What the Ship Brought Me. I waitiM long by tho wide bny' Mo, Waited until tho gun wont down, And tho monntain peak againit tho sky Loaned, wearing a gleaming gold crown. Tho crickets chirped in tho waving grass, Tlio warns made music in passing along, Whilo many a bird just going to rest Song its soil, melodious vesper song. I hoard tbo bolls of tho village ring, Kinging tbo closo of tho long day's toil, Tho cud of tho factory's busy bum, And tbo daily labor's brisk turmoil; And the shadows deepened while I sat thoro Watching, nyc, watching lor one to come, One who had IHHJU for a wholo long your Many and many a mile trom homo. What was that voice that I listened to, That sang a song ol sweetness rare? What was tho whisper that came to me As I sat watching tho bright waves thoro? It was the volco of tlio heart's stiong tsith, Of the soul's high trust it was tho song, And I knew that 1 soon would behold the lace Of hint who had absent boon so long. And the moon arose with her wonted grace, And smiled 011 a sail so purely whito It seemed hko the wing of some spirit palo That had come abroad in tho moonlit night- I watched its coming with hope and fear As I saw tho vessel more plainly grow- To my sight, though it came on sluggish feet, j Aye, it camo, it seemed to me, so slow! But joy lor mo was iu that ship, For it brought my loved ono hack to me — Him who hud carried his mith and hope All over the cruel, tcmpostuous scu; And now, whenever I sit beside That white-capped bay and a sail appears, I think if the joy which a sail brought mo One summer ovo in the long-gono years. Ctiltb Dunn. THREE BRAVE MEN. T'ri'tty Barbara Ferron would not marry. Her mother was in consterna tion. "Why are yon so stubborn, Barbara?" slio asked. "You have plenty of lovers ?" "But they do not suit," said Barbara, Coolly tying her curls l>efore the mirror. "Why not?" "1 want to marry a man win Is brave, equal to any emergency. If I give up my liberty 1 want it taken care of." "fjillv child! What is tbo matter With Big Barney, the blacksmith ?" "He is big, but I never heard that he was brave." "And you never heard that he was not. What is the matter with Ernest, the gunsmith ?'.' "lieis as placid as goat's milk." "That's no sign he is a coward. There is I.ittle Frit/, the tanner : be is quarrelsome enough for you, surely!" "He is no bigger than a bantam cock. It is little good he canjlo if tin house was set ujion by rom-ors." "It is not always strength that wins a fight, girl. It takes brains as well as brawn. Come now, Barbara, give thes three voting fellows a fair trial." Barbara turned her face licfore the mirror, letting down one raven tn-ss gnd looping up another. "I will, mother." she said, at last. That evening Ernest, tin- gunsmith knocked at the door. "You sent for me. Barbara?" lie Raid, going to the girl, who st-a-d up--n the hearth, e-iquettisldy warming one pretty foot and then tin- ether. "Yes, Ernest," she replied, 'l've been thinking on what y>ai said the Other night when you were here." "Well, Barbara?" Ernest spoke quietly, but bis dark blue eyes lln-shed, and he lo ked at her Intently. "I want to test yon." "How?" "I want to see if you dare do a very disagreeable thing." "What is it ?" "There is an old coffin up-stairs It smells moldy. They say Bedmond, the murderer, was hurled in it ; but Satan came for his Imdy and left the eoflln empty at the end of a week, and it was finally taken from the tomb. It is up. stairs in the room grandfather died in. ,and they say grandsire does not rest easy in his grave for some rcas-.n though that I know nothing about. Dare you make that coffin your lied to-night?" Ernest laughed. "Is that all. I will that and sleep soundly. Why, pretty one, did you think I had weak nerves?" "Your nerves will have good proof If you undertake It. Remember, no one sleeps in that wing of the house." "1 shall sleep the sounder." "Good night, then; 1 will send a lad to show you the chamber. If you stay till ijorning," said the imperious Miss Barbara, with a nod of her pretty head, 'T will marry you." "You vow It?" Ernest turned strnight away, and followed the lad in waiting, through dim rooms and passages, up echoing stairs, along narrow damp ways, where rats scuttled Itefore, to a low chamlier. The lad looked pule and seared, evident ly wanting to hurry away, but Ernest made him wait till he took a survey by the aid of his lamp. It was very large, and full of recesses, which lutd been barred across. He remembered that the old grandsire Ferron had been insane for several years boforo his death, so that this precaution had been necessary for the safety of himself and others. In the centro of the room stood a coffin, besido it stood a chair- The room was otherwise perfectly empty. Ernest stretched himself out In the coffin. "Be kind enough to tell Miss Barbara it is it very good lit," he said. The boy went out and shut the door leaving the young gunsmith alone in tho dark. Mean whilo Barbara was talking with the big blacksmith In the sitting room. "Barney," said she, pulling her hand away from his grasp when ho would have kissed her, "I've a test to put you to before I give you an answer. There Is a corpse lying in tho chamber where my grandsire died, in the untenanted wing of the house. If you dare sit with it all night and let nothing drive you away from your post you will not ask me again in vain." "You will give me a light and a ' bottle of wine and a book to read?" "Nothing." "Are these all the conditions you can ofTer me. Barbara?" "All. And if you are frightened you need never look me in the fa-'-- again " j So Barney was conducted to his post bv the lad, who had been instructed in 1 the secret, and whose involuntary start 1 at Ernest's placid fare as he lay in the I coffin, was attributed by Barney to the ' natural awe of a corpse. He took I.is seat an-1 the b-y 1-ft him alone with tho darkness, the bats, ami the eoilin. Shortly after, young Frit/, the tan ner. arrived, flattered ami hop ful from the fact that Barbara had sent for him. "Have you changed yot r mind- Barbara ?" "No; and I shall n<>t until I knit 1 ball I— sat. I that you are as smart and as brave a- I require a husband to 1-e " "Why, r> -thing is n - e.i-y"' • \rlaim ed Frit/. "I can scare him away. Furnish ine with a sheet, show me tio r-'om and g - to your re-.t. Bar nra. You shall find me at the p—t in tin morning." Barbara did as require 1 and saw the tanner Step lightly away t-> his task It was tlo-n nearly 1J --'< i - k and she .sought her own chamber. Barney was -otting at bis vigil, and so far all had la-en well. The night had l-e-n very long, for he had no means of counting the tune At times a thrill went thr -ugh him. for it seemed as if he ■ oul-1 hear a low suppressed l-r- ttliing not far away. He persuaded himself that it was the wind I-lowing through the crevici s <>f the old bouse. ill it wus.vcry lonely and n--t at all < hecrfuL 'I fie fac- in the 1.. fin gbani-d white still. The rats - pii-.tkc l as if there was a famine u|-on them and they smelleil dea I flesh. The thought made hint shudder. lie g t up anil walked about, but .something male a n -ise behin-l him. and he put his chair with its back against the wall ami sat down again, ilhad la-en at worl.iall day, and at last grew sleepy. Finally he nodded and sn -red. > iddenly it seemed as if snmelaaly had touched him. He awoke with a start, ami saw nobody near, though in the centre of the r-oiii st*id a white figure. "Curse you, get, out of this." he ' exclaimed, in a fright, using the first words that came to his tongue. The figure held out its arm and slowly approached him. He started to his feet. The sj-ectre came nearer, pressing him into the corner. "The mischief take you!" cried Barney, in his extremity. Involuntarily he stepped hark; 1 still the figure advanced, coming nearer and nearer, as if to take him lin a ghostly embrace. The hair start -1 od up on Barney's head; he grew desperate, and just as the gleaming ! arm would have touched him he fell 1 on the ghost like a whirlwind, tear | Ing the sheet, thumping, pounding, | heating, and kicking, more and more enraged at the resistance he met with, which told him the truth. As the rentier knows, he was big, and Fritz was little, and while he was pounding the little fellow terribly, and Fritz was trying to get a lunge at Barney's stomach, to take the wind out of him, both kicking and plunging like horses, they were petri fied Ity hearing a voice cry: "Take one of your size, Big Barney." 1 Looking around they saw the corpse t sitting up In his coffin. This was too much. They released each other and sprung for the door. They never knew how they got out; but they ran home in hot haste, panting like stags. It was Barbara herself who came and opened the door tho next morn ing. "It's very early; one more little nap," said he, "one more little nap," turning over iu his coffin. -So she married him; though alio sent Fritz and Barney Invitations to the wedding, they did not a]-pear. If they discovered the trick they kept the knowledge to themselves and never willingly faced Barbara's laugh ing eyes again. TIIE SHETLAND PONY. tlmriM lr rial Ira of tlx l.lftlr .tnlmnl- I nllarl) llrvohl of \lt luuaiirsß. The native live st-a-k of .Shetland cannot generally be commended, hut the well known pony of that part of | the world is perfect of its kind. As j carts would he out of place on tlio 1 steep sides of the hills, ponies arc kept by every family for the purpose of car rying peat for the winter. The fuel, after being dried, is pi acts 1 in baskets culled "cassies," one of which hangs on ! each side of the animal's hack, a strong, 1-roa-l hack, admirably adapted for the ' purpose of hearing heavy burdens, j The "Sfieltie" is an animal which for many generations has been 'bred and train-si under special and peculiar cir cumstances. and hence his physique and general rhani t- r, his hereditary , instincts and Intelligence, his small si/e and his purity and fixity of tyj-o. A pony In-longing to a breed which has had to pick its zigzag way down a stc-p declivity tltiring many genera, tions, must la- sure footed. By the ante rule, a j ny, wh- e gr- • ins and playmates include a-I t/en juveniles th- children of the in ighl-orhood, who r- II ah--ut underne ith him, or ujan his back niu-i b gentle, and the same I--ny, living on the - ithol l -11 air - metiiiie-, rather than -n herbage, uiii-t la- fi.tr ly. The ja-ny of the ."Shet land I :-s 1- in t i t th ■■ ••t;sj-ring <-f < ;r- 1 tances. lb- is the j•t of the family, gentle a tfi- Aral- -t.-. .1 un-lcr similar trainaig He will follow his 'ri< nds 111 -1 - 1 - lik-- a -log. and lick the platters- r the children's faces. He , li.is no in-re ki• k in ban than a cat .in-l no m- r- 1 itc in him than a puppy. II- is a nol-l--examj'l- --f the • mpleto - ippr- ."ii of th'--e vi n-na pr- p< n i tu ■ that v no- --f h:> kn.-l exhibit w hen tfi- ;. ar-- ill-treated. an-1 . I the int- ili g'-ne- itnd good t-:nj < r that may la d-v-l -p- 1 in Ic-rs-s 1-y I tteri is no pr< - e-h nt f r his running away, n- r f--r tns l-c<--ming frightened --r tir<-i, <%-n when he ha - t-h miles across tho hilh. IB- un-xc- down the rugged t-.H-ides with admirable cireumsper tion, h-a-1- ! j tnnter fashion with two l.c.tvy "ca •.- of j-eat. p.-king his way step by step, sometime-* sideways. In < r- -sing boggy spot -, where th-- water is rctaim-d anh"-tland p- ny wears a coat made ' <■( h-lt-d ti.iir. an-1 sja- tally suitisl f -r the or< asion. Hi* thick w inter gar ! inent is well adapted f.-r protecting him against, the fogs and damps of the chinute. It is exceedingly warm and - 'mfi-itaMe.litsi-lose 1-> the wearer's -laj-per form, and is n--t had looking 1 when new. But when the coat grows --111 toward spring at the season when the new one should appear It becomes the shabbiest garment of the kind that I you often see. its very amplitude and the abundance of the mats-rial, render it c nspinous when it |eels | and hangs for aw hile ragged an-1 worn out, and then falls hit by hit, till tho whole of it disappears. The number j of ponies bre-1 in different districts do- ! pends upon circumstances. A good breeding district must possess a good i hill that is, a hill lying well for shel ter, and well clothed with native vege tation, such as heather. — b'urmtry. Rnles for Entertaining Burst*. Don't invite them if you don't want them. Don't run in debt to entertain them in style. Don't turn your house upside down for them. Don't wear your Sunday dross when you arc cooking the dinner. Don't show them off too publicly If i they happen to be distinguished indi viduals, and don't hide them If they \ are poor relatives. t Don't change the complexion of 1 your family prayers to match the rclig ■ lon they happen to beldng to. Don't tell them every minute to ' make then-Delves at home, but make s your bouse so home-like that they can't > help feeling at home. CONCEAL HI) WEALTH. Tba Cnrtou. I'larra tth're Hoary llaa lirei> Found When Hidden or lyoal. "1 have beeu Kent for very often In ify time,'" tell * I and elderly New York detective, to a Sun rejairter, "to search for money concealed by eccentric poo ple. There wan more of tldn hiding of cosh forty years ago, than there is now, owing probably, to the doubtful char acter of Home of the old savings banks. "Some fifteen years ago, I went up to a farm house in Orange county, at the request of the heirs, to look for money. The deceased had no striking characteristics for my purpose, and after trying several lines of search for three days, 1 grew doubtful. His riding H.'eldio had been ripped open, his boot heeia Knocked ofT for diamonds, his shoes split up and his upholstery pull ed to pieces. I .ricks had been taken out, the hearth torn up. and the wain wot ingH pulled down. Kven the back boards of picture frames lutl been taken out, and the boys hud dug around the roots of every tree in the orchard, but still no money had been found. The reward was too large to l;o lost, but 1 was nearly at my wits' end. Finally the thought came like a flash: 'Where was the old gentleman in the hat.lt of mttlng V I asked. '<)h, he ul. most always sat by that window,' said the brother; 'but we've pulled every thing to pieces around there.' 'Sit down just as he did.' The man sat down. 'ln which direction was he most apt to look ?' 'Nowhere in par ticular; out of the window, generally.' "Toward the barn '?' "No, this way.' I followed the look; it was in the line of an olif used-up pump. 'Which way did he walk when he went out to the field'?' * ft him. He wr--t<- -- it tin- qtu v tmn: 'Where did 1 put my money Ihe amount wa- large, pi b mds. which he had Is-ctt als.ut to take to a safe deposit buii-ling. The heirs were wild. I st. j j..-.1 all th< tearing uj. and eudn.-n pri< king hi ,- in •■. f- r the man wa- u--t a *c rjce.iler." tlioiigb it was snppo .-1 by the d - t'-rs that he had felt the alta k coming on. nnd had juit the inoncv in v-me out-of th-wa}-plae.-. Just how, or in what sj "t in Ids library J. had fallen, could not be made • -tit. After a day's rcib tion, lii\ | art tier and I had coin b:-i< tliat he had I< - n roblied. iw-> e -urs. - were open to us we . uld maki sud den arr.sts without any real evidence. al\v:t}s a hateful course f r a good de tective to take, or we uiust find the ex act spot where the man fell, and 'line" up fr in that. The d>>- t-.rs helped us here: 'You had Is-lter < vanillic the gentleman's lidy,' they - ml. \N •• did i so. and found a long horizontal mark on the hip. atul blue mark <>n tin- knc. and cllntw. lie had fallen sidewise over an objo-t not over sixteen inches high, and having a narrow, rnumhxt edge of metal, for an iron mark was found on the clothing. Every piece of furniture in the house was inspect ed, but to no purjioso. The heirs nj>- | parent were in despair. We took all j night to think the matter over. Then J my partner said; 'llow about the cel i lar ? That's where the household metal | is.' They all laughed. 'He hasn't lecn there in a year,' they said. We went down. My partner glanced quickly around, and then gave me a look that 1 ran almost feel running through my nerves to this day. lie hat health, j 1 was called by the officials of the llos ! ton schools to Introduce a new system ;of teaching the deaf. It was nothing less than teaching them t speak. I l had long believed it possible to teach j the deaf the use of the mouth and or. 1 gans '1 speech and had demonstrate! - it in some degree, and gladly accepted i the opportunity of putting the system int > practical ojs-ration. I undertook j the work, keeping up, however, my study of ebs tri' itv and its application to sound production, working late at night after Other people Were at rest. In inv efliorts to demonstrate to the deaf how the sound waves affect the hearing car I made use of a little in strument with a membranous dia phragm which r< spunded to the sound ! waves. I eofi cjvcd the idea of writ, ing these - pond waves - -asmoke ! glass Ho that they could be read. Continuing the experiment till further, I <■ tam ed a human ear, and found that bv speaking int--it I r-.uhl produce simi lar but more satisf.iet ry results, a little I Him- in the • ir le-ing move 1 by the vl -1 rati- ii of the ear drum and writing :nd wa •- <:i tie- gl.i--. All this time 1 wa eoiitiniiirig my exjs-r- In.en's with m l and the applieation of electrieit} to it •pr•! , ti u. 1 had sueeceilol in a considerable degree w hen elder,ly the idea - f connecting the two sue- e -fill evperillieriLS iH- fijr rol t-i me, and I did s- , attaching the ■ ir to the it.-truineiit bv which the >und- w eft-j rane persons le eome unnaturally brittle. 'I here is little doubt f the c.rro tne-s of this statement. and this fact at Uim-s doiibtb - uiakes it appear as though great violence bad Is en in. 111-tod upon the insane; that is. very slight injuries will in these jw-r-v-n -produce wound- which would r rsons that they le provided with the necessaries of life, and that they !• protected from their own violence and from the violence of others as far as possible. It is also due society that the sane people in the world le protected from the violence of the insane. In no way can this le accomplished as effectually as by the hospitals for the Insane. Notwith standing all the furore which Is at times raised against these institutions it is probable that most of them are managed inthetw-st jiossiblc manner.— j Philadelphia 77no*. Selfishness. Poor human nature, which views the universe from the stand-point of its i own intercuts, is illustrated in this an j ecdote: A Scotch farmer was greatly exer clsed regarding the safety of his hay crop. The weather, though often i threatening, favored his efforts till he hal succeeded in getting it safely 1 gathered in. being In this respect more fortunate than several of hi* neigbors. i After seeing the last wisp of straw tied round hi* stacks, he exclaimed, with a self satisfied air: "Xoo, sin' I hac gotten my hay a' safely in. 1 think the warld would ' greatly the better o' a guid shower." Court ship. ft chanced, fbey any, upon * 'lay, A (nrloujj from lh town, Unit hlitr wai *uollii>(c uj< tho way Aa h wna (trolling ilown; Kb* liumtninii low, aa niijjht )otii looked rouud They Ixjtli ware pained, they lartb explained What caun-l their eyen t/i roam; And nothing after that remainol But he ahoul'l her home. It happened ao, preciwly ao, Ana!) their frurnda and neighbors know. Next day to that 'twin common chat. Admitting no debate, A bonnet clone heaide a hat Wiu sitting on a gate, A month, not more, had buttled o'er, When, braving nod and smile. One Mushing soul came through the door W here two when up the aiale. It hap|K:iie.l *o, precisely ao, As all their friends and neighbors know ITSIiKNT I'ARAGIt Al'llH. A young man biting bis mustache is : case of "down in tin mouth." An improbable story is properly a canard, because intelligent ]>eople canardly (relieve it. The average girl with a big hat 1 arh 1 with ih.wers and leathers seems ail head till you talk to her. "How to Attain the Life ]Jeyond,"is the title of a .Vt-i.nt Inn!:. We will tell you for a cent. Kat :i cucutnlrer. It is a < hicago vientist's prediction that if j.'i.nted shoes remain in use human toes will eventually l obliter at' 1 among eivili/ed js-ople. The waitress inferred that the gue*t ha! taken a little something before aupjier fr in the mere fact of his order ing "t.i- l (rati rt and ehork j- ps." Mrs. fill lolly sat- -he doesn't see what they want t . nd way over to 1-gypt to get r a gs f,, r . -i„. i, a l.een fully snj ] lii 1 sir Jt ,. -he married ill- lly. A? Niagara Tails a \ ung 1 ri|iy man ran out into its p.ith. ami wa- -afcly bl-wn into tin- next ; county. The Man With n Boil. A broad-shoulder' 1 man was walk ing along Chatham street on Friday. Ii- h*.kit! as if he wa- in gn at pain. "What's the matter?" naked a frit-ml "Hi. I'in in terrible agony! Lot a fsdl a- big as a watermelon on my calf, fan hardly walk. Si lung!" and tho proprietor of .lob's comforter move! of!. As he did so another gentb man came along and shook hands with his friend. i "I've got the biggest, joke of the sea son on . There he goes up the street. lie was tilling me how he was frightened by a dog this morning. Let's have some fun." Th" new arrival was "in for it." "You walk upliehind hum grab him jby the leg and bark like a ihg. His nerves are all unstrung, and we'll have a big joke on liini to sit- him jump." "I'll do it," said the other, "and you walk on the other side and see me scare him to death." The two parted to carry out the pro gramme. The latest arrival proceeded , after their mutual friend, dust as he | got close up la-hind him he gratified him by the boil and playfully barked; ■•How. wow. wow," just as naturally as a dog show. The broad-shouldered man went up in the air, while his face looked as If he had suddenly swallowed a tree full of persimmons. When ho came down he recited the alphalict backwards and then pointed his toe thirteen different times at his playful friend, slamined him up against a telegraph pole, mash ed his hat over his eyes, and then walked away looking as if he would like to put the leg with the watermelon l*oil on it over his shoulder and carry it homo. Alter the "dog" had pulled himself out of his hat he hunted up and down Chatham street for the man who had put the job up on him, hut he couldn't find him, for he was looking over the cornice of a neighboring house and bursting with grins.—Anr York World.