IN THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM,
" Give me thy dreams,” she said. and I g
With empty hands and very poor
Watched my fair flowery vision die
Upon the temple's marble floor.
“ Give joy," she cried. I let joy go,
I saw with cold, unclouded eyes
® The crimson of the sunset glow
Across the disenchanted skies,
“ Give me thy youth,” she said. I gave,
And, sudden clouded, died the sun,
And on the green monnd of a grave
Fell the slow raindrops, one by one.
“ Give love," she cried. I gave that, too,
“ Give beauty.” Beauty sighed und fled,
For what on earth should beauty do
When love, who was her life, was dead?
She took tlie balm of innocent tears
Te hiss upon her altar coal,
She took the hopes of all my years,
And at the last she took my soul.
With heart made empty of delight
And hands that held no more
things,
I questioaed her, "What shall requite
‘he savorof my offerings?"
" The gods,’
hand
Give guerdon for thy gifts of cost:
Wisdom is thine to understand
The worth of all that thou hath lost.’
—~{ London Athensum.
fair
she said, “with
’
The Wester Expres.
RANDOLPH,
said
. BY
“71 love hi
Esterhall.
He was not
AMY
her,
we, moth (ruion
a general way, much
of a talker. { nsequently,
spoke, his words had the weight of |
sense and rarity. But Mrs. Esterhall, |
the fine old lady who sat erect bef
the c
excited to consider all this.
“The wife of my son,
she, ‘‘should bea lady, born ane
—n0t one of those girls who |
are
t
lear, sea-coal nr
re, was too much
Gruion,
TIRAVE 114d
to fight the world until all gentlene
Lrace
of ti
and unselfishness i
wm. No, I car
sent!
The young man smiled slightl;
“ Mother,” said he, dis
$ wry
hard!
the
V DOSSesses its
until the face
h much friction.
said Mrs. Esterhall
f dis i=.
os are g
2 in
Humph!
‘No one it LITO]
I may
mother?”’
Mrs.
‘I have
said she. ** Bat
t Henry
ypendale
me
Esterhall &!
no desire
Guy
Irving
tickets for
Carrie Chi has
accompany we}
be on
Our e
and Guy
fancy of hi
for my dan
" Ester}
must have
And in hersecre
with an
when Miss Chir
Crui wnil
31
st taken eave
exceedis
evening, in a
* tO have a
‘one may as well
don’t you know?"
My dear, you are lookis
gaid Mrs. Esterhall, appr wingly.
Miss ( hippendale was a sort of ha
man camellia japonica~—fair, graceful
and serens——with | express
iue e cherry-red lips, flax-gold
fluffy erimps over her
Hg le
¥e -“
hair, deawn in
forehead, and an unchangi
smile
ne 8
perpetually hoverin
her lips. She had been
cated, and she was destined by
parents to make a brilliant mateh.
The Chippendales belonged to
aristocracy-—that is to say, they had
never done any work and had always
spent a great deal of money. And
Mrs. Esterhall had decided that Car.
rie Chippendale was the very wife for
her son.
If only she could convert Guion to
the same opinion.
Guion Esterhall was exceedingly
courteous to Miss Chippendale that
evening, but not a whit more so than
mother. The old
gf
g
vighly
vighly
the
he was to his own
lady was somewhat disappointed.
“But never mind,’ she said to her.
self, “one must have patience.”
She went shopping the next day,
to match a shade of Berlin wool. to
buy some lace flounces and to decide
on new portieres for her drawing
room at Esterhall Manor. At one or
two o'clock she experienced, not
hunger, but a ladylike sensation that
“tired nature’’ needed some sort of
‘sweet restoration.’’
“I will go into Maricotta’s,”
thought.
Maricotta’s was full, as it generally |
was at that time of day; but pres. |
ently the old lady succeeded in ob-
taining a seat in a curtained angle, |
where the waiter took her order for a |
chicken-salad and a cup of ten. Just |
themshe heard a clear, low volee on |
the other side of the drapery, as a
party settled themselves at a re-|
served 4table—Miss Chippendale’s |
soft, well-modulated tones.
“Oh, yes, Irving was very fine,’ |
said Carrie. ‘Oysters, pleage—g |
box-stew for one and fritters for two
and three cups of Vienna chocolate,
nicely frothed, walter—But all the
same, I nearly died of ennui. The
old lady is the most dreadful bore
you ever knew, and Guy is a regular
prig. Handsome, you know, and
very talented, of course; but one
don’t want to be on full-dress parade
as 10 one’s brains the whole time.
He isn’t half as nice as Freddie For-
tune~only poor Fred hasn't a cent
to biess himself with, and papa looks
she |
i
thunderciouds at me whenever he
calls, But once I'm married, it—'’
A chorus of well-bred giggling in-
terrupted Carrie's words. Mrs. Es-
terhall rose hurriedly from her seat,
and made sll haste out of the res.
taurant. When the waiter came
with the chicken-salad and the tea,
he found his customer gone. The
her friends enjoyed their Vienna
much indeed.
Mrs. Esterhall decided to return to
Carrie Chippen-
dale’s graceful treachery had affected
her more than she had deemed pos-
sible; and, leaving a hastily written
note to explain to Guion that she had
which reached
at
branch train for
She was traveling alone, as
XPress,
Junction
a
last things and follow her the next |
There had been a heavy snow-fall, |
tempestuous, and the train was run- |
ning behind time. At last it came
to a full stop. Mrs. Esterhall start-
ed from a doze and looked anxiously
around her.
Ten o'clock! : Some
a watch. ‘Why,
are due at Clevedon at
five minutes before nine !’’
“Yes, I know, sir,”” spoke the offi-
“but road all blocked,
Western express is overdue |
We're waiting here |
» signal on,”
1 what's to keep us from wait
petulantly inquired
gontieman
gontieman
. f
one said, |
COn-
ductor, we
the is
ow
g
1 VO move
‘*An
ap ai
ing aii nignt
gir—unless the Western
heard from."
Esterhall ¢
a rittl
began to be
sredessly back from a
head. tly thu
i comingto Mrs, Ester.
oft, sympath-
Yo .
res
Mi As
Ie
i]
to eat—hbefore |
I have home
ken sandwiches in my bag,’’
gested the “My aunt in- |
ai them, although
I dined heartily before leaving home,
and I have
|OMe
nice,
oli
14 §
pretty girl.
sted on my taking
pat
a little alc
of g
yoid, strong tea as well. If you |
will allow me to prepare it for you—"'
Mrs. Esterhall was a genuine tea- |
maniac. A new brightness came into
her eyes at this suggestion. i
You very kind,” said she. |
But you will want it yourself?’
No,” smiled the girl. *‘I don’t]
care for tea But my kind old sunt |
would put the things in. Now] am |
glad that she did so.” i
In minutes, Mrs. Esterhall
had eaten and drunk, and felt in-
finitely refreshed. How it happened,
she did not pause to question herself,
but she presently found herself re-
elining comfortably, with her head on
a pillow improvised out of the folded
blanket shawl that belonged to the
young girl; and, mingled with her
drowsy reflections, came the soft,
low murmdrs of the sweet-faced
brunette, who had changed her seat
and that of her companion to the one
directly back of Mrs, Esterhall, and
was talking almost in a whisper.
“No, I am not going back; and I
do not intend to communicate my ad-
dress to any one.’’
“Not even to him?"
“‘No, not even to him."
“But he loves you, dear.”
“Yes; and that is the very reason
I am deter nined to create no dissen-
sion between him and his friends.
Perhaps he will forget me,’
‘ He will neverdo that.”’
“But at least I shall feel that I
are
He
ive
eyed girl, firmly. * I shall love him
not have ruined his future.”
‘And all this,” eried the compan
fon, '‘out of deference to the whims
of an old woman whom you have
never seen !'’
‘Out of deference to his mother,
Alice,” gently corrected the first
speaker,
** What a quixotic notion !”’ dream-
ily mused Mrs. Esterhall, * But she
has an excellent idea of duty, this
“That is you, all over, Effie!” gaid
the friend. ‘ You are always effac-
ing yourself in favor of some one else.
Here you are giving all your tea and
sandwiches to a person you have
never heard of, abandoning your seat
to a poor little woman with a crying
baby, because it is a trifle nearer the
stove, and, to cap everything, giving
jup the man you love and who loves
you, because—"'
i ‘* Because it is my duty,” said Ef-
fie. ** Please, Alice, don't let us dis-
cuss the matter any longer. Itisbe-
cause I love Guy that I am willing to
sncrifice everything for his sake.”
‘Guy! Bless my soul! Guy!”
thought Mrs. Esterhall, sitting sud-
denly up. ‘‘But, of course, there are
other Guys than mine in the world.”
Just then there was a tremble of
the frozen ground under them, a
roar and rush of lighted cars past
them.
Express at last!"
shouted the choleric gentleman,
bobbing up in his seat like an india-
Oi
“All abo-o-ard!”’ bawled the con-
ductor, with a twitch at the bell-rope ;
and on moved the train at last, creak-
ing and groaning |
serpent In pal
leaned over the
like some
Mrs.
. y
ack of the
»
n. Esterhall
b seat, to-
the
(ruion
said she, between
engine,
“My dear,”
the
hat you are speaking of?”
‘is it
Esterhall t
Ti
sould not repress a «
. : I thong!
byt
Ril
{| sit by me
1 girl started and
os 80.
here and I am his mother,
and I want to talk to vou.”
It was two o'cloe
il Station,
but was
for them, with
warmers and abou
CO-
STRANGE THINGS DO HAPPEN.
Was This a Coincidence, or was it
Something Still Stranger.
i the explanatio of it?
% 1 3
i Verai reii-
» went to Mr. Paul
d Charge n
nnors
nd sa
Warburton,
¢ Warburton
he wrote, and
but
t as well, and in every
ticular the story as told will
the He
wrote Miss
Warburton, Cleveland He simply
thought up’ a fictitious name and
put it on the register, as he had often
t the
town
r wil
do it
true to facts,
why bh
Next day when the guest came to
pay his bill the cashier looked up the
account and said: '' You have been
here three days and thire are two ex-
tra dinners for your
daughterand one for Miss Warbur-
ton.”
*“ Miss Warburton?’
“Yes, Miss Warburton of Cleve-
Is there something wrong?”’
“Two extra dinners is all right, but
there's something wrong. How did
that name get on the register?’
Idon't know, I'm sure.”
““* Well, I have a certain reason ‘for
asking, and I wish you would look it
up.”
So the clerks were questioned, and
Mr. Gores said he wrote down the
name,
‘* But how did you happen
that name and that address?’’
“I don’t know, I'm sure. [I wrote
the first thing that came into my
head.”
“That's the most extraordinary
thing I ever heard in all my life.”
They did not venture to ask ques.
tions, but he told them any way.
“ Miss Warburton of Cleveland was a
dear friend of my daughter. She
died about three years ago under very
sad circumstances. When my son
and daughter were with me at dinner
the other evening we were talking of
her, and I dare say my son and
daughter, whom I left up in the par-
lor, were talking of her at the very
moment that name was written. I'm
sure I didn't mention her name in
the hearing of any eclork.”’
““ No.”! said Mr. Gores.
came to me."
Then they fell to wondering
whether it was simply an unexplain-
able coincidence or a beautiful case
of thought transference.—{Chiea go
Record.
charged-—one
to get
“It just
Sheboygan, Wis, is the
City ; most of ite wees are
HIS FAMOUS FRIEND.
An Anecdote of the Late George W.
Childs.
We walked about the renovated
Ledger building as we chatted, look-
ing at the improvements, when sud-
denly we came upon Mr. George W,
C. Drexel in close conversation with
a visitor. Mr. Childs's eyes opened
wide as they rested on the pair, and
he whispered :
“Here is an interesting character.
Let me introduce you.”
The visitor rose as we approached
and greeted Mr. Childs cordially. He
was a fine looking fellow, of good
neight, sparely built, but sinewy,
strong and lithe, He stood straight as
an arrow, with shoulders well back
and the airof a Life Guardsman at
“attention.’”” His hair was brown and
cut with military precision; his eyes
pd Well I could see them-—were
of a steel gray-blue and very pene-
ili
iii
ans
coolness and nerve. His complexion
where the sun does
not shine often and the climate |
mild and somewhat damp. He wore
whiskers, but a close-sropped
His dress was very
of His
sOit
ulster modern cut
which
a lon
or
»
:
SHOOK mine,
mir was
We had a few minutes’ conversa.
before i as Mr
and the ne
yayinie on and
going mn and
into xt
I passed
Mr. Bidwell IS & Very agri eable
Yes
He speaks several langus
author that |
said I. His
iar to me, but
“Then it
name is famil
I cannot
10n 11
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enrnest NLercess On
10 bu
& wi
arned
1 I ROFT
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his parts
HOW ers 14
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Post Office Supplies.
All the
3.3 {KY} niost
post
ery
1 balls, an
ball 1
k out of its middle. Thusen
nduced to start
hateend. Formerly
as apt as not to begin wit}
ding up with a
ball
unwrap-
from t they
the
wir
on an average was wasted.
The 65 0%) post offices use up 100
reams of manila paper blanks every
day. One of these is put on the out.
side of every package of letters sent
out from post officers, bearing
name of the sending post office, date,
&ec. Half a million lead pencils are
consumed anngally in Uncle
postal service well as
quarts of mucilage, 1,500
of ink, 10,000 pounds of
bands 12,000 of
The alone cost $5:000
every twelve month. For making
postmarks 28,000 ink pads and 30,000
pounds of stamping ink per annum
are required. Six million cords are
used every year for register letter re-
ceipts,
an expense to the government of $9.
O00 every year, 200 a week being
needed to replace those which are
worn out, broken, or burned out with
post offices. —{ Was hington Star.
A Terrapin Farm.
Sam's
ns
quarts
rubber
and pens,
wns
:
ross
There is terrapin farm
Mobile, Ala., said T. E. Bwift, of
Mobile. There are but two of these
farms in the United States, the other
being in Maryland. The farm is sur-
rounded by a high fence, and canals
re cut through it with narrow ridges
of land between. Every terrapin
that is caught off the const is taken
there, and fishermen are constantly
kept at work hunting for them.
he ends of the canals are so
secured that it is impossible for the
terrapin to escape, and they breed as
rapidly on the farm as they do in
their native haunts. Several thou
sand of them are constantly kept on
hand, while from 10,000 to 12,000
dyzen are sold annually at prices
from $6 to #10 a dozen, the market
being principally in New York and
fhiladelphia, from which points the
sntire trade of the country is sup
vlied. At meal times the sight of
thousands of terrapin scrambling up
a
anique and interesting one {St
Jniqu Globe-Democrat., : 4 =
%
SAAS ——————— muy
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STAMP COLLECTORS
They Were Not Desired in the Portland
PostofMioe.
Persons engaged in making collee-
tions of postdge stamps should not
obtain situations in the postofice, as
two subordinate employes in that io-
stitution here have just been dis
charged on this account, says the
Portland Oregonian. For some time
complaints have been made that
stamps were taken from letters and
packages before they were delivered,
and at last this became a regular
nuisance. It was not possible to
find out who was taking the stamps,
#0 the matter was put in the hands
of an inspector, and after considera-
ble trouble he ascertained that a car-
rier and a distributor were the
prits.
owner. Sometimes packages
order that the stamps might be ap-
Foreign stamps and Co-
were the ones chiefly
Persons making collections
the stamps there was trouble.
times letters arrive at the office here
with the stamps gone, showing that
there are stamp
offices
who
ment ordered
the service.
their dismissal
cscs III sss.
Asnirants,
{or
matier of
nhie
Some Notable
{ejection of nominations
bh has not been a
sid om Occurrence Mr. EB:
mrteenth person
on th ipreme
sd of confirmation in the
John J. Crittenden
if Kentucky, nominated
Roger
Jackson
York,
Pennsylv
Taal
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i
preme Bens
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nominale
eS Bench
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These were
by John Quincy
Adams in 1x28; B Taney of
Af see 3 1 RA
VArYIianao, *
: .
Spencer of New
by
% award Kino f
ranma Kang ol
lohu M
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V ide
Pennsyls
Bradford
ilmore, 1852
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tienry Slanbers
$ Bominatic
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til, three
sit ins thn
SGD 20 LL
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snnsyivania,
tinh
ehanan,
Johnscn,
r. Stanbery
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of Mr. Stan-
months
uname
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vd, and
nlirmed
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ye man
Attor: n
Mr. Stan
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buch
Aas
wr
ing of Masaa-
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Hornblower
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of
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for positions
preine Court
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- II
Fins Come, Will 1t Be Gentle?
{ May
indifference of
Gentle spring with the #8 Wers
2 careless
is the oid
rash
Thereis no t
it
ing
Ary inws story, a thrice told
! yf be nd
ai Oi be And faking the 1 Be
J
Just
Wf the year when resalls are n
une in the wholaround
we Serious
ordinary want of eare than now
ii ler
perature anil in-
m
:
phess, rusamatiym is rey
ad pr
sient and in the most
ageravated forms
Even inthe pursuit of the season's pleasures,
1% pastimes and sports, there wii be a pro-
ligious crop of sprajus and bruises, of lame
backs and stiffened limis, of neuralgic affec.
lions and sciatic troubles, Men and women
will suffer intensely, and only because they
iail to be provided with what is known to be
the romedy for them all, When it is said th
Bt. Jacobs Oil is that remedy, it is only say-
ing what thousands know and
have pronounced it the best,
thousands
Taking it year in and year out the coldest
hour of ench 24 bours 85 o'clock in the
morning
~~
Ulster, Penn
The Worst Oase the Doctors Ever Saw
Hood's Sarsaparilla Perfectly
Cured
“(CL 1. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass.
“Dear Sir -l wish to testify to the great
value of Hood's Sursapart in. some time 1
had been troubled with sersrala which early
Inst winter assumed a very form.
Sores A My
and hands and ually inereased
until ¢ reac to my shou
tors sald it was the worst
ever saw and
incurable. | tried reme.
dies but to no avail. A friend recommended
/
- Hood’s*=*Cures
A French Duel.
It the French are prone to chal
lenge each other ww fight duels on
the smallest provocation, they afe al-
so prone to bring them to an end
with very little tighting.
It is credibly related that, on the
occasion of a duel between two mem.
bers of the chamber of deputies, one
of the combatants was taken with a
fit of bleeding at the nose just as
they came upon the field.
“Blood!” exclaimed one of the seo
onds of the other man. “Blood has
been shed. The honor of my princi-
pal has been satisfied.”
And the parties and their seconds
thereupon gravely left the fleld.
nA ss. po
216 Bus, 8S Lbs Oates Prom One Bus, Seed,
This remarkable, almost unheard-of, yield
La Crosse, Wis, by Frank Winter, of Mone
North.
ern Oats, carefully tilled and Irrigated same,
and believes that in 1864 bs can grow 1rom one
bushel of Great Northern Outs three hundred
bushels, It's a wonderful oat. Ir vou wits,
CUT THIS OUT AND BEXD IT with Sc postage to
the above firm you will receive sample packages
mammoth farm seed
A
tana, who planted ons bushel of Great
catalogue.
A prehistoric human skull
uiston, Ala. , in 188), measured
ound at An.
54 inclies in
How's This!
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
nny cass of Catarrh that caonot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure,
F.Jd. Caxxxy & Co.
e thunders gued. hh ve ki
ney for thelast 15 years an 1}
fectly honorable in al i
, Toledo, O
own F.J.Che-
sve him per-
transactions
it any obliga-
Ww
tion mads by their firm
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Odio,
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{ Testimonials sent frea
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uy
ug
»
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The Hollanders are the greatest fea and
coffee drinkers.
For Dyspepsia, Indig
disorders, use Brown's }
Tomic, It rebuilds the Bicsod
the muscles. A splendid medic
and debilitated persons.
and Stomach
sre the Best
and strengthens
§ wen
ne [or
It takes nn gallon
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less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world’s best products to
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the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax-
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dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid-
peys, Liver and Bowels without weak-
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in 50¢c and $1 bottles, but it is man-
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, yov will not
accept any substitute if offered.
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The tem Aermotor Stel Track wen 175 peonits, hes 16 inh
wheels woth Zamech fare. When thee of the wheels sre on the
Boor. the other end abe 1 shot 13g inches from the Boar, than
enabling 14 to ewevsl easily The body =» 28 ches wade we
inches long. A bottoms Hoard tw samy pat oe te make the
tom tight, IF otakew are required, tiarrow boards cad! be put in
slanting over The outer real sed under the ine ne. or, if wade
Prive ‘
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Fe 6 we per conditions named in Bo 4 "ste Ne b
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in the world. Name and jpeicn
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