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LIKE HIS WORK.
Tlre entered nae dar the rhnrth of ft
certain orwenrw rouvent iu Madrid, t!e
ivamef w Iii. h trxlition hits not preserved
i-ir xih, Peter Pan I Uuih-iih, tlie Rreat
1- leminh master, ccouiiiuiied by a lew of
bis tnen pupils.
It wm a hal.it tlu matr had, tliis of
enterinj; the various rhur-hot he panned
on his way through the fetreet of the
Spanish capital. Hut the visits apparent
ly f.'ve hiiattle p!-a.sure, for he always
vruertjed iuV the street a-.iin inveighing
against the barbaric want of taste dis
played by the Castiliaa friars in their
barred etblio-K.
To-lay tlie bare dismantled interior of
the charrJt to which lie had penetrated
offered kim Ikss indufement than usual
tu litier.
He was alout to depart when bis even
happened to fall tijm a canvas half hid
den ia the r1mjiu .f a taw.lrv ehapeL
liaU-ns ail valued ijuuklv, Mopped
liefe the painting, and &upprcied aery
of aiaazement.
Ilia pupils were around hipi ia an in
ctant. "U hat is it, master?" "
"LihiU look there!" said the author of
the-I.-soent from the CroaV'ad pointed
to the caiivat.
J represented the death of a monk.
The monk was young, and his fare had
a beauty which neither long penam-e,
uer fastiiit:. nor the thrtx- ol death,
lial Bucceded in oiw-ciiriiig. Ho lay
o the bare bricks of his cell, the one
hand Kfitsjiin a ekull, the other prcms
i ft woodVn crucitia to his bre:t, and
er hia eyes tUj dtaUl lilui bad gath
rred. Iu tlie background of this picture there
was ft second one. It hung over the
narrow pallet, from which one inferred
the monk had risen, to die with greater
humility on the bare floor. It represent
ed ft beautiful woman t-tretched on a bier,
fchrou Jed in sumptuous black draperies,
rind with the light of ax tapers in tall
candlesticks streaming in her dead face.
As th eye rested on these two
scenes, the one contained in the other,
the meaning of each, the fact that one
complemented, completed and explained
the other, forced itself clearly on the
mind.
A n unhappy love, dead hopes, a blight
ed life, a renunciation of the world this
was the mysterious drama rcw-odiice.l on
the canvas at which. Kubens aud his
pupils now gazeiL.
And in drawing, in coloring, in rompo
.ition, the picture attested the hand of a
genius.
"Who can have painted this magnifi
cent work, master".''' came iu a chorus
from the master's pupils.
"There has evidently leen ft signature
in this corner," said UuIm-iih. "but it hits
been erased, und quite lately, I should
judge. The picture is not "more than
thirty years old, I think, nor less than
twenty. As to the author, judging from
the merit of the work, he might be Vel
asijue., Zuti.iran, IiiUr.t, or that young
g. nais. Murillo of whom I am so much
enamoured. T!ut Vel:i.s-jucz !oes not con
ceive thing, in tliis way ; nor isth color
ing or ocnpip.iii.,11 in Zurbran's man
ner. Munllo is more tender, and Kibera
has a more sombre style ; Innides, the
work does not belong to the school of
either.
"No, I do not know the? author, I am
sure, and I should le w illing to athrni
that I have never liefore seen anv of his
work. 1 go still further. I do not be
lieve the artist, unknown and perhaps
no longer uing, wrio nas given the
world this wonderful legacy, ever be
longed to any school, or ever painted
anything but thin one picture, or ever
tuld have painted another which would
have approached it in point of merit.
This is a work of inspiration,. a icrjonal
affair, a retlex of the eouL, a piece out of
ft man's hfe. ISm w hat ft conception !
Io you want to know wiUJ painted this
picture ? Well, that dead monk there:"
".Master, you are joking."
'No, no, I know what I say. To join
ertaiii monastic orders, yon know, is ti
die, to all intents and purposes to die to
the world.
"Ah. you think'
"I think the woman stretched on (hat
bier there was the soul and life of that
monk, that when she died it was his
death, too; that he di.l die, in point of
fact, to the world, from that moment. I
ln-heve this work represent his spiritual
dying to the world of its author rather
than his natural death. Accordingly,
he may still U- living to-dav, and as in
thirty years' time the trace of many a
tragic episode have a chance to become
etfa.-ed, 1 should not wonder at all if he
were a very fat an 1 jolly old gentleman.
e must ccrrunly look him up, and,
alve all, tin 1 out if he ever painted
anything else."
An elderly monk was knei ling'in an
adj:n-ent chaM-l. Kubene approai hd
an t asked him where he could tind the
prior of the t ou vent. The monk rose to
his feet with some difficulty.
"I am the prior," he baij in a low,
rather broken voice.
"Pardon me, father, for interrupting
your devotions," said Kuln-ns with the
bright courtesy which lent so great a
..1. . 1 . ...
"aim vi 111.1 manner; tut can
tell rue who is the author of that
ture r
you
I.ic-
"Of that picture? What will you
think of me it I tell you I liav forcvt
teu ?" k
"What! You
forgi.tteu T'
kna
and)
you havo
' V.-s, tuy son. I have forgo ton for
gotten completely."
"Your memory is poor, father," cried
Kubeiis w ith an indignant tone of irony
he hd not try to suppress.
The prior turned from him without
answer, aud knelt down as before.
"Father, 1 am here in the nanio of (he
king,' said Kubens haughtily. The
pamierc pot ot royalty was little
customed to this sort "of treatment.
ac-
Tli monk slowly raised his head. '
"What more do you wislL, mvson?'
"1 wish to huy that picture."
"It cannot be sold niTson."
"Then tell me, at least, where its
Author may be found. The king will
want to know him. and I must con
gratulate him, tell him of my admira
tion "
"All that cannot Ik
loiig'-r of this world.'
Tlia author is no
"Not dead, father not dea 1 ? And no
one knew him his name has been for
gotteu ! It should have been immortal !
it would have ec. ipse. I mine 1 am x clcr
KuIm-iis, father," he added simply.
At this famous name, familiar "ail oyer
the eivilied world, and cotuiei ted in the
lieatt of every man leading a monastic
life -.villi iiiiiumer:iblo religious painl'i.gs
of marvelous Is-auty, the prior's pale face
flushed, and his sunken eyes fixed them
selves on the stranger s face with a look
of veneration and surprise.
"Ah, I set" that you know me! cried
Rubens, smiling with naive satisfaction.
"Well, perhaps you will treat we Ix ll-r
now. So, then will you me that
picture?"
"I must repeat it is Impossible. '
"Then do you know of any other work
by the same 'hand ".' At l'-a.-t"tell me when
the artist di.il."
"You misunderstand me," tcgan the
prior. "I told you he "-.olongcd no longer
to the world ; but that does not signify "
"He h living. Then I must know
"To what end ? He has renounced all
that belongs to this life he has nothing
more to do with the world. Let him die
in peacf."
"You ask a strange thing of me, father.
"When God lights the sacred fire of gen
ius in a human soul, it is not that it may
tie hidden under a bushel sad go out in
darkness. It should accomplish its sub
lime mission and give light toother men.
Tell me the monastery where this great
artist bides himself. I will seek him out.
He must le given back to his country.
What a glorious fame awaits him '."
"And,"fcaid the prior, in a low voice,
"what if he should refuse it?"
"If he should I should apply to the
Pope, who honors me with his friendship,
and perhaps his Holiness may convince
him.
"Alt, you aee I was right in refusing to
give you his name, or that of the mon
astery in w hich he conceals himself."
"Then, father," cried Kubens. ft flush
mounting to his brow, perhaps the Pope
and the King may be induced to break
your silence. 1 shall ee that it be
done."
"Oh, no, no ; von will not do thisthing,
Senor Kubens'' exclaimed the monk.
"It will be wrong very wrong. Take
the picture if you like, but leave him who
is at rest to the end. I speak in the name
ofiol. Yes, I have known this great
man, as I call him loved him. comforted
him, redeemed him from amid the waves
of earthly passions and miseries, where
he was drowning. Then, was a time
w hen he had forg. tten God. Now he is
very near to eternal blessedness, tilory,
fame ! lo you know of greater ones than
those to which he aspires? What right
have you to seek to influence once more
with earthly vanities a soul in which
there now only burdens the love ofiod ?
Do you know the anquish. the bitterness,
the supreme disillusions w hich led hint
to a realization of the utter vanity of all
things here below ? Would you drag him
into the heat of the fray when he is so
near to final triumph?"
"But this is to renounce immortality l"
"It is to aspire to win it."
"And with what right do you place
yourself between this man and the world ?
let me speak to him let him decide "
"With the right of an older brother, of
a teacher, of a father for I am all that to
him I am all that to him I repeat, I do
it in the name of tiod. Kespect my right
as you hope for the welfare of your'sonl."
And drawing his cowl over his head
the monk glided swiftly up the church.
"Master" said one of Ruben's pupils
who during the foregoing conversation,
had Jk'ou attentively scrutinizing the
prior's features, "'did it not strike you
that there w as a singular resemblance "be
tween that old friar aud the dead monk
in that picture ?'
"Truly, you are right," said all of them
in a breath.
"Subtract the wrinkles and beard, and
the thirty years which the master holds
have elapsed since the picture was
painted, and I think we shall find that
lie was right when he said that the dead
monk was the portrait of the artist luin
self, and, moreover, that it is the work of
none other than the prior of this con
vent." K 11 liens, sombre, shamed and deeply
moved, looked after the retreating form
of the old man. Ik-fore disappearing the
monk turned, and crossing his arm on his
chest bowed low to the painter.
"It is he? yes, yes," murmured Ru
lns. "Come, let us go. That man is
right. What is the greatness that I have
compared to hia ? Ix-t him die in peace."
And with a last look at the wonderful
canvas, he left the church, and repaired
to the palace, h here he was to dine with
the king and queen.
Three days later. Rutins, alone and
unattended, made his way back to the
modest chapel once more, to see the won
derful picture, and to speak to the artist.
But the painting no longer hung in its
place.
In the knave of the church stood a
bier, and around it knelt all the mem
bers of the community, chanting the office
of the dead.
The master approached. On the bier
lay the prioj.
"He was a great painter," said Ru
tins, alter a long pause-, tilled bv many
mixed emotions. -Now isthe time when
he looks most like hia work."
NELLIE THE DANGEROUS.
"My dear child, Nellie Middleton is not
ft coquette at least, iu the ordinary ac
ceptation of the term. She has an ex
ceeding d.-si re to be likel, to be petted;
to le something more tlutn a mere ad
quaintauce of those whom she admires.
She is a trenend favorite among women,
unless they change to I jealous of her
though how she manages that, doubt
less you will soon lie able to tell U tter
than I ; but with men. she has the art of
finding out the thing in which von spec
ially desire to shine, and to appreciate
vou in that thing. For instance, keen
httlo thing that she is, she discovered
w hat my wife don't know vet. that I am
not very proud of mv seribbling think
It. in fact, very K.r stuff, indeed ; but I
like to Ik? considered as a man of fmo
taste and keen jK-rceptions and sympath
ies. It didn't take Nellie more than three
times to find that, and she is always ap
tiealing to those supposed qualities. I
know perfectly all the time she was play
ing with me; that it is only her way of
making herself agreeable ; that he isn't
overwhelmingly anxious for my ap
proval; that she isn't occupied "when
away fr'.m in- in pieturini: to herself an
my good an I w inning qualities, and vet I
like it. When she is looking at nie in
her soft, appealing way, she can twist me
around her ringer."
Viva gave a little sigh.
"And you say she is coming this: after
noon ?
" Yes ; she w ill Ik here to supper."
- , eimiHt eilouLTIl in
black a very pretty girl. fair, but not
blonde, with brown hair, brushed away
from the wide, calm forehead ; gray
checilul eyes, and a l.u e iu t;. ..n
line of feature not altogether unlike that
of Marie Stuart.
She was quiet, almort silent. The frlris
looki-1 at one another as w ho should sav :
"Is this the paiagon whom we were "to
dread ?" and arched brows aud pura d-up
mouths in prettv contempt at me not
seeing, as I did, that Nellie was siinplv
taking their gauge and a survey of her
position.
She felt instinctively a certain sfand
oflishness assumed toward her by the
feminine lenient, and set herself to' coin
bat it; found in less than a week a hun
dred ways of being useful and enterlain
im' She u:is sLilllol in :
- . ......... nr. .- W.IVS
in which to afford the girls UU-n-l. 't, x
with their resix-ctive "particulars ;" 1--haved,
in short, more like a grandmother
thanaUlle of 111; won them all over,
even including Bell, w ho seemed to like
her grudgingly ami under protest, and
theu was ready for a- tion.
During her week of quiescence Ihcre
had Iw-cn, though she had appeared un
conscious of the fact, masculine oltserv
trs. They had seen that she was not
only lovely, but after that piquant fashion
which depends much on expression, and
kcjs you busy studying it.
She "sane sweetly", played well, con
versed delightfully, had a" keen eve and
soft tom b ; grew on you, in "short ;
strviigthetied htr hojd uix.n vou d;tv lv
daw ' '
e
title tlllllL' however tuirlo,! n, a..
unusual languor, almost timidity, in
Nellie, and Otto Winstanley's almost in
comprehensible conduct.
He had joined in none of the conver
sation anticipatory of her arrival, and
w hen she was presented, there was a start
and a sudden dark upleapingof color and
feeling to his face as he muttered some
thing about a previous acquaintance.
I think no one else observed this, or
the fact that his indolent flirtation with
Bell glowed with sudden and unaccount
able ardor since Nellie's arrival. Per
haps, also, 110 one else remarked that he
certainly treated Miss Middleton with
downright rudeness and neglect, or
thought to ask themselves if a man was
apt to be rude and neglected towards a
sweet and winning girl to whom he was
perfe-tly indifferent.
But be that as it might, two slow weeks
went, anl I saw no more clearly into the
mystery than I bad done at tlrst. But
one evening Nellie came and sat down
boside me in the twilight.
She sat very still, looked even paler
than usual, and I caught mvsolf pitving
her, ut at a loss how to manifest "it, I
remained silent.
Otto strolled in, and giving me a nod,
sat dow n and began playing w ith J tip,
the terrier. Having a vague idea that
Nellie might be inclined to be more spe
cific with him than me, I made Mrs.
Polly do some one a good turn, for one of
the few times in her life, and getting up
a fiction alsut being wanted, left them
alone. What afterward occurred I have
from the best authority Nellie herself.
They sat in the fast "growing twilight,
memories busy at the heart of each ;
pride struggling w ith a feeling that, dur
ing those weeks, had fast been growing
too strong for it. Nellie, with lsjwed
head and swimming eyes; Otto watch
ing her, and with face softening in spite
of himself.
Suddenly Nellie, rose with an air of
desperation, and brushing past Otto went
over to the piano.
As she reached it something rang
out sharply a click, as if something
metallic had struck on the marble hearth.
Otto stopped to pick up something
that shone in the red tirelight iust at his
feet. She moved forward, as if to pre
vent him ; stood then, as if paralvze(, aa
he held up a ring a simple little thing
only a plain gold circlet, bearing some
words engraved on it, hanging from a
chain attached to a hook, like a watch
guard. Otto looked alternately at it and Nel
lie, who stood by him, crimsou and
speechless.
Nellie was silent.
"Why tlid you keep it?"
"I wanted something to wear on tho
chain, and I don't carry my w atch."
"Oh! I thought perhaps'you cared for
it, after all !"
"You thought differently whea we
were last together."
"I had reason." '
"Answer, then. T ask you to jud"e
yourself. H:ld 1 not reason? Would
Hot any man have Ix-en justified in Wing
incensed and outraged at vour con"
duct ?"
"I was very young, verv thoughtless.
I never dreamed that vou "realty cared.
It was plcaaut to talk' and fret, and I
liked to vex vou for the pleasure of re
concilement. "A stranve pleasure, that wes pleased
with the pain it inflicted on w hat it loved
the best. A strange thoughtlessness, that
permitted me no free lorn, but claimed an
unfunded liU rty for yourself I"
"You have said all those thintrs once,"
returned Nellie, with some dignity, "and
it w.ia painful enough to hear them
once."
"1 had no intention of reproaching
you." answered Otto : "for out ..f 1
terness of the heart the mouth spoke.
It is o miserable to look at vou, and
think what might have been, "and how
How we arc hojs-lessly separated."
"Otto," said Nellie timidlv, "don't vou
think wc might be friends '.' You need
not treat me quite as an enemv. If you
have suffered, so do I ; and vim cannot
think wat a pain it is to see the eves that
once were my light look so coldlv t.n ine.
It makes me w retched. Li t us," at least,
be friends."
Otio loi.ked at her earnestly, took her
hands and drew her toward "him. Hall"
unconsciously she sank down on the little
stool at his feet, her head close to his
hand, that, following its old habitude
fiegan to stroke the soft bright hair'
Presently
"No!" said Otto firmly. We can never
Ik friends."
"You are forgiving." """
' Vrrv. 1 wjjj nol iatc an atoin c mv
just rights. I must and w ill have vou for
my wife, as you once promised me to be,
or nothing. Mere cool friendship will not
satisfy me."
"And I was not very olmtinate," con
cluded Nellie, "as that "was precisely why
I came, knowing that he was here.''
I have their wedding cards before me
now. And now- I am Lroinv to wliuna.
the ear of the public what I then
thought.
Nellie dropped that ring on purpose.
Clreftftnlaa SlaTtv. '
Circassian slavery is a very old social
institution in Circassia. Young girls were
there taught at a tender age by their
parents to look forward to it as their des
tination. Many went to Constantinople
willingly, dazzled with the brilliant pros
pect held out to them of marrying a
wealthy Turk; and so general was the con
sent of parents to this consignment of
their tender children to degradation and
infamy that the slave-dealer who came
among the Circassians to purchase their
offspring was usually looked upon as a
benefactor.
Once in Constantinople, the poor crea
tures looked forward with certainty to be
coming a wife of the Sultan, or at least of
some very high and wealthy dignitary.
Rut an infinitesimal proportion of them
ever sav the face of the Sultan : large
numbers w e sold to Kvnt. Tunis tr,v-.
co, and even Persia, while many fell into
bad an brutal hands. F.ven the palace of
Stamboul fell very far short of fulfilling
the anticipations of the few who entered
it.
One day, dnring the reign of the late
Sultan Abdul Medjid. an aged Circassian
peasant presented himself at the gate of
the palace inhabited bv the Sultana (.1
Cirrassiad)' second w ife' of AIslul. The.
jeasant announced himself as the father
of the Sultana, and expressed a great de
sire to see her once more Ix-fore he died.
He was refused admittance, and the
daughter's reply was, "I will not and can
iiot look upon the face of the man who
hesitated not to sell me into slavery."
Joiinxy was visiting at his grandpa's
farm.
He had soon th cows, and drank the
rich milk, but had never seen the milk
ing. "Mamma," he said, "where does tlie
milk come from ?"
"From the cows, dear."
"How do they get it out? Do they
pump it with her tail?"
A Genial Editor.
A North Carolina editor puts on his
freo list every woman in the stato who
becomes the mother of twia boys.
THE MISER'S HAND.
One evening, in the vear 1520, a female,
completely enveloped in a long black
mantle, w as walking toward the bridge of
Kialto, in Venice. Her steps w ere weak
and uneven, and at intervals she looked
around with a hurried, frightful glance.
She paused at the centre of the bridge,
and looked down with a shuuder on the
clear, blue waters of the Adriatic; then,
closing her eyes, and murmuring faintly,
"Antonio, my Antonio Adieu!" she
prepared to throw herself over the para
pet. J ust as she w aa falling a man rushed
forward, seized her w ith a powerful grasp,
and drawing her back, said,
"Girl, destroy not the life which has
been given you! If yon ure unhappy
enter your church, kneel on its hallowed
pavement, pour out your sorrow, and
thank your Maker that you have lieen
preserved from rushing uncalled into his
presence !"
The girl tried impatiently to shake off
the strong, kind baud that hcld her, aud
said,
"Ix:t me go ! I must die in peace !'
In another moment she tottered and
fell to the ground, where she lay without
sense or motion. Her preserver raised
her bead, and, in order to give her air,
drew back the veil which concealed her
features. They w ere lovely, and the man
gazed ou her w ith wonder and admira
tion as she was gradually restored.
Ry degrees she told him who she was
and where she lived. Her historv might
le summed up in a few words: An avar
icious father, a poor lover, a mutual but
unhappy love. Vainly had Maria pleaded
with her father, a rich innkeej-r in Ven
ice, the cause of her lover, Antonio Rarb
arigo, the handsomest gondolier plving
beneath the Bridge of Sighs.
At length, this evening, her father,
Giannettint, so far forgot himself as to
strike his daughter with some violence;
ami she, w ith a far more culpable neglect
of her duty, fled from her home, and, as
we have seen, was arrested 011 the very
verge of suicide.
The iiersou who had saved her led her
gently to her home, and having given her
up to her father, seated himself in au
obscure corner of the hostelry.
Ciianncttini received his child w ith rude
reproaches; and, bidding her retire to
her ow n apartment, he east a suspicious
glance at the person who had brought
her home, whose stout, manly lignre and
firm countenance, however, deterred the
innkeeper from addressing him in a hos
tile manner.
As Maria tnrned to depart a voting
gondolier apjH-ared at the door, and, fur
ivelv approaching her. said,
" Dearest ! I learest '."
(iiaiinettini rushed forward, shouting.
"Out of this! Out of my house, 1k'-'-gar!"
Hie young man did not stir.
"Have you finished?" he said, in a
good-humored tone. "Wherefore th-se
hard words? Have you never loved. Sig
nor Giaiinettini ? Have you totally for
gotten the feelings of your youth'? Do
you not know that since" I was ten years
old, and Maria live, we have loved'coch
other fondly ".' Will you not, then, allow
us to "hallow your old age with grateful
blessings, or must we water your path
with tears?"
"I don't want to have a parcel of beg
gers for my grandchildren," said Giannet
tini. roughly.
"Certainly, yon are rich," replied the
young man; "but what hinders that I
should not lieeome so, too ? A stout arm,
a brave heart, an honest soul, will, w ith'
the help of Heaven, do a great deal, sig
lior." "A lover's dream ! "
'"Nay," said Antonio, "it is soIkt sense.
Prince Lorenzo do Medici was a merch
ant ; Duke Glacomo Sforzo a cowherd."
The man in the corner had barkened
attentively to this dialogue. He arose,
and touehing Barbarigo's shoulder, said,
"Well spoken, gondolier! Courage
brings success, and struggling, conquest.
Maria shall Ih- thy wife!"
"Never!" cried iiaiinettini. """
"Well," said the unknown, turning dis
dainfully toward him, "if this vouth could
lay dow n six hundred pistoles, would vou
object to the marriage, Signor Uiamu-t-tine
?"
"Be that as it may, you must remenilx r
that he is now little better than a pau
per." "Pshaw !" said tlie unknown ; "bab
blers are more tiresome than thieves!
Be fore to-morrow you shall handle that
sum."
So saying, he drew from bis pK-ket a
piece of parchment and a crayon, and,
turning to a table, ln gan rapidly io sketch
a man's hand. It was represented open,
impatient, w ith hollowed palm, as il ex
lectiiig a shower of gold pieces. It had,
so to jij. aur.i .i'u.i I'ljiMfW.u.i, .t..vt
one of the lingers was encircled w ith a
massive ring.
" 'Tis my hand !" cried Gijinncttini.
"And your history," said the artist.
Giving the sketch to Antonio, the
author desired him to carry it to Pietro
Benvolo. librarian at the palace of St.
Mark, and demand in exchange tor it six
thousand pistoles.
"Six hundred fools' heals !" cried the
inn keeper. "I would not give a zecehlu,
for it."
Without speaking, tho artist tnrndj
haughtily away.
Tin gondolier took the parchment and
looked with astonishment at its guise.
He then turned doubtfully towards Ma
ria, but a glance from her soft dark eyes
reassured him, and he set out on bis mis
sion. With folded arms and a mrvMly brow
the artist commenced pacing up and dow n
the room in the hostelry, casting at in'er
vals a scrutinizing glance at the young
girl, who, now penitent for her intended
crime, was silently praying in a corner.
As for Giannettini, he seemed unable to
shake off the strange ascendency gained
over him by his unknown visitor; his
habitual effrontery failed hini, and, for
the first time in liis life, he dared not
break the silence.
An hour passed; then hasty, joyoim
stejs were heard, and Antonio iippcare 1,
bearing in his hand a bag and a letter.
Tin bag contained six hundred pistoles,
and the letter was addressed to the art
ist, and prayed him to honor the librar
ian w ith a visit.
"Take these coinf arid weigh them,"
said the unknown, as he threw the bag
toward Giannettini.
Antonio Barbarigo stood ln-fore his
benefactor, pale and trembling with joy.
"One favor more," he said ;" "who afo
you ?"
"What does it matter ?"
"What df.es it matter, say you ?" cried
the gondolier. "Much, linii h to me!
Tell me your name, signor, that I may
love mid honor it to the last moment, of
my life !"
"Men call me Michael Anirelo!"
As to the crayon sketch of the miser's
hand, it was taken from Italy by a soldier
in NaiM.Ieon's army, and placed in the
Invre. During the invasion of 1.S14 it
was unfortunately lost, and, so far as can
1m a-crtaincd, has never been recovered.
The story of its production, however, still
lingers among the traditions of Venice.
"Swift and Sententloue.
Most men's lives aro spent In gelt!ng
what they don't want and wani.ing whevt
tiiwy dvu't get. Philadelpiiia Call,
UNDER THE SHADOW.
"No." said the lawyer ; "'I shan't press
your claim against that man, you can get
some one else to take the case, or you
can withdraw, just as you please."
"Think there's auy money in it?" ' !
"There would "probably be some
money iu it, but it would come from the
sale of the little house tho man occupies
and calls "home ;' but I don't want lv
meddle w ith the matter, anyhow."
" lot frightened out of it, eh ?"
"No, I was'nt frightened."
"I suppose the old fellow begged hard
to lx? let oil"."
"VelI, ves, he did." v
"And you caved, likely?" -"No,
1 didn't s-ak a word." N
. "Oh, he did all the talking, eh 7'
"Yes."
"What in creation did you do?"
"I believe I shed a few tears."
"And the old fellow begged you very"
hard, you say
"No, I didn't say so ; he didn't speak a
word to me."
"Well, may I inquire whom Le did ad
dress in vour hearing ?"
"God Almighty."
"Ah, he took to praying, did he?' '
"Not for my benefit in the least. You
sec, I found the little housi- easily
enough, and kn.K-kedou the outer door,
w hich stood ajar, but noliody heard me ;
so 1 stepped into the little hall, and saw
through a crack of the door acosv sitting
room ; and there on a bed, with" her sil
ver head high on pillows, was an old lady
who looked for all the world just as my
mother did the last time 1 saw her on
earth. Well, I was on the point of
knocking when she said:
" 'Come, father, now begin.' "
"And then dow n on his knees bv her
side went an old white-headed mail, still
older than his wife, I should judge ;' and
I couldn't have kniM-ked then for the lihj
of me. Well, he began ; lirst he remind
ed G.xl that they were still his submis
sive children, mother and he, and 110
matter what he saw fit to bring upon
them they shouldn't rebel at his will
of course, it was going to be very hard for
them to go out homeless in their old age,
especially with the joor mother so sick
and helpless, and oh ! how different it
might have In-en if only one of their Iwys
ha-l Iweii spared to them ; then his Voice
broke, and a thin, w hile hand Mole from
under the coverlet and moved softly over
his snowy hair ; then he went on "to re
jeat that nothing couid be so sharp again
as the parting w ith those three sous mi
les mother and he should be separated I;
but at last he fell to comforting himself
with the fact that the dear I.rd knew it
was through no fault of his own that
mother and he were threatened w ith the
loss of their little home, that meant beg
gary and the almshouse, a place thev
prayed to be delivered from entering if i't
could be consistent with God's will "and
then he quoted a multitude of promises
concerning the safety of those w ho put
their trust in the Lord. In act, it was
the most thrilling plea that I ever listened
to, and at last he prayed for God's bless
iiiL' upon those who were about to de
mand justice.
The lawyer continued more slowly
than ever:
"And I believe I'd rather go to the
noorhouse myself to-night, than to stain
my hands with the blood of such a prose
cution as that."
"A little afraid to defeat the old man's
prayer, eh ? '
"Bless your soul, man, vou couldn't de
feat it," said the lawyer." "I tell you he
left it all subject to the will of bod ; but
he claimed that we were tyld to make
known our desires to God; and of all
the pleading I ever heard, that beat all.
You see, 1 was taught that kind of thing
myself in my childhood, and whv I was
sent to hear that prayer I'm sure'l don't
know ; but 1 hand the case over."
"I wish you hadn't told me about that
old man's prayer," remarked the cheat,
twisting ulo!it uneasily.
"Why so?"
"Welt, because I want the money the
place would bring, but I was taught tho
Bible straight w hen I was a youngster,
and I'd hate to run counter to" that you
tell me atx.ut. I wish you hadn't heard
a word of it, and another time I woudu't
listen to petitions not intended for xnv
ears."
The lawyer smiled.'
"My deur fellow," he said, "yon am
wrong again ; it was intended for my
ears, and for your cars, too, my friend ;
nd it was iod Almighty w ho inlcn.ied
it. My dear old mother used to sing a
sring about God's moving in a mysterious
way, that I remember."
"Well, my mother used to sing it too,"
said the client, and he twisted his claim
papers in his fingers. "You call in the
morning, if you like, and tell 'mother
and him' that the claim has been met."
" 'In a mysterious
lawyer, smilingly.
way,' " added tho
The I'aeiflr Knllron.l I to 11 da.
The July statement of the public debt
of the United States shows the following
facts in respect to the bonds issued by the
Government to the Pacific Railroads":
1. That the outstanding principal of
these lionds amounts to i4,tJL':,ol2.
1. That the total interest on these
Imnds paid bv the United States amounts
to ?7i',7,.:i,0:M).!).s.
:. That the interest repaid to the
Government by the companies, in the
way of transportation service is $2t),Sl!t.
S7, and that repaid by cash payments of
live per cent on net earnings is $103,
ol!t.7". 4. That the balance of interest paid
by the United States, and not repaid by
the companies, is $o0,S0!,(i"J0.:(;.
o. That the sinking fund, including
lstnds and cash, amounts to SS,t)47,2 2.io.
The Pacilic Railroad Companies are,
according to these figures, in debt to the
Government, on Isjnds issued by them to
the Government as security "for those
issued by the Government to them, and
on interest paid by the Government but
not repaid bv them, to an amount ex
ceeding SHVjbfM h. This is a huge debt ;
and how it will ultimately be met and
disposed of is a question "for the future
to determine. W hatever may be the
fact, the vast advantages to the country
and the Government from the building
of the Pacific Kail roads rhow that the
policy of Congress in regard to them was
eminently wise. Private capital simply
was not adequate to such a stupendous
undertaking. The Iiuhumb-nt.
Tuf: introduction of the megnplmne on
chipboard a sort of telescope for the ear,
or machine for magnifying sound is said
to le a boon iu prosject for mariners.
Its design is to enable a person to hear
or carry on a conversation w ith people at
a distance and it is constructed of two
huge cone-shaped tubes, eight feet long
ami three in diameter at the large end,
w hich diminish to an apex in the form of
rubber tubes small enough so place in the
ear. Between these tulcs are two smal
ler ones constructed iu the same manner,
but not more than half the diameter. By
placing the rublier tunes in the ear and
s'veaking through the smaller cones the
tH-rson can hear and can be heard at a
outdistance, aud it thus aids mariners
in listening for the sound of breakers or
curryiugon conversation with persons on
fahore or ou other vessels at a distance .
SCIENTIFIC.
o
Tlie Iircewt lj nniaio of trie WnriiV. ..
The Ay uf Slirl has leen informed that
the Brush Fleet rie Company, of Cleve
land, Ohio, are constructing the largest
dynamo iu the world. It will he 1' ft.
or l: ft. long, 5j ft. wide, and weigh b)
tons. Tbe dynamo will give a current of
lli.oOO amperes; number of watts, 243,
In other words, it will In four timer
the size and capacity of the "Jumbo"
machine exhibited by Fdison at the Fleet -rieal
FxjKisition at Philadelphia. The
latter was equal to the task of running
r000 sixteen candle-power incandescent
lights. This monster machine of the Brush
Company will be shipped to Iockport,
New York, and used lor the smelting of
aluminium. Five hundred horse-power
w ill be required to drive it, which will b
furnished by water, with the aid of tur
bine wheels. From the particulars give:
by our contemporary it would appear that
the dynamo in question will be the most
powerful in existence ; but the largest
dynamo ever constructed is, to our know l
edge, that designed by Mr. J K. II. Gor
don, and built by the Telegraph Con
struction and Maintenance Company,
Fast Greenwich. Mr. Gordon's enorm
ous dynamo was 13 It. 4 in. by 7 ft., and
its total weight 13 tons, the revolving mag
net wheel RiOne weighing 7 tons, its diam
eter being H ft. 9 in. Its electrical power,
however, is inferior to the new Brush",
dynamo, aud it may lie said that the lat
ter represents four years' progress in dyna
mo construction.
Tlie II littlest Olrservittory fat Knrope.
In the heart of the provii.ee of Salz
burg, on the Sonnblick, which rioes to a
height of 10,177 feet, a great meteorolog
ical observatory, tho highest in FurojM,
has just been erected, which will le ia
immediate comniiiiiicidion with the cen
tral Meteorological Office at Vienna. The
w alls are over a metre thick. Telephonic
communication has been established from
the summit of the mountain, acro.-sthe
Goldberg glacier down into the Kauri;
valley, and when the telegraph wires
sh;:ll have been extended from T:txen
bach the communication will be com
plete. The view from the summit h
magnificent, ranging over a great part of
the Tyrol, Carinthia, and Salzburg. The
roof is of copper, chiefly on account of itt
electrical advantages. The situation is
very exjiosed, and is a sort of centre for
the discharge of electrical disturbances.
There were many owrt'iiiities of watch
ing the behaviour of lighting during the
erection of the building. Dr. Hann, the
d:rectorof the Central Meteorological In
stitute at Vienna, has superintended ull
the arrangement.!.
Tin: Institute of Technology, at Boston,
long ago decided upon the daug-T of
steam pipes passing through and in con
tact with wood. It was shown that tho
wood, by being constantly heated, as
sumes the condition, to a ttP-ater or l.-sd
degree, of fine charcoai, a condition high
ly lavorabie to spontaneous combustion.
A 1. ats observer, Mr. F. Sand ford, re
ports having made a common snail carry
a load of two and a quarter ounces up a
perpendicular wall, its own weight ljeing
about a quarter of an ounce. A snail
weighing a third ol an ounce drew a load
of seventeen ounces ou a horizontal table,
and supjorted four ounces while crawl
ing on the ceiling. It even cliribed a
thread with another snail on its ba-k.
To ITT glass tubes ch'et ri.'it V. Stl
iron w ire one half minim in diameter i.-t
wound around the tube at the place
required to be cut, and the ends are con
nected by means of copper conductors of
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mo ouic uiameier w un me )KieS ol a
powerful battery. This iron becomes
heated when the current flows, and it is
only necessary to cool it suddenly with a
few drops of cold w ater in order to pro
cure a clear cut. Glass tubes four inches
iu diameter are no.v cut in this way.
Wb have met w ith the follow ing cheap
mode for painting out door structures:
Make four gallons of paste of rye flour,
like the paste used for papering rooms,
and then mix in one gallon of common
oil paint. This w ill cover as much sur
face as live gallons of paint alone, For
the second coat add two gallons of oil ;
ami three for the third. These three
coats will last about as long as three coats
of oil paint. A good paint for brick is
made of fresh lime w ash and sulphate of
zink.
I voiiv scales, pader knives, and so on,
may be cleaned by scrubbing them with
a new soft tooth brush, soap and tepid
water; then dry the ivory and brush
well, dip the latter in alcohol and lish
th' ivory until it has regained its former
sheen. If the water gives the ivory a
yellowish tint dry the ohject in a heated
place. If age hits yellowed it place the
object under a lell jar with a vessel on
taining lime and muriatic acid, and set
the whole in the sunshine.
Hut Joseph Whit worth was the first to
inaugurate a system of Standard screw
threads. The form of thread, and tho
number of threads jkt inch which he
recommended, were based partly on the
results of numerous experiments and
partly on the average obtained by corn
pair ng the various forms of screwed bolta
then in use. The Whitworth system has
been very generally adopted in all parts
of tbe civilized world except the United
States. The Seller system introduced
here in lSt4 has tin;" same liumlier of
threads per inch, but the form of tho
thread is different.
Wiuks and bars are now produced dir
ect from fluid Meel by pressing it through
dies in a manner similar to the produc
tion of lead pipes from lead. An iron
vessel, lined with refractory material, is
provided with a man hole, and a cover at
the top and .securely closed. At the bot
tom, opposite the man hole, there is a e:st
iron outlet pipe, through w hich passes a
steel tube with water circulating around
it like a "tuyere," bv which the steel pipe
or die can be -oo!ed. The inner end of
the steel tuh is lined with tire clay,
w here the wry hot fluid steel meets it.
The tube is plugged up by a steel stop
per, and the liquid Fteei is filled into the
vessel with liquid carbon dioxide above
it. The stopper being withdrawn, liquid
steel is forccu out, by pressure of the car
bon dioxide, in a red hot rod or wire,
w hich goes from tlie vessel into the rol
ling mill while ttill hot, and is there fin
ished off.
Tiik Rayeu-v: tapestry is almost a un
ique piece of unwritten history. Des
cription of it have been more titan once;
attempted ; but perhaps the analysis of
it worth most is one recently issued at
Copenhagen. Prof. .lohar.nes Stcvn.strup
isthe writer. His lift h- hook gives an
explanation of fifty Latin inscriptions
found on the tapestry, aed of a series oi
figures sewn into it with eight different
colors. Herr Steeusti up Males of the
1, figures w hich comprise the picttira
story of the conquest oi Fngland, that
O'S.l represent jvrsons, 'JllJ horses, oo!S
other minimis, M buildings, ships, and
boats and 4! trees. The tiiestry is 'Sll
feet long. Further, he has arrived at the
conclusion that Bishop (Mo, of Baycux,
caused the tapestry to be made in com
memoration of the expedition in which
he himself took part, doubtless, he say,
the figures were made by Normans, a'ud
the fingers of Norman women plied iho
needles. The lasjiestry was made to
adorn the walls of the now Cathedral,
whkh .vid dedicated at ilaycua; in lUllof
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