MM River, In the White Mountains. rwavneu. Why dost lliou wildly rush and roar, Mad River, Oh Mad Hirer ? Wiltthon not pause and cease to pour Thy burning, lioadlong waters o'or Thia rocky ahe If forever t What aecrot trouble tdira thy breast T Why all thia frot and flurry ? Doet thou not know that what is beat Iu this too restless world ia roat From over-work aud worry ? ma ltiveu. What would'st thou in thtvto mountains tsek. Oh at ranger trow the city T la it perhaps soma foolish freak Of thine, to put the words I apeak Into a plaintive ditty ? TnavrxßH. Tea; I would learn of thoe thy song, With all its flowing numbers, Anil in a voice as fresh an 1 strong As thine ia, sing it all day long. And hear it in my slumbers. r.'IK itIVEH. A brooklet nameless aud unknown Was 1 at first, resembling A little chilil, that ail alone Cornea venturing down tho stairs of xtoua, Irresolute ami trembling. wayward fancieslod, For the wido world I panted; Out of the forest dark and dread Across the open fluids I tlml. Like one purnuod and haunted. I toeecd my arms, I sang aloud, liy voice exultant blending With thunder from tho passing cloud. The wind, the forest bent and bowed, The tush of rain doacendiug. I hoard the distant ocean call, Imploring and entreating; Drawn onward, o'er the rocky wall I plunged, and the loud wati rfall Mad- answer to tho greeting. • • • • • a Men call me mail, and well they may, When, full of rage aud trouble, I burst my banks of sand and clay. And sweep their wooden bridge away, Like withered reeds or stubble. Kow go and write thy littlo rhyme, As of tliinc own creating. Thou Meat tho day is past its prime; I can no longer waste my tinio; Tho mills are tired of waiting. ll. H'. I.on<jfellow, in thr Atlantis. MY WEDDING. How Cupid managed to send Btcphen Barker after me I never could And oat", but that is between themselves, and is none of my business. A man good enough for Elizabeth and Janet, and all such ornaments to their sex, to laj his honnest hrartat my foolish little feet ! I own that for a day or two the honor almost turned my head. Then I began to consider. I had i loved Norman .Strong ever since I could remember, and Norman bad been my friend when no one else said a kind i word to ma. The case stood tbns: I was an orphan, left to the care of an nncle and aunt remarkable for that j kind of propriety that wins oor admira tion and awakens oar hearty denire to get away from it. I had a small fortuno ■ of $25 (MO; that is, 1 was to have it if 1 remained nnmarried nntil I was thirty flre, or if I married previously with my uncle's approval. Now nnclo did not approve of Nor man. In fact, uncle never approved of any one that I liked. Bat with Stephen Barker disapproval was ont of ' the question. H'.cohen was tho great ; man and the good man of our small town. To have insinuated that Stephen was not worthy of a saint, a beauty and an heiress united, would have been a heresy seriously affecting my ancle's social and commercial standing. 1 Btephen Barker's offer was therefore ac cepted, and the next Sunday wo walked to chnrch together. After this pnhlio avowal of our inten tions the marriage was considered in evitable by every person bnt me. I mast do myself the jastico to state that I never regarded my engagement to Btephen seriously; it was part of a plan to secure my happiness and rights. And as Btephen fully coincided in it, 1 do not expect censure from any one else. I think it was no later than the third night after Btephen had spoken to my uncle that I frankly told him I thought 1 onght not to marry him. He asked me why; and I said: " All my life long, Btephen, I have been anoh a crushed, unhappy girl. I have been afraid to speak, or laugh, or sing, and no one but Norman Strong ever said a kind word to me until you came." "And you love Norman t" he asked, bluntly. Bo I answered, "Tea, I love him, and be loves me, and whan he got the posi tion of cashier in your bank, he wanted to marry me ; but unole said we were neither of us to be trusted with my $25,000." "So you have $26,000 "Pap* left me that much ; but Uncle Milea can keep it until I am thirty-five, unless I marry to please him, or onleaa he is ao satisfied of my good sense that be voluntarily gives it np to me. He will never do that." Btephen was silent a long time, and then he said, a little eadly : "You are a good girl to be ao honeat with me. XI your unele oould be made to give up your little fortune, do yon think yon oould a 4e it wisely ?" " I could—with Norman to help inc." Then we had a long conversation, which it is not necessary for me to repeat; it will bo understood by what follows. There was no ohange apparent between Stephen and I. He behaved exactly as a lover of his age and charao. ter would be likely to behave. He sent aunt presents from his hot-housoa, and ho made mo proseuts of pretty Jewelry. He spent the evenings at Uncle Milca'a henae, and sometimes wo wore loft alone together, and sometimes we went oat for a walk. Norman came to see ns occasionally on a Sunday night, and my aunt suid he had really behaved with more good sense than she expected. I think she thought that if I married the banker, it might not bo a bad thing for my Cousin Mulvina, who wag very plain, to marry the banker's cashier. Everything wont on with the greatest proprioty. 1 had announced my inten tion to have an extraordinary tronsscun, and this being a point on which aunt could fool with me, the next four months wore pleasantly spent in shop ping and sewing. Never in onr littlo town had there been Boon such dozens of elegantly trimmed undergarments, such lingerie, snch hosiery, uuch morn ing dresses and evening costumes, such wonderful boots and slippers and jewelry. We hold littlo receptions every afternoon a month before tho wedding, and my wardrobe was laid out iu the best bedroom for comment and inspection. It was about this lime that Stephen Barker said to my nncle: "I understand Frances has 825,000. I wish her to have it so settled on herself, and for her own absolute use, that I propose, Mr. Miles, if you are willing, to add 810,000 to it, and buy for her the Stamford estate. It is only threo miles from here, the honse is a very fine one, tho land excellent, and then, whatever ohanges come, it secures her a compe tency, for as soon a! the railway is fin ished it will be worth doable. What do you say 7" " I think your offer extremely gen erous, Mr. Barkor, and of courso for snch a purpose I am willing to hand over to yon at once Francos' fortune. The interest has been applied to her own use always. Will yon look at the accounts ?" " Your word is sufficient, Mr. Miles." j So in abont two weeks tho transfer ' was safely and amicably effected, and Stamford Hall and estate were (Irmly and surely made over to Francos Hulli - day, spinster, for her and her heirs for evor. I mnst state here that I opposed as strongly as I thought right Stephen's gift of SIO,OOO, and his subsequent out -I*7 of SI,OOO on furniture, but both ; uncle and annt said tbst the sett unent was small enough for a man of his means, and that it would be affectation | to oppose it. And really Stephen man aged the whole affair with snch fatherly kindness and thonghtfnlnesss that I could not hear to oppose him. At length the wedding day drew j near. It hail been arranged for Wednes day morning, and we were to leave for New York immediately after the ceremony. Consin Jose, who had pre pared himself to look down on all the world from the pulpit, was to perform the ceremony. This showed in Jose a J very Christian spirit, seeing thst he h*d , once looked on me snd my $25,009 with i affection, and I ha 1 not appreciated the honor. However, he forgave mo at this interesting epoch, snd came be nignly to bless my venture. He brought me as a present a black onyx seal ring, on which was set a cross in seed-pearls. He bad offered me it onoo before, with his affections and his manse, and I had then refused it. I took it this time. It helped to swell tho list of my pres ents, and they certainly made a goodly show. First there was the Btamford estate from my father and Stephen Bar ker. and the settled bills for SI,OOO worth of new furniture which Stephen bad sent vo make the old rooms pretty and comfortable. Uocle gave me a set of silver and annt some fine china, both of which gifts I took care to send to Stamford before my wedding day. My cousins and aunts and friends gave me all sorts of jewelry and pretty personal kmckknaeks, and these I care folly packed in the half-dozen trnnks which were already corded and directed two days before the marriage day. For Btephen had proposed to send all my trnnks to our Now York hotel two days before we left, in order that we might have no concern about them, end that I might be snre to have eil I wanted on my arrival. 1 opposed this plan at first, but aunt said "it was emi nently proper and thoughtful." Bo all my wardrobe exoept my wedding drees and e traveling suit arrived at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, on the 1 <et day of my maiden life. Norman Strong called that night, end was in remarkably high spirits. He wished me every happiness, and was very attentive to Malvine. Aunt thought hia behavior chtratng~-eo unselfish snd I was aleo very well satisfied with it, "I shall call you about 8 o'clock; Frances," said my aunt, as I bade her goodnight; "the hairdresser oomes at half pest 8 " I said, "Very well, aunt," and went to my room. The first thing I did wm to pack my wedding dress in as small compass as posai bio, and then put on my traveling oostnmc. This done, I sat down in the dark. Abont 1 o'clock I beard tho signal I watched for. I went softly downstairs, nnlooked the back door and walkod ont. Norman was thre. Wo did not speak nntil we were outside tho grounds. Thoro a buggy Waited, and wo drove rapidly to a main line about 'three miles oil. Here wo caught tho 2 o'clock express, and were safo in New York and very respectably married by 10 o'clock. My trunks, which had arrived the day before, were then redirected for Washington, and after a delicious little wedding break fast-all by ourselves—we left for that city. In the meantime there was trouble enough in Millford. Our flight was not discovered till near 8 o'clock, and then Uncle Miles sent word at once to Htephen Barker, who secludod himself for that day entirely. My aunt and cousin's chagrin and disappointment wero very great; in fact, wlion 1 con sidered the amount of condolence and gossip they would have to endure, I felt that for all tho slights and fcorns o! my unloved girlhood I could cry quits. And I had got my fortune also, and Norman and I were so completely happy 1 Wo had not a care, for Htephen had given him a SSOO bill and a month's holiday, and told us to get all the pleasure wo could ont of it. We obeyod him implicitly. During that month things settled down a little. 1 did not expect to be forgiven all at once, and 1 was not; but then I was in a position not to worry particularly about it. Wo returned very quietly, after dark one night, very much like two children who have played truant all day, and creep homo at night-fall with as little ostentation as possible. But at Stamford Hall everything had been prepared for my comfort. Tho fires wero blaring, the gas lighted, and an excellent supper waiting. The next morning Norman went back to bis desk, and Stephen took no more notice of his ! return than if he had never left it I'eoplo who had been speculating about his losing his position knew in fivo minutes that thero would be no change. And every one took hia tone from Ste phen. We were treated very much like two children who had been forgiven, and whose fault was not to bo thrown up to them. That was tho way the men took it. and N.trman pretended to be satisfied. Tho women acted with a groat deal more intelligence They all came to Bee me, and though I did not give them all credit for the very kindest of motives, I male them all welcome. I told them bont my wedding trip, and showed theni my new things, tnd I dare say the men talked everything over with them afterward. Hat what moat puzzled everybody wa* that Stephen Barker came so often to ace us, ami wa* so friendly with Nor mar. Borne thought it very mean spirited in him, and other* remembered that when be wa* very yonng ho had loved my mother dearly. Even these who spoke kindly of him did not Rive bim credit for half the noble nnaelflah nesa he had ahown; for he wonld not let me tell any one that it waa he him aelf who bad planned everything about my property and my wedding. "Just let them aay yon jilted me, France*, if they plcaae to do *o. We know better, and we will keep our aecret until Uncle Mile* cornea round." Aunt and nnole both came round aooLcr than we expeoted. When it wa* known that Stephen spent ao much of hia timo with mi. Aunt Milea oonaidered the advantage* of having her daughter* bronght familiarly in oontoet with him, and for their aakea aha cane to ceo me anl give me the kits of reconciliation. But aa far a* catching Stephen'* heart "in the rebound" wa* concerned, abe waa joat a little too late. Norman'a aiater, who waa a teacher in one of the public aoboola of New York, came to apend her vacation with na, and Stephen fell in love arith bar in away whiob couriered ma that hi* love for France* Halliday had only been the abadow of the love ha had for her mother. Why. Norman himaelf never behaved mora fooliably about me than Stephen about thia little plain Ruth Strong ; for ahe ia plain—every one mn.at allow that. And the preparation* that ara going on for tha marriage quite amow ma, who might have been the banker'* wife myaelf. Dear me, I think Love muat often laugh at the kind of people he cornea in contact with. Bat I hope Stephen will be happy ; I do, indeed. That ia alt I have to aay a hot t my marriage. I think it waa rather peon liar. Borne women will doubles* aay they don't believe aneh men ae Stephen exist. Bnt let a girl when abe discovers ah* doe* not like a man, tell bim ao, aod aak hia advice and help, and ten to one abe arill find another Stephen. How oan men be chivalrous aod self-denying if women don't give them op| ortunl tiea T I think that i* wrong, and I in tend alwaya to give Norman every ebanoe to cultivate each noble qualities. —llarprr'* H'M ily ( TOPICS OF THE BAY. Jay Gould has established an experi mental farm on the Htaked Plains of North Texas. The section is known more familiarly as tho "Oreat Ameri can Dosert," and the general idea is that it is sterile and uninhabitable. Mr. Gould and others think that the whole section may bo tnrned into a fine grain producing country. Electricity lias been adapted to pur poses of personal adornment. At the London Crystal palace exhibition thero is a diminntivo broast pin, which can be illuminated by a two-inch Pan re battery carriod in .ho pocket of tho wearer. Fancy the effect produced by some pro fessional beauty at u fancy dress ball, with glittoring tiara necklace and bereastplato, all illuminated by tho eleetrio light 1 The great comet of 1882 will come within a thousand miles of tho sun. A magnificent display will take place abont the middle of Juno unless as tronomers are at fault. This visitor from space was first discovered by Mr. C. H. Wells, of tho Dudley observatory, Albany, on March 18, and from all ap pearances it will attract groat attention during the summer months. It seems to be a Urge comet, and is approaching us at the rate of alwut '2,00(1,000 miles a day. Tho cultivation of broom-corn is being tried with great success on many farms in California, the crop being very productive and commanding a Litrli market price, as the following facts and figure* show: An acre of land will yield one half ton of corn and a ton of seed. The former oommands from $lO to SIGO per ton, and tho seed sells at from sls to $25 per ton. When har vested and ready for market tho cost per acre randy exceeds s'2s and never goes above STJO. Portions ol the West soc-m to be un usually favored this season. In Kansas they are counting on Urge crops. The mild winter and heavy spring rains have been of incalculable advantage to the farmers, and from reporU obtained from twenty-one counties in tho State it ia evident that the outlook for winter and spring wheat, corn and grass, and the prospect for the farmer and stock raiser generally, was never so flattering as now. The farmers in the Northwest also anticipate bountiful crop*. Those immenso wheat fields, llinnesoU snd lowa, in all probability, will yield bountiful crops. The machines ordered by the United HUtes government for testing iron and steel structures sro being built, snd the tests are to lie in moro capable hands than those who conducted the boiler explosion experimenU some time ago. The lives of millions of people depend daily on the strength of iron bridges. Yet tho knowledge we liae of them is almost purely empir ical. Lots of iron bridge* have broken down, ami what is needed now is a thorough investigation into the changes brought about ia the iion and steel subject to continuous vibrations and variable strains. It is known that iron changes if so subjected; in the course of years the finest and most tenacious of charcoal iron will lie a* brittle as the commonest red short pig iron. An exchange, referring to the enor mona investment* of capital which our indnatrial system ia bringing to thia country, atatca that the purchaae of great block* of land in the Southern State* by European capitalist* ha* l>e*n a marked feature of the paatfew week*. Sir E. J. Reed, representing English investor*, and Dr. Jacobus Weetheim, of Amsterdam, representing Dutch, have bought 2,000.000 acre* in Flor ida; while Phillip*. Marshall A Co., of London, have bought 1,000 acres in Mississippi. Nearly half the latter are levee Inuda, situated in the Yazoo delta, and are fine cotton and timber land*. The object in both these purchase* has been to eoloniaeand cultivate the landa, and the effect can hardly fail to be felt in the fatnre of these Slates when the cultivators of the soil have to pay their rents to Engliah capitalist*. In an interesting article on the recent anroral display* an exchange nay* the oanae of the anroral ontbnrst i* a Ques tion of universal interest. There are now huge spots on the ann, and a con dition of great disturbance agitates hi* fiery mass. There is little donbt that sun spots and aurora bear to ea 'b other the relation of canae and effect. No hnman being has ever yet found out why a storm in ths sun is followed by a display of aaroral light in onr at mosphere ao sublimely beantifnl aa that of Sunday evening. Nothing in modern astronomy 1* more desired than a solution of the mysterious relation between the ran and hia fsmilv of world*, for, doubtless, when onr akiea are illumined with auroral light, every plenet in the system responds to tbe same all-pervading power. No one known bow many oratorio* of observa tion must pass before the key t* found to aolve the p oblom ; bat in aome un expected hour light will break forth Rom the darkness, and the secret of the sun's physical structure will be com prehended. Sheriff Whitehill, of Grant county, Now Mexico, has in his possession a letter written by Secretary Hoffman, of ttio American legation at Ht. Peters burg, in behalf of a Russian lady of rank and wealth, whose wayward and adventurous sou came to this country years ago. Hhe had not heard from him since May, 1871, and hoped through the good offices of the legation to get news from him. It was tho pa<nful duty of the sheriff to send word to this unfortunate woman that her son, Wal dctuar Tethenborn, was a notorious cat tle tbief for several years in New Mexico, where ho was commonly known as " Russian Bill" and was finally hanged, with two of his comrades, by vigilantes in an old hotel last October. Their bodies wero found suspended from a beam, the feet shackled and their hands tied behind their backs. The coroner's jury brought in a verdict by suicide. Latest mails from Australia describe the fearful heat and drought which still prevailed at the time of their depart tare. For several months scarcely any rain had fallen, and widespread disaster seemed unlikely to be averted by the steady and la'ting downpour which alone could prevent it. Tho heat in the inland districts has been terrific, the mercury once reaching 121 degrees in such shade as. was obtainable. Morn ing after morning for weeks together the ran had risen in a cloudless say and set at night " like a huge red ball of flB at tho olgc of a copper dome." The losses of station-owners aro extraordi narily heavy, and the grain harvest will bo below the average all over the conti nent, though in isolated districts the crop is a good one, owing to heavy lo cal rainfalls. In (Queensland the drought had broken up,and heavy floods bad done much damage; at one station alone 2.000 sheep had been drowned by a freshet It has been said that Aus tralia is a land of contradictions ; this, according to the nineteen years' cycle theory, was to be a wet year ; thus far, in four of the five colonies, it has been a year of drought Insect Prats In South America. Mr. Ernest Morris, the young Amer ican traveler ancßnaturalist, who recent ly returned from Brazil, repeats the general observation of explorers that the exuberance of insect life is the principal obstacle to tho er joymnnt of a sojourn in that part of the world. I Cockroaches swarm in ev.-ry house do | spite the inroads of an army o! spiders which sally forth from every chink to prey upon them; soorpioua are intra sire and dangerous; a small red insect called the • meuim" is an intolerable annoyance; at certain hours of the day the air is black with flies and mos quitoes; and ants are a universal plague. | To bafll • these last-named foes of peace Mr. Morris was obliged to keep his en -1 tire collections on hanging sheires tho cord i of which were soaked lin the oil of copaiba. " The moat destructive ant in Brazil," says Mr. Morris, "ia the sanha. It will strip trees of their foliage in a single night, and in many places orange trees can not be grown for thia reason. Tho to cmndeira is a very Urge ant, the bite of which is poisonous and makes s painful sore. I was once rendered unable to work for a week from a bite received from ooeof theso ants. Hume species travel in largo bodies, marching in straight line and never turning to the right or left. If a house lies io the trsck of one of these marching bodies, unless they are completely exterminated tliey will |a*a through. Nothing will be injured, but every crack and cranny will be explored, and not a spider or eorkreach will survive tho visitation. They are, therefore, regarded as friends, snd their advent is always welcomed Oo where you will in Bnuil, yon wil' meet ants. You live, sleep and eat with them—and eat them too." TTii' Editor'* " Treat*." The editni'* har.lt Uak ia to dis pose of hi* time. Ilia would he a mo notonous life, indeed, were it not for tbo kindnees of few hundred people who call upon him every day to enliven hi* dnll life with s'orie* of their griev ance*, of thrir brand new enterprises, and with antediluvian anecdote*. Wo en you grow up to be men and women, children, remember thin, and apend all the time yon can in the aanctum of the editor. Ho lovee company ao very much, you know, and eometime* has to *it silent and alone for a whole half minute. 1* it not too bad? The bnainea* of the editor ia to en tertain itinerant lecturer*, book can vassers, exchange fiend* and other phi lantbropiata. 11* give* hi* whole day* to these. He writes hia editorial* at night after h* hu gone to bed. The edit r i* never ao happy a* when he ia writing complimentary notice*. For ten cents' worth of prraeuts he will glidly give tendollr' wath of adver tising—all on account of the pleasure it fcive* him to write, you know. Opportunity. In harvest Urn*, whan (told I *nl woods OtiUlazsU aanaot'a glow, And acyth cI an { mini* through U> It 1 too lata to now. Too late ! too lata t It la too lata to sow. "In wintry days, whan weary earth Lies <*1(1 in pulseinaa aloep. With not a blossom on bar abroad. It is too late to roap. Too lata! too lata ! It W too late to reap. When lilno-eyod violots are astir. And new-born xraascxi croof), And young birds clilrii, then sow beUmoa, And thou botimna shall roap. Tlien mtv 1 than sow I And thou betimes shall reap. ITXIKVr I'AltAUiUPff*. It may not ba amiss to inquire if * kettledrum is a pound party. Oleomargarine, despite its high sounding name, is batter fraad after ail. The absent-minded ben is a great trouble to herself. Hho forgets where she laid her last egg. Oscar Wil Je has made $25,009 out of his lecture, but none of his hoar era c juld ever make anything oat of it. The safest way to carry a male is not to begin the operation nntii you hare etherized him. His natural sleep in treacherous. A gentleman who was asked for' his marriage certificate quietly took off his hat and pointed to a bald spot. The evidence was conclusive. A Cincinnati journal remarks that far men to rtand iu front of churches when the ladies are coming out is small po tatoes. As if theie could be no small potato mashers. Bophronia—"Can the weather proph ets foretell sndden ram storms in sum mer 7" They could, probably, if they knew the date*on which Sunday-school picnics would bo held. A man does his courting in private and seclusion. John Henry, as a boy, goes behind the woodshed to suck his orange. Not because he,is ashamed of it, but because be wants it all himuelf. A little kiM, A little bisa, A little nils - it V ended. A little ;w, A little lew, And lo! the Ixm In era rendetL A pretty girl in Sweden turned up her nose at her poor but deserving lover and it froze in that position. Nov she doesn't know whether to retire from the world or hire out to stand in some body's hall as a hat-rack. If a young man expects to rise in the world be should go West. In Wisconsin the other day. after a cyclone had passed over, it took the fire department half a day to get a boy out of the top of a tree, where ho had lodged. Brown pointed his gun at a partridge; the cap snapped and the bird flew off. "Just my luck 1" exclaimed Brown ; "miae fire every time " "Have patienoe," counseled Fogg ; "you may have bet ter lack in another world." A little girl of seven exhibited muoh disquiet at hearing of a new exploring expedition. When asked why she should care abont it, she said: "If they discover any more countries, that will add to the geography I have to study. There are countries enough in it now." A stranger in a printing office asked the youngest apprentice what his rnla of punctuation was. Maid the the boy: "I set np as •long as I can hold my breath, and then ut in a comma ; when I gape I insert a semicolon, and when I want to sneeze I make a para graph." "Home other folks would deceive yon about these gooda, bat I have been in the business twenty years and never told a lie," eaid the guileless dry gooda clerk. "And why do you begin now T Mid the gentle fair one in front of tha counter, as she gathered her draperies together and glided away. The American palace hotel, to be built < n the Thames embankment, Lon don, will be nine stories high. •-"com modate 1,300 guests, and will be con ducted strictly after the American fashion. An expedition will soon start for Africa in search of a suitable dia mond for the clerk's breastpin. HuprrMiUou la India. The magiatrate of North A root haa addreased a vary atrong appeal to tha go Torn mailt of Madraa in favor of pro hibiting tha ancient religion* rita of "paaaing through the fire," in oonee qnaooe of the oaaber of deathi which hare been canaad br tta oWmum. Ha ataUa that notwithstanding tha pro greaaof education, and the diffaakmof enbghtenment, the practice la still in rogoe. Tha gorernor of Madras, how erer, does not oonaider the qnaaiion aw one in whioh tho interference of the government wonld hare e goad resntt. Mr. Grant Ijff pointa ont that the praotioa oomp ained of h soma what Moiiiar to that ti leaping thr >ngh 'he Area of St, John, whirh existed la ear own dare io B hem it, eal w>f i it t m k oentnriea of eirilixatiom to erndi cato,—iomtan A'i ei.
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