— WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT? If I lay waste and wither up with doubt The blessed elds of heaven where once my faith Possessed itself serenely safe from death; It Ideny the things past finding out; Or if | orphan my own soul of One That scomed a Father, and make void the place Within me where He dwelt in power and grace, What do I gain, that am myself undone? = William D. Howells, in Harper, RECEIVING A PRINCE. La Pauline isn't mach of a place, and yet even the train de luxe stops there. This is because this is the junction where | trains leave on the little branch line that runs to Hyers, A tall mountain stands sentinel over La Pauline, and if a person were on the top of the mountain he would ace Toulon and the iron-clads, as well ay & great stretch of the blue ean, On the long platform north of the line five young men were marching up and down together, singing at the tops of their voices: “There is a tavern in this town— In this town. And there my true love sits him down, Sits bim down, And we'll hang our barps on the weeping willow tree, And may the world go well with mo Vell with me,” Or words to that effect. They sang very boisterously, and suited their marching to the tune, giving three stamps with their feet all together when they came to the refrain: “‘In this tow.” They ap- peared to be American citizens, and seemingly didu't give a hang if all the world knew it, Suddenly the five stopped before a young man who was seated on one of the benches. He was a quiet, dignified, self-possessed young fellow, and he looked up at them as they halted before him. “Come on, Johnson," said one of the five, ‘““we aro not going to let you go back on the crowd like this. You sing bass, and we just want a good bass voice.” “You do that,” romarked Johnson, quietly, ‘‘also, five other good voices.” ‘““See here. It's easy for you to sit here and criticise the singing, but we are not gong to slow that. You've got to joinin. Come on, Johnson.” “l don't see why we should make idiots of ourselves in the south of Frauce any more than we should 1n America.” “But we do in America, dear boy, we do. Always have done it, and we're not going back on our record. Come Johnson.” “I'm just a little tired of that tune, you know.” “What's the matter with the tune? It's the one Keenan sang all through Siberia. Come on, Johnson.” But Johnson would not come on, and #0 the five set at him and tried to force him to join them. The uniformed man of the station looked on with knitted brows, apparently not knowing whether this was a genuine row or not. Johnson held the fort and sent one after another sprawling. Then one of them desisted, and started down the long platform sing ing on, “There is a tavern in this town.” The others joined him, while Johason sat serenely on the bench. The official shrugged his shoulders and evidently thought these foreigners were hard to understand, There was a shrill whistle to the west, and the train from Marseilles came rush. ing in. I walked down the long train, opened the door of a compartment that was empty and took my seat. When the train started there was & shout of warn. ing from the guard, and, before I could look out to see what the matter was, the door was flung open aud one of the sing ing young men tumbled in. The guard slammed the door shut with a maledic. tion on the man who broke the rules and nearly broke his neck. The yeung fel low picked himself up, lifted his hat and said : “‘Pardonny moi mousey" “Oh, that’s all right,” I answered. "don't mention it. If that is your usual way of getting into a train, you will find yourself in a French jail or cut in two on the track some day.” ‘Oh, you speak English, do youl” re plied the young fellow, ignoring what | said, and seemingly surprised that he had not a monopoly of the language so far south in France, “Yes, I can make myself understood in most parts of England and America.” “Well, then, you must have heard our row with Johnson." **About the slleged singing! Yes.” “Well! We're just laying for old Johnson. You won't give it away, will yout” “Certainly not.” “Well, you see it's like this. Johnson's mother was a Prince, and." ‘‘A princess, you mean.” *“No, she belonged to the old Prince ‘family of Boston. Johnson js very proud of that brasch of the family, more so | than of the Johnson side, His name is | J. Prince Johns®™, We used to call him Prince at college. He likes that, and | that's why we call him Johason now." “I noticed you ran in the name John. i son pretty often.” “Of course wo did. Whenever he | tries to put on airs we call him Johnson | #0 often that he Now, here's the old Johnson, got in here s0 he wouldn't tumble. By the way, where is | the first stop? Lend me your time book." | I throw the pamphlet over to him. “Ah,” he said, ‘we have hall an hour | wore good for the best in the house, you go. | can't give us any better than that, can "” « By the way, whero are " “I'm “We're to ro Be Tapas ou going to St. Ha A t's this side. Better stop off with ws and 8% the fun. It will be worth while.” “If W's worth while I'll stop, Tell me what it 4, first.” “You wait till T write & ” After a few moraents he handed mo a telegram, of which this is o translation: i | Mediterran- | | 8t. Raphael. gradually tones down, | Jina we're puttiag up on | Propristor Hotel of the Monarchs, St, Raphael: At 3 o'clock H. R. H, Prince arrive. Provide for him. Have ons oar. riage at station for the prince and one for his suite. Provide suitable escort, HON. SIR BROWN, Chief of suite, J. K. 8, N.I an OL KE. C. AC “I think I see the plan. You are go- ing to prepare a princely reception for Johuson." “Exactly. He is really a quiet, unas. summing fellow and hates anything like a fuss, even if he does put on airs now and then. He'll bo the most surprised man you ever saw," “I think I can tell you someone slse who will be more surprised.” “Yes! Whot" “The fellow who has to pay the hotel bill, He laughs best who makes out the bill. You will get the carriages and per- haps the escort and certainly the best rooms in the house, but when the bill comes init will paralyze you. I know how they charge for that sort of honor. [ am a dukemyself.” “The dickens youn are! | thought you were an American { “But I never travel under my tittle, I can't afford it, Johnson will Why, I home, but on the continent 1 travel as { Mr. Welcome Smith,” | “Well, nevertheless I think we will surprise the hotel Keeper as much as we will surprise Johnson.” “You might do it nearer the frontier, | out the cable, never thinking sent. A duke is all right at! {4s to | { through, and it ] this before auy cable { but I doubt if you will be able to evade | payment here,” At this point in the conversation the I | comple ted on August 3, 1858, | time no one cmod train stopped and Brown got out to send | off his telegram. When he came back into the train he begun writing another. *‘Are you going dispatch?” “Lord, yes! I'm gcing to fire a tele. gram from every place we stopat., I'm going to work up St. Raphael. They'll be getting returns from the hack ties most of the day. That's an can phrase, you koow." “Oh, is iti" And so the telegrams went from every stopping place until we reached St. Ra phael, It was evident the moment we stopped that there was an unusual commotion in the little Mediterranean town. The platform was studded with officials gorgeous uniform. As soon train we we y send more than one as Johnson got out of the all ranged our. selves behind and kept our hats off, while Johnson had his on his head. The eagle eye of the hotel proprietor at once took in the situation and he advanced to. ward the young man, bowing fre juently and deeply. “H. R. quired. “Prince Johnson yes, initial.” With a wave of his hand the proprietor introduced a gorgeous offi ial, who at once began to read an address of welcome in Freach. Johnson looked around him in a be. wildered way, as if some one had hit him with a club, ‘Say, boys," he something off the line fuss, do you think! this, snyhow 1" “Shut up, Prince,” ““Go through the thing what's in it Th abroad for.” When the address was finished John. son thanked the official in a dazed sort if way and thea turned to us. “Come, boys,” he said, “Jet out of this as quickly as we can.” The hotel proprietor walked by his side, bowing all the way. Whea we reached the outside Johnson was aghast lustead of getting out of it he had just got into it. At a signal from the offi cial him ng hn H. Prince Johnson!" he in. gasped, ‘there are Whose funeral is winspered Brown, and let us see at's what we came us get is What's the | | sent a corps of operators and | to Alaska to build i | patches | could do 80, the whole coun- | Ameri. | ] wl | was received from Denver, Col | by the Governor of the Te rritory, to in | But. J. is the | over, never supposing that jt Philadelphia Times, one thing that you will al have to promise me on your word of honor, and that is that you will not let this get into the newspapers at home." The boys all gave the desired promise that the affair would be a dead secret Johnson said to me: **You have no idea what ferreting vil- lains American newspaper men are, they get a hint of a thing, the know they know all about it. I think we will be lucky it we keep this from | them.” I told him 1 thought they would be, — | | the good sense Detroit Free Press. © A A Queer Cable Message. Governor Gilpin, of Colorado, had to pay 8147 for one of the first cable sages that went over the ocean. Gilpin was a good-natured and the probability is that he came the telegraph office at Denver an follow, into 1 wrote it would be The first Atlantic cable was completed in 1858, and 1t was alleged that a dis- patca was received by President Bu. chanan from Queen Victoria over it, This dispatch, however, was about all that ever over it. There was skepticism throughout the United States whether the dispatch ever got Was eight years after came business was done. The successful cable was the new line At this the cable The Western Union had explorers a line across Behring Straits to Russia, and when it Was an- nounced that the new cable was and that any one wishing to send to Europe for to think would work. done dis 810 a word world laughed and the telegraph operators looked upon it as a gigantic joke. It was at this time that a dispatoh .y Signed ’ De forwarded to New York, and addressed to Paris. The dispatch had to be sent from New York to Newfoun lland by steamer, and was there cabled. The dis. patch read “Dexven, Col, Aug. 4 Napoleon Bonaparte BE Paris, France, Please leay No interference will Territory. J The message was looked upon as expensive joke of Mr, Gilpin's and warded to New York. The result was that it was sent to Newtoundland and telegraphed, and Napoleon Il no doubt received it The the cable was £147 in gold. It seems that Governor Gilpin came into the office, and, on being told there that the was completed, dashed off this message and handed it would be sent. The probability is that when he found it was sent he paid the bill, — To Louis Tulleries, Jobemia alone, erated by this ux Giri, Governor.” be an for. price of enble —— EE ——— A Memory Test. 8 Western court, a witness hed In | been detailing, with great minuteness, certain conversations which had occurred | several years before, Again and again the witness testified to names and dates { and precise words, and it became DECes.- sary for his cross-examiner to break him ‘up. This was done by a» very simple the town band struck up the Marsellaise | and the miilitia that they had managed to gather together presented arms. The whole populace seemed to be there and they raised a cheer. One carriage had four horses in front of it and the carriage for the suite had two, “Oh, this is too much.” said Johnson in anguish, as he drew his hand scross his brow ‘‘Better get into the carriage and get this over as soon as possible,” said Brown. “You get in with him, Duke. I guess the bow in the gold lace is going, too." We three members of the nobility got into tho first carriage. Johnson turned to me, “Are you a Duke!” he asked device. While the witness was glibly rattling testimony, the cross. examiner handed him a law-book and said: “Read aloud a paragraph from that book.” “What fort" inquired the “I will tell you after you have off his witness, read it,” said the lawyer, and the wit. ness accordingly read aloud a paragraph of most uninteresting material about | lands, appurtenances, and hereditaments. “I you are, I'll bet a dollar all this fs | for you. It's missed fire in some way." *“They don't usually receive me in this way." “Then Brown's put up this job on me. If he has, you bet your life I'll get ever with him. I'll slay him. I'll wait until we get into Switzerland and then { drop him gently over a two-mile preci. pice; see if I don't. Sil, if he lighted on his cheek it wouldn't hurt him. Brown's a villain.” All the officials of the hotel were ranged dut in two rows to receive us and the people all along the route cheered, Well, we spent a very nice time at But, just as I said, when the bill was called for, it was a corker. Even Brown turned a shade paler when he saw the appalling total, “‘Don’t you charge for the brass band and the escort?’ “It is all Inclusive,” said the pro- prietor, with a low bow, “Than we won't have aay trouble,” continued Brown. “You see we travel with —'s hotel coupons. We bo ght them in London. You take them at this hotel. That's why I telegraphed to you," “But,” sid the proprietor indigoant. ly, “not for these rooms. You must give me notice when you have —ee's coupon’s,” “They assured ws in London that they You you The pro was wild, but finally | the Terao wt vid on what the boys coasidered » square basis, which was much loss ton the original bill, When we were ail in the railway oar for Onanes Johnsou | the line | aroused by his trifling act had created a i Then the lawyer went up and ssked him a few more questions about his memory, and the witness was positive that his memory was very good Suddenly the lawyer maid: “By the way, will you please repeat that paragraph you just read about lands, appurtenances and heroditments!” “Why, of course | could not do that,” replied the witness, “You must have a queer memory,” re. torted the lawyer, ‘since you can repeat things that you say occurred years ago, | and you can not repeat what you read a ’ moment ago.” The witness was non. plused. "— Argonaut, Nonchalaaee of a Famous General. At the taking of Moscow, Russia, while the troops sat in their saddles under a murderous fire, Mumt received a dispatch to which sn snswer was re. quired. Though his mettiesome horse | was trembling, Muarst laid the reins upon the horn of the saddle, took his note book in one hand and « pencil in the other, and began to write a response, Soddenly a shell fell and exploded on the ground close by. into the air and swung wildly around. Murat simply transferred the pencil to | the hand that held the note book, calmed the horse with the other hand, and then went on writing his awpatch as if noth. ing had np ped A shout of admiration went u Murat saw that the en along asm favorable moment for a charge. He gave the order, and his men swept clear through the enemy's lice, — Atlanta Con. stitution, A Powerful Eleetrie Orane, A powerful crane, says the Philadel. phia Record, capable of raising Into the air, in response to the touch an elec. tric button, a locomotive weighing ninety tons has been put in operation at the Baldwin Locomotive Works, The huge engloe rides smoothly on a heavy travk elovated twenty-eight feet above the level of the floor of the main For the con- Brent uhousand . | ! the NV. | ary physiolan: for while the {| MOTOBS says fifty If | first you ! | life, such mes- | | #0 on. | Wle,whero the disease is ons | oan diagnose for | imseif or witch seme | aration which fs better tha It was sent, however, and he had | { to pay the bill, The horse leaped | | cooks, i : ly perfume the air of | lovely gowns, A Fuot, (From an interview, N. ¥. Wor'd). In an interview with a leading drug-honse Y. World, Nov, 9, 1800, gives the follow. 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Fur caps can be worn at all times and seasons, Old Greek is the proper style for the bair nowadays, The big fur Lat trimmed with feathers in becoming bigger. Flowers make the daintiest garniture for evening dresses, Violets in natural color are embroid. ered on table linen. Hemstitched black surah silks of triple | warp are entirely new, Velvet siceves in silk or wool gowns are still very fashionable. The style of wearing Sowers in the hat has already become common. The black saflor water-proof hats are worn by exclusive society girls, i Gold lettering Is more often used in wedding invitations than silver. ! Queen Victoria calls a bouquet by the old-fashioned name of nosegay. i Miss Annie Howard of New Orleans is | the richest woman in Louisiana. 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