(Lalu. W. Mitchell, in the Century.) Toiler, canst thou dream, At the seam, at the plow? Higher heritage than kings Hast thou. Canst thou read, in star or weed, Answer to thy heart's deep cry? Gold, nor gem, nor Love's own crown So satisfy. Toiler, canst thou wait, Through the storm-black hour, elate, Ruler of thy recreant will Dominant of Fate? Toiler, canst thou trust? From the dust, stand, and tell, All is well! An Emperor's Daughter. Repining love Like spring the sun's rays, and whole heart where is always t shaded flowers it avoids absorbs nifies everything. Equality is reason, and certain i no more ence real not more than there are unreasonable than lovers. and at is born in and the dise is always where | In palace or same nor does nature, where reason w an atmospher f nance, “Para- as often timent bore all of th in the heart of Mari beautiful daughter all the Ru: She w and was s1as. most and tractions, prise that win ey those It was ¢ the Emper« neirs he and that ild as t« plness and sustain hi the same ti 3 cess Marie to his side one day ed her brow fonaly, and sai “My child, you are age at which the member are wont bonds of wedlock.” Marie blushed, “lI have select to make you happy, ther.” “To make me but with a half reveal “What asked, with had ever wor to join “Speak, my ing his emoti be obeyed.” "Obey gq” only from celve a husbhan He was tear! “Marie, is other?” Still only “Answer me, “Oh, my fat! “1 feared so. “My heart “Who is } “Ah, my father. who knows it n« know it, 1 elsewhere” 3 ' 10 IONZer my own. “Where have you met him?" “Only a fev mes, and then at a dis tance. We have spoken to each other.” “Is it possible 7” The Emperor was aroused. not ask the name of t! had stolen him. After pacing agitation for a Marie, and said: “Is he a king?” “No, my father.” “A grand duke?” “No, my father.” “A Russian nobleman?" “No, my father.” “A foreigner?” “Yes.” The Emperor sat down and his face with his hands. He could not express in words his disappointment. | Had he not loved his daughter with ex- | traordinary affection he would not have been thus annoyed. His sword was law to seventy-five millions of people, but what was all of his ity when the heart asserted its power? Though he was the Emperor of Russia, kis child was sovereign of his heart. “Is this man in Russia?” he asked, after a pause, “Yes, my father.” “Where can I see him?’ he contin- ued, actually afraid to ask the name, after what he had heard, “At to-morrow’s review,” “How shall I recognize him?" “By his green plume ang black charger.” “It Is well, my daughter,” he replied, calmly. “Go and pray to God to have mercy on this man.” He dares 118 unknown who the his from | artment in| moment, he turned to heart Haug al covered | author- | “She is young; it is but & youthful fancy,” sald the Emperor to himself. She will forget him, she must forget { him, | alas! I | tears. { in her hands | her unhappy.’ | He continued musing thus, and walk- {ing about his apartments in { troubled and anxious mood. At the review the following day the { Emperor goon detected the green plume and black with its rider. It | Was a young co of dragoons, a not withstand I am iron in the world, but wax could a charger, lonel Leuchtenberg, a hand- and elegant cavalier, but no in rank and station for Marie, daughter of the emperor. The youth- ful colonel was summoned to his side, nais, Duke de some and as he rode up to receive the com mands of the Marie, in the roval carriage « was to faint, the cause, The emper returned emperor, by, Her fears for him she loved was lose seen tor ier ed the sol he palace to see Marie's illness. He whom she had ir dismiss at once and tot how serious was knew however, nov 108en in her Two months effort could be the purpose the Bavaria: 1 celoew oung leaving the f had act- The color cheeks, she wa Ting, visit ather come already rap there expecting f chosen of gat the and she thi from this 1er heart. “Love sot . 4 peare, “bu ight is good,” says Shakes- given unsought is better.” | 4 the colonel entered and knelt at her feet she gave him both her hands Words were not needed. one look told all. The light broke in upon his | he was loved, and by her whom | to This was the! Had not Heaven, imagine, his behalf? Directly he was again summoned by the emperor, and Kneeling once more, his eyes said what his tongue was yet “Now,” sald the Czar, “will you quit the service of Bavaria and become the husband of the Princess Marie?” “Sire, | am her slave for life. Com- mand what you will, I shall cheerfully obey.” ' The colonel of dragoons was elevat- ed to the post of alde-de-camp-general of the empire, made president of the acatlemy of fine arts, and endowed with the title of imperial highness, with un- bounded revenues, The emperor's daughter and the Bavarian colonel were married in royal state, while their domestic lives were blessed by a degree of happiness surpassing all outward honors.—New York Weekly. | A Crave Question Raised by a French Covernor, Although the Ethiopian cannot change his skin, nor the leopard his spots, the South Sea Islander can obviously be made to desist from his This, we learn, for- i is the midable project to which the governor of French Oceana has committed him- the ground of public health morals. Henceforth tattooers and a fine forty—a tattooing self and tattooed ranging from considerable latitude of punishment which, is Intended to respond with the complexity and artis- tic elaboration of markings on the skin of offending islanders. They may also be sent to prison for a period not which on are to be subject to one pound to no doubt, Col t the makes ale of inlq 1 scoundrel exceeding fourteen days, them about equal in t! uity to ie § the waywar nearer home who, without provocation, jumps with his hobnalled boots on his pros- the animated doubt govern Oceana is worthy mot #tead of many things what the paint maz respectively and Ne thes ested me.’ Ww York § The Queen and Napolean. The simplicity of the queen's « haract- is well shown the with which the adventurer Bonaparte in- gratiated himself and the obese ure by ease ried, into her favor. He was. as Gre- ville remarked, the first man whom she had ever met on the foot of equality, and he took prompt advantage of this vantage ground to secure’ for himself the stamp of what may be called the social approval in the coterie of kings which her approbation conferred. He did it by the old, but always effective method, of familiarizing himself with the life history of the subject of his flattering attentions. “It is very odd,” exclaimed the in- genius queen, after her visit to Paris in 1855, “but the emperor knows every. thing I have done and everywhere 1 have been since | was 12 years old; he even recollects how [| was dressed,” Harper's Weekly. Juvenile Logie. Norman's mamma was something of a stickler for propriety, and she was not a little annoyed that it seemed im- possible to make the boy give his un- cle’s name the customary handle. One day after the little fellow had met with a severer reproof than usual! for this shortcoming of his, he said: “lI mean to be good, mamma, but | don’t see why 1 should say Uncle Har *; 1 don't say Uncle Papa, do 17” A TIMID BACHELOR, The Came Seemed to Cover a Hidden Danger and He Shied at it. proposal party, and no reason why it should pleasing diversion if ments are made, scription given, the provided with tissue-paper not prove a proper be hearts and ladies are to gentlemen to marriage the most approved methods and within a certain limit of time. If the propos- the young woman she presents the heart; otherwise propose al is acceptable to to whom it is made youth with a tis with a tissue mitten Like the tinued in stops at the most the young man g follows? Well, per safely left to the game lar. sue And what then? thrilling tale t next,” the interesting hat is “econ our descriptic point. however, | WHITE CIRL Romantic Career of All Marry Indian Edu rgia’s Timber Supply : which crodditad : i is LE BREE Washing profitable farms in the trees acres will be avy do not mean that all the forest be cleared off a source of life of wealth, and the State remain wooded but of our BRO00 square miles of territory must be the We & «honld F from it. Trees are and health, we would desire to see ns well its well we would like to see third or one half devoted to hortieul ture, stock mising and kindred indus fries. Twenty thousand square miles of forest would give us all need of wood and lumber, and under proper care of turpentine also, And with one-half of the State under cul tivation and the other half In wen cared-for forests we should be among the richest and most independent peo ‘e in the world.—Savannah News, ane agriculture, ridin iii Why He Was Angry, A small dark man with a large waxed mustache stood near the core ner of Broadway and Wall Street for at least half an hour yesterday after- noon. The man attracted some little notice for the reason that he was seen to approach fully twenty men during that time. Every man he accosted was seen to wave him aside. After each rebuff the small man was noticed to shake his head and stamp his feet in an angry manner. Finally one man, more curious than the others, listened to the angry man for a few minutes, He then pointed to the Schermerhora building. The men bowed to one another and sevarated, 10 The man who had listened stranger turned to of his companions and remarked “No won { der the little chap was angry. He is a foreigner and seemed to be a gentle. man. He wanted know where the { Bchermerhorn building He told me that he had attempted to ask many building they had each taken him for i the one to was. where the persons and u hevo: a beggar Was { and had refused to to his in- New igten quiry, yet he was well dressed.” Sun, Division of Duties Leads to the Creation of Useless Officers. and most nortant o important step proper government of centralizatic and Railroads Our Most Important Industry, It may seem | a broad statement safe ong the mportant States railways of t is bably a form to make most industry The capi the is eleven billions of dol- railways employ men, and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1888, they paid to their employes ag compensation for more than four hundred and ninety-five millions of dollars. There an indescribable fascina tion about the railroad business for nearly all who have once embarked in it. it demands a degree of close ap- ft. the talization States Those ain United lars than 87 more 5.060 services is demanded or ac In no other indds- try are minutes countéd so valuable. In no other employment is it possie for a slight mistake or a forgetful mo- ment to have as far-reaching and as effects, The whole rails terest which is not corded elsewhere. “Get there." The Magazine. National Challenge to Owners of Hens, Bud Hays, near town, doubtless owns the oldest hen in the State. The bird was hatched at Tinney's Grove ten years ago, and came to town with them several years ago. She was claimed as a pet by their little daughter, Emma, since dead, and for that reason the family has kept and tenderly cared for her all these years, and proposes to keep her to the end. The hen has been blind for some time, but other. wise is quite vigorous-—htr teeth be- ing as good a# they were the day she was hatched. Who can beat this? Braymer (Miss) Comet. IAL REVIEW, (ieneral Trade Conditions. RG Dun & “Im- Pro- ¥ * LATEST QUOTATIONS. Baltimore. P March No. Oats, But fancy Western prints, 23: do nearby fl Eggs resh near by, 14C.; do W estern, 14d do South- western, 14¢.; do Southern, 13c. Cheese steady: New York full creameries, fan 1" i A smal, 13a12%5¢ Live Stock. Chicago, 1ll—-Cattle.—~Receipts, sroo head, nominally steady: good to prime steers, $4.00a0.00; fancy up to $6 25; poor to medium, $3.63a2480; stockers and feeders steady to firm, $2.75a4.50; cows $200a4.25. Hogs, mixed and butchered, $5.50a% 80, East Liberty, Pa Cattle steady; ex- tra $5.60a5.65: prime, $5085.40; com- mon, $3254.50. Hogs higher: prime medium, $6.10a6.15; heavy Yorkers, $6.00; pigs. $5.80a%.00, Sheep steady: choice wethers, $4.0025.00: choice lambs $5.80a38s. Veal calves, $6.50a7.25. LABOR AND INDUSTRY. ne i Berlin has 50.350 telephones. France has 300 female physicians, New York city departments expend $5,000,000 each year for supplies, New York butchers have asked the oublic’s aid in abolishir- Sunday work, wher: 5,
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