THUS THE YEARS GO DY. A tear, a smile, From joy awhile To turn away and sigh; To suffer loss, To bear the cross— *Tis thus the years go by. Advance, retreat, Success, defeat; To hide from human eye Qur wounds and pain Till cured again "Tis thus the years go by. Long hours of strife, And bitter life; cn, hide from smile and sigh, Unbroken calm, Palm laid to palm "Tis thus the years go by. Delhi, that city of minarets, the seat whose rule dominated Hindostan, and world make were Int id i ople believe that the streets paved with gold. he year 1867, Delhi, though shorn ancient s , was still a place » {illed with rare and chandise, and street nothing but jewelry, vas largely exported to Europe and America. But in a single night all this changed, and instead of the hum toiling thousands there came the brazen notes of a trumpet, the boom of cannon, the rattle of musketry, and the steely flash of the naked sabres, Brit valor was once more called upon to defend the honor of Old Eng- land against a nation in revolt—a hand- ful, so to speak, of devoted men were pitted against outnumbering them a hundred or more to one. Two officers were seated ior a tent enjoying a weed and a cup of fragrant coffee after the toil of the day, on which a bard battle had been fought against the enemy, victory declaring for the side of the British. ““This is a change with a vengeance,’’ remarked Captain Vandeleur, a gall a $4 iL ag s of the ined Was yo cx 9 Wal eI y 8. ant Soldier In Crack cavalry HA forin we General Coghlan’s party, with his sweet regiment, 0 were dancing al grand-daughter, Cicely, as an Ming partner; music, €ncourag and as ever humanity. hard of t bull £151 You we need tha me; but that, i were In be old soil ’t we, friend, re serious air way, I wond | no news from 5 rebels al , said his uer the $x two of you badly hit in that n?"” laughed Pringle. *Well, well, I'm no lady’s man myself, and so won't rivalry with ¥ fellows, 1 have already detailed you both in orders for the smart little affair, he trumpets will sound boot and sad- nine, We shall bave a moon to guide us, thank goodness!’ When a hurry, pawnee, { by witor 1nd i Cll ALO Ou die at e friends sat on in concerned about the fate of Cicely raven's wing—just such a girl as to conquer a whole regiment of impressible dier's wife—gay, impulsive, yet full of womnanly tenderness and gentleness, See here, Benthorpe,” said Vande- leur, who was the first to break the silence that bad come upon both; “I now who shall win her.’”’ “How? in what way?"’ ““We are both going to the relief of the place—~the man who reaches her gide first shall win her hand—that is, provided she is willing; the other fellow must retire gracefully,” Jenthorpe pondered over the proposal for a few minutes, and then placing his Band in Vandeleur’s, said with all a soldier's frankness, “Done with you, old fellow, it's a bargain, If you win, I'll congratulate you; if I, 1 shall expect the same treat- ment at your hands.” Anything more incongruous than thus staking love on the issue of a dan- gerous expedition could not be imag- ned, Love, indeed! when bullets not many yards from where the pair sat were fly- ing about like hail, seeking a billet In the corporeal frame of some unlucky wight who was unfortunate enough to get in their way. Round shot from long eighteen pound- ers and shell from howitzers were bowl. { ing about as if the vast maidan, or sandy plain, were a veritable skittle- selves at their favorite pastime, knock- which cannot quell its life, for while the black angel itself dies when the last great trump shall awaken both small and great, love lives on for- sic of angels’ voices, a tope of mango-trees when the cavalry started on their errand of mercy, to rescue women and children from death and dishonor, and to succor brave men, who at that moment were against great odds for dear life, fainter, until at last it ceased altogether. light which flooded everything. A few village curs barked defiance, and occasionally a troop of jackals made night hideous with their fearsome oy ies, A short halt was called near a tank, or mimature lake, where the horses were watered, and the men j refreshment as their haversacks afford- ed, This d hey saw to their girths, and, remounting by word of command, of the trumpet should ‘n the rebels of their approach, they g ped forward, the clatter of their swords and accoutrements awakening the echoes of the night, and sounding ominously of impending strife. “By Jove! they're at it hammer and remarked Vandeleur to Ben- thorpe in a stern tone. “I'm glad to hear firing; it shows the garrison are still g out.” ‘Yes, Now to rescue Cicely.* said Benthorpe with a grim smile, ‘For once I shall become a combatant officer, { shall use my sword to 1 and lay, instead of saving life. The black hounds deserve neither pity nor consid- eration, they have committed so many atrociil one the sound 1 tno LOIS, Tidy RIOT) 41 1 rie 4 ul WO of the British » sentiments to the full, an “3 ne army d ww ra vienevel bboards ses and men statues, on notes of the and away ht as an iraigi ge, el (i On ine hand-to-hand fi between the garrison and sv) 01 neers, Lr lal arial Vapdaleur and together and thrust gn gave down their way fF ry ¥ LtOeInan, I AWAY when his wle and advantage, wheeled half- at his put fell under hin By this Vandeleur when Benthorpe shouted: “Frank, win her-—save Cicely! rode up, hand, as he kept straight on, hke a blood hound on the scent of death. }y Heavens!’ he hissed between his teeth, “he'll escape me after 111s Snatching a pistol from the shoulder, he fired, but the cap only snapped. With fo low, and being a noted shot, fired reeled in the saddle, and fell to the * in his arms, When Vandeleur’s sword entered the rebel’s body it was only to save Cicely’s life; another moment, and the fellow’s dagger would have been piung- ed into her hears. A Celestial Belle, A Chinese belle is a curiosity to Chi. Ever wonder as admiration, Belles in China are rare birds of rare plumage. No ordinary community can afford the luxury of possessing more than one or two such dazzling charmers, The approach of a bells not only flut- with as much and admiration from members of half of it. Fashior is the father or necks of her subjects as the slipper of shoe of the English professional walk- ist, nese woman have to master before she can take her degree as a belle? Of moral qualities she need possess only yer—cheek. She must have nerve to look the public in the face, endure any amount of praise satiety. belle’s most are not oh gil and to a r striking moral, Her ned must of speech A Celestial marks, however, movements, give evidence of a great animation, As {8 of course forbidden cheeks and restive vel restral deal pressed the male sex her features, lips must all must have great firmness of endure the continual coating paste and vermilion laws of must not exceed three or one incl tl fl i ar bread NALS Of ner i silent eves, be eloquent. her being enj in lL as long as their points are the especlal fashion. Besides must have } yd ¢ good hist 1 novelist, This needs torevive and make a tractive the fashior i of three thousand years ago, {o fashions change even mor 1 v oy 1 our Western tow: + we OTiCA in orde in oraet enough, present faurth Lael FT WALKS ana | t always borne ina se s an adept in the language of the eyes, and through th silent windows can signal more persua- arguments than fame with ber hun- tongues, sss I —————— , but -Chall widles lat Gr High Up in the Alr. “Dollars and cents, sald a prominer “have been the mu nduced the erection of : Hive 1 i i power which has i high buildings, the first consideration the of CON material decrease in the cost i struction as compared with the cost of more earth. It is only a_ question how the most money can be made on the smallest area that has induced the ot ia them at night, when the grealest danger is apprehended from fire, and that none of them will be crowded in ger is none the less to tenants, the only difference being in the fact that it may ed ; yet the danger to these few is so great that little hope could be expected altar with Cicely Coghlan, Benthorpe being best man. “Iwas not till the honeymoon was over that Frank told his wife of the little incident of **Who Wins?" nt A At the Bohool of Engineering, Ohat. nam, Eogland, a cerps of submarine miners is in course of formation. The special duty of this new body of men will be the laying of mines nnder wa. tor for purpose of coast defense, Re. oruits for this new branch of the ser vice are drawn mainly from the fishing districts, Not less than three vessels are undergoing alterations to fit them for the work. As the body is purified by water, so is the soul by truth, | “It is a well-known fact that firemen can not do effective work with a fire in a building more than seventy-five feet high, yet it is proposed to build some of the projected towering structures to a height of of 135 feet, or sixty feet be- yond the ability of the firemen to ac- complish anything like good work with a stream of water, Asa consequence, if a fire should get under headway in one of these tall buildings there would be no possibility of saving it, while its erumbling ruin would endanger the lower floors and surrounding buildings to such an extent as to render almost impossible good work to be done in try- ing to prevent the spread of the flames.”’ “But they will be practically fire. proof,’ suggested the reporter, “Practically, yes, But practically absolutely fireproof have been seen to crumble under the devouring flames, and become a hours, These buildings will, doubt, be so constructed ; but hardly possible to make one handsomely ornamented Hardly it is of these anything the flames, and even these will crumble under excessive heat The building itself may be practically fire-proof, but the contents such derks, and office furniture generally, of the ded, and in which a fire usally origin- It is recognized as an impossibil- make a building entirely point at which the fire department do effective work in extinguishing a fire. It is not alone the safety of the building-—and its occu- ts—in which a fire may originate, surrounding property is deeply ir f b tile 1~ y question of high i- on has a right { } h i opini 0 ¥ 1 ¥ $ s+} “w rd upon the questi suf a $ to make the iL can jx HIANNETT 48 wsibly Ee Following Mis Chin, There was the rf whart ad ve 11s OmMenHoay when along th A i$ ev § {1 AeViILTrY in WAS Wag a Marseilles and Toulon. SO INTE Soutl for twent 11 risheq er mvial a al exienas oO ai runt tasitit geass polls Cw 1 ers for th thie seng Mediterranean ! centre of gation and the te minal of important railroads. the man ufsctures of Marseilles are various and extensive, The cles pro- duced are soap ia. and otl cal products, bonnets, shoes, perfumery, tobacco, olive oil and lig besides which there are tanneries, ard sugar, salt and sulphur refineries, The harbor is one of the finest in Europe, perfectly secure in all weathers, with anchorage for 1200 vessels in from eighteen twenty-four feet of water. Althe one of tha oldest cities in the world it is said that Marseilles has few ancient buildings, and none of any great aati quity. Its vessels trade with nearly all the principal seaports in the United States. Its population is about souls. Toulon, the port to which at d Dav e the steam ipal art 0 ier chemi- Hors ; LF io ugh § FTE 1 the port from ‘Tonquin, is & place of The town is built on an ac. orth in In the town itself the arse- other marine establishments entrance, nal and nificence, The houses are generally well built, but the space occupied by ded together in narrow streets or on small insignificant squares. Its trade, which has increased considerably since the occupation of Algiers, 1s chiefly in corn, flour, salt provisions, wine, bran. dy, ofl, capers and fruit. Toulon is sent and employed as galley slaves, It is situated on the Mediterranean, thirty miles southeast of Marseilles, Faoupe from mighwaymen, | was once followed for three days over { the Tulare plains and into the Ban Joa- quin Valley by a couple of mounted Mexican highwayme:n, who alternately | chased and intercepted him, forcing him more than once for safety to the chances of speed or stratagem. | One narrow escape by a magnificent run | of the good horse, ‘‘Kaweah,” he had traveled a day unmolested, and was stopping for the night at a settler’s Early Moruoing Drinkers, “He's disie this morning,” staid and well-dressed man who loitered, with an umbrelia in his hand, at the comer of Fifty-eight street and Sixth avenue one morning when the sun sald it must be about six oclock, “Who?” interrogated a reporter, who said a his villminous host, and their sudden departure, he knew as he overheard the whole from his window, that they in- | story of the remarkable slip he gave In the night I rose cautiously, and holding my watch up to the moon, found that twelve o’clock had just pas- | sed; then taking from my pocket a fiv dollar gold-piece, 1 laid fit stand by my bed, and in my feet, with my clothes in my hand ed noiselessly for the corral, ny bulldog, who had shown no disp IBILIon to make friends wi ded from $ Wi me, boun i On 4 ¢ proprietor, t i propriewvor, Lv XIE gems 38 sti i 11d i beautiful | , diam 4 where Lhe most ind pearis nds ourmalines, ITS Are assed The moonston Seem paris ariy acapted for producing a beautiful effect, and are now used together in England in a great variety of ways. For gentle- men’s rings which it is the English fashion to wear three or four at three moonstones are greatly mn favor, not alone for their beauty, but for the juck they are supposed to bring to the wearer. Lapis lazuli is again in favor and is rather hard to set In an artistic manner. In itself it is a beautiful gem, ean well rng FS, of Once, “The bartender,” was the answer, as * gold chronometer and re- was a good deal after marked BX, that it jut the bartender, key in hand, “Good morning,” came the car did, and the reporter with the thirsty man at his He poured out a full shell glass of gin and drank it without say- ing *‘Here’s luck’ or any other of the He laid down a and the bartender took only ten « for his drink, As the itleman bartender, before mn invitation, out : fie vati Arislocraul closed ment. Roman gold is better than any other for a setting of lapis lazuli, and some beautiful bracelets and pendants are shown with this setting this season, It is a pass very extravagant fashion for any except monarchs to wear jewels 1 the bandles of umbrellas and ing but CALIeS, ha —— The infant, A young gentleman, under 21 years of age, ordered of his tailor in London, wt vear a frock coat and vest, three | pairs of trousers, a covert coat, a New. market coat, and a mourning coat and vest. The amount charged was about £100, Although the customer pleaded ‘ 1 Lb ’ & Mwy *Yo8 wey in hin ” 1 { anda nis c« Woul in't think there HO] } but inere is, abst 1} ai uy Lil i De 1 again to-day, and every ring 1 Some friend or chance re I came winter w waldu’t yme, but he --e Chinese Habltations. WAV, feet) I8 comp sad of p in borhood, forme alone picked u Ihe one window is 4 CANS =I WO L sig {Y i of three oil 5 3 + lo and the other laid he roof of this ed righ T rontage of about twe uj ACT e top —whichhasaf five feet and a depth of ty o1 —would make a handsome playground for a as it is perfectly flat and composed of earth, The interior which the reporter doubled himself up to en- ter. is divided into numerous little dens and one spacious saloon, with earthen floor and one oilcan window. The place is shortly to be opened as a res- taurant, provided the police don’t inter- fe which they should do. The idea of utilizing oil-cans for building mate- rial has been “eagerly seized by other Oelestinls, and the consequence 18 na- marous fireproof shanties, The cans, +1 t 11x +} 1 SCNOO, ¢ of Se, another, make a solid wall, and no bal. 1h ® consideration these times Under- ground residences are also popular. A big square hole is dug into the hillside, with sticks, straw, and an ground that the goods were ‘‘necessa- { ries.” A divisional court because the evidence asto what amount Al- trifles as light and air are left out of consideration, the bombproof has a charm for the Chinese inhabitant, | wardrobe had been wrongfully with. | held from the jury. In other words, | necessaries in such cases are, il appears | relative not only to the infant's oir | cumstances, but also to the state of his wardrobe, AB —————— Through danger, safely COmes; through trouble, rest. i i night An enemy may take it into his shaven head to dig a trench and direct the water of the street down the chim- ney. Carbone. mecording to Mr, Shelford Dullord, give far better results when used in tho microphone, because a cur. rout causes delicately adjusted metal contracts to adbere together,
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