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'i oUfr 1 lie srief,
Iti Larpinc- of life.
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ty i ai:i, my Lart,
Til; ica: a us rim."
sU thai l:t:i now lij 1.4CJ
(O loTe, tbxt tliS .j.-u'd I).
iLm on It ilosl tin? p.Ueu tiinJ
.An.1 wLlirrd b-ujrriy: '
"Till death us join,
Lu, tliou art mine
And I azn this!
Aiihen death j.ius, we ceveimoro
:jlill kuoa an acLing haart.
The li.-idal of thai belter love
lath has no jowtr to pare
That troth will be
For thae and me
Eternity:"
Bo op th hill and down the hill,
Through fifty changing year,
Titer ehared each other' happiness,
They dried each other'a tears.
Alas! Alas!
That death's cold dart
Such love can dart!
Bnt one sail day she stood alone
Beide his narrow be J;
She drew the ring from off hr band,
And to the goldsmith said:
"Oh, man who graved
Vith careful art,
"Till death us part."
Now grave four other words for
"IiU death us join.'" lie took
Th precious golden band once more,
With solemn, wistful look,
And wrought with care,
For love, not coin,
Till death us Join."
DOWN TURNER'S POINT.
"If you will look out of tlie window
on your right, when the train gets
through the cut, you will have a fine
vlewcf the Grand Chasm,' says the
polite conductor, lifting his gilt-lettered
cap.
"Thank you very much," returns
the quiet little lady in dark blue.
quickly raising her eyes from the paces
ot her guide book.
"Oh, Aunt Tina,' says a shrill, exci
ted voice at ber elbow, "let me go out
on the platform; dol 111 be just as
care nil and hold on to tne brake as
tight!"
"Dont think of such a thing for
moment!" in quick, decided tones,
while ber alert eyes are upon each
movement of the restless bit of human'
lty at her side.
She is a quiet-looking little lady no
longer,
The train is approaching Tallulah,
Tallulah the Terrible, theorem's great
est and most famous wonder, and the
passengers are in a fever of impatience
to catch the first glimpse of the tre
mendous canyon along the dizzy edges
of which the railroad makes its way.
None more so than the wide-awake bit
of humanity referred to, who, boylike,
cannot understand why it is that his
twelve years of life do not entitle him
to a greater show of privileges like
that, for instance, cf standing on the
platform like the other men are doing.
He thinks his auntie unnecessarily
cautious and particular, yet he doesn't
get ugly about It at all. He has never
been a very headstrong, nor a very
disobedient boy, only a somewhat wil
ful one at times, with strange ideas of
bis own, the expression of which, after
a fashion peculiarto himself, has gained
for him among his mates the title of
"the queer fellow,"
There is nothing m the bare sides of
the cut through which they are now
nassini?. nor in the monotonous
tmthM of nine barrens left behind to
give even a hint of the grandeur of the
vn that now bursts upon their vis-
10 nmm through a trorge 1300 feet In
fiepth,and over 1000 feet in width at
its narrowest point, dashes the Tallulah
river, over raggedly massed bowlders,
in foam-tossed cascades that throw
it,oir mnc in the air nearly 100 feet.
r-ir, ithpr Hide rise sheer walls of
solid granite, worn smooth as polished
silver in many places by the Hoods of
centuries, and like sliver glittering in
"That is Turner's Point, " says the
conductor, pointing just to the right of
them to a stupendous mass or rugged
granite shelves, soil covered in many
places that juts out more prominently
fhon t.h others into the dizzy gorge.
"With but one exception," continues
the conductor, "it is the highest point
on the chasm, and is full 900 feet above
the bed of the river."
"A tremendous fall that!" exclaims
a nervous little gentleman behind him,
"provided any one wanted to try it.
Vkun-t think thev'd particularly
want to try it," returns the conductor
c "vpt some of them do."
Good gracious!" cries the nervous
little gentleman again, "you dont
mean to say that some one has fallen
9 V.i-.WlV
-O. no. not that; only that some of
,i . odvorttirous have tnea
to
UiO JllUlO
of the clumps
rlimb down oy menu
of stunted verdure you see.
- f on a partial descent
abouTone-tbirToftheway l believe."
Trived at Young's Hotel, about the
. Arr arcua ntance is
otherwise auul - r .
O1"" h wteran guide.
W"111"' . ir-v n wa1n UreaKS
. ' ".Y....7. thit he has that
".ITT Vl ItllsTs.. - "
IOTlr. .. ..r.ir tinned m an o
out Of'
won-uy lhn veranda.
e-waL.."7 V.T me down Turner's
want. "
-Phew!" whistles Monk, linking
with vet. men afl"'c""f , "
, elsTon the slme order that you
thing else n , riA. for instance.
would line, a P""""'7,-
over tne iiuiuv
don't please!
-But, goou ... r-- - - loatog
VAr'-Trt cB. "The thing
control oi thnnht of for
either way " extremely
moment, . ' rM fo, another,
anxious to quit - of ,em
Tt.it the conuui.iv.-
. A.-n Turner's l'oinu
VVCIlt vi""
S me one or
i,.m. to a certain
two foolhardy one
distance, dus uv
t ret back. I can
were glad enough
Is to going down that way
As to goiuB LwelLif you
tell you. a i".6rTweiLif you
to"?rUxloVsDio get rid
"io.u9.,ldbeto
are ewn"; r.t
Z'M the ouicaeat -j
try the Uurncana. wbole
VI1U14H.1M
.The very tr- - t mormng
when ex"""""r- Hurricane raua v
tacle known ,r;r-ttendant, Swain.
'Aunt TinaaMbera
t. tai t first l ecause ft the t'.ireatfrsrr.ajdti fprltii.! fnt Lave onie 1 Ci)ntA.'t
T'prArance of the .--Ivy, 1 -t as Au!;tw:;h a treaof.cmus tufttii.it Is lart-lj
Tica't time is limitcJ f he I. .is Snail? I bauzns to the ciii's eIze. As the?
decided to venture. Af:or that luck
svms to iavo' Ler. for, with the eicf ;
tion of the few drops while at the
Indian Arrow Iia;ids, there has bvn
no further fall of rain. IndoeJ, the
ciouis are now fast clearing away.
while already the bright rays of the
sua are struggling forth.
O, what a beautiful littie rainbow,"
cries Swain, as from the rock on which
they are now standing be catches sight
of the exquisite arch, whose prismatic
hues sparkle brilliantly between him
and the dashing foam of the cascade.
lea, but yonder is a much more
beautiful one," says Mr. Monk, point.
ing down the gore to where a magnifi
cent bow, intensely vivid In its color
ing, spans the rugged walls of the can
yon.
'That is, lndeeJ, a beauty!" ex
claims Aunt Tina, as she turns round
the better to admire it. I don't know
when 1 liave seen one of such intense
coloring. If the old-fashioned child
stories are to be believed, there must bo
very gorgeous treasure indeed at tne
foot of that rainbow."
"And why not believe them?" ques
tions Mr. Monk, who, in spite of his
rough garb, is a well-informed, pleas
ant young gentleman. "For my part,
I have never vet gotten rid of the idea
that if one could really find the end of
the bow he would also find the treas
ure." "Yes, certainly," says Aunt Tina,
with a smile, "" he could find the end
of the bow."
"Mr. Monk," questions a sharp,
high-pitched voice at this moment.
"where do you think the end of the
rainbow isr"
Mr. Monk turns his head to follow
the direction pointed out by the nerv
ous brown finger.
"That!" he repeats, with a mischiev
ous twinkle in his eye. "Why, down
Turner's Point, to be sure."
"1 believe, Mr. Monk," says Aunt
Tina, again, that you told me many
beautiful stones of rare value have been
found In the rugged cliffs of the can
yon.
"Yes." returns Mr. Monk "several
One rubies, sapphires and emeralds have
been picked up, it is said, though none
of late. I have never been so ioriunate
as to find one myself," with a smile,
"but the euide who was here before
me stumbled upon an exceedingly fine
emerald in the gorge below Turner's
roint."
All the way back to the hotel the
words "Down Turner's Foint, to be
sure!" kept beating time, syllable by
syllable, throueh Twain's Dusy nrain.
"Of course it is." he rtasons. "Where
else could it be? Why, hasn't he seen
it with his own eyes, resting right
against the ruged points of the big-
gest bowlder?" He has maiked the
place well. There is a siunieo pine at
one side ana a grear, ciump ot lamei
bushes rhododendrons, Aunt 1 ina
calls them. On the other there is a
great rock that shines in the sunlight
like it is streaked with silver, wnue
here and there a cluster of beautiful
ferns and mosses and a tiny cascade
trickling down its sides Ribbon Cos
cade, Mr. Monk calls it. Of course
th treasure is there! And oh. how be
does want it! Not so much for himself
for Aunt Tina Aunt Tina, whom
he loves so dearly la spite or tne
thought that sometimes she is a little
too hard on him. But at others, how
she does pet and humor him! And O,
tlmvare an nariDV logemeri xiapiuer
still. DerhaDS. because in all the world
thnv have only each other. And there
i Annt Tina's book: How hard she
ha worked on it. day and night, and
how much she does want it puoiisneui
Tint the hard-hearted publishers, to
whom many pages of the snowy manu
script have been submitted, have de-
i., .!n't. toiir.li it till a nart. at
blOlU M1VJ " " !
forthcomimr. to I
Day for some sort of plates. Swain
nrA-a What CI nil fll IllH.LtS LUCV KsAll
vh.f in thn world dishes Lave
Ha has ventured
iu u. t-.."- o- .
to
ask Aunt Tina once, dui ueiug au-
m-iw1 in hpr work, she has only an
swered briefly, "stereotype plates," and
i.a u as much in the dark as ever,
UV aw ... M
if hp muld only get mas money ior
Aunt Tina; which she has never yet
been able to get herself, for Aunt Tina
is only a poor teacher wun a meagre
salary.
.t 3 O ClOCK mis saiue iuuauu,
when every guest of the house is enjoy-
i-r Ins or her siesta, snut in tue ocuiu'
Vs . .i o clirrhf HcrnrB rlail
? " Sbto "wltt" a sailor
waist of the same, Issues, stick in nana,
ill inaiia'
from a side entrance.
Tea minutes later the same ngure
it wav alone the railroid track
to where a small foot-path turns off to
. i, loff with a. Rtunteu Bine near at
iiwiiwl-. "To Turner's Toint."
Uaua www-.w
.... sa. 0A vanr a X." F 1 1 1 1 ' ' PT
-Iiaoesn i, u j .
claims Swain, as the pa n iuo,
,,ia iit leneth beside a
dwarfed pines and looks down upon
a uuuu. j : ,j.i ;
seems to have been nnauj huw .u
the last of the great cascauea.
-n., i .nttj. of this reace and quiet.
toe scene formed by the stupendous
masses of granite upueaveu uu .c.,
?Twith their bare and frowning
.mi the sheer precipitous fall of
their rocky sides for nearly one thous
and feet, is enough to inspire even the
boldest with rear.
a. "" . .... -u;i-
a ..winM tM in? or awe win
steals for a moment into uio
SSrt. and he partly turns as though he
WOUld gO DaCK. iuo u, Hi"""
Xmed of even this faint show of
cowardice, be grasps bis stick firmly
Vyi?$t be
rsigltbeTnd there of. . trod;
oen tuft of grass
& whre thTfoot and hand of the
5-Jhr have left their prints.
. och ann uiuci
a ma,w Swain picks his way
atnthen,heflndsiteerthan
"Mtorn. he
o II V WUCU ,
crawls to the edge and looks over.
The very placel". he cries excitedly.
and I just know is " ,
C"down there" Is fully 150
.. . I (a onnther oro-
t . han0!ILnDllll.ftUil
iecu ww.
. s. sn
larger, and
Ju" ith ferns and mosses,
. lAiirm nub uuvu
thiCKiy - ,jlrA cjccaa.
thread-like cascade
over wnica
avL in. further over, a tiny
"TTf ,iit.trs in ths sun's
wmeuung m e
rays cawuw" ",,, f ,ed e
It IS lmueuueu ii
a foot or so u j
Keacbmg.down he quic
ann with an exultant cvwg
his rfeet But the next moment the
lo his feet cnaneed to ono of
press y;iusiu, it gives way, and th
i.ext Ujoxc.it he gij healiung over
Uie lede.
L p at the hotel all i.s cm;f usiou ana
excitoniect, for lie has t-eu misled, and
the inother-auiit. in ht-r aony of ter
ror, is beseechi i; I vudlurJ, c!rk.
eui.ie, waiters, all to ) In search of
her J.irUni; boy.
Only too well she sunn'ses that in
his usual fearlessness, aud alive with
the desire to hunt out things for him
self, he is straying along the dizzy
edjies of tlio dangerous chasm.
It is tweuty-four hours unci a they
find him, aud at least a fourth as many
more, ere by the aid of rope and lad
ders, he is rescued.
lie is conscious and able to tell his
story, though, when he if first lifted
he cries out with pain in spite of him
self. One arm lies doubled up under
him and shattered, yet with this excep
tion there is no other outward sign of
hurt.
His descent has beon broken by the
various clumps of verdure, and finally
when he has reached the ledge below
it is to fall upon a bed of ferns and
mosses. For a time the shock has
completely stunned him. When he
returns to consciousness it is to nnu
that he is unable to move bis body.
But he mrjiages to reach his handker
chief, which he dii'S from time to time
In the cascade near, ana uius siacKS
his thirst, and also with its damp folds
protects his face from the sun's rays.
It is the emu or me long aaia nigui
that strikes the greater terror to bis
heart and a death-like numbness to his
cramped limbs.
Th.s is the story he tells to tnose who
rescue him, but be says naught of these
dreadful thinzs. when passionately
clasued against the throbbing heart.
that all dav aud all night long
watched and waited m an agony ot
niiugled hope and fear on the verandah
of the hotel.
There, in the presence of all, yet
seemingly unmindful, overcome at last
by the sight of the agitatea loving iace,
with its oassionate eyes raining hot
tears down upon his own, he sobs out
the whole story of his hopes and long-
in ors for her. the ardent aesires tnai
clinjf so fondly about the dear, dear
book.
Clutched tightly in the palm his
uninjured hand he still holds the pre
cious, sparkling thing, which, now that
he is safe within her sneiienng arms,
li disrlases to the view of alL
Not till the next day. however, when
the brave, loval fellow is struggling in
the del rlum of fever, is me va.ue or
his find discovered. It is an emerald,
unusually larze and clear,
"I will give him one inousana uouars
for it, uncut as it is!" declared a young
jeweler from Xew Orleans, who, to do
i,;m credit, is much more touched by
tue pathetic story sobbed out on me
mother-aunt's bosom man ne is laaeu
i,y the probable value or the exquisite
iauty 0f the gem.
. iost just $250, hard cash, by the
investment." he says to the same
frieud a year later; "but I assure you I
have never rezretted it
Auut Tina's book is out. ana a suc-
ppi As to Aunt una nerseu. wuere
she made pleasure trips of a week be
fore, she now makes tnem or mourns,
and she is never seen anywhere with
out her attendant, vam.
As to this same bwaln, he is a nana-
some, active ieuow inaeeu, in opim ui
the fact that one arm hangs stiff and
almost helDless an ever-present remm
derof the time when he went down
Turner's roint!
Theresa, the Uon Tamer.
"But. do you not shrink from a life
suc h as this von are leading ? Every day
risking a terrible death?"
" she anwennl. "I like it. I like
- 1 ' . f
tn fwl mv m.isterv over the king or
beast. I know that he hungers for my
I nOll Mllfl 1KLIIL3 1(11 111 V Ullvn4. ttim
i.i.fonrpU A little scratch with his
.i-iw a stroke of his foot, and I am lost.
. '.I ,1 ..ill
jjui i nave a Human huui, n . ...
stronger man nis, ne kiio3 h, tun
ers K-fore me." I
Mr. Templar looked at her with won
der.
It is a fact." he said, "mat every
w..in:m loves connuest."
"Kvprv woman." she aiiswereu, -nas
lower to gain victories so long as she is
mistress over her own heart."
Next day he was again present at an
exhibition. He went to the menagerie,
I ...,! ctryyl np:ir the Caire. I
lie saw ner
enter her eye met his." Shesmiled, and
I .. . x t i
the pretty dimples formed in the corners
of her mouth. At the same moment the
bristled, and he began to
claw at the boards of his cell floor in an
on-v immtipnt manner. Her eye had
been off him, and her power failed, but
only lor a moment. She recovered her
intention, and concemr.ueu u .?
,,,,. hi rl eve
.WVkTknd beckoned him to her
w iiu a Mini
feet. He hesitated, turned asiue, ami
1 the den. thrusting his
tuesideeyeing her coy-
ertlv, and growling, ana snowing
white teeth. She followed, never allow-
inn iiim m fsf';iTK iiri in v?
. S. flr-ivi AVfk Q Till
f . i nndAul inrrlv
i.iniciiiF rminn ami uiniiv. iiviwiuih'Jt
knelt by him, and laid her arm aud head
but thrust the other hand
vi '' . . . . r rr-
through the bars ana saia to mi. icwi
Lir, "Feel my pulse."
He took the delicate wrist between"
his finders and counted. The pulse was
at a hundred and twenty.
When the exhibition was over, win
ci.i to Mr. TemDler. "1 pray you, ao
not
t -.TN nmin 1 fill II llllt'l V C
a'hn T am in the cage, I must
I " f
me.
think of nothing and no one
king.
King, lie iajcaii "-r."-' .
lCw IlC llrt3 l J o
1. lm.-t nil rt r 1 1 if it it'll ij n in vtaa
me.
''Good heavens, Theresa!" exdaimed
he "I cannot bear to tuins ol ui
dreamt of you last night, and woke m
terror, imagining me enu
It will come some day. This is the
fate of us all. Mother came off better
than most, with a broken thigh. Did
you count my pulsations?"
"Yes."
"Then you can judge what the ex
citement is, with life in one's hand m a
lion's den."
c,7t n v. wheels, cast hollow ana
loaded with lead, are a foreign notion
n this country, iiiey auum mc
same centrifugal power as a large wheel,
rst. Ipss. and take up less room.
Contaminate water passed through
of creen sand. COke. animal
charcoal or spongy iron is wfcolly freed
SsT SSSb to be powder
"""J u- nne to pass through i
ed "JSSnLh- to thTinch.
f""1-
the ort.s muw.
Bracrj of a Girl au.l t r W horn She
1
H-uht tin Peril.
"Xovr, pr.iini-ie me. Koy.il! Ploa.it;
piuiui- int.'.
( i r.u -e A n It n 1. k .kt-J u p in to Iiit 1. vers
f.ire with wUtful blue eyes and cheeks
sbiiut-d with crimsin.
ll.iv.il M.'ri.ini loukt-tl at her with the
Liuli of conscious suiwriority.
"Wliat noiLseu.se, tirace! As if there
were any real danger. '
There U always danger, Uoyal, in
your business, au.l vvim wun mat
Lal.il.-'
Iabit, (Jracie? Xuw you are going
a Utile too far. I dou't drink any more
than other men. It is not a continued
habit with me, and never will be."
'Good-bye. Uoyal!"
You won't kiss rue? You are vex
ed?"
Only sorrv, Uoyal. Because I know
that papa will never let me marry a
man who drinks."
Uoval Meriaiu turned his heel and he
strode awav, muttering something about
"narrow-minded fools, who expected
every one to be cut after their own pat
tern."
But he liad walked only a little dis
tance when the cloud cleared away from
his face, and the old, careless, good-natured
smile once more came back.
"Dear little Gracie," he said to him
self. "IVrhaiis she's right, after all. I
believe 1 am getting to be more fond of
a stray glass than I ought to be, but of
course there's no danger. A man can
always control himself. Still I'll go
back to-morrow and make peace with
the little blue-eyed kitten, and if she
wants me to promise, Why I'll prom
ise."
The "Shpiiherd's Arms" was an un
pretending little village hostelry, through
whose drawn red curtains the evening
lights shone cheerily, and Uoyal Meri
aiu s ixton companions wcicomeu nun
uproariously.
on're coining to the end of your
roie, old fellow," Miid one. "The su
periiitendent is going to strike everbody
that drinks a social glass off from the
list. Sav3 it aint business-like can't
afford to run any risks "
I don't know what the worlu s
coming to, for my part," said another,
looking into the bowl ot his short biacK
pijie. "A man might as well be a slave
and done with It. '
"I've heard something of it before,
said Meriam carelessly. "I don t know
but what it is a wise enough regulation.
on the whole. But there s one thing
certain; I'll drink the superintendent's
health to-night, if 1 never no again.
A general laugh ecuoeu mis assertion
of Uoval Meriam; and in the hour or
two that followed poor Grace Arden's
nitpoii-! renupst. Grace Arden's tear-
brimming blue eyes, were entirely for
notten.
'l)runK 1 urunKi .ever .
sober in my life. Yes, yes, I know it s
time to start: ana here l am, iresn as a
cricket."
Uoval Meriam swung himself to ins
place on the glittering, tire-throauti
locomotive with the careless ease anil
lightness of a mountaineer.
(Jo ahead." he canea out.
The depot-master looked curiously at
lilln
Voir mav not be drunk, ' sanl he
,un rnee. "but vou liave been drinking.
my fine fellow, and you'll get reported
nt. lip.nl-nnarters before the world 13
tuentv-four hours oluer."
So saving he Urew a lime leaiuer
iiipiiioniiiiluin liook out of his vest
uocket. and wrote down the words.
Meriam, engineer i lying uan, uium
it. with the slow, mechanical accuracy
of one who considers in his own mmu.
Meriam f ullv believed in his own as
sertion that he was not drunk. He had
been drinking a good deal, but then he
knew that his head coull stand more
than the average of brains. He felt a
sort of lightness a jocular content as
he sat there at his post. Ihe lights
.ili the road sparkled more promi
nentiv than usual; the stars seemed to
-'r - .
shine with unwonted, brightness, and
oncfl or twice he caught himself hitskily
answering some ono who had not spo
ken
All of a sudden lie grew sleepy his
lirain wined to become com used.
All riL'ht." said he "all right! I'll
back the Flying Dart against any engiue
on the road! Why, she couldn't go
wrong if she was to try! Are we are
wa far from the drawbridge?"
The fireman suddenly started to his
foot with a hoarse, irasnine cry.
"The signal!" shouted he. "The red
light! Stop her. for God's sake! Sound
down brakes! We are on the bridge, and
ho rfraw is onen!"
in 1m than a second the mists and
drowsiness and fatal lethargy seemed to
doar awnv from the engineer s urain
.mil hn had f ullv comprehended the aw
ful terror of their position the express
"""-, lin!r Slt diAy speed toward the
- 7 , -.ii., i, ,i,
yawning
gUU, UtUCttl-U nii-u mj wiv
lilack river.
The sitrnal! And he had not seen it
Me'hani(Millv lie sounded the whistle,
sharp and shrill two brief, unearthly
shrieks and then sprang out into the
darkness, through which the red light
streamed like an eye oi sullen nrei
II had done what ho could to save
the fated train, and he gasped blindly at
the one chance in live hundred ior nis
life
ir smramr. and striking against the
iio-iina lost all consciouness in the in
stant that the train skimmed by him, its
long array of lights gleaming and van
ishing, and faces here and mere iook
. . f the windows all unconscious
... rionth'''
tliat they were going to Death!
I V w
. ... t-,i.. n-iih h
8now.nakes clicking against the window-
inanM a wood n re craCKling on uie
i r
heart h, and Grace Arden's light figure
1 i.... .,.( rniii(T 11L-A n. little brown-
g0f chirlty-Royal Meriam's
evesvaguely took in these things lying
among his pdlows, before he remember
ed Beinembered! Remembered that
he was an outcast among men a mur-
flprer!
Grace." be crasned. "tell me! now
rnm I here? How was I saved?"
Thev found vou on the bridge, dear.
Hush! You must not talk much. You
arc. verv xce-ik and feeble, lou were
nnir unconscious, and terribly bruised.
"And the train? Was it totally
wiwkpd?"
"It was not wrecked at all," said
Grace with brightened face. "For the
draw w-asnot oien.
vt onpn?)
77
Xo. it hau been but was just closed
:.. .,,1 Ua nun liml nnt vet taken
do t, n si(Jnal when the express
rushed on without any warning what-
oror Thou otnnnml It on the other Side
I ever.
. and missed vou.
"Xo one was killed then?" he shud-
Idn4. fi.tf as tf av'.a.-. :
"N on.'"'
'Grn.' " h wL.;r"i
h.
drawing her i!u ?. h.ui. "T w u- -drunk'
If that tra. n had tn : K.-l
the Mood of ail thow beipk-v pai-n-geri.
nieu. women and cii.liirfii. w.ul I
ave l-en on my brad. G.hJ be t!ir.k.-1 1
that He Ills not puuLshe-t ad I de
serve !"'
Uovxl Meruini, a pivnatuie old a:id
lid crippled man. hve.1 ti atone for a!l
the faults and follies of his youth. He
never re-entered the old profession he
had not nerve enough fr tint, he was
nt to say, even if they would have
had trusted him again but he worked
ird and honestly for his bremL, wit i
race, his wife, standing loyally by his
side. And never in all the long years
that followed did a drop of ardent spirits
ever i"ass his lips.
"I have had my lesson, he said.
The Colonel's Umbrella.
'Colonel, why don't you marry?"
"Harry, what made you ask me that
question?"
' hy, ail men marry; mat ls, men or
means, or at least they should marry."
"lou have not."
"And for a good reason. I am not
able."
"You could keep up a very comforta
ble household if vou were not well.
wluit you are," said the colonel, as he
moved awav.
I know what he means," said iiarry
Lancaster when left alone. "He might
ust as well told me in as niauv words
that I was a siiendthrit. Hang it all.
know I am very careless about money
mutters. If I had been forced to win
mv wav iu from the ranks it Would
have been different I would then know
the value of a dollar. Ah, well! Life is
short, mv dear colonel. Here she
conies."
"I)o not get up, Mr. Lancaster, I
merely came out for a short walk up
and down the veranda. Isn't it a love
ly evening?" There was a witchery in
the tones of that low, sweet voice.
Harrv Iincaster's heart thumped away
more vigorously than ever in his bosom
at the sound of Leona Lisle's voice.
She laid her pretty white liand uptm
his arm. Wheu they reached the other
end of the veranda they turned to re
trace their steps.
"Ah. was that not a hre-uy over mere
iinoiiir those bushes to the right? See,
there it is again. .Now it has disap-
iieared."
It mav 1 a hre-uy. nut it is m
opinion that tne coionei is smoKing a
lL'ar there among the shadows," saiu
ITy-
"is that charming old beau nerer
hp suddenly asked, allowing her hand
to slin from the other's anil.
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Are vou well acmiamieu nun mc
colonel. Miss Lisle?"
"Fairlv. lie is a perieci gentleman
but I do detest that quaint idea of his
strange umbrella."
L iubrellal What umbrella, may
inquire?' asked Harry.
"Whv, liave you never
heard abou
the colonel's umbrella r" .;.
"Never."
"Colonel Stone possesses a blue, old-
fashioned umbrella which is supposed to
be a very P"b-'"t love-charm, or, in other
words, when he invites a lauy 10 snaie.
its shelter agaiast the rain the lady's
heart is won forthwith. Strange, is it
not?" . ..
I should dislike you to accept us
shelter," softly said Harry, lilting me
white liand and pressing it to his lips.
The i xt morning Harry's heart was
like lead when he looked from the win
dow and saw the laden clouds scurrying
along the angry horizon.
llain! And I was to lane ner om
for a drive! V ell, 1 suppose m"1
make the best of it, and while away the
time in the parlors," he muttered as ne
performed his toilet.
When he entered the dining-room be
saw that Miss Lisle's place was vacant.
Ah, the colonel's chair, too is vacant!
He went to the smoking-room, ngnieu
a cigar, and seated nimseii m-.u . -dow
overlooking the white stretch of
sand, the curling wave crests, and low
ering sky.
Ah! A couple approacn irom me
beach. The gentleman carries a ome
umbrella! As the pair draw near liarry
heart beats wilder and wilder.
It must be the colonel's umbrella. It
is the colonel. But who is the lady r
Only Miss Leona Lisle! "Pshaw! I'm
a-fnol to think anything strange about
this! What do I care about the colonel's
umbrella or its potent charm.' Jui i
wish it was some one else than Leona,
mused Harry, as he tossed away his
,.i..-r and went, out noon the veranda.
Ieona went indoors, The coionei
l.vi l.U nnaint. blue umberella with a
click of satisfaction and passed Iiarry
with a polite bow and a good morning.
Two hours later Miss Lis'.e blushed as
Harry asked her a question. She softly
c.iiil-
The potency of the colonel's umbrella
w not a fiction 1I isa charming man.
and I thank you for your offer but I
said 4yes' under the blue umbreua. "
Ife Went Home IIL
She was fair as a lily, a graceful cloud
of pale pink sheen, as she swept around
th Il-iU room. He was a New York
dude of the most inexpressible retine-
mAnt His Manhattan eye was caught
by the vision of beauty. She was dan
ciii! with a little rotund man with a
beaming countenance.
"Who is that talL resplendent beau-ti-9''
h asked.
"Who? Tliat one dancing with Tub-
l.vV"
"Tubby! What a horrid name! I sup
pose it is she I mean."
"That's Miss ."
"She is the loveliest being I have ever
seen. She is glorious. Will you intro
duce me?"
"Certainly. Come along."
The dance ended and the Xew York
swell was led un to the beauty.
"iliss this is Mr. Van Slack of
Vpw York."
Mutual bows, and then the introducer
whispered to the belle:
"Look out. He's a dude of the first
watpr pure old blood."
The beauty's lip curled a little and
her eve twinkled. The New York dude
beamed upon her. He patronized her,
Tin was hitrh-flown and brilliantly senti-
mental n California cirl permits that
from a New Yorker, so she waited ber
chance. She was dancing with him and
as they whirled around the little rotund
man bumped up against tnem.
"Stnnid!" he said testily.
"Oh, don't mind him. Tubby's got
his keg full, that's all," she answered
with a haughty curl of the lip.
Ami the sentiment died out of the
New York dude's nature and he went
home sick.
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Arter recoveris z i: .'a n
the (joikI m.ia i'c.I on
thai the e.d rj i;!)..se a s.!n Is
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SO
They gravely de::d(t tli.t tlw
Jamiesoa lajsies'' w.-ra i:U-.l b'
Sons' wives, and so Uie7 rn-urume:. -U'l
that Mr. McX.Uj inaia lu c-j.c9 be
tween tiiem.
Accord. ngiy Mr. McX.b next da.y
took hia umbrella aad went to tho
houd of the JamieS'ini. lie soon ai
standing in the presence oi tha elucr
daughter.
"Madam," he said U. ter. "I Lave
been recommended by my kirk sess.ou
to seek a wile; they also advised ma to
ask you if you would marry me. I
have come this morning desiring to
know your mind. Have you any ob
jections?"
"Indeed. Mr. XcNab ," said she.
plushmg and bridling, "I am surprised
that a gentleman ot your discernment
should ask such a question in such a
manner. I have but one answer there
can be but one answer, I assure you. If
I had any desire to change my coud.tion
with a most lady-like simper I could
nave done so. my dear Mr. McNab,
long a 'o at least, that is to say, many,
many limes. I have no wish, really,
to to change my name with more
simpers, even for your sake. I am
sorry, very sorry, dear Mr. McXab. I :
canuot bear to make a fellow creature
suffer as you will suffer. You must try
to forgive and forget me." !
"Then," said the imperturbab'.e Mc-
Xab, "I am to understand that you de
cline. Very good. Will you oblige me f
by sending your sister down." j
Now, Miss Jamieson was so elated by j
what had transpired that she tripped ;
up stairs as much excited as a girl of
13 answering her flrst love letter, and '
burst in upon her sister breathles. ex-!
claiming:
. . . r . , .
"jiazirv jvnni .xiiiii-iY .ujiu;
Ann! Maggy Ann: i ve
had an offer of marriage; think of that!
I'm very sorry for him, but I really
couldn't vou know. Iu our position I
thought it best not. you know. He will
get oyer it; time will help him, poor,
poor man! 1 refused him, Maggy Ann,
I refused him!"
And Miss Maggy Ann saw triumph
in her sister's eye.
"Is Mr. McNab still down s'airs?"
she said, suavely.
"Oh. yes, 1 forgot. He asked to see
vou. Call Jemima, for. of course, he
wants to have worship before he goes.
You run down, dear; I can't for a
minute or two until I collect myself. I
feel quite upset. Scenes like this have
always disturbed me."
And Miss Maggy Ann did run down
with nimble foot. Mr. McNab v as
still standing, and as the lady advanced
toward him he used the same formula
a3 before: "My kirk session," etc., to
which Maggy Ann responded grace
fully. "Dear Mr. McNab. 1 have long
valued your administrations, and I am
happy to devote myself to your future
well-being."
Well, will you kindly name me
day?"
"Monday next." It was men Sat
urday.
"Good morning."
In the meantime Miss Jamieson hav
ing recovered her composure, and un
feignedly thinkinj that Mr. McNab de
sired to have worship before leaving,
came down stairs and, com.ng toward
the parlor door, overheard the most lm-
nortant nart ot the dialogue racorueu
aliovn. Airain erreatlj surprised, this
timn her astonishment was mingled
mortification. She silently slipped into
an adjoining room, and, gazing out oi
the wimlow mourniuny watcneu me
departing figure of Andrew McNab,
while her sister returned to her domes
tic diltips. SO singularly interrupted.
As Miss Isabel gazed in bitterness of
spirit who should enter her horizon oui
the subject of her thoughts, Mr. Mc
Nab himself, hastening to the door.
Before he could knock she stood before
him to learn the reason of his return.
"Pardon me," said he, "but I did
not ask the lady's your sister's first
name, to call the bans, you know.
What name, if you please?"
"Isabel Isabel Jamieson." wa her
prompt reply, in one of those hapny in-
nirations that aid us once in a lifetime;
or, as she explained afterwards,in utter
bewilderment at uer sister s irei-.cuery.
"Thank you;" aDi the good man
hurried away again, repetir.g diligent
ly to himself as he wem: "Isabel Jam
ieson, Isabel Jamiesen," lest there
should be any mistake on the morrow.
But who can picture Miss Maggy
Ann's discomfiture to bear that name
cried three times in church. In vain
she rose to protest; in vain she endeav.
ored to undo the mischief and explain
the mistake the flat bad gone forth; in
vain she made the. man of her choice
understand the situation.
"Ah!" said he slowly: "then you are
not Isabel; it doesn't make any differ
ence, does it? I assure you it is all one
to me; the thing is done, besides."
Miss Maggy Ann expatriated himself.
She emigrated to Australia, and when
last heard of she had been married to a
wealthy squatter, who took her home
to Thorick, where she enjoyed the in
finite pleasure of driving in her carriage
and to hear Mr. McNab preach, aud of
bespattering Mrs. Mrs. McNab with
mud from her chariot wheels as she
drove past her without recognition.
The Peculiar Properties of Ozone.
Tt is a colorless gas. having a rather
pungent odor and possesses the peculi
arities Ot oxygen, out in a more maiR-cu
degree. So powerful is it, indeed, that
it will perform many of the feats of fire
without the phenomenon of flame. As
a bleaching agent it is very effective. It
is especially made use of iu this connec
tion by dealers in pictures as a means of
erasing the yellow "time stains" that
are found on old engravings and prints.
This is accomplished by bending the pic
ture around in the form of a cylinder so
that the two ends meet with the face
inside, and suspending a piece of white
phosphorus within it. The phosphorus
oxidizes slowly, and as this is one of the
chemical reactions that is attended wun
th nroduction of ozone, suihcient is
formed to com piety renovate the most
timi-lef:ieed picture. Since, however,
a very little friction causes the phospho
rus to ignite, great care must ue taen
iu performing this operation.
The largest church in Washington
is said to be that of the colored Metho
dists. It seats 2.800 people and cost
$116,000.
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I. J") :Vet, .uul it
feet, or more
than it :3 :n ;
tk mountains
It is generally hut erroneousiy sun.,
posed that one trave.iax from the ISiai
parallel of latitude ocrtiiward. say oiii
Uid l'jth or ll'.'th mer.diaiis of :onl-
tilde, would Q:ul the climax,! cn. ler
each Hity or 1ia miles, waiie the facts
are he will tind it warmer as he pro
ceeds northward, and Uiisniie will ho M
good for Gi)U miles on the lutca m-n-dian,
and for l,0oJ miles on the 110. h
meridian, takiu-; the i;ti p-.aal'.rl north
as a starting pjint. The writer Ills
proven this proposition from actual
observation, and it may easily be estab
lished from a statement of the simp.et
rules of natural science As a general
principle, in the north temperate zone,
as well as in the sub-arctic regions, the
further north one proceeds the coi..'er
Le will Cn 1 the atmosphere, but this
rule will apply only when the traveler
is going from a lower to a higher alti
tude above the sea. In the regions
j ust mentioned and let it be understixui
the rule applies until the G.'th parallel
is reached altitude has more to do
with the climate, so far as heat and
cold are concerned and, in fact, as
far as all meteorological phenomena go
than latitude.
The writer has been upon the delta
shores of Iike Athabaska, which are
only seven hundred feet above the sea,
and almost at the foot of the Kockies,
where snow will scarcely remain on the
ground for twenty-four hours at a
stretch during a whole winter. This
13 more than tur) miles north or the
north boundary of Dakota or Montana,
where the mercury often goes down to
40 degres below zero ( Fahrenheit), and
where the winters are long and severe.
At the former places the mercury rarely
touches zero, and in the grand stretch
of park country on every baud, and
for 3u0 miles to the northwest, the
cattle belonging to the Hudson Bay
posts in that section have roamed at
large through more than fifty winters
without the need of stable or cut hay.
The latter, cured uinn the stalk, is
plentiful, and as rich fodder In mid win
ter as the excellent grass is in summer.
Aside from the question of altitude,
the country last in question is favorably
affected by the Caiuook winds, which
find their way from the Pacific through
the mouutain passes. Thi3 is why the
thermal lines extend further northward
on the 110th meridian and west of it
than en the 100th, a3 before indicated.
In p trtant questions of mathematical
geography present themselves to one
on the western shore of Hudson s bay.
Longitudinally he is nearly in the cen
ter of the continent; a little nearer to
Liverpool or Oueenstown than the
cities of New York or Ouebec; within
150 miles as near to San Francisco as
the city of Chicago; within 1,500 miles
of the Pacific ocean; within 300 miles
of the northeastern border, and OijO of
the centre of the great fertile prairie
country north of the height of the land
in short, a harbor on the western coast
of the bay, provided the latter and the
strait are navigable for a sufficient
period, would command the traffic of
half the continent
It is curious to notice to what ex
tent latitudinal distances diminish be
tween any two meridians as one travel
northward. The width oi the continent
on the sixtieth i arallel apparently its
greatest width on most map: is nearly
COO miles narrower than it is 1200
miles farther to the south. On the
sixtieth parallel it is scarcely 2,500
miles in breadth. Over 1,000 miles of
this distance may be traversed In
steamship, through Hudson strait and
across Hudson's bay; the remainder of
the distanc?, about I.jOO miles.
across a low level country, ranging in
altitude from fifty feet at the start to
BOO feet at the base of the Kockies
above the sea. The mountain passes
by way of the Pine river, a series of
summit lakes, and the Skneena, will at
no point reach more than 2,500 feet
above sea level. The average snow.
fall throughout the low tablelands
does not exceed ten inches, and
that through the mountain passe:
mentioned not more than three feet
The temperature of the atmosphere
in the coldest months of winter along
the line In question is higher by at least
20 degrees than it is along the 43th par
allel except on me snores ot Hudson
bay and for about 100 miles inland
From the latter point to the Atlantic it
is much lower, frequently running
down to 40 and o0 degrees below zero.
The statements are in accordance with
meteorological records kept by Hud
son's bay company post's, which extend
from the Atlantic to the Pacific alone
the Eixtieth parallel, and for many
miles to the north of it.
For the first 300 miles westward from
the bay. the traveler will meet with
thousands of reindeer, and thousand!,
of "barren ground" Indians, a branch
of the Cree family, between whom and
the Esquimaux, who Inhabit the
country to the north of them, there has
always b:-en the bitterest hostility. Af
ter that ne meets with the Crees
proper and travels through a delta or
silt country, composed of natural
parks, embracing vast areas of the best
grazing lands to be found anywhere.
They are frequent.
The lif flock.
- .w.. .. " "V I bees had been U3ing it for a hive.
application of the magnet. The clock w "
appears bke a tambourine with a circle The Sussex (Eng.) giant, who
of flowers painted on its parchment j weighed 54i pounds, died suddenly a
head. Around the circle crawl two bees, I few days ago, while on an exhibition
the larger requiring twelve hours tocom-! tour. He fell asleep in his chair be
plete the circuit, while the smaller makes tween tho performances, and when
it every hour. The flowers represent . they tried to rouse him discovered that
hour divisions, and the bees, which are of he was dead. Heart disease was the
iron, are moved by two magnets carried, 1 cause.
just under the membrane, by the clock- j extraordinary feat in telephoning
work inside the tambourine. wa3 recently accomplished between St
Petersburg, and Boulogne, a distance of
Jfcccnf German researches show that .2405 miles. Conversation was kept up,
the purification of natural waters is ef- notwithstanding a rather high iuduc
fected almost wholly by plant and aid- tion. The experiments were made dur
mal agencies, the chemical action of ing the night, when the telegraph wires
oxygen of ozone, peroxide of hydrogen were not at work. The Kussian engi
and atmospheric oxygen exerting but a neers hope to succeed in conversing by
feeble influence. telephone over a distance of 46U3 miles.
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!jrson i.u ;iafi.-e.4
UJOllSi;.
A 'irl imi.v 'iKm
a
!l
1 t 'Txw
during ,i rernh.ri storm, .
ed Cyciouia.
A Michigan farmer :
the eifect of .i thump; us
haii-storm.
The word candy co;r
s .:i 'xn :roiu
:.e received ,a
les to us from
the Arabic and Persian .
ipiaiid. another
name for suar.
.New i ork baa . ';'J mi.es
ot rai.-
road witt in her state limiUand
freight cars run on it.
Sir George Grove has been honored
by Glasgow University vvitn the degree
of IX. D. iaalc
A Cleveland paper s:ivs a large
number of young men uf that citv iiaiat
and powder their faces.
Uusaiaa nobles are declared to be
even greater epicures than the daintiest
class of Parisian good-uvers.
An acrimonious-looking error, in a
New Haven paper the other day, made
alum water out of alma mater.
The seutence of a criminal was
postponed in Buffalo until he should
overcome a tit of the hiccoughs.
A hotel Is talked of In Florida on
the S:. Sebastian Kiver, which, with its
grounds, will cost JiO.lXo.uiA.
An Iowa newspaper says that a
brother of the late A. T. Stewart is a
raz-Dicker at Cherokee, in that state.
A Tampa, Florida, Judge fined a
mau five dollars the other day for eat
ing peanuts during a session cf court.
Three snow-white beavers were
taken on the Sacramento Kiver, near
Chico, Cal., the other day. The fur
was as soft as silk.
A rustic visitor to Burlington, Vt.
spent Thanksgiving Day on the horse
radway, making the trip of four miles
twenty-two times.
A Chinaman, arrested m Grass
Valley, Cal., for operating an opium
joint, hanged himself in the prison cull
with his queue.
The extent of Anglomania iu
France is shown by the existence of
such oddly-named establishments as the
"Casino du High Life."
London, according to a statement
in one of its own newspapers, has only
thirteen daily paier3, or less than the
number published in 1'hiladelihia.
A mail carrier has boen inlicted in
North Carolina for throwing Congres
sional documents into the river. He
claimed they were so heavy that they
interfered with quick delivery.
Of the seventy-six United Status
Senators ten are called John, nine are
called James, live William, four Joseph
three Thomas, four Henry and three
Charles.
A misguided citizen of San Fran
cisco mounted a tall derrick in that
city recently, and undertook the oft
tried flying act, and with the invariable
result. He had to be carried home.
Cocaine is reported to have been so
extensively used by person Ignorant of
Its properties, in Detroit, that a num
ber of persons there have, as a result,
become unable to take care of them
selves. A deaf man riding a bicycle and
wearing a long-tailed coat, the extrem
eties of which were ou fire, was a some
what striking figure on one of the prin
cipal streets of New Haven, Ct., re
cently. The day of felt hats it is said, is
over, and the coming covering for the
male head will be wood pulp. It is
called a paper hat, and is said to be
impervious to water and not wanting
in flexibility.
Thirty female printers were intro
duced into an Austrian town three
years ago. Now they are all literally
unionized, male memticrs of the typo
graphical society having secured every
one of them by marrying them.
Applications for divorces has been
made by a Lewistou (Me.) couple, who
it is said, did not exchange words for
nearly a quarter of a century until a
month ago. They lived in the same
nous all the while.
A Georgia family sold a piece of
supposed worthless land for 110 to a
stranger, who preceded to develop a
gjld mine thereon. It would take a
Urst -class thunder-storm to do justice
to that family's feelings.
The late William H. Vanderbilt is
reported to have said not long before be
died that "when a man makes 500,000
he ought to be contented and settle
down to enjoy himself. To own more
than $500,000 will make any man a
slave. "
A miner of Bodie, Cal., has a dog
whieh is constantly wandering about
in the gold mine with bis master. The
latter recently gave the dog a thorough
washing, and then carefully panned out
the muddy water. The dog assaved
!23 17 in fine gold.
A man in Bear Valley, Cal., start
ed a fire in a chimney that had not been
used for a year. There appeared to be
some obstruction, and he understood
what it was when two hundred pounds
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