, the faint, sad odors from dim atretchea of prickuig grain, and quickening leaf, and wondered if at Los Cuervos it might be ponible to reproduce the peculiar veniure ci her native district. She beguiled her fancy by an ambitious plan of retrieving their fortunes by faurming; her comfortable tastes had lately rebelled against the home- less medhanisal cnltivatioa of theae deaolato but teeming Galiforu'an aorea, and for a mo- ment induced in a vision of a vine-olad cot- tage home thatiu any other woman wonld have been sentimentaL Her cramped limba achmg, ahe took advantage of the security of the darkneaa and the familiar contiguity of the fields to get down from the vehicle, gather her skirta tosethw, and run at the head of the mnstang, until her chill blood waa thawed, night drawing a modest veil over this charming revelation cf the nymph and woman. Bnt the sudden shadow of a coyote checked the scouring feet of this swift Cjmilla, and sent her back precipitately to the buggy. Nevertheless she was refreshed and able to pursue her journey, until the cold grey of early morning found her at the end of her second stage. Her route was changed again bom the main highway, rendered dangerous by the approach of aay and the contiguity of the neighboring rancAeros. The road waa rough and hilly, her new horse and vehiole in keeping with the rudeneaa of the route â€" by far the moat difficult of her whole journey. The rare waggon tracks that indicated her roMi were often scarcely discernible; at times they led her through opeiungs in the half cleared woods, akirted auspicious mor- acaea, painfully oUmbed the smooth dome- like huls, m wound along periloua alopea at adangerooa angle. Twice ahe had to alight and cling to the aliding wheela on one of these treacheroua inolinea, or drag them from impending ruts or immovable mire. In the growing l^ht she could diatinguiah the distant low lying marahes eaten by enoroaoh- ing slou^ and inaidiona ohannus, and be- yond them the faint gray waato of the Low- er Bay. A darker peninsula in the marsh she knew to be the extreme boundary of her future home â€" ^the Rancho de loe Gnwvoa. In another hour ahe began to deaoend to the plain, and to once more approapK the mun road, which now ran nearly,parallel^with lar track. She scanned it cautiously for any early traveller; it atretohed north and south in apparent unerring solitade. She struck into it boldly, and urged her horae to the top of hia apeed, until ahe reachad the crosa road that led to the rancho. Bat hero she paused and allowed the reins to drop idly on the mustang's back. A sbgnlar and unao- countable irresolution seized her. Hie diffi- culties of her journey were over, the rancho lay scarcely two milea awayishe had achiev- ed the most important part of her taak in the appointed time, but ahe heaitated. What had ahe eome fori She tried to reoidl Poin- dexter's words, even her own enthusiaam, bnt in vain. She waa going to take poses- eion of her husband's property, she knew â€" tbat wss all. Bnt the means she had taken seemed now so exaggerated and mysterious for that simple end that she-began to dread an impending something or sonse vagne dan-, ger she liad not considered, that she was lushing blindly to meet. Fall of this strange feeling, she almost mechanically stopped her horae as ahe entered the cross read. From this momentary hesitation a aingu- lar sound orouaed her. It aeemed atmat like the swift hurryug by of aome viewless courier of air, the vague alarm of tome in- visibla flying heiald, or like the inartioalato cry that preoedes a storm. It seemed to rise and fall around her aaif with some changing urgency or purpose. Baising her eyea she suddenly recognized the two fiur stretehed lines cf telegraph wire above her head, and knew the solun cry of the morning wind i^ng ite vibrating chords. But it brought another and more praotieal fear to her ac- tive brain. Perlia^ even now the telwraph might be anticipating herl Had Pi^^ter thought of that! She heaitated no longer, bnt laying the whqp on the baok of her jad- ed mnstang apua harried fmrward. Aa the level boriaon grew mere diatinok her attantian waa attraatedfay tiie white aail of a small boat laziljr thtoading the ain- nooa ohaoiMl of tiw aloagh. It might be Poindezter arriving by the more direot roate from the ateamboat tbat oooanonally -:- off the ancient emftoraufaro of the Loa hud Oaarvoa Banobo. But eiven while watdiing ithar^piokaar oaogbtiMaonndof gallop' in« hoofii banind her. She turned ^ick andaaarttafe aba waa foOowed by a horse- ma^ Batberaoniantary alarm waa aao- oeeded by a fceliiq; of reUef aa ahe reeogala- ed tiM.eroaft flnre and square shoaldenof Poindezter. Yet dM ooald not help think- .Oa* be looked more like a militattt With onaffeoted ranged bar digfalty aha lear- hairaa ha state, andtiie embarcadero •}" "g" J^i^ a town. I ammoaeyoulloall it Blue Oraaa- ly dropping bia voiee to a tone of half hnm- orooaaympalhy. •j..r.«:â€" MifcTookor managed to get nd of an un- y mtAina tear under the pretence of „««»- EJh^eyeli. "Are we ieariy there!" ahe "Nearly. You know," he added, artth the aame half -ffliaobevioua, half aympatiux- ing g^y'tyi ••»*'• »«* azaotty a pa^ you're ooSiSgto. Hardly. If a »li« old^**^ «»* baa been deeerted for years, but I thoogbt it better you ahould go intopoaaearion there tbm i take up your abode at the ahanty where yonr huaband'a farm handa «re. No one will know when you take posaewion of the eosa, while the very hour of your rival at the shanty wonld be known -jj and if they ahould make any trouble "If they ahould make any tronbler re- peated Mra. Tucker, lifting her frank m- quiring eyee to Poindezter. His horae suddenly reared from an appar- entiy aocidentad prick of the apnr, it waa a minute or two before he waa able to ezplain. " I mean if this ever comea up aa a mat- ter of evidence you know.. Bat here we arel" What had aeemed to be an overgrown mound riaing Uke an island out of the dead level of the grassy aea now raeolved itaelf in- to a collection of adobe waUa, eaten and en- crusted with shrubs and vfnea that bore some leaemblanoe to the usual uninhabited looking exterior of a Spaniah Amerioan dwelling. Apertnree that might have been lance uaped windows or omy cracks and fissurea in the walls were choked up with weeds aud grau, aud gave no passing glimpse of the interior. Enter- ing a ruinous corral they came to a aecond entrance, which proved to be the patio or courtyard. The deserted wooden corridor, with beama, raftera, and floors whitened by the eternal sun and wind, containing a few withered leaves, dryly rotting skins and thongs of leather, as if undisturbed by hu- man care. But among these scattered de- bris of former life and habitation there waa no noisome or unclean suggestion of decay. A faint spiced odor of dessioation filled the bare waUa. There was no slime on stone or snn-dried brick. In place of fungus or dis- colored moisture, the dust of efflorescence whitened in the obscured comers. The ele- mente had picked clean the bonss of the crumbling tenement ere they ahould finally absorb it. A withered old peon woIJ^m, who in dreaa, complezion, fibroua hair might have been an animated fragment of the debria, rustied out of a low vaulted passage and welcomed them with a feeble crepitetion. Following her into the dim interior, Mra. Tucker waa aur- priaed to find aome sllf[ht attempt at oomfort and even adornment, in two or three habit- able apartmenta. niey were scrapuloutly clean and dryâ€" two qualitiea which in her feminine eyea, atoned for poverty of mat- erial. "I could not aend anything from San Bruno, the neareat village, without attract- ing attention," ezplainea Poindezter "but if jfou oaa manage to pionic here for a day longer 111 gjet one of onr Chinese friends here," he pointed to the aloagh, "to bring over, for ma return cargo from aoroea the bay, any necessaries yon may want. There is no danger of his betraying yon," he adde 1 with an ironical amile; "Chinamen and Indians are, by an ingenious provision of the stetate of California, incapable of giving evidence against a white person. You oan trust yonr hondmaidea perfectiy even if she can't trust you. That ia your sacred privil^ie under the constitatim. And now, as I ezpect to catch the np boat ten miles from here, I must say "good-by" until to- morrow night. I hope to bring yon then aoine more definite plans for the future. The worst is over." He held her hand for a moment, and with a graver voice continued: "Yoa have done it very wellâ€" do you know â€" ^verywelll" In the slight embarrasment produced by hia sudden change of manner, she felt that her thanks seeme:! awkwark and restrained "Don't thank me." he laughed with a prompt return of his former levity, "that's mytrade. I only advised. You have saved yourself like a plucky womanâ€" shaU I say like Blue Grass! Good-by 1" He mounted his horaa, but, as if struck by an after thought, wheel- ed and drew up by her side agun. "If I were you I wouldn't see many strangers for a day or two, and luten to as littie news as a woman poBsibly can." He laughed again, waved her a half -gallant, half- military salnte and was gens. The qnesticn she had been trying to frame, regarding the probibility of communication with her husband, remained unasked. At lesstshe had saved her pride OMore him. Addreasins beraelf to the oare of her nar- row household, she meohanioally put away the few things she had brought with her: and began to readjust the scant furaitoz^ She WW aUttle discomposed first by theiS? aeccsof bolta. looka. and even iriadow faa- tonhin, until aaaared b^ Conoba'a evident ualMlity to oomprehend her oonoam tiiat tteywwa qoite qnkaownat LaaCaarvoa. Her ^ht laowlodge of Spaniah WMUr£ tbat tiM leliaf of convefaation with her duly enap^mi was debarred her, and ahe was oblicadtooontentberaeU with the aaol«n: on^big amilaaandwitbored gena£SS thUtiwddwMiKidwp^liJSdkS; S«r£SL JSL*" ** "°»8M onwban. tba boose amging Bka an eaB|% ahall fa^ So, the adhtode no kngar. and. ^^ ^^ fMKg JNHie and iSktlingT Bat tlM ^w irtthnnl aaaiBwl to ia««.». tttthi«( i,tba«fKteaara- Boddh*^ Ipay • rfdwarfailSirSbh on kfd. Oa( ttamonolOBy^ mptsd' ;fat Sekthe abettared warmth of ftj o^iWd. Win ab» endeavored to nuJte frienda with a inttia oorridor-a giMelnl ^^""g" bbw and gold, from wbomabe Mt •* ofebar timiuhe^t bare fled, but who* bawijr ^bannSaaaaoIttnde »»»d made taioirn •d itwitii hreadoromba, withnooftwef- fMttban to â- ti'faLl'.j^-tllldhSSi; mant She wondered if ahe aboold baooipe like the priaoneia abe bad read of mbooka, wbopooSdouttbeir aoUtary •«Be«onaon DOiaoma orMitana, and aba even *Vlf**^ tiie moatang, wfaiob with the boggy had dii appeared onder the diarse of aome onknown (Sner on her arrivJ. Waa abe not a prisoner! The abotterlaaa window^, yawn- ug doora, and open 8^t^*^„f^ â- Â°5 gastion; but theenoompawing lolitodeMid toaoklesB waato atiU hdd her captive. Poin- dezter had told her it waa foor milea to the abiMity; ahe ndgbt walk there. Why bad ahe given hw word that abe woold remain at the rancho until he retoraed! The long day orqst monotooaly away, and ahe weloomed the lught whioh abot out the dreary proraeot. Bnt it brought no oeasa- tion of the barftâ€" i"fc wind without, nor sur- oease of the nervous irritetion ita perpetual and even activity wrought upon her. It baonted her piUow even in her ezhaoated sleep and seemed to impatienUy beokon her to rue and follow it. It broaght her feveriah dreams of her hoabiuid, footaore aod weary, ataggering forward under ita pitileae lash andolamorous ontory ahe woutd have gone to hia asaiatanoe, but when ahe reached hia aide and held oot her arms to him, it harried h r paat with meroileaa power, and bearing her away, left him hqye l eas l y behind. It was broad day when ahe awoke. The nsaal night ahowers of the waning riany sea«m had left no trace in sky or meadow the fervid morning sun had already dried the patio only the restiess harryi^ wind remained. Mrs. Tucker aroae with a reaolve. She had learned from Conoba on the previous evening that a part of the shanty waa naed as a timda, or ahop for the laborera and roncAeros. Under the necessity of pur- chaaingsome articles, she wonld go there and for a moment mingle with those people who would not recognize her Even u they did, her instinct told her it wonld be less to be feared than the hopeless uncertainty of another day. As ahe left the houae the wind aeemed to seized her, aa in her dream, and hurry her along with it, until in a few minatea the walls of the low easa sank into the earth again and die waa'alooe, bnt for the breeaeon the aolitary plain, The level distanca glittered in the ahwp light, a few crows with slant winga dipped and ran down the wind before her, and a passing gleam on the mwah waa ezplained by the tar-off cry of a curlew. She bald walked for an boor, unhald by the atimulns of light and morning air, when the eluater of aorob caka, wbioti waa her diatinotion, opened enough to ahow two rambling ahedHs, before one of whiob waa a wooden platform oontaining a few barrela andbonea. Asalw apj^roacbed nearer aba ooold aee that one or two borsea were tethered under the treea, tbat tiiair ridera were longing by a horae troogh, and that over an open door the word Tienda waa rudely painted on a board, and aa radely illaatrated by the waraa di^Uyedatdow •.3d window. Aoeoatomed aa ue waa to the poverty of f nmtier architeotnre. even tiie orumblioff walla of the ol haekitda ahe had juat left aeemsd piotureaque to the rigid anglea of the thin, blank, onpainted ahell before her. One of the loungers who waa reading a newspaper aloud aa ahe ad- wioed, pat it aaide and atarad at her; there was aa evident commotion in the ahop aa ahe stepped upon the platform, and when ahe entered, with breatUeea lipa and beat- mg heart, ahe found herself the objeot of a dozen curious eyea. Her quick ptide re- aentad the acrntniy and recalled her oonrage. and It waa with a aUght ooldneaa in her naual lazy indifference that ahe leaned over the 03nnter and aaked for the article she wanted. The request waa followed by a dead silence. Mrs. Tnoker repeated it with some kavteur. "I reckon you don't store is in the handa fine of the lonngera. Mrs. Tucker waa not aware of it. (TO Bi OONTIirUID.) A Sea Atmo^here ftr the Siek Beon. Toe eolation to be naed aud diffoaed as "?^ »"?i?*^ ot a aolation of perozide of hydrogen(10 volamea atrenffthjnontainina 1 percent rfoaonio ether, iodine to aatiin- tion, and 2 50 per cent of aea aalt. Theao- intion pUoed in a ateam or hand apray dif. futer can be distributed in the finSt .pray m the .iok.room at the rate of two Said w«eamaqoarterofanhoar. Itoomwd. pwWsr oftiieair of the aiok room I have ever oaed. It ia a powerfol diainfeotant as f-f g^y y h a bo,^ Bm Sw SrMt iMhr. "^••" wweaa ana ^eaev imim«iii i m^" • aeem to know this of the Sheri^" aaid 'itnat: r^ "â-  â-  â- â€¢ «^wi -At tiie theatre the ohJt' .. plMiore of rittbyrl*«»ln}| dwaa ahot upift tt^J^J a of a rabbit, V^ *N4l! rmninded of tiie \l!!,?'*WjJ femato taahion. CStA] marked degree. WavthS»ih a lady^ dress extenftSf i*«*ll abonlders! For no ctW i"***S mot in tiie miUtary we» ***»^j do ladiea wear taUor^ml'^^Cf man do. Why shouH » iL,*"' ji do. Why do womin JIL ?*i2 oaoaemendo. WhydoWl!^! white ooUms about thSr^JS^ men do. Have yon tiioaghufi S approach towards mta? j *»W women have made in th« u?* *M The oldfemaie dren refoSfcl â-º They wanoed to put hlS^^S That would not do. nSSL*"»1 era. such as Dr. Mary W^l"**, modest woman could jamp^t^l into a pair of trousera and mZ " reapeot, and the respect ofwlH admirers. The approach to J S tnme was by amoreoi.tsuito«»?*« «to result i^hed is pleS^M, Fenunme attire is not so fam? *Nf to be. «id .it is atgelffS^ proper tba*: It should Sot bi 1??' now dreaaed in an ulster th^t "'•J heela, that has bppaS iTLH buttona, tiiat is miSe of gooiSL*'" cloth, and if she has a L "' ahoeashe »iok'when walkJ.'^! yon on a oold day in winter vi, !L^ the gentleman at her side. yS.!?J aenaUile, and so she is, but hovfiW departed from the style of her smi!!!i when everything was silk, Kf] feathery finery 1 It is conJaTtohM nizedthatawomw U not»littt;'"1 kept ina satin bag at hone ui dL] blue ribbon when she gbes oat, butttJ baa muscles to be developed, »i»ditJ may surely come in contact withJ^/S ing breezes and the light of hen- other words, women are bacoBinJ atordy and robust than they u?.! Croquet is not the gamj now, bit it bo lawn-tennis, which requires ntn tion. more strength, nnd moie i The girl of the future will be an » She will have strong arms and t tidZ plezioa. She will ride horseback ul J boata. She will dig the juicy daa it] aeaaide and feast like a king u thetsJ her honest toil. And shewilllMiaj better for itâ€" all the stronger ui ba physically, mentally, and sentka. She will be a better specimen in ennj than her puny sisters of a genendot V Above all, she will make a better wjfei, better m3ther. All this she can be i^l retain every raal and essential characjor. â-  â- â- â-  1. » Women at Breaktut Perhaps there is no better teit nlJ man's hmlth and beauty than her m ance at an early breakfait table. Sheslj more aa nature made her than txuji period of the day, when art has beaali m with a view of heightening her i If ahe has slept well, it argues, to i tent, aaouni nervous system, and ttid ia aeen in the brightaess of hereyaail tone pssaessed by the muscles of thi and neok. Her movements aref(dlo{|i for her limbs liave been rebaWi atrengthened by repoie, and heri dear and bright, for it also hai nMi there have been no bad dreams toon her nervons system and make her lisfj haggard. Her intelligence is that mazimom, and ahe feels the mmhl i lesaneaa that is so generally the nri aoond, healthy sleep, and thatiios^ tural elation of the emotioasi pM doobtieas, .for her to exhibit, bnt {i|j pleaaant to those to whom it ii muifi If. on the contrary, she has slept I or baa suffered from nightmaTSi inta enoe of a feeble digestive system, M are wetJc, dim and watery, her beeiiir her bead appears to be held nnstesdf a abonlders, for it drops on her cheit,J hdpleady from side to eide, her oc~ is dull and blotchy, red where it to be red, and pale where it ought iM Sde. Her expresaion isiadicatinil isoomfort she has under({one dir nighty her movements are either p alow, or aggravatingly brusque, ha I eotahows stapidity, her emotioui» her perceptions dull. While the woman that 18 in good p health exhibita all the bewty in m morning that her featoras are *P*!"T preasmg, the one whose onianio uujl ranged is at this period of the dir*l wor^t. There is no better test of » »J health than her ability to est HI breakfaat, and it might almost bJMM bar phyucal beauty is in direot pwp«y the amount of beefsteak or mnWi^ she oan pat into herself at this meM- tainly, pretty women cin ^^ hearty breakfast. Queer AdTcrtiseineiitgi The second column of the fits* P* London Times is kcown as the ^T nmn." In it are inserted such a» as, "information wanted" of •ww^' man who disappeared, one, "'Aj I yeara ago, and has never been ami amoe. There too are to be fonnfljn etio notioes intended for ""'fufi only, entreating -S P." or "T^*,] torn, "tad aU will be fo'«»***'fc 31 are other advertistments "!*,( laagb more than these cw '"' Panetoation, or want of it, ^^j^ many of the atrange advertuenw^ tiieasb for instance Wamtidâ€" A woman able »* wash iron and mUk three «"** ^^ WAMTID-Bya GeTB»f^,i inanrivatetamilyaJitaaboaW" out diildrcn. ^|l Wah«iâ€" A comfortable rooi»»» •n Idar feet by ten. l WAirttt-Boy to milk tiAt^^ A father dngular annoonoeoa" in one of oor dty papers. ^^ A large bloe gentlemaa' "" thn yiomity of e market To R«HT-An degsntlyj"^] to gantltmen already "**'^^i^i Among the artistic ali«^ dadariiig diat, "Two yow^, W«dilng,'» and anotiier O" oor ooffins. YouwiB oitiiar. '^aProaaiai i^tofaprival ittii