Hymn to the Mountain. Within the hollow of thy band— This wooded dell half up the height, Where streams take breath mid-way in flight— Here Jet me stand. Here warbles not a lowland bird, Here are no babbling tongues of men; Thy rivers rustling through the glen, Alone are heard. Above no pinion cleaves its way, Save when the eagle's wing, as now, With sweep imperial shades thy brow, Beetling and gray. The happy vapors, where they lie, Look upward to thy blues intense, And in the glory scattered thence, Worship and die, Thive is serenity complete; Tem pests and thunders jar below, And rain-drops curve their radiant bow Even at thy feet. Wiint thoughts ar» thine, majestic peak? And moods that were not born to chime With poets’ ineffectual rhyme, Aud numbers weak? The green earth spreads thy gaze before, And the unfailing skies are brought Within the level ol thy thought, There is no wore, The stars salute thy ragged crown With syllables of twinkling fire, | Like ctioral burst irom distant choir Their psalm rolls down, And i, within this temple niche, | Like status set where prophets talk, | Catch strains they murmer as they walk, | Aud I am rich. | MYSTERY OF HOLLY HOUSE. THE In the romantic and pi turesque re- vion of the White Mountains stands a large, fine hotel, which was the popular resort for miles around for tour- ists and boarders, whom beauty and healtl the place brought to that vicinity. Holly House was known far and near as furnishing the most ua greatest amou of any hotel in or about the Holly House stands deserted gloomy and famong around it ¢l Once summed uid thiuiness ol best accommodations, the t of pleasure excursions, place, Yet to-day emptied and forbidding — jO) hotels; for ers the horrors of a mys- | i Can he courteous attention and ot i yous sister not be forgot- In vy House usual follows: i was number of Among Hunter, and more wealthy and fashionable guests, James 2 eairice Trix. as she was called by intimate friends, was al wenty-t . rather I » and attractive in manner. heo, on the contrary, was a ys beauties Of one cannot tire beauty made of rip- 3 that came changing ging and spring- hree or four whom pling smiles, and went face, and the ing ste Y es, Theo was a come, creatur p of unconscious, hagpy girlhood. glad, always wel- , a universal favorite, the er for her ever ready and 0 i i the old for the voung lovin taal genial or Spirits, sweet t and ki arked her intercourn And vet on th 1.1 full tha reibile tragedy of EINE AAR LINC REL E2AIS tfageay UL Sr is sweet and oe tr toonith NEL neileentt rT 11 rirl hot IV MEAL Uy en given & » both present: fond of dan ball room bv ensconced in a corner voung Harry Ga: warned the nd advised her i elder-sisterly manner, to re- | dner, lateness of the hour, a in a kind, tire. Theo promised to obey in five minutes so Trix left her and retired to her own | FOOL, The five minutes had lengthened into a half hour when Theo came up stairs | humming gayly. “Good-night, Trix!” she cried, rap- ping lightly on her sister’s door as she | passed. “Good-night, Theo!” sponse; then Theo passed down the hall to her own room, and Trix heard the door shut and fastened behind her, In the morning Trix was late at breakfast; but late as it was Theo was still later, and not having yet appeared | below stairs, Ten o'clock came and | passed, and the half hour had rung from the parlor clock, when Trix, grow- | ing uneasy, rapped at the door of her | gister’s room. No response greeted her | summons. Growing thoroughly alarm- | ed, she called for aid and demanded that | the door be forced. It was done, and the sight which met | their eves was horrible to witness, i Theo was sitting before the dressing-bu- i vreau. her hair hanging about her shoul- ders, quite dead. The expression of her | face was one of unspeakable horror; the | eves were starting from their sockets, | and about the fair, white neck were the | marks of eight fingers showing how poor | Theo had met her death, Her dress had | been removed-—evidently before any- | thing had occurred to disturb her as it | was carefully turned wrong side out and | laid across a chair, beneath which stood | the little white shoes. Upon one foot | was found a black slipper from which | the buckle and bow were missing; the | other slipper could not be found. No | sign of a struggle could be seen. The murderer had probably stolen upon his vietum as she sat before the mirror brushing her hair, and the deathgrip was upon her throat when she first saw | his face in the glass, Nothing of value was missing as far as could be determined, though at the other end of the room were several arti- cles taken from a drawer in a table, a féather torn to shreds, some lace, a pair of gloves, and also the missing bow of the slipper, with its buckle broken in half, and the hair-brush which the dead girl would seem to have been using. The door-the only door in the room-—- was found as before stated, securely locked, and both windows were closed, though not fastened. A noted doctor examined the body i was the re- and decided that the unfortunate girl must have met her terrible fate within an hour after going to her room-—that is, about two o’clock, Then skilled detcetives were sent for, who thoroughly examined the room, but were unable to find the slightest clue to the mystery. No theory as to the way the murderer left the room could be given. No human being could scale a smooth perpendicular of forty feet with nothing to give a foothold, and nothing save a flag-pole ten feet distant was there to afford the slightest help. Trix, being sworn, testified to has already been stated, Harry Gardner swore that he had sat what could not tell exactly how late—thouzht about one o’clock, it might have been later, Theo had re- fused to remain longer; had bidden him good-night, and ran up stairs humming as she went. till a late hour went down the left toward his own room, while Theo ran up the hall to the right and up another flight of states, to her in his life. Mr. Rowland was sworn, of the nineteenth. Saw Miss Hunter could not hear i judge it was but } i1 1011 heard them laugh, their conversation; 8 it iv looked at my watch; Was near enough to the voung lady as she up stairs; up stairs; after one, touch RAW started to heard or 1s 1 gO up a landing, ond flight singin first hall, run up the sec- 3 vey (OY y ro dow then heard her rr. and n the In vain did cleve discover some cl some motive whi i detection of the guilt weeks passed and Poor Theo grave, and Trix a Oowiul Lh none Was more opened - h el | la tragedy Ww Were opened, 1 « ent wked and grie tt + all eh x aller adi she was he sl where ame “Yes; all but Banjo; “But how do Gardner. “Well, I raise my o ters.’ was the reply; and I village once in a need,’ “And vour son; with you?" “Oh, with a grin. J goes about twice a year, so 1 lock up when I go. He's a But I'll git You while for does ie only Banio little peculiar, vou something yes,’ With the best intentions recluse set about providing of his guest, baking a hoe cake with con and potatoes with cleverness, After his guest had done ample justice to the humble but welcome fair, the old man seated himself upon a rude gan to talk: 1s¢¢1 to be a circus performer,” he neatness and “yx said, on me arter the old woman died; things not seem cheerful like, So Banjo and me concluded to slide, 1 have no friends ‘cept Banjo, and so we wasn’t missed much, show you my boy.” small outer room, and presented Harry, to his great astonishment, to a gigantic ape chained in the corner, “Ie was a mighty clever performer! Could jump farther than any ape I ever seed! tricks, and always found him straight and square mister, of folks; but I've dropped ‘em all; I don't even read a paper any more—1'm sick of humans and their doin’s, and I steer away from ‘em; I hain’t got no troubles no more—me and Banjo hain’t! I'm satisfied! “About a vear ago.” he continued, after they had returned to the main room, “I thought I'd lost Banjo for good. I had to go to the village, and I left Banjo shut up at home, Wall, when I got back, he was gone. I hunted all over, but I couldn't find him no where, About three in the morning he came home, looking sly and viclous-——more so than I ever seen him; and what do you think he brought? You'd never guess, See here!” Opening the table<lrawer hie drew out ga little black slipper with a velvet bow and steel clasp Harry Gardner gazed at the little shoe in mute horror, for in it"he recognized the missing mate to the one found in Theo Hunter's room. Here, then, was the mystery solved, here the murderer in the shape of a loathsome animal, irre- sponsible for the deed. The secret was never made knows, No good could possibly come from making public the discovery. Gardner told the story to his host, whose hermit- like life had prevented his hearing of it, and warned him of the necessity of guarding well so dangerous a creature. grave, row in their distant home, never guess- ing the secret of that terrible night at Hol'y House, —lp > > STAMPED ENVELOPES, Nearly $00,000,000 Required---One A special despatch from Washington says: Third Assistant Postmaster Gen- | for bids for making stamped envelopes for the next four years. On every four years these bids are adverti- sed for, and the competition Is more ment makes, For twelve years Company of Springfield, Mass, have had | the making of stamped envelopes, the Government began in 1851 stamped envelopes there has t required steady ford, Conn., and the Morgan Envelope increase in the eaeh vear, 1 vears been selling than all Last pes, 1 $5.773,000, were sold, | every letting the size of the con- : price of enve Envelopes thousand can nu thousand, ane then alnoun ment has more he (xovern severu opes otl producers com- bined. envy sar 270,000,000 stamped ith tract inc reduced. 1:1 sid tor £1.80 per ize which letior size W i id for $2.40, Bidders are req: HN) (NK) that ne 18 eXIgen . adden d®mand came up ild not meet the the Postmaster General | and buy, 1 i S00, v $A : tractor co $ ¥ iy - ¥ vl $ to go into open INAarsel i this way some firms ‘ at uu pr Postmaster General Vilas has inserted a clause in the contract this'vear by which, if he is compelled to go into the open market, and above the contractor's bid shall be de- i ducted from what is him on his contract, ~ all excess in jpwice over ue is Facts About Fires, A diagram graphically showing the known causes of fire and the proportion i they bear to the whole number of fires which have occured inthe United States during the past year has been issued by a New York insurance company. A i large segment of a circle, more than one-fourth of the whole represents fires | | attributed to incendiarism. Another interesting feature of the diagram is the proportion allotted to fires which in in- | surance circles are of preventable origin, | In this is not included incendiarism, . Next to incendiarism, the most fruit- | ful source of fire is the defective flue. Startling as it may seem, these two | causes equal almost all the others in the space they occupy on the diagram, | | Among the other sources of fire which are given prominence are: Explosions {of lamps and lanterns, carelessness, | | lightning, matches, sparks, and spon- | | taneous combustion. No mean burden | is placed on “tramps,” while fire works i and fire crackers have almost as much to answer for, ‘‘Ashes’ do not show up as prominently as “‘stoves and stove | pipes,” but they have cansed more de- struction of property than ‘‘gas jets.’ | “Cigar stubs’’ destroyed as much in val- | ue a8 “furnaces,” and almost rank with “prairie and forest fires” in annihilating | national wealth. The major portion of preventabie fires, the circular states, could have been prevented with reasonable pru- dence and foresight, To this end these suggestions are made: Good foundations and careful point- ing of joints inside and outside of flues; the use of metal receptacles for matches used and unused; the use of high-grade oils in lamps; substituting ‘‘thoughtful- ness’ for ‘‘carelessnessy’’ burning greasy, oily or paint rags to prevent spontaneous combustion, and numerous other minor attentions to seemingly trivial things, LEGAL ANECDOTES, Wise, Witty and Pungent Sayings of Bench and Bar. The writer remembers hearing of a gentleman who, not wishing to pay the legal and recognized fee for a consulta- tion with his lawyer, devised an expedi- ent whereby he expected to gain the in- | formation he required without the usual cost. He accordingly invited the man “earned in the law” to dine at his house on a particlar evening, as a friend and old acquaintance. The lawyer and at- i his friend and | client promptly to the minute The | was very | and by it the | the house of and agreeable, ing, at last drew the lawyer out into a | learned and explicit dissertation upon | the subject the host wished to be in- formed upon, The client, pleased, sat- isfied, and smiling, chuckled in sleeve, thinking how nicely he wormed out the advice desired imped his lawyer free of cost, The feast over, the lawyer departed, | his | had | and fied, all went merry as a marriage bell. | 3ut a few days aferward the client re- | ceived a letter from his lawyer inform- consultation and advice was 13 shillings | and 4 pence, and would he “kindly at- | 1 to the payment of same at his jest convenience and bl n Ww being determined tend ear- | 5 Ol re i1d 1d 3 i fed il the 16th inst, , witle the Inclosed bill he 1 1 . “01 Fig ty 4 ett too pleased and happy to sell The ay HIE BAN COMInen this manifesto we grimly replied mbted alibi as alibi wag sometime " ‘ * A 43114 x . x . ¥ . cessfully proved io an Amen oH y 1 HG ey RIM Wa Su i court 1 as follow “ And vou sav you are innocent of the x Mr. Jones?’ que ried the Judge. “Yes sir; Lam it as a child.” “You are confident you did not the rooster from Mr. Jones,” “Yes, sir; and I can prove it,” “How can you prove it?"’ “I can prove that I didn’t steal Mr. Jones® rooster, Judge, because I stole two hens from Mr. Graston 1 same night, and Jones lives five miles from Graston’s, . “The proof is conclusive,” said Judge, “discharge the prisoner,” It is said that the other day a client received the following bill from his law- ver: “Attending and asking you how vou did, 6 shillings 8 pence; attending you on the pier when you desired me to Jook through a piece of smoked glass, 6 shillings 8 pence; Yooking through the same, 6 shillings 8 pence; rubbing my eye, which watered, 13 shillings 4 pence; tnocent--as mn he the thereof, 6 shillings 8 pence; consulting 1 and asking my opinion thereon, when 1 | said they were very good, 6 shillings 8 pence.’ Most probably the client treated this as a joke, or perhaps it drove him | to extremities, i “(yentlemen of the jury,” said a coun- | sel in a suit about a herd of hogs, “‘there | thirty-six | jogs; just exactly three times as many not win his case, pig-headed, “Gentlemen of the jury,” sald an Irish barrister, “It will be for you to say whether this defendant shall be allowed to come into court with un- blushing footsteps, with the cloak of hypoerisy in his mouth, and draw three bullocks out of my client's pocket with impunity.” Ve have heard of several cases of female ingenuity in aiding the escape of prisoners; Here is one: fine criminals were handeuffed, and with their escort were awaiting the train which would convey them to the county jail. Sud- denly a woman through the crowd of spectators with a shower of The jury were not so tears, and erfed out: “Kiss me good-by, ps TI GH5. undid the “bracelets,” and while the train was in motion, There is a girl who seems father for breach of promise! plains that the old gentleman first his consent to her marriage with her lover and then withdrew it, and that in consequence her beau got tired of wait- ing and has gone off with another girl “Prisoner at the bax to a man on his trial for murder, "is there anything you wish to say before sentence is passed upon you” “Judge ‘“‘there has much said already. all along somebody would if these people didn’t keep thei It might as well be me, perhaps, as anybody Drive altogether knew hurt too § Oli, as you can get I can stand along O65, ——— THE ART OF FINDING. Keeping His Eyes Upon the Pavement, 111 ¥ 1 (11 ¥ fueer-100King x Wri you can ¢ to talk, he sald a pointing out a often newspaper 4 that 4 that Mav g¢ policeman fo ve YOu a ive you a “a the reporter reporter, . : man wioimn seen oitering offices as 1 had he | editor 8 and teps h Wl 4 porters, Om positors their ard probably about 45, altho o y ocpd r-beaten look ol | Hew +1 than he older figure Teas was bent form 8, and his the pavement as Were eves aiong. “tho' ‘taint verance or the gift > THE STRAUSS BROTHERS. of Masi. the Trio cians, Something About A writer says: 1 bear that Johann Strauss is about to embody the musical reminiseencesof his youth inanopera, the leading motivi of which are to be revi- vals of dance-tunes composed by him when he was a lad, studying engineering against his will, His boyhood, as well as that of his brothers, Joseph and Ed- was spent under the roof that sheltered his rnowned father, whom, however, he seldom saw; for his parents had separated, and for many years lived in different the same house, the Strauss boys having been judicially assigned to their mother’s care. All developed remarkable musical ability at an early age, and, when st ill in round jackets, were familiar figures in several musical saloons of Vienna, they constantly played their father's compositions, and their own. Their musical stories of feats, it struck him day as absurd and unnatural that he should be about the only musician in any of his own sons’ compositions. who occupled apartments above that he would esteem it a favor if she would permit his sons to pay him a visit. Tiis request was granted at once, and the three boys were ushered into their father's presence, But strange to say, the “Waltz King"’ (as the Viennese had christened Strauss the elder) had no siano-forte in his rooms. What was to w done? After some hesitation he de- cided upon sending another message up- stairs to Mamma Strauss to lend him her piano for an hour or two, Present ly down came the piano, and the boys began to play—first their father’s music and their own, The old man’s delight was unbounded; he embraced them over and over again, gave them his blessing and then sent them back to their mother, together with the piano and his “compliments and thanks, Knowledge may be power, but the dancing man can give the Greek pro- fessor points, and then double-discount hd —— pg om per FROM GARRET TO PALACE. & A Poor Detroiter Falls Herr to an Immense Fortune, In a few poorly furnished rooms in the upper story of an old, dilapidated brick build the northwest corner of Abbott and Sixth ts, Detroit, lives an old man named Peter Kavan- agh, his wife and daughte: Up toa few days ago they considered themselves the wheel themsel ing on sLied fortune they now find grown suddenly rich, Mr. Kavanagh Ireland, in 1824 had besides hin ter, Mary Ann. J Kavanagh marrie for America, ies and fain- ily in Ireland meantime sister's beauty had at cledythe e Dublin, parents, who utiful daugh- 20 young 1 rn in 1855 sail his atten tion of a wealthy lady, who @ngaged hex as waiting maid and t tended tour throngh The brother { her on an ex- id countries, ind sister thus became sep- empioy- r a4 travel- Mister Ty y The voung man 1 found Liere i ihe worked for to al il ' in maones ir Arny and Iu Sines send for | they s Aec- isinent, 10 do harder < meet, when fol a up the rked April 4 Ig i 1.08 don, arv hKav- n Kavan- ~YUney. wl left Carn ing to Cam- iy yre ales, Aus ars 111 ived SUPPIess douint i recs that ip esc Sister ee much benefit and espe pled dau vantage settling of 1 law pects to | months, — a Why the Organ was Locked. made » introduction of net orgal The mother conld here was a ‘“‘popu- ** included in the purchase, no time in getting every note and stop into practice. The organ groaned and wheezed and com- lained with the most astonishing of mu- night and day, day and night for a week. Then one morning there was a knock at the door, and a little girl from The other day a hous hold was proud and happy by a cab play a little, $ ar collection of Li and as 1 musi she lost SIC, “Please marm, mother wants to know lend her your music book 7°? request, nase next door was After gasping organist ask- This was a surprising much as the woman “What does she want of it? The child hadn't been loaded for this question, so she strayghiforwardly re- plied: “1 don’t know, I'm sure, only I heard mother tell father that if she had hold of the book for a day or two mébbe somebody could get a rest.” The woman softly shut the door in the little girl's face, and went and carefully Jocked the cabinet organ with a brass key, on da 5 Statemen's Ages Somebody who las figured on the subject gives the ages of our own most distinguished public men as follows: Simon Cameron leads in point of years, He is eighty-seven. Morrill is seventy. six: Edmunds, fifty-eight; “Pig Iron™ Kelley, seventy-two: Randall, fifty. eight; McKinley, forty-two; John Sher man, sixty-three; Lamar, sixty-one; Tom Reed, forty-seven; Blaine, fift six; Cleveland forty-nine; Carlisle, Any one; Beck, sixty-four; Ingalls, fifty three: Holman, sixty-four; Schurz, fif Seven} V onrhdes; fifty-nine; Mornson xty-one; Logan, sixty; Bayard, hftys six; Hawley, sixty; Garland, fifty-four, and Sunset Cox, sixtydawo,
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