1-u fkAC A loir won't burn alone ! The flume grow Imw, the hmrth If dark, Low sing the imp In crooning tone i , Th room grows chill, ami sold, and stark, Onn'j heart hold boek, m If to bnrk For ghostly sol and ecrte mono A Ior can't burn, alone ' A life enn't glow, alone U The smile immi sad, the Bns start, The will lies useless, limp and prone i I Unchallenged and nnnhnnred tho heart And one by one the stars depart From all one's sky, to darkness grown A Ilia Is ili-nth, alone t Ross H. Lathrop, In Independent. A WOMAN'S HEART. BT. JRNNT WREX. GRF.AT many people who had nothing better to do began to won 1T why Mips Htwell did not iniitf, to shake their heads in silent displeasure ns the rumor often . reached thorn of some new anitor being dismissed, and finally, as times went on, to become convinced in their own minds that there was some mystery in tho case, some unexplained cnuse why offers so constant and so worthy should ever meet with the same cold disdain. Hut to the subject of all this gossip it mat tered little. An only child, the mis tress of her father's luxurious home, she smiled sweetly upon one and nil, nnd then when came the inevitable end and she saw her adorers at her feet, she had hut one answer for them, a quick, calm refusal. "Young Mr. Bonsnrt dines with ns to-dny, Mabel, my dear. Have an ex tra cover laid," said her father one morning. "Certainly, papa," was her reply, but as she left the room the blood mounted to her face in a crimsou flush, such as was rarely seen there. Phil Bonsart had returned then to take possession of his goodly acres, the rich estate of which he was sole heir and which his foot had not trod den since a boy. He had been a trav eler in foreign lands for years. Oc casionally, they had heard of him at some distant point, and now suddenly and unexpectedly he appeared iu their midst, come to claim his own. Iu those early days he and Mabel had been inseparable. Then there had been a childish quarrel, and they had separated now to meet again after all this lapse of years, she a woman of twenty-and-four, he a man of thirty. Would he find her changed, she won dered, as in the afternoon she wan dered down to the drawing-room to wait her guest's arrival. Busy with her thoughts, she scarcely raised her eyes until she had crossed the room, where she might watch the carriage drive and so prepare herself for his coming; and then, for the first time, she saw her foresight was in vain. Mr. Bonsart stood before her. A faint start was all the outward sign she gave before she gracefully extended her hand and bade her enter. "I am afraid I startled yon ; but I was very unfashionably early, and so told the servant not to tell you of my presence. I have been woudering, Miss Sewell, during these few mo ments, If I should find you changed; but only as the bud develops into the flower do I see a difference. 1 knew there was great promise. I scarcely hoped to see such perfect fulfillment. Come, tell me something of my old home. I shall expect to hear all its gossip from you." "There is none to give you. We are stagnating absolutely, and depend upon you to give us fresh enthusi asm." "I am afraid I shall have to run away again if so onerous a task de volves upon me. However, I expect a houseful of friends next month, and we shall doubtless have our hand full during that time, at least. Your old friend, Mrs, Leonard, is to chaperon the party, with her hsnghters, two or three more young ladies and half a dozen men. I shall count upon you as my old ally in tho art of entertain ing them." . And so in pleasant rhat and many recollections of that bygone time, the dinner and evening passed rapidiy away. During the month that followed, those olduu times seemed to have come again. Every day, on some pretext, Phil found his way to Mr. Sewell's now to ask Mabel to fide, to consult her in regard to some of the preparations for his guests aud a grand ball he was to give in their honor, and finally to seek aud obtain Mr. Sewell's oonsent to be his guest and help him greet his friends. The gessips began to revive hone in their breasts, and to think Miss Sewell bad done wisely after all. Certainly she never looked more beau ttfnl or seemed more perfectly con tent than when she took possession of the pretty suite of rooms Mr. Bonsart had assigned her. It was late in the afternoon. Many guests had already arrived, the house was full of cheerful bustle, merry voices echoed through the grand old halls, as Mabel left her rooms to join her friends below. Would she find Philip Bonsart waiting for her? Yes, he was there, at the foot of the stairway; bat as she reached th bend, she saw him tarn way, go hastily forward with oat stretched hands and radiant smile to meet newcomer, a young girl in whom overt tho eyes upon tho stairs could find no Sow, whoso beauty was smdeniable. Tho little hand ho bold in his long after its first greeting or hio worm, ooffor wotcoaao. "I was so Impatient, I feared you wore not coming to-dny." "Aunt always is delayed, yon know 1 bnt I did not mean to be disappoint ed. Who ara here, Philip?" a sweet, musical voice replied, then the stately figure on the stairs rustled down, recognized their presence with a cold, contracted bow, and swept past them Into the drawing-room. "She palls him 'Philip I Doubtless it is all arranged. How well matched they will bet How bright they will make the old house! And I well I have kept my secret too many yea's to let it escape me now." Rut a look of pain crept' into the beautiful rye', a change in her man ner, a coldness, a dignity which be came Mine Bewell well, who was unlike the Mabel who had met and welcomod the traveler o.n his return. Later in the evening he brought her, leaning on his arm, to be presented. "Miss Laurence Miss Kewoll." Lillie Lau rence looked siiprised nt tho cold, icy way in which the other acknowledged the introduction, but something in the beontiful face attracted her, and bIio determined they should be friends. The dsy of the ball drew nigh. There were to be tableaux, followed by dancing, and the performers were busy studying dress and attitude. Volumes of old engraings were dragged down from their shelves, studied and restudied ; chests, un molested for years, ransacked to tho bottom, nnd brocades nnd velvets dragged therefrom for the important even. Miss Hewell was constantly in demand, so that she ever had an ex cuse w hen her host would have de tained her by his side, and he wondered what, the strange barrier could in en n between them. Not so could tih 'J es-ape the little white-robed figure which crept, night after uigbt, to her door, which would nestle before the fire at her feet and claim admission to her heart, whether she would hure it so or not. A sinsrulav fascination drew her to this girl, who had robbed life of its sweetness, whom her coldness could not repel or auer. "Yon must love me, Miss Sewell, whether yon w.uit to or not. In the first place, I learned to love yon long sn, through Philip. Besides, I have a little secret I want to tell you. I am engaged, ami, oh, I am so happy!" A band of ice clutched the listener's heart at this confirmation strong; but she answered calmly : "Perhaps it is not such a secret as yon suppose." "Indeed it is; unless Philip nnd he promised No, it could not be he." "lie has not betrayed it, I assure you. But come, it yon want any roses le rt for to-morrow, you must bid me good-night." Yet, when her gneRt had left her, she stirred not, moved uot, until the dawn was httjiuning to break nn l the fire had died dowu and out. Then she crept, shivering, into bed, worn aud wan. At length the long-expected evening came. The guests were assembled, the tableaux fairly under way. In vatu they had pleaded with Mabel to take soma part. Hho would assist them in any way but that. Aud as, one by one, the beautiful living pictures drew forth enthusiastic- applause, their perfect success was mostly owing to her taste aud skill. In one of them, the last upon the list, Philip appeared alone with Lillie iu that touching picture of "The Huguenots." Brave, resolute and unspeakably handsome he looked as be held her to him, while she tied round his arm the white signal which should protect him. The picture was perfect, and one pair of eyes watched it from behind the scenes with a jealous inteutness which ssw it all, aud a look almost of hate crept over her beautiful faoe as she watched them. Slowly the curtain was descending when her eyes caught what none other bad seen, a spark of red, which any motiou might fan into flames, and which showed with a lurid glare on Lillie Laurence's closely clinging dress. i asoinsted, she watched it deepen and glow. As in a vision she saw the beau tiful face distorted and ruined. Who would care for it then ? Was she mad ? Could she harbor for one momont such a thought ? Aud a wild shriek escaped her lips, and was echoed by Lillie as the flames rush out and she found her self enveloped in them. Yet before she bad time actually to realize the danger, or the awe-struck poople to make a move toward her rescue, she felt herself claped to Miss Bewell's breast ; another moment, and with her own dross was she beating them down, with her own hands fighting thuir pro gress. It was a short struggle, but it cost the victor dear. Not a bum was on Lillie Laurence's fair, white skin, but Miss Sewell rose, white almost fainting. ' "You are hurt, Mabel 1' an anxious voice said. "My darling, how brave, how noble yon were. " Was it Philip who spoke thus? She would not yield to this weakness. Hhe would cross tho room, aud gain the hall. She made two or threa staps, feebly but resolutely, vaguely wonder ing what had made her flesh so heavy, or gave her this anguished pain in her band, then she seemed to step sud denly down into blaokish darkness. "I am dying," she thought. "What will he think?" and it seemed to her she called aloud with her last breath, "Fhilipl Ob, Philip!" In reality tho words were but a whisper, bnt they foand their way to tho ears of him whom sho called, who bent over her with a world of anxious love, whoso strong arms raised and oarriod har where sho might havo air and rest and sUenoa. . Tho hands which had dono their work so bravely wore tenderly bandaged, - nnd whon she oponed her oyos and eamo book to tho world, she felt her hand nnd soul woro oleaaeed of a thought which and been mime. Philip still was beside her, anil at the memory of his words a burning flush, half pain, half joy, rose to her face. "Mabel, are you belter?" he whis- Fiered. "I have been so anxious, dar ing. I havo longed so, Mabel, to tell yon of my love, but yon seemed so cold, so changed, I dared not hazard all. What have I done to offend you ? Forgive me for taking advantage of your weakness, but Idaro not wait un til yon are strong to escape me." Was sho dreaming? If so, might she never waken I Then she remem bered Lillie. "Yon are forgetting Miss Laurence's claims upon you, Mr. Bonsart." "Clnims upon met I know of none, save that she is an old playfellow and engaged to my nearest and dearest friend, at present on service abroad. I thought you knew that, Mabel." What a poor fool she hod been t Now she remembered Lillie had not told the name of her betrothed, but she had taken all for granted. "Now that we have disposed of Misr Laurence, Mabel," he continued, "it there no other claim you can make?" "None bnt my own, Philip." And then she told him of all that she had suffered. "Ah, Mabel, did yon not know there was bnt one Queen Roso in all the world's garden for me, and now that I have plucked it how royally I will guard it how proudly wear it, all the world shall see I" Ho the curtain fell upon a tableau for which there was no audience, and iu which Miss Hewell was forced to take part after all. The Ledger. Relics ol a Lost Rare Discovered. A lady whose home is in the south of France writes of a visit she made recently to an island on the coast of Brittany. Those of yon who have read the story of Ring Arthur aud his knights will remember that they started out over the sea in pursuit of the dragon. In this the Morbihau Sea is a little island which can be reached from the mainland only when the water is smooth. The Bole in habitant is a Breton shepherd, who lives in a little hut and spends his time iu caring for his sheep. The party landed and were met by the kind-faced old man, w ho led them over tho grassy slope where his flock was feeding, and showed them the way around a hill, on the east side of which they found the entrance to a tunnel. This extended some distance, and its floor, sides and roof were made of immense fiat pieces of stone, covered with hieroglyphs and figures "looking somewhat little wreaths, and egaiu like coiled serpents." At the end of this tunnel wa a hall, also floored, roofed and walled with the same curi ous stones, and in the ceuter was an altar and a stone upon which it is thought that humau sacrifices have been offered. The strangest part of all is that no stones or roofs like those used iu this tunnel can be found on the island, and at no place nearer thnu 100 miles inland. Who brought them? How did they come? There is no record left at least none has been found, to tell who these people were, or anything about them. They must have lived many cen turies ago, but have vanished entirely, yet their work is as perfect apparently as when first built. It is thought that they may have been Druids, who came here when they left Great Britain ; others, again, think that they were worshipers of the serpent god called Hoa. But it is con jecture. All we know is that the stones are here, strsngely carved, skil fully put together, but of their build ers there is no trace. Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine. The Ordinary Vocabulary. How many words are included in the vocabulary of ordinary persons? Professor Max Muller thinks a farm laborer would not have more than 300 words iu actual use, and the same writer declares that a well-educated nan, who has been at the university, and who reads the Bible, Shakespeare, and the daily papers, together with circulating library books, seldom uses more than three or four hundred words in actual conversation. A con tributor to Cassell's Saturday Journal has been at considerable pains to check these theories, and the conclusion be arrives at is that the figures given are too email. Farm hands, he finds, are able to name all the common objects of the farm, and to do this involves the use of more than the entire num ber of 800 words allotted to them. Then, by going through a dictionary, nnd excluding compound words, or words not in pretty constant use, he found that there were uuder the letter "s" alone 1018 words that are to be found iu ordinary people's vocabulary. It would be nearer the truth, we ara told, to say that the agricultural la borer uses 1000 words, and knows or can guess the meaning of 1300 more, iiud that intelligent farm hands and artisans command 4000 words, whilo educated people have at call from 8000 to 10,000. Journalists are cred ited with 12,000. --London News. A Disappearing Peak. The mountain of Iebel Naibo, near Bona, Algeria, is au object of great geological interest. Its height is rap idly diminishing, a eavity has formed entirely around its base, and the great peak appears to be settling back to the general level. A similar sink' log seems to have takeu plaoe within the very limits of Boua. Lake Fes zero, occupying an area of some thou sands of acres between the mountains and tho city, is believed to have had no exiseenoa in the time of tho Roman Empire, and recent observations in dicate that the remains of a large fortified eity are now covered by the water. Trenton IN. J.) American, The Latest Aoteltr Tnn "lohocbamm." The above represent two' entirely fnl scarfs which are just now the rsge in ire among tbe latest novelties, inn "iiongcliamps is an exceedingly smart joat, made in black mirror moire, tho fronts tnrnud back with Lyons velvet, tnd cuffs of the same, both being edged with fine-cut jet. The sleeves are sntirely novel in design, and wonderfully effective, lined with rich black liagonal silk. Tho white moire vest is supplied separately if rcouircd. The "Phaeton" is a useful tailor-made coat, imartest fashion possible, with a fitting is edged all around with military braid, Fashion In Hair Dressing. There have not been for years so many charming ways of arranging feminine locks ss to-day. With a skil ful maid even a homely womati who tins a ressonnbly good complexion can be made to look almost handsome, so exquisitely and picturesquely is it possible to dress the hsir. With the modern methods every strand of hair is made available aud made tho moi-t if; and it in doubtful if any quantity of false additions will be worn for mnny a year to come. Art has really invaded, iu these days, the dress maker's rooms and the hairdresser's ihop, and a woman's natural defects ind beauties are studied with a view to remedying or developing them. If ler forehead is too high aud round, .'iirly locks are allowed to full over it tnd soften tho outlines; if the head is ;oo high aud round on the crown for ivmmetry, the hair is dressed low to rive balauce and grace to its shape, there is really no profile, there is no txpressiou which has uot its op- FOUR WATS OF DRBASINO THE HAIR. propriate bair dressing. New York tribune. Satire (Mil of Ireland, "It is not generally known," said William O'Brien, of Armagh, Ireland, :n the lobby of the Lindell, "that :bere is native gold in Irelaud in cou liderable quantity. It is a fact that in nauy of the counties the precious metal has been mined for a good many mndred years, and that it will con tinue to be produced for a long time to come. Of oourse, there is no such txcitement over it as there was in this jouutry in the time of the California axoitenient, and there never has been, but tbe industry goes forward stead ily. The gold in i ties of Wick low pro luce more gold I believe, than all the rest of the United Kingdom. All over the island there are indications that the mining of gold has been carried in in Ireland before tbe present races weie thought of. The museums have many indications that such mining is incient us well as modern. I saw a newspaper uotice the other day in which it was stated that all of tbe bounties of Ireland produced silver, out I thiuk that this is a mistake. I mow of only one or two besides Wick low that have a trace of tbe precious metal." St. Louis Republic Found Diamonds In a Bale ol Bags. Mies Bridget O'Neal is a pretty girl who sorts rags at the Knowlton Broth ers' paper mill in this city. The oth ;r day she found two rings, which she put in her pocket and went on about er work. Thinking that they might oe valuable, she told a mala employe f the mill, and he took them to a lewelry store. The jeweler said one aa a cluster of fifteen diamonds and rained at $150, aud the other contained me diamond, a garnet and a turquoiae. So person has yet claimed the rings. -Ctioa (N. Y.) Herald. Nebraska aalferod from a terrible sand atorm recently. Tho air was so roil of tho flying sand and dnat that no oonld not see a block away. Much iemage was done to property. In Ladles' Coat. thb "nrAnroH." novel coats, and one of those delitibt- Paris, and which (with the two coats) in black cheviot cloth, cut in tho back, and very full skirts. The coat and worn with a smart Tatt f rFall test A Bojr That Weighs 2S2 Pounds. Wentzville, Mo., baa a curiosity in the shape of a boy twelve years old, aos, 12 tears; wp.ifinT, 2S2 pottcds. who iu five feet seven inches in height, aud weighs 282 pounds. The boy's name is Johnny Wnde, nnd he is the eldest sou of Mr. nnd Mrs. N. 8. Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Wnde have a family of seven children, five boys and two girls, but with the ex ception of Johnny none are above tho avetage in height or weight. A peculiar theory is advanced to ac count for Johnny Wade's enormous size. It is said that from the time he was able to walk it has been his habit to follow his father, who is a butcher, to the slaughter pen and there to drink quantities of the blood of beeves just slaughtered. It is believed that this practice is what gave him his phe nomenal growth. Uis relatives on both sides are small people, or below the average in size and weight. When Johnny feels like working he busies himself helping bis fattier in the butcher shop. He is still grow ing. An Extraordinary Egg. The purchase of the Great Auk's egg by Hir Vauncey Crewe, for 81500, has created much interest. Once on a time the bird was so plentifnl that sailors used to be fed on it. The last bird shot in the British islands, says an English paper, was in 1834, near Wat- erford, and the Great Auk is believed to havo been extinct since 1844. At THE OREAT ATE. present, all we have left of this fin bird are seventy-nine or eighty-oue skins, ten skeletons, and detached bones of from 121 to 131 birds, and sixty-eight eggs, of which forty-six are in this country, nine belonging to Mr, Cbumpley, ot Scarborough, whose sketch of the egg just sold i here reproduced. It once balnuged ran 15O0 maa. to Yarrell, the great ornithologist, who bought it from a Bologne fisher man for two franco. It was sold, on Terrell's death, to Ms. Bond, the nat uralist, andjpassed with bis collection, la 1975. to Baron Loam d'Hamon villa. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS HOW TO BDT BTRTJ. t'nrehasers of dressed fowls should always insist on having birds with tho feet on. An old gobbler or' gander can be made to renew his apparent yonth by cntting off his head and feet and carefully dressing the body, bnt If the feet are left on they at onoe tell the story of his age. The feet of an old bird are always rongh, in time they become horny, while those of a youth fnl specimen are as tender as any other part of the body. The webs between the toes of a young duok or goose oan be torn by the fingers almost as easily ss a bit of paper, while those of an old bird are as tough ss loather. If bnyers wonld purchase no fowls from which the feet have been cut, complaints of tougn turkey and uneatable chicken would be few. New York Journal. IT tS WELL TO RKMEMRER. That it is true economy to save strength. That to this end women should have in their kitchens every convenience to make work light and save steps. That a high chair to sit in com fortably at the table, a footstool to rest the feet on when apples are to be peeled is economy. That a low chair made by sawing off the legs of a common kitchen chair until it is low enough to suit one, with a cushion of dsrk calico, is a nsefnl adjunct to the work, to sit in while waiting a few minutes for the biscuit or cake to bake. One can open the oven door without stooping to ex amine the articles cooking. That a table a yard or so in size, on stout castors, is a help when frying food like griddle cakes, doughnuts or fisb. That all things needed, placed oc this table, can bo trundled near the itove, so saving steps. That paper bags from tho grocer's parcels should be saved. A r-F.rCMAR CLEANHIW PLCID. Two solid bodies one of them yel low, sulphur, aud the other block, sarbon nmte nnder certain circum stances and form a colorless and very volatile liqnid called bisulphide of ;arbon, that must be handled with great precaution, on account of its being so inflammable. The solvent properties of bisulphide of carbon render it valuable for re moving grease spots. Althongh its odor is more disagreeable than that of benzine or spirits of turpentine, it has nt least the advantage of dis tppesring rapidly, in consequence ot the quick evaporation of the liquid. It removes paint from garments with the greatest facility, but not without causing considerable agita tion of the mind in thoso who use it for the first time. At the point rubbed at the very place where they, to their greatest satisfaction, saw the paint disappear, they see a large white spot appear, of the nature of which is difficult to form an idea. The more they brush it the more prominent the spot becomes. Has tho garment been cleaned, then, only to be ruined? Fortunately, such is not the case. In a few instants the ipot will have disappeared, never more to return, melted by the heat of tbe body. The alleged spot, iu fact, was nothing else but snow. The bisulphide of carbon, in order to evaporate, absorbed beat from the garment and from the surrounding air, an there resulted a depression of tomperatnre sufficient to congeal the aqueous vapor of the1 atmosphere.--New York Advertiser. RETtPBS. Horse Radish Sauce Two tea spoonsful of made mustard, two tea spoonsful powdered sugar, half a tea spoonful of salt, one gill of vinegar. Mix and ponr over grated horse-radish. This makes au excellent sauce for roast beef. Carolina Dabs Scald one pint of corn meal, and rub in while hot a des sertspoonful of butter. When cool, add two well-beaten eggs, a wineglass of milk and a little salt. Drop tha mixture from a spoon upon a tin sheet and bake in a moderate oven. Cookies Three pounds of flour, one and one-half pounds of sugar, three fourths pounds of butter, five eggs, one cup of milk, one nutmeg, one tea spoonful of soda. Boll out about one fourth of an inch thick and cut into rounds. These cookies are not rich, bnt are very good and keep welL Smoked Salmon Wash and lay it in a dish of cold water with the flesh side down for five or six hours. Wipe dry and lay on a gridiron over a mod erate fire ; turn it after a little while. Be sure it is thoroughly cooked. When done lsy it on a hot platter and oovor with shavings of butter. A little hot cream ponred over it is a great im provement. Italian Cream Take three pints ol cream or milk, sweeten it to taste with sugar, and flavor with vanilla, and add one ounce of gelatine. Stir constantly till it boils, and let it boil ton or fif teen minutes. Strain, and add the beaten yolks ot eight eggs, and the whites of four beaten to a stiff froth. Poor into moulds, and set it on the ice for live or six hours. Serve with sugar and cream. Lamb Steak Cut some nioe steaks from a loin of lamb. Dip them into the well-beaten yolk of an egg, and season them with a sprig of parsley, miuced line, the grated peel of half a lemon and a little salt, pepper and nutmeg. Fry tbe steaks a nioe light brown in hot butter. Thicken a large cupful of rich gravy with about an ounce of butter, rolled in floor ; add a doaeat oysters. Let tbe gravy boil up, ' put in . the 'steaks. and let them gel thoroughly hot, and serve with force Mat balls or plain.
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