The Passing of the Spirit. The wind, the world-old rhapsodist, goes by And the great pines, in changeless ves- ture gloomed, all the thatched and plumed And towering elm trees, With green, take up, one after one, the cry; And as their choral voices swell and die, Catching the infinite note from tree to free, ov Others far off, in long antistrophe, With swaying arms and surging tops reply. So to at sacred intervals, a men's soul know not, nor ean makes answer with face to face, —J Archibald Lampman in the Cent ry. only gos weas Eng cessed ten. i scted it, the in & man. He was in {ne when subiect ner that veston ordering wheu in passing a have called designated in dry amazed to see the name I day, was brought his min (ial. ranch veld Would sturtled him uj ; the shop which he a draper’s, but which was there as dealing goods, he was ‘Danby & Strong” in big letters at the bottom of a pile of small cardboard the who! Om. ¥ gtruck him near asking that be. fore? realized ti ie man gazing stupidly in at the plate glass win- dow. Then he noticed that were guaranteed to contain Ficcadilly collar, He read i ner a large printed bill the pile of boxes. These collars, were warranted to bx & Strong and warned against imit They asserted to be London ma le and faced, and the gratifying information was added that once a persou wor D. &8. collar he never afterward relapsed into wearing any inferior brand each box was fifteen or two boxes for a quarter; Strong found himself mak- ing a mental calculat turning this notation into English money. As be stood there 8 new interest : to fill his mind. Was the firm tied on under the old else, or did this lot of collars represent part of the old stock? He had no vews from home since he left, and the bitter thought occured to him that, perhaps, Danby had got somebody with capital to aid him in resuscitating the business. He resolved to go inside and get some information. “You seem to have a very large stock of these collars on hand,” he said to the wan, who was evidently the prdprietor. “Yes,” was the answer, “You see, are the State agents for ths make. supply the country dealers,’ “Oh, do you? Is the firm of Danby & Strong still in existence? I understood it had suspended.” huge boxes that filled At first the name f i © Wino« as familiar f “Where It was some ee Came I seen moments bef Strong stood for He lilmse have re he Lhe boxe 4 the famous n & dazed man. whit h stood beside it seemed, Danby were the genutpe collar the public ations were lines re the The pr cents, began being car. we We man. Still, +1 guess not,” sald the { supply us all right enough. know nothing they turn out a first-class not in any way responsible for Strong: we're merely agents for of Texdis, you know,” the man added, sudden caution. «+1 have nothing against Strong. “1 some members of it, how it was ‘Well in that case you ought American representative. He That's why make in the windows; it always He's and will be back article. We're Danby & the firm,” said I once knew wondering because and stting along.” asked was the this dis- 10 see was here we week. such a play ngent. eases the Slate nD i now in Galveston before the month is out.’ “What's his nm ‘Danby. his ¢ It men are member?” He It name. Englisi Do vou re Danby, 1 thiini yy, 2&3 (reOroe HK, John wns Gk NO, Danby is the Most ard. hought 1t Georg seemed Oo He made however, tha Danby had New that he was American represe Danby & Stron I. Strong the card on ti ounter before him. Mr. Danby, and 1 Where do you address in mdon. paced URYEe U Are gil answer SNeein be at short range, mi his belt throwing covered his m He w the muzzle o the rapidly beating heart, a: armed him, throw Dan ground out of reach Then sked at to have and ZTass revolve the stood back a few paces and lo bling man His ready taken on the lips were blo ie treme 1 ie Lis fac eC S€% med hue of death, “] see you recognize me at last, Danby. This i i isitnot? Yo are no judges, juries, nor lawyers, no man damuses and no appenis ! hing writ of ejectment from the barrel of tol and no legal way of ceedings. In other words ibbles and no infernal law Danby, after moistening found his voice “Do you mean to are you going to murder me? “] am going to murder you.” Danby closed his jet drop to his sides, and swayed side to side ns a man does on the just before the b it is Mr. meeting. that here siayint the HO ( qu his palud give ny? a chan his hands gently from » scaffold Strong eves, arawn, fired, shattering doomed man. Danby that was drowne d by the second report. The second bullet put and the murdered man lay one knee of the sky. A revolver report on the prairies is short, sharp and echoless, The silence that fol. rowed seemed intense and boundless, as if nowhere on earth there was such & thing as sound. The man on his back gave an ness. Strong, now that it was all over, began to realize his position. Texas, perhaps, paid too little heed to life lost in fair fight, but she had an uncomforiable habit of put. ting a rope around the neck of a cowardly murderer, Strong was an inventor by nature, Ie proceeded te invent his us. titiemsion, He Danhy’s revol. vers and fired two shots out of it into the emgty air. This would show that the dead man had defended himself at least, and it would be difficult to prove that he had not beer the first to fire. He placed the Dunby's while took one of other ie took Danby’s right hand as still warm and closed the around the butt of the revolver from which he had fired, plucing the the trigeer of the cocked effect and naturalness arranging for the next trail, he up the richt knee the revolver and clo lon iti Danby had been } fire his t belt. it w finrers forefinger on ix-shooter. f'o give ¥ to the tableau he was traveler by that drew and put hird + shot UTASE, WiC the breast. As Btr his heart fe } fumped ump Electrical Window Signs : O0n be nds of New Yi TI rst trip fl nights hh a melodeon and speakers nnected with the Mission, in Passaic, und trip on the New Railway, going by way of Paterson to Singad and back. up of people rural roadsides and the evan- ats aang hymns and exhorted the salvation. The and while it is dificult to see how it could be car- riea out without interfering with the regular traffic of the line, it is possi- ble that some persons might be im. pelled to better living who could otherwise be reached. —Philadel Record. fow N. J.. made a re Wheraver they Saw a gro sidewalks or the car was stopped, on the Ei bystanders to seek dea is a novel one, phia Pneumatie Tires Not New. Most matic ti people imag ae that ties of pneg- res are novel recent in- and yet they were actually English roads nearly fifty We read that "at the of England agri- held at Guilford, a and West show, Bath fitted with pneumatic tires. These were made by May & Jacobs, for the Duke of Northumberland, forty-seven years ago, but the carriage, proving too heavy for the horse, they were disused. The tires were constructed on almost entirely the same princi ple as those in use on cycles to-day, an juner air chamber, with stronger outer cover. When punctured they were repaired by the same means as now adopted COST OF ALINER’STRIP. HEAVY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE ST. LOUIS. Her Captain Alone Receives a Large Salary, but the Bills for Coal, Supplies and Wear and Tear Are Enormous =~ Handsom: Profits Realized. Much has been written abot the great steamship the promises to ran floet of Yankee magnificent f sd ransat De imme $1, HN fhe ato) i) ga $ SH) per month { the St. Louis requi ng in differen h Work The purser who is the most tant person on board : much in the way of a salary, company, fixing he receives for ' 1 » thao +0 rire bonuses and pe Mth y > pay ! hesitate to for iberally His oniy $1,000) a year, but he in fees, and sometimes more. The surgeon peives X9000 a year for the same 1 He is brought in contact with numer. yus real and fancied invalids wealthy cinss and, although no one is compelled to fee him, few fail to do so, and a big popular ship like the St. Louis is worth in the neigh. borhood of $3,000 to $1,000 a year. The stewards department is one of the costliest on the ship, vides the provisions for all the pas- sengers and crew, The provisions for a round trip cost in the neighbor. salary is makes another $ lerably oniy fire EE Cons sip 8 /REON. of the the steward’s men amount to K3,000 more. The stewards are the least paid of any on the ship, for reason that in the fees of the passen- gers they collect a very respectable sum annually. All the pay they get aro almost to give their last cent for little service, and the stewards are constantly thrown in with cinss of unfortunates reap s goodly harvest The chief steward receives §1,5600 a ye ar and also comes in { the tips pilling BOG who for his share as it is within his power to Tice many in the way of the liberal 14 ’ hief cook i8 a great man on the sl groat us delicacies es £3, 00 breal gh His had kept Kless practice, y with explc ps8, He always powder stowed un der t *abin in which vad bad habit of until he fell asleep minaily careless ner, but the pos. bably never jan or his neigh- one else might ght was awake. 2 and id the old man's cabin was afire Jefore any help could be rendered ame, and the old mi- ier and his « bin went up. gives ant in bed This might seer any one but a mi il. One n y the crackling of flames, 1 i he exp losion ¢ Morning Dew. A good deal of dew which we the morning covering the leaves of grasses and other p! lants comes from the interior of the vege- themselves. The extremely fine dew, as a rule, is atmospheric, but the larger drops, which we find on the margins of leaves, are in gen- eral exudations from the plant tis- sues. the gee in tables An Old Proascription, The oldest prescription in existence has been found. wash for promoting the growth of the hair of the mother of King Chate, second king of the first dynasty, who reigned about 4.000 B. C. This is the “Pad of adog’s foot, 1; nes's hoot, 1. Di- rections for Rub thoroughly iy use : OPIUM A VALUABLE DRUG. Commission Has “Decided that It Is Less Harmful than Alcohol, The opium commission, appointed in England to report on the use nnd effects of opium In India, has rendered its de- cision. It had to determ| er opl- was an ne whetl , When taken in moderating, injurious article of diet; dian oj op and wi i ui whet} wer In osed to iis Frait Trees usk factory Le Rhone, | rithin a couple river have a very of musk. the Yeads sing nneatable it is essential oils ract fis in belle ved shes, foxes, that the fi led by the edor seek and eat the musk refuse, ss —————— 55 similarly Larger than Lick's. pal feature of the Paris Ex- £ 1900 will be the largest tel. in the world. 1t is to be 200 feet long, and to have an objective of four feet ¢ diameter, A A Good Appetite Indicates a and the lack and dig. tated, Ho wer to healthy condition of the system of it shows that the stomach are weak and debili- i's Barsaparilia has we tive organs yndertal wagthes Organs stite, By doing this &t health and prevents ate mom bor tone ani =i» these y ereate an app ivt disense, R Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purifier prominently before the public eye today. or pill and Hood's Pills Tamily cathaertd ote * ASK YOUR DRUGAIST FOR + ER MPERIAL rat tacks of sree the bo i —— IT 18 % THE BEST » FOOD INVALID S ¥. JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York.
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