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S i v 1 h ui Tov'st lue while thou live, 1 in tl.t-e niv love will give, S rv.-r .1 n an: in (j to iltcr ivo NV'l :'... tint love iu.lur. . Nay. .iii.l alter UfatU, In Hooth, 1 t th-e will kwp mjr truth A now, in uiy May of youth, This my lov,- assure. C.nW.tnt love is tu.Klerate ever. An. I it will through iK-rs'ever ; liive me that, with true en.Icavor I will it n-store. A suit ol'.lurani'o let It e K..r all weathers: that for mo 1' or the l.nul or for trie sea Laaiiu cvertuuro. Win:.T" c-l.l or Smnmer's heat, Auf.imV temiest nu it b at. It r.i'i never know defeat, S er ean relH'I. Su, li i.i0 love that I would f .un, Su. h Ihe love, I tell theep lain, 'lh.'ii r'"t ive cr w.10 in vain j thee l.irewell I HIS MATCH. KverjNMy S;l;,i tl.at Orphies Trench m criizy to Uiink ot tn;iiTyiri Hector ilui.tei. I.i th first I'.ace tie waa too (tie was thirty-tive uml Orphies in'.y ihten.) In tlie next he was a w.il.,u,r with f. ur chilvlreu; (Orpines jfMi an only cliiM was unusel to chil iri ii : ;i.i'l List l, he was the crossest (ra:i..l. m.. t miserly man that ever sxisu-il. Kvery iT.e in Ihllswo d.1 knew !ui. XI ey knew h had loea the ue.iii.s ,f hia wife's finding ua early rr..v ; and now ho wanted to treat .h-phies hear:; pretty, dimpled, brown yed rp!iies, the prlda of the village, 1:1 1 the ailm:r.tt'.o:i of all. How the cure to choose a sur'.y, e".Ush ruaa l.ke Hector Hunter was a .vou.Ur t. everyloJy. It was well nown that Uu.Myed, sunny-faceJ har'.ie Chester stood ready to lay down lis l:.re for her sake, ami that James f tletou had ottered himself at least ihree tin., a. V. U.er wouM liave teen .ohsi ler.'.l a i;o.,d match, aad yet It n-as ul;e evident that Hectcr Hunter as the can she loveJ, as she had been cuown to watch beside him day ami ii!!.w!.en he w;is ill, and refuse all 'ood till she w.-d sure he wa3 out of lan irer. 1 !, i rj hies l d love Mai. She was ?iii::ii d to l.iru, too, and that sunny norma, 1:1 .lime w.is to witness hei hriihU. She was to be married la the j .lttle ch'.ireli where she had boeu Kip- I th'ed, in the presence of those who had I known ui.d loved her frotu a child. S j I what was really r.obiKly'a business was every lo ly's business, and proved the topic f conve.siition throujihout the entire village. All her Rirl friends p'.tied her; ull her male actual ntauces envied Hector Hunter. All the ma trons bewailed her fate; all the sires dieted thi.it the bridegroom was a lucky ai.in. i'mally came the or.'an ;eals, then Lhe so'.enai service for it was solemn and then pretty Orphies went down the ai.-.Ie h aninji on the arm of her mur-lookiii hus'o.md a smilingly as if her p.illi was strewn with roses, and !ier future as clear as a lake at even, when the plory of the setting sun rests upon its tiasom. "I can't allord to take a wedding trip, Orphies," Mr. Hunter had said the n'.u.it he sloped the enagemeiit rin,r i.u her Cner, and listened to the jhy "yes" whispered under the apple tree which grew back of her pleasant home. "It costs a e;od deal to live nowadays. The children, need clothes, ni-d 'twill take a live dollar bill right nut of my pocket to pay the minister. You won't care, will you? You had just as sim'u M-u!e down as a sensihle woman, hadn't jmi? That's the way my first wile did." And Orpines said "yes, she'd do finj th::, hi: !.ked," like the dear little thin she wa.- o as s.xm as her gray haired pastor had made her Mrs. Hec tor Hunter, she walked quietly across the village common tothe larue, gloomy looking house built on Its edje, and closed the dour in the faces of those looking alter her with a world of com m is.-;at ion m their eyes. "She'll leirret this act of i.earn, or my name Isn't Miranda Highflyer," said ono narrow-minded spluster to another. "She'll look like a wilted rcoe by the time she has lived three week with those children." said Miss Xean, the village dressmaker, to her customer, Mrs. Flint. "1 know all about them. I once made a dress for the first Mrs. Hunter, and I had a grand chance to see some of their actions." "We've lost pretty Orphies forever," said gray-haired Farmer Mocum. "Hude hands have picked our sweet briar rose, and there is none other so rair." "We are going to have Orpines French for a sle mother," said the Hunter children, pressing up to the window which commanded a view of Hlllswood common and church. "She's awful pretty, but It's a mystery how she ever came to marry father." "You kuow the young folks so well, Orphies, that there is no need of an Introduction," said Mr. Hunter, as his yount? bride kissed oue rosy face after another, and sat down in his dead wife's rocking chair with the youngest on her knee. "When you are reeled we wnl go over the house and take a look ut things; then we will have some dinner. I dismissed the housekeeper to-duy, as I knew we should not need her after you came. Her month was up. and as a penny saved U a penny earned, I let her go. Itosa Belle Is Urge enough to help you about the house. She is fiTteen, and us tall as you are. I guess you'll pull together Qrst-rate." l'retty Orphies looked at her step daughter questionlngly. "I hoie no," she said, quietly. "Yes," klsainir her, "I aia sure we shall." That kiss won Rosa Belle. "Arthur," she said to her twelve-year-old brother the moment the door closed behind her new mother, "take heart. I do believe there la a charige coming. The second M2s. Hunter is very sweet and smiling, ttt I shouldn't be surprised if lather hail found h'.s natch. She doesn't bay a great deal. but there Is a look In ter eye -which makes me feel funny." 'He'll tame her before long," an swered Arthur with a knowing fchake of the head. "She'll have to knock under the same as the rest of us. I wonder ir he'll let me go out on the common to-night? The boys are get ting up a base-bnll match. Tom Jones was here this morning, and made me promise I'd come. The Skmdints are going to play against the Ironsides, but I'll bet on the" "You needn't bet at all, "interrupted Ujsa Belle, tying on her apron and bustling about the poorly spread table tn the room adjoining. This Is father's wedding day, and it isn't at all likely he'll let you go off. Come. Kathle, peel those potatoes for me Then set the chairs up, and tell the folks dinner Is ready. I wish I had something better to offer her." she added, looking ruefully at the platter of fried pork in the centre of the table, Uanked on either side by a dish of apple-sauce and a huge loaf or wheat bread. "1 wis'i we had silver Torks and glass goblets like Hattie Andrews' folks," said Kathie, hurriedly removing their ugly brown jackets, and tumbling them into the blue earthen dish which Lettie brought from the closet. "Well, Ii Mis. Hunter is as hungry as I am, she won't think of anything but her dinner," exclaimed Arthur, bringing up the chairs with a good deal of noise. "That apple-sauce is scorched. Uosa Belle; 1 su.tll it. Father won't relish that," "Well, I can't help it," answered the girl in a discouraged tone. "He needn't have seut Martha off just at this time." "It's all right, dear," said a pleasant voice behind her, and Orphies slipped Into her swat the head of the table. She had changed her wedding dress for a simple calico, and a white apron was tied about her trim waist. "Martha was getting old, Kosa Belle. AVe want a younger maid-of-all-work. ,'ever mind the forks, Kathie; I have some better ones in my trunk. Hector, it strikes me this dining-room is rather small," looking about the dingy, poorly furnished apartment, "Can't it be en larged lu any way? You must see Iu:i(iaui about it ut once, as it must t attended to before warm weather sets in. Dog-days are so trying in Hills wood." "My dear Orphies" Mr. Hunter turned two severe eyes on the dimpled face opposite .t would cost a mint of money to enlarge this room." "Not so very much," said Orphies, composedly. "We had ours doue at home. I think pa; a sa'.d the cost was only one hundred an I iifty dollars." "Only one hundred and Arty dollars!" cried Mr. Hunter, staring at his young wif.? us if bethought her crazy. "Why, my dear Orphies, i.u s;eakas if money grew on bushes, a:id could be picked as e.isily as berries. Besides, I never heard the tirst Mrs. Hunter complain that this room was cloe." ''I'ikii thing!" said Ornhies, pityingly, "I'erhaps she didn't dare to. Wnat were you saying, Arthur? A base-ball match on the common? AVhy, that's delightf ull lXin't stay at home on uiy account, I beg of you. Go and eijjy yourself while you can. Were 1 a bay I'd go with you. As it if, I will sit by the window with papa and watch the game. Oh, Hector, I forgot to tell you! Florence Freeman was married yesterday, and who do you think the bridegroom was? Oh, you would never guess, so I might as well tell you. It was I'ercy Whitman, and such a disjilay as was made. Not at all like our hum ble union." "Why didn't you take him. then?" growled Mr. Hunter, whose feelings were somewhat "riled" by the proposed change In his house. "He wanted you at one time, didn't he?" Orphies laughed gleefully. "I didn't want him," she said. "I had rather have you than a dozen I'ercy Whitmans." And then, springing up, she threw her arms around her husband's neck, greatly to the chil Iren's astonishment, and, if the truth be told, to his own as well. "We will need some wood for the morning. Hector," i-aid Orpkies that night, as her hua'tund was preparing to exchange his boots for the comfortable slippers he had commanded Kathie to bring him. She had found so much to do, and had entered so heartily into the duties awaiting her, that her wedding-day had passed very much the same as those spent under her father's roof. "Father never chops the wool," ventured Uosa Belle, seeing the look of surprise on her parent's face. "Mamma always did it, and when she died, 1 looked out for the kindlings." Orphies gave the batch of dough she was Kneading a vigorous turn. "That ian't a woman's work," she said, with a determined shake of her head. "Come. Arthur, help papa in with the wood, please,- and then we will hear all about the base tall match. Hurry, Hector, dear. No, nol Arthur Isn't strong enough to cut tho3e great logs. That is your work. He will bring it In as fast as you get it ready, and baby and I will come and see that you do it properly." Catching the little one in the round, white arms bare to the elbow, and dot ted here and there with patches of flour, Orphies danced out Into the wood-shed, followed by the grumbling Hector and the amused children. "Didn't I tell you father had found his match?" whiiered Uosa Belle over the basket she was helping her brother to fill. He never did this in his life, and yet he doesn't say a word. I'm glad she's come." "If she keeps on as she haa begun, IM stand a chance of getting out to play once In a while," answered doubt ing Arthur. "I had Just a Jolly good time this afternoon, thanks to her, and If I never get another I can leok back on that," Orphies had been married a week when people began to look for open war; but if there was any, the young wife kept It to herself. To be sure, life was not all sunshine, but she had expected a few rainy days would creep in. She had married Hector Hunter iu spite of the reputation he bore. She knew all about his disorderly heme and neglected children. She had heard of his harsh treatment or hl3 wife, and his meanness as a citizen, and yet she gladly took him for better or worse. Why she had done so, ib one knew, but probably Orphies did, for In spite of the apparent dreariness of her lot, she was as sunny, sweet-tempered and happy in her new home aa she had been in her old. Still she was not blind to the crab badness of the man she hid married. She knew he lieedW disciplining, there for the reins she held wexa ttgbtt bat as sne always took good care to handle them with gloves, he failed to notice anything strange. True to her word, Orphies went to work to enlarge the old-fashioned din ing-room. She bad painters and car penters, masons aud plumbers, till Mr. Hunter was beside himself with rage, and threatened to go away if that state of affairs continued. Orphies calmly listened to all hla speeches; and when the room was fin ished to her satisfaction, pulled his easy chair into the most comfortable corner, brought out a new pair or slippers and foot-stool, then presented him with the bill and the most charming kiss ia the world. Strange to say, he paid the for mer without a word, and returned the latter with interest. Still holding her tight but invisible rein, and atoning for her harsh meas ures by the most loving caressts, Or phies at length succeeded in subduing her unruly steed and getting him to bend to Ithe yoke. But her ideas ot Improvement did not end with the en largement of the dining-room. A new two-story ell was added the following spring. The parlor was refurnished, and a grand piano for Arthur's special use brought from the city. "My children shall b8 taught to love their home," said the determine! little mother, when her husband battled against what lie called a foolish piece of extravagance. "Uosa Belle Is quite old enough to go into society. Young Tomlinson is p.trtlal to her, and 1 had rather have him feel free to call where I can have a chance of judging of hi; character than to endeavor to meet her on street corners or a; the village post-office. Books and music have aa eunobliug influences over the young, and 1 had rather have Arthur master of the piano than of the billiard table, lu order to keep our boys and girls we must exert ourselves to please them. Give them husks at home, and they will seek the wheat elsewhere." To this speech Mr. Hunter replied iu curt, but decisive woras. He guessed he was the master of his own children, and, as to having his house tilled with company from morning till night, he would not. It was out of the question. He couldn't afford it. Uas was expen sive, and the wear and tear o carpets and furniture was something to be thought of. But after following Ilosi Belle about from corner to corner a lew evenings, and breaking up a few private inter views with young Tomlinson, after listening to Arthur's bjylsa bets over a game of billiards, and breaking up Kathle's intimacy with the girls em ployed as "cash" in Blind & Co's. store, he gave in, and quietly put all responsibility on his wire. Though young In years, Orphies was a wise little woman. Never as much as I told you so" passed her lips. Calmly accepting the burden, eha car ried It along as she hal intended to do when Fate gave her Hector Hunter for a husband. Aud the man whom all the village had feared onaccouut of hu crabbedness said never a word. B joks, papers, music and paintings found their way in his home. His house was always oen to the young, the old always wel come to the warmest place beside his hearth. When Uosa Belle's engagement with young Tomlinson became public, aud people congratulated him on his enter prising son-in-law, ha smiled quietly. When Arthur came home from college loaded with honors, he blushed with pride; and when Kathie received her diploma, and was pronounced capable of taking a high rank as public school teacher, ne hugged himself with satis faction. Though always thoughtful and con siderate of his young wife, he was never known to acknowledge her superiority by word of mouth. Maa-l'ke, he re fused to give her her due, and the only praise she ever received for her toil aud care was from the lips of her son Arthur the day he was admitted to the bar. "I tell you, Tomlinsou," he-said tc that interested brother-in-law, "all I am I owe to my plucky little step mother. My father probably mean) well, but 1 bhould never have reachei the place I occupy to-day if he haduV met has. match." A tiroat City of Ioad Animals. "What becomes or the dead ani mala in a large city?" asked an offic ial in the health office recently. "J can tell you what becomes of this we have to deal with. They an shipped to a rendering establishmeu thirty miles south or the city, when they are skinned, cooked, dried anc ground into guano. These works an located in a sort or wilderness jus over the Indiana line. Tho place ii called Globe station, but with the ex ceptlon or the huge building in whicl t.ie rendering is done there is not t structure for miles around. No pas songer trains run past this immeus animal crematory for the reason thai the stench hanging around the neigh borhood would nauseate an ordinary person. The dead animals reach the work; late at night. Upon their arrival i mau goes arouud yanking off tlu shoes on the horses' feet and cutting off their tails and manes. The dogs cows, cats and horses are then taken U Uie steaming room, where the frost i taken out of them, after which the5 are skinned. The meat is taken of their bir.es and cast into a great vat where it is boiled to a pulp. From tht vat the meat is taken to a drying room, where it soon hardens. It is ther ground up and sold as one brand o: guano. There is nothing about a dead animal that is not turned to profit. The skiu of the horses is sold for saddU coverings and boot legsrins, while tb laiger bones of the noble animal an purchased by manufacturers or cutlery The manes go to the shoe-makers an the long, glossy tails are made up inU livery stable switches. The smal bones of all animals are ground up !nU fertilizing material, which la preferret to cither blood or meat guano for thi reason that it contains more lime. "It costs the city i7,50o a year t dispose of its dead animals. Tht owners of the beasts receive no monej for the stiff3, as they become tin property of the city the moment the: are removed from the buildings n which they died." OUTBAOKOUS VnOPOSITIONS.- Omaha Bride "My dear, I wish yoi would bring home one of those boxet of French bonbons to -night. Husband "Wha" "And after tea It will be real pleas ant to go oat and get some ice cream.' "Great Stars and Stripes! Why we're married." A TALK ABOtl PARROTS. Twenty Thousand I'ollys in tbe Metropolis. The parrot population of New York City is estimated at twenty thousand. The Tollya, as they are all called, with out distinction of sex, are Interesting subjects of study. There are good and bad parrots, just as there are good chil dren and bad children. The bad parrot Is one which has not forgotten the harsh, discordant screams of parrot language in the tropical forests, and indulges in them throughout the livelong day. He Is also the possessor of a limited voca bulary or the "Folly wants a cracker" style, whose endless reiteration is even more aggravatingly annoying than his natural screeching and clustering. The screeching nuisance can be dis couraged and ultimately reformed by judiciously administered punishments. The vocabulary can be extended aud made Interesting by careful training, and some melodious and tuneful whistling may be taught as a pleasant adjunct to the sjioken word. The rea son there are so few good parrots is found in the great mortality among these birds. While in the process ot reformation and education they die in such great numbers that a steady stream ot recruits is necessarily kept coming into the country. The result is to keep down the proportion of good parrots, birds that can talk consider ably, sing something and whistle tunes. A reporter had his attention at tracted by a fine parrot the other day. Stopping to look at it hia thoughts re verted to the appalling death rate among parrots, and he was pitying tho pretty fellow, when the latter suddenly perked his head sideways with the question: "What's the matter with you, hey?" followed by a burst or up roarious laughter. The owner or the parrot was for years a bird fancier. "Sam is a very smart bird," said he. "When you are disposed to pity Sam on account of any impression on your part that he is in any danger of losing his excellent health, you are away off. I have three other parrots in just as good bhajie. It is the effect of their care aud diet. They get no bread, no coffee, no fruit, no vegetables, no hemp seed, and especially no meat. They do get plenty of gooJ, plain canary seed, water, and a liberal supply of sand and gravel. Two-thirds of the mortality among parrots comes from over-feeding. Some years ago I came to this conclusion. The birds that came to me, sick and feverish, with ragged, dull, aul dirty plumage, were evi dently suffhrtng from dyspepsia, that over-ieedicg was the first thought as to the cause. In their confined state, hav ing little or no exercise, they suffer If they are stuffed with rich, heavy food. "It occurred to me that canary seed contained all the necessary elements of nourishment in a sample, easily digesti ble form. I determined to make the exjieriment. A sick parrot that was brought iu to me was chosen as a prom ising subject. He-had suffered from dysjiepsia for months, and was a mis erable looking bird, that seemed bound to die anyway. I thought he might as well die testing my treatment as to perish in the old-fashioned way of being stuffed to death. I put him in a clean cage and foe twenty-four houis put no food of any kind lu the cups. Then I put in a little hemp seed, so that the bird would ueither starve nor get enough to eat. The hemp seed lasted only a part of the day, and the next morning I put iu some canary teed. When the hemp seed was gone that day the bird began picking at and playing Jwith the canary seed. In a day or two he bad learned to crack and eat It. jTheu 1 gradually lessened the quantity 'of hemp seed, and after awhile supplied nothing but the canary seed, j "Old bird fanciers shook their heads and said the bird could not live on canary seed alone, and that I was bound to lose hiia. But I persevered, aud the result justified me. The bird steadily improved In condition and plumage. 1 have tince repeated the lieatment many times with same suc cess, and have adopted canary seed aa the standard and sole rood for my par rots. Several fanciers and ladies who have seen my birds, tried it. too, and I tell vou of it for the benefit of the pub lic." "Do parrots have to be kept in a very warm temperature?" That is the popular belier, but my experience has been that parrots cau j be made capable of enduring as much cold as any other bird." i "Do parrots ever forget what they! have acquired? ' 'Indeed they do. Many persons be lieve that If they get a good bird it will continue to talk well. This is a mis take. The memory of a parrot lias often to be refreshed. A bird that lias been trained to talk and whistle and sing would, if left to itself for a few months, forget thtse accomplishments and take up the cries and screams of Its wild state." "Do parrots breed In captivity?" "They have been bred in Frauce. But it is troublesome and expensive task to do it. Besides, the birds are so excitable and Jealous when matting that they became unfitted for pets. They breed so rapidly in such a wide extent of territory where they remain wild that the supply is ample and cheap, and there is not suflicient in ducement to try to raise them here. SL IVES OV THE KE1 SEA. Great IloIdncM of Slave Dealers from Soudan. A few weeks ago it was announced In the House of Commons that the slave trade had been reoiened on a large scale on the north-eaut coast of Africa. Sir J. i'ergupson, the under secretary ot state for foreign affairs, said that both the English and French governments had taken energetic steps to suppress the evil. Since that time British vessels in the Hed Sea have captured four slave dhows and the Egytlan government has fitted them up as cruisers for the suppression of the inramous trade. The s aver3 were never so bold before. They take their human cargoes to Jeddah, which Is tlu port of Mecca on the lied Sea, and they boldly incur the greatest risks. Less than three weeks ago the launch of a British man-of-war was 'attacked by a slaver, and six Englishmen were wounded in the light. The dhow was, however, sunk, and forty-three slaves were rescued. The slave dealers are Soudanese, the followers of the new Mahdi. All re Ptriction upon slave stealing in the Soudan being now removed, they have once more tapped their old source of supply in southern Darrur and the Bahr el Ghazal region. Slaves are being driven by thousands to Khar toum. If the dealers can only smuggle their victims overto Jeddah and Mecca their profits are enormous. Y"oung women aud big boys who can be driven to the coast at a total cost or not over ?23 apiece sell readily In the larger Arabian towns for from live to teu times that amount. The temptation to rim great risks in order lo pocket these gieat profits is enormous, particularly as the Soudanese are in desiH.-r.ate need of tiade goods, and the slavers have only to return home with cloth and other desirable commodities to re;ip another large har vest. Tho slave trade is no stimulated not only by tho great profits of the business, but also bv tlw tact that all trade is contraband. The merchants run just as great risk.-, if they are caught with ostrich feathers or ivory, on which the profit is much less than on slaves. They are therefore conliuing themselves to slaves. The sufferings of the poor captives are terrible. It takesalout beven weeks to drive them from Khaitouin to the coast. One party that recently left Khartoum 500 strong reached the coast only 200 in number. The bones of the other hundred strew the route from Gerber to the sea. It Is said that about 3.000 slaves have been smuggled across the Hed Sea to Jeddah sines January 1. It is remarkable that the semi-barbarians of the Soudan are able to carrv on so large a trade in these. Every dhow whose hold is packed with black merchandise crosses the busy highway followed by most of the vessels plying ueiweeu j-ur.'io and the Orient. The slaves are taken to some little harbor or anchorage north or south of Souakin, which is the only point where British vessels are stationed They are quickly packed into dhows which slip over to Jeddah in the night lime. The people of Jeddah aud Mecca are slave ! dealers themselves and thorough sym pathizers with the Soudanese, and the Iraflic is secretly fostered by the Turk ish authorities in these towns. It has just been discovered that many of these new slaves have been Introduced into Egypt by pilgrim lauds returning home, who pretend th it the captives are legitimate, parts (if their caravan. Many of these slaves have been libera ted by the authorities. A 'Wire's Strategy. Ihohc Old Time Straw Hats. One seldom sees now the l'anama and Manilla straw hats which were so much in favor in my boyhood; some of them were of very fine work manship, and they were kept as care fully as family jewels, and lasted about as long. There was a certain individuality given to individuals and classes in the community by their straw hats in those day s; the East India and South America merchants had their finely plaited l'anama or Manilla hats, and clergymen wore hats of dark col ored straw with wide black bauds, which comported with the rest of their clerical attire. I wish our fashions in head gear did not run so Into ruts, al though I am glad to note that some men of distinction keep out of them. There is a certain esteemed judge of our supremo judicial court who, aa soon as the court adjourns in summer, puts on his light colored gossamer felt hat, which can be crushed into a hand ful, and he looks extremely comfort able in consequence. A friend of mine who put on such a bat a month or more , ago was rallied by an acquaintance on wearing a "billy cock" hat before the adjournment of the supreme court, which, by the action of one of its mem j bers, had cheated a precedent as to the I time at which such hats could properly j ht wara. . "Can't we do something for you, Emily you look so drea Itu'ly lired?" said her sisters, as they kissed her good night, on their return from an even ing party. "No, thank you, dear3. A quiet Bleep will bd the best remedy for my headache.' "It is real'y too bad," said Jenny, as the girls sat chatting after she left. "It Is the heaitache, nut the headache, which makes Emily so pale. Harry's infatuation for that pretty iitlle flirting widow and tho way he goes oil are in tolerable. He scarcely left her side all theevening. 1 wanted to box hit ears. Ithe weie my husband I'd teach him better." For some weeks picnics and parties were the order or the day, and Harry's devotion to Mrs. Darwin, the young widow, was uuaiiated. t ond or admir ation, she had no objection that her train should Ie increased by the addi tion or such au acknowledged connois seur or beauty. At this time, when Eniiy's cheeks were growing paler and paler, a letter reached her sister, telling them of their brother Stephen's arrival from Cali fornia. "Capital! capital!" exclaimed Jemiy, clapping her hands; "nothing could be better! Now, If Emily will consent, we can turn the tables on 1 ei husband nicely. Stephen and Harry havrj never met, so there will be no trouble on that account." "Now," said Susie, ierhap3 you will enlighten me as to your or our plans, as you call them. I am more than willing to do all I can to punish our very charming brother-lu-law." "Well," said Jenny, "Instead of our all going home to meet Stephen, as Aunt Martha proposes in her letter, I shall suggest that he comes here; not as our brother, Mr. Stephen W. Arnii tage, but as Mr. William Stephen. It will be only a slight change in the name; he comes as a friend of ours, an old playfellow, if you like, whom we have not seen for many years; knew our brother iu California, brings mes sages and presents from him, etc Harry will, of course, ask him to stay with us; then the course will be open. Emily was always his favorite sister; and, after a few days be can become very attentive to her, and as they will have a great deal to talk about, he can sit by her side speaking in a low, soft tone, and then ask her to sing and play for him, just as Harry goes on with the widow. Oh, it will bo capital funl" A few days later and Mr. Ilarcourt was introduced to an early friend of his wife and her sisters, a tall, hand some, distinguished-looking man, Mr. William A. Stephen. Mr. Stephen was soon at home ia the family, telling his host, that he bad always regarded the ladles as hia sisters. "I have always," he said, "kept up i correspondence with them since I left Boston, which was when I was quite a boy. Since Emily's marriage her let ters have almost entirely ceased; but I have to thank her for many kind mes e&ges ind remembrances,-so that X knew I was not forgotten. We used to be," he added "the beat of friends. Don't you remember, Mrs. ilarcourt," turning to Emily, with a smile, '"that you promised to keep house forme?" "Yea," she replied, returning hia smile, and almost blushing, for her husband was looking at her very ear nestly. "I have the drawing of the house you said you would build for me, when you were a mau, and Susie and Jenny were to come and stay with us." "I have never forgotten them," said their guest, aud a half-siippres3ed sigh escaped him. "I liavo thought of them orten and often, and in my dreams those dear old days came back to me, aud then you do not know, you cannot tell, bow I longed for you all again." Mr. Stephen stid "you all," but Harry fancied his looks and totie3 had a world of meaning In them a3 he turned to Emily. "I'm hanged," bollloquized Harry, "IT I dou't think he was old an sweet heart or my wire's; he's more than half in love witli her now. If he isn't, why don't he go out with the girl3, instead of staying in the house, reading, moon ing I call it, with her! If I see much more of such goings on, I shall give her a bit of my mmd. 1 wonder how much longer the fellow means to stay here? I was a fool to ask him at all; but I thought Emily was a sen ible woman." Several days past, and still Mr. Stephen said nothing about leaving. Two or three times, by his invitation, Mrs. Ilarcourt had ridden aud driven out with him, notwithstanding Harry's gloomy looks. Of course he had otteu offered the same atteutiou to the widow; but that was the other side of tho question. That was his affair;he had never asked himself whether his devotion lo an other was pleasant or agreeable to his wife. "1 won't have her riding all over the country." he said to himself, with a fellow, just because hu used to be hei old playfellow. Slid Is a married woman, and it does not look right. It would lie well enough for Susie or Jenny, but not for Emily, and I'll pat a stop to It, or my name's not Han v. I wonder what they weio talking aii ltd when I came into tho room this nioi n ing. I am almost sure I saw hiu. touching her curls, confound his impu dence." Harry forgot that he had a lock of the pretty little widow's hair in hi: vest pocket. Harry bad a fine tenor voice, and of late he had devoted almost, tvery evening to practicing songs with Mrs. Darwin; but having discovered that the ladies or hia family usually spent some time in the music room whilst lu was absent, he resolved to remain a! home to be, as he thought, a check or them. Emily and Mr. Stephen sang several duets, the girls refusing to sing THREE CATAMOUNTS. How Farmer Gilpin Captured and Killed One of Them. George Gilpin, a farmer living near Lumberton, Fa., brought to Justice of the Peace Green's office, recently three enormous catamounts on which he col lected the bounty of $2 each. One of them was nearly five feet In length, and the others were each four feet. Either one of them could have carried oil a sheep with ease, and they had been carrying off Gilpin's sheep for some time past. "The biggest of the three," said Gilpin, "I discovered made his home in a cave In the moun tain back of my farm, and recently I saw him go out on a foraging exjedl tion. While he was out I slipped a strong steel trap in the cave, and during the day I had It demonstrated that if there is anything quicker than lightning it is the power of a catamount. "The spring of my trap 13 so sudden that when the pan is touched the jaws will fly together in the tenth pait of a second. It may bo imagined that any thing that sets that trap off has got to be tolerably lively if it gets out before the Jawa fasten on it. 1 set the trap in a cave, and recently crawled Into tbe cave to see if I had the catamount. At seeing that he was only held by the tip of his toes on one forefoot I made up my mind that it would not be very safe for me to fool with him until I got him more secure. I knew that the cat had been so quick that after step ping on the pan or the trap he had al most succeeded in drawing hia Toot out barore the jaws sprang to. A few min utes later 1 found out that that wasn't much more than snail's work compared lo what he could do. I went home aud got another trap, took It to the cave, set it and pushed It in until it reached the catamount, knowing that he would give It a dip vithhis paw, and expect ing, of course, to have him loul at the first tria'. He struck the trap with his free forepaw, h ttlng the pan fair aud square. The trap snapjved to like light ning, but it closed on nothing. That amazing movement on the pait of the catamount staggered me. I could hardly believe my eyes. But there could be no doubt about the matter. I pulled the trap out, set It aeain and shoved it in toward the animal once more. He spotted the pan again and the trap closed on nothing, the same aa it had before. Time after time 1 tried to catch the catamount's paw ia the trap, but the cat was too quick. At last, on the eighth attempt, the animal having probably got tired by that time, the jaws came together aud caught the leg. I never heard such yells us the catamount gave on finding himself caught. They actually made me turn cold. I pulled the furious animal out of the cave by the chain on the second trap, and handicapped as he was by Loth traps I had to fight him over a ml for several miu- got a death blow in on I hiui. Hie two smaller catamounts I j caught in a dead-fail trap not far from i the cave. There are two others in that . vicinity and a family or six more in I another part cf the same mountain. 1 j expect to have the whole eight before the wejk is out." XEVS IN BRIEF. The deepest well ia tbo world Ii at Homewood, Fenna., and is WOO fee) below the surface. Edward Weston, th'e once famoui pedestrian, is now a reporter on a New York daily, it i3 stated. An electric railway is talked of In Cincinnati to run between that citj aad Arondale, a suburb. Jamaica is said to contain about j 500 species of ferns, or one-sixth of thi rerns or tho wnole v.orlJ. Disinfectants arj pat in the wa tering carts In no .ton L7 order of tht Public Safety D.-partnient. Telephonic c :nmunlcaion, con necting Paris wlt'a Amsterdam through Brusjeln, is to be established shortly. A company has Let-a organized to supply Host. 111 with steam, or rather hot water, for domestic an 1 mechan ical purposes. Kussian traders are reportel to have established a store in Thibet, which has hitherto been closed to out side commerce. Buenos Ayres is said to have a theatre capable of accommodating 4000 spectators. X"i? cost is estimated at S3,00O,0oij. Kansas has a new county called Greeley. There uro only two towns in tho county yet, and one is Horace, the other Tribune. except in ine cnoruses, .lss-gumg as a b,,r stretc h of rrr.n. reason that his voice and their sister's .,., iu.f,lrj 1 " , . 1 ..... . . I V -J. M. . teemeu uiaue ior cacu Uiiiri. All this was gall and wormwood tc Harry, who sitting by, apparently en gaged in reading, v.as carefully wa'ch- ing every word and loiv. That his guest admired his wife was plain enough; his manner was even tender, when he spoke to her, and it seemed to Harry as if he hung upon her words. "1 didn't know Emily was so pretty,' said Harry, mentally. "What a nice color she has! I fancied she had lost all her good looks, but she is quite handsome to-uight. I wonder what the fellow's saying to her that makes hei eyes sparkle so. Deuced rude to whim per in company. Why don't he speak out, unless 'lis something he don't want me to hear?" "Oh, Emily," said both girls in a breath, as they rushed into her room one evening, "it will all come right. Harry spends all his evenings at horn?, except when we are all invited out. and we overheard the widow telliua him last night that she would put his name down in her black-book, for he had not called on her for more than a week aud had forgotten to si-nd her the songs he promised." A few days after Emily camo Into the room where her sisters were. "Girls," she said, while a glad, bright light was dancing in her eye, and her sweet face was lighted up with a smi'e ot happiuesi, "Harry proposes that wo shall all go to Aunt Martha's for a time. He thinks a change will be good for us. Wc shall go by the way of Brentfoid and stay there a few days, after which we will join you al Aunt Martha's. Stephen can leave you IjOiuIoii lte;;.ars. Perhaps the most obstinately perse vering solicitors, who accept no denial aud are stolidly insensible to rebuff, are the squalid female with a couple of childreu, one generally iu arms, and both, ir report speaks truth, in most cases hired for the day. Their stock in trade usually consists of a few faded Ilowers lavender in autumn or half a dozen pencils, and, as they invariably frequent the streets where the absence of shops deprives their victim of any possible place or refuge, a lady walking t without an escort, especially when car- 1 rylng a bag or portemonnale, has no I cnance Willi them. Others, somewhat i more resectably attired, are provided ! with bx-kets containing an assortment or cuffs, collars or knitted gloves, ac cording to the season, and lie in wait tor any carriage that may chance to stop while a card or message Is being delivered, accompanying the display ot their wares with the never failing pro fessional whtne. Some years ago, pass ing along Grosvenor street, 1 noticed a brougham standing in front of a house near Bond street, in which sat a lady, evidently awaiting the return of a friend who had just gone iu. At the door of the carriage a stout, red-faced female ......... j ; , . . - - . . . ... there If he thinks best, and return the ""ru u I1' ,anu "oiwitn- week after. I dare say Harry and I i"-" '"""J3 "'e l'a will have gotten over our explanations . "f l"f occupant, insisted in thrusting by that time." uer basket through the open window. When Mr. and Mrs. Ilarcourt joined ; -j,uuoyeu uy ner impor- their frleuds, Harry had discovered that there were two sides to a ques tion. Jenny aud Susie's ruse had taught him a lesson, and he never for got how he had lieeu given "Tit for Tat." Persian Muskral Criticism. Story telling or poetical recitations take the place of our spelling bees and acting charades, and often as soon as the repast is fjAished music com mences, 01 perhaps a vocalist will vary the programme by favoring the com pany with a song. His repertory may consist of oue song only; but no mat ter, he will sing itover and over again, with as much pride as though he could boast or an unbrokeu descent from Or pheus himself; over aud over again, without any apparent sign of weariness, and what seems more strange, to the unflagging interest or the listeners, al though It sounds weird and uncanny to the unaccustomed European ear. "Bah, bah, bah, good in the ex treme," is echoed from one to another tunities, sharply nulled ud the class. "Did you ever see the like?" indig nantly exclaimed the disappointed harp with a strong Milesian accent, "la it shutting the window in me face ye're after? Sure and may the gates of h 1 be the revarse to yel" Street prowlers or the male sex may be classed in two distinct cat egories, the pertinacious and the quietly respectful. To the former belong the hulkiug young fellow with a bunch or groundsel in his hand, by way of pro test against being "run lu" by an over oiliclous bobby"; and the seedy indi vidual who sidles mysteriously up to you with the request that you will "spare a copper for a poor man," keep ing pace with you for 100 yards or so, and bestowing uncomplimentary epi thets on your hard hearteduess in the event of a refusal. Washington's Knee Buckle. A lady has one of General Washing ton's knee buckle, It is a genuine article whose history can be traced back authentically to General Wash ington through a revolutionary patriot WAile "e"'B? PP3 ,tue tve,v toP graudsire, who one day picked up the of his high voice, and shakes his hea l shining buckle left bv the father of his their fullest extent. "Exactly like tho bulbul" (nightln- couutry in the camp at Vailev Forp I He knew it was General Washington's I a3 certainly as be would have known I General Washington's three-cornered bat. Subsequent generations preserved i the buckle and the story, allowing j neither to lose value by age. The I buckle has been transferred Into a I bosom pin. The old-time buckle is an . oval setting of brilliants In old-fashioned silver with au luuer border of pale, antique-looking gold. It is strik ing from its oddity. If you look sharp you may see tke lady decked in it some day, and ir you see it you will know :t. It came to her as a Christmas gift from a grandmother, who has treasured it as thft nnnlp Of her oca .. . i jannquaKes are or a; most uauj nAA.t.Mna in oa -J rum . a i ... u.v s,-.. , . LSrOOKlvn's Keechpr innniimonf it One thousand feet of lath are 200C seems settled, will be placed la the pieces, end will cover 12U square yards, city Hall Park. gale), says the host. "When it sings to the ro3ea in the spring." puta in a third. "1'es, Allah's works are wonderful," exclaims the first sententieusly, as he puffs away at the kalian, his turn hav ing by this time come round. In Persia, a loud high voice being equivalent to a good voice, the slrgei who can sustain a note the longest is pronounced the best, for the skill of the vocalist depends upon the length Of time upon which he can trill a note. Some n,.;i',ooj ;. au- .-,... a iu London every year. The Billingsgate eel-trade amounts to something like '70,000 per annum. Passing railroad trains have to jarred a large chimney in Boston that its remoal has leen lecoimneiided by the Build. ng Inspectois. I The cholera cause I -a general clean ing of the streets of Smtiago in the Argentine Confederation, and l'i.ouJ car loads of refu:j were removed. A cent an acr was all that some of the thousands of i-.cres in Oneida aud Herkimer counties. New York, brought at a sale the other day. A workman in a valley in Califor nia was struck and almost instantly killed by a twenty-live poun 1 stone, which hal b:-en loo-ued a'.-ovc bv a dog. Mayor Hewitt c'.ve3 a Street Com missioner of New York the alternative of having the city's streets at once made clean or handing 1:1 his lesigaa tion. Alpxii:..'..-: Ci'; who is this year graduated iioai Wile, is the heaviest man who ever leceived a diploma from that institution. Ho weighs 2-i pounds. A salmon culture 1 in the Hadsoa river recently is believed to be one ot the lishes hatched by Selh Green in tiie upper wal. n of the Hudson six years ago. The postal communications with her Asiatic. Afiieau, and Australian possessions c- 1 England a little over AoOU.ot v. of which amount. X :,r,ooo is a dead loss. The foreign r.iess is making steady Itogresa in J ipin. it is report.--: :ha: there are 2rj of ths-. divssiuat r-i -1 Osaka, and they are uniting iu a -p.-.:ai trade guild. Hopes, slight, t be sure, a- said to Le eniei taii.e.i l y :he rl.ysieiai.s U are treating Hartley fi m;:lie .. the play .'.right, t'i... he may ultimately re cover his i-ao-,. The rapidity with which ra lr-'ai have bieu const 1 ucte 1 in Japan, k cites a local journal, is shown by th- fajt that there are now ."It miles in la..y work cm ths island. A debtor's gallery h;i3 been pub lished by a Winnepeg, (Manitoba) pho tographer, who had plainly maike.l on each portrait the amount the subject owed him. Kesults are not reported. The claims for damages filed against the Boi-ten aud Providence load, a result of the Bussy bridge dis aster, ranging i'rotn i-VjO to cVJ.OUO, in individual sums, amount in the aggre gate to over sl'JO.O'-'O. The fund for the widows and or phans of the policemen w ho were killed during the Chicago riots is to bo dis tributed on tho basis of a payment of tlMOO to each widow and gj-jO to each orphan under 10 years of a;-;e. Tlio Naval Department of Japan proposes that the standing fleet consist henceforth of lift y war ships and sev eral cruisers, involving tho expenditure, including the co.--t of torpedo apparatus, armament, etc., of about 'iiJ.Ooa.OOO. A pair of elephant tusks measuring 7 feet S inches, were exhibited to a re porter recently. They weighed respec tively HID anl Ull pounds, an 1 were valued at ;imiO. The same dealer had a pair measuiing eleven inches. Gathering potato bugs is quite a lucrative business In pints of Virginia, tr.d as high as Sti a day is earned by some of the women engaged In it. Compensation is at the rate of five ceuts per "yeast powder" caufull cf the insects. A citizen of jew York, whose house was robbed went to report his I0S3 at a police station, but says that when lie had made known his errand the sergeant in charge answered, "Oh, go hang yourselr." II sensibly wrote to the newspapers of his treatment In stead. The people of the United King dom were Indebted in the year lss-J to foreien countries for a supply of y'J2, 008,700 eggs. For poultry and game, rabbits includeJ, they had to pay to Continental expoiters, the handsome amount of i.'C70,0ut). The Pennsylvania Kailroad Com pany uses G'JOO tons of coal a day on its various lines, aud Is the largest consumer of soft coal in the country. It is now experimenting with natural gas as a fuel for its engines, and pro lose3, if the plan should prove to be leasible, to use gas on iill the engines running into Pittsburg. The public revenue of all Austral asia amounted in 1SS4 to i'2J,'2-vi,OiXt, and the public expenditure X'JJ.GO'J.tXKj. The public debt at that time was "J7, yi4,(IU0. the value of imports JL'Gl,3o.'l, 000, and of exports, i 14,330,000. In the same year (Japping representing 10.Se0.000 tons entered and cleared out of the various ports, irrespective of mere coasting-trade. Uailroad proerty now constitutes one-fifth of the accumulated capital of the United States, gives employment to CoO.OOO people, aud moves 4o0,0o0. 000 tons of freight auuualiy, one-half of which is fuel and food, and so cheaply that tho Massachusetts me-' chanic can now procure tho transport ation of a year's supply of f ood from a distance of 1000 miies tor the proceed- of the daj's labor. ' j'; 7. 1 1
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