Life. and afternoon and night, nd afternoon and night. oon, and-—-what? repeats itself, No more? +; make this forenoon sublime, 'y na psalm, this night a prayer, 4nd time is conquered, and thy crown is won. — Edward Rowland Sill - SHING STONE. AGNES REPPLIER. nn Wi THE BY it was only a little pebble, that lay smooth and shining on the beach, and some people might perhaps have passed it carelessly by, but Kalin's eyes were too bright and sharp for any such mis- take af that. He was strolling along with his fishing nets slung over his shoulder, when a great wave rippled to his t, and, rolling back again, left lying on the sand the oddest, prettiest stone the boy had ever seen. Like a flash red it, and none too soon, for r wave followed quickly on the would have washed the » out in the great foe ocsan a moment examining i small and round 1, while all the colors of ippeared in turn upon its ace. Sometimes it was deep lowed like fire; then | exquisite rosy d into blue, lights. Always changing, autiful, Kalin stood lost shifting brillianey; 118 empty boat ridi nded him unbegun he pushed from ling his sails to tl » prepared was » 4h Te, that his 3 winds, to cast which, fhe i A044 0 new sound, ied over lence over thi the words died ng of the waters as thev | dancing boat the meaning of ti Ki ins nindg of the d upon fairies it was the possession of the their words. He conld see noth the white sails above and ths green waves nnderneath: but the voices ew ever stronger and stronger, repeat 1 the same words. 2 I'he wishing stone stone.” vk out his prize and gaze y, listening intently to and to the faint, fairy laugh: at rang softly over the waters blue he pebble was at first as the n darkened like the waves; ar he boy thought, a wishing stone ng in the world he demas nd simpls red to him that in 1 day for the fish he hoy » eateh, he could load his nets by merely wishing them to be full. But after all, what sort of pleasure was thers lad, whose whole life had been ne of perilous labor? The dangers and hardships of his rk gave to it its sweetest charm, and lin felt that to gain his prey without tolling for it, would be to deprive his lay of all its interest and spirit. He might just as well wish that the fish were caught, carried to sold, and the money in his pocket—and then 18 occupation would be gone « ntirely. However, the thought of his secret ower was very sweet to him, and it was with a light heart that he watched his wets and drew in his scaly spoils. I'he fairies murmured enticingly nnd him; but, absorbed in his work, now hardly noticed them, and n evening eame he carried home his basket of shining fish as contentedly as if he had no wishing stone lying snugly in his pocket. His mother was anxiously watching for her son's return, and to her Kalin woudly showed the result of his day's abor, while she in turn counted out the silver for which yesterday's fish had been sold It was not until he had eaten his sup- per, and was sitting by the glowing fire, that the thought of his stone came back to his mind. “Mother,,” he said, ‘if you could have whatever you wish for, what would yon ask?" Jeannette looked at her son with won- dering eyes. “I am sure I do not know,” she said, “except to see you grow up a brave and honest man, as your father was before Yi Kalin was silent for a minute. This wax clearly not a thing to be wished for on » stone, although he inwardly resoly- ed that his mother should not be disap- pointed in her hopes, “But I mean,’ he said at least, “is there nothing you would like to have for yourself?” Jeannette shook her head. “Not unless it be n new neck-hand- kerchief,” she said, laughing; “for my best one is getting sadly worn.” “A handkerchief,” thought Kalin “Now 1 might wish for that; but § won't. If she wants one, she shall have it out of my earnings, and not a penny will I spend till it is bought, It would be a poor son who pr not get his mother a trifle like that, without asking for it on a wishing ” And by the end of two weeks. by shore, dint of working a litt ~rder and spending a little less, vis enough to buy his mother a gay sill handkerchief, which he presented to her with much pride; and great was their mutual admiration of its bright colors and glossy richness, But all this time he had not been able to make up his mind what to wish for on his precions stone; and finally a month slipped by, and yet he could think of no ungratified desire. “What should I ask for?’ he said, wonderingly, to himself. “My boat is sound, my nets strong, I have a warm fire and a good supper when I come home, and another suit of clothes, if 1 choose to put them on. There is noth- ing left for me to want.” Kali Only on one day did he come near using his magic stone, and then a heavy | storm arose while he was yet far from land. | Kalin's little boat rocked helplessly on the huge white-crested billows, which lifted it up and tossed it about like a feather in their migl sport, His sails flapped he gale, and every minute y if the | angry ¢ 1 sullen | lips to swallow both skiff and owner. Realizing his great peril, “Now is the time to on shore.” And he felt for the ways carried with him But the instincts life were stronger even of danger, and seel ) boat was riding through the felt a great desire to stay and figh battle with the roused ocean “We have weathered ww," thought he, this." And, with sparkling e An beating heart, he steered bravely y shore. Undaunted by tl widely it seen OCCA Were opening ERies “and we will we i, with real malice, he would wait his to harm his adversary when his was turned. day was cloudy and ssl . . i : dull, gray sea lay chance threatening, Ie bare ag 3 stiess and ly over its troubled face Wrapped in his own angry thoughts, first pursued his rk stomed nw at ad 1.3 IRDOT lin hey were apart fternoon, he hb ared to EWA his } empti- d of their spoils Lost in wonder, he exam ad been that the | h had snapped the rn 0 ined them, cut eavy weight remaining | he had attempted to drag | atl reg- ular intervals, so of the fis whe them in At first, he was as derment, an g of it dawned on his mind cords pefied with bewil- then gradually the mean- Some | ned his ne ta, and | his day's labor was for naught. Kalin's brow grew black as night, and his lips closed ominously “If I thought it was ed to himself i And at that instant, a low, ringing | laugh echoed in his ear {ight at his elbow rocked Jasper's boat, and Jasper himself, with an amused smile, was watching his discomfiture “Where are all your fish, called, mockingly. “And why don’t | you mend your nets?” i Kalin turned fiercely, but his adver. sary was too far off to be reached, and | seemed to thoroughly enjoying the situ- ation. White with wrath, and tremb- ling with ungovernable passion, all the | blood seemed to rush madly into | Kalin's head, and a thousand tiny voices whispered in his ear, ‘The wishing stone! Where is the wishing stone?” Hardly conscious of what he did, he grasped the pebble, which lay red as | blood within his hand “I wish that your boat would sink into the sea,” he gasped And instantly, before his dizzy eves, Jasper's skiff reeled, trembled, and sank rapidly into the dark waters Like a flash, he beheld the white arms of the sea fairies, as they seized the boat and dragged it under. Then all was quiet over the sullen ocean. The first use that Kalin had made of the wishing stone was to commit a great crime. For an instant he stood horror.strick- en at his own deed, and gazing blankly at the magic pebble which had wrought so terrible a bor It was black now as night, and, with a keen loathing, Kalin flung it far into the seething wive , which closed over it forever, Th en throwing off his jacket, he waited to see Josper rise for the first time, and plunged into the ocean after him. A few strokes, and the boys wore clinging together, fighting for their lives amid the lonely waters, Jasper well-nigh exhausted, but Kalin bearing him up, and striving to regain his boat, Strong and supple, fearless and bred to ¢ re, the Inds swam bravely on, antl 4 agin rope enabled Kalin to climb into his little vessel, and drag Jasper after him. he eried. i § he!” he mutter. Kalin?" he | “We are all right now,” And Jusver ovened his dark aves 4 ka ——— gratainl ith a strange look of love ngering in their depths, “Yon have saved my life,” he whis- pereéd, ‘and it was 1 who eut your nets.” Kalin flushed erimson. “And I would have drowned you,” he said, brokenly; “and your boat is gone. But you shall use mine until we can save enough to buy another. Everything I have shall be yours.” Jasper made no asnwer, but from that time forth the two lads worked to- gether all day long, sharing their mu- tual earnings and their mutual home. “I have now two sons instead of one,” said Jeannette, proudly, when the orphan Jasper sat at her humble board beside her own boy. And Kalin thought, with a happy smile, “At least, the wishing stone a NOT A DUMB ANIMAL. The Sacred Bird of Siam Smuggled Into San Diego. “Ha, ba, ha! Why don’t you get a The was rather loud but not and the tone somewhat yolice The salution came to the news- at the residence of Dr. Gildea, on Six- As the reporter approached nearer he | was received with more laughter and the *‘Mino,’”’ If his health was good, DOLLY'S BACHELOR HOME. The Dainty Little Nest of an Inde~ pendent Young Spinster Uptown. A Mail and Frpress reporter was counting on his fingers recently the girls he knew who have get up apart ments or installed themselves in estab- lishments of their own, He ran over the digits of one hand, then of the other, and repeated the operation so often that he lost all track of reckoning. The girl bachelor grows enterprising. She no longer boards. She makes a bachelor home, She takes rooms. She lives in them with a chaperone, Her conduct is unquestioned. There is no limit to the pluck and the independ- ence of the young and AEA and perfectly decorous and entirely delight ful unmarried woman. She is no longer an unprotected female, She has found out that after all a girl's best protection is a girl, The last decade evolved a phrase. The present decade is now at work evolving another. Bachelor suites is established in the language. Maids’ suites or Dorothy apartments, as some body in ersation «the other day christened them, is going to find pls y before very long. Recently the reporter drank a enp of tea with brown eyed Dolly. Dolly has a small fortune and Her father died, her relations with her only rela- tive, an sunt, were strained. The two did not thrive under the same rooftree. The kettle sings on the hearth most merrily since Dolly has hired a flat and sn butler, and set up a buffet and re- calls on her own res; onsibility, Piquant experience No rveill; and Dolly is a lady and be- Cony L004 is 22, gitnatic Delightful no *“larkis RIO A few inquiries directed to a pleas- near by formation that the bird was the sacred | have if caren ful whom Dr, Gildea at Honolulu some L years ago. as she is called, z6 of a crow and nearly black In the sunlight the feat! il green sold to 3 ting id a snot unge, is a spot of 1 and there of bright yellow about the throat. The bill, which is large and stro tapers to a sharp point and is hued near the head and lemon. slored 3 prominent eyes are dark and } i 1 Nap the feel and legs lemon-col- The bird is valued at $250, bat imens have been known to bring in the United States where but thera have ever been brought, The spe is carefully Siam, and as none are can only be obtained surre ili i——— A Youthful Editor. The youngest ed itor the United States is a boy 12 years old, named Tello A’Apery. He is the editorof a £1.000 ¢ CW OF jes ir il a bright-eyed, well built, lad, with a remarkably frank counten- ance. He was born in Philadelphia, The first number of The Sunny Hour | is a little eight page sheet, and its con- tents cover a wide variety of subjects, number: With this issue I present the initial number of The Sunny Hour, modestly, as becomes 80 young an editor, but make it worthy of a place in home where there are children, Ir I find as much encouragement in my subscription list and patronage as I hope, ty paper every three months and ad ew features, to slay one year. I shall devote my paper to suc as mothers will approve 1 | y hi} and nor such thing. I shall always uphold the cause of temperance and morality and so shall not touch upon politics, and it shall bo my ear- of the If my paper ever falls below expecta- Te Eprron. The proceeds of the publication are say: ‘In publishing this paper I have an “In New York there are thousands some orphaus and parents, who suffer greatly with being barefoot in cold weather, and I wish to get together as many shoes and stockings as possible before next winter, I could find thou- Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Margaret Sangster each contributed a poem to the first number, and the editor says away ahead of the first, Many prominent literary people are interested in the | lad’s enterprise, and the subscription list is growing with gratifying rapidity. Mra, Frank Leslie, who has great faith in the paper, has sent in her subscrip- tioa for four years, ~The Belmont Driving Club wil have a grand opening at its course on June 6, when, in addition to a free-for- all race to road wagons, there will be a double-team race and a race nearest to 8 minutes, Great preparations for the event are being made. A number of chairs have been ordered for the grand stand, a part of which will be reserved exclusively for ladies. One of Poilas delphia’s best Lauds of music will be on hand, and the club house and grand stand will decorated with bright col- ors, Waters Block Farm, Genoa Juno. tion, Wis, has sola to John W, Buttz, Liberty, Ill, the bay colt Eager, by Erelong, dam Choral, by Nutwood, second dam Anthem, by Cuyler, Uxronarves. - Mr, Bloomi Wara, tremulously after ventu a kim II beg pardon, 1 didn’é sean to, Miss Dolly Flicke r, severely -. “If you had been sincere i might have for. fi Cat w the inno cet will girl bachelors . who act, who are typewriters, all , if prosperous, i write, ging the ablishments to a woman in her mid-twenties arns 81,800 a year as buyer in the cloak department of a big 3 two other her lepend from scan indul One of a maid new ost I8€ and fakes in sIOAre in new race of in Wages to itself free Now it is scares A f Babies’ Eyes. The Care « palpable, vidently increasing affliction? e generations to be sans eves as well | a8 sans teeth? No « o ne { it 18 too late ! Young mothers who cover the baby 's ! cient light, are laying up trouble | themselves, though oculist and optician i will be better off for their criminal | ignorance. As to the school rooms, where children spend so many hours of { the day, do parents ever ask or know | how they are lighted and whether the scholars face windows, and whether | blackboard exercises in half lights, A and some knowledge on the subject of improper lighting would be a pound of cure in this matter of spectacles. — Bos- a Pd The Well Bred Girl. A social authority given prominence things of whieh a She never laughs or talks loudly in public places. She never turns around to look after any one when walking on the street. She never ncoepts u seat from a gen- Hegman in a street car without thanking yim, She never takes more than a single glass of wine at a dinner or entertain- ment, She never snubs other young ladies, even if they happen to be less popular or well favored than herself. She never raises her lorgnette and tries to stare people she doesn’t know out of countenance on the street. A New Deodorant.—Mr, Martin, of the Health Department of New York city, suggests the use of Bromine, as an effective cheap and inodorous deodo- rant, Bromine is a by-product in the manu- facture of salt, and can be had for 70 cents per pound, One pound dissolved in 100 gallons of water may used with sytety and is effective in deodoriz- ng stables, manure heaps, garbage, privy-vaults, cess-pools, ete, Mr, Martin suggests its Jue upon the earth thrown up in laying sub ways, Care is in hand) for, if it touches the w luted, it causes a given you.” HO SE NOTES, Span’s book is still selling well, Lady Darefoot, 2,26}, bas been bred to Repetition, 2.21, ~-It 18 sald that Pierre Lorrillard is soon to return to the turf, Jerry Almont, 2,204, was sold to a man in Phoenixville for $745. ~—Jim Jim, the paces, worked a mile and repeat in 2.25, 2.26, at New York- —Baby Lambert, 2.27}; Katy B., .28; Hamletta, 2.20}; Reid Wilkes, 2.254, ~The roon mare Lowland Mary, 25, bas been bred to Hinder Wilkes (yi wd) 4 —Philip Dwyer says that he would not run a race course for $20,000 a year, John Shepard recently drove Mill Boy and Arab a quarter over Mystic Park in 84}s, Phil Dwyer recently sald that he “hadn’t a first-rate 2.year-old in his entire string.” A record of 2.18} will not be a bar for horses eligible to the 2.19 class stal- lion race on June 1, Porter Ashe is expecting to start his string of California horses for the East in a few days, About 150 A os “3 ~ at the horses that ran Nashville have been shipped to West Side track, Chicago. --Jolin Murphy is able to move about the house, but he is greatly reduced, weighing less than 100 pounds. Sam Brown's Heporter is getting in form and Sam expects him to do great work in Lhe near future, The time of the Kentucky Derby, 2.544, is doubted by outside timers, — Proctor Knott to quite a sick horse, bu is reported there is nothing serious in his ai Chicago sports predict that Salva- ir or Sorrento will beat both Spokane id Proctor Knott the Chicag dmendorf sale twenty-one the twelve the ight $28 R25, 22.4705. Knox hief, om Gretchen whili he Sunnyside Farm. by injured Ly a in a paddock Was 14% FASHION NOTES, == Great simplicity, i1r sproschable eor rectuess are the orders of fashion Buch fancy fleecy woolen goods are worn, Designs are formed upon the Belvages. On one side the design iss little wider for the bottom of the skirt or coat, the narrow design is intended for the corsage. For richer fabrics, dressier toilettes, there designs simply woven and forming stripes are replaced by beautiful embroideries. To tha most beautiful and elegant are added lace trimmings. Some dresemakers mingle these striped designs of which we have just spoken in a charming manner. They cut a redingote so that the stripe folds form the entire length of the front. It makes a pretty and effective trimming. Foulards of more fanciful designs and colors than ever before will be worn, as we said in 2 former number, the larger the design the more elegant. Young girls will be faithful to simplicity which best comes them, Cashmeres, Bengaline si and China cre Pe make for them pretiy tumes. We have much of ball dresses. We ourselves with speaking of dres matine The of dan the day time has much increased with Mammas who have } f vin £ is Hib oor £ (4 young daughters, not Cr 30 will custom in a few years, : { aren ing 1 them dance yet hav ie their debnt are glad to have and organize for that pus led children’s parties, those even For ‘hina crepe, Bengaline, lered Greek tuile embroi with ¢} Aderies which the black | by Cremo { Binia, has Imported BiX years old, out of Strategy. ~ § 43 the ten-year-old thorough owned oy lL. { ingham, Jr., of Botton, on the track at Mystic wT 16 UDrise, Fresno California | half their track this fal Ed, Corrigan will put Lis miles repeat running race over + { England when steeplechasing commen- { ces early In the spring. The great American stakes, to be run for at Gravesend, are worth $20. O00, There were two hundeed and cry # § Cig | of the seasor ~The three-year-old bay | Rayon d'Or out of Judith, | tendon at Lexington, | ing him useless, { of the colt, was | before he went coit ny broke 1 3 J on the track, full brother to Em- in lows, re- { cently, a couple weeks after his owner, Theodore Winters, bad refused | an offer of $55,000 for him. He was a { grand colt and promised to eclipse the ~The Czar. a of { great record of the Emperor. —'The guaranteed stakes for the com- ing trotting races of the Charter Oak Park Association of Hartford, Conn. Charter Oak stake for 2.20 trotters, £10,000; Standard stake for 2.30 trotters, $3,000; Insurance | stake for 2.20 pacers, $4,000, ~The Pacific Coast Blood-Horse Associrtion is looking for a new track, The discomforts which attend the Bay { District Track have caused so much | discontent that it is felt that some place | is necessary where the horses will not | be lost in the fog on the homestretch, | and where greater accommodations can | be secured for the weetings. During the Louisville meeting W. I. Cas:idy, of St. Louis, paid F, B. Harper, of Midway, Ky., a small sum as an option on the choice of any three animals in the Nantura Stable, for which the price was to be $30,000. Mr. Cassiday selected Libretto, Lavinia Belle and Valuable, but upon reflec- tion, the following day, concluded not to take the animals at the price named, and surrendered the forfeit, — While the horses for the Myrtle stakes were being saddled in the . dock at Gravesend on Thursday May 16th, Morris King Idle let both his heels fly so suddenly that they caught a stableman and lifted him several feet off the ground. The poor fellow lay almost unconscious for some time, but finally was removed, The King 1s a noted kicker, and has tapped one or two individuals with his racing plates, —Rena C., by Messenger Chief, dam by Foreigner (a thoroughbred), foaled ou May 14, at the farm of B. J, Treacy, Lexington, Ky., a fine filly by Ber- muda, record 2.204. This is Rena C.% fourth foal, the other three having been colts, Her first foal, Messenger Wilkes, by Red Wilkes, was sold for when a yearling. Ben V., by Red Wilkes, her second f was sold for $2500 as a 2.-year-old, third foal was ulso by Red Wilkes, and is now a yearling, ~~W. L. Cassidy, of St. Louis, Mo., has purchased of ¥, B. Harper, Nan- tura Stud, Woodford county, Ky., bay mare Valuable, 5 years, Broeck, dam Lizzie nqui- rer; the bay filly Lavinia 4 yoars, low, dam Belle Knight, dam Freeland, and the bay horse | are as follows: Ti sleeves ro lange TOTY He SieeYes are ODE, very young giris wear dresses of Greel Tosca tulle The ox unless one prefers a vest, ) adapts i for ] AINes TEAC AT ns breast and cars ly what is very wi any piastr ith a little the £1 ir on Swiss back to waist inglish odel publish. collar Tig nied k wmik, . i style with a ribbon and bu tailor has created a of 1%, which will What is entirely new is is very high, rolled with a regatta cravat black which gives to the entire toilette a little the air of a cavalier which very piquant. Shoes are pointed or square! but the last style is a novelty a little eccentric, which every has not adopted. For summer moliere shoes of glazed or polished kid are the most practicable. The boot is warm unless made « fg ‘ey twilled stuff’ with vamps of glaged kad. As for slippers they should never cross the threshold of the house. They are never worn in the street. The question of stockings is always of great importance. Some elegant women have resolved to wear black stockings exclusively knit or embroidered in floss silk, or of silk. It is certain every one is not obliged to do as they do; and ons can if it is desired wear colored stock- ings, provided they be of a dark tint marine blue, otter, garnet, or they should be the color of the costume. In conclusion we should state that Greek tulle is made plain or is embroidered. Tosca tulle has larger meshes which are hexagonal in form. This summer tulle dresses are goi to replace those of lace. It is a Aig fancy, the are convenient to carry and wear we we of 18 one How Long a Child Should Sleep. A healthy baby for the first two months or so spends most of its time asleep. After that a baby should have at least two hours of sleep in the fore. noon and one hour in the afternoon, and it is quite possible to teach almost any infant to adopt this as a reg habit. Even to the age of four or five years a child should have one hour of sleep, or at least rest in bed, before its dinner, and it should be put to bed at 6 or 7 in the evening, and left undis- turbed for twelve or fourteen hours. Up to the fifteenth year most people require ten hours, and twentieth year nine hours. After that age every one finds out how much he .or © requires, though as a general at least six to eight hours are neces.
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