Dawn, The legions of stars that had watched wearily, Creps out of sight; Up rose the helm of the advancing Day, And fast flad the Night, A fresh wind blew from the edge of the sea, From the gatos of the Kast, That plashed the tide on the feet of the land, And in the light increased. And the glittering tips of a myriad spears Shot up from the sea, With guldons and pennants and lances of Hight, A splendor to see, A hundred flags were upheld in the sky, And unfolded there— of light that glimmered gleamed In the morning air, Banners Then from the glowing East uprose The kingly Sun, And the feet grow gold as a stool for his S83 To rest upon, [HE TEST OF TRUE LOVE “Mi ing-room.,”’ Pavere Wa AWEVURE, with pleasant blue eyes, and a voice whose softness came from the gentle- ness of her heart. She rather dreaded to deliver the message which her hus- band had left for Miss Revere, the re- duced heiress, who was so diligently seeking woman’s hardest acquisition, Hsomet Was no she went hing to do,” evading the unpleasant task, so bravely forward. A tall. slight girl, with wax-like complexion, and dazz hh china-blue was sitting on the sola, golden hair, eyes, gazing dream ly out into the street a girl whose heavy blac h down her : robes seemed to weigh ate form. Mi ‘ Hartley was a little surprised, She had ften | Ella Revere, and had 1 to see so quie deli s0 oft heard of hardly expectes a creature. “You are Miss Revere?’ tatingly. “Mr. Hartley was obliged it he desired me to sorry there in his office.”’ she began, tell vou was iushed, came into Hartley's | and a her kind hes ne thing. i Very sorry, m I.” Ella answered, fol | around her as she rose to go. 3 « yueh i mucia in * she said. : 2 need of said Ella. “I perceived wat I was a burden and an incum- I have one rv house now.” Elia Revere, who had been mistress of a marble-fronted pal- with a retinue of servants to attend her will, and a fo almost li} Aladdin's lamp! “Miss Revere,” cf Hartles will not be off my brother 1s itor, and en who G6 OI this from ale, wine wel i Yerv al ards, a said. ae] starve; and the with a little forced laugh sasant alternative,” Revere obtained a i I many dollars per The Weekly Ama- be 13 1 Inmust do latter,” AP S158 a8 pe-setter at so week. in the office of =omian. and day by day she might seen tripping lightly along the street to het matter whether the air was blue-and-gold with February si shine. or thick with flying sleet. levere’s waterproof cl work, 1o cloak was and so were her tiny shoes, and the con- that was really earning her livelihood lent roses to her cheeks aeionsness she city to her step. iatters were when John Armi- > 11 Bellmont returned Minotaur—two it the scarcely a year ago, he most eager iss Revere's gold-paved was the first remembrance weurred to Mrs, Hartley's mind met them at a soiree the next evening after their arrival, “Oh. Mr. Armitage, I am so glad you have returned,’’ she said eagerly; ‘‘and you, too, Sylvius, Revere “The couse I do. WOr- that as she you remember her?" gold-haired Cleopatra?—of silence, but with eyes that betrayed a still deeper interest, have failed, or proved recreant to their charge, or something-—I never could understand it, but Mr, Hartley can tell you all about it, I dare say—and she’s left without a penny. “How romantic!’ said Bellmont, lightly, ‘*Of course some rich old uncle will turn up, or some modern Don Quixote will rush to the rescue.” “Not a bit of it. Miss Revere is re- duced to actual want.” “Why, where are those rich cousins of Lers that made their money in the hide and leather business?’’ asked Syl- vius Bellmont, “Ella had too much self-respect to remain long the guest of those who re- garded her as a burden,” answered Mr, Hartley. “Gone out as a governess then, eh?” languidly hazarded Bellmont. “No, she is at present employed as a type-setter in the office of my brother, Mr. Tregarvan.” “A type-setter!” Sylvius elevated his lofty nose slightly, ‘I can commiserate reduced aristocracy when it endures in silent dignity, but when it takes to type- setting, or goes out to day’s work, it losemgll the hallowed associations of de- cayed positions”? “Nonsense!” said Mrs, Hartley, “Why don’t you say at ovea that von don't care a straw for poor Ella now that she had lost her money.’ The warm-hearted little lady walked away contemptously as she spoke, and Mr. Bellmont turned red and thought that really Mrs, Hartley had grown very brusque and disagreeable since his ab- sence in Europe, But John Armitage listened with the deepest of interest. He had loved Ella Revere, as truly and deeply as man can love woman; but she had always given her sweetest smiles and most glances to the more witty and fascina- ting Sylvius Bellmont., Moreover, he until a recent bequest from some distant the possession of a handsome compe- | ed a prize as far beyond his humble ed of Flla Revere's oval face, shadowed which shone and glittered at the Miss Revere was going next morning, when she met Sylvius Bellmont. who had sauntered round the corner from his boarding to get an early newspaper. flushed 3 she held out ene cotton-gloved hand. yw glad I am house Ella's “Sylvius! Oh, Sylvius, he ely retreated Sever diy Mr. Bel inctiy i {0 See vou!" Imont 1nst he colored t 1 SCArieL, orl } pockets, riously into his ** Ahem-—of ul i] vou. Miss Revere, and all that, b in something « a hur 118 IMOrning eet ut I'm A 12 ' Miss Revere isitor could be. she recognized the familiar of John Armitage. “Mr. Armitage!” “Yes, Miss Revere, ve 4 tes SOITY ) See me are uniike some need to meet Mr, ing, and his than the winter atmos hat surrounded us,” She tried to laugh, but the annoyance was very perceptible i Mr. Armitage colored : ‘Bellmont is ort. greet " he said, » Was once a time Ivius Bellmont’s the their fore 1 had learned rious friends and stopped and of Miss ids of her thick vail he said, “I wonder how it tried to “How it would be now? I don’t un- “Whether, if I were now to tell Miss fully away from me, I’ve a great mind to make the experiment.”’ “Suppose you try,’’ laughed Ella, half mischievously, yet with an unwonted tremble in her volce, “Ella, will you give me the right to work for yon—to call you my wife? Do you think you can learn to love me, my own little Ella?"’ And she only answered. “Yes!” Sylvius Bellmont met John Armitage on the way home, that night, at an hour suspiciously close on midnight, “Hallo, old fellow,’’ he began, “why didn't you come to the parsons to-night? ““T'he little Cuban heiress watched the doorway the whole evening, and went away looking as black as a thunder cloud. You're letting the golden oppor- tunity slip by, Jack, my boy. ByJove, I only wish { had your innings,” “You are welcome to them. Ido not care a particle for your Cuban girl." “But it’s a cool hundred thousand, John,”’ “Nevertheless, I shall not enter the lists.” “Are you crazy?’’ “No.” Then what's the reason you arc so indifferent?” “I am engaged to Miss Revere!” “T'o Ella Revere! Why, she hasn’t a cent’ and sets type in old Tregarvan’s office.’ Armitage turned upon him with a look of bitter disdain, a ————————————————————————————————— “Belmont, I am not a fortune hunter, thank Providence, Ella Revere is a treasure in herself—a noble, independ. ent gir, worth a dozen empty-brained heireszes, and I am more than rich in her love, And I will furthermore trou- ble you to use her name a little more respectfully unless you want to be Kick- ed down stairs,” Sylvius Bellmont did not desire any such consummation to their interview, and expressed his apologies as promptly as possible, “Oh, ves, of wardly, rant sort course,” he said awk- “vou always were a knight-er- of a fellow, and I'm sure I Ella Revere was married from Mrs, Hartley's with jolly old Mr, Tregarvan to give her away, and no trous seau worth mentioning: but nevertheless, she was the happiest bride that ever sun shone on, and certainly looked as love's own radiance make her, “I've lost my best type-setter,” old Mr. Tregarven, “but I don’t grudge her to you, Armitage. After all, can get plenty of tolerable type-sett but good wives aren't the market, ers, 30 abundant in ssn AAI to Get Rid of Dirt. —————— Blow Ol One of the easiest r ways to get rid it to « i waving any woolen carpets, espe- linen try carpets, to invite ne in, ow? s that have a cotton or . like Brussels or tapes or floor below, is constantly flying up when disturbed, Cite papel three-ply carpet is a good thing to h the pr A Story of Russian Serfdom, rithout the consent o : I pened one day that the Cou t a dinner party, and when his maitre d hotel laid before him the menu for inspection Was aghast to find that oysters dud figure among the hors«d’auvres, 1 answer to his indignant remonstrances, that f i that ovs At tion any price, v } I or — 4 2 ted several friends to . $4 Ok STs were nary assured him the ye, which was be had at ‘he ght of the angry inued the wence of the halouchine unced, £11 On the to vent hi vi x COs even in 1a Ris, MN and in order mw h { out: What do vou want, you want vour freedom, 1 tel } will never 1 it. |} not “Show the slave in, vou | care not for million rubles, A few di oVsters would be wo “Do 1 understand my asked the serf, ‘that you would pro’ i ia lord ire them for to the amusement of happened, his guests, Schalouchine had his master, knowing of the great dinner- party. They were brought in; the deed of freedom was immediately signed; and the Count addressing his former slave with the utmost courtesy, said: ‘'Sir, may I invite you to join us?"’ sss m—— GD AI ———— Mark Twain and His Room-mate's Boots. Mark Twain and Dan De Quille roomed together in early Comstock days. One morning Dan missed his boots, and after a vain search he suspiciously in- qaired of Mark, who was Pring in bed lazily smoking a clay pipe: “Mark, 1 can’t find my boots; do you know any- thing about em?’ “Your boots?’ complacently replied Mark, “Well, yes; 1 threw them at that blasted cat that was yowling around the house last night!” “Threw my boots at the cat!’ howled Dan, in rage. “Why didn’t you throw your own boots?’ “Dan,” said Mark, after a reflective pus or two, “Dan, if there is anything hate it is a selfish man. I have ob- served of late that you are growing self- ish. What difference does it make whose boots were thrown at that cat?” THE PEPPERMINT KING. An Account of a Unigue Indastry in Wayne County, N. YY. Along the banks of the Garnagua River, which flows through the south- ern the portion of Wayne County, may be seen at this season of the fields of green-colored plants, eight inches in height, extending an extensive area. To a botanist tha peperita is the name by known. but to the world in general it is pepermint, In this comparatively small area seven-eighths of all the peppermint in the world is raised. The low, mucky land is ploughed in the spri It then laid off in furrows 18 inches apart and portions of old plants, ure planted closely together in a row. ’ April. The Over men~ sels, root of root is 1 3 1 lat ‘ lie upon the rround to plant ax roots are planted this vill be for after the plante i Crop 1s 11 evel The first ve Dest, because + y 1 3 guthered, v row ole Crop. ways tl freest from When the two an al The I 13% iid a cradle, and raked int Howed to wilt ] taken to the distillation last year bn common when measured, was {i worth $4,000. You iis how mind h money : mint. can here i —— Lynched by Cowboys. When Cowbovs davs from Musse upon a humble were picketed a score ( None of the party Knew came to the door, and his that he was a square seitl ( at first. He grizzly hair an easy and the doorway the were two hell Dakota they aroun w came hich Animals, who ou cabin, tolen the man protestation ind some of middle whiskers, bearing. of his cabin was and listless redence with had stood in and He no move and giving no evidence of great concern, Failing to answer sal isfactorily the questions that were put to him, and not being able to explain his possession of the stolen stock, he was informed by his visitors that they be- lieved him to be a thief, and that they were after just such men as he. He shifted his position from one side of the door to the other, and leaning heavily against the frame, said: “What I have told you is nevertheless true. I bought the horses. 1 have lived here two years, and have seen lots of you fellers. I never stole a horse,’ The boys parleyed a while. They knew most of the horse thieves by sight, if not by name, and not one of them had ever seen this man before, Some of them were 1n favor of letting him go, but others said this was a business trip andthe evidence was conclusive enough. He had a lot of stolen horses, and the probability was that he helped steal them. He was a good enough thief to begin with, some one said, If the man, standing carelessly at his door, had watched them closely, as perhaps he did, through his half-closed eyes, he could have seen a rope in one man’s hands, and another man climbing a tree which growing only a few feet from his door, spread its branches over the roof of his weather-blackened home. The cowboys dismounted. The rope was thrown over a limb, The man in the tree jumped down leaving a dangling noose. Two of the lynchers stepped to the open door, and took the man by aibenc shoulder aad led him unresist- | ingly down the little beaten path, One threw his old slouch hat off, and the | other put the noose about his neck, | drawing it tight, while three or | the cord was without a kink, “If you have anything to say,” marked one of the cowboys, "now | the time,’ The man looked them full in the face instant, and then, raising slightly the long mountain | ranges in the distance, as if peering be- | youd their ragged peaks, Lie: repli i: s nothing to say.” there, then! who had hold of the ro pulled steadily and all ther, rai man by the from the ground, end of the t Lie 18 { for eves an 0 Ist away 4 tooe 1 Lie Tope UU rit fits mou thierves were | policy, but out of the questior AS ROS nds life. 0 make the inted and went ahead. They information that some of the thieves were bestirring themselves, but that most of them were still asleep. It was hastily decided that this was the time to strike, and all hands with loud shouts dashed into the camp. | few of the robbers could reach their i boys dismo returned presently with cape. The boys covered seven | their revolvers and rifles and captured | them, the others getting away. Several HINTS TO JOURNALISTS. Suggestions for the Rising Generation. all times, ntatiously Carry a large note book at Take it out of vour pocket ost in places as often as a sl stuffed with 1 14 nd make J PH ket d pencils ai ance, wr wy HOY wi will add to your linpr When } ask him the que ns most ealeu- lated to be s after, 80 mu YOu 21 nierys 4 if Al often Hews APDEar your a a r of » kind, He will a time, a bai flice £8 suv ality a ert 10 gel credit ir newspaper « n worked before 18 ae Ise do the * ought to in upposed LE head pla: stand treat richten a stranger to death. Id not frighten strangers this way. dead- o death~-not in —E i ———— Mongolian Child Venders In Nankin and Kai-fun children liom 6 to 12 years of age are sold out by tens of thousands. Not hired out or trans- ferred—but sold for a small sum of cash, in consideration of which the progenitor | tance. The seven men taken comprised | some of the most notorious outlaws on {the border including Downly, Jake | Felix, Jim York, and Nosey Bartel, They knew their fate and met it un- flinchingly. Trees were numerous at that point, and each man had one to himself. ing a short speech somplimenting the boys on the ease and grace with whick they had performed their duties, “1 have seen men hanged before,”’ he sald, “but never so gentlemanly as this, You do a very slick job.” When the last of these wretches was dangling in the air it was decided that a party should be sent back with the recovered horses, more than a hundred of them, and that the others should push on in pursuit of the fugitive thieves, It is believed that they have gone to Woody Mountains, and infor mation from that quarter is Lnxiously awaited. “WERE you ever in an engagement” inquired an innocent rustic of a mili. tiaman. “Yes, one," rephed the son of : “hut she sued me for Lreach of promise.’ Ww parental rights, even the right of ju ring into the fate of his offspring. purchasing trader may be the middle man of a well-to-do childless couple, or the agent of a wholesale tea-planter, or a coolie-breeder, raising and training slaves for a foreign market. For the % commission pedler will undertake to wadopt”” the same number of young Mongols in the name of any employer, and at very short notice. The authori= ing transaction is well understood and connived at. 1t is a lesser evil, and few parents ask any questions, Rather than see theh children starve they will resign them to any fate—with one exception; the orthodox Buddhists seem to have evinced occasional scruples mn delivering ug their youngster to proselyti missions aries, whom they suspect of all sorta of damnable practices, But even such scruples can be readily outweighed by a few extra dollars The grand constituents of health and the cardinal points which turns, are . yu for the and occupation for the mind,
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