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I 5i i r M i .V. El l! 2? li n. ih i,i IH e ' i f i ! t i I J I i Mi : 1 I Ij Ijeft Behind. W started equal in the race nny. more. We started liaud in hand Sow k'Oou seemed lire! . How shone the little waves upon the shore Where first we wandered: whon he called me wife. ,,. I could not see the shadow's awsome birth. For sunshine flooded all the fair young eartn. How has it faded ! I.ovo that was so true In those first davs hug lost its early grace: Soft drirtinp clouds jmthpr below the blue That seemed to be fair Ueaven s unclouded fit CO That shone above us as we turned to leave A life of dreams that love alone did weave. Yet home whs thetc; Tor that first home of ours ., i Wo did not scorn the voice that called ui Our home should e'er be bright as Eden's bower. . Our love should wax with time more sweet, mora tnlr. ... . Work claimed us: Hie stood no one idly by. Teaching- the happy hours how to fly. A nd so we entered when- work held the reins. Nor shirked ihe future whh Us heavy load; At evening there were wandering in the lveV lamp lit up the gloom in our abode. Vet, who could watch i he swallows eager juet , With lirrd eyes that only lontf'd for restl He had his .1 reman to tlreiun. just as of old. His fancies flew above on happy wings: Escaping all that was bo dully told The wearr march of useful common things. 1 cuilil not Vise: when quite worn out with Dvin Oi t'biMreli'e cries. I long l r.u sleep sgsiu. 1 rliiprl aeiJe uuiniiiy -imt i Jtemu; 1 saw alone once more thai usppy time. E- woik -u d sepiisf. or blur the fclestus Tne sun nad .ent us turning prose to rhyme. He rose jet higher, and I loosed the band: 1 would not drag him down from fairyland. For he is hupp, and bis life is sweet. Nor recks tie itiat so far I Isg behind, rVidiance beyond life's unsts once more we 11 III Oct And in one strafed our lives shall then be twined; One st t and so strong it shall have power to diaw Our hearts together being one once more. All the fear Kouud. "OUT OF THE COMMON." And the sunlight danced in at the window and turned bor hair to shining gold; touched the crisp gray locks of John llogers. and made a friendly circle of light and warmth about the uair. 1 could not go against mammas wishes, vou know," tho young lady said freutlv. playing with the ring on her oft hand. " "Site has had a long talk with me this morning, and, though I knew she disapproved of our engage ment, I never realized before how her heart was set against it " And you do not think by patient waiting by proving how earnest we arc -" No. John. Mother cannot look on it as we do; she realizes all the disad vantages and none of the hopes that we have built on; and then " the young lady glanced Mown once at her delicate hands before she continued "would it be quite fair. John, tor me to wait, and let all other opportunities glide by. and grow old and -ad wlnlo 1 waited?" John started. There was so much caution suggested in the words. No doubt she was but lepeatiug them after her mother, but they fell chillingly on liia i!irn fifitll those OUIILr litis. "It m true, Maud." lie answered, while a look of nam lingered on his J face. "You shall not let other chances of happiness slip by because you are bound to me. it is not the love 1 thought you gave me a love which trusts anil hopes in patient laithfulness. I am no longer young, dear, but 1 have risked much on this dream of love com ing late in life, but coming for the first time, Maud, and" his voice broke staying with me always." He rose and turned partly away from her, quite still, leaning his arms on the mantelpiece- Maud Uranson rose too, and came toward him. her delicate, beautiful fa e lttil of concern. There was nolhin about John Kogers to at tract notice, lie was a very plain man, no longer vntini:. but he had at least sonic ctianii ol iti'itd or soul which had won I In- iof ol' a very beautiful wo 111:111. liet die c.itng in graceful folds to her -lctniiT limine, a fillet of blue bound the golden hair, which was coil ed in classic simplicity about her head, lie turned aud looked at her. taking in all the details of the picture; then he put bis head down dejectedly on his crossed arms. Maud extended one hand appealingly. "John, you will take it?" "Yes, Maud," lie answered, drawing his breath hard. "I take it and re rounce it." He patted the soft surface once or twice, thoughtfully. "All that came with it, and all that' goes with it Maud, good-by." "There was such a noble sadness in his face that it touched her. The proud head bent lower, until it rested on John Rogers1 shoulder. She raised herself with eyes still wet. "Good-by, John. The world can't give just what we want." "No. dear. What is it?" "Your ring." He took the pretty sapphire ring ho had placed on her hand one day with only half-realized rapture and slipped it iu his vest pocket It was worthless now. And so John Kogers left the house and threaded his way down through the busy streets. The sunlight still danced over him warm aud beautiful, kissing his grave face, his hair, his hands. " Aud let ail other opportunities glide by' "; he repeated the words to himself, ruefully. "It's not the old fashioned love; cot the love I used to dream of when I was a boy. Perhaps there isn't any nowadays.' He looked very tired as he ran up the teps and rang at the door of his boarding-house. Clarice noticed it, his land lady's daughter. "You look tired, Mr. Rogers," look ing up from her work and speaking through the open door. He smiled, wearily. "Do I? And what are you doing. Clarice? Still sewing for those harden ed little wretches?" "Yes; isn't this a big hole I am darn ing? Boys do wear out their clothiug so fast. You are home early from the office." "Yes, I had an engagement at 3 o'clock and did not care to go back. May I come in and have a chat with you?" "O, yes. if you care to," with her quick smile, a smile which her eyes be lied, and which always seemed to John "made to order." She pulled forward a chair without rising, aud went on with her darning again. "I sit in here because its cool, and I always do my sewing afternoons; in the mornings there is housework." It was a shabby little parlor, seldom used by the boarders, who were princi pally gentlemen, and spent their eve nings out, if not in their own rooms. A few tawdry decorations only enhanced the shabbiuess of the threadbare car pet, dirty walls, and ancient lace cur tains. "Do you never have any amusements, Clarice?" asked John, trying to forget his own wretchedness by interesting himself in some one else. "Amusements?" she repeated, push ing the curls off her forehead in a puz zled way. "O, yes; there is a Mr. Jones; he plays the piano; and once Mr. Aikens. the elocution teacher, read a piece and all the boarders came in." John smiled, eyeing the little maiden lityingly as she stitched away. She ooked up suddenly and caught his eye. "We did not always keep boarders," he said, proudly, reading something there she did not like. "When I was at school we were well off and had a nice house; but mamma is a widow with eight children, yon know, and I have to help her about the work." "i know.V said John, kindly,, looking at little Clarice with so much sympathy that she quite warmed toward him, and continued confidentially: "Once I had a beautiful time that was a good while ago a girl I knew at school nunted me up, wrote to me, and invited me to visit her. It was in Phil adelphia." "And did you go?" "Ah, yes, and it was a beautiful time!" Then, her face falling, "but I had to come home. It was all over in three months." "Ah. that was hard." sympatheti cally. "Yes. it was. Mr. Rogers," taking up another jacket and beginning on a new hole. "For they were rich, you know, and it was quite liko old times their nice house and all and then to come back here the noise and the children, and clearing uo the rooms it seemed worse after that But perhaus I shouldn't have minded if it hadn't been for there was something worse than all that," continued Clarice, working hard at the jacket with crimson cheeks' "Will you tell me about it?" asked John Rogers, very kindly, bis honest gray eyes softening. "It does one good sometimes to tell one's troubles, and I am so much older than you." Clarice looked up. quite gratified at this unexpected sympathy. "I will tell vou. Mr. Rogers. It was when 1 was in Philadelphia that 1 met Harris Harris Bell and 1 was--o different there, at the parties I wenl with Fannie, that he thought I was pretty, aud told me so, and said that he loved me, ami wanted me to be his wife. 1 had a pretty white dress, you know," timidly, and" glancing blushing lv down at her present faded calico, "and wore flowers and you can scarcely understand it." "Yes", I can understand it." said John, noting the light in the brown eyes and the newTy-acqiiired color. Tell me the rest, Clarice." "And we were engaged and 1 could scarcely believe it but I was very hap py. He was such a handsome gentle man, too. and so aristocratic, aud 1 did not mind the boarders, or anything, when I thought about Harris. So at last he came here to see me; and he saw mamma and the children, the house and the boarders, and 1 can't tell you how it was. but he was different. He didn't tell me ho was changed, but he was restless, aud it worried him. aud 1 saw he cared. 1 am proud, Mr. Rogers, though we are poor now, and I broke it all up. It wasn't the lovel had dreamed of. I had read a great many novels, aud I thought life was a fairy tale and love was beautiful. I always used to think. Wheu some one comes to love mo I'll never be sad or vexed any more'; and Harris seemed to me all"! had wished for until I saw the house and the boarders fretted him. For I had dreamed of a love that would be out of the common, and that when I went away with my iover I thought I, too, would be belter, just as he wished me to be. So 1 told him, Mr. Rogers, it was all over, and he said perhaps we were not lilted to mako each other hap py. And then he went away, and the work and the noise and the boarders fretted me as they never had before. For somehow, although I could uot love him as much for treating me so, the thoughts about him and the dreams about him wcro all gone and I missed them so." "Poor child!" said John, tenderly. "But it's my own fault Mr. Rogers. 1 expected too much. There is no such love as I have dreamed about, and mother says I did very wrong to break it off. She was very angry with me; but I knew these things would always fret him. and I could not bear it." "Clarice, would it help you any to know that I, loo, have suffered as you have suffered?" asked John, for two shining tears had dropped on the boy's jacket "I, too. dreamed of love, and 1 found a woman whom I believed had given me that love; but because her parents found in me only a plain, poor man, no longor young, she gave me up. She gave up faith, aud trust and hope because she had not that real love which you describe." He stopped speaking. He had for gotten the little girl in her calico gown, and was gazing abstractedly out of the window, uard lines of regret aud pas sionate despair written on his face. Suddeuly he felt a little, warm, soft hand laid" gently on his, and Clarice said: "Mr. Rogers. I am so sorry." He wrung the little working hand, and then he rose and went to his room aud gave way to his new sorrow. Clarice folded her sewing and put it away; but it comforted her as she went about her evening duties that Mr. Rogers had listened to her story, and to kuow that he, too. had missed the love he dreamed of. CHAlTKIt II. Several months had passed away. John Rogers had often found his way into the shabby little parlor and chat ted with Clarice. Once he had found a bunch of flowers on his bureau, and no room in the house was such a model of order. One day as he sauntered into the par lor toward dusk, hopiug that his little friend would come there with her basket aud mending and sit awhile, he heard the rustle of feminine garments, and looking up, saw that his landlady stood before him. Mrs. Dean was a woman who prided herself on her former digni ty: She wore a very long and dusty alpaca. It being no longer within her limits to trail silk, she trailed alpaca. Some persons are of this mold. Her hands, which she folded majestically, were very grimy. Rogers remembered with pleasure that Clarice was always neat "Mr. Rogers," began the lady with unusual dignity, "pray be seated. I have noticed for some time past that you have frequently of evenings found your way into my parlor aud passed the time in conversation with my daughter Clarice. I should not 6peak of this circumstance had uot events which have already come to pass taught me to be guarded. Clarice is no longer a child, she is a woman, with all woman's readi ness to love pathetically. You. though, not a young man. are a bachelor, and I ask you. as a mother, to spare my daughters feelings. As 1 said before, I should not have spoken of this had not a circumstance which transpired this morning, led me to believe it was my duty, my most urgent duty. My daugh ter is in'the habit of assfsting'with the housework, in cleaning and putting in order the rooms of my gentlemen board ers. This morning I entered your room expecting to find Clarice dusting dust ing with all the light-heartedness in spired by a well-fulfilled duty," contin ued Mrs. Dean, waxing eloquent "Im agine my consternation when I found her kneeling by the bedside, her face pressed against "the pillows, in tears. She sprang up and tried to hide her agitation, but Mr. Rogers, I am a widow with eight children and a large household of boarders. I cannot have you trifle with the feeling of my daugh ter. If you are in earnest you must de sist" And the lady applied a hand kerchief to her eyes. " It is said by some people that poverty is degrading. It had certainly proved so with Mrs. Dean. "Madam." said John Rogers, with dignity, rising and laying his . hand on the chair, "if I had not already learned to love your daughter this tale might work upon my sympathies and appeal to my honor, but it could never make words of love pass from my lips that my heart could not echo. I cannot applaud your course in revealing your daughter's emotion, and which she would no doubt bitterly regret 1 love Clarice; she stole into my heart when it was sore and bleeding; and if I have awakened any response I am a happier and more hon ored man than 1 had believed." He bowed with the gentle courtesy which .Foh ii Rogers always used toward woman, and paswed out of the room, leaving Mrs. Dean very much relieved, but somewhat humiliated. John entered his room and shut the door. He struck a light and turned on the gas, pulled down the shade, and stood irresolute. Like one in a dream he went to the bedside aud laid his hand against the pillow. It was slightly damj). He sank down m a chair and covered his face with his hands. For a long time ho sat there motionless; then he arose, look out his evening news paper, aud lighted his cigar as usual. It was a calm June afternoon. John." said Cl.trice. touching his arm with a cvtUtn timidity site had never quite otit-jr.vii. lii i- a l.ury talc, ami lve is lic-iiiitful. only it counts iu a different wa."' 'Ami this is thu love we have dream ed of." And John Rogers looked into the dewy brown eyes of the little girl in the calico gown, and putting his arm around her waist pressed her close to his heart. And the sunlight danced in at the window aud touched the sweet lips learning to smile with heart content, and the grave, fond face of John Rog ers. Aud it folded lhein in iisembracs, wariu anil besutitul. bright and golden, and it i glorified vn lue shabby little hoarding-house parlor, and lilted it "out of the common. m ' A POOR MAN'S WIFE. Thev were a happv and hopeful bridal couple. This life upon which they had entered was like a new and unexplored country, but Clareuce meant to work ban! and felt little or no doubt in regard to their future. He had been head bookkeeper for a number of years and had the promise of something bet ter yet the coming season. They rented a house in the pleasant part of the city, kept a servant, and Stella wore tbehandsome clothes which had been provided at the time of her marriage. But toward the end of the lint year of their wedded life his firm was said to be under heavy liabilities and the anniversary of their marriage found the house bankrupt and Clarence out of a situation. "I shall find something by and by," the husband said bravely. It was at this trying time that a little speck of humanity was put into Stella's arms, and its feeble cry told that the responsibility of motherhood was hers. "I am the happiest man alive," Clarence exclaimed, caressing wife and baby boy. "Let pride go to the dogs, Stella," be added, remembering that now his responsibility was greater than before. "They are iu want of workmen on the new city-hall. I'll take my ham mer it will give us bread." He went out in the early niornin! and came home late at night", his hamf some face glowing with love. But the very thought that her husband war brought dowu to the level of a com mon laborer hurt her. The little priva tions she endured worried her, and in a little while the sweet-tempered woman became moody and down-hearted. "How can you expect mo to live among such surroundings?" was her appeal when he bogged her to cheer up. "It is cruel in you. I want to go home to my own friends." The warm glow came to his face and he drew her tenderly toward him with out a word, but there was a look pite ous to see in his handsome eyes. Then came a day a little later when it did seem that matters had come to a crisis The city-hall was finished and Clarence must look for something new. They had moved about a great deal, hoping to find a place in which the fretful girl-wife would be contented. "These people are all alike, you know, and I may as well be in one place as another," was her reply to Clarence when he suggested that they move. "I have heard of something new this morning, Stella, and I'm going to New York on the next tram." "You are always hearing of some thing new," was her quick reply; "but what does it amount to?" "I am hoping for something better, and think 1 have found it now. Are you going to kiss me good-by, Stella?" he asked. "1 may be gone a day oi two." "No!" she replied coldly; "you'll be back soon enough." "But 1 might never return, you know." "See if you are not back again in s day or two with the same old story." Clarence turned quickly and left her. She heard iiiru cross the room, and knew he bent over Freddy's crib, and kissed the little sleeper agaiu and again. "He'll come back before he's really gone," whispered she going toward the door; but a turn in the street hid him from sight. He had gone without bid ding her good-by. "Well, we've been married long enough to be done with such nonsense, she said by way of consolation, yet there was a terrible pain in her heart. She sat still till Freddy awoke, then with a cry of anguish simran across the hall to the nearest neighbor. ""Please come, Mrs. Wilson; my baby is dying." Mrs. Wilson came, for, though rough in manner, she was kiud in heart. "He is in a tit" she said the moment she saw the child. "Hold him so till I run home and get some medicine. Such women ain't tit to be mothers." The hour for Clarence's arrival had passed, but only remorse came. At last the strain became too great and the wife's chastened and" softened nature succumbed, and good Mrs. Wil son had two patients. When Clarence came be found his wife rehearsing in penitent tones the welcome she bad prepared for him. When at last Stella awoke from the horrible dreams her husband was bend ing over her. "Clarence," she said, very softly at first; "Clarence," she repeated, putting her arms about his neck, "If you'll forgive me I'll kiss you, O. so many times!" Foolish fellow! He cried like a baby. "Listen, Stella," be said, as soon a? he could command his voice; "listen I did get the situation and you cap have everything you want, and yor are going to have such a pretty housr in Brooklyn." "All I want is your love." clasping him closely, "and" that Freddy get well. I am ready to be a poor man'i wife." Prof. Palmor. of Adelbert college, Cleveland, Ohio, has gone to Europe to have packed and shipped to this country tho library of Prof. Scherrer, of Berlin university. This collection of books, comprising about twelve thous and volumes, is regarded as among the most valuable in the late professor's line of study that of German language and literature. During bis studies in the old couutry Prof. Palmer was for a time a student of Prof. Scherrer, and thereby became aware of the valuable character of the library. Soon after the death of the professor during the past year Prof. Palmer wrote to the family inquiring whether the library was to bo disposed of, and by subse quent correspondence he finally suc ceeded in securing it for Adelbert The prico paid for thu collection has been subscribed by Cleveland citizens. O Sata San, a young Japanese lady writer, has been taken on the editorial staff of tine of the best papers iu the City of Tokio. This is the lirst woman iu the kingdom who bus been admitted within thu circle of journalism. MISSING LINKS. A prospector found a nugget worth 962 at Big Creek. Ore. In Arizona men with fur caps are set down as tendcrfcet from the East There are 101 persons who bear the name of Smith in Bourbon county, Ken tucky. Gov. Lee of Virginia is credited with being the champion checker-player of the South. The interesting assertion comes from Paris that in the last vear the dogs there killed 1.700.000 rats. ' The wine makers of Los Angeles. Cal.. have decided to send someone to Wash ington to secure needed legislation. An ordinance requiring the removal of all swinging signs from the streets of Baltimore, Md., has gone into effect. In New York city there are said to be 8.600 families who recpive help from charitable associations and the city. In the stomach of a bullock killed a few days ago at Adin, Cal.. were found horseshoe nails, screws, bolts, and tacks. It is claimed that San Diego county, California, is raising raisins that can compete successfully with those pro duced in Spaiu. Mayor Hodges oi Baltimore says a trup Marylander wonid hall outside the gates of Paradise to e.it a dozen raw Chesapeake oysters. W. ft. Deshler, a millionaire banker of Columbus, O.. has presented the Wo meu's Benevolent Society of that citv with a check for $100,000. As proof of the Democratic tendencies now ruling in royal Britain it is said that Miss Gladstone danced recently with her father's coachman. The house of Mrs. Hicks-Lord, in New York, looks like a big bric-a-brac store inside. She sets out very strong punch at her entertainments. Ex-Empress Eugenie is now at a villa just out of Naples, in such close retire ment that even her nearest friends have difficulty in securing admission to her presence. The need of a strong leader in France to-day is made plain by the enthusiasm aroused by Gambetta's. name and by the praise lavished upon him by former enemies. Congressman Tillman, of South Caro lina, never wears an overcoat, and iu the coldest weather leaves his sack coat unbuttoned. He is sixty years old and in good health. The amateur dramatic company of Pelouse City, W. T., broke up iu a fight with guus and knives because it could not be decided which oue of three men should playMacbeth. Queen Victoria never eats any but stale bread. This, however, is believed to be more a matter of taste than necess ity. She is probably able to buy fresh bread if she desired it. There is a dog at Magog, Quebec, that will mount the toboggan sled, go down the slide, draw the sled back, aud go down again as many times as his owner commands him. Jordan B. Noble, the drummer boy at the battle of New Orleans in 1816, and a veterau of the Mexican War, is still living in New Orleans. He is 87 years old, and quite infirm. Miss Bessie White, who, by the decis ion of a Kentucky court, is" allowed to dispense medicines in that state, is a sister of ex-Congressman White, of Ken tucky, and is a profound mathema tician. A tunnel twelve miles long is to be run in Nev:ida county, California, for the purpose of draining certain mines in that section. A company with $1. 000,000 capital has been formed to do the work. John West, colored, w ho in his time bad been a slave, a doctor, and a preacher, aud who was the oldest mau in Huuterdon county, died at Lambert ville. N. J., re. etitly". aged 17 years. He was boru at Knleigh. One of the most successful commercial travelers iu York state is a uegro. He knows his business thoroughly, is re spected by all who know him, and. so far as known, is the only colored drum mer in the country. In Eastern Europe politics is in its usual state of deep complication. The report that the Czar's mind is affected is generally accepted as true, anil any sort of an explosion may be expected in that autocratic quarter. John C. Calhoun, grandson of the great South Carolina nullitier, is the second largest cotton-planter in the United States. He was a Captain in the Confederate army at 18, and is now only 41 years of age. Levi P. Morton's sign, put up when be conducted a tailor shop and dry goods commission business in Hanover, N. H., is still visible to the students of Dartmouth College as they take their walks through that village. Mrs. John C Miller, of Keysville, Mo., has a ship biscuit which, it "is said, was brought from England in 1630, and which has been handed dowu from gen eration to generation. It is kept in a glass bottle, and is as hard as a stone. Mrs. Catharine McCoy, an aged, blind, and very poor widow who lives in Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, claims that she has in her possession indisputable evidence to prove that she is a second cousin of George Washing ton. Charles E. Grover, late Division Su perintendent of the Boston & Albany Railroad, began service on that road as waterboy on a traiu. But this is by no means the only instance in which rail road men have risen to place and wealth through water. The Emperor oi China is the shortest monarch in the world, being only five feet tall; the Emperor William of Ger many is the tallest, being just six feet; Prince Albert of Germany, nephew of the Emperor, is six feet six inches tall the Emperor of Russia is nearly six feet The feasibility of using the telephone upon moving trains especially where the traffic is not crowded, has been sat isfactorily demonstrated by experiments upon thirty-three German railroads. On heavier lines, it appears, the telephone has not proved sufficient for the pur pose, and has been used as an auxiliary to the telegraph. Ben Ahmar was recently rewarded with the cross of the Legion of Honor for bravery as a lion-killer. In Algeria, in twenty-six years, he killed over 200 lions. One lion is estmated to destroy 10,000 francs' worth of capital annually and to keep it up for ten years at least; so the lion-killer saved Algeria about 20,000,000 francs. An inebriated prisoner, on being led into a San Francisco police court, de clared that he could "buy out this old prison," and as he spoke ha slammed a big sack of coin on the prison-keeper's desk. The latter calmly emptied the sack, but as it only panned out $365.80 he refused to sell, and instead gave the capitalist the use of a cell for the night They have what is called a "spotter" car on the New York Central road. It is provided with a tank of colored fluid, and when the wheels roll over a rough place in the track the fluid is spilled on the spot It is so arranged that the track superintendent can, while seated on tho inside of the car view the track, and thus detect any flaws that may exist. There are thirty-seven persons and corporations in Boston that are assessed for more than a million each. The tax on $1,000,000 is $12,700. Among the millionaires are Frederick L. Ames, Samuel C. Lawrence, Arioch Went- worth. James 1,. Liitle. QtiincyA. Shaw, and Joshua M. Sears, who is the largest individual taxpayer. Mr. Sears' tax bill this year is $47,531. A tobacco journal says that when a cigariuaker gets right malicious and desires to do his employer great damage he gets to work on the' best brand and then puts a single hair from his head in each cigar. Tnis trick is exceedingly difficult to detect, and will destroy the flavor of every cigar it is applied to, with a far-reaching iujury to the repu tation of the brand. 'WHEN NIAGAUA WAS DRY. A Remarkable Oajr. Forty Years Ago, la tho History or tho C.reat Cataract. "Thirty-nine years ago next spring," said an old resident of this village, "a sight was witnessed at the Falls of Niagara that had never been seen be fore, at least by people then on earth, and in all probability such a sight will never be witnessed agaiu. It was noth iug more or less than the running dry of the great cataract, or at least so near ly dry that it is no exaggeration to call it so in which condition the falls re mained for one whole day. 'The winter of 1848 had been one of the coldest on record, and such ice has never beeu known on I.aLe Erie since, I goes', as formed thai season. It was of enormous limine-. It was quite late iu the spring before the ice was loosened, even about the shores of the lake. One day 1 think it was near the end of April "a very stift" northeasterly wind came up, aud its force was so great that it moved the great fields of ice, theu entirely separated from the shores, up the lake, piling the floes in great banks as they moved. The sight of those ice-banks is described by those who witnessed it as one of most awful grandeur. Toward night the wind changed suddenly to the opposite quar ter, and grew into a terrible gale from that direction. The lake's surface was packed with minature icebergs, and these were hurried back by the gale with such tremendous force that au im penetrable dam was formed in the neck of the lake from which Niagara river flows, and the great current of water which tin ds its way from the lake in the rushing channel of that stream, to be dastied over the gigantic precipice of the falls, was so held in check that uo more than one-quarter of its usual volume could find a passage through the immense pack of ice. "As this pack was stubborn, it was naturally but a short timo before the fall had drained nearly all the water out of the river. This, of course, occurred duriug the night, and we people who lived iu Niagara village knew nothing of the phenomenon until next morning. I remember that I awoko very early that mprniug with the sense of something exceedingly strange oppressing me. It was some time before I discovered that the feeling came from the fact that the cataract was almost missing. 1 jumped out of bed, ami on leaving the house found that scores of others had been awakened by the same circumstance, aud were hurrying toward the falls to see what the trouble was. We found that the great Niagara Falls was about one-quarter of its former volume. "We had not heard of the trouble at Lake Erie, and the terrible thought that the falls were running dry created a feeling of alarm uot easily imaginable. The American channel had dwindled to a creek in comparison with its original proportion, while the British channel resembled somo ordinary river iu the drouth of August Goal Island was as big as two Goat Islands, as the water had shrunk from every side of it, leaving a wide expanse of wet, slimy, jagged rocks which uo eye in that vicinity had ever seen before. The bed of the Cana dian rapids far out into the stroam, was dry, as was the space between the lower end of Goat Island, and out beyond the tower, lbe rocks thus exposed were black and forbidding, giving the dry river bed the appearance of a tract of charred stumps. The Three Sisters looked forloru in their enhanced dimen sions. The great jet of water which had, from time out of mind, leaped into the air about S00 yards south of this group of islands in the great rapids, and which is leaping there to-day, was uoi leaping that morning, and, so some oue remarked that day, the tremendous roar of Niagara had subsided to a moan. "The scene was at once desolate, strange aud awful to contemplate. The picture will never leave my mind. The whole village was out exploring caves, dark recesses, curious formations in the rocks, and other remarkable features of the cataract and rapids that no mortal eye had probably ever gazed upon be fore. These explorations were made safely to the very brink of the Horse shoe Rapids. A Mr. Holley drove a horse and buggy from the head of Goat Island clear to the spot where the leap ing jet of water had always writhed and foamed. He also cut several sticks of timber near the brink of Horseshoe Fall, had ttiem hewed there, and hauled them away with four horses. These sticks they were large, fine timbers are in the frame of some house at the falls now. This remarkable condition of affairs at the cataract continued all day, and showed no sign of a change when the people went to bed that night When we arose in the morning, however, the old familiar thunder of the falls was again shaking the earth as before, anil the river and the rapids were agaiu the seething, whirling, irresistible torrent of old. The ice in the lake had shifted again, aud some time in the night the long-restrained volume of water had rushed down and reclaimed its own." A Snail Race. I'm told that a foolish Frenchman, as a new amusement for his idleness, lias invented the sport of snail-racing. The course is a loug. smooth board, at the end of which is a lighted candle. When the room is darkened the snails naturally begin to creep along the board toward the flame. To make the race more interesting, various obstacles are placed across the board, as shown in the picture, and the fastest snails, so to speak, are burdened with pellets of clay. This sort of thing may do to amuse a Frenchman whose time hangs heavy on his hands; but the best excuse for it that I've heard is a verse, supposed to come from the snails themselves. Here it is: Our motto is "Festina lentc," And it's better I ban ten out of twenty; For tbe later you start, and the slower you go, Tno sooner you'll learn woo is beaten, you know! "Jach-in-tke-Futyit." St. Nicholas. A Fair Muker of C'hocolute. The secret of Mi.-s Evart.' popular ity a4 a maker and disptner of choco late when her father wa. Secretary of State lay in the fact that the chocolate was exceedingly rich, and calleis re lished it greedily iu the tiny cups, in which it wa served. More chocolate was u-cd in one of thoM; small cups than ordinarily enteis into the compo sition of two coffee cups of this levcr ti"e. Beaten white of egg with cream va .-erved with it. and the mixture was so toothsome that it gave the voting lady a national reputation. The Crown Prince of Germany, like Von Moltke, i a vety sileui man. Ho lives iu a quiet, domestic way, and is said to be bitterly opposed to the en timVnts of Prince Bismarck, and. this is a source of considerable annoyance to the Emperor. After his first audi ence with the Pope his only remark was: "The Pope is a Frenchman." Little Carl aired 4. had leen seriouslv bitten by mosquitoes at niyht. The following evening, after saying the usual "Now I lay me," he asked his mamma if he might pray for himself. She readily consented, and Carl begun: ''God. please, don't let your flies, bugs, mosqiiitos and hornets bite me any more, 'cause jou know I'm only a little ly not half grown. Amen." BubyluHnL An obituary notice the other day re corded a death4'from failure of the heart." The paths of fame are. always open to women, say what you please. From tho earliest historical times down to the present, there has leen nothing discovered for bowel complaint equal to Chinnlierlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy. There is no remedy us near perfect, or oue that is as strongly endorsed by all persons who have had occasion to use it. Sold by Dowtv A- Beeher. When justice is doubtful. I should 1 IkiU to the side of mercy. Don Quixote. The HomelleMf Nua ia Colutu liu. As well us the !i uiU-oiiiest, and others are invited to call on Dr. A. Heintz anil get free a trial bottle ol Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs, a remedy that is selling entirely upon its merits aud in guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis and t'oniumptiou. Price SO cents and St. DecUi-3ti John T. Raymond's wife and child will only get alxiut $1,000 from his es tate. - m English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Cnllotisf-d Lumps and Blemishes from horses. Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney. Stiller;. Sprains, Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs, etc. Save ."0 by use of one buttle. Kvcrv lMittle warranted by ('. B. Stillniau. druggibt. Columbus, Xeb. Col. Ocheltree now says: "The more I know men the better I like dogs." Purify Your Itlmi.l. If your tongue is coaled. If your skin is yellow and dry. If vou have tails. i I If you have fever. If you are thin or nervous. i If you are bilious. i If vou nre constipated. I r. ' . , ii your uoiics acue. If your head aehes. If you have no apjietite. If you have no ambition, one liottle of Beggs' Blood Purifier and ' Blood Maker will relieve any and all of the above complaints. Sold and war ranted by Dr. A. Heintz. A man's home and iireside are the sweetest of all possessions. Young or middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, loss of memory, premature old age, as the result of bud habits, should seuil 10 cents in stamps for large illustrated treatise suggesting unfailing enre. Address, World's Dis pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, X. Y. The theatrical manager is lest known by the company he keeps. Salt Rheum or Kizema. Old sores and ulcers, Scaldhead and ringworm, Pain in the back and spine, Swelling of the knee joints, Sprains and bruises. Neuralgia and toothache, Tender feet caused by bunions, corns and chilblains, we warrant Beggs' Trop ical Oil to relieve any and all of the above. Dr. A. Heintz. Sam Jones says: "I don't know where bell is, I don't want to know, for I ain't headiii'thnt way. I'm going to let them fellers us are goin' thar find out." Nome l-'owlinb l'eople Allow a i-oiijrh to run until it gets beyond the teJi Ii uf medicine. They often nay. Oh, it will ve:lr :iv:iy, but in most cases it wears them awuy. Could they be in duced iu try the siiccechlul medicine called Keuip'n Hal-uui, which we iell on a positive guarantee to cure, they would iininedi.itel ee the excellent e fleet after taking the. lirst dose. Price J0c aud $1.00. Trial size fret. Dr. A. Ifeintz. Base ball men arc till on a strike now. and yet business is nourishing. Fifty cents is a small doctor bill, but that is till it will cost you to cure any ordinary case of rheumatism if you take our advice and use Chamberlain'!; Pain Balm. Everylmdy that tries it once, continues to use it whenever they are in need of a remedy for sprains, painful swellings, lame back, or sore throat. It is highly recommended by all who have tried it. Sold by Dowty A Becher. Mrs. Crahtree, Lotta's mother, is stiid to lie a bold financier. Come Home to Hie. At a period of life when budding womanhood requires till her strength to meet the demands nature makes upon it, many a young woman returns home from the severe mental strain of school with a broken-down constitution, and her functions disarranged, to go to un early grave. If she had been wisely counseled and given the benefit of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" her bodily development might have kept pace with her mental growth, and health and beauty would not have given way to decline and death. Gladstone has only three fingers on his left hand. . Do You Know that Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup will relieve that cough almost instantly and make expiration easy? Acts simulta neously on the bowels, kidney and liver, thereby relieving the lungs of the sore ness and pain and also stopping that tickling sensation in the throat by removing the cause. One trial of it will convince auy one that it has uo equal on earth for coughs and colds. Dr. A. Heintz boa secured the sale of it and will guarantee every bottle to give satisfaction. 3feb23 Mrs. Jane McEwen recently died at Studeholm, N. B., aged 94 years. Closing Out at Cost. We have decided to quit the jewelry business in Columbus, and will sell everything tit cost, and even less than cost. Cidl in and see the astonishingly low Ggitres we will offer you: A liOIMl .'tllli'l'lCiin Wfltl'll .........Sp ;) IHJ - JIM (111 Ollllllll vltlll............ ... . W A (jood P.'.tenl (Inlil-ftlletl Centlenen's American watch ."..... 15 00 Ladies' (Jolil watches r 10 00 lSear.tt gold rings, per pennyweight 90 Set silver-plated Roger spoons 1 00 (Jood 5 bottles ilver castors 2 50 Fine nickel clocks 1 00 In fact everything- for less than half the usual retail price. This is no humbug to boom the business, but we want to get rid of the goods and must ami will sell them. Call and get prices. C. V. Berritiger will be;n at tendance, and wait on ou, ami be pleased to bbow ton the stock Kverthinf will be warranted, as represented, or the motn-v will be refunded. G.HEITKEMPER & BRO., The leading Jewelers of Columbus, fft jtfM BEAST! Mexican Mustang Liniment Sciatica, Scratches Contracted Lumbago, Spraini, MokIm, Bheamatism. Strains, Eruptions, Burnii Stitches, Hoof Ail, Scalds, Stiff Joints, Scrtw Stings, Backache, Worms, Bites, Galls, Swinney, Braises, Sores, Saddle Galls, Bunions, Spavin Piles. Corns, Cracks. THIS COOO OLD STAND-BY accomplishes for everybody exactly wbnt U claimed forlt. One vt tho reiuous for tbe great popularity of tbe Slustang Liniment Is found In Its universal applicability. Everybody needs aucb a medicine. The I.nasberiaaB need It tn case of accident. The Housewife needs it for general family use. The Caaaler need It for hts teams and bis men. The Mechaaic needs it always on hts work bench. The Miner needs It In case of emercency. The Pienoer needs It can't get along without it. The Farmer needs it In bis bouse, bis stable, and bis stock yard. The Steamboat man or the Bontiaaa needs It In liberal supply afloat and ashore. The Horse-fancier needs It-It Is his best friend and safest reliance. The Stock-orower needs It-It will save him thousands of dollars and a world of trouble. The Railroad man needs It and will need It so long as his life Is a round of accidents and dangers. The Backwoodsman needs It. There Is noth ing like It as an antidote for the dangers toUfe. limb and comfort which surround the pioneer. The Merchant needs it about his store among his employees. Accidents will happen, and when these come the Mustang Liniment Is wanted at once. Keep a Bottle la the House. Tls the best of economy. Keep a Bottle la the Factory. Iulmmedlate use in case or accident saves pain and loss of wages. Keep a Bottle Always la tbe Stable for se when wanted. $1,500! Fac-slmile of Patent Chess and Checkerboard, ad vertising Uie celebrated Synvita Block Kennedies and a KEWAKU OF Sjl.Oe. If yon fall to And It on this small board call on your druiqrNt for full-size. Handsomely Lithographed board, FKKK: or send S cents for postage to us. COUGH BLOCKS. From Mason Long, the Converted Cambler. Fort Watxe. Ind.. 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