RE — BREE Yn cs av— GRATEFUL HEART, I thankful am for all good things ; For every blithesome bird that sings; _ Xthankful am for May and June When most my life with Life's in tune; * Xthankful am for strawberries, And very glad of cherry trees ; Of apple blossom and the frait ; Of mellow nut ard pungent root, Great good and solace come to mo From flowers upon the dogwood tree , An unknown warbler sets me wild With wonder like an eager ohild ; And to my charmed and seeking oyes Each varied toadstool's a surprise, I thankful am for all fale things ; For life and all the bliss it brings; My soul Is very glad thereof Because God made me out of love; And most I joy, beneath his trees, To thank the Father-Heart for these, ~Danske Dandridge, in New York Independ- ent, A — -HER ROMAN BY B. A. WSs, THOUGHT that you loved me, Elaine,” “I do love you, Carol. You know that 1 do.” “Then CE. why are you so unwilling to | have me ask your | father's consent to our marriage?” The speaker was | as blonde young man, faultlessly at tired in the latest style, snd apparcatly very much in earnest, His companion was a young girl with dark, wistful eyes and a pensive droop of a pretty mouth Her baptismal name was Ell being of a highly romantic bad lengthened it into El also preferred to call her lov Charles Northrop, by Carol—having learned was the Latin of Charles With a sigh she replied to b question: “I must tell you the do love you, and ean one else; but. I think I sh nore if—if yon were poor “Poor?” he ech “You see, love has ine; and er, Mr name truth, never wd, in surprise whole rse of Cour wosale and common place and conventional that it har ily comes np to my idea of what should be. We fell in love with eacl other at a party which Aunt Minturn gave purposely to bring us together, and we are both rich—at least, you and papa are, and ps will be sare give his the moment it asked —and there will not be a singl thing to give a tinge of romance or poetry to it all.* Isn't it disappoint ng?" The young man looked into her eyes and thoughtfully stroked his blonde moustache. He was doing his best to take in her view of the case. “Do yon mean, Elaine, that would prefer for us to be poor, have every body opposed to our mar riage, and obstacles placed in the way of our happiness?” “Don’t Carol me better, and had just a poetical sentiment. You artist" “An artist! Why, darling, I have never touched a brush or palette ox cept to paint scenes for our theatre LL] + »0U been so i love consent put it in that practical way, I wish you could understand more t yon did tliat so nicely, which shows that you have talent and som knowledge of the art And I like to think of you as an artist.” Just here they were interrupted by Master Eddie, the youngest of the Minturn household, suddenly kicking open the door and flashing a Kodak upon them, and then refusing to give up the picture until Mr. Northrop had promised him a eirous tocket And so their conversation was put a stop to for the time beifg But next day Elaine met her with a radiant light in her eyes “Oh, Carol, I have thought of the loveliest plan! You know I'm going home next week, snd you must follow me, and pretend to be a poor artis “I could'nt be any other kind,” he interjected, But she went on, breathlessly : “And set up a plain little studio, and paint landscapes and portraits “1? Elaine!” “Oh, just the kind of things you int for the stage, and nobody in Riceville will know the difference —or if they do you ean say that they are only sketches, or beginaings, and will look differently when completed Aud jou are to fall in love with ne" “I've done that already.” “And ask paps for my hand, whick he will be sure to refuse, 0 thon we will have stolen interviews, and finally ran away and get married. Every. body will be talking about us, and paps will out up a dreadful row. And only think how delighted it will all be, especially when we come back and lot them know that instead of a poor art ist, I have married a rich man! Papa will forgive us then, of course, and we shall have had such a charming little romance !"' He couldn't exactly see the charm of it at all, but she was so enthusins- tie over her plan, and so tender and conxing, thet it was more than he could do to raise objections. He was 80 much in love that he was willing to go almost any length to please her, especially when all was to end well and happily. Bo Miss Elaine Fitzsimmons re- turned home to her father's elogent residence, overlooking the little town of Ricevilie, aud in due time there ar- rived a handsome young artist with blonde hair and moustache (she had allowed them time to grow), who establishod himsel! in a room Over which had been a barber's shop, and daubed away upon canvas from morn- ing until night. People came in and looked dubi- ously at these productions, but he had only to direct their attention to sev- eral “completed” pictares (purchased at an art store) to impress them with ‘when finished.” And, meanwhile, it was observed that he appeased immonsely struck with Miss Fitzsimmons, and never took his eyes off her at church, snd that finally he secured an introduction and became a daily visitor at the big house on the hill knew Mr. Fitzsimmons begun to pre- diet trouble. It enma at lanoth been anticipated. Carol Northrop became weary of his artist life, and impatient for the happy ending promised by Elaine, rand the consequence was that she found herself to give her consent { sooner than sha had | proposing to her father for her hand. When he preferred this modest re- than had ‘AAA quest Mr. Fitzsimmons, who had made | his fortune in the tannery business, | looked him over from head to foot with a supercilious air. “You are a poor artist, I under- stand?" “Yes, air,” he answered truthfully. “And you want to marry my dangh- ter?” “1 love your daughter, sir!” he re- plied, with fevor “Ugh! I confess that I nover ex- pected much better of Ellen. At school last year she fell in love with an Indian chief belonging to a travel- ing circus, decked out in war-paint nd feathers, and I verily would have married him if he had not turned out to be s Welshman, But if she 12 a fool, I am not, and 1 now tell you candidly man, that I will ever consent to danghter marry- 1 LI a believe ¥Y, young artist,’ Carol was, of © such an r, Ar little affected by it 8 poor for 80 Arse, 1 he that sed. prepared appeared Mr. Fitzeim BISWE ® ‘ ¥ As Kron th thi derstandin Wi laugh in my face you that I am you just half a minute to get snd he pointed to on the mantle “1 have no desire where a gentleman treatment. and “ret fathor And he took the young man by the arm, and leading him to the front loor, thrust him out into the rain, and flung his hat and umbrellas after him, to the unspeakable delight of a lot of urchins on the opposite pavement Elaine, had witnessed it all from the landing, ran to a window and iropped a rose at her lover's feet ashe stooped to pick up his hat not treatise f than of the will give out of my the clock in earnest, 1 ; house to remain, sir, 0 subject to such But I love your daughter, shouted the 1 sir! i ous, We who is it had was anti ANZ man, in great i 8 remonstrance with 118 beloved They at twilight in red hat ! But, Car ol, denr shall mise these had, by her arrangement, met s lowery lane, she wear- ing » shawl and straw 8 COREY gipsay i disguise y if we marry now, delightful stolen interviews, which are so much sweeter than a formal call and a tete-a-tete a parlor 1” she pleaded “But we can't meet here every day People would talk, you know; and only see how that old woman is staring we in after us “I have arranged about that.” she answered, with great animation. ‘My dearest bosom-friend, Josephine Way mack, has promised to help ua all she ean; and she is to go to your studio every day ata certain hour, accom- panied by Ler grandmother, to have hier portrait taken" “‘CGireat Jupiter 1” “Oh, only as an excuse, you know, thongh yon must pretend to paint it all the same! her do ms she ‘pleases; and so every day while they are there I oan slip in, you know; and, oh, won't it be de lightfal © “But when are we to be married, Elaine?” “Oh, suppose ! well-~in about two weeks, I Only think what a row pa will make when he finds us gone! And | how people will talk, and how aston. ished they will all be to find cut at Inst that I have married a rich man in- stead of a poor artist. Why, it will be just lovely!” He did not appear to see much love- liness mn the ros wet, and she fancied i I ; | sank like a stone. him » little sullen and discontented Yet he dutifully acquiesced in her plan; and thenceforth Miss Waymack and her grandmother daily repaired to his studio, and the artist danbed away at a painting supposed to represent Miss Waymack-—who was a very pretty | aad linely girl—and in which, as it | had blue eyes and golden hair, the old | lady soon began to perceive a striking | likeness to her granddaughter, It wax not, however, every day that Elaine could come, she being closely watched at home; yot she enjoyed the affair al! the more for the obstacles [thrown in her way, snd imparted sweet confidences to her dearest chon | friend, Josephine, who in turn de- { seribed how her lover was mourning | over her absence, and pining for love of her, But at length the stipulated two weeks came to an end, and on & cer. tain day Miss Fitzsiv-uons sent her lover a note, requesting that he wo: 1d have a carriage in wing inthe shady Inne at eight o'clock that evening, to take them to the nearest railroad sta- tion. How delighted the dear boy would be to find his troubles ended at last; an idea what these sketches wonld be | And then people who | intended to his | | which had Her grandmother lets | and surely he would prize and love her all the more for the trials | through which they had passed. { Tt was a rainy ovening, yet punctual { to her appointment, Miss Fitzeiramons | was in the lane as the town elock | struck, disguised this time in a cloak and sunbonnet over her traveling suit, There was no carriage in sight, and { after waiting an hour, she concluded {to go to Carol's studio, Jeeling sure i that hae recived her note. She found the door open, and step- ping within discovered everything as { usual, except that the artist's palette and brushes lay strewn about the floor a8 if purposely thrown there, while Miss Waymack's portrait, still mounted on the easel, was adorned with a pair of spectacles, and a moustache danbed across the upper lip, While Elaine gazed wonderingly at this singular conception, there entered | the old woman whose duty it had been to keep his studio in order. { “Where Mr. Caroli?” Elaine, hastily, “Deary me miss! you don't me you haven't heard the news?” wered the old woman, with somet of pity in her tone. “What news?" “Why, that Me. Carol's gons a Went away last night o'clock train—him to get married, Miss.” “Married 7?” shrieked Elaine “*To be sure, miss; the whieh it's opinion they ou handsome econld not have is inquired Wl as mos Qing miss ! nine Josephire by :’ ana LL LE REET was welcome guy me x stl “ But Elsine heard shock fainted Mr abroad was too @1 Fitzsim: with return al sr Jer ) nractioal rn R— Grub or Plant? '} The most curious of ail objects 3 41 New Zealand is that which the Msoris “aweto. ” One is uncertain whether fo call it an animal ors plant In the first stage of ite existence it is simply » esterpillar about three or four inches in length, and always found in connection with the rata tree. a kind of flowering myrtle. It appears that when it reaches full growth it buries itself two or three inches undér ground, where, instead of undergoing the ordinary chrysalis process, it be comes gradually transformed into a plant, which exactly fills the body and shoots up at the neck to a height of eight or ten inches call This plant resembles in appearance a diminutive and the tw animal and plant, sre always found in separable. One is spt to relegate it domain of imagination, among mermaids, but then nature have late Frank Buckland propagates its One traveler, after deseril ug its dual nature, calmly states t! it is the grub of night butterfly If so, then the grub must also become butterfly, or what bualrash, and 4 is existence and been ceptle i } | the How it mystery -o species is A mt the “ becomes of the species? One would be ready to suppose that the grub does really so, and that some fungus finds the cast-off slough eoun- genial quarters for ite growth. But as far as present observation goes, the grub never becomes a butterfly, but is changed in every case into a plant Chambers's Journal en ———— The Fallacy of a Theory, There were many strange incidents in connection with the sinking of the Vietoria, but perhaps the strangest of them has not yet been recorded. Af ter the ship foundered two articles been iving in Admiral Tryon'scabin were found floating, were picked np and have been brought home. One of these articles was the | Admiral's telescope ; the other was his dispatch box Now, this box was of peculiar construction. nocor ling to special service regula tions in order to contain the code signals. It is essential that these sig nals should not fall into the hands of { an enemy. The box is therefore lined with with lead and perforated with | | production. holes at the bottom to insure its sink ing as soon as it is thrown overboard. | But what happened? The great ship, constructed with all the ingenuity of | modern science on purpose to float, The lead-lined, | perforated box, specially created two wets of (Canada) Empire, -— I — The Baletul Lambkill, The leaves of common lsurel or “lambkill” are so poisonous to sheep that some farmers believe that even the grass beneath the shrubs is rendered noxious by the drippings from its leaves. This may be a mis- take, but the leaves are certainly rank poison, not only to sheep, but also to oattle. And yet, so careless are the enltivators of the soil in this r that in almost overy fleld in the Northeast may be found specimens of this baleful plant. If farmers wonld consult their own inierest they would form a united effort to stamp it out, New York Journal, designers. Toronto Oo —————————————— A —upre | . : | teen hundred employes working plo; cing | making untold sums of money | their wages and I was told that they | up to several thousand dollars a | It seemed strange to me | 81000 note or to take | money of Uncle Sam's, the wall, It was made | of to | sink, floated, and now lies at White. hall, a testimony to the fallibility of | Ms coe mo. rr A GREAT MONEY FACTORY. THE WORK OF THE BUREAU OF EN- GRAVING AND PRINTING, A rrs— How Uncle Sam Guards Theft Valuable Sheets of Paper Making National Bank Notes, WALKED through the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, says Frank G. Carpenter in the Wash- » 1ngton Star, and watched the ff away I asked ranged from a little over a dollar a day year that they cond resist tne tempiation, and I in quired into the safeguards which Unelo Bam has placed about his money. It scemod so easy to slip Away ‘with a home of these steel plates and print enough to last you au life time however, showed mq Ons My investigation, that hoard has ever been guarded as is thi This no iser s bureau must cover several acres three stories and a basement, packed fall of machinery ing material Every bit o terial has to night before building. I BAW A met be Bny nccounted for every leave the I went it fram: one can In the corridor a al plate set It 14 i in looked much like 3 plate i“ etrie bu mt a hotel of) It containe each hols ' ele 3 ' twelvn Oles was labeled ctwork The paper u to al the a sheet whic wr to the sent from the Treasury, and it is Treasury Department from to the b irean It is carried wagon which and make counted paper is of engraving ing steel money, the ha FE and as soon as it Treasury with the ste at from which Ihe VY arfe w Money 18 SNgravs re than their and are nore welgl in gold, guarded than the fower of London In « of the there are vaults, before which guards The chief gets $2500 4 year, and he is responsible f« and plates in his charge locked AWAY in these wa order that put them at any moment vanits entered by steel d the eom binations with which they are closed are three for each do wr, and only one of these isa time lock. The ermbina tion locks sre each known to the man, who keeps the secret to himself, but writes out a duplicate of it and sends itin a sealed envelope to Secretary Carlisle. If he should die suddenly the envelope would have to be opened before the combination could be known. crown me der burean always sit of these guards r the d He has them lite it in such his hands The OGTR, und he car ari These fifty thousand different pieces of steel represent the work of many lives. They are covered with the | finest of engravings, and a peck of human eyes have been ruined in their There is no finer engray- ing in the world than on our bank notes, and there is none so ruinous to the eye-sight. The engravers work in little cubby holes under the windows, | snd there is a long room here filled with engravers. The entire face and back of a note ix never engraved by the same man. One engraver makes the fancy letters on a bill. Another makes a specialty of portraits and an- other has some other particular part | of the work which he can do better than any one else. He does his work on a piece of soft steel. When it is done it is hardened and is transfered to a soft steel roll about as big around as a schooner beer glass, This roll of stool is hardened and its impression is rolled off on to the steel plate from which the note is to be printed. Every | plate has on it the face or beek of four | notes, and it takes just as much tronbile | to engrave a cne-dollar bill as it does | » thousand-dollar bill. Engravers get | from 825 to $100 a week, and a the | highest priced men aro those who work on puttraiis. Against | io { the Nationa! banke. their work has to be perfect in order to pass, All National bank rotes have their charters and seals put on by the sur- face process, and thers are a dozen or more Hoe presses which are working The National bank | note plates sre all the same, but the tables as old’ as that bureau has had to male new plates for some Of the banks, sand the engravers and the plate printers have been turn- ing out the original notes for this print- ing ot lightning speed. This printing the notes, with the exception of this mnrface printing, is all hand work Inside a great stecd fence surrounding 6 room about half there are hundreds of hand af whin vlad Wh of covering an acre pre BHO, “a ywwintaow i The printers are of assistants are all that so of the I'he printers are to hire nr not ts, but which oanh fu ww and his assistant 1 their nll anges id noticed nl women, | me women were colored paid #0 much and they have sistant They allowed to choose their Ista the women department gives them, The press | 1off for every work up #7) vered their own ws EE they have to take th has to be inked and Wp snd the their sleeves rolled ther impression, vith their ell printers AWAY ows and Brie green ins a8 which other 1 A Shred of Silk, { Alvers banner oad Its P only of the whole doomed in the Hamp- sfuire church iff a ease of glass and oak. Temple Bax arhiaps the rest there quiet —I— - An Ancient Article, Indeed, tom ust must be an antique,” re marked a visitor to a collector of brie a-brac, who was exhibiting his chief treasvre, a handsomely carved table “Indeed proudly and oldest tant.” “It may be the fnest but oldest,” remarked the other. I have an AraMie table at home which dates before the beginning of the Christian era. be more than 2000 years old.” “You surprise me,” said the lector, not a little nettied by the re. mark. ‘1 had wo idea there were any Is its history What is its character?” i" “1 believe in,” replied the other it to be the finest specimen of furniture ex not the authentic? “Why, In fact it ws known to cols i | year, | portant personages 4 | the costermongers, {| for all swuy finishing the engraved notes for | highest prizes are swsrded to the don. SS ———— London's Donkey Show, London has a donkey show every It is conducted by very im- for the benefit of Prizes are given of , mt the sors excellens | key showing the best care, the object onk i of it all Ix ing to make the coster L ind to The the de his donkay, affair in always nl soe TN LEEYS and donk Vv looking smn their r nd ribboops, and » owing costs like Chicago Herald A Rey ce — olving Table, whieh table is for wide, The J LR Inches re vig than the food 5 round plates, ' Within ti stationary Reea, will bring the desired artic react Kate Field's Wasl ————— Spades Ave Tramps Brare or Omo Lacan Cx J. CHENEY 1x f the fran of that he fs the Fraxx . CHexey & of Tol POLIOY Darter wl tyes | State uf | ale a Hoxsle's Certain Cromp (urs wr We Core Rupture d's*#*Cures k nes Hoo SECTS Lino that sinoe taking Hood Lim was able at New Year: MRA isnt fall ngage with the eit Tote EA a i beeen oof 5 * ber have ai ak Hood’s Sarsaparill vane, and {ts presence aln ‘ it is corta niy a star rere '* Enasmus A N Fitchin } fi Mrest Hood's Pills the peristaltic sotion 66 “I have been afflicted with bilicus- nessand constipation for fteen years and first one and then another prep- aration was suggested to me and tried, but to no purpose. A friend recommended August Flower and words cannot describe the admira- tion in which I bold it. It has given me a new lease of life, which before was a burden. Its good qualitics and wonderful merits should (§3 DOSER 13° 25450 4MY hooplar Cough and Asthma, For Comemmp dest hea mo rive]; has cwed thousands where Mothers fated © will cure you if taken in time, ! ty Lroaggists on a antes, For Lame Bok or Chest use SHILOR'S PLASTER. _— “Oh, it's very simple,” added the | other, “It's the multiplication table, Ita history is perfectly suthentic, and | as for ite character, why, that is per | plexing-~at least to the masll boys, New York Herald nas A Tramp’s Brilliant Scheme. A tramp entered the quiet town of Jerseyville, Mo., a few days ago. He devised a scheme for getting money without hard labor which was snoccss- fal. Just before reaching Jerseyville he espied a big patch of jimson weeds, He discovered thet jimson weed seeds resemble onion seeds, and he gathered » good supply. Arrived in town he cbtained a couple of fine white onions, and proccede & once to sell his dg, " in small packages, exhibit the onions as samples. He ri fii i pe ny left wa 3 night we supplied money. «= New York Sun. l J pays for batdaome CENTS Fiit = JOURNAL J 105508 | 2] One Xa Be ihels of
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