AI Li mmm mis si Ll stsvammmto———— ay Death of the Flowers. Tue wh innchoiy days are come, the sad de C0 they "wr, OF walling winks, und naked woods, and w adows brown and sere. - Hoap lin tha hotows of the grove, the wither'd le. ves lie dead ; Toey ristie to te oddying gust, and to tha rabhit’s tread. The robin and the wren are flown, and trom the shrab the jay, rom the wyod-top calls the crow through aul thy gloomy day. Whera are the flowers, the fair young fl swers, that intely sprung and stood, In brighter light and softer airs, & beaute- ous sisterhood? Ala! they all wra in their graves, the gen- tio race of flowers Are lving in their lowly beds, with fair and good of ours, The ruin is falling where they lie; but the eld November rain Calls not, from out the gloomy earth, the wvely ones again, Th wind-flower and the violet, they per- ish'd long na 0, And the wild ross and the orchis died wid the summer glow; But on the hill the golden rod, and the aster in the wood, And (he yellow sunflower by the brook in sutamn beauty stood, Till teil tnefrost from tho clear, cold heav- en; as ‘alls the plague on men, And thebrightr.ess of their smile was gone from upland, glade and glen, And now, when comes the eal, mild day ns #till such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home When the sound of dropping nuts is heard though ail the trees are still, And twinkle in the smoky light the wal- ers of the rill, The"-oath wind searches for the flowers whose frezrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and Ad the stream no more, then I youthful besuty died, The inir, meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side; And In the cold moist sarth we laid her when | the forest cast the leaf And wo wept that one so lovely shoul have a life so brief; ] Yet not unmeet it was that one, like that | young friend of ours, i So gentle and so beautiful, should perish | with the flowers — William Cullen Bryant. | i SAA Ane BR . AN ORDEALOF FIRE. Oh, I say, Wyndham, Paul Toy said, suddenly letting his heels down | to their natural level, and getting up | to light his cigar at a swinging lamp | of Berlin bronze, I've been going tn | ak you several times. what became of the little girl who posed for your Psyche. Some of the fellows fancied | vou were quite serious about her. Old Maogam was awfully cut up| about it. to throw away your whole career | (puff, puff) by marrying. Lester Wyndham smiled, but the! ]»0% on his face did not express much gai ty, Urc'e Manga was always image joing something, he said, briefly. his seat Well said Toy, resuming I confess that I was a little curious myself. What became of her, anyhow? Woy, my dear fellow, Wyndham replied, testily, how should I know? One isn't bound to keep track of al, the one— flirts with I shou!den’t attempt pretty models it. But see | here—it is half past seven, If we are going to hear Mignon to-night, we'd better be ofl Caserelli the you queried Toy. I've heard ber sing it twice, She is getting t gt for that sort of thing. in role say? wo old aad fat See here~<how would it do for me to join you after the second act? I ought Lo show up a! the Snowden reception, you Know. bd As you please, Wyadham replied, battoning his light overcoat over his hat dress suit and tacking an opera think of one who in her | d| He fancied you were going | ' dashed like ure modestly draped in soft white— Marguerite, with eyes like dark pan. sies, and a mass of shining bair rip- pling out of a high, Greek knot. The opera ran on, but Wyndham sat there, ove gloved hand holding the libretto unopened, the other resting passively on the box cuehions, He seemed insensible to everything; but there came at last a full, splendid chorus that might have roused any one. Wyndman looked up. The stage was full of men and girls. He glanced over them, and then—he started. Could that be—who was that girl in white, with golden hair, singing with dowucast eyes, her cheeks glowing with a carmine which art could not imitate? Marguerite! he breathed. It is my little Marguerite. Like one spellbound, be sat there leaning breathlessly forward till her last note died away. If she would only look at him ! But no! What was that rosy glow above? Why did the prima dona glance up ina startled way, and then dash off the stage ? A sudden burst of smoke and a | wild cry of “Fire |" revealed the dan. | ger: Almost instantly the audience was on its feet, The stage manager rushed | out amidst the flight of the troupe | through the wings, which were wrap: | ped in flames in an instant, Sit still! he cried, wildly. You at once. There is time for all w es cape ! But the mad rush for the could not be stopped, snd almost be, doors will be crushed to death if you all go | | my living This is for the administration, she explained. I was on my way here from the property room when I faint ed. If you had not come, monsieur, I should have been left behind, He pressed her hand warmly ns they hurried on. Open the door, she said, And Wyndham sprang forward to obey her, but fell back witha groan. It is locked | he cried, wrenching the knob fatilely, There is no key | Marguerite’s little hands were quickly dashed against the panels of the door, Wyndham vainly strove to hammer them in with his boots or attract attention from without. But the awful din around the build- ing prevented them from being heard. The fireman had arrived, and their shouts mingled with the shrieks of the crowd assembled, The strug- gling mass of people swarming out of the opera house drowned all minor noises, We are trapped! Wyndham sid, in agony. We cannot get back now, my poor little Marguerite! With a low sob, her head sank on his shoulder, As Heavens wills it, she whispered. Iam not afraid here. think that the burnig of the Opera h Comique brought with it the happi- ness of, at least, two loving souls. FIERCE ANIMALS IN A THUN- DERSTORM: A correspondent sends us the fol- lowing account of his experience in the Zoological gardens last night : “Chance took me to the grounds of the Zoological society yesterday even- ing, and after a stroll around I had just time to slip into the building known as the lion bouse, where also are the tigers, jaguars, and leopards, when the storm burst in all its fury, In the waning light the situation was anything but agreeabie for the little | band of belated visitors, most of them without umbrellas, The rain Poured down with such violence that the floor of the place was soon covered, owing to the presence of various overflow pipes which discharged themselves in. side the building. The flashing of the lightening was incessant, and the | roar of the thunder simply deafening, As each flash lit up the dim recesses | of the cages the eye lighted upon the | savage forms behind the bars, Here was a lion standing with ears his Wyndham's arms were around her; | his face close to hers. | Do yon love me? he asked, solemn. | ly. . | Truly, monsier, she replied, ber | arms clinging close about his neck. Thea why did you go away? he | asked. Why did you know where to find you? pot let me | I was poor, she said. I bad to earn | And how could a young | girl have stayed on there without— ing, the fire-curtain on the stage was | let down with a crash, It was then that Wyndham darted out of his box, through the wiogs to he green-room. There was & wild crush and scram- ble there, too. urantes flew in their scanty attire to- | wards the narrow stage exit. Men and wrmen $houted; but above the Wyndham's voice, crying frantically : din Marguerite ! Up and down the narrow corridors 1 | 3 : i : F . 1 p fore the stage manager finished speak. | without— You know I could not. But I meant to ask you to marry me, he ssid, quickly. Yes, Maogam, your uncle, said that could she answered; but Monsieur not be; that it was not right for you lo marry me, because you would lose Ballet girls and fig- | | | rose | everything by that. Wyndham shut his teeth hard Tell me, Marguerite, he said, screamed and | Would you marry me wow! I am a rich man. My uncle is dead. Would you be my wife now. i If I only could! she sighed. I have | always loved you. where the smoke was gathering so . dense and black that death by focation was the first peril, Wyndlam a madman, Where is Marguerite Valleau ? he cried, frantically. Never heard of her, replied one of the machinests. Save yourself Mon- There is no time to hunt for ear, missing ones, One of the chorous girls dashed by, | wrapped in a great cloak. Marguerite Valleau is in the prop- erty room, she said. And Wyndham dashed forward. He did not know where the proper- ty room was; there was no one to tell | him. The corridors were almost serted by the flying troupe; hut above | the flames swelled and leaped, belch | that | From be- | the ing forth sparks and smoke threatened to choke him. heard hind the fire-curtain he roar of the terrified aodience, like so cage, Marguerite | Marguerite | he cried. But there came no reply. ender bis arm, while he worked en To the right and left he ran, in one his gloves, door and out another, till at lsst he I'listop bere a while then, Toy | came upon u limp, white figure lying s1id dropping back into the Oriental | 45 the floor of the deserted room. chair which had such charms for him | Marguerite—thank Heaven! he Wyndham's rooms were everybody's | ried fervently, s¢dmiration. Fortune had smiled on | An4 oatohing her in his arms, be the young artist. He bad sold several | pictures at the Academy, and just as | Fame placed the laurel on his brow, | bis rich old uncle died, leaving him al! | bis money. The stadio of an artist who has | pleaty of money ought to be the ideal of elegance, and Wyndbam's was all thai; yet be was not » happy man, As bestepped foto the Hansom sum moved to convey him (0 the opera, the name of bis pretty model was riogiog sadly ia his ears. © Where was Marguerite? Ah, if he oaly knew what had become of her! He was alone iu the box when the cartaln rose. The opening chorus seemed to him to come from ufar off He saw nothing of the painted singers that moved to and fro on the boards #9 the argument wi folded Jtaelf and the audience began its fitful applaose Wynbam saw nothing of the daubed scenery or the sia fe tenppings; he maw kis own room an 8 little, slender fig turned to retrace his steps. His wuice and touch seemed to arouse her. She opened her eyes and smiled smiled with death staring her in the face, for Wyndham's passage was barred by flame, He new not which way to turn, It is thou, she said softly, in French, I saw thee from the very first. Marguerite, he whispered holdiog ber close in his arms. There is no place for us to go. We ocsonot es cape. Are you afraid to die with me, dearest ! No, she answered, with a fearless smile; but her eyes met his hopeless look with a fresh inspiration. Let me go, Monsieur, she maid, quickly, Come with me. I know a way. Take my hand—so0 | phi trap wader the stage, and into a long in suf- | A new light broke over his face. Oh, be cried, to think that we must Just when 1 have you, my darling. Oh, it die now! found ! is hard to 20 4 die! Hark! she cried, there 1s someone! There pavement, oat, and the two forth an answering shout, were hurried steps on the with sent Some one shoated volees within Then came some swift, thundering blows lock, It open; the door was flung back, and against the purst they were free. Wyndham staggered out with Mar. | guerite in his arms, de- | ‘ . | about this evening. many wild beasts trying to burst their | Look up, my pearl, be whispered Jot the head had suuk, inseasible, on his breast, and she knew nothing. Some one caught Wyndham's arm, Lester! Toy. Good heavens! is it you! It I? And this is eried Paul is he answered, fervently. the girl you asked me Get a carriage, Paul. The young lady? Goes with ue. Do not be surpris- ed. She row. will be my wife to-mor- Paul Toy asked no questions. His | thoughts were taken with the blessedness of having saved his friend from a horrible death. He had come to the theater as by his appoiatment, sod found it in flames. He koew it was useless to search for Wyndham in the awful confusion of that scene; but by chance he saw that the door into the Rue Marivaux was not open. He bad often gone into the Opera Comique by that door with members of the ad- ministration. Perhaps it might serve as an exit to some who were impris oned in that burning building, Half a dozen men rushed to open it at his suggestion, and then— Lester Wyndham had staggered out. The full extent of that awful horror was not known to these three till the next day, when the work of brioging the dead from tue ruins was sadly be- gun, Over that let us draw a veil. The story has been told, with all its bor rible details, by journals in all coun up | the presence of the mysteroius flashes Day { which ever and anon | her. awn house, an ¢ of | mind | the dim memories of a time when he | prowled the forest and shrank from | the savagery, greater even than own, of a tropical storm. Two leop- | pricked as though the clamor elements brought back to his his | ards who had been snarling at one an- | other appeared to bury the hatchet in | ! blinded their | fierce eyes; and their demeanor evine- | ed a certain mutual conciliatoriness, | For the most part the animals lay per- A tigress from Turkistan was, however, fectly motionless about the dens, an exception, she seemed to revel the storm and bounued from in corner * to corner with & bold defiance of th the © lightening which with slmost brilliancy of limelight, played upon In the next cage a and tigress whose course of true love did not tiger appear to run smoothly, to judge from |, the nasty snaps of the lady when her | mate attempted to rub his nose on ipl telly £4 3 : 3 34 her su ilder, were con ) flashing ii dued by the crashing and which was goiog on around them, and they crouched down in opposite f ter the to yrrors of tae night it was with som at 1 left partic corners, with every appearance « ror. When a slight cessation in sinstorm emboldened rors r Ke h feeling of relief ti |] this ular refuge, for the thought would trude itself if by chance 8 bolt were to strike down a wall the fo i ed friend s would be Mail {Jasetfte — A A MIDNIGHT SCENE IN THE MAN. SION OF THE MILLIONAIRE GAS MAN in the cutling Hold up your hands! L} af The speaker was a man of slight but shapely build, with a piercing eye, a resolute look, a commanding voice if one who was abe At, puit he stood ic a of egant mansion on the aud the bearing « solute master of the situation. d doorway of the diningsroom tired in his rox his 3 | boulevard, aod beld in his hand a 44 CRiiOre rev Iver pointed straight ahead of him with an aim that varied | owner of that volee moved and took the lantern from the nerve less hand that held | ounces, i nal shape of the dia | mond in or ell the st side. brilliant d seemingly have £ quires Ww rea: ze | AWAY More { makes “an form as with paralysis, and the forward it, With swifi snd methodical movements he placed it on the side board so that it's rays feebly outlined the form before him, and, with that terrible weapon still simed uperringly at his heart, he thrast his hand into the pockets of the helpless wretch, one after another, and drew forth a clay pipe, a Water bury watch, a plug of tobacco, a pint bottle, thirty-six cents in meaey, and and a bunch of keys; and, as he led him to the outside door of the house, he handed him a card on which was inscribed the name Americus V, Getthere, President Gas Company, and hissed in the ear of the despairing man, I am something of an operator myself, — a —— AN IMPERIAL DIAMOND, There has lately been discovered in the Bouth African diamond fields a brilliant which has alreay been call- ed “the imperial diamond,” because it is the It exceeds in weight the Kothinoor snd the Re gent, ; largest known. South , this wonderful diamond weigh- » In its condition as found in Africa ed four hundred and fifty-seven carats which is eqnal to a little over three Iv form it was a long oval, irregular and slightly twisted, and somewhat resembling a silk-worm's cocoot. Its length was two and one fifth inches, its breadth one and oae- fourth inches, and its circumference In order four inches, that the origi i i the stone + nd should not be forgotton, a mold taken, and several pies ¢ I'he money value of a diamond de, pends upon its brilliancy, first of sll pen in whicl ds partly up It is a and its brillisncy de on the w | av the practice, therefor great deal of the balk of a rough dis i er * : flee rays of light, ) pr duce pre isely ] : the sparkling « t that is desired. Th 3 } fire, whi like gleams h seem to come from the dia- mond, are rays which have d © penetral ne, at the ns “8 Iria These are so contrived, ad, & in Lhe am as lo weenirat in one ray the thal rays peng railed the surface of the | gem. b | The eutti ore a work of great delicacy, and re- nderful skill. In to arkling possibilities En ne ng of a diamond is there. orde r CeRsary 10 « half of the rough liamond, d, Afric bad iH" an stone, in bulk iE I W reduced, g, from four hundred and fifiy seyYen Une in itsel one hundred and eighty of the off a splendid MTALS, pieces cut f 3 weighing forty five carails, As finished, this “imperial diamond, most beautiful brill- It Hiths In i 18 said to be the ant in the world, measures one ngih, an } inch and one-fifth iu breadth, and one INCH.A0 INICK ness } outh ¢ Compan on, ——A— MAKING PUNISHMENT TO FIT THE CRIME Several Franklin street boys start. brilliant | pot the smallest fraction of a hair's breadth. The man addressed was a roflian of {ed out a day or two ago 10 have some | genuine American fun with Quin Sing the laundryman, Just how to conduct » : | powerful frame and sinister aspeet, | He stood directly in front of an elab- | the racket they could not at first deter. | mine, but after gazing in at the win on — HS SSSR Herd when the Ch insman released hime, and bas not since resurned, be WEAR PANTALOONS, £27 oa MU Bpeaking of dress reminds me that the lagislature of Jaliseo, one of the largest Mexican states, has solemn! passed a law, which went into efi on the Ist day of last October, com«"’ pelling all the Indians above a cer: tain age to put on regular breeches. Hereafter any male lodian of that state whom may be captured without these ful! appendagey, or clad only in the old time tunic, drawers and blaak- et, will be arrested and find; and as it is safe to conclude that this class of citizens have no money, he will be set to work on “public improvements,” under guard, until the fine shall bave been paid and enough pesos earned 10 purchase the garments prescribed by Jaw. ——-— PREACHING AGAINST BUSTLES Rev. Father Heinau, pastor of St. Josepl’s German Catholic church in East Maoeh Chunk, Pa., han declar- ed war un bustles, He brands them | as unsightly, ss a production of vani- ty, aod as altogether immoral, He | further asserts that unless the women | of his congregation, old and young, | abandon tuat offensive article he will | not give them ecclesiastical attention {and will torn them from the church, {On Sanday last he preached sermons lio German sud English hy his the sgaiost morality in general, directing | words particularly to women of rested a big period. His remarks SENRRLION amongz he Copereen E RAavOn RONG POS. A Millerst $ wn [4 not jot § an man Ig ts tal i tircd \WO DOSLAl cards on en e's t He 4 3 1 ressed sinee we different subjects. then turned them over and a but them by mistake placed the addresses the Th shirt maker on wrong ecards @ sul n Harrisburg Was that the ritation 10 take a car i ¢ send me a sa your shirts are made of.” — A — N , Lreorge, she said, Bi : yus my means of | Cynthia dear, he us ] drive a street car is respectable | doubtless r veliho t is ite respe » : wi ires ahilit ng uo er when | ti must be | ————— Mp — e of The Meanings of Mowers, orate exposing side board, a door of | j,4s and making faces at the heathen, | which was open, exposing in the glare P {it occured to them that next, t5 odor | of the dark lantern whose rays were flashed into the interior, a glittering array of costly plate which he was about to lay his brawny hand upon, when arrested by the startling com: mand already quoted. Taken by surprise, the stalwart marauder tarned his face in the di rection from which the voice proceed. ed and stood for a moment irresolute. Some subtle influence by which mind sways mind, independent of physical environments or dispurities, appar- ently mastered b. 9, for he reluctantly raised his hands snd the two men faced sach other in the darkened room amid silence so profound that the muffled heartbeats that shook the frame of the baffled burglar could almost be heard by the calm, welf-poised relentless man who still pointed the death-deal- ing implement straight at his heart. Move a muscle snd you are a dead man, suddenly exclaimed the voice | ous eggs, a rotten apple was the mean. | | est thing to throw at a man. | procured apples in the right condition | and pelted the place kept by Quin | They Sing, and one or two of the apple’ passed through the open door into the | shop. The usually meek Mongolian bho captured a small American boy not much larger than a fox terrier dog. Taking him by the scruff’ of the neck he held him at arm's leogth and ex clinmed: Mellican boy see what China maa do! Makee chlen it! Quin Siog dragged the frightened, youngster into his place, and pushing his face down upon a piece of rotten apple on the floor, made him take it in his mouth avd hold it untilihe took him to the carband bade him drop it. In this way he made the boy take up sod drop the pices unil the las t to! that bad already smitten the bercu-' The American boy went like a bicd piece of apple was fn the gutter. | cant was wild with rage when the apple, | broke upon bis floor, aad rushing out | wy, and Ws Yves slterday, it willy, common I RRs men mean. 1 ask ¥ Me al pething an ud I nin and then bankrapicy, and somelimes ombeszlement and Canada.” s fan fo feeling sO I'si Watermaelons, The watermelon fleet is a great instit. on Chesapeake bay, It comprises 150 vessels of various descriptions ind smn, The season opens about the first week in August, and for neary two Hoa ds this most beautiful bay is flled with these boats loaded down with melons, The departures and arrivals arc wostly at dawn or twilight, so that the dayaght view of the fleet is alot thi sume ail the time, » boats carry M0 Zand 10 KOO melons each, and give eroploveent to several hired men who feel most comfortable when d ros a cotton shir, pat hed . = spinpenider, anil a i the modons from the outer hows until tiv are an ed in the wagons along the wharf, The scene in always lively, and wu lure ol the excitement the hai be age "» de ho fon
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