‘CONTENT. WY FRED WARNER SHIRLEY, The German Emperor and 1 Within the sel-same year were bore Beneath the seif-samo sky. Upon the self-same morn; A Kaiser he, of high estate, And I the usual chance of fate. His father was a Prince, and mine — Why, just a farmer—that is all, Stars still are stars, a'though some shine And rome roll hid in miduight's pall; Bat argue, cavil ali vou can, My sire was just as good a man. The German Emperor and I Lat, drink and sleep the self-same way; For bread is bread, and pie is pie, And Kings can cat but thrice a day, And =leep will only come to those Whose months and stomachs are not foes. I rise at six and go to work, Aud he at five, and does the same. We both have cares we caunot shirk: Mine are for lovod ones; his for fame, He may live best, 1 cannot tell; Um sure I wish the Kaiser we! [ have a wife, and 80 has he; And vet, if pictures do not err, As far as human sight can see Mine is by long odds twice as fair Rav, would I trade those eves, dark brown? NO for an Empr ss and her crown. And so the Emperor and 1 On this one point could ne'er agree; Moreover, he will never try, Hie frau suits him and mine suits me. Aud though his sons some day may rls, Mine stand Al in public school t the Kaiser have his swa) Bi sn my freedom aod my say, ngs and nations tumble down, { have And fear no ruler and his crown; For I, Live whore cach man is Emperor onknpown to fame or war, LOVE AND WAR. BY WILLIAM WEATFALL. A summer night at Geneva, nautical fete on Geneva's historical The narrow stretch of water the two sides of the city tl boats, great and small, all aglow lanterns; rockets shooting wards in rapid succession, their ce marked by trails of fiery vals the boom fi excited spectato oe Good f Very exclaimed nstein, who, myself, were w one of the ie la Paix, “Yes, it is very spleadid. reflected in the ‘cannon thunder.’ Herr Baron: d« you of a batt] A very small one. A single battery light artillery would make more noise EAR bet we on wronged with with Chinese ky rain: at : of cannor and the shout rs. and how von Hoh nil LEER done, Jaron h Dr. well hoagntifnlt Qeautiiul | together wit Jurt a atching the 1 nies from alc firew ork : the lights And then 3 nave seen y fine i are How beautifully ire water : the You war ws it not rather re- mind # 1 have soon war--seen it on a large scale—and though we Germans are sup posed to be fond of 6 ing, I want to rmore ef it. A | field strewn thousands corpses is a fi and when are dear comras men, and one thinks of hearts at home, it the greatest victor not speak ill of war, fort happiness of my Fhe hanpine 3 was that, Herr Baron?” Ach, Gott, Meinherr! 2 fale.” wht LEAS sattie tt} ¢ $e: ivi OL ariu how ae may be, kins the i © ROrTowing i rrowin tevhys PR Tp thea alate sight, amoung the sian ¢ i 8% and Is hard to rejoice wer id tik f + - RE O vi 0 much the better. | wove all when they relate war, and if I am oot indiscrest “You go fast. How know you that my tale relates to love and war?” “You spoke of owing to war the hap piness of your life” : ‘so! you think, thew, that one can. have a life of happiness without love? are right. But I am not good at taic-telling. I daresay, though, that my lear brother-in-law here, Dr. Bart. who is a born narrator, and knows the story simost better than I know it myself, will oblige you, Tell him all about it, Vie- tor. The fete is ne arly over, and, while vou discourse on war, our friend here snd wyeelf will smoke the calumet of peace,” “*A very comvenient arrangement,” said the Doctor, smiling. “I don't smoke, sas sou are willing that 1 should have all the talk to myself. Convenient, yet scarcely fair; and Hermann does himself scant justice. He can talk well as he can fight.” ~ **Ach! That is paying my power to fight a very poor compliment, Vietor," ‘On the contrary, it is paving your power of talk a high one. oweve will tell my part of the story—that in which I played the principal part, on condition that you do the rest.” Good! It's a bargain,” returned von Hohenstein. ‘By the time you have fin- ished your tale I shall have finished my pipe. Then I will begin: for smoke, though a good listener, is a bad talker. Go on.” Whereupon Dr. Bart, turning to me, began as follows: “In the year 1870 I was a young sur- geon living here in my native city, very eager to work, vet with very little work to do. Bo when the war broke ont I of- fered my services, first to the Germans, then to the Freneh, and failing to find employment from either, I enrolled my~ self as a volunteer in the International Ambulance Corps, which took the field under the protection of the Red Cross of the Geneva Convention. In that ca- 3 pacity 1 made the campaign of Sedan with the army of Marshal MacMahon, “On August 25, 1870, we found our. selves at Vouziers, a small town of three thousand inhabitants, between Mezieres and Verdun, in that same forest of Ar- goune which, in the previous century, was made classic by the exploits of Du- mouriez. We had marched from Itheima and Chalons with MacMahon's army, and were attached to the Seventh Corps d’Armee, then commanded by General Douay, ’ VGhur fost care was to establish a field spital, which soon filled wi or though no with [| eral engagement had recently — like tales, i i to love too | place there Tere continual affairs of cut- posts, “Meanwlile the army ~as in a state of dire confusion, marching and counters marching without apparent object, for the Marshal hesitated: he could not make up his mind whether to follow the dictates or prudence and fal! back on Paris, threatened by the third German Army, under the command of the Crown Princes of Prussia and Saxony, or, yield- ing to the entreaties of the Government at bay under the walls of Metz. “While MacMahon was halting be tween two opinions, the Germans were pushing forwurd with characteristic en ergy. On the 26th their cavalry patrols exchanged pistol shots with the scouts { of the Seventh Corps, which formed the the right wing of the Marshal's army and | would be the first to receive the enemy's | Onset, “A battle scemed imminent. | Douay made his dispositions, fortified i my good faith, 1 was setat liberty. More- over, the chief of the medical staff offered me a position as supernumerary staff surgeon, an offer which I gladly ac- cepted, and socompanied Baron von Ho henstein to Paris, there to take part in the siege. “And now, Hermann, 1 think 1 may leave you to tell the sequel.” “I will try,” said the Baron, knocking the ashes out of his pipe. “1 will try, and all the more willingly as it éan be told quickly. I like not much speking. “But I must first of all tell you that’ Victor is too modest, He has omitted a He obtained his liberty and his appointment less be cause of what he did after the battle than of what he did during the battle, He, a prisoner on parole and accused of being a spy, risked his life to save that of his captors, He dressed the wounds of my dear old friend, General von Elsen- baum under fire, there being no other { centrated his command. But on For that brave deed | direction of Mezieres and Paris, The { movement had, however, bardly begun when still other orders were issued. | Seventh Corps was to march on Buzaney, This meant that the influence of Paris | had prevailed, and MacMahon was about { to hazard everything in a desperate at { tempt to ‘join hands with Bazaine,’ an He showed more officer who won the Iron Cross, “Well, as he has told you, we went to gether to Paris, lived io the same quar ters, and beenre fast friends, and shall remain friends as long as both do live, It was a hard winter, and we had a rough time. In the last days of the siege I got | empire and the ruin of France. ‘Late in the afternoon the Seventh | Corps passed through Vouziers for the third or fourth time. The men went anvhow, singing songs, fallin: out when it pleased them, cursing and marching | hearts and a laugh on their lips, ‘‘In one of the f an shouting, i officers of infantry . 3 $4 } 1 : 1 . | regiment | recognized an old friend from the neighborhood of Ferney, i nition was mutual, and he asked me bear him company f The recog for a mile or two. t { the shades of evening were falling be- for¢ T remembered that I had to return to Vouziers. But going back was hardly less difficult than it would be | against the currents of the Rhonesas rushes under the arches of the Pont Mont Blane. The with troops, horses, guns and « that progress was impossible, For every step I made forward I was forced two steps backward, luo end I took to swim it du Crow fed to road was so Arringes the near St. Cloud--my head was laid open by a sabre stroke at the very moment a bullet went through my body, “The doctors said that [I must die, that nothing could save me. One alon to regard my Case as hopeless, to him I am indebted for my life. His name is Victor Bart “I did not know then, for 1 lay many days unconscious, but | knew af terward that he mate skill and watched over me day and night. So vou it him much . 1 alone refused it treated me with consum B64 Cost when 1 and helped then, me she me his, And getting better, another ca me to get wall, A such a sweet nurse—the 10 save was HITS was, oh sweetest you She had ie i “Oil . dark eves voice, and a f are Til 8 1 sii weak ever did set : sweet Bee S80 10 too wenk to describe 1 I really the a visitant from heaven; and I told Victor that an angel had ben my pillow and words * Was i : tol s § othing giving me to darkness, and despairing of finding it be daylight, I turned into a cattle shed, i dawn and, hastily pearest road, w i Vouziers, al iest idea as to While 3 to take. sling of horses accoutrom Dh : ents ‘Douay’s rear guard,’ will tell me the moment | beard voices from shadow of a wood emerged a squadron of Uhlans, They were chanting a hymn, the words of which brought vividly to my rladiators’ before t Hail, C next the way mind the Roman the mortal te vine Tags } ying salute th The refrain o cemember, = Ewaperor combat, hey Corsar! the salutant paar! 1 80 un so red! y a warrior's bed i in rest, Aght me te : the breast estreen mounted, lance 3 1} + 3 o-dav a bullet through i \ X i Z Morrow in ¥ ‘or God and Fatherl old, cold ground, the ¢ and ! “I waited until the party came up ** ‘Who are you, and what are you do- ing here?’ asked an forward. **I told him i said.’ have inewerad the just come assure you Cross ambulance in the place, a spy.’ : “Against this imputation I warmly protested, pointed to my uniform, and produced my case of instruments, “* ‘A uniform is nothing. Anybody can have a ease of instruments Where's your pass? “Unfortunately I had left it at my headquarters, and the only proofs of my identity and good faith which 1 could show were my card case and a few letters | from friends at Geneva, * ‘Letters are nothing. Anybody may have letters. It is a clear case. 1 are a spy, disguised as an officer of { International Ambulance.’ ‘Just then a lieutenant came up and { demanded an explanation, i ‘The under officer explained. |‘ ‘As you say, a clear case,’ replied the | lieutenant, ‘Let the fellow be shot.’ { “Against this summary justice I pro- sternly. ‘We Vouziers, and I not a Red You are msn from there Can Was | pleads for his life. “* ‘You may save your breath,’ ssid the lieutenant. ‘You are found here under suspicious circumstances, and t without a pass. As likely as not you are {a franc tireur in disguise. You speak Gernfan with a French sccent, Sloot him, sergeant.’ “*And shot I should have been to a dend certainty if another officer of higher rank had not arrived in the very nick of time. He also demanded an explanation, which was of course promptly given, Then he questioned me closely, asking, among otherthings, wherel had received my medical education. ‘* ‘At the Medical School of Geneva and the University of Warsburg.' en you know Professer Goer. “1 did know Professor Goering, and mentioned several fasts which led my questioner to believe that the account [ gave of myself was probably true, but he said that until I could furnish proofs of my identity and good faith it would be his duty to detain me as a prisoner on parole, which, I need hardly observe, 1 gave with frost alacrity, “The officer who ad my life was Baron Hermann von Hohenstein, “Three days afterwards was fought the qattle of Sedan, which gave the coup de grace to France snd ished the unity of Germany, On the morrow of the fight, theaks to my new found friend, I was tted to help ths German arduous work, and my in is my sister Lucie,” } rex rt hurt, x ‘ reached :eneva ih and she 3 under the « al was in my mind, ng that I did to be the more thank ful on my head or the bullet through mybeody. “Thank! i you, Baren!” surely joking or * ¢ | am neither joking nor delirious, Mademoiselle Bart, 1 was more y my life. If 1 had wounded, you would not have and I should have missed the bap viest time I have ever Kn Yi roc] brother has saved my | Will Lucie? F love mi 50 dearly that 1 woul than live unloved by the dreams,’ “I cannot tel we re walking I told her wh wstnut 10L Ki +} 1 gan by avi i f LOT is that nearly Killed “You i laimed. Are never serious it not been been my UTS, 13 #3 wn I or t $ 5 4 rather lose it with me ou share = 3 angel words: “And then | told very glad, and he propos ~that | should travel home of Genova and make the acquaintance of his people “This offer I gladly accepted, and wrote to tell my people, who lived at Nuremberg, of all that had come to pass; and my mother and my sister, Natalie, met us at Geneva, and we staved there several weeks, ; by was $ 3% “* Natalie was a beautifnl blonde, with blue eves and rosy cheeks, and it was al. most a matter of course that Victor and she should fall in love with each other: and the day on which Lucie and 1 learned that her brother and my sister were betrothed was the second happiest of our lives, We were all married at the same time; and every other year Victor and Natalie visit us at Nuremberg, and “That is the end of the story, and when I bave smoked one more pipe we will join the ladies in the saloon, and 1 you to Madame Victor Bart and the Baroness von Hohenstein, Afterward we will go to the Jardin Anglais and I wili also introduce you to my sister, Helenchen, so there will be a lady for each of us” Famous Pearls, The most curious among famous pearls is that which, three centuries ago, the French traveller, Tavernier, sold to the Shah of Persia for 8675.000. It is still in the possession of the sovereign of Persia. Another Eastern potentate owns an pearl of 124 carats, which is quite transparent. It is to be had for the sin of $200,000. Princess Y oussoupofl has an Oriental pearl whick is unique for the beauty of its color, In 1620 this pearl was sold by ‘Georgibus, of Calais, to Philip IV. of Spain at the price of 80,. 000 ducats. To-day it is valued at $225, 000. Pope Leo XIII. owns a left to him by his predecessor on the throne of St, Peter, which is worth $100,000, and the chain of thirty-two pearls, owned by the Empress Frederick, is estimated at $175,000, One million dollars is the price of the five chainz of pearls forming the collier of the Baroness Gustave de Rothschild, and that of the Baroness Adolphe Roths. child is almost as valuable, these ladies are enthusiastic collectors of pearls, and their jewelers have Tstructions to uy for them any pearl of unusual size and beauty which they to come across, The sister of Nine. Mlle. is Sie0 She owner of valuable string of pearls, w collected during the last thirt so-called black pearls the : Australia possesses the most collection. | ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF EVERY DAY LIFE, Thrilling tures Which Show That Stranger Than Flotion. Advens Truth Is and “Speaking of strange bets on an elec. tion,” said Col. Joe Rucker of Colorado, ‘the one that takes the ribbon over any I have ever seen mentioned was bet, lost, these enthu view of the Of whose years ago. One at that time, spectacles of a reform certain that & man by the wotlld be elected Gov. wis of Brown ernor of Missouri, and bet everything he a young wife. Either his affection for his wife or his koowledge of law pre. vented his making a wager of her, 80 as & last bet he wagered his services for “Of course he lost, dollars from a friend, he sent his back ‘to her folks' in Missouri, he presented himself to the saloon keeper in Denver the bet, The latter, more as a joke than anvthing else, grubstaked him and sent him to prospect, The first month a small find rewarded his Inbors, and capidity then caused the saloon Keeper to insist on th payment of the wager in full, To et tail the narrative, he « it his wager of a year's i and located two more m the winner, though now drawing dividends, | ment of his wife, and is now employed by one « the street car companies of Der sbout $30 a month, and will p that firure Ar the head of the exten of the St. John's River, in ship, Florida, that is kno» George, lie two or three sw MnP islands One of these that sta to en remungerat recom for n wife while out wrried on Boryie scrupulously, nes, from wh wealthy, | % nn the ful of gation tr ive t rob ever vet above ” never g AON fon nas ie nd high COMrag and the trees old fellow shackle dock that th the $4 main i on his letters, groceries, stops Orange or busied ab an suit whi extraordinarn of te on 4 ME indescribable : been a ‘plug but t ha chopped and anroofed un esembies the battered an wreck a Nap i} thing else HOWever, His keeper, wi ry 4 y thar RI OY S445 REATes with a telese that in his 3 entire thouy county SOAS 04 iVin grawn in ne cheeks The m ay ®} parted, and the The baby us to be slightly Hips are dedicat iy tinted, wlio band contains this child of Clarke portraiture is the singular § " ant of Roseburg, and the face in ¥ 3 tel a mere b Mrs. Osborne dex ok the infant's palm is that of a little girl she lost about three months ago Rela tives and intimate friends profess to Ix able to see a mg resemblances to the dead chil When the baby was first put into its mother's arms the hands, and with a loud cry fainted away, but on coming to herself exhibited the little creature's hands to the attendants, who saw at once the strange likeness to the dead and gone Mrs, Osborne was at first much frightened over the singular circumstance, but at Osborne, that str 4 ii, portrait was sent to comfort her. The image on the palm wis clearer the first few days of the baby's life than now, and it is thought to be gradually fading away. A tirrie post office near Witmer's, Railroad, enjoys the unique distinction of being the only office in the country wherein a dog officiates as assistant post- master, assistant is a little St. Charles spaniel for five years the task of bringing from Witmer's Station, a half mile distant, the bundle of morning papers from Phil. Two bundles, a large and a are thrown off at the station, Regularly over the small one, every morning Beauty trois the arrival of the train. When the two bundles are thrown off Bzauty seizes the smaller one in her mouth and trots di- She never makes a mis take, always taking the small bundle; neither does she loiter along by the road- side, but covers the distance between Witmer's and the cross-roads post office at awpepd that would almost do credit to Nancy Hanks herself. Beauty has been assistant postmaster almost since her birth, and could hardly be replaced. A most peculiar custom whiche has been preserved since the Middle Ages at Friburgen-Brisgau is that of climbing the cathedral tower upon the anniversary of the birth of the reigning Duke of Baden. This tower is 400 feet high, and to scale it from the ground to its apex is a very difficult performance attended with great danger. It is done by climb. ing from one projection to another, these on the ave one foot a A sna false stop mothe wh To avsténd is also no easy task. Fach who makes the climb and the safely receives five marks from the State a ticket of admission to the annual dinner given in honor of the day. The seventy-six anniversary of the birth of the present Duke was recently i i feat sueevasfully, One of the three was coolhead ed enough to pause when he had acrobatic performance, He was warmly applauded by the enormous crowd of spectators which slways gathers on the Duke's birthday anniversary, A contous freak of pature has taken place in the person of a young man named Jones, aged 22 years, living at Stamping Ground, Ky. About two years ago he cotmpla’ved of a severe pain in his left shoulder and arm to the elbow, He suffered intensely for several months, when the color until it became a dark brown, and at the same time the pain diminished it finally when it was noticed (this was about a vear ago) that ceased, i i its appearance on the brown or disco,ored parts, extending from the cibow to the i the iii pain hair is over one inch has cotirely dis. and at this time in length, the } i i the strength in that arm that he has in the other Groner B. Coang of Derby Village, Conn., had extraordinary luck bagging a partridge a few days He was driv ing along a country road at the edge of in Woodbridee, when his dog, that had been seouting about the forest, flushed a couple of partridges The birds burst out of the brush witn a great by side, and as they Mr. Clark's head he wis cut with his whip Curiously, ag ago a wood 1 made a sudden viel it them Binole the long sofl whip birds and broke his { ntiy stock of the her neck. The select bird to his declaring that world on nan exhibited bors, triumpha we only man in the a partridge on all WW hi y £V¢ the wing witl Bersted, near Bognor, possesses an unique curiosity in the form of an inn room papered with postage stamps, The apartment is {1 1 f ! ' fanci ully decorated with many descriptions of § * t 180 sage lcading stanips, ind even the pas + room is similarly papered Some the List making thou. Ang com » name of the Indeed, terested HONE famou Tne great tractd Aquaria 0} Coniinue ant bet Pavel SRL Riches Between i PO OSA Australian kangaro seven feet in height all reports he i& no ean * faced hin L541 men who § Are Dow it shard offered § hee 5% 4 £9 3d} ti Ka Igar M3, 4 Wirnian years of Te nn. , hh many times ths wih many times (i Eingru ni § sien has refus i numer of his vears lived in a He d and this i and ca his n i mit's life. own cookl robbed liars N. met with an sccident which cessitated the amputation of one of her feet. Her husband is buried in 8t. Mary's cemetery in that city, and as she to be interred in the same grave with him she ne CLDeels : i ¥ instaliments” system? A ‘susoLr man” was recently caught Ceylon, a face like that of a human being. feet are perfect. The missing link is great deal of attention. the ball rapidly approaching him. grown quail. Ornithologist E. H. Hubbard. Do Rocks Grow? The question in the headline is often asked, and not infrequently by scholarly people, too. By way of a general answer to all such questioners I would say that the best authorities have come to this conclusion: That rocks do not grow in the sense that plants do. They may in- crease in size by eats of sechetion, and they may also undergo other changes. Old sea beds lifted up and pote ior ages become stratified beds of sandstone or limestone; volcanic ashes or lava strewn over hills and plains become tufa hard enough for building stone, and the pebbly shores of rivers and smaller streams may sometimes change into con- glomerates. The simple mineral, how. ever, doos grow, especially when it takes upon itself the form of a crystal. A sparkling prism of quartz increases from an atom to monster crystals of varying length and size by what geologists know as a *‘process of addition assimila. tion.” This is wonderfully slow, but with a mathematical exactness that as Vrvevnech PVensanis, M. Betham Edwards, in her “France the benefits aceruing from the owner- ship of land by the peasantry. Ass native of England, she seems to have been peculiarly impressed by this feature of life across the Channel, She writes with special enthusiasm for the study of rural life.” “A beautiful spirit of rare among the most polished socle- ties, characterize these frugal sons and daughters of the soil.” As rordidness carried to the pitch of brutality often imputed to the me relate an in- occurred hereabouts not in cident that The lznd is minutely divided, many possessing a cottage and field only. One of these small owners was sud. denly ruined by the faliing of a rock; his cottage, cow and pig were de- stroyed Without saving a word, his neighbors, like himself in very hum- ble circumstances, made up a purse of hundred francs, a large sum with such doners, and, too delicate. minded to offer the gift themselves, deputed outsider to do it anonye- mousy Another instance in point came to my knowledge. This was of 4 young woman se who, dur the ill- ie 4 wr ive an vant, ng f rs, refused v : of h [ess er employ gos “You will pay me sm said the girl to sure accept wa other time.” “1 am me the iistress you money no Peasant generalls wholly the almost ent very sma neither 1 their little ! completely supply their On a flel nough flax is grown with which wu pin linen for home and Indian corn for ad-making. wheaten poultry are ail . impLicn y the mini- in- nome-grown ik drinkers, ’ $b oi Lhe Oo give and rural life 1 Lo me some One of these is {-suficingness of their owners making almost new fea selfing, ind stock needs, ad or enous use, enocu the gh being Again for d: maize flour reared Expend mum. dul 14 GOI ore ® wine, n R # iis The English ito writer fetter Was always Seience, as it be in Scotland, where iaracteristics of early led, saves a contin 168 to most of th English prevalent. But in modern English the trills have been softened away wherever R follows a vowel, i i eft of the R but vowe! qualit) We are accus- tomed to the entire omission of it in negrospeech, where do and sto are all that we hear for door and store: but in educated utterances there is some phonetic effect left in R even where is 1 Such delicate are the distinguish- ing marks refinement in pronun- and they shouid be carefully by teachers and by writers * eLiCs, iI a stil il are syn dil fa MEI Las is it JL manifest f sound of cast shades « ation, preserved on phon co knees EE atic performance in Par. are fitted with a8 new h differs from in not alter in per is the cornet a an o y - app hitherto devised | ing the natural ‘one of the instru- ment. It is simply a small chamber of silvered copper so constructed as to produce the echo when adjusted to the mouth of the trumpet. 3 r hie ii eth those atus, w “Three years ago. as a resultof CATARRR, [entirely lost my hearing and was Deaf for More Thana Year, To my surprise and great joy when | had taken three bottles of Hood's Sarsnparilia I found my hearing was returaing. | kept on 111 1 bad taken three more and Ioan hear perfectly well, | am troubled but very lit with catarrh. [ consider this a remarks ease.’ Henman Hicks, 3 Carter Street, tochester, N. Y. inn
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