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Fate. ,
Two shall be born the whole wldo world apart
Ami speak in different tongncs, Bud bate no
thouyht
Each of tho other's being, and no heed. .
And those o'er unknown seas to umtnown
lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck, dofying doath;
And, all unconsciously, shape every act
And bend each wandering stop to this uuo
end
That one day out of darkness they shall meet
And read life's moaning in each other's eyes.
And two shall walkBomo Darrow way of life,
Bo hcai'ly tide by side that should one turn
Ever so little space to left or right
They needs must stand acknowledged face to
face,
And yet, with wistful eyes that never meet,
With groping handB that never cla?p, and lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all thoir weary days,
And die unsatisfloil: and this is futo.
A Romantic Marriage.
She 'was certainly a lovely girl, such
as any man might well be proud of
knowing; at least bo seemed to think
her companion, Cecil Courtney, for he
gazed and loved and loving, gazed
again.
"Cecil," she murmured, "Cecil.it
seoms strange, nay, almost impossible,
that you should love me, poor Grace
Gardner, a lonely orphan, without
friemlH or fortune, and more than alt,
yonr sister's governess."
The manly face beside her flushed
with a loving look as he replied:
" Strange, my darling, it may bo, but
not one whit' the less true, that I love'
you with au intensity that shall outlive
every evil or ill that a cold and unsym
pathetic world can possibly pour upon
us. For. you, my dearest, I can glory
in relinquishing every wish and am
bition of my life home, friends and
fortune and williug commence to laboi
for the daily bread that your love uud
presence shall turn into veritable
manna."
" Oh, Cecil," she exclaimed, "it seem
bo terribly stilish to allow you to give
up so mucn lor mei Ana who knows,
you may some day regret so great t
sacrifice? Nay, rather let me ko awar
nnd try to fiuu peace away from yon;
lutpfunoNs were lmpossinie,
"Darling Gracie," he exclaimed, in
a'urru, '' for my suke never mention
such an id;:a again I What pleasure do
yon suppose ail the riches of earth
could afford me unless I had you t"
f.have them ?"
" Then, dear Geil,I will say no more,
only to beseech jou to press mo ni
more to to "
" To marry me?" ho asked, laugh
inily.
" yes," Ehe replied, blushing, "until
you have avowed to Colonel and Mrs.
Qjurtney your preference for my hum
ble self. Who can tell what might
ollow? Mrs. Courtney has been kind
and considerate to me during the short
time I have been here; perhaps they
may not despise my dependent position,
and consenting to our union all may be
bright and joyous."
' I will do us you wish, love," he re
plied, fondly, "thonph I have little
hope of success, for jou do not know
her as well as I do. But if I fail, dar
ling, will you promise to faco poverty
at once with me and become my bride ?
I have a hundred a year left me by an
aunt w io my parents cannot touch
or interfere with, This will keep us
from want until I can meet with em
ployment. Say, Gracie darling, shall
it bn so ? You do not fear poverty with
mo?"
."Fear!' she exclaimed. "I fear
nothing with you."
fie would have been less than a lover
had he not fervently pressed those rosy
lips to Lis owu in truo lover fashion.
It was the afternoon of the next day,
while Grace Gardner was giving a mu
sic lesson to her. affectionate and pretty
little pupil (Cecil Courtney's only sis
t3r), (that tho school-room door was
thrown r pen in an ominous manner,
and Mra. Courtney tall and stately,
with robes fashionable and flowing
walked into the room. One glance at
her haughty and angry countenanco
told Grace her cr and. She sent little
Mabel away to her nurse, and then,
turning to the governess, said :
" ALd now, Miss Gardner, I have to
request that you will find it convenient
to leave this house this afternoon."
" Scarcely this afternoon," replied
Grace, quickly. " It is now too late to
reach my friends to-day. To-morrow
morning I shall have no objection to
comply with your request."
" Intolerable your insolence is in
tolerable I" exclaimed the lady, walking
angrily up and down the room. ' I tell
you you shall go at once ! You do not
sleep another night under this i-oofl"
" May I be allowed to inquire the
cause of so sudden and urgent a dis
missal?' asked Grace, iu the same
quiet tone.
" Ask !" said Mrs. Courtney,- scorn
fully. " Your conscience must tell you
well enough ! Here, you have not been
in the house two months, and you have
laid your snares to cleverly that you
have succeeded in entrapping my only
son; and so skillfully and slyly have you
played your part that 1 had not a suspi
cion of what was going on until that be
witched youth, fascinated with your
doll's face, has dared to ask our con
sent to his marriage with you you, who
may be the daughter of a costermonger
for all we know I This comes of taking
girls on a lady's recommendation, in
stead of applying to thoso wto had pre
viously engaged them I I shall take
care to let Lady Powis know what kind
of a protege she has recommended 1"
Grace's face flushed as she replied,
with dignity:
"Truly, madame, you might bave
stated your cause of complaint in gen
tler terms. Since you confess yourself
ignorant of my parentage, does it not
occur to you that I am as likely to
prove the daughter of a duke as of a
costeunonger, in which case, I presume,
yon would consider your eon honored
by an alliance with me f"
k "The daughter of, a duke, indeed I
Ton are toothing but a hardy adventur
ess; and let mo tell you, miss, never
presume to see my son again I Should
be dare to continue to address you in
defiance of his lawful guardians, he
will be disinherited; and as it is the
money and not the man you want, I
have no fear as to what course jou will
pursue with regard to fcim I"
So saying she swept from the room.
Grace thou wrote a short note, as fol
lows: " Dear Cecil : Your suspicions were
correct I am turned from' your
mother's house because I have dared to
love and be loved by you.
"It were better for us to part now,
though I can scarcely bring myself to
write such dreadful words. Let me at
least see you once more to say farewell,
I shall stay until to-morrow at Mrs.
Jonoa' cottage in the village. Yours,
"Gracie."
She then left the same address with
Mrs, Courtney's maid, in order that her
boxes might be sent to her, and wrap
ping a dark cloak around her end don
ning a lace hat, she set out for Mrs.
Jones', who was an old woman to whom
she hail given money and kind words
during her short residence in Lindon,
not.however.beforesbe had stolen silent
ly and unobserved to a sequestered part
of the grounds, and carefully laid her
note to Cecil Courtney iu a holo beneath
a large stone, which hole to judge by
the careful manner iu which it was
m-i.de and arranged had already been
the receptacle of similar messages.
It was a glorious evening toward the
close of July when, in a handsome room
in a fashionable hotel of the Lake dis
trict, Cecil Courtney sat alone with his
beauteous bride. The evening sunset
was lighting r.p lakes, mountains and
woods with silent beauty. Grace had
been busy writing, but her letter was
finished, and as she raised her lovely
head she exclaimed :
" Ob, Cecil, how perfectly enchant
ing this mneet is I My darling, your
love is to mo what the setting sun is to
nature; it fills me with a bright, rosy hap
piness, which changes my whole being,
and makes it as bright as the setting
sun makes yon lovely landscape I"
" Heaven bless yon for saying so,
darling wife I Nothing on earth could
add to the beauty of my beloved's faco,
that is already perfect 1"
She him bed in silent happiness, and
for awhile they watched the glowing
-cone' with a joy too deep for words.
Presently he said, playfully :
" And whom has my dear wife been
vrii ing to ?'.'
" To Lady Powis," she replied,
promptly, ''though I must ask you iu
bis cue instance to excuse me from
showing you the letter. Lady l'owis is
m old friend of my dear dead mother,
ynH to her I owe more than words can
i xpress. She is immensely rich and
"ery influential, and it was entirely nr.
own fault that I took an engagement as
governess instead of remaining with her.
I hava now written to inform ber of my
marriage, and it is just posbiblo that
she may be ablend willing to find you
ome suitable appointment."
"You dear, kind, thoughtful wife I
cannot say, but I hope she may for
your sake; for I fear, love, that unless
something turns up, I shall have to
forego the pleasure of seeing my dar
ling attired in such costly raiment as
this, and this," ho replied, touching al
most reverentially her rich black silk
dress and tho beautiful, lace .she wore
around wrists and neck.
" That would rever grieve me," said
she, lightly. " I shall be a-) happy in
serge as iu satin, if dear Cecil only
loves me. Ilowever, before we make
up our minds to poverty, let us wait
and tee what Lady Powi.1 has to say."
' Tho return pose brought a letter from
Lady Powis, congratulating her dear
Gracie upon tho happy marriage she had
formed; and then went on to invite the
young couple to come to her on a visit
as soon a? their honeymoon was ended;
wishing, however, that they would
come on the morning of th flwt of Au
gust, as on the evening of that day the
was to give a grand ball the last of
the spason in honor of the return of
her niece, Lidy Gertrude Gordon, from
a three months' visit to a cousin in Ger
many. " There now!" said Gracie, claprrine
her pretty hands.
" Hut you must order a ball dress.
my love," said Cecil ; " my pearl must
be set in as fine . gold as anv other at
this ball."
"Oh, leave that to mo, dear." said
sho. " Only you must promise me not
to fall in love with Lady Gertrude."
" Is ehe very pretty, then ? '
" You shall tell me if yoa think her
so when you see her," 6aid Grace,
laughing.
Tho morning of tne 1st arrived, and
found Cecil and his brido with Lady
Powis by noon. Grace was received
with a loving welcome by nor friend,
who said that Lidy Gertrude was rest
ing for the evening, until when she
would fcot appear. There was to. be a
plain dinner before the ball, at which
two old friends were to dine en famille.
And then, after awhile, with an apology,
the lady left the young couple to their
owu resources until evening.
The ladies were to dine in their ball
dresses to escape the fatigue and hurry
of a second dressing. When Graoe ap
peared attired for the evening Cecil
could not but marvel both at her won
dious beauty and the graceful splen
dor of her apparel. She wore a dress
of white satin, trimmed with real lloni
ton lace and bunches of clematis and
lilies-of the-valley ; but more than that.
there glittered on her neck and arms
diamonds and pearls of great value.
"See, sue said, approaching mm,
" these are Lady Powis' bridal gifts-
are they not lovely V"
"Lovely Indeed," eaid Uecu, intoxi
cated with her beauty ; "but not half so
beautiful as my darling wife, who is, I
feel fiure, to be the belle of the ball to
night," and he pressed her fair form
warmly to his manly breast. Proudly
he gave her his arm and descended to
the drawing-room.
Who can-picture bis bewilderment
when, in the two friends who were to
dine with them, be saw bis own father
ana motner I
Mrs. Courtney's heart had beaten
with proud triumph when she received
the invitation to the ball, and above all
to dine eti famille with Lady Powia pre
viously, for her social position scarcely
entitled her to such an honor. She was
aghast with amazement when ehe saw
her son entering tho room bearing on
his arm the " hardy adventuress." But
her humiliation was truly pitiful whtn
Lady-Powis, taking the hand of tho
lovely and smiling bride, led her to
them, saying !
"Mrs. and Colonel Courtr.ey, allow
me to present to you one who, until
lately, was my dearly loved niece, Lady
Gertrude Gordon, but who is now the
wife of your son, nnd consequently
your daughter-in-law."
"Good heavens I" exclaimed Cecil,
" what mystery is this ?"
Grace, or . rather Lady Gertrude,
broke into a merry peal of silvery
laughter.
"No-y," said she, gleefully, "this
denouement is simply charming; have
I not played my part well ? and has not
dear auntie kept my secret and carried
ont my plans excellently ? This is, I
am sure, a most romantio marriage, and
I believe will be as happy as romantio,"
said she, turning fondly to her hus
band. "But, my darling," said he, with pain
ful embarassment, " I cannot under
stand this at all. Have pity and
explain."
"I think I had better do that," said
Lady Powis, gracefully. "My niece,
like myself, is of a romantic disposition.
She was the belle of the season, and her
beauty and wealth brought her many
admirers; but the refused them all.
She told me often that she wished to be
loved for herself alone, and not for her
wealth and title. Yon," said she, turn
ing to Colonel and Mrs. Courtney, " had
but just returned with your son here
from a long residence abroad
when we saw you at a concert. Ger
trude saw you then for the first title,"
continued she, addressing Cecil, "and
on returning home she remarked,
'Auntie, if I ever marry it must bo such
a man as that.' Tho next d-iy came
Mrs. Courtney's letter, asking me, as
an old acquaintance, if I could recom
mend hor a governess. Suddenly Ger
trude declared her intention of playing
the part and accepting the engagement.
'Now, auntie,' said sho, 'I will see if
there is a man in the world who can'
love Gertrude Gordon for herself alone.'
It was stipulated that sho should never
be invited into the drawing-room, to
prevent her recognition by any who
had seen her iu her own character.
How fur her plan has succeeded is seen
by the fact that the is now Mrs. Cecil
Courtney."
"Yes," said Gertrude, turning to her
mother-in-law. "It happened -that
Cecil aud I met the first day of my resi
dence with you whilo I was wulking
out with Mabel after that wo mot
every eveniu- under the old elm trees.
Tho pleasure of those happy hours
made joyous the duties and restraints
of my new position, which would other
wise have proved irksome." Then up
pr aching Mrs. Courtney who was
weeping ters of shame and mortifica
tion said, sweetly: "Pardon, dear
madame, tho deception I practiced upon
you, and in a mother's anxiety for the
welfare of her son I can cheerfully ex
cuse your apparent harshness to me. I
have no mother; let mo find one now."
The haughty lady bowed her head,
murmuring:
" You overpower me with your good
ness; I am not worthy of it."
Gertrude kissed her affectionately,
and then passing to the colonel, said:
" I see I need not plead here for a
father's kiss."
"Good heavens! no. I'd no idea
there was such a beauty in my house,
or I should have taken the young gen
tleman's part and let him marry you,
governess or no governess;" and he took
her in his arms and saluted her
heartily.
She then approached her husband
with a timidity new to her, saying:
"And Cecil can he, too, forgive my
deception?".
He bent forward, and raised her jew
eled hand to his lips, saying:
" Forgive I My darling, what have I
to forgive ? Bather, what have I done
to deserve such love, such goodness ?
With the devotion of my life will I re
pay your love, my darling, my wife 1"
The ball was a splendid affair, and
the lovely bride far outshone all tho
beautiful girls present. Great was the
surprise that the belle of the season
should have suddenly gone abroad to
return with a youug and handsome hus
band. But though gossip was busy for
awhile, the affair remained a mystery
and was soon forgotten.
To a very few indeed was it ever
known that the lovely wife of Cecil
Courtney was ever his sister's governess.
Iho Michigan Fires.
Tho part of lower Miohigan scourged
I y the forest fires of last September
was, iu one measure, greatly bonefited
by the fearful visitation. Land that
before was worth but 5 an aore, since
the fire sells at $15, the down timber
and brunh having been swept away and
tho land left clear for farming purposes.
A railroad is being constructed in Huron
county, and several others are project
ed. Since the tire has cleared the land
speculators have discovered it to be of
treat value, and many of the stricken
nnd discouraged settlers are selling out
to new occupant", who will improve
and make the country very different
from what it was before the fire. Here
is where the law of compensation sug
gests itself.
A Hard-Headed Passenger.
On the International train that left
yesterday for San Antonio, there was a
darkey who kept sticking his head ont
of the car-window.
"Keep your head inside," said the
conductor, angrily.
"Whaffor?"
" For fear you will damage some of
the iron work of the bridge, you fool."
Texan Sithigs.
In eold WRtnr fmaa will TTVAallia an"
tirely by the skin, and cannot be killed
iy immersion as long as meiv are pro-
viueu whu lopn.
I0WL1FE is Sew ions,
Hccncn In ihe .tiler and Tenements or trie
Simns-Tlie 111 rCillim l'lacrs 01 Crime.
. . Strictly speaking the name "OliPTry
Hill " applies only to a small locality;
but usage has given to it a wider sig
nificance. The main part of the Hill is
embraced by tho part of Cherry street
between Koosevelt street and Pearl
street a dingy and ill-kept block
almost in the shadow of the bridge an
choragewhich maintains during the
greater part of the year a melancholy
activity. A number of years ago, when
the number of transatlantic sailing
craft coming into the East river was
much greater than it is now and sailors
with salt spray clinging to their clothes
were everywhere seen rushing ashore,
panting for the excitement and new
life of the city, this Cherry Eill
district, which includes all that is set
down upon the maps as the Fourth
police preoinct, presented a somewhat
striking contrast to its present aspect.
Then sailor-boarding houses, with
greasy wooden benche at the doors,
swarmed with Portuguese and other
foreign sailors, who spent their money
as freely as circumstances permitted;
stevedores, ship-carpenters, caulkers,
stowers nnd others indigenous to the
wharves formed the greater part of the
population; the tenement-houses were
crowded by a rough class diverse in
nationality and occupation; drunken
ness and crime permeated the whole
region, which the police regarded as one
of the most dangerous localities in the
city; patrolmen traversed their
posts in twos ; cries of " murder 1"
would frequently be heard, and many
parts of the distiict fairly reeked with
infamy. Like the once famous Five
Points, this troublesome corner of
lower Now York has undergone a
change. It is no longer looked upon
as in any very pronounced degree a
criminal district. Petty crime is born
here, as it must necessarily bo in such
a crowded district. Drunkenness is as
common, however, as of old. On a
Saturday night in summer, when every
one is out of doors, and there is no
reason for closing windo wa and shut
ting in the sounds, the brawling
drunkard swells the noises of midnight'
and half-dressed children run from the
clutch of drunken fathers and mothers.
Here is " Mullen's alley," piercing the
vitals of the block bounded by Cherry
street, New Bowery, Oak and Itoosevelt
btretts, like a great ritt in a rock;
"Connor's alley," opposite, a vile, F.uf
focating place, with a triangular court ;
"Murphy's alley," bewilderingly snarled
in a network of clotheslines and fire
escapes; and "Single alloy" and
"Double alley," adjoining each other.
The two latt named are, perhaps, as
Ktriking in their rs -any iu New
York. A five-story building running
back more than half the dej.th of the
block, fronts on both alleys. "Single
alley," or East Gotham place, as it is
set down on tome maps, is open on the
east side; the other is shut in on
the wett by a high gaunt building,
making the place dark and
gloomy. These differing characterif-t.c-.
(five the alleys thoir names. The largo
building is divided through the middle,
parallel with the alleys, and also at
right angles, forming eight Louses.
Each house has n rattling staircase,
with landings, from which the low-
cciiinged rooms open on either hand.
bach family, however large or small,
has only two rooms in whioh to livo and
move and have its being. On the left
one may live in comparative comfort
ith a wife and infant. Another on
the ruht, howover, who makes eight
or nine dollars a week alongshore,
may have a wife whom he thrashes
when an empty pocket leaves him in
want of other pleasurable oxcitoment
and seven children, large or small ;
but he has only two rooms, and must
stow them away as best he can when
night corned. Little, dingy apertures
in each landing, like windows in on
Italian vrison, permit the passage of
air from one alley to the other. Four
dollars an 1 a half a month is the highest
rent, and is paid for rooms on the second
floor, where the air is better than on
the first floor, access to the street easier
than from the rooms above. Teu years
apo this building is declared to havo
held 800 families, or rather, that num
ber of different rent payers.
Every alley or tenement house is in
charge of a " housekeeper," a man who
keeps the place in -good order, and
whose, emolument comes iu the shape
of free rent, with a small additional
"consideration." He invariably in
spires with awe the numerous ragmnf
fins who play baseball on the sidewalk,
impale themselves on nails and railings,
give convincing proof of tho theory of
heredity by fighting in the gutters,
squeeze themselves through small win
dows, and emit profanity with an un
checked volubility that is almost blood
curdling. A frequent visitor to this region says
that he has found much to interest
him here. He has almost come to have
a nodding acquaintance with certain
queer nld women who become faintly
visible in odd doorways; and some of
the street boys, marking his repeated
presence, have commented quietly but
profanely on tho circumstance. One of
the most melancholy characteristic? of
this district, and other such districts in
different parts of the metropolis, is the
forlorn and neglected condition of the
eld. With all the foul air, scanty food
and exposure, people are found here who
live too look back over fourscore years
and ten; wrinkled, yellow and stooped
old women, perhaps tottering about
with a stick, holding a dirty infant in
their' bony arms, or heaping curses
on wretched yonngsters who annoy
them. Occasionally there is seen some
decent old woman, a somewhat re
spected "granny;" but most, with their
oaths and dirt and rags, seem as if they
had grown up and had some mysterious
association in character with the
crumbling, sooty and unsavory walls
about them. The old men are seldom
seen in the immediate locality. In
the morning they become the motive
power of band-carts and disappear in
the din of the city. Or perhaps
I they are dodging the coal wagons
Willi shovels over their shonl
1 derfK. Bellini leaa pencils or
brooms, or announcing in some busy
thoroughfare the superiority of certain
Crticles of merchandise by means of
the popular contrivance which shields
them ns with armor before and behind,
and hides alJ but their heads and fee
from the vulgar gaze.
There are many suggestions of loW
London about Cherry Hill, especially
at night, when a muffled sound comes
irom the n!ley, en occasional footstep
clatters on a creaking stair, distant
doors bang, greasy streams trickle here
and there into the gutter, and the sound
of clicking glasses and drunken mirth
rises from the dismal bar-rooms. The
whole district is doubtless destined to
be rebuilt before a great many years.
The success which has attended the
speculation in improved tenement
houses, it is thought, means death to
these rookeries, which year by year be
come more unfit for human habitation.
New York Tribune.
Rnsilan Exiles in Siberia.
Much that is erroneous prevails as to
the character of prisoners sent to Siberia
from KuBsia, as well ns in regard to
their condition and treatment in that
land of bondage. Every year the prison
ers sentenced to Siberia are collected
at Moscow, or some other central point,
and thence sent forward to their desti
nation in parties of various sizes. They
go to the penal territr ry in the summer
months, ' or from May to October.
The vast crowd that assembled last
May at Mosoow aggregated about
12,000 persons, and yet it was
affirmed by careful statisticians that
probably not more than 1,000 of
these were sentenced to hard
labor. There are several facts to be
borne in mind in regard to the criminals
who are banished to Siberia, the nature
of the crimes for which they are con
victed, and the character of their pun
ishment. In Russia there is no capital
punishment, except for treason or
crimes of that nature. The oourts
sentence criminal!) to the mines in
Siberia, to service as laborers at for
tresses, to imprisonment at home, to
banishment to the colonies in Siberia,
or to lighter punishment in reforma
tory institutions. The convicts sent
to the mines in Siberia are the
most hardened persons, such ns
murderers, etc. The life led by that
class in the mines is eaid to be deplora
ble beyond anything in any other
country. Persons who have been con
victed cf ordinary penitentary offenses
are sent to the penal colonies, and their
families have the privilege of accom
panying them. It is stated that many
vagrants are sent to these colonies.
There the colonists, as be prisoners
may be called, are under the supervision
of the government, and are given land
and allowed the proceeds of thoir own
labor. It is claimed that this system
has been attended with excellent results,
these colonists becoming prosperous and
forming orderly, thriving settlements,
and doing much todevelop the country
and-civilize the natives. More than one
half the population of Siberia is com
posed of banished llussians or the de
scendants of exiles. A few facts may
bo of interest in reference to tho crimes
committed aud the number of convic
tions secured. Of the persons arrested
for or accused of crime, about seventeen
per cent, aro convicted and sentenced.
Of the number of convicted, about two
per cent, are sentenced to hard labor m
Siberia, about four per cent, to exile iu
the Siberian colonies, about twelve per
cent, to labor in forts, about twenty-
live per cent, to imprisonment, and the
remainder to lighter punishments. It
should be added that, besides the
families of pxiIoh, tome go to Siberia ns
volunteer emigrants.
Origin of the Pansy.
This mcdest little flower, ono of the
favorites of the florist, that dons tho
purple almost unaware, has very appro
priately been called the Cinderella of
the Bibterhood. Lilies may wave and
smile in their stately grace, roses beckon
by their flame and iragrance; but "them
flowers that have faces pansies lor-
thoughts are the admiration of the
country.
From the humble heart's-ease, or
three-colored violet, has sprung up one
of the most popular flowers known in
floriculture. Half a century ago there
flourished, on a bank of the Thames, n
lovely garden; the owner of it, seeing
tho interest his daughter manifested in
tho work, gave her a share of the grounds
for her own. One of the heart-shaped
flower beds this lady of the Thames
filled with pansies, wisely selecting the
choicest plants from other parts of the
garden for her especial culture.
Soon this little mound of the purple
heart began to attract the attention of
professional florists, end the pansy, no
longer an humble forget-me not, blos
somed into royal favor. No flowers
are more companionable and life-like,
and none perform their part more
worthily in work of floral ministration.
Its simple legend, You occupy my
thoughts, is one of the most beautiful
testimonials of love or friendship in the
language of flowers.
While in Europe Professor Silliman
called on Madame Agassi z; the mother
of the great naturalist. His account of
the brief intetview closes with this
touching incident:
"She was grieved when she learned
that our stay was very brief, and would
hardly be denied that we should beoome
guests at her bouse, or at least that the
senior of the party should aocept her
hospitality. The next morning she
came walking alone, a long distance in
the rain, to bid us farewell, and we
parted, evidently with deep emotion
and not concealed, for we had brought
the image of her favorite son near to
her mental vision again. She brought
for Mr. Silliman a little bouquet of
pansies, and bid ns tell ber son her
pensecs were all lor mm I
Thus our thoughts go forth in mes
sages of love and gratitude through the
heart-reaching dialect of flowers.
Mr. Frosb, an Englishman, boa
bought 20.000 aores of the -Disston
lands in Florida, and will get out vine
yards on the largest scale,
Forced to Eat His Writ.
Tho Dublin (Iroland) Irish Times
says: At the usual fortnightly petty
sessions held last week tho presiding
magistrate being Colonel Stuart and
T. D. Wilson three young men ramed
Corbett and a man named Sona were
oharget? with having murderously as
saulted a process-server named Sheedy.
Patrick Sheedy deposed that he re
sided in Carrick-on Suir, and was process-server.
He got a number of writs
to serve on the tenants of Mr. Scally.
The writs were for rent duo. In the
discharge of that duty he proceeded to
Ballynenl and served some of the ten
ants with writs. '
" While you were serving those writs
did anything happen to you?"
"Yes."
"What was it?"
" I had them ull served but two
one for Mrs. Shea and another. I got
as far as Shea's house, and as I entered
the farmhouse, Shea, the prisoner, met
me. He eaid 'Sheedy, I never thou s;ht.I
would see you nt this dirty work.' "
"Did nnything happen to youthen?"
" Yes; I heard voioos in the kitohen,
and I became frightened, and turning,
ran; but boforo I got twenty yards I
was seized by three or four persons,
nnd dragged back into the kitchen."
" Wer9 the writs taken from yon ?"
"Yes."
"After you were taken to the kitchen,
did anything happen to you?"
" Yes; I was knocked down on the
broad of my back, and several parties
shouted, shove the writs down his
throat.' "
"Can you say if the prisoners were
tho parties who shouted: " Shove them
down his throat?"
" I was too terrified to know who
did it."
" Were the prisoners there at all?''
" Yes; they were all in the kitchen."
"You Bay that you were knocked
down in the kitchen. When you were
down did anything hnnpon to you?"
" Yes."
"What?"
" As socn as they shouted, 'Shove
the writs down his throat,' I pleaded
for mercy, but it was no use, and one of
the party stuck a writ into my mouth
and I was held down until" I swal
lowed it."
" They made you swallow the writ?"
" Yes-; Shea's writ."
"Did any of the prisoners take part
in this?"
" It was not they that shoved the
writ down my throat, but they assisted
in holding me while it was being
pushed down my throat."
"Did you swallow more than one
writ ?"
" I was kept down until I swallowed
the other."
'.'Did you got any water to wash
them down?" Liughter
" Yes ; after I swallowed tho first
writ somebody said to give me a drink
of boiling water, and after that I got
some dirty water to drink."
" And after you got the water they
made you swallow the second writ ?"
"Yes, sir."
" Did anything else happen to you ?"
'Yes ; I was cuffed and beaten, and
threatened that if I was ever got at
such dirty work again I would not get
off so easily, and just as I was going
ont of the kitchen running, a kettle, of
boiling water wpxi thrown alter me, but
it did not do me any harm.
"Had you to promise that you won!d
never again go writ serving ?"
" I had."
Queer Advertisement.
Some one has forcibly said that . the
culture of a nation can be determined
from its advertisements. What, then,
must be the status of New York, which
gives us, through a daily paper, the fol
lowing:.
WANTED Irunieiiatelv male or female in
fant bv a welthy lady from ten months to two
yc-ers old.
Or this announcement that the well-
known furniture dealers, Messrs. Smith
k. Brown, make under the firm name:
THEIR PATlLOIt FURNITURE IH ELEGANT.
THEIR BEDROOM FURNITURE IS 1U(JH,
THCillt MAI l KIiSWitt 411K IJUAi,
TUElli COFFINS ARE COMFORTABLE.
The last line was surpassed by an un
dertaker who appended a postscript to
his advertisement oi funeral turniture:
Call earlv and secure one of our now mahog
any collius, they are going olf like hot cakes.
The following ill spelled advertise
ment had a method in its madness
whioh does not appear at first reading :
FOR SAIL A black horse, epriugy in gate
and hi uvey in harness.
The price appended being very rea
sonable) a purchaser soon appeared, and
tho animal changed hands. When the
man who bought him put him in a
wagon he found he was utterly unfit
for use, having the heaves in the worse
form, and being utterly unmanageable
when his new owner attempted to drive
him through n gateway. He sued tho
former owner but could not collect any
damages as the man pointed to the ad
vertisement, "flenvey in harness."
"But I thought'that was heavy," eaid
the distressed purchaser.
" It don't spell heavy, does it? any
more than g a t e spells gait. I said he
was springy iu gate aud he is no two
men cau bold him through one. If he'd
had a glass eye I would have advertised
that, too," eaid the man of fine distinc
tion. A recent advertisement in an evening
paper announces "A sum of money lost
in a canvas bag." It must bave been a
very large bag.
There are many Bad domestic episodes
revealed through the advertising col
nmns of the daily papers. Here in De
troit, some time last fall, appealed this
notice:
The publie are forbid against harboring my
daugbtor, Blanche N , a nirl of sixteen years;
dark hair aud eyes, brunette complexion, mo-dium-sized,
dressed in dark clothes, who was
enticed away irom tier Home by lll-auvisera Oc
tober 1, i P. M., during her mother's absence-.
Any information of her, or her recovery, can be
lett at Trumbull avenue station.. lUauche,
come to father, mother will die. O W
Fourth street. Detroit.
Can anything be more pathetic than
the appeal to the wayward Blanche.who,
i is hoped, did not fail to respond.
jjiroit rut.
General Skobplcff. '
In connection with General Skobe- '
leff, the prominent F.ussian peneral
whose epeoch against Germany has ere-.
ated such & sensation in Europe , ,
the London Pall Mull QazeUe repro
duces some interesting reminiscences :
of his career. The story of his exploits
in the Bulgarian campaign includes all
that was most exciting in the war" which
brought the Russian army within R?$ht
of the minarets of Stamboul. From '
the day when, "to show the stuff be.
was made of," be swam bis horse across
the Danube while General Dragominoff
was forcing the passage at Simnitza to
the time when he could with difficulty
be restrained from marching into Con
stantinople as soon as the British fleet
entered the Sea of Marmora, he was the
most prominent actor in the drama.
He became the legendary hero of the
campaign, and in the minds of the com
mon people be almost monopolized its
glories. He was always in the fore
front of the hottest battle; four horses
were shot under hira in ten days, but
be was only wounded once, and after
being in constant expectation of death,
for months he returned homo safe and
sound. His white uniform was to his
soldiers as the white plume of Henri
Qnatre nt the battle of Iviy. " I have
heard tho soldiers speak of him," says
Lieutenant Greeno," rvs a general under "
whom they would rather fight .
and die, than fight and . live,
under another. They had often to'
die sometimes fifty per cent, of Lie'
command perished; but ho spared no
exertion to minister to their wants and
to enpply their needs. His division
was the best fed and best clothed and.
best armed in the army. He was always
with them in the most exposed posi
tions of the field, sleeping with them
in the trenches nnd looking after nil '
their necessities in the camp. In
short," says Lieutenant Greeno, "he
succeeded so thoroughly in making;
himself one with his division that his
men responded to his thoughts ns read
ily as the muscles obey the will. I
doubt if a more thoroughly ideal rela
tion between a general and his men has
existed since tho days of Cromwell."
His custom of wearing white, ns if to
court the bullets of his enemies, bis
reckless personal bravery and the
Btrnnge custom of his of always " going
into battle in his cleanest uniform nnd
fresh underclothing, covered with por
fume and wearing a diamond-hiited
sword, in order that, ns he said, he
might die with his best clothes on,"
train ed him the reputation of a wild
dare-devil, which somewhat obscured
bis real capacity as a general. In re
ality they only showed how thoroughly
bo had divined that secret of powor
which lies in fascinating.thoimaKination
as well as of appealing to the reason
of men. When "he was sent to take
Geok Tepe and subdue tho Tekkes
many shook their heads and predicted
that his impetuosity would be his ruin.
Co far from that being the case he dis
played the utmost caution, acted with
the greatest deliberation, refused to
move from July to December, until he
h id made all his preparations, nnd after
he had carried on camels to the
trenches no fewer than 1,575,000 rounds
of ammunition, to say nothing of several
thousands of shot and shell, ho laid
siege to Geok Tepe and captured that
hitherto impregnable strcnHhold.
He had 10,UOo troops against 40,000
A Nation, aud he nchieved the conquest
of the Akhal Tekko country with u losn
of 937 men. Only once in tfcat cam-
pa gu did Skobeleff display his usual
recklessness. After tho fortress had
fallen he was riding through the coun
try with his escort when Lo met (several
Tekkes. He askod who they were.
fliey answered, "Friendly Tekkes."
1 How can 1 believe vour word?" he
asked again. "Tekkes never lie," was
their confident response. " Well," re
plied Skobeleff, " if that is the case I
will send my uccrt home and will
re tui n accompanied by you." He was
as good ns his word and his trust in the
word of the nomads was not misplaced.
Spring Cluihiug.
In years past, ns spring approaches,
wo have cautioned our readers in reaard
to the too early adoption of spring or
summer apparsl. We might well set
this down as a good f.ubjcct for every
writer in March. " The appearance of
green lawns, bright sunshine aud sing
ing birds is quite calculated to allure
one to adopt light flannels nnd less
protecting covering. Bear constantly
in iniind that air in motion is colder
than air at rest. With March winds,
tho thermometer above the freezing
point may entirely misrepresent the ef
fective tompeiature. We havo before
illustrated this proposition by referring
to the habit of using a fan in bummer.
When the thermometer is in tho nine
ties and the faco is. bathed with pers
piration one is ablo to keep comfortable
cool by air set in motion by that little
device we call a fan. It is questionable
if in the New England and Middle
States the clothing should not be
thicker and warmer in March than in
January. It certaii ly will not do to
throw aside the winter overcoat nor the
sealskin cloak, nor even the heavy un
derflannel. When finally the change is
made aid winter garments aro put aside
they cannot safely be laid away for tho
summer until all the chilly days and
still more chilly nights havo entirely
passoa away. Always Dear in mind that
when one experiences a chill, or when
for a long time one feels an uncomfort
able sensation of coldness a cold in
being contracted. Dr. Fuote's Health
Monthly.
An Exploding Flower.
In some seasons nature's greatest blos
soming effort astonishes and delights
the traveler in presentation of tie
talapat tree in bloom, which marvelous
flower, it ia said, appears only at inter
vals of many years, and then bursts from
its sheaf like a rocket, with a report
like a small cannon, sending out im
mense feathery sprays of a pale yellow
or white oolor laden with an oppressive
perfume. Ceylon (huli'i) Later. . i.
Bank cashiers are generally smart
fellows, bat they ' are frequently
flighty.
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