Ashes of Roses, Under a quaint umbrella An ancien! sage and gray, A winkled and stooped old fellow 18 dreaming here to-day, ‘he passionate life of lowers Flames in the summer air, And it fills the golden hours With perfume faint and rare, Green are the trees above him, Biue are the skies and clear. Dut whereare the hearts that love him, Who sit so lonely here? T«lumphs and wreaths for beauty Aud youth, on this life's stage, But homage to years 1s duty, For what cares youth for age? Age, with the hopes all banished, That lasted but a day, When youth and its joys have vanished Forever and for aye. I think to wateh him musing, This grizzled and gray old man, There is gainiog that is losing In living out life's span. Give me of Lethe's waters, In life's first autumn time; Let me fall as a strong oak totters, Ax-riven at its prime, Now with a step that falters Along the path of years, And not with a mind that palters With misty doubts and fears, Swiftly, without a warning Let the angel hurry by, In the strength of manhood’s morning, At my zenith, let me die. THE TWO WILLS. It was the gloomiest of gloomy days, There was not a redeeming feature about it. If it rained there might have been music in the drops; if it had snowed we could have “lived over’’ the beautiful poem, but it did had only the air was damp vapor. and the street mud that supplies so boun Then again, tornev is not always one whirl of ex- itement and pleasurable results, a living soul except a bootblack 18 if we need boot irain—had entered In vain had tried wer to the in stimuli even § ot thick, { ankle deep an unpaved Western town tifully and readily. should ever statutes, a the more Regina vs. Reynolds; great leading case fail- spire me, and wearily I turned ¢v books to my thoughts, and houghts to my gloom. just then, before I had ascend- y realms of suicidal purpose— walk that way slowly—that the door knob hesitatingly, caution ed and I hard at work, pen in hand, with one eye on the paper and i ’ : il I 18) t i ed to 1 iY Lurn- ~-Was again the other on the door, I won't make a diagnosis of just how fast my heart was beating, if peradven- ture the door would open, and some- body that would come : suspense was somebody in [ could endure the no door had opened, and, though Lie even- ng shadows were gathered thick and fast, 1 could see that my visitor was in dress and a lady ienificant word in the greatest Inanners oung 4 } ad nk be 3 ssl rg before Would * don’t WOIrk help me own forel feet with Step in; I'o hand-—a little fie upon us, re to-day—such a dull \ and my first triumph was won, for she was seated, Then 1 swept my from with an air of relief, as if any problem she might agitate would be child’s play compared to what I had just pass- ed through. I had not yet so much as caught the color her and couldu’t but wonder why she kept her vall drawa so closely—unless she was meditating a sudden flight to the office of the bald- headed wretch across the way, who had a few gray hairs and more experience, you know, but a bad attack of rheu- matism, too, thank heaven, which I srrupted my my ng, wadam, with matier in with tern hour to sp Si ng io t down, books yf YY Ex Ol eyes, “J—I-—All pardon me, madam, but what's your husband’s name?" What fools men are when a little ex- cited, especially young lawyers sitting up with an early case! “Robert E. Cecil,” “I, Robert E. Cecil, of the county of Herkimer, State of ——, do make and publish this my last will and testa- ment: “1 give, bequeath and devise to my dearly beloved wife!’— **Ah! pardon, madam, but what's your name??? “Lucy L. Cecil,”’ “To my dearly beloved wife, Lucy L. Cecil, all my real and personal prop- erty of whatsoever kind and nature, after the payment of all my just debts; and I hereby commit to her guardian- ship my only child Mabei Cecil, for whom there shall be made such allow ance and maintenance as to my belov- ed wife may seem fit, “And I hereby appoint Lucy L. Cecll my sole executrix of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made, “In witness whereof I have here- unto set my hand, this third day of November, A. D. 187." *1 suppuse you understand,” I un- dertook to explain, *‘that this will vests | all your husband's property in you, and to leave your daughter’s allowances | to your discretion is to leave, at law, nothing in ber own right, The provis ion 18, in short, meaning less, except that it shows that the testator had her in his mind when he made his will and we more binding.” “Exactly!” spoke wi tion. : “It’s his wish—and bad a day as this, “I want you to wrile a will,” suddenly began, in a half-halting voice, “Certainly, madam,’ 1 nobly resolving to strengthen the faith within her; and I pulled half a quire of legal cap toward me and thought of the solemn malities of its publication. “*1t is to be my added. ‘He dare such a day as this,”” and she shivered that 1 was reconciled with the weather for the first time that day. “Hadn’t I better come to house?’ I ventured to suggest, Ob, no; not now,’’ she answered with a little sigh. “It might excite him too much, to-night, and I will send the carriage fon you then, difference, will it, about the will being binding?” And something told me she was peering anxiously at me. “Of course, adam, if he then fully and voluntarily adopts it as his, it is just the same as if I took it all down from his own lips.” “Well, we waut—he wants—o leave all his real and personal property to me, with tull power as executrix-—-and I am to take charge of his only child, and make for her such allowance as I shall think wise,” **W hat is your daughter’s name?” “She is not my daughter,” she an- swered, with the slightest token of gathering animation in ber voice, **Ah, yes; just 80,” said L nervously fumbling with the paper, “She's your step-daughter?” **Yes, sir.” “What's her name? You see I must PC *AMabel Cecil,” sho haltingly spok . il,’? she halti e. “A deuced 5 TY remark- ed to wyself, *I wonder why she wants to stumble so over pronouncing it?” And then I tried to forget aboue it as 1 took up my pen and be- Han’ 4 840 not come out carriage will be here i And was kly as she had come, The remark about payment had en- tered a very thread-bare coat, and had { soon.” she gone as | very right home, | “But 11's too much, all the same, pay | erowled, **lo cul that | girl off that way without a it’s the old storv—I can’t hel} it i ana smile on | 3 1 Then al cap, and scribbled there- formal opening and close, hat this same Robert E. Cecil gave all his property to his dearly-beloved daughter, Mabel Cecil, and left the lady of the vail where the lav and her, “But ITE) Wor i i , { t of the Yaver | le Pp, HNDASS~ | i alu such is tory I concluded, solemnly, such, and what a able, between what ought to be what 1s! How I like to bridge it over!” And I buttoned up my coat, and walking t window, i I could see LI the darkness jage of Mume, ¢ = slowly, Very si re genuine rel whe guil, s th 0 the fagh 11oe1y rougil r The time dragg and I never { waring heavy the mud and e door to carriage was ready, I sprang into the cars we dashed through such darkness that 1 could not for [ [ Cover 3 t t were tO wi t DoOrt iy, than in | thr i notify ae the me dis town we in a very short time n halt, and ADE the brown ir was alrea stepped into the car- himar oman YEA $3 “t sie ster vill a x $ iY AW : Up A Ope i x and with a le me follow at instant I read her her character, Sle He yOu, i Deen Lhirty-lUve, only s with those brillia sth and elegant manners; the pos hese 1 read force that, turned to good, may save a over to evil would Wve country. sacrifice every { but given ] sr the heavy | carpeis, and as sil followed her, She passed he library—as I in. stinctively felt — into a chamber of | death; even elegant furniture and cost ly paintings and embroidered coverlets | are not to overawe our destiny, “Mr. Cecil, the lawyer has come,” she softly saad, as she stooped over the emaciated face of a silver-haired man, “What? Who? as he started from a seeming stupor, and looked wonder ingly at me from his sunken eyes, “Heo will read it to you now, Mr, Cecily”? adding ina low tone: “Hels sinking rapidly; 1 fear you must hast. ty I felt that I must, I 1580 M6 seated myself i i : i i : breathing a name : I imagined it was | “Mabel.” Our boldest moves are born upon the spur of the moment. “Mrs, Cecil, may I trouble you for a out the will she bad drawn, “Quick, sir! quick!” said I, as I no- ticed his sunken eyes watching her “Do you want your daughter to have all your prop- save what the law gives your as if he | senses, or was | doubting whether to put confidence in me; but he seemed to feel the necessity of coing so, and suddenly the dull eyes brightened with a momentry gleam of relief and joy as he clearly answered: “Yes, yes! And God biess youl” And I, too, was thanking Heaven for the whim that had led me to wrile two wills so very bhke In strength and ap- pearance, and it was only the work of a moment to make the change, and just in time. With Mrs, Cecil came the house. keeper and a man servant, and in their presence the dylng man tremblingly signed his name to the second will and they witnessed it, They had gone, aud I started to go, when the old man pressed my hand, and 1 saw the tears gathering In his eyes, As I turned to go I luvoluntar- fly felt that the black eyes of Mme, Cecil had witnessed all and suspected everything. *1 should Nhke to see that will,” she sald, firmly, in a low voice, “Some other time, He’sdying, Mrs, He started back from me “So much the reason, sir! Show itto me Spit . I looked her one instant calmly and suggestively in the face, and then start- ed for the door, “Stop!” she ened, and a tiny sllver- mounted revolver gleamed in her hand, “My God! Mrs, Cecil, you bave killed him! He bas died at your bands!” Ieried as 1 heard a strange sound behind me, and would have turn- ed if all the pistols in the universe bad been pointed at me, The old man’s arms had been lifted as in prayer, but now sank withered upon the pillow, while his eyes stared at us in the rigidity of death, He was dead. Instinctively Mme, Ceecll seemed to recognize that it was all over, and, lowering the weapon, hissed at me be- tween her pearly teeth: *You have played me false or I will shoot you!” And I went, gladly enough, from the brown stone front, with its treachery, its wickedness and avarice, into the dark night and muddy streets, But I bad carried out the wishes of the poor, dragooned husband, and Mabel receiv- ed her own, As soon after as her share | of the estate could be obtained the wretched woman disappeared from the neighborhood, and it was understood had sailed for Australia, Although a young and almost brief- less lawyer, I was appointed Mabel’s so faithfully fulfilled | -go! gol erhteen, she estate than as her and as I write this, after | little more werself as well “a into back of my chair watching the rapl d strokes of my pen, she declares that 1 sralse myself at all wo the grand i, and the I nver's { 1 stice 1 die act ol ju showed at tl courage 1 TeV mouth to sus- t sb AI Eoclesiastical Statistics, Daniel Dorchester has, nection with his annual procedure, furnished The Christian Advocate with the following statistics of the churches of the United States for the column being congregations, the second Dr. in con- 1588 ’ Cha. Boos. AREregais Denominations ¢ 4 # 3 ral statistical not usu methods as th tables, and enrolling member Ministers espec: 8) TE . Altaanac fo ch members, Universalist, New-Church 7.028 chur al g isolated : 5. a total of New.-Churchmen America, sar-Book for 1880 . river d f mem Winens of mem. werent rd £1 & ialniies, - , + % ¥ 11 . des give the follows wr 1850: The Evan a large rel with members, This shows an ber in 4.5x inhabitants, | on an estimated population for 1888 of | 62,300,000, The Evangelical popula- | tion is Tix per cent. of the whole popu- lation of the United States. The Roman Catholic population is 11x per cent. the whole, he average gid 4 t US One nein § Of 1 following are the figures of the separate Presbyterian bodies: The Spirit of Contradiction. The Waverly Magazine in a recent issue finds fault with that class of people who are in the habit of contradicting or correcting simple assertions or state. ments made in their hearing, It says: **You say, perhaps at breakfast that it is a warm day. ‘I call it cold’ answers Charles, ‘It is neither warm or cold,’ answers mamma; and in a few minutes every member of the family bas express. ed a different opinion of the weather, and you sink into silence feeling irritated. temark to one of these trying individ. uals that Mr. Ladd is an eloquent orator, and he instantly contradicts you and sounds the praises of Mr, Elder. Some men, even at a rallway station, seem as if the spirit of contradiction was too strong for them, for above all the hurry and bustle you may hear such a one say: *“This is not my train I am sure,” and the conductor, not to be behind hand in contradiction, replies: “Your train? of course it is.” The writer of this stuff makes a stupid blunder, He does not look be- The fault is not, as a rulepwith the people who make the corrections or contradictions, but with the people who make the mis-state- ments, It is to be regretted that the class of people who have the courage to correct the many exaggerated and sensical statements whieh not larger. The man who at railway station, as stated above for example, said ; am sure,’ and nou- we from the answer, ‘Of course LO 18S experience that duct was not the mat srned from of the entirely his que answer from the conduc 4 fatslt A U0 TAMER 01 iL 18 his tran Oe - to such and Wnswers questions are hence pressed got an { other $3 wilt i8 entirely v MY EX RIT EY g exaggern » 8 ng Knowledge, ten do we hear people make such I i : * Mile pre . How ax. and talk without of $51018 a8; is exceedingly col the ing point, $ 1 ont vi frye and got ringix down “1 was in the rain ' when they 1d thei: pe 3 of the most mercury is not Or such as: Yar OnLy got a little s £ al siigt dampened, not even give report , matters without di exagger- them. When a friend is suddenly sick fron 185 SNOme stort ating ating Gerangenen taken are io slight billousness is cold i sun plion, cli are made Lo malaria; y bronchitis when i Praise or cot are contradicted, as Waverly, It be { MASE We thers in most > ments ere pug "ere 18 no su ul standard by the ge y several relations and de When mt i S415 18 Que it, but Geli a fixed and *44 wl $ ca #4 netal standing » $ bestow iL © FASHION NOTES, ~Nun’s veiling is now Imported with black Chantilly Insertions with scalloped edges let in the veiling na border at the foo, and in stripes up the skirt and down the bodice and sleeves, ~The hats present a very gay ap- pearance, some looking like large bunches of flowers, One was entirely covered with forget-me-nots and roses, It was very bright, and gay. Others, are one mass of feathers, ~Silk foundation skirts are in style now, and they add much genuine coin- fort to the gown by reducing weight to a minimum. Even eco- nomical women are beginning to adopt them, Taffeta silk, such as can be bought for fifty cents a yard, is gen- erally employed for this purpose be- cause it is more durable than the surah silk sould at the same price. ~—Some of the white wool summer gowns are brightened by woven col- ored borders in brocaded patterns of garlands, held by bow knots, little flowers, vines and branches entirely of one color—oldrose, grayish green, yel- low, or field blue—or else the border is on its edge. White cash- with velvet or faille ribbon along its walst, “and a panel or festooned drapery on the skirt. — A pretty evening or a graduating is made of plain magnoha white Kk, accordion skirt, the straight the back hooked to the walst a large bow of four inch gros satin edged ribbon with very ends; ¢ waist and sleeves are tings held in place by of pearl passementerie grain fine narrow bands 1s from the slde ams is tied the left of front and finished 18. ~The garnitures this season signed either for wrap or dress decora~ tion were never more elegant varied or The newly lm comming once to taste and beauty; these in ornaments. Gothic points and arabesques, wit! and balls de- —A plain bot very stylish spring 18 of ecru broadcioth golden brown chamois, There i and revers of sailor collar plain vest of chamois It falis French vioiel ~~ Very pretty was siriped ginghain in and while, waist was made Direcloire front. The yest was full, and the re- vers were of handsome lace, a piece of formed ashort belt at waist The cuffs were large and roiling, gingham and covered with the A large bow of gros grain rib- line, of the ace, where you do all seid much cheaper the your shopping than any other house in city, you must not complain if those hear , because the ex- use of superiatives in all such wroper, and more or ive to intelligent, thinki 1 # 3; people, and it is not that demur cessive you conneciion less offs is img a no a at all surprising and if you escaped with and without a a demurrer, snubbir are Bg, You — SW A Cheap Binding. A correspondent o he Sci is volumes in this way: Pack the papers smoothly, hold firmly, and drive a thin chisel through the pile about half an inch from the back. IPush a tape through and leave out about two put three or four tapes through even intervals; cut common thick paper boards large enough to project a little everywhere, except that one edge INCHES; at tapes tightly and glue down to the boards outside; skive a piece of leat common sheepskin will answor- enough to cover the tl boards an inch or two, and long enough to project a couple of inches at the end; paste the leather well; pus it 16 Total Presbyterian Cindred Pres, Bedi wed (late Duleh) Church True Reformed Dutch Church (estimated Beformed (late German) Church iS Kindred bodies 15.1 sais The Women of the West. The East is behind hand in every- thing, says a Western Paper, A girl in Maine has had an apotheosis because 1 she manages a mowing machine **with the ease of a born farmer;” and the New York Tribune brags about a Miss Watson, of Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, who had last season cut a hundred acres of grain, Why, such ex- ploits are common in every county in the West. Each season, as harvest time comes around, the servant girls in all the large cities begin to move in flocks for the farms. As servants they receive from $2 to £3.50 per week; as harvesters they command $2 a day. In Wisconsin, during the last harvest, there were probably not less than 20,000 women at work in the field. They are pot only Germans, Irish, ete, but Y ankees; not only the poor, but thou- sands of the fair and intelligent classes, When the pinch comes, it is not rare thing for girls to hang up the rolling pin, or shat up the piano, and go to the field and help their fathers out. They ride the reaper as skilfully as any man, they rake and bind dexterously, they direct the cultivator; they run the threshing machine; they pitch bundles, We know of a blue irl in Wis. consin, who, last season, red forty sheep In a day, and received four dollars for it, 1t Is not so uncommon, either, us to excits any special wonder {a the neighborhood, | any fancy or plain paper over the sides, and, lastly, paste the blank leaf down the edges with a thin, sharp knife by a Of course this is done This makes a flat-edge book, but for a thin book answers very well, sr————————— Is it Written IV or HIN? Every school boy or girl knows the Roman numerals as taught in the Arithmetics, and eveybody knows that these numerals are always on the dials of timepleces—clock and watches, ‘There is however, one exception in the case of one number, Yook at your clock or watch and see how four is written, Nobody seems to know, with- out looking at a timepiece, just how it is written, and not one in a dozen would write it without looking, as it is written on the dial of a Jdmepiece, Is it written IV or 1111? By looking at the number following four on the dial and considering the importance of hav- ing these two numbers as different as possible in appearance, so that the one can readily be distinguished from the other, you will sec the reason for the exception in this case to the usual way of writing four in Roman numerals, EPRING —s0ome of the MILLINERY. spring bails, were nothing at the but a of wvelvel a banch of flowers and a little in front; no crown at all, brimmed decorated in feathers, lace and flowers. The prevailing style is low rin or » Some lace in the back. They ale Draping the fronts straight across from one under-arm the other, hiding the darts that fit the lining, isstill a prevalent fashion for high and low corsages alike, favorite Empire effect. off round at the walst or flat, COTSAges Aare A large portion of devoud of laid on sideseams and by the closely fastened by hidden hooks and — Fine lisle-thread hosiery and un- The French hosiery season of extremes in everything, so nothing need astonish any one; most of the long hose have colored stripes, alternating with black, running around the leg; clusters of graduated and shaded stripes are seen interspersed with solid check and broken plaids, Plain, black hosiery is worn by those who wish to show a trim ankle and neat foot, and who are lost to all sense of fear with regard to poisoning from bad dyes. A very excellent substitute for the ordinary mohair skirt braid, is a nanon roll of velvet or velveteen used on the bottom of a skirt instead of the braid, It does not wear out 80 soon, and will not rub the instep of the shoe, which the braid will do. WRAPS FOR BVRING. ~Spring wraps are shown mostly in jong garments, that cover the figure, Every thing seems to extend the ap- parent height of Lhe figure. Some of the most elegant cloaks are of soft faced cloths or of camel's hair, . ; HORSE NOTES, ~Charles Rowell, the pedestrian, is now 6 race horse owner in England, ~Crarrison had his first mount of the season at Clifton, but was bealen by the Dwyer Bros’, jockey, Taylor, —~Igane Woodruff, the veteran trot. ting horse trafler, will take up his residence at point Breeze, -{Futtenburg has broken down in t8 no reinstatement programme, and let in five of the ruled off jockeys. ~Jimmy Green thinks he has a gen. uine flyer in his J year old colt by Sulton, 2.24, out of Ella Lewis, 2.27. —Budd Doble says his horses now Wintering at Los Angeles will be shipped East early the coming month, ~Del Sur will remain in New Eng- land this season, his present owners not deeming 1 advisable to send him to Kentucky. ~Uharles McFadden will drive the Electioneer coll, for which he paid $1000 at the Kellogg sale, double with the b, zg. McVeigh. ~Wildtdower; who reduced the 2 year old record of Bonita to 2.21, dropped a bay fllly to Nephew, at Palo Alto, February 22. — Jd Corrigan has sold the 4 year old gelding Persimmons, by King Ban out of Aureola, to Thorpe & Pittman, of New York. Terms privated. ~The brood mare Favorite died Woodburn Farm on March 22. was Lhe dam of Ganymede, by roon, and Favor, by Pat Malloy. —Minnie R., trotting record, 2.19 at She Maca~ { pacing, 2.164, with running mate, {2.03}, foaled a bay colt Mareh 23, {sired by All Bo, son of Black tJdr, i Wood, -The Meadville (Pa.) Horsemen's | Club has elected H. E, Wilson Presi. { dent; 8. B. Vick Treasurer, and C. G. {| Dunbury Secretary and Manager for | 1880, —Hamilton, the colored jockey en- | gaged to Senator Hearst, has joined has employer's stable at Sheepshead Bay. | having passed the winter South Carolina. 3 iy sad as ~Join Shepherd, of Boston, hb 24 {sold half interest in Bilondine, 2.24}, | and Butterfly, 2.19. and the pair will | be shipped to Kentucky and placed in { the stud. | —E. | Clark, | colt J. H. brown 1885, by 2.40, by Tole has sold to Ont., the foaled Maid, B, iidgelown, Nimble Ned, looker, out of Gipsy Crown Imperial, 2 27%. | ~The brood mare Dollie C,, 2.15, by Mambrino out of Nellie Thorne, by { Mambrino Thorne, dled recently at | the farm of E. V. Mitchell, Martins. | ville, Ind. —M. KR. Bissell, who only a few | weeks ago paid $15,000 for a half inter- | est in the stallion Anteeo, record 2.164, {died at his home in Grand Rapids, { Mich,, recently, aged 46 years, | ~-William 8. Tilton, who died al Boston last month, was for six years First Vice President of the National | Trotting Association, and was identi- ifled with the National and New | England Breeders’ Associations, | American trotting mares with | records of 2.20 or better are in great | demand in foreign countries, Agents in this country stand ready to pay from $3000 to £15,000 for such animals on a {| moment’s notice, —Of the Denerwyck string Lamont | has been sold to an Illinois party for | $500 and Jennie MeFarland, Oarsmen, | Lonlight and Jim Reese were recently | shipped to Lexington to be turned out { until fall | ~The sale for Prince Wilkes for $30,000 cash ranks as the highest price ever paid for a trotter purchased purely on business principles and for track use. Being a gelding the blood of Prince Wilkes is not to be perpet- uated. ~No purse at the Island Park meet- ing of June 18 to 21 will be less than $1000. The Clay stakes for the 2.30 class will be $3000. Entries closed April 1, and records made after that date will not be a bar to starting in the Clay stakes, —R. Cadugan, Bayonne, N. J., has sold for W. 8. Leatherman, Clinton, N. J., to B, C. Holly, of California, the chestnut colt Happy Prince, foaled 1885, by Bayonne Medium, by Happy Medium, price $1500, —The members of the West Side Driving Park, at Jersey City, are ex- cited over & match for $1000 a side between BB, Murphy's bay mare Josie M. and P. H. Hanley’s bay gelding Furniture Bay. A forfeit ot $200 a side bas been put up, and the race is to take place on April 24. ~—Every year the encroachments of the ocean at Coney Island become more pronounced, and before a great while the Brighton Beach track 1s apt lo be submerged. The storm recently did considerable damage, and the old Wiid West show grounds adjoining the Brighton course were covered with water to the depth of several feel. ~Davis Ellis died the last week In March. He was one of the first to join the Belmont Driving Club, and was always ready to contribute to any plan that sought to promole the develop. ment of the trotting horse. He belonged to a family of borsemen, and his uncle, Atley Davis, was one of the best driv- ers of hus day. Mr, Ellis’ memory will be cherished by his many friends, ~ After an Interval of eight years, W. P. Balch comes to the front with one of his old time announcements, He offers a purse of $10,000 for trotting stallions eligible to the 2.19 class on Saturday, June 1, at iI P, M., when entries will close, the race to be trotted ber 18, 1880, over a firsts
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