sunshine Land.
Shey came in sikht of a lovely shore,
Yellow as gold in the morning light;
The sun's own color at noon it wore
And bad faded not at the fall of night;
Clear weather or cloudy—"twas all as one,
The bappy hills seemed bathed with the
same,
Its secret the sailors could not understand,
But they called this country Sunshine
Land,
What was the secret? —a simple thing
(It will make you smile when once you
know).
Touched by the tender finger of spring,
A milllon blossoms were all aglow;
So many, sO many, so small and bright,
They covered the hills with a mantle of
light;
And the wild bee
breeze fanned,
Through the honeyed fields of Sunshine
Land,
1f over tho sea we two were bound,
What port, dear child, would we choose
for ours?
We would sail, and sail, till at last we
found
This fairy gold of a million flowers.
Yet. darling, we'd find, if at home we
stayed,
Of many small
More near than we t
band,
Lie the golden fields of
bummed, and the glad
joys our pleasures are made
hink-—very close at
Sunshine Land.
a,
AMONG THE ROSES,
As I descended the steps of Chicker-
ing Hall, sald my tashionable friend,
Mr. Adolphus Vanvoort, after listening
to one of Herr Smashem’s piano recitals,
I found the wind danc
avenue. Hats were flying before it; the
advertising boards were down; the
human sandwich who walked in the in-
terests of ‘‘Toache’s ‘corn plasters’ had
come to grief.
was struggling with a crimson satin
parasol that had turned itself Inside out,
and insisted on resembling a gigantic
gladiolus, and the bouquet-seller in the
shadow of steps stood amidst a
wreck composed of boards, baskets,
ros s, tiny trestles and wooden stool, in
imminent ger of being blown away
herseif. was a woman,
wrapped lightly in a cloth cloak,
hood of which was pulled oyer her head,
ling only four or five bright curls,
little face, with pout-
. and retrousse
whom no man
the
11}
ual
: a4}
Little
Sie Jittie
3 HOSC——
mummy,
rit
get oul
h she did sell flowers in
herefore I spoke to her.
wything for you?” 1
to
you,’ she answered.
get the flowers
ie
i
re not of
n I shoul
ng one.
a very independ
1 have found my task
I was dressed for au
and I wore light
lat hat. It was necessary
{ should occasionally go down on
Ii fours, and my operations were natur-
hh great haste,
awful solemnity the
he younger portion of the
naturally exper-
of feeling,
concert,
% $1] }
illy conducted wit
After the of
ence
ction
m gi
und they found me very funny.
+ my flower girl, who should
led my efforts in her behalf
pect, and dropped a
esy when I presented her
rranged basket, did nothing
On the she
artily, and to my as
aul of giving me the antic
1g, merely said:
f you will just gather
and tie them up;
sr .¥ re
tL stay
J
10
Tes
conlrary.
Oh
y for me,”
He tak
iaite do that.”
ghed. What a lovely
teeth it revealed! From
nt to this I have believed in
he actual existence of Cupid and his
bow and arrows. 1 aver that I felt a
pang through my heart, and knew that
[ was hit. I. who had for thirty years
walked { free, saw before me my
fate inthe person of a girl who sold
flowers in the street, and who was de-
cidedly as unthankful a creature z38 any
one could do a kindness 10.
However. the spell was upon me, and
instead of leaving her to wait for Pat, I
offered my services,
Behold me then in my elegant costume,
my tall hat and my gloves, walking up
Fifth avenue with the boards under my
left arm and a yellow wooden stool in
my right hand, while beside me walked
the flower-girl with her basket of flowers,
aud the hood of her cloak drawn down
about her face,
This way.” said my guide at last,
turning down a side street, which grew
dingier as we went on, until at last she
i pA
Y erdian®
and whas
¢ ome
1
ancy
y
1
Pp
and with a brief “Four flights up,”
preceeded me. How meekly | followed!
i would not have believed it of myself
the day before—but then I was not in
loye with anybody.
Arriving in the upper entry, which
was adorned by a refrigerator, two wash-
tubs and an immence cabbage, 1 began
to fear that, my duties done, I should
be s:nt away, but the girl openad the
door at the frout of the entry, and ad-
mitted me to a small room, which was
very clean and tidy, and in which a
decent old woman sat in a rocking chair,
I recognized her as the woman who
usually sat at the flower stand.
“Lord save us, here you are!” she
cried. “And me wondering what you'd
do in the rain. A jintleman sent Pat
of un anait, and he did’t get back yet.
What did you do without help darlint?”’
“I had help,” sald the girl, “The
wind blew the stand over, Liew the
flowers about, and very nearly blew me
away; but this gentlemen—'""'
She sald no more, bat the old woman
took in the situation at a glance as the
girl indicated me by a wave of the
hand,
“I'here’s a fine jintlemen fur ye,”
said she, “and ham wun of the swells,
Many a posy did ye buy of me, I know
yer good-looking face well, Sate yer-
self, sor; I'm pot able to rise fur scald
ng the fuot of me wid a taykettle the
morn, That is why she tuk the stan
to oblige me.”
I took a chair and my charmer took
another. I think we all {alked a little
about flowers, for I learned that the old
woman’s son was a florist in a small
way, and provided her with her stock.
She called the girl Mona, and seemed
very fond of her. Evidently the young
creature was as pure as she was lovely,
When I took my leave it was with a
determination to see her again.
A few days after this I saw the old
woman at the flower stand, and instant
ly found myself in need of a carnation.
While buying it and fastening it In my
button-hole I talked to her.
“Your niece 1s not here?’ said IL.
She gave a little start,
“No,” said she, ‘‘Mona is at home,
She had enough of it that wan day. It
was jist her notion—it’s no place for her
anyway.”
“She is very beautiful,” sald IL
«Prue fur you,”’ replied the flower
woman,
“1°m in love with her,” said I.
The old woman turned scarlet, and
her knotted fingers clutched the handle
of a feather duster that lay near.
«If there's a wicked thought in your
neart, kape it from your lips,” said she,
“There is nothing in my heart but
respect for Miss Mona,” said I. “I
am a bachelor, rich, and my own master.
I have fallen in love with your
{ and I wish to marry her,’
niece,
i ing tone.
“I know nothing but that she is beau-
tiful, and I believe her goo 1, and that I
t
wi
| love her,” said I, *‘I wish to visit her;
| to pay her some attention; to win her
{ heart. Have I your permission?”’
| “You look to be a very dacent jintl
| man,” said the old woman.
| come to see us, but, mind you, there’
| them would! murther you ify
| an evil word to the girl.’
I said nothing and went
| After that I saw Mona a greal deal,
| My love did not abate. Every day she
| seemed more lovely. Every day I
| admired her more. She sp yke correctly.
She had education enough to appear as
well as I knew. When she
went out with me she wore a dress with
which I could find no fault. Mea
saw me her spoke of her
| elegant gi . [ was convinced that
whatever her origi be
nevet
ashamed Ji i . Wi ua i £
8
. '
Ou spore
41 Wily.
1
ALY
any
as “that
| svar n
i over |
One day
“Do
5 yursell
all me when
aome
gaid sh
. 1
Ow,
si
Lime
o wh
wear something else
siwhen we are married,”
work aside,
rai
ay answered,
that I love you, and that l
| trying to make you love
woiild not be the girl 1 think)
had not expected an offer from me.
you do not like me, or are engaged
anyone else—"’
“I{ush!" saidshe, “*l1amn
ed to any one else and I hike you-
I have a father.”
| It was certainiy a possibility 1 should
haye contemplated, but I had not. Now
that the dea dawned on me, it did not
strike me favorably. Old Mrs, Rooney
was an honest soul, but what might my
n-law be?
Eg
laughing oddly.
i i astle,”
1. ’? saud I, “1 shall be
ut the words died on my
[ should not be glad to see him.
[ found that I possessed George Wash-
ington’s reluctance to ‘telling a le,’
So I changed the wor “Then 1
shall see him?"
“yes,”
ips.
% into
she said, *‘If you really do
| you, you must ask him first,
have his consent. fter that
me,”
“Wouldn't it ao as well to ask your
aunt. Mrs. Rooney?” 1 asked.
“Oh, not at all,” she replied.
now go away, and I will send you word
when you can see my father, and think
| it over well,
You see how
come
| met me, I am
Reflect before you ask my father for
{ me.”
| She turned away, and went to
little wooden mantel-plece, and
the
leaned
it. Had she seen my doubts in roy face?
Deeply touched, I hurried after her,
“Oh, Mona! my Mona!’ said 1. ‘1
i adore youl Notuing shall part us, if
| you will but be true to me,"’
| they lay beneath her forehead, and then
| I took my leave. But the father baunt-
{ ed my dreams,
| I enjoy it? it hardly seemed possible,
Of course, it was quite within my
power to end the whole matter then and
there; to say Ww myself that Mona was
| very well, but that Mona's connections
| were too much for me.
{ I bad seen in the girl's soft eyes that
it had occured to ner that this was pos
sible. | knew that if I made aconfidant
of any men, he would probably advise
me to consider the whole affair as a bit
of folly to be forgotten as soon as possi-
ble. But I knew also that 1 loved
Morn better than my life. 1 could not
give Ler up, whatever her father might
be.
I waited a week before I received my
summons, It was a postal card from
Mrs. Rooney at last, with: “You can
gee her father to-night,’’ writlen across
it,
As I ascended the staus of the tene-
ment house many thoughts were in my
mind, I tried Tto picture my future
father-in-law, and many visions arose
before me, and resolved that 1 would
take what I found and beat it calmly.
1 stood in the little passage-way j
moment to get my breath. and thea
opened the door. Theroom had evident-
ly been newly tidied, and Mrs. Rooney
was there, A tall man stood with his
back to the stove, and looked down on
me as I entered,
“It's Misther Vanvoort, 171lave ye
alone together, sor,” said Mrs. Rooney,
and fled,
And who was this well-dressed gentle-
man who put up an eye-glass and re-
garded me so seriously? Could it be?
Oh, no. Stull
He solved my doubts in a moment,
“My daughter and Mrs, Rooney have
shocked me inexpressibly by telling me
—ahem~—that—I scarcely Know how to
put {t—of recent events, with which
you are connected,” Lie said slowly, “‘It
appears that you saw my daughter at an
apple stall in the street, and so made ber
acquaintance,"’
“She was selling flowers, not apples,”
1 gasped.
“What the stall contained does not
matter. It was a stall, the most fright-
ful thing I ever heard of,” proceeded
the gentleman, ‘Let me explain:
“Jriaget was my daughter’s nurse,
She left us to marry a gardener named
Rooney. We sometimes allowed Mona
to visit her old nurse out in the country
to drink new milk and breathe the fresh
After my wife's death 1 accepted
My daughter went
Meanwhile Bridget came to
As I intended to spend some
time here it appeared Lo me a good idea
to let Mona visit her nurse. I fancied
she would live in a little country cottage,
Lier on the voyage
her and brought
That
if
i
if
i
Great heavens!
he
here,
1" I gasped.
ilence by a gesture, and
e apple stand was
knew i
' fas AF £1}
scapade of th
one
ia
hi
girl She said no
I,
A nes
you follow me
r .
8 LIean.
and she wanle d
sked anxiously.
believe carried
basket home for her,”
man, sit down in
se, 1 can only ap
vou
folly and 1
1 say good-bs:
at the
hat a gentiem
loor of asm
Mona rus
r fait}
' § Faget
Pu Aes
me,’ she sald.
interested he
wwer in a frieze Jacket
J
! wr
over
Haven’
ym? Oh,
i't break
en she
he Was
situation
That
Mona, an
among the ros
heart in §
ia
Ki
an
} overcame |i
Kne
He
he rel
MAT 3
I found love
i
THE WIZARD'S MAGIC BELL.
A Falry Story.
Oxe dav, in an Eastern city, a wizard
lay dying, so he called to his bedside
his three sons, Hugo, Roderick,
Karl. and said to them
“My dear boys, I shall soon have to
feel very anxious abon#
your fives, more especially about yen, |
Hugo and Roderick.’ Then address
ing Hugo, the eldest, he went on
“Beware above all of your selfishness |
and avariciousness. And you, Roder-
ick, think less of your strength—it 1s
And
gwoet Karl, be not always, i
shrinking back. You can :
now each make choice of one of my |
possessions. You Hugo, as the eldest, |
must choose first.” :
“There is only
1
and
my
one thing, father, I}
and make not the condition that I must
share it with my brothers”
The wizard looked sadly at his eldest
born. but there was no longer timé for |
words, 1
«As for me,” eried Roderick, “I am |
I do}
not want gold; what / want is thy]
sword, set in jewels; with this I shall be |
more powerful than my brother, for he |
can only buy men—I can slay them.”
“And what wilt thou have, Karl?”
«I do not know,” answered the boy
wistfully; “could not I have some of
Hugo's gold?” and then as he caught
sight of his father's pale sad face, hel
said with a burst of tears, “Oh, I want
only something that will remind me of
thee." i
The wizard took the boy's hands, and
“I Jeave thee my bell Stronger
than the sword and more powerful than
Fiche shalt thou find my gift of the
Mh
It was a vory tiny brass bell, small
enough to go into Karl's pocket: and
vowed to himself he would keep it there
in memory of his father, although,
much as pondered, he could not
ke out how it would be of any use to
im.
Soon after, his brothers departed,
the one to spend his money on feasting
and pleasure, and the other to foreign
countries where he could use his mar:
vellous sword.
But Karl, as he had been left neither
money nor a sword, was forced to look
about for some work; and by good for-
tune he was taken into the employ of a
kind-hearted baron as page-boy. One
day the lad, hot and breathless after a
long gallop, whilst following his master
on horseback, heard some exquisite
strains of music quite close to him. He
stopped short, delieving it must be
gome rare bird. Jut notking could be
seen. He listened again—it
ing from his own pocket; it
ing from the bell, which only gave
forth these lovely sounds wen it was
heated. Karl listened in rapture, and
the fuster he rode the ore rich and
varied was the music; but as he grew
cooler the sounds began to die away,
and by the time he reached the aaron
they had ceased.
soon after this Karl received a visit
from his elder brother, who was about
to start off for foreign lands and join
his brother Roderick,
aR COlr~
LOR COIL
set ont forthwith, and were well re-
ceived by Roderick, who by he aid of
his marvellous sword, was now a great
soldier. The thro brothers then
started on a tour, and Karl could not
help being amu 1 nt Hugo's arrogant
pride in his gold, and Roderick’s
frengt!
ne day they came to
which the inhe itants were fleeing with
affrighted faces. On demanding
eause, they werp told that a terrible
bellion had taken place amongst
wildest and most turbulent of
ple; that at that very moment a
great n surrounding the king’
atening to burn him and
er to death. They
thers to turn back, say-
yiuld massacre strangers
said grandly
old
a i from
WI
tin
the
peo-
th
and
»ut Hugo
Ang
cediness to get all
At last, the
hi he took out his
led to the king’
nn his father, who was a wizard.
1 he had finished, the people
od round him, and besonght him
to stay always, and brighten their lives
by his sweet musie.,
And when Karl looked on their faces,
cham ber-
ring peace and joy and bap-
piness into their lives, he at last under-
than and
gold.
Fraxces H. Low,
stronger force,
Political economists of England and
Germany have concluded a careful
series of calculations by which they es-
timate that the value of an unskilled
laborer. at 25 vears of age, to his coun-
his life to the wealth of the community
in which he lives,
AS,
A French anatomist, Mons. Luys,
has found that when a person lies down
or stands upon his head the brain
changes its position in the skull in obe-
The
movements take place slowly, five or six
minutes being required for the brain to
hdjust itself to a new attitude of the
uly,
A London medical authority dissents
fron the common view that dampness
is a great cause of disease of the respi-
ratory organs, especially in the British
Isles, since no special increase in the
death-rate has been shown to result
from a rainy season, whereas an unus-
ually cold period produces an immediate
and notable increase in the number of
deaths.
At Point Barrow, Alaska, the re.
cently returned United States expedi-
tion found evidence that the ground is
frozen to a depth of nearly 300 feet.
Below a point a few yards from the sur-
face the temperature never changes.
From November to May no living
thing may be seen on this land except
the Tanuitt and his dog, and an occa.
sional stray reindeer or white fox.
FASHION NOTES.
Reception toilettes have an elegance
quite new, and it can be said that
Women were never ell dressed.
We are right in oppo the Empire
style or styles corresponding to it.
One sees only round waists, belts and
draped ribbons, disposed in points like
the Swiss girdles, and which have the
suppleness and appearance of a simple
twist of the fabric. It is well under-
stood that dinner dresses like street
dresses conform to this fashion. Here
is a most successful model, very ele-
gant, and which we recommend to
those of our readers who lke original
styles, that any one does not wear.
The fabric is Peau de Boie of Berpent
green, soft to the touch the folds of
which remain perfect. Upon the left side
is a pannel of beautiful gold embroid-
ery upon a foundation of blue silk.
The corsage in which is all the orig-
inality of the costume, 18 closed under
| the left arm, upon the front is a cuir-
| asse, of gold embroidery, upon a blue
| foundation, fitting closely to the body;
| then« two of drapery, one of
covers the right shoulder, the
other comes under the arm. The first
ends y folds near the left arm
ith a small button of
The second forms a
smaller upon the
fastened Fhe
Pean de Boie. The
he same stuff is slightly
ened
ends
which
in el
fastened w
f ementary
true girdle growing
Jeo ft side where 111
front of
Had
i puffed and
| with a band of i
pi
€en
tire 18
sleevi oft
4 ahove Lig wrist
gold «1
wlerats
HORSE NOTES,
The summ>r meeting at Danville
N. Y., will be held on June 5, 6 and
ds
~The best move yet made at Jerome
Park is 1.40, which Fenélon did re-
cently.
Isaac Pawling has the b, g. Phil
MeGuire, Jr., and a bay mare at Buf«
foik Park.
—W. E. Weeks has added the black
mare Queen Wilkes, 2.23%, to bis stable
of horses,
—Jewett, 2.14, will probably be
matched with Gossip, Jr., 2.18}. for
£1000 a side,
—W. B. McDonald has the Roch es.
ter gelding Minot, 2.26}, in his stable
at the Jewett Farm,
The name of the New Haven,
Conn., trotting Park has been changed
to Elm City Park.
~The Morgan stallion Wild Bill,
owned by George Leslie, of Nashville,
Tenn., died recently,
The Blue Grass Circuit opens at
Harrodsburg in July and closes at
Shelbyville in September.
— The American Trotting Associa
tion took the back track very abruptly
at Chicago and reinstated the Sire
brothers,
Cuyler and nineteen brood mares,
shipped recently from Parkville Farm
to Mr. Shults’ Kentucky farm, arrived
safely at Lexington,
Crit Davis recently
Wilkes a half-mile in
ile a half-mile
| property of Georg
—W. M. Thor
solid to A. Forbes, of
mut mm * 114
estat slaill
v2.11 §
§ A250 in
lL
e A, Bing
on
{ aco, dam Harebell, b}
—Messrs, 1. & G. Straus, o
| ton. Ky.. claim the name of Orig
| a full sister to Oregon, = years 0iq,
{ Onondago, dam Skylight.
Riverside Dark
at Mifflin, PYa,, bave
Middagh, wi
—The
once
{ for
$55. 38
who
large, 1n Cl 1
etal, representing
1 &
Ray
ETON flame, el
buttons in
extremely effec
$ ner
ii wy 11
Or Silk OF wool
nd eshecked
silk Paras
{ th wor:
{ the mu
The green parasol is not slow in mak-
| ing its appearance. The costliest ones
are pale tinted outside with a lining of
almost silver,
ruffles of white lace.
San umbrellas have short eight-inch
handles and are commonly of black or
dark ¢ sored taffeta alk Those of tan
and gray pongee, with yellow handles,
are lined with dark green and make a
pleasant shade for the eyes.
Inside the new Cleopatra parasol is a
broad ribbon twisted about from one
ribs to another, and when the parasol is
closed it falls in full loops about the
handle and gives a novel, bunchy effect.
White accordion plaited muslin sun
shades, finished by a fall of white lace,
will be a crisp and dainty addition to
white morning gowns at the seaside
and in the country.
| wi
~ Yip HOT PEO wy
sroning with light Spring gown
The Empire veil holds its own brave-
ly straight on into the Spring season.
Worn with the wide brimmed hats,
this veil is the only thing possible, and
is in reality a great protection against
sharp breezes and whirling dust. The
little mask veils died quietly; and it is
better so, for their numerous dots and
sparkles were a strain on the eyes, and
po were rarely becoming.
Dan McCarthy's trotting string 1s
on its way East, in charge of James
Farrell, The lot comprises Sunflower
4 years, trial in 2.22; Dolphin, trial in
9 99: Diana, trial in 2,23; Conference,
{ull brother to Conde, 2.18}; Ray, by
Electioneer, trial in 2.22; John L.,
pacer, by Gibraltar, out of Kate, by
Volunteer; Landa A,, full sister to
Fleet, by Sidney, and A gray pacer
Alexander.
—Charies Marvin, who came on with
the Palo Alto consignment of horses,
says that Sunol was all winter
and she steadily improved, She is now
running out, but will be taken up just
as soon as Marvin arrives at Palo Alto,
Marvin says that the two most ad-
vanced yearlings at Palo Alto are the
bay colt by Electioneer, out of Telie, by
General Benton, and the bay filly by
Electioneer, out of Lady Elen, by
Carr's Mambrino, He expects to beat
th: 2.31} of Norlaine with one or both
of thess vearlines ; ee
Crem
GAL)
received
Notwithstanding their det
aver to come to Kentuck
ighbred colts, the Dwyer Broth-
nvested over $16,000 at Lexington
on Tuesday May at the Ruany-
| meds, Woodburn and Coldstream year-
INE SAIeA
o
-
tion np
thoro
ers i
fy
The fourteenth annual catalogue of
operty of W. H. Wilson, is neatly ar-
¥Oul
vr
tan, the sire of
sixteen others
s head of the
Simmons, 2.28;
37. and San Gabriel,
in
stud,
Jim Pettit's stable is
to three—Jewett, 2.14; Lo
nd Decorator, 2.23§. The
id at auction recently.
in the New York Circuit,
| starting in at ghamion. Jewett
| was shod with shoes and he
| is now going nicely
—Petsy M.
| made such a
| Breeze in the 2.40 cls
{up second In 2.26
{ James Green.
{ sanger Chief,
| 2.164, and others: dam by Cripple, son
| of Mambrino Chief; second dam bY
| Kavanaugh's Whip; third dam by Imp.
| Trauby. She was bred by George A.
| Singerly.
| ~The seal-brown carriage horses
owned by ex-President Cleveland were
fold at Washington on Monday May
6th, to John E. Beal for $141 each
They cost Mr. Cleveland $700 for the
pair, The brougham, which cost §750,
was sold for $450, The victoria brought
$485, and the landau, which cost $1400,
was knocked down for $650.
— The stable of Captain Thomas E.
Moore at his stock farm near Shawhan,
Ky., was burned recently, and with
them thirteen head of stock. Farty-
nately Victor von Bismarck’s stable
was isolated, and he as well as Twi
light escaped. The total loss 1s estima
ted at over $50,000. The following is
a list of the horses burned:
Von Wilkes, 2.384, b. c.; 1887, by
Victor von Bismarck—Mattie Wilkes,
by Colonel Wilkes.
Kentucky Hambletonian, 2.27, b. h,,
1883, by Victor von Bismarck—Jennie
Wallace.
Bismarck Pilot, b. c., 1887, by Vie
tor von Bismarck—Moonlight, by Ale
cyone.
2.48}. b, c., 1885,
Ui
Pettit
State
that
’] *oint
i, was driven by
She was sired by Mes-
gire of Maud Messenger,
Bourbon Bismarck,
by Victor von Bismarck—Jennie Wal
lace.
Bismarck Mambrino, 2.40, b. h,, by
Victor von Bismarck— Bourbon Girl,
by McDonald Mambrino.
Twilight Wilkes, b. c., 1836, by
by Vie
Twilight—Mattle Wilkes.
Star Bismarck, b. c., 18886,
tor von Bismarck--Jennie Wallace, by
Joe Downing.
Bourbon Mark, b. ¢., 1888, by Vie
tor von Bismarck—Fanuy York, by
New York,
Count Bismarck, b. ¢, 1887, by Vie-
tor von Bismarck-Lucille Miller, by
Miller's Hambletonlan,
Johnson, b, ¢., 1836, by Victor von
Bismarck, dam 3], Bincicwaod.
Lily, b. m., 1 , by Victor von Ibis.
marck—IAllie Cromwell, by Abdallah
Mambrino,
©, 1888, by Victor voi
Dertection, b.
Bismarck, © by Mambrino
Grand.
Mike, b. g., 1 Victor von
a poe DE nia