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young polks the p b atj society- when mre buxton received letter from her tlater mre graham aekfag whether annie graham could ttay with her anntand oonijaalrom september tul the following january the waa orach pleated annie waa twelve year old juttthe age of tom burton ana as the four other ohildren were much older ithelr age ranging from eigh teen to twenty four aheitbought it would he very pleaaant for tom to have a oompn- ion of ha own age the whole family thought a bright little glrlwould be anagree- able addition to the household circle but when annie came they were muoh dlaap solnted her appearanoe was tfs-fkk- hehadatrim little fignre bright black eyes pretty darkcurla and tho her features were rather irregular her expression was both amiable and intelligent her manner too were graceful and refined but she was painfully shy she seemed troubled if spoken to and even a glance would cause her to shrink as if trying to hide from every eye the thought of going to school seem ed so distressing that mrs burton dropped the subjeot and allowed her to stay at home i tom was disappointed and complained to his mother that he oould not get acquainted with annie never mind dear said mrs burton i think you will get on together nicely when the loe is onoe broken but tom feared it never would break tom was a good boy in the main tho he had a very quiok temper and he was a good looking boy but bis hair was red now as some people object to red hair i honld like to describe toms as auburn or golden or tawny but the truth is that if ever hair was red genuine unmistakable unmitigated fieryred thathair was toms and tom knew it poor boy 1 he couldnt help knowing it for he had been teased about it from his earliest recollection fits trials began with his elder brothers at home but they culminated at sohool when tho boys found how it plagued him to have any al lusion made to his hair battle after battle did tom fight to compel bllence on tho sub jeot but all in vain one day when annie had been at her aunts for nearly a week tom rushed home from sohool and burst into the sittingroom where the family were assembled in buoh a plight that his appearnoewas greeted by a chorus of reproof and remonstrance dear me tom said fastidious miea clara you look as tho you had been rolling in an aahheapi the sleeve of your jacket is hlftorn out and your collar is hanging said miss julia hello tom whats the matter with your eyes t said will they dont match ones blue and the others black snlllvans nothing to you tom said bert v youre w regular fighting phenom enon ii i i i tom dear i hope you havent been fighting again said mrs burton yea i have mother saldtoncvi the fellowsiwont let me alone andl wont stand beldtt called carrottop by any one nonsense 1 said miss julia what harm does the name do you 1 aroae by any other name quoted literary bert the boys are only in fun said mlas clara and your hair i red tom said will ay log the said hair critically with the air of having his attention called to it for the first hm youabouldtrynot to give way to anger i bout such a trifle dear bald mrs burton fyou should cultivate a forgiving spirit thnghtrogmust atodslr said mr burton sternly dont let me hear any oreof then to the utter aatonishment of every ane another voice was heard and annie urahamapoke voluntarily for the first time since she had entered the house she spoke ria oleari rather high pitched slightly plaintive voloe that gave distinctness to 6veryword i know just how you feel about your hair tom for it is just the way i havo felt a great many times every one was amazed even mr bur ton laid down his paper when annie spoke nd every eye was fixed upon her tom was as surprised as the others but he said vroi i how can yon know anything about it annie t with an appreciative glance at annies dark curls your hair isnt red i vm no tald annie solemnly its my nose why that isnt red either said will no said annie in the same olear plaintive voloe bnt its so large it is dreadful to haveauoh a nose it seems to oast a shadow over my whole existence will opened his mouth seeing a chance for another joke but at a sign iroinbis mother he shut it again and annie oontlnu ed hjt i think a large nose is even more trying than red half for you can dye your hair or out it off and wear a wig or it may turn gray but a larre nose can never possibly grow smaller and as you grow older it will look even larger i never can forget my nose it has been laughed at ever since i was a uttle tiny girl and every one that taw me would sav what a large nose that ohlld has 1 the girls atbohool laugh at it and one of them waa angry at me and nioknamed me swordfish and the others took it up i dread to go to a new place i dreaded even to come to see you and go to sohool here on account of my nose annie paused and tom whoac awn trials had taught him something in regard to per sonal sensitiveness said i dont think your noae is badlooking at all annie and even if it were great deal larger than it is it couldnt be so bad as my red hair for it doesnt give a chance for so many jokes after any one baa said it is largo they cant say any more oh you do not know said annie the number of jokes that can be made on a large noae i believe they would fill a volume thoae on my hair would fill a whole set of volumea aald tomjjchw suppose yon put the matter to the teat said will each of you take a blankbook and write in it all the personal remarks and jokes you can recu and aee which hat the moat agreed said tom 111 bet 111 get the moat and i feel aura that i will aald annie but we will try by the time evening came tom and annie had each a blank book in readiness miss clara helped to make them and they were very pretty tho covert were of stiff cream colored paper on toms was painted a boys head crowned by a carrot of bril liant orange while around the edge ran a fantastic border of poppies torches flamin goes comets and other objects ot san guinary hue on the cover of annies book was a swordfisb and the border was made np of elephants trunks cranes bills heads of mr punch and other suggestive objects tom and annie were in the highest spirits as they sat side by side writing and number ing the remarks and jokes missiles as they agreed to call them annies shyness was quite forgotten her black eyes shone and she was full of animation bedtime came before the stock of missiles was exhausted the next day mrs burton again sug gested annies frolng to school and she made no objection annie was very much liked by teachers and pupils and she was muoh less shy than usual for if she did not succeed in forgetting her unfortunate nose she was cheered by the thought that any remarks made upon it would swell the number recorded in her blankbook and she was becoming very anxious to excel tom in this regard annie thought that her being a stranger gave tom an unfair advantage but tom laid that was balanced by the f aot that the fellows knew he would thrash any one that spoke of his hair tom did not know that it was his very rage at suoh allusions that tempted the boys to make them before long his old enemy sam whitney returned to the charge hello woodpecker he called out to tom 1 wlah youd get your hair out if you dont ill havo to get a pair of green goggles to wear if you are going to bit in front of me get them then said tom baying to himself with a feeling of satisfaction that makes 107 sam waa surprised at toms coolness and kept on with speeches intend ed to be provoking which tom quietly recorded in hia book bringing his number up to 112 tom and annie had agreed that a joke repeated should count the same as a now one annie sagely lemarking that old jokea were the most provoking of all after a time so many such questions arose that at wills suggestion they drew up a set of rules and formed themselves into a secret society of two members each wearing a badge on whlth was inscribed the myatlo letterb p r a j s slgnifing personal remarki and jokes society they each carried a little notebook in which they made notea in a kind of short hand of their own invention to be afterward copied into the larger book of course these badges and notobuoks excited the cariosity of the other pupils but tom and annie could not be persuaded to divulge their meaning till one day annie said tom i feel very sorry for cornie scott she is a dear girl but she is rather stout and some of the girls make fun of her cornie never gets angry but i found her crying today because ida loring called her a porpoise suppose we invite her to join our society v agreed samfelom if yon will let me invite ned warren hes a good fel low but borne of the boyb laugh at him be cause hes crosb eyed the sooiety thus enlareed to inolude four members began to hold regular meetingb at which eaob member was addressed by a name that had been originally bestowed in deris ion annie was swordfish tom wood pecker ned was known as bat while cornie cheerfully responded to the title of porpoise enoh had a book modeled after those origin ally made by tom and annie and diligently collected mlssllea tho it was oon evident cornles would exceed all the ofera her list grbwingai a wonderful rate the society grew more and more to be a social club and was soon jointed by charley gibson a freokl- ed boy enrolled as leopards and emma davis a tall thin miss who meekly bore the title of giraffe the p r a j sooiety was kept up dur ing the whole of annies stay and it proved more useful than many sooleties more pre tentious when it came time for annie to return home there was general regret at her de parture we shall miss you very muoh my dear said mrs burton you have been like a uttle aunbeam in the houae i hardly thought that would be ao when you first dame to ua a uttle maiden all forlorn we had only to wait till tie loe waa broken said miss clara and i think said annie laughing it was my big nose that broke the loe or my red hair said tom your hair may have melted it said will and tom never winced bnt only thought another joks that makes 253 1 n y independe where bed tape prevails a paymaster in the united states navy gives an xchauge the following account of the red tape that must be gone through in making purchases for a manofwar supposing that a paper of tacks la wanted on board a united states ship on a foreign station the following la the routine aotuauy required under general order no 48 four requisitions are made out whloh are signed as follows officer making the requisition four times captain eight paymaster eight and admiral four bids are sent out to five merohants whloh are signed bypay officer five times merohants bidding five accep tance of bid paymaster one bids are then made out in qulntuphcate and are signed by the captain five times paymaster ten senior officer of the board of inspection five and persons receiving the money five a report is attached by the senior officer of the board of survey in duplicate two signa tures and the tfficer who has made the requisition signs a receipt on the bill five times when it ik complete with more than half a hundred signatures philadelphia kger pulpit end pew stories of discourteous smartness in either pulpit or pew abound the following la as fresh as are the winds that blow across cape cod where the incident occurred xhe con gregation was not attending to the sermon the minister stopped in his reading my hearers said he i have given much thought to this sermon it has cost me many days of labour i have meditated on it in the night seasons if yon cannot listen to it i will atop right here and now the reply was prompt from a member of the con gregation go on paaior go on you mues be about through chicago advance what he was ciyiae for hint said one german to another in the street of frankfort what axe yon crying ahrat f i am cryirg because the great rothschild 1 dead was the reply and why should you cry about that waa the further query he was no rela tion of yours was he no waa the an swer half smothered in sobs no relation at all and thats just what i am crying for a fifty cent fortune young girl at fortuneteuera what 1 im going to marry a poor man and have seventeen ohildren 1 its outrageous 1 my friend sarah had her fortune told her and you said she was to marry a millionaire and live on fifth avenve heres yonr quarter fortuneteller with dignity yonr friend sarah got a fiftycent fortune mlas his conspicuous ability a storekeeper waa boaatlng in the pres ence of a customer that he could secure a quarter of a pound of tea in a smaller piece of paper than any ether man in the country yes said zedeklah dryasdust who ohanoed to hear the remark and youu put a pint of rum in a smaller bottle than any other man that i ever see anyway liver and lights two gentlemen walking along the streets observed some workmen taking the windows from a house which they were about puu- ing down and which the tenant had left the day before what tearing work said one they are making with mat house 1 yes said the other yesterday the uver went out and now they are taking ont the ughta taxation without bepresentation- sexton mr healthy i called to tret your share of the fund annually subscribed for keeping the cemetery in repair mr healthy well ive contributed for fifteen years and none of my family have as yet got a cents worth of benefit from it omaha world he had some grounds wibblo of all the nervy men i think young wagwell takes- the cake wlbble whatb the matter with wag- well 1 wibble he proposed to a deaf and dumb girl some time ago and now he la suing for breach of promise on tho ground that bllence gives consent a look ahead- mother laura you ought to make that young man of yours go home earlier miss laura but we are engaged mamma and i dont see why mother yon will get him into habits of staying out late that you will be sorry for it some day after the honeymoon is over v a needful statement w since that bridgeport girl ruined her jaws with chewing gum the manufacturers of the society quid have been forced to put out the following statement our gum does not paralyze evening things tjp- where did you get that cake annie t mother gave it to me shes always a- giving you moren she does me never mind harry shes going to put mustard plasters on ub tonlghtnd ill aak her to let you have the biggest culture in the west a teacher who had asked a grl to pur chase a grammar received the following note from the little girls mother i do not desire that mottle shall ingage in grammer as i prefer her to ingage in more yousful studies and oan learn her to speak and write proper myself i went through two grammars and i cant aay as they done me no good i prefer mattie to ingage in german and drawin and vbkal music on the piano why he became a baohelor a young lawyer who had been instructed that when a witness deolared that he was this or that it was essential that he should be made to tell when and for what reason he became ao thus utilized his instruction when trying his first oase with a witness that he had under orosaexamfaation are you a married man 1 he aaked no air i am a baohelor waa the answer the j air aald the young lawyer in a stern tone will you please teu this conrt how long you have been a baohelor and what were the circumstances that induoed yon to become one 1 luoky man visitor looking through the photograph album thle if i mistake not is a pro- trait of your deceased husband widow it is visitor with a wellmeant effort to aay something appropriate what a finelook ing man he waa 1 and ao young 1 but he has escaped many of the trials and sufferings of this life ah me i widow with a sigh yes he died just as i was getting ready to can five dozen boxes of blaokberries ashamed of his wifes handiwork how do you do sam said a colored gentleman to one of his oronles the other ay why you no come to aeo a feuer if i lib as near you aa you do to me id come to see you ebery day de faok is repu- ed sam my wife patch my trouserloons so au to pieoea tehamed to go nowhara didnt want to be too preoipitate charlie well edith if you are aafond of me as yon say why dont you promise to marry me v edith well you see charlie i i well the fact is i havent been to newport yet nor saratoga nor anywhere in fact but here at long branch and one never knows who might be that is well i wish char lie you would wait until the first of novem ber anyway to toll you then did his duty the free and easy manner in which the trial of sullivan was conducted at purvis mis tho unrestricted tendenoy of the crowd to uonlse the pugilist and the unmistakable trend of local opinion gave utsle assurance tbas the affair would be more than farcical but to the surprise of all the jury fcund verdict of guilty and now the presiding judge has vindicated the dignity of his office and his own manhood by sentencing the pugilist to one year imprisonment at hard labor the extreme penalty of the law had he imposed lighter punishment he would have been shamefully dereuot in duty but a knowledge of the prevalent sentiment in mississippi and of the vagaries of it jostioo did not tend to fortify pubuo oonfidenoe and had suluvan escaped with a nominal fine it would have occasioned uttle surprise a petition signed by over one thousand people including the sheriff and the jurymen praying that suluvan be re leased with a fine was a formidable docu ment peculiarly so in that seotion bnt judge terrell possessed the courage of his convictions in an eminent degree and unde terred by the strong influence brought to bear discharged his duty faithfully and manfully he knew aa every one knew that a fine would be a travetty and that sullivans sporting friends would pay it oheerfuuy aa one of the legitimate expenaes of the fight at auoh punishment they oould weu afford to smile but imprisonment at hard labor is an entirely different matter and the consternation of the plugugly fra ternity la easily imagined it is possible that legal ingenuity may yet defeat the ends of justice bnt every rightthinking man will devontly hope that nothing will impede snllivans progress to the penitentiary or shorten his stay in the asylum which should have received him years ago the man is an habitual law breaker and a curse to society he is a fair representive of au that is vicloub and depraved and his unusual strength as a pugilist has enabled him to exert a moat pernioious influence far reach ing and tenaoious the hulking rowdy drunkard and wifebeater is a disgrace to civilization and it is gratifying to know that at last he is to be placed with the convioted criminals where he belongs putting down drankenness wonders have been done by the danish police it is said in putting down drunknneaa at least in the btreeta it is not your brutal patrol waggon method no it is the out come of a refined and clvlllzad age and an educated policeman if the danish conata- ble on his beat comes aoroas a drunken man he first gets his addresa then hails a cab politely assists the inebriate into it and drives off with him to his home and after ringtnr the beu deposits the unhappy in dividual in the arms of his family if the man is too drunk or cannot remember his address he is driven to the pouoe station and the following morning a fresh cab is hired by the constable to drive the viotim to his home but who pays for all these cabal the anxloub inquirer demands the publican who supplied the man with drink it made responsible we do not advocate this polite method for canada bnt just mention- it to show what constabulary courtesy oan do in the state of georgia the antithesis of this treatment is proposed for the suppression of street drunkenness a bill hasbeen introduced into the legisla ture making it a misdemeanor for any person to get drunk except on hia own premises tbe bill provides that if a man does get drunk elsewhere than on his own premises fte shall be fined 10 and imprisoned ten days if he does it again the fine must be 20 and twenty days imprisonment and tho fine thereafter for eaoh offence is cumulative botes for women the princess of wales has been very stern and particular in the eduoatlon of her daugh ters she has had good material to work upon aa her girls were clever by nature the princess has taken great pride in their accompusbments and feels thither diaol- line baa been extremely beneficial the rince of wales has sometimes pleaded with her in vain to give her daughters a holiday she has often answered that at they were to hold high social positions they had no time to waste while acquiring sooial graces an american lady was keeping house in japan every month the highly accomplish ed japanese butler brought in the bills made ont in english and japanese for audit and payment one day our countrywoman was atartled by this oharge to fortyfour yards black entrails it was impossible she declared not to be thought of out of a sausage factory bat the smiling butler re turned triumphant the open dictionary in bis hands his deft forefinger pointing to the translation entraila lining then bhe remembered her new black silk queen victoria wrote as follows of the present emperor of germany in 1860 when he was twenty months old he is suoh a little love he came walking in with his nurse in a uttle white dress with blaok bows and waa ao good he is a fine fat cmlr with a beautiful white toft akin very fine shoulders and limbs and a very dear faoo uke vloky and fritz and louise of baden he has fritza eyes and viokys mouth and very fair ourly hair we felt eo happy to aee htm at last all of which proves that the kaiser was a nice biby and the queen a good deal of a gusher in iowa a married woman has every legal right that her husband has she can make contracts with him or any other parson sue or be sued sue her husband transact business in her own name and right receive and recover compensation for her own ser vices rendered outside of the family hold any public office to whloh she may be loot ed in f aot do all things 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