Lines by the Late Dean of Westminster. i. " Till Death us part." So speaks the heart, When each to each repeats the wonls of doom; Thro' blessing atul thro' curse, For lx tter and for worse, Wo will be one, till that dread hour shall come. 11. Life, with its myriad grasp, i Our yearning souls shall clasp, Tty ceaseless lore, and still expectant wondorl In bonds that shall endure, Indissoluble sure, Till God in death shall part onr paths aesunder. itt. Till Death us J"in. Oh, voice yet more divine! That to the broken heart breathes hope sublime; Thro' lonely hours And shattered hours Wo still are one, despite of change and time. IT. Death, with his healing hand, Shall once moro knit tho band Which needs but that ono link which none may sever; Till, thro' tho Only Good, Heard, felt and understood. Our life in God shall make us ono forever. THE POLISH PEASANT. In the roar 1717, at the fork of the roads between Bt. Petersburg and Schlus selberg, stood a humble thatched cot tage of small dimensions and untenant able appearance. This domicile, to gether with ten acres of land, l>elonged to the estate of a Russian nobleman, Count Uwarow, a very rich acd power ful liaron of the empire, who cherished in-common with his titled countrymen a great contempt and dislike for tho Poles. Among the number of these volun tary exiles was Stanislaus Kosmierske, who in tho year above mentioned emi grated from Poland with his wife and one child and leased of Count L'warow the aforesaid cottage. Stanislaus had been dragged from his plow to serve in the ranks of Poland's infantry. Bugomila—for such was the name of his wife—had bnt recovered from a se* vere indisposition at the time to which our talo relates. A second child had blessed this peasant pair. When tho children had been put to rest at night, the parents found a pleasure in their children, and when they were at rest, and their daily work accomplished, they would sit and chat and calculate the proceeds of the coming harvest, apply ing the money to be so received to the purchase of necessaries, in anticipation of the winter. They had already, in their minds, appropriated the w hole of their anticipated wealth, and longed for the coming autumn when they might execute their plans. "Moja kochana" (my dear, when ad dressed to a woman), would Btanislans often say, " when the connt sees wo are honest and pay our rent, he will be less severe with ns, and may make some im provements in onr dwelling." " Moj, kocltany" (my dear, when ad dressed to a man,) would the loving wife reply, " I look for nothing from those great lords. They never, cv. n in Poland, rognrded our sufferings, and in a strange land we have nothing to hojie. We will aid ourselves, and trust in God for assistance." The fall was approaching. Another week and Stanislaus intended to gather his harvest. Alas! how frail are human calculations. A heavy gale, accompa nied by a pelting bail, laid low_ all his hopes. He gazed on his ruined fields, and a tear stole down his cheek when he contemplated the eoming winter. Bu gomila endeavored to console him, but in vain. "If the count would forgive me the rent," he said, one evening after this calamity, "we might, perhaps, get through the winter, moja kochaua." " Speak to the count, Stanislaus; tell him the hand of God has robbed yon of your expected money, and that you will make good the rent next year." Bo that evening it was determined that on the following morning Stanis laus was to visit Count L'warow; and, relying on his clemency, the poor cou ple sought their couch, made soft by easy consciences and a pions submission to the will of heaven. Htanislaus was at his scanty breakfast when the tramp of hores was heard. It drew nearer, and Stanislaus, with Bugo mila and her little girl, rushed to the door to see who might be coming to that deeolate s|s>t. A hope that travel era were approaching gave a glimmer of Joy to the poor mau, for every honse waa used as a tavern in thnae day*, and many a iswaant made a penny in aupply the wants of transient visitors. This glimmer lighted the heart of Htanilaus hot for a momeut, for the recollection that there waa nothing in the bouse for travelers, however humble their calling might be, at once extinguished this ray of anticipated aid The eoaod of many voices waa now beard, and very eoott a troop of gayly mounted men and aetvouU, dressed in hunting costume*, emerged from the woods. Leading the merry party name itatat Uwarow himself. A* be ap proachod the cottage he snw the little group gathered al>out its door. Turn ing to some ono of his atton'' ian t H ] lO j n . ijuirod wlio this peasant might I> P . On learning his name ho onooexclaimed: " A Polo!' and f o ,| o tl p to tho cot tage. "Look yon Polish varlet," com inenco<\ (ho connt, "my steward tells n\o you aro domiciled hero. Bee you pay your rout, or I'll have ye turned out to seek n shelter elsewhere." " Most noble count, my crops havo been ruined by the late storm," replied Stanislaus in broken Russian, "and—" "That's not my fault. You Poles come to our country expecting us to supply you with food, shelter and clothing; but I'll have none of this on my estates. Bo pay your rent or go you shall!" and with a cut of his whip at Htanislaus he led tho party onward to the chase. This interview had robbed poor Stan islaus Jof ull hope. Despair stared him in the face, and he stood gazing after tho.connt, pale with rage, and agonized on account wife'and little ones. "Curses on that proud and haughty lord!" "Hush, moj kocbany," exclaimed Bugomila. "Remember, the lip that curses shall want bread !" Wiping a tear from his chock he re turned to the deserted table, and bury ing bis face in his bauds gave vent to his tears. Bngomila strove to coobolo him, but slio could point to no hope. She could devise no moans whereby to extricate him from bis gathering embar rassment. "What aro twenty rubles to him ? lie spends more money every day m ono meal at his castle, and yet he str mo, and threatened to cast me, you and onr little ones, upon the wide world, penniless, and without a home." "God is just!" ejaculated Bugomila and crossed herself. "Niech bedzio pochwalony I" (May God be praised) responded Htanisluus. "If God be just and kind," lie contin ued, " why do we sufler ? We are good and say our prayers night and morning; we bear all without complaint, and yet these wicked lords have no care, no wants. They wallow in wealth and sin, and forget the needy." " True, true!" responded I'.ugomila, suddenly rising from her seat. "Per haps, isolated as wo are. God has for gotten us." "He cannot have heard our prayers, or He would have softened our sorrows and supplied our wants, Bugomila." "Then, moj kochany, let us make our situation known to Him." " How can we do that V "Write to Him, Stanislaus." " I can't write, you know, Bugomila." "Got Homo one to write for yon." "Who can write? And these l.ns sians would never write to aid ns. They like to see us suffer." "Some pleasant day, Stanislaus, we will walk to Donashof Hill, and raise our voiced from its summit at noonday, and Owl will hear us then." With this determination Bngomila commenced the daily household duties, and Stanislaus went to the fields to aseertaiu the full extent of his losses. The day had become dismal. The sky of the morning was overcast, and threatened another storm. The night was dark ami gloomy, and the little family were gathered around their fru gal board, with only sufficient food to stay the cravings of their appetites, when some one knocked at the door. "Moj boze kochanv! " (Mydear God ! A common exclamation among the Rus sians), ejaculated Bugomila, as she looked with fear at Stanislaus. They dreaded a second visit from tho connt. and it wan not until the knock had been repeated that the door was opened. "Dobry wicozor" (good-evening), said the stranger, as lie entered. The sound of their native tongue cheered the hearts of the cottagers. They welcomed their guest heartily, nnd, with apologies for so scanty a ro j>ast, offered him all theirhnmbla dwell ing afforded. The stranger seated him. self ami at< with a sharp ap|>etitc. He was elad in garments that had sean bet ter days, but which had evidently lxen made for him. lie was well booted, and the dust on his garments showed he had traveled far. During some conversation sl>out their native country, Bugomila whispered to Stanislaus that he could ask the stranger to write the letter for them. The temp tation was too strong to he moisted, and Stanislaus, in a hlunt way, proposed to the stranger to write this epistle in li quidation of any claim for his snpper and lodging. Their guest cheerfully consented to this arrangement, and the letter was duly finished, after Stanislaus and Hngomila had inssrted a list of their wants, which inclnded nearly everyi hing a household like theira re quired. It was then placed hopefully ii|H)n the public highway, The road on the north side of the cottage was frequently traveled, and l>ordered a dense forest, in which Peter the (treat occasionally indulged in the chase. It so happened that two days after the letter had been deposited the royal throng of hunters were led by a •lag to the very spot where it lay. One of the emporor's attendants saw tho letter and picked it up. Not being able to read Polish, and thinking it might contain Homo clew to a Polish conapira* v, ho carried the HUH. poctod document to IUH sovereign, who quietly placed it in IUH pocket and pur sued IIIH sport. On reaching home he gave tho letter to one of his secretaries to tranHlate. With a nmilo upon his countenance the secretary soon returned the original with tho lluHHian version, l'eter tho Great read the translation with marked attention, having l>oen struck with the peculiar idea of thoHe I>oor pea.Hants in writing to God, and immediately commanded ono of IUH ministers to have a wagon tilled with every article mentioned in the letter, to. gethor with two hundred ruhloH, and to send some person to him who should drivo tho wagon whither ho might di rect. Tho next 'morning all was pro* pared, and the wagoner presented himselj to tho emperor. " Tuko this wagon on the road to Kcldusselherg, and when you come near to a small house ami farm, at tho cross of two roads, dismount, let your horses go on with tlm wagon, and do you return. Take a horse with you for your journey back. Keep thin a secret, and when you have done your errand report yourself. Go!" All was done as the emperor com manded, and the horses were left near the house in tin road. Accustomed to stop by tho wayside, they approached the door of Stanislaus Hearing the neighing of horses at his door, tin poor peasant immcdiat* ly ran out to welcome tho traveler. He saw the wagon ami hors s, but no driver. lie called, but no answer came. 110 feared the driver might have fallen and been injured, HO ho t<ok liia dog and was about to depart in search of the lost wagoner, when Itugomila suggested the possibility of his l>eing Mleep in the wagon. They went out to look, but he waa not there. Attracted by the Bight of the very articles she herself desired, she contin ued her examination, and being very soon convinced that the wagon con tained nothing but the things she had enumerated in her letter, she called her husband to return. " Xierh bodzic poehwalony !" (God be praised). "Moj kochany, (Sod has received our letter and has granted our prayer, firawda' —(it is true) —"see here 1" and she ex hibited to her astonished Stanislaus nno article after the other, until, over whelmed with surprise, he crossed him self and exclaimed : "(Sod is merciful and kind !" Now came tho joy of taking out all the littlecomforts and neo< Maries. They w. re carried into th< house, and while Stanislaus looked to the horses Hugo mila unpacked the present a. Every thing was there that they had prav"l for. One of the servant* of Count Fwarow, on passing tie house next morning, ob served the wagon, and saw, also, gri at change s going on in the cottage. He mentioned this to his master, adding a suggestion that the Pole must have murdered Borne traveler. That verv evening tho eonnt, returning home, atop|>ed to examine for himself. He saw lights burning, and a plentiful meal spread on the table, and everything de noting au improvement in his ten nt's circumstances. At once convinced tliat the suspi cions "f the servant were well founded, he unit to the commissary of police in Ht. Petersburg, charging Htanislaus with tnuriler, and the next day the offi cers were at the count's castle to receive fnrther orders. The wish of Count Uwarow wax law to these minions of the jtoliee, and they proceeded to the hnmble jw asant's cottage to arrest the Pole. Struck with dismay at sight of the police, Htanislans could scarcely utter a sound. His affrighted wife demanded the cause of his arrest, bnt received only brutal treatment in reply. She deter mined to follow her husband. Closing her house., she took her little children, and some money in her pocket, har nessed the horses and proceeded to the city. Stanislaus was brought before the commissary of police, whore, with innocent simplicity, he related the story of his distress, the writing of the letter, and the arrival of the wagon. Such a tale convinced the commissary that it was bnt the invention of his prisoner, and at once ordered Htanislans to be confined in prison for one week, and at the end of that time bo executed. Lost in des|ir, liugomila clung to the neck of her wronged and injured husliand, until tho officers tore them asunder. " Fly to the emperor !" said Htanis lans, as he was forced from his wife and children. The true wife obeyoJ her husliand. Every ready to examine into the ahum-* of his government, the emperor listened to her story. A few words served to convince him that her hlls liand had had written the singular letter which had fallen into his hands, and, enrioos to learn more of this Polish peasant he ordered her follow him to the palace. Here she explained all. The commissary was sent for and care fully questioned as to the guilt of tho j prisoner. "Your majesty, his guilt was estab lished beyond a doubt during his ex amination, and Count Uwarow appeared as his accuser." "Are you willing to swear, Mr. Com missary V" "I am, my liege." "bo it so. Swear, No," said tho emperor, " I will not let yon perjure yourself in addition to your crime of intended murder. Now see, sir, what proof I can adduce of this poor peas ant's innoeence." The letter was then brought forward, the secretary who translated it, the min ister who ohtuined the wagon and its contents, und tin- servant who drove it to tho peasant's door. The commissary was confounded. "Now," commenced the emperor, " I shall make an example of you, in order to show my functionaries that the rigiits of the peasants are to be respect ed, that the poor man is still a human being, and that he is not to be crushed by arbitrary power and injustice." Turning to an attendant in waiting: "Summon Count Fwarow to appear before us to-morrow." Then seating himself at u table he wrote two orders—tho one releasod Stanislaus and restored him to liberty, life and to his family; the second was sentence upon the commissary to take the plaeo of the Pole. The next day Count Fwarow ap peared. The emperor reprimanded him for his conduct, and forced him to sign a lease of the cottage and the ten acres to Stanislaus and his i-ou for life, free from rent, and to keep the house in good repair during their lives. " If any ill comes to this Pole, you Sir Count, must answer for it. Go, ami remember the rights of tho humble." A Pen Picture of Hitting Hull. Bitting bull is described as follows by a reporter of the St. I'sul (Minn.) I't'mf.er I'rriu: lie is below the medium height, stolid and stoical-looking, and the thin ness of his lij>* and a few wrinkles in his face give him the appearanco of being older than fifty fears, which Scout Al lison says is his correct ago. lie was dressed in the traditional blue blanket ing, sewed in the form of half-civilized trousers, with great gaping places w here flic pockets should be, and when he walked often displayed a brawny leg. Over this lie simply wore what was once a finely made and nicely laundried white shirt, hut which had become greasy and dirty from long wear. The shoulders of the shirt and the sleeves had three long streaks of red war paint, with which tin* warrior's neck, entire face and scalp Bt the parting of the hair, was covered. His hair is jet black, and reaches below his shoulders, hang ing in three braid", ono st <ch side, and one js>ndan'. from the back and braided from the crown of his broad head. The two braids hanging over the shoulders were thickly wound with a flannel, and the only ornaments worn *, re two brass ring*, one on the little and ono on tho second finger of the loft hand, and a lady's cheap bracelet of black gutta-percha on the left wrist. This lack of ornament, in comparison with his letter-looking and more gaud ily adorned chief advisors, is for the purpose of impressing the sentimental white man with his poverty. His mocca sins were of the most common pattern, doited with a few beads hero and there. While on the boat a greater jKirtion of the time ho kept his eyes covered with a pair of huge smoked glass goggles. While l>eing looked at he evinced no agitation, and seemed „ot to l>e im pressed with the fact that he was lieing lionized. He chatted freely with Scout Allison, and, at his request, wrote hia name in English on a card and pre sented it to Mr. I Satchel lor. He writes easily and held tho pencil of the Pio n<*r PrtM reporter with considerable grace, but in writing his name he simply copied it from the writing of another person. Luncheon at Mftldaj. Physicians assert that a hearty iu<*al at midday is injurious to the health. A 5 or 6 o'clock dinner, eaten slowly with the members of his own family, is far healthier. A heavy midday meal unfits professional men for carrying on any business in tho afternoon, as it makes them heavy and sleepy, for na tnro requires some kind of repose to aid digestion. (>ur popular system of osting is wrong. The majority of per sons thrust three heavy meals into al>ont ten honrs, and leave the body without a fresh supply of food for the remaining fourteen hours of the dsy and night. Two good meals, morning and evening, would lie tho proper plan, writh perhaps a light lunch or cracker at about 1 o'clock in the day. This would allow lioth of the heavy meals an opportunity to digest before the next was taken. As to a heavy midday meal for meu who havo to tear around as if tho next moment were to be their last, it is perfectly ridicnlons, as the food, instead of digesting and forming blood, muscle and brain, acta as s block to those forces of nature—choking np s sewer, as It were. It is best to est light ly in the middle of the dsy. I.AIHEH' nF.I'AItTMKNT. A Woldliii In l,nlmi<l A wedding is announced at the church, whose bulls are pealing. We invito ourselves. A scorn of us enter the building. It is, like most Lutheran churches, plain; but there is an ultar, with "seven candlesticks "and candles* a large cross, perfectly white; a pulpit midway, and commodious pewn and scats. The hour is 2in the afternoon, not in the morning, though as to light ing the church it is "all one." Homo dozen or so of natives, all females, with handkerchiefs upon their heads, ure present. Otir party is seated at the front. 1 remain at the door. My wed ding garment is not up to the highest style, but as the procession enters the front door I fall in behind with the small boy of the family. The bride is a tall girl, with inflammatory hair and cool demeanor. The groom is a thick set, stout man, whose hair is erect, and whose imperturbability isquite e jual to that of the woman jahorn he holds, w< hope gently, by tho hand. She Is dressed plainly in block. A long white veil depends from her back hair, held by a circlet of ivy, u plant in great re quest and reputation hero in Norway. 'I ho friends of the bride and bride groom, including parents, pass up to the platform with them and take seats on either side. A priei t comes out from the oavtutu and stands before the altar silently, with his back to us, while the precentor from a side pla'f irm raises a sweet song, with whoso music there is not BO much a<' *ord by the audience. Then the bride and bridegroom kneel, a prayer is said, and the two are one, and all are happy. The bride is ar rayed at the door, and the scene is con cluded. 8. 8t Com, fnhlon Nofrn. Polka-dot stockings are in favor. Brooches, not lace pin, are again worn. 1..V O dresses continue to be in the ascendant. The polonaise never goes entirely out of fashion. Watered silk and ribbons are coming into vogue. Bead necklaces are becoming very fashionable. Flower bonnets are still the style for evening wear. A dash of silver brightens a black costume with exquisite • (Fort. Bark colored muslins with bright printed borders will bo much worn. Scarfs of Spanish lace are entirely of silk, and largo enough to wear as mantles. I'ale sea-green Spanish lace l>onnos are trimmed with heliotrope blossoms and leaves. Moire fabrics, especially silk, com bined with nun's veiling, are the rage in I'aris just now . Shirring producing the Mother Hub bard effect appears in la lies' as well as children's dresses. black silk chenille netted in large meshes is fashionable for summer wraps of various shapes. both low- anil high coiffures are woin, with a preference for the form- r, hut the style depends entirely on the wearer. The only lace mantles that find great favor are those of Spanish lace in largi fichu shape, or else the regular acarf shaje. A surplice ba&qne with transparent lace sleeves and a bouffant skirt drapery is the latest design for white wool dresses. Imitation Spanish laces are of mixed silk and worsted or cotton, and are very thick and clumsy when contrasted with those of silk. With black lac* fichus nothing white is added about the throat, and this thin black drapery is found to lie r< ry becoming to most ladies. Pale rose mulle dresses should be made effective with flower accessories of dark, rich, ml roses, daisies with dark centers, and other striking flowers. Fashionable Italic* in New York have for the moment discarded tho wearing of much jewelry, wearing no earring* excepting very Munll solitaires, the most fashionable of which fit closely to the car*. One of the pretliost fabric* which i used for infanta' cloak* ia Oolberth cloth, a canvas-like mint which ha* been ranch usod for children's collars and cuff*. It is now usod for mantles over linings of colored silk. Shirred and plaited roand waists are seen upon ladies of all ages and siaee, from the miss of sweet sixteen to the madam of fifty, and from the ethereal creature weighing ninety pounds to the matronly dame weighing WO. Moire satin and nan's veiling is an exceedingly popular combination in the latest French evening dresses; and sashes, loops and floating ends of wa tered ribbon are scattered in greatest profusion and grace all over these ele gant toil eta. One of the moat popular models for visiting and evoning toilets is the polo naise in mis pie ee, made to open ia front back and forming a long narrow train over a plaited or gathered skirt. These j>ol onaiset ar* made of satin, ail k, of bro cade, of a different color and material from th<- akirt. For visiting dreaaea the polonaise ia high at the neck, but for dinner and evening costumes it ia generally cat square, with a stiff Medici collar flaring from the aidea and stand ing very high at the back. Black gren adine ia alao cut in thia atyle, the under drew being of black anrah covered up the whole front with plaited rufllea of the same. A Fainted Bog. A man down in East Knd lavished a small slice of his bank account the other day in the purchase of a coach dog. He heard it was the swell go in 1/trope to own coach dogs. Every lord of the realm owned one. Ko he bought the dog for a round price and brought him home. Neit day he got out bin coach and tied the pup under it to the axle as a preparatory step in the young canine's education. Now there were two immens- ly inter eh'ed spectators to the preparations for the training. Two mongrel cur-, next door wer - watching things, and, seizing up the carriage pup, they finally winked at each other ami said in dog language: "I g'u-s we're about one pound heavier than that brute; let's chew off his hide." The coach started, and the coach dog, whi'-li, bcin - attached by a chain, as a natural cons, quence, start'-.1 too. Just as the coach was gaining impetus the mongrel cura made a dash at the thor oughbred, and the next few seconds *< rc fraught with frightful h -wis, yells an ! shrieks. J}y tie time the coach < r got down to the reactie of Lis blooded |>et the damage was done. The dog had plenty of coaching for one day, and he concluded he would not go another step unless the chain and xlc dragged Lim. " S'mot! er 'lay, then," said the owner, as be ran his coach into the stable and put his pup on ice to <-00l off. N't \t day was but a repetition of the former day's trouble. The mongrels were "laying" for the high fangled quadruped, and they licked him again. It now?-, ame a matter of fighting two dogs with one rather than training a coa- her, and the gentleman grew do spondent. One day la-t week he met a friend. A happy thought struck him. Would his friend lend him that bulldog for just one day f He would. Bull was taken to the coaeher's honse and an arti-t called in. Brush and jaints were brought into use. and in h>ss than a jiffy Bull was a fac-simile of the coach dog. Without waiting for jiaint to dry o: Bull's hide, the experimenter hied Lira off aud rigged up his coach. Then Bull wa- led ont und tie-! totlie axle without a chain, but a wee bit of a string that wouldn't embarrass him in case of an assault from an unknown foe. The two mongrel dogs, as usual, were watching things with smiles on their benign far<s. Said one of them: "Well, the g>l darned fool! does ho want us to eat that dog?" "I guess W" might as well kill him this time," taid the other, licking Lis chops. " Might as well chew off a couple of his legs, at least," slid the first, " for he'll never tumble till we do. Look | out; here lie comes!" Then they jumped on him. Such yelling as tliat which followed j fast and furious was never heard l>efore. | This time the driver did not leave his seat to interfere. The painted thing under the wagon seemed able to take eare of himself. In two minutes by the clock lie had chawed one leg off the southeast corner of the largest mongrel, and had pulled an ear out by the roots from the head of the other. While Bull was picking his teeth with his claws and spitting out fleßh and hair, tlio wounded combatants dragged their gory carcasses from the field, trying to gather their lewildered sense* enough to wonder what in the dickens had come over that coach dog all at once. And now that coach dog goes out every day, and when he prances on the street every dog on the square goes iu and creeps under the bouse for fear he will get snnsinick.— Rochester Tribune. Sun-Flowers and Malarial Diseases, A gentleman of Middletown, say* the Argus, who is a firm believer in the ef ficacy of growing sun flowers as a pre ventive of malarial diseases, suggests that the people of I>ake avenue and vicinity who have been so terribly af flicted of late by sickness plant a large number of the flowers in their gardens next season. He states that in the ma larious districts in New Jersey that he has visited the people plant these flow ers in profusion, and the result is, ss they stated, that the air was cleared to a large extent of malaria, and that they escape the sweeping scourges of former years, before the planting of sun-flow ers became so universal. Whether there ia any virtue ia these plants as preventive# of malaria we are not pre pared to state, but the experiment it a cheep one sad should he tested. In addition aau-flower seeds are the beat of food for beys, and the crop would, therefore, be a pay tag one outside of any merits h*v
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