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M.ijor would com - ,.i:ii lounds indeed: :, wouU le fiaally ;. f re lined tasted with . ::. :u !ied a year or so '. ! r lover outside the V.iy ;.rei;y i.e looked 1 i t'.r.ir J.ifK'a angry 1 .t cl.ffks Uulied and - ; ...!i u itti tears. I ti .; to lue, my dar i ::.e ;ui;e cuuioua Lleu . ..: :u pl.uf around her mus'-ache pressed !... .- j I: 1 and indeed stij -, i!raret, you will he a foitniifht's tiiu anl i-'-rt-M. My sweet one r; i . T loving Jack then; : . r dubiously. It w;is !. U.e prospect ot heing ii . ir l y a bevy of dain r; -n.-ud.-., vllhousU she '. ... t s.in he of ai:e, and Lit own mistress, but :.... f.ic: avail her if she I: ....i fr( ;u her lover? And i "K ii.td likely to le the 'r .:.c e carried ter off to a - -i N-it!i Wa'.ea the day ii. M.iple.-i'ii Lad been t.i'e. :' course she left a 1 f. r "litaie-.t J.ick," teKiti . f tie village til wliicli ; and earnestly Legging ii. ei1. inn," althouirh slie v . : i.. i practical to auj- : f her twenty-first i i . e f.iin. down to break .: f-.-s!., and even happy. y t: - d to le ruiseiahle . t i-.: t. ntul had sue : . i!.iy. With youth and a.a t mipoi-ilile to be ' .1 : ; :i:ls t.T any length ". r u.i.i ti one mav le l : . ii..-: : u'.h of the proverb . etc. . 'i 1 1 ii.t-hH.klr.ir dAUgU : t.'.c ct.iTee and rolis. t: . ' ' 1" site, ha- let her . M -,"' she volunteered. : . ill;. liiiLself came and ... i" . m l n'.. i,e! ilaude's ' 1' ! I. a;. pen to hear - ' w'.. it l.er new lotl,er is 'I ; '!, ,nl !.-1 n.iushty, de ' :, ' i.e :s an elderly gen- A .r. M i. I.: "X, i lle-s a bit lame, k, and li.es a lon, name's Mr. llrowne." 'iiliajain. Atbreak - mentioned the new W.l.i I. f..-:. !.,.a !rr:v.a t M,j..r :.. : l.si.i.,.; '' : .; la '.;. -f I;..- !; i.r .1 . ; : r urn t i was beginning to a little dull, so he idny, tlunklnz that 1 1' . tel' a; i be a piospect tf v. ,Ui whom to siuoke t the Hiorning, wheu i-ce were sitting in one . mi. tul glens in which J abound, Maude saw approaching, walking "I I'.r .a tl.at must be s' new l.Klger,' Mr. she l.v.i; 'ki-1 u; from hi-i hook. ... 1 si.oulil sav." was i - n's c muiuenU lie d ni'Liu!i to be So lu- ranker came up to them .i..p. red the way to the !. Tl.it voicet Her r. ineiely made a cour 1 .'lcnt'y his suspicious ...... ," fiTiLmned the stran ' 1 not the pleasure of "iaj is a neighbor for -V I fancied I saw you i ! suckle CotUgethia "ur il.nii!iter." ;i are rht at least my an- staying opposite to ".i .. M... 1 -v, a- n ' i'' and the strancer Do- '..l.' ;s ,l lt- ,ie K'ancd at " a.i.v 1 .iLjuiie if you have ' '": 'ay in the neiuh ' It li e lii st tune 1 have 'i '-a Walt-a, and 1 should be know .f in,, j.nncipal spots of in U.e mint .1, ate vicinity. My ' 'o sli iiu ied that 1 cannot '" ecluslOll4.,, is tl.e cinnnieineir.ent of our replini u,e Major. '"Like . we hay,, cho-en rather to enjoy eiy wilti u wa.kunr distances M.u a ii l.'il..,..; i Y.i : V'M t I Hit.-;,.,, '"a. la 1 tll,l,t..,i -'Ti.is hi rl .,. V'Hns,. r tia- sc.-; I'te .iu. to tiavi'liiiK about by My n.ece lias been a lit i. 'r O'.u-i ; -t - a iv. s,, We c.uue here to re- r I., aim." - ''-:.. -1 up indignantly. To u.e cruel lilow which had ' a l. i.ef as it it. were a mere lii Jaun,; l.i ly u l00kiug so fresh and charming that I think she most already he on the high road to recov ery." This with a stiff old-fashioned bow to Maude. "I was about to say I trusted I uiitit derive a-t much bene fit from the change, only I fear that is too much to expect. Age cannot hope to compete with youth." "With jour permission," suggested Major Henderson, "my niece and I will accompany you to the Falls. They are within a quarter of an hour's walk from here; and I can then give you a few hints about the neighborhood ai we go along." Mr. Browne wou!d only b too pleased. Maude walked on by her uncle 'a aide experiencing a mixture of Joy and alarm. :he was so delighted to hear that dear voice again; so fearful lest her lover's stratagem should t dis covered I Mr. Browne noticed her agitation, and waa carerul to divert Major Ileu derson'a attention from his niece. In case her confusion should betray the secret. The trio had to cross a stream by meats of stepping stones. The stranger offered to assist Maude. Man aging to keep his back to Major Hen derson, Air. Browne, alias Lieutenant Mapleson, tenderly "pressed Maude's yielding hand and with a word or ex pression In his blue eyes whispered: "Be careful, my darling, and all will yet be well with us." The next morning Mr. Browne called on M.Jor Henderson. "I have just received these, and 1 thought you would prhaps like to look at them," he said, producing a packet of periodical. Major Henderson was glad to avail himself of the,oQiri:i current liteature waa rather difllc, o procure in so out-of-the-way place. After a little further conversation, Mr. Browne w as asked if he would care to join the uncle and niece ia their moruiug ramble. Again he would be only too pleased. When the trio had gone some dis tance, Major Henderson, wishing to enjoy a quiet half-hour read, suggested that he ttiould sit down and rest a lit tle, w hile Maude conducted Mr. Browne to a spot close by whence a good view of .nowden could be obtained. 'I would fain, like you, rest a while," replied Mr. Browne; "but as the day Is so unusually clear I feel 1 must make an effort to take advantage of It, especially as this young lady has so kindly consented to act asiny guide." And so Mr. Browne hobbled oil, with Maude walking patiently beside him. As soon aa tbe trees had hidden the Ioers from view Jack drew Maude to hi in, while she, half laughing and half cr itig, stroked his long gray beard. "Ot, Jack, whatever made you come like t'.as. W hat do you intend to do?" "This, my sweetest," and the bold lover drew from his pocket a marriage license and a weddin ring. Half playfully the gallant Lieutenant re moved Maude's' glove and slipped on the ring. "What a dear l.Ul.hand it looks!" he cried rapturously, "and how happy I shall be wheu I can call lis dear owner my swt-et little wife." A slight sound fell on their ears, and looking up they beheld Major Hender son not a hundred yards oil. Maude would have been grateful to the earth Lad it opened at that moment to receive her, but aa it showed no signs or accommodating her. she dis engaged herself from Mr. Browne's embrace aud hastily handed him back the ring. Mr, Browne was equal to the occa sion, although he bad grave misgivings, aa he hobbled toward Major Htnder .ou. "Were you hastening to join us! You see we haven't got far. 1 am a wretched walker at ttie best of times; and lu such scenery as this, one feels forced to pau e f rfjUi-ntly to look around." "1 expected to n.eet you coming back," explained the Major. "But 1 was looking for you m that direction, indicating another path more to the right. 'I waa quite surprised wheu 1 saw you coining toward me." With what fevlings of relief did the lovers listeu to the Major's innocent remarks. At their early dinner the Major drew from hia pocket a letter which he had received by the morning's post and had forgotten to read. With a polite "Ex cuse me, my dear," to his niece, he hastily glanced at the contents. "1 must leave for London by the 11 o'clock train to-morrow morning," he ex claimed. "This letter is of the utmost Importance. How stupid of we to have delayed reading ill "Am I to accompany you, nncler" asked Maude faintly. -io, no, my dear; thtre's no need for you to do that. "1 shall be back here bv the evening of the following day." The Major was very preoccupied until dinner waa over, but as Maude had also much food for reflection. silence was agreeable to both. i wonder if 1 could do anything for Mr. Browne white 1 am in town!" queried the Major. "My dear," turn ing to Maude, "just write a little note t. him askii.ir him to step over for a minute. You know wo half promised to show- him the way to F'airy ilen this afternoon. I dou t feel Inclined for auy more walking myself, but there is no reason why y ju snouiuu i accoui jiany him. If you are not tired and he is agreeable to the arrangenieut. Maude'a note quickly brought Mr Browne, and the lovers were soon ou their way to Fairy Glen. "Mv darling, we are in luck'a wayl exc'aiuied Jack. "Your uncle'a ab sence will make matters aa plain as an ABC guide. 1 shall have to-morrow to make the necessary arrangements. We can be married the followiug morn ing, and by the time your uncle returns in the evening we shall be runes away from here." Maude acaulesced rather reluctantly. She loved Jack dearly ; but atill she had seme compunction about deceiving ner uncle, who, with the exception of the unaccountable obstinacy she had shown toward her lover, had always been ready to humor her. Jack, however, drew such a glowing picture of the happiness lu store for them and declared wttu so much confidence Major Hen- il-rson'9 Riiuvr would not last more than thre weeks when once the irre vocable step was taken that Maude was n.iii-h rnmfoited. When Uiey leturned Major Hender son pressed Mr. Browne to spend the evening at Ilouevsuckle Cottage. Tea being over, the Major asked Maude if she would mind packing hia portmant Mu for him. "1 have laid out the things I wish to take, mv dear. You will Ct theui in more neatly tlian I could." Maude waa delighted to have an ounortuuity of doing at last a little klndlv act. Ihtectly she had Ie't the room, the Major began fidgeting about, and at length got up and paced the room. Suddenly turning to Mr. Browne, he said: "Comparative stranger aa you are to nie, I feel as If I must tell you the nature of the business which is calling me to London so unexpectedly. The blow has fallen so suddenly that to speak of it would be an Immense re lief." Th stranger was all sympathetic attention In a moment. "Mr. Browne." continued the Major, excitedly, "this time yesterday I be lieved that poor girl up stairs to be the mistress of a fairly large fortune. To day If the information I received this aurnlng la correct I know her to be penniless. And that la not all: the greater part. If not the whole, of my income is lost also." So sympathetic waa Mr. Browne that he begged to know all the details. These, however, the Major was unable to furnish; In fact he could explain nothing satisfactorily, so great was the state of excitement into which he had worked himself. "Hush!" he said, aa he heard Maude approaching. "Not a word to her, I wouldn't disturb her peace of mind for worlds, poor girl, until I am certain how the matter stands." The next day, about an hour after her uncle bad left for London, Maude received the following pencilled note from Mr. Browne: Mr Own Darling: I am the most unlucky dog that ever livedl I passed a wretched night, and this morning I am too ill to leave my bed. To be dis abled to-day, when I was to have ar ranged for the event which ia to make me the happiest man in England. I have sent for the village "bones," and it Le can but patch me up it may not yet be too late. Send a book back by bearer, to account for having received a letter from your nearly frantic Jack. rjor ilaudel Tha torturing sus pense of that day I In the eveniug she emu red to ask the landlady to inquire how Mr. Browne was, ",'o better." was the alarming reply. Maude passed a sleepless night. In he morning she received a second note from her dear Jack, even more despair ing in its tone than the former one. Fate la against us," he wrote; "I feel as if I shall never bo able to call you mine." In the middle of the day she again sent to Inquire after her lover; and was overjoyed when she heard he waa much better, aud was even thinking ot get- ug up, hia recovery bidding fair to be as sudden aa hia seizure. That evening Major Henderson re- urned. Hardly had he knocked at the door, when Mr. Browne emerged from the opposite cottage. W hat news, sir?" aked the sympa thetic Mr. Browne. The worst possible," replied the Major, throwing himself into an easy hair and covering his face with his hands. "That poor girl yonder Is a beggar, and I have but a hundred a ear letU" Maude looked from one to the other in utter bewilderment, and then cross ing over to her uncle, trying to comfort him aud gain some explanation at the same time. 1 fear this Is a scene for astranger to witness," said Mr. Browne. "Sir. ou have my deepest sympathy, and I am sure that at the present moment 1 can show it in no better way than by withdrawing." Maude followed her lover to the door. She was much distressed on her uncle'a account, but did not fully rea lize her own loss of fortune. "Are you really better, dear Jack?" she asked anxiously. Yes, thank you. Quite cured. Good-bye," and he was gone." That her lover'a leave-taking waa a ittle abrupt did strike Maude; she was. however, far too confused by the turn affairs had taken to attach much im portance to the first circumstance. W hen she returned to her uncle ne seemed wonderfully better, and at sup-l-r he talked quite cheerfully of their future. Maude passeJ another sleepless night. She did not so much mind the terrible loss she had sustained on her own ac count; but she was bitterly disappointed that she could not do all she had pro mised for her dear Jack. She deter mined, however, to be the most loving and economical wife possible. At ail events her uncle would not be able to accuse Jack of being mercenary now, and there waa mucu comfort lu that reflection. I'erhap3 after all they would be able to have a proier wed ding, only of course it would have to be a very quiet one. now mucn nicer that would be than running away and deceiving her uncle, who had always been so kind to her. When she came down to breakfast the next morning she was looking pale and a little worn after her two sleepless nights. The Major, however, seemed to have succeeded in inrowmg ou ins griet in quite a wonderful manner, aud was in almost nis usual spirits. "Have you heard how Mr. Browne la thla morning?" Maude ventured to fek the landlady'a daughter. Whv. Miss, he paid up for the week mid went off bv the mail train last night, declaring he was sure the place didn't suit him. l'oor Maude! The blow did indeed fall on her with crushing force. "Dear me. rather suddenl W e snail miss the old gentleman eu, jhim . t- . Maude?" said the Major, as soon as the uncle and niece were left together. He laid a slight stress on the adjective. and waa a suspicion of fun in his eyes. It was.however.no laughing matter to Maude; she, poor girl, unable longer to act her pait, burst into an uncon tmiiuhla fit of weewnz. "Poor child. Door child I" said the Major, compassionately; "it's a sharp lesson for vou to learn. But it ia bet ter for you to bear a little pain now than to suffer for the remainder of your life, aa would most probably have been your fate if I had not paid that scoun drel cut in hia own coin." The threatened loss of fortune was all a fabrication, Major Hendersou having gone no n arer to London than the top room in Honeysuckle Cottage. The truth was, the Major had dis covered what was going on when be had come upon the lovers so unex pectedly. He then devised the scheme, which he afterward carried out so suc cessfully, In order to teat the sincerity or Lieut. Maplesjn'a attachment to Maude. Major Henderson had, of course, been obliged to take the land lady into hia confidence, and she, fully entering into the spirit of the thing, had suggested the Major's occupying the top room in ber cottage, whence he could watch Mr. Browne's movements. And so Major Henderson had merely walked to tbe station, portmanteau in hand, and, returning, had entered Uonof suckle Cottage by the back way. Maude's grief and humiliation were so real when she heard these details that her uncle, thinking she would not care to remain where her story was known, wisely suggested returning home the following day. "We can give a garden party or something of that kind in honor of your twenty-first birthday. It will be a few days alter the event, but that won't matter. I wonld give a good deal to see that young fortune-hunter's face when he finds out how he has been duped. There's no fear of his tittle-tattling about it, though, for his own sake, so the Rtory won't get all over the town. I suppose, my dear," added Major Henderson, rather anx iously, "you'll never let him again find the way to your kind little heart with his honeyed words?" Maude drew herself up to her full height. "So, indeed, uncle, that I never will. To use hia own words. I am quite cured." Before the year was out another suitor asked for Maude's hand, and on this occasion the anxious pleader did not Lave any cause to complain of Major Henderson's obstinacy. A Trip to Halifax. The tow n occupies a peninsula, whose land but thinly covers a foundation of solid rock. East and West the salt tide rolls in, and as there ia no chance for angry galea to dlstuib them, they usually present a tranquil appearance. Un the west the northwest arm stretches about three miles in length and something over a quarter of a mile wide. Southward aud eastward lies the harbor, by a broad channel con nected with Bedford Basin. This beau tiful sheet of water is nearly due north, and affords ten square miles of 6a fe anchorage. A fine driveway extends around the lagoon, and the neighboring scenery ia or an especially romantic and attractive character. At one point can be seen the ruins of a band Bland and other structures erected by the gay Lluke of -Kent. At many places along this iron-bound coast, and through the interior of Nova Scotia, the natural pavement of flinty rock U seamed with veins of gold-bearing quartz. For the first time efforts are now being made to develop these valuable mines in a purely scientific manner, aud there ia every reason to predict that during the next four years the wealth of the province will be largely Increased from this source. While we were walking on Barrington street, one of the chief business thor oughfares ot Iallfax, a man met us, uuconcernedly sauntering along with an oblong square of metal on his shoul der. Upon inquiring we learned that this bar was pure gold, weighing seventy-three pounds, and worth some thing over twenty-one thousand dollars. The treasure came from the Montague mine, situated only a few miles from the city, aud for its extent one of the richest in the world. Seen from the citadel, from the har bor or from Dartmouth, a pleasant town on the opposite shore, Halifax 1 tine enough to look at; but a close in spectlon reveals many streets of ancient and dilapidated building, some of them, strange to say, in the uiot desirable and sightly localities. In other dis tricts the houses have a neat and com fortable apiaiance. aud the ro are quit. a number of elegant mansions. Th Province Building is the most import ant public edilice, and architecturally considered among the finest in America. There are several beautiful churches. and the buildings for charitable and educational purixises are well con structed, pleasant and couimoJious. One of the city's chief attractions is its l'ublic Garden, whose plain wood fent-r gives us an idea of me oeautiea ol lossom aud foliage which it conceals. Considering their extent, these achieve ments of the florist and the landscape gardener aie unequalled by any park in ihe .New V. oild. ihe numerous large flower-leds are arranged in absolute tierfecliou of system aud un'que de signs, and the combinations of shrub- beiy are as beautiful as trained skill can make them; while green extents and several lovely ponds complete a picture presented with such true atten tion to the laws of harmony that the whole; effect is wonderfully natural; aud one might easily believe the fair region reached its pit sent lerfect!oii without human assistance. Near tin l'ublic Garden a large common lsbein constructed, and north of Halifax, be tween the harbor and the northwest arm, is located an extensive park, with splendid drives and romantic pathways winding among the great mossy walks and sombre evergreens. The society of this Anglo-Canadian city ia very refined and exclusive. But auy stranger managing to obtain a proper Introduction will find that hos pitality iu the highest sense is thor oughly understood and practised. In deed, one 13 received and entertained with such bountiful gojd-will aud couitly taste, that only a brief sojourn is necessary to make him forget the lack of American snap in admiration of the rplendid frocia.1 qualities. New Yorkers or Bostouians could teach this people much regarding business, ami they lu turn might give many hissoi.s in substantial enjoyment. The average New England winter is much like that of Halifax; but in sum mer this region is usually cool and delightful; while a peculiar humidity imparts a sort of mellowness to the atmosphere, and furnishes an agreeablu change from the hard dryness noticed in so many localities along our Atlan tic coast. This phase, with its won derfully healthy situation has given the town a race of stalwart men aud rosy-cheeked women. The death rate Is exceedingly low, and were theie suf rl "lent inducements for young people to stay at home, the population of forty thousand before many years would double from natural sources. A Machine Stylo. When a man has written or spokeu constantly for years, and his calling has been one of letters or law. It ia an easy :. alter for him to write or -peak on nearly any occasion. He writes without au effort. His talk may be smooth and uasy, his composition pretly, but it is not satisfactory to himslf generally. It is too much like something he has written or said so of! en before to suit him. The average writer and the av erage orator feels that he has got down Into a sort of machine style that he c?n not get out of. He is iinpovorUhed or want of new words, new expressions, new thoughts and new ideas. A spruce swamp near Tomahawk Lake, in Wisconsin, sunk a distance of thirty feet under the burden ot earth thrown in to fill It up. A PAIMTL SITX'ATIOX. A Mis,i;ple Iliver !ariiaze Divorce. mil At a landing below Baton Itonge ibout thirty colored people came iboard the boat. Among them was a tike y young woman with whom one of the colored roustabout at once fell in love. We all noticed them making eyes at each other during the after noon, and tinally a gentloiuan from Illinois said: "'I don't see any reason why they shouldn't marry." "But have we a c'ergyinan alioard?" queried another. A third gentleman replied that we had, aud he went off aud hunted up a man wearing spectacles and a choker and informed him that hia services would bo required. The man from Illinois went down to the colored wo man and asked If she thought the roustabout would make a good buv band, and she replied in the affirma tive, lie went over to the man, and he owned up that he waa dead gone. The couple were at once brought up stairs to the cabin, and all the passen gers collected. We chipped in a dollar apiece, the clergyman gave his servi ces gratis, and the marriage ceremony went on in good s vie. After every body got through congratulating the happy couple some one inquired of the groom what he was going to do. "I'at's what I doau' 'zactly know," he replied as he stood with uncovered head. "You have money enough to go to housekeeping iu Xew Orleans." "Yes, but de old woman would hunt me out down dar." "Old woman? Your mother?" "No, sah; my wife! I'ze got a wife an' fo' chll'en in Vicksburg." At this the bride uttered a yell, the clergyman sank Into the nearest chair, and the silence became profound and painful. We had gone and married a married man to a young woman. 'Twan't my fault," said the groom, as he jingled our collection in his pocket. "I didn't know nuffiu' 'bout It," added the bride as she walked out of the cabin. The preacher said nothing could be done, but the captain took the groom by the ear and remarked: "John Henry, you can keep the money, but you let that woman alone. I f 1 Cud you speaking to her, I'll break your back. Move along now. " And that was a Mississ;ppi river marriage and divorce. A Marlle Love. Dorlhea Deane had one daughter, a soft-eyed, brown-haired little thing called Hea, who was loni a few weeks after her father died and whom she was very proud of in her cold blooded way. Dca was a born singt-r aud ofleu in the evening her rich, sweet voice could be beard as slie drjve the cows home or wt.tjn she churned in the dairy. As the girl grew older her voice became famous throughout the country, and finally Dorothea decided that such a talent should be cultivated and sent her daughter abroad to study with the best masleis. Dea returned after five years of ardu ous work lu her art and Mine. Lenoir, the leader of the musical and artistic world in New Yosk, gave her a recep tion. As the stood by the piano to sing to this critical, cultured assemblage there was not one particle of fear or embar rassment on the girl's face. Her early training had made her too purposeful and self-sustained, aud, besides, she was too individual a character to feel auy nervous tremor. As she turned to them and began to sing a man leaned forward and studied her facit intently. As she finished ber song and the clear, magnificent voice died away, she raised h-r eyes aud met this man's glance for au instant, and the warm blood swept over her face as she turned to receive the shower of applause and respond to the people who were begging au lutro duction to her. M me. Lenoir made her way to the gentleman who had so intently noticed Dea and a-ked eagerly: "What do you think of her? Is not her voice grand? Such wonderful power, such rendering ot every notel'' "Y'es, all this and more," he an swered; "but it still lacks something." "And that is?" interrogated uia- daiue. "Feeling," he said smiling, "and I think,'' very slowly aud half to him self, "she can love." "Oh, she is here!" exclaimed ma dame. "Let ma make my two Lest friends known to each other. This is an lutroductiou I have long desired to make.' It was Taine, the sculptor. A few minutes later Dea was leaning on his arm, listening to a quiet, manly vice that thrilled her aa no other ever had. "Let us go out of this lienlel room," he said, and she assented, w'llingly. They stepped out on the vine-cov ered balcony and stood alone in the bright starlight. She looked up into his eyes and said with a light laugh: "So you think I cau love?" "Yes," he answered, "you can and will." "But," she said, following out her own thoughts, "I am cold, frozsn by those dreadful Puritans and the chill. wintry winds. Oh," with a little shiver, "how bleak it was alwaysl Such a childhood, repressed, reproved, not allowed to move, to speak or think; do you wonder there Is no feeling in my voice?" Without waiting for a reply she continued: "How oddly we talk, lor strangers!" They wandered on into the conserva- to y, in which the air waa heavy with the sweetness of brilliant and odorous 11 )wers. "You and I never were strangers. said Taine. "When our eyes first met there was recognition and sympathy. I think our souls have met in the spirit land. When we slept, perhaps." he f.dded, laughingly. So they talked on, these two, forget ting for the time tbe world, music and everything but themselves. From that time Taine became a fre quent visitor at tbe Deane's house and Dorothea looked forward to hia coming with as much mterest almost as Dea. lie liked to sit with them in the even itig hour when the fire lit up the two beautiful faces. The mother, like one of his marble creations; the daughter, warm, living, loving. The one. a realization of his ideal in art; the other, of an earthly love. So they sat to-night. He was deep in reverie, of which Dea grew impatient. and, rising, went to tbe piano. Taine was musing, and looking straight at Dorothea. "Oh," thought he, "if like Pygmalion, I could make this statue a living thing; if only by my love I could breathe life and love into her this faultless, divide Dorothea!" He was showing more in hia eyes than he knew, and looking up, Dorothea met the look and understood. Her face was a shade paler as she arose and left the room. Talue sighed. "I have not the power," he thought, and was disappointed aud dissatisfied with himself, as he was when he could not bring out In marble his highest conceptions. Dea's voice waj cold no longer, and the passion that quivered through it brought him to her aide. Why should he sigh for the unattainable when he could possess such love as this? lie was magnetized, southed, aud for a little while forgot art. One day he said to Dorothea: "You have never seen any of my statues, and I have S3methlug new in my studio which the world says is my best and greatest work; will you come and see it?" She bent her head simply ia assent. The next morning, after making her round of visits among those who ueedt d ber care and charity, she went slowly up the stairs which led to Talne's studio. She was going for a purpose. But why does she suddenly stand still, as if unable to drag herself up the few remaining steps? Can this be the woman whom Taine has called a statue? Her mouth Is quivering, her eyes are tender aud misty, and she sways aa though she would fall. Yes, she loves; but, true to her nature, her love was sublime, unselfish aud self sactiliciug. In a few moments she had recovered her composure and entered the studio. Taine came eagerly forward to meet her. Seeing her for the first time alone, and where he always thought of her most, among hii mar bles, ho grew dizzy with a sudden hope. "This i3 it," drawing a curtain aside. He said no more, knowing that the exquisitely beautiful figure called "Love" would reveal more in her than he could express. A little shiver ran through Dorothea ai she stood perfect ly still, and gazed upon the face and figure of herself. It was marvellous to her, and she gloried in the genius and greatness of the man whose highest and ideal nature she could so thoroughly appreciate. A light swept over her face, and Taine, seeing it, could keep silence no longer. "Dorothea, teed I tell you that I love you?" be exclaimed, passionately. She started, and for au instant half turned from him, compressing her mouth tightly. Then she lifted her head bravely and said: "You have done wrong to make this statue of me; it should have been of Dea, not I." "And yon do not, will ncvor love me?" he faltered. Her gray eyes met his as cold and passiouless as ever. "No," she continued, "I love but one being, and that Is my daughter, Dea. She loves you. aud you will not break her Lent. Y'ou will marry her?" "Yes," he said sadly, "ir you wish it," She left him stand ng alone. Doro thea went back to the quiet village. She waa weary of the world, and longed for the peace and isolat on of her childhood home, 'l ame kept his word, and Dea lived on lu the light of her love. By the strength of her owu love she finally won his heart entirely, but hia art waa dead. He created nu morel Their 1'iit.t A ppe ur.tnoe. Envelopes were tint used In lS.'iO. Ai.aMtbe.iia was discovered in 1S4I. The first a.r pump was made iu 1054. Mohammed waa born at Mecca about 070. The first iron sleiv-iship was built in lSUO. The Cist balloon ascent was made iu 17'JS. Coaches were first ued in England in 15CJ. The first steel plate was discovered iu 13UJ. The first horse railroad was built in 1S26-T. The Franciscans arrived In England in 1224. The entire Hebrew Bible was printed in 1413. Ships were first "copper-boltonied" in lSX Gold was first discovered in Cali fornia in 1848. The first telescope was used in Eng land in IGUS. Christianity was Introduced into Ja pan inlol'J. The hrst watcnes were made at is u- enburg in 1477. The hrst newspaper advertisement appeared in 1052. 'The first almanac was printed by George von Furbach lu 14'iO. The first use of a locomotive iu this country was in l!s2'J. Omnibuses were first introduced in New York in lixiO. Kerosene was first used for lighting purposes in 1820. The first copper cent was coined in New Haven in 10S7. Percussion arms were used in the United States armr iu lt-ll). The first printing press iu the Uuited States was worked in 1020. Glass windows were first introduced into England In the eighth century. The first steam enjme on this conti nent was biought from Englaud in 1753. The first Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge was organized in 16'J3. The first temperance society in this country waa organized in Saratoga County, New York, in March, 13u8. The first coich in Scotland waa brought thither in 1051, when taeen Mary came from France. It belonged to Alexander, Lord S?aton. Tbe first dally newt-paper appeared In 1702. The first newspaper printed in the United States was published in Boston on September 25, 1700. The manufacture of porcelain was introduced into the province of Hezin, Japan, from China in 1513, and Ilezin ware still bears Chinese marks. Tbe first society for the exclusive purpose of circulating the Bible was organized in 1505, under the name ot the British and Foreign Bible Society. . The first telegraph instrument was successfully operated by S. F. B. Morse, the inventor, in ltWo, though lbs utility was not demonstrated to the world until 1842. The first Union flag was unfurled on January 1, 177C, over the camp at Cam bridge. It bad thirteen stripes of white and red and retained the British cross in one corner. Venice In Summer. No one who has not seen Venice In midsummer knows how fascinating the Queen of the Sea can be. The thou sand unpleasantnesses of living in other cities, the toil and worry or travel are forgotten; the sea breeze from the Lido comes bland and soothing; tbe silence of the watery ways falls like a healing balm on the hurts of the fretful mind; and last, if not least, tbe idle gondo liers, lolling in scores about the trog hettl and scale, start at the sight of a forestiero like the ghosts in Purgatory when Danta threw his shadow across them. The churches have no chill and the Accademia is a refreshing lounge in the afternoons; the early morning iu a very summer's dream, aud when you have passed the few midday hours you go out on the canals and paddle about until dinner time in a temperature that is perfectly elysian; and after dinner, in supremo carelessness of wraps or chills, you return to the gondola or walk the piazza, when tbe band plays, or sit before Flonan's or the Quadri and eat ices under tbe quiet star with no apprehension of dews or showers as ! far into the small hours as you please. Only then can one know what a true out-of-door life is not the prairie or the forest, the tent or the bivouac, though these have their charms, but the blue summer sky overhead, Uie tran quil sea all around, with all the resour ces of civic condition at call. It tha market is tioor for the fisherman and j the gardeners it is abundant for jou, aud their loss is your gain. Meat is a superfluity, the apietit.e rejects it, and one becomes almost a vegetarian from taste. Y'ou dress iu flannel or linen; thoie who can sleep after lunch go to bed for two or three hours of the after noon, and then in breezy apparel, U.e straw or palm leaf hat aud white um brella, betake themselves to the library, the gallery, the churches, or take the steamer for the Lido, where the most glorious beach of bar J, clean san I which one can find gives such bathing ground as no city in Euroie or America can offer so near at hand. This ia the Venetian's own n sort, not a provision for the forestiero, and 'ft is hia chief luxury admirably well arranged as to bathing facilities, with no iierplexities as to high or low tide, for the sea is always ready for tho bather almost tideless, quite free from undertow or dangerous current. If you like the water cool and bracing you take your bath ea-ly; it you fancy it milder you take it in the afternoon, stay in till the sunset, aud, dining at the I. '.do restaurant, take a goudola Lack in the evening and enjoy the night approach to Venice, with the glauciug lights across the water aud the music from the band in the piazza floating down on the reflections, and overhead always the cloudless sky and the slars. Not for one hour after nightfall since I have been here has the sky been over-! cast. Recently a furious sirocco blew up the Adriatic, the surf ran high ai the Lido, and the water In the Grand Canal came almost up to tha level of the Piazza.but the wind was not hot as at Naples aud Home, aud as it filled the higoons with fresh water from the deep outside the air waa cxl and the evening most delectable. Aud even if you should, from excesa of constitu tional caloric find the day too hot, the night Is irreproachable, und riot to be known except in the ripe summer. Ve nice is vry cold at times; in winter I have known the water aud milk boats to t-e frozen up lu the canals that lea l to the mainland, and when, after the winter is gone, the visitor goes from the warm air of the early spring sun shine into a church or gallery, the stoied-up cold of all winter envelop.; him like a sudden Arctic day; now th- v..rinUi has penetrated the churches and palaces and there is only the slight and grateful coolness of shade. i Measured merely by the standard of physical comfort, I find the balance immensely in favor of a summer visit to Venice rather than in auy other sea son. People of plethoric habit or very vigorous circulation might find it un comfortably warm to-day, but to me it is quite perfect. I have no thermom eter, but I judge it to be about 70 de grees F'ahienheit, nor have I seen It much warmer siuce I came. Verona was an oven compared to it, aud Borne dur.ng the day several degrees hotter. But what is of more importance to a true traveller ia that In summer Venice is the Venice of the Venetians, in win ter or strangers. Now one sees the city in its everyday habits, for the few forestleri here are naturalized and fa miliar. The festivities which in winter are got up attractions to the outsider are in summer spontaneous. The sere nades on the Grand Canal, the ilium nations, etc., are of a different spirit and far more festive, ltecently we had a serenade in honor of the king's visit. There waa the usual huge gal- legglante with its orchestral fittings, simply a floating orchestra hung with hundreds of colored lamps and towed by two or three large galleys, and with the crowd of gondolas which everybody knows who has seen one in winter.only that now the gondolas are an immense lhiet filling the canal as we, near the galleggiaute, could see. Except the people In the windows and on the banks, one would have said all Venice was in the boats, gondolas, skiffs, gal leys, high and low, which began from nightfall to gather at the Fondaco del Turchi.and by the time the galleggiaute started a compact inasa of craft, ou which one might have stepped from boat to boat across the canal, moved with it, and it was as if the palaces on both sides were slipping past us lying still. In the palace windows, in the deep porticos and on the balconies, the people burned Bengal lights as we went by, and at the head of the fleet a many oared galley, with a Bengal light be tweeu each pair of oars, rowed in zig zag, advanced before us. The innum erable twinkling lights on the gondolas and the forest of steel prows reflecting the glare of the fire-works, with the army of gondoliers in white or light colors erect on their crafr., the glamour of light and shade and color of the fire works, the murmur of the incessant bumping or the boats together as they floated along en masse, dominated by the chorus of voices or the strains of orchestral music, altogether made a inise-en-sceue quite fairy-like in its beauty and its illusion. Maine has a one-legged bicyclist. The crutch of Time accomplishes more than the club of Hercules. To live long it la necessary to live slowly. He who obeys with modesty appear! wot thy of some day or other being al lowed to command. When a man has not a good reasoc for doing a thing, he has one good rea eon for letting it alone. NEWS IN liKIEF''. Lucca has been singing at StDct holm. Wisconsin promises a large cran berry crop this season. Irving, the actor, is sail to have cleared over $100,OOJ last fe.ism. Mierzwinski has been winning triumphs in Southern Germany. In Feven years a Michigan farmer has had seven horsos killed by light ning. Cincinnati has a ten-months old child who i3 claimed to weigh 42 pounds. Fifty thousan 1 prescriptions are year'y compounded at the Boston D.s Iensary. ray Up is Urn name of a post-office in Georgia, aud Missouri has one called Fay Down. A company has bce.i organized ia Chicago to run an uiideiground railway through that city. Stcpniack, the celebrated Nihilist author, intends to visit the United States in September. Three clergymen belong to a fire company of Cambridpe, New Y'ork, and one of them is its foreman. The epidemic ot typhoid fever which has visited Mount Holly, is re ported to be decreasing in severity. An army of tramp dogs infests New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the great discomfort and danger of her cit izens. Several towns and cities in Massa chusetts are arguing the right of as sessors to tax the residences of Catholic priests. More deaths occurred from lock jaw ou Lang Island, it is stated, than upon auy other corresponding area of territory in this country. A bill has passed the lower brar.cll of the New llami shire legislature providing for the awarding of State premiums at agricultuial fairs. A photographer, connected with the United Stafs Signal Corps, has obtained a photograph of a sunrise from the summit of Pike's Peak. The duplication of street names in Cincinnati has given rise to so much annoyance that the authorities are taking measures to provide a remedy. Children frequently squint. If slight, this is easily prevented by band aging the eye that does nut sqmut, anl this will compel the squiuting eye to look straight. Chatauqua is an Indian word, meaning "easy death," but one of our exchanges explains that it was named before the philosophers established the summer school there. The next Congress, it is stated, will contain more than a dozen mem bers who arc or wore owners or writers on newspapers, including Hitt, of Illi nois, who Is au old shorthand reporter. Burglars entered th house of the Key. Dr. Newman, in Washington, D. C, recently, and stole some of his silver and a number cf the photographic views he collected iu his voyage around the world. A sandhill crane belonging to an ex-Mayor of Tuscola, Illinois, is said to give about twenty-four hours' notice f approaching storni3 by shrill calls that can be heaid in all parts of the tow n. Wooden shoes, w hose chief value is that they are so cheap that nothing can be obtained on them iu the pawn shops, though they are serviceable enough for the purpose, are now given to poor chlldien m LonJon. A trial of an alleg. d conjurer, who had agree! to furnish a deserted wife with a '"conjuring stone" to bring her husband back, revealed the fact that the stone was the magnetic oxide of iron, the ordinary natural magnet. An iminer.se photograph, said to 1e one of the largest in the world, has been taken of the United States Treasury building at Washington. It measures seven feet by four, and is to Ik; presented to ex-Secielaiy of the Treasury Daniel E. Manning, j An uugrateful tramp who was taken in by a Chicago woman from a dreuching rain storm, given his sii Ier aud then provided a comfortable place to sleep the night, was counted among the missing in the morning, and so was the sofa ou which ho had rested. Nearly half a million immigrants, to be exact 4r-S,110, entered Uie United States through the six principal ports during the fiscal year ending June 31th, 1SS7. Great Britain and lu-laud fur nished the largest number, Germany coming second, and Sweden and Nor way third. George Gould denies the recently circulated story that his father. Jay Gould, had been swindled out of J1.OjO.000 in contructs Tor railroad ties. He says there was a loss of about 520,000 in connection with these contracts, but there va3 nothing wrong about them. An ex-soldier, ot joTrm. iia-i.-i-chusetts, accidentally struck a com rade ou the head in 1S05. Believing that he had killed him, he lied, and did not return to Lowell until a few days age, when he was immensely relieved by being greeted on the street by the very man be thought he had killed. An Arkansas lad, 10 years of age, who sought to spile his mother for a "dreadful wrong'' she had done him, climbed a tree and declared his inten tion of remaining there during the night. After an hour's vaintul at tempt on the part of the mother to persuade the lad to descend, she called on the tow u marshal, who lowered the refractory youngster to terra lira a with a rope. It. G. Condon, of Friendship, Me., is now at Portland on board a novel craft which he has built for cruising along the coast and photographing points of interest, A Maine p iper de scribes it as a catamaran with two long narrow hulls carrying a boat be tween them, which contains a roomy cabin, la this Mr. Condon is to Ct up a dark room for his photography. He built the boat himself, doing all except the iron work and rigging. A photographic fac simile of a German postal card, on which F'reder ich lleiland.of Koi k,a v 1'age of Baden," has written in German the whole or Schiller's "Song of the Bull" aud "The Pilgrim," has b -en sent to this CfHce. The total number of words is 322S. Tho postal card is about a quarter of an inch larter in each direction than our cards. The sX'cimeu is interesting, not only for the number ot German words written ia such a small space, but also as au example of the fineness and accuracy of the photographic copy. 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