TO-MORROW Hopeful youth with rosy face, Btruggling in the mortal race, Never worried, never tired Ever by the thought inspired, That for every pain we borrow Comes redemption in the morrow ; Saorifleing strength and soul Striving, striving for the goal That awaits the life to-morrow ; Spurning flowers of to-day For the blossoms’ rich array Of to-morrow, of to-morrow, Listiess age with withered face, Drifting in the mortal race, Worn and helpless, lone and weary, Gazing through the shadows dreary Of the long, long night of sorrow For the sunrise of the morrow ; Drifting, drifting to tho sea Of eternal mystery, While the world repeats “To-morrow.” Thus it spoeds the soul from strife, Thus it greets the new-born life, With “To-morrow,” aye, to-morrow, ~Clifford Howard, a —— JOHNNY'S DUCHESS, HE was not only a Duchess, but looked like one, of the best Du Meurier type. was lovely, tall and graceful, with the light of youth and health in her eyes. As His Grace was an invalid his wife was much in evidence, taking exercise on deck, with a long, swing- ing stride which was the envy of the other women on the ship. the first day she was very | her fellow voyagers, but som tinent questions vexed her, became glacial, Johnny MceQuiston declares that he felt like kissing the shiny brass plate on the after stairway, which intro duced him to that armfal of lc There was a nice roll sea on and some 1 reeze, An 1 Johnny h ad gone t seek a heavy coat and was deckward bound when Her Grace, in descending, slipped on the brass and went bang! into Johnny's arms. It was no jol to prevent that tall ¥ from coming to grief, and Johnny grasped and clinched his teeth hard as he held manfully to the railing with his left arm and hugged his real live she ) [ D1 1 IVellness ino Ing NZ Woman Duchess with his right. prettily for hi 3 18 1€ She thanked him aid, and nodded affably when came on deck and met him at tl companiouway door, where he was waiting for nothing in particular if it was not for that nod. The roll n tinued to befriend him, for he had to help her to her chair, and there, in order to continue vague lands- man's comments on the voyage, he sat down beside her, and in this way the acquaintance began. 3 80 eo some wisi It was the manner Johun$ Sang hymus, however, which cemented the scquaintance, and even opened the doors to friendship. He used to think of the farmhouse and his mother when he sang ‘‘Abide th Me” and the other familiar mt and it came out in the look in his eyes and his earnest manner —and besides, his as clear and as his memory. He had a dashing way of singing the new comic opero hits or music hall ballads, but a dignity set with i810, YOICO¢ was sweet mother's that affected the Duchess « than it did other pe young woman of society she was usually religi , and the blood of the ehampions of John Knox tingled with. in her now and then. “‘You forget all abont are singing sacred songs,” said the Duchess, approvingly. ‘“‘And I like it,” she added, looking at him frankly with great gray eves, “lI am generally mother—and she more,” replied “You could sing yourself into fame, I dare say,” she said, graciously “I did sing myself into a trip to Ea. rope,” he says, laughing and flushing “In ' and she trifle dismayed, “Oh, no!” he answered. take a turn before luncheon? ou about it as we walk;' ett the andience in the lad to gossip about the flirtation in pro- gress between ‘that stuck np woman with a title and that singer fellow,” as the man from Illinois put it. “Idon’t know if I told you I was a newspape r man,” began Johnuy “Oh, a pressman |"’ saidshe. “Salis bury used to be one, you know, and lots of our best men write leaders and thiogs.” “Well, T don't write leaders,” ex plained Johnny. “I writethe ‘things,’ as you call them, that the leaders are often based on, Well, one day I was sent to write np Mortimer'snew house. He's about the biggest man we have on Wall street now, and he had just done up a palace. Ho was at home, and showed me about civilly, for he was proud of planning most of the place himself. Finally we came to the musie room, and there was a splendid piano open. 1 don't know how it came about, but I sat down and rambled slong with the wir of ‘Watchman, Tell Us of the Night.’ ‘Can you sing that?’ says Mr. Mor. timer. 1 sang it, and for half an hour be kept me there singing ome ol bymn after another. I co id see Ye was in deep thought about some- thing, but he didn't explain. As I was going away he said: ‘You won't put the hymn singing into your article, will yon,’ and he nodded approvingly when I said it was only a side issge. That was iwo months ago. About a woek later I met him on the us me when y« mn i thinking of is not with me Johnny, sturdily iy | concerts? seemed a “Shall we I'll tell and they ies’ cabin street, and he stopped and shook | Johnny at his ease, to her niece's | hands. Our big men, ss a rule, don't do that unless they want something! The next day, in one of the rooms | suntie?” | there because of no put in or kept out of the paper, and I wondered what was up. He talked about my article and said something nice, and asked abruptly, ‘Have you any money saved? Of course J was more. he went. I did as I was told, and he gave me a receipt, and all he was: ‘Come here Monday said week,’ after that, and 1 money was having any stock market dered if my share in it, and won office asked if he was in. The and I felt sick. ‘You're Mr. MeQuis- ton, I believe? said the clerk. ‘Yes, and Mr. Mortimer told me to come here to-day.” ‘Here's a note for you,’ said he, and velope, he handed me a big en- ‘Please give me a receipt.” 1 walted until I was out on the and then I opened the package. There was my stock, two checks and a note which said : ‘Ioclosed is your margin and profits for the sake of the thoughts {yon awoke in me. Mortimer." One | check was my own that I had given him, and which he had not presented for payment. The other was $4000, and I took a holiday and here I am.” “Oh, that was jolly in him, wasn't it?” eried the Duchess, delightedly. “And I'm sure you deserved it. Her: is my husband, you must tell him abont it, too. This was the it, the very ge way Duke was drawn into and a nial, earnest young man he ved to be who seemed to indorse everything hi wife did indorsed J and 80 lang bei: it was duly pri as a thing apart and bel By invitation from the watched the Irish coast peep the water from the bridge, they stood until Fastnet ut on the other Came 0 side Duchess said, with a si h: home 4 again | They parted at Liverp was given to Johnny a tion to come aud eall the LL Oo lor he was left to wonder see them again, but in the excl of arriving in London, this was soon forgotten in the delight of saying: ‘fAnd so this is really Piccadilly and 1 1, and the cordial invita- To be twenty-six and in Loadon for the first time and on eomfortable terms with your banker, and not t much writing of letter of ¢ lm Ww Ive ADA We yon woul ean to an claim, “The Duchess! startled as th “The devil!” and yme apology ! How: like the Dachess, I wonder who she 18?" th might J yhnny “What on earth did that man mean about the Du Nellie Tharston hur 's an much had eried, mered ¢ Gir ns yagi 1 M or } \ WIOUSs anueh ahe ooKeq shouting hes ight Miss ] ! s BS she m sure he tell auntie.” happene 1 that when John into the dining room that evening Miss Thurston remarked to the stout lady who sat beside her, who had the of a bishop at con firmation “There he auntie That's the man who said I was some duchess.” Mrs hurston looked at Johnny much as she was in the habit of look ing at hansom cab drivers while mak ing up her mind to whom she would trust herself, and she said, promptly “Very ordinary-looking young man His evening clothes are new, and he is not accustomed to them." “That may be true about the clothes,” murmured Nellie, ‘but 1 think he is a gentlemanly fellow, and good looking, too." Before there was time for more Johnny was led up to the small table where the ladies sat, and was seated room elsewhere, whereupon Johnny looked aunoyed and blushed. Mrs. Thurston was in a rage, and Mids Nellie was highly amused within, but tranquil without, ““I cannot put up with these large English hotels any longer,” said Mrs. Thurston, pointedly, to Nellie, must go to-morrow and make arrange ments at some exclusive family resort.” Hor niece took on left Johnny's cheeks, ented : “Oh, auntie, what a thing to say.” and 1i gnity 18, and faintly “TI try to get a sent somewhore | alse, or go away altogether, madam," aid Johnny, bravely, and yet humbly, “It was no fault of mine; the waiter | { I had told him something?" asked Nel- was to blame." | There was so mach mortification in | the boy's tone that Mrs. Thurston for- {down to a kindly level, and put | evideut surprise. “We | | and sing till you order me out of the the color which | | startled, but I eaid I had about $6000 | and some stock worth about a $1000 | ‘Go get it and bring it to my | office in half an hour,’ said he, and off | { about and There were very lively days on the | On Monday I went to his | | Thurston's | managing elerk said he was in Boston, | sound her that Johnny felt encouraged of the National Gallery, Johnny eame upon the younger lady, who was in undoubted distress, He caught her eye; she gave a faint smile of recog- nition, and he was beside her. “Can I do something for you?" he said in his frank, pleasant way. “Thank you, Iam in rather a mess," she answered gratefully. “I have lost auntie. I almost always do lose her in a picture gallery, for I wander she sits down in cor- ner and adores an old master, To-day it happens she has no purse, an 1 she BOING will want me.” o much relie a Mrs, when they linally There wa face | Mistress Nellie had, in the short time | was much | was { able fellow-countrymen street, | fifa’ hid {hat green place ahead is Hyde Park.” | “4¥a the. Duchess! | mured : { when the Duchess spoke they were together, concluded that he better than he looked, und not to be lightly cast off, ip a land where pleasant snd companion: not too plentiful, so she bravely recalled Johnny to Mrs. Thurston’s memory and he introduced himself. After that matters hnrried them selves, They are apt to do this in hotels and journeyings and saunter- ings. Johnny fell into a sort of trance, wherein his med boldness, and Miss Neliie began to ask herself questi ns, As for Mrs. Thurston, she soon lost any doubt as to her own declared that she in- tended either to leave for the conti nent, regardless of comfort, or as’: Mr, MeQuist mn to continue hi ware NHCONSCIONUSNIO8S Bod sonclusion, and travels There was a cricl lady would gor finally he » Mr. M int of the bed, Mrs my state until i, and CAE intentions flashed xelaimed the aunt at Nellie, there ian lady ¢ ' 'e Of § 1! only she is Lo LL Sie followed the Mrs. Thurston's glance a little Johnt direction of sod eried: “Who? said Mrs. Thurston, in a shrill whisper, “The Dus nanny, exais Essex.” i“ replied awfally ing fellow with i, the Duke 0 speak | excited She's and mistook for med Nellie, : tame, & imple ands little white at Mrs. Thurs by glancing down, and 1 catching a glimpse of Johnny ex med: **Why, Ned, here's Mr. Me Jaiston her | hapely arm lescended towar la J yvhany, stood ip and looked as delighte 1 as he felt. I'he Duchess told wards that guessed nce, and ints Cains rough. She answered 0s que stion and ng, #¢ who Johnny after it all accor ling at a and ahi acted ly ; 1 is willin makes said an o> sh : she next her, and in wl beside Johany “Do you think it nice in yon not to come to Essex House at all this ?" she said, reproachfully. “I've about yon, and they think I'm only giving them travelers’ tales, for you never show, you know, May I know your friends? When Johnny recovered his wits the Duchess was in the carriage be- side Nellie, telling Mrs. Thurston that had been struck by the likeness Nellie Thurston bore to herself, and this was followed up by other gracious speeches, climaxing at last by an in- vitation to call at Essex House and a statement that Her Grace would send them cards for a ‘little reception on Wednesday night, to meet the Princess Louise of Lorne.” ‘Friends of Mr MoeQuiston's are sure to be welcome with us, you know,” she said, as she bowed and asked Johnny to help her up the ladder to the conch seat. “Will yon come now and sing hymns for me, sir?" whispered Her CGirace, as she stood with Johnuy's kand in hers, “Come!” he blurted out, AV en telling some people she "“I'i 0 honse,” The Duchess laughed and mur- “Is it 80 bad as that? Well, she is lovely, and you are fortunate. Bring her to see mo Saturday morning at 11." “What were you asking me, auntie, first to Mr. MeQuiston? You wanted to know if lie, coolly, ns they drove home through | the pretty strects of 8t. John's Wood. got the Episcopal pose and let herself i “I'm sure I don't remember, dear,” said Mrs. Thurston innocently, “Shall I tell Mr. MoQuiston to go away before the Duchess's reception, Nellie nskod that night, as Jew room, candle in hand. “Certainly not! Why, he's to take us there.” “May I tell him to stay?" “Of course not ; there is no need of | saying anything. He seems like n | very sensible young man, and needs no coaching.” “Conching, auntie? And suppose in if 1 will Fie, why that's the coaching let him drive, slang. ho asks me what then?” “D n't be fo neh ideas in his head, lish." ‘I'm rather afraid 1 shall Nellie, thie after she clos lish, ef ! Hoe Don't 11 a 1 IM ' paid said it to candle, the door months after this that My Arlington MeQuiston Johuuny's middle name has been drawn from look: il be remarked to but she obscurity into active lif t two tall Sevres he library fireplace, which sto JARRAR ‘John, de \ I be Id like to have the Ducli hung between , do von know i, but said nothit “I don't think yon are half enoug! grateful to your Duchess, Joh tinued Mrs, John, “Oh, vos. anid came to his {¢ ¢ her br wi | r . n, RIT Aan with caress —————— SELECT SIFTINGS, jew head will Town In 1813 William Ba: f 10¢ patented a that egs and t behind to chine along the track. Charles Barrow, of Colambus, Ohio, tolls of an egg nid by a hen in his employ that measured seven-eighths inches Ki Earope 3 in length wos came nt ad of ti 1 and silk gl Te ) 1 about the « an ause the aller tore to op a great They were so disap) found that it was a I vinted up that they depart i, leaving their instruments behind them male wooden People in the middle ages believed in as well as Werewolves were supposed to be men who, while preserving their appear- ance as human beings, were yet trans- formed into wolves, an appe- tite which «nothing but human flesh would satisfy. Patrick O'Mahoney, of Oil City, Penn., threw a brick at a friend with the intention of knocking his head off. The friend escaped around the corner of a street, but stangely enough the missile, describing a para. bolie eure, followed after him and cat off one of his coat tails as clean asa whistle. were-w slves witches with saa ———— A New Fashion of Dueling. A new fashion of dueling has been sot at Zalzeivka, near Ristomar, in Russia, by a schovlmaster and a law- yor. The pair quarreled and arranged to fight with whips. Boon after the engagement commenced the school master succeeded in knocking his ad- versary's weapon out of his hand, sad then proceeded to baste the lawyer to bis heart's content, Honor was de- clared to be satisfied. —New Orleans Picayune. rt * Ralnmaker's Apparatus, A rainmaker in India has an appar: atus consisting of a rocket eapable of | rising to the height of a mile, con: | taining a reservoir of ether. Iu its de {soent it opens a parachute, which | causes it to come down slowly, The | ether is thrown out in fine spray, and | its absorbtion of heat is said to lower | the temperature about it sufficiently | to condense the vapor and a " limited shower, ~Chicago Herald, she stood beforethe door of her annt’s seven and | OME 7 women architects in the United States. The number of women engaged in farming in the United States is 57,000. Queen Victoria has taken 447 prizes nt English cattle shawn for pro lucts of Lae r stock farm. Jean Ingelow spends a great part of the year in the south of France, shi cottngi Air tight trunks, it is well member, are best for seaside mt wihero has n sto and jaunting al One of the brightest students of Smith College is a Winnebago Indian girl from Nebraska he mata prisvns for w femnle religiou Mrs been reappoin State B f Educ Miss Mary A. Hanson was « Marbl Mass on the the A nstrian Rrra « Marth M cantatice, iatel Paris, broidered } The peosions of the Spanish royal family having been reduced, the Iu- fants Eualalia has been econssnically at Yersilles, Dari Mrs. Amanda Smith, colored woman, is deliv temper. ares in E i, und { Lady Henry S ing ring nglan at Sioux Falls, ne to Dakiand M ks | HING tellers in the Bank of Mi | ie the best bank officers in th The well known Jish wp Miss Isabel’ cently for Korea, wher lect material for a ne Bishop is over sixty years Lord Aberdeen on Guisachan, when he was a reputatior w first met his wile her father's estate, lad I, having lost himself on the hills, begged shalt the lodge for hima It is little known that the Queen of England has not only been san of considerable dexterity in her time, but holds office as desn of one of oldest guilds of bowmen in Earope Miss Mary E. Catler, of Hilliston, Mass. , is a successful farmer. She be came sole manager of Winthrop Gar dens, an estate of sixty-eight acres, after her father's deat) ten years ago and, If and his pony archer the The Princess Louise, of England, ie said to be very superstitions, sometimes will not attend pablic fune tions as agreed upon, on the plea that she knows it will be one her “bad days.” of A bi-monthly paper oalied El Fatat (The Young Woman) is published at Alexandria, Egypt. A Syrian lly, Miss Hind Nafoul, of Tripoli, is ths editor, and all the contributors are women. Rosa Scherrin, aged nineteen, is employed as a farm hand at Beaymar, Mo., st $18 per month, She has plowed, harrowed, planted and culti vated thirty acres of corn this year without any assistance. Miss Julia Kemp West, of Rich: mond, Staten Island, N. Y., has just enterad upon her duties as school commissioner, She has mate Miss Nellie M. Ford her private secretary. 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