The (JiipsI Whsn I nm il"int, a lr ikes. rl, fifltjmn supply vluN's used And nil Its streams ot Mini f"l. Cor one, pnrehniien.froin out lis mt. Mnv pluck mi l M Ihn ttuwnr rest A llltln moment iii h r lire.isl. Th" wlill" II i o lor awet wllli spring, Until llkii II gentle spirit wing Its mini, nml r win k li r Iwiiuly cling. Ami slut will I'l'il. wlHi living eyes IJI'III II Hi m", .is en I in II ll, Asking no m ire milll It iti". Ho shrill I llvi 114 iln. nml !' Th" pi'lslel tfii'Mi of iirini'H-y. (,'l'ith"il In my lnitii'ii I illly. - ti(. : ( i It.' ird. Sho Spoko For Hovself, One) of lli riviiiuKiililx fcit'ircs of Hui French revolution wni tin almost imivessiil madness Hint ruled (In' It mi-. People of every elms mi l decree were itiHime, Hume in mm way, hiiih in tin oilier. p. very pnisiou feeling mnl eiiiiiliuii (il tln hum in ln"iil will Hit -( Ih I i 7l V and morbidly developed. 1M HI till )ll ll'IIH, N VHII'4 IIHtll nf frond family, lull nf somen lint luniti'il moans. Wits, nt I'm I kui x out of tint revolution, nlniiiiccil to the daughter of it tradesman iiiiiiiiiiI iiiiliinelie tuiiti of wcit 1 1 li . lint mi iriiiciile. Celeste was pretty, nrtfnl, ambitions nml treacherous ; nnd lien die thought it to lier interest l i get riil of her l.ivcr, see secretly ilenniiii'Vil hi',!, nml lie wiiii arrested mnl tlii-owu intu prison. Mciiiilinio n yoiiiiif widow, Mue" Itiiiiuiilie, who II I I secretly conceived a pHssiou for lii in, on I'liii'iu of lit" iucuree ration nml itaciuse, ddei nii'icd In mtve li in. She. went tn (lie jailer, nml bviinMtis of a bribp, for money Hil'l potent in those days as well as iu these, obtained Mil interview. lu Hots win imrprlsu I lit her viiit. "I bnveooim'," sbesaid frankly, "in the. hoiu thnl 1 may save a lite for wliiuli 1 wutilii fr;mly give, my own." "I do uot know as I understand yon, Madame I" replied tha wondering prisoner. "Probably not, tut T nm n woman, nml women lire sometime euigiuas even to themselves. I will not ask if yon know me, for yon certainly do not, lint do yon know my name?" "Yen j yon am Mine. Itomninc, widow of Jules Itoiiiniue, daughter of (iustavus D'Auvcrgno young, lovely, accomplished mill rich." "f Heo yon know how to lint tor even in prison!" returned the other "Hut let itH not waste time in idle word. Your life in in danger, nml I would aave it I We liuve t mi minuter to con Verne in private. Yon must escape mm here nml fly from France ! You mny be tried nt any hour; nml, once tried, you will 1m condemned ami exe tinted. " "But of what mil I accused, aud by whom?" , "Yon are accused of being nn aristo crat, royalist, ami in those times of blood the suspicion is enough to bring your bond to the bloek." "But who ao bane an to denounce mo, Madame? I would kuow the name of my enemy, that, if ever t do escape, I may at aouie future time exact repa ration for the injury," "Ob, perfidy?" exeluimed Mine. Ilomniue. "Prepare yourself, Martel D'l Bois to boar a terrible truth. Wh T t you t runted mont yon bnve beeu moat bimely betrayed. Celeste Zou lou.'hti is your neeret denouuoer." "Imponnilile !" cried Du Bois, stng Reriua; under the mental blow. "Im jioiible! Mon Dion I You are trying my faith." "We are wanting precious time," aid the other, glnuoiug nt her watch. "Believe what I tell you. You w ill have corroborative evidence all too noon." . "Then welcome the guillotine! Why live in a world ao treacherous and baae?" "But all are uot like Celeste Zou louche." "Yonr presence here, Madame, is a proof of that. But my faith is Huakeu and life seems of little worth." "We should uot be too uoltish," re Joined Mine. Itoiuaiue, hurriedly, "Live, Martel, or oue of your friends will benoefortb be wretohed. " "la it so?" exclaimed Du Bois, as the troth flashed upou him. "This is no time for false delicacy, pursued the other, with agitation. "Oiroumstances have caused me to be tray feelings you otherwise might never Lava suspected, and for which even now I may be reoeiving your eoret censure. But no matter 1 Let me but kuow you have escaped aud are beyond the reach of your euemies, sua 1 can ue nappy, eveu auoum we never inset agaiu." t'Ctnsura you!. Despise you for trying to save my life? Ob, Madame, yon? words give rua pain I " "You will life, then? You wilt en cape?" "If pimiitile I will, If only for your wikc. "(jiiiek, then, K'v enr to my plun. Here ii a powder, of which you will t ike n niii'ill portion at a time. It will in ike you nick yoil will look pale. Cut liltle or no food, and you will I. in' your atrenglh. The phyalelnn will be palled nnd you will bp removed to the biispilil. Onee there, I Irnit I slnill be able to effect your enpe. Yon will obey in? InslruclioiiH? " "IteliKiimsly." " I'heu if yonr trial mIioiiIiI not come on meantime yoil limy bp aaved. 1 It" to wnteh nnd pray and hope. Adieu!" He followed the directions of Mine, tloiiiiiine, nnd tin' third day after her vinl he w,n removed to the hospital. Here be fi ll under t lie charge of a lay nixtcr iiiiiiieil Allien, "I know nil !" alie auid to him nt Hie II iil opportunity. "Julie Itomnine is in v in uii ii I nm her cunlldiiiite. Wp Inive nureeil npun a bold nml novel pl.in fur yonr escape. Il is this: You ni'isl Hfem to get wors.i nml worse, nml nt I nil, at til" proper time, you inns) feign convulsions nml nppenr to die. I will cover vour faee. II id, when the chief plivsiei iii cmnes his rounds, nn liuuiiee yonr dentil. If he dikes my word for it nil will be well; if not, we mnv full ; th-tt is our risk." "Anil suppose hi' leaves me for dead whit Hi -ii V "I'll "i, aft -r dirk. I will pretend to Ii im- rec'ivi'd nn ord-r to hnve you conveyed l i the ilisie"liiii room, where von will be provided with n nurgeoiiM suit, in which di.s.ui you must escip-'. " Ncnr the close of his fourth day in I In- hosiiitnl. Al irtel I il lluiswas a i I iv more tli ri oue persuii in coiivul si. his. An hour or two Inter, when tin! physician nnide his rounds, ho was covered with il nheet. "There is no more need of your service i here!" anid Sister Agnes, calmly, as hIi intercepted him. "Th next iiiitient seems worse: will you be kind enough to nee him at once?" Tin) doctor luisseil on. Ho Inr nil It was oilitu dark when the bndv of )ii Bois was liormi into thu dissecting room. The attendants retired in baste, leavi nit Sister Agnes and a bid with him. "Xow, then, here lire your gnr ineiits ipiick 1" Hiiid the fair iiiiinc. lulessthnii live minutes the lute ("iriise looked like u very uutive and important surgeon. This bid will guide you follow him!" said Sister Allies, biirricdlv. Linger uot a moment. Adieu I Adieu!" five minutes Inter Martel Du Bois, guided by a youth, was hurriedly pass iug through the st reels of Toulouse. Ia the outskirts of tin) town the youth led him to au old atable, where they found two swift horses prepared for a journey They mounted and rode southward, toward Spain. When morning dawned there were forty good miles between them and Toulouse. The second night they eutered Spain and were safe "Xow, my brave lad," anid Du Bois back to your mistress, Mine. Bomaiiie, and tell her my band, my heart aud mv life nre nt her disposal," "She will accept your band and h'Mirt, but begs you to keep your life!" returned the youth, with a light liiiigh. "She will speak for bersplf!" re' joined Du Bois, sharply. "She does!" laughed the other, "How is this this?" "1 uui Julie ltomaine." They were married iu Spain, and at the close of Beign of Terror returned to frunee and lived long and happily l?few York Press. Oulck Cowboy Win k. They were discussing the wonderful feats of riders iu Wild West shows at the I'ootes House, aud uow they don know whether to believe Dave Doug lass, a well-kuowu stockmau of Alzada. Moutana, or uot. "The most expert rider I ever saw on the iilaius was a cowboy named Turn Bride," he said. "He was ac ipiaiuted with all the tricks of Wild West rider aud of the regular circus rider, aud was equally adept with l.isso. His feats witu tne rope were remarkable. The last time I saw him was oulv a few mouths ago, near Her mosa, South Dakota. We were on roundup ou the south fork of the Cheyenne River, aud just befori reaching camp iu tue evening .we scared up two wolves. Wntnli inn flutnh. thoaa fidlnwa. be said, and off be started in liotobase of the scared beasts, lifting the ooil of bis lasso from the poiuel of the saddle as the race begau. "Now, a piairie wolf oau outrun almost anytbiug if pursued. Out Tow bad a wiry little bronco thnt was noted with the Z, bull outfit for spend at abort dashes. When the raeo had progressed hu a few hundred yards Tom thought hn had gained sufneieutly upon the wolves to make a patch. He had an extra nig lasso, sml he threw it out nt full length, at least two hundred feet. It ookeil likn th wolf was beyond its length, but when it dropped it nettled Ight around the wolf's neck, and I'u in pulled it up with a jerk. H'i didn't even brnco his pony for (he atch, and he kept l ight on running nt full speed, hauling in I lie wolf ns he went, until hn lifted it up to his saddle ohoked to deiilh nnd tied it on. All the time thu ot her wolf was lighting out nt n Riil I Hint would Inive muile Nntirv Hanks sick, but the pony was alendily gaining on it, ami by the time Tom had the li r st wolf secured ic wni close enough to make a second atch. "The second patch was nn cxnel repetition of the llrst, nnd the rope m l bit just tightened on the second wolf's thrust when he wheeled bis pony nml enme Imek laughing. Hy lb" t tin 'i he reached us he Inul drawn up the mtoiiiI wolf choked lo death as Hie llrst hud beeu. He bud run llmtw.i miini ils il'iwii williin range of our eyesight, although hiiuilciippeil by their long stint, nml their skilful cap ture had been mude iu less than four teen minutes." I Khmhus Citv Times. I'lmliuif nil t'.un uf an I! Unci (Inul lllril. A luiinlli ngo I noticed tin snle in Loudon of nn egg of the extinct gimit bird I'.pyoi nis at a high price. Tim pyoruis was, in reality, the bibulous Hoc of "Siuimd Hie Siiih.r" iu "The Arabian Nights." I know of only two eggs iu this country, one belonging to the Long Island II isturiciil Society nnd the other to our own Museum of Nut- iii nl HiHtorv. Now one hits been brought to l.nn- lou by ii Mr. .1. Proctor or Tauiiitave, ill Madagascar. It was discovered by some unlives nliniit twenty miles to the southward of St. Augustine's Bay on the southwest const of Miiihignsciir. It wns Hunting on the calm sen, within twenty yards of the bench, nml is sup- osed to have beeu washed awny with the foreshore, which consists of sand hill, after a liurrienne in the curly pin t of the year. The childlike 'longshore- lui'ii of the nutipndes, opining Hint the egg Innl a vulue, allowed the unusual iIiiIhuiii about, nnd il thus cime into the hands of Mr. Proctor. The eg;?, which is whity-brown iu color uud unbroken, is a line speci men, .'t'll inches by 2H inches, nnd nn even higher value is placed upon it than upon the egg of the great auk, which lived within the memory of num. The brobdiugmigiuu proportions of the t-gg are better demonstrated hy com parison with the eggs of the ostrich and crocodile. An ostrich egg isahout iuches ty fifteen inches, nml tiro contents of six such are only equal to oue egg of the Kjiyornis. The mea surements of the pgg of the crocodile are uormnlly 'J iuches by (!) inches. It would require the contents ot 10 emu's eggs to equal the poutentsof this great egg, or HH eggs of the homely fowl, or . 80,000 of the bumming bird. A fiirrpiicy Mystery. There are 1 Hi, (100,000 old copper pennies somewhere. Nobody knows what hasbeuomu of them, except once in a while a single specimen turns up iu change. A few years ago 4,500,000 bronze two-cent pieces were set afloat. Three millions of these are still nut staudiug. Three million three-cent uiukel pieces are scattered over the United States, . but it is very rarely that one is uceu. Of 800,000 hulf ceuts, which correspond iu value to Euglish farthings, uot one baa been returned to the government for re coinage or is held by the treasury. Congress appropriates from $100, 000 to $150,000 yeurly for recoiniug the uncurreut silver coins now in possessiou of the treas ury. These are mostly half dollars, aud are uot circulated because there is no demand for them. Not long ago the stock ot them amounted to 000,000, but it is only about half that now. The money set aside for recoin iug is not iuteuded to pay tor the cost ot the miutiug, but is required to re imburse the treasury of the United States on account of the loss in weight which the silver pieces have suffered by abrasion. This loss amouuts to $30 on every 91,000, aud it has to be good iu order to set the treasurer'! account straight. Chicago Herald. A Ureat Obstacle. "The iuventor of that flying machine bar giveu up all hopss of being able to fly." "Why so?" "His creditors h ive attached it." Truth." WIM) DUCKS, HAl'NTN ANI II MM I'M OK TIIKSK W All V IIIKI. TlierP Are Many Varieties siomelli'n rrally Kouinl tiiUint, While Oi:i il l KreiMeiil the Kei Coasl' lllnls Kor lliinters. OMI! ducks nre posmopolitan others only no liy spells. So extensive ia their migration that maiiv nre common to four pontineiits. The mallard ia the same on both sides of the Atlnntic mono unions everywhere except in cuntnet with limit. So, too, the gndwell, spoonbill and a few others are common to all the regions of thn Northern Hemisphere, lint while the hooded merganser, the golden eyes, the three little tenia and the linfllehead make their homes with us they are nometimes projected by their swift Mights like missiles on foreign coasts. The Knglish teal is likewise oecnsiolinlly found on our hores. The wood duck, however, the redhend nnd I henenups are ours, along with the ringueek nml the ruddy. We hare, too, as Amerienn widgeon, nnd nf course the ennvasback is oue of "our institutions." dm tiir i nraa rank. The species mention.il nre those most generally found inland. Many an old hunter has not seen all of t heae. But there nre others thnt frequent the seacouHts exclusively, that struggle to as sometimes in passing. While all pass in the fall on the way South and aflord good shooting at well known but limited haunts, it is mostly in the wake of the warm spring rain and on the south apring wind that ducks come to us everywhere. The earth then is keeping open house for them. Large swnmps that were dry iu autumn are flooded now to just the proper depth, nnd little pools nre strident with the screech of frogs nnd other wriggliug things that ducks delight in. This, too, is the stimulant season. In the blotchy patches in the sky, the squawk and quarks and wing awishes Hint fret the air, there is a larger hope alien I than a larder or a couch. Ducks huve come, are coming, are every where. Auy one that can pull trigger can bag them. The "hardpan'' pnuds, whoso ilama nlTonl audi sure approach, CANVAHBACKH. the narrow prairie runs, the alonghs and deep cuts of the wooded creeks. thn stalk field furrows, the very way lide puddles, are dotted. Everywhere re skulking, creeping figures of men nd sploshing steps, aud lumbago and rheumatism rind food and lodging all over the land. Where are the ducks from? The mallard, that priuce of inland ducks, just spreads himself during the oolder months from Labrador to Pana ma, reveling anywhere that ice remains unformed, beating about with the low storm centres. The pintail keeps bun company, with a penchant for Cuba when it is very frigid here, while the black dnck acts very like them both over a space much farther east. So, too, the gadwall, but the baldpates, spoonbills, scaups and most others bail from Mexico, tne West Indies and Central America, and come np from a feast on the Southern lagoons for love snda new auitot clothes on the North ern lakes to the musio of the melting ice orash. The blue wing teal goes farther south than the green wiug. It is the greater traveler of the two in fact, it baa perhaps the swiftest wing among webfoot birds. These are apt to be a little late because they have been so far away. The mergansers, too, come up as the the crawling things loose their hold upon the slimy bottoms for they are animal feeders exclusively true fish ducks. The sea ducks, too, are apt to be a little late for the same reason. But many of them make a mixed, meal, and our oanvasback is so fond of Potomao celery that it is rather loath to leave the limits of our territory. The wood duck may go South some times as the ice boles clone up, but he is generally with us, and yon may often scar him with the tinkliug of your skates. Where are they after they do ooma? Why, when abundant, almost anywhere. as I nave aatd, bat w&eu soaroe you want to know their pet regions. They have thaw, I assure you. It ia largely a matter of local experience, and if the oountry is strange to you a guiae will be an essential of success. On each aide of the writer, only a mila away, is a creek, but on one ducks nre often plenty, while not a feather la to be found on thn other. But generally rich muddy shallows full of grass roots wnnn nrrK. or erustaeeotis creatures. Iinimtsof the spring frogs, rice or celery fields, bot tom woods, rich in scorn or bench mast, or even Hie cornfields, and at times the upland growing wheat, con tain them. In nil these ducks are hard to ap proach, ('old, blustery days, with a thread of snow, are npt to drive them to tile wooded streams, where they huddle against the ln bank, or thn high north bank of some prairie pool may furnish them a haven. In all re gions they will have their favorita roosting lakes, to which they are much attached, and your snceess will likely lie more in knowing their pouch than their table, find the route of incom ing and outgoing by being on hand early. Conceal yourself on thin linn by any blind you can rind already at hand at least dress inconspicuously and crouch low. Wading pants, al lowing you to stoop to the arm-pits in the shallow edges, are ideal, if you can stand thn two exes -exposure and ex pense. Take a heavy, strong, shooting gun, all the powder you can stand behind, and the largest shot that your gun will carry Well at forty yards, nnd reach out for anything yon can see thn color markings on. Jt is down wind and down grade, too, naually, remem berflight, sails and gravity combined MAI.i.ARIM. the speed about treble that of your usual shooting. Kight to ten feet ahead may uot he too much sixty yards away. Calls may help when lucks are fending, but are of little vail when they are going to roost. So, too, with decoys. Don't make the mistake of setting thr.se with the wind! for ducks are apt to alight against them, and always feed with them in their faces. This paper is written for the ama teur, and all the sinkboat, swivel gun and other professional methods of capture are omitted, (lo out with au old hunter some time and learn of him if he will let you. James Newton Baskctt. A Simple Mown. Here is a costume for tit womin who still cliugs to tha plain gown, ft is just the dreas to wear beneath a ooat and doea much towards bringing out the beauties of a well-rounded figure. Tbo material is dark-blue habit cloth. The skirt is perfectly plain ; as it reaches the hem there ia a glimpse of an ecru cloth pettiooat beaded by a wavy deaign of gold braid. The tight fitting bodice is cut to show a yoke aud pointed vest of the ecru cloth outlined with the gilt braid. The sleeve scorns all trimming. A new ooat attracting much atten tion in an uptown shop ia of dark brown box cloth. It ia made with a passementerie yoke in varying shadea of mauve and violet. This yoke is outlined with woven gilt braid. The sleeves are capped with an epaulet edged with the braid, and they have a moat elaborate cuff of passementerie and braid oombiued. New York World. SOLDIERS' COLUMN SOLDIERS' LYRICS. Kxtrsots of Pontloal l.nttsrs Bant Bom During isot-an. DL'flf NO tliswsi of 1H4I 01 ths mails reaching New York city from the Houtli and the ' West were unusually heavy, Tha snldicrs who comprised oar vsrious i rails when not en gaged with the rnemy or mtk Ing long msrnbe, Had many weary and lonely hours. To pans this time pleasantly and protltably, many of them devoted their leisure moments to writing long letters to their vsrious relations and frieod at home. Very many nf the soldiers' letters dining this period bore rhymed sd drespes, siimn of which wero qualm and witty, while others wcrs sent.imen tal in character and ci pressed tha writer's feelings with a greater or less er degree of accuracy; and tlioug'i somctimss there ws a struggle to make the address "(It in" nevertheless it was seldom they failed to msko it clear enough to nully resell its des tination. The writer wasconnectnd with ths New York general post office during the above period, and at odd moments collected a number if thesa pontics I addieiscs good, bad and indifferent,. A selection of a lew of these may ra call Void times" to the veterans and afford entertainment lo your youngne readers, giving them an idea of how snme of the soldieis amused themiclvca and their friends at home. In order Hist the younger readers may moieclesrly undeistsnd some of these "addresses' it should be stated that the soldieis were permitted to send their letters without prepsymnnt nf postsge, and lack of lumla oftno compelled the acceptance of this priv ilege. However it ws nucesssry tbsl the letter should bear the endorse ment of some regimental officer sod it wss tUen duly for warded, double postage being collect (d from the receipent, who of course cheerfully paid the "one." It was a well known tact that thn soldiers did n it receive their psy vary promptly, small as it wss; cooscq jant lywhen they wore psid thn friendly sutler claimed the "lion's share" to csnr:ol the account lie had so kin ily(?) permitted tlisin to "hsnir, up" and fre quently the insigniRcinr balance, win toon qunndercd in the same direc'lon. Therefore we need not wonder tint tint boys were proverbially "dead broko'' and the following extracts will show the slmost thrcnic finsm-UI coudition in which many found themielvds: A soldier, down in Kloriila sar.inips, llavingspstit all till money and nl ad his il snip'. Ileqiirsis that tbil le' er nuy ba put throiiRli. While he Hiihts for the honor of "It-sl U nits and blue." Holilier'i lel'er. "Nary red," ilariliacc instead ot IpmI. Postmaster, p il tun through. Nary stamp, hut nine ni inilu I ts! Tncle Ham's to me a debtor. That's ilia ressou I "Irjnx ilmla ir. It he would pay mv Uwful das I tbeu wo'ii'l stamp thiaietier inro'. To be "strapped in camp or else where is a sufficiently disagree iila condition ofalfiiis. even wimn y.iu daily expect the paymistc; but wli -n all hope is gone, ss in the esse of this poor comraiio, be surely merit our sympathies, Listen to hi Uaiontt . tion: "Now is ths hour of our d.Kontent", Tb paymaster's tlopeil. A' d we've got not a vent' ft was often remarked, during thit period, (hat the armies contained a wonderful army of prol'esiiODal talenc and also all the trade were numerous ly repiciented. HmiU wooder, then, that we Had a "naturalist," who ap pears to have been roving about, and. attracted by some charming musio, tells tha story: To Clara rtedfleld, Madison, New Haven county, slats of Conn.. Who when she pours har music forth (Th tseeteit tunes of sd ths earth), The nightincal. that bird of fame. Stops short in oan.and ina In sbsme! Again, we have a fair example of the clsssof pnzzlet called angrsms: To Hirsm Alien. Oswego. TrsntpoMd It rrsiitli..We-iiso, Trsnsissted sirsin. and you will m Thst ibu ic runnel h, 8o-o-wa Transposed one more, and it will show A. common adage .So-we-gol Once more, in a similar vein, we find an effort to puzzle mail clerks: I wi.h I was a U. T. K.. Where once 1 used i R. . For thsr rasidea M is K. T. J., And her I wish 2 (.'. Surety, it needs no demonstration to how that the loved one at home very anxioudy and unceasingly awaited the arrival of letters from the dear ab ent onei, and this feeling is somewhat graphically expressed in our closing election of verses, written by a sol dier who, tor awhile, wss stationed st Port Schuyler, Nsw York. They are entitled THfc MAfU Oh! what a world of destinies la enropassad by thv band, Thou bearer of tua tidiniri k torn ths loved of every laud' And yet thou hast no sv rapstbiee, Wall speeding on lli way. For tboae who pin and long forthea With each returning; day. What care bast thou for tbos whoataad With half sujpenJsd breath. To road lb miaalvas borne by thrsa Of lot, of liie, or death? Of those who wstch sod wait tor ths Till minute seem like year. Till cbaak grow pal amly grow ilia. With buir, ban tick tear Who hear thy ditotal igaal notaa, Half wild with sob, delay, Than sat lb carat, rapid words, "No mall for the toslay." K S. Baowia, ia 0i aaaf Qrmf-
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