in the Garden, il thou, Mignonette? while the South Wind stills his low complaints To bear the censer of thy rich perfume, I read, upon a terrace warm with bloom, Flower-stories of the Virgin and the Saints, I read that Mary, passing through a fleld, Her beart oppressed with that mysterious gloom Which ever falls on those whom Heaven had sealed For glory’s crown-—and doom-— Stooped often, 1n her meditative walk, To pluck some favored blossom from its stalk, Some happy flower, which bowed its beau- teous head And Summer's odorous benediction shed, But one poor fragile weed, Nor beautiful nor sweet, W hich she would never heed But that it clung so close about her feet, With tender touch she gathered; to her breast And toher lips the slighted floweret pressed Because so frail, so hopeless, loved {he best. Won For Ob. then the pale weed strove To whisper forth its rapture and its love; And while {t mutely trembled and adored, Like praise of spirit risen, ¥rom long and woful prison, A tide of fragrance from poured! For once tn all the ages has it sighed For beauty’s coronal of brilliant hue, fled of the rose, or violet’s winsome blue, By that one kiss of pity glorified. The garden's lowly, well-beloved flower, A miracle of sweetness from that hour— Mignonette, was it thou? \N UNCOMMON STORY. its heary was loverybody in the little town of Lyrce Y s was astonished when it became own that Mr. Mathias was dead, He was barely forty-five years of ag 1 was a robust man, as straight as arrow. About three bef he had become Lhe & Yi t irk of twenty, years husband of a niece of the iad 1 ax Col oved with tor, and whom he I the catastrophe. Mr. Mathias, and perhaps he was not far wrong, was con- vineed that his wife hated him. From this conviction to the belief that she was deceiving him, there was but one step. Ever tormented by this sus- picion, he became a monomaniac. *His wife never put her foot out of doors, and nobody came to see her, Still, Mr, Mathias imagined that the reason he did not catch his wife wrong-dokng was his own mind he voted himself an ass. It was then that a bright idea struck him. He would pretend that he was going on a journey, not to Versailles or Havre, as do comedy husbands, but on a long, long journey, from which it would seem very difficult for him to re- turn, And then, some night, he would come back as much alive as ever, to the great confusion of the guilty one, He allowed himself three days’ time, and he was quite pleased with himself as he thought of all this, in stretching himself out comfortably in his coffin once more, * Mr. Mathias was getting unpatient as the third day drew to a close. lle waited until the cemetery clock struck 11, the hour he had chosen to begin | operations. - ¥ - w | erty. | of black clothes in which to array him- self as a phantom druggist. graveyard only would he | shroud, to be in keep ng with dominating color of the localit wall he would hie str: | his wife’s apartment, would Mr, rvthin y Wil wear h over the ever bed HAVIN possessor of every vir- rd , dared to Spx OI 4 usurer or nis him while living. in would have dreamed of pul the 1 would » remem! + tall avaricious supposed t concocting p experimented on « talk about that then, Peace to his ashes! After all, in thinking the matter over ful h man whom peopl which he was no time He was dead, oisons with i It 1OWrs 10S, 4 “ It was .plain that Mathias had had forebodings of its for had he not but a short h me before sent to nary in this death? AT. approach, t # 4 vO erect chapel that was at that moment waiting to receive his mortal remains? Besides, it. had been noticed that of late he had prowled about his house myst robbers, He his wife and closed himself up for weeks at a time in his laboratory, the chimney of which seemed in a blaze every night. were the premonitory symp- toms of a brain trouble!” had said Dr, Labarre, who had decided that death ited from apoplexy, Mathias bad had a splendid One-third of the population had followed TIOUS **All these i rest Mr. it wi his it there were a few misty eyes when $ ¢ 0 1 the em of t rypt ment in ze might rT ie funeral would do he chapel, a real monu- where two have slept at thelr ease, mou returned what 1tseil, men of nis mers the widow wondering the truth of the matter ist Mathias was not dead. [wo hours after the ceremony ne who might have been in the here the coffin rested, would tified to the truth of thi wo sharp clicks, like the spring, resounded, and the « no ed like a closet,. Mr. Mathias sat stretching his limbs like a man | waking, Through a grating ceiling a little light entered. Mr. thias stood up, slowly rubbing bi inbed knees, Taking all in all, he felt comfortable, quite comfortable, The dose of narcotic, which he bad carefully meas- wired himself before taking, had had the exact effect he desired. People had supposed him dead and buried him; so much the better. Since a long while Mr. Mathias had made his preparations. The vault had been fitted up with great care. In it Ad “we NOW, Mr. $3 Lilt bottles of good wine, As nothing stim- even if it is oue’s own, Mr. Mathias seated himself comfortably on his coffin, the future, It is about time to say why, of his moment six feet below the surface of the ground. As usual, there was a woman mixed up in the matter. Unmoved by femin- Mathias, formely an apothecary who had made a fortune with anti-spasm pills, fell in love with pretty Annie Piedefer, the niece of the tax-gatherer at Lyre-sur-Ys, He had bluntly pro- posed to the young girl, who had just as bluntly refused to become Mrs, Mathias, in consequence of which he fell In love like a fool, I beg pardon! 1 should say like a man of 40, who al- lows himself to fall in love. Not being of an over-honest nature, he had woven such a subtle web about the tax gath- erer, that, in less than a year’s time, knowing that the government's cash did not count up right, the unforbunate man was seriously considering the ad visability of committing suicide, It was at this moment that Mr. Mathias appeared in the guise of a savior, and made his terms, The niece offered her- self up as a sacrifice to save an uncle who had been a father to her, although her affections were already pledged toa clerk in the office of a notary in a neigh- boring town. As a sad victim on the altar of duty, Annie became Mme, Mathias. a a disagreeable irprise this was, would be a certain f that one h@d never been at mid- t in a geaveyard, trying to j hroud. ] Yi that had add Mathias came from the graveyard, Old Grimbot, an well known in all | taverns, He drew near, and, | Mr. Mathias¥ull i “Hello! Already!” } = ‘i “ J ICE fgext th wile Mr. is fmt you, Mathias? him, hoping that a gesly appearance | panion, It did not. however. On contrary, Gnmbot kindly assisted hin in putting on the sheet, and arrange it 80 that the folds fell gracefully. “I have just left my tomb," Mr. Mathias in a hollow voice, “So I see,” said Grimbot, interruj | ing him. *“*You seemtobeinam rreater hurry than the others.” { Mr. Mathias di | He was now ta | ing on Lhe } De tiptoe, ] i Grimbot kept | tinued: “The : . 3 . » » . wv 3 idea does not come to the haar [hey iis!” groaned as, now, stop that, ‘or else 1 shall I have “Say replied knock Vo no objection Lrriin- on the ‘ your about, The others do so too,” ‘““The others! what others?”’ Grimbot gave a wide sweep around with his hand, as he replied: “Why, the dead, of course!” “The dead « who ing to you about the dead? is talk- Why, man, “Phew! that is an awful joke; but, | see here, I am a good feilow. | along and take a drink with me.” Like a pair of pincers, his hand grasp- {ed Mr. Mathias’ wrist, He dragged | him to a small building, where he lived, and made him enter a room on the ground floor, Mr, Mathias was literally damfound- ed. After closing the door, Grimbot | got a bottle from the shelf, and filling | two glasses, he took one and held it up, saying: “‘Here’'s to you, Mr, Mathias.’ “Listen to me, good man,” said Mr, Mathias, “You want to have your little joke at my expense, Well and good, But there is a time for all things. For a reason that concerns me only; I have allowed myself to be buried, Now, business of great im- ortance requires my présence outside, #t me go, and, 1 assure you, I shall pay you well.” While he was speaking Grimbot had slowly walked around the table and taken a position, standing, his back against the door, “You are a good talker,’’ sneered he, “So you are alive, eh ¥ Well, you are not the first that has told me that, You see, I hear such strange stories, I am quite fond of my subordinates, Every night one or two of them come, without ceremony, to take a drink with me. Last night it was the notary, You know whom I mean; your neigh She soon felt all the consequences of column, The night before last I had a call from Mme. Claudin, a mighty fine lovking woman, I tell you, I am a good fellow. 1 let them walk about at night and chat with them; but as to letting them go outside, that is quite another thing.” Mr, Mathias began to feel uncomfor- table. And no wonder, for Grimppt spoke with perfect composure, like a functionary who understood the respon- sibilities of his office. He was a medium-sized, thick-set { man, with hands like a gorilla’s, His eyes were black and glistening. A shiver ran through Mr, Mathias’s frame as the idea struck him that the man Was Crazy. Yes; that must be it, He must be a visionary fellew who believed his grave- yard peopled with ghosts, He lived in a fantastic world, the creation of a drunkard’s brain. Mr. Mathias began talking, pleading, promising, supplicating. Why, how { could he, the good, kind, intelligent | Grimbot, make such a mistake as to ! take him for a dead man, and he burst into a laugh, “Here!’’ said Grimbot curtly; | have reasonably, you will have to go in { again,” “(Go in again! go in where?” “Into your home, of course! corner of the third division.” “Into a tomb! Never!” “You won't! Once! Twice!” Mr. Mathias looked at the enormous hands, with terror, he t glanced around, looking for an opening hrough. There was Grimbot, | propped up against it! Anyhow, he had + vl 5 may. 90 he rusi- At Overcome Dass, ¢ ed forward with ream, Crim bos he always loved, - ey Brothers of the Misericordia, of the impress Florence is the appearance of a procession Of ve ilaxd LEure \ K, carrying a corpst The figures are { Brothers of the founded in the thirt ury Borsie, the p Une most ive o conceived the happy ing their vices public square had ne ig, {xn the nem each ition against rec rir rule forbids a r anythin g from ¢ f cold water. faces any grateful patient from warding them, and take away from themselves the temptation to trade on their services, ar ceal the brothers’ and thus pre- vents ms A MR Msc moisai Now the Burglars Know the Snap. I heard a curious story about Mrs, Paran Stevens the other day, which was extremely characteristic, A friend calling was shown up into her boudoir and took the first chair, sed for a while, or rather he listened with interest to her caustic on men and things, until she said sud- | denly: “Oh, you're setting on my diamonds; | get up this minute!” On examination he found that a little seat of the chair, which he had not noticed when he sat down, let slip, when he picked it up, a perfect river of the most splendid gems, “I keep them in brown pa r,”’ she explained, ‘‘to deceive the urglars, brown paper bag, lying about anywhere on a shelf or in a drawer, for some $75,000 worth of jewels. There have been two attempts to steal them within a year, and 1 hit on this good way to keep them,” «A dress for a miss of 10 or 12 Is of red merino; the revers and front of gkirt of red tweed, with a narrow yel- low stripe; the waistband is of red picot ribbon, fastened with a steel buckle, —More now than at any previous time the style of a dress 1s made to depend on the material of which it is Solabosed, Jhe jo sites stuffs with velv ripes and gay Pompadour gar- lands, and the handsome failies and other soft corded silks, are employed for straight skirts that are almost destitute of drapery or looping. On the other havd, the Dengalines, fouls ards, India tissues and windred soft sl Ks demand a ds and loopings for bor, Rabel, the one that has the broken WHICH oie faou®. sind are aday A MYSTERIOUS RING, Marian, the Beautiful Countess—The Murder of a Father Avenged. I was in India when the terrible news reached me that my father had been found cruelly murdered in his bed, Who had committed the crime was not known, but I registered a solemn. oath that night in my tent that when I arrived in England I would devote my life to hunting the murderer down. I had parted from my father in anger over some trifling thing, and I bitterly regretted now that I had not begged his forgiveness, I arrived at Avondale Castle to find myself disinherited and in favor of my counsin Marian, beautiful Marian, whom my father always wanted me to marry, and the immediate cause of many of our quarrels, Marian, after my father’s death, had moved away to London and married earned from the old housekeeper, Mrs, Brimmer, As I was going to bed on the evening of my arrival Mrs. Brimmer approach- ed me and said very mysteriously. “If you please, sir, I found this the Lis room,’”’ and “It was close by the blood-stained hammer,” the room bidding me good night. [ looked at the ring and shuddered. Where had I seen it before? My mind went back to the days when I had first returned from college, It seemed I re- membered a face that loved me; that 1 rem ol a hand, white and pled, that had wore such a ring. All once startling truth burst upon It was Marian’s! he very next evenin Earl of Ardleig ember the ¥ ¢ IY v £ $ 1 KX found ne alt I rI8 mansion, my face he powdered th ’ 14 1 grave Gib ordered, nd t wif age reflec ily to me, transcel farian, I trembled as she touched m) and 1 the { he yes, dazzling in ligh My voice sounded strange : I murmured ousin M felt 4 $ r giitier « ht, fixed ug something 5 Ol ilate paral terror, o bu nto a strange at “Have vou returned Edward?’ she said, “No, no -— woul Marian! But your mab . » * ont » 4 & arrested ior pa - 3 + wv Ai FASHION NOTES, ~The capoté has not besn very strikingly modified; it is however, { rather larger, so as to fit the head and chignon, —J ow heels are seen even on very fine, dressy, fashionable boots and shoes, The Louis (Quinze heel is a thing of the past. — Very pretty pelerines, or short capes, are worn of plain velvet, vel- veteen, or cloth, lined with silk; there is no tnmming round the edge, but only a bow of ribbon in front. —A neat little frock is in Indian cashmere, with yoke, Swiss belt and cuffs in Indian ewbroidery, worked in colored silks, The skirt is tucked and the sleeves full. —A very pretty little frock for a tot of 4 years is of red vigogne, with cream surah revers, embroidered with red butterflies, Pompadour front tied downy with sash of Ottoman ribbon. —With round waists and belts buck- les have come into fashion again; they are mostly of a long, narrow shaps, or else oval. Pearl, in soft, rich colors, old-silver, or nickel, are favorite styles. —For achild of 3a cream flannel frock, with Irish crochet collar and cuffs, lined with bright colored silk. | man ribbon, held in place at each side by simulated pocket laps. —Hats have greatly shape since the summer. The crown, | instead of being high, 18 now quite low, and the brim is very broad and slanting in front, while at the back it is very narrow, and slightly curled up | at the edge. changed In — New winter mantles are most! the shape of the redingote, with visite They are of velvet, cloth or velveteen. Those of velvet are made quite plain, excepting ¢ Ar and revers of moire or gross-grain sik, The others are trimmed with bralding or with bands of fur, —DBesides redingotes and jackets of various description fashionable and much worn, especially ladies, The short pelerine with doubled-up sleeves, | also suitable for young ladies. It made this season chiefly of checked cloth, in dark or neutral col- ors, with a flow of loops of ribb the back and a narrow velvet collar, Lae sleeves, made visites 8 are still by young mantles, 8 18 — Another 1s of heliotrope Olloman underskirt, vest and revers | of dark and light heliotrope plaid, The sash is of plaid, with fringed ends This dress is of brown cashmere, The The yoke and The waistband, of Oriental embroidery. | cuffs are of the same, 3 | bon. | Another suit for a miss is made of plain and polka-spotied goods body, skirt, sleeves and back drapery are of the plan goods; walkt trimming and apron of the Skirt of plaid suit- | with plush collar, cuffs and vest in for bonnets consists of plush flowers of the most exquisite tints of pink, rose { and heliotrope, also pale yellow shaded to deep orange. The foliage is not of plush, but is very soft and velvely. Al ia late wedding life were no- ticed several bonnets of tulle and crape, in high the strings were of tulle and crape. —A stylish Parisian model bas a of ocean-gray cashmere, with | Hungarian drapery of the same over a gray surah, plaited with Ro- d green velvet, The plaited { surah, with deep revers each side of the plait, J sr dress of Venetian bronze corded silk has a petticoat and vest of deep orange silk, Of striped broadly with bro bodice skirt of man red vest Is © A o Yin ras inn nze-t 1 The Wardrobes of Kings. The wardrobe of the late king of Ba- payments of his debts, The St. James’ (Gazette alludes to this transaction as a following of the precedent set in Eng- land, when George IV died, but this is an entire mistake, for his wardrobe be- sive benefit, This was a monstrous job, sum, and the public, who originally paid for it, ought to have obtained the George 1V left every coat he had bought for fifty years, 800 canes and whips, every description of uni- form, the state costumes of all his orders and magnificent furs and pel jamas, some of which had been sent to him by the emperors of Russia and Austria, a i ——— — Wells Fargo made a record of 2.17 a few days ago at San Francisco, ~The Grand Jury at Washington, D. C,, has indicted a local bookmaker, ~At Loulsville the new assoclation now forming, will have eight meetings during the year, ~The rt that Congressman William 1. tt intends to sell his stable has been denied, An offer of $10,000 has Leon re- fused for the r Arrow, and heis sald to be held at $15,000, — August Belmont has secure’ ‘he services of James Rowe, the ex-trainer for the Dwyer Brothers, Harry Wilkes trotted three miles in 2.184, 2.10} and 2.17 at the Texas State Fair at Dallas last week, «Protection beat the r y agon record on the Cleveland track by » mile In 2.20§ recently, | —Hand work is favored upon under- wear. Hand made trimmings i descriptions are sought for, and many pretty designs are seen, which furnish work for odd moments and garnitures that are comparatively Inex- pensive, afd quile as beautiful more durable than anything the stores furnish. Tucks are often held in place, and the spaces between them are orna- mented by rows of fancy stitching. —In many of the very handsome cloaks which are just beginning to ar- | rive 1n London the figured or embroid- { ered part is used only for the sleeves and skirt, with the front and back of the bodice left plain in a shape which ends in a long point at the waist. A lovely one in this style was of white cloth, worked all over in large brown of evidently dene after the coat had been | made, and its outline shaped the figure beautifully. —Silver belts, also leather belts with silver buckles, are more fashionable than ever, being a convenient as well as attractive accessory to the presnt style of dress bodice. Quite new, and especially desirable, are the flexible ventilated belts, made of loosely woven silver threads. An attractive belt seen recently consisted of a series of oblong medallions, one-half of which were quite plan, the alternate ones being decorated with an elaborately engraved design, ~ Heavy qualities of faille Francaise are imported for handsome church, visiting and carriage dresses, These elegant textiles do not admit of intri- cate draperies, and the SKruight panels, plaits and other perpendicular effects which fashion still favors are pecu- larly adapted to this style of matrial. A Parisian gown e in regular tailor sty'c is fashioned with a per- fectly plain skirt, untrimmed in front, and devoid of even the tiny French foot-ruche, but plaited extremely fo!! in the back, The dress in this instance 1s made of pale cafe au lait faille of - nificent quality. The bodice is simply in front, ending in a short yabat-postilion at the There are epaulets of beading upon the shoulders, and a band of the same ture on HORSE NOTES, —The vay filly Formosa, for which $12,000 were refused when she was a 2 year old, has been sold to W. B. Jen- nings. ~There are four claimants for the name Volunteer, which, it is hoped, will bring as good luck to a horse as to the yacht. —Jessie Joues, an English boy jockey who rode his first race for the Nickall cup at Burbiton, weighs only thirty- five pounds, ~W. C. Blunt's yearling bay colt Beymeur, by Stratford, out of Imelda, run a quarter ino 24} seconds on the Ivy City course on the 6Lh, — Maiden, a Palio Alto J year old, by Electioneer, out of May (Qaeen, tried to beat 2.19} at Bay District a few days ago, but only made 2.25. Mr. Logan Swope, of Independ- ence, Mo., has sold to L, C, Garrett, of Kansas City, a palr of 3 year old Mes- senger Chief fillies, Price paid, $1200, -John Madden, of Phuiladslphia, was one of the judges at C. J. Ham- lin’s great feat in driving Bell Ham- lin and Justina a mule in 2.18 at Bauf- falo. —D. B. Herrington drove the roan pacing mare Ulster Belle a mile with running mate in 2.10 at the Hudson River Driving Park on November 1. —Mambrino Dudley in trotting to at Narragansett Park, | Providence, recently made 2.19%, his quarters being, 35, 1.10], 1.44; and 2.19%. — Harry Wilkes, owned by James S, 3azard, of Newport, RK. I., was the boss pacer of the season in New Eng- land, having won five races and made a record of 2.20. States Senator George n Francisco, has bought Lbred yearlings from | Theodore Winters, of Sacramento. He paid $15,000 for them. — United Hearst, eight — Thomas Morgan, the well-known rse boot maker, presented Crit with a pair patent quarter Mr. Morgan has 41 marked ce Wilkes, —~John Madden has sent Crit Harrodsburg, Ky., a 2 year old | colt by Mambrino Startle dam by En- field, This colt trotted a mile in 2.44} over the Danvilie track. —L. C. Ieee paced three beats in 12,153, 2.15, 2.18, at the Bay District | track recently, beating the record and making the fastest consecutive heats | ever paced by a stallion. —The St. louis Falr Association | cleared $42,043, 22 at its recent show, | and has decided to hang up $45,000 in stakes and purses for ten days racing | at the spring meeting of 1588, — Frederick Cook, who has just been | re-elected Secretary of State of New | York, having defeated Colonel Fred Grant, is the President of the Roches. | ter Driving Park and a devoted horse- | Ian. ~The mares Daisy Hamilton and Dertha, which had never seen each | other before, were driven a mile, | hooked double to a top road-wagon, at New York on the 8th, and made it in 2.28 without a skip. ~— Kitty Pease is said to have beaten the five furlong records by half a sec- oud at Dallas, Texas., having made the distance in just a minute. Nevalla and Jim Renmick had previously made 1.004 in 1882 and 1883. —Tredent, the great Australian 4 year old racer, has been beaten by Aus- | tralian Peer, a 3 year old colt, by three | lengths, The colt carried 97 pounds to Lrident’s 126, The winner is by Dare- bin, out of Stockdrove. Sable Wilkes, who beat the record for 3 year olds by trotting a mile In 2.18 at San Francisco a few days ago, was driven by John A. Goldsmith, who on the homestretch found it necessary to cheer the colt a bit and touch him with the whip. ~The American Racing Con | now in convention at Lexiagton, Ky., will probably pass a rule compelling | managers and trainers of stables ran ning as a firm to report to the judges | the name or names of the individual | owners of each horse. ~King Puzzler, the chestnut colt { that died from a broken blood vessel at Kansas City a few days ago, cost his owner, Ed. Corrigan, $5500 as a year- ling. and was very promising. He was by King Ben, dam Puzzle. — Emeline, now dead, and Green Mountain Maid each bas six of bes | produce in the 2 30 list, Adele Gould, the fastest of Emelire’s dauguters, | has made a mile in 2.19 while Green | Mountain Maid’s Elaine and Prospero | each has a record of 2.20. —The National Association of Trot- | ting Horse Breeders has decided to | open two classes of stakes for 1888, one class for 2, 3 and 4 year olds bred out- side of Kentucky and California, and which have no records, and the other class for 2,3 and 4 year olds of the highest standard. —(3oshen (N. Y.) horsemen are ex- cited over a 4 year old that went a quarter mile there in 36 recently draws ing a heavy road cart. James McKee, who saw the performance, paid $1000 for the colt at once, and now says he wouldn't take $5000 for him. — Australian horses have been beat. ing the records of the faraway coun- try recently. Spondulix, a aople: chaser, cleared a hurdle 6 feet and § of an inch high without touching, and Lizette, a mare, cleared a few iiches oves 35 feet in a jump. The Engiish record is 37 feet, made by Chandler. «The Dwyer Brothers ran 17 horses red 54 ver's 4} Has D of boots 4 1 :e them 1'ri AVIS vie $7 [£8 | Davis, gress, i i
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