In Harbor. I think it is over, over— I think it is over at last: Voioes of foeman and lover, The ewoet and the bitter, have passod : Life, like a tempest of ocean, Hath outblown its ultimata blast There's but a faint sobbing seaward, While the calm of the tide deepens leoward, And behold I like tho welcoming quiver 9f haart-pulses throbbed through the river, Those lights in the Harbor at last— Tho heavenly Harbor at last 1 I feel it Is over, ovor— Tho winds and the watora surcease: How few woro tho days of tho Rover That smilod in the beauty of poaoo 1 And distant aud dim was the omen That hinted redress or roloase. From 'he ravage of Lifo, and its riot, What marvel 1 yearn for tho quiot Which bidos in this Harbor at last ? For tho lights, with their welcoming quivor, That throb through tho sanctiiiod rivor Which girdics the Harbor at last— The heavenly Harbor at last ? I know it is ovor, ovor— I know it is ovor at last: Down sail; tho sheathed anchor uncover ; For tho stress of the voyage has passed Life, like a tempest of ocoau, Hath outblown its ultimate blast. There's but a faint sobbing seaward, While the calm of the tide deepens looward. And behold ! like the welcoming quiver 'Of heart-pulses throbbed through tho river, Those lights in tho Harbor at last The heavenly Harbor at last! —Paul If. Ilayne, in Harper's Magazine. John Redmond's Inheritance, They were all assembled in the study at the old Grange to hear tho reading of Gilbert Bjdmond's will. His widow eat in the large, high-backed chair op ssito the great square window. The mligbt fell on a kind, sad face, fall of otherliness, though she had never lown the joys of maternity. Near her, nd leaning on the mantelpiece, stood er husband's nephew, John Bedmond, a tall, strong-built man of thirty years, With kindly, bright blue eyos, and sun ny brown hair clustering over a fore head as fair and smooth as a maiden's. His battle with life had left some lines saround the firm mouth, which in his boyhood mnst have been singularly sweot, though never effeminate. Seen now with that grave, set expres ■ on, he gave one of strong, true manhood. But the power of his faco lay in his smile. It was irre sistibly winning. Seated at Mrs. Redmond's knee was her niece, Winnie Barton, the adopted daughter of the house. A slight, graceful girl of eighteen summers, she was a perfeot picture of blondo beauty, reminding one forcibly, in her grief, of the sorrowful faco of Beatrice Oeuci. Her great brown eyos were full of tears and but for this she might have been carved in marble, so motionless was -she. With the addition of a dozen old ser vants, standing iu sad and respectful -silence at the further end of the apart ment, my group is complete. They were awaiting the old family lawyer, Mr. Weston, and dreary as the stillness was no one was in the mood to break it Ten years ago, when Winnie was a -child, and John Bedmond a youth of tweDty, his uncle had endeavored to in -dujo him to give np his scheme of en tering a medical college, promising him a liber. 1 allowance, and to acknowledge him as his heir. Bat John refased to sacrifice his independence, and the uncle and nephew parted—with sad de termination on one side and a command never agiin to enter tho Grange on the other. " If you are sick or in trouble yon will send for me, uncle?" askeltheboy, wistfully, as he turned from the stern old man. But though he returned no answor the words rang in his memory years after the bright yonng face had passed from the old mansion. John Rulmond won fame if not for tune from the world which he had en tered. A year before be died the old man sent for him, and when ho came could hardly trace in the bronzed, beardoi man the boy he no well remembered. But he was proud of him, and won a reluctant consent that he woald make the old Grange his home. "It will not be for long, John. Tho grave will soon claim me," he said. And it was so. One short year and the restless heart was set at rest for ever. Now for the last time wonld he •ntter the wishes that had always been as laws. Steps wore heard approaching, and in another moment the lawyer was bowing gravely to the family. Then, without farther introduction, he read the will. Like most other aotions of Gilbert Red mond's life it was eoeentric. Toward . the end he had oonoeivod the notion of marriage between John and Winnie. Although never hinting his reason to the yonng people he had contrived that they should be mnoh together. His pr perty was now to be equally divided between them in the event of their anion. If either of the parties refased to com ply with the conditions his or her por- tion VM to go to the other la out of both refusing the whole went toe distent ■oouiia. With sundry smell bequests to friends and servants this was the sub stanoe of the will. The lawyer, taking off his spectacles, approached Mrs. Redmond and com menced a conversation with her in a low koy, kindly abstaining from no ticing Winnie,who, with burning cheeks, left tho room as soon as possible. John's face, too, was ffußhud, and his manner tinged with embarrassment as he re plied to the few questions put tc him by his aunt, who told him they would look for his answer in three days; then he escaped to the library with his friend, Percy Norton. There we will leave him aud follow Winnie to her room. On entering she had flung herself into a wide, deep arm-chair near the wiudow. The rays of the setting sun touched the bowed, golden head and lingered t'aore, lighting it into still brighter glory. Shame, resentment and wounded pride were Btrnggiing with softer feelings in her heart. Kind as her uncle had always been, how could ho r.ow bo so inconsiderate ? How dared he fling her at any man's head, and least of all John Redmond's! John who had been her lioro ever since they had brought her home, a poor little motherless babe, aud his were the only arms in which she would rest! They had been firm friends ever since, and the greatest sorrow and joy of her short life had been his exile and return. Perhaps, whispered hope, ho may love you, and all will yet be right. But tho timid little voice was silenced a3 memory brought back a host of ac tions, all kind, but none lovelike. Long did slio sit there, and many a wild sehome passed through her head of stealing away into tho world and leav ing John in possession of tho fortune. What is to be done mast bo done quickly," she said, " or he will bo before me in tho refusal of tho property; and I mud go away and let them think me dead." Then she rose, bathed her eyes, and stole down to the garden. Her favorite seat was just outside the library win dows, and it was here she went just in time to hear John's voice saying: " Yes, we have always been fond of each other in a cousinly fashion, but I tell you, Percy, under the circumstanoes I never can and never will ask her to marry me; and, poor little girl! to save for her that money, must refuse her." Gathering her skirts around her Winnie fled noiselessly back to her room, but not this time to think or weep. She was cut to the heart, for, all unknown to herself, she loved John Redmond with the full strength of her woman's naturo, and, womanlike, pro pared to sacrifice herself for the man she loved. For an hour she busied herself in settling the contents of the various drawers and boxes in the room, makiug up some of tho plainer articles of clothing into a bundle. She then sat down, and, taking pen and paper, wrote the following note: " DKAK AUNT LOUISE . Erehave read this I shall be lying dark waters of the river. Weston I absolutely refuse to comply with the terms of my uncle's will. I could not; a barrier greater than you know exists to his desire. Try and think kindly of mo, and tell John not to think harshly of his little sister. " WINNIE." "It is .better they should think me dead," she said. "If they knew my real intentions they would never cease to seek for me." Then, stooping down, with a foolishly tender thought, she kissed John's name where she had writ ten it, and, sealing tho note, left it where they would find it. Putting on her hat and cloak she took down from tho shelf her pretty garden hat, and carrying that and tho bundle stole from the room. At the door she paused and looked back. She had been so happy here—so happy ! But stifling her sobs she fled down the old familiar avenue and took the path leading to the river. And now let us go back to the library. Had poor little Winnie but come a moment before she need not now be speeding away from her home with so sore a heart. John Bedmond loved her with a love equal to her own, and the words that she heard were spoken under the belief that she loved him with only a sisterly affection, which he was too noble to play upon by inducing her to become his wife. Percy had to return to his home, and his friend determined to walk with him as far as the station, as the night had become cloudy and threatened a storm, and the former was unfamiliar with the road. He was now returning, and just as Winnie's figure had emerged from the gate he caught eight of it, and at once recognized her. "Where can the ohild be going at this late hour?" he soliloquized. "It seems dishonorable to follow her, and impertinent to question, and—good heaven! she must be walking in her sleep. In any case, I must follow to protect her." A very little watching sufflood to show him that she was at least wide awake, so on they walked, the young man keeping in the deep shadow of the trees, so that she did not discover him. At last they reached the river, and here she pansed. A thrill of fear canned him to hasten his steps. Bnt no, Winnie's was too noble a soul to dream of self-destruction. It was now raining heavily, and the flashes of lightning showed him the slight fignre bend over the stream and drop into it tho garden hat that she carried, and then turn away toward a bridge a few yards farther down. He followed noiselessly, almost breathless from as tonishment; the lightning revealed her standing on the bridge, which was struck by the next flash and she sank from sight beneath the waters, v. t . It was the work of a second to spring in after her, cursing himself for not having stopped her before, and seize the nnconscious form as it rose to the burface. He was a good swimmer and soon gained the bank, where ho laid hi i unconscious burden. She was not, as ho at first supposed, dead, but dazed by the shock. His professional skill enabled him to use tho best means to promote her recovery, and ho was re warded; for in a few momenta she opened her ejes, and recognizing him, exclaimed, as in the old, childish days: "Dear old John I" Theu, as he raised her in his arms, murmuring tender, loving words, she remombered all and endeavored to break from his hold ; but the exertion was too much and she sank back faint ing. They wore only a quarter of a milo from the house, and ho carried her home, never feeling the burden in the joy of having her safe, his own darling, after those few terrible mo ments of despair. Carrying her into the library he quickly summoned her aunt, and the girl was soon put to bed. When, after awhile they found the note, John oould not understand it all, although, with rare trust in a man, he felt sure that whatever might bo the solution of this strange enigma Win nie was still the noblo Winnie of old. Mrs. Redmond being a woman saw deeper, and in the few carefully chosen words read the whole pitiful little Btory and the true woman's heart of the young girl who was now lying in a high fover, and raving of wills and dark rivers, and repeating over and over again the words she had heard in the library, which, in one of his visits to the sick-room, John chanced to hear and recognized as his own, making clear to him what had been dark, and causing a sigh for what might have been. For bright little Winnie, the household darling and queen, lay apparently dy ing. Many nights they witched, dospiir ing; at last she was pronounoed out of danger, and one day soon afterward saw her in tho old sunny window of the li brary. She wis only a pale little shadow of herself, with all her life and spirit crushed out, and it became apparent to all that the burden on her mind mnst be removed or the would never recover So John carried her downstairs, and as the golden head lay on his breast, he oould not help thinking of that night when the curls were wet and storm tossed, and he bent to kiss her as he had done then. The caress brouvht a wave of color to tho pale cheeks, making her look more like tho Winnie of old days. When ho laid her on the lounge and arranged the shawl and pillows, she looked wistfully at Aunt Lonise, who, smiling kindly at her, went to attend some household concerns. " John will entertain yon dear," Bhe said, as she closed the door. For a moment neither spoke, for both were thinking of the explanation whioh thoy felt must come. Then John, see ing the pain and shame on the d.-ar face, went over to her with the old win ning, tender smile, and kneeling down on one knee took both the oold, tremb ling little hands in his warm, strong ones, and said, in the low, tender tones in which ho always spoke to her: "We will let the past go, Winnie dear, and I never will ask the reason of that night's story; bnt, little one, I want yon to trnst me, too. I have loved yon a long while dear, and Uncle Gilbert's fortune could be no temptation to me. Yes, I know just what yon mean," as she interrnpted him; "I know what yon heard that night, bnt, dear, yon did not hear it all. I wonld not ask yon to marry me beoatne I believed yon did not love me; but now, Winnie, will yon be my wife ?" She had meant to be brave and digni fied, bnt her illness had made her weak as a child, and his tender trnst broke down the last remnant of her pride and self-possession. Bhe just clasped her arms aronnd his neck, and, laying her head on his shoulder, oiied softly. Neither spoke a word, bnt with his strong arms aronnd her she felt that the old bitter sorrow had gone forever, and a future full of happiness was before her. When she was calmer she insisted on telling him all, and then he knew that if she had erred her fanlt was at least a generous one. "Yon have not answered my question yet, Winnie," he said, looking down into the blnshing, haopy faoe raised so trustfully to his; "do yon love me, my darling ?" "I have loved yon all my life, John," she said, conquering her shyness in the endeavor to make somo return for his noble trust. •'Thank God, dear!" he said, rever ently, bending to kiss her lips. A Terrible Tragedy of the Sea. The murder of Captain James S. Dwight, of tho American ship Freeman Clark, from Singapore for Now York, by the steward and the cook of the ves sel, both Malay Chinamen, was a terri ble affair. The two Chinamen had been ordered to stop smoking opium, as it made them unfit to attend to their duties. They disobeyed the order, and Captain Dwight ordered that the opium in their possession be thrown overboard. This was done, and is believed to have been the incentive for the crime. The published account of Captain Dwight's murder is as follows: On a Friday night, before going to bed, Captain Dwight complained that he did not feel right. He was not at all sick and had no definite cause of complaint. Nevertheless he seemed to bo unac countably depressod in spirits. When ho left the deck for his cabin he called the second officer, James M. Lowry, and shook hands with him. The incident was vividly reoalled by Mr. Lowry after the mutiny had occurred. Second Offi cer Lowry went off duty at midnight and at 4 o'clock on Saturday morn ing his watch was resumed. The second officer took a cup of coffee from the steward, and then went forward about 5:15. It was abont this time, it is supposed, that the steward and the cook, eaeb with a hatchet and an ordinary batcher knife, went into the captain's room and hacked and stabbed the unfortunate commander to death. The murder com pleted, the two villains went through the cabin to First Officer Williams' room, forward. Mr, Williams was sleeping, but he was aroused by a out over the head from one of the assailants. Just as the cook raised his hatchet to indict another blow, a seaman named Frances co, who had been attracted to the room by the mate's cry of "Murder!" grap pjfd with the assassin. The four men struggling together, got out on the for! ward deck. In the meantime Second Officer Liwry had hoard Mr. Williams' calls and saw the struggling men. He ran for help to the captain's room, and found his commander crouched on his knees by his bunk, bleeding profusely and moaning. "The captain's murdered I" cried Mr. Lowry to the man at the wheel, and he then dashed back to the forward deck. His appearance attracted the attention of the cook, who ran toward Lowry crying : " I will kill yon, you tain's room and Becured the captain's sword. Banning around to the forward deck he found the steward and the first officer clinched. Lowry cut the steward twice over the shoulder with his sword, and the mutineer released his hold of Mr. Williams. A seaman named Andrew Johnson, who had reached the spot, followed the cuts with a blow on the steward's head with a capstan bar. Charles Johnson, the ship's carpenter, who had been on dock only a few minut e s, seized an iron pump handle and felled the steward. The latter died in about fifteen minutos. Meanwhile Franoesco, who had first come to Mr. Williams' assistance, on seeing the cook run after Lowry, ran to the carpenter's shop and secured an ax. The cook, finding that his intended ' ictim had eluded him, rushed toward Francesoo. The latter was ohased to the aft dock, where he turnel upon his pursuer, and both men struck at each other with their weapons at the same time. Francesco received a cut on the head, and he gashed the cook's face severely. The mutineer then fled for ward and was hit with a claw-hammer by anothor sailor. The murderer fell and almost instantly died. Mr. Lowry, tho carpenter, and several seamen attompted in vain to revive Cap tain D vight. He lingered for two or three honrs and then expired. The gashos on the back of his head and on his faoe are described as something frightful. Fourteen wonuds were in flicted on his body by the murderers. His right thumb was cnt off. It is sup posed that, awaking under the assault, he seized his revolver, which hang over his head, bat before he conld nse it the weapon was strnok with a hatchet. After the mnrder the steward took the revol ver and pointed it at some of the men daring the straggle. Evidently, how ever, he did not know how to nse it, and oonld not discharge it First Offioer Williams' wound received in the affray was not very severe. The bodies of the two Chinamen were thrown overboard without oeremony, and Captain D (right's body was reverently consigned to the ocean's depths by his orew. The oensus bureau shows that the number of men engaged in agricultural pursuits in the United States is 7,699,- 212, as against 3,519,467 in manufactur ing, mechanical and mining oooupa tions. Hard workers are usually honest. In dustry lifts them above temptation. SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS. The gleam of falling water attracts oertain insects as powerfully as does artificial light. In loeland, moth after moth have been seen flying deliberately into a waterfall, where they disappear. Tho influence of atmospheric electric ity on vines has been tried, and grapes produced under it have been found to bo richer in sugar and poorer in acid than those produced under natural con ditions. By breathing for some momonts on a glass goblet previously moistened with water, and next rinsing the glass in pure distilled water, this liquid will bo found, by the nsual tests, to contain ammonia and nitric acid. The tsetse fly of Africa, whose bite proves fatal to domestic animals, lays its eggs within tho flesh at every bite, and tho animal whioh dies from the effect proves to contain myriads of white worms in its stomach. Professor Whitney does not lay any weight on the removal of forests as a cause of the dryness and desolation of former fertile and populous regions of the earth. He admits that the greater proportion of land to water in late geo logical eras may have a little to do with the decreased rain fall; but he attrib utes the diminished precipitation mainly to a lowering of the intensity of solar radia 4 ion during geological time. Tho present increase of the popula tion of England from the excess of births over deaths is about one and a half per cent, a year, and Proctor com putes that if tho world had started with one million inhabitants five thousand years ago (an estimate probably far too low) and had made a uniform increase at that rate, tho earth's present popula' tion would bo 213,800,000,000,000, 000,- 000,000,000,000,003,000,000. Even if the world's population had been only ton four thousand years ago, and the same rate of increase had been kept up that is now in progress in England, the number would now be so great that 122,000,000,000 such globes as this earth would only give standing room for the vast population, supposing the entire surface of each globe to be occu pied. Eccentric Congressmen. A Washington correspondent writing abont eome oecentric members of Con gress says: An eccentric fellow was tho delegate from Idaho, three or four con gresses back. It was his pleasurable habit on warm days daring the sessions of the House to take a nap. Back of tho seats in the House, as everybody knows, are sofas, wide and luxurious, placed at short intervals all around the hall. The honorable gentleman from Idaho would begin his entertainment by nodding in his seat. Then, more asleep than awake, he would shuffle to one of those sofas. First ho would pull off one boot, then think over it a moment, and finally pnll off the other one. Next he would unbutton bis vest and unlooso bis cravat. Then to sleep and to snore I once had the misfortune to board at a hotel—a first-class hotel. My little family shared a very desirable table in a corner with an honorable Senator. It was in the days of Andy Johnson, and the Senator was in high favor. He was very very honest, very frank and very green. He was temper, ate, dressed in broadcloth, and never would bore you with too mnch talk. In deed, I may ray, he would have been very agreeable but for one bad habit. Ho would blow his nose on the napkin. The first thing he did when he sat down to the table was to spread out the snowy linen and " whoop it up" like a honse afire. If there is anything in the world that is revolting and cowardly it is an anony mous letter, but to tbat Senator I wrote one, containing simply these words: " Why don't you blow your nose on your handkerchief instead of your napkin ?" It had the desired effect yon may be sure. That Senator is still living,, though ho is not now in tho Senato. If this paragraph ever falls under his eye, he wifl know who it was tbat did bint one of the greatest favors j he ever received. A Loving Wife's Terrible Death. The most distressing death of the Mouticello (Miss) cyclone was that of Mrs. Oarroll, because of the manner in whieh it was brought abont. Hearing the storm approaching, Mrs. Carroll, with her baby in her arms, rnshed to her husband, Dr. Oarroll, who threw his arms abont her neck. At the Bame moment the wind blew tho timbers of the honse down upon them and crushed them to the floor, the mother with the infant in her arms, the hnsband with his arm aronnd his wife's neck, and there he choked her to death. The fall ing timbers did not seem to hurt her, but looked the doctor's arm so olosely about her neck that he oonld not move it. He was oonscions that he was kill ing her, but all his effoits to throw oil the timbers were fntile. Assistance came in two hours—too late I The spirit of his beautiful and loving wife had taken its flight—she was in death's oold embraoe, and the husband felt that he was in a measure the oause of her death. For days he was almost a raving maniae. The babe was also killed. CLIPPINGS IOH THE CURIOUS. In Germany oven the Bmallost watch tfheols are now made from paper pnlp. The recent census showed that there are 9,945,916 families in the United States. Rick' crystal, being found abundant ly in Brazil, is commercially known as Brazilian pebble. Emory is so called from Cape Emeri, in the island of Naxos, where the best variety is obtained. A thermometer buried four inches deep in the sand in South Africa will rise to 159 degrees. The Athenians used to beat on brass kettles at the moment of death, to frighten away the Furies. An oralis, growing in Angola, Africa, is so sensitive that its leaves close on the approach of footsteps. The snake can stand erect, climb as well as an ape, swim like a fish, dart forward and do all but fly in seizing its prey. The forests of caoutchouc trees on tho banks of the Madeira and its tribu taries yield over 1,600,000 pounds annually. It is estimated that at the present rate of emigration the population of the United States fifty years hence will be nearly 200,000,000. Belgian miners can perform a large amount of work almost without food, their strength being maintained by their habitual use of coffee. Chica, a liquid which in Peru is hand ed round like coffee after meals, is pre pared from maize moistened and fer mented by mastication. In Cambria county, Pa., there are two springs only a few feet apart, one oi which finds its way into the Atlantic ocean and the other into the Gulf of Mexico. In the time of Julias Ciesar quarries of white marble were opened on the coast of Eiruria, and thenceforth Rome drew her supply from this place to the exclusion of Greek marbles. Tho amount of horseflesh consumed in Paris lastyear was 1 670 tons and ol donkey meat about 418 tons. The offal of neither is reckoned in these figures, though it was utilized all the same for making prime countiv sausages. Authorities agree that the earliest date to be given pictorial representa tions on window glas3 is later than the year 1000. All colored windows before that time were ornamented by small pieoes arranged in geometrical pat terns. PEARLS OF THOUHIIT. Trust and yon will not be trusted. A wrong cannot be justified by its object. Credit often ruins both debtor and creditor. Promise to pay is the father of bank ruptcy. Strive for the best and provide against the worst. What has been unjustly gained can not be justly kept. Those are the most honorable who are the most useful. Impatience dries the blood Boonei than age or sorrow. No one can read another's mind ; few can read their own. Education should bring to light the ideal of the individual. Hold on to virtue—it is above prioe to you at all times and places. How many men and women are there without a weak spot somewhere ? A nooie part ot every true me is to learn to undo what has been wrongly done. We know that we must meet to part, bat we know that we part to meat again. Whore the tree of ben licence takes root it sends forth branches beyond the sky. A man's good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners. The silence that acoapts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause. The best that we can do for one an other is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is but little. " I Told You So." An old lady who was in the habit of boasting after the ooourrenoe of any event that she had predioted it, was one day oleverly "sold" by her worthy spouse, who had got tired of hearing her eternal "I told you so." Rushing into the house, breathless with exoite ment, he dropped into a chair, elevated his hands and exolaimed: "Oh, my dear, what do you think f The old oow has gone and eaten up our grindstone I" The old lady was ready, and, hardly waiting to hear the last word, she screamed out at the top of her lungs : " I told you so. I told you so. Ton always would let it stand out of doors." The Buckingham gold mine in. Vir ginia is valued at $2,000,000.