-A SONOi - l( was tin- time when heaven comes down, Ami paves the wood with blti( . A Armament of hyacinths , , , tirnnk Jpp oi forest dew, Thsiwilnc of n lonely dove Went mnirnlnK on tho broere, And over nil thar swayed tlw ton HI And li:hinR o.' the trot. The veiv-! ulm of mom caressed . And nnml'nrtnd my facaj An nirl Joy from rnraullsn Assmed Ir-.iant M the place ; The forest was n voice, and snili" ' Of I,ovp, long dead, of you. What 1 1 mi- the Rrnclout bntim earns down And pnvnd thti wood with bine: From Normnn nnltt'w "Orohnrd Ronfe." ONLY MAGGIE." UST the I wo words, "only Maggie," were n sort of by word in the Clem flits family, where the young lady rejoicing in thn baptismal appel 1 lit Ion of Mnrgnrct was considered somen hnl inferior in nil respects to the three elder sisters, Mln Norn Clements was artistic, M i a a fleoronu Clements waa musical, ami her hour were spent executing in tricacies tipon the piano; Miaa Cor slclia I'lementa waa a beauty. Magpie, the youngest, waa simply a tfhocr.'til, good-tempered, imliiHtriona gir.', wim aimed at no appoint diaplay of either beauty or talent, lint wan quite content to be handmaiden, for the otlipr-. Howard, the oldest brother and tho eldest of the family, waa a physician, and the ilea I of the household, tlio father and mother being dead, There was wealth enough to make a pleasant home whi n the separate ineomea were combined, and Howard would have been unwilling to aee hia sisters leave him fur any but n home ami husband of their own. "We enn all live comfortably to gether," he would nay, "but. you h ive lint enough to live upon without work, if you Ktvo the house we own among tIS." At first the two older girls were quite anxious to figure, one iin a great artist, the other an a great musician, but finally they nllowed their brother i i io nave ms own way. The young doetor was very promt! of his maters and their various attrae- tions, and when hw warm friend and fellow-stu.lent, Paul (Joddard, np- j pesred to make him a short visit, he i led him from the oHiee into the house adjoining it, delighted at the prospect of allowing o3 the gills to a city gentleman. A tour of inspection in the drawing room preceded the actual iut roductiuu. Thin. : This scene npon the Culskill Monn taina was painted by my eldest lister, Paul. We spent the summer there for the express purposes of allowing Nora to make sketches." "Very tine !" murmured rani, try ing hia best to admire the mountains. "And the musio ia Georgina's. Oeorgina is Signor Skwaliinni'a beat pupil." - "A great, talent?" Paul murmured giu. "And this," continued Howard, opening tho photograph album, "is Cordelia." He added no more and, truly, the' lace wm suthoieutly beautifully to need no comment, Paul spoke cordially: "What a beautiful face! Who is this opposite your sister, Howard?" "That ia Maggii , She is my young est sifter. '' "And does she paint or sing?" "So, no ! Maggie has uo talent and no beauty, . She is a good little thing I But come to your room, Paul I Dinner will be ready at six." . ".So Maggie is housekeeper, " thought Paul, as he looked around the tasteful apartment assigned to him. "I think Maggie certainly has something of her winter's artintio eye. How exquisitely these flowers are arranged and how cool and fresh it is here after my hot, dusty ride !" Keeking the- drawing-room again, Paul found the artintio sister contem plating the scene from the baok win dows with rapt enthusiasm. "Dr. Ooddard," she said, advancing to meet him. Paul made the necessary speech of .gratification, wondering if it was the brown of the Catskill Mountains that was daubed so extensively upon the skirt o.' Miss Nora's bine dress, and if it was artistic meditations that had made her pin her collar crooked and forget her cutis altogether. Hue dauuehed at once into a bewildering aea of technicalities, and called upon Paul t.i admire effects of cloud and shadow, light and foliage, from the back window, until he felt like a re prieved prisioner npon the entrance xjl another sister, who was introduced as "ay sister, Cordelia." The beauty was superb. Every curl of her glossy brown hair was ar ranged for enecl. Her creamy com plexion was heightened by a dresa of oft white miiHliu, with tiny green leaves eoattered over it. Hhe bowed with languid graoe, bnt aat as if actually afraid to move for fear of dis arranging any fold of her faultless costume. Ueorgiana appeared as tha bell rang, and Georgian apoke but little'. It made her hoarse to be always talking. Paul waa inwardly resolving to out his visit very .abort when Howard opened the door of tha dining-room and introduced : "Mr sister. Maggie." H1tn wan trot f tMt f rh was nrt ar fistic nor musical ( but sh'l was charm Ing to rant's eyes lu five minutes. Her dross fitted Iter graceful littlff figure perfectly : her collars and crtfls were white and smooth ; her hair ' waa dressed carefully and becomingly ) she waa exquisitely neat. , . Not fearing for her voice, she chatted gayly and pleasantly t not be ing anxious about her drees, ahe moved gracefully and freely, and hav ing no specialty' of talent, she conld talk aensibly about the various topics her brother and his friend started. Dinner passed off pleasantly. Paul concluded that if Maggie wai house keeper hr dinner certainly did her credit. A week passed away, and Panl found himself groaning in spirit over the Misses Clements. He had wan dered in search of the picturesque with Nora, had sacrificed gloves and boola in the pursuit of wonderful boughs and inaccessible flowers. He had listened to (leorgiana till hia ears fairly ached, and he was divided in his own mind as to whether the performer or the listener deserved the moro pity. Ho liml admired Cordelia in every va riety of costume, in every effective at titude; had seen her eyes raised and the long Inshea of the drooping lids; and marveled at thn whiteness of her hands, at the profusion of her curling hiiir; had considered her a beauty, a weariness and a burden of spirits. The three eldest girls were a good deal puzzled abont Dr. Ooddard, and not a little humiliated by bia apparent indifference. "He doesn't seom to possess the least love for art," said Nora, disdain fully. "I have ahown him my very finest pieces of work, and when I at tempt to discuss them he looks bored. He is our guest, I know, but really I must say he is rather rude. " "As for music," chimed in Oeorgi ann, "I don't believe he has any ear for it. The other day I wont into the drawing-room with my latest piece of music I thought he might like to hear it, but would yon believe it. girls, he listened to my ainging, thanked meabsent-mindedly, and then excused himself?" "He isn't a bit clever at turning compliments," sighed Cordelia, rising mid examining hi rsdt critically in a mirror. "I've changed my costume nt least three times every day, and he hns never once told m that such and such n dress became me wonderfully. " "He's a bear," cried Nora, resent fully. '! really think, girls, that we'd better stop trying to please him and devote ourselves to our own bents." For some moments tlie girls were silent. It was a tempting retaliatory proposition, but would Dr. Ooddard care? He certainly seemed a most uunpprecistive young man. No; they could not aftord tolet him severely nloue. Young men were too scarce, and each of these three girls ha t a secret but positive desire to marry and have homes of their own. It was only Maggie who found no fault with Paul. Hhe devoted herself to making her brother's charming friend comfortable, and permitted herself to have no other thought. And she knew that Paul was enjoy ing himself. Hhe read it in hia eyes, which glistened at every fresh sign of her thoughtfulness Which one of her sisters did he prefer? she wondered. But he could find but little time to speak to Maggie. He saw the evi dences of her industry and taste in every detail of houseke ping; knew whose skill directed the servants; whose fingers filled the flower vases; whose eyes were everywhere. But the very perfection of all these arrange mnets kept the little woman too busy for many idle moments, and in the evening the older aisters were all-engrossing. Two mouths had passed, and in stead of June roses, early ' fall fruits and flowers were abundant at Moss vale, when Paul Ooddard passed again through the village, and called at Dr. Clements' office. "1 am sorry," said Howard, as he cordially shoo hia friend by the hand. "All the girls are away. Uncle James invited them to pass a month at the White Mountains, and they deserted me." " Then you are alone. " "Oh, not entirely. . Maggie stays to keep house for me." "Ob, Miss Maggie is here? Shall I intrude if I atav a day or two, How ard?" "Intrude, Paul? Far from it. I am not very busy, and Maggie was telling me to-day that time actually hangs heavy on her hands. You know she was always running for the others. So now the little damsel has time to en joy herself, and we have had some lovely rides and drives. Maggie does ride beautifully, and her horse is very fond of her." It waa true that Maggie was finding many leisure hoars while her sisters were away, and Paul found that the retiring, modest girl was one of the pleasantest companions it had ever been his good fortune to meet. It was an amusement the young phy ieian enjoyed, to draw out tha ac complishments that had bean over shadowed by her sisters' loudly-proclaimed talents and attractions. He found that Maggie could sing with a sweet, bird-like voioe, though ahe never attempted the difHoult aongs in which Ueorgiana was supposed to ex cel. She oould play simple pieoes with feeling and expression, and her fingers would fairly dance over the keys in livelier musio that required no wonderful talent or elaborate axeou tion. And it waa wonderful how pretty the child-like fact became iu Paul Ooddard'a eyes. . There was charm in the constant cheerfulness that kept the rosy mouth ever smiling and sweet ; there waa a beauty of expres sion in the brown eves that mere farm anitooTof 'can nevcf give', Iher an attraction alwaya in the exquisite neatness of dress that was never stiff and prim, though so carefully ar ranged. ' Howard Clements, who loved hrs friend, and had hoped to secure him aa a brother during his former visit, opened his eyes wide in amar.ement, aa the days wore away and Paul ' gered in Mossvale. During his first visit, Howard had hoped to me him yield to the fascinations of the elder Misses Clements, and no manoenver ing mother ever took more pains than this brother to display the talenta and beanties of his sisters. That any one would look twice at Maggie, when in the company of the others, had never occurred to Howard. But in the light of Paul's evident admiration, the brother began to con template with different emotions the possibility of losing hlij lttle sister. He had borne with perfect composure the prospect of parting with the oth ers. It seemed no great hardship, even when the separation involved the disappearance of Nora's masterpiocea and Oeorgiana's music rack. l!tit to lose Maggie was quito another matter. "Who," Howard asked himself in dismay "who would superintend thn servants and keep the house in order? Who would wait with cheerful smiles npon liim, when the duties of his pro fession obliged him to ask for meals at all sorts of irregular hours?'1 Visiona of Nora in paint-bedaulied dresses, Ueorgiana with frowsy hair, and Cordelia in inert beauty, presid ing over the household, filled How ard'a brains ; and while he lamented, he admitted that "Paul's bead was level," in his apparent choice. Maggie could scarcely believe she heard aright when Paul Ooddard pleaded for the gift of her love, and promised all loyalty and devotion if she would come and preside over his home. "But." sho said, "you cannot really love me." "I roallvean and do," was the reply. "But I'm so plain, and so stupid, Howard said" Khe paused and blushed. "Well, what did Howard say? Tell me. That's a darling." "He said, then, that I was sure to be an old maid, and after others were all married, 1 was to stay here ami help him keep up a bachelor's hall. I really don't see," she added earnestly, "how Howard will get along." "He must do as 1 do." "How?" "Seek a darling little housekeeper for a wife." So, to the amnxement of all con cerned, tho first Miss Clements who was married was not the artist, not the musician, not the beauty, but only Maggie. New York Journal. A Reniarkithle Case nl Prlriilcnlion. More than forty years ago a boy twelve or fifteen years of age died in Waldo County, and his body was laid at rest in the tamilv vault in the local cemetery. Pour years ago, or over thirty-six years after the body was placed in the vault, a sexton, noticing thn wonderful preservation of the cof fin, opened it. Imagine his surprise to find therein what he thought was a new corpse. It was perfectly pre served, so perfectly that the sexton doubted his wits and wondered if it were not a body that had been placed In toe vault unbeknown to htm. Knowing that the family that owned the vault were all long aince dead, the sexton went to the executor of the estate and told him of his discovery. Together they visited the vault, and at the first look the executor exclaimed. "Uood gracious, that a the body of a young son of the family who died more than thirty-five years ago I" Greatly antouished, they carefully ex amined the remains and found them thoroughly petrified. The boy had scarcely changed from the hour of his death. The only alteration waa that the eyea were sunken. The clothing was perfect. Ihe little blue tie and collar were as if but just arranged and the hair looked as if recently combed. The faoe bore the look of aleep. For forty years has the body lain there iu this state, and ia there still. It was agreed between the aexton and the other gentleman that the fact be kept a aecret. They feated that if it be came known some one would ateal the body and exhibit it. The partiea kept their aecret well, but, as many things do, it leaked out. Four yeara ago a sexton from a large ' city in Massachu setts visited the town. Wondering if, in his large experience, he had ever seen a similar case, the two individu als described it to the Massachusetts aexton. He went to see the body and declared he had never beheld such petrification before. Lewistown (Me.) Journal. Hunting the Utter. The southern otter ia still hunted in Florida for the sake of hia fur, al though it is inferior to that of the ae otter of Oregon and Alaska. So per sistent has been the pursuit of the sea otter in the far northwest that the animal haa beoome extremely scarce. The common otter of the South is an expert fisherman, and he is found only near watercourses or lakes. It ia the East Indian otter that haa been taught tq drive fish into nets as an aid to human fishermen. Chicago Herald, . A Mammoth Object Ulasi. The flint glass disk used by the Clarks in making the great objective for the Lick telescope was cast in Europe by M. Fell. Its original diameter was 38.19 iuohes, its thick ness 21.65 inches and its weight 373 pounds. It waa twenty-nine days from tha date of the casting before Profes sor Fell considered that it had cooled sufficiently to allow of safe reaoval from the mold. St. Louis Republic, A Famous Dalrrwoman and Her Farm. -T- -- ' !l MM. MiaiFIN S FAMM nrtt.OIMUK. Dnirving, like poultry-keeping, seems to be an occupation In which women are peculiarly fitted to excel. This is ao generally acknowledged that no iino thought of objecting when a woman who had made herself fnmotis as a butter-maker was appointed judge of dairy products nt thn Chicago Fair. Thnro are famous dairy women all the world over. Their reputation 1, of course, genorally local, but I'rofossor C. C. Ooorgeson, in his report on thi dairy Industry of Denmark, describes the farm of n Mme. Nielsen, who has achieved international fame. This lady, who is equally well known aa a butter and cheeso maker, obtains for her products much moro than tho ordinary price. Hho supplies not merely the Danish royal tabic, but even sends rheese to the Emperor ol Russia. Naturally with fame has come fortune. All this success hns been achieved with a herd of from twenty-five to thirty cows, on a farm having an area of 109 acres, while the ownnr had orig inally no advantages in the way of education or resources over tha ordiuary woman. But Mine. Nielsen has been a close student of dairying for thirty five years, and not content with what was to be learnel at home, has availed herself of every opportunity to go to other countries to study the mthods in rogue thorn and to adapt any points gained to her own requirements. Success has not inuilo Mine. Nielsen careless. Thn utmost cleanliness prevails throughout tho dairy, the floors and utensils being carefully scoured. Ventilation is insisted on, and purn water and ice are used in abundance. Nothing is allowed to go to waste, the whey being made into myse cheese. In addition to her work aa a practical dairy woman, Mme. Nielsen has a great reputation as a teacher, having given instruction to more than a thou sand pupils, who pay a large fee for tho privilege, as well as doing the regu lar dairv work. I'litwer-Trliiinied Hummer Hals. During bows of ribbon towards thn front, flowers nodding at the back, and no crowns anywhere to be seen, are a few of tho marked characteris tics of the summer hat. A little French hat suitable for any occasion is of rough tan-colored traw. Black moire ribbou is tied in a flaring bow at the front, the ends of which rest upon the hair. Three jet pins, set with rhinestones, appear to fasten the bow to the hat. The crown is missing. In its place coils of hair may be seen. The hat is especially becoming with the Empire knot. Crinkled aud silk-petalled poppios grow towards the back, their brilliant coloring lending just the correct touch of brightness to this otherwise dainty but sombre headgear. The Little German-Princes, The three elder sons of the German En peror are not handsome children, but they are clever and reasonably good. They are not particularly strong, for they have been almost worked to death, the Emperor being a martinet in forcing aerious and con tinued atudy upon his youngsters. Ha has been forced to relax discipline in the oase of the Crown Prince, who oould no longer endure the unwise train. The second son, Prince Eitel Frits, ia taller than the Crown Prinoe, ia mischievous and daring, and hi great eat ambition ia to become a general. Prince Adalbert, who atands between hia elder brothers, will soon com plete his tenth year and will then en ter the army, as they did at the same age. The three ohildren here pictured sre in tennis costume; they play the game well, their father and mother also boing excellent players. New Jfork Tribune. The President of Mexico recently told tho Mexican Congress that, in view of the decline of silver, be will protect the national credit, but will not ask for the imposition of new taxes, or seek to acouomue farther, Playing lor a Hernenl. It is almost a common thing to find people who really think more of their I iet animals than their fellow-mau. ii some instances this affection has gone so far that a friend who killed thn pet through anger has lost his life. But a strsuger ii (Unity is that of a man ami a sunke. A modern novelist hai written of such u weird affection, but everyday life furnishes us with but few illustrations. A thing that by a siugln bite may cost tho life of its companion is not the most longed for playmate. But the eccentricities of human nature in raro cases run iu the most morbid channels. This perhaps mny explain the real affection that a resident in this city has for his pet reptile. He is a violinist, and hi" chief joy is in playing to "Dick," for that is what he "calls his snake. As the bow touches the string, the rep tile raises its le a l and unfolds iti sinuous coil and during the soft musio sways its head in rhythmic measure. The owner says that the snake is really iu a hypnotic condition during the playing and afterward any atrauger could pick it up and coil it around his neck. For hia master the anake has a great affection. When the door of th THE HNAKB KEPT TtMB TO THK MI'SIC. glass cage is open it frequently glides out and crawls in his lap and curls up and goes to sleep. Philadelphia Press. A Bell With So Tongue. Here is an interesting bit of New York miscellany. There ia a big Chin ese bell in the United Statea bonded warehouse at Jefferson and Front streets which has aroused much com ment since it arrived here a few days ago on the steamer Footing Suey. It was brought from China for W. H. Forbes, who was formerly a member of the China house of Russell k Co. and who lives at Newberg. The bell is nearly as tall as a man and it weighs about 1000 pounds. Its greatest diameter ia much less than modern bells of that weight. Wah Sing, a Chinese philosopher, aays that the bell goes back to the time of Con fucius, but other people who know things say it is about 200 year old. The bell has no tongue, but i beat with a club. 7h W . - 9 rai The Tiny linr of an Arrhdnrhess. Thn littln Afslifluchens,, Elixaboth, daughter of the widowed Crown Prin cess Stephanie, of Austria, and the pet of tho Austrian Imperial family, is the owner of one of tho smallest dogs In the world. It can play abont npon a human ban 1 and ia of the silk haired terrier breed. It formerly be- . longed to Mrs. Waldmnnn, keeper of a cafe in Vienna. Tho miniatnre crea ture In thirteen centimeters high, seventeen long and weighs about a pound. Mrs. Waldmann thought thn tiny thing so charming that only a royal child should possess such a rarity. She accordingly applied to thn Crown Princess for permission to present it to thn little Archduchess as a Christ mas gift. Fran Waldmann took tha dog with her to thn court and showed It to the royal mother. All were at onoe taken with the terrier's droll ways and its fine little head, and a few THK TIMV fJOfl. dart afterward the dog found its way in a email basket to the rastie. On Christmas evening the dog was pre sented to tho child from its mother and grandparents, who had deposited it in a basket under thn Archduchess's Christmas tree. Nulilier, Author, Lecturer. Wallace as he is geiicmlled called, has won such a distinguished position as mm flKNF.ftAI. "Lr.W WAM.ACS. a statesman and an author, as to blind us to his brilliant record a a soldier. General Wallace was born at Brook ville, Indiana, in 1127. He wn edu cated in the schools of his native town, served iu th Mexican war, and oil his return, took up th profession of law. He wan four yeart in the State Senate, and had wo: a large practice when the Rebellion began. He entered the servioe a colonel of the Eleventh ludiana Volunteers, and was made a brigsdier-geneial six month afterward. General Wallace com nianded thn Union centre at Fort Donelson. He was censured for not having his division present at the first dsy of Shiloh. After this his services iu the West were unimportant. Dis liked by General Halleck, be wa given no command commensurate with bis ability. After the war be was ap pointed Governor of New Mexico and subsequently Minister to Turksy. His published works are ao well knows that it is useless to mention them here. General Wallace ia one of our most popular lecturers, andtskes high rank among American literary men. New York Advertiser. An Interesting Book. " a Worthington's Magazine. Lore ot Opera Glasses, The lore of opera glaaaaa is an inter esting one. The pretty trifles that lie on the railing of a box at the opera or are languidly held to the eyes ot a belle may coat almost anything. Vienna turns out some of the moat exquisite, and one ot these Viennese beauties, presented to the Duohess of York, cost over 1000. It waa of gold, studded with turquoises and pearls. The Princess of Walea owns one of platinum, set with sapphires, tur quoises, aud splendid rubies, that is valued at 12,0U0. Many of theglaaaee usad by American women are of great worth, a very tidy fortune being fre quently represented in the dainty lit tle toy of jewels and precious metal. New York Time. It is a violation o! a State law in Georgia to tire a gun or pistol within fiftv yard of a public ro-td.
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