— Tr
Burnt Offering.
The fire leaped up, swift, hot and red.
Swiit, hot and rad, waiting a prey;
The woman came, with swifs, dight tread
And silently knelt down to lay
Arwafals of leaves upon the fire
4 5 wen lay faggots on a pyre.
Armfuls of leaves which had been bright
Like painters’ tints six months before,
All faded now, a ghastly sight
Dusty and colesdess, she bore,
And knelt and piled them on the fire
As men lay faggots on a pyre.
“Watching the crackle and the blaze,
I1dly I smiled and idly said :
“Good by, dead leaves, go dead leaves’
WAYS,
Next year there will be more as red.”
The woman turned from the fire
Looked up as from a funeral pyre.
saw my idle words had been
Far crueler than I could know,
And made an old wound bleed again.
“These are no: leaves’ she whispered
low,
“That I am burning in the fire,
But days—it is a funeral pyra.”’
WICKED "RED DAN.”
**Oh, my bird!
yack to 1 :
The ap
ne!
>
who sta
four-stor
row cour
is, with large
somewhat
bears the
v
t. A flaxen-haired beauty she
», lustrous, gray eyes, frank,
‘hildish countenance that
mark of close confinement
toil. A white apron
t of a neat-fitting prin
ornament at throat
Susan Slayne is onl
it requires all
make both ends
tlging herself in luxuries
hearts regard as
Day in and day out
toils at her machine for the
of Grind & Keep, sh
s and furnishing goods manuf
vot a companion has
Dan, the wild
ck gave her two years
home
no Q
and
ana
3 Lo meet
en's
ife,
Ppt
iri~
ac-
~N1
save robin
brother
}
Del
sie i
fortune
sixteen,
ire
ed,
retain
By accide:
* v Fea 1}
the cage 1alis open an
together and
company.
advantage of
t} wit 0% ill
iit wind 1S
Se 18 oblivious
the bird,
court
ble at
harp ga
murmured
you are,
"ou are
ne back!"
There is a sob in the poor girl's
that seems to the heart
strong-limbed youth at her side,
“*Wait,”’ he says, "Permit one to try
ny persuasive powerson Red Dan. I
think he remembers my volce,"’
Leaning far out and forming a tunnel
of his hands, he calls gently, coaxingly,
the name of the obstinate robin, First
low and soft, then, perceiving that this
has no effect, raising his voice to a
higher, less musical key. The bird
be coaxed or wheedled., Hehops
along the ridge of the steep slate roof,
and seems to moek at the grief of his
poor little mistress,
*Oh, Dan, Dan, my poor fellow !"
moans the girl,
ty, pink hands,
Her companion starts, and a bit of
red steals into his smooth, sunbrowned
chee His brown eyes, honest and
full of frar light, regard the bowed
Danny,
lost now
touch
18
not to
1.
in
tee
“Poor Dan !
Once {
ed regarding himself, and then it sound-
from the seminary building by a nar-
row lane. In his hand is a coiled rope,
What will he do with this? Susie is
not held long in suspense.
Once, twice, thrice he hurls a noose
at one of the great chimneys. The
third throw secures a hold, and then he
and chimney hide him from view. No
one seems to see the daring youth save
the girl at the window-—she watches
and waits with an intensity of feeling
that is painful, wondering and alarmed
| at the sight. After a minute a curly
{ brown head comes to view above the
ridge of the seminary roof. Susie stands
breathless as a brown hand moves along
| toward the fugitive robin, and then
| the bird is gone! With a deflant, wick-
| ed little twitter, master robin spreads
! his wings and alights on the peak of a
of the climber’s
narrow gable far out
reach.
“Oh, dear |"
It was a natural exclamation of girl-
ish petulence and disappointment,
Hurlock does not mean to give up so.
He draws himself to the ridgepole, and
with startling suddenness rises to his
feet,
as he towers thus above
all the build-
{ panse about him, the world in minia-
That
shanl
Cleta,
and fills the frank brown eyes
with a scared look not pleasant to see,
**Go back, Dan, you can nt
bird IV?
Bat Hurlock heeds
voice of Susie, le mean
ol namesake if possible,
inking back the youth calls gently the
me of the robin, The bird darts
air, flutters moment over the
man’s head, then settles withis
't of him on the slate |
bevond reach,
begins to
gth h
. i
not the warning
8
iS stinate
ill
a
i
1
ow fips
LON Ju
1
Silt
one hand ve, hile with
he reaches down after the bird.
hes tl
Provoging iitiie redbreast
eyond his grasp. t, UL
or a foothold, . in
, i183 Cil
Hurlock
his head witl
3
yi 1 tvs
noe Vo
f Dan
at once. This
i
Mi
tO save
must be made
her blo
she tells the trouble
words that can not be
man leaves the windew, and once more
the eyes of Susie are fixed on the
ing youth opposite,
“Courage, Dan.
is coming '"’
The voice of the girl reaches his ear,
but he can say nothing ; even speech he
feels will loosen his cling to the slates,
His clothes are coarse and rougin,
feet are shoeless, and
Hurlock
thought like ice, and
swift
COOLS .
il
mistaken. TI
i"
his
this fact
has thus far deferred his doom ; but he
does not come,
Once more she dares to look.
awful abyss, is the doomed youth, A
man’s face appears above the ridge full
thirty feet distant, and his hand
clutches a rope, at one end of which is
a large noose, This goes down, down,
with slow precision, and finally touches
the brown curls of Hurlock, 11s hands
clinch the last row of slate ; he hangs
half over theeaves, clinging with death-
like tenacity.
That moment Dan Hurlock suffered
ten thousand deaths, An awful sense
of the great height masters him, and
drops of sweat almost like heart’s blood
oozes from his clammy face, Andthen
the touch of the rope thrills to his mar.
row, Xe realizes that one is above,
come to his recue, and yet it can be of
no avail,
1f he releas-s one hand to seize the
rope, that instant he will go over into
space, He is barely able with both
rible moment of bitter suspense,
**The rope——can
No ? Well, raise your head, and I will
Dan Hurlock
he can not obey. Ile dare not
word, even to attempt it would
him to eternity he believes, The
hears the words, but
hurl
rope
ft
iV
man above urges action. Ah! to li
ineh would
How tired
seal
lock’s fate, his arms, his
limbs,
and begin to lose
they are slipping !
ng over; he is lost!
He
Cry,
He moves |! he is gol
A touch against his
his lips to utter a gasping
thing fills them--the rope !
yut the hempen cord ; his
been weakened,
away, Dan Hurlock
th a firm clasp of
wit
this
cheek, opens
sonme-
Close ain
hand
slip
hi the
Ai0Ne Saves
Not I
o hot
CLOSES A001
ing with a biti
surely he is going to the verge of an
is
i
the project
—-——
she Knew His Habits,
bles 77°
**Not that I know of.”
“Been any dog-fights arour
“Haven't heard of any.”
“Any ten-cent show or tar
town ?"
**All gone, madam.’
“Any man in a wagon sellin
jewelry 7?
“(ruess not.”
“No fire anywhere in town ?'’
“No!
“No pools being
horse race,
SOC Ju ol
court 7"
get gun in
or
g brass
sold
trial
anywhere on
going on in
justice
“Not any.”
“No man selling medicine en the
street, no circus bills just pasted up
anywhere, no woman walking a tight
is forgotten now.
hope.
of despair. A
vast, spotted expacrse stretches under
agaiust the cold slate, His hauds are
sweet Susie Slayne,
slender form, and bending low,
suddenly : **Don’t ery for the naughty
robin, Susie, I will get him for you.”
|
with such force as to almost burst the
How soon he will reach the verge he
has no means of knowing, but even at
speeds from the room, Dan is a skill.
ful elitnber, and he has formed a des-
perate resolve, Brushing aside her
tears Susle Jeans her pretty face on her
hand and watches the movement of the
bird, Occasionally she calls his name,
but he continued to remain oblivious of
the girl's presence, cunning fellow,
The roof opposite is after the gothic,
and very steep, much higher than the
block that Susie occupies. It covers
the main building of a boy's school,
and the sewing girl has often watched
the movements in the rooms opposite
and wondered if she would ever be able
10 complete the education begun in the
village school years before,
Suddenly she starts and Lifts her
pretty chin from her palm. She sees
tbe bare head of a man; it is not thrown
do her vision from the school-room, but
from one of the many rooms to the left
of the sharp, slate covering of the semi-
nary. She watches the moving man
with an intensity that is absolutely
painful, He is now crossing the rool
of a lairee block that 1s ony separated
1
|
i
but a matter of a few minutes only.
At any moment, too, he may touch
upon a smooth surface (the slates have
thus far been rough) and find himself
precipitated suddenly mto the abyss
below, Awful moment! Awfulthought!
To the bursting brain of Dan Hurlock
it seems as though all
ty
“Not a one,
“Well, that's peculiar—I
where John can be.”
“There's a couple of Frenchmen with
a tame cinnamon bear down on the
avenue, madam,”
“That's it, that's it—I
to ask about tame bears!
can’t see
While the
ma ing up a purse
i
that broad expanse of roof,
“Cling, Dan, cling!”
The voice of Susie is wafted to the
strained senses of the slipping victim
of his own rashness, There is nothing
musical in her volee, but rather the
wall of one in despair, Duan does cling,
but his arms ache, his limbs are racked,
tremulous and sore-—the roar of some
invisible storm penetrates his brain,
Slowly he moves, Ha! a smooth spot!
He is going down, down to his doom |!
Susie utters a wild ery and sinks to her
knees, with an awful sense of horror in
her heart, Even then a noosed rope is
flung over the sharp roof, but it comes
100 late, too late | Susie’s blue eyes are
covered-—-she waits the awlul sound of
a telegraph pole !
hou ¢ inside of ten minutes |”
7505
England's Poets Laureate,
The following are the names of the
poets laureate of England and the time
they occupied that office ;
Edmund Spencer, 1501-1599,
Samuel Daniel, 1500-1619,
Ben Johnson, 1610-1637,
William Davenant, 1637-1608,
Interregnum,
John Dryden, 1670-1689,
Thomas Shadwell, 1680-1002,
Nahum Tate, 1002:1715,
Nicholas Rowe, 1715-1718,
Lawrence Eusben, 1718-1730,
Colley Cibber, 1730-1757,
William Whitehead, 17567-1783.
Thomas Wharton, 1785-1790,
Henry James Pye, 1700-1813,
Robert Southey, 1813-18413,
William Wordsworth, 1843-18350.
Alfred Tennyson, 1850,
~The brooch has takem the place
of the small cravat pin, and 1s worn
generally with the severe tailor-made
costumes, and is in harmony with the
plaluness of the effect,
TUSKS AND HIDES.
Wonderful Hunting Trophies of the
Maharajah of Kuch Behar.
The maharajah of Kuch DBehar, who
| has come to England to compliment
the queen on her jubilee, has brought a
collection of hunting trophies from his
own dominions, It will be remember-
ed that the mimic Indian jungle which
excited so much interest at the last
great exhibition at Bouth Kensington
was contributed by his royal highness,
who still speaks with pleasure of its
popularity here. The tigers from that
scens now form part of a tropical
| group, with trees, long grass, and every-
thing complete in the maharajah’s
palace, The collection which he has
now in this country includes the re-
mains of tigers, elephants, rhinoceroses,
buffaloes, leopards and bears, all shot
by the maharajah, who is a mighty
hunter, and always ready to welcome
English sportsmen. When at home he
can show visitors fine sport, particular-
ly with the rhinoceros, which
| quently found in Kuch Behar.
| skin of a tiger measuring eleven feet
| two inches from the nose to the tip of
{ the tail. It is the largest ever secured
{ India,
charging, was killed by his Highness
with a shot. T elephant’s
| skull and tusks in the collection are ex-
ceptional,
not to a wild beast, but
It had, however,
condition fearad in the
lamented and
down
keeper.
the eleph
single he
il
10
a tame one,
“musty’'-—a
the late
DeCoIne
cass of
Jumbo afte
another
Fortunately
tusks
his head,
+ also the head and |
buffalo or Arnee bull,
1 1 Ste i raat }
Awnt’s . but his
broken by
its tha 4
151 Aik
SOND Y
We Rel 7 a walch
would c¢
brig
5 urd y iit x in
AVIng SOliAalre in
burglar ne
snapped a
He
Or caster
ht-eved
Was v ¥
into the cellar
Klace, “Pitcher
snapped a gold collar but
Just before coming tH
the music box ran down, the
cluded and silence resumed comma
TIM
Lon.
y the wind-up
1
nd.
eo—— A Ass
The English Royal P
late,
which is j iy
world, is used a
banquets, It is usually kept in
strong rooms at Wmdsor cast
and is valued at £2 000 000,
The royal plate, irobatl
nt 3
t
4 he
state
0,
2 The gold
service, which was purchased by George
IV. from Rundell & Bridge, 130
and the silver wine cooler,
uines
holds two men, who ¢ould sit in it com-
fortably. It is inclosed with
There are some quaint old pieces in
the royal collection which belonged to
Queen Elzabeth, having been taken
from the Spanish armada, and others
were brought from India, Burmah and
China, and there is one cup which be-
longed to Charles X11 of Sweden. The
vases, cups, candelabra and fancy pieces
are usually displayed on the huge side.
boards at each end of the table of St,
George's hall when
| takes place, There is a peacock of pre-
{ cious stones valued at £40,000, The
| body and tail are composed of solid
diamonds, rubies and emeralds, The
tiger's head, known as Tippoo’s foot-
stool, is formed of silver gilt, with eyes
of rock crystal and a tongue of solid
gold. These two trophies of oriental
extravagance were taken at Seringa-
patam, and presented subsequently to
George III. There are an immense
number of gold shields, some of which
are richly ornamented. One of these
was formed of snuff boxes under the
direction of George 1V, and is valued
at £10,000. There are thirty dozen of
plates, whieh were bought Ly that sov-
ereign at a cost of £11,000,
- ema 5 AI MIO a
To prevent haystacks firing, scatter a
few handfuls of common salt between
each layer. The salt, by absorbing the
humidity of the hay, not only prevents
its fermentation and consequent heat.
ing, but lt aly adds a salty taste to
this forage, which all cattle like; be-
sides, it stimulates their appetite and
assists their digestion, and so preserves
them from many diseases.
FASHION NOTES,
Silk and wool, velvet and wool,
and solid woolen are all used by
French dressmakers for church and
promenade dress, Elaborate passe-
menterie trimmings are seen on many
of the new dresses; these trimmings
are longer than any before imported,
and they match the color of the dress,
A stylish cashmere dress of hellotrope
plaid In huge blocks of broken iines
was combined with plain cashmere,
Reversing the usual order, the plaid
was used in the basque and full long
drapery, while the skirt was of plain
goods laid in large side plalts, A large,
slender point of silk cord passemen-
terie extended from the collar to the
walst at the back, and a similar point
formed the rest. Large passementerie
ornaments with many hanging cords
were placed on the underskirt to form
a panel where the drapery parted. A
stylish dress of that purplish shade of
cashmere called crushed strawberry
ras trimmed with a fancy-striped silk
of moire and satin. Brown wool, com- |
bined with a brocade of old rose, was
still another costume, The French
tallor dresses are quite elaborately em- |
with lines of feather-stitch- |
white milk on brown or blue |
The edge of the overskirt is
in this way. The underskirt |
itch |
The |
vest
ing in
cloth.
finished
bodice 18 then finished with a shirt
lar to the waist line, or with a short
vest reaching only to the top of the
Irregu-
French
while they are very
long, are very eccentric; the
larity is the feature of all the
and
woven together by the dressmaker’s
fancy that no two dresses seem be
alike, Costumes of black Chantilly
less expensive Spanish
t
vis
and the and
French laces are extensively used over
inexpensive satin, either black
liotrope. White lace dregses over helio-
trope are also shown; these are looped
up with long clusters of heliotrope rib
bon and finished with peasant waists of
heliotrope satin, full lace guimps and
lace sleeves,
or he-
this weather red seems a ho
worn, and yet there 1
in which red does no
A gray dress 1s relieve
by a red hat or bonret, with a red para-
There are some charming French
us which are notable for three
offered flounces at ‘he hem, replacing
dinary kliting, and the drapery,
ch forms folds at t, being
the waist
colton
In
color to
Des
¥ vet lw ’ 1 .
hardly @% VOC
piay iis part.
i ed down. I'he
dresses now are noted for their simple,
good Ecru aad red
much worn, and skirts are made
with broad box-plaits over foundations
well petticoated benath, in which les
secret of tieir good appear-
To the uninidated the skirts of
might bave no foundation at
is is far fran being the case;
lenty of phitings and under-
which keg them well
Checks require much cleve
arrangement, A
ked cottor, wilh
tufts on the surfscy, Ww
such a way that all tae che
agonally, Slone an f
Hixiure
1 $e to}
Closely stitch
rR 1 ie,
sly siripes are
t1
Lat
hail the
“
plaitings
form.
Less
I~
blue-and-
standing
draped in
ks fell
orm a hay
WwW,
siripes of
of
white-chec
i due
which finds favor n
v v $6. Ro n
ne relly dresses nn
in most fast
Asiional
*
$31 y
vOIIE ATE §
y be seen
+3 i ny OF RR
EALOCTIDES,
— Black lace is stil much
n for dresses and ae
kinds is the Marguerte, ti
manufacturer of whid: realizied a con
iderable sam, The pattern consi
graduated Mar rte bl
perpendicular lines; Kis well wrought,
fine and silky. This lice is draped over |
black, but the necessary touches of
color are given by thee bands of rib-
bon carried beneath the lace across the
front, forming point: on one side and
bows on the other. The new Gobe-
had been chosen, and the
stylish bodice had a 7-shaped piece of
velvet of the same tone introduced |
back and front, wih ribbon velvet |
r
18 of Lhe
for
£1
it Fil
8 5
gue SSO MS,
with trimmings of lady on the outside,
and a sort of cap to tix elbow formed
of the black lace,
Challie in solid colordystriped, dot-
ted, floral or foliated, see to partake
in the general improvemeny noticeabie
in other light wool, vellifgs, c2avas |
goods, and the like, Nun's §eiling can |
now be had in such a varietgof colors,
qualities and combinations $that the |
Infinity of even French cajeice cau
find wherewithal to gratify its cnang- |
Muslins and lawns also |
lead of their mor solid
rivals in the matter of ornamertidion, |
and show every conceivable vari
loom and hand-wrounght em¥rc
close or open designs, and wt
quently combining botu in ¢ne piece
of goods,
ing moods,
~The *‘Beatrice’’ driving coat is a
new model in utility wraps, designed
by au Euglish house in Paris, and
highly popular in Ameria.
HORSE NOTES,
— Astral, the mare that lowered her
record to 2.18 at Cleveland, 1s a vefy
large bay, 16 2, by August Belmont,
dam by Mambrino Patchen.
~The French mutuels proved a fail-
ure at Saratoga, as they did most
everywhere in the West, and after two
days they were discontinued,
— Major B, (:, Thomas, of the Dixi-
ana Stud, Kentucky, who was not ex-
accounts. This will be pleasing news
to his many friends,
~The McLeod that has been doing
80 well through the West is a chestnut
stallion, 15.1 hands, weighing 930
pounds, 8 years old, by Saturn, son of
Satelite, dam Madge by Rob Roy.
This 1s his second year on the turf.
He is owned by Harry Chamberlain, of
Arapahoe, Neb, and was bred by Hon,
George W. Dorsey, of Fremont.
~—F, Garry, of New York city, has
bought from the estate of Alden Goild-
smith, Washingtonville, N. Y., the
2.194, foaled in 1875.
dam Relief, for
of Woodstock,
by
WwW.
Florida,
$2325. Burgess,
game estate the stallion Tom Carlyle,
foaled in 1883, by Volunteer, dam
Nora, by reacemaker, for $1025,
—J, (. Coster and Major Dickinson,
have made a wager of
$5000 each on the relative positions of
Garnet and Prince Wilkes at the close
of the great $10,000 race to be trotted
at. Hartford next month, former
gentleman backing Garnet, This is
especially interesting, as naming tw
the probable starters in th
ting event of the year.
to the wire in good shape the
tween them will be a close one,
— We met Mr,
owner of Harry .
ago. When asked what
about the recent trot between
and Harry Wilkes he said:
Wilkes was defeated. The
as you well know, has been sl
around a great deal, ard
from the Pacific Ocean to
and partly back again wit
six months, and, naturally
when he mel Patron and
speed, t Lt Was +
the
é great
raf
B.
a few ¢&
he tho 12
Patror
“Harry
Pig yr
Hie horse
Henry
Wilkes
Nirg +)
He, 3
Ay 8
o
#“
has traveied
he Atlantic
ain the last
2 was slaie
$ 2
i Lis
1
ali
aud los
and that 1st what
him, Frank Van Ness has telegraphed
Mr. Sire that he will let up on Harry
for about two weeks and he will no
trot lum at Buffalo; then if Patron or
any other trorting borse, mare or geld-
ing wants to make a match they can
accommodated, but Mr, Sire would like
nothing better than to have Wilkes try
conclusions with Patron again.
it
4
rit
AU
ba
he special prizes at the
were distributed
set, off
son, animal
the grealest
brown mare Je
pitcher, offere
Co., went
[eod, as
}
meeling
Silver wine
for
$01
ered |
nut stallion Mc-
fastest fifth
heat 48 CO pare th the first track
iarness, offer . King, went
4 mey’’ in
race; f or cup offered
Miles, for
awarded
’
10
the ner of the
y Utara, she
he 2.20 stake
wy PP. 1.
}
i
t
4
v
went Lo
was a beauls
House for the
greatest
popular
Brown.
Bob Allen, E. J. Baldwin's assist-
ant trainer, has this to say of Miss
Ford: “That filly is a puzzle to all of
We can’t account for tan:-
rums except on the ground of down-
right meanness. In fact, she is as mea:
and sulky as she can be, and runs good
and kind only when she feels like it
In her race in California she was the
same way, and she has more than once
taken a sulking fit in a race, losing a lot
of ground, and then, coming with 2
tremendous rush om the stretch wor
after all. But it is a nsky business 1g
back her, because you can’t tell when
she will be in the mood to give you a
When she ran
number
I
and ever-p
+
Qa H
us, er
pression, bul the fact of it was she
sulked, and that setiled it, but after
sulking, and apparently going to low
second money, she took it into her
head to go along about her business
and landed second money easily enough
that; she is as good now, I think, =¢
she ever was, Volante, too, appear:
to be doing finely at present.”
1. D. Withers, owner of the evoit
that needs a lot of
enough to beat good ones, Why, just
see, he had seventeen minutes the best
of Hanover—that's no credit to him.
Desides, look at the time, 2.14-—lhatl’s
no race, Hanover's amiss, A horse musi
lapping |
on the outside. Large English pockets |
are placed on either side and on ihe |
left breast, and good-sized buttesz of |
old miver and enamel are set down
the front. One model made of dark-
blue cloth barred with Japanese red is
accompanied by a red silk vest, fast.
ened with dark-blue buttons, The
hood at the back is lined with the same
rich color.
~Sleeves are wonderfully improved
and much more beeoming than those
of last season. A particularly pretty
style appeared on a dinner gown; it
came to the elbow with revers of em-
broldery inside the arm, outside there
fell a graceful rounded lappet piece of
lace and ribbon, which, throwing the
arm in shadow, gave it much rounded
grace, This gown, which was of the
vieux roso tone, was remarkable for a
distinoct train, and slanted at the end
80 as to form a point, It had a panel
of {ficent embroidery, row upon
row of metallic guipure, bordered with
| aa-sized beads, each row of a differ
ant metallic tinre.
jong." Laggard is by Uncas, and Mr.
Withers thins relates how he got hold
of Lhe stallion: *“*Well, I had followed
Uncas fer years, hoping to get him.
i bad
n his brother Wanderer run, and
Knew the family was a first-class one.
I saw Uncas as a yearling, at Alexan.
afder’s farm, and made up my mind
td buy him. When the time came for
the Woodburn sale of 1877 | went ta
Kentucky for that purpose, and stopped
at{Keene Kichards'. (Mr. Richards and
Me. Robert Johnson accompanied
me; to the sale in a wagon belong-
ind to Mr. Richards, Like horse-
mdh, we all got talking, and the negro
d r suddenly found be had mistaken
the and landed us in Versailles,
We vere six miles from Woodburn, and
the $iime before the sale was short
When we reached there the sale had
begun, and 1 found that I bad Jost Une
cas, tr. Lorillard had bought him
for $3100, 1 watched his career closely,
He was a splendid race horse. al.
ways wanted him, and when Mr, Lor.
lard offered him for sale I got him at
last, He reminds me more of Le
tom than any of Lexington's sona.*?