As She Comes Down the Lane. Along the fields the shadows fall, The sun is hanging low, And on the ivy-mantied wall The soft lights come and go. A zephyr watted from above, Dritts o'er the waving grain, My heart goes out to meet my lovs, As she comes down the lane, I lean upon the moss-grown bars, As 'long the path she fares, My gracious queen, no blemish mars The coronet she wears, The sceptre in her woman's hand Will banish care and palo For 1 am lord of all the land W hen she comes down the lane. Soft breezes play about her now, And lift her abining hair, The sunset glow is on her brow, To make her passing fair. Her beauteous face, her modest udlen, To picture them were vain, And she is mine, my bonnie queen, As she comes down the lane. The daisies nod as she goss by, Tue wild rose blushes pink, Sweet song-birds round her pathway fy, And sing the praise they think, She lifts her head, her eyés 80 clear, Smile into mine again; = My heart cries out, “(;od bless you, dear, "As she comes down the lane. A TALE OF THE SEA. We were four weeks out from New York. bound to Metbourne, Australia, in the bark Jasper, loaded principally with mining Implements, machinery and farming tools, We also carried three state-room passengers—a Mrs, Dacy, her daughter (Miss Belle), and a young man whose luggage was simply marked Moore," Captain Roberts, who was tall, dark and heavily bearded, stood watching Ar. Moore and Miss Dacy, a fine-look- ing, rather sell willed brunette, whose father, one of the wealthiest commis- sion merchants in Melbourne, was sole owner of the Jasper. [ was then about twenty-five, and was (illing the position of second mate. While directing some work on the miz- zen rigging, 1 noticed the rosy flush that suffused Miss Dacy’s clear cheek, as she stood, with downcast eyes, lean- ing against the fife-rail, while Mr, Moore, who was a fine-looking young fellow, with smooth, clear-cut features and a keen gray eye, was murmuring something in an undertone. Most certainly, for young people who had met as seeming strangers on the day of the boat's sailing, and bowed in the most formal manner upon being in- troduced, they had become wonderful. ly well acquainted in the sort spice of four weeks, It was blowing pretty stifily from the north and west, and the bark, with her rovals and outer Jib stowed, was mak- ing rather bad weather of it, for a heavy swell, coming in from the east, caused a heavy cross-sea. The sun was being gradually obscur- ed by a greasy haze, and 1 was sure we shibuld have a reeting job before night, Captain Roberis was probably of the same opinion, for, with a scowl in the direction of Mr. Moore and his fair companion, which rather more than confirmed nn previous suspicion of my own that he, too, bad fallen a victim to the charms of the fair Isabel, he went below to look at the barometer, and perhaps to suggest to easy-going Mrs, Dacy that her daughter might take coid—or something. For, a moment later, the good lady’s voice was heard through the compan- jonway, calling to her daughter, who, with a little shrug of her shoulders, rather unwillingly obeyed. Now 1 did not like Captain Roberts, who was vely much of a tyrant, nor did he like me—indeed, with such a man. a second mate’s position is but a shade better than that of an able sea- man’s. Besides, I was a Yankee, with the peculiar independence of my peo- ple; while he was a Londoner bred and born, who had served an apprenticeship on some of the hardest vessels afloat, and hence was a barder taskmaster on that account alone. In Lis tits of anger, which were ter- rible to behold, he would rave like a madman, and only for the presence of Mr. Fobes, his chief officer, who seem- ed to exercise a singularly restraining power over him, Captain Roberts would Lave shot a man down in Cold blood on the bark’s deck ; and yet, to those he considered his equals, he could act the courteous gentleman with all the ease and grace imaginable, It was nearly eight bells, and I order- ed the men, who were rattling down the wizzen rigging, to knockoff and get ready to clean up decks, “Looks dirty to wind’ard,” remark- ed Mr. Moore, using, to my surprise, the sailor phrase expressive of the ap- proach of bad weather. In dress, appearance and maoner, he seemed like one whose acquaintance with pautical toatters must be limited. What his occupation or profession, or business in Melbourne might be, did not seem to be known (0 any one on board the bark. He was quiet and re- served regarding his own affairs, with- cul appearing secretive. “Yes, sir,” I replied, in answer to bis remark, as I stood eyeing the work, to make sure it was all shipshape. ‘It does look that way. If 1 was the skip- per,” I added, unthinkingly, “I'd have those rails stowed, and a reef or two taken before it came on—"' “Oh, you would, eh?” interrupted a voice, thick with suppressed pass close behind. “Perhaps you would like to take charge of the bark altogether, you Yaunkee—" Had Slugger Sullivan himself used the vile epithet which ended Captain Roberts’ outburst, I should have done exactly as [ did do; for there isa point in verbal abuse where forbearance ceases to be a virtue, Dropping the heaver and ball of mar- line in my band, I wheeled suddenly, and, perfectly mad with rage, struck him squarely in the mouth, with a force that sent him Sprawitog at the feet of the man at wheel, cutting my knuckles pretty badly against his white teeth. well the consequences of 1 knew too such an act, Regaining his feet, with features contorted with fury, he sprang below after his revolver, as I had seen him do i prey dy ae Xs ; a duty hound, snatched a brass be- laying pin from the rail and came for me, Seizing the heaver from the deck, where I had dropped it, I stood on the defensive, for I had no idea of getting a broken head If I could prevent it. Mr. Moore quietly stepped in front of the excited officer, and was about to speak, when blended screams sounded from the cabin, and a second later up rushed the steward, with a face as thie napkin over his arm, “For ’eaven's sake, come below! The cap'n’s got a hapoplectical fit, or somethin’ wuss!’ he exclaimed, wildly. And, dropping our weapons, we fol. lowed the steward into the cabin, Extended on the floor, his right hand grasping the handle of a revolver, lay Captain Roberts, But this was no apoplectic fit, for, as I tore open his shirt and placed my ear to his breast, there was not the slightest flutter of the heart or pulsa- tion at the wrists, Ilis eyes were slightly glazed, and his face wore the livid hue of death! I feared it,’’ said Mr, Fobes, after vainly trying to force a few drops of brandy between the pale lips. **He had two similar attacks on the last pas- sage, and Dr. Durgess with the great- est difficulty restored him to conscious ness, and said plainly that a third would terminate fatally.” Placing the lifeless form in his berth, the mate and myself went on deck—-I having almost the feeling of a murder- er. “Mr, Hale—"* began Fobes, menac- ingly, when lo! the sound of rushing, mighty wind and the frantic command let go everything was followed by a clear shout from the quarter: “Hard up—hard up, I say!” With a muffled report the light sails were blown from the bolt ropes ina twinkling, and as the bark went over on her beam ends, a black wall of water, whose like I have never seen be- fore or since, rose nearly as high as the mastheads, and burst across the deck, sweeping with it everything movable, Mr. Fobes and 2 of the men being swept away into the seething billows. Clinging to a brace, and wiping the water from my eyes, I began to recover from the stunning shock. A great quiver of the half-submerged hull showed that in obedience to her helin the bark was paying off and shak- ing the tons upon tons of black sea from her deck, and tearing over the foaming billows like a mad thing. “Send another man aft here to the wheel!” called Moore, who, drenched and bareheaded, break of the quarter. tion of authority, I did as directed. Standinz in the weather gangway, Mr. Fobes and giving off order after order, with such perfect coolness and evident er of it, the wreckage was pumps sounded and found all right, half-dead with fright, ous draughts of hot coffee, have an invincible repugnance to the presence of a corpse on shipboard. The men had learned, through the steward, now, that Mr. Fobes they felt their advantage. take place at once, “We don't warnt old Fleming, who was spokesman, in answer to the remonstrances of both Mr. Moore and myself; ‘an’ wol's more,” he added, with an ucpieasant grin, ‘*we bein’ consider’bls the strong- ist party, don’t cal'lake to, neither, So three or four of you bring the cap’n out here to the main hatch, an’ we'll sew him up in canvass as well now as to-morrer.”’ What could we do? Against seven reckless, hardened men we two were simply powerless. 1f they refused duty, what would become of the vessel aml her two delicate lady passengers, who already bad suffered everything but death itself from fright? A spare stun’ sail was spread on the main hatch, upon which the lifeless body was laid. Od Fleming, with palm and needle, began at the feet, where some fifty pounds of pig lead were Lo be attached, and sewed steadily on, his weather- beaten face 4s devoid of emotion as though he were side-stitching a top sail, All at once there was a convulsive twitching of the body, and as Fleming, with a yell of terror, dropped his needle and started to his feet, the supposad corpse sat up, and with flashing eyes, into which the hght of life had sud- denly blazed, glared about him, and shouted: “Arr. Fobes! Mr. Fobes! on deck! Come quick, sir!” For the moment I was as much terri- fled as the fleeing sailors; but Mr. Moore, recovering from his own tem- porary terror, ran to the batch, and with one slash of old Fleming's knife ripped open the enveloping canvass. Stagging to his feet. Captain Rob- erts looked wildly about him, and then seemed to take in the situation at a glance. “Where is Mr. Fobes, he asked, in a hollow voice, as, glancing with a shud- der at the canvas shioud, he rose and walked aft, Mr. Moore had hurried to the cabin the ladies for his coming; yi Mutiny he added, significantly. And after the watches were called and set, he went below, to be welcomed by the ladies literally as one from the dead, ‘ Curiously enough, from that time Captain Roberts was a changed man in many respects. His gratitude to Mr. Moore—who, merely explaining that some of his years had been passed at sea in the capacity of a ship's officer, at once volunteered to act as chief mate— both for the offer, and his services in saving the bark, knew no bounds, Toward myself he was remarkably considerate, and even courteous, and gave me to understand that, if I chose, 1 could have the mate's berth on the re- turn voyage. One more episode, and I am done, I was sitting on the edge of my berth, smoking, jnst before turning in one lovely moonlight night just after we struck the southwest trades. My win- dow was open, but the blinds were drawn. Mr. Moore was pacing the deck to windward, humming a love- song under his breath. Mrs, Dacy, who, being terribly near-sighted, could not enjoy the ocean scenery by night or day, was peacefully sleeping in her berth, All at ones I heard voices in a sub- dued undertone close by my window, and as I was about to quietly with. draw, to my astonishment I heard Cap- tain Roberts, in impassioned accents, beseeching some one to be the guiding star of his life, “Does anything stand in the way, dearest?” urged the special pleader, be- fore the lady herself could answer, “Only one thing, Captain Roberts,” replied the fair one, ina low, clear voice —] was privately married to Captain Harrison Moore Gray, now acting as your chief mate, about two weeks be- fore we came on board the Jasper, and I have been depending upon your friend- ship to break it to mother, who does not dream that Captain Grey is nearer than New York.” And then I heard two high heeled boots go clicking along the deck, while with an exclamation of astonishment the captain scrambled to his feet. But he wus a trump, after all, and a few days later I heard the whole story, which, in brief, was this: Captain Grey had fallen in love with Miss Dacy, whom he met in Melbourne the year before. The affection was mutual, her parents were opposed, and Miss Dacy taken on a ‘tour’ in the vain hope that thus she might be in- duced to forget; but she didn’t He followed her to the United States; Captain Grey's owners having a large Sydney, whose captain bad sacrifice of a bandson of curly his ship in passage, from dreaming of the mischief till It was too late, But Captain Roberts’ arguments, her services in saving her husband's vessel, and mother with their Yankee son-in- law, resurrection. ——— A ————— An Episode In Dreamland. A contemporary relates that a prom- passed through an experience in dream- teresting data for the Society for Psy- chical Research. He had an idea he ought to shave, and proceeded to do so, to him that it would Le the easiest thing in the world to take off his head, apd placing it on the table facilitate matters. It seemed in the dream that this was allowable for a certain number of minutes without endangering life. So he hung up his watch to count the minutes, The operation continued till some errand called the man across the room, and be returned to find his head was missing. He looked at the watch and found the Lime was pear when he must have his head in its proper place if he cared to keep it. Then he “lost his head” in two ways, and rushed frantically about the room looking in every available place, Just as the the minute hand was about to cross the fatal point, the dreamer woke up, felt for his head, and was surprised and re- lieved to find it there, Forty-five Million Hens. The minister of agriculture has been taking a census of the fowls of France and he informs us that the country con- tains 45,000,000 hens worth on an aver- age 50 cents apiece, One-fifth of these wens and 2,000,000 cocks are killed an- nually, and they sell for $5,600,000 in the market. The other 36,000,000 hens lay about 3,000,000,000 eggs every year, worth 11-5 cents apiece; this sums up to not less than $36,740,000. There. fore the chickens of France produce $67,200,000 a year. They form no un- unimportant item of the natioual debt; and whether fried, roasted, boiled or stewed, they are the most tender speci mens of the feathered tribe you ever Why She is Bleached Out, Says Prentice Mulford: **Two hours’ more Ea THE HORSE, From the Pony with Sixteen Hoeofs to the Noble Antmal of Modern Times, Although the mule, as Sunset Cox said, “is without the pride of ances try,” it is quite a different thing with his relative on one side of the house, in whose outlines, bearing, size, and intel- ligence may be seen very plainly his no- bility and pure lineage, The ancestry of the horse can be traced back before the time of Eng- land’s monarchs, beyond the Cuwesars or the Eternal city, beyond the creation of man, and even further than the very layer of earth on which we live into the rocks and petrifaction of the age below us. Ancient as is his family tree, the horse specles is not by any means entitled to classed among the “first families,” and yet his lineage is enough to put to blush those foolish people—fortunately, few in our coun- try—who pride themselves upon their descent, and feel good because a great- grandfather did something which Is thought to shed luster upon his degen- erated, high-collared, sharp-toed de- scendants. Any old cart-horse on the street cap show an older and purer strain of descent, Far back before the age of man there lived upon the earth a species of the horse family, long ago extinct, which at the present day would make a show- man’s fortune, This horse was very little larger than a sheep, and some not larger than a terrier dog. Thess little horses, as far as we know from the fos. sil remains, were the beginning of the horse tribe, They bad every outline of horses, and the anatomy also, with the excep tion that the feet were most pecullar. Instead of having one hoof on each leg, a= our modern horse has, this di- minutive pony was the possessor of four, making sixteen hoofs inall. As the horse developed these hoofs, or, speaking more correctly, these toes, all but one dissappeared, leaving our mod- ern horse to walk upon the end of one tos to each leg. If they bad all con- tinued to remain permanent the blacks- miths would have rejoiced. In order to clearly understand the manner of the gradual disappearance of these toes 2 :'ttle anatomy may be tolerated. Starting with the hand of man as a standard, the thumb, which is really a finger, is called the first finger, the in- dex is called second, the next third, It has been observed | i i $ i i | This is no- ticed in dogs. The *‘dew claw No the So it was with the little horses, remains can be found possessing first finger, The earliest has the sec- and were usable. peared until none was left except the third, which is the toe upon whose end the borses of the present day walk. horse had three toes, the second, third, and fourth, but the outside ones did ingly not usable. They were upa little distance on the leg, like the little hoof of a deer, and only remain on our mod- ern horse in what bones. It occasionally happens that horses. as well as other animals, will yreed back, and a monstrosity, asit appears to us, will be the result, In England some lime ago a horse was born which had two hoofs on each foot, and was carried about the country as a curiosity, It was a reference, or index, had. Just why they were at first in posses- sion of such feet is a matter of conjec- ture. It may have been because the ground was soft and marshy and the extra feet gave more surface for resist. ance, and as the earth grew firmer no necessity existed for so many toes, so that by disuse they began to disappear. With the modification of the feet the horse increased in beight and strength, getting ready to help man bear his bur. dens and progress in the line of civiliza- tion, and it is true that if all the horses in a city were to die, and there were no means by which their places could be filled, civilization would retrograde, be- cause men would have to bear their own burdens, and the physical man would increase at the expense of the intellectual, so that in time we would all go back to semi-savages, as the stu- dents of an athletic college do. The horse, as we have it now, is a vast im- provement over the steed of ancient times. It is dependent upon man for its very life, and man is dependent gpon it. As It increased in size, through man’sinterference and culture, it also inc in mental capacity, until one of the most intelligent, docile, useful creatures ever given by a Su- preme Being to man is the animal al- most human—the horse, In very early days horses were not used by all nations, and by none as beasts of burden. Asses and mules did the drudgery, and horses were only used as racers, warriors, hunters, or to carry their owners upon journeys, of pleasure or business. Seeing men on horseback, apparent. ly a part and parcel of the beast, led some natives to think that the strange ap) nee was but one animal; hence the belief in the centaur, or animal half horse and half man. In war they were a source of great terror to those who Ht 85 FASHION NOTES, —Tiny silver acorns are the newest iu bonnet pins. — Russia leather in all colors is worn for houss shoes. —A revival of coral and gold jew- elry is predicted. ~Draped bodices of soft, white silk, with black Swiss belts and braces, are in high favor. —A new shade of green, rather dark, is extensively used in combina- tion with white, In fancy woolens and gauzes pure white 1s preferred to cream by young ladies this season. ~Polonaises may be draped alike on both sides, or long on one side and short on the other, —Belts to wear with dressy blouses are of silk belt ribbon, with buckles of Rhinestones and other brilliants, —White hlac and Guelder roses, with ivy and maiden hair fern, are the fashionable artificial flowers of the summer Season. ~The Directoire styles have ex- tended even to morning dresses, which even for summer are composed of rich, heavy materials, — Dressy costumes of silk are often made with pinked out edges, and a plastron eomposed of scallops in layers completes the corsage. —Some of the daintiest summer bonnets are made of rows of straw in- sertion divided by pufiings of black, white, cream or pale colored gauze. —(iray and tan colored gloves are worn with all summer tollets, When of undressed kid they are in mousque- taire styles, When dressed kid is pre- ferred they may bo either butiened or loose. — Costumes of poppy red or copper colored wools are popular for seaside wear at all times of the day. They are usually relieved by soft blouse vests and accordion plaitsd panels of while crepe. —Stylish collarettes, which display the throat advantageously, are of fou- lard or India silk, made with a square at the back like a sallor collar, along the front of which is gathered a full scarf of the silk, which is caught to- gether in a point below the throat and the endss thrust underneath the belt, — White felt hats are decidedly the rage. There are four distinct styles, viz: The low, round crown, with brim rolled up all about it; the Alpine, with parrow, tapering crown, indented at the top; the stiff brim sallor and the | , | wear with tennis coslumes, | —French ladies now choose their | hosiery to match the shoes in color, | instead of the dress, as formerly, | shoes black or Swede undressed kid is | favored, while for house or carriage | wear shippers of bronze are preferred. There is so great a variety in tollels { this summer that it is scarcely possible | to say which is the most fashionable, One modiste 1s in favor of the redin- gote, another prefers the draped tunic, while the third assures you the aly model really in vogue is the Em- pire dress, with round waist and large sash. The fact is, each of these is fashionable, and ladies wear them all with equal favor—of course, always selecting that which Js most suitable to their style and figure, —There is nothing under the sun so raved about and so popular just ai present as the lea gown. Everything in the shape of a gown that is joose and baggy and of no particular style or shape is called a tea gown. However. some of them are very preity as well as gseful. Ingenuity and tasle, as, well as | artistic skill, are tasked to their utmost to produce the new stylish designs | Chinese crepe and lace seem to be the | tavorite materials for concocting their confections A very lovely one was of Chinese crepe in cream color. The full-length front was made of hand-run Spanish lace in cream white, The front was made of plece lace, aud the edges of the gown were finished with a narrow flouncing, set on slightly full and caught down in jabots in which were set floops apd point edged moire nb- pon. A sash of netted cord silk passed around the waist and was tied in loops at the side, the ends, which fell almost to the bottom? of the dress, being fin- shed with elegant tassels, The collar lace on the front. The sleeves were of puffs of lace with bands of neited silk between the puffs, Falls of lace fin ished the lower edge of the sleeves. ~There is nothing in the way of costumes that so emphatically marks the well bred fashionable woman as her attire on near-by excursion occa- sions, Almost every lady takes pains to prepare a suitable costume for regu- lar traveling dresses, but for short ex- cursions or afternoon or evening out- ings Jess consideration is given to the p on of the outfit, Thoughtiess and inconsiderate ladies, especially those who are young, seem to think that “almost anything will do.” As a ence, we see all manner of in- arments, all of which are of the taste and habits : : £ 2k it § ~The Hartford entry list is a big one, ~The at the Cleveland fall ting will be $700 each except the special, whieh will be $2500. ~All of the bookmakers have made money, William Biley, the Chicago penciler, was $30,000 abead at the end of two weeks, ~ Ed, Corrigan’s great steeplechaser Tennesses pulled up very on Thursday August 16th, and It is doubt~ rul if he will run again this year. —~Proctor Knott is engaged in the rich Futurity stakes at pshead Bay, and Mr. Bryant confidently an- pounces that his colt will win that ig. portant event. ~It 18 very doubtful whether the Louisville (Ky.) Driving Park Associa- tion will give another meeting. The inaugural one held in May was a finan- clal fallure, —W. H., McCarthy's mare Geneva 8, was distanced in the last heat of the Rochester $10,000 race for fouling Guy, and “Knapsack” was out of sec. ond place and $2500. —There were fifty-six heats trotted or paced at the Buffalo meeting, and the average tims wis 2.19 53-56, a shade under 2.20, and the best average ever reached at Buffalo. ~The bay gelding that has been trot- ting around Boston as Champion John 1L., and made a record of 2,28f while bearing that name he bas been identi- fled as Prince, 2.26, by Hambietouian Prince, dam Baird by Superb, —Proctor Knott, the winner of the Junior Champion stakes, has no less than twenty-four engagements for next season, including the Kentucky Derby and Clark stakes, at Louisville, and the American Derby, at Chicago, —Louis Kittson says the proposed sale of the Erdenheim stud in Novem- ber is, in a measure, a forced sals, in order to settle the affairs of the estals, Mr. Kittson says he may eventually buy a few brood.mares and breed colts tor racing and sell them developed. —Stamboul beat Arab Jn 2.15, 2.174, 2.163, at Los Angeles, Cal, the Orsi week in August. As a 2 year old Stamboul made a record of 2.37. and reduced it the following season 0 2,264. In his 4 year old form he trot- ted in 223, asa § year old in 2.17}, and as a © year old In 2.15. —Speaking of the Clingstone-Bells Aamlia race, the New York Sportsman says: “That good mare Favonia could | have beaten either very handily, and as | tor Prince Wilkes-—well, that horse bas | not yet appeared in public that can beat him, all things being equal.” —Barnes, the popular and rising | light-weight jockey, is a bright mulat- | to, modest and well mannered, and | only about 17 years of age. He has { already ridden nearly 120 winners this | season, leading all the jockeys of the { country in that respecl. Barnes bas { had 370 mounts. | —After the collision between Spol- | tord and Thornless at Buffalo the lat. | ter ran around the track with no dri | ver. When he was stopped the horse | plunged over tne rail and stunned him- | self. He lay quiet so long that people | thought he was dead, but he proved to | be pot seriously hurt and started in the {| next heat, | —Some time ago Hickok purchased | the chestuut gelding Conde, 2.20 by | Abbotsford, for $2100 at a sale in San | Francisco. Since that time he sold | him for $5000 to an Arizona party, who | won him out in the free-for-all et | Butte, Mon., on August 18th, when he | deteated lot Slocum, Ranchero, | Charles Hilton, Kate Ewiag and Little Joe in the free-for-all, | —E. J. Baldwin says: “If anybody | thinks there is a colt in the East that | can beat Proctor Knott, and is willing to back his opinion, I will back Knott to the extent of $5000 or $10,000, and if | that is pot enough I know two or three | others who will be more than willing | to put up a like amount each. We are not particular where the race is rum, be it at Monmouth Park or Sheeps- head Bay, or as to whal may te the distance or the coadition of the track.” There is the chance for a great sec- tional and sensational race. Now, what says Mr. Withers ‘‘or any other man?" — J. Cassatt Bays The Bard prob- | ably kit himself, and be proposes to try the horse as soon as the inflammation | has subsided in order to find out the extent of the injury. Ile says: “if his middie tendon is involved he will never train again, In that case I want his M i TE
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