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Mniirt Thclpi In llarptri.
lMr" UMMi" mid r.llen June Salt;
"I'aitttWtMeln'aittMel of folks dqiicalln'
- JtlMppMi&lhftt much th MiM view of
'iMMM WMxuprlns Miss Helen Killer nt
, , M Wme moment 5 the chief dlfTerence halug
-vv? Mm Bmmer botrderM view wat net de-
' pMdetit upon expression, while that or the
" Bill ve " ("aa muali was.
It WM whit 1 called burning fog that
day. MIm Hitter wm alttlng en the cl 1ft tin
der a Japanese umbrella. Twenty peeple
went iNleg under Japanese umbrellas
Beta, rte thanked heaven, was el Ivory Ivery
color, pWn and pale. Ne turkey red flaunted
Herewy nor purpie manaarin sprawled tiyx
terkNlly agalnat Indigo skies above her Indi
vidual head. There Is ft comfort In distinc
tion, evm If It go de further than a paper
sun-sbade. Mlaa Hitter enjoyed the added
Idiosyncrasy of sitting under hers aleue. She
was often alone.
In July the seaside is agreoable ; In Sep
tember, irresistible ; In October, Intoxicating.
Jn Al'RUet one does net understand It ; one
come up suddenly against Its ether side,"
as against peculiarities in the character of n
friend known for years, and unexpectedly
putting the nflectlen te n vital tout.
In August the sun poes out and the thick
weather comes In. The landlady is tired,
add the waitress slams the plate ; the fog
bell tells, and the beach is sloppy j the fog.
whistles screech, and ene may net go a-nall-Inn;
the pudding) nnd Miiees have grown
familiar, and one lias read ten ninny novels
te stand another, and yet net enough te foree
one back, for life's sake, en a " course of solid
reading." In August one's next neighbor is
sure It was a mistake net te spend the season
at the mountains. In August tbe babies en
the same corridor are sick. In August ene
has discovered where the milk is kept, and
Irlghtful secrets et the drainage are gossiped
in ghastly whispers by the gueits, wne com
plain of the Jlnnera when tbe young married
lady who rowed by moonlight with another
fellow has left the place and a temporary de
ficiency of scandal. In August one's own
particular beach Is swarming and useless,
one's especial reef Is populated and hideous
nay, one's very crevice in the rock is discov
ered and mortcaged In the current flirtations,
aud nil nature, which bad seemed te be one's
homestead, bcoemes otie's exile. In Au
gust there are bops and ene wants te go
away. In August there nre tiles and the
new boarder.
It la the nev.' boarder who is nvoraudible
nbeut the snail abeil. Down there in the
gorge, where the purple trap glitters at half half
tlde In great velcanla veins that seem te
pulsate jet through the clltr with the tire Im
urisened there who knows when T and
where the beaded brown kelp deepens te
bronze, and then runs te tarnished cold in
the wet, rich, pulpy recedence of the elih, the
new boarder aboundeth. Se the snail
brown, green, orange, lemon, grayaudwhlte
the tiny shells mero flecks et color, moved
sluggishly by their cell of bidden conscious
ness and will, like certain larger lives that
beneath a mask of stagnation palpitate. The
snails a I sJ"i lnterest the new boarder.
lie saunters down in creups ln clans, in
hordes, delillng through the trap gerce
disproportionately feminine, sparsely but In
structively masculine, and eternally infan
tile. He views the attractions of the spot
first enthusiastically, then calmly, new in in
illU'ercntly, and drills away at the third stage
ofl'eellnp, possibly an object of curiosity or
envy, In ills turn, te the snail, who ban te
stay. The first day he screams (1 must be
pardoned if I use the generic masculine pro
noun in this connection) ntthe snails; the
second day he observes them without
screainlnj; ; the third he doesn't observe
thorn nt all. liisnnmber is Infinite, and hit
plsce Is never vacant. His lady types wear
wild roses In their belts, invariably succeeded
by daisies, and rigorously followed by golden-eod.
It is an endless precession of tbe
Alike, or, we may say, of the great North
American Average
Decidedly en the fortunate Mde of the aver aver
age Is the element that Is croeplng into Kair
harbor one should say stepping ln, for that
end of averages nover creeps te be sure the
element net vociferous evor snails, and
Nsintlly given te lleral decoration ; an elo ele
nieiit represented, ler Instance, by Miss Hit
ter, who, seeking Falrharber ler many a
hummer because, aineug ether reasons It
gave her that closest kind or seclusion, isola
tion in a crowd with which ene has net his his
terlu social rclatleuH, lias sadly discovered of
late that her dear, rough, plain rocks and
waves and bearding-houses nre becoming
Hsmt-fashleuable, with a threat evm or class
ically abandoning the compound. Already
Kalrliarber has her hetel and her dally
steamer, her band and her " distinguished
visitors," her mythical company, organized
tOMweep up the huge solitudes at lire dollars
a loot, roadway lerty feet wlde thrown in,
and wells If you can rind any water in them.
. Already she has her landaus and her toilets,
her French maids and her ladles who protect
the complexion. Already the falthtul old
stagers haughtily unconscious are stared at
for their thick beets and beach dresses and
gorgeous coats of tan, and their way of sitting
ln the sand llke crabs after their vigorous
bilhs, ln which they de nut Jump up and
down, but swim sturdily, battling with the
sharp North shore waters, and net expected
te scream.
Jtlss Itltter, a conspicuous figure en the
clIIHs edge above tiie lavu gorge, might lie
called an unconscious link between Falrhar Falrhar
ber mst and Kulrharber te be. iwssiissiriir
perhaps tlie better points in both lyjies ei
" summer people," luxuriously dissatisfied
with them, with herself, with the world,
even Just new with Fjlrliarher. In her
white llannel'dress and while lint, with the
pale Hame-colored tie at her threat, and the
reflection from the pale sun-sbade upon her,
shehada select, almost sovere leek, which
was net lessened by any depreciation et ef
fect in motion when she rnse aud walked.
Bbe had a steady walk, and reminded ene of
acallaas she turned her head slenly and
Btoed full te vlew, tall ami serious
There was no Biinset that night; It was a
deg-day, damp and dead ; the leg had thick
ened, aud was crawling iu like late ; the bell
tolled from the light-house two miles away,
and the east wind bore the sound steadily
In.
Already the boarder children, who Insist
ed en going in the skill, could net be seen an
eighth era mile out ut the Island's edge be
yond the lava gorge ; aud the fisherman,
wnose children knew better, pnhed them
with a kiss from his knees as he drew in ids
dory for the refceue, te comiert a distracted
parent (in a red parasol) aud another ene
(rumored te be n clergyman, but Just new iu
a bathing suit), whose Inharmonious opin
ions but harmonious anxiety were the ex.
rltement of the hour upon tne beach. The
bathing suit had, unhappily for him, al
lowed tlie children te go. The red parasol
bad always said they would be drowned.
"Don't ye trot," said the fishonnae, with a
biuw gnu. "iney moie my old punt, an'
hheleakBSO't'it keep 'cm busy bailln'. and
inannau in neep -em eusy Damn ', and
rcan'f gctfur. I'll letch 'em this time,
next tiuae keep 'em te hum. Why,
-e ain't a itey iu Falrharlier'd set out
mcj tun ( 11 ur,
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there
rewln' thick as thlx. thent he hc.il m m fa ..
doctor or see te his trawls ; he'd Knew better.
But you land-lubbers neverdn knew noth
ing ; you don't knew enough te knew when
te be skeered. Il'are ye, Alias Hitter ?" as
she passed him, suddenly gliding down the
clltr, and up the wet, uucerdial beach.
"That's like you, Henry. Your tengue is
bound te take the edge oil your geed deeds
somehow, llke plated silver, whereas you
knew, hall the time, it's the solid thing un.
derneath. New you'll scour the ocean alter
these children, and dolt Just as well as ir
jeu hadn't scolded about it."
"Iletler-a sight better!" chuckled Heury.
..?., ?!? ?,n8 though the water ever his
w tt, n fr ? Pu?hlK t"e i!ry off
Z U .ui Bhly ?Ueve- 1,e Bl0vei- e ears
with a tiaberman's superb leisure; his mas mas
Mvetlgure looked as it it were etched S?a
inpmmten the mist, whose color aid thS
color or bis old oil-clothes blurred in?,,ti,n?
till there boomed te be only the outline eJk
man, As beat and beatmaVgraw dimmer te"
the view, the ghostly rower tfiSSd mS
shot back one parting word at the red para.
"Loek a-here! Jest you step vewlin'
won't ye T You'll akeer them young T'uni
overboard. Er you want me te retch. W
leiiime de it iu jteace." '
With this tue leg, with whose terrible and
mysterious nwifUitias ue icait may intermed intermed
Uie, shutdown.
" Like the curtain et death," Miss Hltter
thought, looking evor her shoulder, when
man and beat and voice had vanjshed utterly.
Hhe was net given te tee much consideration
or the let el her lollew-men, perhaps ; her
sympathies were well regulated, but net
acuta Although from liosteo, she was net
a philanthropist by avocation ; she took pee peo poe
pie as they came, or went goed-aaturodly
B0ug'i, but net uncomfortably ; she had a
leuuu or the irresponsibility belonging te
professional artuta ; sue eenteti am net even
jwlnt tea-cup.
la Kalrhuroer, for Instance, it would have
Imhm easy te make eqe'a sair miserable. Mho
WMwnt te treat her neighbors as a lady
heuid i but why cultivate ueuralgta of the
fwtetteai ever the late el the jlcet t It WM
therefore hardly rharaeterlslle, anil struck
ber for the moment, Iu an artistic snn, en en
rletisly, as part of the "ellect" of the whole
wet, dull nttnnioen, that alie should I r-el al
most moved by the every-Oay iucldrnt et
Henry and the dory nnd the fog. He seemed
te her suddenly llke nsytnbel of the plttetn
Kalrliarler lire ; ns ene puts an eagle, an ar
row, h shield, or whatever, Usui the srl el
a commonwealth or upon coin, l-'nlrlmr.
ber might take llenrv ; se slie gse up her
vigorous you nit llfe that "wentilnn te the
sea ln ships ;" snd se, ghosts lietore their
time, her deemed men trod her shores.
" I believe I must step and see Kllen Salt
about some laces" said Mls Kilter, uucor uucer
talnly, te the lady tiearder, w ith daisies and
tnandarin parasol, new pulpy with the tee,
and tillering acute temptation te stick one's
llnuer between the ribs tbe ldy who Joined
her en the beaclk It did net matter about
the laces, but it mattered te have te talk te
that stack of daisies Just then. The lady's
leather belt was light, and the flowers seemed
te gasp as irthey had get Inte corsets.
This was the lady w be always complained
of the breakfasts aud knew hew elten every
gentleman in the hotel came te see his wile.
Mho Was an idle, pretty, silly thing ; abnor
mally, one might say Inhumanly, luxurious.
She were thirty thousand dollars' worth el
diamonds because it was understood she
was afraid te leave them In the lintel rooms.
She gave threa dollars te the subscription ter
the Kalrharber widows of two hundred men
drowned last year ; she had acquired a the
ory that one must net make paupers.
As Helen Hitler struck oil itloue through
the fog, down the lane, behind the wlldnen
thicket, under tlie willow trees and nualint
the big bewlders te Mrs. Sill's little, old,
unpadded cottage picturesquely uray aud
proportionally damp she was thinking
neither of the daisy aud diamond liearder
nor of two hundred drowned llshermeii, nor
even of Hllcn Jane and the weekly wash.
He far as her thoughts had organization
rather than pulp, aud might have leen nau
tically termed mere conscious than Jelly-nh,
she was thinking still in that same am us
Ing, outside, artistic sense or herself ; look
ing en, as she looked en at the summer peo
ple and the llshernieu, with an uiiIimim-
sinned, critical eye.
Toe well weall knew these mad or inspired
moments (generally ours en dell after noens)
when we seem te catch up the wliele of lit
at a handful, and lllng it from us uttcrlv in a
kind of scorn that may le wholly neide or
trivial, according te tbe lmpule of the mo
tion or the direction of the aim.
She, Helen Hitter, el Beacon street, Bosten,
twenty-eight years old, an orphan, a Brah
man (rich, If ene stepped te think of that.)
and n beauty, member of the Trinity church
and the Brain club, subscriber te the l'rol l'rel
deut association, aud stockholder iu the Atli Atli
eeieiun, fend el tier maid, her relatives her
bric-a-brac and her way, walking te her wash
woman's through the tog, and suffering one
of these supreme moments could hae Hung
her whole personality Inte Nirvana or the
ocean by ene sweep of her white-clad arm
that day, and felt well rid or it. Te lj sure,
nothing had happened.
That, perhaps, was the trouble 1
"I am a ijik, sain the jeung woman
nleud. " I am nothing but n type; I hae
no 'U50 nor name nor lame' iiiulbr the skies
beyond Handing for the representative, like
peeple that make the groups in tourists' phn
tegraphs 1 may thank heaven If I don't de
it iiiartlstlcally, I suppose ; and meanwhile
pay my laundress. 1 wonder why I keep
en coming te Kalrharber ?"
Why, indeed ? Helen Hitter te Helen Hit
ter, in the scorn of her heart and the depth
of It, would give no answer te that question,
but hit it with her line, cool leek as she
would any ethor social intruder, and pass It
by tiKin the ether side. She was young,
ter lite te have ceme te what tlie called its
end.
Yet the light or a whole lite dies
hen love Is done,"
sang the musical boarder In the heel jnrler
beyond the rose thicket. The east wind bore
the sound evor the bewlders, through the
willow boughs driving with the Teg, as ir
both had bten ghosts rrem the hidden sea.
Why cling te the old Set where tlie light
of life had ence been kindled and quenched ?
Why deg, like a spirit unrelcaspd, the
haunts of that blessed nnd accursed vitality
Ne, no. She could net curse It : no. Whom
or what had Hhe te curse? l'ale, perhaps
or accident, or e man's terrible dullness et
intellect before the nature of the worn in he
loves, or her own deem, or her own " way "
that unlucky way which as etteu wrought
her mischief from beiug misunderstood as
from lcing te blame, but which was none the
less likely te be b blame for that.
The mind has a thousand eyes,"
King tlin summer hoarder with laboriously
accelerated emphasis, for tlin gentlemen had
ceme In from tnu leach, end were listening,
The mind has a thousand eyes.
And Itiu he:itt but one ;
i et I he light et e w bole lite dies
V hen love Is done."
" Well, tbern 1" said Kllen Jane Silt, " de
ceme Jn nut of this thick weather. l'eg's
geed foryeur llinnel dress ; bleach It out ;
but my I ain't you sloppy T Yeu get drab
bled en the beach. Just you step up ngen
my tubs and let me wash out that hem e'
yeur'njeit asyeu be. I'll stand you up te
the steMi after, and dry you up a mite, tee,
iiiiu iron you en, ami you n oe sueic as exer.
1'ity I I diil you mi only last .Saturday, you
knew There 1 I'm dreve te dealh," but 1
can't stand seeiu' geed washln' spoiled llke
that and you, tee, punctual as you are with
the price se many dozen, ami se late iu the
seaeu besides. Ne ; the laces wasn't extry,
thank you. I'd be ashamed ir I ceuldu't de
n bit nl'vallngcens for v". Hut there! I
was up till two o'clock this nieruln' Irenln'
-Mrs. Hannibal 1". Harrow stone's fluted
nlirh'-KOWiids f thread lace, every scran. I
Hhe had six. I'm dreve out of my wits, and
Hale had te have ene el his sjpells at three,
peer little fellow I Just as I'd get a stioc.7e Iu
my ele-e atop of the bed-spread, rer It was se
het with the heavy ireuiu' tire, and us se
near the reek-stove. There I"
t'e be. continued
I'lmlegr.i piling the Splrlli".
The latest soiisatien in Washington, I). ('.,
is the photographing of dwellers in spirit
land. The studio el tlie nrtlst who clams te
possess this wendnrlul ullt is much frequent
ed, and KineiiL' Ihest, who have had thmn thmn
seles photographed Iu the midst of shadowy
presences are many prominent men and
women. The ether day a distinguished ed.
ter, who Is an advanced freo-thiuker, sat for
his phetOKraph, alter cemlnclnir himself he
tlie most thorough and careful investigation
of the room and ItsHiirreuudiiigsthat he and
the artist were the only occupants.
When the uegatlve was handed hlui for In
spection he could net repress his surprise et
what lie saw. ilisuwntace and ligure steed
put bold and distinct, while surrounding
him as with a hale, and reachlug lar Inte tlie
background, were male and lemale laces
ThO OUtlinOS Of SOIUO Of Uk-SH Ihcds unm
nearly as bold as theso or his own, w bile
ethers were mere or less shadowy, oltheuuh
plainly marked, and some only could tie
luade out alter long and close Inspection.
All, however, had that weirduud mysile leek
invariably associated with the dead. The
same day another gentleman who made a
most brilliant record as one or the most dar
ing soldiers in the Conlederate armies or the
Southwest was photographed, and en the
negatlve there were Imprinted as reclinliig
en his shoulders two angelic heads, which he
declared with a terrible earuesUiiss which
would net brook incredulity, were the feat
ures el Ills wire ami daughter, long since
passed from eaitli. Te the levers or the oe.
cult and mysterious nil thisisallnrdlug fresh
and delightful sensations, and the credulous
and incredulous hail it as something new te
argue and wrangle ever.
A Cu.tljr llluuder.
A Paris notary wliodrew up a will notleng
age tuade a clerical error, which resulted In
giving n fertune of WX),O0O Iranes te the wrong
man. The notary has Just been condemned
te pay this sum te the disappointed legatee.
iii:k iii'Airrii-'ui. v.vr.s.
O her beautiful eyes I they are blue as the dew
On the violet's bloom whoa the morning In imw,
Aud the light of their love U tbecleamet the
suit
O'er the meadows of spring where the quick
shadows run.
As the, morn shlltt the mUts und the clouds
from the skies
He I uluiid In thediiwn of her beautiful eyes
Aud her beautiful eyes are as lnhhlay te nic,
When the Illy-bull beads w Ith thviwubjhl of the
bee,
Anil tliu threat of the thiush Is upiiUulutLa
hiut,
A,,u0cnl,lMil"drugijeJ with thosiibtleand
Aud delirious breath. ,,r the air's lullables lullables
Be 1 m een in the neon ut her beautiful eye,.
IieewnaUlIfUl l',,!1 "" "T6""'t" "due'
As a glory glanced down from the lare or th0
throne j "
And I leel, and I falter and rdl, as afar
full the shepheidsthU looked ou the mystical
And yet dazed In the tldlugs that bide thein
urie
Se I grope t lire ugh the night of her beautiful
eye,
ama Whlteemb JUley,
THE LANCASTER DAILY
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DRIFT.
Turtir were some eloquent r.ster ser
mons preached in our pulpits last Sunday,
end there was fome excellent Muster music
rendered 1n our churches Hut sermons
end singing all soem stilted and stale te me,
weak and artificial, -oniared with the preach
ing and music I have heard since then en the
Mine sublime Ihenie el the Hesiirrivllen nnd
the Lire.
" Ker truths half drawn from Nature's btrsst,
Through subtlest ttptset lenn and lone,
Onteii;h -what man m tiunthath guessed
bile herding his own he ill alone."
Tlie preachers and singers 1 heard Iu
"Ged's first temples" did net only tell me
nlKJilt n llfe rrem the dead; they actually
showed It te me. They net only described
It; theynlse did It; preaching and singing
their prai-e eten while In the act of awaking
from death and putting en the new Hie.
De you want te see and hear the same
grsnd Ie.sen astJed unfolds it day by day,
the sublime truth of the Hesurrcclleii which
at this season he se eloquently, forcibly pro
claims and manifests In a thousand different
tencues and ten thousand different ways
(ie lerth then, new ere it Is tee late, find
ssnd a day, few hours out in the greening
Ileitis, i ure en me snacKiesei iiusmrss.
Ksespe from tlie treadmill of trade. I.oae
jour close professional workshop. Ferget
prnllt and less Shut your ears te the clink
of dollars and cents l'aiise a few hours in
the straining struggle ler mere phjsleal feed
and IsHllly existenee. If neHl be let the
bedv de without its material bread and but
ter for n day, that your higher, tlner, better
spiritual self may bored, and draw new iiour iieur
itliinent nnd life from thovlUfyingsunsblne,
the relrr-sblnc showers, the aromatic breath
or Nature which Iu sweetest fracrance he
breathes forth from eerytree and tlewer,
from the green grass and teeming soil. Oe
forth Inte the moist meadows and see lire liv
ing, hear It murmuring iu the crystal brook breok broek
let, thrumming and thrilling as ou a theus
and silcr strings Irem threat of feathered
songster and wing of fairy insect, or whis
pering in magic music through the young
leaves, and lush grasses and tender twigs
that catch the mellow breezes and tune thein
each te sing their songs of joy and gladness,
l'ut your ear te the heart et mother earth,
tier lnmet bose-u, warm and deep,
Athrel n Ith beauty jet unborn."
anil learn te knew and love her as you ought,
learn te accept and appreciate the bounteous
gifts she eilers, far mere and letter for the
heart and soul of man than thoe for his
stnmac.h alone. New Is the ene time te de
it ; tills is Nature's risurteetlen ; these pre
cious days of spring come but oneen year.
Can you atrerd te neclect aud te miss them
with'all their health gh lug grsslness, their
beautv and lessens of divlne truth ,Oi)
forth and enjoy them. Oe and see for your
selves hew
" Krem snnnv nooks that ft Irani of bloom.
Te wheieiriay nuws e'ei grows the tomb,
K (ids evernht'iu the precious brealh
The l.tfe IDat ever eeii'iuers dealh
This Is the liy efsprlnir. Indned :
I he n unes glad tnW erd tutd Creed ;
tee lovely piiiaeie or Mir in
t'Lai pel
leinuiu
til te Immortal Birth."
1 snMfTtMns think it Is as much a duty
ns n privilege, in spring especially, te spend
some proportion of our time In the compan
ionship et the trees and flowers and birds;
that we have no right te divorce ourselves ns
utterly as w e de Iretn the Vnltenul Life. Hut
whether a duty or net, we cannot afterd te
close our lile agaiust the vivifying influences
of nature nt this season. We need thesprlng
sunshine as much as the trees de. We need
the tragrant nlr, the spiy smell of the up
turned earth. We can exist, but we cannot
truly live without them.
And or w hat a world e! Instruction and en
tertainment we deprive ourselves, in what a
narrow clrcle of knowledge and activity
wocentino ourselves, hew we shrivel and
stint our sympathies, tastes and sensibilities,
by our exclusive Intercourse with beings or
our own little human species, and by our
altogether material mid self-regarding pur
suits! Most of us lisve hardly a conception
even nf the variety and extentef tlie "things
in heaven and earth that are net dreamed et
in our philo-ephy." Toke the ene depart
ment et birds and bird-life, for instance.
There are scores ami hundreds or peeple
right In Iuicaster who have scarcely eer
even se much as seen te take notice of a single
ene et at least n dozen varieties of birds
which visit us eery spring. They have
probably sen and heard the bluebird and
robin, certainly the susrtliieus sparrow, but
what de they knew et the delicate little vireos
and warblers that swarm llke liecsaineng the
Irult trees at this time, w hen
JLerptnlngbuds breithe sweetnes- as they
cluster. lljsapart'
They hardly even knew the graceful cat
bird', or the brilliant oriole; while et
the flicker, or yellow-shafted weed
pecker, of the red-headed weed-pecker,
of the hermit, Drewn, and weed thrush,
and or a scere or ether woodland
and orchard beauties, which can all be seen
within n mile or our city during this month,
they knew nothing at all. Aud the worst el
it is that they don't even kuew hew much
they ere Ignorant of. I Used te think that I
was pretty well acquainted with the Ufa of
most or our birds until I came across the
charming little book en " Itlrd Ways" by
Olive Thorue Milter, the delightful studies
ef'HIrds Iu the Push" by Bradford Terrey,
and above all Jehn Burroughs' "Wake
Hebin," "Birds and Heets," and ethers or
ids exquisite sketches and bird-studies
scattercil throughout his works. They
showed tne hew little I really knew even of
our commonest birds ; und at the name time
they helped me materially te become hotter
acquainted with my childhood's leathered
Jrieudsaud soclable neighbors. Whoever Is
net Interested in the subject ought te read
llitHO most entertaining little velumes; lie
will surely and speedily be cured or his
unworthy apathy. And whener Is Intor Inter Intor
esled should by all means read thein, as
most reliable and lielptul guides in bis
furtucr pursiiltorthe subject. Ner is there
a better time than this present blooming,
perfumed, warbling season, in which te
take these guido-boeks under the arm, nnd
with their aid explnre the beauteous world or
birds
"J list ler a day slip eir the tether
01 het beuse wants, und dure Ie he
A child of Nature, streiic und simp e,
Out in thu w isxls w llh me."
Hv the way, that tribe of gay and busy
little workers, the warblers, who usually
lilt about in great flecks among; the cherry,
apple, apricot and pear blossoms, seem te be
a little behind time this spring, or are the
blossoms a little ahead of time? They never
tarry iu our neighborhood mere than a week
r two, then they go en north and north
westward te the region el the great lakes
where they build their nests and breed. I
wonder whether tbe rascally sparrows have
anything te de with their tardiness in any
large numbers thlsyear? I notice that ever
since the blossoms are out the chattering,
quarrelling sparrows have been almost
monopolizing the fruit trees In our city
yards aud gardens. And they nre terrible
bullies l'erbaps they have notified the
warblers te "move en," and net given thein
a chance at tlie Insect-harvest. It would lie
just llke them. I'ver since the sparrow
Immigrated from Uermauy via Kugland,
about tweuty-flve years age, our natlve birds,
even such large aud strong ones us the robin
and blue bird, have become mero and mere
scarce In the vicinity or our cities and towns
They are gradually being crowded out by
uie nwuruiiug uuruu ui loreiguers
Thk fact Is, ir we want te study with any
satlslactien even the commeneator our spring
birds we have te go out Inte the fields and
weeds I'rebably the first songsters we shall
meet there will ben pair or bluebirds flitting
from ene rence-pest along the read te another,
the male singing his liquid notes In a simple
yet peculiarly touching combination ever and
ever again, uever wearying or It nor weary.
Ing ns This song te me, next te that or the
demure little song-sparrow swinging en a
swaying reed, or Bitting en some roadside
pest, is the most distinctively and thoroughly
expiosslvjel the very soul or earliest spring or
that or any bird 1 knew. I never hear elthorei
these sweet and simple singers, but it makes
the sunlight seem mero golden and the sky
or oinerotraiisiwiont blue; It is a prophecy
of bloom mid blossom, a fragrant sound as it
were, an expression of tbe yet latent, in
visible verdure and warmth and teeming
vitality or the budding year.
Mr. Tettnuv charmingly gives us an
episode observed by him iu the mating
manejiivrus of the blue bird. "One et the
females was rebulllng her suitor rather
petulantly, but when he Hew away she lest
no time In lollewlug. Shall I be accused or
slander ir I augest that possibly her JVb
meant nothing worse than Ask vie agninT
I trust net! hhn ws milir a lilm. Iilrtf i-a.
lnember. Three days later 1 came upeu 'two I
couples eDgaged la house-hunting. In tbU
INTELLIGENCE!. SATURDAY. MAY 1. 1RR0.
business the Innate lakes Iho lead, with n
bii.i.i .il.trdi'tiMl ulr. us it tin, imtller worn
f-llUlll, tit'-., n- - - .-..,... .. . --- - -----
(nut et uWrlilng lnterest i while her mate
fellows her eUuit somewhat iiupalientu.
Olid wlthn geed deal nf talk, which Is plain 1
inteuded te hasten the decision.. I'eiue.
come,' liefajs, thn season Is short, nnd we
can't waste "the w hole of tt lit gelling le.iily '
1 tieer could discover that Ids eloquence
produced much elhct, Iiowemt. Iter lvl
slitpwill liaxoherown wavins indersl she
ought te hae, givet iieul, considering that
she is te liae the dK-omfert mid the haurd.
in one case 1 was purzled by the fact that
there seemed te te two females te one of the
opposite sex. It really looked as ir the
lellew prejKxsiM te set up housekeeping with
whichever should tlrst llnd a house te her
lntiid. Hut this is slander, and 1 hasten te
take it back. Ne doubt 1 misinterpreted his
behaWer; ler it Is true with sorrow 1 con
fess It that 1 am as yet but Imperlectlv ut
home iu the Slalisii dialect."
Hki: I want parenthetically also te quota
another psragniph Irem this same writer,
becausiterits humiliating truth. "It Is as
tonishing," he says, "hew gloriously birds
may sing, nnd ye,t ss tuirrgsrdcd. Ve
read or tilghtincalcs and sKv lurks with a
sctr-sitlstled thrill et seiMiiil-hand entlitis:-
asm, and meauwhlle our nathe songsters,
even the Is-stet them, arn jiiplng unheeded
at our very doers" Why net appreciate the
home talent we hae? We must li only
ence we boceiuo acquainted w ith it.
Anetiiiiu dlstliietlNO spring birl of our
vicinity, which you can meet with iu ecry
meadow at this season, is the black-bird, t
which the red-wing Is the most showy, elo
quent and Interesting. Here is the descrip
tion Ollv u Theme Miller gi ps nt him. Head
it as a specimen of her charming manner;
and then go out and verify It by jour own
olwerv.illon. " TJie red-wing himself is tlie
most conspicuous object in the landscape.
Shining black Irem the point of the bill te
the tip or the tees, Ids color harmonizes with
nothing in nature, elid his geld-lrmi:ed scar
let epaulets gleam through the trees llke
ireins. Sit down quietly and watch hlui.
Notwithstanding Ins 'society life, he has
tint the slightest repose of maimer. He Is in
cessantly In motion j te stand still while jeu
leek at hlui is Impossible te n black bird.
He will walk along a small branch in such n
way that It takes a close leek te see that he
does net put ene feet before the ether. IIe
really suites, but holds his body In the direc
tion he Is moving, se that ene is easily de
ceived in the matter. Then he w ill pimp
heaMlj te the next bough anil walk the
length of that. Jerking ids tail at eery step,
aud all the time scolding nnd ci coming at
the top el his ei,-e, till jeu ere sine the
whole laid world will be neliiied of the pres
ence of an inc)Ul"ltle sttancer, with mspl mspl
cleus manners. The song el tins
bird has been variously characterized, but
rarely appreciated. It 'is, in truth, w lieu
heard away from the crowd, a wild, rich
strain, recalling the weeds en long summer
days, the delightful odor el fresh earth and
strong vegetable growth. It Is Impossible
te describe, t.ut no bird's t-eng is mere ex
pressie et his llfe or mero silEgetle el
wild nature."
l'RenADLY the sweetest singer we have in
our latitude is the weed thrush. Yet 1 don't
believe ene out of a thousand et the citi
zens of Lancaster has ever heard his sil
very, flute like and bell-toned notes in their
tree ana natural sweetness and purity. 1 or
he is exceedingly shy. He Irequents the
most secluded shady glens and retired nooks
And he refuses te utter a nete If he se much
ns suspects that be Is lieing observed. It Is
however, worth all the patience and perse
verance It costs te hpar but a sinele strain of
his tratiscendently musical, terest-ladeu,
thrilling song. Although I never heard him
singing " high en the topmost tough," but
always in the low brush and thickets the
poet who penned the- verges in tlin Msy
.1 frantic must have heird him te be able- -e
beautltully te describe his song :
"The thrush lngs high en thetoi'inei beuh
Lew louder, itm sixain : and new
He has (hanged his live vu knns net Inn ,
trer-fOusiiu neilitlinj wing.
" All the notes of the forest-throng
Flnte, reed and string are In 1ns f enp"
Nexerattur knew s he. nor wrenp'.
.Nera doubt of any Ihhig
" Small room for care ln that soft breast :
Ml weather that comes te him Is lhrtx-1,
hlle h seiN his utile close en her nest,
And the weeds ate full et spring
"lie has lest his last year's love, 1 know knew
He, tee, but 'lis Utile, he keep, el wee ,
Ker u turd tergets In a ear. und se
Ne Hemhr the thrush can sing
I'Ni is.
Jtf-inltiNreures nf the Wht IVrlml.
Win. It. Smith, superintendent or tlie lm
tanical gardens in Washington, recalls en
Interesting incident at the time of the arm al
there of the Seventh New Yerk regiment iu
lsfll. On the day that the regiment reached
Washington from Annapolis and marched
up Pennsylvania avenue, Mrs. Hebert 1".
Lee and her daughter Mlldrtdcime ever
irem Arlington and went te the lietanical
gtrdens for some flowers and plants, which
they wished te set out at Arlington. They
had an erder rrem Senater James Alfred
I'earce, or Maryland, who was the chairman
ortheSenate committee en tlie library, and
who was the only ene whose orders en the
garden were recognized at that period. While
the ladles were selecting their plants the band
or the Seventh was htard, and Mr. Smith
remarked jocularly te them that he supHsed
they would run nway rrem home new. Mrs.
Lee replied, "Oh! no, that the troops were
only summoned te the defense of aslung aslung
ten, and It was well understood they were
net te cress into irgiiua." This it will I
remombered, was two weeks alter Sumter
had been fired upon, ami is another sttnng
evidence of bow hard it was at the time ti
realize the drtadlui struggle wtikh was im
pending. The Sunday nflerwards (ieneral Lee, with
his family, attended as usual the sort ices at
Christ church, In Alexandii.i. At the con
elusion of the services Mrs. Lee and her
children drove back te Arlington, and i,en.
Lee took the train forHlchmeml. Hen. Jehn
A. Bingham, of Ohie, hail in the meantime
genu te Arlington te see (Jen. Lee, carrying
te 111 in most important messages Irem Presi
dent Lincoln und tleu. Scott. The Intense
anxiety of betii Mr. Lincoln and den. Scott
te secure the Influence et (Jen. I.eoeu the
side et the I'nlen is matter et history. Mr.
Hingnatn mere than once remarked that had
rate directed his steps te Alexandria ou that
Sunday Instead of te Arlington, he believer
It mere than probable that what he had te say
would hav3 determined Gen. I.ee te act dif
ferently. 1 He Ceu.rltfuift-Strirken ?
Frem the .N'cw erk Sun.
Mr. Justice Bradley, of the supreme nairt
of the United States, recently deliered in a
fraud cese an opinion which Is reported iu
the Albany Late Journal et April :!ii. The
case Is (Irallam against Burgess. In the
course of his opinion Mr. Justice- Bradley ut ut
ters a great moral truth :
" Ills insisted that the proceedings were
an cenitucieu according te uie tonus el taw.
Very likely. Heme et the most atrocious
frauds nre committed In that way. Indeed,
the greater the fraud Intended tlie mero par
tlcular the parties te It elten are te proceed
according te the strictest forms of law."
The most atrocious fraud ever committed
In any land where the will et the peeple is
supposed te govern was consummated by
Jeseph 1'. Bradley, the eighth et the eight
men whose votes set up Hayes.
ln his last days ou the bench, does Mr.
Justice Bradley never wish that history
could be rewritteu ?
Lernl Net Wisely.
Sevc.ral years age Miss Alice Met'auley,
the handsome daughter of a rich ('allfernlan,
while ln Kurope roll In love with and mar
ried Count Valensen, nn attractive Italian
nobleman. The honeymoon wesbrlel, and
seen alter they reached California, a stilt for
divorce was instituted by the countess en
the grounds nt cruelty and iulldellty, Tlie
suit failed. New she is stilus te receter
$10,000 which she alleges her husband has
appropriated out of her Bepnratn property.
She Is also suing ler 2,000 worth or grain
nnd hay which the countess says tlie count
cut eir of her rauch te feed his ew n stock.
Whew grier shall ceme te ttc e,
Think net te rlee;
rergrier, with steady face,
Will win the race
Ker crowd hcrferthwlthtnlrth,
rer at thy fccarth.
When mirth Is tired and gene,
Will grief sit en.
But make or her thy friend.
And, In the end,
Three lovelier than the
Will ceme te thee
Calm 1'atlence, Courage strong,
And Hepe ere long.
-Jtnrittta li EUiett,
AMONG THE OT HOOKS.
i. in i iinegie calls his la.t Wvi, " I'.i
iimphant Democracy, or Klfly Years' Man h
el the Krpuhllt-." lie might mero lltly hue
s'jled It " l; unpaid I'eimvraey," ler surely
the isiule scie.uus through every pige he
twicn these lids, The bleed red cover ; the
broken scuptre which doeornlcs It i the em
blem nt n pyramid en ttsbtse te icpresent
" llepiihlli- " nnd en its npi te ymlolle
" Monarchy," nnd the quotations rrem (Hail
stone In apprelatlmi of the American consti
tution, and of Salisbury Iu praise of our Hen
ate, nre some et the de Ices b- w hlcli Us au
thor appeals te mir patriotic pride. This
Scotch-American lieasis In his Introductory
page that he has " an Intensity or gratitude
and admiration " for Iho laud which makes
him n peer while his own denies him po
litical equality -that " the natlve born cltl cltl
reu can neither fiel nor understand." And
he proceeds through W luges te repay Ids
debt by unstinted praise et hisadeptcd coun
try, ltsiiiiteri.il resources, moral prosperity
nnd political Institutions. n marshals the
statistics of its wdiiiIieiis in. I .i.si. i
the young lcpubllu has musnt,.,. ,i .n i,,t
nations el the earth, and lie sets no bounds
te his eiilluisl.um. As might be expected,
the liter iry style or the work Is net faultless
lit raet there Is net much efn style nbeut it .
neither new ilisenvery nor original sugges
tion. In this country,' used tee geed deal el
bragging nbeut llseli, the weik will henpprc
ci ited, coming fnun a lerelgti Uiru citireu ;
but thechlel purpose e! the lunik swiiis te
hae tseu te astonish the I'ngllsh reader ;
end In lids It will Isi a success. Published
by ("has Scrlbuer's Sens
A Poetess of Hindu. tun.
Oue el the little books tif the past year
win. 'i has met w ltli n very large sale Is I!d
liiuinl lit use's Louden publication or the
" Ancient Ballads and Legends or Hindu
stan," by Tern Dult, the young Indian girl,
n touching memoir el whom introduces her
smigste the i.ngiish reader. Mie was the
daughter of a iiiKh-castc Hindu couple in
Bengal, mid had the typical qualities el her
race and bh-ed. She c.ime te l'uropewhon
undei feurtien years et age, went back te
Bengal when less tlnu eighteen and died et
twenty-one. Iu her short lite she acquired a
Mere of knowledge that seems miraculous,
and this, joined with a line lsietic tancv, en
abled her te cre.He poems which wilt no
doubt htve n perinineiit plsce in I'ngllsh
literatinc, albeit sn little as yet seems te be
known el her. lidutheair isyet heavj witli
tne perrumu el the rese aud V. ister lilies this
S'sochnen may tltly he transferred from the
ciillts'tlen inade by Mr. Oess ;
SOSSCT-THK I-tiTl s
ere came te Klert asking for a dower
t'hsl Mini Id of Mowers be und Is put, d nnen,
1 he 111) and the rose, long, long had bten
Ki all ler that high honor. KarOs of power
Mud sung their claim, "'ihersw cinmiver
lierer
I.lke the psle Illy with her liinnmteti "
" Hut Is Itie Illy lii-uiler'" I Inls is-lwe.-n
1'iewer factions rang the sirlfe ut l'sihes
b.iner.
'Give me a Dew or delicious as the re.e
And stnteM the III) tn her prld "
"Hut of what color ' Itiise-reil,' Iire first
chose.
Ihen pniveil, " Ne, Illy while, or, tKiih pro
vide ,"
And V'lern gave the lotus, "rese-ted" dyed.
And " 111 w nlte," the eneenliest flower Ihut
blows
A 4nntiiiniitlar( llecik.
Ileaien's Hate, A story of the I'erest of
Dean, by Law renee Severn, Bosten, ll. I.oth I.eth I.oth
repA I'e, isntuel which ittempts tomcul temcul tomcul
cate drastic moral lessens through the me
dium efa story, and the success attending
theellert is very Indillercut. It deals ith
certain phases of religious lile In Kngland
letty years age, representing that the Lstoti Lsteti
lnhed Church of ICngland in theso days vas
an engine of as'ial tjrauuy. The characters
olthe lHek are Dissenters who llnd much te
itlraet them in the oiuetinnii oxhertatlons of
tlie MnthislistH and lUptists. A rector et the
I stahhshed ehunli figures largely In the
lsik, and Im always turns up at the preer
time In draw moral inferemes from oery eery
tliing that isvurs. The Isvik imu k lively be
classed as strictly religious, and vet Is far re-
iue oil Irem the worldly. It wilt I a attrac
tive te neither of these two craml divisions
of humanity, Ixvause of the wilderness of
commonplace with which it abounds.
The MnrU Tene of eittn Iteissnt sterls..
Ill the December iiumUir of ydi.cr
Mitia.ine apKKired a short story from the
pen of one of New I'tigland's glued daugh
ters entitled "The Madenna of the Tubs"
It is a story em seinnwh.it rarer Ixvtnty than
has distinguished most of tlin productions of
tne recent Aiuericui w mers, it is seemlnglj
an unpretentious story and dtss net nspiie
tnBH.vlal prominence. It dres net seek tn
portray any- jurlicular phase of ourconglom eurconglom ourcenglom
erato life, as de the charming stories et Bret
Harte and Miss Murtree. It does net aim
either te picture the vrer.gs el an oppressed
rice, or which Mrs. Sleo's " l'ncle Tem's
Cihin " and Mrs. Jacksen's " Houiena " are
netable examples. Likewise It has little te
de with descriptions or natural tKautv where
that Is the priurlul purpose olthe story. As
thu title Implies, itx sphere of action Is mod
est and simple, but ills bread and compre
hensive and deep, tee, fur it deals with the
leve and agony efa human heart. Indeed,
at first glance we are apt te think tlie title
misplaced e-, te say tlin least, somewhat pre
sumptuous And we wonder hew the eu
even efa genius could portray thedlvlnetsce
ela Madenna from the careworn, tired fea
tures et a simple washwoman. Hut the
authoress lias succeeded endurfully In this
sketch, for it is rather te be considered us a
v.erk el almost as true an art as thathich
leeks out Irem the canvas of Kaphae.1. The
story is a mouelogiie, and the hard-working
Mfe l n fisherman en the rough New Lug
land coast is Uie heroine. There is little at
tempt In it te glvntisa vlew of that pictur
esque ocean scenery. But what thore Is is
sketched In such a bold, real manner that, as
we listen te the wild lieatiug of the peer
woman's heart and then citch the reverbera
tions or the waves as they beat against the
riH-kycei.it, tlie ene stems but the natural
outward expression of the ether.
It is net iutended here te enter upon an
analysis of the story. Such cold-blooded
dissection belongs rather te thu scientist, net
te the lever et pure beauty ter its own sake,
w hether it be a lleiver, a painting or a story
such as this We have no deslre cither te
engage iu a psychological investigation and
search nut thu main-springs of action, it
euld ba a desecration. We can only tcar
rully listen te the wild wail or that heart
broken vieniau and her crlppled boy as they
run down te the coast and cry out ler the
husband and lather tn return, for it is u
wail that one beau often alter the facts of the
story nre forgotten. And the heart will
throb, tee, ilb the keenest joy when after
long months et widowed loneliness that
same peer woman's heart Is made glad again
by thu return of ihe husband she had mar mar
ried. The main puriose new Is In make this
story the h.vis et some observation and te
use it as a comparison te jsilnt nut the evil
tendencies ofwmieof our American stories.
The short story is a comparatively recent de
velopment or our literature, and it is a de
velepment that should be encouraged. It is
well in accord, tee, with the spirit of the age,
which demands a conciseness and brevity Iu
literary productions as in ether departments
of our national life. The long novel will be
compelled te give way te the short story
which cm be read Irem our monthly maga
zines Whom there is one person who will
read with interest the extended analytical
pages of Mr. James' " Hosteuians," there
will I si thousand who will be touched by
the simple story of the vvitely ullectinn and
leve of "The Madenna el Iho Tubs." The
former is no doubt charming reading te the
low intomely literary comieissours el Hosten
who would Hiniln with an airet superiority
atnslmple tale el leve. It is cleverly writ
ten, et course, hut the criticism of the Ath
eiueiim is ail apt one, which Is that "the 'Bos 'Bes 'Bos
teulans' weiud be very Interesting reading If
it were greatly condensed, but stretcbed out
as it is through two long volumes, it is very
tiresome." A short story ou the contrary
will reach the greater number or people, und
eDunequunlly Its Influence will le doeer
und breader ; and then, Hit possess n pure
moral tone, who can calcinate new largmy u
will purlly our national literature and llfe?
indeed It requires rather mere literary skill
Mini n iih.imr mder et talent te construct a
perlect short story than te write a long novel,
One feature that marks "The Madenna of
the Tubs " for siieclal opprebitlon is the pure
moral tene or the story. This Is a feature
timt ought te commend Itself especially te
the lever or pure literature, it stands out in
bold contrast with seme olthe novels that
have been rnrticularly admired lately.
" Kat Aiige's," by Mlsi Woelsou, which
has just ceme tenn end Iu Harper's, Is one
or that kind. This story is ralrly redolent
with Southern warmth and lieiuiiy. It has
about it all tbe seductive charm of that frag
rant atmosphere. Thu descriptions of that
luxuriant scenery are wrought out by the
writer with a tare charm ; and the warm ru ru
diauieef her characters U in wenderlul cor-re-qs-nden'O.
Had the scene or the story
beeu laid somewhere up among the cold
Meek hills or New Kngland we doubt net
that the sleii would be ceusldiiied Ixislllvely
linmiual. 'I hat thu lovely (I ml should rail
desperately iu leve Willi the Interesting or.
list, wlm Is tlin husband or another weiiittt',
docs net cent at all Incongruous w lieu It nil
eis-tirs nuKiitg the delicious orange gmves el
I ler hi. i mid Is'iuutli the warm Southern
moon, llu tthciciii lies the deception and Irem
beue.uli it oil thorn arises iv lie idly poison.
Our moral smise is net se keen among such
siiriiiuudlugs. Se likewise we nre opt te
leek with n lerglv lug oye iiHin young Win
threp link lug love tn tlie sensitive Margtret,
even though shu Isv the sworn wife el another
liiau. And u lien u crisis comes thu author
ess verj cunningly leads us Inte u I'leilila
swamp, In vurl mt with vegetation nnd heavy
Willi dullghllul odors Iu order the better te
stifle our moral sense. That the husband of
thu one. mid the wife "of the ether nre un
worthy Is e source et regret end pity, lull Iu
no sense a palliation or excuse for tlin great
moral wrong cemiuillisl. V, Inthrep Is a
coward and wholly without honor, while
seemingly conducting himself with due de
corum and delicacy. Margaret, high-bred
ami proud, seems net te have jleldcd te her
great temptation, even though shoeenlessetl
her leve ler a nun net her InisUim!. And
her final v ictery, noble ns 11 Is, cannot wash
out tliu stain ut her former guilt, Thu iui iui
pulstve, misguided (,!irda tiuds no barrier
tuber leve In tlie tact that Lllclati Is already
sworn te line and protect a wlle; while be
himself seems te nonchalantly and thought
lessly receive the warm devotion eMJ.mta,
even te being Inisdlte te the wlfe of his
Ihiseiii. What iv wanton disregard of the
neiiesi no ou iiiriu,in.it ei iitistiaiiiiana vvtiic
It Is a picture that would well ivecome the
stories of Be v.i vle or eU. Of course It 1
without the coarseness ami vulgarity of the
former and the avowed Immorality of the
latter. In this the poison Is inore delicate
ami consequently mere insinuating. And
net te feel the iiier.il shook necessarily lie.
trays a net very keen moral perception In
ourselves
New " The Madenna el the Tubs " is a tide
of love, tee, but It Is the love era wlhirer her
husband a w Ife w Ith children, ene acrlpple,
and rer that reason dearer te her motherly
heart. Ne romantic love-making under I lie
soil rail men or n Southern uienii or Iu
tlie shadows of orange greves, lmlthn'ove
or -i true vveinau'.s luut tli.it burns like a
beacon light and radiates far out ever the
rough New r.nglatid coast. Ne fair-raced
Uanla, panting w lib an unholy leve for a man
already ImviiuiI tnanother woman, hut n sim
ple heart-lirel.rn vvusb-weiitaii crying in the
night ler the absent father or her children.
This is a tde or pure w lfely ailictleu, nnd
eyes till with h-arsel righteous syinpathy as
we think or her long nights of agony and do de
spilr. The sterling morality or the stdry is
Us greatest charm. There is nothing in It te
sliwk tne moral sense- no allurement in
leek wildly upon a bertld moral wrong ; no
violation in umsacrmi vowsel marrlige : no
false sympitby evciled. II it lie somewhat
highly wrought It at least finds an echo Iu
human hearts, tn which It strikes a kindred
chord. When we read it we lese night en
tirely or all tlie wilil natural beauty of tbe
surroundings, rer we are looking duwn Inte
the isir w miu til's heart nnd listening te lis
au'etil'ing throbs The clear tenor r the
story Is tint hidden by an environment most
beautiful and Lively lu itself, but w hlcli tee
elten serves a doubtful purpose.
Where there is a moral conveyed by a
story It Is diie te an intelligent Christian pes
p,e mat it is) iu accerit with tne w ell ilellne.l
principles of right. Its morality must tsi
vv holly- pure if we would preserve the purity
of our literature and lifts. Thosteries of Miss
Murtree, fur Instance, ere nothing mero thou
simply beautiful ; as works orert lu the way
or nature descriptions they are Inimitable.
Her illustratliiiis of tboTeuuessee tllaicct nre
altogether charming ami thoroughly whole
soma 'Iluy arn v d liable contributions te
our literature and as works of art accord
with the bighfst ,i sthctic taste. Beneath her
beautiful word-painting there liirksun poison
th it arises te taint the moral nature : cor.no cer.no cor.ne
qiibntlv 11 is notlceatile that thu tlrst pirt el
' Last Angels," which is wonderfully lull of
pleaslttg descriptions of I'lerlda lire and
scenery, Is vastly superior te tbe hitter put,
where the ineril wrong lieeeines mero ap
parent. If we could only condemn thu un
hallowed loves of l.irdi and l.uclaii and
luthiep and MarKanl, the story would
teniha diflerent moral, but the writer his
thrown around them such a charming hale
that fro i vn de n night else but love them.
Ilence thogre.iter dei'eptlnu and fraud anil
consequent mera! vv reng.
If the characters or u story are ideal or
fancifully drawn, as In the stories of which
"The Lady of Lltlle bishing" is en exam
ple, such a stern i ule of morality is net de
manded ; but wiiere the writer dials with
the ordinary relations of life and Introduces
real characters that we meel and knew, then
for the sal.e et the purity of our national lit
erature, let there be no laxity el morals I'er
as is thestaudard or our national literature,
se will lie the standard or t ur national life.
Allllll.
nil: cmiiMi ur ins it.kt.
In the crimson of the nut ml rig, lu the whiteness
et the none.
In the uinher glory el thuday'i reireit,
tn lb" midnight rehedln d irhueas, nrthucleain
Ing nf the moon,
1 llsle.t f ir lb-1 coming of his lent
I have In ant Lis weary fent.icpi ou the sands of
tmllhie.
On the temple's marble pavement, en the
street.
Wern wltli weight nf sorrow, l.illciun; up Iho
slope of I alrary.
The sorrow or the coining of his fret.
Ilen-n the inln-tur-aliles of splendor, from be
twlxt the i hnriihlut,
'IhreuKhthB wenderlnjf throng, with motion
Un. n and iltet,
Sound- Id victor tread, approiehlng wllh a
inuslr far rind dim
The iiiusle of the reinlnp of tits feel.
Smdiled net wllh shoen of eilver,i;lidleil net
wllh woven geld.
Weighted net wltli shiiiiuieriiib' ceuu and
tutors sweet,
hut white winged und shed wllh glory In the
Taber llidil el old
'1 he glory nl lliHcninln(ef hi feet
lie Isceinliu;, Omy spirit with his evcrhntln,;
peace,
till hi blessislnejij Imei Inland eeniplBle.
lie I coming, e my spirit ami hi coming
hrliiir teleiuie.
I llsleu ler the coming et hi feet.
.jmiiii H'hltnru Allen.
T I5..MAHTIN,
wiieLK-ut.ii nun rntniL rimi.jn m
All Kinds of Lumber and Geal.
-! are He. Iii North Water and Prince
Streets, above Lemen, Lancaster. n:i uj
J.r.MflAi.IN'i:KH A JKI'l'lHtlKS.
COAL DEALERS.
Orrica
Ml J North
1 Aims -liepet.
Ne. izi North Queen street, and Ne.
I'llnni street.
North 1'itiire stieel, near Handing
I.ANC'AHTKIt, PA.
aiiKlVtld
QOAIs
M. V. B. COHO.
Ne. la NOKTII WATKIt HT., lamcastnr,
I'a,,
w Loieaieninl Kiiinu neaiuriii
LUMBER AND COAL.
Connection with the Telephone Kxchange.
Yard and Oltlcu i Nil, .11 NOUTII VVAl'KK
STItKKT febtSJ-Iva
E
AST KND VAHI.
0.J.SWAKR&00.
GOAL. - KINDLING WOOD.
Offlret Ne. at CKNTItK SQUAitK. belh yard
nd olttce cnnnnctiwl with Tolepheuu KxrhaiiKe
aprlS-l vd.MAK.lt B
HI MM An r.lQVOIIH.
qtllK OKLI'.liHATKI)
" nOUQUKT AND "OLD ANClIOir
I'UHE ItYK WHISKIES
Are rich lu flavor, soil and pleasant te the tn.te.
I'cliKln iiiallly, are medium stimulants, nnd
they shind wlltieiiI.it ilv tl In the limrkeU Beld
at all Itie leudliiu Iieul. mid by UruKfflsts. Ask
lerlU IIUMI'IIUKVA MAlUlN,
Milu I'loprleters,
Innlftihna tot N, 3-1 Hb, j'hllHdelpkla, l'a.
M-
AI1KI HA AN1J HIIKKKY WINKS
Mgart's Old Wine Stere
H. E SLAYMAKER, AetNT.
B4tahltjhcd 17 0. Ne. 39 K-T Ktne Stmit.
fbl7-U4
MKVIVAU
AYIIIl'H IIA1H YKIOH.
Peri'ect Hair
liellcale n natural and hr-altv cnudllleu of the
scalp, iiiul of the glands through w hlcli uniituh
limnt Is ehlalned. lien, lu ceiisenunncii of if
and disease, the fcslr becomes weak, thin mid
gtny, Avet's llalr Viger will stienntlieu II, rn rn
stele Its original color, pnuunln Us inpldiind
V liroreus gres th, and Impart In It the Inslln and
lie. line. set youth
I hiv e usi'ii Ajcfs llalr V Ijrer lern Inng time.
Rudauieoiivliiceder lis value. Whim I wits J
curser "Re in) Icitrbegnutelutugiiiv. I com
inented iitltig lliti liter, nnd wat mil ell-isl nt
the ginsl eirecls It pieducetb It net only le le
sleted the rotor te my Itslr, but .e.llmitMcd lit
ifiewlti i thst I have nesr innie h ilr thin ever bu
bue .1 Kdwnid, Celdwnter, Ml...
Ayer's Hair Viger,
held h) lirtiKUlstsauil Purfniners.
It vel aiik scrrmiMi lieui debility and lixstif
appctltni ir )tutr stemich I out of elder, or
)imr mind confused i take .)er"s Hiirsapntllls.
ThI medicine, will lettein phvslral lorce mid
elasticity te the system, mm esurel) and speedily
than oil) tonle )ntdlcevered.
Ker "It mouths I suileii-d Iniui liter nnd
stntnech troubles My feed Hid mil nourish me,
and I berime well, and very tuurh emaciated
I tenl." si b itlles of Ayer's Haisipirllbi nnd was
cnlc.l - liillusM I'lilmer, SprliiKllebl, Mas
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
I'repsrtsl by Ur .1 c. Ayer A t'e,, l.euell, M is.
sold by lltiiKiMsts Price. II , sK Imltles. IV
niiritniinl
Pll iSHMANS AND lllM'HtllSTS HIM'
H.MMKMi
BROWN'S
IRON BITTERS!
ASTHE BESTTONIC.
'this uiistb'iiie, ciniibliilii iron wllh pine veir
etable Ienics, uulrLly nnd ceinplelelv t ntt s
ItlSPKIWI , IVIIIIIKSTUiN, VI VI. Mil V.
VVKVKNKSS, 1VIPI ItK lll.DOII, fllll.ls hii.I
'K Kit, mid SKI It M.lll V.
Ilv mpld nnd thoreuKh usslinthitten w llh the
IiIihmI, tt reaches every part ut the system, purl
rtes and enr'rhesttiel leisl,streiiKlriens the inns
cles and nerves, aud tones and rnvlgeratcs the
it) stem.
A line Appetiser- l'.el tonic known.
tt will cure the worst meuf lyiMpsla. re
mm I en nil dlstre.,lni s) inptmns, such ns 1 asl
ln the-Kiss), Ihdihlug, Heat lu Iho Slum ich.
Ilesrtburn.eic
the only Iren medicine Ih il will net h'rp ken
or Injure Iho lis-th.
It Is Invaluable for diseases pecular te women,
and Ie nil persons win) lead sedentary Ilv s
Antiiil.dllng remedy ler diseases tit the l.lvel
and hid ne) .
Persons sutTerlm? fiem the eirecls of ever
werlr, nervous tnmbles, Iims if appetite, or dn
blllty, etHirientsi iiulrk tell, I and renewed
micncy by Its use
It ilis's tint eane Head irtie or prrslnce I en
silpillen-ui llhit iron inedlrlnes de
Ills the only preparation or linn lhat cause's
nn Inlin ions elti-cls. l'lulrlans ami dniKKlsts
rtceinmend It as the tnsl. Tiy It.
I'he Kcnuldn has Trade Mark nnd rmsstst red
lines ,m wrapper. Tiiiik no oilier. Made en I
by IIRtilV.sf CIIKMH'AI. 'Ml , tltlilmere, Md
II) mi;iyd.w
TK.trKl.HU'a I) VI It If.
T ANtlASTKH AND M1LLKH.SV1I.I.K
XJ K. II T1S1K TAIII.K
Carslenvn latncaster for Jllllersvllle at 7(i
Km and IISiIr. m , and sl, sk Ruland s-.Tn p in,
Carsleave MlllnrsTllln for Ijtnrssler at R
Sul nnd le.nl. in., and tail, s-nu. jtstiunil 7is in
RHADINO A t'OIA'MHIA KAILltOAH
AMI HltAVCIIKS. AND I.KI1ANIIN .vM
l.A.VCASTKIt .HUNT I.ISK It. It.
On and after aUNHAV, NdVKMIIKK "th sss
TU.VIMl I.KAV K KKAIUMi
Ter Cebiuibla and Lancaster nt 7.1&S in - i
nism iindlt-tep. m.
rerQusrryvlliHi7 IS a. m. and etiVp in
rerthlcl.Iesivt7 11a m. suit Mil p. m
TIIAINS l.KAV K COt.rvllll.v
rer Unvdlnrr at7raie. in , lIAVsml xap in
rer iJilmneuslU .V. und I in p. m,
TIIAINS .KA KtJI' ltlt) VII, I K.
rnr Lancaster nt B.M nnd 7.1 a in. unit ii.ii
t or ItuHdlue utl! a n. nt. mid i :u p in.
t or Lebanon nt '2Xt p. lu.
l.KAVK KtSH KlltKKT(Lsncasler,l
rerlteadlnt;nt7)a. in., liMAUill in p m.
rer Irfbsneunt B iau.m., liUlmi.l Mji i, hi
rer quarry vllle nt ive. in., ninndSii . in.
I.KAV K I'llINCK.STUKKT (l.aiienil.ir.1
rer Kciullng at 7,1'ia. m, tiviand X't p. in
rnr Iaib.innnstn.l7n. in., luainul Sim i. in.
tnrtltiarryvlllKRtti'in. m., I in nnd S.et p. m
lltVINS l.KAVK I.KIIAMIN.
rer l.snrasti-r nt 7-Jia.m., lijn nnil7'n in.
iMirqn-irryvllie at ;.i. m.
HI'NIIAV TltAIVS
lltAINii l.KAVK KKAIIINU
rer l.anriuterat 7 iin.m and l.eip. in
r ir quariyv llbirtl nep. m.
TK.ViNd l.KAV K iJU.VItm VII. LK
rer l.nncnsler, ladunenand iteadluinl7 In a in
TUAl.SS 1,KA K hl.NU 8T. ( Uncaster.)
rnr Heading and la-banen at in s. in and 1 V
p.m.
rer guarryvllle al s.vi p. m.
TIIAINS l.KAVK PCIN'CKSl' (Lancaster,)
rer Itnadlng and Lebanon nnd 3 IC a. in and t is,
p. m.
TKAINS I.RWK I.KIIAMIN.
rer Ls-lictsHTHl 7 Ma. in. nnd J'ltp. in.
t or y imrry vlllu nt 3 4.V p. in.
rer connection at (Jetumhla, -M arietta ,1 unc
tion, Ijiiicaster Junction, Mnnhelm, IIimiIIhj
nd Lulmnnn, see tlrnn tallies nt nil sliilleii.
A. M. WILSON. HiitHirtulemlcnt.
PKNNSYI.VANIA HAILHDAI) SCHKII.
ULK. Trains tawa I.animstsk and in.ve
nudnrrlvuul Phlhidulphliiua fellnwd:
lasive i Ijwvh
VVKSTWAItli
hllHdclphln iJincjisl.ir
i-.itine r.xpivssi u.jep.uu
i .n ii ut
li.i'lK. Ill
Ctrl a. Ill
V.1I a in
!.. m.
ll.'.lll. III.
a.'.'i ii. iii
'ienp, iu.
I hi p. in.
1 VI p. ti,
Slip nt
7 lip. in.
7:l'iii iu
News r.xiuessi 430a.in.
Wnv l"asenr?er I ID a. in.
Hall train via Ml. Jev. Hun tn.
Ne. i MnllTndiit Ivla Celumbhi
Muirara Kvpres 7 Wit. in.
Hanover Acceiii via Celiiinbla
null. met ll-Mia. in.
rrederirk Accem 'vli Columbia
lncastur Actsitn ivIa.ML, Jey..
Ilnrrlshuri; Acceu tlip. m.
Columbia Accem 4 lip. m.
Ilarrlsburi; Kvpie-s . 5 10 p in.
Chlcairn mid Cln. Kt.. 8Wp. in.
Western Kxpress) ... ItXAji. tn.
Leiivii
KASTtVAKIi. Lanciister.
I'blla. Kxptusn) iuh.ui,
rnsf Line) fitiva. tn,
llarrl.liurK Kxpress . tenia in.
Lancaster Accem nr.. . :, in.
Celiiinbla Arcnin 'Jein. in.
hi-l. p. m
12-101,. til.
vnlve t
I'blle
l tin. m.
H u. m
10 21 n. in
via Mt. ley
11 Hit. iu
!t.t5 li- in
HcAsbern Kxpress liM p. in.
Johnstown Accem 'i-05p. in.
Sunday Mall leip m.
Hay Kxpressf !'. p.in.
Ilarrlsbiiru Accem... b-Mu. m.
I ISO 1. Ill
ma p. tn
l SO li in
9'lin. in.
Tbu latncuster Accommodation Ichhis llirHs
burit at B.IU p. in. and arrlyej at I jiiicaater at ii ai
p. ra.
The Harlet la Accommodation leaves C'nliim
blaatfi.iua. iu.andriiachin)Iarlettrtatn,Vl. Alse
leaves Columbia at 11:13 n. m. rniil 2 II n, in.,
reaching Martetbi nt li-01 and V.V.. Leaiey
Marietta at S Ui p. in. and arrives nt Columbia u'.
a.-J0; also, leaven alS-iiund arrives nt HJe.
The Verk Accommodation leaves Marietta al
710 and arrives nt Lancaster nt 8 M)ciuiHs.ituir
with Jlan IslnirR Kxpn-ssnlij.iua. in.
The rreduilck Accommodation, west, cennncu
Ing at Ijincasler with fast Line, west, nt 2 10
p. in., will run through te rrud.iriclr,
Thu Kredertck Accommodation, east, Intve
CnluuitiU at U.-2J and reaches lncnntcr nl liM
p.m.
Hanover Accommodation, wast, connecting hi
Lnncenler with Nlaijttia Kxpn-M lit .'! a. m.,
win run inruiixu w ii
rill run through te lluuevur, dully, except Dun.
day,
rfl
at I.tnx. went, en Snndav. when flai'irml.
Hiimti'iiui lyuniiiiiaiimii, vn tun v ji m( ruiKiH
1 II .. llAiirnltl irlVMf. , ,4r.a.,lll.. . "
liur.. Alt, ,luv. KliZj.il
l tit l,
thtwn ftiul AlldJIctOHii
tllioeriij train's wbich nil. flally. On SuiUay
Ue Mall imlu UHit ruiu Uv way ei Celuinblu,
WACHUfKHY.
J-ACHlNEHY.fte.
ret
STEAM HEATING
I.alct and Most Impreved
EfPilSES-TratlieD, PcrUble or Mnuj.
New or Second-liana
nen.Kfta, watkb tanks, skpahateh-j.
MicBiiia or ItcrAia Weas such asdoneand
kept In Macblnorlheps.
in ix en en a DCB BM,
Ezra F. Landis,
WOHKB-637 NOMTH OHEHBY HTRKET,
L.tnifeii, pi. trt-tta
CALL AT
HTOIIK
HniOAKTH OLD WINE
LI3TOir3 HXTRAOT OP BBBP.
riNIST ID TU WORLD.
KaUblUbea, 17M.
H. E. SLAYMAKER. AaT.,
MOI-tUL Ne, Kut King Street.
SI