WING BETTER,
bo Ew URLETS tno
fie world is growing better !
Thought takes a wider sweep;
The hand of sturdy labor
With a friendly hand we greet;
We will not drink the bitter
When so little makes it sweet,
§
The word is growing richer,
In wealth brought from the earth--
But, better far, with treasures found
In mines of sterling worth,
For noble deeas are honored more
Than simple claims of birth,
The world is growing better !
With fewer musty creeds,
With more of human strivings
To answer human needs,
With precious harvests garnered
As the growth of precious seeds
TTT EI.
MARGIE'S CONQUEST,
Mingie Raymond had been packing
an :mmense trunk. She was on the
eve of setting out for Boston, and won-
dered if her friends, the Mortons,
would like her now they had all grown
older, 8he wondered if the brother
Philip would notice her. She had
heard so much of his utter indifference
to womankind that she stood in awe of
hi
him,
In the morning the sky presaged a
snow-storm, but Margie did not let that
prevent her journey. When she en-
the train she herself as
comfortable as possible, and after
wearving of looking from the window
glance over her fellow-
sengers. In front of her a gentleman
saat readmg; a vely handsome nan,
too, at which Margie rejoiced, for she
lid not like ugly men. The snow had
begun to fall thick and fast, and oc-
asionally great drift presented 1t-
Having nothing else to do, Mar-
studied her vis-a-vis, He had a
striking face, and was surely a well-
gentleman. Margie was gazing
intently at him, when he looked up
smilingly and their eyes met. The
girl, confused, pulled down her veil!
uul turned quickly away.
The continued. About
the train stopped short and there was
nothing to be seen but a wide expanse
of snow with a wood in the distance.
The gentleman reported a deep snow
bank on the track and a large one a
few miles ahead. Margie was assured
there was nothing to fear but a few
hours’ detention. Perhaps the gentle-
man opposite her noticed she looked an-
noyed, for he offered her a new maga-
zine, saying it might help to pass the
time away,
Four hours clasped; then suddenly
the engine gave a great pufl and they
were off Everybody
The
in half an hour
they encountered another drift 1
first. The
still falling rapidly and ti
stopped in a dense wood.
tered made
thirew a Pas.
i“
self,
ie
gi€
bred
Snow noon
again, wore a
bright eountenaunce. rejoicing,
however, was brief, sor
nuch
ay
r thay +}
= i La
eater kl Le
SHOW was
wey had now
It was grow-
Margie returned
book, and as she did so saw
written upon
leaned back, lonely and forlorn,
heard somebody say
unght before they could get anything to
eat; that was all
and the fire going out. A 1
Margie began to bef
1 dreaded the night
0 many men and so few women,
gentleman who sat opposite was
thoughtfully walking the car. Pres
ently, to her surprise, he sat down be-
de her and said abruptly:
ag dark too the
“Jonathan
she
She
Carter’ the cover,
it would be mid-
,
consumexl
ittle
rightened.
in the cars with
The
the coal
child
cried.
i
~
hie:
‘This is very unpleasant for
We may be here all night, and even if
we reach a place where provisions can
be procured, I fear you would fare but
without protector. If you
il allow me, I will see you taken care
of and serve you in any wav [ can.’
you.
poorly a
Ww
t
Margie feit thal unde:
She
his protection
thanked him,
glad to have
siie would be safe,
said would
some one to rely on, and he was pleased
with her frankness, They were soon
engaged in conversation, aud Margie
was astorushed that she so soon forgot
timidity aud was able to talk
dy to the dignified, almost stern-
stranger. She chatted away
it her ease, and her low laugh actually
cheered those around her, 5o the time
the people grew sleepy
The lamps were lighted,
but the glimmer they gave only shone
on those near them. The fire had gone
and Margie, although wrapped in
was shivering with cold,
The gentleman, seeing this, quickly
took oft his gray traveling shawl and,
against her protestations, put it over
her shoulders with a firmness not to be
resisted Observing that she was
sleepy the stranger made a pillow for
of a part of the shawl, which was
comfortable that she quickly fell
The full in her
., utd the gentle, Lo Keep the
stew! from falling, had drawn her to
aru, where she rested with her
mi cheek nearly touching his hand.
she looked so sweelr and child-like in
the abandon of her position that the
stranger might be pardoned for the ad.
miration with which he beheld her,
Margie slept until they arrived at
the village where they hoped to find
provisions, when the stoppage of the
train awakened her, Surprised to find
where she had been resting she started
up at once, but the gentleman did not
seem to observe her, as he was convers-
ing with some one. In a few moments
he turned to her and uid, “Are you
awake? Well, suppose we go and see
if we can obtain some supper,”
Marge thought that nothing lind ever
and she be
He S50
18%
1 1
WOOK IngE
IRASSea] UNAS
aml silent.
ME,
i
ner Cclacs,
ed
~Y
shone
¢ tied
asleep, ight
ale
His
Wil
tasted so good as the wretched supper
they procured after much trouble.
When the passengers left the table they
all looked refreshed and good-natured.
The storm was over now, and the day
was breaking clear and cold, They
were fast approaching their destina-
tion.
“Do you live in Boston?" asked the
gentleman of Margie,
She told him in her frank way that
she did not, but was going to visit
friends. the Mortons. An ex-
pression of surprise on his face made
her ask if hie knew them, and he an-
swered that he did,
some
“How pleasant!” she exelnimed, and
immediately began to speak in the
warmest terms of Mrs. Morton and her
family, After a pause she said:
“Philip Morton I do not know at all,
but I thimk he cannot be like his
ters. Shall Ilike him, I wonder?”
“I can’t tell.’ he said gravely, ‘‘but
I hope so."
“Why?” asked Margie.
“Because 1 am
you,’
sure he will like
Margie blushed as she said: “On the
contrary, 1 don't eapect he wil notice
me at all. He is such a pink of perfec-
tion and propriety that I own I have a
prejudice against him. Is
handsome?"’
There expression
about the stranger's moutn an-
swered: “My opinlon and yours must
judge
great he
was an amused
as he
I will leave to
disagree, vOut
for yourself.”
NO
* She was going to say more, but Lhe
cars were running into the depot, and
Ile looked ut his watch
and said on account of their
he could not stop in Boston, but would
start immediately for New York. Ie
procured her carriage, attended to
her baggage, and when she was seated,
went to the door to say good-bye, She
had been fascinated by
tions that she hated to part with him.
She told him so, and invited him to
visit her at her own home. Then,
with a warm pressure from the little
gloved hand, they parted.
she forgot it.
detention
i
his atten-
Margie was cordially received by her
friends, but it not until the girls
had retired to their that
told the particulars ot her journey that
had been omitted in her recital of it t«
Mrs, Morton.
‘Did your Kind
asked Bella.
was
rooms she
’
protection give
no name?’’
“No, put I saw il on the cover of his
book he loaned me— Jonathan Cater
a terrible name for handsome
man *’
“Jonathan Carser! Well, that
queer! He is one of Philip's intimg
friends. He ut ha
SON = and stout wit!
such a
is anything bu
short Srl,
Tray
eves,"
dark
He
sive eves, and his hair is dark, too,
“Oh, nol has expres.
fing
MLC,
he has a lovely month,
3?
is beautitull’
“Jonathan Carter's eyes
and he is not handsome, as
I have seen him ofte
He is sples
revit
REIL
YOul. nH
“YY ou
did,
He has a lovely
vourself entirely
with you.”
The girls laughed
Bella said: **The fact Margie,
gentleman has bewitched you,
Carter isa very commonplacs
though Phil says he is better than he
looks.”
Margie was provoked, but could not
tasie,
have no
and a thoroughbred leman,
voice, and forget
YOu
vhen he talking
V nn aixing
outrignt OW,
the
Mr.
man, al-
3
in,
help laughing, too, and so the conver
sation ended,
A fortnight
when one day,
writing,
Philip
Colne
sped away delightfully
as Margie was in her
dal
Bella 1}
had
roo
that
must
caine
returned
right down and see him,
They entered the parlor. Philip was
standing by the fire, and as Bella said
“Philip, here is our guest,
mond,” Margie uttered an
tion of surprise. But Philip only
bowed with a pleasant smile as he re-
marked, “I am happy to see you again,
Miss Raymond.”
Bella was amazed; but when she
heard Margie say; “It is Mr. Carter,”
the truth flashed on her at once and
she cried out: “lt was you, Philip,
whom Margie met in the cars! If that
is not too good for anything! She never
knew you, and said it was Jonathan
Carter. Ind you not know her?’
Philip gazed with an amused look at
Margie, as he said: “Not until a short
time before we parted, and then I
should have told her my name, only I
was afraid she would not be pleased
with my company.”
“Well, I have never heard of auy-
thing so good,” said Bella. *‘I thought
your friend Jonathan must have
changed wonderfally, from the glow.
ing description Margie gave of him
so fascinating, so handsome, s0 be-
witching in every way. Oh, it is too
funny! You ought to have heard her,
Philip! 1 thought for certain she had
fallen mm love with your friend Jona
than.”
Philip, saying he had a letter for his
sister, left the room much to the re
lief of Margie, who was in a most un
comfortable state of mind. She was
indignant at Bella for telling what she
had smd, and angey at herself for ex.
pressing her opinion so freely to Philip
about himself, Determining that he
should not think she was in love with
saving
ana she
Miss Ray “
exclama-
him after what Bella had tekl him she
treated him with 80 much reserve and
indifference, so unlike her frank, im-
pulsive self, that he began to think she
really had taken a dislike to bim and
so conducted himself toward her with
distant but uniform politeness. The
charming freshness of Margie’s char-
acter made her a general favorite
among her new acquaintances. All
the gentlemen admired her, but she
assumed coldness had entirely passed
away. but Philip never complimented
her nor treated her with anything but
the most profound civility, never
seeming to care whether she liked him
ornot. This conduct was the cause of
eontinual uneasiness to Margie and
kept him always in her thoughts, She
wus 80 sorry that after al his kindness
to her they should be so distant to each
other,
When two months had gone by
there came a summons to Margie to re-
turn home, could not be spared
any longer. Every one was sorry to
part with the bright little girl, and she
too was sad for more reasons than she
would have been willing to tell. There
had been a grand moonlight sleighing
party planned for next week and
Margie must surely stav for that if she
left them the next day, and it
was arranged. They were to ride in
single sleighs, and Mr, Hele lad invi-
ted Margie to go with him, When the
night came she ovel
the thought
she did
she
bs
was disconsolate
of a drive with & person
care for, and when she
not
she was very sorry she had not returned
There
party in the parlom
to hat Mr.
ceived a telegram.
and he had left on
ing his excuses to
hoe,
when
Hale
His
the
Margie.
Philip came
in Say
was ill
father
mmstant,
in afew
“My sleigh will be at the door
minutes.” Margie brightened un
she said: “1 am ]
Hale has trouble, but
with you instead of him.’
The sleighing was excellent
the moon shone with a brilliant
Margie was in rits,
sparkled excit
pleasure
appeased, and his face
ho lite
A300 AR
DP Aas
so glad, not that Mr.
that
high spi
with
and her
eyes ement and
had
bright as
PPh ilin,? n - I A
LDP Ss reserve all Gis
grew
wil to the gay conversation
his partner, while Margie was eu
the Philip's f
under power of i
tions,
‘We shall soon be at
"ili
nip
gree
As
journey,’
like the wine
“Oh, 1
gle, “1 should
forvever
“Forever
he
hex
me: 1
Philip.
her turn
answer
Will
Was 4 women
ing uel
frit
LUE
Were uarried,
oo}
each
thor }
OLhel Ga
oonociasts,
The historical iconoclasts after assert
that William Tell kindred
whose supposed heroic deeds
ing and
spirits,
have roade the blood flow fasier in the
veins of youth for centuries, are merely
myths, have
Robin Hood from the high pedestal on
which Mr. Tavlor,
the well-known English philologist and
antiquarian, that he is probably
ouly the last survival among English
folks of the Norwegian
which is 50 constant
he stands, Isaac
MAVH
ly turning up under
Mr. Taylor brings
together many circumstances which go
far to estal
explanation of
unexpected forms.
Hood,
the
the good archer,
last reflection of the Sun God,”
The
Robin
Nottinghamshire hero is
Northern mythology, *
the
Prof. Max Muller says, by whatsoever
name called. Like other solar heroes
he has his faint reflection in Little John
who stands as Patroclusto Achilles, or
Gunner Siguard in other forms of
the leg end; and Maid Marion becomes
no less personage than the dawr-
maiden whom (he mythologists bave
found to their satisfaction in Brynhild,
and perhaps also in Briesis and Guine-
vere, It might, perhaps, be added that
the guarded gold of the Nibelung story
which is stolen by the solar heroes is to
be found in the treasure of the “‘proude
Sheryfe of Notyngham’' which Robin
Hood and his merry men “convey.
Lastly, Mr. Isaac Taylor observes—and
this is really significant-that the Robin
Hood ballads and legends are local-
ized precisely in those parts of England
in which the Scandinavian elem ent was
known to be the strongest,
as
to
“a
~A golden eagle, now becomes a rare
bird in the Scotch Highlands, was shot
a few weeks ago on the hill of Morven,
within a few miles of Ballater, It was
a fine specimen, and measured between
the tips of the wings 0 feet and 3 inches,
Advices from Rheims are to the
effect that vintage operations have been
accompanied this year by almost inces-
sant rains, champagne is likely to be
scares and dear,
The Belie oi the Ball.
“You wouldn’t think to look at me
that I once had a ball given in my
honor—-o® account of my beauty, would
you ; dig
The speaker was an old man, in sab
lor clothes, whose weather-beaten coun-
tenance, tobacco-stained lips and gen.
erally grizzled appearance made the
above query sound ridiculous, The re-
porter to whom he had addressed him-
self looked 0 moment to see if the old
man-o’-warsinan was joking, but seeing
nothing but seriousness on his eoun-
tenance, prepared himself to #stem to
the venerable sailor's yarn.
“No; tell me about it,”
porter eagerly.
“Well, if many
ago, when 1 first joined the service. Ye
see 1 went in in '32 as a boy, when they
fust began to take ’prensices in the
navy.
Mediterranean, as we call it, for my
fust eruise, I was quite a good-lookin’
boy too—-ipoked somethin’ like a girl
with rosy eheeks, clear complexion and
no hair on my face. I had a fair edu-
cation, too; didn’t used to talk like an
old flatfoot—that’s what we call sailors
but had and could use
pretty good grammar. I've forgot all
that now, though, Well, as I
sayin’, I went on board a European
erniser—the old sloop-of-war Adams
when we up the Straits and
well fixed on the station the crew began
sald the re-
was a good VORrs
read some
Wis
aud got
{ to make up some ways to pass the
pleasantly.’
“First
| Th
the
| there
fF OTCHEeSLTA,
Lig),
a minstrel troupe was got
boys took to it like fun. Some
could dance,
getting
could play
But
who, as hie
Crew sing and
trouble in
of fellows
| fiddles and other instruments
Was no thi
lots
we
{ had man aboard sald
himself, ‘had a
He
for an
one
sich non-
I mean
sO aboyv i
had a funuy name
rishman, for
sense,’
had
Hi LS
Lie
| funny
richest brogue 1 ever heard.
lf Armand De Lorensk
nother was an Irishwoman
1 Polish
sian, had
and his
SX ie count.
was a land
| 10an
wa before, and had been
fie was
§
LO
an
a good one, 100,
atic troup and after
f the minstrel show
i
the
CRLITG
, or the Doom
to piay in
We
afterward the
the
The bills pos-
| tad around the me ‘Miss
{ Isabella Blank, the beautiful Amirican
artiste.’
} Spezzia. agreed, and
ve nights
+f yr »
nig troupe
went ashore to repeat program of
the ship's performance,
3 1" 3
town called
i “While 1 was getting dressed for
| play a midshipman knocked at the door
{ of my room. I let him in, and he told
me that young Italian naval officer
of the of the
the harbor had been
i“
| belonging to one ships
| Italian
3
|
f
i
{
i
\strack
fleet in
with
‘knock«lown’ —an introduction,
know, 1 was told that the
would stand supper and plenty of wine,
suited me,
officer
| and, of course that
“After the and it
| success, I met my Italian spooney.
show,
He
talked a little English, and I tried to
keep up woman, which
tickled my looking on to
| death,
{| “We went to get supper, and 1 car-
| ried off my part so well that the half
dozen or so Italian officers present made
acting the
shiproates
night, The officers of my own
went into the thing heart and soul, and
you can bet I was prime for the affair,
The night came, and [ got dressed in
my flounces and other girls’ things
and went ashore to the shine, About
fifty ladies were there and dancing,
flirting and all those things were going
on at a terrible rate. 1 was escorted
by an officer from the ship, and when
we wept into the ball-room we were re-
ceived with honors, All the evening 1
danced snd had a good time, but I be-
lieve there was lots of remarks passed
by the ladies about the very free and
easy manners of the American girl, I
got tired at last and wanted to leave,
and so told my gallant that he must
tell my true sex. Ile took the Italian
gentlemen who had given the bail aside
and told them the truth. [didn’t wait
to see what happened, but skipped out
and met several shipmates, put on my
own clothes and went on a spree to
celebrate my ball on my own account,
“One of the Italian ships sailed away
the next day, and I heard thst the Ad-
miral ordered her to sea on account of
some of her officers making fools of
themselves the night before, ''
EI TIT,
The old sailor paused for want of
breath when he had finshed thas ie
markable narrative, and seeing the look
of incredulity on the face of the scribe,
added :
“You don’t believe me, do you?
Well, I wouldn’t neither if 1 was you.
But it's true all the same ; just like
lots of other sailor yarns, though most
of thexn arsset down aslies.’”
—————————
Falling to Sleep.
A writer says:—I had often noticed
that when engaged in deep thought,
particularly at night, there seemed to
be something like a compression of the
eyelids, the upper ones especially, amd
the eyes themselves were apparently
turned upwards, as if leoking in that
direction, This invariably occurred;
and the moment that, by an effort, 1
arrested the course of thought, and
freed the mind from the subject with
which it was engaged, the eyes resumed
of the eydids ceased. Now it oc-
curred to me one night that I would
not allow the eyes to turn upwards, but
keep them detemninedly mm the opposite
position, as if looking down; and, hav.
ing
that
jon
done
the
NOY
for a short time, I found
mind did not revert to the
I tried the
Jest,
pied, and I soon fell asleep.
again with the same and,
1 experience of two years, 1 can
say that, unless 1 something
y annoying or worrying occured
been able to go to sleep
1
il
aller LATIN t al.
sHOTLES
sOTne
the
¢ described, but a deter
do 80 18 all hat :
I am that i
in the down-looking position it will be
OCCARIONALLY ir
difficult keeping the eyes in
position I hav
mined effort to
«1, and certain
composure and
fart
gLuent
di
ad bees
sSUGHT.
“OD FOR THY
Words are the key of the heart.
A doubtful friend is ever to be avonl-
od,
Valor
tion,
Jane
truth.
He that won't be counseled can’t he
helped,
The woret
advice,
Affection
good life,
A great deal depend
of a friend.
The more you say,
mem bes
The world
the heart.
Diseretion
eloquence,
There is
endurance!
can do little without disere-
Bol Delos You exXATRine the
men often give the best
is the broadest smatie of &
the chose
of
Lhe less people re
either lneaks or hardens
speech 18 nove that
in
sometiung subline in cals
Our deeds are sometiines betler tha
our thoughts,
Ungratefulness 1s the
of manhood.
Make life as pleas:
s Jittle ones
Ie who
OBL
Very pPosoh
ant as possible foe
h
hath most of heart Knows
of sorrow.
$
Cando often affected to
cover hypocorisy.
is 4 viriue
To pity distres but hinroan,
it is God like,
Suffering is the sures!
true
He who 4
worthy of the great.
We should advo
believe 1o be fal
The of
Our own ins
lieve
vay of making
bs
O OUTBeIVES
1
1
Th
1s}
Cade 10 Lheory wii
We a,
reality death demonstrates
. Reanee
I bcance,
ship of
stor.
Value the frien him who
stands by you in the
the
Mistake, !
ugh which we advance.
fru
1 children of light.
discipline
14
thr
{ LAE AS
Flowers, leaves, and Ty
Sirwovel
Lo~days and Lae
nar
fowl
vesterdays are
i Docks with which
we build.
shun e€
unwortuy of «
cl thal can
ommendation
very a be judged
The weak sinews become strong by
1
et
their conf with difficulties.
The
AL NESS,
and
imked togelher,
108€¢ the
thorn, sorrow and
are
=
+}
L 50 Small Lhal a
$ 10 benell
v -
not magnify it.
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radvie
I think this |
a desi
The
-—
A Funny River.
Manzanar
i {esl
eel, §
wins navigable either on horseback or
it is further asserted tl
by carriage. Se that
bel
watered (ok
along the rivel VAs
walk
iy
|
When
Madrid
Napoleon's anny
“What!
{ne of
#1
they exclaimed: has
river run away loo the
best jokes was that of a young man to
whom a giass of waler had been fetched
j-fight-
the Manzanares; il needs it
do.’ However, at times,
to
than 1
the
of arches built across il.
nine
“When strangers see the bridge they
begin to laugh: it seeins
to find a bridge
One visitor
to them =o
absured
no water, said he would
advise the city
order to buy some waler Ww ith the pro
coeds, This is a fair budget of wit to
have centred round a humble stream
to sell the bridge wo
a- _--—
Wedding Cake.
A Nashville man received a piece of
wedding cake recently, and foolishly
ate it. It nearly killed him, and the
doctors pumped him out and braced
him up and walked him around, and at
last saved nis life, although they
declared he had all the symptoms of
pyamia, strychnine poisoning, normal
temperature, Asiatic cholera, morphine
poisoning, rapid pulse and terrific res
piration and several other awful things.
However, an analysis of the cake show-
ed that it containad no substance abso-
lutely poisonous in themselves, but
having been made by the bride, to the
best of her ability and inexpelience,
the cake was enough to Kill a river and
harbor bill. The man was very young
or he would have Known better, and
would have saved the cake to kill
tarantulas with,
«A novelty in English cheese is
chives cheese, flavored in imitation of
the onion-tasted cheese fancied by the
Arabs in Syria and in Turkey and
Greece.
«The new hospital at Austin, Tevas,
will past $10,000,
ithe isa good
music consists of
t and pursuing it.
overs, but
and in t as if they
of to-day 1s usually
memory of to-mor
18 like {ence
wned by white
«i
t
part with his own
become that of an-
. 3 oy
Vv IEANBINYY , pA LE CAN
cent rated
{ InonenLs
i INoIRenLs
iu
weaill o S measured by
naverty by
ppearance ol Dappiness
+3 :s % 4 + + $s
hou Epnowest not us
Ving only Lnelseives,
Lare joved DY I me, =0, seifishness 1s
oral suicuds
We
nat
| always leams
st LGUlanIly as «4
oid, and
inyu
«wl
who
Conse
continually grows
lost in which we do
than lost in
days are
hose
10 Those worse
13d FOO,
which we do evil,
The best portion of a good man’s life
little nameless, unremembensd
s of kindness and love,
is his
act
The more self is indulged the more it
demands, and, therefore, of all men the
| selfish ure the most discontented.
Money and time have both their vaioe,
He who pmkes a bad use of one will
| never make a good use of the other,
Men must decided on whal Lhe)
| will not do, and they are able to act
with vigor in what they ought to do,
be
There is very little that we do in the
| wav of helping our neighbors that does
not back in blessings on our
selves,
Truths are first clouds, then min,
| then harvest and food. The philoso-
| phy of one century is the common sense
! of the next.
{| Opposition is what we want aud must
| have to be good for anything. Hard-
snip is the native soil of mauhood and
self-reliance,
We do not have great trials and sharp
agonies and heroic works to do every
day. It is very small strokes that make
the diamond shine.
{t is with nacrow-souled people as
with narrow-necked bottles; the less
they have in then, the more noise they
make in pouring it out.
It is certain that either wise bearing
or important carriage is caught as meq
take diseases one of another; thecefore
let them take heed of their company
A shrewd observer once saul that in
ralking the streets of a slippery morn.
ing, one might see where the good na-
tured people lived, by the ashes throw:
on the ice before the door,
There are a set of malicious, prating
prudent gossips, both male and female
who murder characters to kill time;
and who will sob a young feliow of his
geod name before he has years to know
the value of it.
Necessity is, usually, the spur that
sols the slu 1 in motion.
Poverty, therefore, is a blessing
y for
his
COM
to a young man than
while the one tenas to stim
powers, the other inclines them to
tunguor and disuse.