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Ado had be;sed so hard to be allowed lo
go into the city on market day. that when
the large farm wajrou, filled with produce,
was driven around to the kitchen door, his
father allowed him to climb up beside him,
and away thev drove through the quiet
country road to the noisy, bu-y town, some
seeral miles awav. The boy had never
before been away from the farm, and his
mind was much occupied ttith the new
icetics about him.
In the market place, where his father
carried his wares, Ado was greatly amused by
the thrones ofpeoplebuyiu? and selling, and
he was surprised to ce children, smaller
than himself, carryins heavy burdens, or
adding their voices, to the gencr.il clamor
hv crving uut the articles they had lor sale.
As the boy stood by his father's side his at
tention was alti acted to a tall, dark man,
carrving OTer his shoulder a black net in
thi: mr.D rnLL
which was confined a pnre white swan,
which thrust its head between the cords of
the net and tried in every way to escape.
The man became angry over the bird's
struggles and beat it irith his fit, and.
Wirn it did not at once grow quiet, he
ihrew it on the ground and struck the swan
jriih his great fool.
"Ado, who never could endure to see in
nocent creatures suffer, watched until the
dark man began talking to a neighbor, then
the boy stole up to the net, and cutting with
his penknife the heavy cords he released
the swan, which joyfully flapped its wings
and after whispering, "Follow mc," it
soared into the air, and flew awav
Not pausing to witness the owner's sur
prise ami anger over ilie escape of his cap
tive, Aao ran through the streets, alway
keeping the bird in sight, until at length
weary ana uniting him,clf far Irom the
city, he cried nut: "O, beautiful bird, stop
nnd tell me why you wished me to follow
yon."
Thu the swan slowly descended to the
ground, and said: "I thank ou many
times, kind youth, for your timelv rescue
from the net. I am no swan, but a princess
changed into this term by the wicked en
chanter, whom jou saw in the market place.
If you 111 save me, honor and wealth will
be yours."
Ado fell on his knees before the swan and
beggeJ to knou hon he could aid the
Princess. Tnen the bird continued: 'Tar
Irom here, whpre a great river flovis into the
ea, is a beauttlul, green vallev, enclosed by
k wall of solid rock. In the "midst of the
vallev is a clear lake, in which are many
white swans, wno, ab I, are lair maidens 111
the power of the enchanter. Kverj- feast
Ujv one of the birds is killed, and its heart
devoured by the cruel master. I Mas to
have been the neit victim, but bj- chance
the chain by which T was fastened broke,
and I flew awrav, oulv to be caught again in
til city. Had you not released me, my li e
would soou have been taken. iear the
middle ol the Like stands a Inch, bare rock,
on the top of which is a small box contain
ing a white stone. It you can gain posses
sion of this stone the enchanter's poverover
us will be at an end. The only entrance to
the valley is through an iron gate in the
rocky wall. When the enchanter is not at
home the Ley of the gate hangs about the
neck of an eagle which flies about in circles
above the wall."
With these words the swan flew away,
and Ado determined that he would make
an effort to rescue the maidens Irom their
hard lot. Tnc boy looked abour him, and
d 1st overed that no house was in sight and
that night was fast coming on. As he was
wondering where he should pass the night,
an old man with a sad, distressed face, ap
proached him When Ado asked where he
could find food and shelter, the old man
said: "It is many miles to the city; but
my home is not far distant, and you will be
welcome there."
As they walked toward the little cabin,
almost hidden by the trees the old man told
Ado that once he had been contented and
happy; but his wife had died, and a few
dajs later a tall, dark man lial called at his
house and asked for a night's lodging; and
the next morning both his guest and his
three beautilul daughters had disappeared,
and had never since been heard of. Ado
then told what he had heard Irom the swan
and how he intended to Iree the captives.
"I cau help you," said the old mail, who
was now sure that he now knew the where
abouts of his children, "l'ou must stay
with me for three days, and I shall prepare
poisoned arrows with which to kill the
eagle."
Ado remained in the little cabin until the
arrows had beeu prepared, and then armed
with these and a small sword which the old
man had giveu him. he set nut tn fine! the
enchanted Tallev. It was not until he had
journeyed several dyi, that he saw the
grtat river flowing into tue sea, and discov
ered the rocky wall, ol which the swan had
told him. Above him the eagle circled in
the air, and uttered piercing cries. Ado
now kin'W that the enchanter was not at
limur, and quietly placing oue ot his pois
oned arrows in his bow, he shot at the bird,
which fell lifeless at his feet. Ado lost no
time in securing the Lev and opening the
gate into the magic valley. Here all was
sunshine aud beauty. Birds sang in the
trees, crystal fountains played in the cool
made, the air was heavy with the perfume
of sweet flowers. In the distance could be
icca a clear lake on whose smooth surface
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swam many white swans. By the joyous
flapping of their wings they seemed to
recognize their rescuer.
Hastily snrinjing into a boat lying near
the shore, the boy began to row toward the
rock, when two gigantic hands roe above
the water and seized the boat, and would
have drawn it under the water, but Ado
drew his sword and cut off the great fingers.
But as soon as one finger fell into the water
another grew in its place. Then Ado took
from his pocket the key to the iron gate, and
when he had struck the huge fingcre with it
the hand suddenly disappeared, and the
bo.it continued its way to the center of the
lake. It was with great difficulty that the
boy climbed up the steep, bare side of the
rock. And many times he slipped back,
narrowly escaping n fall into the water. But
when the summit was finally reached there
he found the box, and alter opening it he
took out the small white stone and hurled it
into the lake. At once the sky became
black, heavy thunder rolled, bright light
nings flashed and the air was filled with
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terrible shrieks, and the whole valley
trembled.
A few moments later all was quiet, and
Ado daring to uncover his eyes, looted
about him. The lake was smooth and clear,
ths valley was a beautiinl a before; but
the swanshad disappeared. Onthe shore
stood a group of beautiful maidens, who
surrounded Ado and thanked him tor their
release from the power of the enchanter.
The maidens soon found their way to their
homes, where their return caused the great
est rejoicinr. Ado went with the three
daughters of the old man to their home, and
after relating his adventu'es and joining in
the old man's joy over the recovery of his
children, he returned to his father's home.
The words of the swan, "If you wi'lsive
mc, wealth and honor will be yours," then
came to the boy's mind, and he wondered .
he should evcrhear ot the Princess again.
One day as the family in the farmhouse
were enjoying their evening meal the tramp
ing of horses was heard and the sound of
trumpets. Soon a gay procession appeared
coming from the forest. There were brave
knights in glittering frmor, fair ladles
riding on spirited steeds at.d a gilded coach,
in which sat the King and his beauti'ul
daughter. The royal party stopped before
the farmhouse. Here the Princess told how
she had been saved by Ado, and how the
noble boy had released the many maidens
from thepower of the enchanter. Then the
King took Ado away with him, and the
farmer's son became an honored man, and
finally was made King of the country.
Paysie.
SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.
Puzzles Tor the Little 1'olkt, That Will Keep
Their ltrains ltu-. foraiostof the Week
ir Tlicj !solve Tliein Correctlj Home
Amusements.
Adorns communications or this department
to K. K. CHADBOURN". Zeicuifon. Maine.
14o0 A SEASON OF DKF.AD
Kditii ESTfcS.
1431 BEIIEAPED TOETS.
Gifted with power to hold the heart in thrall.
This radiant band
Ot poets lend their names that you may recall
As they unbroken stand.
For, with pitiless acnty, they aro here
lluthlessly beheaded.
More barbarous treatment they never might
fear
From the critic dreaded.
One, long dead, is made on dainties to feed
1!; the transformation:
And one sbos the ve--el his ashes will need
Following cremation.
One the implement keeps that took off his
nead,
Alwajs ironical;
One, still read with delight, is niaCc a small
bed.
Absurd iconical.
So plant life one springs from roots exuding
The violet's perfume;
One qnietly waiis, only ears protruding,
Till Ins head ou exhume.
Uee.
1452 ANAOBAM.
A stranger chanced to write to me.
On business matters, certainlt.
Ills phrase polite as it could be
And jnt above Ins name wrote he,
"l'ari f, etc"
'Tis lain that mine he could not be;
His face I never once did see.
Yet 'twas a charming quality
Which nrompted him to write to me,
"Yours, etc". , M. C. S.
1453 SAM'S cnoiCE.
Mr. Smith called bis son Sam to him and
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told him that he was old enomrh to be learning
a trade, and be must make up his mind very
soon what trade he would follow that steps
might be taken toward securing an apprentice
ship for him. Sammy w eut to his room and sat
down to think. At length he took a pencil and
paper and wrote down all the trades he could
call to mind; but in bis perturbation of mind ho
cot the letters somewhat mixed. Below is his
list; also his comments:
1. Rent crape "No. that sounds too mourn
ful." 2. Break -That sounds too much like being
dead broke."
a. Err nipt "That seems as if I should go
wrong; then all my plans would bo nipped in
the buil."
4. A'o Sam -That tells mc plainly not to try
it."
a Cical Tric"1 certainly want nothing of
this, for to be successful oue must avoid cheat
ing tricks."
6. Cflarm fen "This seems more encouraging
than rtny of the others."
7. 27iicfc lambs "Ah, hero is tho trade for
mf ! It sonnds like peaco and plenty, and 1
will tell father at once that it is my choice."
Ethyl.
1454 ECBOMAcY.
Fresh from the garden's cultured plot,
A small but well-known seed I brought,
And with this simple, magic aid.
Strange necromantic changes made;
I struck it through a printer's mark,
And lol it was Brussels;
Planted it in the Isle or Sark,
And darkness it dispels.
Upon a quav I placed it next,
A minstrel there was he;
Transfixed with it the sterner sex
He grew a stately tree.
I tied it to a donkey's ears.
And they were sweet to taste;
Joined unto one whose name endears,
It flew away in haste.
I placed it in an apple pie
Sweet music tilled the ear:
And when with it I girt mv eye,
An oringo seed was therel
When planted in an icy zone.
Sprouted a lofty tree;
Joined to a fish, in solemn tone
It pleads for you anil me.
I pinned it to a penal crime
'Twas for a preacher flt.
Thp gavel falls a call for time;"
I'll make my bow and "git." HAr.RY.
1155 NUMERICAL
A girl named 2, 0, 7, 3,
Is over lull of noisy glee.
Her namo does not her heart miscall
She is not 2, L 5. at all.
Uut with such total she discnurses.
Her tongue runs u, 4, like wild horses.
Audi have wished ten times, perhaps eleven,
That tongno had 1-2, 3, i 5-8. 7. il. C. S.
145C DOUBLE .CnoSTIC.
L Employs. 2. Tidy, a One of the States of
thn American Union. 4. A relative pronoun.
5. Freedom from pain or want. 6. Colors.
The initials mean joined. Finals aro divi
sions. The initials and finals together name a
country. Lill.
1157 RIDDLE.
In ev'ry home I'm surely found,
In the hovel or the palace;
When tired you always enrao to me,
When sleepy I'm your solace.
Four legs have I. but jnst ono foot.
And a head without the features;
Mv hack is soft in fact lam
Quite distinct from other creatures.
Solon.
115s stkanqe spelling.
My one I make with vou as doublo.
But (tco I am n hen one alone.
Ihrtt holds live hundred without trouble;
Four is good-for-nothing known.
Fu e doubles you once more, the wonder!
Then all is left as one again.
And her poor heart is rent asunder.
And shadows ou its life remain.
Sea.
prizes fob MABrn.
It is hoped that the March nuts may bo easy
enough that the beginners may succeed in
cracking many of them. Answers, as usual,
should be forwarded in weekly instalincntsand
liaudsome prizes will be forwarded for the best
three lists for the month
ANSWER
14101. Dog-bcrry. 2. Dog-watch. 3. Dog
bee. 4. Dog-matic (mattock). SI Doggerel
(dog-r-1). C. Dog-cart. 7. Dog-hook. S. Dog
rose. 1441 Smacking.
1412-Tea-r.
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1411 Crepitation.
14451. Clark, lark, ark. 2. Carouse, arouse,
rouse. 3. Scoller. cotter, oiler. 4. Psalter,
Salter, alter. 5. Flout, lout, out, 6. Scare,
care. are.
14161. Harps-i-chord. 2. Horn pipe. 3.
Corn-et (ate). 4. D-runi. 5. l'i-an-o.
1417 Mlt.ten.
144s-Bawl, call, thrall, fall, hall, gall, stall,
ball.
1449 Enos, noes, nose.
A TRICK WITH TOOTHPICKS.
How to Slake a Ratt That Will Explode
When Set on Tire.
.Now ork Herald. 3 v
One ol the most picturesque of the tooth
pick tricks is called "The Explosive Haft."
It can be formed
with eight picks
in this manner:
First, cross two
pick", place an
other pick on top
and hold the three
firmly with your
thumb and fore
finger; then insert
another pick un
77i Ej-plosue liat. der the two at the
top aud over the oue in the center, and do
likewise with those at the bottom. Then
the rait is half completed. Turn it around,
place another pick across the center and
wedge two more sticks under and over the
ends of those at the sides.
Then the work is finished, and the little
affair is ready to be blown up. Of course,
there is a great deal of tension on the picks,
but this must be released with a lighted
match. Apply the match to oue of the cor
ners, and in a few moments you will wit
ness two "explosions" that will rend the
raft apart and hurl its timbers in the air.
THE HEW FASHION FOR OLD FASHIONS.
England Ahead of America in the Present
Craze for Antique Things.
It is quite .(he proper thing nowadays to
adopt the old-fashioned bric-a-brac ot our
grandfathers days. Old-fashioned candela
bra and candlesticks and snuffers and even
old oil lamps are the latest fad in this direc
tion, says the Chicago -Vid7. Hut this
movement has gone a little further in Eng
land than it has in America. A hundred
years ago it was customary to hang at the
head or the bedstead a large silken bag in
which to stow away things that might be
needed during the night.
These bed pockets are again coming into
U'e throughout England, and it is only a
question ot a lew months be 'ore the fad will
gain a foothold here. The pockets have
places for handkerchief, pocketbook, cough
drops, revolver, "eye-opener" or "night
cap" (or both), and things of that sort
which a fellow now is forced to tuck under
his pillow. The bed pocket will be a de
cided improvement.
NOT IN OTJR LINE.
An Offer of African Territory Which Blaine
Would Not Consider.
cw Turk Press 3
I heard a rumor yesterday that within a
few mouths Secretary Blaine was ap
proached by authorized ageuts of the Por
tuguese Government with a proposition to
transfer to the United States a strip of its
African coast possessions about three times
as large as the State of Neif York, contain
ing invaluable deposits of minerals and
rich in African products.
The transfer would have involved the es
tablishment of a protectorate over the terri
tory by this Government, and, while Mr.
Blaine gave full attention and courteous
hearing of the agent, he refused to take the
offer up lor consideration.
Salvation Oil does not claim fictitious
foreign birth, but it claims to be the best and
cheapest liniment on the market Price 25c.
V
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THE PEGGOTTY HOME.
Wakeman Visits the Scene of
Dicketfs' David Cppperfield.
A QUAINT OLD FJSBEI'MAiS'S TOWN.
Carious Method of Electing a Major and
Other City Officers.
A TEHlCLE TECU1.1AU TO YAKJIOOTfl
ICOItnKSrONDEXCE of TUB DIBPATCR.1
Yakmouth, England, Feb. 23.
"Every night," said Mr. Peggotty, "as
reg'lar as the night come"!, the candle must
be stood in its old pane of glass, that if ever
she should see it, it may seem to say, 'Come
back; my child, come backl' If ever there's
a knock, Ham (partie'lar soft knock), arter
dark at your aunt's door, doen't you go
nigh it. Let it be her not you that sees
my fallen childl"
Thus, poor old broken-hearted Mr. Peg
gotty, to Ham, Teggotty and Mrs. Gum
midge, as he set forth on his weary search
for the wandering little Em'ly, after the
piti u episode of her departure from the
Yarmouth boat home with Steerforth. In
the whole range of Euglish fiction there is
nothing to compare with the sweetness
and pathos of the joys and woes of this one
seafaring family, which the master-hand of
Dickeus, in "David Copperfield," enduring
ly placed, as type of lowly loyalty and love,
against the perspective of humble toil; just
as Millet has fixed two peasant forms against
one Breton evening gloaming, for an eternal
suggestion of prayer;
Known Only by Its Bloaters.
"Without Dickens' "David Copperfield"
and this one family which we always asso
ciate in our minds with long reaches of
saud-dunes, bits ot wreck, splatches of
ghostly spume and drift of a rather dreary
ami cruel shore, with a steely, measureless
waste beyond, and a very dank and clammv
fisher-town near at hand Yarmouth would
be unknown to-day, save for the great,
plump smoked herrings it senda all over tbe
world under the oame of "Yarmouth
bloaters."
England has two Yarmouths. In my
guide book I saw one named, and set out
from London to see it. There was Yar
mouth surely; a staid, prim, pretty place,
with the breath of the sea ever in its win
some lace, with the chalk cliffs of England
jnst across the blue Solent, and serenely
dozing iu its little nook of beauty and com
fort, becjust- of the aristocratic facts that
Dr. Itobert Hooke, inventor of the pendu
lum spring for watches, was born there, and
that, upon a time, when Sir Robert Holmes
was Governor of the island, a house was
built by him purposely lor the reception of
Charles IL, lor which loyal act the good Sir
Itobcrt, after death, go his figure cut in fine
white marble, with some nice Latin epi
taphs on the pedestal.
Itut the real Yarmouth, the herringopolis
of Eugland aud the home of Dickens' Peg
gottys, is away around on the east coast. It
stands on a narrow strip of sand between the
mouth of the river Yare and the German
Ocean. It houses perhaps 00,000 souls.
Halt of these are in some way seafaring
folk, or exist from some vocation relevant to
seaiaring, fishing or shipbuilding.
Tragedies of the Sea.
But at best this is a wild, wailing, woeful
coast; and Yarmouth, which has furnished
men and masts innumerable as victims to
the iury of all seas, has seemed fated to be
the scene of the ocean's saddest tragedies.
In 1C92, in one nigh 209 siiland 1,000 sou's
were lost bv. tempest in tho Yarmou h
Road?. In o between SO and 100 sail and
their crews were lost in a single day. A
still larger number met the same fate in
1700. And only within the decade a sim
ilar horror occurred. It is regarded by all
seamen ai the most dangerous coast in
Britain; and there is only one other spot on
thccrlobe recalling So many and terrible
ocean catastrophes. That one is Sable
Island, 100 miles south of Nova Scotia,
known to sailors the world over as the
"graveyard of the sea."
Yarmouth never figured greatly in history;
though there arc some curious records of its
early days. It originated in the early part
of the Anglo Saxon dynasty. It ttas just a
little sandbank then, where the Uurc aud
the Waveny rivers joined the Yare and to
gether pushed to the sea. Fishermen Ire
quenling the coast built a few rude huts on
the strip of, sand between the mouths of the
rivers and the ocean. Theu the Dutch who
scented trade everywhere began coming
with their nicknacks and wares and ex
changing them f jr fish. King Henry III.
granted permission fjr environing the town
with water and a moat, and it was made im
pregnable to missile engines then in use;
but it was not defended by forts until during
the Revolution, when our -vmerican priva
teers were so lively iu their menaces if not
attacks upon British ports.
Headquarters of Dutch Traders.
Hut the city secured better than a dignity
in her great annual "Free Fairs," which
shortly became the headquarters of hordes of
Dutch traders, and eventually made Yar
mouth tbe greatest herring mart in England.
Yarmouth luruished 43 sail and 1,075 ma
rines for the memorial siege of Calais; and it
was here til it was fitted out the beautiful
ship seut tu Norway to bring to England the
King's daughter for marriage to Prince Kd
waid, afterward King Edward II.
Among the strange customs ot the old city
none were more curious than the mode of
electing theMavoi, High Steward, Record
er, Suh-sleward and other municipal officers,
which was only changed as late as the mid
dle of the present century. An inquest of 12
persons was lormed by placing the names ol i
24 freemen into four hats. Then a person '
called an "innocent, usually a child, drew
three mimes irom each of the four hats.
These 12 persons formed the inquest; ami
they were literally incarcerated in the Citv
Hall "without meat, drink, fire or caudle"
until nine o: tliem agreed upon the munici
pai.ofiicers; and there was no appeal Irom,
or contest arising out of, this primitive pro
cedure. Hollanders Left Their Mark.
The Du-cli have left their mark plainly
upon old Yarmouth. Indeed, one will find
similar traces of continental influence,
though very old and remote, in :i number ot
tbe old seaports of Great Britain. In Ber
wick, Scotland, and in many of the fishing
villages of the Firth ot Forth, a? well as in
old Edinburgh itelt, you will find a type
of face, mauner and occasional suggestions
in ancient architecture, which noint straight
and true to progenitors and builders irom
the Norman French. At Plymouth and
Peuzance, in Cornwall, the old Hebrctv
strain is clearly descernable, though the
Hebrews were never iu Cornwall in numbers
less than 800 years ago, when they inund a
source ot wealth iu tbe tin ot the Cornish
mines.
Up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the Norse
blood still tells marvelously, in complexion,
h.iir, figure aud in local names of places and
men. Away up in Lerwick, Shetland, all
the old portions of the city are as typically
Datcu as the oldest portions of Haarlem
and Amsterdam. At Cork you will find
traces of the French. Away over at old
Galway, on the west coast of Ireland, the
laces and forms of the Spanish fishermen of
Barcelona are reproduced in those of the
fishwives and men ot Claddagh; and you
will find bits of arcb, column, balcony and
tiny patios or courts, in Galway, as Moorish
as auy in Grenada or Seville. Iu like man
ner, you are continually reminded of Hol
land in Yarmouth.
Copied the Dutch Methods.
Amsterdam lies but a little way distant,
straight across the North Sea. The great
"Dutch Fairs' of olden times brought
hither all tbe provincial folk of Suffolk
and Norfolk and of the "North Countree."
Many Dutch factors and merchants settled
here, married, and beca'me merged with the
local population. Yarmouth' herring-fishers
copied the Dutch method of taking the
fish, and the curer's, their 'process of '"'pick
ling" the herring. The grand plan of the
harbor was executed under the direction of
Joas Johnson, a Dutchman. And every
where among the ancient shops habitations
and fishermen's homes of Yarmouth art
numberless structures, behind which one
feels certain must be lonnd folk with tas
seled caps, short skirts, boddiced waists,
wooden shoes and the marvelous pipes of
Holland.
This is nowhere more noticeable than in
the narrow maze of streets intersecting the
main thoroughfares from cast to west.
There are nearly 200 of these. They are
called "Hows." None of them are 10 feet
in width; the most are less than 6; and
across many, friendly hands can be shaken.
I believe that it was Dickens himself who
in Iloueehold Words said "Yarmouth is one
vast gridiron, of which the bars are repre
sented by the 'rows.' " As a rule this por
tion of the city, houses the lowly. At
nearly every door some indication of the
fisherman's life is apparent. Bits of wreck
are lying in this one to be tr insformed into
'"lighters" or kindling. Sinkers and bnoys
are piled iu another entrance. Models of
anchors, smacks and full-rigged ships adorn
ground-floor windows; while from the case
ments and meager balconies above, every
thing that can hang and dry in so little
space, from a suit of "oilskins" swaying
like a fisherman-scarecrow, to a quarter
mile herring-net in iolds, or a mainsail of a
smack, fl ips and slaps the facades on cither
side in easy and friendly familiarity.
A Vehlclo l'ecullar to Yarmouth.
There is but one vehicle in all Yarmouth
which can traverse these shadowy "rows,"
many ot them as close and dim as the sunless
thoroughfares of old Algiers. This is called
the "Yarmouth cart." It is a genuine
antique, hut remains in general use, becanse
necessary for service in "the rows." It has
two wheels, low and heavy. The stout 'rack
or frame which they support, runs rearward
and upward at an obtuse angle, and, to the
front, the same distance, at the same ancle
along the lower part of the shafts. One
horse only is used. Tne cartman usually
balances the cart in loading directly over
the wheels, but if not, accomplishes the
same by the addition of his own weight.
The shafts are of extraordinary length, like
those of the curious Cuban volante. You
will frequently find them fully 14 feet long
from tips to socket, where they" really begin.
A cavalcade of these empty carts, clattering
down the quaint old streets on their home
ward way at eventide, with the dimly-defined
perspective of ancient facade and
tower, will easily flash into one's fancy the
suggestion of a procession of chariots return
ing from the Roman races of old.
There is little at Yarmouth and round
about for actual identification of the things
and folk Dickens made you think were
here, save in all the seawise flavor in objects
and men. In that respect you can at once
find innumerable families of tbe Teggotys.
When you have crossed the Yare and wan
dered into the old city, here and there you
will find, just as iu "Copperlield's" time, "the
same quaint shops of the the "Drapers,
Tailors, Haberdashers, Funeral Furnish
ers, etc.," as the one over which the cheery,
asthmatic Mr. Omer presided. But the
dear old boat house is gone. First the city
pushed down across the sands and hid it.
Then, 12 years ago, the roofs from some
tumble-down buildings were removed, and,
no one suspecting its existence, the crum
bling hulk was discovered. There it stood,
just an Dickeus knew it and peopled it; the
side door preserved; the little pane of glass
where the rudder had run through, un
broken, the very same window intact in
which the candle was set for Little Em'ly's
return. Edgar L. AVakeman.
TWO LITERARY FAMILIES
United in the Marriage of Jeanne Hugo and
Leon Daudet.
Below are portraits of two young people
who have recently claimed a great deal of
attention. They are Leon Daudet, sou of
Alphonse Daudet, tbe noted French nov
elist, and Jeanne Hugo, the pretty
granddaughter of the great poet,
Victor Hugo, who were recently
Mile. Jeanne Hugo.
married, thus uniting two famous literary
families. Leou Daudet is a student of inedi
ciue, and has before him a prosperous
Leon Vauilet.
career. All literary Paris turned out to see
these two children of the profession married
under a canopy of flowers in the new Mairie
at Pasjy.
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.
Wherein the Jealousy of Women Differs
From That of Men.
A man's jealousy is tragic, like that of
Othello or Leontius, or it is comic, like that
of Ford in the "Merry Wives," says An
drew Lang in Harper's 2Iagazine. It is an
affair of Don Garcie de Navarre, on one
hand, or of George Dandin on the other.
But the jealousy of a woman in modern
society may he "neither dignified and ter
rible enongh for tragedy, nor grotesque and
bnmorous enough for comedy; it is bitter,
shrill, ugly, a deathless torment, a poison
and perversion of nature; too mean for
tragedy, too hateful for comedy.
nV GENERATIONS LIVING.
An Illinois Baby Who Has a Long Line of
Ancestors to l'et Him.
Mrs. Nellie Steel Day, of Medora, III.,
has a baby boy who' boasts more living an
cestors, probably, than any baby in the land.
His grandmother is Mrs. A. C. Steed; great
grandmother. Mrs. F. B. Simpson, wife of
the postmaster of Medora, and his great
great grandmother is Mrs. 'Henry Jolly.
All these women are alive and the great
great grandmother is apparently good for
many more years of usefulness. The five
generations are represented in a photograph
recently taken,
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THE JUDGMENT HALL.
Pen Ticture of the Scone So Power
fully Portrayed by llnnkasczy
IN HIS CHRIST BEFORE PILATE.
The Troper Analysis of the Charactor of
the Koman Governor.
A LESSON THAT COMES HOME TO EACH.
tWnlTTMf TORTIIE DISPATCH.'
There is a sound ol shouting before
Pilate's palace. Jesus has been brought
back from Hi rod. Pilate sits again in
judgment.the street without is thronged with
an exeitcd multitude. The sun is np, and
the city is astir.
The crowd cries out lo Pilate to keeD the
Governor's custom. At that feast the
.Roman Governor gave tbe people the power
of pardon. They might open the prison
gates and take one prisoner out. Pilate
hopes that they may choose the Prophet of
Nazareth. It would seem a reasonable
hope. The Prophet of Nazareth had been
the people's champion. He had preached
especially to them, and they had listened
gladly. He had gone about among them,
healing their sick, helping them, doing
good, giving His strength in their service.
Was there none there on whom those blessed
healing hands had rested? Was there none
who had been led from darkness into light,
from grief to peace, following the guiding of
this Master? Was there no weary and heavy
laden one among them all who had found
rest? Where were they who had carried the
palm branches, and sung the allelujahs?
They were all hostile, or silent. Not a voice
was raised for Christ by anybody. It is npt
Jesus of Nazareth they want. Another will
please them better. Let us have Barabbas.
And Barabbas was a robber.
They Demanded Ills Blood.
"What then shall I do?" asks Pilate,
"with Jesus who is called Christ?" And
back comes tbe answer, a hundred times re
peated, swelling into a drcadlul, universal
clamor, "Crncify Hinil" "Crncily Him!"
"Crucify HimI"
"Why, what evil hath He done?" de
mands the Governor. "I have found no
cause of death in Him. I will therefore
chastise Him, and let Him go."
"And they were instant with loud voices,
requiring that He might be crucified."
Pilate is afraid. This great tumultnou,
shouting mob, utterly bereft (mob like) oi
senseand heart, this disorderly, wild, threat
ening, insane, savage mob scares Pilate. He
does not dare to stand for justice in the face
of it. He docs dare, however, to make his
protest. Pilate, alter all, is braver than
Peter. He takes water and washes his hands
before the multitude. "I am innocent," he
declares, "of the blood ot this jnst person.
See ye to it." And a great shont goes up from
all the people. "His blood be on us and on
our children."
Gateway to the Path of Death.
Pilate delivers Jesus to be scourged.
With back bared and feet and hands tied to
a low pillar, Jesns of Nazareth, our Lord
and Saviour, endures the shame and pain
of that public whipping. Sometimes men
died under that fierce lash. Often they
fainted. It was a fitting gateway to the
path of death.
And after the scourging came a third ter
rible scene. That at the house of Caiaphas,
and that at the house of Herod, is repeated
at the house of Pilate. Jesus is given over
to the soldiers, faint with pain, His back
bruised and blood-stained. The merciless
soldiers mock Him. They put a crown of
thorns upon His head, and a reed for a
scepter between His tied hands, and then
"each with his derisive homage of bended
knee, each with his infamous spitting, each
with the blow over the head from the reed
scepter, which His bound hands could not
hold," they pass before Him, crying, "Hail,
King of the Jews!" mocking and insulting
Him.
But now Pilate makes another endeavor
after justice. He sends for Jesus and brings
Him lorth again before the multitude.
Forth He comes, thorn-crowned, with hands
tied, and the red robe cast'abont Him, with
the "weariness of His dreadful agony" upon
His eyes, and His blessed face staiued with
the marks of blows and spitting. And
Pilate appeals for pity. "Behold the maul"
The Ileal Accusation at Last.
But there is no pity anvwhere, save ill
the heart of Christ for these His enemies.
"Crucify Him!" "crucify Him!" is the only
greeting. "Take ye Him and crucify Him,"
says Pilate, "for I find no fault in Him."
The Jews answer, "We have a law, and by
our law He ought to die, because He made
Himself the Sou of God."
Here at last is the real accusation. And
after the strange events of the early morn
ing, and in sight of the face of this innocent
nrisooer, Pilate is startled at the words.
He remembers the mysterious dream which
his wife had last night, and which she came
and told him of, warning him, and saying:
"Have thou nothing to do with that just
man." "He made Himself the Son of God."
What may that mean?
"And he'went again into the judgment
hail and saitti unto Jeans: Whence art
Thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then
saith Pilate unto Him: Speakest Thou not
unto me? Kuowest Thou not that I have
power to crucify Thee, and have power to
release Thee? Jesus answered: Thou couldest
have no power at all against Me except it
were given thee from above; therefore, he
that delivered Me uuto thee hath the greater
sin."
Pilate appeals to the people. Here is a
man perfectly iuuoceut. There is no fault
in him at all. But again the great, mob
breaks out in threats and curses. "If thou
let this man go thou art not CiCa.ir's friend.
Whosoever makcth himself a king speaketh
against Cajiar!"
Delivered Up to Be Crucified.
"When Pilate therefore heard that saying
he brought Jesus forth." The time has come.
Action must be taken. The unjust sentence
must be said. Pilate dares delay no longer.
Pilate sits in the s-sat of judgment. Beside
him stands the innocent prisoner. Before
him is the raging multitude. Fora moment
he stops theirclamor. "Behold your King!"
he says. And tbey all cry out: "Away
with Him! Avvay with Him! Crucifv
Him!" Pilate saith unto them: "Shall I
crucify yourjKing?" The chief priests an
swered: "We have no King but Cresar."
Pilate delivers Jesus to be crucified.
"Suffered under Pontius Pilate." Thus
day by day in the confession of our faith
we take that Koman Governor's name upon
our lips. Pontius Pilate will never be for
gotten. Wherever the story of the Passion
is recited, and wherever the message of sal
vation is preached among men, the part
which .mate played win nave its record.
And yet not by any means such a bad
man was Pilate. Not so bad as Caiaphas,
not so bad as Herod, not so bad as the com
pany of priests, not so bad as the rabble of
Jews. Our Lord Himself said that tbe
burden of "greater sin" rested upon other
shoulders than Pilate's. Only a well-meaning
weak man; with good intentions, but
not strength enough to carry them out;
With a Quick Conscience,
but without obedience to it; with a dim
sight at spiritual things, with some appre
ciation, with some faint recognition of the
holiness, the mysterioasness, the u near till i
nesseveuof Him who stood at his judg
ment bar, but with a question at tbe end of
it, with the mark of interrogation punctuat
ing all his worthiest thoughts; earnestly
desiring to save Jcsu, perfectly conscious
of His mission, and ot the injustice which
was being done Him, yet hesitating to act,
and at last conquered by fear. Such is tbe
man who delivers Jesus to be crucified;
Have we no relationship with Pontius'
Pil ite? Is there such an utter and complete
unlikeuess between him and us? Would we
have behaved so -very differently if we had
sat that day in Pilate's seat?
Christ stands forever upon trial, Pilate's
opportnnity, Pilate's temptation, comes into
tbe lot ot every one ot us. Before us Is an
indifferent or hostile compswgji fa pn way
or anntheragainst Christ perhaps against
Hisdaw and will, offending against Him by
dishonest action, by lying or unclean
speech, by words o' nukindness and un
brotherliness perhaps against His truth,
denying Him, crying ont against Him be
cause He called Himself the Son of God.
And we have to make our choice, as Pilate
had to make his choice, between Christ and
them, to be for Christ or to be against Chrbd,
tn stand, even though we be alone, with
Him, or to go down and join a hostile
crowd in one way or another this enters
into the common life of us all. And what
do we do when the crisis comes? To speak
or to keep silence? To stand our ground or
to yield to the will of tbe clamoring multi
tude; to be on Christ's sido or on the world's
side which do we choose?
Dlfllculty of mate's Position.
It would have been a hard thing for Pilate
lo have been a Christian that Good Friday.
It would have mcat universal unpopu
larity. It would have meant unknown evil
in the future. There might be complaint to
Canar. There might be. a charge of treason.
Pilate might lose his position, probably his
life.
It is a hard thing to be a genuine Christian
to-day. To choose Christ, rather than the
world; to do the ideal right, rather than the
easy wrong; to be continually of Christ's
spirit, kind, forgiving, helpful, rich in ser
vice, keeping tbe temper, saying no to the
pnrsuasions of temptation, setting constant
watch upon the lips, the cars, tbe eyes;
always absolutely honest, no matter how
much losi that means; always absolutely
truthful; always absolutely reverent and
pure in speech and thought, daring to pro
test against un-Christian speech and action
to be Christ's soldier and servant. Never
the soldier of Pilate nr Herod, never tbe
servant of Annas or Caiaphas who of us
docs not know how hard that is! AVho of us
has not acted Pilate's part?
George Hodges.
A DWARF IN EVERT HOME.
How Two Boys Can Entertain a Houseful of
People Very Nlcrly.
cw ori. Press.
Two boys may create fun for the company
by making up as a dwarf. Let one of them
stand behind a table and place his hand" on
it, while the other stands behind the first
and passes his arms around him, as shown
in figure 1. The head and body of
the second boy and the " legs
of the first are hidden ' by curtains.
Figure A'o. 1.
which can easily be managed-if the table is
placed in a doorway. Boots are then placed
in it linnfla nf the bov No. 1. and a
jacket put on over his shoulders and the arms
of the hidden player, .men, as win uc seen in
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Figure JTo. I.
the second picture, an excellent imi
tation of a dwirf is thus formed. The face
should be disguised as much as possible.and
the dwarf may be dressed fantastically to
represent a Turk or Moor. To add to the
fun, a third person might act the part of
showman and give a comic account of the
dwarf's history.
A TEST OF GENTILITT.
How a Gentleman Helped a Itelle Out of a
Bnd Situation.
"I was just leaving the car in a big
crowd, among which (there wasn't a
single woman," said a New York belle to a
Herald reporter, "when the lace of my pet
ticoat caught in something and with a loud,
triumphant z zig ripped off to the extent
of about two yards. There was all
this white stuff banging, and I had to get
rid of it in some way. I stepped to one side
and began trying to tear the lace across, but
tbe lace was as strong as the sewing h id
proved weak; not a thread of it would give.
Everv one of the stream or men passing
turned his he id to look at me struggle, aud
1 could feel my face crimson witn exertion
and mortigcation.
"That kind of a situation has a hasheesh
effect, and though it seemed likenoursl
suppose it was only a minute, till a gentle
man, busily talking to a companion, passed
close to me and. hardly turning his
eyes my way, held out an opened
pocketknife; then he walked on very
slowly and apparently absorbed in conver
sation. It was the work of a second to sever
that lace, roll it up in my muff and return
him his knife. My gratitude was too deep
to express itself in what the plays call 'the
smooth, hollow phrases of society."'
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