HEARTS OF OL fe hearts of old, ye hearts of gold, Companions in the morning sun, To-night 1 pledge you as of old, And pay the homage you have won. Behind the northern clouds 1 see Illuminations of the night; 80 through dark years shine back to me Your happy presenc light, os of ‘Who has the power to cheer the soul | thelr successtul tight from Babel, He called London Babel.” “What did he name har?” “She was a he. He named the boy left Babel behind hm." Julia shuddered. ‘Poor little thing! When boyhood ran from goal to goal, And the flelds with laughter rung. It was youth's ignorance of life That made the days so smoothly glide; And now, slash and strife, You, hearts of old, are deified! amid the ¢ Ye merry, merry hearts of old, True mates within the dawning light, Pesire and fancy overbold Qa Bring you again with me to-night. The echoes of the hillside sound Your voices to your vales again; There's cheering on the old play ground, And skirmishin ain. g by hay and gr TRL I NR, NAMING THE BABY, Brannpan, i from Dr. Withers, He willl christen to morrow al Alice will have her twins there Frechette will have W there, Decker will have her baby. Y ou be there, and I, with dear little and Dr. Withers will say to you, this child,’ you say?" “Lreorge the baby Puss; Name and what in the world will Geors the house, and met his wife equipped for a drive, She drew her and walked with him to This serious matter mus time. What should the baby be would seem easy enough at the father should name the boy-babies the mother the girl-babie This was the welcome which Brannan received as he came into on gloves, the wagon ttled this out t be S86 named? It ysay th and if only that woman had t book I should name “George, you But the won and we would be dreadful togoabou named Gwendolen,” “Yes, she may not lot named Gwendolen,” said poor Georg: crest-fallen. “Right you are, wife, who was too ready to pick barmless slang. “That rules out a whole class of names--Rose and Blanche, for she may not be either rosy or white; Pearl and Ruby will not do, and even Grace and Hope and Relief, and all names of attributes are bad, ] Cannot yk as if she was Ged ”n 4 rge,’! sald hi will be graceful, of course, but one does not want to say so.” “And if you call her Poll will think of Polyglot,” George. “How many Christian names did you say there are?” **1 don’t know; there are Scripture names there were three thousand more ~-not Scripture?” ‘Profane?’ “I donot Bi George not Saint George.’ “Yes, tor. Ge call her Georgir Eq nly then she lA She ad, But wousand I wish I than threes Should not y more youth nk . od Ee, say profane, ir t rofane—-Lh asked ( ke to N¢ Was a YW, is ere thoy with our George, ai we 2 Will not ¢ ‘Hepzi the hundredth time, “Grandma herself child rmmamed for her,” firmly. *‘I ask “It shoulda be Hephzibah,” said George. “Perhaps grandmamma would like that better. It means ‘my delight is in ber,’ and that is just you want to say." “That is true, that is true. But you see nobody understands that; and they would be sure to shorten it to Hepsy.” “Hepsy is very pretty. her Hepsy myself, dered Hepsy Sul— “My poor George! She would not be called Hepsy only--she would be writ- ten Hepsie, with fe. “Better she should be seized by cor- sairs at Long Branch! Whatever else happens, it shall be impossible to have an feat the end of her name.” It is almost impossible for us to con. tinue the conversation in its heartrend. fug details. So wrétched is the fate of a child handicapped with the wrong name that these parents were wise to struggle with the question, even in ag- ony. They returned from their drive with the question wholly undecided. They renewed the discussion "at tea, with the help of Nahum and Gerald Evelyn and Berenice, “Two Seripture names,’ sald George sadly, as he greo- ted them; “and too—well not profans, but—but chivalrous.” bah?’ f does not want the replied his wife what Yn meaning.’ “1 do not think anybody knows the meaning of Gerald,” said his cousin, “Oh, yes! Gerald it must be Saxon “mm who holds the ger-hawk,’” “olds the fiddlestick!”’ said Gerald, jaughing. **Begm at choose the name from the sound ‘and the association, not the meaning. Did he “Not much, I think, I believe he is But we cannot She 18 a girl, Maber-shalal hash- Cieorge you should not say any such dreadful things, If you do I will go to ohurch early; take Gerald for godfather, You shall come too late.” and a * Let me begin then,” he said peni- “Alice?” The comments were various, but cintes 1t w A per- too many just now, One ith Alice Green or Alice name, Jones, **And why should *True enough, ys 93} we! But why not? Well, Clara, then?” “Well, Ith ttle grand tie “Dinrotl “No. ought of Ul line? Mr, Longfellow inven- He told me ‘Ther iil be but geline.”’ “*Fausta?” “Too grand. “434 8 never w OLE rt of NS toman,*’ riruade?” The least Uaimply perfect. Mollie, iam?" ‘Perfect, but for “Well, then, Mu “Miriam Is simply perfect “Nathalie? N 1" “Yes, Nathalie “Olive?” “Perfect. Olive E-" “1 will people, “Pauli “Yes and Paul and so good.” “Hush! You “Rachel?"’ 1 ow thal is a legitimate ie is perfection, And do you remember not have ¥ 1 This child ney names judged 18 white paper, ’ by ne-—is 80 handsome are trespassing.’ “Pearfect again." “Susan?” “Adn * ‘Thyrza?" “No; it is “Well, Will ber that pre ’ " name. “Ydolem?" ' “You a name, 1s only the word trite TY i * sald the r1 s will not let mortified me have or LZ? way, and never You Xautippe, either with an X a each liked it.” ‘‘Deware lest that line. ”’ rald had been keeping the tally, “Here are ten perfect names” said, without any exception: Clara, | (rertrude, Imogen, Katharine, Minam, Nathalie, Olive, Pauline, Rachel, Wil- To which I should like to and Julia,” he said, bowing to the hostess, “And you have left out Berenice,” sald Nahum, bowing also, “No,” sald Berenice Hobbs, who was the lady thus referred to: '‘the name is a good name in itself, tut the girls will call you Berry. Let me, i I am to srggest, substitute Beatrice,’ “Then there are Ruth and Luc and Emily and Ellen.” “I knew a girl who spelled it Emi- le”? L try an experiment in he retia, a right 0.” These sixteen names were then writ. ten on different lines by Gerald, who then cut the paper into sixteen strips. With the stripes they went into the drawing room. ‘With nolight but that the table. Julia, with a certain terror, | sized one and ran back with it to the “Wilhelmina.” A pause, “Whatever else the child is named,’ “1 am so glad you say 80," said Ju- lia, *'1 seemed not to care till that lot was drawn.’ “It is not as if there were no other Did you mot say there were ily names? Now, we might name her from your grandfather or mine, Leices- ter, or Nobls, or"? “George, be still, It is bad enough to choose from seven thousand. seven million I will not choose. the other slips of paper from the break- fast-room? They lie Liy my plate.” Gerald brought them, more than half in the fire, She gave one to each of the others, and reserved one, slip left, which she rolled into a little ball and threw into a scrap-jar. Jerenice read her slip: “Gertrude,” A dead pause, The pause became painful, smiled sarcastically. Gerald paused, Creorge looked at the chandelier, The pause became intolerable. shall not be named Ge always feel as if 1 castle of Otranto, 4 held a dagger at 3 Nahum “She shall in the Radcliffe rirude, 1 were sitting and Mrs. side.” 8ay 80, ny “1 am so glad you Yaad Bere nice, They all had tl “Nahum, s You mig! iI rememb hum nodde aper: “lmogen.’ “Never! ine Labi s read the | “A chil and of a cart in fifteen, acting fore she i8 Nahun much "] prett ©1 hoped i for Ruth on tl Evel ‘Rache like Leah, T ’ yn read her are red counters, who vole for Rach to this vase as 4 vore against So all : | Lweon, abies wilh ns be Meanw Aper, And Julia l os od and read : “Natha He, go to live in Normandie, “Then, after all,” said Jeorge, jot is in my hands.’ triumph: Juba” “1 said so-I said so from the begin- ning. It was only under fire that I fell back on Hepzibah, *my dehght is in her.’ And he kissed his wife In vic- George, | am perfectly ashamed of you! Gerald, Nahum, Evelyn-—all of Old Julia Julia—I think so, indeed!” “Then the child will have no name" | said George ruefully after another long | pause. ‘Well, there is no need | name. She has had no name for six | weeks, Girls had no names in Rome, | They were only numbered. It was Ju. | lia prima, Julia secunda—that was the | way my grandmother was named Octa. via. Puss will have to look out for nnmber one, that is all.” This suggestion, which sent the poor child out into the world, like adeficient turer would not put any name, natural. ly depressed the little company. | Nabhum,who was always sympathetic, | felt tenderly for his cousin Julia, Af | ter they had sat a minute in silence he sald, hardly above his breath: “There is one chance more,’ “1 do not see that,” said George, “Nor 1," sald Julia, “Yen, said Nahum and Evelyn at once, They haa the same thought, and she pointed at the Japanese vase into which Julia had thrown a little, de- spised and ignoble wad of crumpled pa- per. “True,” said Julia, “our safety there,” She How to the vase, set it on the floor. she up- Old spools, stems of upon the From the rest sepa. rated itself the Little spheres of crump led paper. She carried it to the chandelier. She unrolled it trembling. She held it to the light. *Oiive,”! she cried. “Olive!” “Olive!” echoed applause, “Olive it shall be!” carpet. **Olive!” The air And then and tht.” they saw Ellen Terry in “Twelfth-N As they rode morning with to the church the Mrs, the { and the baby done up in cotton Julia said to George: “Do not forget the last moment, daring. next SNHow, nurse wool, ia it it would be she were Hepzi bali!” _-- Horned Yoads, A man living OI Was and in vsilariy LR 1 fs ¥} 3 ( CUIAny I'eg ted from the fact hat he has always been ki HOW1 iperate, hard w Wednesd ileady, len TRING mar Ng Very we AY, or Ay A33 bet ween the he bots themselves and wall thay 14408] Then Ig OVEr one and es y through } maine mi sighborhood of 1 nk as drunk £ i Li a PDealh of a Great Indian Prince, Empire, ha head of admitte fig the 1" iniversally and purest { #, the origin iat » wh Among antiquity, an dy- nasty that has held its for eight and Ix alone of Rajpoot families refused to give its daughters in marriage to the Mogul Emperors, The Prince ceoded about ten vears ago. He described as a young man of great promise, One of the most notable events in his short life was that he succeeded in puilting an end to the historical fend between the two great Rajpoot houses-— Udaipur and Jodhpore, The news of his death appears to have sreunnt tapr r present territory centuries, masts that it deceased BUIC- is out Rajpootana, Ns] Not by the Poor only. Hard times are complained of in f OF THE N I WS WEEK. Slizabeth Bony. 96 years of age, on the 10th barred the doors and windows of her house, pear, Falmouih, Ken. set fire to the build] ished in the flames, A mysterious looking package was in Dover, New Hampshire, near the NO, 9s £7 was taken to with a fuse attached, The thrown into the river. A telegram fiom the City of ico says: “There being fears that the Mormons in Utah are negotiating for the purchase of land in the State sonora, in order to transfer their entire there, the Federal Government ked for information on ject from the of M« Hh on agents Public opinion inst receiving such bx 811 b- it dy has a the DONOTE, are (rOovernon sdd that alread A § { in Mexico. str MIgEy ect, and re wii aken 1o | L revel " CTEW W i Save provisions, ckade ng at er through- $ x 1 wi 4 it west Ioderalea ilroads The weatl center Pennsyivenia Legislature BENATE, } 4 $s the Senate, onthe 130 present, and } was hie session d riv-one mem Mr. Mac- I prohibit of places for was passed finally — yeas, 31; ne, Mr. MeNeill, from the Committee, reported, ammendments, the McCracken ressional apportionment of last A bill was presented supple- of 1881, relating to to and mandamus, LoTs $3 ng uae the smoking of AYE, ne the Insurance Commission in of 1881 i Referred fo the Af- ter some other business the Senate In the Senate on the evening of the Mr. Boggs introduced a bill to the operation of telegraph poor only, The large middle class, who are respectable members of sceiety, | who pay their way, and some of whom | belong to what are conventionally called the upper circles, are suffering too. Yet | say® the London Figaro, they eat cold meat for dinner three times a week, | consider poultry a luxury, and check | the baker's bill with scrupulous care. i | to retain the gloss of early days, and, different reasons, they only order a fire | | to be lighted in the drawing-room when | visitors are expected. ———— — It is certain that either wise bearing take disease one of another; therefore | let them take heed of their company, Trath- the open, bold, honest truth «ig always the winent; for anyone in any an monwealth, in accordance with section xii of the Constitution. [It prohibits a greater rate for transmission within the State than the minimum rate or boundar- tes of the State, and also prohibits any | discount, rebate or drawback. Referred to the Judiciary General. On motion {of Mr, Mc Neill. the Congressional Ap- { pointment bill was recommitted to Committee Lo accommodate parties de- siring a bearing upon it, Eight bills were read for the first fume, and the HOUSE, In the House on the 13th, numerous | Bills ag reported from Comnmitiees, and Mr. Farber, of Lackawanta, offer | ed a resolution for a committee to draft and report appropriate resolutions on the death of Nicholas Northrup, the member from Lackawanna county, 13th, directing the desk of the diecased to be draped in morning for thirty days, and that a committee of nine attend ie funeral, The resolution was adopted filliams, Gilroy, Ti Besiegure, Durkin, Hughes and as Committee, On of Mr. Sweeney, of Luzerne, the House ad- journed out of respect to the wemwmory of the diecased, hie House of Erie, introduced a | the Governor, State ” eneral, one Heng ves, and th soldiers (Lhe the rie. Lee motion the 15th, M 1 prov Feasured 12 y ' Fey ii TOW, ( ¥ 5 i ( £ ommander Army a comul ablish a home for 4 x and sailors. 65, 000 15 asked, | bill to prevent the acquisition of if way by lands be- 0 un collegog Departmer of the iC}, be appointed and est BELO . x } ish led {At ‘The rights « longing USETrs across iversities and HErat rawford, —-—— 'Y~- “EIGHTH { 8 BA BESS GUN ORD Im «¢ bills wer tates ar Ne Ww York, Committ A fl I deba ye as, i 5 NECOSRATY tw affirmative. A passed regulati racts, vole ported n go gn eS 5 The rules Was passed $200,000 for the erection in W ashingto n for the library of the Medieal Departnent of the army. cont pended ropriating Ary A bill was reported creating the office of Assistant Chief Signal Officer. It was referred to the Committee of the Whole and the House adjourned. In the House, on the 17th, lish, of Indians, from the Committe having the matier in « harge, reported back adversely the bill for the appoint. ment of a commission on the aleoholic dguor trafic, The joint resolution giv- ing notice to Germany of the intention of the United States to terminate the treaty of 1868 was reported from Lhe Committee on Foreign Affairs and placed on the calendar, A resolution was reported from the Commitee on Pablic Health, recommending an ap. propriation of $500,000 to be expended in preventing the introdoction into the United States of the Asiatic cholera. The Legislative Appropriation Gill was passed, and the House took a recess, In the House, on the 18th, the River and Harbor biil was considered in Com- mittee of the Whole, Mr. Elliott, of Pennsylvania, from the Commitiee on Elections, submitted a report on the Missouri coutesled election case of Mclean va Broadhead, accompanied by a resolution confirming the right of the sitting member, Mr. Broadhead, to the seat, It was laid over, The Morn ing hour having been dispensed with, Mr. Hutchins, of New York, moved to £0 into Committee of the Whole on the Naval Appropriation bill, The motion was lost~yeas 102, nays 180-—and the River and Harbor Will was resumed. Pending consideration of the bill the House adjourned. Mr. Bog
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