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Domestic Greeting
A homeward cornea the married man,
He's met by wife at door,
With fond embrace and loving kiss
And" Baby' throat it. sore !
" And did yon think to stop at Drown's
And got that maralxnit
T ordered yesterday T and, dear,
Fred's boo 01 are all worn out !
" I'm glad you are so early, John,
So much 1 miss you, dear
I've had a lotter from mamma;
SHo's coming to live here.
" Invr very glad you look, dear John ;
J knew that you would be
Xii flour's out, John, the butter, and
You must send home some tea.
" 'lL3'"n,',r r"nn here again;
' If you don't pay he'll sue;
And Mr. l'rcndergust called in
To say your rent was clue.
" Fred's trousers ai' j half ootton, John,
You thought they were all wool
Oh, that remind me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school.
vY i The mof has leaked and spoilod the rug
Upon the upper hall ;
And Jane must go, tho careless thing !
; She let the mirror fall
" To-day, as she was moving it
. (The largest ono, dear John);
Of course it broke; it alto broke
The lamp it fell upon.
"What makes you look so grave, my love?
Take olVyour things and wipe
Your feet and only think, to-day
June broke your meerschaum pipo.
" Oh, John ! tlmt horrid, horrid word !
You do not love nic, clear;
I wish that I boo-hoo were dead
You're cross as ai.y hear."
B'otlon Transcript.
AN EASTER LILY.
Feuds are not of the Middle Aires onlv.
In the milder forms permitted hy mod
sVrn civilization they exist all the world
over, even in decorous .New England
.Such a feud hud for over thirty years
subsisted between the Greers ot the Sum
niit and the C.reers of the Hollow, two
substantial farmsteads distant about
fifteen miles from (jach other. Fifteen
. miles is an excellent Quarreling distance.
. It, is near enough to promote frequent
collision, and quite too far to admit of
the softening influences of every-day in
tercourse. 1 here are versions and coun
ter-versions as to the exact cause of the
original dispute. Either side lias its
story, agreeing as to general facts, but
widelv differing as to the deductions m-
volveil. It was the gold and the silver
shield over again. So much was con
cedeil, thnt the alienation began with
two old (ireers. brothers. Jong since
dead, who had gone to law about a bit of
"meddor land.- The suit was decided,
after his decease, in favor of Sam Greer,
of tho Summit.' Later came a quarre
between the sons of the old men respect
ing the ancestry of a cow, avowed by
ine and denied by t lie otner to re oi tne
rue Jersey breed. Sam Greer the
voungcr met " voung Tom " of the IIol
low at a county fair; words ensued, and
the result of tho " words " was an action
for assault. and battery. The breach
widened, as breaches will. Absolute
non-intercourse was enforced between
thefamilies during Sam Greer's lifetime.
and respect for his wishes, combined
with emtrit de, famillc. continued it after
his decease, if is cliildren were too young
to reason about the matter; his wife,
mild, tenacious woman, saw no occasion
for interference. " It wasn't none of her
affair, but Mr. Greer had a strong fed-
ing about it, and she guessed tilings
imoiiight'as well stay as they were. Quar--OJjngwas
wrong she knew that well
einfugh but this wasn't quarreling.
She never had spoken to any of the llol
"low people in her lifo, and she never
wanted to: they went their way. and she
went hers." Having thus disposed of
the matter according to her light and
conscience, Mrs. Greer dismissed it from
her mind, and sent her daughters to a
" seminary," her boy to the School of
Technology, and settled herself in com
fort to enjoy the privileges and immuni-
ties of widowhood and Jhe headship of
the farm privileges from which, she
said to herself, she was not likely to be
ousted for some time to come, Philip,
her son, being only eighteen, with his
education before him, ami not the sort
of fellow who wouW want to settle down
early and take tbii X out, .of her hands.
Meanwhile, to i (Ireers of the Hol
low had also nrk l those changes
'which await all mi 11 conditions. As
their relatives of t! Summit waxed in
.'prosperity, they waJl "Young Tom"
was old Tom now, a bedrjddcn paraly
tic, with faculties overclouded ly the
-mists of his fearful malady. His wife,
- tliough a good woman, as the neighbor
hood' allowed, "as well-appearing and
good-hearted a woman as could be," had
. no faculty or knack of management
about her. There was no son to step
. into the father's place and fill the breach,
only aslip of a daughter, and girls such
girl's as Azalea Greer, at least do not
count for much. This odd name of
. Azalea was a first and last effort of fancy
on the part of her mother, who imagined
a resemblance between the rose fairness
of her baby and the delicate pink-white
blossoms just then abloom in the
thickets which bordered the home
meadow. She was a pretty creature, gentle and
slender, with a shy woodland grace not
iTnlike that of Jt namesake, and the ro
mantic name suited her better than such
titles usually do their wearers. Like
theirs the pure pale pink which tinged her
cheeks, and the soft clear white into
which it melted, while the singularly
fresh 'red of her iwouth supplied that
point of brighter color which gives to
tho wild azalea Its unexpected vivid
ness. It was a face over whose com
binations of tint an artist would have
raved. Hut there was no artists at the
Hollow, and none in the little church
at Hollow End, where Azalea sat on
Sundays bv her mother's side in a sauare
old-fashioned pew. The Greers of the
Hollow were Ipisoopalians, the Sum
mit (ireers rigid Calvinists another
point of divergence between the families.
l'liilip Greer was two years omer man
his unknown second cousin at tho Hoi
low. No (ireer before him had received
a college education, nor would he, in all
probability, had his father lived to di
rect the matter. To be taken out of the
rut of family traditions and jealousies
was in every way advantageous to him.
'on tact with the worlil liberalized ana
widened, absence from home cave the
natural generosity of his nature lair play,
and he developed into a really line fel
low, high-spirited, frank and popular.
Of the "foud"and its progress he was
of course aware, but it held so little place
in his thoughts that when, toward the
end of his second college year, he ac
cepted the invitation of his chum, Robert
Ashe, tor a Saturday and rmnaay at,
Hollow End.it never occurred to him
that hy doing so he brought himself into
the close neighborhood of the hostile
family of Greers whom his father had
lishkcd so much.
" Hy George! this is pleasant," he ex
claimed, as they drove over from the
three -mile -away railroad station.
"What an air! It never seems worth
while to breathe in Roston. I could
almost think I was smelling flowers: but
there can't be any up yet, I suppose?"
"Not hereabouts. We are very late
with our springs," replied his friend.
Hut that's all stuff about Roston air,
Phil. It's first-rate air, I think just as
good as need be; and as for flowers,
haven't you noticed the crocuses in the
Public Garden, and the grass on the
Common green as JuncP Give nie the
city!"
And give me the country! 1 was
born on a farm, and I hope always to
live on one."
And I was born on a farm, and hope
never to live on one." retorted uoocrt
The good-humored wrangle only
ended with their arrival at the Ashe
homestead. It was more than an ordi
nary farmhouse ; it was a substantial
old mansion, square, paneled, low-ceiled,
such as still exist here and there in out-of-the-way
places, unreached as yet by
the ruthless hand of "improvement."
Inside were manv comforts, and an air
of old-fashioned refinement, which Mrs.
Ashe, a woman of superior taste and ed
ucation, had known how to value and
preserve
"What's going on.- mother?" de
manded Robert, after greetings and sup
per were over, and the travelers, warmed
1 l . 1 1 ! - ..I -1
ana reiresneu, were enioymg an uncinu
den ciear bv the fireside. " I say, Phil,
isn't it jolly to have a mother who don't
object to smoking?"
" It would bo odd if I did. after the
breaking in I have had," replied his
mother. "A pipe-loving father and
five smoking brothers to begin with.
then a husband with a cigar in his
mouth, and three boys just as bad. I
ought to be used to it bv this time, cer
tainlv. What did you ask me, Robbie?
Nothing ever ' goes on ' here, you know
Except the continuation to-morrow.
That is something. It is Easter-Sun
day, you'll recollect. Mrs. Allen and
have been at the church all the after
noon arranging flowers."
"Where did you get flowers? Has
nny one set up a greenhouse since I went
away?" ' '
" No ; but almost everybody keeps pot
plants, and they are all glad to lend them
for the purpose. My large pittesporum
is in bloom. I sent that over, with a
calla or two and a pink azalea, and quite
a number of geraniums. Mrs. Allen
had roses and hyacinths and some pots
of oxalis; and there were a number of
other things enough to make quite a
pretty effect. Miss Greer brought a
oeautiful Easter lily, with at least a
dozen flowers on it. 1 can t imagine
how she contrived to make it blossom
just at the right time. Hy the way, that
Is your name too, Mr. Greer. Are they
connections of yours, these Greers of the
Hollow?"
Distant ones." replied Phil, stiffly.
Then he chid himself as absurd, and
went on, frankly: "That is to say,
we are second cousins, I believe; but
there was some quarrel in my grand
father's time, and we have had nothing
to do with each other since. I don't
know the rights and wrongs of the mat
ter exactly. Are there many of them?"
" Only one daughter this pretty little
Azalea.
"Azalea! Ye gods, what a name!"
put in Robert.
" Yes. it is an odd name. Old Mr.
Greer was dreadfully disappointed not to !
have a son, I have heard. He is bedrid
den now and a paralytic, ami I fear things
are not going well with them. There is
no one to manage the farm but an ineffi
cient hired man. you see, and it has run
down badly. I am sorry for Azalea
Greer. She is a nice girl, and it isa lone
ly life for her; but there seems no help
ing it."
The morning dawned as Easter morn
ing should fair, cloudless and smiling.
It was early April, and the trees were
leafless still, but the rising sap tinted
their boughs with lovely shades of
orange, pink and rosy brown, and all the
woods were full of sweet prophetic scents.
caught from sun-warmed mold and in
visible buds. Catkins swung their pearl
gray tassels from the willows' branches;
a sense of hope, of expectation, filled the
air. The sunshine sifted down in a fine
rain of gold, and winter and all wintry
things seemed in a moment to slip away
and be forgotten.
The little church at Hollow End was
flagrant with flowers. Phil thought of
the hired decorations of the great city
churches, of choirs whose anthems of joy
are calculated at market rates, note by
note, and the contrast pleased him. i'he
service, which had for him the charm of
comparative novelty, seemed especially
tender and striking in the simplicity of
its country setting, lie was touched and
sobered into a gentle gravity unusual to
his gay nature. At such unwonted mo-
mcnts the heart is made ready for a new
and strong impression. Phil s heart was
ready ; the impression came.
The candidates for confirmation were
requested to come forward to the chan
cel. The last to appear was a young
girl, whose dress brushed Philip's sleeve
a a elm wnnt bv 1 f a vena pnntiMnui nf a
rmifnnno rf Hiioo n ml h i a tvpa fnllnwed
with vague interest as she knelt or stood
." . ;
among the rest; but he could sec only a
alon.W fimirA dressed In irra v. and a
nnf innt f lioir liko burnished red
gold, at the back of a small head. The
service over, sue turned, ana wnai
seemed to him the sweetest face that
ever mortal possessed was suddenly re-
veaied to . ms eyes pure in ouwine,
softly tinted, shy, tender, with long
rinwnr'xt lssbes dVonninir over a cheek
i . , .. . - 1 T T I
likc a wild rose. No color relieved her
dress, but below the fair arched throat a
single lily was fastened with a knot of
iv it if n riblirm .
To fall in lnve Instantanennslv with a
sirancrer is a too ish thing enough, no
doubt: still, voung men have done it
, .
from time to time in all ages, and Philip
Greer did it now. A sort of wave of
surprise, joy. recognition, swept over
and lifted him as on a tide as this sweet
vision neared him. passed, vanished.
Only decorum kept him in his place an
other moment, lie longed to turn, to
follow, to see that face again. With the
final " Amen " he caught at his hat and
made a bolt for the door. Alas! his
charmer had disappeared. He sought
with nis eyes mis way, mat, out, in vain.
At last a glimpse of a gray cloak sur
mounted by a little gray hat rewarded
his search, and making what haste he
could through the crowd, he gained the
i i 1., nnrntr In a I
door in time to see her drive away in a
farm wagon with two or three other peo-
n e. It was like tne evanisumeni oi
Cinderella, and, as in that case, only one
tangible trace remained behind of the
lair departed, un me ground, ciosn to
where the wagon had stood, lay, broken
lk nn Easter lilv. Phil had
..v.... ... - .
nist time to secure this treasure
and
cram it into his pocKet wnen ne was
ioined by his friend and his friends
mother.
"What made vou hurry out so?" de
manded Robert. " I saw you streaking
through the crowd like a lamp-lighter,
.mil nrmliin't. imnirine what was to nav.
Was it a fit coming on, or nose-bleed?"
"Neither. I I wanted to get out,'.'
replied Phil, incoherently.
"Oh. that was it. was it?" rejoined
Robert, with a chuckle. He looked so
rine for mischief that Phil dared not al
hide to the grav charmer, about whom
he was dving to inouire. He gave the
conversation a turn to indifferent sub
jects till he thought his friend's suspi
einns were allayed. Then :
"Mrs. Ashe, who was that young lady
who was confirmed in gray?" he asked,
in a would-be indifferent tone
"In grav? Let me see. With a blue
scarf on, you mean?"
" Nc, all in gray with a lily."
" Oh. that was your distant cousin,
Azalea Greer. I am glad you noticed
her. Is she not pretty?"
" Rather," answered Philip, hypocrit
ically.
' Tl'prnt" nut in Rob maliciouslv
" I) ?i C a female in grav bv-thel
IJidn 1 1 noiKeanmaieingray, oy-me-
wav. iust in front of vou as you fled from
the church in that remarkable fashion?
Was she the one? Was it the tie of
blood asserting itself? Come, Phil, con
fess. Did you experience a 4 drawing,' a
conviction that she belonged to your
folks? Or was it general curiosity?"
"Heneral curiositv." asserted Philip.
mendaciously. Rut ne pleased and sur
prised Mrs. A6he later in the day by
some remarks wonderfully sensible and
iudicious for so voung a man, they seem
ed to her on the subject of family quar
rels, their folly and absurdity, and the
sweets of peace and good-will.
" Now there is tlmt absurd feud of
ours," he added. "The Greers always
have been a lighting race. I imagine.
They enjoy a battle. I suppose I have
the com native element somewiiere nuuui
me too, but every generation is bound to
be an improvement on the last it it can,
nnd I mean to make it the business of my
life to bring about a more Christian state
nf things "
"That is a good and blessed resolve for
Eastcr-day," said Mrs. Ashe, looking at
him with kindly eyes full of approba
tion. Poor Philip! It is easy to resolve, but
tho vu inertia is strong, and it was less
easv to accomplish his purpose. He
made divers efforts during the long vaca
tion to convince his mother of the impro
priety of disputes, and the desirability of
reconciliations where there had been dis
putes. She agreed with him in theory,
but alwavs it ended with: "Hut we
ain't called on to have anything to do
with those Hollow Greers, so far as 1 can
see. 'Tisn't as if we wished to act in
juriously to them in any way; we don't;
and we never nave; dui mey re mere
and we're here, and we'd better stay so.
It don't seem auite respectful to your
father, either, to be extending the right
hand of fellowship to folks he couldn't
abide the mention of. It's like going
against his convictions; and, besides, I
don't see any good to bo gained by it."
As fin- the girls, they thought Phil
downright abRurd to be. making such a
fuss about nothing. How did he know
that the other Greers wanted to be re
conciled? He didn't. That was the worst of it.
What letween mother and sisters and
his own doubts, the poor fellow's courage
might have failed many a time had it
not been for that unconsciously given
talisman of peace, Azalea's Easter lily.
Over its dry and odorless petals Philip
vowed perseverance. He kept the lily
in bis pocketbook as a sort of fetic h,
and fortified by frequent glances at it his
waning resolution.
In September he made tho Ashes
another visit, during which he walked
over to the Hollow and introduced
himself to his kinsfolk, who were, more
kin than kind. His reception was civil
enoiiL'h from Mrs. Greer, who had really
no feeling on the subject, and Azalea was
shyly cordial; but the accidental men
tion ot his visit afterward roused "oil;
Tom" to such a paroxysm of helpless,
fury that on his second call Mrs. Greer ,1
with many apologies, begged him not to
come again. "It seemed to hurt her
husband to have him in the house." she
said. Philip's only consolation in this
defeat was the pained blush on Azalea's
cheek, and the pleading expression of
. . 4
I K'r Drown eyes, lllieci ior one moment
to ins lace as luey paneu.
I know 1 could make her like me."
he said that nig lit to the li 1 v. " ? f I could
nave a cnance. nui wnat nam woia 10
. t.. t.,"i' j
is to get a chance!"
Onlv the faint heart, however, need be
honless of winning, and Philid Greer
was not faint-hearted. It took time:
uiem wrm iunj uni-uuiiwcmruw, umuj
misgivings; but he persisted bravely,
and one by one obstacles gave way and
wiuic;uiui - 3 biuwihito wiTiiir.cici
Perhaps Mrs. Ashe suspected his secret;
she certainly helped him greatly by fre-
... ,IMI aim n.if lert . intnnn I ml rtur
quent invitations to Hollow End and by
bringing him and Azalea togetner.
These meetings had their natural result,
and bv the time that old Tom Greer died.
in the early winter, there was no lmpeai-
mem remaining, so lar as Azaiea anu
ner mouier wer; eoiicrnieu. J.u uuii-
vince Mrs. Samuel Greer and her daugh
ters was more difficult; but here again
Airs. Ashe nlaved a part in aid of true
love. She invited Philip's sisters over
for a visit; they met Azalea as tliough
bv accident, took a fancy to her, and
being hearty, good-humored girls, felt
their prejudices give way at once under
the effect of her gentleness and charm.
1 She was really a dear little thing,"
thev told their mother. " It was a great
pity her father treated papa so. lie
must have been a hateful old man, but
Azalea was auite different. And. after
all, she was their cousin. And mightn't
they ask her over some day to spend a
woolr? Mpj CItp&t nbicctcd fnintlv.
week? Mrs. Greer objected faintly,
but was overruled in the end; and
Azalea once recognized and admitted as
a factor in the existing state of things,
the rest was easy enough. Rather a long
engagement followed, but in Easter
week, two years from the date of their
first meeting. Philip obtained the desire
. . ... , IJ r J i i.
Ol ins neari. arm uie long icuu uciwcii
the Greer families finally terminated at
the wedding, which took place in the
little chuTch where lie and Azalea had
first met. Harper's liazar.
A Convict Whom Prisons do Not Hold.
One of the convicts in the Kentucky
State prison is a man named Doddridge,
whom prisons have never been able long
to confine. A few years ago, for some
crime, he was sentenced to twenty years
inmrisonaient in Tennessee. The second
year of his confinement he managed to
secrete a pair of the uniform striped pan
taloons ot the prison when new suits
were served out. Hy the most cautious
and tedious process lie contrived to paint
these a spotless white, so that the prison
clothes- disappeared under the layer of
paint. The furniture manufactured at
the penitentiary was disposed ot by con
tract to a firm in Nashville, and as the
manufactured articles accumulated they
were hauled from the prison court in
waeons. These wagons were driven by
" trusties." or convicts who were granted
considerable freedom for good behavior.
W orking at his task of varnishing the lur
niture. Doddridge observed the op-
portunity, and began to wear the painted,
Pir of rwhea under the prison suit.
. . , , , . ., nn(i mmvv
watching eagerly, but never impatiently,
J llir) lllJ U1U ui y II v j .cat
for the opportunity which he knew must
come.
One dav there were a number of ward
robes to be moved, and Doddridge was
assisting in carrying them out into the
court, ana loading me wagons. iiu
-I , 1 ' . 1 . IT.
watched the chance, and. as the last was
in place, quietly opened the door, and
quick as lightning was inside with the
door closed. There he lay quaking with
doubts as he heard directions given, the
bustle of guards and fellow-convicts, and
then the wagon moved out. in nve mm
utes he was beyond the prison walls. The
driver of the wagon was a " trusty," but
1 loddrido'e dared not trust him. Lving on
his back in the wardrobe, he stripped off
his prison jacket and trousers, and re
tained his gray wtollen shirt and painted
breeches. Then he cautiously raised the
top of tlie wardrobe, saw that the driver
was walking along by ttie horses, and, as
they passed through unfrequented streets,
he clambered out and found himself free,
bareheaded, coatless, and in the suburbs
of the city. He hid in a stable, however,
until night, and then struck out through
alleys for the country.
Luck favored him and he found means
to get away from the dangerous vicinage
of Nashville. He drifted to Evansville,
Ind., .tnd found employment in the St.
Ixmis and Southeastern railroad as a
painter. lie lived an honest life for some
months, and allowing his heard to grow,
his face was soon covered with hair.
which, with his alteration of dress and
affectation of habits, made him feel
secure against detection. Then the pro
pensity for robbery returned. He liad
already committed murder, and he felt
the fatal compulsion of fate. He gave up
his situation at honest labor, and lx'gan
to look about for a field for operations,
lie went to Uniontown, Ky., and in a day
or two had planned to rob a distillery, not
of money, but of whisky. He had dis
covered means to introduce a hose from
the roof to the " citern-rooni," and by
converting this into asiphon he could ex
tract as much whisky as he could handle,
lie returned to Evansville, bought a
small fish boat, threw large casks (which
he arranged ingeniously under the boat
in the water securely against searc h) and
a confederate. On arriving at Uniontown
they were out of ready money, and while
waiting to begin operations concluded to
rob the store, winch proved their ruin
lie was again sent to prison, but says he
is sure to get out.
A member of the rhetorical class in a cer
tain college had just finished his declama
tion, when the professor said : " Mr. , do
you suppose a general would addrena his
soldiers in the manner you spoke that
piece ?" " Yes, sir, I do, was the reply,
" if he was half scared to death.
During the ten years ended IVcenilier 31,
1S77. no fewer than l.loU persons were kill
ed in Ignition and 23.379 maimed or injured
bv vehicles of furious descriptions, the
largest proportion of accidents being caused
hy light rarls, by Vahich 215 persons lost
their lives and 7,13t were injured.
7,lt
TIMELY TOriCS.
The International Marriage Office, es
tablished in Italy sonic twelve years
since, is said to be doing a good business
Tl A 1 1 . .1 . .
it iorwarus circulars regumiiy iu cvuipr
spinster, wiuow, or iiiuuiiiiuinaiiy iige
bie woman American ana i,ngusn so-
iournin g in the land of sun and song re
reive mem pcriouicaiiy hmoi hhur mnu
.l" u- :f. :.t
lully ot the benevolent object oi tne so-
ciety. It requires a statement of the for
tune and how invested, the permanent
address, photograph and every obtainable
pini;ui, i jpui;nui.a i hskhhc
secrecy in all cases strictly guaranteed.
These items are duly recorded, and cor
respondence and interviews are arranged
between persons who wish to become
acquainted with one another for con
nubial purposes. A preliminary cash de
posit to insure good faith and to cover
incidental charges is exacted, and if the
match be consummated a certain com
mission, ranging from two to five per
cent., is to be paid by the bridegroom.
As may be inferred, nearly all, it not
?uite all, the masculine applicants are
ortune-hunters, who expect to get the
commission from the bride's funds. I he
office mentions among its applicants,
numbering, 3,838, three princes, sixty
counts, 170 barons, 00 landed proprie
tors. 300 army officers. 618 professors and
office-holders, seventy-four savants and
artists, 1 18 manufacturers, 7 10 merchants,
295 farmers and 1,200 professional men.
It would be gratilvmg to know how
many matches are made; but this very
desirable nit ol information is .withheld.
although the matrimonial bureau claims
that its success has exceeded its most
sanguine expectations.
The Gloucester Keliel Association is
tho name of a society established in
Gloucester, Mass., for the relief-of the
widows and orphans of the lost fishermen
ol that city. It has no accumulated lund,
but depends upon the voluntary contri
butions of the benevolent to meet the
ressing demands constantly made upon
its charity. It has no salaried officer or
unnecessary expense. It is cautious m
its distribution, and makes careful inves
tigation of all cases brought to its notice
Its field is an extended one. Nearly COO
Glouccsteriisherm.cn have 6unk beneath
the waves the past five years. The last
great gale (Feb. 20, 1879) swept off 143
men, and left fifty-three widows and 141
children dependent upon the chanties of
the day. In their name, and in behalf of
a large number ol earlier beneficiaries ot
the organization,- the association confi
dently appeals to the charitable public
Ihe widows and children ot the lost
fishermen, who are able to work, would
gladly avail themselves of any honest
employment, whereby they could earn
the wherewithal to provide the necessi
ties of life. Rut, unfortunately, there is
but little for them to do near their homes
at this season, nnd they must be assisted
by the charitable. The "Gloucester
Fishermen's and Seamen's Widows' and
Orphans' Aid Society," the "Female
Charitable Association." nnd the " G4ou
cester Relief Association," are doing ami
have been doing all within their power
to alleviate distress; but to do the work
before them, to relieve the distress which
is so terrible, they must have more funds.
t, i .
and the associations trust that the appeals
which have gone abroad may be prompt
ly met, and the good work of aiding the
distressed ones in their midst may go on
with the utmost alacrity.
At the execution of Knox Martin, at
Nashville, a short time ago, an unusually
large number of doctors were on hand,
and it was generally understood that an
attempt was to bo made to restore hie
To prevent any doubt as to the total ex
tinction ol lite, ttie sheritt kept the body
hanging fifteen minutes after death was
pronounced certain. As soon as the last
strand was cut the medical men eased
the body to the ground, removed the
loop from the neck, and made prompt ef
forts to reset the dislocated bones, and
relieve the pressure on the spinal cord.
The body was put into the coffin and
carried to a cow-shed near by, which, in
spite ot the elforts ot the police, was
shortly filled by excited people, who
crowded in till tho air was so hot and
close that breathing was difficult for a
live man, to say nothing ot a dead one.
They stripped the body and began vig
orous rubbing- ot the arms and legs, al
ternately raising and depressing the chest
to produce breathing. His head was
raised and a galvanic battery attached,
the electrodes being applied to the base
of the brain and the chest. When the
currents were turned on, muscular con
tortions ensued, giving every expression
ot emotion. 1 inn, tear, anxiety, delight
flitted in ghastly succession over the
lead face. After artificial respiration
had been kept up live minutes, the pulse
came back, the hands were clenched and
returning breath and open, staring eyes
indicated returning vitality. The animal
heat of the body increased from 90 to 99.J
degrees in ten minutes. There was also
an apparent return of voluntary motion,
.1... 1. 1 1 - 1. 1
I ae hchii nun necK iiein MpcmiuueouMi jr
raised in the coffin. The signs of anima
tion, however, subsided, and the experi
ment ceased. More was accomplished
than ever before in the way of resuscita
tion, and if with the usual time of hang
ing and plenty of pure air to breathe! in
case the subject did revive, the physicians
believe they might have succeeded in
bringing the dead to life.
Worth, thejmnn dressmaker of Paris, does
not find the republic to his liking, and
everybody can easily understand why. In
addition to the simple manners which have
been thought becoming for a republic,
Worth is no longer unrivaled in his special
field. There are other men dressmakers
who are thought to be U tter, and who do
not make dresses for actresses and so get
themselves talked about in the newspapers.
Strangely enough, w hile it is tl e republic of
France which almost "destroys Worth, it is
the republic of the I'nited States which
saves him. Mr. Worth does not hesitate to
say, that were it not for the ladies of ti e
United States, he would have to close up
his shop. American ladies, therefore, be
considers the best-drcs-ed women ip the
world.
Love's Belief.
I believe if I were dead,
And you should kiss my eyelids when I He
Cold, dead and dumb to all the world contains
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And, from its exile in tho Isles of Death,
I.ilo would come gladly back along my veins.
I believe if I were dead,
And you upon my litoloss heart should tread
Not knowing what the poor clod chanced to
bo
lt suddenly would pulse beneath the touch
Of him it ever loved in life so much,
And throb again, warm, tender, true to thee.
I beliove if in my grave,
Hidden in woody depths by all the waves,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears ot
regret,
From every salty seed of yonr dear grief
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into lenl,
To prove death coidd not make my love lorget.
I believe it I should fade
Into the mystic realms where light is made,
And you should long once more my face to see,
I would come forth upon the hills of night
And gather stars like laggols, till thy sight,
Led by the beacon blaze, fell full on me.
I believe my love for thee
(Strong as my life) so nobly placed to be,
It could as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like a dead king from his heights sublime,
His glory stricken from tho throne ol time,
As thee un worth the worship thou hast won.
I believe love, pure and true,
Is to the soul a sweet, immortal dew
That gems life's petals in the hour of dusk,
The waiting angels see and recogiuzo
The rich crown jewel Love o Paradise,
When lite falls from us like a withered husk.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
You cannot cure a cold in a sample
rheum.
The man who sets a bad example Latches
mischief.
A fast horse--The one that is hitched to
a lamp-post.
The man who was made to command was
made to order.
Over 130 students at Harvard take les
sons in singing.
Regarded out of "danger" Any letter
that is not in that word.
When is a girl not a girl? When she
turns into a confectioner's shop.
" As the crow flies." seems to b a favorite
expression with many writers; and not with
out caws.
It is estimated that under the new census
Pennsylvania will have population of
4,200,000.
"If a man has no views of his own,''
says the New Orleans l'irayune, " he should
buy a few of the stereoscopic kind.''
You may not see the point of this sharp
paragraph immediately, hut if you look
sharp you will find it a"t the end of this line.
Opium smoking finds a little toleration
in Japan. A man was recently sentenced
to ten years' hard labor in Yokohama for
violation of the law against the pract ce.
Wars come ho thick in Europe that the
soldier don't have a chance to sit down
for a few moments' rest, and hem e the ne
cessity for keeping standing armies.
Of the five hundred newspapers which
appear in Russia, a large number are not
in the Russian language. Forty-two are
German, several are French, and otluw are
in the dialects of the lialtic provinces.
What is supposed to he the largest tree
in the .Southern States is a tulip-bearing
poplar near Augusta, Ga., which is 155
feet high and nine feet in diameter, its
lowest branches being fifty-five feet from the
ground.
The following extraordinary inscription
appears on a tombstone in the English
graveyard at Peshawar: "Sacred to the
memory of the Rev. Rlank Rlank, A. M.,
who spent seventeen years as a missionary
among the Afghans, and translated the
Holv Writ into their language. He was
shot by his attendant. 'Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.' "
" Shirlely Dare" dans to write thusly :
"I wish American ladies and gcnltfeiiien
would take to the fashion of wearing lr iiil
knit thread, wool and silk stockings," She
adds that such stockings can he bought for
four dollars per pair. It is probably on
account' of thtir cheapness that editors
don't wear them. Newspaper men have
become so accustomed to wearing stockings
costing ten and fifteen dollars a pair, that
they will not take kindly to the suggestion
to disc ard them for a c heaper and inferior
article. .A 'on iVo Jleruld.
How Ciirruu Saw a Villain.
Curnm, the eminent Irish barrister,
once met his match in a pert, jolly, kecn
cved son of the sod, who acted as a hos
tler at a large stable, and who was up as
a witness in a case of a dispute in the
matter of a horse-trade. Cumin much
desired to break down the credibility of
this witness, and thought to do it by
making the man contradict himself by
tangling him up in a network of adroitly
framed questions but all to no avail.
The hostler was a companion to Sam
Weller. His good common sense, and
his equanimity and good nature were not
to be overturned. Uy and by Cumin, in'
towering wrath, belched forth, as not
another counsel would have dared to do
in the presence of the court:
"Sirrah, you are incorrigible! The
truth is not to be go't from you, for it is
not in you. I sec the illaiii in your
fine!"
' I'faith, ycr honor," said the witness,
with the utmost simplicity of truth and
honesty, "my face must be uioity chine
and sliinin' include, if it can reflect like
that!" , .
For once in his life the great barrister
tl.i.ire.l bv a siiiinle witness. He
could not recover from that repartee, and
the case went against him.