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M ACCUSING VOICE.
It was indeed a beauty, with its box of
carved wood, its broad face with enam
eled horn figures, its heavy pendulum of
polished brass, sliiny as gold, that went
to and fro behind a round disk of glass.
Every one who saw it through Pierret
the clockmaker s window stopped in
amazement, and there was constantly a
crowd of admirers before the door.
Pierret, the clockmaker, was still a
young man about thirty, perhaps but
be was always sad and taciturn, for he
had had a great sorrow in his life.
Seven years before, while he was in the
army, his father had been murdered in
that very shop which now he occupied.
He had heard of the horrible catastrophe
at his regiment's quarters, and returned
at once.
Who was the murderer? Upon whom
could he avenge the poor old man who
had never done liarm to any one, and
and had always treated him with so
much love and gentleness? The legal in
quest had been fruitless also, although
the murderer had robbed as well and
stolen the 10,000 francs that the father
had put aside, sou by sou, for his son.
All researches, hovever, had been in
vain. Pierret had finished his time in
the army; then, free from 'the service,
had come back to settle in the murdered
man's house, having to all appearances
conquered his feelings and chased away
worry by hard work.
It was evident, thougli, that sorrow
was still gnawing hini, for you could
see him after dark roaming about
the village as if hunting .for some one,
and this some one, of course, was the
murderer, too well hidden to be discov
ered as yet.
And thus time passed weeks, months
and years. No one thought of it any
more except the orphan and that other,
the still unknown, who naturally enough,
would be unable to forget.
Very recently Pierret, who was a great
newspaper reader, had gone to Paris and
stayed there for several days, "on busi
ness," he said, and he had brought with
him the Comtoise, that gem of art in his
window, before which the village stood
in envy and admiration.
Country people are fond of heavy,
solid andrich furniture, and, in fact, the
case of the clock was of more than com
mon size and beauty.
"And how much could that marvel
havecostr
"Come in, gentlemen," said Pierret,
politely, to tho people who crowded in
front of his Bhop; "come in and FU tell
you."
And then there were exclamations and
praises without end.
"But its cost?" "Dame, rather dear!"
"But the figure?" "A hundred ecus."
At this there was a cry of disappoint
ment, though truly the Comtoise was
worth it, being not only beautiful but, as
Pierret declared, unique and rare. "Stall
a hundred ecus, and for a clock! Did it
strike?" "Strike! Undoubtedly; listen!"
and the clockmaker touched the bell,
that sounded with a clear, sonorous and
silvery ring.
"Nevertheless, nobody will buy it
here," 6aid pierret regretfully; "rm
much afraid Tve made a blunder."
"Nobody! Well, that depends, Pierret.
We aro not rich enough, it's true, but
somebody is here who is, if it suits him
to do it,"
"Really! Who?" "Jocard, of course
the handsome Jocard who is about to
be married and doesn't care for expense."
"If you would be kind enough to tell
him a word about it"
. "Willingly, and hell buy it if we touch
his pride."
"Thanks, truly you'll render me a
great service."
Jacques Jocard, despite his title of the
"handsome Jocard," was but little liked
in the village, and for several reasons.
First, ho had made his fortune too
rapidly. There had fallen to him from
heaven and through the agency of a no
tary from somewhere on tho other side
of tho mountains "an inheritance," Jo
card said, that had immediately put him
at Ids ease, and he had increased it by
speculation, in winch there was always
some ona cheated though never the in
stigator. He had had luck, so to say, and was
too proud of it He looked down on
small people, showed off his wealth, and
though lavish with it when personally
in question, was equally stingy with it
in his dealings with others. Still, though
Jocard talked loud, gave himself airs in
the street and was a hard drinker, he
had his corn-tiers, and when they wanted
to untie the strings of his purse for a
bowl of punch or a bottlo of champagne,
they knew how to manage him.
"Never was one l&o him! He was
king of the country," they said. He
nodded his head, well pleased with these
eulogies, and allowed himself to bo taken
in. Why, then, should they not once
more make use of his vanity to extract
from him a good deed? Pierret was a
worthy man. though Jocard would never
have given him even his watch to mend.
He did not deign to look at his shop. Ho
despised him, in fact, because fortune's
wheel had turned, and he, formerly
as poor as a church mouse, was now
rich, whilst Pierret, dispossessed of
everythine by a crime, was reduced to
-work for his Urine. The fbiag was
settled at the Cafe de la Grand Place at
the hour of absinthe.
It was not so easy as they had thought
at first. When Pierret's name was ut
tered before Jocard he made an ugly
. gesture; he liked him not, that was clear.
Parbleu! one is free to like or dislike, as
it suits him.
-'Pierret was a drone," said Jocard.
"No, decidedly he was unjust; and,
besides, what mattered it when the1 mar
Tel of marvels was in question, a thing
that had no equal, hi the village at all
events; neither at the Maire'a, the tax
collector's aor at the chateau itself?
Why not look at it? Lookiag costs noth
ing." "Indeed, and act even the chateau had
aaythin0likeitr Jocard listened.
"Aad what an effect it would have in
the dining room of Jocard's house faoag
fcfjTOTliahofl tf4"hoaTdT''
After all he did need aclock jest as
watt bay something good, somethiag s -
to buy trash. .But, then, a ham-
Mr! ho was not the atem to
I a hundred ecus.
Jocard, while talking,
agoodemlaad getting exceed, ssyng
M xaea no,
willing to stroll aptothe
the
UrnnsH
-mrom a eoainna f raanitly,
lastae; nenmpr. "em woaM tfaiak yon
usasmnisfgeiatoPicrret'safaopr
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Afraid? Zoaads! it's little I care for
Pierret Coaseat oacc;' Tm ready."
The little ctookasakcr was sitting at
km table, his leas ia his eye, bosywitha
watch that he delkatelytouchedrwith
his pointed steeL He did not lookup.
aor into the sheet no, indeed, not he;
all the same he saw distinctly the ap
proaching group and saw it with satis
faction, for something like a smile flitted
across his lips. He hoped to make the
sale, aad it is always agreeable to make
sftoney, as you know. Jocard entered.
"Is that UT said he disdainfully. True,
he was not saying what he thought, for
he was reaUy delighted, though he must
never show it he would be cheated.
Pierret had risen politely, but Jocard's
back was towards him through haugh
tiness, of course.
Briefly he. Jocard, would give 250
francs for it immediately, cash down,
and yet upon a condition, namely, that
"the Comtoisse should bo placed that
very njght upon his dining room wail
he knew the house the big house oppo
site the church."
"Every one knows the Jocard bouse,"
replied Pierret; "within an hour the
Comtoisse 6hall be there."
"And to-night, friends," continued Jocard,
not including Pierret, of course,
"we'll have a bowl of white wine, first
quality, and we'll drink to the Comtoise."
"All right what hour?" "Nine."
Jocard threw a hundred franc note on
tho counter to bind the bargain and left
tho shop, followed by his friends.
Again alone Pierret struck a match
and carefully burned the note to ashes.
This strange act completed, ho brought
from the rear of the shop a small box on
which something was written in English,
and going to tho Comtoise he opened the
case to fix the pendulum, doubtless.
It is in its place, well set in its polished
box. The pendulum swings with a slow,
soft tick-tack. Truly it has a splendid
effect between the shining platters and
the pink tinted engravings.
Bound the table, covered with long
necked bottles, all sit drinking, laughing
and singing. Beveley, the big serant
girl, is convulsed with glee. All, but the
house won't be so gay when the new
madamc arrives! No matter; an end
must come some time; besides, when a
man lias means, as monsieur has, he may
well afford the luxury of having a wife
all to himself!
Eleven o'clock! The Comtofec 6trike
it. Everybody is silent. Jocard happy.
What a voice! Liko a song one could
listen to it all night long. Faith, they
shall wait until midnight, when the
clock strikes its fulL No more -wine;
punch shall take its place, and we'll
light it and put out tho lamps. Such
fun as they'll have when 12 o'clock
chimes with the cooing of the Comtoise!
They are half drunk already heat is
suffocating open the window for air!
Besides, 'tis well that every one should
know that at Jocard's house they never
worry!
Attention, friends! Five minutes to
12! One two light the punch! The
flame springs from the saladier; the
spoon plays in the flood that flashes and
leaps in yellow and blue tongues; the
sugar bubbles. Put out the lamp, boys,
put out the lamp! The congested faces
take on a purple hue.
Zounds! but 'tis fun! Hist! Silence!
the Comtoise sounds!
Sounds, did 1 6ay? that beautiful Com
toise! No, it speaks its calls aloud
upon the name of its purchaser.
"Jacques Jocard! Jacques Jocard! I
say!"
"Hey! Who calls him? Whose that
oldish, cracked voice? Whence does it
come? The cellar? The voice answers
with another waiL
"Jacques Jocard! Jacques Jocard!
Confess, confess, I say!"
"Confess? Bah! What nonsense or
what farce is this? And who is this
talking, Jocard? Why do you palo so,
man? And what is the voice saying
now?"
"Confess, Jocard! Thou art a mur
derer. Jocard! Confess, confess, I say!"
"A murderer? No, 'tis false! Who
says it? He lies I swear it!"
"A murderer, Jocard, a murderer who
killed the old Pierret a murderer, and
you know it!"
Then there were cries, hiccoughs and
groans of terror. Jocard leaps to his
feet, his eyes staring, his hands tearing
wildly at tho collar that seems to stop
his breathing. But tho voice continues
mercilessly, still cracked, still broken,
still far away, as if it came from a tomb,
repeating and repealing obstinately the
hideous charge.
"Thou art a murderer, Jocard, a mur
derer, and you know it!"
Jocard sinks to his knees, struggles to
his feet again, to fall anew. Tho voice
goe on and on remorselessly. Ho can
bear it no longer he throws.up his arms
he yields to the Invisible!
"I will, i will!" he screams, "I will con
fess Idid kill the old Pierret! I did
rob him of his money! But- for God's
sake stop it that ace jrsed voice stop
it! stop it!"
Stop it! But it will not stop it is like
a machine that runs forever, and it
comes from the Comtoise. Jocard dis
covers it at last, and with a howl of rage
fings himself upon it. He strains it in
his arms, shakes it, dashes it to the floor!
The works tumble from the case, and
with them a long roll covered with metal
sheathing.
Pierret, listening at the open window,
crosses the sill with a bound; his fingers
close upon Jocard's throat with a grasp
of iron.
"Do you hear him?" he cries. "Do
yon hear him, one and all? I call upon
you to witness it Jocard confesses he
is my father's murderer!"
And how had Pierret learned or guessed
the truth? "Instruct," he would have
told you, aided by Providence and an ac
cidental discovery that the tale Jocard
related of "an inheritance" from beyond
the mountains was a he out of "whole
cloth," as the saying goes; Jocard's
avoidance of his shop; a dozen such
trifles as these and an indiscreet word or
two dropped by the rascal himself when
in his cups. "Inspiration from heaven
assisted by genius," -to quote the procu
reur general's words in his arraignment
of the criminal,' had done the rest and
taught a poor, insignificant worker on
watdys to utilize the great sad scientific
principle of the phonograph in the cause
of justice by adapting it to the mechan
ism of a clock.
Jocard was condemned unanimously,
and the Comtoise, its mission done, sings
as cheerily as ever on the walls of the
Pierre shop, and will sing there forever,
for all the money that was ever coined
could not purchase from its owner what
to baa is Iris father's avenger. Trans
lated from tlie French of LernunabyE.
C Waggener for New York Mercury.
Kis jest fifty years since the postal
aaoney order system was introduced -.
Ft"" Prior to that time a sjuaik.
device had been operated by' private
capital, but in 18M the government took
charge of the business. The rates have
bean gradually reduced from time to
thae. until new they are fiaed at the
very lowest figure possihk, - During the
past year the asaount of money trans-
at,w9O,OO0L This plan
mthw country, is sbsolstsly the eafia
s,kBCwa.-to Tu. i Li Chswa-.
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Aod sweeur soothes the amides sigh.
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something m the haams breast
Tlmtwmaot sleep, that caoaot rest,
Nor yield to fate's coeiroL
Upon life's path km the ligbt
That guides eachtrereler aright,
To ercrjr soul tis given;
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And oa his path wtB ever shhw
To guide him home to heaves.
-J. Waller Hear? ia New York Graphic
OUR SANITARY LAWS.
It Is Not That We Are Witbaat
Dot They At Not referred
As population increases in density the
need for the enactment, supervision and
enforcement of laws pertaining to com
municable diseases increases. The gen
eral sanitary condition of the United
States, in respect to density of population,
is very different to-day from what it was
one hundred or even fifty years ago. . A
single city with its surroundings now
contains nearly as many soub as did the
whole United States a century back.
Far greater alertness on the part of
legislatures, city governments, courts and
officials is consequently now required
than was ever required before, and. so
far as appears, the need will continue to
grow with our advance in settlement.
Our average national death rate has so
far been comparatively low, but many of
the large cities of England, notably Lon
don. Liverpool and Manchester, surpass
us in their management of sanitary mat
ters, and, if the immunity is to continue,
we must take additional steps to secure it.
The trouble b not so much that we do
not possess a sufficient number of laws
as that we are lax in enforcing those we
have. It appears for example that the
yellow fever, the outbreak of which has
been so disastrous in Florida, was intro
duced there from Cuba through the
agency of smuggled' goods; and yet there
exists a law against smuggling. If it
had been effectually enforced, there
would Iiave been no epidemic. The in
tention of this law, it is true, is not san
itary. But when we find statutes the
object of which is to secure money al
lowed to fall into abeyance, we may be,
a priori, sure the enforcement of the san
itary laws will be so much the more neg
lected. It must be the aim of the city, state
and national legislators that communi
ties obtain the laws they require for the
prevention, restriction and abolition of
disease, wholly uninfluenced" by political,
partisan or mercenary considerations.
The control of legislation by corporations,
monopolies and-lnoney kings should
cease. And in the enforcement of sani
tary statutes, greater impartiality is de
manded. The man of wealth and influ
ence should be, indeed, in all respects,
"equal to the eye of the law" with the
poorest, and it should be put beyond the
power of any of those financial dictators
with whom our age and country have
been afflicted to push their grasping
schemes, as they so often do at present,
to the detriment of the lives or health
of their fellow men. Boston Herald.
A Brave Uttle Sailer.
On a weatherworn bark that is moored
to a dock in South Washington to-night
there is a little chap with a remarkable
history. He is ? years old, his name is
Garfield Slocum, and he is the son of
Capt. Slocum, who has just arrived here
in a small boat from a 7,000 mile sail
from South America. Garfield was born
in 1881 in Hong Kong, China, and was
named in honor of President Garfield by
CoL Mosby, consul at that point. The
boy has traveled not less than 275,000
miles, including two voyages around the
world, and has touched his foot upon the
soil of the three Americas, Europe, Aisa,
Africa and any quantity of islands,
and been clear around Australia. His
last trip on tho Libertad, a boat thirty
five feet long, carrying only four tons,
was 7,000 miles long, a sea voyage un
paralleled for a vessel of the size. His
father, mother and elder brother were
his companions. At times they were
2,000 miles from land, and the frail little
craft met dangerous storms, but came
through safely. Garfield is a good sailor
and has never shown any fear of the sea.
In fact he dues not know anything but
the sea, having never lived on land longer
than two weeks at a time. This Lib
ertad trip, .however, did not strike him
very favorably, and the first night on
board the small boat, when he knelt at
his mother's knee to say his prayers,he
looked around a moment and doubtingly
remarked: "Mamma, this boat isn't big
enough to pray in." Washington Cor.
Chicago News.
-foo many young mothers, in. their
iflort to make their first child perfect,
goto great extremes in noticing every
This is done before every one,
even the passing caller. I. think it has
the tendency to harden a child, and the
expostulation loses its effect. It is pro
verbial that children always act their
worst when there is company in the
house. I had one child who seemed to
take advantage every tune any one
called. I grew perfectly discouraged,
and felt as if there was no remedy for it.
He would slide down the banisters, go
whooping through the house, slam doors
and do the most unexpected things, tfll I
was mortified beyond exprt'wiion
I finally made it a point to take him
by the hand, and ask my caller to ex
cuse ns a moment take him to another
part of the house, set him in a chair and
say that I would send for him when he
was wanted. He would remain there
quietly waiting. Wham the caller was
gone I would go and release him. It
seemed the only way to do. The more
lw was punished and admonished before
people the worse he became. So I tried
biding his faults and praising him for
the good he did. It had a much better
affect, and is stfll as effective. To some
ehBdren's natures it is even humiliating
to be reproved before other children. I
ao not think humiliation the proper way
to reform.
Sett respect is a much better trait to
develop. Let your child begin to feel
early that yon expect only the best
things of it, and you will start it in a
much better way. Do not nWow it to
du from the beg tuog,and
khchss cute things it mar door
my, and repeat them to your friends in
the nrewufVof the child. If it is a wide
awake child ft will do and' my man
tejngstnat win be mmaseiy amus
anoif yoa wUheepa book and
aownlJttr future
let the cmld
GaU.
know feHaaMiet-
phia
"I ebat raenmaber," writes Gaaas to
Osiers oa the Stth of Nevwasbtr of the
year UM, "aay anviag asieaaynre-
TieasnnwMi te yoaof attaetsennmaf;
nam. isconJanmora ffUTHHsotrbMl
2?ld2i ?. Wlrae stretched
2?2f!i!?rS,i2?m4l,5
SSSSSiS? 2S !5!
counecfans; the obnYvatory with the
connecting the obsenrstoty with
physical fidxvatorr, which si made
dhectionof Weber; The eathV length
cwireniayUcceBpntedatabowtalM
feet. Bothendsof the wire are cotiaectod
with a mnltinliratnr, the one at my end
i issnaliiii, nf 17ft. that in Weber's labo
ratory oT60 coils of wire, each wound
aroand a one pound niagnet suspended
according ton method which I have de
vised. By a simple contrivance which
I have named a commutator 1 can re
verse the current instantaneously. Care
fully operaangmy vottsio jpOs, I can
cause so violent a motion of tneneeale ia
the laboratory to take place that it
strikes a belL the sound of which is audi
ble in the adjoining room. This serves
merely as an amusement. Our aim is to
display the movements with the utmost
accuracy. We have already made use
of this apparatus for telegraphic experi
ments, which have resulted successfully
in the transmission of entire words and
small phrases. This method of telegraph
ing has the advantage of being quiteln
dependent of either daytime or weather;
the one who gives the signal and the one
who receives it remain in their rooms,
with, if they desire it, the shutters
drawn. The employment of sufficiently
stout wires, I feel convinced, would en
able us to telegraph with but a single
tap from Gottingen to Hanover, or from
Hanover to Bremen." "Gaum and the
Electric Telegraph" in Popular Science
Monthly.
Edacated H
Doubtless most of you think when you
see the performances of trained horses in
the circuses of today that a great ad
vance has been made in educating the
aimaia OTer what was done in ancient
times. But you are mistaken, for even the
most wonderful exploits of the horses of
the present day are repetitions of what
was done with them several
vearsaeo.. In those days horses
danced upon their hind legs, hut
mock battles, striking at their e
with their forefeet, and showing what
appeared to be remarkable mtelugence.
Perhaps the most surprising feat ever
performed by a horse was in the olden
time. A large three sided braided rope
was stretched several feet from the
ground, and upon this the hone walked,
preserving its oalance perfectly. In an
old print a picture of the act is shown,
while another cut represents a horse
striking the shield of a soldier with its
hoofs. Even the elephant,, generally
considered the most ungainly of animals,
was trained in those days to walk the
tight rope, not only tear thegrbund, but,
if .wo .may believe the old writers it
traversed ropes swung above the heads
of the audience, and not only preserved
its balance, but bore a man upon 'its
back Philadelphia Times. ?
Wrestling With a Bear.
A couple of hunters from the Catskflls
followed a bear trail for three days.
Near Sundown, a charming little nook,
entirely shut in by great mountain
peaks, the hunters came suddenly upon
they prey. There was an old bear and
three good sized cubs. They all ran for
their lives at' sight of the hunters, but
Levi Small rushed headlong in pursuitof
ono of the cubs that had made a sense
less detour, and, slipping on a bit of
treacherous ice, he went tobogganing
down the side of the mountain. The cub
was tripped up by one of Small's cow
hide boots, and the shaggy youngster
took a funny tumble along with the
hunter. Seeing her offspring in danger,
the old bear rushed to the scene, but the
comjanion of Small fired a shot with
such good effect that Bruin fell in her
tracks. Another ball finished the game,
and then attention was directed to the
impromptu tobogganer, who was having
a rough and tumble fight with the cub.
It was quickly dispatched and the other
cubs were taken alive. Philadelphia
Times.
The Satellite of Neptane.
M. Tisserand has presented a report
to the Paris Academy of Sciences kn
cerning some remarkable obeciarJonsjof
the satellite of the planet .Neptuae,
which was discovered in 1847. The an
gle which the plane of the orbit of this
satellite made at that date with the eclip
tic was about 80 degs.. but this angle ha3
now increased by at least 0 degs. - The
satellite moves round its principal in an
opposite -direction to that usually fol
lowed by other satellites, so that a ques
tion might be raised whether in the
course of time this variation in tho in
clination of tho plane of its orbit might
not end in its movement around its prin
cipal becoming normaL M. Tisserand
showed that this variation of inclination
was due to the oblate or flattened con
dition of Neptune at its poles, and that
it will complete its limit within a period
of GOO years, at the end of which tinio ii
will again bo as it was in 1S47. Scien
tific American.
The Way te Wi
There is a right and wrong, way to
wash windows, and as this operation is
usually dreaded, the following method
will doubtless be appreciated, as it saves
both time and labor: Choose a dull day,
or at least a time when the son is. not
shining on the window, for when the
sun shmes on the window it causes it to be
dry streaked, no matter how much it is
rubbed. Take a pynter'sSbrush and dust
them inside and out, washing all the
wood work inside before touching the
glas3. The latter must be washed sim
ply in warm water diluted with ammo
nia do not use soap. Use a email cloth
with a pointed sttcktogetthe dust out
of the corners; wipe dry with a soft
piece of cotton cloth do not use linen,
as it makes the glass linty when dry.
Polish with tissue 'paper or old news
paper. You will find this can be done
xa half the time taken where soap is
used, and the result will be brighter
windows. Pittsburg Reporter.
Barbers la Oldea
It is seldom in these days that you hear
of a person being leeched or cupped.' It
is rapidly becoming a lost art. Not a
great many years back it waa a very im
portant business in connection with a
tonsorial establishment. Infect it waa
almost a prof ession of its own. Cupping
and leeching were very popular among
the Germans, and, whether weak or
strong, they followed the use. Not-a
great many years ago an apprentice barf
her invariably had to become as profi
cient m the application of the leech as he
did in the shaving line. Barbers also
did a good deal of tooth jerking, but that
part of the business is also no more,
since dentists are so numerous. St
Louis Globe-Democrat
Fasts Wrres.
Wordsworth had a most congenial and
loving wife, who wasn "phantom of de
lightr to him. Thomas Haynes Bayly
had a wife who bestowed mmpfeto
happiness upon the poet, and to whom
he wrote a sonnet on her birthday every
year. Barry Cornwall had a most con
genial wife. It was said of him that he
was willing to shut out the whole world,
if be could have her beside ,him. Leman
Blanchard's wife was so necessary to his
happiness that he would not live with
out her, and killed himself. Both La
martine and John Stuart Mill had wives
who were perfectly congenisl. All-of
these men were fortunate in their choke.
The Writer.
Mrs.
r ar
Auction cranks are one proeainent fea
ture of Washington life. A red flag ia
front of a building will attract a crowd
of this clam as quickly as a sugar hogs
head will draw a swarm of flies in sum
mer time. The sale of the unclaimed
odds and ends of the dead letter office is
a perfect harvest for this element - And
they spend money, too. It is .'a mania
with them. Pittsburg Gaaette. '
The fleetest mean astgfcts aad depths
.of continents and ocean areTound.in the
northern hmniephars list iiesa SO degs.
and- 40 degs.. and in the southera hft
tweea 10 degsl and 90 degs.
biiokkm tovs.
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AMyftl- . .
nfraTHaoisafraacsueajasss,
Aai set my seal aglow. mmm
OhvremaadBMtasrJefs.
Whore are las sesaaTatmnnnU
Where are my erases Meet
Hybrekea tore-shi
Badly my arert
Aad orer uxj aoal there faas
A shadow. HkeBdstateresfem,
Tiat drops without saaad er nam
i me oat forever
t af my hraasa toys!
Yet I dream aa 1 ait m the reagat.
Of oae who waa Bright aad Wr,
With nmy lire aad nwwrt gray eyes,
Aad wavy aat bruwafcair; s
am I ait ata ia thw gloaming.
Pit the aagris !tare her Joya,
Aad there's aaugat tan. the meetery left am
Of my tore aad my brocea toys!
IVrhap la the far off f nture.
Wbea the weary ymm are doae.
And Vm grave haw cinwil above me
Xeath some fair c-uwaal sun,
I shall see, and kaow the reasoa
Why I inhwd raith'K mwtt Joys,
Ami tbr pitying Ul i:i llravca
will mead my broken toy;
WHITSUNTIDE.
Whitsuntide lias always been con
sidered by tlie Irish as a very fatal and
unlusky time fur t!u people hold tliat
faint1 and evil spirits have then great
power over men ami cattle, both by sea
and land, anil work their deadly spells
with malign and mysterious efficacy.
Children Horn at Whitsuntide, it is said,
-are foredoomed: thny will either have
theevil'eye, or commit a murder, or die
a .violent death. Water, also, is very
dangeroiur; no one should bathe, or go a
jmimey where a stream lists to he crossed,
or" sail in a boat for the risk is great of
being drowned, unless, indeed, a bride
steers, and then the boat is safe from
harm. Great precautions are necessary,
likewise, within the house; and no
one should venture to light a candle
without making the sign of the
cross over the flame to keep off
evil; and young men should be very
cautious not to be out late at night for
all the dead who have been drowned in
the sea round about come up and ride
over the waves on white horses, and hold
strango revels, and try to carry off the
young men or to kill them with their
fiery darts and draw them down under
the sea to live with tho dead forever
more. A story is told of a man named
Murrey, who stayed out late fishing one
Whitsuntide, quite forgetting it was the
night of the death ride. But at last he
neared the shore and drew up his boat to
unload the fish and then make his way
home with all speed. Just at the mo
ment however, he hoard a great rush
of the waves behind him, and looking
round he saw a crowd of the dead on
their white horses making over to the
boat to seize him; and their faces were
pale as the face of a corpse, but then
eyes burned like fire. And they stretched
out their long skeleton arms to try and
lay hold of him, but he sprang at once
from the boat to the shore, and then he
knew he was safe, though one of them
rodo over close to him by the edge of the
rocks, and he knew him as a friend
of his own, who had been drowned
the year before; and he heard the voice
of the dead man calling to him through
the rush of the water, saying: "Hasten
hasten to your home, for tho dead who
are with mo want you for their com
pany, and if once a dead hand touches
you, there is no help, yon are lost for
ever. Hasten, or you will never see
your home again, but be with the dead
forever." Then Murrey knew that the
spirit spoke the truth, and he left the
boat and the fish on the beach and fled
away home, and never looked back at
the dead on their white horses, for bis
heart was filled with fear. And never
again did he go out to fish at Whitsun
tide, though the dead waited for him to
seize him, but be came not, and lived
henceforth safe from harm. At this
season, also, the fairy queens make great
efforts to carry off the fine stalwart
young men of the country to the fairy
palace in the cleft of the hills, or to lure
them to their dancing grounds,- where
they are lulled into dreams by the sweet
subtle fairy music, and forget home and
kith and kindred, and never desire to
return again to their own people, or even
if the spell is broken, and they are
brought back- by some strong infatua
tion, yet they are never the same; for
every one knows by the dream look in
their eyes that they have danced with
the fairies on tho hill, and been loved by
one of the beautiful but fatal race, who,
when they take a fancy to a handsome
mortal lover, cast their spells over hini
with resistless power.
A case of this kind happened some
years ago in the county Wexford. Two
brothers, line young fellows of the farm
ing class, were returning homo one even
ing in Whitsuntide from their day's
holiday, when, to their surprise, as they
crossed a broad, beautiful field, lit up by
the red rays of the setting sun, they saw
a group of girls dancing, and they were
all draped in white, and their long hair
fcll floating over their shoulders. So
lovely was the sight that the young men
could not choose but 6topand watch the
dancers; yet strange to say, they were all
strangers; not a famHiarface was among
them from the whole country round.
And as they looked and wondered, one of
the girls left the dance, and, coming over
to the younger brother, laid her hand on
his arm, wliile she murmured softly in
his car: "Come, dance with me, Brian.
I have waited long for you. Comb,
comer and she drew him gently away.
Then Brian flung down his stick on the
ground, and taking her hand, they were
soon whirling away hi the dance, the
handsomest pair that ever trod a
measure on the green sod. Long,
long they, danced, till the red right
passed away, and the darkness began
to cover the hills, but still they danced
on and on, for Brian heeded nothing
save the young girl with her long hair
floating on his shrcldor and the fire of
whose eyes burned into his heart At
last the elder brother called to him:
"Brian, come home; leave the dance:
the mother 'wfil be waiting for usr
"Not yet net yet" answered Brian; "I
njnet finish this round. Leave me and
I will follow you." So the elder brother
left and he and the mother watched
and waited till niidnightfor Brian's re
turn, but he never came. Then, the next
morning, the brother went to see about
him. searching everywhere, though in
vain. And all that day to sunset and
the night he searched, still no tidings
could be bad. No one bad seen him in
the dance.' nor the young girls with the
white dresses and the floating hair.though
when the neighbors beard the story they
looked very solemn and said there was
no help for the doomed young man. for
the fairy power was strong at Whitsun
tide, and no doubt they had carried him
down under the earth to the fairy palace,
and he would never, never come back to
his home again.
When Whitsuntide came round the
elder brother set out on bis search, and
there, sure enough, in the very same
green field, with the red sunset stream
ing down, was a group of young girbt ia
their white dreams dancing to the music
of the fairy pipes; and hi the midst was
Brine, dancing with his fairy bride, and
her leas yellow hair floated over his
boulder, and her eyes burned into, his
hne iwnls" of Ire. "Come away, come
awarvBtma." cried the brother: "yoa
nave aea aaafafcToi enough, ana tee
mother feat lome.sed and sorrowful,
nnd loarfy, weltia for yoa. Goat
awaj. before the dmrlnem falk and the
JX - - m . Mt-
night comes on." "Mot yet not yet'
answered Brian: "I must finish this
daace." And the fairy bride wound her
beautiful while arms round him and
held him fast So tlie brother lost heart
for he feared toenter the circle lent the
enchantment should fall on him: and he
went back home to tell of his failure.
Then the mother rose up, and taking
thechann which the fairy man had given
her, she hang it round her neck and went
forth to look for the missing son. And
at last she came to the field and aw him
dancing, and danoiag like mail with the
witch girl jn hat arms; ami site called to
him: "Come back, tome back to us,
Brian, darling; come back; it is your
mother calls." But Brian danced on and
on, and never looked at Iter nor heeded
her. Then, for tlie sorrow made her.
brave, she went over in the very midst of
the fairy dancers with their glittering
eyes, and taking the spell from her neck,
she flung it over Brian, and clasping his
arm laid her head down on liis shoulder,
weeping bitterly. Then, all at once, the
demon spell was broken, for a mother's
tears have strange xwer, and ho let her
take his hand and draw him away from
the magic circle: and tlie form of tlie
fairy bride seemed to melt into the sun
set and the whole scene passed away
liko a meat, tlie music and the dancers
with their floating hair, and only Brian
and his mother were left in the Ueld.
Then she led him home, but he spake no
word, only lay down to sleep, and so for
seven days they watched by him. hut
still he. slept Then at the end of seven
days he rose up strong and well as ever,
and all the past seemed to him only as a
dream. Yet for fear of the fairies, his
mother still made him wear tlie magic
spell round hu neck to keep him from
liarm. though in process of time a still
stronger spell was woven round his life,
for lie married a fair young girl of the
village before the next Whitsuntide, good
as well as beautiful, and from tliat time
the fairies and witches Itad no power
over him. for it pun. true wife is tlie
best safeguard against witchcraft and
devils wiles that a tuan can take to his
heart us the angel of tho house. Lady
Wiltle in Pall Mall Gazette.
Writing o Cnaitulssloa.
A publisher told ma the otlier day a
bit of business experience which u mildly
diverting. A young woman brought
him a manuscript which, after due con
sideration, he expressed himself willing
to publihli in paper. 50 cents series,
paying the usual 10 per cent, royalty.
The young woman expressed herself
willing to accept this offer, although she
frankly said tliat she had hoped for bet
ter terms.
"But, she added., thoughtfully, "if it
costs much to make the book, I should
not think 23 cents would leave you a
great deal of profit." "Twenty-five
cents?" repeated the publisher, not at all
understanding.
"Why," explained she, "there are five
of us girls who wrote this together. Ten
per cent of 50 cents is 5 cents, and five
times five is twenty-five. If it takes a
quarter of a dollar to pay us girls our
royalty, tliat leaves you just the same
amount."
Tlie naivete of the proposition so
amused the publisher that he declares he
was tempted to leave tlie error unex
plained. He said, however: "But, of
course, you can see that we shall not lose
so much as we should if there had been
ten of you, for then we should liave to
make the book for nothing and lose the
booksellers' discount beside. Really,
though. I fear you will be obliged to do
with a cent apiece," And his proposition
was rejected with indignation, tho amus
ing part of the story being tliat the lady
who conducted tlie negotiations declared
that if there were only one author, lOper
cent would do very well, but that any
body could see tliat it would not amount
to anything divided among five people
Book Buyer.
A Feaud'f maeraoaator'a Freaks.
St Albans (Me.) has a young man,
George E. Goodwin by name, who takes
female parts hi comedy in a way that
would have charmed classic Greece. He
Is a charming young fellow, a trifle below
medium height, light couiplexioned, with
red lips and small hands and feet On
the stage lie dresses in girls' clothing en
tirely, not a single article of male attire
being allowed in Ids make up. His fa
vorite gown is one he cut and made him
self. It is, or appears to be, black silk,
with lace sleeves and low neck. The
sleeves reveal the round white arms be
neath the lace. The neck and bosom,
being exposed to a modest extent, are
very, white. He wears a beautiful blonde
wig, frizzled a la mode, and the way he
handles a fan ia described as simply
charming.
The young man aforementioned is not
content with his triumphs on the stage,
but is guilty of the reprehensible practice
of flu-ting with the susceptible married
men he encounters wliile on his starring
tours. He attended a dance after a
recent show at Athens, and made a young
wife furiously jealous by his attentions
to her husband. At another dance,
which he attended in his feminine rig,
he made a "inush" of a highly respecta
ble middle aged man who had a wife,
and who didn't detect the game until he
had furnished much amusement to those
in the secret Dexter '(Me.) Gazette.
It AScct Them Strangely.
"It's queer the way people are affected
by visiting a dentist's office," remarked
a dental surgeon. "Some no sooner
come here than they seem to be seized
with a sudden chill, which sets them to
shivering all over. They get in the chair
and I turn on the natural gas to make as
much heat as possible. Why, I've even
had to put blankets around my patients
to keep them comfortable 'on a warm
day. Others are thrown into a feverish
state, and the perspiration breaks out
tho minute they sit down. Then of
course 1 have to shut off the fire.
"But the strangest thing about both
classes of patients is that their chilliness
or f evcrishness leaves them immediately
after they quit the chair. It is nervous
ness and dread that cause these remark
able physical effects, I suppose. But it's
about as-hard on me as it is on them, for
the uncvenness of temperaturo in the
operating room, which' I must perforce
endure, keeps mo suffering from a cold,
catarrh or headache about half the
time." Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mrs. Alice J.
a whistler has
resale of excite
Is, is very pleas.
in two
A
had the
with her.
home in the
on the iafibr floor, and m a prettr
Mguce gown of striped blue aad red
wooC the front a InHwrectofre, with
rs vers of vivid red India silk, filled in
with i leamj lace, she waa not only
worth lookmf at, bat' worth studying
carefully, for she is a brunette of the
Jano type, and sagkniooeabitof phy
sical perfection m the reportoml eye
often rami upon. After the prsHmhiirv
civilities were ever, theenssdon waspat:
"Now, Mrs. Shaw, mil see how one
nantf throat can hcid whittle enonghto
m oar las lfaehi hslIT
It mn'ism-sB throat to
iniir w-miMMi a ne Burnet noose.
Commercial Gaaette iwarnmstatiTe
pleasure of a- hah? hoar, chat
Mrs. Dnaw is pteseaauy as
nstaaaVmnaeuhwOf rooms
3&
i35r&hajeiBnK: m
lowriwreuwiiinn ijiaias men to
mahek. Lookharr . .
Jf. j T5!S!iS?tjSw
ST2iS!TiS3feS 3
homos, dfecJcMBfr the euauli inmniii of
her throat aad a chest of extraordinary
breadth, white as alabaster and Arm cs a
rock. Tlie length of her figure from
chin to belt is unusual, and stowed away
under her black satin corsets is the ma
chinery tliat has whistled her into fame
aad fortune a splendid pair of lungs.
Here Mrs. Shaw just curved
her red lips a little, suppressed a couple
of dimples, and whistled a bar or two as
sweet and clear as a blackbird, ending
with a roulade, that vanished noto by
note into silence. The listener thought
old Chaucer knew what ho was about
when ho wrote:
Us Jofy whists! writ y-weC
Cincinnati CocuncrciaL
Miners.
The Scotch miner has many ways of
amusing Idmself. Quoits is a favorite
game of Ids; so is a game called "round
ers" a sort of cricket and cricket itself
is popular among the younger men. but
with them football is the favorite pas
time. Leaping; running, throwing the
hammer and tossing the caber are all
practiced, and hi some parts a game
called "bullet playing" is in high favor.
We have never seen this played except
in the Lothians and Stirlingshire, and
there it was at one time crack arannr
ment Rather a peculiar amusement,
too. It is played m this manner: A cer
tain distance, say a mile out and a mile
in. is fixed upon as tho ground to be cov
ered by tlie players, and the man who
does so in the fewest number of throws
ia declared the winner. The bullet is a
polished ball of bard whinetone, and
weighs from ten to fourteen ounces, and
thisball the player takes Into his hand
and running to a line drawn on the road
way, he swings his arm and throws with
alibis might This is termed "hainch
ingtbe bullet." and a good player can
cover the mile in five or six throws. The
game is one mainly of strength, but a
good deal of skill can be shown in it
Each player has a man in front to
show where the bullets should be landed,
and Ins business is to see that, if his di
rections are followed, tne bullet of his
player will have the best part of the
road to run on. The game is always
played on the best highway in the neigh
borhood, and the authorities object to it
as being dangerous, although we never
have heard of any accident arising there
from. A bullet match is to the Scotch
miner what a doer fight is to his North
umbrian or Staffordshire congener, or a
prize fight to an East End Londoner.
The fact that it is forbidden by law adds
to its attractiveness, and it affords ample
opportunitiee for betting. Bets are made
on the throw, on the distance out and
on the complete match, and when the
two "dons" are playing excitement runs
high. Scottish World.
A Flaw Vessel.
The steamer Bobilant is one of the
largest cargo carriers afloat with a dis
placement of 5,085 tons, and a length of.
983 feet One day she steamed from New
Orleans out into the gulf and off for Liv
erpool, carrying the biggest cargo that
ever left that port valued at StiOO.COO,
and composed of 5,683,283 pounds of cot
ton and 32,028 bushels of com. Tho jet
ties have opened the whatves of New
Orleans to the finest vessels in the world.
Public Opinion.
A TtfMiigaa chiropodist i.; making a
triumphal progress through the -.t-e'e cs
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