tOVKMB.
Love me , loe ; but breathe it low ,
Soft as summer weather ;
If you love me , tell me so ,
As we Bit together.
, Sweet aid still as roses * blow
Love me love ; but breathe it low.
Tell me only with your eyes ,
Words are cheap as water ;
If you love me , looks and sighs
Tell my mother's daughter
More than all the world may know-
Love me , love , and "breathe it low.
Words lor others , storm anil snow ,
Wind and clmngelul wentheiv-
, Let the shallow waters flow
Foaming on together ;
But love is still and deep , and oh !
Love me , love ; but-breathe it low.
JOAQUIN'M :
THE LONG PACE.
BY" JAMES nOQQ THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD.
- In the year 1723 Colonel Kiddig re
turned from India with what was con
sidered in those days ah immense for-
tune , .and retired to a county seat on
the "banks of the North Tynein North
umberland. The house was furnished
with every thing elegant and costly ,
among other things a service of plate
supposed to be worth 1,000. He
went to London annually , with his'
family during the winter months , and
at these times , there were but few lef b
at his country house. At .the time we
treat of there were only three domes
tics remaining there a maid-servant ,
whose name was Alice , kept thehouse ,
and there were , besides , an old man |
and a boy , and two ploughman who
ived in houses of their own.
One afternoon , as Alice was spin
ning some yarn fora pair of stockings ,
a pedler entered the hall with a com
ical pack on liis back. Alice had seen
as long a pack and as broad a pack ;
but a pack equally long , thick and
broad she declared she had never seen.
It was in the middle of winter , when
the nights were long , cold and weari
some. The pedler was a handsome ,
well dressed man , yet Alice declared
that from the first she did notlikehim
greatly , and though he introduced him
self with a great deal of flattery , yet
when he came to ask for a night's
lodging , he met with a peremptory re
fusal.
_ He jested on the subject , saying he be
lieved she was in the right.forit would
scarcely be safe to trust him under the
sameroof with such a sweet and beauti
ful creature. Alice was an oldmaidand
anything but beautiful , but it would
not do , consent she would not to his
staying there.
"But , are you really going to turn
me away to-night ? "
"Yes. "
"Indeed , my dear girl , you are un
reasonable ; I am come straight froin
New Castle , where I have been pur
chasing a fresh stock of goodswhich
are so heavy that I cannot travel far
with them , and as the people around
here are of the poorer class. I will
rather make you a present of the finest
shawl in the packthan go further. "
At the mention of the shawl deliber
ation was portrayed in lively colors
on Alice's face , but prudence overcame.
"No , she was but a servant , and had
orders to harbor no person about the
house , .but such as came on business ,
nor these either unless she was well ac
quainted with them. "
"What the worse can you or your
master be of suffering me to tarry un
til the morning ? " urged the peddler.
The conversation went on thus , Alice
proving oodurate , and at length the
peddler agreed te go elsewhere and seek
for lodgings , if she would let him leave
the pack where it was for the night ,
since , fatigued as he was , he could not
possibly carry it away. To this Alice
'consented , although with much re
luctance , as she wanted nothing to do
with his goods. "The pack will be
better out of your way , " said he , "and
safer if you will be so kind as to lock
it by in some room or closet. " She
then led htm into a low parlor , where
he placed it carefully on two chairs ,
and went away wishing Alice a good
night.
When old Alice and the pack were
left in the large house by themselves ,
she felt a kind of indefinite terror come
over her mind about it. "What
can be in it that makes it so heavy ?
Surely where the man carries it so far
he might have carried it farther. It's
a confoundedly queer pack. I'll go
look at it once again. Suppose I should
handle it all around ? I may then have
a good guess what is in it. "
Alice went cautiously and fearfully
into the parlor , and opened a wall
press. She wanted nothing in the
press , indeed she never looked into it ,
for her eyes were fixed on the _ pack ,
and the longer she looked at it the
worse she liked it , as to handling it ,
she would never have touched it for
all it contained. She came again into
the kitchen and reasoned with herself.
She thought of the man's earnestness
to leave it of its monstrous shape ,
and every circumstance connected
with it : they were all mysterious , and
she was convinced that thare was
something uncanny , if not unearthly ,
in the pack. She lifted a-moulded
candle and went again into the par
lor , closed the window-shutters and
barred them ; but before she came
out she set herself upright , held in her
breath , and took another steady and
scrutinizing look at the pack. God of
mercy ! She saw it moving , as visibly
as she ever saw anything in her life.
Every hair on her head stood straight ;
every inch of flesh on her body crept.
She hasted into the kitchen as fast as
he could , but her. knees bent under
the terror that overwhelmed her heart.
She blew out the candle , lighted it
jagain , and not being able to find a
( candlestick , though a dozen stood on
jthe shelfj she set it in a water jug , and
ran to the barp for old Kichard ;
( When she had told her story , ending
with the information that the pack was
ja living pack , Kichard dropped his
Sail upon the floor and staredat Alice
.with all his eyes.
"A living pack , " he cried , "why the
< woman's mad with doubt ! Of all the
foolish ideas this is the won-t. Howcan
ipaokmadeiip of napkins and muslins
ind corduroy breeches ever become
ilive ? " However , he followed her in
to the house , and lifted the candle out
of the jug ; never stopping till he laid
his hand on the pack. He felt the
boards that surrounded its edges to
prevent thegoods from beingrumpled ,
the cords that bound it , and the can
vass in which it was wrapped. "The
pack is well enough , " he said finally.
"It is just like other packs. I see
nought that ails it , and a good large
pack it is. It will have cost the hon
est man three hundred pounds if the
goods are fine. But he will make it
up , Alice , by cheating fools like you
with gewgaws. "
Alice felt some disappointment at
seeing Kichard unconvinced , and per
sisted that all was not njht
about the pack. She belioved
there were stolen goods in it , at
any rate , and she had no wish to sleep
in the house with it. Next came in
Edward , the lad of sixteen , who aided
Richard in his work about the place.
He was at this time often engaged in
shooting crows and other birds , and
had bought a huge old military gun
xwith which he thundered away at
them , .and . this very moment he had
seen a flock of birds feeding at his corn-
rick and had come in to get his gun.
When Edward heard the talk about
the pack he pricked up his ears atten
tively. "Faik , Alice , " , said he , laugh
ing , "if it's a live pack perhaps I'd bet
ter shootit. " "Holdy our tongue , you
fool , " saidRichard. ButEdwarn , tak
ing the candle in his turn , declared he'd
have a look at the pack , at any rate.
Gliding down the passage he edged up
to the parlor door and gazed within.
Presently he came back with a very
different look from which he took
away.
"As death I it "
sure as saw stirring ,
he whispered , ' "and whatever be in
there I'll shoot it. " In vain the oth
ers attempted to dissuade him. Car
rying his gun in one hand and the can
dle in the other he hastened down-the
hall. Without hesitating a moment
he fired. Great heavens ! The blooo
gushed out upon the floor like a tor
rent , and a hideous roar , followed bj
-a groan of death , issuedfromthepack.
Dropping the gun , Edward ran intc
the kitchen like one distracted , andqul
at the open door , taking to the hills
like a wild roe in his flight. Alice fol
lowed as fast as she could ; and old
Kichard , after standing for a time in a
state of petrefaction , went into th (
parlor. The pack had thrown itself tc
the floor , which flowed with blood
The cries and groans had ceased , and
only a kind of gutteral noise was
heard within. The old man , gettitu
down upon his knees , unloosed tht
cords and discovered the body of n
stalwart man , from which life had for
ever fled.
"Alas ! Alas ! " said old Richard.tears
running down his cheeks. "I wish h (
had lived to repent of the bad cause thaf
brought him here. "
By this time Edward and Alice , whc
had gone off with the wild idea of sum
moning some one to their aid , returned
in sad distress. .Having found no oni
near , they could no longer leave Rich
ard to his melancholy fate. Togethei
Ithey took the corpse from its confine
ment. The way in which it was packed
jwas curious and artful. His knees
( were brought up toward his breast ,
and his feet and legs were stuffed in s
| wooden box , another wooden box , s
size larger , but without a bpt-
torn , made up the vacancy betwixt
his face and his knees , and , there
being only one fold of canvas around
this , he breathed with perfect ease. II
.was the heaving ot his breast which
had alarmed the servants. His righl
arm was within the box , and to his
hand was tied a cutlass , with whicr.
he could rip himself out of his confine
ment at once. On his person wer <
tour loaded pistols and a silver whistle
In an hour's time they had the house
well eduipped with armed men , and
when the robbers , who had though !
to establish their confederate withir
in safety , arrived about midnight
they were repulsed with unexpected
fury , several of their number bein |
killed or wounded and their bodies
carried away in the retreat of the oth
ers. The body of the robber in tht
pack was buried , and it was said thai
his grave was opened .and the corpsi
taken secretly away. No clue to th <
perpetrators of this base and bold at
tempt at burglary was ever found.
A Full-Grown Fraud.
A writer in TheHaralson ( Ga. ) Ban
ner thus exposes one of the mosl
[ transparent frauds of the age :
! I herein and hereby take occasior
* to expose another one of the frauds
{ that is being daily and hourly perpe
jtrated on our unsuspecting men. Isaj
[ men for the reason that the womer
pave got better sense than to be vic
timized by it. I allude to the shiri
ithat is made wrong side foremost ,
"with a back alley to it ; split open or
the south side , not even a window ir
front. As a fraud , I lign it alongside
'of a circus show. It keeps out the ah
'on ' the front side , and. is about all ii
does keep put , for the fleas , redbugs
jetc. , walk in at the back door , and
jwhen they once get there they are a1
.home till Sunday , at least. What a
luxury it is to scratch. The operatioc
Ican't be successfully performed with s
llocustback shirt on' . I was about tc
forget to tell you that I have one. II
Jjs nearly worn out , and I am glad o :
fit. I am nearly worn out , too. Lasi
{ Tuesday it was cloudy , and that isthf
time when we town fellows hoe ovu
gardens. I hoed mine , I hoed awhile
iwith my coat on ; got too hot , and pull
ed it off. Soon got off my vest and
went at it right. About 3 o'clock nrj
ifriend , John Baskin , who was hoetiif
his garden , about one hundred yards
off , nallopedout : ' 'Hello , squire , youi
back's mighty red. " I felt 'round , and
sure enough it was so so re I had to qui !
work and go to thehouse , andit'sbeer
getting sorer ever since , and Dr. Fitts
says when I get a brand-new hide or
' my back he hopes I'll take better cart
of it.
The British government promises to ob
tain an early issue of the Egyptian loan o
$45.000.
JENNIE JUNE IN EUBOPE. '
Heidelberg : Castle and Its Famous
"Tun" Ancient Nuremberg : and
Its Relics of the JSIiSdle Ages.
The Famous Churches of Sfc. Lorenz , St Se-
Imldns and Our Lady The "Beauti
ful Fountain" A , Turn ol the
Hlne Giving Luck.
Special Correspondence.
NUREMBERG , August 12. My last
letter closed at Wcisbaden , and as it
would occupy loo much space to de
tail events and objects of inlerestiu
different cities , most of which are well
known. I shall 5n this letter group
such us appear most interesting ou our
route to this-line old city. Everybody
Btops at Heidelberg , everybody knows
that'Heidelberg has a castle , : md that
this castle has a "Tun. " The castle
itself occupies a commanding position
on the heights above the Neckar , and
is so interwoven with the past history
of the country and with the period
when Heidelberg was a royal residence
and a place of military and strategic
importance , has witnessed imperial
magnificence , withstood long and
cruel sieges , and now stands bravely
against reverses , the ravages of time
and neglect. Yes , the castle of Heid-
elberg is great , even in decay , and
holds about its ivied walls and pictur
esque towers all the romance and
glory which has been associated with
its past. The Heidelberg that was in
1667 , the date fixed by G. P. R. James
"
for his two horsemen" make their
advent into Heidelberg , was very dif
ferent from the quiet Heidelberg of
to-day , whose somewhat dull tenor is
only disturbed by the caracoling of
students elated by too much beer , or
the mild piauoforte-isma of the in
mates of the family pension , whose
combination of style with economy de
mands that excellent teeth as well as
digestion should wait upon appetite.
En passant , it may be remarked that
in making a "short trip" wheie less
than a week , perhaps o'nly a day or
two. can be given to any one place
it is a mistake to jro to a pension. The
cost may be a little less than at a ho
tel , but it is worth more than the ex
tra cost to be saved the. inconvenience
to one-self and others of the fixed
hours and habits of the boarding :
house. More important still to the
objects of the tourist the pension has
not thn resources of the hotel , in the
ubiquitous and ever ready portier ,
whom Mark Twain has so well de
scribed and eulogize in his "Tramp
Abroad , " that to and anything more
would be simply to "paint the rose. "
Blessed institution that he is to the
stranger in a strange land , struggling
with a strange tongue , would that we
could naturalize , the portier in Ameri
ca in place of the know-nothing and
do-nothing but be impertinent notel
clerk. But this cannot be. The por
tier is a product of the ages , he flour
ishes best on continental soil , he can
not even be found in England , and
would utterly lose his identity if he
were transported to America. On the
Cont nent hegraduates , in time to be
come an admirable landlord and por
tier in some of the smaller , less pre
tentious hotels. I have found one
already in my journeyings this time ,
who is landlord now where he was
portier four years ago , "and though he
now has the pride and air of proprie
torship , he does not disdain to "lend
a hand , " and he is as excellent a dic
tionary , gazetteer , guide-book , daily
paper and friend as ever.
It was , perhaps , because we missed
the portier in Heidelberg that I did
not refresh my memory as to the num
ber of hogsheads of wine that could
be stowed away in the "Tun" of the
castle. I know I came away feeling
forlorn , and as if 1 had not half done
even what there is to do in this pretty
town , simply because of the inade
quacy of recources in a pension , and
felt that it would have been an actual
desert had we not struck an intelli
gent driver , who took us in the gloam
ing across the bridge and along the
bauks of the Neckar , by terraced vil
las and lovely gardens to a spot where
the castle stood flooded in radiant
moonlight , like a queen robed and
crowned.
From Heidelberg to Nuremberg is a
wide reach for the imagination , and
yet both have modern , as well as re
mote , interest Nuremberg has noth
ing modern in its appearance. The
spirit of Durer still broods over its
peaked roofs and gables , its old stone
walls and towers , its curious arch
ways , its massive timbered doors ,
its metal bound furnishings in wood
and glass , and its quaint fountians
from the "Goosember , " the design a
peasant , carrying home a goose undo ?
each arm to the "Sc/ione-Brunncr1' '
the "Beautiful Fountain. " In Nu
remberg things which date only from
1600 or 1700 seem quite modern and
frivolous one does not look at any
thing-unless it has a special character
of its own , later than 1500. One al
most resents the excellence of the
hotels , and their introduction of so
many recent ideas. The'best of them
is , perhaps , the Wortemberger Hof.
near the station , but the Strauss is
also excellent , and near the centre of
the city. It has.been . a palace , has a
fine interior court , and the rooms are
built round the four sides of wide ,
open galleries , which ascend to the
top story. The beginnings of Nurem
berg are lost in obscurity. The first
records date from 1050 , and it is sup
posed that the burg or castle was the
first important structure , and that the
town grew around it. The Emperor
[ .Henry II. , the "Holy , " conferred upon
it liberty of trade and rights of duty
and coin , and it is a favorite residence
of Frederick ( the Emperor Barberos-
sa ) , who enlarged the burg in the
years between 1156 and 1188. Doubt
less , it was to these privileges and
distinctions that the town owes the
reputation it soon achieved for splen
did work in stone , metals , wood , and
all mechanics. Nor is there any doubt
that these laid the foundation for its
more widely known achievements by
the Nuremberg painters and their
schools. Durer and his master Whol-
gemuth were artisans and draughts
men before they wore painters , and
the art is not less iine in the stone of
Adam Kraft and the iron of Peter Vir-
cher even in the wood of Veit Stoss ,
than in the painting of Albert Durer.
We talk much of the dignity of labor
in America , but nowhere is it more
despised than in our large cities.
Labor was truly dignified when it was
well taught , well done and highly hon
ored. The old guilds which repre
sented labor were among the richest ,
most powerful and influential of cor-
, and the remains of the
Eorations
alls and furniture are as rich as any
found in the palaces.
The most famous churches in Nu
remberg are the St. Sebaldus and the
St. Lorenz ( St. Lawrence ) . The first
was the St. Lorenz , a fine Gothio
structure , already in existence in 1162 ,
but altered and enlarged until it at
tained its present proportions in 1477.
Its spires dominate all other objects
and its front , with the rich rose portal ,
contains a large number of sculptured
figures. The most remarkable object
ot the interior , which rests upon clus
tered columns of great size and is
said to outrank all other churches in
Germany in artistic decoration , is tho
Tabernacle by Adam Kraft. It is a
wonderful sculptured structure , risng
sixty-five feet"and representing the
scenes of the Passions and terminates
in a graceful half wreath of flowers in
stone , which bend over like a shep
herd's crook. The idea embodied is
that the oflico of Shepherd is the crown
of the work of Salvation , and the
monumental work is carried on the
*
shoulders of the master workman ,
Adam Krafr , and his two assistants ,
who form bent figures at the base , tho
master carrying hammer and chisel.
Tho work was contracted for in 1493 ,
to bo finished in three years at a cost
of not more than 700"florins about
§ 300 to-day a florin not being worth
more than forty cents. But the work
extended over more than three years ,
and seventy florins more were allowed
about § 350 for this masterpiece. The
seven windows of the choir are con
sidered the best exam'ples of Nurem
berg glass painting , one of them bear
ing the monogram of Hans Culmbach ,
a pupil of Albrecht Durer. There are
also pictures and windows by
Wholgemuth. Durer's master , and
above the organ a beautiful rose win
dow in glass mosaic. Of tho modern
windows the most interesting is tho
Emperor's" presented by the citizens
of Nuremberg in incmoriam of the
consolidation of the German Empire.
The design was by Professor Wanderer
and tho painting'by H. Klaus of Nu
remberg. There is another window
designed and executed by the same
artists which contains as central de
sign the Triune Deity , with Luther and
Meianthon as side figures in stone and
wood , and pictures by unknown mas
ters abound ; but there is a treasure
called the "Salutation of the Angels , "
which hangs from the roof in front of
the high altar , and which is the largest
existing wood carving by the great
master of the art , Veit Stoss ; is fram
ed in a garland of roses and enriched
by seven medallions called the seven
joys of the Virgin. The great Gothic
bronze chandelier was cast by Peter
Vischer , the groat metal worker upon
the occasion of his election as a mem
ber of tho guild of casters in bronze in
1489 , and was presented to the church
by the Tucker family , the same who
afterwards gave to the church tho
"Salutation of the Angel , " by Voit
Stoss , while the richly carved seats of
wood on either side of tho entranco
formerly belonged to tho guilds nnd
were occupied by the masters , who
sat in' turn to receive alms. *
St. Sebaldus Church was begun in
tho tenth century and contains a font
"
which was the "first product of the
Nuremberg , foundries ; it was also tne" I
one from which King Henzeslas of J
Bohemia was christened in 1361. The
most remarkable , object , however , is a
'
sepulchre of St. Sebaldus , which stands
in the center of the eastern choir. It
ranks with the Tabernacle of Adam
Kraft in St. Lorenz , as a masterpiece
of German art and . was the work of
Peter Visoher and his sons the same
Peter Vischer who cast the chandelier
for St. Lorenz. The monumental
structure takes the form of a pagan
temple , though it is adorned with the
figures of the twelve Apostles It
rests upon the backs of twelve largo
snails , and has four dolphins at the
corners. Above the figures of the
twelve apostles are the smaller figures
of the fathers of the church , the whole-
surmounted by a figure of the infant
Christholding a globe in his hand.
This is the key by which the entire
structure , it is said , can be taken
apart , if it is necessary , and put to
gether again. There are commemora
tive windows in this church painted by
Hirschvogcl and presented by Maxi-
millian L and his grandson Charles V.
There are also original works by Al
brecht , Durer. Adam Kraft , and Veit-
Stoss , and the commemorative Es
cutcheon of the Von Tucker family , by
Holbein , who to this church gave an
altar , a wood carving by Durer , and
an ever-burning lamp. This last is
suspended by chains , and holds always
its red light , like an interior fire. It
was "foundod , " it is said , in 1326 , by
the first baron of Tucker. Against the
bridal portal of St. Sebaldus is a boau-
tibul oriel window , the stylo of which
is a characteristic feature of Nurem-
burg architecture.
The Frauen Kirch , or Church of Our
Lady , is a very beautiful little church ,
built it 1361 , but recently restored and
rather too much guilded. Ju the in
terior are some fine works b3' Adam
Kraft and Veit-Stoss , and a clock made
in 1509. The church and schone-
brunen ( beautiful fountain ) are both
in the Haupt Maekt. The latter was
the work of Behaim , and is a remark
able pyramidical structure , 64 feet
Etigh , with divisions or church-like
srches. in which are sculptured figures
sf historic , Christian. Jewish and
heathen herons three of each kind ,
[ n the upper arches are statues of
Moses and the prophets. In the pail-
ing which surrounds the fountain is a
ring executed by the locksmith Paul
Evose in 1586. This can bo turned
jtiite around , and it is the accepted
; oken of a Nuremberger and of the
iravelling apprentices , who always
nsit this fountain and tnrn the ring
for luck.
Dnrers house and monument and
; he house of HansSachs , the
jernian mediaeval poet , and the
statue erected to his meinorv are
] naint and curious. The latter
s near the "Bratwursglochtein , " ,
;
frt
here Durer , Hans Sachs , Veit Stoss ,
? eter Vischer and , , other well known
ivorthies took their "brod" and beer.
L'he house still retains its ancient char-
icteristics , and drives a thrivinir trade
n small , exceedingly good sausages
md their national accompaniments.
A.n excellent luncheon was served to
[ our of us for one mark sixty pfennig
( forty cents ) . And we were shown
Albert Durer's Hag nnd all the lions of
the quaint little hostelry.
The fine old houses in Nuremburg
ure not all relics of mediaeval grand
eur. Most of the famous workers left
Iwellings which have withstood the
ravages of time , and are not only line
specimens of old architecture , but en
riched with quaintdesiens and objects
expressive of their owner's taste or
calling. Each is a study in itself , as
is every separate buildingstreet , and
object iir this quaint old city. Hero ,
"Exposition" is in
as in Antwerp , an
progress ; but , though it is not con
fined to Nuremberg art and industry ,
it is not "international" in tho sense
of fte A atwerp Exposition , and ssryes
more to illustrate tho arts for which
Nuremberg has been and still is re
nowned than those which are diverse.
It is very interesting to find in the
midsc of so much that is old and
worthy the efl'ort to create new life
and maintain old standard of excel
lence. In metal-work Nuremberg is
still pre-eminent , and in jewelry the
latest a rennaissaiice of the old Ger
man wrought work in silver nnd < rold ,
with gems such as small rubies , pearls ,
and turquoise sot in the design to
complete it such lovely things are
shown that it will doubtless prove a
true revival , the restoration at least
for a time of n beautiful fashion , as
much superior to our senseless and
universal habit of wearing bits of
glass called diamonds as a cut gem is
to ft square of looking-glass. Tho
ronnaissance jewelry was out of my f
power , thanks to tholimited resources i *
of a correspondent , but I bought a
pair of brass-bound Nuremberg scis
sors and sheath , and chatelaine , and a
beer mug enriched with the figures
and names of Albrecht Duror , Adam
Kraft , Pctor Vischer and Veit Stoss ,
the four workers whom Nuremberg-
delights to honor.
It seems wicked to even touch
Nuremberg with so light and careless
a pen as ono must who only catches a
glimpse of tho hurried tourist. The -
German National Museum alone , >
housed in a curious old cloistered
building , erected as a monastery in
1382 , deserves a letter of itself and
would well repay weeks of study.- ,
Here and at tho burg are kept as rel
ics old instruments of torture and
punishment , besides curious specimens
of antique furniture , domestic * uten
sils , specimens of fabrics and tissues , f
joiners' and locksmiths' works arti
cles innumerable in short which
crowd every available inch of spaco in
rooms , halls , corridors , cloisters , chap
els and niches. Altogether the avowA
ed object of collecting a complete his-
tory of German industry seems to
have achieved from tho beginning of
things through their stages of devel
opment. There are also much that is
interesting to tho purely are worker
in the cabinets of paintings
and galleries of larger though perhaps
not more important pictures. This
cannot bo said , however , of the origi
nals of Duror and Wholgemuth , which
includes the former's celebrated por
trait of Hyeronyinus Holzsehuher , and A
Kaulbach's groat picture of lliu Em-
peror Otto's visit to the vault ot Charle
magne at Aix la Chapelle in the year
1000. There are also original printed
pages by Gttttonberg , a letter of Al
bert Durer's , ono of Martin Luther's
and original editions of Hans Sach's
works poet shoemaker. Still wo are
only at tho threshold , and it is at tho
threshold we must say good-bye to .1
Nuremberg. . . ] J
Copyrighted 1885.
A Quail Burial.
About eighteen months ago seventy-
five quail were taken from Tennessee
into New Jersey for the purpose of
colonizing them. In the spring of
1884 the experiment of breeding tho
birds while in , confinement was at- s' '
tempted , two pairs being placed in f
a large wire cage that was built in the
yard of a farm house. The birds
mated. That sprng one of the birds
built a nest and laid thirteen eggs , and
was about setting on them when , in
consequence of the breaking of a water
leader , the nest was destro3'cd. Tho
eggs wore then taken and pnt under a
bantam and hatched out. That sum
mer the hen quail died. Last autumn
one of the cock birds died.
This spring the remaining pair ,
being a cro s pair , mated , and
the hen bird built a nest and laid thir-
teen eggs. During the first week of '
her sitting upon them she was taken
sick , and after moping for two or threo
iays died. While she was sick , and
ifter her death , the cook bird mani
fested some very remarkable charac
teristics. He seemed greatly dis-
; ressfid. The hen bird Ifad died on "t
aer nest. The cock would run to her
ind caress her , and then turn away )
ind call her. He made queer chirp
ings and sounds such as he had never . . .
jeen hoard to utter beJore. At last. / I
ie seemed to realize that his mate was /
load. He then went and pulled her y
) ff tho nest and dragged her body < ' P
> ver to the" corner of the cage with
jack ward movements of his feet.
L'here he dug a hole and covered her
in with earth , leaving only the long „
, ving feathers of one wing exposed ,
rhis'donc , without uttering any furth-
; r sounds , he returned to the nest and
iat on the eggs , and eventually suc-
: eeded in bringing out a brood of ton
roung quail. Tho young birds are
low alive. The story of the burial is
rouchcd for by a large number of f
vitnesses. Forest , Forye and Farm.f
A Great Gamblef-'s Chariot.
Tho sight that commands the most
ittention along tho Jersey shore , now
csplendently occupied by Nexv York-
srs seeking summer diversion , is a
ally-ho coach. The vehicle is bigger ,
ind grayer than any belonging to thai
Coaching Club , and its four bay hore-
> s are more showily harnesed. The
Iriver wears livery , and a bugler
jlows his blasts industriously as the : - . "
: oach rolls along the broad , hard ;
ivenue that is every clar afternoon
; hronged by wealth and fashion on.
vlicefs. The occupants are more !
jrilliaut than the equipage , however ,
'or they are mostly women in the rich- i
jst and most elaborate toilets , shaded ; I
> y parasols that are like circles cut 1
> ut of a rainbow. This tally-ho be- *
ongs to Phil Daly , a professional "f
gambler , and the women are members
) f his family and their Iriends. Noth-
ng lite it has been seen at Long i ;
Brach since tho days of Jim Fisk and v
Dr. Hclmbold. Correspondence ofBuf-t i ,
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Wo Express. *