Drifting. ' The tide went ont— Shining pebbles nnd shells that Inj Ou the shore, ut the beck of the white-arm ed 4 tprej. Wont out with the tido. The tide went ont— And n hundred s!.i|>s nsleep ou the strand Sprang up, nnd away from the hutuful Inud Went out with the tide. The tido went out— And a life ns sweet ns n life might he, Drifting away to the unknown son, Went out with tho tide. "v Tho tide came in— ■*' The pAhhlos and sliells, with the waves' dis- | dnin, Flmig from Uieir amis to the shore again, Came in with the tide. The tide catne In— . The weary ships from their voyaging, Laden with many a precious thiug, Came in with the tide. " .a t Tie tide came in— " I But the life, a- swvi t as n life might t>e, Came not back from the unknown sea— Came not in with the tide. k'miltc A. ItradtbKk. ' A FORTUNATE JEST. A certain voung man, living not a r thousand miles from the city of Lon- ! don. had at the age of one-aml-twcnty, | t come into the possession of a large for- ■ v tunc. ! 1 Immediately thereupon the fair- ' | weather friends assembled about him, s and sought to make him believe that d they could make life pleasant for him. He was fond of company; full ' of life; with no restraint save his own I conscience; and he was easily led on h into the glare and glitter of convivial h enjoyment. His mother had died when lie was a ii youth of sixteen, and his father had lived but a year longer. And he had 1 no near relative to guide him. t Once he had loved a beautiful young v girl, but his dissipated course had f frightened her parents, and they had h forbidden him their house until he h could truly mend. This had so an gered him that he had torn the image out from his heart, resolving that lie u would never he a slave ! .S And he was living a brilliant, glor ious life, he knew—or, at least, he t >!■! himself so. He drank deeper; and, anon, he came to the gaming-table. In ' short, every vice that a wealthy spend thrift might lind fleeting pleasure in, he indulged in. And the circle of friends clung \ closely. They swore by him; declared t him a trump. They drank his wine, 1 robbed him of his money; and if a ndk source of pleasure could l>e found. they air went in fyr ttiC en j°)' ,,u ' nt uud v he paid the ..J 1 ' a One.;/ p 7e had became 1' blearC " t, ' he met ~ d and his step nnceriu.il. ™ girl he had once loved, in the stree., ile read pity in her sweet face, and d saw tears in her eyes; and he tried t<> d steel his heart; yet he thought of her h until his wild friends were again a- g round him. One day he went to the bank and , drew out a thousand pounds. That night he sat down in his own apartments, with his own wine upon o the sideboard, and his own cards upon the table and played with his dear J frienAs ! The wine flowed freely, he t drank deeply, and the game went on recklessly. They played for high stakes, f and played fast and late. ; On the following morning the young ( man awoke with a bursting head and ( aching eyes. By-and-hy he called to . mind the events of the night. He j looked into his pocketbook and into his purse. Empty, both! And he re membered that he had given his checks to various memhers of the party for large amounts. He found the counter- 1 foils, and they told him he had drawn 1 his checks to the amount of over two 1 thousand pounds! But what of that? Before night he had drank brandy enough to steady his nerves and make him once more happy, Another evening came, and again his friends were assembled round his board. He had got up a grand supja-r for them this time! and after the var ious courses of fowl had passed in or der, came the wine and the toasts. And one of the friends, to whom a large check had >een given, got up to offer a sentiment. "Fill up! 1111 up!" he cried; "while I give you the toast of the evening' Here's to our sober and thrifty host! May he be ever as sensible as he is at this moment!" It was drank with cheers—three time three. It was observed that from that mo ment the spirits of their host seemed to fail him. He became moody and attracted. By-and-by some one ban tered him upon it, and asked him what was the matter. He answered: "I was thinking, did Tom tell the truth when he said I was sot*r and thrifty r And thereupon they all excleimrd: "Of course he did ! Oh ! wan ever n man sotierer or more thrifty?'' "Because," pursued the host, patht "icnlly, I shouldn't want a friend to lio on my account!" "Oho! Sensible to the last! Fill * up!" Hut the host would drink no more. He bade the others enjoy themselves as much, and as long as they pleased, but they must excuse him. Without hiin, however, the sport lagged, and when they found there was to be no card-playing they soon dis persed. f ry* . - And after they were gone, theyoußj? man sat down alone and thought, and the word "Sober and thrifty!" "Sober nnd thrifty!" rang in his ears, and ho ; repeated them aloud. And then he repeated : "May he be ever as sensible as he is ' at this moment!" And then, with a smiting ot his clenched hand upon his 1 bosom, he exclaimed, "Tom did not lie! 1 w ill not let him lie!" On the following day the youth went to the bank, and was closeted for half an hour with the manager. On the morning of the next day a paragraph appeared in the papers, an nouncing: "We are rather pained to announce that F -1! —, theyoung man who ! was the inheritor of a fortune little more than two years ago, has lost every penny. Misfortune has befallen him; false friends have betrayed him; so that now his bill fs>r h"-s than a hun dred pounds has gone to protest." < >n the next day after this the young man (we will call him I'rt-d) went to Tom Aiubrrly, to whom he had given hundreds and thousands, and usk<-d him for the loan of a hnndn-d pounds. " 'l'on my honor, Fred, 1 wish 1 hud it; but, really Theyouth waited to hear no more, lie tried half dozen others, and with the same result; save that one man, who had won two thousand {saind* from him at <>ne sitting, offered to give him live pounds; but he wouldn't lend him! . Then Fred went to his rooms and sold off his furniture, and gave thein up; and from that time was lost to sight for -iv. ral months. It was getting towards Christmas time that a society paper came out on a certain morning with a paragraph whicti, to a certain set, was startling: "We are happy to state a sail mistake , was made a few months since in tic announcement of the entire loss of Mr. F H 's fortune. He had at that time I wen very unfortunate, and, thri ugh s aiie strange mistake, a bill of Ills went to protest: but he is all right now. The manager ot the bank where his account is kept informs us that he will honor the young man's ■ he< k for a hundrod thousand [sounds with i pleasure. All is well that ends well." i \ Within four-and-twentv hours of >. that time Fred was in receipt of a < u gushing notes, from as manv i tlrtfcv s-r •tKliviflual*. offrring him anv i different . t , , • .w w, ' r to five, and l g- ] help in their p<. . v ging him to remember the old friend- ; ship. I Only one of tlnjii did he answer, and j \ that was the note from Tom Amberly: I "Do you rememlier, Tom, that you ' once offered a toast in my rooms in i honor of myself; and you railed ni i your ' Sober and thrifty host.' And I resolved in mv heart of hearts from that moment that you had not lied!" i And when the Christmas bells wen ringing Fred led the dear girl of his ' old-time love to the altar, and took hr hand in wedlock, promising that the night had passed, and that the morn ing haul dawned ii|m anew and better P The Author of "Home, Sweet Home." Mr. W. W. Corcoran's generous en terjiri.se of bringing home to an Ameri can grave the exiled dust of John Howard I'ayne, recalls the aged phi lanthopist's reminiscences of the poet. ! He saw him llrst in 1809, when l'ayne ; called "The American Hose ins," was J playing in a Washington theatre. Mr. Corcoran, who was then a mere boy says : " Whenever I could get twenty five cents to pay for a seat, I went to see and hear the tragedian;" and his memory of his appearance and action is now fresh and clear, after a lapse of seventy-three years. Two years later j he saw him again, w hen l'ayne fled to ! Georgetown from Baltimore, where he ' had l>een trying to defend a printing , office from a mob. In 1840 the per- j , sonal acquaintance of the two Itegun, | and continued on very intimate terms until l'ayne went as United States ron -5 sul to Tunis and died there. Cor coran- has select-d the spot where the poet's remains are to real. It is a tri j angular plot, near the eastern entrance j of Oak Ilill cemetery, on the crest of a hill, overlooking the valley of Bock t ■ Creek. The place is marked by a soli -1 tary, magnilloent beech tree. The re mains will le interred next spring with appropriate ceremonies, and a plain, j massive monument ejected alwvo them, bearing only the inscrption; JOHN HOWARD PAY**, T Author of "Home, Sweet Home." Horn June 9.1792; t. Died April 10,1812. tOE WELSH CHOIRS. tlHlln aha Peculiar Ciistam -Wrl.b I.or ol Prt"l ~#w flielr* Sr. The custom among the Welsh oi holding musical contests is very old, having its origin in the meetings called Elsteddvodan (the plural of Eistedd fod), which were a sort of competitive examination for the election of chief bards. J hese banls formed a very lin j porLint anil influential in the community; they kept alive the na fibmi! spirit of the peojde by stirring l^Oads^ of tin: wisdom and power of I their ancestors. In fact, their power was times such as to make tbum the 1 vippiial rulers of the natiuu. As curly as 940 A. I).. King Ilowel Dha found it necessary to revise and limit their privileges. A century ami a half later Urifllth np-t'onali still further re strained their pretensions, and their power gradually wants) until it van ished on the conquest of Wales by the English, when, as tradition says, the bards were ruthlessly exterminated a tradition that is now happily rele gatisl to the rapidly increasing num ber of historical myths. These Kistcdd vlan were not held at any stated time—but when the office of chief bard became v;n .int from death or tome other reason. They were gatherings to which all who could by any means attend, docked eagerly; tiny were al ways, at least in early times, held in the open air, some sheltered vallev or sloping hillside being generally chosen lor the purpose. Here the bards vied with each other iu Mirnng up the pa triotism and enthusiasm of their vast .audience, by recounting in ruggisl vers.- the warlike ilc*|s of the kings, and the wisdom of the sages of old, ac companying their recitations with the Welsh harp, ealhsl i rowd, or crowth, when he who aroii-i-l to the highest pitch the fe; id national feeling that characterizi ill Celtic peoples, was chosen chief ird by the aeelainationH of the mult it |e. After the conquest of Wales by Ed ward 1., in IJ-I, tin- ] -overfill influence of the bards was broken. Hut he and the succeeding s. veri-igns, re.ngnizing the value of such allii ■>, irehari d as they were from old associations to the popular heart, wisely encouraged the jMwtieal and the musical aspi i ts of the fJuild of Hards, while they can fully rurtailisl tleir political jkiwit. The !.i-t sovereign to make any spc-ia! en aetment concerning the bards was Klizalicth, who in l.V 1 - issued a coin mission for the holding of an Eistedd fod, at t'a*rwy. Hut the ancient spirit was dying out, and, from that time to the present, the efforts of these a—hn. So universal among all < lasses of the Welsh people has this love for chorus ringing become, that it may with safety be said that no other j- pie have such a widely diffused acquaintance with the very highest class of music as they have. This is the more remarkable, when we take Into consideration the | fact that both singers and listeners 1 were, for by far the greater part, com- I posed of miners and their wive* and j children. | The members com losing a choir are ftcn scattered over a wide ex j .ent of territory, so that regular weekly or even monthly meetings of j the choir are Impossible. When a new | chorus is to lie learn<*l, the various | members will procure. If they can afford it. one copy for each member of | the family, or, if the work is exjten ! give, one copy for the whole family. Then the neighboring families will meet once or twice a week at each other's houses, the liest reader among them is appointed leader, and they go to work with no instrument but a pitch-pipe or tuning-fork, to master the fugues of Handel or Ilaydn. When all these small parties have mustered tho chorus—whirh they do so thor oughly that they commit it to memory —a meeting of the whole choir is held, numbering from ten to three hundred, ' in some church, school or railway ' station, and the leader of tho choir— himself usually a miner—holds a grand review of the work done by his lieuten ant*. The whole work is gone ovei carefully and thoroughly, and, aftei J th "Effing of some of the old home , f in their mother tongue, the vari ■ Odl croups separate for the long walk j. or ride through the wikhla and over the I mountains, to rcpimt the process with another chorine Tho choirs that live l_ in the neighborhood of towns huve, of fj course, many advantages over those* f that have to conduct their rehearsals . ' n this fragmentary way, having tiu> opportunity of frequent meetings arid . the constant presence of their regular j lender, and, in some instances, the aid I of instruments. Feelag Walters In the course of an interview with a ,* waiter, a < incjnnati I'otnmir'dal rc- I porter asked: "Well, how at>out this r feeing?" "til course some people fee us. If . they do not it is all right, and if they . j do it is all right ; we treat all alike, and | as for giving anything that is a matter . for the guest to decide, not us. In New ork the system has grown to con siderable dimensions. If a man has a good place at Itelmonico's cafe, or the Hrunswlek, ho ought to make from four to five dollars a day from fees. If ' a I ,!, rty of gentlemen come in here and spend |.'K) or ?P> for dinner, why, of course, a waiter is detailed to look after theni exclusively. We are more at tentive, just as the proprietor will be more attentive, to guests who come often and pay large bills rather than one who com is one a wick to get a (h mi-Uisxr ,- lint in Cincinnati jiisiple give out very little in foes. They are | what waiters call miff-. They order i ne portion fur three jus. pie. of course we give them all tin* attention jswsi ' bio. Knowing that we can't get rich at it the proprietor of tin* >t. Nn holas jmivs iih f"i n month more than liel inoriico would. In the ladn s' part of the house less is obtainisl. I,ailii s are running in and out of there all day. I hey like to sit in the window and watch the people. They order very 1 itt — a drmi-tassr and some toast, a tuttl frutti , or a glass of wine will be all they will want. Sometimes they fee and somotimes riot." Another waiter in another part of the city was interviewed, and askfsl ' whether Ldies ever took anything strong to drink, and In* rej.liwl: "(•h, yes, ladie* come in very fr qucntly for a cocktail, or a punch, or vune brandy, and sometimes cham pagne. Hut they will want it si rvi*d in i tips, soothers will not we it. t\'e had a great titue the otle r day. Nunc l.wlies eaine in for champagne. They orderisl it in cuji.s. The waiter was not smart Instead of filling the nips outside he brings them in and {daces them on the table. Then he brings in hi* l. ,ttle of I'ommcry Sec in his silver in-freczer and opens the bottle with a great pop. "The ladies are terrified. "EverjlKKly looks around for the j i hanipagne, and s. .• the ladi* - drinking out of cups. Of course they all laugh, i The ladies themselves are al ashed." A furious Excuse for Murder. Diphtheria in childhoml is not gener ally ren i\ <*l as an excuse fur murder in rij>cr years, but it has lately l** n al- P gi'l in xtenuation of that critne in an Italian court of justice. The assas sin is a youth of si venti**n, who, some mo..*hs ago, after a quarrel with the attendant of a cafe, drew a revolver, and discharged four barrels at the un fortunate man, killing him on the spot. The facts were not disputes!; there were plenty of witnessi-*, and the only provocation alleg*l was that the bar man ohjistcd to this impetuous youth's g. ~ng Ik hind the bar to look for a ratio whirh he said had Urn left there by a frimd. Mlnervini, the homicide, is very respectably ronne*eted. His father j had U en in parliament, and he veined to think it altogether too strung that he a "gentleman," as he repeatedly called himself—should be ralb*l to ac eount for shooting a waiter. He said j he had Viecn struck in the course of the . 1 dispute, and that consequently he was blind with rage. Hut witnesses te-sti fiedthat he had left the place and re turnisl to shoot, and the judge eugentlv ' oliservisl that he was not so blind but , that he eould aim straight. Minervini'a i friends urgel that he was of an un f; governable temper, and his doctor eer . tifiisl that since treating hnn for diph theria, ten years ago, he had hml fit* of I rage—in one of which, it apj>ears, he , had thre-atened to shisd a cabman.' The j jury found him guilty, anel, on account • if his age, he was sentenrod to the light ' punishment of five years' imprison- I I liient. However, in five years' time he r will still only be twenty-two. The sting of the lee. it is said, is scarcely discernible under a powerful * magnifying glass. Hut the man who p get* stung by a be*' seldom has his 1, microscope with hint, and always I imagines that sting to lie about the size of a red-hot crow low. "What Impudence !" exrlaimrsl Mrs. j Shoddy. "Here is a man applying by letter "for a situation as coachman who signs himself "Your oliedient servant,' r and I have uot even thought of hirir.j 'f hint yet." DEPARTMENT. Fulilm Num. ' Heavy armuro br<* ■aiiitt are used for outside garments: Crenelated edges to fancy house jac kets are a growing fancy. The fur set of a fashionable young lady is composed of u j>eleriiie and a 1 inufl. i Undyed heaver will Ik: much in vogue for capes, collars, muffs and ; Imndfl. Very plain skirts are much worn, hut not to the exclusion of more elab orate ones. Colored handkerchiefs are brought | out in th loveliest coiuhinations of aesthetic colors. Flush is in high favor for carriage and opera wraps- in dark colors for the former, and light ones for the latter. Standing military linen collars, fav tened with a gold or jeweled button, are fir-1 favorites in plain neck lin gerie. White felt jMike !onnets trimmed with white uncut velvet, w hito feathers and some gilt braid, are worn by young 1 ame of the latest imported Freneh (silonaises have Kuiis XI \* w;u.stcoats and pockets covered with eolurvd silk i tiibroiderr. .launty, soft felt English hats niueh re-embling Hkn* wom by gentlemen. 1 a passing novelty for ultra-fiLsluMiable young l.elies. Maraltout fringes of chenille, in w ide bands that an* more like moss trim ming than fringe, are the gn at novelty of the winter. <>n some of the I'.u-i-i r.ding habit*, when the corsage is u light > b.r. a horw '- head in bright color is eul rojd ered on the collar, fx ings aid the cufTs. Light oik*of pale green. d*li< ate pink and lilac are combined for nvi*n itijt wear with dark garnet, dark blue, brown and royal ptirjie velvet* with admirable effect. In jewelry is shown x very novel lace pin in the form of a locust with sap phire eye*, the body of a lights ojorist lapis luruli. the legs of gohJ, and ' the wmgs formed of tiny ibamoiid • hipping-. • 'oatsof plush, with braid ornaments looped acre—thefr nt military fashion, are worn ly young I.u'ies over a vari etv of -kir?-. and • ti !-• utilize! K'tH for the 1, use ami also out-of-doors wear; titsimetrie.il b-igns are now the tie -' fa. burnable lor all snrsll artirh*. Dollies, f..r in-t;tßce, are left quite plain in tie- < ■ nt: e. and in < a< h > one r a double triangh or interlacing circlets or squares are worked. Itihb 11 \ elve*". i- now v ry much *sed It is pi ru rally arranged in three ijt five rrnrs around a ttat skirt, ir • lm- it forms small b ps on the lower part of the skirt and waist. The richest ij these trimmings a broad land of \cl\- ming is applied in Kinds of some six to eight inches wide. A fancy has recently I>een in vogue among ladies who thought more of fashion than eomfort to have the sleeves very tight. This freak, how ever. has 1— n condemned not only by physicians, but bv artists of moles -by the one because it destroys frss* rircti lation and renders the arm inactive, and, therefore, seriously affect* the gener.il health, and by the other because no woman in a vise can l>c graceful iu ( her movement*. A "UrmMmfr't" A well-known commercial traveler was last wis'k introdurel by the land j lord of the hotel at which he was stop ping in Minnesota to the landlord's ; oldest and handsome daughter. "This is my gal," said the landlord. "She's up and a comin'.but you can't trust her. I'm tryin' to drive some foolish notions out of her head, an' I'll do it or I'll break every bone in her body." She burst into tears and walked away. The traveler next morning, with his three big trunks behind the wagon, driving over to the railroad station, overtook walking on the road a young school master, whose acquaintance he had made at the hotel. On his invitation the school teacher got up on the seat by his aide and rode to the slation with him. As the last trunk was being set on the platform, there was a terrible rumpus heard inside of it . The young teacher, tusluug to the traveler's side. exclaimed: "It's Nellie; forGrxf's sake, Mr. , let her out." The traveler . hurriedly unlocked his trunk, and a* he threw hack the lid, the pale fare of the landlord's daughter appeared rising out of the trunk. Hho stood trembling upon the platform, then hurst into tears and sohbiiigly told her story. Her "foolish notions" were her love for the poor schoolmaster; and they had devised this plan for escaping the vigilance of her father. She fell on her kn<** and tagged not to is- sent hark. Tie trav eler's heart rn Ited, and he auperin tended a grand welding for them at Sioux City. The only pay he got for twenty auger holes bored in his "sam ple" trunk was a kiss from the bride. V i-I'mprr-nm P.i#rair. The Empress Eugenic is reported to he very wealthy. Her projwrty n-aily consists of three house* in the lltiede l'KJysee, valued at hut mort gaged f,K $100,000; two houses in the Uue d'AlUs, value*! at 1180,000, Isst mortgage*! to the Credit F*>ncier for (ItKMmO; tetat*• of Jucheres j the Selferineestate, valued *t $300,000; l liw-n iiinn- *.r Jess p-.pui.ir with ladies in IvarojM-s.nce the days of Marv, 'yieen lof S< -x are ir vited uu these little select evening en tertain meats and r< skies-ly Mjuar dcr •"■i 1 their immediate porkf money m gallant wager* on th-u f;\ r,t*--." sew York"* did Men. It is a curious fait i.nnectcd with Ufa in this city, ren*ark? a New Y rk corr**?j>ondent, that find very nv old men here. I.ife s hard <•:! nth physical .uid mental ;s*w-rs that o* n wear oug here with wonderful rape dry. The only exception **> this statemi it is f.iind i tour old cap itndsta. Th**s*',wm, having been endowed with nervi *nd •skill t< fight th* hattb forw-ealth, tavc gradually gr**wn <>l i .a th*- conflict hut have -till retained their j>site a as leadov They has* been able not fdy to master the eon.ja-ritors ofyoiahful days..hat h:\c alxi held th<-,r si pmn iwy uoi'i the ru w ce.aiing gem ration. TUs distinction 'tiilirates great power of isxly andmind, and h* nee the "M men of this : jy ar<- aa a elies men .t. notje. A very int'wstmg and in fuei re markable old man isl'eter Coipt r.who wa* born in tli* city tnor- thin ninety one years ago. He has 1 wen a plain in.in all his life, notwithstanding his immense wealth, and h; not only worked hard tut continue* tu attend to business. Mr. Cooper m a money making iLain without l>oyhnt to learn this < .ibm<-making biisin***. Tie worked, at this for s while <>n his own account. an*l thin failed. Afterward he gp> >t. into the iron and also the glue businsoSk in which he luiilt tip a reputation which became a fortune to him. His glu is well known in the trade. Iwit the institute ha* given him ooKwopidi tan fame. Pupils come here from all l*arts of the world to enjoy the Iwnefit , of instruct ion and ni'h is the pressure ! for ailmittance that application must now le made six mouths in advance, A very fine feature in tle institute is its free lectures, and when the course oj>eneil this season Mr. Oxtper X|ipe?rel on the stand and waa welcomed vith applause, lie lives in neat but Minple style sn*l is one of the plainest of old fashioned jeo pie. The AdTantaces of the American Press. In the matter of late news the Am erican press has the advantage of the European. Whatever hap]ens in this country after or 11 o'clock at night is too late for the morning edition* of 1 the London pajwrs; hut anything oc curring there as late as 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning can hfCpuWished in the morning papers on this side. In the same wsy the afternoon pajir* in this country may get the whole day's news from abroad while the European pa pers can get only half a day's news 1 from this side.