SONG OF LOVE, I know not of moonlight or starlight Be soft on the land and the sea “I catch but the near light, the far light Of eves that are beaming fcr me; The scent of the night, of the roses, May burden the air for the, *Tis only the breath of thy sighing I know as I lie at thy feet Vee! The winds may besobbing or singing, Their touch may be fervent or cold, The night bells may toll or be ringing I care not while thee I enfold! The feast may go on, and the music Be scattered in ecstasy round Thy whisper, *'I love thee! Hath flooded my soul with its sound I love thee!” I think not of time that is flying, How short is the hour I have How pear is this living to dying, How the shadow still follows the sun; There is naught upon earth, Worth a thought, a sign! { love thee! I love thee! bring uigher Thy spirit. thy Kisses, to mine Edmund C Lieut. Greg's Adventure. won; no desire though "twere had by S edman., BY E. BE. YOUMANS. Newton Grey drew rein of a small farm hot country road in one of Btates and solicited night. He was a lieut Union army, and a few da) had been out on a mission importance which he had quite He was his return, the bearer of cert: formation which would importance to the ‘hoy During the ever, rain had fallen santly, and was exceedingly arduous. journeyed far that day and fatigued, so it was with pleasant ticipation of a repose that house. His summons was rough looking man, to wh known his desire “*[ reckon we can accommox ranger 180 the South lodgings for the nant in 8 previot sent in successful, time iS 4 consequence wasn rtable 1 1 . } 1 ne approache answered ym | st qalling you said. As near the soldier saw ay uncomiorts came trustir he sho an » heartily. the man conversed by the time the r the soldier began to vious mistrust unwi; They continued to than an hour, ! asked to be shown to his room. man secured a candle and to lead the way As they were the room the woman rush ing, excitedly “The smokehouse the door wide open. “The deuce !’’ cried the man, and ab- ruptly settiing down candle he strode from the followed by the woman. In a few minutes they returned the latter exclaiming as she entered the hall “Just wait till I git hol her; I'll break every bone body But it’s all your fault, Tom Jones If you'd done as | wanted you to you'd a nailed up the door.”’ ‘Oh, shut up. She'll eome back I reckon.” Then they came into the room again, and taking up the candle Jones continued, “Come on, stranger, I'll show yon to your room. He volunteered explanation of the recent episode, and much mystified Newton fol- lowed him up stairs, where he was ushered into a small chamber His host placed the light on the table and withdrew, Newton prepared to retire. He locked the door and carefully exam- ined his revolvers, after which threw off his coat and boots and laid down upon the bed. He was soon sleeping soundly. How long he was unconscious he could not determine, awoke with a start, and at the same moment he heard footsteps cautious. ly ascending the stairs. He sprang silently up, drew on his coat and past The prepared from say- about passing ed in is empty and the apartment no he | ns those without paused in front of his door For a moment not a sound tarned. As the door did not upen a smothered imprecation reached his ears, followed by the voice of his host, saying: “Confound it, I forgot to take out the key.” Jonvinced that he was in some kind of peril the lieutenant began looking about for some means of es- capo from the room. The window attracted his attention and toward it he made his way. Noigelossly raising the sash he climbed out on the small piazza it ovorlooked. AL the same moment the door fell in with a crash and balf a dozen men rushed into the i ! | | room. { w glance, and discharged their pistols | | ut the fugitive just as he dropped [| rom the pinzza to the ground Grey quickly ran around the cor ner of the house. As he did so he was suddenly grasped firmly around the waist and a man called out: “Here he is; I've got him!” “Hold him till we git there,’ | shouted Tom Jones, from the rear ‘“Tuke that, you rascal!’ cried the lieutenunt, and i revolver he dealt his captor a ter- { rifie blow on the head. The fellow dropped in a heap the fugitive dashed on around { building to come sudden'!y upon eral horses tied to the fence in of the house | At sight of them an idea entered Grey's mind on which he acted with- | out of time. Hastily untying the halter of the nearest horse he sprang inio the saddle and galloped away just as the pursuers came upon the scene Another volley around his head, was not injured, horse to and the SOV front : 1083 of bullets rattled but fortunately he and he urged the best speed, being convinced by the clatter of hoofs be- hind that he was being pursued. Suddenly a dull, roaring sound Puzzle galloped his 8000 to for it he pausing at last with a groan of may. L river laj before him, wat swelled account ors cen washed away bridge. to his i : we des there tiny enemy wis no was With a« struck despair His strengt 8 groan he the terrific ide CARING In rowing growing r born of we bank. Wi up th in was 80 was bons yushes seth lashed urrent, SCiousnoss When he light of day had ap) river had subsided somew wl himself hanging {f ¥ fen Then, : ciless c¢ into uncon- ally came to his senses sared hat, and he from the nbove the water He looked up to the top of the bank and groaned as he realized his ina- bility t it unaided “What »” he despair Then he surprise Surely that was a child etying on the Listening convinced that the bushes a few y reach shall 1 cried, in started in bank above him. Is he was was not mistaken ‘Who's tip there?’’ The next Roon he he called. moment a little It evidently belonged to a little girl of 6 or 7 years, and as the soldier be- held her he forgot his own peril the time in his surprise at her pres. ence. Who are you, child?” “Bessia,'’ sl ie nnswe red. Bessie who? ‘Just “Have asked. No. sir.”’ How did you come here?” “1 runned away The didn’t treat me good. They locked in the smoke house, but I got out and ran off yest'day morning. "’ Grey uttered a cry of surprise, “Was it Tom Jones who put you there?’ he asked. “Yes, sir; he's a bad man. “I believe you, child,” id the soldier, He began looking around again. There was a wild vine running along the top of the bank, at sight of which an idea eame to him. He mannged to get out his knife, and, after opening it, tossed it up to the child. “Take the knife, Bessie, and cut that vine in two; but be eareful you don't cut your fingers,’ he said . She did as directed, and after much difficulty succeeded. for he asked, Bessie, you no other name?’’ he “Now puil one end over the bank 80 I can reach it,” he went on. But this was no easy task for her, After doing all she could the vine was still a foot or more above him. He contrived to draw himself up suffi ciently to grasp it, however, then seizing ib firmly he allowed his weight to {ull back upon it. Being well entangled in the bushes it sustained him nicely. Then began the task of up. In his weak condition this was edingly arduous, and when finally reached the summit and drew himself over edge his strength left him and he would have fallen back had not seized his arms and tugged with all her might. She could do much, of course, but just that little assistance was all he needed and a moment later he was nhove, climbing he tl the Bessie not safe. Grey now stretched himself out for a long rest and the child told him more about how she came there. She had ran away the preceding alterncon, g the bridge which was subse- quently and finally lost wav. Vandering around till near the have slept for to go back to the and Newton de- with for Crossin destroy ed her she sank exhausted where She she must hours. refused pe ople she had left cided to take her present at After had they started on be ea. after trust along the least he Bessie gan ¢ awhi himself at the wild berries jul came however INES Wis 8 Io and that he with iad ] plantati wife iad entirely PRIVILEGES OF WOMEN, Some Delights Which Men Do Not sever een As between woman has muc.a wife whenever she li : herself or go away ther woman's husband, and no law ean br But if it his wife niaw ihe may husband y + by vith some « is the hus~ the 2 ier back. band who deserts after him with a sharp stick must keep on supporting Inw is and he her, even in cases where ven some di- for the has gi In will find woman on general principles, because the average jury ority of the sie cause for his desertion, suits the most yoree 1ury KNOWS the average woman to average man. Ifa woman jilts an admirer there is nothing for him but to swallow his pride or his love or his wrath and Jook for comfort else- where; but if a man jilts a woman she can goto court and collect $50 000 for breach of promise; and although women who resort to this way of making money are usually adventur- the average jury is again on average super the A man is responsible for his wife's debts, and she can go to the big silks, feathers and home and compel him to pay for them, even though he has to subsist on peanuts for months but if he goes to buying cigars clothes or goes to thea- sent to stop him from squandering, and not a penny of his debts is she liable A woman may be worth a million ing $20 a week, and she can compel him to give her ten of it, while he canno; get a dollar from her, This may be overdrawn, but we think that women will have to admit that, as pn rule, men are disposed to treat them very handsomely. It is true that in former times woman was imposed upon and made to suf- for the greatest injustice, but the up to date woman, the new woman, has very little to complain of in this direction. Men adore her and de- light in granting privileges that they would not think of claiming for themselves, and which probably would not be given if claimed. The fashion of wearing the ruff was introduced into France by Cath- érine de Medici. The ruff became so large eventually that ladies were obliged to use a spoon with a ladle a foot long to convey the food at din. ner to their mouths. THE BISHOMS BEER A Chicago Divine Who Is funning a Saloon. Fe ney a reverend bishop of the Re- formed Episcopal church selling beers and drinks about a saloon! Yet this is what happens every day in Chicago. And the bishop not only serves drinks, but deals out hash kidney stew and pork and b us well. The cleriea! subject the Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D.D. bishop of the Reformed Episcopal church, and the place where he per forms these interesting things is the Home Saloon, at 155 Washingtor street, The place has not been in operatior long yet the average per day $00), wusand persons patronized day. Crowds throng and night and its difficulty hun Hing furnishing the d coming famous Hine is attendance Four ti on ti the promoters the has been 2, day have piace and ink are be 3 shop Fall drink beer—t do not- men de tjority J J in it, y hal rot yWWS believes i not aat is, the mi hol that is ess overindul § that simply intains vérage ana 18 in most bad exact comi ret guard Its TH 18 A ser man i of vari some to be mattiresses thers At nightfall th i taken from the cupboard fully stretched over steel When that is done hot air locomotive is to be turned on ar bags are to bedilated minutes the ¢ imitress pillows w lated then the porter will put in position to divide sections. In perhaps fifteen minutes the whole sleeping car will be ready for use. The next morning all that it will be necessary to turn off the hot air and =o cause the col- lapse of mattresses, and cushions. The advantages claimed for the new patent many and various, In the first place there will be a de- cided lessoning weight for the sleeping cars to carry. Again, the fixtures sleeping berths tuke up a very large amount of room, which the new patent designs tosave, Then the time taken up for preparing the berths and putting them up in the morning is considerable. It is claim. ed, too, that another effect of the in. vention will bd to do away with muchoof the discomfort which now goems inseparable from travel on sleeping cars. A soft rubber cushion dilated with hot air ought certainly to be a pleasant substitute for a sleeping car mattress on a cold night. bags pillows as cusiiion Ags are and frames, from the id the In avery few +5 and for use and wire screens v ”~ {r care. uslii Ons, rn ill be the sieening do is to piliows are of Pitiful Fate of the Birds. “During the blizzard hundreds of birds and many partridges were found dead in the woods in this sec- tion, having been frozen to death. Very often you would find snow birds sitting with their head under thoir wings. You could pick them up. and after remaining in your is Swiile they would get warm and fly 0 A Diamond in His Whiskers Henry T. King, alins Davis, alias ‘Happy,” alins Kane, fifty-twe years ld, is a prisoner in the Yorkville Prison under $1500 bail to await the action of the Grand Jury. King is a fine-looking Englishman, dresses in the height fashion and impresses one as being a wealthy banker or prosperous man of business, The police knew him, however, as one of the shrewdest and most successful of diamond thieves, King was seen to stud from the shirt bosom of George Phillips, Jr., on a Third avenue car Friday. He covered his operation by a mufiler. He was arrested soon after he left the car and was taken to the East Fifty-first Street Police Station. There he said his name was Kane, He protested his innocence in strong, intelligent English. As a thorough search of the prisoner failed to dis- cover the missing gem, the police were inclined to release him. He was locked up, however, and on the arrivai of Detectives Lang and Campbell they were told of the arrest. The detectives hid in n view of the interior could be had by Means ol at an angle. They mate at once as one ef the eriminals in New York. ing up and down his cell. Presentiy he stopped, taking a diamond stud from the whiske rs under his chin, put it in his shoe. Ten minutes later the detectives found the diamond, val. ued at $200, in She toe the prison. oe. It identified by Phil- lipi as CAP New York Times, of take a diamond almost # place where of King's cell [a mirror set recognized the in- best-known He was pac- and, of er 8s 8h Hurvest, fop damunas Anny struo sid athird pa If it's the ot 1h The Skill and Knowledge rn of the most per ve remedy Fig sleve a gread su in the known have sSyrap Lo its fo be the ur drug rer Byrup of Figs ns iit For ody, in onceded iversal laxative. sale by aK pinta, hari's Clover ves froeh vi and Cu the great blood purifier, .ar: oi Piet. Cle SW Chae 1.5 Hoot, tess and « ie OOTY res ronstinal Kissing a won nand faMicted with sore eyes use Dr, Iassas Thom on. woti’s Kso-water. Dragaists sell at 35c per hottie. Weak Indicate as surely as any physical symptom shows anything, that the or gans and he ody are not eatisfied with their nourishment They their sustenance the blood, and if the blood is thin, im pure or insufficient, they are in a state of revolt. Their complaints are made to the brain, the king of the body, through the nervous system, and the result of the general dissatisfaction is what eall Nervousness, reasonable matter, Nervousness, tissnes of draw from we "his if A concise, nation of the whole The then simple. Purify and enrich your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilis, and the nerves, tissues and organs will have the healthful nonishment they crave. Nervousness and Weakness will then give way to strength anc health. That this is not theory but fact is proven by the voluntary statements of Hh meands cured by Hood's Sarsapa- lla. Read the next columa. expla- cure for is POPULAR SCIENCE, "Cold light” is one of the promises of the not very distant futare. Paris has now 280,000 electric ine candescent lamps and 9500 arc lights. A new telephone invention will con- vey 2003 wo.ds sa minute over the wire. A method has been devised by which aluminum may be substituted for platinum for leading wires in incan- descent lampe, bureaus or branch all of which, with equipped with There are 105 postoffices in Paris, exception, are tubes, one poeumatic The greater superiority of ght nas been clearly effectiveness and the electric over the in lantern projection established, caleium li An Oregon man bas patented u» can- making machine by which it is said that man can, with a single ma- chine, turn out over 30,000 completed cans in a day one Hop- very ng Professor Rowland, of Joh. ® kink University, has devised a sensitive electrometer, the work parts of which are immerse conducting liquid. lin a non- Austria, ¥ eciric Two scientists at Graz, claim to arrangem sible to graph in same time The are the clhieese to the these « to all persons an el ent which make it print a newspaper by numb f places mvented . 1" Wii have Pos tele- “ny at the magzots found in old eheese grubs of that factories an 1 does much Is in harm Scene by depositing egos In 11, ying having a fi y aboun gs bec 80 familiar r grubs, with cheese. toute vesVeU the gntis! ST Las be en ac- results by Railroad locomotives, Coke tory Ohio Baltim and ior absence of sn present the c it on freight SIX Years ag WAY Inlieage f : } forty-eight m ev} 1.4 eight differe n per cent, of 1894 ov I ‘united street railwe u the 1 of nt Hlates ning of all the States eiectric were operate b means ity. made par there recently in i Yan, Trial } riai IZ18% London of the as delivery waz The ful, control of the LHECESRAT YY, eiactiric 1s are termed, experiment SUCCeRs- ym ple te Can, if fteen van being ur driver, attain a he es an bour. for has no mil tventy-{ or thirty influence Fasting iX hours scular power, acco cent investigations of mu Dr He fou t LT Mel physic the luntary efforts or by electricity. viations for longer periods, he thinks, 1m attributed to the affects on the , respira tion and circ ou the nuscles, talian power Bane, Whe measured by vi I'he de ust be Dervonus By sl +1a n hut not uiation, but not for a not permanent take H ange for tha n after begin. woods Barsapariila there was a better, In ashort time I wa and an IT 1 had wi's Sarsaparilia I do not know T Leet 'saling spies In wall able to do st tried Iw rest ! whatever kind work o H uld have il the family take it what w barome of me tin my he the nes 8 time, and other members of and all say there is Nothing Like Hood's Sarsanarilia. and one of taging it at every 404 Erie Be sure to I have highly recommendad it neighbors has I recommend Hood's Barsaparilla opportunity.” Mas 8 Ave, Williamsport et my sommenoad Braovook, Pennsylvania, d Purifier Want to learn all abont a fiorse ? 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