MOTHER ASIA. Ifother Ada, we 9tand at your threshold In a tar immemorial yore, We left you, great Mother of Nations, And now we return to your door. Wt have circled the seas and their islands, We have fount! us new worlds in the main, We have found us young brides o'er the alien tides— Now we oome to our mother again. We wandered through ages unnumbered, We were mad with the fever to roam, But the new flag that waves at Manila Proclaims that your sons have come home. There are weeds in the Gardens of Morning, There we mildew and dearth and decay, And your blind days are drear and your heart has grown sore The year that your sons went away. But turn your old eyes to the seaward Where the flag of the West is discerned, Be glad, gray old Mother of Nations, Thj youth of the world hits returned. They come with the wealth of their wander ings, They come with the strength of their pride; Now, old mother, arise and lift up your dim eyes— Behold your strong sons at your side! They will toll in your Gardens of Morning, They will cleanse you of mire and fen; You shall hear the glad laughter of children. You shall see the strong arms of young men. New hope shall come baolt to your borders, Despair from youi threshold by spurned, A new day shall rise in your Orient sides— The youth of the world has returned. —Sam Walter FOBS, in New York Sun. | AFTER MANY DAYS, j "'Any fresh fruit aud vegetables to day, ma'am?" said the pleasant voice of John Bowers, as he stepped upon the porch iu front of the open door of one of his regular customers. But Mrs. Dirk was in no mood to hear or heed him. Just as he spoke, a little girl came in from the opposite door, bearing a pitcher much too large and heavy for her little hands. Suddenly her feet tripped against a rug, and falling forward, the pitcher was precipitated from her liauds, breaking it, and spilling its contents in every direction. "You wicked, careless girl!" cried Mrs. Dirk, dragging her roughly to her feet, "just see what you have done; broken a new pitcher, and ruined my clean floor! You did it on purpose, too; I know you did!*' "No, I didn't," said the terrified child, shrinking from the Luirsh face and uplifted hand of her tyrant. "Yon little wretch! how dare you contradict me! Take that, and that! Now go and pick up those pieces. And, mind, not a mouthful of supper do you have tonight!" Here Mr. Bowers again assayed to make himself heard, aud as Mrs. Dirk turned her head toward the door, her flushed and angry face assumed quite another expression. "Is that you, Mr. Bowers? Yes, I want some peas and potatoes, aud will be out to the cart directly. That girl is the plague of my life, and makes a flea' more work than she saves!" "Not your own child, I reckou?" said Mr. Bowers, looking compassion ately at the sobbing child. "No, indeed; her father and mother's dead. Her mother used to do sewing for me, and when she died, I took the girl home, thinking she'd be sort of handy washing dishes and running of arrants. But land's-sake alive! i wish I'd have let her gone to'the poorhouse,where she belongs." "Sich little hands can't do a great fleal," responded Mr. Bowers, his voice showing pity for the friendless orphan. "They can do a good deal of mis chief. Now, Liddy, stop that noise quick, for I won't have it! Run and get the basket for Mr. Bowers to put the peas in," Liddy stood silently by the cart, as Mr. Bowers measured out -the peas jind potatoes, but there was a wistful look in her eyes, as she lifted them to the honest and kindly face of the mar ketman. "Do yon like apples, little gal?" "Oh! yes, sir!" Liddy's eyes sparkled, 'as she caught a glimpse of the two rosy cheeked apples that he took from a basket under the seat. Then her countenance fell. "She won't let me keep them." "Here, let me put them in your frock, so she won't see them." "How old are you?" "Nine, sir." "You don't say so!" exclaimed Mr. SBowers, looking at the diminutive form before him. "Why, my little Mary is bigger than you, an' she's only seven. But then she's nothin' to io but to grow." "How nice that must be! I wish I Was your little girl!" "I wish you was, my poor child! Haiu't you no uncles or aunts that would give you a home?" "No, sir. Mamma had a brother in California: and when she got too ill ,to work she wrote to him. But she never got no answer." The next time that Mr. Bowers' cart stopped at Mrs. Dirk's door he saw something lying near the curb of the well by the roadside. Poor little Liddy! that whfta face, and the heavy jjail of water beside it, told the sad story! Taking her up in his arms, he carried her into the house. "For the land's-sake alive !"screamrd Mrs. Dirk, "what is the matter with lier?" "Matter enough, I should say," was the blunt reply. "The poor little thing's fainted; an' tain't no wonder!" "I hope she ain't going to be sick on my hands," said Mrs. Dirk, glanc ing uneasily at the pale face. "I shouldn't wonder a mite," re sponded Mr. Bowers, "I guess you had better let me take her home with xne; good country air will bring her up if anythiu' will." Mrs. Dirk gladly assented, and half »n hoar later Liddy was lifted into a cart by the brawny arms of her fnture protector; and was borne forever from the scene of her past toils and hard ships. As they left the dusty town for the beautiful country Liddy's spirits rose higher. Many times Mr. Bowers got down from his cart to pluck the brightly colored posies that grew by the road side, and which called forth her en thusiasm and admiration. But Mr. Bowers lived some dia tanoe in the country, and at last the little clattering tongue was still from pure fatigue. And as it began to grow dark the curly head dropped lower, and she fell asleep; her little lingers clinging to his brown, horny hand. In taking the child Mr. Bowers had been actuated by the kindly impulses of his nature, but as he neared home he began to have some misgivings as to how his wife would receive this new claimant upon her care and love. But he understood her disposition pretty well, so he determined to trust to his own tact, and to the womanly instincts of her nature. Certainly no one could be more astonished than was Mrs. Bowers, when her husband walked into the house with Liddy in his arms, who was still sound asleep. "It's the last place where I should suppose you would bring more chil dren, John," she said, sharply. "I hope you don't think of keeping her?" "Of course not, my dear. She's a poor little orphan that I've brought home, to get her away from a cruel woman. I'll notify the town authori ties in the mornin', an' have her taken care of. You can give her some supper, can't you, an' some sort of place to sleep?" "I hope I'm not so much of a heathen, John, as to be unwilling to give a poor child a bed and supper!" Liddy was awakened and given a supper of new milk, fresh bread and berries, suck as she had never tasted before. Mrs. Bowers then improvised a bed for her in her own room, and having seen the little head upon the pillow, returned to the porch, where her hus band was smoking. "What a pretty little creature she is," she said, "and so gentle and lov ing." "Yes; more's the pity! The poor house is a hard place for sich!" "Dear—dear! what if it was one of our children, John?" "Ah, to be sure!" responded John. "I s'pose our children's as likely to be left orphans as anyone's." "I s'pose I'd better see the select men this mornin'," said Mr. Bowers the nest day, as he arose from the breakfast table. "I dun know as there's any partic'- lar lrnrry 'bout it," said his wife as she glanced to where Liddy was play ing out in the grass. "Let the poor thing stay for a few weeks, until she gets a bit of color into her little pale face." "But she'll be such a care to you Mary." "Oh, as to that, wuere there's so many, one more don't make much dif ference." "Then she's needing clothes." "I can manage that easily. Mary has a number of dresses that she's outgrown that'll just tit her." There was a twinkle of satisfaction in John's eyes as he went to his work. Good, honest man! He well knew that the additional burden would oblige him to work many more extra hours. And as time wore away "Lidily" grew nearer to the hearts of both John and Mary, and was to them as their own daughter. So that when Uncle James returned from California and sought and claimed her, only the thought of how much better he could do for her could make them willing to relinquish her. "You are very rich, aren't you uncle?" "I don't kuow what you would call rich, pussy," said Mr. Dean, pinching the rosy cheek that was laid lovingly to his. "I have enough to make my niece quite a little heiress when I die." "But I don't want you to die, and I don't want to be an heiress; but I do want some of your money—not for myself, though." Laying down his papers, Mr. „Dean looked in surprise upon the sweet face that was lifted so earnestly to his. "What do you want it for, my child?" "For my poor foster-father. I've just had a letter from my old home, and they are in great trouble. They've had a great deal of sickness, and so had to mortgage their place—and now it's going to be sold. Oh! uncle, think how kind they were, when there was no one else to btt kind to me, and let me do something for them now!" "Of course, my love!" said the old mau, rising hurriedly to his feet. "Dear! dear! that is a sad story you tell! I meant to have done something for them before this. But we must make amends!" M'-. Bowers,his wife and their three children were sitting together in then little sitting-room. Their hearts were very sorrowful, for that day the place endeared to them by so many pleasant recollections had passed into the hands of Strang >vs. It had been bought by a lawyer for a gentleman out of town, and had brought more than John had anti cipated,so that he had something over with which to begin his new life in the west, whither he had decide 1 to go- A knock at the door announced the arrival of a package by express. Upon the inner wrapper were these words: A present for my dear father ami mother. From their grateful and loving daughter, LIDIA DEAN. Upon opening this they found, to their joyful astonishment, a deed of the old homestead, made out iu favor of John and Mary Bowers "and their heirs and assigns forever." Accompanying it was a letter from Lidia, announcing her intention of paying a week's visit to her old home. The next day she came, laden with presents for each member of the family, and a delightful week it was to them all. And thus it was that John and Mary Bowers found "the bread cast upon the waters" returned to them "after many days." * THE VANDALIA'S FLAG. A Kelic of the Great Disaster at Apia It Now Preserved at Annapolis. When the ships went down in the hurricane which filled Apia harbor with wreoks a few years ago there was no time to save anything, nor did any one have any thought of salvage, save of winning his own way through the savage whirl of waters to the beach. The souvenirs came later, when the gale had blown itself out and the beach began to be strewn with frag ments of the stout fabrics which once had been fine ships. Go where one will on the north coast of Upolu, it is not difficult to find some bit of the the Trenton or the Vaudalia, a piece of a mast or spar, a deck grating, or a cup and plate of the crew's mess equip ment. The most treasured of all such memorials was the 24-foot ensign which the Vandalia flew. When the divers brought it up from the wreck, Lieutenant Carlin, with the consent of Admiral Kimberley, deposited it at the United States consulate as a sou venir. This was the old consulate, close by the mouth of the Vaisigans river, and quite near the spot where the Vandalia came to destruction. When the new consulate around the point in Vaialf; was occupied the gen erous wall surface offered a place on which to drape the historic ensign, supported by rusted cutlasses which were recovered from the wrecks. Here it hung for several years, until it was time to paint the wall again. Then it was found that the bunting had stuck fast to the paint iu places, and the painters, in stripping it loose, were tearing it. This seemed a desecration in the eyes of the latly of the consu late, and she personally undertook its removal with the aid of hot water. Finally the flag was soaked free and spread in the bright sunlight to dry. Its long soaking at the bottom of the harbor had rotted the bunting and it could be handled only with the utmost care. Even when it was laid away iu the flag locker it was still fast going to pieces under the combined ravages of mildew and insects, the two great enemies of everything in those exces sively humid islands. The flag was carried on the property return of the Apia consulate and it took a year of red tape and correspoudence to get it transferred to the state department in Washington. Finally the necessary permission was received and the Van dalia's flag was boxed for shipment. As it was carefully laid in the box, camphor was thickly sprinkled in every fold and the operation was gravely superintended by the official kitten. That irreverent animal fin ished by crawling into the box and narrowly escaped being shipped away. The last public appearance of the flag was at the Independence day celebra tion last year, when it was displayed between two cocoanut trees at the picnic of the American children oi Apia. When the flag was received at Washington it was turned over to the navy department. Then it was prompt ly sent to the naval museum at An napolis, where it will be cherished among the other objects which recall the great events of our naval history, none of which will be longer remem bered than the great Apia gale oi March, 1889. The Contradlctionnl lintiiut. There was a look of great disap pointment on the face of the boy, who was coining out of the front gate. His brother, slightly younger, but with a very aggressive and tenacious disposition, was conspicu ously tattered. His garments bore the marks of conflict, but his face showed no signs of remorse. "Gome on in the house," said the older boy. ' What for? I'm waiting for that other Spanish boy to come out. "Well, it's no use. We've made o mistake aud we've got to apologize." "To those two Spaniards?" "They're not Spaniards. They onlj look like Spaniards. They're Por tuguese." "Portu-what?" "Portuguese." "No, they're not. I'll take youi word for it about their not being Spaniards," he added, reluctantly, "but they're too little for Portuguese. And, what's more, they never will b« Portuguese. They're nothing but Portugoslings now, aud when the} grow up they'll be Portugauders."— Fhlhc Imprisonment In Germany. Germany's court of appeal has drawn a fine distiuction iu a case of false im prisonment. A doctor's boarding house keeper took away his only pail of boots to prevent his leaving th« house, and the doctor recovered dam ages in the lower court on the ground that he was thereby imprisoned, as his social position forbade his appear ing in the streets barefoot. The court of appeal has ordered a new trial on the ground that the doctor's freedom of action was merely limited and im peded by his landlady's act, but that it was not impossible for him to move out if he had wished to. New York Sun. Rattlesnake poison has for some time been known as the most virulent of all animal venoms, and its effect is tc destroy the coagulability of th,e blood. I THE REALM OF FASHION. | Ladles' Skirt. The gown shown in the illustration exemplifies one of the latest skirts. The model is of taffeta silk in orehid purple combined with laoe and chif fon, than which no material is better suited to the many occasions of semi dress. A LATE FAQUIN MODEL. The skirt is cut after one of the lat est models, known as the Paquin, and includes the apron front with the graduated circular flounce. The apron, the flounce and the back are cut separately and seamed together,ex cept where plaid or striped material of unusual width is used, when the straight back given in the pattern can be pinned to the flounce and the two cut in one. The apron portion is smooth fitting, being made snug by means of small darts and all the full ness at the top is laid in plaits at the back, which widen out at the lower edge. The skirt is lined throughout, but is entirely unstiffened and for in door wear should slightly more than touch at the back. To make the skirt ton yards, twen ty-two inches wide, will be required. Useful to Homes DreMinakeri. A plain model basque pattern ought to be among the belongings of every home dressmaker, and those who make a profession of dressmuking cannot do better than provide themselves with all sizes of this up-to date French FRENCH MODEL BASQUE. model, which will be found correct in fit and style. The model is shown in the large illustration in striped serge, which delineates its perfect shape and beauty of outline. The curved front edges are closed invisibly, and the deep double bust darts, under-arm aud side-back gores, with shapely cen tre-back seam, complete the graceful adjustment. The two-seamed sleeves stand out fashionably at the top. be ing arranged over close-fitted linings, and the upper portions are slightly gathered at the elbow. A close-fitting collar finishes the neck. All varieties of material cau be developed by the aid of such a pattern, and decorations of any kin dean be applied with satis factory results. Made-up accessories, such as yokes, collars, bretelles, etc., in braid, lace or passementeries can be worn over basques in this style, and the lower edge can be finished in pointed or rounded outline. V j make this basque for a woman of medium size one and three-quarter yards of material, forty-four inches wide will be required. Women Cultivating Civic Virtues. The women of Southampton, Long Island, are banded together in a Vil lage Improvement Association. They have undertaken to attend to street sprinkling, to construct new sidewalks and keep old ones in repair, to keep the streets and gutters clean, to plant trees and shrubs aud to beautify the streets and public places as much as possible. The funds needed are to be raised by voluntary contributions from residents and business men. A Patriotic Xeedlebook. One of the prettiest things in the way of a patriotic needlebook is in the shape of a knapsack. It is from three to four inches long and wide in pro portion, The knapsack proper forms the pincushion, the pins going in at the side, while the back of the cushion has a stiff leaf, and between it aud the cushion are flannel leaves for needles. The roll at the top of the knapsack is formed by three twist spools, which may have blaok twist upon them or be filled with thread if desired. A little red ribbon runs through the spools, ties them in place, and is fastened to the top of the oushion or knapsack. Coral Beads In Style. Pearl and coral beads in strings, ranging from one yard to three in length, are in fashion, and really give a very charming air to an evening cos tume. The pink rather than the red coral is given the preference, and combs mounted with it are especially liked, and are even growing to have a greater popularity than those dec orated with rhinestones. A Handsome Party Dress. A very handsome party dress is made of black chiffon, accordion plaited. The skirt is very full. The waist is cut low. has a blouse front and a bolero effect made by shirring the chiffon. The sleeves are merely puffs, long black suede gloves meeting the lower edge of the puff. The belt is lemon-colored velvet ribbon with loops and ends at one side. A millinery Wrinkle* A new millinery "wrinkle" consists of narrow black velvet, wired and crinkled and twisted into loops and bows. It is a light and pretty way of decorating a hat, especially if it is used with tnlle. Pale pink hats with immense Valkyrie wings in front and masses of net dotted with straw pail lettes on the crown are new and very smart. A Keverslble Cloth. A new feature for the fall will be the heavy reversible cloth having a plaid back. The skirts will be made up without a lining, and it is hoped they will take the place of the expen sive drop skirts. The jackets have either a half-lining of satin or no lin ing at all. Hepped Silks. A great variety of lustrous repped silks and other corded materials will be worn this autumn, and not all of them plain, for there are bayadere stripes, plaids, checks and novel fancy pat terns among the new weaves. fiowni of White Pique. Gowns of white pique, with colored dots and figures, will be much worn this year. A Neat and Protective Apron. This simple apron, neat and protec tive, can be made of any washable fa bric and worn to take the place of a dress in hot weather. As illustrated plaid gingban is the material, a narrow edging of white em broidery trimming the yoke, epaulet tes, neck and wrists. The skirt i9 deeply hemmed, gath ers at the top being joined to the square yoke in front and back, where the closing is made at the centre with buttons and buttonholes. The neck is finished with a standing band edged with embroidery. The moderately full sleeves are gathered top and bottom, deep cuff bands finish ing the wrists. Gathered epaulettes are arranged to stand out in line from the yoke. For play aprons, this style made in gingham is unrivalled and, when de veloped in white nainsook, cross- CHUJD'S YOKE APRON. barred muslin, dimity or lawn and trimmed with lace or embroidery, they are pretty enough for afternoon wear. The addition of a sash adds to the daintiness of this serviceable gar ment. 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