THE DOWN GRADE. When the"engine is a-puffin’. An’ a-snorin’ an’ a-bluffin’, Like it mighty of’en will; When you hear the thing a-blowin’, Then you know it's hard a-goin’, For it's climbin’ up a hill, When it goes a-whizzin’ by you In a way that’s like to try you If you're just a bit afraid; When it's runnin’ fast an’ faster, Like it doesn't need a master, Then it's on a down grade, When you see a man a-workin’, An’ his duty never shirkin’, n' a-sweatin’ more or jess: When you see him climbin’ higher, An’ he never seems to tire, He's a-climbin’ to success. When you see one goin’ In a manner light an’ breezy, Like for pleasure he was made, Just remember he's a-showin’ easy, That it's mighty easy goin’ When you're on the down grade. HALLOWE'EN OVERTURE A man whose dress indicated that he was a clergyman boarded a street car in a western city, and at once found surrounded by friends It was the eve All-Souls” Day, and he was on his way to church, where he was to preach against and this bevy of and stalwart young own himself of superstition, good-looking gi II WAS COMPOS of his people. They were or their also, tined to a scolding for the sins of mer eye 1 to church des tol wily being years, when had keg of All-Sou Hallowe'en, mirrors and Ili lead water, pagum of rioting about and dropping for down so ducking a ball of yarn case in some se for in means if lo They Nt in the advance foolish pur were : of Winifred the Rev. Dav with his i tongue, at | only An prided linguist “May fully of next to hi are?” “Ameri purest Ei dut--but tongue?” “Oh, forgot.” ing, “we are Welsh native speec come together that It no which not we use it was very evi of a We need 1 YX De tO XPress SDOKe Pork only delightful to But it was the David GG not fs ti him t srget albeit land to Ameri “Did you asked tall brunette “That did T not, Nell; not to anger Mr. Grithith thi I did last.” “SNWould he be found an { think you, Gladys? We would know what to name it, i f David's objections.” “H-u-s-h,” interposed Gladys, whisper, nearing 1 promised not to engage in any lowe en its consonant is as trying an a pretty even-leaved spr in spite i: we the church Hal this year, so yon will not expect Nell, after church. 1 an apple paring alone, for the sake of the dear old days.” “I think you silly, Mr. Griffith influence if ments that the whole world engages in on this night do not please him, he denounces us all as sinners for partici- pating in them his power.” But the car had stopped and minis ter and people wore pouring out and soon had ascended the steps of the tittle church of 8t. Winifred The sermon was in Welsh, and minister, a young. handsome listened to with attention, by the elders of the congregation and the younglings, for he had taken a determined stand against the enstom of keeping this ene special festival of theyear, with particular reference to the ghosts and hobgoblins which have markedit for their own, as theWelsh people ardently believe, de invaded Welshliterature to prove that such a being as a fairy never existed, and he substantiated the statement from his bible. He demanded a erence for the holy office of matrimony than, the practice of pulling stalks, are games me to-night, spell may ont are Gladys, to let you amuse 1 think he oversteps the man, close both order to determine the appearance of a futyre partner. He denounced the mirror, expecting the future husband would look over the shoulder, “No man,” he declared, “would he willing to wed a woman who would wind a ball of yarn, chanting doggerel impious as defying fate, or challeng- ing Providence. Hallowe'en is the Devil's Sunday. It is the Witches’ night, and we may well belleve that the evil one sends out his myrmidons on that night to do his bidding.” It was only last year that on the follow- ing marning a witch-ridden sign “Beer Sgloon” had been fastened over the door of the sacred edifice. These were tricks of the devil, and he was there to exorcise him. Nut-cracking was used as an interpretation of the future, and other unholy rites were used in the fireside revelries of the evening. He hoped his parishioners would desist from this custom of pag an worship. All duly impressed with the earnestness of the pastor, but the Welsh people, as the Rev. David knew to his cost, were naturally stubborn, and they loved their traditions, Chloe and Cynthia and Phillis, with Lubin, thelr brother, might be influenced, being American-born, but the Liew ellyns and Gonerils, of Welshiand, merely shook their bigh-hatted heads, were ing farce in their own homes with such embellishments they might deem proper—behind the pastor's back. Nell Gwynne could prevail Gladys to accompany her home, so she her, and David Grif as was his wont, to her own her head as not on went without fith, to see Gladys safe But the girl “I am not afraid “and I could not enjoy the on wilting, door shook she wilk after sermon.” “Has it made such an bmpression on asked, forgetting his clerical intonation in a tenderer “It has made me nahappy.,” the woman, regard uplifted eyes cadence, said the young ing him with sorrowful the fire o seh one “I am glad.” he sald with an enthusiast, “I pri ing to deaf ears. that soul is convineed.” am convinced are fighting ith straws HOY buildis hadow of ire approaching and an immediate took possession of a tall figure wi a Lland dno shawl an, and a vers resoluts Fhe threw open a door which led the basement and producing pocket SOHC Sor obiect from his cantation of “I wind, 1 wind. 1 wind ho holds? he cried out excitedly. and Gladys recognized the voice, and a great joy eff anol every vestige of her fear “I hold, TI hold, I hold.” swered boldly fut sie ian her voice of was bad exactly effet that which an ticipated It the soung rector, as she Knew, who was holding an end of the yarn, the ball of which he had dropped down the basement stairs When she spoke in answer to his ues. tion he wheeled round and beholding, as he supposed, an ancient woman, he made no doubt that she was one of the goblins against whom he had won warning his people, and he back with a ery, and fell prone to the earth at the bottom of the stairs It was now Gladys’ turn to be fright. ened. Springing to the top of stairway, she ealled in clear tones: “Mi. Grimith.” No answer, “David,” very softly. A deep groan. Her candle was still the she op posite burning. She to make her cloak into a pillow and slip it wnder his head. As she lifted his shoulders he groaned again. “David,” ske whispered, and then as no anvwer came she said in a fervent tone, “dear, dear David!” With that he sat up and Inughed- he the grave, digaified parson who had so recently rebuked his people for levity and superstition. Gladys left him indignantly and began to re. mount the stairs, but he called her back. “Can I assist you, Mr.Griffith?” “No, no, not Mr. Griffith, my sweet Gladys. 1 am your ‘dear David’ from now henceforth, or bere I stay the captive of the sweetest pain by which every man was slain, Take me or leave me, I am yours.” “And shall Trelawney die? “And shall Trelawney die? Then thirty thousand Cornishmen Will know the reason why!” tut he didn't die, He came out of the hole into which superstition had led him, leaning on the merciful arm of Gladys, and though he walked with a limp he managed to go home with the happy girl, and made a slight sensation when he entered with her into the midst of the fun and frolic which raging furiously ever the Cornishmen never reason why. They merely the pair with a quizzieal condensed all speculation Wis as And the at is asked looked regard and into the dry remark Parson munna seen a witeh” TAJ MAHAL dian Prinoess, The central point of attraction at Agra must always be the wonderful building known as the Taj Mahal, at once the tomb and the monument of empress of Shah It is said that on the spot where the tomb sort of Jehan, now stands there was once a summer palace, where the great Mogul and his family part at least of the year, as it was the favor- ite residence of his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached. Here, the story had ked him to build her the me palace ever yet constructed of his affection for her and the spent he OER goes & #8 a memoria together. bof was done to carry however, the bel leaving DINOSss i no he determing mory, and of the do for was the erection remains ful example of The bui her the famous the most which and city of witite marble } } the periectio It is } SREY INat to the less perfect to-day than it hundred and stood exposed to the those hie mind hardly was two ars ago can have Gea weather a no doubt is due to the cl per haps, to the exq lish of the surface, which has fit it to resist the weather to the advantage It is, on the interior of the mausoleum that art, with all its wealth of patient has lavished the best of all it had to off The whole interior blazes to-day ex- actly as itdid when first erected, witl the perfect reproduction in polished of every leaf and flower with which nature has adorned the Indian peninsula. And not one shade of all the exquisite color is produced by any pigment. Ifa single flower de- manded a score of tints to reproduce its perfect beauty, the effect was ob- tained by the use of a score of differ- ent stones without regard to their rarity or valve. Nor is the effect in- jured by marks of joining. Hardly anything short of a microscope would in most instances disclose the fact that art and not nature had produced the dazzling effect. But it is hope- less to attempt to give any adequate idea of this consummate work of art, which stands, and no doubt will highest ex- years omething y 3 more best however, ! Eastern industry ar L stone Nosegays of the Past. Most things move in cycles, and con. temporaneously with the reappearance of our grandmothers’ sleeves and petticoats the taste for old-fashioned gardens is re There is a fresh call for the old-time gardens show with pride the long-treasured plants which have bloomed for so uany years. We are apt to think that we know a good deal more about flowers than our progenitors, but the fact is there was, perhaps, more variety than there is to day in many of their collections, Much time is given now to the develop. ment of perfect specimens and to the cultivation of new varieties, both in green. house and garden, but if we were to look over some of the venerable catalogues we should find that if we planted all that our grandsires did we should have our hands and gardans full, without anything new. A garden guide printed in 1808 gives a list of 400 hardy perennials, with 120 annuals. , A CHILD PREACHER. The little girl preacher, Claretta Norah Avery, of whom there has been so much Inst week been Street Baptist Yesterday morning, after. and the crowds were larger than before. At the service the church was crowded and seats were placed in the aisles the form, and a large number of whit were present. The platform was pied by the pastor, the Rev, J. the elders, Mrs. Avery, Avery, the girl preacher, she is but ten years old, and lool und has during the preaching at the Morris preached afternoon near and (8 Younger, to the has large, pretty eyes, goo a dark olive chair the rich scanned with interest sal in a large und and i fe complexior chair, her heelless sho from the floor in black and Dart, in introducing said that had bad cold several davs, theless She wus Wore fn so sie heen for ANXIOUs Lo essay having Yi ist Count © Bicycles prices Buff name, whee] made MAaKer s t can be had fo alr pre ft on a |KnyYway £100 whee!” Escaped By a Spoon. of [1 An uncommon case even among prisoners eager is being told of. One of the Basle, in the great clock into which Kirongest rooms at Switzerland, is a root by about six fot in the let down through a trapdoor at top, by taken victuals being put in through a wicket at the “When I was in this room took notice of the uncommon strength of it” saves a traveller, “the Jailer told me a prisoner had lately made his escape from it. 1 could not by any possibility devise what method he had adopted, but learned that it was this: He had a spoon for his soup. which he sharpened to cut out a piece from the timbers of his room: then by practice he acquired the art striking his door just when the great clock struck, to drown the noise; and in fifteen days he forced all the bolts and every other obstruction, and made good his es ape.” height, prisoner is a ladder, which is then up. his side nud » 0 Lilies and Hogs. Talk about casting pearls before swine! In Louisiana the fair lilies that grow in the bayous, with hearts of gold breaking into freedom through the purity of snowy white petals, to be kissed by the sun. and which, when loosened from their moorings by passing boats. float idly down stroam on restful green leaves, are gathered by farmers and fed to hogs! At Morgan City the lilies are taken from the bay in quantities and given to stock. One authority says the lily bulb is very fattening. Lilies have been given to the world to teach purity and make human hearts glad with their beauty and perfume. That is their mission in sentiment. Commercially the lilles—with their stems and broad leaves——are valua- ble because they fatten hogs. % Pour laborers were killed in a rear-end collision on the Southern road, near Amania Alabama, I'he business portion of the town of Hayne ville, Le 0u1t by fire, A. Swanson snd James Bin wind ex county, Alabama, wis wiped The loss is estimated at 90 000, onl miners wore suffocated by black damp in + the Consolidated ( onl Com uth of Oskaloosa, lows, Mrs, Murtha Naw York while attending the in El A passenger trata on the of the Valley aur Kennedy, aged 70 yeurs, fell down stairs and was killed, funeral of her brother, rabeth, New Jorsey, Ithaca division Raliroad, Lehigh ran into landslide at ra, New York, The Charles True, was Tatally nn West Virginia w— cnet AI ‘ALASKA'S GOLD YIELD. be Bent a Yukon River Bet. nuggets nmer will raach 5400,.000 abundant, oy i ¥ % pany of os clam owners and most the ho thinks a spre sh compans of 1 Biates tro uld be stationed af from Deputy Collector says that talks with the report that ex. wn discovered the of them have, fen in mineral the house L nd dink riurning miners confiry , at Po tensive mines have b at head of « however, so far pr wok's Inlet, None vod very but will ran from 210 to 825 per day to He recommends that a custom and man be established at Tyonok, placa l at Cook's Inlet, Assistant Socretary Hamlin said that Con. gress would be asked to authorize the send. an inspector ni of troops as required by Deputy Colles. I 3 pus) tor Laaa, TWO RAILROAD WRECKS. Traiumen Killed While Asleep at the Post of Duty in Ohio. A wreck on the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling Railroad at Warwick at 8 o'clock in the morning, resulted in the death of two men, The engineer of & freight train stop. ping, whistled for nn flagman to be sent out, The conductor, Charles Ernst, and Braio- man John Adams were asleep in the caboose and did not hear the signal, A second seo. tion ran into the frst at twenty miles an hour, Both Ernst and Adams were killed. The money lost will be $10,000, Busssr, N, J. Four cars which were be. ing drawn up a steep grade on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway, near Shorthille, broke away from the locomotive and ran back at great speed, orashing into the locomotive of a newspaper train which was moving forward at a good rate. Reuben Tindall, the engineer of the newspaper train, was killed, and Hiram RB his fireman badly injured. a, * ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. 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