"SOME VERSES CAROL." Pome verses carol blithely as a bird, And hint of violet and asphodel ; While others slowly strike a funeral bel), ~ Or call like clarionets till, spirit-stirred, We hear the mustering tramp in every word. Iv some, the ocean pounds with sledges fell, Or Neptune posts with blare of trumpet- | 4 shell By shores that visionary seas engird, As soft as flutes, they croon the lullables Of eradle-years play clear as citherns ; wail Like harps Eolian in the grieving wind : Bome are the deep-drawn human moan by pale And silent faces—"noath lack-luster skies Peering through panes on darkness uncon- fined ! -Honry Jerome Stockard, inthe Century, | rR —— THE SON OF A TAILOR. BY CHARLES STOKES WAYNE. *OUNG Engler re membered quite dis- tinctly that morning seven y ATS when Miss Sturgis had eome with her mother to his father's shop to be measured fer a riding- habit. He remembered the frock of large plaid that she wore, all green and blue and black, and he remembered her bine felt hat with its ostrich feathers; but what had made a still deeper impression upon y ago, his bos mind was her pretty pink-and-whits face, her great hazel and her sunny curls, which, after being caugl at the nape of her neck with a dark blue ribbon, went rippling down over her rough brown coat nearly to her waist, He had stood at the little desk in the corner, making out bills-—for it was a Saturday, and, there being no l raged at hi eves, rh is school, he was eng bhohi lay { ceupation He was sixteen then, and he fancied that she was a year or two younger; for he had overheard her mother say that it was her first riding-habit, and that they did not care {i to suc! Sever many BAM nur 1 Mar) with lool making days. genera testant E INVarianiy i} iy azo It w ambit Circumst ondary i u~ himself to the desire iad come have pacified his with tho sssursnee Madeline Sturgis would be of him in his pare felt that he AR A means $4 was hypoerit These moods, posed, wire morhi the afternoon he over again in his battle botween wrong of it; the struggle, | had come his little ayer room into the tailor shop on the ground floor, and was standing looking ont through the glass door at the posting throngs on the Avenne, Workingmen and were hurrying home from their day's toil ; the surface cars were crowded, snd at short intervals long, Id not | of it w deration! Jf he had given church first, and this afterward, chi ling that a wife such an wonld make him inealeulable assistance to hial work ; but now he neing his holy ealling » accomplish sn end that | and *h he conld COnscIence wr dist ly selfish, as su ally | might be my Hy depressing All had been fightin & heart the same old the right and the now, tired out by wHown ne and trom road overhead. The hurry-scurry of the scene diverted him for the mo- ment, and he would probably have been lifted completely out of his dol drums, had not that one name, spoken | workingwomen | hoavy | trains thundered by on the elevated | fallen upon his ear, The old man was evidently trouble. He had spoken, somewhat | graciously, to his outter, who walking gentleman a$ Amberg's Thea. | | the following evening. His question was as to who would earry home a cer- | tain riding habit for “Mees Sturgis.” | The errand-boy was out. Karl knew { that it was the busiest season of the { venr with his father,and that Gottlieb, the cutter, could not be spared for outdoor service. jut the garment { was promised and must be sent. Karl turned away from the door. “Let me take it, father,” he said, | “It's only a step down to Washington { place, and I don’t mind." | The old German protested, but Karl insisted, and eventually the father re luctantly consented to allow hisson, of whom he was more than proud, and for whom he had ambitions that tow exed to a bishopric, to deliver the par Ot 1. In any American city other than New York the spectacle of a young man 80 well dressed carrying a large bundle crowded thoronghfare would have attracted attention, but in the metropolis people are more apt to mind their own business than are the people elsewhere, and so it happened that as Karl made his way down Sixth avenue with the riding-habit wrapped in brown paper under his arm, SCAYCS ly a head was turned to look after him. Had it been otherwise, however, it doubtful whether the le gical stud nt would have it. He was plunged deeply in thought, and his feet traversed the six or seven blocks that lay between his father's ide nce his Ove r the vi ned Madeline life. As he looked bac was then he tured to let the in his heart on a n 18 ns shop and the Sturgis re mind traveled seven Yours that Sturgis had day into his BORN inter when that eventful had HIned come JR man tailor self, the chi it WES ria I wed hin sitio | t t O nall boy “the nsually sat, and wion the ded over the gro { which he« demand with some i y £) bu of the IMVING Bh WAY of wandering re pent dly from his hism or his Bible to the {noe of the pretty little teacher in the pposite pew One incident that he ome } leasure had occurred on a Sun day afternoon in early He had noticed that Mrs not present in the chapel; that Madeline had come alone ; snd he had wondered all through the lesson whether it wonld seem rade on his part aftér the clos of the session. to offer to walk home with her. If he only conld, he thought, it wonld be the happiest day of his life ; but he feared that she might think him impudent and presuming, sod, when the school was dismissed and the neY maiden lady WS ONO, WAR con emph his return giness his gaze on be reenlled with spring Sturgis was sholars and teachers filed ont into the street, lacked the to go forward and speak to her But his happiness had come, never- theless; for in following ber at what he considered un most respectful dis tance, his eyes never once leaving her | lithe young figure, clad in a well fit ting spring jacket that his father had ent with his own hand, he had seen her rudely jostled by o drunken man, and had dashed to her aid almost before he realized what he was doing. The re collection of her gratitude was one of his most cherished memories; and now, ss he turned into Washington | place, ho wan thinking of how, on that | he conrnge i in | : ' : : | : a \ ; 5 4 by his father's voice, at that instant | assistant reinister at the mission had | and a fire came into his eves. | dined with them on the evening before, “The day will come,” he had thought, | “shen I, too, may be asked there to was | busy chalking out a pair of trousers, | which were for Herr Fleischman, the | dine.” And now he was thinking that day | might not be so far distant; for, was | | he not going to the mission, the week " > » |] tre, and which must be finished in time ! for the premier of the new comedy on | following, to take the place, temporily, of that very same assistant minister, the Rev. Mr. David, who, he had heard, { was to be married and go to Europe he said, for a three months’ honeymoon tour? | “Yes, it was true, as Lord Beacons field had said: ‘“‘Any man may be what he makes up his mind to be.” By the time young Engler reached the Sturgis residence he had walked and thought himself out of the gloom of his blues and his self chidings into the radiant sunshine of a hope de- ferred that was on the verge of reali- zation : and he whistled softly a mer- rier air than was to be found in the hymnal, as he tripped lightly down the stone of the and rang the bell It was his steps Areaway, hand in the quick ly Ms intention to off a n notion i nll bundle and to make He had and possi dining possible, of being nl bility recognized, to avoid the await in the room, vorg, the verdict as to fit these plans he had cow bell being and when, door was open self, his mode cessity, somewh ' Was actually very ich interest wmerly 7 ™ h, dear, “Then 1 suppose leal of you pm Sf me ashe “Oh, you don't kn thougmt every one knew heard Mr marry 7 A sharp pain as from a knife thrust, shot through Karl's heart suddenly unable to breathe rushing sound darker Was a good ssked, surprisedly then! Why i Have nt you David is whom going to He seemed There in his eloud conscious of then n his feet, and was a rumbling, head and a swaring, before his eyes He a tingling chilliness, in his hands, from the knees He effort to pull himself to gether—to hide his but he failed He felt that he was stifling; that he must get into the fresh air, sf any and he heard himself mumbling something, he searcely know what, his voice seemed so strange snd unustural, The next moment he was stumbling up the area steps on to the sidewalk; and an instant later he had come into collision with some one who was about to mount the stoop The shook steadied him. He started to apologize, but the words died on his tongue. The light of a street lamp neross the way had revealed to him the face which he had suddenly come to abhior—the face of the one men in all ng and of numbness legs Aan his down lo made fee lings cor oecanion, her manner was so cordial | the world whom he hated ; the face of enoe whatever in their social and so completely lacking in any indi- | the thief who had robbed him of » oation thet she recognized any differ | hope that for seven years had been to station. | him more than life itself, and of an He remembered that it was ofi that | ambition that had raised him {rom the day that his determination to study for | level of his own people to a place of grew out of ber tolling him that the thy: ministry was formed, and that it | which he Eight well ve been proud, he clinched his fists, Then, | suddenly, he grew dizzy again. Iron fingers seemed to be pressing upon his [temples with the terrible cluteh of | death, and he staggered away like a drunken man, He wandered the streets for honrs: in whirl of memories in his brain, a { leaden weight upon his heart up one | thoroughfare snd down another, through by-ways, in and out of blind | nlleyr, seeing no thing, caring for noth- ing but to escape from himself and the torture that was within him. Presently he conscious thie sound of lapping WHYOH the mur- mur of waters—and a chill in the air that pierced him to the marrow. Hee enlled thus to a realization of his phys- teal he glanced down, ; that he was standing on the extreme end of a long pier, with the dark river flowing below A keen wind was blowing in his face; a thousand lights glittered on the opposite shore became of being, LO seo “Another step,” he murmured, “and I should have been out of it all, Why did I not take ‘hat one as 1 took the And, oh, I must have taken $0 many to-night How tired I am! He stood for a moment in hesitation. Something others? was whi peering to him to take that one step more, it was for int he had ndoy ted calling. Of what his Greek and ——— WISE WORDS, —— A Monster Petrified Whale, eq ml or greater vain teznm Col), fossilized [00's find is not a “Dus half mythical creature of : transformed whi ages has but 8 common everviay feet in length until they are hard » “Mn with bones mineralized sper and as oMieinls Nn} heavy as lend ~ are in a quandary, and as to which would be the cheapest, to move their museum buildings over onto the mountain range where the petn fied monster lies, or to try to transfer the Costa Rican are debating his flinty remains to capital [he point selected by this luvian gisnt when he concluded to give up the ghost, along about the time of the close of the erectaceons or some other geologioal Pe riovd, i= a rift ake, seventy. antedi between two mountain § two miles from San Jos and 3300 feet above sea level a season of high waters in that section at one time Either that or Del Mar's specimen was a regular climber, —8t. Lonis Republic Cn ————— Restoring a Withered Arm, The story comes from London of a wonderful surgical operation that promises to be suecessfnl, Five years ago a workman injured his right arm, and a careless surgeon so treated it that it | withered and became useless, Recently it was decided to examine the arm, and it was sccordingly opened and ex- plored. The norve was found to be partially divided. Two fresh ends wore made and a section of the sciatic nerve from a live rabbit was stitched in. The tient has now recovered the power yr arm, which is regaining its orig inal size, and he is following his em- ployment, — Philadelphia Record. { saving much expense | salt and pepper Mere must have been | mountain | | mixed pickle and 2 HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS, FLOUR AS A yURIPIER, Flour has long been known as an excellent purifier, Children's hoods of Angora may be perfectly re- stored, when soiled, by rubbing them with flour that has been made very hot, When the flour is cold, pin the hoods leave them in a strong beat thoronghly with a rat- wool on a line and wind, or tan. Angora fur may be cleansed in the same The flour be stirred while heating to prevent scorch Ig. New York World, WAY, must HOW TO BCOUR WATER BOTTLES. Carafes, which have so largely re- place d the ice pitehs r, fare re nlly very pleasing and refreshing to look st if they are kept fastidi mely clean and bright. Unfortunately the purest water obtainable very soon dulls the it isn't quick and « thi and every ons ho A8Y 1oethe 1 of thing to do Jl bit?and nesr I'hen pour in SFE § { a, ’ : } ’ th 41 se in putting t is airtight and inpieasant Be RIWAYS Sure the winter wear, onld be put 8 causes hunt thro For putting away articles of a kind »l gether, as 1 and trouble t have to or boxes wh garment is needed Iny } bags ! particular It plan to mark each bag on the outside, #0 the contents will be ope ning Proper attention month will relieve the housekeeper of all anxiety on the subject, as well na by kev png the woolen clothes 1n good condition is an excellent another seasor RECIPES L Carrot Fritters a sieve and season to taste with butter Shake the earrots in small, flat cakes, and saute in butter Strawberry Layer Cake Cut asquare sponge cake into halves Upon one half put thick meringne, made from the whites of two eges, add two tablespoon fuls of powdered sagar; beat the eggs until light, then add the sugar and beat again noti) white, Stand large iran berries thickly over this; put on the upper half, cover with strawberries neatly arranged, sprinkle with sugar and serve with cream, Minced Sandwiches Chop half » pound of lean ham very fine; add one tablespoonful of mustard ; pnt four onnees of butter in a frying pen, stir over the fire until it eroams; add the ham, the beaten yolk of one egg, with a little salt and pepper, remove the pan from ra tal together, r out on a let cool. 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