t
MS OP AND THE PEAS iS.
He sat amoDK the wocxle; he heard
The fcylvau merriment; he saw
The humor* ot the >• at and b rd.
The praakH of donkey and daw.
And in the ion and the frog.
In all the tnbert of swamp and den,
In dour and liaru, in stork and log.
Marked the similitudes of men.
"From these, of these," he cried, "wo cotr.e-
Ourhearts and brains doaceud front th*n;*
*• And lo the beaats no more wore dumb,
tut answered out of brakes and trees.
And thus, porchanoe, their saying ram
"Nay, not from us your folly springs.
O, deeply fallen race of man.
bewildered about empty things!
For we. have neithor hope tor dread,
Wo look not forward uor behiuu,
We lead the life our fathers led.
W ■ l.v< like clouds, or streams, or wind;
"For wo have neither doubt nor faith.
For we are neither bond nor free.
' We hear the word that Nature saith.
And nigh to Nature's heurt aru we.
"Behold, we neither laugh nor weep.
Are well content with everything,
but ye w< uld 11 y that scarce cun creep.
And ye would speak, (hat scarce can sing.
Nay. were there cause for UIOHU or mirth
'Tie we, not you, should sigh or scorn.
O. latest children of the oarth,
Most childish children earth hath borne."
They spake, but that misshapen slave
Told m vet- of the thing ho heard.
And UJ.IO men their portrait- gave
I u it ken t sses of beast and bird.
—The Independent,
ATT.UEEf) BY KDBBRRS.
fONELV Is th .
na 'o 1111 roa i be
tween tiie istws
of Vera Cm,. und
. Mexico anil it nas
been from t i in u
• . ' . ',HH immemorial in
-1 -• 58j steil with rob
fi ansaaJ is, who have
t •*- •,( liy plunder
}Vv jJ®/, ruvele,-.,
i\v" • '/f 7 wucthcr Dative
TV j / iVt "V or f o reign.
' mounted or on
, ,n companies of their own forming
o. in the regular diligoneiu for passen
1 'n; and so much of a matter of course
I a,I tliis become, that, tip to within a
■••ne of years, the natives generally pre
en ed themselves with ptir-"s to begiv-n
a iy at tho first demand, and couute !
t. I'M forced contributions among tncii
I i ncidental expenses.
I As a general thing tho highwaymen
j were not blood-thirsty, if met in a spin;
I of peace and submission. They wanted
j :• • isey rather tlian life, and seldom tnoit
i :c except in eases of resistance, or in
i '\eiige for some former defeat, it was
•4i dr custom, when attacking u diiigeu
• i. to order the driver to halt, ami the
; ,'issengers to tlirow themselves on ticur
i.iees: and whenever this order u
, rcnptly complied with, thoy took then
i 'ty with a few merry jests or witti
-•i- us, wisiied tlf plundered party a
.ire and pleasum journey, and rodo oil
iii i he best, ot good or.
• Whenever the highwaymen had only
O&ll.ea to tioal witli, such was generally
Me rt ult—for tlie Mexicans, mote dis
i ■ sod to pay than to light, were seldom
without a puree, pi spared beforehand,
tor ioo eaballoros del cuiuino, the grutle
inen of tho road; but when thoy encoun
ter d foreigners it was quite another
u .air, for the latter often preferred piut
i:iwith the lead in their pistols lo the
a or. pietdous n'.ctals in thoir pocla t .
The difference v.us, that wlierea, one !
bandit might rob nine Mexicans with im- i
pui.it,,, it as often required nine robbers I
to make sure of one American or Kug
lishuian. ■ j
L. tho year of 1815, Capt. Jacob Wil
-1 a .us and Lieut. Henry fiimcoe, both
Amoricuii.l, who had been s nding some
weeks in tlie city of Me .. . took pas
wage in the regular diiigcii 'ia for Vera
Cruz. As they had gone over tho national
road oa their visit to the capital, and ,
Lad learned a good deal of the Mexican j
manners and customs during their so- ,
joum in tho country, they knew exactly :
what thoy had to be prepared lor, uud,
being, rtiong, couiagcous men, they ro
bolM'.f, if auuci.i d, to defend themselves ,
I" the delttll.
In ;he same diligeucia four others took
j a sii .'c, two men unil two women: atut
fccavcely were the horses well on the toad
ore too subject, oi robbery uud the l ob
bies was started by one of the females, a
>;ai.icr pre ty woman, who, addressing
iierseif to ( apt. Williams, inquired it in
thought there was uny danger <>f Im
parl y being molested by the bud knights
of the road.
••I can't tell any more about it than
you can,' somewhat gruffly answered
ihe captain, WHO .V. IS no her noted for
tun honesty than his poiisu; '"but 1 know
vine thing, Sotiui ita; it w ill be a—a
blessed sight, belief for them if thoy
don't."
At this the Mexicans looked horrified,
and one ol the men exclaimed, in a
tremulous voice:
"Ave Muiiu, i'uiissima! God be mer
ciful ! You don't think of icsisting,
Jv* or • *
, lie captain with an angry frown, sur
veyed the otlior from heuu to toot; uud
" thru, with an expression of contempt,
tu ' "tl to his own companion, and re
manted, in English:
-Why shouldn't highway robbery
flourish in this cursed country, lilied as
it is with such miserable cowards? Yes,'
he continued In punish, addressing the
whole parly, ratiiei than the timid ques
tioner, '1 do iliiuk of resisting if a
nuked—l sliould count myself worse
tuan a jackass if 1 didn't; and it you mts
**. üb.c poltroons would only leant to do
L o same, there would soon be un en: ol
this detestable business.
"Ah!" exclaimed the other male pa
s'uger; "there would soon lie un end of
v i, - vtiier, Scnor. The k. chu of it.,
i ■ IT don't now kill those WHO don tic
: but tlieu I hey would kill everybody
w —saints proicet u.I
• it'cll, in ti. 1 - •<-•• in particular, you
might as v.ell ...... as sit s„dl gf, i.i -d
ilio capialn ; "for as both my frh , o and
1 are sworn to icsist, the scmtli i "is
on t b" abie to toil wlio're for liiern o
no against them, ami o you'll enuic in
l c the su II" .remuieut a-ourselve
liere the enin produced two biaee
d pistols,said li:s companion was equally
nni ed, and n-marked tiiat there were
"igiit good shot , teady; and if the Mexi
ui'S would pluck up courage, and swear
o do their diif. like men, he would ieud
■ each of tli''in a weapon.
The wretches held up their hands in
horror, and sluank from the uccoptance
of the projio-iiioii; whereupon tlie young
est female audibly declared them cow
ards, and said if she only knew how to
handle the weapons herself, she would
take them and put tho others to shame.
"Thank Heaven for some redeemifig
qualities in the race, even if in the sex
where it least belongs!" said the cap
tain.
"For which, ladles," putin the lieuten
ant, "we will protect you with out
„ Jives."
One of th" two men now wanted to get
waut to sp.uik with the driver, he said, but
Captain Williams,suspecting fib,purpose,
told him he must remain inside; and
that, should lie uttempi to communicate
with anyone except, the party present be
fore the danger slioulil I,c past, or show
any sign of reaohery wuatever, he would
blow his brains out, hist.
"Whether you choose to fight or not,"
he lidded, "you havo got to remain here
and take the consequences."
It Is not a pleasant tiling to bo a pas
senger in a coach through a wild, lonely
region, that you kn< is infested wi:h
robbers, and be in constant expect at tan
of an assault that may result in the 10-s
of all your personal possessions, if not
your life; and to a brave, detoimined
1 man, the suspense, the uncertainly, tho
constant dreed of attack, is really uiore
trying upon tho nervous system than tlie
moment of action itsol:
So it was with our two friends, as they
watched tlie gradual decline of day, till
the night had sot in, and thon, rulnuto
alter minute and hour after hour, waited
&MI more anxiously for the crisis of their
journey. If not tlu'lr fate.
It cannot last. Tho dlligencia was
slowlv working its tortuous way up a
steoi ind dangerous hill, with a high,
wal iiko bank on tho right and u danger
ous precipice on the left, when a hoarse
voir suddenly culled out:
"Halt, and surrender your purses to
the knights of the road !"
i The dlligencia stopped, and tlie two
cowardly Mexicans iu.- ido groaned audi
bly.
in an instant, our American friends
were ready, a pistol in each hand.
"Make the slightest noise, you cow
ards," hissed the captain through his
shut teeth, addressing the limiinliug
wretches Inside, "auvl you shall have tho
Ilrst bullets in your worthless bodies !"
"Come out aud throw yourselves on
your faces!" cried tho stentorian voice
of the robber chief.
As no one stirred inside—tho Mexicans
through fear of tho Americans, and tlie
I latter because they intended to resist
! where they wore—the robbers, becoming
uqpatieut, jerked open the door, with
3a, hs, threatening to tiro into the velii
:e. Although it was very dark without,
the persons within could dimly perceive
1 several figures standing beside tho dill
! goncia; and at, these our heroes tired four
i snots in quick succession. Two of the
bandits instantly dropped, nun there
were loud cries uud groans of pain, auu
shouts of surprise and rage, with a quick
; falling back of the re6t of the assailants.
Tlie next moment a whole volley was
poureu iuto the diligencia. creating a tor
j riiu.' scene of shrieking and confusion
| among tiie passengers.
! "Ave Maria, I'uiissima! lam killed!"
cried one of tho men.
'•Ah —k! I urn dying!" shrieked the
; other.
••'saints have mercy ! they have broken
I toy arm !" groaned one of the females.
•All right with me. How is It with
1 pin, captain?" inquired the liuuten
, Bill..
"A mere scratch," said the other; 'a
I matter of a couple of fingers, that's all.
1: won't do, though, to be cooped up in
10-re, for the scoundrels to riddle us; the
. chances will be better outside."
I i.o started up as lie spoke, and was
endeavoring to step over one of tho men
I who was writhing und groaning on tire
I bottom of the coach, when two more
shots were simultaueoudy liied front
; without, aud he fell down, exclaiming :
••God help mo ! I believe the thieves
j have done for me this time!"
His companions at once bent over him,
| tenderly inquiring where ho vvn- hurl.
| and endeavored to lift him tip into a more ,
I i i nitortable position. The coach u.t.-, , v '
' this time like a liedlam—shrieks, groans,
J players, and even curses, all coin mitt-
I gied together. Before auy one couid get
, out, however, or the wild uoiso and eon
' fusion had in any degree abated, the
I door was slammed to, the animals were
1 cut loose, aud the vehicle aud all it coa
i tained sent tumbling over the piocipico
to the left, down which it lit-1 dropped
some distance with a heavy eiash, aim
I thon roiled over uud over itovvn a steep
; hill, bringing up ut last again t a hug.,
i rock, split opcu and shatter.:o.
For a brief moment or two was still
I as death, and then a few uioaus pru
: claimed that life was still t 'e.'te. Lieut.
Sirncoo was the fi,l to speak. He v\u_-
| much bruised, but not falal.y injured,
■ und no bones were broken.
"Are you alive, cuptuiu? ' he anxiously
I inquired.
No answer to the question, but a l'e
! miiie voice feebly moaned out:
•O. save me! faints and angels, be
| nierciuit!"
••Scuoriia, can I uid you?' inquired
the lieutenant.
•Help! help! for mercy's sake!" re
plied the same voice; but all tho others
1 were still.
Sitncoe raised hints?l anion..; the frag
ments of the vehicle, mi ! i> It auout in
the dark in tho diree. ion o! the voice.
His hand came in couiucl witn a wound
! that covered it with bloo.l and he drew
it back with a shudder. Then ho pas-ed
lo - hand over the body, ulul discovered
! to hi.- uorror it was thai, of iiis compan
' ion, Ciipt. Williams. Ho spoau to him
j again, bu; received uoau-wer. lie felt
■ for vlio pulse and heart, but lound both
\ s:ii;; and then ho knew lie was dead. A
further examination, conducted in tho
same manner, disclosed the thrilling l'act
j that only one beside himself had escaped
' with life. Ttiis was the female who iiud
prayed for help, and she had a leg and
arm broken, besides other serious injur
ies. With great exertion he managed to
j got. her out from the wreck, aud lixing
1 her in as comfortable a position as he
j could he left, her, groaning with pain,
I and crawled away some distance from
the horrid scene, and hid himself in some
| bushes, not knowing but the robbers
might pay their victims a visit, to plun
der tlieui uud murder those they should
j find alive.
It was a fearful night ttiat tlie lieuten
! ant passed triere in that, lonely place un
j der the trying clroumsiunces, listening to
:.•• groans and prayers of tho living
woman ►tilToring a great deal of pain
iiimseit, and ult the time in dread of
: some new Horror.
But the ' igands, satislied probubly
with the revenue thev had taken, did uot
approach their victims aguin, and early
the next of.vy :t parly of mounted police
Biipc.irod in scarce of liio dlligencia, and
tin.-, iko'living were relieved from further
' fear.
Although at no time con lined to his
bed, Lieut. Slmcoe never fully recovered
from tlie effects of that daugerous fall
and tiie shock tho whole affair gave to
his nei vous system. He was aide to at
tend as chief mourner at the grave of
, Capt. Williams, and a few Uuys after he
. i resumed his journey and got safely out
| of the country and home to his friends.
, j The wounded fkdy subsequently died
i ! of her injuries, so that lie proved to be
, the only one who escaped with life from
the vengeance of the thwarted tobbers.
' —N. Y. Ledger.
The city of St. Petersburg, which does
not count 1,000,000 of inhabitants, con.
sumes each day 10,000 bottles of wiuo,
1,500,000 quarts of beer ana 1,000,000
glasses of an alcohol known under the
i nan: j." vodsky
['THAI HAMILTON AFFAIR
THE ATE A STIC CITY TRAHKIiT
WHICH XXCITES TUB COVVTXV.
A lYnmr of Itntinns! Rnpntatlritt
ni'atßfl Into the M lrp S> thp IVtud Act
ofa Vlrlnvtiiitnif Unprincipled Woman. (
Some Facta About tlp Partlea Con- i
nertod With tl,p Trngpdy.
Following close upon the Terry-Field '
tragedy in California, Atlantic City, N.
J., tne well-known and popular watering
place, furnishes a sensation creating al
most as much excitement throughout
the country, owing to the ororoinence of
HUBERT RAY HAMILTOS.
the gentieinau conneeied with tho cas> ?
—Hol.eri Lay Hamilton, a member of i
the New York legisialuie from the Mur- i
i fay district. Now York city. Ho is a son:
of Gen. Betiuylor Hamilton, one of tho
j leaders of New York s 4tMI; a grandson
, of John C. Hamilton, author of a "Life
of Alexander Hamilton," and a great
grundson of Alexander Hamilton, the
secretary of the treasury under Wash
ington, who was killed in the duel with
Aaron Burr. Ho is a member of the New
j York Bar, the possessor of an income of
I SIB,OOO a year, and was until a fow years
ago. a prominent iigure in society in the
I metropolis.
i The story of his courtship and mar
riage is as romantic us tho story of the
tragedy is thrilling.
Hamilton is about 40 years of age, and
I his wife about ten rears younger, und a
| hopeless victim of the morphine habit,
j About two ypars ago tiiey were clan
! rtestinely married in New Y'ork. Some
j months ago lie took his wife to southern
California with tlie intention of locating
permanently. Mary Donnelly, a nnrs"
to his six-month's-old child, accompanied
them, lie returned disgusted and then
stopped at Atlantic City. Hero Mrs.
Hamilton's display of diamonds and
magnificent ens. nines at once created a
i sensation, and the movements of the
| conplo were noted with interest.
Many stories are utlont as to how the
j tragedy occurred that was finally brought,
\ to what at lirst looked to be a fatal end
j ing. hut tho most generally accepted
' story runs about like this :
| It seems that previous to Hamilton's
! acqunihfanco With his wife, she had
j formed an attachment with Joshua, ior
I "Dotty," as be was almost always
! called! Mann, and even after her marriage
! she still kept it up, meeting him at
I times ami places when the knowledge ot ,
her doings could bo kept from her hus
band, and also supplying him with
funds. Hamilton finally noticed Mann. .
and also remembered lhe fact that at
every place he and his wife had been, ;
during tlie season the same man had
been about. He a! lirst thought tho
man wax a thief following them about
for tho purpose of robbery, but at last
j the reul facts of the ease broke upon his
! mind.
He said nothing for a day or two, but j
i when his wife announced her intention of j
I going to New York, his indignation over- |
i came him and lie grasped her rutker j
roughly and said, "You are my wife and i
1 von remain here; let 'Josh' Mann take ;
j euro or himself."
Nils. Hamilton grew furious und des- j
j perato, uud Maty Donnelly, the nurse, j
; entering the room at that moment, she j
I turned her wrath upon her. Snatching
] t:p a Mexican dagger, and with a cry of j
j "you LULe exposed tne," she plunged the I
| weapon into tiie poor girl's abdomen.
MAN AMi 11 1 EE*
j 1
In I?frfli, 'K'ltMe mttl ( iiinucter Thitf
Wf*rf Diffrrnif in Kviry Respect.
j Robert Kay Hamilton Is not the lirst
man whoso name and reputation havo
I been sullied by this woman. In horoom
; parativ"ly brief career she has had many
| victims, .-ome of whom have nurrowly I
| escaped ruin at her hands, while others
have been glad to escape from her with
their lives
So far s tho story of tho prisoner's
life has been made known, 6ho has lived
in loss theu tonfeurs under tho following
names : Miss Brill, Mrs. Parsons, Miss
j May, Mrs. Mann and Mrs. Hamilton, each
' time living under tho protection of u man
j l ouring tho name she assumed, until Mr.
j Hnoulrtoa made her his wife two years ago
t P Iri
S Vt-fq
!! ' ■'•
: MRS. IiAMIhTOHt
j(t is said by !us li tends. Mr. Hamilton
i was regarded by ull who know him as a
I ; man of groat promise aud of undoubted
i honor and probity until he met, three
i i years ugo. the woman wl>o is now his
• ' wife, bin ■" then he has sacrificed fam-
I | ily, honor, friends, fortune, reputation
i | und his future to her. She, on her side,
i i bus spent his fortune, used most of tho
$l2O u week pin money lie gave her to
I maintain another lover, and Anally
: I draggtd an honored name in the mud.
I Mrs. Hamilton is now about 32 years of
. | age. She Is very protty, very selfish, de
| proved, passionate, uneducated, vulgar
I and vicious,
j | Not many Americans have a better
. i line of ancestors than has Robert ltay
Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was his
; I great-gruudfather, his grandfather was
, John C. Hamilton and Gen. Schuyler
: Hamilton Is h lather. He has an inde
pendent annual in corn o or from $35,000 to
; 840,U0U, which he got from hie gruud
i father 011 his mother's side, Robert Ray.
He is a member of the Union League, the
i University and Tuxedo clubs. Ho was
graduated from Columbia collego and the
! Columbia College Law school, and is a
lawyer, but rarely practiced his profes
sion. Polities were more to his taste,
and, wishing to be known In politics, he
j gratilied that desire.
His record as an assemblyman and as
; a private citizen, was such that no roan
! eoutd point a linger at him and say that
; there was anything in it of which he
j need be in anyway ashamed. He was al
| ways prominent in any movement iojK-
I ing toward the progress and advance
) mentof his fellows.
he is a muu of refinement—a eulturod,
| studious man. His name and his for
tune, together with his attainments,
made him naturally a conspicuous figure
in society, but he was not regarded as 11
••marrying" mtu nor as one who was
reckless in his pursuit of pleasure. He
was even to hie intimates a quiet
bachelor.
Within a few months after Mr. Ham
ilton's infatuation for Eva Stool began
the fact became known to some of his
friends. In fast, he seemed to take no
very great pains to conceal It. While
he never talked about the woman, he had
110 hesitation in being seen with her In
public places, at the theater, in the park
and other resorts, where he was morally
sure to meet some of his friends, and to
have attention attracted to liitu because
of his companion. And, after a time, lie
came to notice that he did not have so
many cordial friends as he once hud hud.
His political associates, many of them,
began to evince less pleasure in his
; society, and big family did not regard
! him us ufl'eetlonately. However, the in
j fatuation was absolute, and nothing
I'' seemed able to reJiovo him of the un
fortunate passion.
Many of Mr. Hamilton's friends In New
1 York believe tiiat he married Evangeline
out of a mistaken souse of chivalry to
save her reputation, but nothing human
could do that. Her record, now traced
buck lor some fifteen years, shows he:
always irredeemably, hopelessly wicked.
She grow from girlhood into womanhood
tho same creuture of vicious habits an I
passionate temper. She lias lived under
more names titan she has fingers and
toes. If she was ever an innocent
oent child she rid herself of her child
hood as early as possible and plunged
into the dissipations of iifo, an abandoned
woman at an ago when other girls are yet
in short skirts.
Mr. Hamilton's friends were not his
wife's friends, and the apparent impossi
bility of his ever being able to introduce
iter into the society to which he had been
accustomed drove him from the city and
sent him traveling through tho country.
Gen. Hchuyler Hamilton, the father of
COTTAGE WHERE TRAGEDY OCCURRED.
Robert Ray Hamilton, was dissatisfied
with tho life his son was leading, and
had frequently written to him to come
home and settle down. The general was
so much interested In this that only a few
days before the tragedy ho came down to
Atlantic City to bring the desired end
| about. It is said his wishes were ac
; ceded to, and that at the time of the af
| fray tho couple were packing preparu
j tory to going to New York,
j Descended from a father who was a
s brute and a mother who had not suffl
j cient will power to make her imperious
1 daughter obey her, Eva .Steel was porn
j in Desliaure, Fenn., in 1857.
1 It is a mining section of the state, and
: her surroundings in childhood wore not
those calculated to inspire either moral
j ity or refinement in any young girl. Her
i father was & man givon to excesses in
I liquor; he beat his wife and chased hei
j from his house when indulging in one of
f his sprees. This ooeurrod several times,
i and 011 one occasion tho mother brought
Eve to New York for a short stay. When
she returned to Dosbauro her heatl was
tilled with what she had seun in the
great city, and she determined to oujoy
some of the luxury of which she had
been a witness.
\ A mining superintendent named Far
sons gratilied her desires to see life, and
for two years she traveled about with
him as his wife. She then drilled about
in various cities leading a fast lifeuntii
her meeting with Humiltun in 188(1.
It waß thus they mot:
Eva hud gone to tho ball of the "Circle
! do l'Hariuouie" dressed in u diminutive
| costume that exposed lior figure, and
was walking through UlO hail like a
tigress searching for Its proy when Mr.
Huiniltou caught her eye.
Later in the evening Mr. Hamilton
found himself In a proscenium box,
whore fun was raging fast. Suddenly
an altercation occurred in a corner, and
Mr. Hamilton saw tho pretty blonde that
he had noticed earlior in the evening
beating a man over the head with a cham
pagne bottle. He stepped up to the in
furiated woman, more beautiful than over
in her wild auger, und pacified her.
Here the infatuation begun. Although
at the zenith of his fame, tho refined
statesman allowed himself to visit the
vile woman whose idea wus to trap him
and make him hers, body and soul. Wliul
he could see in her to fascinate a man o
his education and refinement cannot he
understood, but she must have possessed
some occult qualities to bo able to enter
tain such u man.
Mr. Hamilton's visits to her grew from
occasional ones to those of regularity,
and finally Itis infatuation grew deeper,
and he removed her to a place where he
could visit her at will.
Even when he gave her the right to use
his name and made her a member of one
of the proudest families of America, she
dragged him further into the depths of
dishonor and soiled him forever in the
mud of vice.
"Otil Black Joe" Dead.
The original "Old Black Joe" died at
Mount Holly, N. 0., a fow days ago in
tho little cabin where he has lived for
years, just on the outskirts of the town.
His proper name was Joseph Queen, ami
he was undoubtedly the oldest man in
the Btpte. being 112 years old. He was
born in Virginia In 1777. "Old Joe" was
a runaway slave and came to New Jersey
in 1827, where he was taken oare of by
eoine of the residents of Mount Holly.
Por years past the townspeople have
mlnisterod to his wants and kept him in
eompara! ive comfort. He wae very pa
triarchal In appearance, and hie form
was bent nearly double with the weight
of years. -Exohange.
"MOI.LV MISCHIEF."
Cur little Molly Ml-.hef
Hot proper uamu Roue
Ih ulwayn biiny us a I>h\
And ovorybt dy i h.wh
Th* been are full >f bnaincfit
The livelong summer day.
And so is Molly Mischief,
lint in quite a dilb t-eut way.
Her lt J t e rosy fliiyra.
ho pretty in their place.
Are often t •••.I together
behind her, in disgrace.
Becnufte, if uininma l a\esa thing
For only half a minute.
Th\\ like fluttering
Are aure to settto in it.
One ftuuday. after meeting.
She vanished from our sight,
But uo 0110 m\r the going
Of our littlo wauderiug sprite.
We ran around to seek her
Among the girls and boys.
And found bur in tho organ loft,
"A-bunting for ze noise."
And oneu, when wo forbade her
To pick tho ctirroanU red.
We heard her ill the bushes,
Ami tills was what she said;
"O ittle lonesome halites,
Is you al'waid to stay?
Come to your own. dear muzzer,
I'll hide you safe away.
I leave my little readers
To guess the hiding plueo.
Perhaps It something had to do
With the stains upon lor face,
—Youth's Companion.
KING FREDERICKS RUSE.
One streamer morning, a great many
years ago, a boy was lying sound asleep
on a beneh in one of the rooms of the
Sans Souci. the country palace of tho
king of Ftussia. witli all his clothes on.
Very gay clothes they were, from the
trim blue jacket, with its embroidered
cuffs and shining brass buttons, down to
tho smart shoes, with their well-polished'
steel buckles. But tho poor little fellow's
face was not as guy as his dress by any
I means. It looked sadly pale, and as
I worn and tired as if he had been up all
night.
So indeed he had. for tough old King
Frederick, who could work from 4 in the
morning till 10 at night without seeming
a bit the worse, sometimes forgot that
his poor littie page-boy was not as strong
as himself, and would often keep him on.
duty till Karl fell asleep from sheer fa
tigue, just as he appeured to have done
now.
All at once a bell rang sharply in 'the
next room. At that signal the page
ought to have jumped up and gone in to
receive his orders for the day, as lie 1 iad
to the first thing every morning, no mai-
THE PAGE ASLEEP:
ter at what hour he had gone to bed. But
he was so fast asleep that he never heard
it; and the bell rang again still more
sharply without any answer.
Then the door of the inner room
opened, and out catno a very strange
figure indeed.
It wus a small, loan, gray-haired old
man in a shabby uniform coat and u pair
of long riding boots, which looked as
though they hud not been cleaned for a
month; and as if he wore not untidy
enough already, he had smeared the
whole front of itis coat with snuff, which
foil off in Hakes whenever he moved.
His face might have been carved in
stone, so cold and hard did it look ; but
in the midst of it there gleamed an eye
so large and bright and piercing thai, it
seemed to go right through every one
I upon whom it rested. But for this com
manding glance one would most finely
have taken him for a beggar, and have*
wondered whut business such a slovenly
old follow could have in tho palace at alt -
But in reality this queer, shabby little
old man was no other than King
Frederick of Frussia himself, the great
est general and statesman in tho world,
and famous throughout all Europe under
the name of "Frederick the Great."
One could see by the Hash of his eye
and tho set of his hard old mouth, as ho
came striding out, that he was very
angry at being kept waiting, and that a
terrible scolding awaited the poor little
page, who lay sleeping there so penco
j fully, knowing nothing at all about it.
But us the king's oyo fell upon the lad s
unconscious face his mood seemed to
change.
"Hum!" muttered lie, with the very
ghost of a smilo flickering over his Iron
face. "How famously the youug dog
sleeps! I only wish that I could have
such a nap now and then. One can see
that he hasn't got to worry himself
about governing five millions of men,
or carrying on war against five nations
at once. Ha! what's this?"
EMPEROR FREDERICK READS THE NOTE.
A crumpled sheet of coarse paper,
which seemed to have dropped from
Karl's hand, wras lying on tho iloor lie
side him.
Tho king picked It up, and these wore
tho first words that caught his eyo, writ
ten in the shaky, straggling hand of u
very feeble old woman:
"I thank you very much, my dear
child, for the money that you have so
kindly sent me, which has been a great
help. Tako your old mother's blessing
for it, and see that youJalwayß <lo your
best to be a worthy and faithful servant
to our master, the king, whom God bless
and preserve."
As he read that simple message the.
soldier-king's grim face softened ns uo
one had ever seen it soften before. Fer
haps the memory of his own mother,
dead years ago, rose up in his mind once
more; perhaps he was touched by the
old woman's prayer for himself, or by the
discovery that this had been tho boy s
laat thought before ho fell asleep.
"Wore all my subjects like that," i.e
: murmured, "I should be the luckiest klji•?
In Europe. And bo ho hus been saving
! money from his wages, and poor cnou ;u
wages they are, I am Buro, to send to hin
mother! .Veil done, m.v boy; thou'rt. u
true Pruss an !"
At that moment Karl moved slightly,
as if aoout to awake.
The king no'iced it, and a now Idea ap
peared to strike him. which must have
lieen a droll one. judging from the mo
mentary twinkle that lighted up his stern
eyes.
"Yes, that will be the best way," said
ho to himself, "and a fine surprise It will
he to him."
Stepping bars Into the room whence
he had issued, which certainly had very
little "royal luxury" about it, for It w is
nlmost as bare a caltlo-shed, with no
furniture save a battered old deal table
MiM
gplpfjff
, THE MOSIIY FAXiLS TO THTt OHOUND.
and a broken chair, Frederick hunted in
the table drawer till he rummaged out a
, well-Worn writing case, from one end of
tho pockets which he took throe gold
, coins.
These ho slipped Into tho page's pocket
along with tho letter, taking great care
not to awake him in doing so, Then lie
rung his bell violently and called out:
"Karl, come hero 1"
The sharp, storn voice had the effect
of arousing our hero, who started up •.
once, and drew back in dismay as he sew
King Frederick's keen oyes lived
him.
"Pardon, your majesty, pardon!" he
stammered. "1 was "
"Never mind about that just now," in
terrupted tho king. "Como In here and
get your orders."
As Karl sprang eagerly forward to
obey, the niouoy, which had been put.
loosely into his pocket, rolled out again
and fell ringing and chinking upon the
floor.
"Hello, young man 1" cried Frederick,
"you ought to bo a good deal richer than
I am If you can afford to fling your money
about like that."
"Oh. sire 1" cried tho boy, imploringly,
"I don't know anything about this money.
I don't, indeed I Somoboijy must have
meant to ruin mo by putting it Into ray
pocket, uud then saying that 1 had stolon
It."
"No," said tho king, gravely, "that
money is God's gift to you, to help vou In
assisting your mother. Write and toll
her that I know ull about her, and that
1 11 lake care of her,,and you too."
And King Frodorick kept his word.
A Konuin Ulrl and her Doll.
Some days since the workmen who aro
digging the foundation for tho new law
oourts iu Homo discovered a sarcopha
gus buried thirty feot below the surface.
Immediately the telephone called to the
spot tho members of tho Archicological
commission, sciontitlo and literary men,
who watch with joalous care all the ex
cavations made in tho Eternal City.
Under their direction it was carefully
raised and opened.
Within lay the skeleton of a young
girl, witli the remains of tho linen iu
which sho had been wrapped, some
blown Heaves from tho myrtle wreath
with which, emblematic of her youth,
she hud been crowned in doath.
On her hands were four rings, of which
one was the double betrothal ring of
i plain gold, and anothor with Filetus, the
j name 'of her bolrothed engraved upon
j it. A large and most exquisite amethyst
j brooch, in Etruscan setting of tho finest
i work, carved amber pins, and a gold
j necklet with small white pendants were
I lying about.
j Hut what is most strango, ns being
j almost unique, was a doll of oak wood,
J beautifully carved, tho joints articulated
i so that legs and arms and hands move on
sockets, tho hands and feet daintily cut
| with small and delicate nails. The fca
! t,urcs and the hair were carved out in the
| most minute and caroful way, the huir
I waving jlow on the forehead uud being
bound with n til let.
11 On tho outside of the sarcophagus was
sculptured her naiuo, Tryph.ena Creporla,
and a touching scene, doubtloss faith
fully representing her parting witli her
patents. She is lying on a low bod, uud
striving to raise herself on her left urm
to speak to her heart-broken father, who
stands leaning on her bedstead, his head
bowed with griof, while her mother s ts
I on the bod, her head covered, weeping,
j It seeuis but yesterday, so natural is
the scene, and yet it was noarly eighteen
! centuries ago that those stricken parents
j laid so tenderly away their dearly beloved
daughter, with her ornaments and her
j doll.—Youth's Companion.
So Nuititul Ear in Horne*.
Recent investigations in France goes
to prove that the liorso has no car for
music, and oniy a slight understanding
of time and military signals. Several
rircus men confessed to the investiga
tors that thoy had never seen a horss
with musical in-tiuets. Tho popular de
lusion that a trained horse occasionally
waltv.es in time with the music, they
•-uid, was unsupported by experience.
The musie was always played to suit tlm
step of tho horse, which was regulated
by signs from the trainer. Most war
horses were found to pay little attention
to a signal for a cliargo, save when
I aroused by tho siguilicuut movements of
a rider. A troop of riderless cavalry
horses were unmoved by martial trumpet
calls. Altogether, tho investigations
concerning horses on the lield of buttle
went to prove that the traditionally in
telligent war horse could not make u
correct movement in a light, suve under
its rider's constant guidance.
Comptroller ol' tlie Currency Lucey.
Comptroller of the Currency Lueey
comes Irom Charlotte, a town In the
western part of lower Michigan, which
district he served in congress for half a
i j dozen years. Mr. Rueey is a rich lum
. barman, a man of cultivation and a good
; | speaker, and he is also olever witli tfls
• pen. He is very painstaking apd precise
but simple in his manners and wethod
i isai in his habits. Notwithstanding his
Whitening hair and moustache, Mr. Lacey
iooas a young man, and is one so far as
> energy and enthusiasm go. Tho salary
attached to the important ofllce of comp
. troller of the currency is $6,000 a year.
> less by $4,000 a year than W, H. Vanderi
j bllt pays his head cook.
1 j
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oarrying a load of twenty tons, makes a
speed of 22 1-5 knots per hour.