————— nh —- J - wr ws moa——— THE DAYS THAT NEVER RETURN Over the strings of my harp to-day Floats a song that ig half a sigh, Like the sound of leaves when the wind sweeps by, Like the sound of breakers far away, As they beat and sob, As they beat and throb, Till I hear a voice in the distant roar, On that lonely stretch of sandy shore, Over the strings of my ‘heart to-day Floats a song for the dying year, A song that thrills with an unshed tear Thro' the winter twilight, cold and gray, As the breakers sob, As the breakers throb, And I hear the voice with its old refrain, For the days that never come back again, Over the strings o Fl f my harp to-day youth, o in very trath, ats a song for my sweet lost , I would giy fame and power away HNAN ™ n strings of my harp to Floats a song for the dying year, n unshed fear Like the sound of breakers far away A song that thrills with a How they beat and sob! How they beat and throb! And I hear that voles For the days that never o« its old refrain, 10 back again. bell Hotehkiss, er — S PURPOSES AT CROS § ELIA was wholly to blame. If it hadn' for her it never been would h AVEO oC to me ft quarrel with Jack ; it would ne t curred ver have 80 happy A Jack's people and was spoiling him Of vy with no business of hers if I we mitted that; but she me she felt she must speak, older and more experienced than I, and implore » remember that it wasn't only my lover I was spoiling, but my future husband; and if I let him have his own way in everything now, I should never . mine by and by when were ried. She spoke so seriously about it that I couldn't help being a little im- pressed, though of course I didn’t let wa a me be we m HInT- her know that, and I wouldn't have | told her for the world that I intended to ask her advice on the first oppor tunity that offered. For it was one thing to quarrel privately with Jack, but quite another to tell Celis that I was going to do it, and take her into my confidence against him Horns lance | I hardly kn the fi grow u : 1 emed nothing + and Jn Though we h weeks, I'd 1 be head, and angry--and sai and--1 i him our broken , and ther of evervthing between Jack took me at my word. thought of his doing that, “As von hie quite gnietly all of a were n theconservatory music drowned the souad of ar 1s AW AY . engagement to en Your letters shall be to-morrow, and I you free to resume your flirtation with Frank Horne." “But--Jack--" His face was set never even looked at Ths COR Celia and several dancers strolled into the and left Yes, he went away other and he word to me or came whole evening. Of course I danced, too--what could 1 do under the circumstances? I danced with Frank Horne, and 1] flirted with him a little—not as Jack flirted with Mollie and Kate and Celia, and half a dozen more—bat just enough to show him that I could amuse myself very well without him, and that 1 wasn't taking our quarrel to heart. I was neting a lie, and I did it very ereditably. Oh, how miserable I am! It a dull November afternoon, and mamma has gone ont, so I sit alone in the fire-lit dining-room, and think over all that had happened last night, and wonder what Jack's next move will be. Surely—surely, he can- not mean He has not returned my leiters yot ; surely that is a nopefal sign, I am still wearing the ring he gave me. ters I shall have to No—no, 1 ean't part with it. conld not be so ernel, so unreasonable, His letters, too. Must I give them up? 1 turn them over in my hand such a little bundle of them as there is, and so very hard to read till one Jearns to know the writing, or to love the writer, which is it? —and remem- ber the pleasure with which I first re- ceived them, and the pride with which I haved often poured over them wince, Hark! some one is crossing the and F what it was ce, but it to me i , 1 1 t quarreling about, about in grew and there was K nt rrioiy in earnest Py * off please,’ said, We and the dance i the drawing-room must have our voices half “You wish our I, Maud? So be it, turned to you at sudde i. wu dozen ¥ Tr will once leave He music other conservatory and white, me me. and danced with never spoke one near me again the girls; else 14 I sappose if he returns my let- | He | hall. Surely Jane won't be #0 foolish as to show any one in here now. In another moment “Mr. Dayton” is announced, and Jack himself stands before me, “Jack!” I started to my feet, and all these treasured documents fall, rustling to the floor, but I never think of them. Who thinks of love letters in the presence of the writer? Jack is here, my Jack, and-- ut is he indeed my Jack? The first glance at his face recalls me to myself, and reminds me that he is no longer my Jack, or Jack at nll to me. evidently, though I, for one brief mo- ment, forgotten. Oh, Jack Jack?" have the breast pocket of his coat and turns to me, “This must be my apology for dis- turbing you," he says, very formally. golf, in case of accidents.” | “For me?’ I speak vague ly, and | without offering to take it. I want to | gain time. | “Yos—your lettors, | to them now." | “How beautifnlly you have packed | them!" | He turns away with an impatient | gesture and lays them on tho table. | “I need not detain you any longer, errand is done,” he says, I have no right now my | qui tly. | ‘“‘But— there is something else. | you forget!” as he looks at tioningly. “You lottors promptly « nongh I thank yromptness ?—but youn As you say, I have now tako them? Vi ry Oh, mo ques have returned my how can such i fONr owi. \ to them } wisi me to st wish him to take them I want to post went of parting, that isall. be good enough to fetch bat that floor. Will pick To- word. | wlio » such a neat speaking as ver the “You sort parce | as 1:1 ui steadily as can, an . ing « great tear “I'm very “I ean't do it!" and splashes on the packet, | sorry, but" { Don't bother about it,” and he { Inygge's hand on mine suddenly, | neeQ for such a fuss. Give them to i me i they are.” “®hat are you going to do with them?” as he takes them from my trembling hands “Pat them in a the fire!" and he turns no, no!" I ery, springing for 1, and laying » detaining hand on “Oh, don't, Jack!” y not?’ pamsing. You don’t hem, and I'm sare I don’t.” | Pi cr ease give with! ish 1 off, ' he La ter forget it ever ex 1 aon do that,” with “] am inct little letters.” “Take them, then,” and he throws them down on the table. ‘Keep them to compare with Horne's, if yon like. I don't care!” “How can you insult me so? What right have yon to think me so mean, Aan irre pressible waiting fi yA so heartless?’ I ory indignantly. “‘And | von eared for me once to!’ or pret nded “I did care; I care now, though 1 know I'm only a fool for my pains?” | ~bitterly. “‘Heartless, do yon say? How can I help thinking you heartless after your conduct last night?” “My conduct? And what of yours? If I danced with Frank, flirted with him a little, you were flirting all the time with Celia and Mollie, and oh, there wasn't a girl in the room that you didn't flirt with! You know there wasn't!” “You; and youn shonld know that there is safety in numbers,” he retorts, | fixing his dark eyes on mine reproach: fully. “But you, Maud, you flirted with Frank »ll the time; and with no one but Frank. A very different thing!" “And what was I to do when yon deserted me? Bit still and look mis erable? Thanks, no. Really, yon are unreasonable.” “You forget that I did not desert you, as you eall it, till after you gave me to understand thai I wasn't wanted. You told me to go, and I went.” “Yon did-=on the instant!” “And you blame me for that now! | Did yon not mean me to take you at your word ?” 1 look at him as he stands, very tall and orect, on the other side of the fireplace, his brown eyes, with a oer: | tain defiance in them, watching me in- | tently, and I feel thankful that at least | wo are not going to part in mlence, | His love may not be strong enough to | gtand the test of our uarrel, but still thie loves me, Oh, if I only “Pid yon not mean me to take you st your word?” he repeats. “iNot like that,” slowly. ‘You went woh, yos—na if you were glad to go. I dare say yon were, but yon needn't have betrayed your feelings quite so plainly.” I told him I wished our engage- ! ment to end, and he remembered it, | He waits till the servant has loft the room, then takes a small packet from | “I thought 1 had better bring it my- | of | “No | and yes, | “I haven't tho smallest intention of | betraying my feelings for your grati- fleation,” he says with some warmth “You have treated mo shamefully, but I see little use in discussing if now. I don't want to reproach yon | for jilting me; you've done it, and | that's enough.” “Jilted you! Oh, Jack!" { “Call it wiht you please,” | turns away wearily, We won't quarrel | about that. Celia was right, I see.” 1 “Celia?” | “Yes: she said it would only make | matters worse if I saw you, I didn't believe her, but “Celia tried to stop your coming?" “If yon lke to put itin that way, | yes,” with a look of surprise. myself, so I came.” { derstand and he | | are movable | in other species of birds. “But 1| thought 1 ght to bring those letters | sought 1 ought { mg those ‘etters the British Museum, London, | ye 1d, sccording to its rings. “From a bitter sense of duty ; 1 un. | YeOT8 Id, according to a “Not altogether that.” Fo hesitates | a moment and then adds quickly : “) | may as well tell you all since I am here. 1 thonght | there might have been some misunder standing, and you have said more than yon really meant, It all seems so sud: den to me, you know, for I had not grown tired of our engagement, what ever yon may have done, But since that 1s, | hoped -— youn evidently wish to quarrel with me | I won't stand in your way. trusted Celia.” Celia again! I begin sound of her name! “Celia to to hate the sOOMS coldly, *‘‘I don't know, of course, | what she may or may not have told you; but this I do know, that You might | have trusted me, though, ae you have | have been nnwar- | rantably busy with my affairs,” I say | 4 | no bigger than I have | | hover trusted her, and that I trust her | less than ever “Yon are nngrateful, surely. tried to spare you this interview.” “Had it not been for her it would | never have been necessary. But go to her, since you'd rather take her word now, le to speak for the ) 1 utterance, my abruptly to the win. that Ce nisunderstoo a dull, expres and without turning round. far too clever for that. It is you who misunderstood, and L “What have I misunderstood? Oh, if you won't tell me I must go to Celia and-—" ‘Yes, go staying here for?” “Nothing now,” | the door. In another | be gone. Can I let him go like this? No, » thousand times, no. i “Wait,” and I turn impulsively; | “you you have forgotten something.” “Have 1? And what?" “Your ring. I have no right to it NOW, KS yOu say.’ “I never said so, but lis misundersto 1 less way, ‘She is to her. What are you . and he walks to instant he will he checks ims it to me, then.” “Come and take it I cannot, I will not take it 1 try in a feeble, purposeless sort of way, conscions that his cyes are upon me all the time. Then I desist and look at him, laugh nervously, “1 can’t do it, Jack, if you want it ff yourself,” and ] if, “Gave ~ On. ing u must take it ofl hold out my hand He takes it in silence, but he makes no effort to remove the ring. Instead for moment | v of that he looks at me N and shakes his head. “No. dear, I don't want it. If it is to © yu must take it." “It seems almost a pity, doesn't it r [ say softly, and my voice is scarcely be. He makes no reply, but passes his arm around my waist and his hold on my hand tightens, “I've got nsed to it, you see, and ] should miss it. May I keep it, Jack?’ “On one condition.” “And that is?" “That you keep me, too.” “Oh, Jack, how gladly.” He is my Jack once more, and I tell him all, my head on his shoulder. Onr quarrel is over and we both de test Colin. She can never come be tween us any more. —All the Year| Round c— A Dog With a Wooden Leg, “Did you ever hear of a dog, having | a wooden leg?” inquired 8. P. Ordway, of Logansport, Ind. ‘I know a man near where I live who has a small dog, one of whose front legs was crushed | some time ago by a wagon wheel. Be ing something of a surgeon, his mas | ter carefully amputated the crushed | leg, and when the wound was healed | | provided the dog with a light and strong wooden leg. In the course of | time the dog, which is a very intelli gent little animal, became aware that ho conld rest his weight upon this | wooden leg and use it for all ordinary | purposes. In walking or trotting the | dog always uses his artificial limb, but | if he has ocoasion to do any fast run- | ning or leaping, he will gracefully | hold up the wooden leg and depend | solely upon the other three for the | service required.” --8t, Louis Globe: Democrat, " off at all y ne as steady as 18 might | Yitality of Disease Germs, | Asan evidence of the phenomenal vitality of disease germs, Dr, Koch, of Germany, and Drs. Ewart and Car- penter, of England, declare that the blood of animals and men dying of contagions may be dried and kept for yoars, and that they will then pro- duce the class of infections to which they belong; this even after having bpen Juivurized in a mortar and sab- jected to the lowest degree of natural and artificial cold, --St. Louis Repub- lie. She | thie | to the traveler | washed off. | time, | ense would SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, There is an electric doorstep. Paper belting has been invented. Only about 6000 stars are visible to the naked eye. There are 28,000 species of fishes, one-tenth of which inhabit fresh water. Seientists icebergs 0! the opinion that two hundred Aro FOmo lass for years, It is pointed ont that one-legged | men usunlly grow fat possibly from lack of exercise. In the parrot's beak both mandibles unknown | n pe culiarity A section of a California tree sent to is 1330 Plenty of water is reported to sup ply a level for the proj canal between Lake Superior and the Mississippi. An eminent more of the to their habit y a HOO that women is dn anatomist ill health of ¢ 0 cramy | than is realized. There are 187 ton of water from the Dead Bea, the Atlantic the amount is eighty-one pounds to every ton. pounds At one year old the infant alligator | | is twelve inches | before he doubles long. He is that le ngth does not attain his maximum develop. ments until the age of fifty. The little snow bird of the Sierra is wren, but petrel, he is as strong as the about in inf when the fifty miles hour, stormy wind le ii ii i A has found wher has a bad eftect upon 1 A medical mal we main wy won ns who chanced to be out The er I A ral nstc tar Hye | wv 1 rm at Pocatello, Idaho. and g, like silinr whiteness left white spots on the elothi mud. They were examined and found to be the residu { nm ol One { the ous tendeity of life is te be found, per- haps, in the fact that it sen is its roots a long way in search of moisture. It was discovered, after an important nqueddet had caved in, that its walls were eracked and filled for many feet with roots. These roots, it was dis rain had a ped salt water, marvel. secret © | covered, came from willows at least | thirty feet distant. Mr. Bruce, whaling fleet, listriet soutl 3 3 intitude of the Dundee Antarctic the if sixty-two degre Of with ice- numer 3 whois south bergs, which become #gtrewn very 1 south of sixty-two degrees. The base of the bergs 1 by marine a as Orgs were was colored pale brown s and other br beyond the water level, No luminous wn Slronks FI1O0W WAS served, lot he in mi hey their mighty sn l i stats ly hei iantly in the sun Tiss nlders t« hine h brill A ugh they are of the purest yet they glow with yr. The exhibit rich o baltic blue and everywhere are splashes " white cold crevices of emerald green. poset —— tie Details in China. Some Domes observed house by the eat is too fre- Cleanliness is not strictly the The quently promenading on top of wen when the in cooking or about rdinary natives meals are being cooked, | helping itself to fish, meats or rice out | of the bowls that are afterwar 1 served The tables are seldom | A delicate han made of a few straws is used for brush- ing off the dust and dirt before meal- water is drawn for cooking purposes. Were it not for the Chinese fashion of | bo'ling all water before using it, dis- probably long ago swept the empire out of existence. | Soap for washing the face is nuknown. Hot water is rubbed on with a wet rag and left to dry, as they use no towels, All the domestic animals share equal rights in the home. Pigs and are in one's way at nearly every turn. Sometimes under the cot of the China- man is thrown a little straw where the pigs, dogs, pups, ducks, chickens and oats rest as peacefully side by side, as opposing instinets may. —Outing. ———— The Oldest Grapevine, The *‘oldest grapevine in the coun. try,” was indeed interesting, writes a correspondent from Santa Barbara, Cal. One growing near this, which was known to be more than eighty years old, died finally of good old age, and was purchased and transported in its entirety to the Chicago Fair last | summer. This one is forty-seven to fifty years of age, and hale and hearty yet. At the base it is fifty-two inches in ciroumference. It grows straight ap for about three feet, then divides into six branches, and at this point is five foot in circumference. At a hight of perhaps soven feet it spreads itself in all directions over an immense ar- bor covering a space by actual meas. urement of seventy-five by sixty-six foot. It bears in one season 6500 pounds of the purple mission grape, of which no use is made except as it is onten and given away by its owner to any ome whe will take it. —Troy Times Picking Flowers in the Dark, One of the biggest florist cdnecrns in the country has its green houses in Jersey City. They sre surrounded by a thickly crowded population, and yet even in the midst of winter, when flowers are worth almost their weight in gold, the doors are never locked at night, “1 should think yon would find your plants denuded the first morning W ind] i ing their foot | fifteen | and he and flits | out thnt the | Jroom | The women wash their clothing | at pools of water from which afterward | | you failed to lock up,” I said to the | head of the firm. He laughed. “Have you ever treid to pick flowers in the dark?” he inquired. “If did you would know why risks, “It is a very immto 1 even with a candle a thief would though the with blossom | in three hour I do not ki | fact, and ond | proof, if doubting 4] i 3 | rose house for the experim York Mail and Express vou thing, but yon n house at night, or lanterny, such | ean go NAY: whole not pick enough y to a will Th ' would not wlvise Britain’s Blg Army. physique of the Britis ot perhaps be all that 1t Me, but our military forces ery satisfactory cond go far as numbers are Are tion. B of need we could put into the orce of Ji militia re 220,000 of all rax on An emergency, SO 000 roserve t 18ts, nen rosery 290 Sol, | hav 1 : eset — Oldest Coal Mine In America, 1 Alls BUTPT ist # us that the first was discovered in in the years 1673-74, an outerop of coal on the 1lli- nois River, not far from Ottawa, “‘the shelly fragments of which burned with a bright light, and gave forth much heat.” Hernedon says that this is the | first historical mention of coal being found in whet is tow the United | States. —8t. Lonis Republic, of i | . | ngninst | serving under Napoleon, was 1 | commander, A Little Town's Two Celebrities, The little town of Morrisville, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, opposite | Trenton, is notable as having been for i 6 time the home of Robert Morris, | and afterward of Jean Victor Moresn, the French General who died Moreau, In Arms while supposed # superior and wh I Napole on arrest {f trea Of Napoleon, by some to hn the conquer r' strategist, Moreau's | ment on a As Nn enuned banish charge the act to j : Morean United States and long pily y Morris- | ville, in the Morris, The Czar sent for him, however, 1813, to ni 1 crushin Napoleon, il IR ii of for his fi And i, Own to the ' lived happil J Ww pet CRIA with In in g hatred virtual L¢ military of Dresden, rmer chief, went to be though rank of title, at the Here, however, hs wl. 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