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THREE SONNETS ON LIFE.
I.
BY LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON,
Fair life, thou dear companion of my days—
Life with the rose-red lips and shining
oy os—
Paradise
And stand 'st beside me still, in these dull
ways
My older feet must tread, the angled maze
Where cares beset me and fresh foes sur
prise;
On the keen wind and from the
skios
Is borne a whisper, which
Mays,
That thou and 1
long,
Wilt thou not stay with me, inconstant
Love?
Nay, then, the ery upon the
strong
I must without thee
prove;
And yet it may be 1 but do thes wrong
And 1 shall find thee waiting where |
rove,
far-off
my heart dis
must part. Beloved so
wind grows
fresh adventure
11.
BY PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON
Prisoner I was within a noble hall,
Ringed round with many graeious images,
And through it floated strains which
might appease
The soul's sore thirst for music.
wall
Fair pictures hung, to hold
thrall
High mountains, clothed
maculate peace,
A light of water between wavering trees,
Wild seas, wherefrom drowned mariners
goemed to call;
A table stood there, heaped with fruit and
wine,
But lo! the fruit turned ashes at my gaze
And to my taste the gold juice seemed li}
brine.
Here must one
for strife,
Loathing the impo
place:
Then these words shivered past me
is Life."
On each
the eve in
cold, im
in
ne
die, then, with
beauty
111
HERBEKT E
pain
CLARK
being
BY
ETAVE NEArs
Folly and noise fi
Till, as we are born
die
And over us God's domeo
Ww here sur
powers
Sweepson, enterally, through siler
or —
Recent Legal Decisions.
CORPORATIONS PRODUCING BOOKS
IN COURT.—In
persons the Presid
corporat
a8 witnesses to pre
and papers of the
They refused to bring
mn were
court.
and
company In
the
: '
DOOKS
papers on the ground that where
eorporation is not a
power to issue such a subpena. In
ease The Contin
Railway and Trust Company
United States (
New York, Judge Wallace in
a motion to compel the production «
the books and papers, said : ** This pro-
ceeding is opposed upon the authority of
several cases in the New York
which deny the right of a party to com-
pel the officers of a corporation to pro-
duce its books in evidence in a
which it isnot a party. Notwithstand-
ing these decisions, however, it
lieved to 1 ave been the common prac-
tice in this State to subpeena officers as
witnesses to produce the books of their
corporations in action between third
persons. In other States, so far as is
known, the right to do s0 has never
been controverted. Why should not
the officers of a corporation be required
to produce its books as evidence ? The
eorporation can act only through its
officers. The suggestion that the books
are in the legal custody of the corporn-
tion, and not of its officers, may be
theoretically correct. If technically
true, it is not an objection to compelling
the officers to produce them, for as Lord
Ellenborough said, in Annry va. Long,
1 Copt., 17. *' Although a paper should
be in the legal custody of one man, yet if
a subpoena as a witness Lo produce it
served on another who has the mesns to
produce it, he is bound to do so,’
CONSTRUCTIVE LARCENY Bair.
MENT — INTENTION TO STEAL. -- A
handed to B, from whom he had made
# purchase, a $20 gold piece, from which
he was to take the price. B could not
make the change, and gave the coin to
C to go out for smaller money. C took
the piece, but never returned, and he
was indicted and convicted of larceny.
The case Murphy vs. The People
was carried by the defendant to the
Supreme Court of Illinois, by which the
conviction was affirmed. Judge Schol-
field, in the opinion, said: “If the
owner of the goods alleged to have been
stolen parts with both the possession
and the title to the goods to the alleged
thief, then neither the taking nor the
conversion is felonious, It can but
amount to a fraud, It is obtaining
goods by false pretences, If, however,
the owner parts with the possession
voluntarily, but does not part with the
title, expecting and intending that the
same thing shall he retuinei to him, or
that it shall be disposed of on his
secount or in a [particular way, as
directed or agreed upon, for his benefit,
- bar +3
pariy {
- Wertheimer vs,
D.
grant
rcuit Court, S.
Courts
cause to
is be.
is
then the goods may be feloniously con-
and make the taking and conversion a
larceny. The pointed inquiry in such a
case must always arise : Did the owner
part with the title to the things, and was
the legal title vested in the prisoner 7°’
SALE—BREACH OF CONTRACT
Proor-—-RecovERY oF Moxey PAID,
—A sold te B a quantity of corn, and
B claiming that A failed to deliver all
the grain, sued to recover an advance he
had made
breach of the contract.
on it and damages for the
A denied that
he had broken his contract and counter-
him and
B's
refusal to take the balance of the grain,
Judgment rendered for A. On
the trial the only witnesses were A and
claimed for the balance due
for the damages he suffered from
Wiis
B themselves, so that there was no pre-
ponderance of he part of
B, the plaintiff. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court of
affirmed the judgment.
evidence on {
lowa, which
Adams,
“Unless the plain-
Judge
in the opinion, said :
tiff has proven his case by a preponder-
ance of evidence the appellate Court
cannot give him a new trial, and a ven-
dee cannot break a contract and recover
from the vendor what he has paid on it
unless he proves by s witness
that the vendor is in fault.”
PROMISSORY NOTE 0}
AND WIFE—INBOLVENCY
CHARGE
Wire,
their
Hi
AND
BAND
Dis-
OF HUSBAND LIABILITY
A husband
Promissory
OF
and wife
he Xr.
notes toget
the husband was subseqi
ira
#2 IN Insoivent
brought on the
pleaded the disch:
pleaded with her
charge also
no possible
of her
laws shoul
Her
trustee,
IAKES hel
he oblig
3
48 Lie
hat
» bankruptcy the mes
replied
put ints
atute had been suspend
not proved his debt
Court dee
» v8, Er
+
our
icial «
which the judgment was affirme
Chief Justice Morton, in the opinion,
**The bankrupt
United States des not prohibi
tor debt has not
from bringing an action against
bankrupt; it only prevents him from
prosecuting his suit to final judgment
until the bankrupt has had an oppor-
tunity to obtain his discharge,
said : law of the
w hese been proved
the
IxsoLveNT Lire Insurance CoM-
PANY—LLAIM OF AGENT OX FUND, «=
A general agent of a life insurance com-
pany which had become insolvent and
been placed in the hands of a Receiver,
claimed that he should be allowed dam-
ages out of the fund in the Receiver's
hands the breach of
with him by the company.
for the contract
The trial
Court decided against him, and he car-
ried the case—the Globe
Mutual Life Insurance Company—to
the Court of Appeals of New York, by
which the judgment affirmed,
Judge Finch, in the opinion,
“There was no breach of the contract
between the agent and the company by
either of the parties; it was being fully
performed on both sides until the in-
junctien was issued forbidding the
company or its agents from in
any way or manner conducting ox
interfering with the affairs of the
company. This injunction paralyzed
the action of both the contracting
parties. Before the agent can recover
he must show that he had fully per-
formed, or was ready to perform, the
services for which he claims he should
be paid; but, in the face of the injunc-
tion, even an attempt to perform these
services would be a criminal contempt
of the injunction. Therefore, he cannot
show any ground for his demand.’
oS -—— i ei
The new town of Naples, in Idaho, on
the Oregon Short Line Railroad, main.
tains a jail which is at once cheap and
secure. It is nothing more nor less
than a deep hole in the ground, into
which. prisoners are dropped with the
People vs,
Was
said ;
grim warnin + that the guards will put
Religious,
A greedy man God hates,
The wrongs we inflict upon others
follow us like our shadow,
Have the courage to speak your mind
when it is necessary to do so, and hold
your tongue when it is prudent that
you should do so,
The work which God has given me
to do is to amend whatever is amiss in
my natural disposition—that is what he
would have me do; correct my faults,
sanctify my thoughts and desires, be-
patient,
lowly of heart,
How many times we are Impatient
with our friends when they do not do
come more more meek and
as we think they should. If we knew
the circumstances surrounding them,
the difficulties they have
come, our pity, instead of lm-
would, no doubt, be excited,
to over-
Ol
patience,
We judge harshly because we do not
know the facts. When will
learn to be patient and charitable,
we
at
to be
real
least until we have just reason
otherwise, .
AT NIGHT.— Here
eray’'s pleasantest touches: ** It is night
ard here } Gathered
under the roof, children
alike at rest. In the
OOK
is one of Thack-
now : is 10me,
elders and
midst of a great
out
peopled with
fot 11%
103 5
si}
upon it.
Uncre Esex’'s Wispus,
forgiveness,
If you suspect a man wrungtully you
1 to defraud vou,
Bimy
i
i
Ox
Yet ¢ g
elon | a
i +
SOT%
is the dream of a
wise man makes his own
Wea
baggage
y nu
f une,
in this world is just so
{to be taken care of, but a eul-
tivated brain
which all
cheerfully,
SCATCE,
Impossibilities
seen more than half a dozen
nas not
them since the creation.
a8 consists in
particular rule
all that cu
4 to make him ir
Too greal economy
avarice in old age.
were obliged
only changed because they
to,
Experience has a very poor memory,
and true charity none at all
A fair compensation for henest
vice is the best present you can make a
man, and the best gift he can receive,
ser-
Doing nothing is the most slavish
toil ever imposed on any one.
True eloquence is the power of com-
pletely impressing others with our ideas,
The charities which a man dispenses
after his death look suspicious,
Adversity links men together, while
prosperity is apt {o scatter them,
Some men seem to have a salve
the woes of others, but none for their
Own.
Extreme gravity is oftener the result
of stupidity than of wisdom. Serib-
ner's Monthly,
for
-
Clips.
The export trade in furniture is con-
fined chiefly to medium grades, which
are sent to Africa, China, the Sand-
wich Islands and to South America.
The little canary seed, which we feed
to our birds only, is used by the natives
domestic food. It contains a large por-
portion of nutritious farina.
In Florida the strong fibre of the
leaves of a species of cactus is turned
into rope, its juice into a pleasant bev.
erage, and its trunk, after the removal
of the pith, into pails,
French silk merchants are thinking
about acclimatizing a species of spider
which has been discovered on the Af-
rican coast. This spider makes a thread
very like yellow silk and almost as
strong.
One of the industries of Australia is
the cooking and eanning rabbits, which
are so plentiful in some districts that
whole crops are sometimes destroyed by
them, One firm during the last season
which lasted twenty-five weeks, canned
675,000 of the animals,
According to the London Court Jour
nal the institution of bronze earrings,
with ‘““Merit’’ engraved on them, is said
to be contemplated by the authorities,
These orps ments are to be given to fe-
male nurses who have distinguished
War.
Girls as well as boys need to under
stand A
greal many fatal accidents happen from
trying to pour a little kerosene on the
fire to make it kindle
pouring oil into a lamp while it is light-
ed, Most persons suppose that it is the
kerosene itself that explodes, and that
if they are very careful to keep the oil
itself from being touched by the fi
about kerosene explosions,
better ; also by
re or
the light there will be no danger. jut
this is not so. If a can or a lamp is left
about half full of kefosene oil the
will dry up- ‘evaporate V'—a
little and will
oil
that is,
form, by mingling with
the air in the upper part a very explosive
You cannot this gas any more
But if it is
gas, BEG
than you can see air. dis-
turbed and driven out, and a blaze
reaches it, there will be a terrible ex-
plosion, although the blaze did not touch
the oil. There are several other liquids
|
used in houses and workshops which
will produce an explosive vapor in this
way. Benzine is one ; burning fluid is
alcohol, ether,
the
another; and naphtha,
and chloroform, do
thing.
t}
In a New York workshop lately there
may
% a4 can of benzine, or gasoline, stand-
sixteen years
i 4 cigarette,
brn iro +} n {1} 1
burning match on the flo
He did no
Call.
danger becaus
IR Cale Of Le Ol
There is n¢ safely except
Never pour oil on a lighted fire
a lighted lamp. — Christian
————
tle Elifin's Plea.
A Reminiscence of the Last Days of
Parepa Rosa.
Lit
The season of
Satiated with praise, Parepa Rosa drew
her fur wrzp around her shoulders, and
stepping from the private entrance of
the Grand,’ was about to enter her
carriage when ‘‘“* Please, mi in
low pleading accents, arrested her atten-
tion. It was only the shrunken, mis-
shapen form of little Elfin, the Italian
street singer, with his old violin under
his arm ; but the face upturned in the
gaslight, though pale and pinched, was
as delicately cut as a cameo, while
eager and wistful light in the great
brilliant eyes, the quiver of entreaty in
the soft Italian voice held her for a mo-
ment against
save her the annoyance of hearing a beg-
gar’s plea,
“Well I" said the great singer, half
impatient,” yet full of pity.
“Would mi ladi please,’’ in sweet
broken English, and the slender brown
hands of the dwarf held up the fragrant
white lily, with a crystal drop in its
golden heart.
“Deo you mean this lovely flower for
me?’ A passionate gesture was her
answer, Taking the flower, Parepa
Rosa bent her stately head, *“You heard
me ging ?*’
“Mi ladi, IT hid under the stair
"Twas yesterday I heard the voice. Oh,
mi ladi, mi ladi, I could die!" The
words came brokenly from quivering
lips, passionately in earnest. The loud
voice of the world she had just left had
never shown Parapa Rosa the power of
her grand voice as she saw it now in
these soft, dark eyes in a flame and in
the sobbing, broken words, ** Mi ladi,
oh | mi ladi—I could die,”
“Child,” and her voice trembled,
‘meet me here to-morrow at 5," and
holding the lily caressingly to her cheek,
she stepped into her carriage, and was
driven away.
It was Parepa Rosa's lastnight, Ina
music was closing.
adi,”
box near the stage sat little Elin, like
ane entranced. Grandly the clear voice
amid the arches with unearthly power
and sweetness, The slight frame of the
boy swayed and shook and a look #0
wrapt, so intense, came on his face, you
knew his very The
curtain rolled up for the last time, and
heart stilled,
was
as simply as possible the told
of last
and announced that Parepa Hosa’s fare-
well to them would be the lad
through the |
Italian
manager
the audience night's incident,
imple bal
a bitter day
little Elfin,
warbled many
city streets by
musician,
mnged was
Long and prol the applause,
and at the first pause, sweeping in
Of
fragrant
her
royal grace,
At
At
Queen, too, by right
Came our
the
of
omanhood, as well a
queen
her breast was
beautiful
by the
power of her sublime voice, She stood
unstained w
a moment, then sang clearly and
tle ballad, with
well, Sweet La
her came the
Elfin’s violin
great house
went up that s
A whisper being heard th:
4
meant to educate the bov musically
generous hearts of a few had
v
1071
Healthy Homes,
tobert E., London,
has given the following rules for secur-
ing healthy hous
Rawlinson, C,
#, in his ‘Letters and
Papers on Sanitary Questions,”
The
naturally dry, or it
subsoil beneath a house should
be
dry
should be made
by land draining,
The ground house should
s and, street,
. ,
or road outsid
and the
toward
Middens,
the
SOAK
ment
T he
}
should hax
nd there
alla Lier
ling-houses
asphalted
gravelled,
be in good
i
1 A success, and
rs are at work making estimates «
constructing a shelter f
ships at Matamoras
Iw
five deaf
There said to
y or twenty
are AS ANY as
mutes in the
quite a large proportion,
and less than 3000, They are well versed
in the sign language.
Ex-Governor Stanford
possess the largest vineyard owned by
the world,
an individual anvwhere in
The vineyard at Vina, Cal., embraces
3500 acres all in thriving
The blight
| Ceylon and the Fiji
where the loss is already so serious that
Vien,
from
Brazil,
coffee has spread
Islands to
the Minister of Agriculture is making
| every effort to discover a means of stop-
ping it.
The United States
| caster, flagship of the European squad-
{ ron, the command of which; has
transferred by Rear Admiral J. W, A.
Nicholson, who retired, has
sailed and steamed 21,000 miles since
leaving New York in October, 188],
steam frigate Lan-
been
is to be
Queen Corola of Saxony has beaauti-
ful face and engaging manners. She is
fond of English literature, and reads
stories of American life and customs to
her children. ‘‘She is to-day,’ says the
London Queen, ‘‘one of the three perfect
sovereigns in Europe,”
Steps are about to be taken by the
people of New Castle to commemorate,
in some fitting way, the services to the
town, direct and indirect, rendered by
Sir William Armstrong. He has been
a large contributor to the funds of
various religious and educational so-
cieties, while his gifts of parks and
pleasure grounds bring up his dona-
tions to between £500,000 and £750,000
within the past 20 years,
During the last thirty years the Cali
fornia quicksilver mines have produced
100,222,267 pounds, of which 67, 307,800
pounds were exported. California pro-
duces one-half of all the quicksilver in
use threnghout the world, The Roths-
ehildscontrol the Australian and Spanish
mines,
and shrouded
d dirty clothes
which are
a¥uzd
vl «} PE
LA JAI YUS
. i
never
These ar ints of « ire
“$3 -
onstruction to be
attended to which I will name, so a8 to
record for the remembrance
time or
put them or
of those who may, al some
other. build cottages or small houses,
or be in communication with those who
do build. or are going to do so.
over the
of
es will vastly modify otherwise
indeed, a bed
A bed of concrete ite
cotiag
¢
i
1 3 ¥
objectional positions | but,
of concrete should be used in all cases
To ventilate stairs and passages,
the stair window,
both, by
several
open
ase or passage Oj
rawing down the top sash
inch 11 sunner, one or more
inches in winter, and in some cases
rerew thessash fast, so that these win-
dows must be open all the
year round 3
there stair-
case, let there be ventilation here whiel
be
Pay 1
casual remark, “How
Let the ladies
But the remark
is a skylight above the
cannot be closed. The result will
improved health to the family.
attention to any
cold your staircase is!”
put on an extra shawl,
will seldom be made,
Schools, as a rule, are very defectively
ventilated, Ordinary flat-ceilinged
rooms are totally unfit for public schools,
The space should be open to the roof-
ridge, and this should be louvered.
Nurseries and children’s rooms shoud
be permanently ventilated. Dormito-
ries for children should have ample ven-
tilation ; clothe the children warmly,
cover the beds warmly, prevent direct
draughts, and the cool air will not in
jure,
Avoid flue ventilation of every sort :
let the fresh air come in as direct as
possible, Night air is the only air you
can have at night, so do not fear ib.
Dread foul, because tainted, air manu-
factured within the rooms. Any out.
side fresh air is better than lung and
skin tainted inside air.
Do not build on heaps of rubbish, fl.
lings in with cesspool rafuse, chemical
waste, or on swampy ground which cans
not be drained. Thousands of houses
have been so placed, and are now being
s0 placed in the suburbs of eur towns,