AT THESTATION, came to the railroad station As the train just thundered in, Mid the pushing throng and confusion, And dust, and hucry and din, On_the platform two lovers were standing, Hand in hand, lip to lip, tear in eye. And I said to myself: ** They are bidding Bach other a long good-bye. And I pitied the left and the leaving; For Piraht how sorrow lay, Like a pain, on tw0 hearts sundered From each othér formany & day. But the train moved on, and the lovers, Arm-in-arn? walked down the street ; And I saw they had come to the station Not to part Tore. but to meet. And the tears I had seen were the language Of a joy that no other gpuech knew The same that is uttered by sorrow ‘When bidding a long adieu. For sorrow and joy, in expression And in essence, are near of kin, : And they hallow this life which, without them, Were all dust, and hurry, and din. ins From: Demorest. Speculating on One's Life. The Chicagoian is nothing if not a speculator. Ie bets not enly om grain and stocks. but on his very life. There are over twenty individuals in the chief city of Illinois whose lives are insured for $100,000 and over. John V. Farewell of that city has written to his credit 293 000 when he dies. Two hundred others in Chicago are insured for £50,000 and over, and over one thousand for $20.000 and upward. Among the prom- inent men of Eastern cities who carry large amounts of insurance we will name Cyrus W. Field, of New Y ork, who has $250,000; F. B. Roberts, New York. $200,000; Charles Pratt, Brook- lyn. $200,000 ; Alexander Barrett, New York, $200,000; F. W. de Voe, New York, $245,000; Pierre Lorillard, New York, $255,000 ; James Park, Jr., Pitts- burg, $300,000; W. H. Langly, Gilli polis, O., £300,000 ; Charles M. Ruuk, Allentown, Pa., $200,000 ; G. K. Ander- son. Titusville, Pa., $315,000. Another Ship Canal. The peculiar success of Canal has started similar enterprises all over the globe. De Lesseps’ great canal across the Isthmusof Panama is now well under way. The project for another canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across Nicaragua, has all been the Suez mapped out and has earnest believers, The money has been raised for connecting the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, across the upper part of the peninsula of Florida. A French company have raised $3,000,000 to complete the among whom is General Grant. old scheme to construct a ship canal to con- nect Delaware and Chesapeake Days. This canal is to be twenty-seven feet deep and one hundred and seventy-one feet wide at low tide. When this canal is finished Baltimore become great commercial city. This is a work, by the way, which should have been undertaken by the United States. But the Aanerican people seem determined nét to let their Government make the necessary river and harbor improve- ments. It is political ‘death to any Congressman who votes for an appro- priation of this kind, however needful it may be. Very important and necessary works, which were under way, are now going to ruin because Congress at its jast session did not dare to appropriate $7.000,000 to keep up the work already began. will a Cheap Telegraphy. In Great Britain a telegram of twenty words, with the address, can be sent to any part of the kingdom for one shill ing, about twenty-five cents of our momey. On the Continent, where the Governments have control of the tele graph, the rates are much cheaper. In Belgium and Switzerland, for instance, there are half-frane telegrams—that is, something less than ten cents of our money—while in Paris the telegraph system is supplemented. by pneumatic tubes carrying post-eards for half a franc. The English Government paid ten million’ potinds ror what was worth commercially not much more than seven millions, yet so great has been the increase of business, due to govern. ment eontrol, that the shilling rate is soon to be reduced. The address will, as heretofore, be free, twelve cents will be charged for six words, éighteen cents for twelve words, and twenty-five cents, as now, for twenty words. Telegraph- ing in this country is under corporate control, and we are charged more than any other country on earth, All our family and business secrets are confided to the employees of Mr. Jay Gould, who, through his control of the tele- graph, has the press at his mercy, and has the privilege of taxing the Ameri- can people without any limitation of his power by the Government. To Europe in Five Days. Mr. James R. Thompson, who built « Aurania,” of the Cunard line, and who is a very conservative shipwright, they will have two screws in- one, but instead of seventesn knots an hour they will go at the rate of twenty knots. But they will be con- structed for passengers only. Freight will be carried by steamers specially de- signed for that work. The passenger steamers will really be ferry boats, and will probably leave the day after they ar- rive, and, as there will be no freight to discharge, they would only be detained long enough to take on provisiens, fuel, and the mail. Hence the passenger steamer of the future will make fifty per cent. more trips than at present. The * Alaska’ made twelve round voyages last year, which is little over seven days between New York and Queenstown, and once she arrived from abroad in 6 days, 18 hours, and 37 min- utes, The best time made by any steamer is that of the Stirling Castle,” in the China tea trade, Which-has made 18.4 knots an hour. The ‘ Oregon,” of Guion line, is expected to make even better time than that. In other words, before the year 19000 a trip to Europe will only take a little over five. days. The Wisdom of Simplicity. One of Turgenef's latest tales has a shrewd toueh of humor. He how Giafar. the renowged vizier of Ha- Alraschid. while yet young and rescued a mysterious recounts roun undistinguished, old man from ass»ssins, and afterwards visited this old man at his request, The old man took Giafar by the hand aud led him into a garden inolosed by high in the midst which grew strange tree, in semblance like x cypress walls, of a only its leaves were of -an azure hue, his tree hung three apples; one milk; Upon t of longish the second round and the third little. shriveled and vellow. - ** Youth,” said the old man, ‘“‘pluck and eat one of these apples. If the white, thou wilt be the wisest ‘of men ; if the yellow, thon wilt be singularly ac- ceptable to all old women. But speed ; the charm loses its virtue within an hour.” Giafar ruminated with much perplexity. *° If thought he, ** I shall know more than is good for me : if I become too richrother shape and while as red thou eatest if the red. thou wilt be the richest ; make I know everything.” other men will envy me. 1 witl eat the And he did The with h toothless yellow apple.” 80, old month, man laughed 4 “Good youth! the Ot and exclaimed better of the sooth thou hast chosen part. What white apple; thou than Nor red apple, either: in ast th need h art already wiser 3 hie it *h and none will envy neadst theu Solomon. $ 1 thou wilt be ric enough without it, thee,’ “ Venerable sage,” respotnied to indicate U the of the august mother of the he Faithful.’ The old man bowed to the ground and showed the And Giafar ig he gretiet subject in Bagdad. -— om Trouble Over a Small Debt. Giafar. ‘ deign y Ine dwelling Commander of t “ Way. a Horace Horton, of Athens, Tiogh county, borrowed {wenty-live cents of il Clark. giving a note for the amount. Clark entered the note in the Prothono- tary’s office and a fifa was issued on it: The Sheriff seized Horton's team, when Josh Lull paid the claim and took an assignment of the judgment. A friend offering Horton assistance Horton drew on him for twenty-five cents, but the draft went to protest. Afterwards Geo. Fuller and Fred Sherman sent their check on the bank for the amount, signing it Fuller, Shermsn & Co., buy the bank, having no such account om their books, protested the check and sent it back. Now the query seems to be: ‘How can this matter be satisfactorily settled so that Mr. Horton have the un- doubted legal ownershi p of his horses, and not be in constant dread of an attachment ? And further, there are prothonotary and sheriff fees, and notary fees, and fees for exchange and re- exchange, which are constantly aug- menting the amount of the bill, may .— Petrarch. The Books Aboutthe Post Owned by Willard Fiske. [ asked Professor Fiske to tell me about his collection of the works of Petrarch, the great scholar and poet of Italy 600 years ago, who was crowned with the laurel wreath at Rome. “Well,” he said, *‘it is a short story, hardly worth telling. 1 acquired new interests in Petrarch in. 1880, while in Venice, and I got an edition of his works in Italian and read them to my wife as we went up the Nile. We had our own private boat, so that we were independent of time-tables, and we were enabled to carry forward reading and sight-seeing together. On _return- ing to Paris, my wife was prostrated with the disease of which she died, and while watching by her bedside I began this collection. 1 had some cards print. ed asking for Petrarch literature, and circulated them all over Europe. , The result wa sction of n library of tur svar bly short space of two years, Of the 500 editions of his works ex- tant in many languages, I have all but half a dozen, I have the first edition of the sonnets and Italian poems, dated Venice, 1470-—for that I paid $1000, I have the second edition, Rome, 1471, and the third edition, Padua, 1472-—the finest of all. This was compiled by Car- dinal Bembo, from what were declared to be Petrarch’s original manuscripts now lost. During the last year I have passed my time in the libraries of Flor- ence, Bologna, Venice and Padua in the morning, visited book-sellers in the afternoon, and in the evening cata- logued my purchases. 1 have been to every place where Petrarch ever lived, to his birthplace, to the town where he went to school, to the various cities of his sojourn, te the home of his ** Laura,” to the place where he took priest's orders, to Montpelier, where he studied law, to Avignon, where he saw life, to the beautiful valley of Vancluse, where he wrote, to the little village of Arua, where he died, and from every place 1 AftereDinner Oratory. The Great Superiority of Amerioan Over English Speakers. It has often been debated whether it is to climate, to race, to the influence subtle cause that men owe the gift of eloquence, and in a little book called “‘Daniel Webster and his Cotem- poraries,”” it is stated that the prince of American orators was firm in his con- viction that, as a predisposing cause, climate outweighed all the rest, If such be the case, the climate of these islands is evidently less calculated to create good speakers than that of the North American Continent, as among us there is not one man fluent of tongue the United States can point, Take, for instance, that rarest, and, to English- men, most difficult accomplishment of after-dinner oratory, and who, that has attended a public dinner in London and anothe; New York. doubt upon which side of the Atlantic in brought something. — W. A. Crofftus. wl Horticulture, ROSES, Roses being hardy, Hysrip PERPETUAL Hybrid Perpetual and embracing nearly all colors, the purest white to the richest crimnson. are deservedly a very of roses, They are easy culture, not their roots with mulching of evergreen boughs during winter, thrive well in any rich soil, a well prepared stifl loamy soil, top-dressed with good rotted] stable The tual might lead some to think they manure in the fall. term perpet- constant bloomers as the ever-blooming This Ti flower freely in June and at short int vals during the summer and fall, roses, is not the case, 1 Y er BRINGING SHRUBS SHAPE. Before the buds start this spring is the time to impart. a symmetrical form to In pre vent a check to their vi tut back the INTO ornamental shrubs, order to ory wT, branches which are too long, before the buds open. If much out of shape this work may be done in two or three suc Avoid the stiffness some- times resulting from shearing and allow, a natural and graceful outline, Nearly every place new or old may be improved cessive Years, i shrubs of out ornamental by setting } now which the weeupy is already crowded, and withont encroach- A are Deutzia scabra ving they are deficient, provided space they are 10 « not ing on desired breadth of clear lawn, few kinds may be named which among the finest ornamentals, gracilis, as well as deutzia Of crenata, weigela, viburnum plicatum, spirea prunifolia, Persian lilac, purple hydrangea, prune triloba, silver bells panicled azaleas and hardy rhododendrons, strong growing barberry, and the hardy roses are not to be breadth of mellow, rich soil. Gentleman. Country A Woman's Wit Hany of the first settlers of Illinois were rude in speech and rough in man- ner. Money was scarce with them, and service was paid for in produce, ernor B———used to illustrate these in- cidents of frontier life by the following anecdote : One day there came to his office a young man accompanied by a young woman. ‘‘ Be you the Squire ?"” asked the manly youth, ** Yes, sir,” ““Can you tie the knot for us right away?" ‘Yes, sir.” * How muchdo you charge ¥*° “One dollar is the legal fee, sir.”’ ** Will you take your fee in beeswax 7° * Yes, if you can’t pay cash.” “ Well, go ahead and tie the knot, and 1°'1l fetch in the wax.” ““ No," said the Squire, thinking there was a good chance for a little fun; “ bring in the beeswax first, and then I'll marry you.” Reluctantly the youth went out to where was hitched the horse, upon which, Darby and Joan fashion, they had ridden, and brought the wax in a sack. On being weighed, its value was found to be only sixty oents, “Wall,” said the anxious youth, “tie the knot and I'll fetch more wax next week.’ ** No, sir, I don’t trust ; that is against the rules of this office.” Slowly the disappointed yeuth turned to goout, saying, “Come, Sal, let's go.” “1 say, mister,’ answered Sal, with a woman's wit, ‘‘ean’t you marry us as far as the wax will go?’ “Yes, I can, and will,” replied the Squire laughing, and he did, a ———— (rOV- Tradition relates that in some of the Spanish-Indian wars that followed the discovery of America, the Indians were so frightened at the flashing of the Spanish swords, that they determined to attack the Spaniards in the night when the glitter could not be seen, The fight was made; and alas! the sword cut just as keen in the dark though the glitter was unseen. ‘“The sword of the Lord,” is as terrible in the dark as in the daylight.'* Vengeance is {| the superiority About a quarter of a century since, in this respect lies? | Richard Cobden, then at his apogee as { one of the most persuasive and practical | speakers in i } { chanced to | had made in the House a visit the to pay after to Chicago, in { order look “all Illinois Central road, There was given to him, at which some forty i guests were included. Among them was a fairly of the speculators representative bankers, merchants, and what not of | wonderful dinner being over, speaking was freely indulged young city; and, | in, the verdict of all present— English- | men and Americans—being that worst speeches of the evening came from Richard Cobden’s lips, People were wont, twenty vears since’ to regard Charles Dickens after. as an dinner speaker almost without a superior | in either hemisphere, The last visit xd sufficed, however, todissipate the the great novelist to the Unit illusion under which his countrymen laboring. i marked Cl given to hi id mind Atlantic, conviction “Finally, gentlemen,” re- arles Dickens, at t m in New York on Apri I BGS, do bel that from weve honest upon both sides of there cannot be al that it would " 1 lobe to be riven by an earthquake, the tter fi went be Ix this g fired by a comet, overrun by an Arctic fox d present iceberg, and abandoned to the and bear, than it shou the spectacis of these two great nations, e . h of SC 0 which has in its own way done so much ¢ i . % wg 3 } for freedom, being ever arraved, the ons against the other.” Compare with the hyperbole of thi’ extravagant, n American hif: 3 grace and di Or, sin, il CARY g rei iy ZENiLy of ed with admirable fect by the American Lowell, at in There were Englishmen present at that dinner i | ambassador, James Russell the | stitution dinner recently given by the of Civil Engineers, who--again to employ an American- isin their end of the plank.’ Peers was represented by Lord Kimber. ley ; the House of Commons by Mr. Bright, Sir Richard Cross and Mr, Childers, No ons of ordinary culture whe chanced to hear or to read the speeches deliverd by the English cabinet minister would—to use a phrase of which Robert Southey was very fond ~have “had his mind scratched’ by any one of them. Mr. Bright, indeed, could not altogether get away from party politics, even upon that confessed- ly neutral ground. But when Mr, Lowell rose, there was, in the accents, the delivery, the voice, the manner, and still more in the words of the speaker, that which irresistibly engaged the fancy and rivited the attention of the hearers. - ow The Tenor and the Italian Dude A curious instance of Italian manners and customs is reported from Milan M. Prevost, the tenor at the Dal Verme Theatre, was at a cafe a few nights ago with a lady, when he observed a young man staring at her in the offensive way so common among young Italians who wish to be considered lady-killers. M, Pre vost resented the offense to this extent: he boxed the young man's ear. When on the next night M. Prevost appeared on the stage he was received with a storm of vells and hisses. The second tenor then came forward to expressa hope that as M. Prevost was not an Italian he might perhaps be exensed if he did not quite understand Italian ways ; but the audience went on yelling as before, A police officer now came forward and announced that the representation must cease, and then he was hissed. The second tenor made another attempt in vain. The police officer tried again, but with no more success, Finally M, Prevost himself appeared and urged that he had no hestile feeling toward Italy ; that French and Italians had fought side by side, and that he had only wished to give a lesson to a youth whe had acted offensively toward a lady. This little apology was favorably re- ceived and the representation was re. mine ; 1 will repay, saith the Lord.” Man. BY MRS, MARY FE. THROPP CONE. Karly one bright spring morning, some | ten years ago, my sister and I found ! ourselves seated in one of the comforta- ble cars of the Pennsylvania Railroad, | bound for the great West, | It was a superb day, and as we swept | away from Philadelphia and out through | the open country, past hill and | dale, wood and field, 1 leaned back in | | the seat and gave myself up to enjoy- | | ment, The window was up, the air, | was balm, and the scenery wonderfully | | beautiful. There had been a rain the | day before, and everything was glowing in the magnificent freshness of June, | Light clouds like snow-drifts were sail- | i villas and neat substantial farm houses | everywhere graced the pleasant land, | and barns that loomed up in rivalry to i lin size and prominence, testified pressively to the wealth of the fertile | region through which we were passing. | A slight breeze was 1ippling the pink and white clover blossoms, toying with the blades the { whispering to the leaves of the groves green of young | where birds wer: Binging., ally, and afar off, flashed a glimpse where bright blue waters were shining. I have seen, in my wanderings, many i more glorious landscapes than that of rocks and lofty | Chester Valley, rives eloquent of the power and majesty of | God, or glittering towers and gorgeous | palaces full of the pride of man; but { this tranquil scenery, teeming wilh i abundance, breathes only of the love and \ | beneficence of ils creater. Yes, Il was i a superb day, and 1 sat gazing on the charming panorama so rapidly unfurling, s swiftly on, in ich, all at once, was rudely broken by a sh as our iron horse bore u dream of a perfect delight, wh a crash, and a sadden quick whistle for “down brakes.” A shudder of alarm, ran like an electric shock through the » passengers, some starting to their feet, * | others sitting still, pale and waiting ; but the one gentleman directly left and, refx in front of us the car instantly, quietly, irning in a few minutes, re- marked in a distinct, reassuring tone that all could hear: “Only a cart des- roved, served it right, carelessness, left it partly on the track.” Sealing and turning haif himself in front again, around to us, he said kindly, for my sis- ter was still trembling “1 hope you Miss, there's Then, with way of diverting were not alarmed, really whine { vr nothing tw fear gente consideration and by her mind, he called her attention to the Panli. whose pleasant groves and shaded il, iE pleasant groves ana siiane then sketched its history. roads we were passing, and Whilst the gentleman was absorbing A. sattention by his cencise and graphic could he said so little meant much. He medium height, fine features, well- proportioned figure, rather inclined to embonpoint. He had a certain reserved air of the gentleman about him, and a look of remarkable penetration in his keen blue-gray eve. Though not a man of many words, he possessed the happy faculty of imbuing others with his own views and aims, and his whole bearing conveyed the idea of still strength, of repressed power. Careful hands had prepared for us sandwiches and some delicacies, so that we preferred to decline his polite invitation to dine, when we arrived at Altoona. An invitation given with such tact and good breeding that it seemed eminently proper and kind. When we were alone I whispered A.. “What a superior man !"’ “Yes, said my sister,” how admira- bly he recounted in a few words the de- feats, the weary marches, the struggles and the sufferings of the Continental Army for Liberty, as we passed by the localities where the scenes of the Revolutionary war had been enacted. Moreover,’ she continued, ‘he impress- ed me as exactly the kind of man who would have come unselfishly to the rescue of two helpless, unprotected women, if there bad been a serious accident, involving loss of life, this morning. Very soon the gentleman returned and resumed his place again, but three passengers had come to occupy the seat in front of him in the meantime—a weary looking, not over clean Lrisk. woman, with a stout restless boy of three years, and a dirty, fretful infant of ten or twelve months. The boy clamored for a drink of water. The mother disinclined or afraid to leave | her cross baby and her bundles, tried to quiet him without it, especially as the cooler was at. the other end of the car. She gave him cake and promised accounts, 1 not resist watching and that little was a man of him, 80 to all to no (purpose, ‘Water, water,” pothingibut a drink of water, would satisfy the young autocrat. — The gentleman in front had been window, but as soon as the car started, and he realized the dilemma of the worried mother opposite, he went for water, and bringing her a glassful presented it with the courtesy of a Chesterfield, “There, did I not teli you so |’ whis. pered my sister triumphantly, She was right — that little unselfish act was typical of the man, as I afterwards dis- covered. The benevolence of his nature flowed out like a deep silent stream. He gave freely as to him had been given. None sought aid from him in they presented a worthy Noble hearted, enterprising, judicious, and of untiring energy, this man was a leader amongst men, Pittsburg cause, that destination, was, at time, the of He left us there, after having commended traveler's place unobtrusive Kindness continually, as we pursued our journey. Years afterward, traveli husband, the Hg with my man and my- Thi on the steamer Peunsyl- same gent] self became fellow-travelers again, # tine we nel homeward bound from VEL. i pool. It was directly after the failure of { the world renowned finn of Jay Cooke & Co, and how many tourists with 1 1 4 ¥ $ 1 | worthiess letlers of credit, consequent upon the great crash, this princes man of their modesty and diflicul in his ieration for helped out jes. he delicate consi the feelings of others. would not be wil. ling to have made known. He regretted sincerely that Jay Coo k had been forced into bankruptey : said it was not only unnecessary but wrong, and that the fault attributable the Lnancier fact that a only wo great was the Tog ming 1 i advance of his Hs Sagacious, p Fessive Was score of years in imes, The traveler that 1 en sleep. The drowsy god would come | at his bidding in the day time, when the passengers were have I seen him eves and doze off for an hour had him : he could one peculiarity vied Onduel ; and not unfrequently, chatting around him, close his to all atiene or more. As usual, he was Kind during the voyage, and carefu tive to his young wife, of evidently very proud, and with TEASON, stamp of nature's nobility on her graceful form and beautiful whom he WAS for she bore the face, Again | stand beside him, but he has the long journey from which returns. Again it is spring, and the sunshine is on my head, the air started on no traveler is kissing my cheek, and I can hear the and of the distance ; rush whistle of the cars Pennsylvania Railroad in the bul he, the mainspring of its greatness, the grave and laid rest. Here in Woodland ““the little city white and beautiful! with sunshine and verdure, and tuneful with the song of birds and whispering breezes, he sleeps : «il as sought sient down 4 10 cemetery, still,”” under tall trees, “the sleep that knows no waking.” A massive granite tomb mark the grave, fit emblem of the massive intellect of him whose pulse is stilled forever ; but grander and wore enduring than all the granite of earth is the giant corporation moulded by the master mind of Col. Thomas A. Scott, controlling the mightiest railway system in the world. [Toe above is published as a speei- men of descriptive eulogy, which for simplicity of style, purity of English and absence of verbiage and tautology is a gem of composition, from the pen of one of the most beautiful writers in America. | Lessin tsi An Honest Boy. There were a dozen of us wailing around the depot at Chattanooga to take the train for Atlanta, and pretty soon a stout, red-faced and high-tempered man from Columbus, O., began jawing about the way he had been bled by the waiters at the botel, and added that there wasn’t a single honest nigger south of Mason and Dixon's line, “1 beg vour pardon, but I must differ with you," remarked a man from South Carolina. “Differ be hanged I©' shouted the fat man. ““f wouldn't trust one of "em out of sight with a 10-cent piece ©’ “Oh, you cer tainly misunderstand them. I'll bet you the cigars that if I give one of ‘ema $10 bill to gel changed he'll retum #8 straight as a string.” “I'lldo it. Give your money 10 that chap by the win. dow.” The gentleman walked over, took a bill from his pocket, and quietly said | “‘Boy, run up-town and get change for this.” *' Yes, sah,” was the reply, as the youth hurried out. In about fif- teen minutes he returned, walked up to the Carolinian, returned thé bill and said : “Went all ober, sah, but conldn’t get it busted.” He was rewarded witls a dime, and the Buckeye, after a great
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