THE GATE AJAR.
"Tin domrtltnoa Rlvon nno to hphnlit
A Kllnipxe of the city who(M strwt Of gold
ft. .Ti'lm rpvonled In Ills vision rare,
n wnrilii whleli npnkp It wiimlriiim fair.
And ho 'tin known that whi-n things go
wrong
A trustoil uflWr ulimlowd tlio throng
Tlmt dwell w ln-r genu In twinkling glee
81id llinplil light on tln .1 it Sea.
ft. 1'i-liir, grown no old nml m-ro,
MiiMniiniln lt down In tlio nriiirlmlr nonr,
And hi poor old lirnln, for ngo IiiximI,
Had ofn-n of Into Intermit tout rolaxi-d.
lie roiild nut. In lirli-f, ki-t-p lip with tho
pnro
it thiH giilloplng, hrpntlilciw, linlf-frrnxlril
riu-i-:
And mi, 'tin no wonder, 111 hi Infirm npopl,
He oi'iit tho man to lw-nvon, the woman to
lH-11.
At Sntmi'a tlirpnliold hp utood dt-Joolod;
A thin, worn wroi-k tlio furnai-o rrlli-cteil;
Tihi wi-iik lo Rift ml, too dn.i-d to si-o
HI rovnl Saliinlo innj'-ity.
Thi-u npnke the Arch l-'U-nri, Willi gesturo
Hui-or,
"We want lu-ltlior fooU nor dond folk
In-rp.
Cnst hor forth wIipiii-p "lie cniiioj nnd lot
nature' ceonnin.v
Rplrgulo ln-r from her present nnntoniy!"
Now we're told that those In thu bottom-
lows pit
May Hiiinel linen look whpre tlio pntrlarohs
nit ;
And Satan, having lived In heaven no Inn a,
Knew Just where to llnd In that happr
throng
The man into nei-ppted. llln linrp of gold
Lay llHtlexit liy; his white wing volumes
told;
For they elonely folded n enuring paint.
So full of mnlirimln It made one faint.
TIip Riigeln played their bent, hut he
Could uleep through all eternity.
The Areh Klend laughed, and with hyp
not le hohl
Led tnlrlel to see he'd been nhnnipMIly
old.
Then watehed. an his wont, when he's set
thing brewing.
And Imped soon to have that fat man stew
ing. "Wake up!" Bald Oabrlel; "no loafing here.
It's work, work, work, year after year!
That harp In to play on, those wings to fly
Ou errands of niurey, In the sweet by nnd
bye."
Tut the man's dull gaze bespoke a shell
In whleli no spark of manhood enulil dwell.
And (Jnbrlol saw tlmt this wouldn't do,
Aud the woman had been most wronged of
the two.
The nngelle guard stood musing long:
Then said: '-Sly frleiiu. ou earth no song
Kre 'scaped your lips to cheer a soul.
Yon smoked nnd swore nnd played the role
Of fatuous gourmand your shining Jowl
Hears witness, nnd sue, perforce, must
howl
And prny for very pity of It. Now swear,
By this bright sword, by Mlchnul there,
fly yonder reeking pit, that she, your wife,
No'er tore from your scalp a hair In her
life.
And Hifmr, for I know It, she could cook
without hooks;
For your stomach Is puffed past tho bounds
of good looks;
And honestly ow n that your genial smile
oft passed through her heart, like a rusty
tile.
If she snubbed you at length, who brought
it to pass?
You started all right with your IniiuiIp lass,
But you lost your nerve, grew sluggish,
too.
And as your hair shed her benrdlot grew.
Aud last, but worst, when your poor wife
felt
That ln-r summons had come, she came and
knelt
With you. Knave! with you; and tried hor
best
To pass yon In to heavenly rest.
Hut when the Imp led her away.
And you were ushered Into endless day.
No backward glance, no pleading word
For her lust soul from you was heard.
Now If you'd have sulil, as you passed
through.
My dear old Peter, let her come, too;
And if she enu't sit unite as high ns I
"l'ls better than Mending hor there to fry!
I'd have saved you but now you must go,
Shivering, quivering, down below;
Aud unless some fate arrest your doom
You're booked henceforth for a living
tomb."
Tho sun wns gilding vale and rill
As a man ami his wife climbed Zlon's hill,
lie cast from heaven, sin- driven from
hell.
nad met once more the old story to toll.
Her face wns fair, her voice so low
The husband scarce knew If 'twere she or
no.
And his manly grnce nnd martial air
Stamped them anew, n well-mntehed pair.
Aud so the Scriptures had come to pass;
"The last shall be llrst and the first shall
be lust." Mrs. Kdwin O. Heynolds.
DRAMA OF TWO WOM EN.
In a room, lialf-sttuly, half-bcilroom,
two wonu-n w-ro talking. They were
liotlt young, both moderately good -looking,
mi J both, in u dlAYrvnt way, ha J
iutolligont bright eyes that observed
nuu-h and betrayed little. One woman
was a small, passionate person with a
delicate mouth, aud she was called
Isabel.
The other woman was a small, pas
sionate person, with full, pale lips and
an aggressive chin. She was called
Lillian.
It was a cool summer evening, after
dinner, but the room seemed hot to
both of them, owing to the point lu
discussion.
Isabel spoke:
"Yes, 1 have done with him alto
gether. Are you really surprised?"'
"No, not In the least. I was sur
prised at the beginning of your friend
ship, but I was tpiite prepared for tha
end. You never understood each
other."
"That Is just it, and lit consequence
continually quarrelled. And continual
argument is so tiresome. 1 assure you
for months I have felt quite worn
out."
"And he"
"Oh, he." The woman's face soft
eaed. "1 am very sorry, but I fear I
must have been a trial, Lillian. 1 al
ternated between trying to act up to
li's idea of me and ruthlessly tearing
it duvu. The curious fact is that he
never had any instinctive recognition
of my real self."
"Were you" Lillian straightened her
small .person aud arched the pretty
pert chin "were you ever really cn
gagitl, Isabel?"
The other answered rapidly:
"Oil, no! How could we be? I am
so poor, and lie earns very little. Now,
if it had been you. with all your mon
ey. It might have been different. Still,
I did look forward to marriage, when
he would bo jealous no longer, nnd I
should be nil his. And then I was jeal
ous, too."
"You! Who were you Jealous of,
dear?"
"Wasn't It absurd, Lillian? of you
aiid of others."
"Well, I did know hlni long before
you."
"Yes, nnd you were very great
friends."
"Oh, he consulted mo about every
thing." Isabel trembling a little: "About
rue?"
"Well, yes, about you sometimes."
"How horrid of him."
There was a pause. Isabal paced the
room, and large tears nppenred in Iter
gray eyes, which she did not ullow to
fall. Lillian bad two malicious dimpl s
at the comers of hor mouth, and in
distinct contradiction to their presence
she sighed.
"You see, Isabel, dear, you were not
uilted."
"How could we be?' broko out the
ither passionately. "In all his love
'.or me, he hnd no trust; In all nij
lave for him, there was n certain
amount of fear, I am morbidly sensi
tive, nnd he wounded me day by day.
He Is sensitive, too, In a different way:
and my wish to have him nil to lnyseil
to rob iiitii from his numerous lady
friends, seemed absurd in bis thinking
lie refused to believe In the depths o!
my reelings, because I wns timid li.
cxpreiiskirt them. I wanted him tt.
understand me by instinct, nnd a man
so often lacks that."
"lln Is very clever and has plenty of
tact."
Isabel stopped short nnd faced her
companion. "Tact Is an elastic thing.
In his case It was one-sided and only
applied to his denl rigs with certain
natures. As I said, lie made a mistake
about mine."
"Well" Lillian smiled and then
sighed again. "It's nil over now."
"And I remember," contliuiid the
oilier, as If she had not heard, "the
first time I saw him. I remember (In
curious thrill, the curious certainty
Hint came over nie t'uit lie would play
some Jarge part In my life. 1 wonder
If he remembers, too. 1 wonder If he
remembers his first Impression of me.
I was horribly shy and 1 knew he
thought me pretty."
"He Is a great admirer of female
beauty, certainly," admitted Lillian
dryly.
"Will you shall you see hlui much
now?"
"Surely, my dear Isabel, you can't
expect e to give up an old friend
just becaflse you have quarrelled with
him."
"Hut. still, he might talk of me."
"I don't think so. And If lie did I
can decline to discuss the subject."
The other suddenly knelt down be
side her friend. In her small face, in
her gray eyes, there was n hungry,
wistful expression that Lillian could
not be blind to and It gave hor au un
easy pang.
"Lll. dear. Tell me. Do you think I
have been very unwise?"
"No. Why?"
''lUv.iuso my heart Is nching till 1
cau scarcely breathe. Because I nm
longing just to know what he is doing,
not to be wholly shut out of his life.
Uecauso l I am miserable."
"Oil! This is only for to-night. You
will mwn get over it."
Willi childlike submission the other
asked simply: "Shall I?"
"Of course you will."
"Lll, do you think I should be very
stupid If I tried to make it up?"
Her friend laughed harshly cud a
little nervously. "Quite mad," the
said.
"Do you? I am not sure. I am so
terribly lonely. He seemed my des
tiny. I miss him every hour of the
day, and his letters by ever' post."
"You are quite maudlin. Isabel."
"What!" The woman sprang to her
'eet. "What did you say?"
"I meant that you nre too ridiculous
over this man, who didn't love you.
and who never will; who never under
stood you and who was never appre
ciated by you lu return. The sooner
you forget him the better."
"I can't forget him."
"You must."
There was another pause. Isabel
walked to the window, drew back the
eurtnlm and threw It open.
"I am suffocating!" she cried.
The other rose and stealthily seized
tier cloak from the bed.
"I can't forget him," Isabel repeat
ed. "I love him. I want him now
always. I must write to him nt once.
I must Lillian, what Is the matter?"
"You are a little fool. The man is
sick of you. You can't have hlni back."
"Why, how do you know? What do
you mean? How dare you"
"I mean that he proposed to me to
day nnd 1 accepted him."
She slipped ou her cloak and tripped
down stairs, nnd tlio other woman,
who had been her friend, knelt silently
by the open window with a face that
seemed to be slowly growing old.
111,'ick and White.
Veterans In Congress.
Less than 10 per cent, of the mem
bers of the House of Representatives
have served more than ten years.. Of
the 3."itl members, 137 nre serving their
first term. Only 32 in all have been
in Congress ten years or upward. An
Idea hugely prevails that the Southern
States have returned their members
for continual service more generally
than the Northern. This is not borne
out by the records. On the contrary,
tin? Northern States have been more
generous to their representatives lu
that respect than the Southern. Of
the number returned In the Northern
section. Illinois Is rt presented by 4;
New York. 3; Pennsylvania, 3; Maine,
."; Missouri, 3; Michigan, 1; Kansas, 1:
Vermont, 1; Iowa, 1; Indiana, 1; total,
21. In the Southern section Mississip
pi Is represented by 2; Alabama, 2;
Oeorgla, 2; Louisiana, 1; Arkansas, 1;
Texas, 1; Tennessee, 1; Virginia, 1:
total, 11. Grand total, 32. Provldeuee
Join mil.
Virtues of an Kmc tie.
There was a great deal of wisdom
In the old practice of giving emetics,
such as ipecac. It did a great deal of
good. It might not be very pleasant,
but It was effective. Now, if you hail
a real, iirst-class case of malaria, 1
don't know that I could do better tha:i
to advise a trip to Kurope; or, if you
should not be able to go to ICurope.
then a litile ocean trip, out of sight oi
land, nnd the swell of the waves.
There's nothing like an unloading, nnJ
you would soon feel very much b t
Jer. In all these Ills you get your
stomach overloaded, your digestion
falls, and you retain your food in your
system. After a good emetic or an
ocean trip has done Its work you will
wonder how you got nloug with such
a vinegar factory Inside of you. Inter
view with a Doctor.
Ancient I'm of Butter.
Rutter, which is almost indlspen
sable to the meal nowadays, was for
merly used solely ns an ointment.
Herodotus, a Uruuk historian, is the
first writer who mentioned butter, 11.
Vj, 500. Tho Spartans treated It very
much the same ns we do cold croni'n
or vaseline, aud Plutarch tells how a
hostess was sickened at the sight of
olio of her visitors, a Spartan, who
was saturated in butter. The Scyth
ian Introduced the article to the
(1 reeks, and tho Germans showed tin
ltomims how to make It. Rut the hit
ter did not use It for food. They like
the Spartans, anointed tholr bodies
with it.
Dyspepsia Js la Lqaiug wlta the devil.
BO, H WEO MIRTH
Lawyer Are yen
Witness No, sor. Ol
a single man?
am a twin. Iu-
d'.anap !is .lournal.
"What a weary l ink that young wo
man has!" 'Yes; she man-led the mau
ho wanted." New York .lournal.
Agnes Well, 1 want rt husband who
is easily pleased. Maud-lon't wor
ry, dear; that's the kind you'll get.
Llndra Gazette.
"At last I have reached the turning
point of my life," remarked the con
vict when they put him on the tread
mill. Atlanta Constitution.
Tas.par Is ('arson married? Jump
tippe He must be. He has been smok
ing bad cigars ever since Christmas.
New York 1 lerald.
The fellow who starts out for n stav
ing piod time often has a barrel of
fun before arriving nt his home In a
badly bunged-up couditiou. RulTalo
Courier.
Mamma Lloyd, have you given any
fresh water to your goldfish this morn
ing? Lloyd No, mamma; they haven't
drunk up what they have In the globe
already. Harper's Young People.
"I've been lying low for some fimo
now," said the l-'lre; "and I bellevo
lli!.- Is a good chance to go oul." "Oh,
no, yon don't!" said the Coal, as the
janitor dumped the hod; "I'm ou to
you.'" Puck.
'There's lots of good In that Mrs.
Slack who lives up street." "Do you
think so?" "I do; she Is constantly
borrowing things from her neighbors,
yet she never has au 111 word to say
about any of them." New York Press.
Rodklns Hoctor, how can Insomnia,
h,' curul? Doctor Well, the patient
should count slowly nnd In a medita
tive manner o(M), and then Rod
kins That's nil very well, doctor; but
our baby can't count. Life.
"She Is a very Rood -hear ted girl.
Why, you should Just see how that
girl lavishes presents upon her chap
eron and how kind site Is to her." "You
call that being good-hearted? I call it
being level-headed." New York Press.
Hotel Clerk-Did you tell that old
gentleman from the country that ho
mustn't blow out the gas, as 1 told
you? Rarney (new boy) Yls, sorr; but
It's so afeard to thrust him 01 wns,
sorr, Ol blowed It owt mesllf, sorr.
Judge.
Jess Did you know there was on
nnte-nuptial agreement between Mr.
nnd Mrs. Slivers? Ress No, but I'm
not surprised. If they ever agiwd
about anything It must have been be
fore they were married. Kate Field's
Washington.
Pallet Girl (to admirer) Only think
of It; the s.H-iety for the prevention of
cruelty to children was here to-day to
impure about me. Rival hat a
shame; 1 can testify that you are very
good to your grandchildren. Kato
Field's Washington.
She Surely, Mr. Curtis, you cannot
be serious. I have heard that you
have told your friends that you
wouldn't marry the best woman in tho
world. Ho When I said that I had
mi Idea that you would listen to a
proposal from me. Boston Transcript
Peiielope (triumphantly) I heard last
night that Jack was head over oars In
love with me. Grace (Jealously) You
cannot believe all you hear. Penelopo
No; but I should not wonder if there
was something In It Grace Why?
Who told you? Penelope He did.
Vogue.
"I never felt really discouraged about
my husband until this year," sighed a
?;-utlo little woman the other day.
Rut when he mistook the folding
sachet for ties which I gave him, for a
dress-suit protector, and a little cut-
glass olive dish for a soap tray, I be
gan to despair about him." New York
World.
ART AND ARTISTS.
Mine. Schltemann Is fulfilling the
promise made to her late husband, nnd
is personally superintending the exca
vations in Troy.
Tho fund for a monument to Gen.
George R. MeClellan for Philadelphia
still lacks $.-.(M0. The pedestal near
the City Hall has been waiting for tho
statuo several years.
The St. Rotolph Club of Boston has
passed resolutions applauding the
clause In the ponding tariff bill which
frees paintings and statuary from duty.
The loan collection now open In
Cleveland, O., contains Gov. Alger's
large canvas by Munkacsy, "The Last
Hours of Mozart;" paintings by Diaz,
Ca.iu aud Edward Morau, aud sculp
tures by Miss Luella Varney, of Cleve
laud. In Baltimore, the Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution propose to altlx to a
building ou the corner of Sharp and
Baltimore streets a bronze tablet, set
ting forth that the Continental Con
gress met at that spot ou the HOth of
December, 177ti.
A stag and a wolf by the sculptor
Cain will stand In bronze at the foot
of the grand staircase of the Chateau
of Chantiily, which tho Due d'Auuialo
has presented to France, but which he
inhabits nnd continually enriches with
fresh works of art.
"Pocahontas, and John Smith," by
Victor Neldig, an artist who used to
exhibit a good deal at the National
Academy between 18i0 and ISTO, is
shown in the count lug-room of a Wash
ington Journal. It gives the famous
scene of Ca.pt. John Smith's rescue by
the daughter of Powhutau.
Three graduates of tho Art Academy
of Cincinnati won prizes In the annual
competition at Paris among the pupils
of the Julian Studios Mrs. Newman,
Van Rriggle anil Rrysou Burroughs.
Tho last named was at the Art Stu
dents' League In New York when ho
won tho Chauler Paris prize and left
for Paris.
At the exhibition held In Philadel
phia by the Academy of Fine Arts, tho
Walter Ltppiucott prize of $:KX was
awarded to a painting of Breton peas
ant girls lu church, called "St. Yves,
Pray for Us," which obtained nn hon
orable mention at Paris In the Salon
of 18D1. It Is by W. Sergeant Kendal,
of New York.
Puvls do Chnvennes has been telling
the League of Belgian Artists that a
big Jury of selection Is not the best
Jury. His point Is that responsibility
Is weakened lu the Individual Juror be
causo ho Is prone to trust to the de
cision of his neighbor Instead of try
ing to form nn independent judgment
aud boldlv uroclaluilmr It.
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