SOUL OF LIFE IN LOVE,
The world is as a sterile cliff;
But love Is like the dew
That falls upon it, and the moss
Like life springs from the two,
ft ereepeth o'er the barren stone
Till all the place be verdant grown,
The world Is as a blasted oak,
But love is like the vine
That trails it o'er; its sunlit leaves
Like life the two entwine,
The trunk is green that erst was bare
And blossoms kiss it everywhere. i
The world is as a clouded sea,
But fove is like the sun
That steals along the murky ways
And brightens every
O'er gloom golden
And sport
wae,
flung.
waves
is glory
sunbeams the
among,
~Charles Eugene
(1ll.) Register
Banks ix Rockford
Gazette,
The Coffin Maker of Lima.
A TRUE BTORY, =H
ROMANCE EVEN IN U
WING
SDERTAKING
THERE I8
“Down with the Guti
Libertad! Dov th t
rascals! Viva Falano y Tall”
Thus roared the mob-—-at
larger half of it
Plaza Mayor. From
the answering yedl:
with Fulano
and Liberty! §
by)
least the
from one side
the other can
“Down
God
rez!
Then
They
other's
They
other's
And wiil
out each otl
love of Gu
presently
ano y Tal n
action of
of a
on the sid:
mined
So they ine
heels.
Then there
remsl
their
“Gent
they fell
fired leaden
hides
inbhed
bosiie
sudden
‘3
to 100K
Forces,"
Fulano
plumed
proval
Tal
fell upon
er-in-ar
mob melted
seized h
malodoron
they
time
“Tie
ano y
The
ing sword
he, “ther
must
“Aye
“We
“Aye!”
“And
Like a }
out of the Plaza
leader be
In a little wi
ings were th
while longer Gutle
body carefully
drawn by a rope 1
est steeple of
Then the bells rs f
priests chanted a Te
not the country free? an was
Fuolano y Tal
Of a surety, ves,
And then the shop-keepers
their shutters down.
Ah, bah! Commerce is not patriotic
On the Plaza Mayor the next morn
ing there were many bodies. They
Aad been patriots, doubtless, but they
had got on the wrong There
fore they were carrion, and to be cor-
dially despised of all Fulano
men.
But they looked unpleasant, Their
glazed eyes stared at you with a dis
agreeably fixity. The lips of their
gaping wounds had a dumb eloquence
which worked upon the feelings. The
mob had gathered to despoil them; it
ended by pitying them.
“Ah, Dios!” sald a woman, “why
not bury them, too, as well as our
own of last night?”
“True, true,” said the mob, “an ex
tellent idea. We will bury them."
Herr von Grelk uttered his
word since the revolution
“Aye, aye, neighbors,” sald he. “tis
the Christian thing to do. Por el
amor de Dios, let us bury them!
Herr von Grelk was a coffin-maker. |
we must
Mas
fore them
not
proclaim
took
side
good
first
began:
It is needless to say that he was a |
German. He was an undertaker, and |
a thriving one. And he had many |
coffins always ready. For in the
pleasant Spanish-American countries |
to the south of us there is often need
of coffing, And of many coffins. And |
of coffins about the fit of which there
is little heed. For, look you there
are many things which cause sudden
death, Earthquakes, sun-strokes, |
highwaymen., And once in a while a
patriot liberates the country. And
then there is need of many coffins,
Bo Herr von Grelk advocated the
burying of the unpleasant corpses,
The mob approved of Herr von
Grelk, and called him “brother.” And
Herr von Grelk winced, but said
nothing, For they were good custom
ers. So the mob carried out coffins,
And it carried out more coffins, And
when a patriot could nol be squeezed
into his coffin,
get a longer one,
Herr von Grelk had no more coffins,
Then he “My brothers,”
sald he, “we done a Christian
spoke,
have
“Trae,” assented the mob.
“We have decently interred our en-
emy. Now, who is to pay?’
“Pay!” The wis
mobs have a keen sense
“Pay! Que hombre!
von Grelk a patriot?
Herr
was,
Did Herr von
one of hig own
Herr Grelk
nothing Hunecessary
amused
humor.
Herr
mob
of
Is not
“"
von Grelk admitted that he
Grelk wish to occu-
coffins?”
th of
to his hap
von conld nk
more
piness,
The n
the
“lf
yoo
be
inh was grimly humorous:
Senor von should char
at any time, they would
fier ¢ oiling Wis Some
there wore
Ore pressing ones,
y
ipless Von Grelk sue
getting a he he
to
was
he
lost
aring,
until
the
istened gravely
rivyt + ¢
deseription of
srtnorias
to
{
vith
Ei
ed coffin
was a
nly there
edge of
old m
the
s
erowil
hing
Brij
this
(8th
eved an
hearse
was pus
He
toward ped
by the heads
he
say! La caja--e8
The coffis
NOTES
driver:
It
the
Ia mia!
1 is mine!’
a
“Stop!” shouted to
’
stop i
is mine, 1
acid
jut
sav
fers advanced
ted
Some and
him he strug desper
“Ladrones!”
uted;
YOu Aare
the : «off 0
id rob me!”
an fierce
im away,
foaming at the
hook its nod-
thieves, 1 say! & mine
s, and you
had to bi him.
was
he: and bore
shrieking,
mouth, the mob gravely s
dle, and muttered:
“Esta loco”
The mob was
Grelk was mad.
" - - * * *
ax
cursing.
right. Herr von
A stately ship of war is entering
Callao bay. It is the Prinz Adalbert,
Germany. On
mole stands Herr von Grelk.
“Now.” he muttered to himself,
Spanish scoundrels
peal to my prince, and he will give
me justice,
port.”
Rearcely had the ship
when a boat was at her side,
anchored
In it
He had wrongs to
he was quickly
Had he been an
right, he sald, and
have cooled his heels awhile,
The prince listened attentively to
the old man. He had been despoiled
in a revolution, he said; his shop
gutted: his business destroyed; and
he wanted reparation. If it were re-
The prince re-
pressed a smile,
“And what was your business?”
anid he,
“I was a coffiomaker, your high-
ness,"
“And the goods of which you were
despoiled were"
“Coffins,”
For the life of him the prince could
not help smiling, When loyalty smilies
courtiers laugh. The officers in tHe
cabin laughed, And when the prince
Joined them they roared.
For a the old man's eyes
flashed angrily, as if he would protest,
But moment, His long
hix heart sick.
ed, and fell
drooped upon
bade them
useless, Mad
had
nome’ i
only for a
1
He started
upon a seat,
his breast.
rafse him,
grief,
killed h
They
a round
of many
san Prancisco
to go, stagger
His head
The
but it
and
urince
Wiis
ROSS, disappointment
mn,
burled him In the ocean, with
shot at his feet, and the man
Lad only a canvas one,
Argonaut,
coffins
THE DRAGON FLY,
Ono of the Camest Fighters of the Insect
Werld
if
gamest
the rag
fighters
wlio
ron fiy
alive?’
man, has
wd from a week's sojourn
the lake.
pl 106 woe
watch
brown
“Do yon know the
Ff +
1
Ole Of tue
kafd a young railroad
r elub across
vening, out at our
sport
en big
natives eall
the same
el by
long,
Yor
neg to he §
gine
wiv: & counle «
down to hnsiness,
THE SMALLEST DOLL IN THE WORLD
The small gir
ver a doll «i
is of Vie
OW,
ing throngs of i
addition to this interesting
doll in
is less than the third of
Inteat
the
an
silection is the smallest
It
inch in size,
world
and in snite of
ivable,
r= old,
ness every Hib Is mm
doll
This tiny
is a hundred Ye
a glass case,
exhibits,
long table stretching the lengt
anne A800 toy soldiers
These small but perfect warriors rep-
resent detachments of all the
armies of the world, and are clad in
forms. Cavalry,
artillery, wearing the
French, Spanish, German,
Italian and even Chinese uni-
forms, are here mobilized and placed
in battle array to the delight of the
oat interesting
English,
i
:
i
§
i
A COINCIDENCE.
Bellevers In paychical
may find something to marvel at In
this story told of a member of the
City Imperial Volunteers and his
sweetheari's ring, the bonafides of
which is authenticated. Before going
to the front, the young warrior pre-
sented to his affianced a handsome en-
gagement ring,
cirelet. Of course she was sorry, but
attached no importance fo the event
until, a little time since, she ascer-
tained that her lover had died (u South
Africa on the very day and about the
same hour on which the love-token
was shattered London Telegraph.
a
WHEN WOMEN CET A TELEGRAM,
The most pleasure a woman gets out
of getting a telegram she gets from
fmagining all the things before she
opens it that she knows aren't in it
New York Press,
On a parade ground at Cdlcutta, |
India, are several adjutant birds. |
These creatures walk up and down
the grounds, and they look so much
Hike soldiers that at a distance stran-
gors often misiske them for such,
AN INDIAN GIRLS FORTUNE
CATTLEMAN LEFT HER A MILLION IN
THANKS FOR TIMELY WARNING,
cated Fortune Now in the
Safe Deposit Company in
City,
Dillion,
years old,
Truchart
rl about
Plick Wolf,
tribe, is heiress to an ent
tune of £1,000,000 and more
John rich cattleman
about seven ye HEO WAR SAVE ad from
th nt the 1 breed
hy BUYS
Times
Annie
Kiowa
ter of
14 dnugh
a noted chief
wile
pillion, a
ars
wands of 4 half
jittle girl,
den as
gassin this
Denver
Dillion was
Innd, and
he
and raised ire
in
America
barn
when he came to
to
that state a8 a
snd worked on a
Iaborer
went Fexas
had killed him
Texan never afterwand was
He
to his business and make
WOR easy that there
his He becan
attached to the
the contin 4
tend
KGMMe man at
money
but it 10 Ree
a cloud on mind
i yotedly Indian
: nd he
hief‘s consent to let Lim adn
cate her and make her ir. She
wag to be given to him when she be
came 14 years old, bat he died a short
! time ago, and now the girl's future
and fortune are in the hands of im
' portant persons
John Rogers,
who had saved his life, ap
got the «
his he
of Presidio. who was
a quarter of a century,
! of his will, and he says that the In
dian girl will inherit a fortune of $1,
000,000 In cash that is with
deposit company in New York,
or when she marries she will come
into possession of a fine ranch on the
I Rio Grande, that is stocked with cattle
and one of the prettiest haclendas in
{ Old Mexico,
| The bishop of Monterey will be the
| girl's guardian, and he will superin-
| tend her education. He bas selected
an accomplished young woman of San
| Antonio to be the girl's companion.
! Bhe will take her benefactor's name.
{| He gave to her the additional name of
| Troeheart, which seems to please her
and her parents,
RA UA AAI
TWO KINDS OF MONEY,
A distinction Is sometimes drawn
between two kinds of memory. There
is what is called a earrying memory,
"auch as is exercised by the conductor
‘on a train. He remembers the faces
on a particular train, while attending
' to, tickets, and then straightway for
{ gets; and so on with each train in his
charge, Certain children are said to
exerclee a carrying memory with their
| lessons—remembe them just long
enotigh to carry them from the house
to the teacher, amd forgetting them
{ after recitation. The other kind of
memory is the kind that does not for
get. Washington : ;
FATE OF A CHINAMAN,
Condemned to Death, 3ut Not Executed,
He Finally Kills Himself,
And while
killing
hers
we're ff men
themselves jee fe, fsn't it?
by
Francisco.
“1
Han ane
it's
‘SE n story told me
from San
siory,
iy returned
a true
In
gorret
trict
Medes and Persinns
of this fety
in
fos:
Eun Francisco there's 8 Chinese
society, the Inws of whiel
and unchanging as those of
One of the
told of
pris iy
ine
ROH RepInIe
members
ites rerrets off ers hinhle
i t |
% to be aried In the usual
bnoal of the
gi i
ord fii Wa
society
f the
ntence was
An ex
ad iol
#outian
ng
D
exploit
people
He t
ann
sointion
Bryan
ing the antiquity
£37
densely
of
i
aie
Eas of sme
black
soft or bituminous
the earl It
knowledged to le a
and has jong been
legislation.
LL
has so
ompanied
Tse Cold
from
publi
the ab
t=
harmful effect on vegetation was noted
centuries ago, and it was bel
ext tines Was,
first, a«
nnisance
PERSITe
evel even
To such proportions had this nuisance
that the use of “sea” coal be prohibit
el. A law to this effect was accord
with the extreme pen
Such a measure was,
however, radical, and it
necessary to modify the law;
100
LETTERS oF CELEBRITIES.
The British Museum, in its manu-
script department, bas an unrivalled
collection of letters of celebrities, and
by far the most valuable one in exis
tence. In 1860 they commenced pub-
lishing a series of specimens of the
handwritings of royal, historical, lt
erary and other eminent persons, The
first Installment gave fac simile coples
of letters of Queen Catherine of
Aragon to Henry VIII, of Queen
Elizabeth, Mary Stuart, Charles 1.,
Oliver Cromwell, the great Duke of
Mariborough, George 1IL, Lord Chat
ham, George Washington, Nelson,
Wellington, General Gordon, Dryden,
Addiscn, Coleridge, Wordsworth,
Keats, Dickens and Carlyle Tit Bits,
AAA cua
CHEATING SELF BY POOR WORK,
employer: it is a question of cheating
yourself when you do poor work, The
employer lx not injured half as much
as you are by half-done work. It may
be a loss of a few dollars to him, bat
Soapuct. Jou of masbees or wommn-
The Unattainable.
Am wi
Vor
1
Fhrongh g
an might udy all his life
with wisdom rife:
eyed and gray
dusty tomes
Leavy
ctling
Knowledge
day y
Quite Essential,
think i
i i
i i id
vy Day
inrecessary Ae
Erevity.
brevity
dered the soul
asked (h an who asks
foolish Questions
“Because,”
makes fo
is short he
acute. Nothing
tivity like ne
answered the msn who
‘when a man
» likely to be
mulates mental ac
Loney
more
Woke Him Up
Wife (midnight) Woo!
up! There's a man trying
Husband Nonsense!
to sleep
Wife (as a last
a bill?
Husband -
New
Wake
in
;0
Ooo!
to gel
(gleepily)
resort)—-Maybe he's
Whoop! Where's
York Weekly.
my
Considarate Cirl,
“Well, Miss Homewood gave young
Mr. Brushton the cold snoulder at the
euchre party last night” said Mr,
Beechwoud.
“That was considerate of her,” com-
mented Mr, Wilkinsburg.
“EhY’
“The rooms
warm, you know.”
icle-Telegraph.
so frightfully
«Pittsburg . Chron
were
Another Victim,
Angeline (tenderly) Listen, Claude!
Youse are my affinity! 1 feel it in my
very soul!
Claude—Hully
affinity?
Angeline (fervently)-An affinity,
Claude! © Claude! An affinity is a
guy wot han got ten cenis and Is will.
ing ter blow itl--Puck.
ws
Lucky Bird,
“Don't you feel sorry for a bind in a
glided cage?” inguired the sentiment
alist,
“No, I don't,” answered the short
haired man. “A bird in a gilded cage
is about the only creature in the ani
mal kingdom that gets ts rent, heat,
Gee! Wot's an