United. The sllp bad fall'n to the ocean’s flooz, Anil never would walk the wide sea more; Aud crew and cargo and streamers gay Beneath the feet of the billows lay. And down to the pale unshrouded dead, By many a fathom the diver sped; He hailed the abject, shivering wreck; He walked the streets of her silent deck. He peered in many an unbarred room, Where jewels burned in the deathly gloom, And corses sadly slumbering lay, Or swam together as if in play. And some had the grace of gallant cheer, And soma were marred by a mortal fear; But all looked strange, in the dim sea light, As men who have lost thelr way at night. He flitted through that slumbering host: He was the daylight’s wandering ghost, Come down from a heaven where sunbeams play, To where dim dusk is the only day. But who is this with the features grim And band that is stretching forth to him? God comfort his soul and give it rest; It is the brother he loves the best! The brother who soothed his childish days Now stares at him with a cruel gaze; Now looks at him with unseeing eyes; Now crushes his heart witha mad surprise. He tore the armor of life away — He kissed thesenseless lips of gray; He clasped his dead with a fond despair: Two quarrelling brothers found them there. A A—————— AH’ PETS. MR. DOUBLEAGLE'S is] had a great boarders,” began Mrs. Cleanie, *‘but the funniest one of all was Mr. Alonzo Doubleagle. Mr. Doubleagle, you know is very rich—President of the First National Bank of besides holding many more important offices of trust in Fitzboro. He used to ©» a bachelor; and for over ten years n1e occupled my two front rooms over- | Lead, 0), but he was close-fisted! You never saw such a stingy man, All he | thought of, or about all, was how he | might increase his wealth. Ten per | cent. seemed very small to him; it was | only when he could extract three per | cent, a mouth from some poor fellow | that a genuine smile of satisfaction hit | his countenance, at least, so the men said, and I do not doubt it one bit. But I pose I should not talk | freely about one of my former | patrons, He always prompt in paying me for his board and rent, and as regular as a clock to his meals. “Well, was going to say Doubleag ny two square ’ woe # ént a great have " «1 50 2 Was ter business sin yO Ii as all w-window, and just fit hung a cage containing . The bird was Mr, . And it was the one I ever saw him take ot, of course, some victim for bird was unusually intell- Its master had taught it a num- tricks of which he was very 8’ knowledge ra with $ gt} BIS WILD 4 Luly Doubleagle’s living thi in—exce a loan, gent, ber of cu fond, a: frequen i museums-like satisf; a Wi v TOO al ut and chirp and play a and-seek, or it woul clasp scoul at hu all naster’s pen or The bir the et the bird fly about ne of hide- of ¥ > 3 » 1 1:k «1 Lands a Way, a1 knit his bushy brows over a row of ures, [tt was the only creature thal did not seem afraid of the grim capital- pencil whenever 1 ie le was said to be very lood relations, espe- his orphan nephew, but to this | pet bird he never showed anything but the tenderest love and devotion. Strauge? Perhaps it 13, Of course, 1 am speaking from a monetary point of observation Row, “Once ‘Dick’ was taken sick. He would not stir in his cage; no induce- ment could make him bathe. His seed and the most tempting cuttiebone and green things failed to start more than a slight winking of the lids. Alonzo—excuse me, I have been so accustomed to call him by his given name—Mr, Doubleagle could not have been troubled any more over a pros- trate friend, And when, after two or three days, the bird recovered his wouted spirits and would do his old tricks again, the miser seemed himself once more. Thus the friendship went. It was like that of two fond lovers Folks said, when they learned of this | attachment, that the banker must have | bad, at some period of his life, a much more sympathetic and unselfish heart | than in I's later vears, And they say, as you know people will talk, that Alonzo's heart was not commodious enough to admit of a more substantial flame—a really lovable occupant. Of this [ am in no wise able to judge. Sometimes these old men are very un- certain in their movements; thay get absurdly singular notions into their hearts quite late in life: Mr. Boldman, for instance, with his nineteen-year old wife, and he as bald as the great Amer- icsu eagle. **As | was going to say, one day, one eveuing rather, Mr. Doubleagle seemed to be making considerable noise in his room. | knew what it was about, however, or I should have rapped on tue stovepipe for him to be still, and occasionally did in a playful mood. He was having a romp with ‘Dick’ at hide-and-seek. 1 could hear him jump around desk, chair and table, first in ons room, now In the other, now laughing heartily, now talking to the bird as If it understood every word he sald. And then would come a few moments of silence, or broken only by ‘Dick’s pesp— ~peep,’ Being in the living-room, just below, 1 heard all the fun. I laid aside my sewing to en- joy the game the best 1 might. “Again Mr. Doubleagle trotted about until the house fairly shook with his ponderous tread, and calling ‘Dick ~Dick--Dick, you rascal you, where can you be? And then such a groan as came from abovel It frightened me. Twas Alouz's voice. I rushad out into the hkll and ran up the stairs as fast as poss Lie, thinking to find wy eal el a old boarder dead or dying. But no, I met him on the landing, crying like a baby and holding *Dick’ in his hand,”’ ¢4irve killed him! I've killed him!’ he said. *‘I was looking behind the bureau for him and crushed his head against the caster with my boot.” “ ‘Tet me take him,’ said 1, ‘perhaps he is not dead yet; we may save him,’ Then I held the little thing to the light and examined his wound, while that great man just stood and wiped away real tears from his eyes. They were bigger tears, too, and more of them than he shed when his only brother died. The bird was not dead. It was stunned badly and one eye protruded slightly. The lower bill was also out of place, seeming to be dislocated, Cold water soon revived the tiny sufferer. Then I made a weak wash of iodine and bathed the bruised parts with a soft sponge. I also ‘set’ the injured member the best I could. ‘Dick’ appeared to be consclous of my attempts to aid him. He would lay his head against the cool, damp sponge, and yielded manfully to all I did for him, but kept up a After an basket, lined with cotton, { about his head. | time since the accident, said, And then he bent down kissed the bird, and brushed his cheek with his hand. t was all I i could do to persuade the man to let his i he { and flor. At the best care imaginable of the bird, I never saw a man Mr. Doubleagle. The could not have been apparently a more poignant grief to him. I loss I sald to myself that and the size or his heart. have been so far as fowls went, but as to mankind—never, So I fancied then I think differently now, that night to take a look When morning came, he was the first to make his appearance. Then another hour was spent in doctoring. ‘Dick,’ however, would not eat. Many inducements were made: all were of no avail “s+ Ha'll st AAC ALO y purse, + faroily By like n't appear but I lay been very cane over four different imes to view the usinuation, ri1aas 16 Iu { thao Fas il ald, uri wil banking busi: the IAVE light. T r five patient, ***And you say, Mra, Cle 13 a poor family somewhers attention? « i 18 vie, there it needs ils the num- An you give me ber? [I gave it to him, much to my sur- prize, When 1 visit this family that afternoon, I found a load of coal had preceded me Lo the house: As 1 entered the gate, a man was also unloading some flour and vegetables, Mr. Dayubleazie has surely turned over a new leaf, “Well ‘Dick’ improved rapidly, although it was two weeks before he was as chipper as ever. As the bird mended, its master regained his appe- tite, Ile really had no desire to eat if ‘Dick’ refused hs food, You may say that all this has the stamp of fiction, but it's true, nevertheless. As you know, it is always the unexpacted that is happening, at least I have ever found 80 “It soon leaked out that the miserly was doing penance for ns ways—had reformed. "Twas went to wicked He had been seen Lo eater severa uts in the on his mortgage cut a reasonable figure. From down to The secretary of the ality of one of Fitzboro's mest prom- inent aud respected citizens, the society had been abie to remove to new and pleasant quarters, and also to make a number of donations of charity.” The neighborhood was delighted. The president also seemed to delight in his new reputation, entering with much spirit into his ‘recent departure,” He became truly enthusiastic, ‘““Not a church sociable, festival or fair but he was present. It was at one of these meetings that Alonzo met the secretary above referred to. Amanda Soalid was her name, and she captured that time-tossed craft, Mr. Doubleagle’s heart, at sight. And when the pret officer of the order thanked the ban president for his gift to the former's treasury, the heart just mentioned fluttered as it kad not fluttered since early manhood and flushed ths cheek of the now gray whiskered man. Mr, Alonzo Doubleagle fell love at the age of fifty-three, one month from the momentous encounter, Miss, Soalid was busily engaged with the making of her weds y in ithin ding garments. Another month and | the happy couple were walking up the aisle to the music of an appropriate march, while the eyes of all Fitzboro were strained to see the sight, “That new house you see up there on the hill is the Doubleagle mansion, And need 1 say the family is a happy one? It is, Indeed, a very happy one. “I met Mr. Doubleagle on the street to-day smiling like a June morning. He had just been to the telegraph office to say that the mother and child were both doing nicely, ‘Dick?’ Why, yes, I nearly forgot him. Mr. Doubleagle says he has three pets now, and but for my reminder of his former selfish nature, he might have died with only one, and that a bird.” BE eh a —— THE BLACK MEMNON. A Portrait of an Ethiopian Uncovered at Ancient King Susa. A very Interesting discovery has just been nade in Persia, Susa, with Nine- | veh and Babylon, was one of the most the ruins of the other two have for a long time been undergoing a careful examination, from which vast stores of information have been obtained, the situation of Susa so far to the south, where the heat and drought are exces | tives 1s of a very violent character, has | its ruins. Lately, however, the French | has sent M. Dieulafoy | with a strong party to make examina- | tions, and they report many interesting discoveries, The ruins of the citadel and palace form an immense mound, covering several hundred acres, and into this mound shafts were run to de- | termine the arrangement of the palace fortifications, The preliminary | work has already brought to light many | objects in ivory, bronze, alabaster and terra-cotta. One of them is a very | beautiful intaglio seal of Xerxes, In which the head of the King, surmounted by the symbol of the Divinity, is placed between two Sphinxes, wearing the white crown of Egypt. From the fortifications of the Elamite Gate, which is the centre of the earliest built part of Susa, came a fragment of These wieh lw DCULY * 5 1:3 vex } . the greatest historical interest, bricks represented a dressed in a green robe, figure overlaid . x - y $y 1 % a vail v many-colored embroidery, and in sr's skin and carryir handsomest of warriors and ‘King puerile 10028 a classical 10118 an Ethiopian race nected with Troy, ruled that Memnon, like Nimrod, must figure as a real char Orient civilization. ob gue oi 1 4 ACER Ail EAL bi in Why She DHMd Not Close Doors **It’s a joke on me, of ¢ give it to you fellows,” man to a little group in yesterday. *‘I havea great fear of | glars, When I go to bed I want Know that every and wi securely fastened. Abouta month ag we changed hired girls, and tl n comer was very careless about the de Un two or three occasion came down stairs al midnight to fin window up or the back door unlocked, I cautioned her, but it did no good. | said $3 Lie door 18 New OTS 0' nights, her, 1got some false whiskers and an old rig, and one night about 11 o'clo« I crept up the back stairs to her room. She was snoring away Like a trooper, but the minute 1 struck «4 match she awoke, I expected a great yelling and screaming, but nothing of the sort took place. Ste bounced out of bed with a ‘You villain!” on her lips, seized a had me to her knees. Before I could gat out of the | room she struck me again, and it was | . A Then *‘Mr. Blank, please get up I've | killed a burglar.’”’ A ————— Old Topers. The Danes and the Saxons were nos able topers, and prided themselves on the quantity of strong liquors they were able to take. Fighting and drinking were their greatest pleasures, and were the chief delights of their promised Walhalla, A frequent cause of quarrels among the drunkards of old was the indignation aroused in the breast of one thirsty soul by the selfish and gluttonous action of some fellow-toper indrinking more heartily, when it came to his turn to hold the flagon, than a just comparison of numbers and quan- tity entitled him to. Where several were drinking from the same vessel this question of ‘drinking fair’ was an im- portant one, Dunstan is said to have caused King Edward to ordain that all drinking vessels in taverns should have pegs fastened inside at regular distan- ces, 80 that each should drink his fair share and no more, From this intro- duction of pegged tankards we have doubtless the proverb “‘a peg too low." The pegs were afterwards replaced by hoops fixed at regular intervals around the pot. Shakespeare makes Jack Cade romise his followers “There shall be n England seven half-penny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pots shall have ten hoops, and I will make it felo- ny to drink small beer.” POPULAR GICMS OF SONGS. to Fame or Fortune, It would seem that by some strange fatality the writers of popular songs never do participate in the occasionally enormous profits derived by publishers from their works, A newspaper para graph went the rounds during Titiens’ last tour in America, describing how Couch, the composer of Kathleen Ma- vourneen, came to the great artist and thanked her for the feeling and the skill with which she had supg his song at a concert in Baltimore, where he was then residing. He mentioned at the time that he had sold his composition long years before for 5 pounds sterling. H. P. Danks, a very prolific song writer, disposed of his Silver Threads Among the Gold for $25. For a year he bad failed to induce various pub- lishers to take hold of it, and make some business arrangement with him. At last he found a printer who agreed share the expenses of setting it up for one-half of the resulting profits, if there were any. The expense of printing a song is considerable, The plates cost about $15, and copies of it may be turned out for something like The supposed advantage of having a song published by a well-known pub- lisher 18 not 80 much that he bears the expense of publishing as that he has facilities for circulating through the troduction to the public. It isa sup- posed advactage, if songs are Intro- duced to the public by a man or woman a music clerk behind the counter inducing seminary girls or young col- leglans with musical tastes to purchase a copy here or there. However, Mr, Danks and his printer got the song up in shape for public sale, and did what they could to present it to the public They made a little success the first year, but the impetuous and spirit of Mr. Danks was It was going too slowly for him, and he finally sold out to his partner for the amount mentioned above, "Silver Threads Among Gold” steadily grew into popularity; it made its way to Eugland, and in poin of sale easlly ranks with any the + wweisiilad WOula never publish hi The re : th over $100,000, and hi ofitable to his heirs 1 ‘Marching ws 14 ¢ TOVAILY., Y av I Aang Georgia’ were among bis ear cesses; ‘Grandfa : the latest, ‘Marchi ther's Clock’ an mg through Georgia’ song, and sells 0 0K) yearly. first time ‘Grandf: I was employed i music He cam» in and sang it to me. a vers ger, i the sub- its treatment were both the movement of the melody so usual, that I did not know what to nk of or what to say about probabie success, My opinion of it was that the imitation of the clock movement was novel and atiractive, but T did not venture to say anything further. The song was published, but it was a long time before it won its way to the popular ear, say nothing of the popular heart. It was shown to minstrel singers, who threw it impa- tiently as.de. Wambold declared that he would not sing such trash. In spite of everything, however, it made its way and became popular, Then Wam- bold did sing it, and especially adver- tised the fact. Among Work’s older songs are: ‘Father, Dear Father, Come Home with Me Now.’ ‘The Loss of the Lady Elgin,’ ‘The Fire Bells,” and ‘Drop the Pink Cartains, Work tried a number of times to write successfully humorous songs, but fa‘led every time." } 1 Erin Y 21 Dad singe an i was 3 and quaint, Lo] (4 Thy y yi # ILS NX to i 5555 Why They Wear Long Dresses. Speaking of Chinamen, the historian fell in with one of the race as he was whirling madly out Washington street on the front platform of a car the other day. Extraordinary as il may seem, the car ceased to whirl for several peri. ods now and then, and one of these ca. ges occurred directly in front of Jordan & Marsh's store, where there wasn’t much to gaze at except the dainty cos- tumes displayed in the window. the historian and the Chinaman gazed at the dainty costumes, and there was a very superior sort of smile clearly perceptible on the Chinaman’s face, “Not many dresses like that for the ladies in<China, John,” said the Cauca- sian, The Chinaman’s superior smile ex- tended noticeably in either direction, “Chinese ladies no likee such dress. 0s,” sald he. **Too much cloth, likee show small feet. Melican lady heap big feet,’ —and he measured off a of about two feet in the air with his hands; ‘‘gotee wear big dress—no likee show feet,” AAAI IS AAO. ~The dainty littie bonnets which ac- company these costumes are made of the same muslin, snd trimmed with Jace and ribbon exactly corresponding with what is used on the dress, They are close-fitting, have high standing aigrettes, and no strings. White gloves of Suede are an essential adjunct, and the parasol also must be white, FASHION NOTES. ~The shirred most stylish of linery. ~(rrass-green is seen in the trimming all the season's mil. linery, make the most stylish of adornments for the dainty hats, --(zauzes are made up over bon bows. ~-Drawn hats for children plain, white or colored lawn, and are very cool and becoming. —Dandelions and buttercups favorite flowers in millinery The edelwels, in velvet, is also very ele- gant. lace has a bunch of black velvet loops from which a deep crimson algrette springs. The strings are of narrow ribbon velvet, —A large hat covered with shirred piece cluster of ribbon loops { front forms the trimming. with flowing brim is lace, arranged iiats | bon of a corresponding tint to that on { They are becoming, and easlly made { by the amateur, {| =O the sunshades, there is ample i | drawn | They are gathered over gilt | a8 twenty-six ribs. | ter is placed in the inside of the para- | ribbons, a similar addition being like i 2 ' | wise fastened to the handle, | kind has every nib of its framework, both { and ining. The parasols covered with | young giris, who will alse find spotted, | striped and figured muslin made up in | the same way. 3G in white are have ! For evenin and has over it bodices of morning costumes lined up to the neck, and of three-quarter length, g wear the : JW trans sleeves ik bodice is low, f parent one ol and elbow MONG as house-maid skirt i & até w w I'his natty over- lavense tunic, two fabr plain. The turned back with a dee; Li he left beset ¥ ed the i3 dresses of the other ved high on t § A tripe forms gathered portio If a plain, 1 ed, there are a belt the stripe, with surp! 3 chosen, the s wie ¥e — Among th are Fi sheeres! € 7 * a t # * hein NY same passing each other « lingerie the “is Bull { over ching hemstiching sometimes alternating with 3 bands of finest French needlework. parrow tie to match is fastened around the throat, and three tiny diamond pearl studs are set down the front. These are very neat and trim-looking with tailor-made dresses of serge, nilot- cloth and the like in navy-blue, goicen- brown or fawn color. There are guimpes and plastrons of Freon lin, with or without embroidery, made to wear beneath summer culaway basques in lieu of a vest. For country wear for young ladles are blouse vests of white percale dotted or figured wi'h small flowers. plaits and have cuffs to match. — There is a probable revival of hand- embroidered muslin dresses, White is becoming more and more popular every season, and never has it received so much justice at the hands of costumers as year, QOustom has led hand- embroidered musling to be called | Scotch embroideries. but in point of or Of also il us this | present growing demand for them is bringing work and ease into many a poor cabin, The embroidery of this | in a single tunic, and for this payment | A vast expenditure of time and eye. | sight 1s required to completa one of | these tunics. floral, with a plentiful admixture of ferns and grasses, The Swiss embroid- ery, which is, of course, far less costly, | has this season been broaght to a per- fection hitherto unknown, and is also used with much success in these cos. tumes. Flowers and fruit are well represented in it, and the conventional pine is a favorite model. The variety of open-work stitches introduced into some of the specimens is more sugges. tive of magic than machinery. The smaller pines are less elaborate, and some which form the bordering of over draperies are worked in what was formerly called broderie Anglaise. A Paris novelty which is extensively adopted in white dresses 1s that of in. troducing strips not of color but of material; for instance, muslin alter pates with lace or embroidery, or of Ince with silk, moire or satin, or strips of one lace divided by strips of another pattern. A costume shown composed of this striping is in bands of ivory colored moire ribbon alternating with lace in- sertion. The moire bodice is trimmed with ivory lacs, and the latter supplied in profusion at the edge of the over draperies, 1 i HORSE NOTES. ~Dry Monopole has won ten races { this year, i — Henry Simons Is now { Jerome Werner, W. C. France has purchased a pair { of Happy Mediums at Poughkeepsie, —~James Golden has shipped De | Barry, Mill Boy and Bonita from Bos- i ton to Cleveland. driving — Barnum has now scored his ninth victory of the year, having met with but two defeats. -By all accounts there have been plenty of **put-up jobs’ at tbe Pitts- { burg trotting meeting. ~—Colonel Wood is said to have | trotted a mile over the Fleetwood track | this week 1n better than 2.18, | ==Charles Nolan, of | bought Judge Davis, { Brown, for $5000, at Pittsburg. Philadelphia, 2.204, by Joe | Rochester will expend $3000 in im- | proving the grand stand, expecting big | crowds at the Grand Circult meeting. Information from Chicago stales | that Troubadour 18 broken down and will not see the post again this season, ~The b, 8. King William Is sad to have been trotting in Pennsylvania and Virginia under the uame of Anglo- | Saxon, | According to a Chicago paper Lhe | profits of the meeting at Washington Park thus far have been in the neigh- borhood of $50,000, —A. J, Cassatt will hereafter enter his horses and race under his owu name instead of under the name of *‘Mr. Of of —C, J. Hamlin, owner Belle | Hamlin, has just purchased Chimes, a | 2-year-oid stallion by Electioneer, dam | Beautiful Bells, for $12,000. —J.eonatus takes his work regularly, | and it is believed that he has as much speed as ever. This point w ! probably be decided at Saratoga shortly, winner of -—Delineator, pacing race Exposition a bay stallion, 4 years old, by dam by Shelby Chief. of 2.18 at 4 x yaffy, Denver, Boomerang, vichards y i aryl t ie ) recent pittsburg Lady Havens, r, trotted In » wou the als, best Lime ~The tit property wast the Rhode Island Encouragement of in coasideration includes t purchase estate and personal propertly. —Macey Brothers, Versailles, Kv. write that they have two 2-year-old fil lies by Messenger belonging to George A Siugerly. One trotted a full mile in 2.49; its dam is by Lyle Wilkes The other trotted a full mile in 2.474, its dam is a thoroughbred mare by Day Dick. There is a great deal of talk going on among the members of the New York Driving Club over the prospents [of a team race, wagon, between Isidor Colinfeld’s Minnie Warren and | Mollie Harris, A. Claflin's Grave Dave { and mate, and S. N. Diedinson’s Flora Hoff and Jane I 1. E. Myers, the champion runner, has purchased the 4-year-old thorough- bred Lord Deacousfield and placed him in William Stoops’ charge. Myers has chosen for his colors white with clerr) | diamond, the colors of the Manhattan Athletic Club, which were carried | to the front by him in so many races ov thie cinder path, —T. F. Walton has leased to > i 8. Brown, of Pittsburg. the services o | the imported horse Richmond for | period of three years, unless he should | sell him in the meantime. Mr. Brown { has gone into racing to stay, and he is | also inspired with a desire to breed afew colts. Already he has seventeen brood mares of choice strains, and when he retires from the turf Trouba- dour will be bred (0 such mares as sait him in blood and conformation. —acing to saddle the in olden time was a popular way of going. The old. fashioned cumbrous sulky was not adapted to favor the gait, which, up t the time of Billy Boyce, was seen to the best advantage with the weight carried mstead of drawn, The 2.22 pace under saddle at Datroit was the central attraction on the opening day of the Grand Circuit. This getting Laek to first principles wis a novelty to the great majority of spectators, and the side-wheelers treated them to @ most interesting race. Joe Bowers made a gallant fight, winning the first and second heats ia 2,22), 326}, and finishing a good second ty the winer, Billy F., m the last two beats, Billy time was 2.20} 2.25, 2.2% » Narragansett ransferred on July v Saciets for the Pomestic industry 000, which both rea # e RIS OL Ou fie Ol Chief, 10 3) w.
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