HE The Saddest Loss. By the side of the sea, three mourners Sat idly watching an idle sail. palo ot One turned her head islands it Hes," she sald ‘Where sank your ship Py the sweet Spice one ern “And often 1 fancy, on days ike Their breath floats to me o'er Sou sens." i i i} i “Whe 5 yin On a si an By tompests tossed ber and pearls "twas lost often And thers « beautiful bed at are round its shed! dream of it bowgleamsth Whey Does shi face, nk your ship? ' wan, white i 5 place know not, shen, her Jost love “My sh A tiny sin ink not.” she said, and cast i] on the waters vast 1 NJ ors not gems of price lase entic IY ams to its resting pi 1 er ship ies {frozen in are joe Christ fan Register ONE MAY NIGHT. 1 i v4 it he TOo8 lig} brightly through the networ cobwebs, which covered the attic win- dow at the red farmhouse just outside of n village, mak Prest ing rainbow beauty of th heaps of colored 18811 -paper, avered the rough scanty floor, ane i wed faces of the that ay of a spring sunset sok which hi girlish t ni ani rly working in unused a Acros OW Of tl side of the root i i 8 and WT i baskets, of every hue exact care and that n repared with ~ May night 1 \ shape, al froh Was SOI Near. enough, which d May VIOWE d th dainty nsy hands. “But I all. I wish we new this vi alter LY hos r that but my mother say that brings sometimes, «Miss Snpapdragon er fine house, and Ju 5 it 1% the what folks happiness ain't ey & buy OS lives all alone in h igo Crusty's wife has been dead more'n five years. Father said that he was always he is stern and gloomy t Won't you do it girls?” «(Mf eourse, if you say so!” nt was rather feeble «1 don’t see any fun in that,” grumb- led good to her, if y everyone else, Ts t but Katie's CCTs Crracie. Yao sivaly POSILIVER Y i . will see some,” May nsse rted so that all other thrown aside at once, and they all began on those wonderful baskets, AL, they little imagined what magic their fingers were weaving in me shes of bine and crimson. “They must be very moe, for they are rich and have everything they want,” wid May, getting the baskets and the people for whom they were designed for somewhat mixed. “Then what do y¢ 1 work was ya suppose they'll fully. “They won't be fine enough for them I'm sure.” “We'll try it,” persisted May. “Hee this mlver ‘Red Riding Hood'- isn't she sweet? —1'm going to put her on Miss Snapdragon’s and that gold ‘Little Boy Blue’ on the Judge's. Hurry, girls, 1t is almost dark now.” There was silence in the shadowy attic for the space of ten minutes, ex- cepting the sharp snip-suipping of the keen scissors, and the pleasant rustling of tinted Para then May and Katie each held a fai length, and all dr tio, “it's the prettiest one 1 ever saw,” said May, her eyes fixed upon the silvered “Red Riding Hood" surrounded by a haze of blue and white, «1 think it is,” but Katie'seyes were feasting upon the golden beauty of «Little Boy Blue,” framed in its erim- gon and buff, while ( jracic’s admiration was divided between them: “We must put some of the very nicest eandy into them,” mused Katie. “And a valentine in each one,” sug- gested Gracie. “iudge! Valentines in May who ever heard of that?” and May's voice was scornful emough. “P'rhaps they ew a breath of admira- didn’t might.” “I've got a lot ‘hat father gave to me | when Valentine's Day was past. Some of 'em are comie ones, but ie are two | beauties. Yon girls fix the baskets while 1 run home and get them,” and | Katie was hall way down the ladder be- | | fore she finished talking, | “Ask your mother if you | here all night—Gracie is going | { | can't stay to,” l wy ese," { npper hall. “Let's put this pretty conversation | { heart into Miss Snapdragon’s. answered Katie from the i ‘If you love me as [ love you, | No love ean eut our love in two.’ | Yes, that will do. t now, awful old, I guess, | said she had a lover once. Only he died | or something,” explained May. “I'm put ina lot of lemon drops, | peppermints, and checkerberry sticks there, it's all ready!” and she laid it carefully in the brown pasteboard box. “How will this heart do for the Judge's?” asked Giracie, holding up a gilded heart, covered with impossible | cupids. “It Bays “«*The is red, the violet's bine, Pinks are pretty and so ar ™m “Pho! We'll blue-and white the i She is an old maid, but mother | going to Ts vill, nan the from Phat don't mean for a to swap heart Ti nd ba nave ‘ 1 ket was tak mon drop , pepper rberry this 118 sticks in od Gracie, with an anxi y 1 erberry sticks NNamon Tay TIN 3 1 st then Katie's we the ladd but the 11 will CRrry tHemseives others in §1320 SCH 8 Ole haood’s chosen playms She took the grands the old rhyme through bl Johnny had whisp red tl her, in boyih earnestness whi her bos ish lover She took the vale { , for the quaint upon the satin paper in gilt otters, was an old frie nd, too. She clasped the mass of blne and white and silver to her breast with a yearning cry, while hot tears streamed down her cheeks, and her ince was 80 transformed, that three awe d maidens, who had looking in at the win- dow, stole softly away in hushed silence, leaving her alone in her Joy Or SOTTOW. Judge Crusty, too, sat alone that magi- eal May evening. and, strangely enough, his thoughts were with the past. He started impatiently when Rollins entered with a feathery mass of erimson and buff, upon whieh gleamed a golden “Boy Blue.” “Where'd yon ge manded, his eyes fixe | figure, and a dim memory grow | brighter every second “Found it on the | Rollins, with a grin. { Crusty, sare!” «Well, what of ith I ean't help it, can 1? say. You needn't stand there staring at me!” cried the learned Judge, | as impatiently as any school-boy conld | have done, | But his manner © | left the room. | He took the erimson-and buff basket up almost reverently, and gazed at the golden image with a tenderness which no one had ever seen upon hisstern ace before. then he took the heart, and read the old rhyme very, very slowly. | He lingered fong over the dainty val | entine, and sbsently put a lemon drop land » peppermint into his mouth to- gether. He was silent and thoughtful for many minutes—so long, in fact. that the curious watchers on the veranda were almost tired of waiting. Then he started up suddenly, siaced ¢he pretty basket in his desk Withoving care, as he exclaimed tremulously i «I'l do it! Tt was a sad mistake. She can but refuse,” then he took his hat from the table. “Run, irls, he's comin breathed May, as she dashed shadowy safety of the shrubbery. and read wling tears words to un he was tremb- verse, with 1 i ntine ove been door knob, " said hanged when Rollins i { ! : i ont!” to the i Bit Judge Crosty was not looking for iesome maidens, as he. went down straight to Miss Snapdragon’s 3 » 1 i ’ tue street, The stealthy little ed hun near amazement, The curtains were y figures that follow- passed tne window in quickly drawn, but she had seen 1 Miss Snap- and Katie said it was people could laugh and ery at the same time. “Let's go home; we won't more,” said May, philosophically. ith our try,’ BOE ANY “f ‘and | Explanations were made, old memories | were revived on that happy May night, | | | and—but, dear me! I forgot that I was writing a children’s story, and nearly ended with a wedding, for that is what | the experiment brought about. THE LAST EXPEDIENT. How | Succeeded In Getting Myself Adopted for Life. | How lonesome It was in my seven-by- | pine room, hemmed in, as it were, by | the roar and tumult of the noisy hotel, | in the gray gloom of the October even: ing! i All alone in the world, and there was | Jones in the next apartment cooing to | Lis fat baby; and I knew, just as well | as if the partition had been plate glass, instead of lath and mortar, just how Mrs. Jones was leaning Over the wreteh’s shoulder, her plump cheek close to his, i I caught myself wondering, in a sort of ecstatic state, how it would seem if ; were a married man, and there was a little work-baskel on Iny table, and a pair of small shippers alongside my boots, and if [sabel Snow's fair cumns | were glistening in the light of the gas- 1 burper! I couldn’ stand it another | minute. Up 1 jumped, determined to go to Isabel's, then and there, and ask | her if she wouldn’t take the most mis- | erable of lonely gcamps for ber hus- band! The glow of gas-lig oid Mr, Snow was dozing as usual, with a red silk pocket handkerchief over his bald head; and Mrs, Snow, with two | or three other dragons in spectacles and | “false fronts’ was deep in con- | tents of a mammoth ‘Dorcas basket," each time apparently trying to out~talk the rest. Diess them! I was thankful to Dorcas baskets for once il Isabel by a shaded light, back parlor, tching away al worsted parrot in 8 wilderness little that Jt took the iscoursed in mysterious whispers » weather. At leugth to a close, | i i Yi i cheerful parlors were In a coZ { Vi $ raga hit and fire-shiine; the $ ; Bat ¥ at! a } Vas, upon a sola tL WO, I other seat, ab d $ $ » oR ’ t the conve tion grew and we were bol +111 “*Miss fingering resolvin Isabell!’ I began, nervou her timy ivory LO n, and % £ iB jn my mind to put an end to 2 suspense, Isabel Ji{te 3 the beam eyes made a poltroon of me a “Don’t, don't it take you a jong time to fimsh these elaborate pieces of we ted work?” 1 stuttered. mig * 0% r 1 > 3 1 ¢! 1 A SAE MAN i is ¥ fv ig 8 + IRE of he er evelashes: soft nue OonLce, ~ WHA! I was A COW~ pade some laughing repiy~ it was 1 don’t remember, for mentally cudgeling myself as ardly, sneaking viiain, aud myself on to a second charge. “\f1ss Isabel, 1 have Leen wishing tell you long time, but 1 never Screw up my Courage, that- Why didn’t 1 what demon possessed me to stop and fidget there, and finish the auspicious with: “that i decided to get a Pau- ama hat next suminer just like you thought so pretty?” Miserable poltroon th » itn goading this ¥ 80 ou beginning ve t1 was! I had | me the con- versation until Isabel herself menced talking about hier : pation. “1 do get sO ennuyee,”” sighed she, “just for want of some object to absorb my altention, besides Dorcas baskels and embroidery!” Why didn't I ask if a husband wouldn't do, and propose mj self for the vacant post? Because I was a block- head-—isn’t that reason enough! “I am thinking seriously,” began | Jsabel, after she had put in three sparkling black beads for the parrot’s | eye, ‘of adopting some sweet Little child to love and take care of. Do you suppose you could inquire round at the institutions and find one for me-—a little boy?" “Perhaps so. At all events, I'll try,’ quoth I, a sudden inspiration breaking | through the thick fog that surrounded my brain. ‘Suppose I lovk round and call again to-morrow evening?’ | “Oh, I should be so delighted!’ sald | Isabel. When I took leave she lald her little | hand in mine; it was soft and warm, | like a lily-petal steeped in sunshine. | Any other man with a pat ticle of pluck | about him would have squeezed it, I didn’t dare to. The next evening after two long my dressing-glass, 1! Mr. Snow's determined, not but to woo or die. a desperate man is | ack of cccu- ’ i to old exactly to do or die, 1 was desperate, and equal to most emergencies. The room into which I was shown was empty, but Isabel's work basket lay on the table, and close beside it was a small china vase, with a spray of scarlet autumn and a bunch of wild blue asters placed in water, Had some other miscreant ted them? The bare possibility set my heart to throbbing, and inspired me with a fierce desire to thrash somebody A light footfa was beside me, “Well, Mr. Anderson, have you brought the dear little fellow whom I am to adopt?” “Yes, Miss Isabell” “Of course it is a boy?" “Well, it was a boy,” 1 equivocated, “hut +Q, charming! clapping her hands together. colored eyes?” “Black!” «Is he bright and intelligent?” “Tolerably so, but most terribly bash 1 on the carpet—Isabel "interrupted Isabel, . What ful,” “Oh, I shall soon cure him of that!” “Don’t say little Miss Isabel; he is pretty well grown for his age?” 1 re- marked, demurely beginning to enjoy the scene intensely. “0, don’t keep me in suspense!’ 8 exclaimed, ‘I want to throw my arms round him and kiss him!” “Indeed, Miss Isabel,” I modestly answered, “I don't think you could do a better thing—don’t let me stand in | the way!” “But where is he?” “Herel” She opened her blue eyes wide. “I don’t understand you, Mr. derson.”’ “Miss Isabel, Z am the person that wants to be adopted, Will you take me, not as an orphan, but as a hus- | band?’ There—it was out—and 1 was not a | bit the worse for it! On the contrary, I | bad boldly put my arm around Isabel's waist, and drawn her so close to close | to me that her only way of avoiding | my eager gaze into Lier eyes was to hide | them on wy shoulder. Which she | did! i “Darling Isabel! only say that you'll | adopt me for life, und I will take care that you shall have plenty of occupa~ | tion,” I persisted, half laughing. Stall | there was no answer. { suddenly | i i 16 An- | | “Isabel—my first and only love—¥ “Noshe whispered under her breat “Then promise you will be mine! Isabel promised, She has since told me that it was because she was 80 sur- prised to see the facility with which a hitherto ‘‘bashful man’ pleaded his t know what else to do! Be that as it may, the kettle i ing on the fire, this bright eve parrot hangs ina gold frame over ij writing table, and my lovely w just opposite with a black-eyed boy on | her lap, scarce three months old, whol entirely preciudes the necessity ot | “adopting” else into the fam- iy. “I don’t envy ii UE ning, the 58 ite ita Biv apy one Jones now; his baby walf as pretty as mine. As for his she's nowhere” by the side of Isabel. —-——— Precocious Children. pu VORTs, Riv ti Been i ng § body, as Well as The Washit Weaehsters hiss thie RETA Monthly, lous diathesis, , bluse hair, In autiful wl look Or popular standards Hi sensitive to ments UDPressions, alive to the conversation of much older than he “He generally goes on in his un career, outstripping his brothers sisters, as well achoolmates, tasks at school, as well as in the reading of books far be yond this comprehension. “This generally goes on until the age of puberty, when he begins to falter The hectic flush is seen upon the fair cheek, the eye becomes more brilliant, and the finer and more spiritual ele ments come out with almost superna- tural intensity. “By-and-by a sligh isis tuberculosis has a sorofs 1 liant complexion - i, AC 3 i and Pt rans que and . as Dis in of or it congh and phth- laid the foundation ! Youth's {ome pasion, a C—O 5 A 5 The View from Mt. Hamilton. ———————————— Professor Whitney i says that from | Hawmilton in Cale | fornia, more of the earth’s surface can | be seen than from any other spot on | the globe, though it is only about 4,500 | feet high. The view extends around in | every direction, and the snow capped | range of the lofty Sierras can be plainly | seen 200 miles away against the north- | ern sky. ‘io the south, nearly as far | away, the St. Bernadino range limits | the view, and between the two lies | room for all the eastern states, with their rivers, lakes, mountains and sea- coast. Twenty minutes before reach- ing the summit, a heavy white cloud floated up and treated us toa drench- ing shower of rain. We were well pared, however, and aid not suffer any inconvenience beyond loss of the view, Some parents allow their children to waste their supply of nervous foroe by reading of sensational on witenduice at ox. citing evening and some by not insisting on regular and sufficient Soop. As YET the Wilson blackberry holds the lead in this section, altho it is attacked every year by juzasite the wood enlarging and false bl fo - “ye no doubt Jou will" “Dear little fellow--where is het?” . Its attractive market appearance she asked. makes it a favorite. {ON NOTES, A J “ily ing bab, beautif freely u of this © Torts” Thess darl- ith red cheeks, bright eyes sir, brown or blond, floating 1 their shoulders, the toilette {orable dolls always has a new | grace, For them a return has been made to the Seoteh snide, Very coquettish dresses are i for them of Bareges, and the many colored poplins, We have seen a very prett baby of five | or six years of age dressed in a Russian blouse made of BSeotch poplin, the | blouse was closed at the left side under 8 band of green passementerie. The sleeves a little large reached the elbow | a tight sleeve of green velvet, around the waist, a little | vv ¥ A charming outside f large squares Of garment is a tar- formed of little vy color- l tod foundation The form was that of a | little wadded great-coat with a large | full plait behind. The novelty of this | mrment was the small cardinal trimmed | with the “traditional * fringe woven of the stuff. The lining may be of gold, For little boys during the nothing is better than tl tume, uu Bae summer | TT 1 1 3 “aatlor cos ' flannel or 10WS this il ¢ loth i All the world COB- with its d The | hace til it 18 RIWaAYSs the | large straw No. 8. Bailor How well it be + hes Ls gewed with wo | nes these little | fully and hat shows the lace 3 colors. TOEUes, adds to its riotous thing 1s OTRO grad & prettier than the entirely pond outside sean a little seallop remain faithiu of “Andrian ras 11 taloon We sgEIirts sonably « glazed ta ons take no iw their ol ae: siart OILY si ves yharrassed ul appearing dae a 31 vq ¥ great de- this way a of being well the eve deo ive a not experience «us awkward; swill fat the n ti HITass COrsage, mttoned straight produces appear 1o be very explanations are [ECessATY We are ready to give them. H. B. FT. further -—-—— The Body and its Health. STORAGE OF LIVE. Within each ton of coal was stored, | long before the creation of man, a de- | finite amount of heat, which, by the chemical process of combustion, may be made available for man's use. Al barrel of wheat contains a fixed amount | of food. Electricity can now be stored, and bought and sold in measured quant- i ity. Each person has a definite amount of stored life, normally equal to about one hundred years; but, in most eases, our ancestors have squandered much that should have come to us, and we ours | selves waste not a little that we have act | This wasting of our store of life is as | serious a thing sas it is common. It! may be done thoughtlessly or ignorant. | lv, but the waste is just as irretrievable. Tens of thousands of children did an- | nually, and as many more survive, with | 1 vitality, simply because | their mothers do not exercise enough | care in the matter of food, clothing, pure air and sunshine. Our schools waste this store by draw- jpg too largely on the brain and nerves of their pupils through the competitive systems, the worry of public examina tions: through exacting the same tasks of the bright and of the dull, and through lack of adequate and persistent attention to the sanitary condition of the school-rooms. Women waste it by overwork and worry in their homes, and it is a very rapid waste. Gay young ladies and fast oung men waste it at a fearful rate in heir rounds of pleasure. Only next is the waste of high-living, conjoined with excessive devotion to business. Of all the professions, the medical wastes the life-store most rapidly by irregular and broken night ex- posure and the constant on the sym os and the nervous system. It sooms a pity that those whose work is to save and ong the hifo of i prok others should have to do it at the ex- pense of their own. HORSE NOTES. a Badge has arrived at the Bheeps- —Pelvidere has been let of a splint, up because —Galen pulled up lame at St. Louis Tuesday June 4th, There will be a series of races at Bridgeton, N. J., on July 4. ~The stallion Erin is in Kentucky Labold Bros,, refused an offer of 3 8 pra —Camille, record by Happy Medium, has a colt by Eypaulet, 2.19. —~Henry Holmes has been elected Treasurer of the Delmout Driving Club, Salvator was named for an South American colored servant longing to Mr, Haggin’s family. —A report is current in that Sunol broke down recently in her work and has been turned out. The English jockey has warned Lord James Douglass off the Newmar- ket course for defaulting in bets, In a conversation with Mr. Robert oid ee California tion: nt ah “Will the Queen of the to beat her record, “No: that is unless some Turf be this season?’ otter comes and + % her to lower nex (Rg 7 I start £3 will present record of —Donovan’s Derby vi confirins opinion that he 1s far away crory at Epsom generally accepted the best 3- { in England. Up to & van’s winnings amoant 1 which not only beats Ormonde but the largest amount ¢ ever won by a race-horse. Miller Sibley. of Franklin, Pa. have offered 0 pay ford $7500 for each foal iat Belle may produce in the future, if sired by Electioneer, the money to be du and the foal to become the property of Miller & Sibley as soon as il can stand, The proposition, if acceple i, is to be i ng. : the ite Daono- y £ f ou Spry a ta SENALOT Lal + Yass sit ifnl wi Deautitul 6 i“ ar iny 1 this A LAAAD IY h the filly Toale spri — A broodmare, Nathaniel sold oid by 1 V0 4 Nan recently Rice at his auctio piles from Grand 1 her head \apids, that she ; In do so she thirteen Immediately on he barn-vard she i healt! order to cut across the the old jumped jees on I arrival became ¥ Ox at “av the mother 01 a ant bri h 1% gai, he 1 inna wil (Cleve £356,00 yughkeepsie, 3 ra, DO, way pou ek O63 Utica Drivin erased from tb The Masonic buy the proj {x I Hutlchinso propose Wo s a home Ww. at practi. Cause. raised property so converts needy cally the Thirty nous: nd « : by citizens © chat a . and if the ges hands it will { andsome park. y : ad into i [here is some doubt will be a race meeling : lantic City, as projected. . Walton and several Philadelphia capi- talists engaged in the scheme an i pur- making the track as couvenient to people in Philadelphia as Coney 1s- jand is to New York A grand race course was marked out, bul there has been a delay in securing titi a por- tion of the property necessary for the use of the club. It is claimed that Mr. Watson's agent acted in bad faith, and transferred the deed of this property to other persons, wl 1118 $ t WAS I posed to ho want an exorbitant sun for it, and the case Is about to he decided by the Courts. It Mr. Watson wins the case the work will be pushed forward, and the track will be com- pleted in four months, or in time for an autumn meeting. There are sixteen nominations to the W. P. Balch $10,000 stallion stakes for the 2.19 class as follows; H 8 I. Nelson, Worces- R. Cadugan, Bayonne, N. J.: J. H. May, Boston, Mass, ; Concord Stock Farm, Concord, N. H.:; Joan Allston, Mass; George H, Allston, Mass; John Splan, Cleveland, O.; Elm City Stock Farm, New Haven, Conn.; J. I. Case, Racine, Wis.: John Casey, Jackson, Mich. ; Budd Doble, Chicago, Ii.; =. P. Sal- ) Wil liams, Independence, la.; Shups & Westbrooke, Peabody, Kan. It is ap- parent that Edgemark, Nelson, Bay- onne Prince, Pilot Knox, J. R. Shedd. Wilksbrino, Granby, Joe Young, Junemont, Brown rnd Axtell are —Scoggan; of the firm of Bryant & Scoggan, has gone 10 st, Louis with his string and a j orion of th» combination string. But Proctor Knott is not in- cluded in the list, as he has been sent 10 Louisville, where be will be specially prepared by Bryant nimself for the American Derby. And this suggests a few words about the Futurity winner. He was started In the Himyar staked) one mile and a furlong, as was his sia. ble companion, Come to Taw, the lat- ter carrying eleven pounds more than Knott. Everybody knew of the latiers recent sickness, but as be bad recently been taking his work of mornings, it pposed he was Longfish goad