A Home For Thee. 1'11 have a home tor thee, love, I'il have a home for thee; It may be by the mountains, It may be by the SON, ‘or home is where the heart is, Wherever it nay be. }’ Lave a home When von are A home ot A { for thee, love, voung and fair, w and comfort, ery Care, reign triumphant, siiall be, ren or thee, ove, ne for thee, home for thee, love, old an Len the shadows | As at the close of day; When the darkness thickens tl you cannot see, nat for thee, love, Lien you are 1'il have a home f« 1°11 have a home for thee, a home for thes, love, it have passed away, howe where there's no darkness, Dut everlasting day. There will ba no sighing, pain, nor grief, nor tears, » will be our home, love, rough time's eternal years. I ATR SI » r ¥ DOU BLOONS. fashioned Diaz? fasnlonea pazia, trails of prairie roses nl of a brown-breasted robin warbling apple trees below—>Miss Hope saw and riral adjuncts to the sat on the Clear sheel noted all these landscape as she trunk old tree below, with the level flecks of light dancing on the page of her ut she was not reading. Two leaned ag mossy rail fence opposit le he inst the and amused r leisure their careless talk. Miss Hope was t hair of sees and dark long, thicl ill and slender, with that luxuriant red-gold which brown in the shadow, i | eyes, shaded with Her lips, crimson ripe cherry, were . and the or lovely all in white, relessly in faintest glow cheek as she with a her lap. e, standing opposite, a Parsee might Jook at deity. Dark, was a tropic of his eye and the ve Thee, that shiped there made hi i) haunt fash Charlie —fair and eyes, Sax Cres £10 DLAC a fellow with an wed i Miss Hope, I'm desperately in little Kate Williams, who in the world, 1 Know I to Lake George and with the heiress, but than I can an ore ridly thrift sel me to reply? In other words, you want Miss Hope's opinion, or opinion of a young lady in society? i er want your own private individual mpression,’’ “Then,” said Miss Hope, with a a momentary deepening of the crimson on her cheeks; **do as true love die- tates. A woman's heart the gold of Peru!” sravissimo!*’ throwine throwing w“] cried Charlie rence, and spi ed ou his brows, **The sweetest of all tifications| to temnpt one to sin perpetually. I to fulfill your mission.” his feet were winged, Fernando Leslie with a smile, Happy fellow,’ he murmured, in a low tone, returned,” Miss Hope lifted her clear, wine- dark eyes to his face with somewhat of an inquiring glance, “I am not sure that I understand you, Mr, Leslie,’’ she said, calmly, “Because you will not understand me,’ he said, passionately. **Are you quite sure of that? Come, now, do not judge too rashly. Let me be your lady confessor, as I have been Mr, Torrence’s; tell me the history of your life,” “It’s a brief history enough,’ he an- swered haughtily, as if he half distrust. ed her momentary interest, “The his. tory of any young man born a gentle man, without the fortune which is re- quisite to sustain a gentleman’s rank, Torrence spoke no more than the truth when he said that he and I were both dispatched northward to do our best to Yrgo nd win the heiress, Miss L'Ech- elle.” ‘*And why do you not speed on your quest?’ *‘Because,”” said Leslie, “I am a looked after him man, and not a fortune-h unter, sacrifice my own self-respect and dig- ed. Am I right or wrong?” “That cide,” answered Miss Hope, slowly and thoughtfully, with her eyes bent on the i said and ive “Miss Hops,” rapidly, ‘ ’ the young man, yet out fot confess. on. Hear me week « In shore, 1 have fallen Now tell me, as you told Tor- what to do,” “Will my counsels Influence you?”’ “No,” he answered, smilingly; *‘let My mind is al- “To do what?” “To tell the queen of my affections the story of my love; to leave it with her to accept or decline the poor offer- he may please, 5 man.’' Miss parted as she spoke, and her eyes shone luminously, as if the fire of his own communicated itself to who is the happy maiden?’ “Happy?'’ he repeated. *I am not 80 sure of that,” “A girl must be happy who is fortu- ite enough to win t affection of a swered, warmly, He advanced } ii “Spoken like a true **And hers, na € $s $.1 noobie nature 4 he murmured or youn-—-toil my whole life to making deserve? ny my love Hy OYE! let me work f “will you for devote you as happy as you you Clara, hie alt is my queen, awaiting y The turned now, The young girl i floating white yiy murmuring her maiden in the willing ears Fernando Leslie, Ie the confessor now; not was the shrift as short as it The moon was shining through ! ntered tables were fair n the dress was sh love i of Was be tall Y re-¢ the house, i HEHE wiken y pretty of the ho I.eslie, wh or 3 re Dy the ten Ake George render an i Leslie smiled, and “My excuse here,’ an for all he said, ac to shortcomings ‘and herealler Ho one stands 5 I render her." Mr. Eimsley, a fine-looking, middle- aged gentleman, sat in the parlor as Jount save an expression of the blankest astonishment passed over his features, “Miss 1." Echelle!” he cried, “Why, this month,” “On the contrary,”” she rejoined, color, I am “Leslie,” cried Elmsley, “why didn’t Fernando Leslie stood ment, “You are all talking in riddles,’ he said. Who is Miss L’Echelle and where Is she? Clara, explain this to me.’ “It is easily explained, Fernando,” said Miss Hope, or, rather, Hope L'Echelle, as she turned smilingly to- ward him. *1 lke this sequestered nook better than Lake George, whither the rumors of my wealth had already preceded me, and the heart I have won by my own unassisted individuality is unspeakably precious to me, Dearest, Surely Hope L'Echelle may be forgiven her trifling deception for Clara Hope's sake,” “Lucky fellow!” muttered Gilbert Elmsley, turning away; ‘but Fernando Leslie always was in good graces of Dame Fortune,” And upon Kate Wallace's nineteenth Distiday Mua Fernando Leslie's gift was a check for five thousand dollars, “To help Charlie start in busi love, and to make you as happy ol gn myself,” whispered the smiling LN i ———— AIO sen Tune dishonest butoher 1s always will. ing to meat his custowers half welgh., ASHREWD WAITERS WAY. How He Won the Money of His Fel. lows on Bets, For some time I have been eating at a restaurant, and everything was as pleasant as a family there until about cine, ticed vhile found about, My His clothes were poor, but I no- that soon he began to pick up the out yesterday how it all table was close to the cashier's she is, One of your innocent look- ing girls, with broad brow, honest, open face, and big, tender, gray eyes that can spot a spurious quarter before it leaves your hand, I've often con- wondered how LOO, had scarcely been given when a in whom 1 recogmized a rich Water street business man, enter- He was faultlessly dressed from top to toe, had the air of a man who me to remark to myself: 3s Well, he's a Then I saw three of eves fasten him pairs on One pair belonged to the third to a waiter who was st beside him of the gorgeous clothes. All three looked the Water street man over glanced inquiringly at murmuring a word. his companion, The other waiter eager assent, Then both up carelessly to where She smiled sl the two waiters’ eves, elevated ¢ and duced a 4 slipped it to her, hing; the sald somet other pr Then both walked off il the pretty cashier turned her t sald something, “ urnea Ler ion to the Water street man, unconscious, was studying his all ng Presently his soup appeared. He sipped it slowly, quietly, with dignity, zestful twinkle of ti that made me feel a respec himasa n with a fine ; } t i * oie eye 103 i palate ies y he apparen » and, SPOONS 1x loom overs how it began, Apollo who intro- { betting on a was exper exis an $ 4 : 3 Wraveilng ree weeks dur vmployed -__— Queen Victoria and ldsat The whole court chateau of X-—{] fi far from Bonn; Ler of Loge assembled at get the name), not there were also a great Hiustrion guests © her with several celebrated , had promised to help at the con. ven in the evening. The ngland, with was also at the castle; what courtiers said, most sympathetic sovereign in Europe,’ as the master called her, was not at all in a pleasant temper. It is 3 the from her husband, and how she never could get used to the inferior rank of her adored it, unable to lide her grievance, fate had played brought on to the scenes an Austrian archduke. Of course hie took precedence to Prince Albert, and this irritated the ‘young She “attack of nerves,”’ and took a gloomy view of everything. The evening came and the court be. gan, Queen Victoria arrived rather late, and did not appear to be herself at all, T.aszt was to play an “Intro duction,” but he had scarcely seated himself at the plano before the Queen complained of the heat, at which a chamberlain ran to open a window, In about two minutes the Queen found the draught insupportable, Then the chamberiain hurried off again and shut the window. This produced a bustle and a going to and fro capable of ruin. ing the effect of the finest performance in the world, When the “Introduc- tion’ was finished the master, instead of playing the piece itself, got up, made a bow, and went out into the park to smoke a cigar, When, balf an hour afterward, he came back to the hall, King Frederick William got up from his place and sald to him: “You ran away just now, What was the mate ter?” “I was afraid,”’ replied Liszt, “of disturbing her Majesty Queen Vie- toria while she was giving her orders.” The King laughed heartily, and begged him to continue his me, which he did in the midst o Fespteiful Siieuos ueen Victoria having left the hal after his disappearance, Thomas Mortimer's Will Philip Acre had reason to be satisiied with the world in genera. In first place, he was going to marry the gh he loved, and very opportunely ol Thomas Mortimer, a relative he had only seen ounce in his life, had died and left him a fortune, It was just a week before ding that his betrothed, Edith peated her his wide Wyllis, in father’s lace and siug ing softly to her Few but have praised the taste the young man had shown in selecting such a beauti- ful wife, She dropped her work with a glad cry as her lover entered the room, her face saddening as she noted the tired expression in his eyes, ‘ “Philip, you look worried,” as he kissed her cheek, “And I feel come on a sad BOG self, so, darling, 1 mission. poned,”’ “But why?” tion. “Until I can realize enough of an in- come to support you, dearest, as you de- I have found out to-day that I am not Thomas Mortimer’s heir, That a distant cousin-—a nearer relative exists, and I will see that she comes in- to her property.’”’ And be sighed, “But, Philip, the will has made it was the tearfnl “Legally It has; but, Edith, could I reconcile my of trut honor to avail myself of old Mortimer’s f: at this woman’sexpense? i, i to ideas hand it it fanciful freak but 1 could I dream of legally defrauding the right- heir, Nay, dearest, name wealth, but than suffer a single I would rather stain on my anda stian g ' sald “We will “You have done , with sparkling e happy we dearly than What is frat } LN wi quire, I will write again t ask these and t a deed of convevance s gut, and then, lis } lrect q estions, darling -? JRL lips quivered a moment ily campleted the BUCe. “Then I will begin the Over ag 1" wdith's loving hit x $Psests WSIOUEn eyes ol of his noble sel eet testimonial, Dr. Wyllis, ially 1 sald aiant 1 uch orable died away, salins beat and WREL ANG “Are we?" grimace. *‘l I suppose?’’ “Wait until you see, sir," Acre, pursing up her little 1 a mouth. And Vhilip “waited” ¢ Ously. “Where are we?" he asked in aston- shment when the carriage drew of a stately, pillared entirely unfamiliar 4 i up in f ¢ $i iront porLico, not “Surely Mortimer place. shouldn't be surprised if it was,” Dr. Wyllis, emerging from the “Walk in my boy. Come, Edith, Well, how do you the Jooks of your new home?’ “Our new home?" repeated Philip, “1 do not understand vou, sir.” “Why, 1 mean that your little wife which seemed 1 like knew it till this morning. Her mother was old Mortimer’s cousin, but some absurd quarrel had caused a total cessa- of intercourse between the two branches of the family. I was aware of the facts all along, but I wasn’t sorry ing what kind of stuff you were made of, Phil Acre! And now, as the deed of conveyance isn't made out yet, I don’t suppose your lawyer need trouble himself about it. The heiress won't quarrel with you, I'll be bound.” Philip Acrels cheek flushed, and then grew pale with strong, hidden emotion, as he looked at his fair wife standin beside him, when the sunset turned her bright hair to coils of gold, and thought how unerringly the hand of Providence had straightened out the tangled web of his destiny, Out of the darkness had come light, — AI ITI, HuspAnD (at the breakfast table) Why, where is the mackerel I brought home last night? Wite—Do you refer to the mackerel you brought home this morning? Husband —Ec-yes, it was this moro. perh I eee Y on put it to soak, John, ina pan of soap, and the cook had to throw it away, ———I— RESTAURANT GursT—<Whew! The cook must have d her vinegars HV siteret e struck Aer you a strawberry, » FASHION NOTES, White tea gowns are increasing In favor, and are made In watered silk, cashmere and mus ln. all plentifully trimomed with lace, and many with gold, The indefinite, shadowy patterns produced by the Jacquard looms are noticesble in many of beautiful semi diaphanous textiles ported for midsummer, fra a small gold spoon as a brooch, pearl in the centre of the bowl, floral buttons, in the form of works of art, and somewhat The costly, ~ Large aprons of spotted muslin, trimmed with lace, and fluished left side with a sash of Pongee silk or a ribbon, also cream colored, are worn in the morning and also at tea time, White satin Marvellleux draw- ing room pinafores, trimmed and edged ren; but the most popular are “smocked” pinafores in linen or soft this Spring, 18 a very soft grayish shade of green, exceedingly becoming blondes. Berpent green, madeira and oak brown are also fashionable colors, and appear in the light, Glace Is combined with these woolen tissues in Spring costumes, When tastefully selected such combinations are extremely gant. ele. lady possesses—relics of mothers grandmothers—are now to be in height of fashion, just tied round the HORSE NOTES, ~Jim Gore 1s now doing service the stud. -M. E. McHenry will F., 210., this year, ~Jt weland and Six Dizon are likely a match race, ~="%1)51" Irwin 18 training the b. g& drive Loretia —DBetween 18,000 and 14,000 people A match race between The Bard —R. A. Swigert will leave for Eu. rope after the Louisville meeting. ~—Frank Van Ness has engaged drive the horses of the Sirs Bros, —Both the Clifton and Guitenberg meelings have been brought to an end. ~The bay pacer Aaron R., 2.20 dled Exposition Park, Pittsburg, to at T6- ~Pilot Maid, by Pilot Chief, brother to the dam of Majolica, (2.15), foaled a bay filly by Cuayler on May 4. —{ieorge Scattergood has the #, m. Fla. Holden, named for the Flour Cit stakes at Rochester, N, Y. -W, J. Gordon in two has entered Guy evenls at Detroit, and aunders is training Lim for them. ~Isaac Murphy, the jockey, owns His horse Barrister won at Lexington, re. cently. —The bay horse John Splan, 2.26, embroidered slik whizh used a prominent part of a lady's cos- of many years back, are, on dif, Even the old hand form tume to be Certain it is the hunt for that that -The popular warp Henrietta cloth draped over moire or corded silk skirts, as they are imported In great wvarlety. These are to be commended, because they can be worn nearly all the year our changing, fitful climate, are suit- able alike for the house and street, and ned not cost a great deal, as they re quire but little trimming. For who desire them, however, are $ vy aad French dresses on the more elaborate with superb effect ~ Magnificent garnitures for gowns and the new, dressy visites and short wraps are imported this season in pets, brilliant special in i { in black and ese expensive Ook nposed of the steel or silver alone, or white. Notwooft signs are alike, being c fine 4 or bead work in the most artistic com- binati: dA ghe dense garniture ing tb, » net foundation upon which IU 1s wrtught, so that it can be placed upon any material with the effect of being embroidered directly upon the garment, ~1n a recent display a very neat frock for a girl of 10 was of cinpamon- striped batiste, with two plaits of plain batiste in front. The bodice was of the plain, with cuffs and collars of the striped. Waistcoat of madeira over red surah, Another had an underskirt of pink ti the 1 and white striped Beatrice zephyr, wit an over skirt and bodice of plalu pink zephyr, The vest was of white muslin, Collar, cuff and revers of ruby velvet, The next had a skirt of mauve and white-checked zephyr, with a short drapery of mauve, “he bodice was of he mauve also, with fx loose front gatherad into a pointed yoke of the checked zephyr, Cuffs and collars of the same, - How changeflul capricious and exacting! i did is fashion! How When we and disdains it for some fresh favorite. A year ago we peaked our bodices, making them as tight and long waisted as possible; this year all this is cowmn- pletely modified, the queens of fashion ~-those who take the lead in matters of taste~have discarded pointed bo- dices and wear plain straight skirts, at Boston. ~—John Wylie, of Bowmansville, IIL, England the bay stallion Topgallant, 4 years, by Ster- ling--Sea Mark, ~The b, h, Marabout, foaled 1884, by Happy Medium, dam Kate Keer, died at Geneva, Neb, in April, -1t is said that Galifet was a victim That fast mile ane a half, four days before the Derby, may have taken the edge off his speed, —Recently Sire Bros,, purchased from J. 8, Ciark the bay geldings Andy Mac and Little Volunteer giv- ing Busby (2.294) in part payment, ~The Hampden gt $5000 for horses, and Springfield guarantesd stake of $5000 for <.23 class closed on Monday, May 21. -~Mr. M tchell, of Saralo Springs, N. Y., has three ch bred colts atl the Gentlemen's Course, James Green Is » A, +4 4 Park guaranteed ’ of 2.9 slake Cale Oregon cost the ) at Milton Young's 3 fall, and he won $2840 ooklyn Stable on Tuesday ing the Expectation st The value of the Brookivn cap was $8525, of wi 5 Jard, $1000 to Hanover and $30: to Fxile. When the w opened The I was qu nter 1otled jard ~ Neither Hanover nor The Dard joined the preliminary cantor just before the Brooklyn handicap, and vet they Leal all the others, In England h are never galloped before a HOTses in —)asle roung jockey who has ridden wi distinguished succes: at Gultenburg Clifton, has been reinstated legitimate tracks through the influence of Mr. Haggin, for whom it is understood he will ride lightweights during the coming sea- S00. —fon. August Belmont, has ar- ranged with W, C, Daly so that he hag second call on Palmer's services for the season. He is the second jockey of the name of Palmer that will have rid. den for the Nursery Stable. — Wyndham Walden trained Duke of Magenta, Harold, Grenada, Saun- terer and Vanguard, the winners of the Preakness stakes from 1873 to 1884 inclusive, for George Lorillard, and it for himself with Re. — After the Brooklyn handicap Han. over choked, coughed up some mud and undigested hay, and a velerinarian was Hayward said that just at the finish he heard Hanover ing more and more marked, and will soun be accepted by many, Shall we like our great-grand mothers? Nor are these century old fashions Though we do not i details, on the whole we like them well enough. For one thing, they are cer- or treble draped skirts, for which such yards and yards of material were re- slightly puffed up at the back, and the dainty Recamier bodice, draped in the shape of a fichu, and fitted round the waist with a wide scarf tied on the left side or fastened at the back into a baby-bow? Such dresses are not, as yel, very generally worn, but we proclaim them as the coming novelty of the season for young ladies, As a transition between the peaked and short-walsted bodice, many dresses are being made just now with the fronts plaited slantways, and crossed at the waist under a deep belt, the plain space in the middie being filed wp with a plastron of faille ov elbow. Plain cashmere skirt failing over a silk underskizt of the color, with small p out showing just the edge, in hand It probably saved him. ~The relative profits of book-betting Five dollars invested in a winning ticket on each race, paid on the first day: Books, §56; Books, $123; mutuels, §157.20. Total excess of mutuels over books for two And yet the gentle peo- ~The Fasig sale at Cleveland was largely attended, Forty-nine head were sold on May 16th for $32,775. The heaviest buyer the opening day was J, H. Shuilts, of Parkville Farm, who purchased Susie D., by Aleyone, for $4100; Miss Leontine, by Robert Mo. Gregor, for $2500, and Kitty Wilkes, by Seutge Wilkes, BR $2000, The next highest price on opening wat $2060, for Miss Wilkes, b vo Wilkes, sold to Frank Roc! 3 Cleveland. These animals were in the Gordon consignment. The following days sales aggregated $27,680, the roan ganion Decorator, y y by Master lode, having brough purchased by A. J. Hawes, of Johnstown, Pa, Stratagist, 2.98, by Grand Sentinel, was sold for $2000 to J. H. Clover; of Reynoldsville, Pa. The other record
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