rr The King's Daughter. Her Father sent hor in his land to dwell. Giving to her a work that must be done, Anil, since the King loves all his people well, Therefore she too cares for them, every one And when she stoops to lift from want and sin, The brighter shines her royalty therein. She walks erect through dangers manifold, While many sink ani fall on either hand: She dreads not summer's heat nor winter's cold For both are subject to the King's command ; She need not be afraid of anything, jecause she is the daughter of a King, E'en when the angel comes that men eall Death, And name with terror, it appeals to her: She turns to welcome him with quickened breath, Thinking it is the royal messenger Her heart sgloices that the Father calls Her back, tiMiwell within his palace walls, For though the land she dwells in is most fair, Set round with streams, a pteture in its frame, Yet often in her heart deep longings are For that imperial palace whence she came. Not perfeet quite seems any earthly thing. Because she is the daughter of a King. rs ———— —————————— BLOTTED OUT. “Ile isn’t worth a cent in the world, and he sha’nt have her.” This is what my husband, Col. Lee, said to me one morning, as 1 endeav- the love affair of our only daughter. § i i i i | { { i 1 | eedents It's enough for me to know that he is a pauper and will always re- main one. I have fixed the whole mat- ter for you, and now you've nothing to do but make love to your mother and your ugly old father a while, It’ do just as well, if you've otly a mind to think 80.” A few weeks passed, and one evening I found on my toilet table the following communication: “Darling Mother—Don't blame me, for yo other course was open Lo me, Would to heaven there had been. I ac- cidentally heard yesterday that Archi- bald was very ill. I immediately made it my business to find out how ill. To my utter horror and amazement, [ dis- covered that his physician had ordered go either to California or He has an acute bronchcal which the declares I found, was delaying this trip to doctor that he though I felt that he was utterly in the dark about the whole matter. No one did that. I doubt if his opinion had ever been disputed in ever mildly: “But wan?" “His poverty, for the first item,” answered; “Dut this would ence me a particle 1f I what have you against he saw any period of had gleaned all hunted up invalidism, When I the facts I came home and but I let the man we were must This morning did it all rebelled against the and by the time you re- cannot, not, whole fairly earn a respectable living for a family. Archibald Harris is artist and a dreamer; and if that an like to know what 187” **Buat, husband’’—— **No buts to me, Effie, up my mind, That landscape shall pot have my daughter, daunber I realized two thousand dollars from the sale of my gimecracks, and this, with what Archie bas, will do the work, 1 reckon. If 1 in so forgive me. had acted in any other manner Lee, which looks pretuly now sandwiched ne account to mention the again to me," ! my ¢ expected for this and “*dauber”’ hal been unusually polite, one; “dreamer” ton he had become a constant visi. r at our house, ard through strumen tality the young folks had fal. len in love That Marion would obey her father 1 d not the slightest doubt. Never in her life had she given ha concern. The giving up would be hard, 1 my heart shrank from of course, and the trial the dear child would be pelled to meet; but that she would yield instant submission I My face must have story, for she gave me a Wasi quite sure, told keen glance as I entered her room and said: “Don’t feel bad about it, wother, 1 was quite sure he would say no, the whole By the way, this was the flrst bit of impudence | known daughter guilty of toward her father, hal ever dear “Love me and for mother. I will our whereabouts, ing that everything come right before long, I am yours and dear papa’s “MARION.” that followed this, or pray keep you me, Hoping and believ- will Oh, the storm and nights, and we hardly spoke. When his rage found words, then he cursed and left me —cursed quietly. “‘He does not like Mr. Harris’ profes- sion; or, at least, has no confidence in it as a means of maintenance,” How very quiet the girl looked and wondered, “Does he know anything against Mr, Harris’ character?’ she resumed. “Certainly not,” I answered, think he believes him to be a thorough was, $ “You have done this, madam! Youl’ “Now reap will have or husband, house is yours, and you will find your- —not a cent will you in dishonoring mel" "hen the door slammed and I w of married life, quarre! followed Twenty vears the very first and by a For daughter, weeks | and for ness to the dregs, nothing from my comfort and happiness, ”’ this to father: loose society man, or a piece of these, 1 will promise never to think conditions, ] shail share my lover's future with him, whatever that future may bel” fa her's consent?” “Yes, ma'am.” “And break my heart?” Marios smiled sadly, and replied: my husband. The coloael’s lawyer took charge of all financial aftairs, and was strictly attended to, my comfort In this re- with: bat, oh! the utter bleakness and barrenness of my life! How plainly the whole past stood out before mel Daring all the years I had spent with myself. By entire conformity to bis wishes and implicit obedience Lo his will, I had managed never to come in contact with the angularities of his im- My love for him had kept me entirely pas-ive, allowing my cumstances it is If wan 1 think him, I want nothing of him, against him I shall marry him, If I were not to do tins, 1 should be (une worthy to be your child, because we love each other.” “Bus your father will never forgive you-—never in the whole world’ “Jet him not, then.” she .nter- rupted, as quietly as before. “That matter 18 between him and God.” My daughter was right and my has band was wrong, | must sympathize with one honestly aud fully and oppose the othier—a difficult position, and my heart failed me at the prospect, The colonel would, I kuew, continue obdu- rate, and of course, after the above in- terview, what else could 1 predict of Marion? A day or two after these memorable interviews we found that Mr, Harris bad Leen very formally but very politely req ested to discontinue his visits at our house, Grisved at this insult, Marion sought her father, but the attempt to draw him lato conversation on the subject was entirely ineffectusl. He dismissed Ler «ith this “flew in ber ear,”’ as he facetiously called it: “I don't know anything against Har- ris’ character, and sha’nt trouble my- self to go round hunting up his ante- not an honorable one. were there all the same; and now they into my soul, The first ray of light that penetrated my gloomy home “Io not grieve any more about this unfortunate Liusiness.’ she wrote, **| say, do not, because grief is wicked. You have done no wrong. Let tliat thought comfort you frst of all; andithen do try and be hap,y in the thought of my happiness. Archie is gaining strength every day—in fact, be is almost well; and he has received an order to paint a picture for one of the w.althiest men in the whole wes, He is to be paid splendidly for it, and we are so happy about it and everything else, God only knows how glad I am that I went to my husband in bis mise fortune. He just needed me; and to. gether, dear mother, we can do any- thing—-paint pictures, write pooms and get rich, perhaps; who knows? Father will come back to you before long, and we shall evermore be a happy ‘amily. 1 am sure of it.” Much more my darling wrote, and every line infused fresh strength and courage into my veins, At the end of the year I visited them at their tem. porary home In California. Orders for pictures had been crowded upon Archibald so fast that they had found it necessary to move tos a more public part of the city of Fran. cisco and were then Loarding at a hotel. One day, rfler diner, Marion, sach who had returned from a short shop- ping excursion, burst into the room where Archie and 1 sat talking, with a face as pale as that of a corpse. “(Come with me, softly,’ said she, in a whisper, *‘As true as I live, { have this moment seen father in a room just down the corridor, The door was open a way, and, as I passed, I saw him sit- ting in a chair with his back toward me?” “But, perhaps,” 1 answered trem- blingly, **it may not be he’’—— “Come!” she interrupted, gaining confidence as she saw my excitement. “I guess I know father, Come! we'll surprise him.” “But, Marion’ “No buts, I tell you to follow me If ever a man’s back expressed sorrow and homesickness and remorse gener- it a moment ago,” She led me out of the halted until she bad thrown the door Marion and Archie followed, more and I had passed around the band, “Effie!” said he with a shout or joy, ‘you here? God be praised!” gay forgive, but he interrupted me. “Don’t say that to Lee!” “But the children Archie?’ | stammered. “On, yes,” he smil d, "the children! Where thev? 1 Lo forgive even wonder if they can word me, Effie Marion and are have nothing there, 1 obstinate old ever forgive their Then Archie and Marion came for- ward and the past was blotled out, — A Death If most people are ufrald of anythung is of Not long nee the writer stood by the bedside of lady who gradually beng buried alive, LH was an aged passing away. was growing weaker, of death were by Bigns When gin n of ber weakness, and a pen was 1 visible, could not talk, placed between ber fingers, and with great difficulty she wrote, in stragghng “Don’t let them bury me ve,”' That cases do happen where it for the to is very difficult even most ex perienced physician determ he is really or only ap. without $ which, having recourse to would at once means while they ' y sellie ace if iy.may be } the dispute, would j it really still existed, in jeo- udged from the fact that French Academy of Science, fifteen offered a equal to $5,000, for the discovery par the or en years ago, prize # o! which inex- at some means by the perienced whether even once determine ase death had en- physician obtained the had discovered phenomenon: might in a given not! A He 1 well-known sued or the follow- ing If the tificial light, with the flogers extended and one touching the other, and one space Letween Lhe hit looks through the red color whera the fingers touch each other, due to the blood still circulating: it shows itself through the tissues which have not yet congested. fiugers at once ceases, The most ex. tensive and thorough trials established the truth of this observation, - aw -— Cost of Living in Hong-Kong. Last April a commission was appoin- the salaries of the colonial officials, has now presented a report, whieh con- the cost of living in a foreign seltle- ment in the far East, It finds that in the last ten years the cost of living in for Chinese. clothing being the only necessary wiiieh is cheaper now. Rent has increased from 10) to 150 per cent, for Europeans and 100 per cent, for increased 10 to 15 per cent, fall In exchange, the cost of medical attendance has doubled, while the de- creating purchasing power of the dol- lar is severely felt by those who have families to maintain or educate at home. The commission, therefore, pioposes that official salaries generally should be raised to an amount 1a cur- rent dollars equivalent to their origi- nal sterling valoe, taking the dollar at 4s, 9¢,. with no ~-European officials should receive an advance of 20 per cent. The report 1s signed by five leading merchants, one being a Chinese, and the Chief Justice, who was the on'y of. fieial on the commission. isis ss A Wo Lady Paunocefote, Lady Pauncefote, of the British jega- tion, is winning popularity by her fad, for it is the most open love of every. thing American, She is not a bit offish or English, and every one is taken by her unmasked desire to know the peo- ple am.ng whom she will live, *‘I lke America and Americans,” she smd, when asked her impressions of this country, and the way she goes sightese. ing and invites the world to call proves that Lady Pauncefote speaks in good faith, BOOKS IN ANCIENT TIME. Changes In Libraries Caused by the Art of Printing. The discovery of the art of printing wrought many curious changes; but in no respect was the transformation more striking, perhaps, than in the appear- | ance of library interiors. So long as { books were written by scribes upon | leaves of parchment it followed of neces | sity that matter which might now be | compressed nto | filled what is called a i duodecimo i a book of huge ledger. So heavy were these folios, that the wits of the day asserted that ladies read { books which they could not lift. It | was customary to orpament only the | upper cover, and in order to show the | carving, chasing and enapel work, the { book was invariably laid upon its side, | To protect the work of the silversmith or carver, the book was usually encased in thin called its “faral,” the edges of which met 1n front tied small folio the shape and size of n " a leather cover, of the book, where th y wore | dust and dirt might be excluded. distinguish one book from another, the title was written upon a parchment tag | which was fastened to the throngs of the farel or to the metal clasps often made use of. It was not unnsual also, to inscribe the title upon the clasp it- sell, or even the front the book. From what has it will oceur to the reader that the first entering upon edges of been said, thing to meet the eye old book-r upon one of these COTS upon line of books, lying flat their front edges turned different sight that presented by a modern library, ghelves with outward —a very from with its shelves of books all standing their backs iat the attempt on end with brilliantly makers of thes the Process The was placed in a press and the edges which ornamented: old folios dad f their Of to beautify edges books, ‘his was termed “‘gauffering.” book gilded, after delicate worked with a wi re Bn tracery was upon the edge by die other gr it steel struck by mmer In indent Casts BY IN~ appoearance Of Was DOS #t be supposed. —————— Mending With Pins “Oh, that's nothing Woman, «li put a pin in » mend it now.” It was a hole 11 socket! that Helen Russell r with a ifta mend,” favorite muakesh of to and, after hate i + all, pins have to do, anyway.” Even holes in her ckings were caught together In th fashion, off her glove Mi tiess and replace ad i It ws button Was the same sh expedient. not that she lacked time to use and thread, but simply that she had fallen into a lazy habit Heles Russell was a school-teacher, and a few days after pinning up the hole in her pocket she went to the town treasurer and drew earnings for ten weeks’ teaching. her She put the money into her purse, and the purse into her pocket. sixty dollars, Then she made a few calls and went into the postoffice. Asshe was decend- {ing the of the caught ber foot in the trimming of her skirt, which had ripped and had been | fastened with a pin; she tripped and fell heavily on the stones. Her wrist was broken by the fall. steps postoffice, ahe A fault of a button, was plunged into her | hand and inflicted a painful wound. her injuries were dressed. A few hours afterwards she thought of her money, and felt in her pocket for her purse. It was gone. The pins which were likewise gone; so there was no | doubt as to the way in which the purse | had dissapeared, Searching and advertising proved of po avail, She had saved a few stitches at the expense of ten weeks’ wagon, a ibroken wrist and sundry painful | bruises, “ "Pwas all my own fault,” she said, : penitently; “I'll never mend with pins again. Falling Eyesight From the Grip. The ravages from the grip are yet felt by its viet'ms and a new form of disease resulting from it has appeared. The oculists are busy with patients who compiain of a burning sensation in the eye, which has become infiamed, and in some cases the range of vision is affec- ted, It is observed that the majority of persons so affected were victims of in speaking of the disease, said that the eye seems to be the last part of the body affected. The number of cases of eye trouble has increased to an alarm- ing extent, and In most cases it was a secondary complaint. The disease seems to be a sympathetic one as the eye is affected as are other parts of the body, more particular the muscular system, to which it causes great pain in performing its functions, A noticeable fact is that in the majority of cases there had been former trouble with the eyesight, and evidently the grip bad the effect of renewing this latest disease. THE ORIGIN OF PREJUDICES Overcome. You see things from the stand pont of your previously sequired groups of ideas; I from mine. 00 two persons can see the same thing in the same way, for it can never hap pen that two persons have precisely the ject, of our times, or parties, on pet our interests, and our desires, is a simple illustration. Suppose an artist snd an engineer, standing side by side overlooking a tract of country. What they preceive is the same; what they apperceive is wholly different. To the engineer the country presents itself as a possible line for » railroad; with here advantageous grades and there economic bridges. Before the artist is spread out a landscape, with light and Lo and harmony of colors. In the | primary laws of knowing, we discover | the ground principles of the psychology | of prejudice. The results may summed up in the form of two laws: obs theories, on oar ony VATIOus i lng, TTI OIE IIS JI, FOOD Fr 1HOUGHT Patient waiting 1s often the highest way of doing God’s will. Money makes the man; but the warn has to wake the money rat, Most persons can be led; few cas {352 Sr AW Hiss depopuliat could have would = almost If every man Way, ed, A man who aeqgu'res a habit of gi ing way to depression ison the road U ruin, The means of proluving mental a tion are determined by the nature of he mind, Levity is often Jest foolish, and grav- ity less wise, than each of them ap- pears, * I if € did Those who live on vanily mnst, unreasonably, expect to die of mort cation, There 18 no man easier to deces than he who hopes, for he aids in own deceit, If men wish to be held in estectn | as we are-—that is, wesee the world not peculiarities of our minds, The eye is | of ethereal vibrations between the colors { red and violet, The ear converts | sound only air vibrations of a limi | rapidity, Just so the mind, in 118 rece ! tion « lge, is Limited by th i quality and amount of its previous ac- I f knowls quisitions, i “No man,” Emerson { learn what hie has pot preparation learning, however near to his e j object, A che mist may tell his | precious secrets to a carpenter, and he | shall be never the wiser would not utter to a chemist for an « res tells us the secrets hie * ar holden things that stare in the face, until the hour arrives when ripened; jinte. God » | premature eas, {that we can not see ® a 1 us Evermore ur eves are behold { the mind is then we them and the time whe not, is like u dream.” Insti therefore, wi mental food that ourmindsare § to digest--that, n amely, which is clearly related to what we kno { In conversation, notice how brighten up when you tell them ing that they know already, especiall 1% something that they have long or themselves discovered, Woe » vice of parading nd we like t ir Interests Wi aw them netively, seek the most ileved Onrs. WOmMmetimes even we 3 nantly refuse mental food that a8 aocorrective of o sidedness, instinctively ® “ATVE ir possible ote ding %l ch we ithoat a d mental p canno ————————— About Planos. “Very few know how to take care of | a ano a musical man to a re porter who visit d his warerooms, “How do you do it here?’ asked the scribe. “It is a popular notion that pianos | ought to be kept very Nothing sad are { cold, as they are by dryness, and, re- | versely, by dampness. It is not general- ly known that the sounding board, the jap in the center, on the same prin- jeiple as a violin. The wood sup- posed to be as dry as possible, but, of course, it contains some moisture, and gathers more on handling. Now, is when a pinno is put moisture is dried cracks, Even if it doesn’t | tone Joses its resonance and grows thin | whole machine rattles.’ “How do you prevent this?” | and so long as your plant thrives your | thing wrong with it, It should be noted | how much more water will have to be | poured into the flower pot in the room where the piano is than in any other | room. In Germany it is the practice | to keep a large vase or urn with a sop- | ping wet sponge in it, near or under the | piano and keep it moistened. This is | kept up all the time the firesare on.” In a paper read before the British Kejentific Association on the Hume boldtia lanrifolia as an ant-harboring plant, Professor Bower observed that the peculiar relations between plants and ants had been the subjactof consid- erable observation of time imnemonal, “The literature on the subject could be traced as far back as 1750, and Captain Cook. in describing his voyages, dis tinetly alluded to the matter. In one place he said that he had seen on a cor- tain tree a number of black ants, which perforated the twigs, and, »fler eating out the pith, formed a lodging in the eavity, and yet the tree continued in a flourishing condition. In tropical eli- mates there were many plants pre. eminently associated with ants. The Italian botanist earl contended that the reationship was advantageous alike to the plants and to the ants, The former afforded shelter to the latter, and in some cases supplied them with food, ln the course of a short discus. sion Dr, Tieman said there were five species of Tumboldtia in tropical coun tries. The ants took advantage ot the hollowness of the plants, but he did not think tie latter derived any benelit from their prosence.”’ I roressor Polanssy snd Dr, Sehin delka of the Vienna Veterinury Seliool having construoted a laryngoscope for horses by weans of which weclive treats ment in cases of glanders can be care ried out, There is a of (rying Lo surer way ha belp than by help everybody, A good davghiter is the moming s light and the siar of parents’ house, evening The wisest man may be wiser to-da BOTT Time will tell, but the ordinary important secret won't time a chance, A man who puts too long will find it ids giv off his enjoyment misiaid by The chief difference between success in the single element to read and know perpet He who loves how to reflect has laid feast {or OY & Lis old age, before wise The feeble tremble the foolish defy it, the the ski If all were honest, Lhe or part would be useless Lo us, opinio judge nl A ful direc hearts TT} 5 i here wi to ba remain somelbing a Woinan, as ioug as thes iL AIWAYVS sald of Humanity must resemble the sue iuctive strawbern generally go Wo Lhe Sef] 1 green ones One may be i Lion or Uis Coaduct, than his princi lees There is such 2 ssively ius Rn YOu lnaxe benel he greatest man | od of the un meanest does of him. Y Ving may stand eanest, as much as he poor man’s purse may be ' sh gold in the 8 1 as anybody le is not necessa those whi or 13g s» some of FRGICIouSs greatest of all wental pleasures is to have our thoughts fivined, even entered into with sym pa- thy. ii ler ms when god thing nor ning for hed Use nol evasi Called "pon EXCUSES whieh doing a bad ao a FOU Are repro To be human 1s to be fickle. i people who curse a good man loudest are the first to bear flowers to his grave Wien a person inspires you with an- tipathy you become unfaithful to your convictions, solely in order to cootra- dict him, It is by his any man of ordinary power it personal conduct thal will do that is in Io order to measure the mind we measure the skull, This is ke eating the skin of the grape to find she bvo- Life's real herces and heroines are those who bear their own burdens bravely and give a helping hand to Popularity is like the brightness of a falling star, the fleeting splendor of a the bubble that is sure lo Sometimes when 8 man seems *o De ready to come out, like a iog from « sawmill, worth double price. Tears hinder sorrow froma becoming despair and madness; and laughter Is one of the very privilege, ol reason, b. ing confined to the humal species, Some men Aare so unselfish as to Le willing to live in Juxury, and abstaix from work for fear they will rob the poor laborer of his means to obtain a living. Tre progressive man depends upon what he learns, but the man who is proud of what was taught to him will exhibit his ability to follow the usual custom. It is easy enough 25 bring up a child in the right way. All you Lave to do is to watch the way in which most people bring up their children and then do something else. Men and women, to lead worthy lives, must have a just respect for themselves and a just respect fo others. Whatever teads to realize and to strengihen these promises human welfare, Cold and reserved natures shoud remember that (hough not unite quently flowers may be found buried beneath the snow, it is chilly work to dig for them, and few care 10 take the trouble 1» who never changes any of lus opluions never correcisany o. his mis takes; and he who 18 ever wise enough to 0nd out and mistakes in himself will not be char enough 0 excuw what be reckons mistakes in others, One cannot n too early in life to discipline himself 0 habits of the most exnoling Junctusl ity in keeplug every be It
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