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A. C. HOSMU, PfprUfr.
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NEBRASKA.
YE LADS AND LASSES. W
Ye lad and lasses, to the frost!
'Ti your to lead the van!"
Fijrht for tfae richt
"With all your might:
Do all the good you can'
In every chw thai' jjood anl Just
IP? ready to upiH-ar:
B brave and told.
And let the old
Kail to the rear.
With spirit enter in the strife,
Nor shrink Imm any test;
With purpose true
Your war pursue.
And 3o j oar very best.
Ufion the fateful battle field ,
Have cour;e to appear: -Kor
honor strike.
Nor coward-like
Fall to the rear.
.Lad on' lead on to victory
March up the height of fame!
In every art
Kcveal your tact.
Your earnestness proclaim
lie dilif'tit at every task.
lie honest and siucera
Knim day to day.
Though others may
full to the rear
OM a?c to youth resigns its sword
And l.ld it tak; Umlleld. '
Tnstnnn the all '
Till error fall. "
And foes are forred to yield.
So. laili and I:ssh to the from.
And lireiy jMTevfre
Fmm day to day.
Till D-uth hhall v-ay
"Fall to the rear'"
Jufjihihf 1'ullariJ, in .V. 1 Irtigtr.
PJCKESTEirS WIFE.
Sin and Happiness Can Not "Walk
Hand in Hand. w
Let Johnson be ready to take :no out in
hulf an hourisaiil Mr. BickMur to tho serv
ant who answered tin" parlor liell.
A cloud full over the lair law of his wife.
"Are. you goine; out this eveninf sbc.
asked, and the disappointment in her voice
wan perhaps not unmixed with reproof.
"Yes; there is to he quite a famous jjuest
at the fiu It to-night," he said; "boiihj Kn
Klish swell, and we are to give him a supper,
ami then a party of us go to tlie o:ra. It
is something I must not fail to do my snare
or ttiis entertuinitig business, you know,
Clarice.'
"It must be very delight fnl to be enter
tained," she said, sarcastically. "I would
like to realize itmywlf."
'Well, i-n't Ic Forest coming around to
practice with you! 1 saw him to-d:iy, uiul
told him to come. 1 don't want you to get
lonesome; and you know I am very liheral
with you. I don't Icnowanotberfe'low with
a handsome wife who is as j:!ad to have his
friends entertain her, and boentcriaincd bv
her, as 1 am."
. yes; I know that," Mrs. Hickester
answered with a weary little sigh. "Hut
Miuictiiiics a wife is so foolish, you know,
us to prefer her husband to hex husband's
friends. However, I -would lie tho last
woir:au on earth to want, you to stay at
home one evening, or one hour, against your
own inclinations. There iy the liell no
doubt it is le Forest and his violin."
It was lie Forest with liit violin, and ac
eompauied by a strikingly handsome maa,
whom he iutrodtiocd as Count Dubois.
"I took tho Utterly of bringing my friend
witli mo he suitl to .Mr and Mr. Itickrslcr.
as he placed his violin at the end of tin
piano, "without waiting to ask permission.
Tho Count only arrived this afternoon from
i extended tour of the States; and I did
not wish to neglect tho kin invitation ex
tended to me to-day by the hospitable host
of this mansion, and 1 fell sure I could nut
better entertain my friend than to bring
him here into the presence of the ctiuriuinc
hostess."
"I am very glad you took the liberty, and
1 trust you will have a pleasant evening,"
Mr. Hickester said, as he rose to go out.
"As for me, 1 have a duty of entertainment
to jerforni at the club to-night, and duty
is not always the greatest pleasure, yon
know, if it iMiptmstd to bring the highest
happiness. In this instance. I am certain,
both the pleasure and the highest happiness
would 1k secured by foregoing the duty and
remaining at home with three such com
panions. However, 1 trust to have that
privilege on many future occasions. Count
IMiImus. consider the house y.iurs while you
remain with us Any friend of Mr. !
Forest' ir welcome. Ilood evening, gentle
men; au re voir, madame.
Hugh HickeMor little dreamed how fully
Count Dubois would carry out the privilege
accorded him by hi host.
O.yes; it was u very pleasant eveuing,
as Mich cvaTJksgs go." Clarice told her Jius
band. whenTao asked her if she was well
entertained during his alwence, "Mr. l)e
Forest played Itetter than usual, and he
brought ubosutiful composition with him
something new. for piano and Tiolin. And,
best of all. Count luloi sang. He has a
marvelous tenor voice, which affected me
powerfully. 1 could not restrain the tear
when he teutg one song. Mr. le Forest tells
me he is tho last of a very old family in
France the sole possessor of tho title and
the estate, which yields him a competence'
And he has come to America to seek a
rich wife! He is very shrewd he wilt, of
course, succeed." laughed Hugh. "Scores
of heiresses will be glad to lay their for
tunes at his feet, in exchange for hit title."
Hut he could not give his title to a score
of them very well," Clurice responded.
"And Mr. De Forest tells me he ha a ro
mantic history; ho lost the idol of his
heart a young girl whom he was to wed
just before they were to have leen married.
That was ten years ago, and he has been a
restless wanderer ever since, and never
taken the least interest in womankind.
Isn't it sad!
"Very, if true, and a harmless little story
at all events," Mr. Hickester replied. "He
is evidently a very highly cultivated fellow,
and a very handsome man. We are tmite
fortunate in being the lirst to entertain hire.
No doubt, ho will lieooaie the sensation ere
long, and charming Mrs. KickMster will lie
more than ever the envied of her ssx, for
having been the tlrst to feed the lion."
Clarice smiled a sad little smile.
"Charming Mrs. Hickester asks for to
honors of that kind, and for no notorietv in
connection with foreign counts or society
lions," she said. "She would much prefer
to have her name sHi!sen only in connection
with ner nusoand s. '
"And his sftoken only in connection with
hers! A couple noted lor their conjugal
devotion I That can not be in these day
xay dear, when society demaads so atica af
husband and wife in different directions.
Were we dwelling in Arcadia, clothed ialf
tasm and sustained by falling fruit and
running brooks, we coukJ afford to forget
the whole world aad lire for each etacr
only, with -Love is enough' for our notto.
Bui we aweu in a hard aad practical
society is composed of wheels
waeew. i ass aepenaent anon Jones, Srautk
aad Brown for success in njy nasisnsa, Casv
eanantly I Must not offend Mia. Joagn er
Mrs. 8mith or Mrs Brown; m fact I Bast
bs gallant aad compliment theas Ma we
meet, aad ye mutt tea charsring as pos
sible to taemall. TheaoreBOBttmrjeuara
vihj acuer xor sae. if we
xer raeBoar. raf bedjr cares for as.
resaiadi ate aTsat Harry Grayisad
are geiuag as a tseaier-BartyTV
tag, aad Ban asked as aad aar of
xneadstojeataea. Suppose I drop
saa uiTite urn forest aaa ubbow!"
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iwasaade:
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readily, i
to hunt up his musical friend and the Count.
Clarice bad thought she and Hugh might
enjoy a delightful tete-a-tete erening at
Wne'tBat night, avt sae garetrp ttoUee
now. She had been married five years, and
to her the love and romance of the union
were unabated, undlmmed. Indeed, abe
loved Ber husbMit tatetter, mere saalon
atelr, than when she aad married him.
Shejiad been B.beUa'in her first seaaeB, be
some eight years ber aenior. Be had wooed
ber with ardeat devotion, aad .wo ber
away from a throng of eager snltors. She
loved him then with a young girl's timid
love; she worshiped him now, with an
awakened woman's deep passion. Bat,
whUe ber borne and her domestic Joy be
came each year more satisfying to Cksrice,
she saw with alarm Hugh's 'growing dis
taste for quiet evenings and simple pleas
ures. He wanted a crowd about him. He
aW more devoted ta the dub. He craved
excUaneat. Me sever took her eat no w for
aa eras lag atthe theater atone, and a cecy
apprr afterward, aa in the old days. It
must be a theater-party now, where be was
the escort of some other lady, she the re
cipient of some other gallant's attention
If she complained he called her attention to
the fact that he was quite as liberal with
her as he was -with himself. Ma tevited
gentlemen to the house, and was glad to
have ber entertain them. Of course he
could not always remain at home; a man in
business and iu society had a thousand
things to take his time and attention. If he
provided for his family, paid all bills with
out objection, and never left his wife to
mope at home alone, what complaint could
she make?
Hurely none, save that of a starving heart.
Hut there is no law of the statutes or of
society which enables a woman to gain
redress for wrongs of this kind.
I'e.rhaps there was n real wrong in tho
matter ut this juncture. U'e Bittstttnake
allowances for inherite' natnres. Hugh
Hickester was the son of an ambitious and
unhappy politician, who fought his way from
obscurity to notoriety and died, leaving
his only child tho inheritance of his am
bitious propensities, his restlessness and
craving for excitement, and his seltlsh blind
ness to the smaller duties of life which lie
so close we often overlook them.
He had, like many men. been wild iu n.N
pursuit of a lovely woman, until ho made
her wholly his own. Then tie had become
accustomed to the thought of possession,
and, while he was eotitentand satisfied with
his choice, other aims, objects and pleas
ures, aside from his home, bocame necessary
to his happiness.
Clarice often exhibited a lack of tact in
her management of him, which a mure
worldly woman would have avoided, she
complained of the change from lover to
husband of the absence of his former inter
est iu her: and a man never is won over by
complaints, esjiecially if it is his wife who
makes them.
And sho questioned him when he went
out, and when he returned, concerning his
whereulHiuls and actions; and a man never
enjoys or is made better by this espionage
of his conduct, cs'wially one who for many
years has lived a life of bachelor freedom.
Hugh Hickester took esecial pains to sec
that Clarice was never left alone, but he
hliowod uu return of his old passing devo
tion to his home, which had blessed her
cnrlj- married lire. And though now he al
most invariably announced where he was to
pass his time, and how. when absent from
Clariv, which rendered her questioning
unnecessary, bin absences were more fre
quent uud prolonged, and the term "do
mestic happiness" seemed one of mocking
derision to Clarice. She was unhappy, but
sho was not a woman to sit and pine and
grieve.
She preferred the society of ber husband
to that of all the world beside; but, if she
could not have it. she accepted tho society
if the agreeable men who won: ever ready
to do ber homage. Among them Count Du
bois was foremost. Handsome, cultured,
mugmitic, the possessor of a thrilling tenor
voice and an iutlection whoso every ex
pression was a caress, he was a dangerous
companion for most women. Hut. sheltered
behind her great love for her husband.
Clarice seemed to bo proof against all his
fascinations. Sho admired him, sho en
joyed his society, she was thrilled by his
singing, but her heart was untouched.
While Count Dubois! He was growing
madly, licrcoly. hopelessly in love with tho
fair unhappy woman with whom he was
thrown so constantly by the oft-expressed
desire of her husband.
When ho first became awaroof tho danger
of the sentiment which was dawning in his
breast, let us do him the Justice to say that
he made a resolve to avoid and tty tempta
tion. Ho remained a whole week away from
tho Hickesters, and then Hugh hunted him
upuud insisted uputi his going home to dinner
with him.
"We are iwrfectly forlorn without you."
he said. "We made up a theater-jwrty last
evening, aud half a dozen fair ladies were
disconsolate because you were not of the
number. Mrs. Hickester was cross-questioned
by each lady separately, and obliged to
confess her utter ignorance of your where
abouts. Now, I don't want this to occur
again, my dear Count, while you are in the
city. See that you report here at least twice
a week."
What could a man. a Frenchman, do. un
der those circumstances Madly in low
with the wife, and urged nay commanded
by the husband to seek her presence, he, of
course, cast his scruples to tho wind and
plunged into the exciting, game of love.
Very" carefully, very" slowly, very systemat
ically, he laid bis plans to win tho heart of
the wife from her husband. He made slow
progress: but tic was so madly in love, ho
felt he could afford to wait.
Hugh Hickester frequented the club more
and more, aud was less and less at his own
fireside, and, when he was at home, he in
variably wanted a crowd about him. It was
more than six months from the time when
Count Dubois first entered the Hickester
home, that husband aad wife sat alone in
their handsome parlors again. Hugh glanced
at bis watch.
"1 must be off." he said; "I am half an
hour late at the club now."
Clarice looked at him with an expression
of infinite longing and tenderness in her
face, which had grown strangely thin and
pallid ot late.
"Why do you never spend any more quiet
evenings with me at home!" she said.
"Why do you always want to go away for
entertainment, or have a crowd about you
Have you lost all interest in your home and
your wife, Hugh!"
"Why. of course not! What a foolish
idea," he answered carelessly.
She sat gaxiag at him a moment in silence.
Then she rose suddenly, her cheeks fussing,
her eyes flashing.
"I kaow one thing," she said, slowly "I
know I have not lost your love because I
hare ceased to be an attractive woman; for
other aen find ae attractive, if ay husband
does not."
He aight hare seen, he might have
kaowa. that she was Uteris aaetoaaae
trsaga aadtcaeat whoa she spoke these
words. He ought to hare takea the a!ara
then aad there, but he did aoL
He was too sere of her ahsohjte leva aad
derotioa to f eel troubled. He ealy leaked
at her. aailiac latlly, a he lighted hie
dear.
"Of coarse yea are attractive, Clarice,"
to said. doaaeaBsttjlaBB- a cay
alder thaa yea sat whea I aarrtai yea.
Why aaaaM yedl J fire yea erary assa-
fwtaadlBjarry.awt aarer aad faalt artta
eesywisV:
who lrres
life thaa roa aa. CUriee. Maaar.
larury. society, fa liberty todeaa
yoa
tea aad
think 1 aaa pretty aaai
. Mat
geed asjai-l mast be I
Ceaatkcealagte
yaa.sttoaotl
Clarice, who had aet
aa fas while at
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M?.BlciXcrMtWxrMiU
Vraaaararayar dessy
aWtnow aar aairsaf waaii
&iz-:.z:
ctieathat staat wah swat Bias areas aa aad aaatraatsai aar.
aaaaawaa aaaaV 5yasaJ Mwaa DaaV Hvav aaWal evasaaVsal saTJasaasf aaaar aasaaVXwYf aaav
with the Hash slowlr dviar from ber cheek.
'eWfaal leaVsttasergasly a Hs issiierthaa
before, turned sow and walked to the oppo
site side of the room, as she said la a low
aad weary tone: "Yes, be is coming. Good
Fire minute later, she stood alone, lean
lag ber brow on her clasped hands above
the mantel, the very droop of ber figure be
speahsBg a taties. drspairla weariness ef
soul aad tway. when a rich aad melodioas
voice snake elose at her side:
"Maaamemedaroe, are you illf
She started violently, and looked up into
the handsome face of Count Dubois. He
was standing very near ber. She trembled
with a strange agitation.
"You are certainly ill," h said, and he
draw ber aaad in hwarm aad led her gently
teadiraa and seated himself beside her.
They were silent fnraamncnt.
"I met monsieur your husband, madame.
as I came in," tho Count said, presently.
"It is a strange mystery to me how a man
with each a beaatifal borne and a lovely
wife can leave them both so of lea Tor the
boudoir ef aa actress like Naniae. Her
brazen beauty would repel, not attract, me.
I am glad, madame, that yon do not allow
yourself to pine away in solitude, and make
yourself miserable on that account. 1 am
glad Uiat you allow yourself the pleasures of
society, even though you starve your heart
and the hearts of those who adore you.
While the Count spoke, Clarice felt her
self growing cold and numb. She cloed
her eyes and swayed backward, where a
gentle arm was stretched to stipjiort her,
She yielded herself to iu pressure uncon
sciously. Heart and brain tvere so tortured
and stung with iaiu, she gave no thought to
her body.
"What were yon saying alout about
Nanihef" she asked in a hoarse whisper
"Surely you are Jesting. My husbaud do
not o U see that actress, save in the au
dience, Wc have all b-on Ut we ber several
times. She plays well. Hut he oh, no.
you are mistaken. Count Dubois."
The count laughed, a bitter sarcastic
laugh, unpseasunt to hear.
"My dear lady " he said, "I did not sup
pose you ignorant of this matter or I never
should have beer the first to j-ak of it to
you. Hut the whole city know what a
sluve to Nanine. Monsieur Hickester has In
come during the last ti-o months. No da
passes that he does not see her. He is sail
to be most fuvored of all ber lovers, just
now. Hut surely, madame, you ' At
this juncture, the Count's remarks were iu
tcrrupted by the sudilen dropping of a limp
figure against his shoulder. Clarice had
fainted.
She recovered consciousness to find her
self held closely in the Count's arms, his
hands stroking her brow, his pale face bent
closely above her own, while ho murmured
passionate words of endearment.
"My darling, my beautiful one." he cried,
as she opened her eye, "you must no'
grieve ever one man's perfidy and falseness.
Here is one who loves you lietter than his
life, who will give you devotion, tenderness,
happiness forever. Fly with me. dearest;
go this very night. Ict your husband seek
the actress, but never again let him Insult
you by coming home to you. It is more sin
ful to dwell with him after he is untrue to
you, than to fly with one who will devote
Ids life to making you happy. Come, go
with mo this very night, Clarice '
Hut Clarice drew herself from his arms,
wen'", trembling and pallid as death.
".No, no." she cried, "wait, wait. I must
sec him first I must hear the confession
from his own lips. I can not lelievo if til!
he tells me it is so. I can not couJemn him
unheard."
"You have hut to go with me this ve..
evening, to the side entrance of the theater,
and I will give you proof of my words,"
Count Dubois answered, quietly. "Your
husband will emerge therefrom at Nanine's
side, aud drive away with lu-r in a close
carriage. Will you go I Do you desire the
proof!"
"I do I will go," she answered.
"Anliour later, two cloaked figures stood
motionless at tho pr. ate entrance of the
theater where the licautiful "Nannie" er
formed nightly to enthusiastic audience.
A thousand wild thoughts, memories, inci
dents, were floating through tho excited
brain of Clarice, as she waited there. Her
husband's prolonged absences, his increas
ing disregard of his home, his avoidance of
quiet evenings alone with her. Ah, why
had she been so blind as not to see and un
derstand that she had a rival iu his heart .'
Wny had ho hceu the last to know the
bitter, humiliating truth And yet and yet
perhaps, after all, it was not true: erhaps
he was not tbuxe; perhap ho would not
come forth with Nauiue, and Count Dubois
would confess it all a cruel jest.
Hut. even as the wild hope began to find a
place in her tortured mind, there was a
murmur of volees. the souml of footsteps, u
light laugh and Nanlne, all wrapped in a
snowy fleece of cloud-like drapery from
which her faco shone like a star, came tri
ping into the glare of the gaslight, leaning
ujHtn the arm of Hugh Hickester. They
paused Just a second iu the full blaze of the
light,
'Why, where is my carriage!" cried the
silTcry voice of Nanine. "Ah. there it is at
the corner. 1Ct us walk down there. Hugh
it is but a step."
Count Dubois felt his arm pressed by the
clutch of two convulsive hands. He did not
dare look at his companion for a moment.
"Let us go," she said, quite calmlv.
Hope for the tlrst time awakened in the
Count's breast as ho saw the effect of this
certainly convincing proof on the slighted
woman. She still held her head erect, still
walked quietly at his side, apparently un
moved by the sight of her husband's con
duct. But Dubois knew better; be saw that
the blow bad stricken Carice with a sort of
numbness whhh would make her utterly
indifferent to every thing save her own
misery. He compassionated her deeply,
tnough there was a thrill of triumph min
gled with his better feeling. Surely, be
could, in time, make her happy: she would
not go on caring for hor false husband for
ever. Love, mortally wounded, mast die;
and, some dav, in return for his own untir
ing devotion, she would give him her heart
He looked down at her pityingly as she
turned mechanically away, still supported
by his arm.
"Where shall we gof" he asked softly. In
response to ber words.
'Anywhere, anywhere it decs not matter
to me." she answered, in a tone of dulL
hopeless despair.
"Shall I take you homef" the Count in
quired, laying gentle stress oa the last
word.
The familiar phrase seemed to sting her
into sudden, keen, bitter remembrance. It
was a horrible mockery of her misery. Per
haps he had gaessed that the words aight
bare some sach effect bad hoped aa
For a few instants Clarice, overcome by
the rush of returalag aeaory, oaaJd sot
answer to his question. It was no longer
her home sace lore had ied merely a
luxurious dwelling where she was housed
aad fed by aa unloving husband who had
promised to shield aad honor her. Aad
this was the aaaaar ia which be had f si
llied his raw ! Wearly, heaateaa'
lifted her eyas ta the Ceaat'e aad
eat the words:
"Anywhere hat there aaywbe
;aU
arethesaae."
"My poor child!" was the ealy
aa he f aaad a can-sage aad
faiatiac Carice lata K.
the aa
K-jSw.-yfc Js -j.zsifijt
fcs
heiaedthe
alaeat
hat he
iter ha
saVhe
praaaataasltisa ferahaaat taraa raara.
8aa had had a aarri ear. aat was rerr
''a aaaam aalaaVaasssas I aaawsi asOaj Jwa waawaaTaa WaV aaaaa aassasaBamaaas
aaaliaaaaaaa, Uhaaa at her east las
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"I am only thirty-eight, aad yet ay hair
laid aside her professional cap aad brasaed
out the still abundant locks. "Aad ay face
bow haggard and old it looks to-nigat.
Ah, wait, it dees set matter! there is ae aaa
to care no one to care," She dropped do wa
in a chair and hid ber face in her hands,
and the tears fell through them in bitter,
scalding drops. She was thinking of a
bright beautifal girlhood, a brilliant mar
riage, a happy wifehood ef a few brief
years, then of neglect, estrangement, doubt,
treachery, despair, temptation, flight.
'It was a great mistake. great mistake."
she moaned: "though the devotion promised
me was given though, while Count Dubois
lived, he was my slave and I his idol it was
a terrible mistake. Sin and happinwis can
not walk hand in hand it is one of God's
sternest laws that they shall not be united.
Far better had I borne my bitter lot in si
lence, and suffered ray humiliation alone
with an unsullied soul. There could have
been bo lot more wretched than mine has
,m UnWKlulW:n- .w.
.(M-r.tlnti urt,, ...i-ir-mrnT traveL as-
s. . j - . -1 ..., lulu a Br nv
- SSSBT
sumed honors, what wre they all to one
whose heart wa tortured with a remem-
brance of a lost Paradise, a ruined
name, a wrecked dfe! O, it would hare
been better, far better, Ut have suffered aad
made no sign. And where oh, where to
night is he who brought all this rulu to a
life that was ouce nappy aud good I Is he
alive amdoes he feci no remorse!"
A quick rap sounded on the door.
The nure started from her bitter reverie
and hastily brushed away the tears as she
ojened the door.
One of the physicians looi before her.
"Pardon my disturbing you at this late
hour," he said, "bat there has :en an acci
lent in the street, a tiiin has been thrown
ut of a carriage and bad.y injured, and we
need a steady hand and calm nerve to asiist
us. We can trust no one ?o well as you.
Come at once to th" t p -ratine room
J he nurx- hastily coned her natr. arm, re-
piaciug tier cap, unowcx tao puytc;aj m
J. . . i ii . i
the nom iudiraled.
The. injuntd man lay stretched ujon the
table, bared to the waist, one crushe 1 and
maughsi arm hanging, a ma of unsightly
flesh and brOtCen projecting lones, at his
side. Hut he was erfectly conscious.
Wheu the nure approached the table she
-gave a low moan. anJ would have fallen had
not one of the physic:aus reached out a pro-s-ting
arm.
"You are overdone, overtaxed," he said.
"I never knew you to Ix so affected at a
sight of this kind. You mut return to
vour room."
"No, no," sh answered, "I am better
now. It is nothing only the patient is
known to me. Hut hush he may not rec
ognize me it is better :f he does not.
Hut already tho patient's feverishly bril
liant eyes were fixed u;Kn the face of the
nure with a so.irc'f.aggaze. Then bespoke,
starting to an upright lositiou.
"My Ood !" h- cri-J. "it is Clarico-CIar-ice
here and with that hair!" Then he fell
back again.
The nurse was kneeling at his side.
"You must bo quiet, yoa must not be
agitated," she said, calmly "There is a
langerous operation to j.'rform, aud you
must not bo excited."
There need be no operation." be said. In a
I alio red voice. "Tho ci ushcl arm doe not
matter the trouble lies here In my chest-
There is sunn- internal Inlurv. I shall not
There is some internal Injury. I shall not
live many hours. It doe not matter now.
1 came to Europe to'seek you, Clarice; I
could not live longer -I could not die until
I bad seen you and told you that it was all
a terrible mistake. I wronged you I was
unkind but 1 waiiovorasyou thought "
lie cea-ed suddenly aud put his hand
upon his chest. Hcgavo on" long sigh and
and then he breathed no more.
"This man was a friend of yours!" the
physician asked, turning to the nurse.
"Somooneyou had known?"
"ile was my husband," she answered.
They went out quietly, and left her alone
with her dead alonu with the Irrevocable
past, the pltiles present, the hopeless fu
ture. There her husband lav. deaf to entreaty,
insistence or outcry. She had spoken no
word of forgiveness, had received none
death hail come too quickly for this comfort
to le jossible. She must live the rest of
her duys with regret and remorse as her
constant companions. If she i-ould only
have known the jxjaee of pardon from him
whom sho had wronged so deeply: but that
could not lie. All the ghosts of the past
which had haunted her before must rise up
now with tenfold jiower to torture her.
Sho knelt by her dead all her own now,
when too late until the gray of the morn
ing. Then she rose and walked to the win
dow. looking out at the dawn just beginning
to retldcu in the east.
A faint gleam touched the white still fac?
like a benediction. Was he sorry for her!
stie wondered. Did he love her now with the
old-time fondness before change had coinef
Surely, it must be so. With the new day, a
new hope scorned born she could believe
that all might tie well with them both.
Somewhere in the eternal morning, forgive
ness and reconcil ation awaited.
And. with this trust in her heart, she
finds peace kneeling there beside her dead.
AVi'ii Whtttrr It'ifror, m J'etrrnn'$ May.uiitr.
EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
Too Much Culture Will Enlarge the Itaad
of Conilrmrd Itarhrlors.
Chfirlcs Dudley Warner in not un
kindly fashion sugge-t-s that not enough
care i taken to make young ladies in
teresting nowadays. In the eagerness
to become educated, girls neglect the
cultivation of those qualities which
Mr. Warner regards as being the chief
charm of women, and which we may
sum in the two words, feminine fasci
nation. Mr. Warner, like most men of
ideal sentiment, shrinks from the wom
an whoso blue stockings are her con
spicuous feature, or who send power
fully intellectual gaze through double
extra eye-glasses. Man, who has found
it necessary to sharpen his intellect and
harden his mind in order to keep
well in the race. U rather averse to the
musculining process to which woman
ha subjected herself so determinedly
in thoe days of cult and RanL
Women are becoming learned, phil
osophical, even pedantic at the sacri
fice of much that gives them empire.
They become oppressive instead of in
teresting in a continual string of know
ledge from which man hopes to escape
when he exchanges the cares or serious
hours for the relaxation and refreshing
zest of society. Comparatively few
women are interesting for more thaa a
half hour at a time; many are agreeably
entertaining for ten or fifteen minute;
but what proportion hare the iaeeti
table rirtue of being- iatereetiag- to
the aea who meet tkea daily, hourly,
throughout a course of years?
It u much more dtflcult saaralaf
how to be iaserastifif; thaa it ia to get
a eaatteriagaf Greek. Genu. Freaca.
literature aad art; it is arrack eaeierto
acquire a faculty for dteeouraiag
learaealy thaa it i to talk
aad axerdae tae charm of aa ia
Inr aeraoaalitr. Aa irritatiaaT
ajafe at aa ereaiaf aarty aakaiofka
What has becotae af all the
wasUra." But tkere are
aieatyowaasealeftla the world who
attire ta aat sia aaake life Utereetiag.
sweetly, koaefully iatereatiag. aai
asMjaftawatcmUaotteU tawdiger
aace actweaa a aeeat of Brewaiag aal
the asUarit ef a paaaj editor. -Ca
aaaWWar
sreeaea?
INGENIOUS CONVICT.
fa W.
4
Tarawa Oat stff a
A tew davs after Charles Fry wae
seat, to the local jail he found a pleoe
af board in the ynnl and took St to his
'ell. At the tiar be isU-aded to whittle
aula few small trinket, but decide! to
make, n effort and whittle sostcthing
of which ho would be proud. The
board was of white plrx thrve feet U
inches Ions, twelve inches wido and
two inch thick.
Fry is a shijMrarjnr by trade and
understands the nature of wood and
what can be done with it under the
circumstance. He had no tools, aad
all ht jxs--ssrtd that would cut was a
itnall wooden-handled knife. Knowing
that this would not jx:rfonnthe t.k ho
I Dad s..-t befor
him. he ton: a stool
old shoe, wrapped a
, ,Manic frun M oM wrapped
! - ' H"-"
J ltB ..
I aViwwIittt haiilu lv..s X .. ... ..I
" " """" wl" '""i" "
anu begun to look for something else,
I There was an old worn-out mop in the
fail and from this h cut . n! f
..w.-s.. ... t..i. :. ti i ii
I u....-jui kj iinn ito lie jiiu a uanuie
on it. worts it down to the thinners f a
blade, and n few days later he found
the rib of an umbrella, which he Hied
ia the same way.
Boiti!.' now fully prepared, he bc,;an
the task of turning out what he had
pictured in his uiind. He worked
mostly at uij;ht. and often remained at
hi work until thrtx' o'clock ia th;
morning. While at work he shunned
the other prisoners und did nm let
thera know what wa going on in his
cell until a few we -ks ago. when ho
i t.:n,.rjrcd with the work of art on which
)v ..,,. . n i s .: i
' "ai pent all hi.s timo and energies
... .
for three months. Iooklng at the pro
duction us it hangs between two cells.
nn can hardly lielievu that from the
mall piece of hoard only two inches
thick uud thret and ii half feet long
such u chain of connected links und
swivels could be wrought. It is nn
endless chain of ti'M links, thirteen
swivels or revolving links, two pairs of
clasped hands, and six carvings hich
explain themselves to tho observer.
The Liberty Hell, as true a represen
tation us a picture, is four and a half
inches high and live mid a half inches
aoro.sn tho rim. and hiu tho crack,
lettering and tongue aad all else l
longing to thy Ix.'lovcd revolutionary
relic. Fry has pictured it as it stood
on exhibition ut the World's Fair In
Now Orleans in 18S4. when a new leam
had liven given it ami while it was
garlanded with a living wreath of
green. Instead of the. green leaves ho
has made a chain of wooden links
which coil gracefully around the lell
and add a feature to the marvelous
j piece of work. Tho boll seems fa
. i ... .i... i i.i i
toned to me beam witn wooden
stirrups, but they are a part of tho bell
and beam, and tho screw, nuts and
holts are given in perfect exactness to
the original. The lieatu is hold to tho
chain by two hands, beautifully carved,
and represent, as Fry say-: "Tho
North and South upholding their united
liberty." Above this again arec'liL-ped
hands similarly carved, which Fry says
"is the North and South, and is meant
a an emblem of peace." All these
carvings are connected to the chain by
swivels, a most difficult piece of carv
ing in wood, even with the latest im
proved machinery, but of these the
prisoner has made thirteen, and all of
them were made with the rib of an
umbrella.
Following the chain from the south
side to the bell, the first carving met
is n bronze gothic pillar on which is
carved "In !od We Trust." Next is a
Chinese tower, on the corner of which
are four pillars, und inside these pil
lars is a ball of wood, too large to lw
taken out or put in without breaking
one of the confining pillars.
"This is where I began the task."
said Fry. as he jiointed to a decorated
block on which are carved in niisiMl
letters, blackened at tho top, "St.
IOtiis Jail, June 4." each word and
figure being on a side.
The most amusing piece, follows, and
is a square block, on one side of which
is a harp of Krin. and in a corner the
first two notes of "Come Hack to
Erin." On tho other three sides are
rejwctively an Irish flag, with a "un
burst, a round tower painted green,
and a spray of shamrock.
Next in order and the be-l finished
of all the carvings, is a scroll headed.
"The Emancipation." and at the end
of the scroll arc a pair of shackles, the
ring of which are broken, and. as the
carver says, "The Slave is Set Free."
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
TINKERING
MECHANICS, x
Hew
Mmmj Otherwise Con4
Xarhlassta
are fspollcst rorsvr.
The inclination to tinker"' a ma
chine, or to "fix" an engine or a pump,
has spoiled more otherwise good en
gineers and machinists than lack of ex
perience ever will. Some men hare aa
irresistible longing to get at machi
nery with a monkey wrench and screw
driver, and trouble always results from
indulgence in this respect. No man
ever saw a competent, experienced
man "tinker" a machine. If something
is wrong, or some adjustment is needed.
such an attendant is never in a hurry
to clap on a wrench and give a reckless
turn, regardless of results. No. ex
perienced men do much different; one
of this kind will think before he acta.
He will study out just what want
screwing up. what it wants it for. and
how much.
The abore poiats determined, the
w reach is applied gently, ia screwed to
a proper fit. aad juet the required part
of a tura is girea the belt or aat.
If good reaulte do aotfollew.aad aay
engiaeer amy he vraag ia his ntlaali
of what was aeoaaaarj. It is easy te Ba
de the awjuataaeat. The aaa kaews
just what he haadaae. aad haw he did
it. aad caa aa aaiekly aaake thiags as
whea he foaad thaa. The "Iv-away."
aerrwaa bwbsbstb, who ge at a die
ahlad aerates Tagardlsss at caaae
aueecas. had Better ste aadtaiakae
fare they act, aad shea "deal da hV lar
that Had ef tiaefiesxe a the sriad
that makes hacfcweedi
the -thiags" that let
wiiUsawir
It aay he daahted
the
ef chewiag gaa
iajari.
aa the eyes ef the
V hut k harts the eyesef
AN
TRAtNINQ COLLIES.
I B4
Vala
t's f faffs.
It is an ackaoisJgl fart that of all
brersls of doc the collie has the at
nervous d!rxlllm. aad &-! the
ml careful handling. Thcrt Is not a
dog on the far of the earth that cam be
f so r-aaiiy spoiled by a word, or br
' a single application of the whip. a tho
Scotch collie. Wo have owned collie
for about six rears and in all that litr.o
have never found the nrd of a whip.
It is In fact their alxsost humaa-llkn
intelligence which raakr thrir natural
timid It r the raorw manifest, and tho
first and cio-t important rule to b rr
mcmbrml by the trainer is uniform
and absolute kindno aad gentlenrs,
both of manner and tone of voice which
should never be raised abuvr the toa
of ordinary conversation, In comraeoc
ing thr rsiucatiou of a co'.lio puppy it
is nrssrary for the trainr to traverse
, the exact ground tb collie l to evtvr.
until he fs-Is jHTfectly at home among
the caltln. and Uring clo at hand any
nesdles barking aad worrying can Iki
instantly checked By following his
trainer the nuppr will naturally gt
into the hnbit of driving at tho hrsjl
1 of worrying in front.
JJarV-r the puppy has lsrxirne habito
ptcd to driving he may lw allowed to
lead off more and more txwh day.
until finally in aa almost iraperwptlbie
manner he will work alone in a largo
field, tho same a a jKiinter or slter
would work the same space of ground.
If he has In-en bnnighl to this jnilnt
with can and kiudneys. he will at alt
times enter into his work with lnritv
and evtace by hi nagirns-that thU 1 j
hi- natural spherv of ue.'ules Hut i
J let it over ! rmemlernl that a -sm
ns your collies spirit l tnkn. oti
might a well broak his lack. o far a
U",'fulnes Is sjincerrirs!. You must
have th" confidence- and lot e? of ytmr
dog to have him of the least UMo'ttL
Of .ourrH. o all ruolire that to got the
mo-t l;uefil from the collie he tnut U
t:mtht til drive neeettttitile fmm n ill
....... . k . ... ....... .i 1 i ..i.
tanee; he must ofcy oniers Ix-yond liie
reach of the olco Tlii can le v.ry
easily accomplished by the nid of a llt
tlj painstaking. A young dog when
excited l3 his work will in the majority
of Instances work loo fa-t, and the i
means to check his nnlor Is the most
important thing to consider. In
the door-yard and around th barn
he must le taught to 'ile down." at
some given signal: the !st ono for
the purjHisu lN.lug to hold jour hat
high alnive your head, as this sign can
bo wen at a great distans. and llko
wie, your signal for him to again pro-
eeod should le bv moving the hat to
and fro. Ily all means Im sure to work
yourilog more by signal than by voice.
lor nothing is more niguting than to
hear a man screaming mid yelling to
his dog. All that is needed in the ny
of signaling is to prevent his working
too fast and running tho stock. All
that is nHdd in thl country of fnc-
is to have your dog perfectly olMslient
and posessing tlmonlinary Intelligent"
which you would naturally rjjMs-t of
the breed. If the dog has thus len
brought to a knowledge of hLs business
with no fear of the whip or other puti
Nhment, ho will enter into hl work
with hearty good-will, and ever and
anon he will le found, during the day.
walking around among the cattle, by
whom lie will 1m rognlsd a a friend
and welcome companion.
It is not necessary that a dog should
inspire fear among the cattle he Is to
drive, as it is his duty simply to start
them in motion and dinsrt them to their
course. The same genl!w which
should bo observed among milch cows
bv the one caring for them, should N
taught to the dog. who should be but
the active evpr"siou of hl owner's
wishes. 1'ctcvio. in Ohio Fnrmtr.
AN INTELLIGENT DOG.
A Story for Wtist Truth lh S'ditar ft
rtlns tn tiiurh.
I ne-er alloweti "Johnny "- that was
my dog's name, to He on th sofa, and
he. of courv. would not try to as long
as 1 was in the room. V.xr-n when I
went out I did not mitnst th old
fellow, and you may imagine my ur-
pri' when returning one afternoon 1
found him lying qultiy on th sof
and looking defiantly at rav H ro-
ceived hl punishment, and was p
parently so disgusted that he did not
touch a bit of hu supper that nighL I
did not think any rnor of thl event
until a few days later, when, coming
back at an unusual time. I found
"Johnny" sleeping in his box and
snoring "What's up with you now
I thought. I looked at th sofa, but
could sec nothing suspicious. I mori
my hand across it. "Ther. b-n
again on it. old man. hare you?" He
did neither stir nor interrupt his snor
ing. I then ordered him to come, and
told him he was quit: smart, hut aot
enough so a to consider the animal
hat his body had loft oa th sofa.
The following day I went away on
purpose to see whether he would dare
to try it again. My roots was oa the
first Soor. and I bad to go a little way
through a garden before coming to th;
house. "Johnny" certainly couJd hear
ae when I carae along th sandy path.
This time, howerer, I hurried oror the
lawn after I had bng-d the gate aad
looked through the window. He prob
ably thought, as he did cot hear sve
oorce. I had reaaisd at the gale, aad
so he carried out his preparation. Of
course he had heea agaia ea the sofa.
What do you thlak that aaiaul was
deiag He was staadiag with his fere
paws ea the sofa aad blewlag with all
ha aight at the spot where he had
heea lyiag. ta eoal it aC ae that I saoald
aot feel it. WaU. 1 let hi Mew aliv
tittle while, aad thee kaeeked at the
wiadow. Like a aaaa he rea late hie
hex. aad ware I eater ad. a axiawte
eis
"O, ga awayf exciaiaed the Mr
areawe hride te her lead eeaspaaasa;
you're tea aaca like a wheatear
aerr
"Hew is that' qaeried the etardt
"rem sqaeeae aae wrrrpUed tat
Iwaaalas craaAure. aai aaia.-Caieeee
SCIENCK AND INDU57r.
SsUwtfsT Use aewdUe) o4 ia
?Bxtatrr ar imports! frca Kariar!.
a4 the aiMST csiyftJ aaajAlr la
about i.WO.MX
Wool growing is l!be sUth la tav
portaaoe ef tK ariraftural t4wlrV
la the Ualtesd tatc. n4 Is wrpx-J
only by cpra. hay, ht cotua aad
oats,
-A eerie- of etrftav;t ltif
m!c by a Frisel cwhioUt are !4
to hv atroved that strssi ltcr wrl;ht
by rust tsric. as rldlj as Mt trvrx
hc cspvfMsd u soit air
.Avordlag to I"rol TwtUr ahalt.
ih artlci of praiajnt cvKaavrcisi
laportaacp ot th prrat &$. as
us-sj la the- bsiildisg of lh Uter of
Mat) aad othr aactcrat tnctar.
-A steta of lighting exs
thr -Lcchrn "111 t ,s4 t a,
Wyandotte hlpyrd. It t av4e by
crude jtro!ouffi aad air pJta)ed by a
8xail fajiac, the se ltag thr
fevt high.
The dl-o cry ad ttlQ'ltttoa .ti
natural ga hav irtrsd )crful
stlmwlu to the rs-iBiiti.'tHrr of Inm
nlte aad tab in this oouatry lh-rss
! ar" now 2,.S-J raUe- of atstn. iw lh
I'nlted Slates for conveying alra!
ga-.
- As a ca of deafaes a rru.t tf
j gating for a few sewed at a psw-f -t
olsc:rlc arc ha beja rlsrud U th-
1
French Aradrtny of ctse, Il,
ympton dlap;-rl after aKiit an
hour and a half, but pUtmri n a
rprtitlon of the rt,.jwrifw,at.
lr ChareoL la grwnt Frvt- h
physMaa. says that rhiUtre. aa-1'r
siiitxtti can not haio their brata imf.
worked. No forcing, he fri. . i
! gxt out of thorn nr crMsra w '.
j than the brain will aoosapiUb w Uh
out fatigqw. It Is nt tUJ alter U
agf of "ixttn or eghteu tU&l forvlng
ln.o:iie jnlbl.
An International cogrw il sariy
fivn htmdrod physicians lawdy la -H
In Pari was practical! urnnU
too it that omsu:nptJn. fr iilrtrshi8.
I 1 contagious and trj.tiMuiWi I
f
teen man and least. nr? ? una
nimity also a to tho prtne tieiity
of boiling milk and oooklag niwt well
as a privettl4c of much of th con
sumption w hich now afflict the hutnau
ruo.
- Inellgatlon has shown tht Jt
nu terra-ootta bricks and block lnl
reslt the action of fir. abr wi4 Irst
Nnxt to thes aftrr-rttlng tatsrAl
come, tx'norrste and burnt ola v rk
For building inlndei to l fire-proof,
the ll material are Iron work i
caed iu jxirous terra-sottf.with ti'.e or
brink work In rO? anil Ur. and t-.
txntniclion. Tbe hollow tile a-w
frtcnl with UnsMi tile, aiate. or anv
gisnl weather-prtwif csatlng. or with a
!tigl thickness of brick.
-It l not generally known. nj h
.Vimntj Itfvttv, that lmjxrthHl tntn.tig
ojnratlons are carnod on In the AnUo
Circle Cryolite I carried from !"
laud tii Ililltulelphla bv the hlp bind
ti be usd in making caudl. Kit n
lve copjHir mine have leen worUisl
or a long time In Finland Mot if
the work of mining has to t dune un
der ground, and the workmen in deep
mines suffer from hat. ronfiint!y it
U apparent that mines can lie rsel
as profitably In the; high latitudes as
in our own country
l)r latrc, a Krnh pbyloligil.
who ha Nen experimenting wjtli ani
mals u determine tlm n.ntun? of ssa
ickne, rfjKrl that after they bad
l.-n s-ubsi'ti to varum kind if mo
tion, corresponding to lh rtdling and
pitching of reej, h found their In
testines strangely displaced . cin.
eludes that a similar dUtur'tuif! pro
duce sealcknes on board hlp Ct
calti" is said tole an cee!l'Otr'nvsdy
Another French physician whuagrcsi
with Ir Iastro as ti Use Causot -sifkne,
claim tohavrdleoverd two
infallible rann!l. on miiturw of
atropine and strychnlno. and Ueothr
caffeine.
VILLAGES OF RUSSIA.
Tt isitM r4iiiiH f atttv wiih-
IIm f l(M.rsit fssswils.
Th idej of m fl.f0 Of Hsrrpje x.
ing constantly upon tb verge of tar a
tion Is a startling on. yet thrrt dors
not se.m to b any fron to dotibt the
truth of the author's statement. Th
peasants ar frightfully ignorant, and
thir mlr make lhn, to a certain
unt, sltlh Th mir ar village
govmramU. each t Independent of
th other, and ach peaant, whi!
bmnd for life le his mlr. has no tis
connecting him with asy ethr villa,-.
Nor have th mlrsany ceaaectiag links.
To all Intents aad purr! the atrs ia
Russia are Independent States, with
nothing la common hutth GoTrnant
tax gtbTrr It U this fact that has
bssrq the safety of the Russia autoc
racy, for were a cssarerVd aovweaeat
to com the fJnral Goi ersavjt cf lh
country would go down before it ae
would a pile of saad before a breaking
dam. Ia fact, th authority of ties
Cxar to-day rests upoa two thiags the
igarxaaaw of th peassujlrr aad their
Ixatioa.
ruto. however, ef great
Sewaaaaswa loar this stale of thiaars
wUl last. If. as Htrpsiak aay. Use
majority of these peasant are la waai
all the time. If they aherd-2Jy hare
not eaough to eat for the lasgi'r pan ef
the yar. a titae will casae whea thsry
will ao. Thwy saay he igasraai, hsst
nowmm is ae hraaraat that he eaa aea
VII the dlfereaee heawewa hvagwr aad
laclBrgaa
mmm
awaaswaiac wUl hippie The aisaafy
e tae werid has ahewa ersea aaa
spark a ealy aeaded la art fee aa aha
rata. It aatgaft hagia la Eeaaa sia
ksst-aiag dewa a tax geaaarer. Aart
waaa it deea hegia hhe raaaJt war ha
ri ileal ft aeaul neass hi ha aaaxat at,
far aaaa ta sseaaa wM aaa a aaa
eWsaallaaY.wCasaaealawarea.
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