— — THE NORTH POLE. Far toward the north, so tall, so far, One tallest ice shaft starward stood, Stood as it were itself a star, Scarce fallen from its sisterhood Tip top the glowing apex there Upreared a huge white polar hear He pushed hisswart nose up and out, And walked the North about, Below the Great siar The upper main, as if his mate, A world so dazzling white, man durst Not face the ‘flashing hurled From heaven's high built battlements tents And boom! shore boom! boom! from sea Came one long deep, continuous roar, As if Ged wrought; The first six pregnant, mother morns Had not quite gone their ways, wu is fitting but the Word Here in this vast world fashioning? wat word Waat tongue can name the nameless Lord What hand ‘ay "ome, let us ¢ hand on anything 1 is ht oln new words of migh And massiveness to name this light This largeness Inrgeness everywh Whit Tee tied through all eternity Nay, peace! We dare —Joaguin Miller, » rivers hanging in the air, It were profane to say and sep hut hear Yerwentwater, and i knew not only the depth « tion. but tl i on his love were an licht heartedness at once : . changed the current Often | his beau of his feel sard others was a © beautiful creatu: and I do so love | “It is gone TNO t ng fn cord had | snapped and ton was Ash- e over ot hall averted head as he answered, coldly “1 do n iy friend.” The tone ner, au with a at jest, pecia the stung the pride of She felt that his censure just, and yet she ned it. hand fell fr his own ¢oi will you to stay is late, and you will have your p parations to make, I will not intrude on your time,” and courtesying she withdrew. “And this is the being in whom 1 had garnered up all my heart's best affections,’ exclaimed Harry, when he found himself alone. ‘This the divinity I have adored with a fervor no mortal bosom ever yet felt and she could talk, heartlessly talk, of } fl saw that the emphasis man- Mary was Her hisarm and emulating Spa or 2 “Then 1 Bi tas it 3 1 r Iness she said not ask Five ! he merest trifle when she my whole heart was bound up in her, Oh! would that we had never met But my delusion is over, 1 will fly Mary! Mary! Jittledid 1 dream that my love would meet such a return!’ Mary hurried to her chamber, and locking the door she flung herself on the bed and burst into a flood of tears. How bitterly she reproached herself that her momentary coquetry had lost the love of the only being for whom she cared. She did not disguise from herself her affection: she could scarcely tell why she yielded to the impulse of that fatal moment: but she felt that she had lost irretriev- ably the esteem and affection of her cousin, She would have given worlds to recall the last hour. Even now ing herself at his feet, perhaps re. gain his love. She rose to do so. But when her hand was on the lock she thought he might spurn her. She hesitated. pride had gained the mastery. “No—I cannot—I dare not. He will turn away from me. He will despise me, never sald those idle words,'’ and flinging herself upon the bed she wept long and bitterly. Muvcy appeared that evening at the supper oh but in the cold, averted i { i i wo as — cause for pride. off heavily. As | retiring Henry { bid her farewell. She thought her | heart would burst her bodice, but { commanding her emotion by a vio- § the time came for lent effort she returned | calmly as it was given, And they parted, both in seeming caselessness, but one at least in ag- ony. Henry Ashton had known his lovely cousin scarcely two years, but dur- ine that time she had seemed to him a divinity, Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined a counte- nance more sarpassingly beautiful than hers, and to her accordingly he heart with a devotion wecome a part of his na- much as he adored his was not wholly blind to had given his which had | ture. jut cousin he her faults. He saw that she loved admiration, and he feared she was too much ofa firs Yet love had gone on in- ¢, and he fancied not without Led on by his hopes he had, temporary visit to ouse, seized an opportunity his his her but how the sathed avowal was checked we | not recapitt ar at this from her passion late. Need we won- i fly and by placing sudden resoiution to 18 ocean a passion he now felt to be unw could Few men than Ash- wUOK : " be more snorcetic lever was u whole ¢ approbat away; she ¢ 10 sont had per not aps, t r years more ; fT ard of excellence? abiding love that di all. Four years had passed whe found himself again in America, after dinner, with one of his most intimate friends at the table of the —— hotel in silence, wns her deep ¥ n Ash- ton and sitting, Some time passed At length his companion Spoke. “You have not seen Mary Derwent. water yet, have you, Harry?" Ashton anawered calmly, forced effort, in the negative. ‘You must not positively delay it, Do you know how beautiful she has grown ?-far more ful than with a beautift when you went away, although then you thought her surpassingly lovely.’ He paused. “I have n for years,’ feeling that some reply. ot hewra fiom the family said Ashton at length, liis compaaion expected “Then you know nothing of her?— push up «ome of the aimonds—why, dear fellow, is irresistible. But she is different from what she used to be; her beauty is softer, though not so showy, and whereas she once would flirt a little—mind, only a little, for she 18 a great Jlavorite of mine—she now goes by the name of the cold beauty. A married man like myself can speak a little warmly, you know, without fear of having his heart called in as the | bribe of his head. Anddo you know | that my wife suspects you of having | worked the reformation?’ Ashton | started and was almost thrown off his guard. ‘‘ It began immediately after a long illness that happened a 1 she Ashton was completely bewildered. He had now for the first time heard of Mary's sickness. His eyes wan and he felt lis cheek flushing in spite of himself. He covered his embarass- ment, however, by rising. His com panion continued : “And now, Harry, let us stroll for, to thll the truth, wife to Beside no doubt,” I promised my { home with me. there, and I've Mary he i meet her.” Ashton eould not followed his friend { conscious that meat, and feelinz that the was done the better. His ion during their walk ran on usual gay style, but heard a word that thoughts were full Had she, indeed, other men from Strange and yet whirled throuzh woke only answer: into the street in said. his Wis Of become of delicious his mind, his love and | from cousin, in Seacourt’s Mary was on a visit to court, and did not know of intended con la {ow ning unti Devotedly as she loved she would have given cape the interview; but retreat impossible without exposing the long treasured ret of her f accordi hersell gueceeded cCompasaeda “er heart. She ngly in demeanor t nervead meeting and assumin n sufficiently greet her cot her commonplace ¢ 185i wit y He e» yin plin an and go. Mary was wien he ¢ corner, so fear- attract by ng 3 and in Ashton s tiven » gensitiveness pro- + e ing the r aillery horanit hers sacoart erseil near the entrance Her ve $ i i "wr . 3 £41 the eHact it The way. hed to avoid. y earest them, and for a aft she wi gentlemen natura sought partners n ment thought she wou! “ie was alore 3 i 1 have fainted when the room she saw her cou and offer to be Yr i sin Cross her escort i to the me for years Ashton’s arm upheld that of Mary. At first both were embarrassed; but each made an effort, and they soon glided different sub- lief it was to Mary to think she had been alone were, with her cousin without being treated with neglect From that day the visits of Ashton to Mrs. Seacourt's increased in fre- quency, yet there was nothing marked in his attentions to Mary. Indeed, he continued to varse chiefly They sroceede exhibition. For the first t d on as it stil con with friend's wife, though he did not openly avoid her guest. Mary grew tremblingly alive and at times, when she would detect his eye bent on her, half sadly, half abstractedly, her heart would flutter wildly and a delicious hope would momentarily shoot across her mind, but soon to fade as quickly One morning Ashton entered the drawing room and found her alone. She was untangling a skein of silk. She arose and said. with some em- barrassment ‘“Mrs. Seacourt is upstairs. ring for her." his more and to his more presence, way engaged I pleasure.’’ utes, and knew not what to say, fingers refused to perform their duty, and the skein of her silk became more and more entangled. “Shall I help you?’ said Ashton, approaching her. to be a proverb with you.” answer, for her fingers were actually trembling with agitation, She felt she could have sunk into the floor. She proffered the silk without look while in his throat Ashton At | multaously, { heart felt leneth, hands met. The touch ¢ ehtning gciously : “ like }i retained the hand of eousin in his own. She violently. “Mary !’’ he said, She looked, hall timidly, up. “Mary, not?’ doubt ingly, There was no answer, but returned cousin fell upon his bosom. And Ashton and Mary have for th moon still continues not yet quarreled. y USED IN THE HOME, Brooms were used years before Christ, Needles were 4 antedate ‘sapots weretheiny 1 nd the ain antigin » with tea i inns or w who was he fixed on the man slow straightened himself up came rose from hisseat and across to slowly y tamer. When he ugh he drew back his arm and struck Yan Amburg a mendous blow under the chin, kn over the chair You'll stare at me lik , wont you? the was close er tre- clean conssmnseandion Military Honors. Not only does the discipline of the German soldiers call for admiration; the civilians is no less re- markable. The other day, in the vicinity of Marienburg, the German return from the emperor, on his to drive through a that of maneouvers, had little village. Suddenly and without any assignable reason his majesty was seen by the members of his suite to shake his sides and break into loud shouts of laughter. One of the gen- tlemen in waiting, happening to raise his eves, began to follow the emper- or's example, and the next minute the whole party went into convul- sions. This is what happened: A sweep, wearing a top hat of prodig- ious dimensions, had just emerged from a chimney. Catching sight of the emperor, and remembering his military code, he stood perched up there like a sentry at his post and presented his brush Target Practice in Texas. “We have 15.010 worn silver dollars in our vault,'' | said a sub treasury official. "We also have over HO0,000 half dollar, quarter and dime pieces which have become too thin for use. It is a { curious thing that the mutilated dollars which we receive from Texas | are deeply indented. This is a result | of the target practice in Texas. The | erack shots down there think that a | silver dollar is the best kind of a mark. Do we give a good dollar for {a mutilated one? That dopends | upon the extent of the mutilation. ‘We have a discretion ry power in | this respect.” mutilated and JOKERS BUDGET. THE MEN OF THE PRESS. ental Blessing~~Ete , Eto. ALREADY Pastor-—What ¢ y your new twin bro Wil -Thunder and Pastor—~\Why iy 1 Willy—Well oF Pop brought 18 eOr oo $4 y iti Weak and Sore Eye Unable to Go to School Hood's Sarsaparilla Wrought Cur and Bullt Up System. y years ago my little daughter El A 4 Mi BOE triod one best doctor " A fired ! 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