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STOBMED-TOSSED. " Oat In the night and darkness , Out in the storm and rain , With never a star to guldo him To haven and homo'again ; Ho tosses afar , my sailor , On the brcast'of the stormy sea , With the pitch-black heaven above him , Andtho thunder's minstrelsy , The phoephoront waters parting Leave a trail of fiery foam ; The good ship flies from the tempest , But farther flies from homo. Out in the wild night's blackness , Athwart the shadowy heights , " Is a blood-rod glow on the breakers The gleam of wreckers' lights ! The rush and roar of .the tempest , The roar and rush of the sea ; Pray , pray to the white Christ , sailor , For haven , for home , for mo ! [ Belle , in Boston Transcript. SARAH DAYRE. It was a golden day in early Septem ber , and the doors and windows of the Widow Dayre'j old fashioned house stood open to admit the soft , balmy air , fragrant with the old fashioned flowers in the quaint beds of the front yard. Great lilacs shook their round , glossy leaves in the afternoon sunshine , and the tall rows of quince bushes were laden with the ripening fruit. In a large , cool dining room Mrs. Dayro and her youngest daughter , Sadie , were busy shining the golden pippins , ready for drying. A young man came up the shady , pleasant path , and standing in the door way bowed low to Sadie , craving the privilege of resting for a while within their pleasant room : Said : "I am Mr. Derby , of the great house of Derby & Brothers , of New York city. You have doubtless heard of : them ? " "Yes , " Sadie said , "I have heard. " Who had not ? Then sitting down , he discoursed very pleasantly and piquantly of the many interesting adventures he had met in his travels. Said he : "My feet are blistered from walking this afternoon. I never walked scarce ly any before in my life. I have always been at school or college. Last spring my brothers , who have always petted mo so much , fancied I was not looking so well , and advised a tour to Europe. But I desired traveling in our frontier settlement. "So 1 started forth with my own car riage and driver , and I have dearly en joyed myself- until to-day. , when our carriage was broken in crossing a new piece of road back here. The driver wishing to get the carriage to a shop for repairs , I vainlyitried to return to our hotel ; but I do assure you I am completely exhausted. " And he looked up at Sadie so earnestly ' estly for sympathy that 'that tender hearted damsel really from her heart pitied him. Turning to the table within the room ho saw one of the circulars of the Cos mopolitan association lying there , and taking it up he said : "So you have one of our circulars ? " "Yes , " replied Sadio. "Our mer chant gave it to mo. " "Would you not like to become a member of pur society ? " Sadie thought she would. * 'See , here is our Art Journal. I will send it to you for a year. Let me make jou a member of the society. Perhaps you would draw some beauti ful piece of statuary. Even the Greek Slave , for instance. " Sadie blushed. How pleasant it waste to converse with this handsome , dark- -eyed stranger. "How nice if would be to have a par ing bee ! 1 have read of suoh things in books and papers. Do you think your mamma would allow you to have one , so that I could attend ? " Again his dark eyes were bent upon her , and she could not refuse. "What lovely apples ! We never see such as these in New York. Oh , Mrs. Dayre , would you he so kind as to sell me a carload of them to send on to my /brothers ? " Mrs. Dayre was well pleased to sell her apples , and she told him she would only be too glad to. Then Mr. Derby was looking at the pretty home made carpet that covered the dining room floor , and he said : "How often I have read of all these things , and dreamed of the quietness and bliss of a rural life ! There , se cluded from the great world , and far away from all its sting , with the lovely being whom I should delight to own as wife , how happy and ble&sed I should : be ! " Again he turned his dark eyes languishingly - guishingly upon Sadie , whose heart was fluttering , the color coming and go ing in'her cheeks , as she thought : 'Perhaps he cares for me. " She "had read of snch things how rich young men had gone cutaway from the city to woo and win country maidens. Y/ould she ever-be Mrs. Derby , and Tide in her own carriage , live on Fifth avenue in a brown stone front , and < wear diamonds and satinP Mrs. Dayre , who was 'elated at the prospect of selling her apples at high prices , now commenced bustling about - at getting supper , and Mr.'Derby said : * * I guess I will go out whore the men : are plowing for wheat. I like to see nature in all her varied aspects. " ' And , bowing low to the pretty Sadie , Tie went out. Sadie watched him as ho went through -the great orchard saw him as he stood talking with the men. There was the iired man faithful , patient Kob. How tall and strong he looked beside this genteel Mr. Derby ! How long he had loved her , striving in every way to make home sweet and beautiful for her ! How true and noble he was ! How he had always striven to help her and carry her , as it were , over all the rough Elaces ! And how she tossed her pretty ead at him , and pouted her ruby lips , and made him ten times more her slave than ever. Then she wondered what they could get for supper that would bo good enough for such a grand , exalted Being as Mr. Derby. Mrs. Dayre bustled about , making cream biscuitsr ; while Sadie dreamily brought a-golden roll of butter from the milk house , and wont down the cellar for a dish of amber jolly and canned strawberries. Then Mrs. Dayre sounded the old tin horn , while Sadie laid the napkins of snowy whiteness , and put on the deli cate finishes. Then Rob and her brother Harley came in. "Where is that young fellow , Derby , that went out to see you a spell ago ? " inquired Mrs. Dayre. "Oh , your nephew , you mean ? Why , ho told me his name was Merdon , and that he came from Iowa. Said ho had a lot of goods down at the depot , and had nothing but a large check on the bank , and that the cashier said * they had not money enough without sending off to the city to cash it , " aud Rob looked wonderingly up. "Land sakesJ He is a perfect scamp ! " cried Mrs. Dayre , in her wrath. "He's fooled me about my apples. He never intended to take them at all. " "Well , I did not quite finish , " said Kob , with a long drawn breath. "I let him have § 20 to accommodate him. I never dreamed he was trying to fool me I could see you all the while he was talking , and I thought to accom modate your nephew. " "lam awful Rob. ' sorry , My nephew's name is not Merdon , but Munger , and when he comes he will not borrow money from you. Some way that scoundrel has found.out I was expecting a nephew , and so took that way to cheat. In here , he said he was Derby , from New York. And you just ought to have seen the eyes he tried to make at Sadie. I couldn't hear all he said , but he is just a perfect cheat and hum bug , I know ! " Rob looked over at Sadie , who was struggling to look composed. After work was ended , he asked her J to take a walk with him. She went , and as they sauntered along under the light of the new moon , he asked her if he had not waited long enough to havean , answer. Sadie began to realize something of the worth of a true , noble heart. The deceitfulness and foppery of the would- be Derby had nearly cured her , and she looked up to say : "Well , Bob , I think I've bothered you long enough. I'm sorry you lost your money , and I am so disgusted with with that fellow ! I think it has shown me more of your real worth than anything else. " She had spoken out now truthfully and womanly , as he could net get her to before. "Then , Sadie , darling , if losing that money has at Last caused you to speak , I'm glad I lost it. I'd sooner loose an other twenty along with it than have you back again where you was before. Now , Sadie , kiss me , and tell me you love me darling. ' But I shall not tell you whether she did or not. But I do know that he looked the happiest fellow alive next morning. And before the first snow fell they were housekeeping in then- own cosy little cottage. Rob says to this day that $20 was the best investment he ever made , for it gave him a glimpse of Sadie's heart. They inquired at the hotel where Derby was boarding , but were informed that he ran away , leaving his board bill unpaid. Afterward , they found out that he was the druken son of a worthless den tist , living near the Erie canal. Sadie never told Bob how near her head came to being turned with his flattery. Yet he was satisfied with the love of his pure , sweet young wife and was content. Girls , just let me whisper a word in your ears : ' The true , honest love of a plain man , of whom you know one who is steady and industrious is bet ter than all the fine sayings of a male flirt , or the languishing eyes and simple nothings they have to lavish upon you. This story is a simple , true story of country life. All the characters are-frorn real life. Only the names are changed , as the parties are still living near the home of the writer. Hot High-Toned. Phlledcllhla Call. "My dear , I am shocked that you should invite those young ladies to your party. " VWhy , mamma , how you talk ! They have always been in society. Their father is the postmaster. " "Very true , .my child , but you forget the change which has recently oc curred. " "What change , mamma ? " "Why , the rates of postage have been reduced to two cents. Pobtoffices are not high-toned any more. " * By the way , a dog generally "cornea to the scratch" in the attempt "to make both ends meet. " [ Norristown Herald. Who eleVates himself , isolates him self. Massachusetts ladies , meeting at so cial calls , talk politics almost exclu sively. Belles of the bawl girl babies. "Freddy Langtry" is th * name of a Boston Thomas cat. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA. How the Young Ruler of 250OOOOOO Poo- pie Looks anil I.IVCB. r The rulpr of the 250,000,000 of people ple of which the Chinese nation proba bly consists is not wil hm five years of his majority , and is an occupant , while yet a minor , of the same apart ments in which lived the emperor who preceded him on the dragon throne. There , says an account translated from the Nerd Deutsche Zeitung , he eats with gold-tipped chop sticks of ivory , and sleep * ? on a Ningpo bedstead , richly carved and ornamented with ivory and gold , the same on which the noble- minded Emperor Khang Hsi and Chieu Ling used to reeline after the day's fatigue in the last century and the cen tury before. Like one of those living Buddhas who may be seen on the Mon golian plateau , he is honored as a god by his attendants , who kneel to him The seclusion in which he iskeptis als far more complete. The building in which the emperor resides is called Yang Hsin Tien , and is a little to th west of the middle of the palace. Ai the back of the central gate on th south side is the great reception hall When ministers of state and others en ter for an audience at 4,5 or 6 in th morning , according to custom , they have to go.on foot to the center of the palace , over half a mile , if they enter by the east or west gate ; and when they get on hi years they can appre ciate the emperor's favor , which then , by a decree , allows them t < > bo borne in a chair , instead of walki'i r. THE ROOMS OP THE Elll'EROU consist .of seven divisions. They are provided with divans covered with rod felt ol native manufacture , and the floor with European carpets. The cushions have all embroidered on them the dragon and the phmnix. Pretty things scatteied through the rooms are endless in variety , ana are changed in accordance with any wish expressed by the emperor. The rooms are in all thirty yards long by eight to nine yards deep , and are divided into three separate suits , the throne room being in the mid dle. Folding doors ten feet in height open into these apartments to the north and south in the center of each. The upper part of these doors is in open work , in which various auspicious char acters and flowers aie carved. At the back , paper is pasted to admit light to the rooms. .The front is ornamented with gilding , sculpture , and varnish of various colors. These doois remain open in winter , because during the cold season a thick embroidered curtain hangs in the doorway , which , by its weight , keeps its place close to the door posts and prevents the cold air from en tering. In summer this is replaced by a curtain of very thin strips of bamboo to admit the breeze. The silk threads used in sewing the strips of bamboo to gether are of various colors , and , pass ing , through the whole texture of the curtains from the top to the bottom , are very agreeable" to the eye. These sum mer and winter curtains are rolled up to give air to the rooms when required. Exit and entrance are effected on each side of these curtains by side doors. SOME OF THE CUSTOMS. Along the whole front of thirty yards there is a covered flight of steps fifteen feet wide. The roof over these rests on two rows of pillars. The pillars shine with fresh vermilion both within the rooms and on the steps outside , and are decorated with sculptured work partly gilt and partly varnished. The Hoppo , who lately returned from Canton , gave the emperor a present valued at 98,000. [ t consisted of chandeliers holding 500 wax. candles each. The emperor has also some electrical machines , and num berless foreign curiosities. He was vaccinated when an infant , before his high destiny was thought cf , otherwise it would have been difficult to vaccinate him , for , his person being sacred when emperor , no lancet can touch him. His mother , the princess of Chun , who is a sister of the empress of the West , will be raised to the rank of empress dowa ger when he is 16 , and his father will also be . made T'ai Shang Huang. At least this is to be expected by precedent , 30 that after three years there will be two empresses dowager , but in this case they will be sisters. The princess , his mother , , goes in to see him once a month , and kneels when she first speaks to him , but rises after ward. His father does likewise. The Bmperor studies Chinese daily for an hour and a half , .and Manlchu also for an hour and a half. He spends two hours in archery and riding , and in winter amuses himself with sledging. He has a little brother of 5 , whom his motner takes with her when she goes to the palace. The teachers who instruct him kneel to him on entrance , butafter- svard sit. The emperor has eight eunuchs who constantly attend him , besides - sides an indefinite number for special occasions. He has his meals alone , ai-d the eight eunuchs wait around him , re straining him if he takes too much of any one dish. His school-room is at the back of the Yang Hsiu Tien already described , and the hall in which he holds conference every morning witn the ministers is a little'to the east. - - - He Was the Fool. . " 1 don't understand why women dress that way , " said a man pointing to a lady who passed along the street. "I don't either , " replied the by- rtandor. "That woman , " continued the first speaker , ' "is dressed ridiculously. Her lusband must be a fool. " "I know he is , " said the bystander. 'fDo you know him ? " "Oh/yes. I'm the blamed fool my self. " _ He that doeth no injury , fears no in ury. TEE COMMON STANDABD. The Difficulties in the Way of the Adop tlon of the New Railroad Uniform Time System Explained. Netr Haven Register. Yesterday the Register told how , in consequence of the adoption of the new standard of time to go into effect on the 18th of next month , the clocks and watches of tkose persons in our section of the country would be found to bo three minutes and fifty-eight seconds ends faster than the correct or new standard time. This information came but as the result of a very interesting talk with Professor H. A. Newton , in his quaintly-furnished and attractive study on Elm street , which abounds in I globes and maps and bear skins , and is filled with groaning book cases. For a long period Professor Newton has been interested in the fixing of a single stand ard of time , so that when it should be 12 o'clock in Boston it would be 12 o'clock in New Haven and in New York , etc. , simultaneously. "There has been , " said the professor , "much trouble and inconvenience occasioned by these differencesin time Why. it came out in the legislature of this state no longer ago than when the matter of . .the adoption of Connecticut standard ' time was brought up , that thepeople'of the city of Hartford alone was laboring under the disadvantage of havih-g three , different system of time to cope with. Some of their trams left on Boston time , others on New" York time , while in the city of Hartford local time was used. You can see for vourself what the inconvenience must nave been. Here in .New Haven we were once using time that was four minutes faster than the New York time used by the railroads. It occasioned much-trouble. " "The new system , " continued the professor , "has not come up without opposition. On the contrary it has re ceived the severest friction , and that is one thing that assures its success. It is a result of the recent convention of the railroad men in Chicago. They real ized that they needed some common standard of time not only for their own benefit but f&r the convenience of pas sengers. " "What is the nature of the system as applied to the en tire country ? " "Four meridians have been taken , " said the professor. "The first is for the eastern section of the United States , and is the seventy-fifth meridian , which passes nearly through Philadelphia. It is calculated that all New Yerk rail roads , and very soon all the roads in the eastern part of the country , will adop this time , which will be three minutes and fifty-eight seconds slower than Greenwich time. The secocdi , meridian , the ninetieth , is jtidt fifteen degrees west , and will pass through the cities of St. Louis and New Orl ans. This is the central division , and will fix the time for the roads in the Mississippi valley region. The time * at this point will just be one hour slower than at New York , or six hours slower than Greenwich time. The third meriuian , the 105th , will run through Denver , the time being seven hours slower than at Greenwich , while the eighth , the 120th meridian , will control the time of the Pacific coast and run through Carson City , and the time there will be eight hours slower than at Greenwich. " "Why was the seventy-fifth the meri dian chosen on the Atlantic coast ? " "Because the Philadelphia meridian , Lhe one to be conveniently used , ran the : losest to the center of population of the country. 1 have reckoned it that , including the places which are but from ; en to fifteen minutes . .distant from the seventy-fifth meridian , there is a popu lation of more than 12,000.000 people iloncrit in the United States. " "i5oes the system go into effect in ill the divisions at once ? " "No. Attention has not been turned ; o the western divisions as yet. It is leeded in the east. The arranging of ; he times in the western divisions will je a light matter , as you see they differ > nly by even hours from our time and Tom Greenwich time. The minutes ind seconds used are to be the same. " "Do you regard the innovation as a ; oed step in the right direction in the settlement of this much mooted ques- ion , professor ? " "I do , most certainly. All the pnb- ie clocks should be at onee regulated ffith the time as adopted by the rail- oads on the morning of the 18th of November , and then all trouble arising rom differences of time will have come : o an end. There need be no more of osing trains nor of the other difficul- .ies that have hitherto been occasioned > y it. " Courtship of Fishes and Birds. iof Yoik Jomnnl. "Ever see a fish make love ? " asked a laturalist. "Well , here's a chance , " le continued , pointing to a small " square tank. "In there are some iticidebacks that were sent to me eonie ime ago , and for quite a while they lave bean working at their nests. " "Build nests ? I should say so. The loticed the male began to change his solor , becoming a "bright red. and soon 10 began to collect small sticks and ) ieces of fibre of various kinde ; these 10 began to mould into regular form , o : ind then pas3ed around them with a luivermg motion , that was to glue the it uaterial together. " "Where did the glue come from ? " tsked the reporter. "It comes from a special gland , " vas the reply. "It is in fact the plaster , and by the'se nvisible cords the neat was held in i hape. Every once in awhile the fish woulU dash jnto the nest and finally a hole was formed , so that the nest as you see it now"an oval about three inches across , with a hole through the center. The material is mostly threads that I put in for the fish to use. Now just scratch the little fellow. " Taking a large hand magnifier , the stickleback was soon brought into view , looking as large as a trout. Ho was engaged in a desperate chase after a coquettish female that dodged here and there in fruitless efforts to avoid him , and in a few moments she was cornered near the nest ttnd reluctantly passed into the home prepared for her. "That's , the end of the courtship and wedded bliss , " said the naturalist. "The male prepares the "house , drives the female in , and when she has laid the eggs takes her place until they are hatched , and , indeed , until the young fishes are able to attend to themselves. The fish had already undertaken its duties and was stationed over the newly laid eggs , aerating them with his fins , occasionally rushing out to attack the intruder. "Ho willdo this , " said the owner , "until the fish are hatched and able-to take care of themselves ; then he will tear down thp nest. " "Do all fishes have a courtship ? " asked the reporter. "Yes , but they of course differ. The courtship of the whales , which , how ever , are not fishes , is a grand specta cle , the huge creatures showing their devotion in a hundred ways' Old bull whales have often taken vessels for their wives , and again for their rivals , and dashed at them. " "Among the birds , however , love an tics are the most laughable. Some time ago I was watching some of the birds in the zoological garden , and you would have thought they had gone mad. They were marching up and down , one be fore another , raising their wings and strutting around in a regular dance. Last season 1 saw in Florida the same thing among wild herons , and at first I thought the birds were at play or gone daft Where they were standing was.a . mere strip of white' sand about fifty feet long , and from my place of conceal ment I could see every movement. The felnales stood together , demure and tiuiet , taking no interest in the proceed ings , while the males danced before them pairs and trios , evidently endeavor ing to outdo the others , and when , ap parently exhausted by their efforts they approached the waiting females and by caresses with the bill tried to make them make a selection , curiously 3iiough the females seemed best pleased with those that made the most exertion and went through the per formance wiih the greatest agility. When once captivated the happy pair would fiy away together , fcometimes fol lowed by an angryrival , that , however , tvould be driven back by the combined sfforts of both. "In all the zoological gardens where these birds are kept you may tee the janie performance , and perhaps the most curious part of it is not only a pe culiarity of cranes or herons during the jeason or time of courtship , but it is ilso true of a tribe of South American [ ndians. Before the swain is even ac- ; epted : is a lover he is obliged to go .hrough a series of gymnastic perform- mces to test his physical fitness to un- lertake the responsibility of a married nan. Feats of leaping , running , lift- ng and contortion are required , the over exactly imitating the heron before ic is accepted or refused , as the case nay beIn all birds tve sec the same veil-regulated courtship , and generally nuch resembling our own actions dur- ng that interesting period. low Paper's Polities Was Changed. lallovroy ( Ky. ) News. Since our last issue made us radicals ; nd advocates for Grant for president ; nd Butler for vice-president , and also uade us declare for an additional tax or school purposes and the coeducation if the races , it now becomes us to cx- ilmn these matters. The editors , ooved by a simultaneous desire to visit he exposition , concluded to go togeth- r , whereupon we called upon Judge ) ury and W. L. Weathers to edit otir taper in our absence. They graciously onsented to do so , and the last issue is he work of those two gentlemen. Of ourse it was all a joke , and nearly very one will at once so recognize it , iut lest there be some who failed to iote our local in the preceding issue , in ? hieh we stated that the next issue be- \ ore this would be edited by those gen- lemen , and therefore may be laboring inder some misapprehension as to the nets in the case , we have concluded to ay that'the articles in last xveek's issue irere intended as iokes , and never had xistence save in the mental world of iranky gentlemen. We understand that y most oi onr subscribers the joke was iighly appreciated. We hope that .one will find fault with us in any event , s the matter in .toto was a complete urpripu to us. In the lost ten years fifty life insur- nce companies have failed , in which tie gross amount restored to policy elders was 877,072,685 less than the remiums collected. It is stated as a fact that corn and po itoes planted on "cyclone ground rill not grow. There are plenty of stops to a hand- rgan , but no permanent one. That is a bad era which Egypt has in s grip the cholera. The. for putting the : haa , again. Boston Star. Silence does not always mark wis- om. ' . Keeps pegging away Th'o hoot- mker. Superior court sparking a rich girl.