-, vie TWO ANGELS. Longfel ow, f Life, and one of Death, villa i¢ the morning broke. i+ on their faces, and beneath + Bouses, hearsed with plumes of Two a fra The Th 8 OV ( rand aspect were the same, ttures, and their robes of white ; crowned with amaranth as a The A But Ap mn ne with asphodels, like flakes of light. I saw them pause on their celestial way, Then sald I, with deep fear, and doubt op- pressed: “Beat not so loud, my heart, lest thou betray The place where thy beloved are at rest!" Aud he who wore the crown of asphodels, Descending at my door, began to knoek, And my soul sank within me, as in welis The water sinks, before an earthquake's shock. I recozniz«d the nameless agony, The te , and the tremor, and the pain, That of: before had filled and haunted me, Aud row returned with three -fuld strength As ial pened to my heavenly guest, The door | d, for I thou hit I heard God's And itso’er ho sent was best, ament, nor to rejoice. And wh | § i The 1 saiile, that filled the house with had 31 And Ot 44 vy Ti Pau Ww not Death, but Life,” he said; od, passing out of s f 1 embassy he sped, O friend, and not at ithe amarant! ied, and w word that had ¢ Wor, mine, The A > And Tw we his hand, f i! 1f He but w oll fall ect, the rains e of light on « back from the and Deat $ Messenge -—— 1UE OLD WINDMILI Piles of above the downs, shiver. Mi nor wind thess The 1 t was threatening. dark i were rising Other over the steep, lon Dark uess was drawing fast over ing, leafless trees, witn no moe star to pierce the gloom. The blew bard, asit was w tut todo oa late wn evenings, and 1t would 80 a gale from over the toss: Jhannel not far distant, There ¢ 1 scarcely be amor: solitary spot thau the summit of this Lill where the w the little old cottage | other human habitation or existed eithe miles aron The windmiil a ganut spectre against the sky, and threw up eagle arms that were sweeping wildly round in the wind, ereaking and gr an- ing most portentously. The whole structure moved in one h ge, old-fash- ioned av l, and was turned by a long lever behind, in a very ancient and primitive style. A long flight of rick- etty wooden steps, wit no one uy nill stood, and wer down. was in Bat if ih sell attemntat a hand-rail, led up to the door leading interior, and to-night the swayed to and fro as well the U itself. . The whole was sup- ported on one single centre beam, so if that at any time gave way the whole concern would go over at once. The milier often pre lieted sueh for tune on nights such as these, for the age of the mill wasabsolutely unknown, But as long as it did good work still, ap: filled the miller’s pockets, he vowed it suonld not come d Wi. kitchen of the Cae ladder 8 mis 16 COSY cotiage be os wo J} Ana o ri eopie You could tell they were brot ster by a certain likeness bet un; and yet they were differ- ent king euongh too, He was a sturdy, rose- i fellow of fourteen, with bright brown eyes, and easily pu i, open She was sma fragile, though only a year younger than ber brother; a gentle, timid, little thing, with the most | wing heart in the world. They were fond of each other, tl} two-—or rather, 1 ought to say Maggie was d to Tom, and Master Tom pretended to care very little for girls, as he would sco: ufully assert, and laughed at his sister's timidity many and many a time, Yet in his heart he thought much more of her than he suffered to appear, Tom was busy getting up his lessons were a renead. © eRe evoted ’ ca WI A i aR———— I was blow, right over twice be’ore 1 got bae cain,’ Tom was out of humor, as Maguie plainly saw; and he was angry with his futher, boy as Le was Le hand uo mm y for the miller's faults, His vonthful judgment wos stern und relon less, “Oh Tom,’ pleaded Magusiv, tosrs rising in her groy eyis, “von ought to doit, Yon aught to take th lswp out. Or if you wont,” she, added in a strange tone of resolution, **7 shall.” ‘‘You?” he laughed, derisively. “Whoever heard of a girl doing what a boy could not, or would not? For of course I could do it if I choose,” said Tom, ignoring consistency; ‘1 don’t choose, that’s all. You can't do im- possibilities, and it's rich to hear you talk of going out in the dark (even if You were nof blown into the sea) when You are afraid of going upstairs without a light; you know you are.” His contempt and implied doubt A “You always will persist in thinking me a coward,” she smd quietly. But few paces down the hill with their light bs when a thundering, terrible sound made them pause involuntarily, and turn back towards where the mill had been, It lay a ghastly ruin in the inint light of the rising moon. The work of the old, old mill was done at last, And Viaggie was safe! How the mill- er sobbed over the precious li e that his siuiul indulgence had so nearly sac- rificed. Maggie, seated on his knee, with her arms round his neck, was su- premely content and at rest. “I was not afraid after I had said my prayers, father, Tom won't think me a coward now, will he, father? Andoh, you won't be so late again will you, father?” And he never was again. No! Maggie's brave deed reaped a bet- ter reward than she had ever dreamed of. F. Urrox. —— —— Carriage Nomenclature, It 18 probable that the 1deaof a vehi cle with wheels, to be drawn by ami- the “Humph!” said Tom, in a be to peck. “I generally that. Look here, Miggie, am, I've got best in come asua- and vou'd ; father will let himself aL” And off went Tom, after first kickin hus heavy boots off, and heaping his books spitefu I table, whence they fol] to the floor with It was musio in his ears, and | not to pick them up. Maggie, left alone, did that with her usual pat'ence. She placed them in a tidy position, and then she weut to the cupboard, and took out a small oil She trimmed the wick careful- in an abundant supply of f hes in her pocket, aus or a] Ciash, § ull stop lamp. ly, pouri oil, put a box of mate Then she drew the eurtain aside, and looked out into the wild night. A few stars were gleaming between hurrying, driving clouds that raced across the the sky, The wind whistled f 1 «l ; he cottage, and in cranny, wherever it ntrance; but the at there was a sort it, and Maggie opened nblingly, and closed it behind her, before her courage should fail. It was quite true that she gener. ally shook at a shadow, but there was something more in Maggie Turner than mere timidity to-night. A moral bravery that led her on to do and dare for love, what many and many an ol er person would have painfully shrank from attempting. Yet the child never dreamt of being the heroine she actnal- ly was. I don't know that if sue [ it would bave lessened the beaaty her deed, bnt as a matter fF 3 did not. How that fearful elimb up the was ever achieved Maggie never able to explain, but by dint of bling now backwards, now wrapping her head in her sha ing and choking in the flerce Lila reached the rickety ladder swayed ominously in the dun but brave Maggie placed her f the ancient staircase, and to the door. She pulled it o ty. The great sails swang abe but they were not going round d shrieks wand the girl noticed t lall in the door tre fie tempe oO act soram- forwar wi, TAs ' 33 at ia struggle ven with son well as her own hon past the dumb machi: platform by the The 0 8%0¢ matches and lighted t in his hands, restless fingers pushing through his thick, curly hair, and an intent frown on his brow. on a stool by the fire, with some knit- ting lying idle on her lap, her gaze fixed thoughtfully on the crackling blaze. It lit ap the whole room, and there hardly needed the one tallow candle on the round table to assist the young student's laborious reading. “Father is late again!” Maggie said, softly; and Tom started violently, and ahnt his books with a loud bang, ness. “How I hate and detest every lesson book in creation! Hollo Mag! what's the matter? You look as solemn as an owl.” “Why Tom, father is so late again! Aud he promised to be home early to- night, as Aunt Mary is away.” “Well, what if he is?” Tom fidgetted, impatiently. ‘You always worry so over everythiug, child. I suppose it doesn’t follow that he is stopping at the “Sheaf and Arrow’? And it it does, we can’t help it.” “l am afraid it does follow, Tom. And how will he find his way home in such a wind as thus, and so pitoh dark too? You know he nearly lost it once before, Tom!” “Lost what?” quoth Tom, orossly; to what he had a shrewd guess as He lost the road ie was aiming at. y, hisjway, ou know, Tom,” reproachfa lly. “And e said if ever he was so late again, aud on such a dreadfully dark night, 3 ought to put a light in the mill win- Ww. “ We indeed! 3 should like io le on struggling through this gale, gie. Me you mean; ho ple, 3 me doing it, that's all. Why when I ran out half an hour ago to put the brake othe rails, lest the old mill should get on fire at the rate she was going, nill and moorland outsid set 1t securely she gave a sudden dreadfal start, It was not only that dar «ness was visible now, and full fear to the frightened child, hor mission being fulfilled, but that a well-known 1 (which would only have amused in the day-time, ss rather fan on whole) smote her ears now with a ening alarm. The crazy ranged to! Alas! it only opened without; andin the hurry and con- 1 of the moment she had forgot. fie prop which was always placed st it to prevent its closing. Mag- | vas alone in the swaying tottering BO her gic old do "nr ha fre fus ten ay gic mii Two hours had passed. The gale was at its height, when Master Tom woke up with a start to find his father beside his bed, holding a candle with a hand that trembled visibly, ‘“T'om, where is your sister?” The miller was sober enough now, sober with fright. Little Maggie was closer 1, his selfish heart than anything on ear u; and as he had stumbled up- stair< to bed he had looked into his child's room as usual the last thing (he never forgot to do that, how mud- dled soever his brains might be). Wien loand behold! the room was empty, and the bed had never been slept in at all, “Where?” Tom said, half erossly; “Why where she should be, father. Maggie is in the house somewhere, if she's not been blown out to sea,” as a stronger blast than before shook the cottage to its very foundations. “I tell you she is out somewhere, boy. Tom, did you put that lamp in the mill window which has lighted me home?” The miller's voice was hoarse with anxiety: it was 80 low as to be almost inaudible in the din of tho storm with- out, but Tom heard it, and a sudden compreuension flashed upon him, to his own utter bewilderment. “Maggie put it there!” heeried “and she has sint herself 1n, you rasy de- d. Bat its not safe in the old mill night, besides she must be frightened to death by this time. Well, of all the little bricks." He spoke to the air; his father had Sad Thonn mrovmng. tored Spiamation om, thro some o¢ on, rushed after him. burst Ah Lniy fom in Hse! 2 oaping * into the Meggie peace in the heart of danger, By ia her pale hooky Moved eart on her arm; unprotected hly friend, et guardod tender] One who mover slumbers, They. ho mals, must have occurred to men soon | after the domestication of the horse and ox. The first attempts in this di- rection were very rude. In this coun- try the prevalent mode of travelling for the first two centuries was on horse- back, the roads preventing any very i extensive use of wheeled vehicles; but, us the country has increased in wealth, | and the bighways, city and town streets have improved, the demand for public and private carriages has grown to be very large. A. writer in the Detroit Free Pre NE, RIVes the origin of the | names of some of the most common i vehicles now in use, The popular Hansom tinguishing title from Hansom, The Brougham, which was first nsed by the famous Lord Brougham, took its title from that nobleman. | Landau, a city in Germany, was the | locality in which was first made the { style of vehicle bearing that name derives its dis- 8 certain Mr. ney coaches, because they were drawn by hackney—a name applied to easy- going horses The Gig was given that name from its peculiar jumping and rocking tion, the word being taken from the French gig signifying a jig, lively dance. The term Cimeh is derived from the French coche, a dimiuntive form of the Latin coneliul i, in which form the | r of snech conve YRaaces was ori 1 BO or a el ashi d Coupe 1s French in « derived from the verb ocouper (eoopay }, to eat. This was considered an appro priate desiguation it greatly resembled a coach with the front part ent off, Seldom, if ever, is the fall term Omuibus applied to those lumbering With the characteristic Lirev- JEL Y rigin, being bacanse vehicles i Ege inl Bix ak 4 changed to en in Paris, r«es, the title These were SNAKES, Powera «3 Native. ¥ Hunting Moss and foot-mark his re in a hollow where an fe NE La oy M ir roach When dows of m even to fall his he chase, and, stooping down g the bushes with a tough in his hand to support iring attitude, he follows the track as unerringly as any blood. hound. When he runs a snake to earth, if he can not surprise it in the ing begir broad nostrils take up t AOD $i nls BRICK stick, ho squats over its hole, holding the forked end of his stick downward, and makes a low hissing or whistling sound with his lips Soon the snake puts his head out of tho hole and peers around. In an in- stant the forked stick descends and fixes it Ww the ground by the neck, and the black fellow, seizing it firmly with his muscular hands just behind the head, so that it can not bite him, drags it out of the hole and twists its that, pounds it on the ground till its back is broken. So with the iguanas and all the other animals. The black fellow never loses their trail when once he gets upon it. and having fol- lowed them to their lair, he patiently awaits until they come out or until he is able to get a band in and pull them out The black fellows declare, and prob- ably with truth, that not a single an- can escape them if they have time to hunt a piece obdesert country thoroughly. en they want to re- turn to camp they can follow their own trall by sight with the st ease, but thoy say they can not follow thelr own trail by scent at all. It has no scent for them, th another man's has a strong scent is is one of most curious facts connected with these strange people; but it is only in accord with the wellknown natural phenomena Forest and Stream. A A oo KNOUKS HIM ovr, A man may stand at a cannon’s mouth Firm as stonewall in nis ' pieces in a crash her away, and had scarcely staggered a Tha fo. With a collar button down his back! MAY MAKE ANOIHER GREA! REPUBLIC, Tn a fashion so quiet eas to scarcely have attracted attention anywhere a uew nation has been born to the great English speaking family, a nation of men of our rage, dominastel by our traditions and possessed of our deter mined love of human liberty under law and embracing the vast island of Ans tralia, which 1s as large as the United States, The seven colonies or States of Aus- tralin have formed a Federal Constitu- tion based upon that of the United States, and have changed their status from that of separate colonies to that of a great Federal commonwealth, independent in all but name and self-governing alto- gether, By conrtesy of tradition the Anstra- lians have provided that the chief exe- cutive officer of the new nation shall be a Governor-General, whom they con- point, subject to their demand for a capable person ported by their readiness to their independence if it shall complied with, Bevond that no suggestion of Uritish right and the “Commonwealth of Australia” is in affect an ind it manifest'y ought to be, not there cant in many ways ty its sccomplishment peacefal act of the people makes the extraordinary change that has been wrought in the Englis] ception of government and human rights during the century since Amer:- can independence was declared. Great | Britain now accepts as a truism the doetrine that she fought our fore-fath- ers seven years to negative the doctrine first proclaimed in our Declaration of Independence that governmi | their just powers from the consent of { the governed; but they are the creat | ures of the people, and that whenever of by the nis derive | off the government ot uny other people | and institute one of their own. Australians, without thought of asking leave, hought of § SOUrce, Lave « neriean col accounted high treason, There is hopeful significance fact that in forming their 1 ' mental system our cousins in Australia have based their institutions npon den veratic idews and not upon cratic tiaditions of the mother coun Phey have taken not Great but Grea Britain for their ex¢ mplar, and } Have modeled ti { BO objects Mies 8 century ii Lae o beir Constitution upon ours, wilh its contral idea of 8 Federal Re- public of locally self governing States, N.Y. World Things rere and Thero sald to Ix BEYON BCO0 Es ately followin A clear Eastor is nf med he chief secret of comfort inl suering trifles fovex usa.d in enl- *3ey 0 HEL i ry x } 11 4d tivaling our undergrowth of small peas ures mtting food into the or late comers, try a tin setting it ns basin of hot water This keep the {i i bot and at prevent it ir oven cover. over plan the same time Stufly ndurable by means « hed linen slips, and » pretty linens come now- a-davs asked, t ture «in something pleasing. mak squash pies and and rolled 2 a crackers for one to each 1 well, don't forget the salt, and if not as good as the original, it is excellent, GAS + therein is nsf into med If von want t ATC de AY, the CEE fare se CRER, 18, valor soaking them in water for an hour or more before they are used. beets, and other Winter roots are im- proved by being soaked at least twelve hours in cold water. This soaking is said to remove the strong flavor se- quired by all vegetables kept in cellar bins, fit is desirable to keep an article very cold, or to cool it speedily, and ice is notto be had, a pan of cold water on the cellar-bottom will often serve the purpose. On very hot days : perishable articles, as milk, butter, or | berries, are sometimes hung in the well, | and they are delightfully cool and | sweet when they reappear. But joe is he best and ruost serviceable China's Great Bridge. | The longest bridge in the world is | the Lion Bridge near Sangang, in China. It extends five amd a quarter miles over an area of the Yellow Sea, and is supported by 300 huge stone arches. The roadway is seventy feet above the water and A enclosed in an iron network. A marble lion twenty- one feet long rests on the crown of every pillar. The bridge wes built at the command of the Emperor Kieng who abdicated in 1796 on account age. Gitmpees of High Ofelal Life, First city official: “Say, Jim, I want to got a divorce from my wife so I can ma man's wife.” Second ay : “All right Bill. I'll make the papers for you, and while I'm a a ter ip ton be any bother.” by ——————— While clouds, especially the higher forms, have a general ency to move in the same direction asstorms, that - from west Lo east, it has been that they are a very poor guide to follew in and they of o fall es at times when such tance is the most needed, CONS, Wo “TT INVENTION fii A Few Odd Articles of Convenience Lately Contrived., An invontor has just patented a paper vest. Paper, as is well known, Isa non- conductar of heat, and tho new walst- coat Ig sald to be an excolent thing to wear when the thermometer is below zoro. One of the most singular of recent patents is a rocking-chalr washing ma- chine, The rocking-cnalr, which 1s placed in a tub in which are water, soap and the clothes to bo washed, hasa rack on ita rockers provided with a grooved roller. The wash-tub has projections on its vertical ends, and allows of the full play of the rocker of the chair. The result of this arrangement is that the mother of tho family can rock her child tosleep in ber arms and at the same time bo washing the family linen. Persons traveling by rall can now make themselves very comfortable by the uge of 4 patonted portable elbow frame. These can be fixed so a8 to give the ef. fect of the most cosy arm-chair, and tho fatigue of a long journey is thus mate. rially diminished. These el} can be folded whon not in use and igh under three 1 new which is sdapic bath-room, f(t apparatus. This pa reservoir to hold either ter, and fitted wit! Spray arm projecting from tho reservoir. The arm is movable, « t itcan be turned down, les i on poses or for gone is Tho spray Is casily a zr botl Owe we a bed ble shampoo! rta ng sy rnlic f ppli or cold wa- i 8 toa t a hot aving a mir s Which Lhe reservoir at or rii- use. This handy de entirely of usted by tal BLSM DOO ma melal i hands fre © ng leaving reservoir 8G Cons ght any can be mos 8 obtained. ~Chis force re cago Dall The Ideal Vegetable Country. fa former years, the vine and Brange were the only culfure that pew. comers to fouthern Chalifornia would undertake. The “‘tenderfoot” w Bicted with a mania toown a vineyard or an orsngs grove, other things could be ratsed anywhere. “Back East,” ¢ oy eculd grow potatoes and onidns and cab- begea. But it takes considerable money ta start a vineyard or ao orange grove, aud when the period of hard times came, beginuioy about the spring of 1888, maay people found themselves owners of mere or less land. Those who bad money set out their orc is and vineyards; but suioy others could only follow the Chins isan 3s exsmple and raise vegetebles. Well, the results would maske a Kassas or sn Illinois farmer envious, snd drive a New Eoglend farmer crazy. Potatoes | bave yielded from §500 to $1500 an acre, snd so. on with pearly all vegetables, Raachers who last winter shipped peas, snd lettuce, and string besns, and ruch ‘aings cast, received such large prices thet it would be ustless to fgures dows ; they would only be smiled st as details of acharacteristic California story. But these things are written shout sod talked of, and the - consequence is that overyibing indicates an unparalled amount of immigration this winter. When | John writes back to bis old folks that hiy last strawberry or grea pes crop re. | turved him $2000, lots of trunks wijl be packed st once to make th journey to ie Bunset Land. — New Ford T¥Bune. Who Invented Ice Cream? The first mention of ice cream that is found ia history is in the account of the festivities following Washington's first saugurstion as President, ia this city, | 1789. Among the ices used upon that socasion was ice cream; which is esid to dave besn prepared under the direct | tupervision of Dolly Adams, wife of John | Adams, the second President. * Mrs. | Adams was at that time the brightest | ax In social’ and diplomatic circles, Dolly's popularity was by no means di. ninished when it was discovered that he was first 10 suggest the ‘new confec- don, Confectioners’ Gasetls. th 8 * B85 Rie pers Wn bo LATG write the ights $0 seven inches; those of Span re a little bi se oxoel the The Perk of Teneriffe. ANention is betng called t3 tha fect that the peak of Teneriffe at dawo cast upon the ocean a shadow that at first appearslo be flat vpon the surface, but that gradually séenis tb rise up tne til it is ‘perpepdiculir, and stands: ape parently a reproduction in black of the real wountsin which beside it is white .and glowing in the sunlight. The scieatilic explaoatiod of tne phe- nonieaoh 1s that the shadow at first is Tally 4a Gpod the water, but tbat as the t of the rising sun causes a vapor to rise froth the ocean, the shadow ually bbcomes cast against the bank of fog instead. of. upon the water, aod really is straight wp io the S——— A — House Polson. ish The heads of Japan. nglish average the cool window panes of a room where a number of persons have been assem- bled be burned, a smell as of singed bair will show the presence of organic matter; and if the condensed breath be allowed to remain on the windows for a few days, it will be found, on exami- nation by a microscope, that is is alive with animacules, 0 inhalation of air Sania ining such putrescent matter oauses untold complaints which might be avoided by a circulation of fresh air, Tas announcement of Bryant School, looated at n, iB Jur Saver best on the Island, in a most heal EEN AN MARY OUTWITTED A Joke that Tickled an Indians Farmer Almost to Death. One day I was riding along a Lighe way in Indiana when I came upon = pile of bedding and articles ob-crockery and hardware in front of a farm house, the horse-block was a corpulentold man with a very red faces Naturally enough I nsked him whati had happened, and he went off into laughter which lasted a minute before he could reply. “Them duds Ben and Mary." . “But who are Ben and Mary?" “Ben's my-—my- ha!—ha! laffed till I'm almost dead Ben's and Mary | hal-—ha wife.” “But who tumbl hapa? and seated on belong to I've my hat hod nal EON 5 his ed those things out - where are | 's gone hi WOOOs, mt I'd have to WY Sad * COn~ sixth As so in LB ten said they'd to ir valued © Wi ns Louse aav Lay mpuny, it Wis nine " ke an turn thout a dollar, but i him he'd better a it, and he went the trick I had hem iwo We no intan al tn a ineEnoeg WW us Mary ti 1} ii ed “1 1000- I've ¥i ern] foe uadi grad As evident man on ther was a The spare, almost eatured had 1 which is so active, pushing own. ana “Sinca | ca iladeiphial have seen many things that make me in love { with your city. 1 have gone into your homes, sat by your firesides and entered | into the home life of your people. No | matter where [ go, whether it be in the house of the rich or the poor, the same feeling is always with me and {that the peacefulness that char acterizes everything. Your home lifes is what I most enjoy, and you do know how to enjoy yourselves. [ went into a house the other evening, every piece j of furniture, every book told me that | the family used them. There was a bright fire on the hearth, an old clock { stood in the corner that scemed to par- | take of the general good fellowship as { it reflected the firsiight. 1 fancied it | miled and crooned a low song, rest. | paace-rest-peace was the song. “But in the wild and woolly west | where I come from we have no time { for such things We hurry, push and | tear along, every man anxious to axosl his neighbor; we forget that there is such a thing as rest. We have our clocks, too. but their very organization differs from yours. They don't. take up much room for we have very little to spare. Generally they are very is the feelings of their owners. As they stand on the mantel there is no smile on the face, and the little clock cries ‘Git! giv! git! and we do gir Why Small Game Wan Preferred. Friend: “Well, Mose, I see your fondness foe chilcicans dus qot you lato trouble n. can't you eat el ip The culprits “Deed, I would, cheerfully; but i r W carry a whole jacket? Does dew ~The mare Bunol gos’ 1 dere ner $41 000 when he beverly her from Stanford. Tha ree Mr. Bonner Mr, Vande eoiit for Maod ne S. var #40000, Ma! S% record is 2.08}; Sun I's 1s 2,104,
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