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NUMBER 14.
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A GOOD MOTTO.
And If you want a mstto
To aid your pathway through
This life of double trouble
For mo as well as you.
Why then I offer this one.
Although It U not new:
It's never trouble trouble.
Until trouble troubles you.
Perhars you think this motto
Intended for tho few.
Who lead a life of pleasure
Far tltScrcut from you;
It so, you are mistaken,
I say it is not true,
J say you gMa if waiting
Until trouble troubles you.
Tboeo troubles In the di.stanoe
Though looking dark and blu
May change to other colors.
May take another hue;
At any rote look brighter
Upon a nearer Tiew. -Bo
troubles in th dUtanjxj- -
Should never trouble yoiv .
Admitting that your sorrow - I
Scorns all that you can. tear, '
And thoughts of tho to-morrow
Fill you with doep despair;
Why not let hope triumphant,
Drivo all your cares atrayT
The sun may shine as brightly
To-morrow as Vxlay.
Yankee Blade.
USES OF RINGS.
Anclont and Modern Blgnlfloanoo
of Small Bands.
History of Rings from the Time of the)
Pharaohs to tho I'reseot Hay Of
ficial Ring of the ltomans
Their Various Chariua.
From the most ancient tlmo Mnga
have boon worn either aa person .1
aJornmonta or as insignia ot odco. Fin
pcrsand tons, arms, lefrs and foot, nocks,
oars, lips and noses, all arc or have been
docorated with this universal ornament.
Wo read of Tharaoh Investing Joseph
with a ring when he made him a ruler
over Egypt; we read of tho men and
women of Israel contributing their ear
rings part, no doubt, of tho Egyptian
Ppoil to tho making of tho golden calf.
In all times tho ring seems to bavo boon
a symbol of dignity and authority.
In tho early days of tho Roman Re
public ambassadors wore golden rings
as part of their official dross. Later on
overy froo Roman woro ono as a right,
although somo who affected tho .sim
plicity of olden times woro Iron rings.
In moro degonorato days tho Luxurious
Romans loaded their fingers with rings,
tome of tho more exquisito dandios oven
going so far as to havo different rings for
winter and summer wear. Tho Laced to-
monians, as became their rugged sim-.i
plicity, woro rings of iron. . 7
i . s
LiBar mi'niiuna pom anu iron rings as
wfiod in Gaul and Itritaln for money a
thing customary among ancient pooplos,
and practicod even in Swedon and Nor
way down to tho twelfth century, as It
is sow amongst somo of tho tribes of
Africa.
In days when writing was a raro ac
complishment, a seal or signot-ring was
necessity to kings and nobles; an4
such rings wore never parted with, oven
temporarily, savo to porsons in wtiom
Implicit confldonco was placed. Theso
rings would pass from father to son fot
generations, and wore, in fact, the sign
manual of the head of the house. Ifl
"All's Well that Ends Well," Shakes
peare makes such a ring tho principal
turning-point in tho plot:
" A ring the county wears 4
That downward hath suceoedod In bis bousO
From son to son, somo four or flvo doaccnu
Since the first father woro It."
Wo must suppose that old Jack Fal
staff raado somo pretensions to gentle)
ancestry in that sceno at the "Bore's
Iload," whero ho complains of havinf
been robbed during his vinous sloop be
hind tho arras: -
"Shall I not tako mino case In mina
inn, but I shall havo my pocket picked?
I havo lost a Beal-ring of my grandfa
ther's worth forty mark." . t
At which old J)amo Quickly re
marks: - - -
"I havo heard the Prince tell him, I
know not how -oft, that that ring waa
copper." - , .-
All tho old romancers and dramatists
havo allusions to tho customs of wear
ing and giving ring3. Whon lovers
parted thoy made an interchange of
rings. At a betrothal rings werl) the
sign and evidence of troth-plight. In
"Twelfth Night," a betrothal is de
scribed in tho priest's answor to Olivia:
" A compact of eternal bond of love, - -i
Confirmed by mutual Joinder of your bands.
Attested by the holy close of lips, "'
Strengthened by tnterchongemcnt of your
rings;
And all the ceremony of this compact , .
Sealed In my function, by my testimony."
In "Troilus and Crossida," there Is
reference to tho Interchange of rings.
In "Cymbolino," Imogen, parting with
Posthumous, gives him a diamond rinir.
" Tbid diamond was my moUicr'a; take It,
heart;
But keep It till you woo another wife."
Similarly, In tho "Two Gcntlomon of
Verona," Proteus and Julia exchange
rings as a plcdgo of constancy.
Even Sbylock, that "currish Jew,"
had, in his youth, wandered into
the realms of love's romance. One
can not but sympathize with him when,
mad with grief and rage for tho loss of
his daughter and his ducats, ho meets
with his friend Tubal, who, with other
sows, tells him:
. "Ono of them showed me a ring that
he had of your daughter for a monkey."
The poor old Jew replies:
"Out upon her! Thoa tortirest me.
Tubal. It was my turquoise. I had it
of Leah when I was a bachelor."
This heartless action of his ungrate
ful daughter cuts him to the quick, and
there ia a touch of pathgp in the mental
torturo of tho poor, lonely old Jew as he
thinks of tho gift of his dead wife thus
lightly cast to mocking enemies. In
the same play Shakespeare makes other
references to tho customs of his time
concerning rings. Portia, as a reward
for saving Antonio, demands a ring from
Iiassanio, who says:
" Uood sir, this ring was given me by my wife;
And when she put it on, she made me vow
That I should neither sell, nor give, nor lose
it."
Ncrissa also obtains Gratiano's ring,
and a nico quarrel aroso thereafter, as
ho explained:
' About a hoop of gold, a paltry rlnjf
That she did give me; whose poesy was.
For all the world, like cutler's poetry
Upon a knife: 'Love me and ia,vw me not."
Theso posy rings, as thet were called,
wero at one time very popular, though
the posies woro not of great poetical
merit. We may quoto as specimens:
"In thee, my cboico
I do rejoice."
Again:
" Constancy and nenven are round.
And In this the Emblem's found."
Perhap the most Important ring
certainly in tho opinion of tho fair sex
is tho wodding ring. Ordinarily, a
plain gold ring Is used; but any ring
will do even the ring of a key has
done Bervico befero now. It is well
known that tho second of the three
beautiful Gunnings was married with a
curtain ring, the impatianco of tho
bridegroom the Duke of Hamilton
not permitting him to wait till tho
usual ring could be procured.
Tho delivery of a ring has always been
considered a sign of confidence, of del
egation, of power; and hence, in mar
riago, shows the trust of The husband
In bis wife, and his investing her with
authority in his household. It Is also
looked upon aa a symbol of eternity and
constancy.
Somo consider that the left hand was
chosen to signify tho wife's subjection
to tho husband, anl the third finger be
cause it thereby pressed a vein supposed
to communicate directly with tho heart.
Tho third finger,: on account 0f certain
fancied virtuo with which it Is credited,
has always beea so lea tod. as the ono on
which to wear official rings.- To the
Greek and Roman physicians it was
knewn as the medical or healing finger,
and was used to stir their mixtures,
from an idea that nothing noxious
could communicate with it without giv
ing immediate warning by a palpitation
of tho heart. In some parts of England
tho ring-finger Is supposed to bavo the
power of curing any sore or wound
which it stroked by it. Also, It is be
lieved that any growth lfke a wart on
tho skin may bo removed by rubbing a
wedding ring upon It.
Among tho Puritans there were many
who desired to forbid the use of the
wedding ring as a Popish and super
stitious practice. Butler, In hla "Iludi
bras," refers to this:
"Others were for abolishing - '
That tool of matrimony, a ring
With which th' unsanctincd bridegroom
Is married only to a thumb."
When tho Venetian Republic was at
the height of Its power, there was an
annual ceremony of marriago between
tho Doge and tbo Adriatic. On Ascon
sion .day, with much ceremony and re
joicings, a ring was thrown by the
Dogo into tho sea, to denote that aa the
wifo is subject to the huband, so was
tho Adriatic Sea to the Republic of
Venice.
So universal, has boon the belief In
charms, and so various the articles that
havo been used as such, that It la not to
bo wondered at that rings should be In
cluded amctfig them. In tho Middlo
Agps, rings inscribed with the supposed
names of tbo Wide Mob of tho East who
visited our Saviour namely, Mclcholr.
lialthaaar and Jasper wero believed to
act as charms against accidents G the
wearer whilo traveling, aa well as to
counteract secrecy and to guard against
sudden doath. They wore made of ail
and sometimes oven of lead cast In
mold, to be sold cheap to the; lower
orders.
Silver rings are by no means uheonv
mon at bho present day, worn as charms
against cramp and rboumatiim. Tho
uso of rings in England, aa charms
against cramp, dates from tho eleventh
century.
In Cathblic times cramp rings were
blessed bxthe King on Good Friday.
Coming in state into his chapel, he
found a crucifix laid upon a cushion
and a carpet sproad on the ground bo
fore it. ifo crept along tho carpet to
the cushion, as a sign of his humility,
and there blessed tho rings (which wero
fn a silver basin), kneeling all tho timo,
with his almoner kneeling by his side.
After this was done, tho Queen and all
her ladies came in and crept up to the
cross. . -
Of the romance connected with rings,
pages might be written. Both Nathaniel
Hawthorno and Oliver Wendell Holmes
rofer to tho lncidont of Dr. Harris, of
Dorchester, Mass., who, whon a poor
youth, trudging along one day, staff in
hand, being then in stress of soro need,
found all at once that somewhat was
adhering to tho end of his stick, which
somewhat proved to bo a gold ring of
prico, bearing the words: "Qod 6 pood
thee, friend."
A curious anocdoto concerning a ring
and a walking-stick is given in "Notes
and Queries.", A servant boy was sent
into tho town with a valuable ring. Ho
took it out of 1U box to admiro it, and,
passing over a plank brldgo, lot it fall
on a muddy bank. Net being ablo tc
find it, ho ran away to sea, finally set
tled in a colony, mado a largo fortune,
came back after many years, and bought
the estate on which be had been servant.
Ono day, whilo walking over his land
with a friend, he came to tho plank
bridge, and there told his story. "I
could swear," said ho, pushing his stick
into the mud, "to the very 6 pot on
.which the ring dropped." When bo
withdrew tho stick, tho ring was n tho
end of it. Once a Wook.
Aa Appropriate Hymn.
Some time ago a prominent scientist
lecture in one of the leading ehurches
of St. Paul, and, in the course of an
hour's talk, undertook to show the rela
tion between geology and tbo Bible. It
may be that be was not as clear as was
expected, it may be that the arguments
of a scientist were too deep for the au
dience, and still again it ia possible
that the warm evening produced a
drowsiness that drugged the senses of
the hearers. At all events, the rela
tionship sought to be established was
not very sharply outlined to the audi
ence, despite the number of degrees
the speaker has had tacked to his name
by institutions of learning, and, aa the
learned" man ceased his discourse, a
look of doubt aa to Just what was the
object of the lecture was apparent on
the faces of all. Wh.Ue thus in a state
of uncertainty, the pastor of the church
jumped up and announced aa the
closing hymn: "Nobody Knows- but
Jesus." The look of doubt vanished as
bright smiles beamed throughout the
hall, and the hymn was, s'uag with an
emphasis.
New Boajllah Cenaoa.
The questions to be asked by the new
English census ao those in regard bo
tho name, ago, sex, profession or occu
pation, condition as to marriage, rela
tion to head of family and birth-place of
every person who abode in any house on
the night of the census day, showing
also whether any such person waa blind,
or deaf and dumb or imbecile or lunatic.
Tho only new question to bo put is
one recommended by the cepsus com
mittee namely, where the occupier is
in occupation of less than five rooms, as
to the number of rooms occupied by
him. Ono particular that was asked for
at the last census and is now omitted,
in accordance with the committee's
recommendation, i3 tbo "rank" of each
person,, j..-
A TRAGEDY.
Walking up the vlllao street
Came a inaxlou youui? and fair.
Tripping oa with fairy Teet,
Clad Is gown of texture rare.
Walking down the village street
Came a gallant debonair;
And he could not help but meet
With the lily mn.1 so fair.
And be whlspared, as they passed.
Something ia the maiden's ear;
She an insta:.t s'.oU afhAit,
Then she scrtttutd aloud trt-.h fear.
Seemed tie maid as one distraught, '
HeJpless In hr sudden fright
Shame upoa the wretch wbo brought
Jler to such a pileoas plight I
Ere you heap urr'-n his bead
Scorn unboumlev can you puess .
What uolucky .words bo said?
" Tkirt's a spaitr on your ttrtitl"
It- 11. TUhe.-ingtoa, in West Shore.
THE NEW DEPARTMENT.
She Edited the Column on
and Matrimony.
Love
Before the non-comraittal door leading
into the editorial department c-f a city
daily stood a" woman whose fico plaialy
indicated painful hesitation and reluc
tance. Hor thoughts cried out almost
audibly: "Where is all the couruga
with which I loft home? They will
hear my heart beat and think I am
knocking, anyway, so 1 migLt as well
doit. If he perfect boar, as they
tell me, when ac work, ho can't do more
than eat mo."
Thon sho gathered strength enough
to call tho attention of a scribbler with
in, who called out: "Come in," to her
fominiuo rap, as he followed Lis voice
in a daxed fashion fuom out the hoapsof
papers, books and dust in which he had
boon immersed.
To hor Intimidated request for Mr.
Barrows, tho editor, ho replied: "Oh;
you want to seo the chief! Tirit door
to tho rightf ' ajid sank into oblivion of
hor presence.
Thus encouraged the Intruder acceded
to the request to "ploaso knock" on tho
first door to the right, and was told to
"come in" by a busincss-liko voico.
New that tho first awful morunt of
admittance had passed her spirits rose,
giving strength to her purpose and
tpnguo. "Is. this Mr. Barrows?'' sho
asked, as tho solo occupant of the room
rose to his foot at sight of tho unexpect
ed and altogether "taking1 individual
approaching his dosk. -"Yes,
miss," ho replied, "can.1 do any
thing for you?" -
Looking straight ?p at him. with her
whole stock of courago to the front,
she said: "Yes, sir, you can. I want
work. Havo you any to givo mo?"
If sho had askod for bread tho editor
could not havo been mora surprised, as
ho looked at tbo brown-cyed gill whoso
distinctively fominino and protected ap
pearance and generally well;kept air be
lied her words. At last ho rccavorod
sufficiently to say "What kind of
work do you want? IKiTO a scat and let
us talk about It." - -
"Yes, thank you, I might as woll sit
down and coma to (he point immodiato
ly. Y'ou and 1 have a mutual friend in
Mr. Jameson, tho architect. IIo knew I
wantod something to do on a nowspapor,
and mentioned you tfS the only editor of
hia acquaintance. I did not know evon
as many as ono. I am sflll in my salad
days of journalism, as you have probably
surmised, never having been in an ofllco,
but a good many of my things havo beon
published over my first name Joan
tho last name Is Elford Jean El ford. I
wrote only for amusement until my father
died two years ago, whon I was twonty
ono. Since then my mother and I have
not found life such smooth sailing.
Now, I want somo regular employment
on a paper, and am willing to bcgla at
tho bottom and work up." -Now
Edward Barrows waa an editor
hardened in tho ways of feminine appli
cants for assistance; besides by.ng a
bachelor on tho wrong side of forty, with
the reputation of being what has truly
never existed, a woman hater. But tho
way In which this girl 'struck from the
shoulder," as ho void her afterwards,
overthrew his defense at one blow.
"Well, Miss Elford, I shall bo glad to
do any thing In my power for you, if
only for the sako of Jameson. I am
surprised at his sending any one to me,
considering my reputation for growling
whon In my don," he added, with a
quizsical look.
She laughed and dared to reply:" "I
must confess you aro a surpriso to mo,
for I was assured that it would bo tak
ing my life in my bands, this interview
ing you about newspaper work."
The votoran glanced at himself in an
advertising mirror hanging on tho wall,
wondering If ho had roached his dotage
to like such impudenco from a stranger.
In a few words ho explained to her
the hardships of such a life; tho army
of volunteers enlisting in tho war of
words for bread every day; and finally
that ho had no vacancies on his paper;
moreover, ho know nothing of her capa
bilities as ho had never happened to
come across articlos slgnod "Jean." "But
because I know nothing of you is no
sign you can't write." ho put in as a
sugar plum after a bitter pilL "Al
though I can do nothing for you perma
nently. If you will send me something
you have done perhaps I could publish
an article now and then or holp you to a
place In some other office."
After which she could do no moro
than be grateful for crumbs and rush
home te get up something fine in her
very best stylo for the bear that did
not geavL
In thoir small apartments up-town
"can found her mother, who had been
loft In tho darJt In regard to this vent
ure for fear of discouraging opposition.
The mother conjecture4 that eventt
were in the air from the eyclcmie en
trance of Jean, ordinarily as dignified
as a boyish face and exuberance of life
would permit.
Mother, mother, here I am!" .
"Hare you gono through the fiery
furnace without a singe?"
Mrs. Elford's amazement increased
as Jean described the whole sceno.
She indulged in a laugh, which atoned
for many things, whon, after asserting
that Mr. Barrows was good-looking and
distinguished if bo did wear glasses
and had a stern mouth, in a tone I
comical resignation Jean sighed out:
"But I suppose he ia married, as aro
most of tho nice men ono ra'H"
"Remembor. daughter, that these
particularly nico married men have, ia
tho majority of cases, been mado so by
tho companionship of good wives. You
will have to turn somo ugly duckling
into a swan somo dy."
"Never! Momsey; I'd rather bo a.
spinster all my
callow youth to
days than tako some
raise," was tho ener-
gctic response.
So Jtfi.ii sent tho editor a samnlo conv
of her "wares," which ho deemed J
worthy oi publication. tMmo corre
spondence, oatonsibly on business, en
sued and along toward Christina- time
he secured her work on anotLer papor.
which proved good practice if not very
remunerative.
Ono snowy night mother and daughter
were settled in their cheery little par
lor for a quiet evoning of pen-scrat 'hing
and reading. Tho door-bell announced a
caller. Jean, on cponing the flat door,
saw a man covered with snow, carrying
a bundlo of books. Following out her
first thought that it must be a bolaiud
book-agent, slio was about to refuse him
admittance when a more comprehensive
glance revealed Mr. Barrows, who
somewhat norvously said: "Good even
ing. Miss Elford; I have brought you
somo books which noed reviewing. How
are you at that kind of work?"
Overcoming her surprise, sho as,kcd
Llia in, sail something about Lis kind
uum in coming such a bad night, and,
beforo they qui to realized it, he was
prosofitod to her mother and drying oil
before tho open fire. Arrangements
were made about tho bock reviewing,
followed by a few xaoajents of general
conversation, aftor which ho took leave
as suddenly as l.o bad appeared, re
marking that he was on his way to a
bachelor dinner given monthly by a
dozen friends of that order of misan
thropists. "Your new friend seems to partake
6omowhat of the nature ef a whirlwind,
Joan," said Mrs. Elford after tho door
closed upon the departing surprise.
"Yes, mother; but what ia moro
astonishing I verily believe ho is an
old bachelor after what ho said about
tho dinner. It is fortunate I did not
know that when I went toseo him. for
tho halo of a supposititious, wifo and
faailly around him softened my horror
of asking a favor of a strango man."
Between the time of tho first call and
tho summer Mr. Borrows found consid
erable business attracting him to a
certain quiet up-town Cat. Occasionally
tho ladies found themselves at the
thoater or opera, folio od by a dainty
supper with tho acquaintance whose
cntranco Into thoir lives had been as
abrupt in every particular as the con
spicuous characteristic of a man.
During the winter Mr. Barrows talked
f r;oing abroad la June. Whenover
the subject waa mentioned Jean ex
perienced aa unaccountable emotion of
anticipated regret, for, notwithstand
ing tho disparity in years, they seemed
to bo wonderfully congenial.
Ono fine May day our young "literary
lady," as hor mother dubbed her, was
standing rapturously gazing into tho
windows of a florist on Broadway whero
"Jacjuo" rosea and violets were plied in
masses of fragrant beauty. A voico
over her Ahoulderc askod: "Which will
you tako?" She turned and saw Ed
ward Barrows looking down at her
through glasses which failed tohido tho
glow of admiration in his koen, gray
eyes of something she supposed tho
Cowers, aa che know his passion for
nature's beauty apots. -
lie insisted upon getting her a hand
ful of rosos, and then walked on down
the street enjoying tho blue sky, Bait
breeze, and tho bright faces of the mul
titude en promenade in thoir now spring
clothes. "
Joan asked hor companion how Boon
ho oxpectod to sail.
no replied: "I am not sure enough
yet to engago my passage."
Then in his abridged fashion, sug
gestivo of the bluo pencil, bo almost
jerked out: "Miss Jean, I wish to en
large my stall." " -
"Do you7" sho innocently asked,,
thinking perhaps a place would bo mado
for her.
"Yes," ho replied, "You camo to mo
last fall for a position, but I had nothing
to givo you. Sinco then I havo begun a
new column called 'Love and Matri
monial Affairs. Will you edit this new
venture?" ' " ,
IIo enjoyod her puzzled look for a
moment then continued in a low, earn
est tone: "This is no place to tell you,
Jean, that when you struck out from
tho shouller that day in my ofllco you
broke down tho door of my heart which
had been bolted for years; but I havo to
do things when the spirit moves in
order to succeed, and success I mvt
bavo or give over the greatest happi
ness of my lifo. What dj you say,
Jean?"
She had not knewn horsolf beforo,
but the last few momcnti Lad taught
her much. Sho looked at him with a
6mile and replied: "I thought editors
only employed oil and experienced
hands for regular employment."
"That means that you will under
take tho work, dearest?" ho asked in a
whisper, as they mounted the stairs to
tho elevated road.
"I'll consider and send you a telegram
or postal as to my conclusion; or, per
haps you will come out to-night for a
verbal reply," sho flashed back as she
stepped aboard tho train.
Well. Mr. Barrows trip abroad was
deferred until Octobor, when his new
stall assistant, tho editor of tho column
on Love and Matrimony, bore him com
pany. Anna I-'arquhar, ia Detroit Free
Press.
Dun't Fool with Verspu-ation.
Con!-lTing all that has been written
and published about sun-stroke, and the
danger that arises from a dry, non-perspiring
t.kin, it is really auiaaiag how
many people call for preparations to
prevent pT.spiration. Then are several
of these, and they aro all elective, tho
main ingredient in each being the same.
The effect is not only to stop perspira
tion wherever the preparation is ap
plied, but also to increase the tempera
ture aeveral degrees and seriously in
jure the skin. Ladies, of course, use
such complexion preservers more than
men, but there aro not wanting young
men who, to keep up a sjkjUoss appear
ance, will subjivt themselves to annoy
ances and take dangerous chances. Tho
only legitimate manner to cheek per
spiration is to keep quiet and avoid ex
cessive exercise.
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A Vegetable Uoaila ,
A remarkable vegetable or horti
cultural curiosity is to Ihj fxlibit4-d at
thf next State fair in California. Svv-
eral weeks a.L'o a prapt-tine growing in
clow proximity to an applo tree was
found to havo a bloom similar to those
on the tret'. Finally a handsome apple
bus dt'tt lojicd, which will Iks cxhibiud
a above-mentioned as proof of an ab
normal jicowuh which sccius tobu uat
ural graiung.
AN OPTIMiST.
I like? dT Mp-est p u ln s on Apt top.
I) r le.-dle ones sUl out or alvfct pciow;
I IiUc.1 Act liueil bu tun--; lu ir shop
Ail sM jc I: u; iu d.-r vinders ia a row.
I l'kes der 'Jark c ret n r m(l'iii rind
Turned up, U'rryelicw ootiO r oud of J
A sbtrcot burii-le tint lixr.i iiuj t;ums j.nMnd
Und dcr siifLT-Llated harness in dcr liht.
I likes to Pvn dcr foods alonjrder pMrrt
Mil awful cuts in brice u tlt-m pinned;
It laakus uic lau'h dul sila loui.t to u t
Und bay f!fe cei.ts a giosi for sbatt-tened
vind.
I likes to s.en d-r Ice-erf am colored pick,
Ier b-:'.tT celored yellow liktr der puld,
Und vn n der circus IciiiOiiuiU: 1 trink
1 likes to tbut titiii eyes uut coil it cold.
Vot's dcr use of !" l'HT pai-k of d-r returns?
ler v.iriu! itsuil v: lioilow down Ilow,
But der s-irraee o!. id ouiy me concern,
Unt I'M b-jttcr for dej.-e due I d j I.ot know;
nfb !! "'y tries to k'se-w M4 pert oiltsl',
Unt I I'.-uk blia f -r 1.1s o:Tor; me to Mi use.
1'i.t eor piiini unt vartiish b has u -eU 1j L!3c
Dot wcather-ieatcn sulo 5 t i::iturf sn-A
A. T. W crdeji. In Judpc.
STORM-TOSSED.
The Perilous Voyazo of Harry Lo
II ar on Lako Ontario.
One fine Juno day in tho year 17'J a
young couplo might havo leen seen
strolling through a grove of magnifi
cent ooch and mcplo .troos toward tho
f-horo of Lake Ontario. '1 hey wero en
gaged lovors, and their names wero re
spectively Harry LcMar and Bcbilo
Corbett.
Tho young couplo woro both resi
dents of tho city of Rochester, and wero
down with a party of ladies and gentle
men from the city to enjoy the cool lake
breozes for a time.
Harry was a handsome young fallow
of six-and -twenty, a little too quick
tempered, perhaps, but a good follow
withal, atd thoroughly devoted to his
betrothed.
Bessie was aj handsome, vivacious girl
of twenty, kind and confdderato as a
general thing toward others, with one
exception; when it interfered witn tho
gratification of home porsonal pleasure
then Bessie was decidedly selfish.
Aa her parents always indulged her
every whim and wish from childhood
sho Lad not improved any with years.
Tho day was not very warm, as thero
was a good breeze blowing on shore, but
when they got down to tho beach they
found tho big waves wero rolling high.
They had corao down for the purpose
of going around a point, which ran out
a couple of hundred yards Into tho lake,
in a boat, and then rowing back into a
little inlet or bay where somo hand
some water-lilies grow, which they hal
observed the night before. Finding the
water so rough Harry aid:
"I do not think wo had better venture
out on tho laki to-day, but wait for a
timo when the weather is calmer. lam
not much of a sailor, as you doubtless
know, and a bath in tho lake with tho
waves running hijh inlht b- rather
dangerous."
"Now, Harry, you know there is not
a bit of dinger in going around there;
you only refuse to ;jo to t.pito ino for
flirting with El BiW-s, that's ull."
"No, Bosf.io, you -re mistaken: I
never play tho baby act. I do not con
sider it safo to go around that point in
tho present wind. Whilo ono might
mako it safe enough, it might also end
in disaster.
"A truco to your fears, Harry," the
replied; "I will f.irt twice as bad with
Brooks to-ni?ht if you don't row mo
around that ioint." .-- t -
"You may flirt with him all you
choose," replied Harry. "Bt I will not
Imperil your lifo and my own for tho
sake of satisfying a whim.
'You may call it a whim 1! you winh,"
sho retorted half angrily, "but if you
will not row mo around, I can and will
go alone, anl I don't think you will let
mo do that" ' ." . '
Angered moro by her manner than
ber words, ho hotly replied: "No! I
will not evon let you go at all. If you
aro determined to havo tho flowers I
will go alone, to show you that it is not
physical fear which detcra mo. But d
can oo no reason in tho venture." "
"Who gave you authority over uio to
restrain mo from doing any thing I
wish?" and sho started toward tho boat.
"No, you shall not do this!" bo ex
claimed, and, stepping Lofore ber and
giving tho boat a push from shore,
he leaped into it. Seizing tho oars, ho
plied them vigorously, and. as tho water
was not so rough near tho Loach, male
good progress.
lie glancol back once at Bessie, stand
ing on tho bhore looking after him with
an expression half of anger, half of sor
row on her faco.
Already sho was commencing to re
pent tho hasty words that woro causing
him to venture out in tho boat. As be
neared tho end lof tho point tho water
grew rougher and rougher, till it re
quired all his strength and skill to keep
the boat from turning with the wind
and waves.
Slowly ho forged ahead, and bad
noarly rounded tho point in safety
when one of hia oars snapped in twain.
His boat whirled sharply around and
commenced to drift with tho waves,
and be was powerless to prevent it.
Tho wind was blowing a 6tiff gale di
rectlry toward tho Canadian shore, and
Harry saw the beach, w here Bessie still
stood watching after him. fast receding
from view.
Itessie saw that something serious had
happened, and that her lover was pow
erless to return to tho shore.
She bitterly repented hor rash words
and stood thero watching the fast re
coding boat, all tho timo ber terror in
creasing. Finally, when itdisapearod
from ber view in the distance, sho ran
shrieking to tho cottago where she was
stopoing. declaring to her astonished
friends that Harry waa dead, and she
was bis murderess
When her friends beard of tho acci
dent which Lad befallen Harry, they
had but lit Uo hopes of ever 6e'ing him
alive again; still for Bessie's sake they
tried to make matters appear as favor
able as possible.
As for Bessie, sho was half crazed
and sick with grief and romorse, and
tho hastily summoned physician ex
pressed grave doubts of her retain
ing ber wits should tho youug man bo
lost.
In tho meanwhile Harry was steadily
driven out on tho bosom of tho deop.
Ho fully realized the peril of his po
sition. His !oat was a frail one, and, be
sides, somewhat old, so that it was
liable to founder any moment and
leave him at the mercy of the waves.
In anticipation of such an event he
removed bis coat, vest and boots, so a
tu bu iucutubcrcd as little as possible.
ThiTu wi-ro svTil piec.iS tf r..o Ja
tho l.-oat and ho fastened them I t Li
boly so that he fouid w.-o thein to 1 iid
plecos of the boat together in ei-o It
should founder, and thus m&Lo a rude
raft, which would assist him g-e.-.tlv to
keep afioaL He was kept quite tisy
bailing out the frail craft 1 1 h uii old
tin paih which happened to be iu tbs
boat.
It was about threo o'lilofk In the aft
crnoen when he comrn need bis oril
oi:s voyage, and it was viiih no iittlo
an:i.ty ho saw the sun go down, and
won.Jered if he t.hould ever see It rise
agnin.
It scomod to him that the loug weary
Lours of darkness would ne r pass,
but at lat it bogaai to grot, lirht in tho
east.
He hal eagerly liopod that daylight
would show a vessel near biru. bt he
vainly scanned the horizon iu search of
one.
Tho wind veered suddenly aftr day
light anl blew him itid his little boat
westward t:pthe lake.
He was wet to tho skin with the fly
ing f.pray, nnd the heat of tho sun as it
rose proved very welcome to Lim.
All day h drovo beforo the; v. in 1 w ith
out seeing r.r.y 5h:p, snd night f'e.;nd
his Iittlo fciiip apparently as sound as
when ho c-ml:.rkO(l in It.
The hecund ni'ht was ono of weary
watching and laboring to keep tho boat
from swamping.
Tho wind shifted again in the night
and blew from tho west driving him
bock toward tho east.
Daylijht came at last, tut found no
ship in sight.
Tbo wind began to blow hard and
soon had raised to a porfect galo.
Ho wai almost worn out with fatluo,
exposure and hunger, and b felt that
he would bo unable to hold out much
longer.
Suddenly the little boat, which had
weathered the storm so long, went to
pieces, and be found Lim he If struggling
in tho wave-H.
Ho was an expert swimmer, and tty
hard work ho managed to keep uf.oat
and lash together two of the largest
pieces of tho wrecked craft with tho
ropes ho had saved. Clambering up on
thij rude craft, be found to bis rtln.f
that it would sustain Lis weight, and
that it was much easier to cling to it
than bo had supposed it would be.
Lifo seemed doubly dear to blm, ti-jw
that its continuance appeared so un
certain, and ho determined to struggle
to the last with tho elements for an ex
istence. Tho afternoon was half gono Alien his
fcyos wore gladJened by tho sight of a
Jail lnjaring directly toward him from
tho west.
How slowly It 6omed t hini tho ves
sel approached, and Li mi ml was H-iod
w ith tho fear that sho might tck oil in
6omo other direction lx-forc ho was scn.
But she came steadily on till within
about a half a mile, when t'uey kjw him.
Tho ship camo as clo-iu to him is It
could, aad then lay to vhil a boat was
lowered.
Joy and hopo hal taken tho place of
despair in llai-ry's heart whea be saw
that his rescuo was certain.
Tho men soon bad him In the beat
with tbe'iu, and then tho ruation cutuo
and he fainted.
KiirU hands lifud him to tho deck of
tho vessel nnd carried him belw, where
ho received every attention which tho
men could give him.
The vorsoI was bound for Oswego,
only flftoeu miles Jro:a where tuoy
flicked Harry up.
The next morning the ship dropped
anchor e-loso to tho shore, and Harry,
cftor bidding his kind oscuers good
bye, went ashore.
They had Cttd him out with clothes
On tho vessel, not 6o goed or so nico a
fit as those ho was accustomed to wear
ing, but still very acceptable. - -
Ho lost no timo in hastening to tho
lepot and taking the lirt-t train to tho
village near whero thoy were campel.
nearly sixty miles away, Ho reached
thero that evening, afier an absence of
three days.
His father who bad lcen telegraphed
to and had come dovwi. had given Lis
son up for lost, and was about to return
to tho tity to brt ali tho news as gentij
as possible to bin wifo.
When Harry camo back alive and
well ho was welcomed as one returned
from tho deal.
Ho Lad thought bo would treat Bes
sie a little cool for her language of a
few days before, but whon ho loarnod
that sho was sick in bed nnd half
crazed with grief over his supposed
loss, lovo overcame Lis anger
and he hastened at once to ber side.
His return did more than all the doctors
in christeiidoia could Lave done for her,
and in a few days sho was aa well as
ever.
A month from the day of Harry's
return a grand wedding took place at
tho homo of Bessie's parents, in 1'ocu
cster, and sho became Mn Harry Lo
Mar.
Tho lesson Besslo learned in those
few days of agony was a bitter one, but
ber whole future life was In-tier for lu
W. L. French, in American Tribune.
Johnny (oom Marrhtns; XIaM.
Five ye'ars ago little Johnny Hale,
then a lad only -ight your; e'..1., was
stolen from his Lome, near Mi:"i'i:.
Ind., by a band of gypsies. The- dis
tracted parent spetit several years try
ing to find traces of their r.iii:ig boy,
but gave up the search, mourning hi in
as dead. Tho lad became attached U
his gypsy friends and followed tli'-m on
the ir pilgrimage through the i "tern
State-s. The other day a loy nono
other than Johnny Hale stoppe d t the
residents! of a farmer named Joseph
Weikel, living near Elkhart. Ills
clothes wore ragged and bo had the ap
pearance of a lnjy tramp. Ho told Mr.
Weikel that tho gypsies with whom t o
bad been making his homo had mal
treated him and mat h - had run uv.-ay,
hoping to find hia way homo to Lis
father and mother. Tho parents at
Marion wero te legraphed, an 1 the 1oy
mourned for dead for five long years is
to bo restored to them.
Odtlttlvo of l.ti u.e.
In a reeie-nt lecture a professor of
languages, in commenting on the uili
cultios foreigners, hud to overcome le
fore? thoy oiuld matter our language,
made mentfun of tho folio vin5 phllol -gical
oddities. The- letter c cLangot.
lover into clover, d mul s a crow a
e rowJ, k makes eyoel keyed, f charges
sjii into song, 1 transforms a pe a." into
pearl, changes a Loe into a t-hoe, t
makes lnjugh bought, and w makes o men.
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