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red thousand dollars to aid him In bis
legal struggle with the London TXmes.
TDK XIL1TIA FORCE Of the COOntTJ
tia been Increased nearly 10.000 dur
ing the year, and there are now only
four states and Territories without an
active militia sufficient to entitle them
to recelre ordinance and quartermas
ters' stores from the United States.
There are Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho
and Utah.
Tutr.K were 243G desertions from
the army last jear, or more than 10 per
cent of the whole force, according, to the
report if General Schofleld. This
wouM seem to Indicate that what the
ml! it att serrice neeJs Is either more
severe punishment for desertion or a
lot more recruiting offices.
Hutu Minnesota and Dakota report
ltniortant discoveries of coal, which, IT
continued, may make the growth of
the Nnrthwest even more remarkable
tliau it has already been. Good coal
m large quantities in that region would
supplement the riches of the agricul
ture, which has already made the State
of Minnesota and the coming State or
states of Dakota the most rapidlr
growing communities in the Union.
Official returns or the Tote at the
last ejection have beeu received from
20 states, which indicate that the
popular vote for Treiident will ba
closely divided, witU a probable plu
rality for Cleveland or lebi than M.000.
The l'rohibitionis's iu these 23 States
polleJ ISI.Gli votes, pretty well distri
buted. The Labor party has over
IijO.UOO votes, one-half coming from
the two states. Kansas and Missouri
No mi:e Dendiah crime can be re
called tli.iu that of the inceudiary who
sUrted the tire in Calumet and Hecla
mine at Iahpeming, Mlchican, cutting
the bell rope to prevent an alarm beinz
given. auJ dlsc3nuectiai; the water
pipe. Scores of mluer3 were imprisoned,
and it was only by chance that no
more than six or eight lost their lives.
II urn. n ingenuity has not Invented a
form of puulahment to Gt this crime.
A locomotive on the Lehigh, Val
ley Itoad Is said to be unlucky because
t has been In five wrecks this year,'
and on the evening of the 0th, ran Into
s coal train and bad to bo again sent
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way of looking at such accienta
There is no such thing as "luck" .n a
railroad, but there is mismanagement,
airelessneis. disobedience of orders,
tnd soiud one or all of these may be set
lown as the rational causes of all the
to-called 111 luck of the Hercules.
A Jt'KY AT IlKMI-STEAD, Long
Inland, has decided that the conduct or
i courslug club in running down and
tilling rabbits wltU dojs is not cruelty
to animals. It is true that rabbits, if
ibey are to ba killed, could hardly be
tilled more expeditiously. The records
in one of the trails showed a rabbit
killed 17 seconds after the start. Hut
the cruelty consists in doing the killing
merely for sport. In America, as in
England, there are people who say:
"What a beautiful day, let us go out
sad kill sotnttthingr
IIronek, the Dynamite conspira
tor, in Chicago, has been convicted and
sent to the peultentlary for twelve
years at a good season to admonish
other Anarchists, who are reported to
Oe organix u, drilling and making or
listening to incendiary speeches. It is
ft hard matter to deal with them unless
they commit some overt act. but it ia
wor h while to keep a sharp eye upon
ILeiu aud trip them up at the first op
portunity. That is the way to prevent
another Ilaymarket massacre, which
cannot be repaired by the banging oC
any number of conspirators.
Xatc i: a lists who went down to the
seashore a' ter the great storm or the 2oth
ult. weie rewarded by getting spec
imens of various eea animals that are
leldom found on the coast. The dis
turbance of the waters seems to nave
teen widespread, and the sand was cut
sway from the beach la vast quanti
ties, leaving what are known as the
mud banks exposed for long stretches.
Star fishes, which are generally so
tcarce as to be considered curiosities on
the "ew Jersey coast, were washed
p in great numbers, and on the
teach at Sea Isle City alone, hundreds
were picked up of all sizes from an
Inch to ten or twelve inches in
eugth.
This is the season when every man,
ftcman and child, whose circumstances
ftre not those of abject poverty, should
tiegln to go down deep Into their
pockets, remembering those who are
less rorlunate. "If thou bast much,
tire plentecusly; if thou hast little, do
toy diligence g'adly of that little, for
o gatberest thou thyself a good re
ward in the day of necessity." It is a
load plan, however, not to think so
much of the reward; but give spontan
touily, freely, gladly. The mere
J'easuie In such giving is sufficient re
ward.
Largk as will be the. water supply of
ew York wheu the new acqueduct is
Inched, the umxlmum being given at
0,000,000 gallons per day, it is esti
uated that ten ytars hence the popula
lou will have so Increased that the daily
upply w ill be short 70,000,000 gallons,
this is the estimate of the Chief En
gineer of the Croton acqueduct.
MISCIIIKVOLS RATS.
They arj of the Rodent Variety.
"I don't know whether people out
in Colorado are bothered yet with what
we used to call wood rats," said a
former resident of that State, cow In
business in Ilarrlsburg, Fa., but a
few years ago, when I went there,
these mischievous little rodents kept
us in a perpetual stew. The wood rat
Is a natural born, irreclaimable thief.
What be steals for no one has ever
found out, for, he doesn't crib
things to eat, and he distributes his
booty about the country without any
regard to his personal benefit. When
he steals something from one spot he
will put In its place some article he
has filched from another place. I re
member once I was building a shanty
in l'ueblo, and bad a keg o( nails sent
in from Denver. I knocked the head
out of the keg and left it in the shanty
the over night. The next morning
there wasn't a nail in the keg, but in
their place was a miscellaneous collec
tion of articles, consisting of table
knives, spoons, a tin saucer, several
stones, a number of chips, a buckskin
glove, and, worst of all, a set of false
teeth. We knew at once that the
mischievous rats had been at work,
and I set out to see if I could gather
up at least a portion of my nails about
the neighborhood. I found a man who
had lost a spooa and had found a pile
or nails la bis kit. The owner of the
buckskin glove bad not been remuner
ated for rU loss with nails, but some
one's woolen sock lay in its place. By
and by the whole community was out
looking up missing things and dump
ing nails at my shanty. I got back
half of them, and the articles that
had been left in their place were all
restored to their owners, except the
false teeth. Xo ona In the whole
neighborhood had loat any teeth. The
fiudmz of the teeth came to be the
Ult of the country, and in a few
weeks a Judge in a town twenty miles
away seut a man over to look at them.
as he thought they miht be a set of
teeth of his that had mysteriously dis
appeared, staling that they had been
taken from a tumbler of water in
which they had been placed overnight,
a:id that a deal bird Lai been left in
their stead. The teeth proved to be
the Judge's, The rats must have had
a hih old time with the Judge's teeth
before they reached my sliauty with
them aud dumped them in the nail
ketr.
'It used to be a ravorite pastime
with the wood rats to carry all sorts of
refuse and garbage luto bouses and
scatter it about. I have waked up
more than once to find some moist and
sweet-emellmg tidbit from the swill
tub lying across my face, or a number
of them piled on the bed cover. This
peculiarity of the wood rat naturally
led to constant annoyance and mis
understanding, and new-comers into the
region, unacquainted with the ways or
the animal were frequently mystitied
and sometimes frightened by occur
rences. I remember the case of an
Irish family that bad newly arrived in
the neighborhood, where they had
purchased a little property. They had
- l there a week before the rats
oegau to u- 'rouble for them.
Denny ltran. the beau f hw famii
placed his pipe on the table, -aual
before going to bed one night. When
he arose in the morning the pipe was
gone, and where it had lain was a
tallow candle. Denny had no such
thing as a tailow caudle in his house,
and no one in the house had touched
the pipe. This aroused his superstit
ious feelings. lie related the circum-
stancs to some acquaintances with
much awe. They saw probable fun in
store for them, aud did not inrorm
Denny as to the cause of the mystery.
One morning, a few days later, Denny
found his lost pipe in his boot, and the
sock he bad leti there when he went
to bed was goue. Denny declared that
there were leprechauns or something iu
his house, lie was thoroughly fright
ened aud wanted to sell his property.
A number of K Astern men had got
possession of some land next to
Denny's, and bis holding, they be
lieved, would in time be highly valu
able. Unknown to any of Danny's
acquaintances, they made him an offer
for his property. It was less than he
had paid for it, and in spite of his
superstitious fears about his house he
relused to take ic. A day or two after
that Denny fouud his stove half full
of potatoes, not one of which had
been in the house before, and the kind
ling wood be bad placed in tne stove
the night before was piled on a table
in the sitting-room. Without waiting
It entirely dress himself he hurried to
the parties who wanted to buy his
property and closed and clinched lha
transaction at once. When his friends,
who bad been keeping him in Ignorance
of the ways of the wood rat for the joke
or the thing, heard of what he bad
been induced to do by the land sharpers
they attempted to force them to
cancel the sale, but as everything they
had done was regular they stuck to
their bargain. Denny's friends, how
ever, chipped In and "made up quite a
sum of money for bim. If the wood
rats hadn't bothered Denny be would
bave been a rich man In a year or so,
for bis property became worth many
thousands of dollars.
"The wood rat Is about the size of a
common house rat, with a tail nine
inches long. It Is gray on the back
and white on the belly. There's dev-
lltrr enouch in one of them to fill a
woodchuck. You seldom see one of
them, numerous as they are, for they
lay low In the daytime and never come
tooling around a nouse at nigu. u an;
ne Is astir in it "
The Mormon Problem.
Mormonism promises to cause much
tr.ir.i -rr Kiders of that church are
making headway in their work of
proselyting, and the newspapers fre
rerjort companies ot converts
rUi.,1. conducted to the West by these
.t,ir MormonUm is not on the de-
.!.. wa ate accustomed to think.
r..,t rather on the increase. Alabama,
T.nnMw and other Southern States
are overrun with emissaries of the
-rr. an.i thev report converts by
the score. It Is claimed by the leaders
that 10 000 persons have been aauea
to its membership during the past year.
-t-i.. M Mtabllshlng colonies in Ari-
. tj.Vt. -vew Mexico and else
where, and are adding largely to the
.M.r aettlemeuts. They are not dis
couraged by either prosecution or per
secution, ana tney axw i1
inre that the country will
loon b forced to recognize their reli
.n eaualitv with others. The
fn.r. evidently depend very much
ipon their claim that their religion Is
misundertt kJ, and that it Is en t fee
to full recognition.
The fact Is Mormonism is not merel)
a religion; it is a form of govern men
as well. By its members iu authorit)
is recognized as not only independent
of, but superior to the Government ol
the United States. The orders of tht
priests and prophets are considered
above all else and the danger lies it
permitting an Independent power in
side the National Government, as tli
Highland tribes at one time were inde
pendent of Scotland. Unless checked
in its growth Mormonlsm will spread
its roots In the dark until Its mere
voting power will be a formidable
menace ;to the communities in
which It flourishes if not to the nation
itself. Once a power ia politics it will
be the harder to eradicate. It is easy
to despise and underrate MormonUm
now, but it would be better should the
dangers be recognized and the proper
prevention applied.
It is proposed as a means for solving
the Mormoa problem that a readjust
ment of the boundary lines between the
Territories be made, and involves the
dismemberment of Utah in such a way
that the Mormons and their possessions
be distributed among three States. It
is probable that the Constitutions ot
Colorado and Nevada, as well as the
one Idaho would adopt, in the event oi
her admission, could be made to em-
brace a provision which would meet all
the technical difficulties which wouul
attend the admission of Utah by itself.
IIKKO Of T1IK RAIL.
1 iiiierous Duties Performed lijr tlio
Liocouiotlve Engineer.
The locomotive engineer Is the popu
lar ''hero of the rail," and the popular
estimate in this respect is substantially
just. Others have to brave danger.
and perform duties under trying cir
cumstances, but the engine runner has
to ride in the most dangerous part of
the train, take charge of a steam
boiler that may explode and blow him
to atom?, and ot machinery that may
break and kill him and try to keep up
a vigilance which only a being more
than human could successfully main
tain. He must be a tolerably skillful
machinist he cannot ba too good and
have nerves that will remain steady
under the most trying circumstances.
If running a fast express thiough mid
night darkness over a line where a sim
ilar train has been tipped off a pre
cipice land a brother runner killed) b
train wreckers the night before, he
must dash forward with the same coa
Qdence that be would feel in broad day
light on an open prairie. But he does
not "heroically grasp the throttle" in
the face of danger, when the throlll
has been already shut, n-r does he
' whistle down brakes" in order to add
a stirring element to the reporter's tale,
when by the mazlo of the air brake he
can, with a turn of bis hand, apply
every brake in the train with the grip
of a vise in less time than it wouiu
take him to reach the whistle pull.
When there is danger ahead there is
centrally lust oue thing to do, and that
is to stop as soon as possible. An in
stant suffices for shutting off the steam
aud applying the brake. With modern
trains this is all that is necessary or can
K 4 JC. X.;ial..4fc L4-o ..ftlno I.eCfS'
sary on many engines, and formerly
was on all; this would, in fact, be done
instinctively by i Id runners. In any
case, but this also is done in a second.
After taking these measures there is
nothing for the engmeman to do but
look out for his own safety. In torn;
circumstances, as in the case of a partially
burned bridge which may possibly sup
port the train even in a weakened con
dition, it may be best to put on all
steam. The runner is then in a
dilemma, aud a right decision Is a
matter of momentary inspiration.
Many lives bave been saved by quick
witted runners in such cases, but there
is no ground for censure of the en
glneer, who. In the excitement of the
mimeut, decides to slacken Instead of
quicken his sieed. The rare cases of
this kind are what show the value ol
experience, and of men for the right
temperament aud degree ot Intelligence
to acquire experience lessons readily.
rnoliADILITIES OF ACCIDENT.
But the terrible cloud constantly
hanging over the engineer and fireman
of a fast train is the chance encounter
ing au obstacle which cannot possibly
be avoided, and which leaves them no
alternative but to jump for their lives.
it Indeed it does not take away even
that. To the fact that this cloud Is no
larger than it is. and that these men
have sturdy aud courageous natures
must be attributed tho lightness with
which it rests upon them. On one
road or another, from a washout, or
uttlicient management, or a collision
caused by an operator's forgetfulness,
or some one of a score of other causes,
there are constantly occurring cases of
men heroically meeting death under the
most heartrending circumstances.
Every month records a number of such,
though happily they are not frequent
on any one road.
On the best of roads a freight train
wrecked by a broken wheel under a
borrowed car may be throwe in the
path of a passeuger train on another
track just as the Utter approaches.
This has happened more Can once
lately. Xo amouut of fidelity or fore
thought (except in the maker of th
wheels) can prevent this kind ot disas
ter. There is constant danger on most
roads of running off the track at mis
placed switches, many switches being
located at points where the runner can
see them only a few seconds before he
Is upon them; but the chance Is so
small perhaps one In ten or a hundred
thousand that the average runner tor
sets it. and it is only by severe self
discipline that be can hold himself op
to compliance with the rule wnicn re
quires him to be on the watch for
everv switch target as long before
reaching It as he possibly can. He
finds the switches all right and the
road perfectly clear so regularly. Cay
after day and month after month, that
be may easily fall Into the snare of
thinking that tbey will always be so.
But, like other trainmen, the engine
man finds enough more agreeable
thoughts to rill his mind, and reflects
upon the hazards of his vocation per
haps too little.
A Healthy Sign.
The recent large purchases of steel
rails aro a healthy sign. They Indicate
that the railroads bave been deterred
from filling these requirements by the
tariff issues in the 1'residential cam
paign, and by the uncertainties attend
ing this discussion previous to the
Election.
There are 3,581 telephone stations in
the city ot Brooklyn.
GR AX-WHISKERED JOKES.
I.eur Docksta4er Tries to Tell Wblct
of all Chestnuts Fell First.
The minstrel joke which U associa
ted with my earliest recollections of
the profession is the weathervane con
undrum. I may say at once that all
the old mlnstrol Jokes took the shape
of conundrums, the end man firing the
questions to the interlocutor, who, af
ter repeating It wita a good deal or
elaboration, would then announce bis
inability to answer. The squib to
which 1 allude was brought on in the
following fashion:
Bones Can yoa tole me de reason
dat dey never put a hen on top ot a
weauer-vaner
Interlocutor No. Bones, I can not.
What is the reason?
Bones Because it's too much trouble
to go up after de eggs.
But it is easier to point out an en
tire class of jokes among which the
chestnut of chestnuts is probably to be
found than it is to put your finger on
the individual chestnut. And I am in
clined to think that that class o jokes
Is the one which compares the human
being In some way or other with the
animal creation. Men have been wolves
and foxes, monkeys and puppies al
most since the world began. There is
the puppy joke, for example, which has
held the minstrel stare ever since I can
remember, and which every year is re
newed in some way or other, but is al
ways the same Joke. One of the old
versions ran something In this fashion:
"Eph, I beard someSn' about Pora-
pey yesterday. lie went down to see
his gal night afore las' and his gal has
got a pooty little dog and she was bug
gin' and klssin' the dog and l'ompey
got jealous. Sez he to de gal: Mane,
why don't you kiss me like you do cs
little dog?' "
"What answer did she make?"
"Why, she tole bim dat she didn't
kiss bery puppy dat came along."
This form of witticism brought on
the uncompl'mentary reference by Im
plication, such as. for example, the
joke in Robertson's play of Ours.w
This was either taken from the min
strel stage or the minstrel stage took it
from the play, I don't know which. It
arises during a game of bowls. A pretty
girl is doing the bowling. A youhg
man is cornplainlug of his heal aching,
and the girl says something about the
ball she is rolling. The young man
misunderstands her, and asks if she re
fers to bis head. ' She says no; she was
speaking of that other wooden thing.
There Is no doubt that Southern's fa
mous witticism about the doz and his
tail certainly came from the burnt cork
profession. It was usually told some
what after this style:
Bonos What makes a little dog wag
Its ta 1? '
Tambo Because he Is glad to ce
his master?
Bones Xo. It's because de dog b
stronger dan de tall. If de tail was de
strongest It would wag - de do;
wouldn't it?
I am not sure but what the most
venerable chestnut in exisronoo is the
looking giaas ctiestunu The old form
maa about as follows;
"Sambo, you've told me consider'
able lies an I see It's no use try in to
get truth out ob you for I see de vil
lain In your face."
"Does you? ell, I never knew my
face was a looking glass before."
Now that retort courteous certainly
dates back to the time of Shakespeare
any way. Every one will remember how
in "As You Like It," where "Or
lando" and "Jacques' bave their war
of words in the forest "Jacques" final
ly declares with a sigkiacant nod that
he was looking for a fool. "Orlando"
replies promptly that if "Jacques" will
look in the brook he will And him. The
old grumbler says that he will see his
own face therein aud of course "Or
lando" catches him.
THE IllsitANDs I'AUT.
How a Man Sltculd AskIkC His Wife in
Her Housekeeping Work.
A man should urst of all help his
wife In planning her work. Let every
husband give his wife the benefit of his
practical business experience, and ad
vise with her how she may best ar
range and time her several duties that
they may least conflict.
In the second place the husband
should give the wife the full amouut
of money necessary properly to care for
the home.
Third, he should see that she has the
best tools that can be had to lighten
her labor.
Fourth, he bhould by every possible
means shorten her hours of labor. If
he finds that she is obliged to work
earlier and later than he, then be should
at ouce give or procure for her such
assistance as will make their working
hours equal.
Fifth, realizing that for ber labor
she receives no direct compensation
be should, at least, be careful to give
continually that reward of of coudial
praise, which costs him nothing and so
much pleases ber.
Finally the man must recognize that
many of the domestic duties are essen
tially proper to him, and not to the
woman; such are all that require great
physical exertion. Therefore, not only
should proper implements be generally
furnished for the woman's use. but all
the materials she must use should be
provided and made easily accessible.
rieaty ot coal, wood and kindlings
should be kept near the place where
they are to be burned, water should be
supplied so as to be handy and abun
dant, plenty of hooks, shelves, closets.
etc, should be arranged to the best ad
vantage.
At house cleaning time the man
should move or get moved the heavier
articles of furniture; he should attend
to cleaning and putting down of car-
pets, the setting np of stoves, and the
ime; in a wora, ne snouid assume tne
re-pouslbility for all the heavier and
mo:e disagreeable duties connected
with, good housekeeping, and be will
ing, on occasion, to take a band in
those which are lighter.
But If he won't do these things which
ue ougui. to ao, let him at least have
grace enougn to keep out of the wo
man's way while she is doing them for
him, and refrain, when tbey are done,
from rewarding his oveiworked help
mate witn cross anl complaining
speecn.
The Increase of capital by national
banks in Alabama In the five years
from lssa to 1S87 was f2,GG3,275, or
aooui per cent.
Chrysanthemums.
Haczed wandtrers out in the cold.
Waving defiance to Antnmn'a blasts,
lowing and snaking your straight rcagu
nalr.
Out 'mid the unauiet breezes there.
Like tattered pennants on swaying masts.
Bed and vellow and white and pink.
Smooth and jagged, q ulet and gay.
nat are rou eiyiuz as von are piayim;.
Dancing and bowing, nodding and sway
In B.
To and fro' on this Autumn laj?
Ton motlev crowd in barleauln carb.
Ton stragglers bold, with spicy breath,
n no eoine at the end ol tne long proces
sion
( Patient victims without transgression).
Of blossoms marching on to their death.
What are von callinz oat to the wind.
As he flies on his coarse past your garden
places.
That makes him stop on his blustering
way.
And. half in earnest, half in play.
Strike witli rough hand your saucy faces?
You are Lardy and strong, oh flaming
tiowers.
As you carelessly laugh to tho wind and
tne sky.
Bat stronger than yon, or the wind, or
tne rain.
Is the law the beginning of mortal pain
Ko matter bow beautiful, ail must die.
A BETROTHAL BROKEN.
There are threa girls In our family
Constance, Juliet and Ismay, and it is
I. Juliet, who am writing this little
history. I think that looks have a
great deal of influence over some peo
ple's fate. If 1 bad been as handsome
as my youngest sister. I should now be
Mrs. Lorraine, Instead or a forlorn
maiden, gazing hopelessly toward a
foilorn future. But perhaps matters
may improve as time goes on; tne
wound in my heart may heal, and my
feelings become blunted. Just now 1
feel very sore.
Couslance is my senior by four years.
She married the year after she came
out. I was fifteen at the time, aud
Ismay only twelve. The Lorralues
were our oldest aud deaiest friends,
and Ismav and I studied with the girls
under the same governess at their
house. My father was the squire of
the village wheie we lived, Mc Lor-
laine the rector, i.ud there were no
other families of consequence within
five miles.
1 think 1 began to live my life wheu
I was sixteen. It was in October; Guy
Lorraine had left Rugby and was going
into residence at Cambridge. We
young ones had been spending a month
at the seaside uuder frauloins care, but
the holidays were at an end now, and
felt somewhat gloomy as I waudered
aloue in the rectory garden. To lose
Guy and begin lessons to-morrow I It
was too bad.
I was a medium-sized girl in those
d s. with a rouud face, a tremendous
mop of red hair, blue eyes, and a de.
ciJedly retrousse nose. I remember that
October glooming so distinctly. The
scarlet geraniums in the parlor glared.
It was a last flicker before winter.
Tba Gloire de Dijon roses bloomed
everywhere, and stocks and asters made
a cay show, but a feeling ot autumn
and decay hovered in the air, and the
leaves on the trees were changing hue
rapidly.
I was attired In my usual white flau
nel frock, rather dilapidated I was
never tidy and one of Guy's hats.
Lieh 1 had taken out of the ball. As
1 stood by the dial on the lawn a white
figure lounged in at the gate and made
or me. Of course It was Guy. lie
was a wonderfully handsome boy, tall
slight and dark, with clear-cut features
aud an eagle nose. I am an artistic
soul and love beauty. That evening
was painfully conscious of being
fright, and 1 began to straighten my
crumpled frock and push back my
towzled wig.
'Don't do that. Ju ' said Guy, as he
approached. l like you ever so much
better when you are untidy.'
'Then you must like me always.'
I do six days out of seven. Sunday
an exception.'
'And I always look so nice on bun.
day I'
'Nice I x on re a petfect object, with
your hair in a tail aud your best frock
on. If you only knew what a contrast
you are to Ismay. you d leave your pew
and come and sit with us.'
"indeed I wouldn't; I'd chose some
one civil, not you.'
Ah, you're jealous of Ismay, and
don't wonder; but I'm not going to
talk about her just now. Do you know
I came home especially to see you?'
I wondered what bad made you
leave the nver so early, but I'm not
surprised to bear that 1 was the attrac
tion.'
'You conceited monkey. I should
enjoy boxing your eyes, but I haven
time. I want to talk seriously.'
i 1 giggled outright, but he pulled my
hand through his arm, ana we marcnea
oil in silence. After a moment's pause,
I opened my mouth to speak, but he
broke in suddenly.
Ju, you know I am going away to.
morrow.'
Well?'
Are you sorry?'
No. I'm very glad. I hope you'll
come back Improved I'
Yoa tiresome creature! why won'
you be serious' and he threw down
my hand.
1 am serious, lou're asking me
stupid questions, and I'm answering
them seriously.'
Oh, Juliet, why won't you under
stand? Don't you know I am sorry to
leave you?'
1 nodded.
Of course you are.'
And you must know the reason
why, Ju. I am fond of you.'
1 know that too.'
Yon 're really past all endurance.
Must I explain everything, just as if
you were a baby? I'm not fond of you
in that way.'
Which way?'
Guy took me by the shoulders and
shook me.
'Yon know what I mean perfectly
well. I'm going to marry you.'
I made a courtesy.
I most really tell mother that I'm
provided for; she was very glad when
Connie married in her second season
but I've done a great deal belter,
Actually, Guy, I'm engaged two years
before- I'm out.
Guy was leaning against a tree look-
Ing ery sulkily at me.
I'm anlte in earnest,' he growieo
'bat if you're only going to make fun
of me I'll go.
l ou are going, that is to say, you're
going to-morrow, but not just this
minute. Guy.'
Oh. Juliet, and do you reauy lore
me?'
I don't want to say yes, and I don
want to say no.'
But you won't marry any other fel
low while I'm away?'
There is no other fellow that I know
cf. I will write and tell you if one
turns up.'
And you're the sweetest girl in the
world.
'Guy, I'm positively growing vain,
wish fraulein thought the same.'
Will you ever be in earnest, Juliet,
know you will never marry me when
you're grown up. l ou make fan or
everything, and you will turn out a
good-for-nothing flirt.
There was a pause, and l tried to
look forward Into the future. I glanced
at Guy. Ills dark eyes were melan
choly, ludicrously so, perhaps, but I
was touched. lie looked eo sincere, and
felt unworthy ot the adoration ex
pressed so plainly in his face. 1 was
perky, odious, and hated myself.
Are you sure you mean what you
say?' I asked hesitatingly.
1 e3 ,' he Bald simply, and I knew he
was speaking the truth.
And if you meet prettier and nicer
iris than I am, you won't like them
better than me?
You are the prettiest and the nicest
girl in the world.'
I don't want you to say that; 1
want you to say you'll never love any
oue but me.'
I shall never love any one half so
well.'
And so the romance of my life began.
When I was seventeen my father gave
his consent to my engagement with
Guy, aud we were to be married when
I was twenty. The course ot my love
ran very smoothly; Guy took honors at
Cambridge in Lis tnird year; l was
eighteen then, and was taken to town
for my presentation. 1 staid with
onnie, but I made loS the slightest
sensation. I was not pretty, and, with
one exception, 1 positively hated and
feared the youu; men. I was also con
scious of being the plainest in tbe
family. Little Ismay grew more beau
tiful every day.
How she Is growing upr it was
Guy who spoke, aud he was referring
to little Ismay, who was crossing the
stepping-stones to come to us.
I sat on the river bank, and Guy
lounzed at my feet. Something in his
vo co made me glance down at him.
She Is the flower of the flock, t ar
prettier than Connie.'
Then you don't include yourseir in
the beauty competition, Juliet?'
I never thought of comparing myse.f
with Connie, and she is nothing to
lsmav.'
But you are the best of the three.
Ju.'
I feel annoyed at your remarks.
wish people would never allude to my
looks, aud that they would not try to
console me for my lack of beauty by
telling me I am amiable which isn
true or that I have the bsauties or tne
mind, or nonsense of that sort.'
Ismav came up and seated herseii by
Guy. Two more beautiful faces could
not have been imagined. Ills, clear,
dark aud classical; hers, equally per
fect, with a complexion of pearls and
roses, with goldeu hair, and dark gray,
lustrious eyes.
1 hope I am not de trop, sue said
calmly, seating herself aud spreading
out her muslin skills; 'but 1 thought
Ju's voice sounded cross, and I am
come to make peace.'
More likely to create discord,' I said
with impatience.
Guy glanced tip, and then murmured
something about the golden apple.
Do you remember l'aris and the
applet" asked Ismay, looking straight
into his eyes. if 1 had been there 1
think it would have been given to me.'
1 was accustomed to hear such re
marks every day, aud only laughed;
but Guy had not seen much of Ismay
in the last year, aud he stared with as
tonishment at the audacious beauty.
She returned his gaze for a few seconds,
and then cast down her eyes. That
was only acting. Whatever Ismay
was, she was not shy. 1 tried to
talk to Guya3 1 d:da wheu we were
alone. Then 1 used to chatter by the
hour together rigmarole, he used to
call it a one-siued conversation on
every imaginable topic, which I kuew
amused him, although he rarely spoke,
but be was quite content to listen in
silence. But 1 felt a trifle constrained
with that graceful white figure before
my eyes, and when 1 glanced at Guy
his eyes were on Ismay, he had appar
ently forgotten me. I rose abruptly.
here is Juliet going (' asked ismay
of G uy.
He raised his eyes languidly.
'Are you tireJ of the river?'
Yes;' and 1 turned to go.
He rose also.
'Aren't you cominj, Ismay?'
N o; and I am vexed at you for leav
ing me. It is nearly a year since I've
seen anything of you, and 1 wanted to
hear all the news where you've beeu,
what you've done, and everything.'
She sat pouting on the lank, and he
stood Irresolute befoie her.
There's really no reason why ou
should dog my footsteps,' 1 said mag
nanimously; 'pray tell Ismay everything
worth telling. 1 am going home.'
And borne I went; aud all the way I
wondered what those two were talking
about, and mentally scolded myself for
an unreasonable feeling of grief which
had stolen into my heart.
That same evening I went and sat
alone upon the stone balustrade of the
tennis lawn. I was aloue for what
seemed to me a very long time. The
rosy after-glow melted into the Mue
gray sky; the moon launched her silver
boat, aud here and there a star flickered
in the heavens. The corn crake was
busy in the hay fields, and the scent of
the roses and honeysuckle In tbe
veranda stole to me on the air. I
think 1 looked nice that night; not
beautiful I could never be that but
as pretty as most girls. I wore a white
frock and a pearl necklace, and my fair
hair was twisted into a big heavy loop.
Guy's voice roused me from my revery
You resemble Ellen Terry as you sit
there. Look up at me.'
He placed his bands on my shoulders,
and I looked into his eyes. lie laughed
and sat down beside me.
You have a queer expression in your
eyes to-nijht, Juliet- What is the
matter?'
I don't know. Something Is going
to happen.'
He sighed impatiently.
'You seem very queer, too, Guy.
'Do you believe in love at first sight?'
'Yes. in many cases. Is that what Is
making you sigh bo? nave you fallen
in love with some one at first sight?'
Oh, I don't know that Is to say, I
haven't. Are you In love, Juliet?'
What a question!' I exclaimed indig
nantly, although I was half laughing.
If you wish me to say I am in love
with you, 1 shan't.'
I wish to heaven you were not!' he
exclaimed vehemently.
The blood rushed into my cheeks, and
I sprang up passionately. Before I had
time to make my escape. Guy threw
his arms round me and kissed my lips
over and over again. My head rested
on his shoulder, and my eyes slowly
filled with tears. No wonder I wept,
though I knew not then that that was
the last time my love mine. alas, no
longer would kiss me.
Dearest Juliet, he whispered , 'for
give me, my darling! Yoa know I love
yoa better than any other woman.'
.Except one.' sail a soft, clear voice
close by.
Guy dropped my band, and I glanced
round with an uncomfortable sense of
having been discovered in a ridiculous
position.
It was Ismay. She was lovelier than
ever la the pale moonlight Her face
was that ot an angle, and her white
draperies enveloped ber like a mist.
She laughed gently at my look of dis
may.
I didn't mean what I said, Ju, and
I haven't been eavesdropping. 1 just
sauntered up and overheard the end of
Guy's speech. It seemed only natural
to make tbe remark that I did. It
came in so welL'
Guy said nothing. We three re
turned to the house together, Ismay
talking to us both; I replied in an inco
herent way, but he said never a word.
That nlvjht a dreadful fear crept into
my heart, and until morning I lay
awake staring hopelessly, blankly, at a
terrible phantom which grew clearer
and more distinct every moment; and I
bad not even relief in tears.
Thank Heaven, that horrible state
of uncertainty did not last long. The
agony of tbe next two days was almost
too much for my endurance: but when
the last crashing blow fell, it was not
so painful as those frightful doubts.
It stunned me, but I kuew the worst,
there was nothing, either evil or good,
that could touch my heart after that.
Lst me pass over the next forty-eight
hours. I said I was ill, aud remained
In my room. I refused to see Ismay;
tua made my head ache, I said. On
the evening of the second day 1 went
out. It was growing dark, and I
crouched down beside the balustrade
iu the Italian part ot the garden, which
was laid oul in terraces. Below my
balustrade a bank sloped some six feet
or more to another terrace, and a
garden seat wis placed at the foot of
this bank. I felt expectant. I was
lying iu wait. In my black dress and
in the waning light no one could dis
tinguish me in that bhady corner, and
there I waited. The night was very
sun. mat haterui corn crake was
still croaking In the meadows, and I
abhorred the ierfumeof roses that filled
the air, for In my mind it raised up the
vision of bygone love and happiness,
What mockery I
1 had not long to wait, I heard
voices in the distance, and then two
forms emerged from the shadow aud
came slowly toward the seat below my
eyes. I feared they might continue
their walk; but, no; they stopped, ar.d
Ism.y. for it was she and G uy, seated
herself. He glanced round for a
moment, then threw himself at her
feet.
Yoa are bumble.' she said: 'vou
may sit beside me if you wish, or er
baps you think that is your proper
place?'
Yes,' he said, you were made to be
worshipped. I had read of such womep,
but never believed in them, and here
discover one in a little girl I have
known all my life, and to whom 1 have
scarcely ever given a thought.'
Juliet occupied all your thought i.'
Julietl' he sighed; yes, aud she
ought to occupy them to the end of
time. There is not another girl in the
world like my old love, and she is bet
ter than you, my goddess.'
And yet you love me best?'
Who could blame me for loving
you? I adore you. 1 ou are so beauti
ful and gracious; you are an angel a
Yen us I'
'And you are profane. Call me an
angel or a Venus separately, not both
at once. '
'But you remind me of both. You
are neither saint nor sinner, but the
most charmlcg combinatiou of both.'
'If Juliet were here sho would say I
was all sinner.'
'Don't talk about Juliet. Let me
think of you and of you only; tbe rest
of my life muit be devoted to her.'
1 heard Ismay's sobs. I could not
see, it was so dark, but I knew that he
was kissing her and bidding her fare
well forever, and each tender epithet
cut my heart like a knife. Slowly and
noiselessly I rote, stole silently along
the terrace to the steps and stood be
side them without either being aware
of my presence.
And now good-by forever, dearest,'
said Guy; and he would have risen aud
left her, but she clung to him and
sobbed convulsively, 'l'ou must thiLk
of Juliet; I am bound to her.
'You are not!' Could that be my
voice? 'For the last two days I have
suspected this, and that Is why I have
beeu an unseen witness to this scene.
Guy, you are free. I am thankful to
have found out the change in your love
before it was too late. Good -by.
I turned to go, but he sprang to me
aud caught my hand.
Juliet, are you angry?'
No, I am relieved.'
'Then you never loved mei"
lie spoke eagerly, a note of joy in his
voice, and my heart stood still. How
anxious be was to believe that all my
love and devotion had been nothing
as his love, nothing.
'No. I never loved yoa, I replied
slowly; and as I uttered that lie. 1
turned and walked slowly away, and
he breathed a sigh of relief. I never
spoke a word to Ismay or bhe to roe.
but I know my sister knew my false
hood, and my secret is nare iu her keep
ing. Tbey were married, and they are
happy at least she is. Sometimes 1
glance up and see Guy's eyes Qxed ou
me in a way which recalls the past,- it
that is only my foolish imagination. "lor
surely be can only look back with
amusement to tbe tima when he pre
ferred me to the flower of the flock.
Eaual to tbe Occalon.
The old man's step was heard at the
gate and the welcome bark greeted him
as he came op the steps.
"Leap from the window, George,"
the girl bastly exclaimed, "the dlstauc
is short."
"But the dog, the dog!"
"I'll fix the dog."
And George leaped from tbe window
and the girl ba stened to tbe door.
Flinging her arms about the old
mau's neck, she exclaimed:
"Oh, Papa, I'm so glad to see you.
Tbe evening has been so lonesome. And
Nero, poor fellow. Come in Nero, and
I'll give yon some lumps of sugar."
And Nero came In.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The way to get out of a sma'l
place Is to be very etllcient In it.
Dr. II. 1). Cogswell, the San
Francisco philanthropist, accumulated
tbe nucleus of his immense fortune as
a dentist,
John Saaw, of Sli.imokin, was
carried to the polls wrapped in blankets
to vote for Harrison and Morton, and
died the next day.
lhe total number of immigrants
arriving at New York for twelve
months ending Juno 'M was 5j0,lkx)
persons. This number is 00,000 in ex
cess of the previous year.
It Is asserted that a clean sweep
of the depattmeuts at Washington
would result in the removal of more
Republicans than Democrats, and this
after a four-j ears' Democratic Admin
istration. A remarkably attractive lobster
was caught at Norwich, Conn., a few
days ago. Its upper parts were of the
delicate tluce of old-fasliioued blue
china, and beneath the color was a
beautiful bluish white.
An elevator lu a New Hampshire
factory stopped suddenly, the engineer
having shut oil the steam, and the lad
who was riding ou it became so fright
ened lest it should fall that he was at
tacked with heart disease and died.
Carroll I). Wright, Commissioner
of the Department of Labor, asserts
that no girl under 10 years or age
should be allowed to work, and that
the country would be better off if none
under 20 weie allowed iu factories.
There are cities in Asia the date of
whose origin is not actually known,
but it Is known that they are older
than Home or any other city in Eu
rope. Jerusalem aud Hebron In Tales
tine and Damascus in Syria are all
many centuries older than Home.
A difference between our national
weather prognosticators and the much
abused Wiggins, as noted by the
Boston lUulijtt, is that "the lit at does
not inform us of what is coming, and
the other alarms us with stormy pie
dictions that do not materialize."
A citizen of Bruns-v'ck, Ga., re
cently found a piece of solid limestone
lying on the ground and out of it a
cedar bush growing. There wasu't a
particle of earth on the rock, bul the
cedar was as green and vigorous as
though planted in Ilia richest soil.
An assistant to a Connecticut
plumber poured a small quantity of
water into a pot of hot had, in order
to satisfy a iloubl in his mind as to
what the effect would lie. He
wasn't seriously iuiuied, but is likely
to can y a reminder of the experiment
to the grave with him.
Seven boa-constrictors from Cuba
arrived at Berlin. A few days later
one of them laid four eg-is and died In
the performance. On opening it ten
more eggs were found ot the t-ize of a
man's list. Out of the four epigs four
snakes emerged about twenty inches la
lengih.''
Labor statistics collected in Con
necticut show that long hours, slow
payments and child labor go together.
In the countiee in the State w here the
largest proportion of the laborers are
children the hours are longest aud the
bauds are paid once a month.
A Kansan living at Pawnee Hock
had sold part of Ir.s household goods
and machinery and taking the balance
In bin wagon wlih his family, i tarted
for Western Illinois. He got as far as
Great Bend aud eaiuped for the night.
About dirk It I .Tgan to rain ami the
water fell in torrents all nisliU Early
Sunday morning the gianuer hain'sstvl
his team, turned them west, and by
night was at hom, realy to b-gm
sowing wheat Monday morning.
Colder w ather lias biought relief
from yellow fever to t ce H-opU; of
Jacksonville, and what they should
now do as speedily as may be is to
stamp out as lar as possible all the
breeding and lodging places of the
fever germs which have wi ought so
much mischief. I 'niex-s tins shall le
done, the chance of depopulation for
that section of Florida will certainly
be Increased and too costly exterience
of this year will have been undergone
without avail.
The case of M. Chan (Tat, a
Frenchman, is attracting medical at
tention in London. On one occasion
last year 1 sl-jj-t continuously for l i
days and a half, and, at the- latest
advices from England, l. was lying
asleep at the Alexandra I'alace, having
fallen into a sort of trance six days
before. His appearance Is generally
normal, but at times Ins limbs are set
In uncommon rigidity. No ie-p:raUon
is erceptible, and there is a constant
twitching of his eyelids.
A Nebraska man who was
troubled by tkunks, hearing that music
would move them to enler a box or
barrel, procured a musician, and sure
enough the animals look reluge lu a
box previously prepare.!, the music a:i
leading the way. It is not ceitam
what sentiment it was th it moved the
animals or whether it was some pecu
liarity of the musician that Inllueticed
them. Any way they went to their
doom submisslvtly.
A San lrai:ci3C laly l.al three
canary birds, and mm of them n!ck
sickeued and died The h:d binl was
taken from its car- an 1 laid upon a
table, where Its c ni.pam -ns cillically
examined it. i'rom the day of Its
death both the other birds remained
silent and never p;K-d a note for over
thirty days, w hen ot e commence 1 to
sing and the other tullowel euit, an 1
both are now singing away as cheer
fully as formerly.
The New Haven (Conn.) Y
prints the following ca-e Involving a
rare sense or honor: "Ou election dav
a Democratic c.tlzen received ;i
from the Midd'.etown Town Com
mittee to reimburse Tihn for some ex
peuses which he La 1 incurred In coding
home to vote. Afieiwail he called
uponthe committee and returned the ilj.
Stating that as he was about to vole
he was offered 15 to vote the Repub
lican ticket. Having accepted that,
and cast his vote for Han sun an I
Bulkeley, he considered it hw duly to
return the original $3 to Lis Demo
cratic friends."
Leo Aronsou, claiming to ba a
nephew of the manager of the Casino
In New York, was found footsore and
weary In that city th oilier 'lay. Ac
cording to the I oy's story, l,e i,a-i hail
quite a tramp. In June last. I.eo
says, he followed Huflalo Hill to Phila
delphia and then he went on to Denver.
From there he went to M.les City.
M. T., and St. Helena, where he found
work on a ranch tending fcbeep. (Is
was ill-treated aud weut to St. 1'aul,
aad from there came to No Yuik.
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