lu the Cottage by the River. ‘ iror—— In the cottage by the river, Covered with a clust'ring vine, Where the restless pepens quiver, Aud the climbing roses twine; Lirs a maiden, goon to measure New and untried scenes to come; Leaving every earthly treasure, Passing ro a brighter home, In our earlier scenes of childhood, We had met, this maid and 1; Met, and pledged within the wildwood Love that never was to diel Jat the fates, or was it mortals? Which, I am not certain, quite; Willed that this side heavenly portals We should never more unite. “Did you hear the bell's slow tolling?” Said a neighbor yesterday, “Knew you when they were enrolling, With the denizens of clay? "Twas that lovely little maiden, Whom you knew in years gone by; With the golden tresses laden, Rosy-cheeked, and bright bine eye.” Grieved was I beyond expressing, Disappointed, heart-sick, sore; I had dreamed of yet possessing That fair maiden’s heart once more; Now the grave had closed upon her, Closed upon those matchless charms, Heaven, not 1, at last has won her, Death withholds herfrom my arms, Well, farewell to Mary dearest; Farewell till we meet above; In that home where skies are clearest, Comes no clouds athwart our love. W ait for me where naught can sever, Love like ours, or soon, or late, Unites we shall be torever Safe within the pearly SE e..—.—..e} SER FROM OVER THE SEA. It is a strange story, I shall never ell it while I live—this story of mine; ut, perhaps, after I am gone, some vho live after me will like to read it. [hey might have thought me mad, or selieved me given to falsehood; vhen they see this paper, yellow with ime, and 8: 8 I mean it. I was named Marjorie Fran [ was born at Newport over jears ago. here I lived until jeventeen, a young lady ot that age could have, and I was always taught to rememoer lin, and 1 was - to sit outside here, but perhaps our guest may not.” “‘Certainly, certainly,” responded my father, He stepped forward as he spoke, and pushed open the long windows that opened from the drawing room to the veranda, “Come in,” he said, nephew,’ At that moment my mother called him, She needed the keys of the wine cellar, and his aid in the choice of the wine; and he left us, “Come in, cousin Alfred,” said I, “Cousin Marjene,” he answered, “do not ask me indoors. The evening is too beaatiful. Come with me. Will you not walk with me this once nnder the moon? You are not afraid of me, are you, Marjorie?” I laughed a little, “Why should I fear you?” I asked, “Yon are no stranger. I have always beard of you, I will walk with you gladly.” I walked beside hm, I looked down, He looked at me. We passed from the garden and turned towards the beach, and came at last to the ruins of the old building over which there has been so much talk lately. Then we called it the old mill, “They say it is centuries old,” said L “And so many lives have run their course and ended in the tomb, while those stones still remain,” he said sad- ly, *“*Man dies and these insensate things outlast him, Yet, while he lives “Come indoors, He paused. beautiful white face, you bright young thing, like that, with all before hum, and sud- denly all is gone, and death leads him His glances, his voice, his frightened me. “Cousin Alfred are you ili?” I asked, shat one day I should be plain **miss” tut “my lady,” petrothed to my Enug'ish cousin, whom [ had never seen, and who, as the eld. sst son ais title as well as his estate upou com- ng of age. I had heard thst my cousin handsome and talented, and I had no “You shall go home,” answered my “you sweet, young, living thing, I see fesr in your eve. Yon tremble, (iive me a moment more. It 1s bere—on earth, under the moon with you and love. Apd yon have al itfe before you; give me one moment more,” “My beautiful cousin is certainly de- ranged,” I said to myself, “I ha¥e not yet saluted yon, jorie,” he said, “*May I not kiss you: BO though I had never scen him; and as was to be expected, for he was commg soon, and to stay until we were married in this land of mine, I felt much the sort of hight hearted expectation with whinh 1 had looked forward to my first party. Tbe day of my cousin's visit drew aear apace, We in the next vessel that left for New York. At that time there were no steamships, and the date of the arrival of a vessel was problematical. However, he would come-—I[ doubted that never 8) ITeEs ¥ ! ! his soft, sad voice! I let Lim my flugers in bis own, and he As he did so I felt no touch of human and blood, but through all my frame thrilled strange electric flashes, the beantiful form before me gradaally It did not move from the spot where it stood, but even as I re- garded it I saw it change into a white vapor and slowly melt into the air, I knew no more for hours, Then I wis aware that they had boroe me into the house and restored me to myself, sofa trembling with the memory of beauty; I had laces and buckles, gloves, fans and combs, chains and ribbons, tried all these things on, and surveyed Ont 1a the darkness, beyond the windows, the servauts went to and fro with lanterns, searching vainiy for the man who had come and gone 8o iressed in twenty different 1 longed for my { chiefly that 1 might wear all this finery, Every day 1 examined the letter-bag for the letter which should tell of the styles, cousin with her. Dut the ielayed; the winds had be able; and although she was uothing was yet heard of her, We sat together, my mother, vessel was unfavor- But pow there was heard the clatier of a horse's hoofs, a man slighted at the gate, asked for my father, and was A seafaring man, tall and bronzed, wearing a look that spoke of no good He took the seat offered him, | | i i The air was_clear, the twilight stil lin- gered, though the moon was risen, We spoke of the Osprey. “Many a gallant vessel has been wrecked,” said my father. “Seldom bave summer storms been so eruel, | “Sir, 1 am the second mate of the Osprey, and I come to you with evil tidings, I regret to bring them, but Lave no choice,” “Proceed sir,” said my father, “The Osprey has met with some disaster?” “No, sir,” replied the sailor, *‘the ” that comes to us is safe, “God grant it,” answered mother, “And bring my cousin Alfred safe to and,” said I. *1 am tired of waiting for him.” “The Osprey is safe,” said a voice at my elbow, *‘She is in port.” I turned with a start, We all rose to our feet, A strange young gentleman stood before us. marble from which that statue is car- ved, He smiled. It was a sad smile, He bowed low, and seemed to wait for some one else to speak. “You bring news of the Oaprey. Then you are—-." began my mother, “Let me call myself what you called me = moment igo,” interrupted the gentleman, turning towards me, “Lot me say [ am eousin Alfred.” Afterwards wa all remembered a strange thing. ons greetings were all in words. There was no handshaking, no touch of any kind, He wae the son of my mother's sister; but she did not kiss him, nor did he kiss her, “But how did you come? Where is our baggage?” asked my father in a ittle while. *‘I geither heard wheels por the tramp of a horse, My dear nephew, how did J manage to come upon us so suddenly?” My cousin laughed, It was not a y laugh, “That is my little secret, I will puz. zle you with it for a while,” he said, “At present confess that you do not know whether I dropped from the ay or came floating through the air, I felt too snxious to see my cousin, my be. trothed wife, to wait—to be brought— in the fashion.” He bad made a little panse before he said “to be brought.” He made an- ! i i : her voyage; but when she railed she had on board a passenger, a young no- bieman, who crossed the ocesn, 11 was said, to visit his afianced bride. The name recorded ou our books is Alfred, Lord Hardinge.” My father bowed his head, “My wife's nephew,” he said, *‘and betrothed to my daughter,” “Sir,” continued the sailor, *‘when him of his danger but he would not re- main below.” “A month ago,” replied the second mate of the Osprey. Then he drew from his bosom a min- iature set in diamonds, ‘““This,” he sald, had been placed in our captain's care, It was to be pre. sented to his bride. Lord Alfred's own portrait.” had faded into the air in the moonlight beside the old mill, And I knew it was the spirit of my cousin that had come to me, But we said nothing to the honest sailor, He was well entertained, and went his way again, And we three kept onr secret well As for me, that ghostly kiss left by my dead betrothed upon my fingers was the only one that ever touched them, I Lr IAI Lamber Dealers, Canadian lumber dealers are now glad to buy the black walnut fence rails which farmers split and used as they would any other timber twenty or thirty years ago. The long ex re has seasoned the wood thoroughly, and it is valuable as material for chair legs, spindles and other small articles, Barb Wire Fencing. Darb wire fencing has been in use since 1876, Over 600,000 miles of this Sct Thy MI Soha So am one eighth of the whole amount of farm fencing in the United States, The Cashier's Son, Some years ago 1 lived at Liverpool, and conducted in person the chief busi- ness of the firm. 1 was looking over the morning packet of letters and sorting them in little heaps for more minute attention by and by, laying those in one place which might be answered by the head elerk without advice from me, placing others by themselves which would require my own attention. Asl was shuflling my letters in packs I came upon one that set me musing. It was from a personal friend of many years standing, one who had done me many a good turn, and to please whom [ would gladly have strained every nerve. It was from Johnson of Ciutterbuck— Johnson & Co., the eminent London bankers—and marked ‘‘Private,” I read it through twice carefully, and stood staring into space out of the win- dow, for its contents made me sad, “A trouble has fallen on us,” my effect; and we rely on to help us out of it, you some seven thousand pounds. bad enough, but by no means the worst, [ The money could be replaced, an expla- of it. Unfortunately, we have discov- ered that the thief is no other than the son of our highly esteemed cashier, a wan who is probity itself, who looks on the firm as the most important institu- tion in the world, who has grown up on hopes to die in harness. If the ne'er-to- of this excellent | were to stand in the dock, his unhappy | parent would never lift up his head, again, Weare bound to do what we can to save onr aged and trusted ser. | vant even to the compounding of a fel ony; and so I ask you, for *forauld lang syne,’ not to refuse my request, “It is this: We have disc the scapegrace has started for Liverpool | with a iarge portmanteau, on Lis wa) | to New York probably. It isalso proba i ble that he may try, before st t, Lo get rid of the securities, They bear the stamp of house. Therel most likely that he will bring ou, ng to be sent by u tuat our firms are closely m in basiness, and that weeconstant transact together, ‘This t do-well son 1 Wered arti our re, itis them 1 now xed up iy have mere ” We TTBS ie ® Mis ijecture, but it is our la d not you know, expect pondents in America to act as ploring you to do. If the presents himself, seiza the sto and keep it ull I eo Lecture tha oo ily iad w York him a couple of hundred |» with to begin the world erty AZALnD, pay fi1s passage to Ne 1 » 1, 1 ¢ A v POT I# 8 SKS We 0 NOL Gest 8 into fresh Ler gol 3 his son pennile mys and ng to Paris fi Hall auXious:yv exix Do not write i 3 To £ Wich muss { 3 i Al i 3 t Fit HEE, ICE a8 may De. an in my absence letter might fall, id, retrieved the past, and has risdaysas arespe wr of This wi ucky 1 be 80 he 1 ended | Ly id jec- ap fo OT Tem Hii severely: would give him 3 i ticket, and wluie was brougnd rap at the door, * A vourg gentleman of the name of Boyle.” my messenger announced “waits without, and wishes to speak with you.” My heart leaped up with gladness, as I answered briskly, “Show him in at once, and see that we are not interrupted,” A nice-looking young fellow was this same Mr. Doyle, tall with a bright frank face, , x] his conduct. He was not al That was evident Johnson was right in giving him anoth- er chance, The young man explained in a constrained, nervous manner that he was about {6 travel; that it would" be a convenience if 1°d help him to realize that he did not un. business, and was going awkwardly to work, but as i ship was to sail that very day there was | po time for sending to London, I heard him out, and looked him in | the face. He lowered his eyes, and looked more and more confused. i Sternly I held out Johnson's letter, which was still batween his flugers, and bade himread it, As he did so his | breast heaved, and after awhile } out bottom, ne ba | ried his face in the tablecloth and burst into tears, | of his guilt. I waited silently to allow bis better nature to assume the mastery, and when he grew calmer spoke, It 1s not necessary to recapitulate all I sad to hm. Suflice that [ pointed out sol- emnly the heinousness of his crime, lus ingratitude, his wickedness, and fur- ther stated that [ was prepared to act as directed in the letter. He clung to my hand and kissed it, The securities were sealed in a big envelope, which he drew from an inner pocket, He would thankfully accept the munificent offer of my friend, be murmured in broken accents; would go and begin life again ip the New World, and perhaps some day might venture to return, a wiser and better man, Have not convicts in Van Dieman’s Land acted as admirable senators? I had judged rightly concerning the youth, 1 was glad of that, He had been very foolish, nay, ertmnal; but his heart was in the right place, 1 took the securities and locked them in my safe to lie there till such time as Johnson should send me further in. structions, I doled out the two hun. dred pounds in notes of ten pounds each, then, putting on my hat and call ed at the shipping office, and asad a first-class ticket, Mr. Boyle seemed #0 utterly wretched, to feel his position 80 acutely, that my heart was touched with pity. I took him to & restaurant and gave him a good dinner, and even ordered a bottle of Shusipague, in order with jollity cast in & minor key, we might drink to his speedy reforma- But I could not raise his spirits, As he said most feelingly, I had placed his that he saw what he had done in all its naked deformity. The joyous and buoy- ant youth was transformed, in a twink- ling, into a contrite and repentant man, We parted in the evening on board the ship; aad, as I stood on the landing stage, watching the black phantom as it vanished in the gloasming, I declare my eyes were dimmed by tears, and yet [ am supposed to be as hard as a wooden figure-head. At the end of the prescribed fortnight 1 wrote with glee to Johnson, keys of his skeleton cupboard in us few hands as possible. I wrote to him and told him all. disgorging of the securities; of his de- parture with my fervent blessing, By return of post I received this reply-~1I remember it every word; it 18 branded on my mind's retina for life: he never had a son. missing. Boyleis as jollyas a sandboy, Perhaps you've been done?” I had, The securities were worthless, and Johnson's letter was a forgery. 1 had paid the man’s passage to New | York. | pocket money; I had thrown into | bargain a good dinner, a bottle of cham- i { ! The man bad taken all, and laugl { me. 1 was the victim of { nous decelver. Language of the ed Indians, One singular f the Infinite diver. sity of language. Not only every tribe, but everv band, of which there sometimes [ity in a single tribe, has own di srfectly unintel- He Loa i ong to that act is are its Hiect or jargon, | 1 who do not i, In all wined to learn a fes enemy’s language. ( linyve i ties 3 LE | «1 — ] NLITALTer and Arrapahioes for three- & century have irends, camping and hunting toget! Ling war upon the same enemies i he same time, he childrer and play together in tl Y et not one in ten of hold the mosc ordinar ¥ § $s 4 iit Alig the oll quarters ol been rm er : COnmon camp. tribe can ation in age of lan- Mmve anguage (res & 10 speak the Indians o constructed a wonde by which they ho LUTes, Bigs am mors rd #4 ¥ a, Wpment 18 LLS Sign language, con- 8 gestures and move variat in which ! ng, that 18s f counties inoe Ind iia DOoTrse. back, eacli unable to understand a spo- bold will ken word of the other, and while lng the reins with the left hand ¢ a i % £1 conversa {or $ DEV & An Ancient Roman Tomb A discovery of hugh interest from his- torical, architectural, arcbmlogioal snd other points of view has just beeu made in very curious circumstances, With the difference of a couple of feet in the tracing of a line on an engineer's plan, extenaing over an area measuring fwo miles in length, it would have been lost, perhaps, forever. A magnifiognt main sewer (not unworthy of being compared with tbe Closca Maxima), into which the Bow from all the draius and sewers of the aity will be turned, and carried for discharge into the Tiber, at a spot beyond the Basilica of Bt Paul's, out side the walls, 18 now in rapid progress of construction. The wide, deep trench for the continuation of this Las just been cut along that area. A few days ago the workmen, while | dressing the left perpendicular side of the cutting, which passes near the re- | mains of the Emporium, laid bare the front of an ancient tomb, facing exactly {on the line, It is perfect in every re. spect, exceptiog the cornice, which is wanting. It stands at a depth of some | twenty feet below the modern level, | embedded in the solid mass of sconmu- | lation, which rises above the upper part | like part of a fine architectural panel, HORSE NOTES, ——————— There is some talk of a mateh race between Clingstone and Majolica, _ Racing will commence at Guttenburg, N, J., on Bt. Patrick’s day, March 17. —A, Smith McCann has decided not to sell the stallion Red Wilkes at present, All bands should get together and suggest plans for a good, wide avenue to Belmont Course, —August Belmont, 1t is said, will endeavor to get possession of the best of I. Lorillard’s racing stable, Henry Pate, the former lessee of Belmont Park and brother of Robert Pate, has returned to St. Louis, —M. J. Daly, the owner of many ~The new club house which course of construction Carter the b. m, Bric-a-Brac, foaled In by Imp. Donnie tland, dam Martica, SCO has 167 McGowan lemagne 1s, Jim 160 pound —~The top weight, jiext is 4 several tracks during their FASHION NOTES. ~Mikado sateen is in all Japanesque designs, ~—Dark chintzes have pansy, ross and honeysuckle designs, —Sateens have foulard stripes, prisms and BpoOLs, ~—Rich oriental embroidery is used for vests for silk dresses, ~Orepe mosaic with small figure 1s used for evening dresses, —Perslan embroidery is cut out and “, i8 “applied” on woolen costumes, ~Sealskin bonnets trimmed flowers look kind of incongruous, ~Chintz renaissance has lace de gigus resembling Turkish embroidery, ~ Fringes in all colors are formed of twisted strands of very narrow fringe, colors with patterns, with — Large checks for skirts and boys’ kilts have solid colored bodices and waists, Zephyrs with dainty broken checks and small plaids are designed for chil { dren’s wear, dots and of are have centre, —~Mohair trimmings tinsel through | edged with tinsel. we Ze 131 1 ave th {| ning through them, the 8 witl 1 “end and end’’ white reads of all colors run- — French percales are shown in beau- - 3 They are ? + fi and set ng- f music to make the gatbering wore ~ft i has purchased Harr Creorge Wilkes, fron er (MH), reported that eh y i ra Frank Var Wil es (2.15) W, C. France for 0 (reneral —J, 8, Campbell has sold t Harding, of Belle Meade, the bay nares 3H, She w Vill T% rica—--{ox quirer or Creat Tom, There were two throw je for the ch, m. Hen: iol eile w5e’s recently, Jones ane I Ci the lucky men, mare for sale at —W. 11. Snyder, the trainer and dri- ver, has purchased of J, BE. Ridley the roan gelding Howard Jay, record 2.21 by Wood's Hambleton dam by Seneca Chief, for $7300 1 L168 sold 4 All, iV years, STOCK gale. at Paris, F | trench, It is of rectang:lar construc. | tion, measuring aa it = about pine feet being formed of four conrses of tuia blocks, standing on a projecting base, with finely wronght mouldings. In the middle of the face is a single block of $insartine, {ous tires feet in length by two and a gh, bearing ao inserip- tion, and on each side of it five lictor's Jasces, wrought in bas-relief on the tufa blocks, permet tugmeti ti psa Almont Messenger, a 3-year-old bay colt, by Messenger Chief, was sold recently at public sale in Kentucky for $1650, «We are informed upon authority we cannot doubt that there is an English contingent now on their way to this countay to buy at Mr. P. Lorillard’s great sale on the 27th. It is well known that the English, al though they are not willing to admit ft, are : impressed rey a a 4 . ’ —The aggregate realize Mi 8 COmoinatio ~The stakes offered by the different jockey clubs, which closed January 1 and 15, filled weil. In nearly every case the num- bers gained in previous Coney Island heads the List with a grand of 1516 entries: St. louis has = t : Washington Park, 877 entries; remarkably they exceed VEeAars, 0 LAS enine Latonia, 836, and Louisville, 441. ~ Ed Corrigan wilt send the following land, Modesty, Pearl Jennings, Swine Irish Pat, St. Patrick, Hattie Carli Mary Payne, Sister Monica, Jennie F. and Rose. In an interview, published in a St. Louis paper, Mr. Corrigan states that his sta. bles will not be divided during the sea son, ~The Pacific Coast Diood-Horse As- sociation has adopted the following resolation: “That no person engaged in pool-selling under Peace. any horse running, at any meeting of this association at which such person in excellent condition. ven her since December 23d, She could As soon as she can be driven without them I shall jog her myself until the track gets into condition to speed her. Then 1 shall put her into the hands of John Murphy. As yet I have not de. summer. I will not until she gets into condition.” Col, R. G. Stoner’s sale of fine trot- ting stock came off recently at Paris, Ky., and was qujle a success, fifty-one head passing under the hawmer, The half-brother to Maud 5., Mambrino Russell, and the five-year-old stallion, Dadford, were not: sold, being with. drawn on bids of $4000 each, The fol- fowing sold for $5600 and over: Strath. more, sire of Santa Claus, 2.174; Tucker, 2.104, ete.; b, 8, foaled 1860, w Rysdyke’s Hambletonian; dam Lady altermere, by North Ameriean. FH. C. Rockhill, Fort Wayne, Ind., $2,150, Mollie Russell, b. f., foaled 1853, by Mambrino Russell; dam Molly Shaw- by Alexander's Abdallah, .H. C. hill, Fort Wayne, Ind., $570, St (2.204), b. g., foaled 1880, by rim tn eet, ’ ‘sy + m., foaled 1880, by 3 dam stripes ol Liue coral. of dresses, ; of plain Open Work This is used the bodices a ps8 orduroy and ribbed have lately been much ad must be exerce . “ “wr I'bey should not be dmired. Great fants i om ASA Be maxing { rimmed as oth, For have {olds PCIOLAISE ' 1 Lies Wiint 4 } | grace “1 rorgest ts HEResLIve v ¥ “ rr pyramids, spain —The { pt made of y draped, of knif piailed Lage, {rows of lace a | colored ribbon 1 Isort has a 3 through which a « { It is edged with a f rill o ornamented with a bow and ribbon. ace, and ends of 14% —A bonnet with soft ca plum gray velvet, studd beads, The brim is plain velvet puffed. It is trimmed with loops of velvet, surmounted by a herons aigrette and bas a bridle and bow of bias velvet, | An ivy-green velvel bonnet has a full erown., It is simply trimmed with a bow of salmon-colored velvet ribbon. The strings are of pearl-edged (faille i francaise ribbon of the same color as the bonnet. A bonnet of sapphire blue | velvel has a plain crown almost hidden | by rosary beads of the same shade, he brim is edged with beads and the rimming consists of sprays of sapphire due metallic cal I'he strings are of satin ritbon. —A tea chaudron Thibet { cloth, embroidered with ecru flowers, | has a narrow knife-plaiting around the | edge of the skirt. The train isof plain Thibet. From the throat to the edge of the skirt are wide bands of the em- | broidered cloth, and the loose fronts are lined with pink satin, The petti- | coat is of pink satin covered with velvet with tiny hair lines of brown, gold, black and chaudron. At the bottom the crenellated velvet shows the pink satin beneath. The full plastron is of the velvet and the sleeves have cuffs filled in with ecru lace, A high collar of the embroidery, with a full frill of lace, completes the gown. India silks of smooth fine surface are again imported in lengths of seven yards, Two of these lengths are re quired for a dress, and dealers advise the purchase of a plain and figured silk of matching colors, but a better plan is to buy the entire dress alike, as it is not easy in the present way of pecrown is of ed with lead Of i i S. gown of
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