a ————————————— Felices, We eount them happy who have richly known The sweets of life, the sunshine on the hills, The mosses in the valley, love that fills The heart with tears as fragrant as thine own, O tender moonlight lily, ovér-blown, When the inevitable season wills, By gentle winds beside thy native rills— We count them happy, yet not these alone There is a Crown of Thorns, Way of the Cross Consuming Fire that burns the spirit pure, By lustre of the gold set tree from dross, : By light of Heaven sent best through earth's obscure, By the exceeding gain that walts on loss— Behold, we count them happy who endure - Katharine Lee Bales. —-—— ’ IN MORTAL FEAR. The road was a strip of unlighted blackness, How Mr. Wetwore kept from driving into the ditch was a mys tery to Ed. Crosby. He sat on the back seat, under which his trunk reposed, with folded arms and closed eyes, thinking vindictive things of the doctor who had ordered him out of the city after his malarial attack, and not less wrathful ones of his Aunt Harriet, who had known some- body who had once spent a summer with the Wetmores in Meriden, and who had bundled her good-looking nephew thither. “That's the Mr. eider-mill,” said in the darkness “Our house now,’ He seemed to be leading up to some- think, and it came presently “That air thing you got there, and narrer and bigger to one end,’, he observed — what might it be?" “My gun case,” Ed rejoined. Mr. Wetmore culiar ¢« “Loaded?” he gneried. “Yeup, " his passenger yawned. shooting around here?” “Don’ know much ‘bout shooting, Mr. Wetmore rejoined. It struck Ed that his voice was trem- ulous, He had halted his borses, 2 fell from a window down a board walk. Ed swung his long legs to the ground and opened the gate. “Jured and me'll fetch in your trunk,” said Mr. Wetmore, still somewhat steadily, ‘of you'll take that gun-case o' yourn.” Fd gathered it up and got him the door. The oldish and angular woman he had anticipated did not greet him The door was opened by a person not ol i, but in neighborhood Of twenty; not angular, but slender and as to cheeks and arms. Moreover, the person had | a sweet, red mouth, and a each cheek. “Mr. ( rosby,” ik mg his, 3 $ wie lack eves, dimple in have I am niece. she said, ‘‘we been waiting supper for you. Milly Keller, Mr. Wetmore's Mrs. Wetmore's away on a visit, and I'm temporary housekeeper. Thi my cousin, Jared Wetmore" Jared shook hands. Long, awkward id sharp-nosed was Jared, like his fa- her. But Ed wasn ed's points; he and AiILER t keenly alive to Jar- wd bowed low to Jared's continued looking at her. ss had fled. He warmly cousin, His gh smiling. “1 a happy to meet you!" he declar ed—who would likely have scoffed the idea of bei happy to native of Meri ALSOOYE Tr. Tea ready. Tea in the kite would have ex him: n meet any inn wh was wperated 1d Aalioktfesl SLAG AelgUil ATTA he began, 48 Prevents I Mis things, with a aren't e: “] de nt te sted. The biseni re fine, and the ham and lie t } th delicious; but he knew cause of his content lay ids . per. How bright she was, and how pretty! “1'l have some more ham, Milly.” said Jared, pausing, with his knife in the air, Ed looked at him-glared, rather, It struck him that Jared's tone was one of proprietorship. Jared!—big handed, Great Scott! Jared escorted him back to the sit- ting-room. Mr. Wetmore was in a straight backed chair by the table, his glasses on his nose and a religious peri- odieal in his hands, “Don't you want your supper, Unele Elias?” his cried from the kitchen, Uncle Elias looked up solemnl *“Mebbe 1'll get a bite bime-l muttered. He sat motionless, his legs crossed, his brushy brows contracted. Ed, sitting on the sofa, in a position carefully cowhide-shod! niece Yy. 1," he furtive scrutiny from behind his paper. What ailed the old man, anyhow? But Ed was indifferent to that. through the door. dishos, 80 pretty washing dishes, ared joined him on the lounge. The Young man's suspicion of Jared return- sharply, and he faced frown. “Wal, what do you think o’ Milly?” Jared demanded. Bupper had loosened Jared's tongue, “Pretty, ain't she?” he proceeded, grinting. (Ed could have throttled im.) “Aud jest as smart as she's pret ty, Millyis. She's b’en to the Bostwick Academy-~b'en clean through it. Awful smart about books, Milly is!” His listener scowled. “Most every fellor in town's been sweet on Milly, first er last,” Jared pro- ceeded, his red hands behind his head. “But Milly's right up to ‘em. She ain't to be had so easy, Milly ain's, ‘Guess they'll find it out.” Jared chuckled. The guest studied him in a blind rage. intaction—-overything ehhosiuis Te is HON~—EV oO freckled "Ed stared into the _kitohen to where Milly stood, slenderly outlined against the pantry door. Yes, he could conceive of it. The had been thrown together from child. sideration as to family property- Oh, ves, he could see into the fu- ture—-soe Jared taking his pretty cousin to church of a8 Bunday evening a bird's-eye view, all their long and moderate courtship—see and hear the nasal-voiced minister who would unite them! He shut his eyes and sulked. How the evening passed he was nuna- ble to say. kneading bread in a distant corner, Mr. Wetmore sat without mised that he had read his page over forty timos, “What's the matter with your fa- ther?” the young man suapped at last, half amused, half aggravated, The drive 1n the wind, or his present mental discomfort, had made his bead ache. “Pa? said Jared. “Wal, 1 looking at pa myself. ‘Something seem to lay hold o' pa.” The lamp sputtered and burned nhén does low The clock struck nine. Ed gathered himself up with a jerk, nd pieked up Lis hat and coat and gun “(Gracss I'l go to hed!” he gra Mr. Wetmore rot i It toward the kitchen. i the paper drop od np 8 But Milly met him at the doo “Uncle Elias to get any , she eried, “aren't vou supper? I've saved She came on prettily, smiling (3h, are going to vour ‘* I hope you'll find it cor you room!” h- She was at liberty; she was going to ! Ed cursed himself bade her good-night. . i Evervthin a8 he going wrong. He 1 and wished Meriden had been buried with Pompaii, and his doctor and his Aunt Harriet al Jared lighted him upstairs The hour at which Mr. Crosby woke that night was intermediate. It was blackly dark, save for a lone star g mering through the window He sat up in bewilderment. He had been awakened by the near report of a gun He sprang into the middle of the room. Who was murdering and who being murdered? Where was Miss Kel- ler? She flashed into his startled mind and left him a strange agony of fear He dashed to the door and then back again wildly, and into his clothes The hall full of gun-powdery I, and wuld hear somebody ling the stairs, gd WAS going teotl his test 3 tf ia ’ was Ed eo y descen ! bloody work had been done A lights lickering somewl halted rt vat only Cuele d “Is he crazy, Miss Keller PN Aan H thint re NO 1f was Keller faltered. “You mustn't think Uncle Eliasis crazy: he isn't about guns. He's in abject terror of guns; he'd prefer a lion or a boa-constrictor any time to a gun. It was born in him-—he's always been You mustn't blame him,” said his niece, in sweet apology. “Oh, I don't!” her listener eried. earnestly, “He can't help it, vou see; it's a sort of mania. He's not such a-—a gump about anything else, Uncle Elias isn't. Well, I didn’t know till I saw you ear- rying the case upstairs that you had one, and then I trembled in my shoes, Then I knew why Unele Elias had been gitting all the evening and lookin like a except 8Or, I knew "twould be something. “Oh, no!” he pleaded. “Well, he's obviated that He's con- He's stolen it. He have dared to carry it loaded. Poor Uncle Elias! to think of him firing a gun! He was white as a sheet when I met him. And he'll dispose of it. 1 i ut it under it's gone forever, Mr, Crosby! Mr. Wotmore's niece laughed softly into a fold of her dress, with a brightly bantering gaze upon the boarder, The boarder smiled back! His spirits were rising with every minute, His gloom and headache of last night were incomprehensible, “I don’t care,” he said gallantly. y sorry, ‘He's welcome to it. 1am on Miss Keller, for his annoyance, “Annoysncee?” she murmured, shak- ing her pretty head. ‘Agony! He wont, mention his excapade, Mr. Cros- fel “Nor 11” the young man declared. “But youn may look for that bullet- hole to-morrow,” Milly ended, “ She sprang up, with sudden recolleo- on. “Good- tl—or good-morning!”’ Her J ht Ss rough, ng feet onrelesly beslippered, a red scarf on or The young man bent his eyes upon her with n keenness which made her | falter and pause, | “One question, Miss Keller,” he al- most gasped. ‘You'll forgive me, but but I've been wondering—and surely | there isn’t any harm in telling me—are | you—going to marry your cousin {Jared ?” Miss Keller looked at him with her dark stretched to their widest, Then looked down at the candle, color of her eyes she scarf, . “Jared,” she aid, stifly—*Jared is ” tober, She ran down the stairs, w ¥ * # “No,” Mr. Wetmore would say to ..: : ad 09 highlv-interested and copionsly-inguir ing friends and neighbors—*no I didn’t to come , Jost sce him, 1 was sot against him | to get acquainted, w'y, he wears pretty And Milly being so sot on him Milly's a smart enough girl not to take up with no numbskull-—-wal, shouldn't wonder if he'd do jest as well | by Milly as any feller out o' Meriden | would a! good How Women Carry Money. lH those handsome, fashionably alike, No one ever hears of a man keep- anvthing of the use, ing his money in sort, affair, and with memorands, promissory notes, a couple of bills, possibly a re ceipt, some business cards, and P by worn slick as glass stuffed " 8G ten the newspaper; all manner of odds anc ana everything, in fact, except ready cash, carrency in his purse, his vest pocket, while along with keys and a knife the silver the pockets of his trom pose i of he never deed, it requires i yi t the garments loose BOTH loses a cent In lar to the a burg : 1 Tf wily belore sO 8s when » shrewdness when first entering Get a sh Lit to fhe : indifferent, Al est de SOT languidly i coldly neglectful nis of a hundred look in off the street. | 11 ii in We se wary glance i : auth § W iy Bt § and | ardent buvers attents instant. Inspired the neces desolation! her pocket-bo every article is overturned lesaly about pushed 1 yin one vain effort to catch a glimpse of ita beaded fringe During this pro woman feverish anxiety the counter or or oxidized clasp. longed hunt every man, child 1a eve dd. No one knows or has seen anytl ing of the mis laid purse, but suddenly the hight conviction makes the whole thing clear The robbed woman sinks helplessly on the nearest stool and tells of those two Wye i dre seed blon ie H w ho sandwiched her between them at the embroidery counter, beyond their sympathetic enthusiasm over the goods she was jostled ammed about with this result. lanta Constitution 1 Suspicions y § Of At- Ex-Empress Eugenie's Poor Health. The ex- Empress Eugenie, once the gay and dazzling sovereign lady toward whom the eyes of all Europe were turn- ed, is said to be more than usually in. firm this season, and spends a great por. tion of her time in silence and medita- tion, whether she 1s lodged 1n her own home or is visiting at the mansion of some friend, When her fits of gloom come on she is capable of remaining sleepless, speech. less, without eating, drinking or noti- cing any one around her for twenty-four hours at a time, Persuasion and per- sistent attempts to bring her to a sense of her surroundings only makes her case worse, It is as if she were communing with the dread phantoms of her past, and as if they held her attention to the exclu sion of all other things In the universe, When the fit is over it may be succeed od by one of devotion such as only Spanish women can go through, devo- tion which seems to leave the very soul prostrated. The remnants of her wardrobe, which she was allowed to re- move from Paris in 1876 aud 1877, pro- duced much of the fortune on which she lives to-day and the money which she has expended on the splendid im. perial mausoleum. Of furs alone, at the time of the empire's downfal she had $120,000 worth deposi ith the crown fur Keeper, amd L others worth as much more with inti- mate friends, It has been estimated thut the Empress Eugenie possessed at the time of the em 10's groatent gran deur $500,000 hin 1 furs, —Parls Letter in Philadelphia Press, FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS, And Some of the Oldar Ones, May Be Interested, too “O mamma! Tilda says Lhat Genie told her that Christie sald Moille Dean's mother told some one that you were a greenhorn, and I was just like you,’ and Cornle’s head went down in her mother’s lap and she sobbed ns if her heart was broken beyond repalr. Mrs, Lee lifted the small, brown looked into he- little giri’s t arful eyes, and said, with an amused smile : “Cornle, abou 7 1s true, mamma; Tilda said 80,” sobbed the ch Id, *un il I pever want to s¢¢ Mole any more, The naughty wicked girl! when I've always given her the besutifulest valentines, and had her for my bes'est friend. oh, dear! I never can be happy again!’ “Ihere must be some mistake, Cor- nie,” ssid her mother. *Mrs. Dean and I have always been friends, and I am sure she would nevér say anything of that kind, even Ir it were true. It sounds very much like gossip, and if 1 were you, I would dry my tears and think no more about it.” “I can’t ever forget it," sald Ccornie, “and I'm jost miser’bie 'cause Mollie to her birthday dear, what is this all 1K ik “Why, Cornie, I am grieved to thi upkind; nl sure if sou knew the truth you would to be angry. 1 wil By you *] can’t go now,” sald Cornie, be- said 1 $y wouldn't, “Yes, Cornie, you can go and tell vitdtion so, and ask her to forgive you.’ “Why, Mamma Les! Do you think " guid Corunie, I wouldn't for the worl i Nevertheless, when morrow came she began to relent. “Maybs I'd better go, sald, ‘* cause I've been Ww ail mamma,’’ Lier par. “I would,” was mamma's answer, as hair and dr in her pretty red gown, daughter, unless you brighter face you will spoil all the Mes, Dean met the i door wi bh an aff ct “Mollie will be very “They are all was afraid you were Mollie came 0 brightest smile “How could you 5 : irnie’s ae | her little little 00ALe Kiss here Li vi here uu You, fia y 10 Colnng + Hides she asked, Cornie’s lips quiverad, likely she falter “I thought mod want a greenhorn, Wht do you cried Mollie Tilda said your mamma mamma snd [ were why I said I wou 8 low answer, “WN ell, ean, enhons Hie Ss well, “*Genle, did fra, Lee and Corns “No ma'am.” said you said they told me." *You said so, truly,” cried **I was bear playing with Mollie, and 1 #1 a lady-—Mis, Dittenhaver, I b'lhieve Mollie said it was—that Chester Lee's wife was green, and her little daughter was just hike her. 1 remem- i just as plain.” Dean thought a then she began to laugh “I remember, 100,” she said, “Mrs, Dittenhaver was an old schoolmate, and she knaw Cornie’s father and asked me who his wife I told ber si {arn Lil grew very moment, and was, ttle You oug who looked just like her "” town than your mother's relatives, “On, mu so glad!” eried Conte, with face, “Mamma said she knew it was all a mistake, Do forg ive we, Mollie. I'm so sorry I b1 Fi eved it. “1 love you better than ever, Cornie, darling,” was Mollie's answer, giving *1 hope, my dear givis, that this will all will remem- said Mrs, Dean, “and never report anot' er. Here comes Susan with some cakes and frat, and I hope you will ail have a merry time,” —— A ——————— Australia's The Australian government is build. ing a fence of wire netting 8,000 miles along to divide New South Wales and Queensland, in order to keep the rab- is paying not less than $125,000 per year to keep the pests down is what are known as crown lands, The offer Is still kept up or $100,000 to any man who will produce something that will exterminate the pests, —————— Steel, or homogeneous iron, is now largely used for the manufacture of boilers, With this material there is no lamination and no blistering, the sheet being rolled from a solid cast ingot, Good metal for boilers will bear bend- ing and flattening when either hot or FASHION NOTES. Each week we speak of the novelties which appear, which a eaprice of fashion creates, and that live as they are born, without any one seeking to know why. There is not a fabrie rich or plain, a cut of the skirt or corsage, a o- of the garment, a hat, an umbrella, ete. that we do not describe at the same moment in which it is seen. jut the question arises, “Of what shall we chat to-day?’ 1t is too late to talk about dresses of batiste, of foulard, of tulle and of lace: for these are no more seen upon the street, Jesides, our readers are too intent on prepara- tions for the next season. In fact, it is too late to speak of the summer, and yet too early to revel in the novelties of the coming winter, In giving some novelties for the com. ing winter, in the manner of dressing the hair, we have found several very ractical ‘and easy, which every one will oh able to copy without much trouble. The method of dressing more indeed than the toilette contributes toward making pretty. With a new coiffure, a One 8 look One the coiffi beautiful Areas dress, for appears better than the most dress. Every lady should hair according to the face, and the nature of her hair those who have brown curly hair, “Salome,” this styl simple of ne r contour COmng. front, d Under a broad-brimn To the toque 1s very becoming. tle false bandean, is arranged upon front of the head, falls a little In back the rolled close like a 1 his the hair is twisted and chignon, in the English fashion, which The i large Then there is the catogan, to ng ladies remain faithfol the back forms ¢ front, ving it, in order to elegant, hair is A ———————— Dir ndrew Smart, io a insists upon the reg- *£ y recent pub- licatior {ious and id be istrat on disnases that ampier accommodations should made for special medical treat- ment, Keeping well before his eves the maxim that prevention is Detter than cure, he warmly advocates adequate sanitary inspection of houses and other during the time they are being bullt, and subsequently system atic examination of stracted dwellings and the sireels upon edifices even Pre pany COL- workshops ad wliach they may be “> -> Taf COmMOon spartow, Lhal was never favorite in as a pestin toe L mited where the bird was lately wel- boused, fed and protected law. Ii has been found that row does drive away bavoe with the garden Lrreatl now looked up Slates, cComed, aid the vinery Hot desiroy ter fare can lis also fallen alleged LY fol birds’ Goes nid I wWortas when Ix had, The squirrel disfavor, It is He quirres nests and destrovs fruition of tree rat, isso lias coumunicated to the results of The most M. Pasteur des Sciences the tion by inoculating them with a modi- tied virus, Hydrophobia is, however, declining in Paris. According to a recent report there were but 6 cases of it in human beings in 1853, while in 1582 there were 11 and in 183] the number reached 17. Among the ani mals there were 615 cases in 1831, 276 in 1882, and 182 in 1883, mcs MP M. Gruner, the well-known metal furgist, has published the result of a year's researches on the oxidizability of iron and steel under the influence of moist air, fresh, sea and acidulated water, The numerous results are in the highest degree instructive. Iron is dissolved rapidly by sea water, cast iron loses about half as much as steel, and ‘Splegeleizen is powerfully acted on, AP Messrs, Ramsay and Young find that the decomposition of ammonia by beat commences at about 5009, and that it is nearly in extent with poreelain, glass, iron and abestos, but at 700° ammonia is almost completely decomposel by passing Shromgh an fron tube, Copper, when heated, is not so active, MM - The best way to clear out and straight. en the fringe of towels, doilies, ete. before ironing, is to comb it, while with an inch length of + HORSE NOTES. —FEdgemark, with a mile ‘n 2.16 to his credit, bolds the 4-year-old stallion record, ~ William Walker, the colored plun- ger, is sald to be $75,000 ahead of the races this year, ~~ orge Starr wi'l take eight o- ten of Buli Doble's for the winter, J. I. Case, owner of Jay Fve-Bea (2.10) and Phallas (2.133) has returned from Europe, wt rit 3 sling bo Laltioriiie amount to He will - rregory’s winnings about £15,000 for the season, race no more this year. ~—Frank D. Spotswood has sold to Mr. Camille, of Bwitzerland, the 2- year-old bay colt Flash, trial 2-344, by Secratles, dam by Bourbon Chief, for $2400, He will be trotted in France, - Now the sensation mongers say that Proctor Koott has broken down, outwitted his Scroggin, when he mads for the great geld- pariner, Mr, ing. —[onard Presidency the and WAS Un- W. Jerome resi of the Coney Island Jockey Clubs, nnd re-elected by the first ciuly The New York C res. ignation, and elected de Courcy Forbes in his place. Dwyer Drothers will, this year, as they have so often done before, head Lhe f { list of owners, for a rigesl gZnea yr # 1 0K animpousiy ub accepted his H. ~The successful wing Nursery their most formidable opponent, ng while the stable, HAS re- d My adding ble i ~A. H. Moore, of Philadelphia, has Silk, by Har- old, dam Rosebud, by Nutwood, from John 8, Clark, of New Branswick, N. J.;also, the b, f. Elgitha, by Dictator, dam Eifrida, by Harold, Both mares ~ Ella Clay, the winner of the 2.27 class at recent Terre Haute 1 to 2.234. the nel her record she 15 a bay mare, 6 years old, by Wilgus Cay (son of C. M. Clay, Jr., , dam mare, by Jack Hark. she is owned by O. T. Pedi- cord, of Martinsville, Ind., was bought two years ago for $125. My 2) and — The coming horse show at Chicago, under the management of the Ameri. Horse Show Association, at the promises 10 be a brilliant success, Sialis for 120) horses are being provided, and over 600 of these have been booked by horsemen from all parts of the country. Th last horse show In New York had 412 horses, Professor Oscar R. Gleason's con. | over vi and unruly horses is remarkable, It takes him but a to subdue the most stub- He breaks i tricks, us minules born cases, objecilonable thoroughly that them thereafter. SES sLoua Lorsos of and does it s any lady ] People who own | - $3 evo Fins to see how Professor can drive or- fail bhai fract Lricason wii a OUS DOs Wiel $a 131 sana . and whose , we have a ior the twenly-seve g 5 v y ris Tad r ¢ an average of $14,754 for each, gro gras Never since the memorable day when the late W. H. Vanderbilt drov the famous queen of the turf Maud line in 2.154 at Fleetwood | exclilement reached such mark as it did on Saturday Ocleber 19th, when Major S. T. Dickinson's new team, Aubine and Lady Welling- a mile in the phenome- 2.16. Prior to gong the had gone to the palf- but at that point Ligh waler- . * nal Lune mile the mile pole in team 1.06, ing very judiciously decided not to go on wit ihe journey. Although it is not a record, it is morally certain that the pair can on any good day and track, beat Aubine is by Yonug tolfe and Lady Wellington is by Vie- One of the sensations of the Eug- lish racing season has been furnished by the appearance of the Australian It first venture of taking a race. horse from Australia to England, ana the efforts of the American-bred horses ‘arole, Iroquois, Foxhall, Wallenstein, Don Fulano, ete. it has been of a char- acter to encourage the Australians to further efforts, especially as Ringmas- ter did not rank as a topswayer at home, Yet he has won the Billesdon handicap, 114 pounds; Pontefract spring handicap, 100 pounds; Great Northern bandicap, 103 pounds, etc. and was second to King Monmouth in the Great Eber handicap. An article in the Planet upon the climatology of Southern California gives a terse summing up of the weather in Santa Barbara for one year. The account was kept by Dr. Bradley, of Aurora, Ill, who was suffering from advanced pulmonary disease, There were 810 pleasant days in which an invalid could be out doors with comfort and safety; twenty-nine cloudy upon twenty of which an valid be out of doors; twelve showery days, upon seven of which he could be out an hour several times each day; ten windy days, confining the invalid ly to the house, and
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