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I mmmm mmm I have always sympathized with the ^rl, who, upon being told that she might not go to the phot(>grapher. said, " I guess I'll go and have a tooth out then." It was much the same feeling that prompted ua (my sister and I) while wintering last year in Switzerland to viait the salt-mines at Bex. We had long since exhausted all the possibilities of life at Montreal, and were begin- ning to wonder how on earth we should be able to get through the remaining â- iz v.eeks of our stay. It waa at this juncture, that one morning, while list- lessly' turning over the pages of Baed- eker, my attention was arrested by the following passage: "The salt-mines at Bex should be visited by every intelli- gent traveller, and are within easy reach of Montreuz by either train or carriage." " The very thin^ 1" I said. " For ones we will come under the heading of intelligent travellers. And now I come to think of it, I have always wanted to â- ee a salt-mine. I have heard they are not only instructive but very pretty and Interesting." We determined to set off first thing in the morning for Bex. Our proposal met with some opposition from the kind old lady who had burdened herself with the unenviable task of taking care of OS whUe we were abroad. " Why can't you enjoy yourselves in a rational noan- Ber," she said when she heard where we wanted to go, " instead of rushing all over the country, keeping me in a perpetual simxaer for fear of what you may want to do next ? Besides," she added with a conciliatory look at the old maid with whom she had Just been discussing our eccentricities, " I don't think it is quite the thing for two young girls to go about as you do in strange places without a chaperon." " Do I look as though I required a chaperon f" my sister asked, pulling op her shirt-collar with an aggressively masculine air. " Very badly," the old lady replied. " You are far too pretty for a New Woman I However, into salt-mines I cannot be expected to follow yoo. so I suppose you must go alone ; only do be careful, and don't do anything fool- ish." Accordingly, with all sorts ot prom- ises and a basket of provisions, we set off the following day to catch the train from Territet. " How jolly it is to get away for a whole day from that stupid hotel I" Ada said, crunching the snow under her hobnailed bouts, and brandishing her alpenstock in a way that quite alarmed an old Russian count who happened to be going in as we came out of the hotel. " Quelle belle sauvagel" I heard him whisper to his compan- ion as we passed ; and glancing at Ada's Newmarket coat, and the wide- awake hat pressed ruthlessly down on her rebellious curls, I would not wonder at his mingled admlratioa and dismay. We were only just in time to catch the train, and were ignominously bundled into a crowded third-class car- riage the atmosphere of which was any- thing but etherial. " Do you think I might venture to open the window ?" Ada said, wedging herself in between it and an oily-looking monk, who sat praying and stewing in contented blias. " Please do," I gasped, with a despair- ing look at my neighbors, a stout party with a baby, and a soldier smoking the most villainous tobacco. Very ste:ilth- Uy, and with the air ot a criminal, Ada let down the window inch by inch, until she was able to get her head right out ; and in that position she remained blissfully ignorant of thu dark looks and ominous mutterings of our fellow-pas- sengers. The monk pulled his cowl further over his bald nead, and looked with an air of holy resignation at my stout neighbor, who glared at me as though I had already murdered the innocent babe upon her lap. The ad- vent of the- ticket-collector was hailed with delight; a chorus of complaints (in which ces AnglaLses figured pretty freely) were poured forth and the re- sult was an authoritative command to Ada to shut down the window inune- diately. " But one cannot breathe in such an atmosphere," she protested, with a pout that would have melted any one but a French railway official. " All these people can breathe," he retorted angrily. " We do not go to the expense of heating the trains and then 1st the hut air out again by open- ing the windows." With this parting shot he left us once more hermetically sealed, and miserable. The monk smil- ed, the soldier laughed, the baby crow- ed, and altogether we felt that the place had become too hot for us in more senses than one." " Let us go and sit outside." Ada said at last. "I'd rather be frozen than roasted alive any day." So forth we went, to the no small consternation of our enemies who doubtless thought we were either mad or intent on suicide. The Swiss trains are. arranged differ- ently from the English; the carriages run lengthways, with a door at each end leading on to a platformi provided with steps at either side. Upon these steps we ensconced ourselves, and very comfortable we found them, the top one forming a support for the back, and the lower one serving -as a footstool. " No more stuffy carriai^es for me," Ada â- aid, thoroughly enjoy mg this novel way of seeing the country. " Why, it's as good as being on a jaunting car with- out the risk of being thj'o>vn out every five minutes." We were quite sorry to arrive at our destination, an important-looking sta- tion with the inevitable cafe, and the still more inevitable string of omnibuses outside, the conductors of which nearly tore each other in pieces before we could make them understand that we wanted none of their hotels. " The salt-mines I Nobody visits the •alt-mines in the winter," they said, with an air of profound disgust, when at last we were allowed to speak. But this was merely ill-nature on their part, we felt sure; so, nothing daunted, we set out in the direction of the to\vn, which could be seen nestling at the foot of the mountain, about three-quarters of a mile off. "Is this the way to the salt-noines ?" I asked of a little urchin skating along in front of us. " But no, mis.s ; you must cross that footpath over the fields, then go for a mile along the highroad, take the third turning to the left, and you will come to a wall " " Upon which we shall be ready to sit, if we ever get there," Ada remarked Interrupting the flow of his eloquence : and rather crossly we retraced our steps till we came to the footpath indi- cated. The boy (disappointed of his expected sou, no doubt), called out after us in a jeering way, "You'll see no salt- mines at this time of the year 1" But to attend to what little boys say is idle, so we plodded on, glad that the day happened to be so fine, for we evidently had a long walk before us. The highroad was found, then the turning to the left and then the wall upon which we sat and awaited further directions. The scene before us waa like a Christmas card ; the blue sky , the snow-capped mountains, the little chalet-shaped houses clustered round the village church; it only needed a pic- turesque figure or two to make it per- fect. " I'm afraid I can't supply the deficiency." Ada said ; but it was sup- Elied very effectually in a short time y an old woman, who came tottering down the mountain-path, a bundle of newly gathered firewood on her back, and at her aide a sweet little golden- haired cherub, who saluted Ua with a heavenly smile as he passed. I in- quired of the old woman the nearest way to the salt-mine. Pointing with her bony finger towards the path she had just come down, " Go along there," she said, " till you come to some white ct>itages, and opposite them you will find the entrance to the mine, â€" though I doubt If you'll get into it," she mut- tered as she bubbled i^way. " What provoking people they seem to be here," I said, still determined to hope tor the best. " After all, one muat have salt in winter juat as much as in sunmier, so why should not the mines be on view ?" The walk up the mountain was worth all our pains ; a regular Swiss walk, or climb, rather, for the path got steeper and steeper every moment, till we seemed to be making steadily for the clouds. " I'm sure that old woman must have been mistaken, " Ada said, when after an hour's steady climbing we seemed no nearer our destination. However, we determined to push on a little further, and were soon rewarded by catching a glimpse of something white, which proved to be the cottages of which we were in search ; wretched little hovels they were, with not a sign of habitation about them, and no ves- ti^ of a mine in the vicinity. " Most likely these are the miners' cottages," Ada said, " and the men will of course be at work; at any rate, let us go a little further ; it is no use turn- ing back now I" The scenery got wilder and more desolate every moment, and I was just thinking what a propitious place this would be for a murder, when, coming down the path ahead ot us we saw the most awful looking tramp. Dressed in tattered clothes, and with a rou^h stick in, his hand, he came upon us .so suddenly that wu luui no tixuM to, tbiuk of a retreat. His appRaranua did nut Improve on closer ln.spection, one 8i<ie of his face being horribly disfigured, the mouth drawn up and the eye down in a manner that was very repulsive. " Let us turn and run for our lives I" I said. " I'm sure he's ao escaped lunatic." 'â-  Escaped grandmother I" was Ada's polite rejoinder ; and to my horror she walked straight up to the man, and with her most insinuating manner asked hun If h» happened to know the way to the salt-minos. With a contortion that would have been a smile if it could, he replied that being one ot the miners himself, he knew the way pretty well, and would be glad to show us the entrance, which we must have passed on our way up. I went through a dumb pantomime w^ith .\da to have nothing to do with the terrible creature, but she turned round and followed him as meekly as a lamb. " We have come to see the mines, and 1 intend to see them," was her sole answer to my protestations. Even she was a little bit disturbed, however, when she heard that the mines were not on view in the winter ; and that if we really wished to see them, our new friend would have to ac- company us. Our fate was however decided for us. We had now returned to the cotta<?ea, silent and deserted as before, except for a wretched little black and white kitten, that came running up the path to meet us, and with a happy mew of welcome rubbed itself affectionately against the ragged trousers of our guide. " That decides it," Ada said, cuddling to her breast the half-starved little arbiter. " He must be a nice sort of man or his kitten wouldn't be so fond of him; we will go into the mine with you," she continued, turning to the man, who stood awaiting our decision. It may have been imagination on my part, but kitten or no kitten, I thought I saw a horrible leer ot satis- faction pass over his face, as he took his wretched little animal, and diving into one of the cottages, emerged with two dirty-looking hoiland smocks, fur- nished, like nxouks' cloaks, with long pointed cowls. " What are those things for ?" I asked, my idea of a salt-mine being a -huge^ crystal-like cave lit up with electric light. "You must put them on; it is very dirty in the mLine," the man said; "and the roof is so low in some parts that your hats would !» ruined, so you had better take them off, and draw the cowls over your heAds. I glanced at the dark, cavemotw entrance, and it certainly looked as though we should have to go some littla way before arriving at my fairy grotto; so, with a very ill grace, I took bold ot the dubious garment, and wiggled intx> it as bi^st 1 could. Peals of laughter from A<]» did not serve to restore my eqtianiinity. "You look for all the world like Brother Pellaan," she said, artistically arranging my cowl, and tying the roujgh hempen girdle round ruy waist. She did not take long to get into her mediaeval costume, and. was still more amused when the man once more emerged from tne cottjijife, bear- ing this time two flaming torches, with which he presented its, with a warnjng to be careiul that none o£ the burning tar should fall upon our dresses. "Don't you feel as though you wore going to a tuneralt" Ada asked, walk- ing solcmly after the guide, her torch in one hand and the trailing smock In the oi her. I certainly did not feel particularly lively. Being the elder, I was burd<^ned with a sense of respon- sibility; and I could not but think we were doing a riuky thiug,diascending into the bowels of the earth with a man of whom we knew nothing, except that he posse.s.sed a kitten. However, I con- aole<l myself with the thought that in a few minutes we should Ije in the heart of the mine, among all the other work- men, and that in this caae, as in many others, theia would be safety In num- beiB. LEAP YEAH LAWS. Probably few spinsters who have been trying to gather up enough courage to take advantage of their customary priv- ileges during leap year are aware that i:a two countries at least, and more than GUO years ago, laws were passed which gave women the rifrht of proposing mar- riage. These enactments went even further than this. They also stipulat- ed that U the man whose hand they sought should refuse, he should incux a heavy fine. A searcher among the ancient rec- ords of Scotland has recently discover- ed an act of the Scottish Parliament, which w as paatted in the year 1288, which ru^ns ^8 follows: " It is atatut and ordaint that dur- ing the rein of his maist blissit Begeste, iik for the yeare knowne as Lepe Yeare. ilk madyen ladye of buithe highe and lowe estait shall hae liberie to bespeke ye man she llkea, albeit git he refuses to talk hir to be his la\vful wyfe, he shall be mulcted in ye sum of ane duu- dis or less, as his esluit. may be ; ex- cept and awis gif he can make it oppeare that he is betrothis ane ither woman, he then shall be free." A year or two later a law almost similar to the Scottish enactment waa passed in Erance, and received the ap- proval of the King. It is also said that before Columbus sailtxi on his fatu- ous voyage to the westward a similar privilege was granted to the maidens of Genoa and Elorem*. There is no record extant of any fines imposed under the cou<litions of this Scotch law, and no traL!<! of statistics regarding the number oi .spinsters who took advantage of it or oi the similar regulations in B'rance, but the custom seems to have taken firm bold upon the popular mind about ihit time. The nt^xt mention of it is liai^sd nearly 40(1 years later, and it is a curious little treatise called " Love, t'ourtship, and Matrimony," which was published in London in lOOli. In this ijuaint work the "privilege" is thub alluded to: " Albeit it now becomes a part of the common law in regard to social relations of life, that, as often ua every lea{> yeare doth return, the idyes have the sole privilege ituring tlm time it con- tinueth of making love eaher by wordea or lookes, as to them t seem&th pro- per, and, moreover, no man will be en- titled to benefit of cleri^ who doth in any wise treat her profnaal with slight or 'mtumely." Up to within a century ago it was one of the unwritten laws of leap year that, if a man should il^'clini', a propos- al, ho should soften the diaooniiintiniint which his answer w«i»«d onn« about by the presentation of a silk dress to the unsuccessful suitor for his hand. A curious leap-year superstition is still to be m£t with in some parts of New England, and that is that in leap year the " l)enns grmv on the wrong side of the pod." BEAUTIES OF THE PAST. Sappho is said by the Greek writers to have been a blonde. Jezebel, the Queen of Ahab. accord- ing to one of the rabbis, had "black eyes that were set on fire of hell." The Empress Anna of Russia was very portly and the fleshiness ot her face greatly detracted from its good looks. Margaret of Anjou bad the typical face of a French beauty. She waa black- haired, black-eyed and vivacious. Her features were indicative ot her strength of character. Pocahontas is described as having fea- tures as regular as those of an Euro- pean woman. She is also said to have had a lighter complexion than usual among Indian women. Theodora, the wiXe of the famous Jus- tinian, was beautiful, crafty and un- scrupulous. She is said to have been tall, dark and with " powers of con- versation superior to any woman in the empire." Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II., was singularly gifted both in person, and in intellect, but in spite of her beauty and her gtxid sense she was never able to win the love of her diasolute husband. Cleopatra was not an Egyptian, but a Greek beauty, with perfectly white skin, tawny hair and blue eyes. Her chief fascination was her voice, which is described as low, well modulated,and singularly sweet in tone. 'The Empress Catharine I. had a coarse, red face, generally broken out with pimples from the constant use of strong drink. She was a slave to bran- dy and died of a disease brought on by intemperance. In youth she had been famous for he| beiiuty. THE MONEY SAVED. Detectiveâ€" I have discovered, sir.lhat your confidential book-keeiier, Mr. De Clerk is a defaulter to the extont of many thousands of dollars. As no has lived plainly, and has not gambled in stocks, he must still have all your money in his poescssion; but if we ar- rest him, you will never get it of course; and if we corner him, and try to compromise for ha.\t or two-thirds, he will probably skip with the whole Bu.sine.s8 Manâ€" My goodnesal Mr. De Clerk! Mr. De Clerkâ€" Y^es, sir. Busine-ss Manâ€" Mr. De Clerk, a few day.s ago t refused you the hand of my daughter, and I afteiwardcinploycd this gentleman, who is a delc<tive, to look closely into your peiwonal character and past history." His ieix)rt refers in such detail to your conei't habits and busi- ness aptitude that I have changed my mind.i You shall have her. ABOUT BRITISH MINERALS. RETURN SHOWING OUTPUT AND VALUE FOR LAST YEAR. U t* Huur* or Lnbtiar au<l Waiieii Paid to lite vrorkninu - rUe SelUuH I'rlre of €«al â€"The lukpcclor'it Rrporl* ou Ouarrleit- Extent of Work Done. The Imperial Home Office has issued the annual returns of the output of minerals in the United Kingdom, which liave a si>ei'ial interest and significance in view of the discusaions that have been in prograss in the principal coal-producing diairiola as to the wages which should be paid to coai-mlueia in the imme<liate future, ijaya an English paper. They are also of special interest in view of the fact that in the present publicaticm we have for the flrBt tioxe the returns of the output of the quarries in the country, which include the persons employed, both Inside and out, and the quantities raised or produced. The total output of coal appears to have been higher in 1895 than in any previous year. Including 8.800 tons from oi)eu quarries. It amounted, to not lees than 189.061,362 tons, which exceeds by 1,383,887 tons the output of 1894â€" the highest pre^luus record. Including Iroiuiione and fireclay the total recorded output of minerals in 1895 under the Coal Mines Act was 201,738,351 tons, which is an incr«aw of 2,287,UOU tons on the output of the previous year. The total numl>e» of mined at work in 1895 was 3,512, as compared with 3,419 for the previous yeax. giving an increase of 93, while the total numtier of hands employed in the mines under the Coal Mines Act was 7U0,284, as against 705,240 for the previous year. These are large figures and include In a general way the vai<t miignituile of our mineral industries up to the pre.sent time, de- spite the prevailing outcry as to the invasion of our chief industries by the success of foreign competition. W'hen we have made this statement, bow- ever, we have said almost all that can be alleged with satisfaction as to the condition and prospects of our coal industry. The year 1895 waa suc<«8sCul from the point ot view of output alone. The fall of the selling price of coal that took pluoe in all the leading cojl-produilng districta, coupled with the reUuively high rate of wages paid, and the irregularity of employment afforded, caused the year 1895 to be a contpii'Uously bad one for both employers and employed. AVERAGE OUTPUT. The aver.igle output of minerals per person euipluyod for the year, includ- uig all dubcriptions rai»jd under the Coal llines Acta, waa only iS.S tons, but In some cases it rose to over 349 louti, including East SotLind, South Durham, and South Stalforilhhire. The country tjliould' not i>eie^ xnTtii Sre to 320 tons, and in some years it hiis been a g^»od deal more. In some ilia- tricts the average week's work iwr man employed tnrou^hout the year haa not been more t han 4 to 4 1-2 days, and it goes wi'hout saying that where colliery luaes I to 1 1-2 day s work per week, it does not enjoy a fair chanie of working under ordinary favoralde conditions. 'then, a^.iin, the older mines have hiid to contend with the competition of new piita, of which 93 have been i ix'ned during the year 1895. As a geueraJ rule, new mines can produce for a. year or two at least, ch-aper coal than mines where the workings axe a mile or two frum the bottom ot the shaft, as in the case in many ot the oliler English colliery districts. The most imjiortunt devel- opments have til ken place in the coal- field of South Wales, where all the new- er plants have been Uiid down on a most complete and modern scale with electrical plant for hauling, pumping, lighting, aud other oiieratious, and where the total coal output now amounts to over 30 million tons a year. Almost equally remarkable advances have been made in the great northern coalfieldsâ€" Durham and Nonhumb-r- landâ€" which produced in 18!lo over 4'7 1-^ million tons, and in Scotland, which produced in the same year over 321-. million tons of minerals under the Coal Mines jVcts, including shale. The re- lurn.s do not give any clue to the aver.igo prices realizcid at the pits mouth over the year. For this in- formation we shall have to look to the "Mineral SUitiatica," whi>h will soon Ije issued. But it is prolwible that, on an average, the selling price of coal in 18!»5 was nearly sixpence per ton le-ss than in the previous year, and sixpence per ton ol: afiout 190 million tons means a sum of 4 1.-2 millions sterling for a i-iuKl' yearâ€" a fact I hut affords but a slight idea of the niiignitude ot the interests Involved in our mineral oper- ations. . . Some time ago, the question of en- deavouring to secure an a«reemcnt ns to selling prices among tae coal- owTicrs was mooted In one or two ot tho lea<ling districts, and in the coun- ty of Dujham a&ilea Association was actually constitute<l, with the view of keeping output abrea.st of demand and maintaining a standard price. Since then the idea of further develop- ing this syndicate schcmo has made no progress. The Durham Assocw- tion continues to exist, at least in name, but the prejudice that the public entertains ag.nn.st organizations of this kind has tended to check their growth, and consequently we have had a free fighting trade among coal- own- ers, which has been useful to the pub- lic, but in not a few cases calamitous to I he competitors. There is no in- dustry that suffois to-day to a larg- er extent from over-production and ruinous competitions. ABOUT QUARRIES. The returns which have been com- piled by the Inspectors ot Mines under I he Quarii<* Aot shows thiic quarry- ing is really one oi' our largest m- dustricflâ€" a fact ot which direct evi- dence is now afforded for the first lime The total numl.>er of quarries at work in the I'nited Kingdom m tB95 W.1.S 8,0(i2, so th.it they are con- siderably more than twice as numer- ous as our Boal mlneii. The total (luantity of minerals prodiuied by these quarriea â€" mostly, of course, in the form of building atoneâ€" was 2a,813,7.')4 tons, and the total number of hands employed waa 104,6^9, of whii'h 53,915 were employed inside, and 80,710 were employe/l outside the quarries. Be- sides tht-SB, there were 38,873 jiersons employeti under the Metallifoous Mines Act, so that the total number employed in and about' our mines and quarrios last year waa 838,:^. ♦ ITEMS OF INTEREST. A Few P«rai(rapb» «hlcli WIU be roamd Well Worib Ib^ntllJiK. The average depth of the Atlantic la two and onu-hall miles. The cosUof living is forty per cent, chea^ier in London than in New York. The ants oi South America have been known to construct a tunnel three mile* in length. People who sell newspapers in thm streets of Moscow are compelled to ap- pear in uniform. Eight exp«^rienced divers are carried am every English flag-ship, and tour on everx cruiser. One. hundred and twenty firemen ar« required to feed the furnaces of a firat- clabs Atlantic steamer. India ink is made by some secret pro- cess which is closely guarded by its ibf- ventors. the Chinese. Livery stable keepers are not a* all anxious for the patronage of George W.Walker, of Ligonier, lad. He weigh* 560 pounds. Mirrom that will not break arem*da of poliiihed and tranigiarent o«lluloid plate, backed withh quicksilver, like or- dinary glass mirrors. A man in Uiasgow, Mo., bored a well to a duitaace of 413 feet, and atruok an unlimited flow of salt water. .Sow he can enjoy salt water bathing. Policemen in the city of Moscow ear- ly lanterns at night. When an otll- oer rests, or enters a house, the lan- tern is set on the sidewalk near wh«r» he happens to Lie. A tierman in Houghton, Mich., intent on suicide, dove into a vat containing 3CU gallons of beer. He was reaoued, and the owner of the br«wery thitw auay the beer. Only about two minutes ore required tor the biood to course throuah th» h«-art, thence to the lungs, back to the heart, and then through the entlr* body, and return to the heart. A Parisian inventor is endeaTorin* to perfect a phonographic watch. If ha is successful, the woirld will soon see » watch, which by touching a *ring, wUl w hisper t he time in your ear. Blood hounds traced the lust three- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Scoit, who had wandered three milea away from his parents, at Kokomo, Ind., and fondled the child until attend- ants arrived. A vile wretch sent a bottle of wine, anonymously, to W m. L. C lough, a bus- iness man ol Springfield, Mass. The wine was analyzed, and found to conUin enough strychnine to kill halt a dozen men. Alex. Newman, of Decker, Ind., whUo hunling, was attacked by a . flock ot cranes. They fought him funously.and tried to peck out his eyes. By clubH bing them with his gun, he killed tbir- An esteemed frfend w«b inviuiu ~ dinner by a lady in Chichester, tug- land. The friend, a lady, while at tar- biu, was bitten by a dog bel.mging U> the hot^U'ss. The friend brought suit, and recovered £W. The whiskers of the walriia •itfO'i three or four inches out from khe snout. They are quite stiff, and become still- er with age. They are plucked separ- ately and exported to China, vilml* they are used ua toothpicks. A religious sect called the " Abstain- ers ' eat no meat. They built a church in Third street, Philadeluhia, years u«o, and lack of zeal on the l»rt ot th» meiuljers compedod them to sell th« edifice. It is now used ua a sausage lao- tory. A new pavement Lo use on the streeU of Vienna is composed of granulated cork mi.<ced with asphalt and other co- hesive sulatances. It is compressed in- to blocks of conveuii.nt si/e. its aii- vaniages are cleanliness, uoiselessneaa, durability, and economy. A sedate wheelman, who is anxious to strictly follow the rules ot etiquette, wrote to an in<iianai)oli» P»l*,V ,?."" ,*fTr ed this imiiortaat question: Would it be ail right to a ride a bicycle, to tno funeral of a dLsUnt connection by mar- riage, providing you keep behind the hurse?" :_ Professional gossips are common m China. Most of thiui are elderly ladies who have regular patrons ot the teiiiaie sex, whose nouses they visit, and whom they entertain by narrating the news and scandal oi the day. They thus earn alwut enough to maintain them in a lite of laziness. „. , , . ,» The women in an Oklahoma town out- voted the uiaies in a i-ecnt election. A. lo.al publisher, desiring to announcs the result conspicuously in his paper, dispatched this order to a type-fmiii- dry â-  " Please send us one small cut ot a hen. Women carried the election here, and 1 suppose we will have to awing out a hen instead of a rooster. JIERELY A JINGLE. Married ui white. You have chosen all right. Married in gray. You will go far away. Married in blak, \ You will wish yourself back. Married in red, You'd belter be dead. Married in green, Ashamed to be sQen. Married in blue. Hell always bo trtte. Married in pcarUV You'll live in a *hirl. Married in yellow. Ashamed of the fellow. Married in brown, You'll live out of town. Married in pink, _ iour spirits will amk. A BIT OF FINESSE. Julia has gone in derijperately for whist this summer. Yes; 1 wonder why? Oh, don't you see?â€" it makes men think aba is not much of a talker^ 'f