old ikoxsudrs.
At, wot ner rauereu ensign uowu:
, louc ass It waved on high.
Anil many au eye tins danced to see
That banner lu the sky;
Beneath It rung the battle shout;
Aud burst the en niton' roar;
Tha meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.
lln deck, once red with heroes' basal.
Where dwelt tlio vanquished rH,
When winds were hurrying o'er the
. flood,
And waves iw white In-low,
No more shall feel the victor's trend,
Or know the conquered knee;
The harplm of the shore shall (thick
The eagle of the seal
Oh, better that her shattered hulk
Should sink beueuth the wave;
Her thuudera sinstk the mighty lts(t.
Ami then should l iter grave;
Null to the must her holy flag,
Set every threadbare wall.
And (tlve her to the god of storms,
The lightning nud the galol
Oliver Weudell Holmes.
(Written when It was proposed to
break u( the warship Constitution.)
Beware of the Bomb.
waa looking over the paiers
I" the smoking room of a
' to full u(hui the Echoes of
AW Uie Stage column, and I ex
claimed aloud:
fJJ "At tt agalnr
A Frenchman sitting uear
in looked up Iu wouder at my Ht
Ulaut tone, ao 1 hastened to explain.
pcakhig tiueutly, In rery bad French:
"Houud the World tu Eighty Day
la on the boards again. Will they
ever have done with that alumni af
fair? They seem to thluk It a feat
equal to the labors of llereulea."
The Frenchman looked shocked.
"Phtleaa Font waa no bettor than a
tortolaor I cried boastfully... I could
do much letter than he "
"You can bo arouud the world Iu
lens than entity days?" asked my
hearer slowly, aud I anawered Iu the
same tone: "I will so muud the
world Iu seventy days If you like."
"I take you ujt" he cried.
"What do you betr
"Five thousand franca.
"Doue, said 1, aud we exchanged
cards aud bows.
That ta how it came about that 1
left l'arls for the Kant ou the Oth o(
Jauuary, and stepited ou board a
trans-Atlantic steamer from a New
York (tier on the 5th of March. So
far I had not lost a tuluute, nud now
It ouly remained to be seen whether
I should reach Havre In aevcu (lays
aa the steamship company promised.
It would be a close shave at best. A
variety of detentions might occur; a
Unlit accident to the luachiuery, aud
Lit wonlil Im lost-
I waa nearly consumed with anx
iety, but the ship acted up to her
reputation, aud ou the 12th of March
I stepped ouee more onto French soil.
I cast the ship a look of gratitude as
she lay at the Havre (tier letting oft
team from hr tnoustrois In. Her.
Then I glanced at my watch. It was
4 Iu the afternoon; there waa plenty
of tluio for uie to dlue at my cane
and catch the 0:40 express. That
would bring me to l'arls at half past
eleven. I took out my time-table to
make sure. Aa I ran my eye down
the column of figures, au Inspiration
came to me.
"Where's the use of starting this
evenlug?" I aald to myself, "If I tret
there too early, It will look us If 1
were afraid of losing the wager.
How much better to arrive at the
very last second, with brilliancy aud
dash and dramatic effect. Just as
they do on the stage. That would 1m
worthy of a genius! Now, here Is a
train which leaves Havre tomorrow
morning at 0:.V, and reaches the
Rntnt Lazure Station at 11SJ. The
time fixed for me to meet the fellow
at tho ottlce of the Semaphore just
behind the Kttxk Exchange Is lsfore
tho first stroke of uoou. I can euslly
go from Saint Ijixure to the Ex
change In eight minutes, In a cub, so
there Is nothing to prevent my iqt
pouring In the ulck of time, just as
1'hileaa Fogg did, after making every
one's heart palpitate with suspense.
That's settled. I shall not go on un
til tomorrow!"
Accordingly, I went with my bag
gage to the best hotel, (lined com
fortably, took a walk through the
town smoking a clgtir, aud returned
at 10 o'clock to go to bed.
"I must take the 0:"3 train tomor
row morning," I sild to the hotel
proprietor; "can yo'i have me w ali
ened In time?"
"We have a trustworthy man ou
pi ns'se for that work," was the
reply.
"That may be," said I skeptically,
"but, after all. If yon could let me
have an aluin-clock, I would feel
more safe."
"I will lend you my own, although
I assure you It Is unnecessary," said
the host, and accordingly I curried
the tiny clock to my room, wound the
alarm, set It at 0, stood It ou a little
table beside tho bed, and weut to
sleep with a quiet mind.
I was In a heavy slumber when 1
felt my arm being shakn violently.
"What's the matter?" I grumbled,
without opening my eyes.
"You bave only Just time, sir," said
a voice In my car.
"Time for what?" I asked, looking
up drowsily,
"To catch your train," was tho re
ply. I sat up and glanced at tho clock.
It was half-past six!
Without another word, I lonjiod
from the bed with such precipitation
that I threw down the tablo with the
little clock; dashed Into my clothes;
crowded my few belongings Into my
trunk frantically; flew down the
stairs, four at a time; sprang into tho
stage which was awaiting me, and
hardly drew breath until I was on the
train.
Ouf! Wlcit a close s'i"C.'!
minutes more au I I wo. ...I hive ..'
mv bet. However, all's wjII ui.i
' ends well; I'had my ticket my trunk
was on the train, tho whistle sounded,
I was off for Paris.
When I entered the St. Jmaih nin-
tion tho hands of the big clock
pointed to hulf past eleven. I bailed
a cub, and learned that there was
time for mo to take my trunk with
me.
At that moment It appeared in the
arms of two porters who were carry
ing It with the greatest care, ','on-
- found them, how slow they were!
What fool ever accused .the railway
companies of handling baggage rough
ly? I bastenud toward the men cx-
. claiming:
"Be quick, now!"
I had hardly uttered the words
when a heavy hand was laid on my
' shoulder, and, turning round to t-eo
the cause of such familiarity, I found
myself face to face with a gendarme.
"What Is the 'aintter with you?" I
asked In amazement
"Matter enough," replied the man In
a Jeering tone, tightening his hold;
"you will see!"
Behind the gendarme came two
railway officials. They stooped over
my trunk solemnly, turned their
heads as if listening, then stood up
and exchanged a glance which plain
ly said: "There is not a doubt of it."
"They are crazy," I thought, but
then a horrible conviction flashed
through my brain. Whether tho men
were sane or not, one thing was
suro: It was forty minutes past 11.
At all hazards I must make my es
cape. 1 shook myself free of the
gendarme's grasp, and knocking over
two or three people lu my Hlulil,
itadt mI madly away; but was mopped
by two custom-house ottleers, who
seised toe by the collar, I was
dragged, protesting ami gestlcul itiug,
Imck to whore my trunk stood. Tltetv
was evidently a mistake somewhere,
"Irf't me go," 1 cried, "let um goj
and I swear t will conic back In Hit
h,ur "
Tlu gendarme's Up tfccrltd a
smile Itclitud his thick mustache, as
he took pos-texsloii of me again, this
time with Istth hands.
"t'otue now; don't try that." said
oiu tif the railway olllclals, "you may
as well confess. You arrived from
New York In great haste ami under
suspicious circumstances. Who are
you? What have you lu this trunk?"
"Clothes, nothing but my clothes,'
I answered, shaking worse French
than usual lit my agitation. ,
"No cxploslvu?" Itisisttd tlm of
llclul.
"r;plolts! What for? I am not
a protuitnlst, tair a chemist."
"Then what Is the meaning of this
drauge tiolso? tnslde your truck
there is a sound of machinery-In
short, au luf rual machine. Yester
day, the l.otiilou polltit arreted four
American nmircli'stK who had fltnllar
article tit their stswssloit. You tire
Known to ls t.ne of tle ga'tg.
listened In speechless wonder to
his wonts. I looked at my trunk, and
my wonder luerutsed to stitsractlou
as I heard a metallic tick tin k tushle.
Suddenly there was a loud ringing
n'rt-llke a signal for an explosion,
"itewan of the IhiiuIi!" shrieked
some one; ottUvrs aud sirters scat
tered lu all directions, ami eveu the
gendarme moved away, I alone ro
mulncd, like a hero. I tore omu the
trunk ami pulled out the clothes In
feverish haste. All at once I felt
something hard Inside a night shirt,
and xiie next moment drew out and
exposed to view a little ehs kl
1 had unknowingly packed up the
hotel-keejier'a proierty, and It was
striking the alarm six hours behind
time.
"Ooufound the old turnip!" I cried,
throwing It down furiously. I was
aitsworvd by a loud js-al of laughter
fnm the sisvlatora,
Then putting my head down, like
a wild boor that stents the hounds,
I dashed toward (he cab agalu ami
sprung In, shouting -to the driver:
"t il give you a louts If you get me
to Place de la Bourse liefore ntsm."
Seven minutes and a half later the
cab was tearing up to the Stoek Ex
change; I JmnHil out, riVw upstairs
to the Semaphore olllce, burst Into the
room like a hurricane, aud remarked
hi a stentorian lone;
"llen I am, geutlemeur
The tiext Instant the llrt stroke of
ihsiu sounded from the Exchange
clock.
PAUIS AT DAY Bit ISA K.
Y'ou cannot wsy you have seen the
streets of Paris until you have walked
them at sunrise; everyone has seen
them at night, but he must watch
tin n change from (tight to day Is fore
he can claim to have seen ihcm hi
their In st I walked under the arches
of the Hue de Ulvoll one morning
when It was so lark that they looked
like the cloisters of some sreat molt-tu-tcry,
nud It was lmos.-tlM to lic
lleve that the empty length of the
lice ('ainUin had hut an ho ir Itcforc
Itocn blocked by the bluxlng front of
the Olymphi. aud before that, w'th
rows of carriages hi front of the two
t'olumbln. There were a few ls
luted cabs hu.riilug the sidewalk, with
their driver asleep on th Itoxe, and
a couple of gentlemen slo.ichlng to
gether across tho Place de la Concorde
made tho ouly miuiuI of life lu tho
whole dty. The Seine lay . motion
less as water iu a bath tub, and the
towers of Notre Damn rising cut of
the mist at one end. and the round
hulk of the Tns-adero hounding It lit
the other, seemed to limit the Mver
to what one could see of Its silent
srrface from the Bridge of the Depu
ties. The Eiffel tower, the great
skeleton of the departed t Xislilou.
disappeared and reformed Itself again
as drifting clouds of mUt swept
tluongtj It ami cut Us ' f'ut ugly
length into fragments hung In mid
air. As the light grew lu etrength
tho facades of the govemme it build
tags grew in outline, ns though an
opera glass, nud the plll'trs of the
Madeline ttsik form ami substunce,
then the whole great sq iare showed
Itself empty ami deserted. The dark
ness had hidden nothing more torrl
hie than the clean asphalt nud tlx
motionless statues of the cities of
France.
A solitary fiacre passed me slowly
with no one on tho Ikx, but with the
coachman sitting hack In his cnb.
He was returning to the stables, evl
detitly, and had ou his way given a
seat to a girl from the stre-t, whom
he was now entertaining with genial
courtesy. Ho had one leg thrown
over the other, and one arm passer
back along tho top of the sent, nud
with tho other ho waveil to '.he great
buildings us thy sprang up nto life
us tho day grew.
The girl Itosldo him was smiling at
his pleasantries, while the "lsl.ig sun
showed how tired and pale she was,
and mocked at the pulut arouud her
sleepy eyes. The horse stumbled at
every sixth step, ami then woke
again, while the whip rocked and
rolled fantastically In Us sock -t lik
a dninken man. From up the avenue
of tho Chumps Elysccs came tho first
of the heavy market wagons, with
the driver asleep ou the bench, nud
Ills lantern burning dully In the early
light Buck of lilru luy the deserted
stretch of the avenue, strange nud
unfamiliar In Its cmptlncsssavo for
the great arch that rose against the
dawn, ami sm-tred, from Its elevation
on the very top of the horizon, to
servo as a gateway Into the skies be
yond. The ulr In the Champs Elysccs
was heavy with a perfume of tlowers
and of greeu plants, ami the leaves
dripped damp and cool with tin dew
Hundreds of birds sung ami chattered
i t)1 i ' h t ;(' kwnf the solitude wns
'.. I.s li.ii i'o; un.y lute looie lo'ici
oouY, ii oil that, they then must give
way to tho little children, and later
to crowds or Kite men ami women.
It seemed Impossible that but a few
hours before Duclorc had filled these
silent cool woods with her voice
Duelcrc with her shoulder straps slip
ping to her elbows, and her white
powdered arm tossing lu the colon d
lights of tho serpentine dance. The
long gaudy lithographs on tho bill
boards and the arches of colored
lumps stood out of the silence and
fresh beauty of the hour like the
relics of rune fonst which should
Have been cleared awtty before the
dawn, and tho theaters themselves
looked like temples to a heathen Idol
In some primeval wood. And us I
passed out firm under tho cool trees
to the silent avenues I felt as though
I hart caught l'arls napping, ami
when sho was off her guard, and
good and fresh nud sweet, and had
discovered a hidden trait In her many
sided character, a moment of which
sho would bo ashamed an hour or two
later, ns eyults are ashamed of their
secret acts of charity. ltlchurd Davis
In Harper's Magazine.
It Is a dangerous crisis when a
proud heart , itKK'ts with nattering
lips. Flnvel. ' '
There ure two freedoms the fulio,
where one Is free to do what he likes,
and the true, where he Is free to do
what he ought KIngsley,
Tho comfort of ease without toll is
an Illusion, and leads neither. to tha
health of tha body, the vigor of the
mind, nor the welfare of the, soul.
FATHER OF
That Is to Say, of Our
English Grammar.
The Home and Life of
Limlley Murray.
Early Days of the Man Who
What He Could to Spoil
Native Kitgllsh.
Did
Twelve miles south ot Harrlslturg
Still stands the house lit Which I.tiul
ley Murray, the stwalled father of
EngUsh gnuuinar, was Isirn, says the
Philadelphia Times. It la a somewhat
iire'eutluus log house. With three
ttsinm ami a sleeping loft, built ou
tho southern slope of a hill ami facing
tho alow flowing Swatra thut his
tot'c stream of which Whlttler sings,
ami up which, ou their way to (he
fertile plains of Tiilsliiskcu, the llrst
Pennsylvania Dutch pushed their
rude rafts, over two evuturloa ago.
Murray's father was a Scotchman
who settled then about l?:to, and soon
after married a Miss Henry, daughter
of one of the Pennsylvania tlcrmaii
families In the uclghtsirhood. Mur
ray, lu his autobiography, says: "My
parents were of resiM-ctalde character,
ami lu the middle station of life. My
father poMjtcHsetl a gtsst tlour mill on
tho Swntara, but, hctug au enterpris
ing spirit ami anxious to provide
handsomely for his family, ho made
several voyages to tho West Indies
In the way of t ratio, by which he very
considerably augmented his property.
Pursuing his Inclinations, he In time
acquired largo istssesslons, ami ts
came one of the most resiKTtiihle
merchants lu America. My mother
was a woman of au amiable disposi
tion, and remarkable for mildness,
humanity and laterality of senti
ment." Tho Murray homestead, with Its
old oakeit bucket ami Ivy-covered
poivh, llet within a few tulles of the
"old ln-rry church." one of the very
oldest churches lu tho state, aud
which, within the hist few years has
been replaced by a U ntil If nl stone
memorial chattel. Here the Murray
and Dlxoua ami Trumaim and Boyds
ami Bertrams worslilptstt ns early as
I Jo. nud tradition still stlnu out the
very tree at which William IVtin tied
his horse tut his llrst and last visit to
the parish. Distance doc not scent
to have deterred the pious old worth
ies who had charge of the spiritual
affulrs of the Murray and their Pres
byterian iiolgldtor. for lu the life of
the l.ev. Adam Boyd, who ministered
to the (lock Is fore the Infant l.lmlley
was Isirn, It Is said that he "preached
ou the westward of tkfornra and
Donegal, over Couoy and eastward
as far as the barrens of Derry," and
his salary was sixty pouud 'ryeur,
payable lu hemp, llueu, corn, yarn
nud chickens.
It Is rather curious to see the
changes that have come ovcfMhe
nelghlsirhood lu which the great
graiuimirliiu was Isirn aud raised.
The log houses lu which lived the old
Scotch, Irish and English families ure
still standing and tu use for farm Im
plements and stables, tln.cgh the
Murray homestead still occupied
as a dwelling house, aud the prim
Herman housewife will think you
have certainly gone daft If you go
staring iilstut her house or ask her
what sho know nlstut I.ludlcy Mur
ray, of wlmm she has never even
heard. A region richer In folk lore
or historical incident cannot tie fottiul,
though the present Inhabitants there
about cm give yon little assistance or
Inspiration. Material pross-rliy has
smiled Ustn the bills of Mauada. and
tho barrens of Derry, but there Is
none of the old liilclhvtual life which
In one generation gave to "glory ami
to fame" more sons ami daughters
than have ten generations since. The
most prominent of these were Dlxoii
ami Murray. IbdM-rt Dlxoti. of Dix
on's ford, near the Murray place, won
fame on the sumo Holds that brought
gtory to Wolfe nud Montgomery.
Sam Atkinson say of him tu his
"Casket ami Evening Post" that "he
was one of those spirits which rise iu
ilauie to Illume all around him; gentle
ns the summer breexe lu private life,
but terrible us a whirl wind In the day
of danger." Murray was a Mug of
n different order Tho closet was his
baltlellcld, thougb he never turned
his eii lu favor of the country of his
birth. While the companions of his
hoyhiHid wen lighting the American
revolution he was living the s'iiceful
life of a (Junker. Meanwhile, how
ever, like many another pious Quaker,
ho was taking advantage of the times
and lining his pockets with the al
mighty dollar. Near the Mnrmys
wus also Imuii Ellery Truman, and
another, tho equal of them nil, Emily
Itaymoud, the pride of the Swntara,
the spirit of Us wisxls ami fields; n
beautiful soul whoso story remains
to be written.
Dudley Murray's enrly boyhood
was spent at tho homo ou the Swn
turn, his father's flour and grist mill
being about a tulle distant, near Hog-
er's ford. When Llndley was about
II or 7 years old his father determined
to quit the Swntara and try his for
tunes In tho Carollnas. The family
fism returned North again, atd a few
years later settled In New York,
where they acquired considerable
wealth fitnl Influence. Before leaving
tho parish of Derry Llndley hud boon
sent to Philadelphia nud put In the
care of a tutor, Professor Ebonozor
Klunersley, who afterward btcaine
nob'd as a co-labon-r with Franklin
lu his electrical researches and ex
peiiments.
Murray wns an apt pupil, nud gnvo
enrly evidences of the nblllty he was
to display in after years. Ho took
a violent dislike at 1'rst to a mercuu
tllo life, and for wnnt of a more suit
i. hie profession took to the law. He
was admitted to tho bar at (he ago
of 21, and, after a few years lu Eng
hind, returned to New York, whore
ho practiced until the Bevolutlou
broke out. Hit theii took a turn at
mercantile life, nud inndo a fortune
and went to England, where ho lived
ever afterward tin Englishman rath
er than on American. He says: "In
particular I had strong prepossession
In favor of a resldeiico In England,
because I wns ever partial to Its po
llUcul constitution aud the mildness
and wisdom of its general laws. On
leaving my native couutry there was
notA therefore, anything which could
afford mo so much real satisfaction
ns I have found In (Ireat Britain."
Ho purchased a small estate near
Holdgnto, whero ho led ft cutlet, pence
fill literary life.
Murray s chief literary work won
"Tint Power of Itellgion on tlm Mlftd,"
published 1787, and which passed
through nearly twenty editions, The
object of tho book, ho said, wns to
"excite serious reflections on the un
satisfying and transitory ruturo of
temporal enjoyments, and to promote
a lively concern for tho attainment
of that felicity which will bo complete
and permanent" Ho then wrote a
series of sketches of KM) mem and
women of nil sorts and conditions,
from Job to Caesar Borgia, and Baron
Heller to Sir William Jones, whose
lives, by Inspiring lu tho reader either
admiration or pity, were to be "of
singular efltcacy to excite a love of
(Sod nud gissluess." lis dwell es
pecially on their conduct at tho hi
pntach of death, and use It for a
stirring urgttmout against Inlldclliy.
What an evidence on behnlf of piety
and virtue! V hut a dlmtifislve from
vice and folly!" I the fact, he says,
that all should lie so deeply lnipresed
with the need of religion when they
reach the termli.atlon of their day.
And he quotes Young a the Inspira
tion of his life:
'TIs Immm'tiilliy 'tis that nlolto,
Amidst life's pains' abasements, emp
tiness. The soul ran comfort, elevate ami 1111,
In his school life Murray had iniule
many friends, with whom lie kept up
a lef lot'g eornsstndenetv Promi
nent among these was Chief Justice
Jay. Murray also wrote many relig
ious and controversial pamphlets, aud
several isstk lu French,
But there I ouly one (sink that has
kept Limlley Murray's fame nllve lu
nil these years, nud that Is hi grntu
mur. It alone I snltlclent to make
tho valley of the swntara forvwr
famous. And yet how few people re
member or kuow that the county of
Dauphin can claim tho blrthplac of
the noted grammarian.
Llndley Murray' grammar! What
tiiemoiic It Inspire In nil of the old
er generations, nil of whom, tu the
satirical line of Drydcii-
CIIiiiIhmI tho grmnmnr tree to know
Whero noun ami verb nud participle
grow.
All the old schoolmasters swore by
Murray and hi rule nud example
of orthography, etymology, syntax,
ami prosisty, hi four constituent
lirt of English grammar.
in the rural district near the gram
marian's birthplace Murray, under a
different mime, 1 still taught In nil
hi glory, ami there 1 a somewhat
pntetitloii academy, 'now happily ou
a decline, only a few mile from the
Murray place. In which a deen-ptt
old grammarian, "dressed In gown,
band a.id wig," stilt holds his old
time sway, tlraiumar, In hi opinion,
ct.ustltule the sum total of a lltsrul
education. He consider tt his sis-o-
laity, and still use Limlley Murray
a the llrst ami Inst authority, and a
verbatim knowledge of hl twenty
two rule of syntax is his first re
quirement from a lgloucr, ami wt
bolide the lsstr wretch who recUcs
rule lit or rule So when a rule of a
different nuuilter I culled for!
ritl sur.ival of the Llndley Murray
regime Is no more amusing than the
grave way til wlihit I heard a Utile
girl dUtturso a la Murray on the
dlffenmco iM-twecu systacilcal and
etymological parsing ami then lake
up "Who preserve tin." and, chatter-
lug a fast a her tongue could go,
proceed to tell "Old Polyphemus,"
who hung over her with a rule lu one
hand and the other deep lu the iss kct
of hi antiquated trousers, that "Who
Is n relative pronoun of the liitcrroun-
tlve kind, therefore without any an
tocetlent, and lu the nominative case
singular; nominative, who; sumcs!vo,
wmwtt; objective, whom:, the Word to
which It relate Is called Its subse
quent, and Is the noun or pronoun
cout lining tint answer to the question;
according to a note under rule u,
which says, etc.
The imy were not quite mi ready
In their parsing, but perhaps they hint
no key to tho exetvlso or did not
stand lu such awe of their teacher.
Whntever may 1st said of Murray's
grammar, It must Is confessed that
under oue name or another It Is still
taught for gtstd or for bud In marly
all of tho rural sclustls of the stale,
Ex.
A TIM EtilUtHT STciltY.
(ihost Is'lug nssiH'luted front time
liumeuttirlal with thl season of the
year, though for what rciiNiii l never
could understand, I am going to relate
a is-itoual exH't!ence of this kind
which happened several year ngo.
Wo ant so familiar In lite present day
with alt manner of spirit- from He
various stories gnvcly Mated to tit
by clever men, who, whatever muj
be our opinion, are evidently them
felves quite convinced that ghostly
hiicnlows are in w mm iter of every
day iKtuin-nce-thnt I suppose ssm
tin apparition will is no longer a
thing of tenor to froexc the, blistd and
nake the liulr to si nud on end; but I
belong to ail older generation Which
dhl uot euro for dealings with any
tiling "iiuniiiny.' ami was content to
leave all comuitmlcailons with auoilier
world until we ourselves had put otT
tint lusty; so I must confess that when
I knew myself to ls lu the presence
of a spirit, as on the night of the his
tory of whleli 1 am ntsitit to relate,
I was seized with so deep a fear thai
eveu now 1 shudder ut the remcm
branee. I shall not Indicate the house or the
lull ililtauis nearer than to suv thai
I was on a visit to some friends who
lived near Wiirmlnlster. Some of the
descendants of that family arc most
likely alive, ami It might pain litem to
have the name made public; so I will
call them Palmer. I had never bet it
lo their house before, aud had never
heard that It was "haunted;" in fact,
1 had tio suspicion of this being the
t use.
I arrived tired with my Journey,
ami raticr anxious to get to bed for
a gistd night's rest. I had In en used
to have my sister to sleep with Uie,
aud as Mrs. Palmer had n daughter,
a young girl, I asked her If sdio' would
iiilud sharing my ns.m. The child
shrank Duck with an evident look of
fear, aud 1 said hastily, thlt king sin
was shy of sleeping with a stranger,
"Oh, never mind, jny dear. If you
would rather not, I am not afraid of
I. ..I.... ....... , m .. M .
iieoiK mono, tuny i preier a com
paiilon at night, as I am used to It."
I went to my room shortly after.
It was n comfortable one, nud I fell
no uneasiness whatever. I locked flu
(toor-i am suro or thnt-ami in a
short time was In bed, This was the
now old-fiishloned four-poster, with
curtains all around, so that wy'icn
thern you could see tho other parts
of tin room through any gup there
might be tu the hangings. went to
sloop for some hours, I should fancy,
when I awoke to tho knowledge that
some one was It) the room, moving
about. Exactly opposite my bed was
a chest, of drawers of antique nmki
and design. They were of dark pol
ished wcsid. Inlaid, and with hanging
brass handles. Tho eiuiulns were not
drawn dose, and standing at these
drawers, opening nud shutting them,
wns apparently an old woman, The
moon shone directly upon her. As
clearly as I saw It then, I can still
sis- that small, bent figure. Forget
ting that tlm door w.ts locked, 1
thought that someone had made a mis
take In entering my room. 1 coughed
to make my preseuco known. The
figure turned nud came, to the foot of
tho bed. 1 saw with stirpiis- thnt It
wns nt tired lu the fashion of tunny
years ugo. Then It opened wide the
eiii'tnln nud gazed down on me with
a face of IiiIouho malignity. Tho. fnce
was that of a corpse, tho flesh dis
colored, tho eyes fixed, tho features
rigid. The coldness of death seemed
to selzo on all my faculties nu via
utterablo horror of this dreadful thing
took possession of rny wholo mind.
I remember no menu
Hours after, whou morning wns
drawing neur, I regained conscious
ness, for I conclude thnt I had fainted
with terror. With my returning
senses ciimo the remembrance of tlm
ghost I had seen, and tho snmo over
whelming genso of fear. With a shud
der I looked around. Nothing was to
bo seen, but tho drawers were, soma
of them, standing open. I dressed
hastily nmlns soon as the household
seemed s tlifwig ' went Jo wn to the
'.;-A I -V
breakfast room, only loo thankful to
leave my hateful (iuiiulwr. 1 said
nothing to the family, but directly
we were son ted at breakfast my host
exclaimed: "You are til. Your face
I gliasily pale." All eyes wore turned
my way, ami l felt rather conrustst.
No," I said, with tlm rt liietiinei
ore ha to sts'iik of nn apparition.
"But I saw ouiuthlns In toy room
last night, that rather dlsturltetl me.
A ism-sou came Into the rhum'ior, and
tier npiMsirrtiioo was a kind of shock."
My host turned Instantly pistil Ills
wife, "Itosella," he said very stern
ly, "you have Ist-n at thnt old wis
man thing ngitin! I lien ho tried
to turn the subject. But thl Invol
untary speech a tt see mi si to lie,
made me determine to know iiioiv.
"You must tell the whole story
new." I cried. "Ymt must cruelly, 1
think, put a guest to sleep lu a itsou
you knew to Is !miiiitol Evidently
this ttppaittloti, 1 not new to you,"
Mj hostess expressed her deep n
grot that I Khoulil hnve been ills
turlsil. it ml her titislmml replied, "It
I certainly trim that, when anyone
turn over the ttrilclc In thut chest
of drawers, tho old woman you ssak
of Is sure to npsar the same night,
What sho wants, or who she Is, I can
not tell. I Mlovc she Is till ancestress
of mine and that tlm chest of drawers
hclougisl to her, I was tot aware
that my wife had Ist-u meddling with
It, or you should not have been imt
lu i nut rtstui ami stihjecieii to such u
night of terntr."
1 understand then tlm little girl's
objection to sleep with me. Many
aistlogle were made hoi It by Mr. and
Mrs, lY.lucr. 1 was en I rented not to
let thl experience make any dllTer
eliee to my visit; hut I considered
their unkludtiess was so great. In al
lowing a stranger to sleep In a room
tu which It was known thl horrid
a I purl! Ion was wont to appear, that
1 left the house that same itioruliig
us ststii n I possibly could, and never
again eutentl tinder their rtstf. or
even went near the vicinity of Wur
lltllllsler, CAUGHT ON THE FLY
STRAY IlITH OK C0NVKIWATIOS
CArtJH f ON THK KLV.
The Street a Superior I'lace for
Slmly or Faces am Human
Natura.
the
DM you ever, while walking lu a
crowded ain-ct, catch the stray bits
of conversation that flout on every
side and try to "piece them out?" It
Is interesting, very; nud rertaluly It
call Into pluy iu's fitculile of l
servailou mill thaiacterrendliig.
What stories the different voice tell!
and If one cnu eo the bice the tale
I ludctlulicly pmlohKi'd.
Is't mo dm-iilte a walk on a lovely
Paturdiiy ufteriits.u when everyone Is
out I, Ising a strut ger la Hut place,
feel a bit lonely, for nut a face tin 1
know; but 1 am going to make them
yield amusement nud Interest, though
po fiieinlly riHstgultltm may fn to
my let.
Two pMty girls come llrst. They
an walking fast; one, the prettier,
srhap only the prettier beciiilMt she
Itsiks so happy. Is talking at a rate to
match her foowt.-ps. The other smile
sympathlxlugly.
"Yes, tt was just lovely, ami be
said-"
1 lose the rest nud pass en, with a
funny little wish to hear Uie seuteiico
completed nnil kimw Just what "lie"
said. It must ls souicthlcg pleasant
ami eoinplliui'iitiiry, or It would not
Is re told In that tone.
Throe girls this time, almost bhs-k-lug
up the crossing lu n way women
have. One 1 tall aud fair; another
short ami ditto' the third Is older
quilt, a "bachelor girl."
"oh, 1 am going to stay all night
there," say the tall, fair one, evl
letttlv lu n-ply to the bitclielor glii.
I Imagine she bus jest asked the tall
ne to visit Imr. Where Is she going
to stay nil night? With some other
fiii titt, I fancy, nud sfie seems to ate
tlelpate a god time of some sort, a
Utile party or a tet-eptlou or
"idl, yes. of course I must tell lliwe,"
Two young men, (tbey look like col
lege Istysl, pas me quickly going lu
the same direction, "Who Is ItosoJ"
Is. of course, my mental problem now.
Ills sister I fancy; or Is it
"A tienn-r one still
Ami a dearer one
Yet, than all other?"
Bet from his tone I guess Hint what
he has to tell Is not of the most pleas
ant mitiire, and so return lo my llrst
thought that she Is hi sister. When
noys get mill scrap's ttiey ortcn go
lo their sisters for sympathy, If tint
for extrueatlou, 1 Imagine Itosc Is
olio of the sympathetic kind -one to
whom brother und sisters alike go
with their conthleiices. Her brother's
lone tells that. No doubt shn Is a lit
tle ohler than ho Is. ami a good deal
wiser. I wish I knew Hose,
Two mlditle agi'il ladles slowly pass
ns I stand for a moment at a shop
window.
"1 always pickle ml tic," says one.
"oh, do you? we prefer them pre
served," Is tho reply. I think they
are talking of pears. Tho one who
pickles Is a decidedly llchl-ltsiklug
woman; oue could Imagine her prefer
ence even hud she not just now men
tioned It. I have no doubt slut keeps
many things lu pickle, Including, pos
sibly, her family. The oilier Is a
aweot-faecd, gentle dnmo, line can
easily believe hi r capable of preserv
ing not only the penis, but thu happi
ness of her household.
Two old farmers uro walking ahead
of mo now. Say one, "I low Is Jim V
"Well, pretty toorly," says tho other.
"Ah, If ho had only taken my advice
thut day." 1 puss us this Junction.
Unlucky Jim! ho will ttmlotihtedly
catch It next time this tiresome old
party meets hint. Is there utijthlng
more annoying than the seitlcnee, "If
you had only takeu my ndvlcc?"
Three girls again, mid they are nil
irelty girls this tltno! I have been
admiring them ever nlnco I llrst
cnught sight of them, nt least two
minutes ugo; nud thnt Is a longtime
under thu tiretinistiiiices. One Is talk
ing, otto Is laughing, one Is blushing.
Tho picture Is a pretty one; shall 1
eut.ch any suutcucu to turn It Into n
story?
"Then ho tisked nbotit Clara, nud
I told him " Jt Is plain she told
him snmo merry unuscustt, ttlsu phtlu
thut tho mime, of the blushing young
lady Is Clara. It Is also evident that
ho Is a cupllve to her charms; nud
that her pres.uit companion ure.
friendly and Interested witnesses of
tho capture.
Two more ladles nro beating down
on tno now. Onu of them might have
b.'on transplanted from Boston wilhln
tho hour, so prim, wo proper, so al
together cultured does she look. She
has no doubt lived all tho years of her
life, (which nro by no menus few) on
baked beans and ologlcs; and 1 am
quite sure sho knows all thu lan
guages, living und dead. Her com
panion I a girl ou whom style Is
writ ten ns pin tidy ns la culture on tho
other. Sho is listening with a slightly
bored nlr to tho conversation of the
Boston lady, ,vhlch Is no doubt Im
proving to tho lust degree. Honing
to catch a stray penti of wisdom from
her Hits, I slacken my puce until they
puss; but all tho reward I have Is
something about "Tho professor's
paper on ." Hero follows a very
long word I do not catch It nil, nud
should lu all probability not under
stand It If I hud.
Two women and a bBby 'carriage
nt Uie next to cross my path. Baby
I crying and tho1 ouly a;ieulau
word I hear are, "K ess, by, by,
plitle Itllo slug!"
Being nu old maid with no know
ledge of any muguiige but my own,
I cannot trensbite this, so burn to
let It puss, nu iincrueked nut
There! 1 hnve com to the end of
my journey, and havs not boon, lonely
a hit since 1 tmgan this study from
life. I really could not l, with such
a good chance to vstch human na
ture and weave stories out of what I
written on the faces of luy fellow
tsMlestrhtu.
PETH IN A NOVEL HACK.
The Meingetie Unco for Domesl'e An
imal n Feature of Ainrileii Parties.
The ineiiiigfiitt nice I a diversion
which has boot Introduced r-t Bryu
Mawr. Ph'hiitelphla' nrlsliNratle stite
urb.-'lt I particularly adapted lo
fair 'iiid garden parties where chil
dren are to In euierUlned, But it's
funny enough to bring older people
tigether, tisi. At Bryn Mawr the so
ciety for the Preveiithm of Cruelty
to Animal held a baxaar and garden
party the other tiny and, nn.oug other
features, tho iiienagurlo race was la
bial need.
Tho inciingerlo nice Is a contest
among nnliniil of all kind. The
coiunetltor must 1st animal that
etui lie allowed t-omtiaratlve freedom.
Any st nntiiiiil I eligible nud speed
Is uot essential lo success, cither,
The menagerie race 1 not to the
swift, necessarily. It I ti'ore likely
to ls won by the animal which has
the sense or, M-rliups, gistd luck to
march directly for the goal and not
waste any time lu running to one side
or slopping to ItNik around.
Tho rule govt ruing tho menagerie
race nt Bryu Mawr were few and
simple. Each niitmat was lit charge
of the lady or gentleman entering It
No anliniil wu to bo list, ridden or
guided, nud prlxe were to bo given
to those winning tho race, These
went the announced rules. But prob
ably tssaustt Mimu of the animals
would have taken to their heel aud
made for homo if not fastened, a
liHinls-r of them Wen led by their
owners. The majority went free,
however, mid iiuub gtssl use of their
llls-rty. Tho couqs'tltor Included
horses, many dog, a monkey, several
Mheep, goal, chickens, cats, calve,
lu fa t almost every kind of domestic
animal.
'litis collection started fnuu a glveu
murk. Tho objtvt was to reiuh au
oilier Hue, which Indicated the tin lull
of the race. When the word was
given there wu a grand start The
coins'tlng ntiliiml sts-med ut u loss
a to what they were exttcd to do.
Sumo ot them Immediately wheeled
nlsiui nud splinted off on the teuk
truck. Other iiicMiidiMvd slowly acnts
the turf. Some stood Mttsk still nud
calmly surveyed their disappointed
ow iters nud the laughing crowd. A
few started off nil right nud went
straight for n short distance.
The unlum I from which the most
wns eXHH'ted did nltout tho worst.
The uiottkey pntved himself a terror.
The sheep did splendidly. , They
see nu si to have itiado up their inlinls
as lo what they wanted to do ami
they pits-ceded to tin It. Their way
of getting lo (he gunl wns not dlnvt,
till It was far ts'ttr than the wau-dt-rlugs
of many of the other coiut
Itors. The citustspienee was a sheep won
the nice. It gaiiilsdletl around a bit,
but It was far und away the leader
of the others. It owner was very
proud of It.
The iitetiagerie race may be greatly
varied. At Bryu Mawr It was pre
sented lu Its most simple form. But
thon Is plenty of opportunity for
making It more fantastic aud limits
lug by putting obstacle u the way
of tho coti!icili r nnil requiring the
owners of all animals lo slick close
to their sts and to follow their move
ments, N, Y. Herald.
FEM11nIsDA IKY WISDOM.
I wish ymt could sec my calves.
They hive had skim milk since they
were a few days old, but It) addition
lo the skim milk they have had a
little ground flaxseed r.ud wheal mid
dlings cooked. As the calve grow
older we give them a little more of
istrrhlge. The milk I drawn from
the creamery and we put tlje hot por
ridge lu It, so the tcliis'niture of the
milk Is always tho same when fed
each lay ami the milk Is always
Nttwt, They have a feeding of al
falfa every day ami their stable I
well ventilated and cleaned every
day. They are straight, sleek and
gntwthy, The nienj ha really cost
very little, and the calves are much
Itettcr thau If they hud been fed
whole milk, as they are Ising reared
for dairy animals, not Isrf.
If you wish to fatten it calf add
corn meal ns much n they will digest,
The feeder should watch the calves
and feed each . one ns It requires.
Some will digest more than other.
Do not wait until cold weather be
fore beginning to fatten the animals
that nre to he scut to tho shambles,
Now 1 tho time while the pastures
nre nutritious, a little extra feed will
accomplish what three time the
.amount will not do w licit It I cold
and tint grass frost bitten.
Everything thut Increases the com
fort of an animal pays.
Tho uuuuvunco from files tuny Imj
very much lessened by dipping u
sMiitgo In soapsuds tu which a small
quantity of carbolic acid has licen
mixed and nibbing the cows all over,
Sboihfly ointment 1 ono of thu best
tilings.
Tint better a cow la cared for, and
tho liotler the system of feeding, the
more protltahle she will bo In every
way. .
There Is a growing demand for
sw'eot (insulted butter, but this must
bo put up lu dainty, hulf-pouud prints
nud tnken directly to the consumer.
Tho attractive wny In which butter
Is put up goes a long wny In swn ling
a gistd market, and this demand Is
growing every year. Dorothy Tucker
in rami Journal.
. FEED1XU VALUKS.-Thore Is. but
little difference In tho feeding vttluo
of flno wheat feed, such ns .wheat
middlings, aud Iho coarser feeds or
bran. Many who.it .brans ou the
market nre simply the Course brans
to-ground. This is done because
there Is a popular prejudice ngnlnsl
tho coarse, husky appearing brans.
Oue of three samples scut by B. H.
Mclean belongs to thnt class. From
tho small number of digestion experi
ment made in this country, It ap
pears that middlings nro somewhat
more dlgcstlhlo than bran, and for
this reason would bo more valuable.
When brans citn lie bought for from
$1 to $."t per ton less than the price
of middlings, they nre without doubt
the cheaper and better food for milch
cows. There Is considerable differ
ence In tho manutinl value of wheat
bran, which contains an average of
47 lbs of nitrogen, (10 of phosphoric
acid, aud ail of potash, while mid
dlings average 11, 52 and 14 lbs re
spectively. Prof, 0. S. Phelps.
Discontent Is the want of self-reliance;
It Is Infirmity of will. Kmerson,
Tho pnsslon of acquiring riches In
order to support a vnln expense cor
rupts the purest souls.- Fenelott.
A wlso man will desire tio more
than bo may get justly, use soberly,
distribute cheerfully, ttud leave cou
tontedly. Atom.
Earnestness Is the best source of
mental power; and deficiency of heart
is tho cause of many wen never be
coming great Bui wor. '
GRAVITY
AND
ETll
The Theory of J'rof.
Foster the Prophet.
He Tells Why. tie Moon
Floats in Space.
Why One llegwily Hotly In Altreld
by Another-Cometi and
Bepulslnn.
ft miiV IiA claimed Hint If gravity
Is a push the imsm would fall to the
....Pill 'I'll a iiumil I Uot like a Stolle
but I enveloped, by nil eloetrosphero
which I reltod by the electrtwphcre
,.t ii... ...irtl, 'ritl I orovetl by two
mugiiltlxed ball brought rear each
miier when their magnetic pnvcIots
or attnestpheres are pushed to tlm op-l Infectious
.sstlto hle of each and each ball K'H'"".?.'!1
,
repelled oy uie uiiht. js - -
oetlstn away from one bull, or what
is the same thing, charge otie bnll
, , .. i.i t, - it u
wllh negative ehs-trh lty, s It I
... .. .. . .
i-rroniHiiisly cnllHl, and the two Iwll
will fall together, or attract caeii
other; IncTease the clmrgd In each aud
win, i , . m
they will more forcibly nis i miii
other, '
For the above rensoim the tnoon
floats lu tho atmosphere of the enrth
iMs-niite the buoyancy of the chs-tro-sphera
1 tit greater reHllnnt force
than can 1st overcome by the push of
ether a It move toward the center
of the earth from all direction.
11. .in I... akVl.tlllll tl llV i.ltlt tlffltf
only btsly 1 attnuiiHl by niMher
while at a distance and thl attrac
tion turiisl l repitlsioii wueu ptrarer
begin
each other. Tiie npuiion i
ut..,t sti. .Is fc1.ktUktliliiMsl lllitatt
A comet hns tin lull w hen at Its
aphelion or farthest polut from the
sun. It tall begin to lengthen when
Hut comet meet the repulsion of tbe
Him' elistrosphcre. All comets do
uot go arouud the sun. Home ant so
forcibly retailed that they turn Iwick
before reaching the sun. When they
i-i"n- inn iiiiir .. .....
.u...... 1...... .lldiHit.MM, M... I lint-.. m,,imI,I.
ernhltt uias tho Incoming ether give
.1...... ut,ltl,.l..t,, ti,iit,.ttl,l, t.ft , .H .fa,
,f,-ll, .,lllti ,..,-,.-,,.,, w - -
tl,l, '1M,III,,I tin. Mlltl
Of coumo thet argimietil deend
on whether the earth and planet are
Increasing their gns matter or grow
ing. If they are not the theory aud
argtum-tii must fall.
Ortluslox scientists hold that sun
nud ohuiet wee originally bnll f
lire, now cooling and continually
smaller. That I the nebular theory
and tlm Ideas herein advanced are In
consistent with It aud one of the the
ories, at least, 1 nccssnrlly without
foundation.
If tha earth Is not Increasing In slxe
then geology I a lie. There are many
atrata lu the earth that are rooogulxiHl
a general; covering the whole earth.
One of them serte Is the conl men
ure. They extern! all around the
earth ami could not everywhere He
deeply burled If the earth was not
adding material to II surfmv.
Vegetation produce a vast Increase
to earth's matter every year am! It
cannot 1st claimed that vegetation
comes from the soil. The matter built
up lu vegetable growth come from
the atmosphere nud Is taken lu
through tho leaves. The sap never
nscends In vegetal ton but come from
the atmosphere aud runs down.
The atmosphere, .thus midst! by
vegetation, Is renewed by the conden
sations of the other and tints tbe
earth I constantly growing.
The mind cannot grasp the Im
mensity of the expansion of solid mat
ter to ether. or of the condensation
necessary, to reduce ether to solid
matter. The student of nature can
make no mistake In a supreme effort
to understand this part of the suli
Ject for It 1 tho basis of nil things
that man tuny kuow.
Although the question Is In doubt
among scientists 1 fearlessly assert
that lu Its original form, reduced to
atoms, or In that condition where It
I culled ether, there Is but ope kind
of matter.
It matters not how vastly this ether
may ls expanded an oomiinred with
the lightest of gasses It will have nil
necessary isiwer to create gravity If
It has snlllclent Velocity,
We ure used to measuring ower
by the isumd ami forget that velocity
Is the ltnisirtaut factor. A one pound
pull would lift the weight of the world
If the pull was given sulllclent veloc
ity. The power added by nn Increase
of veltsity Is as unlimited as the
isiwer of the lever.
Then It matters not Low attenuated,
how much expanded, the ether may
bo If It Is given sufttelent velocity tit
ward the ceitcr of the earth It will
have tho necessary force to create
gravity.
Electricity, mngnlllsm, ether readily
pass through solid matter. Electric
ity pnsses through some kinds of
matter more readily than through oth
ers, and when given great uioclty
Is Inclined to take the matter with It.
Ylhothcr tho ether In of the sum,, nn.
tore Is not certnlnly known but no
goon reason can lie assigned why
ether and electricity nre not the same,
as much so ns steam nud water and
ns the vehsity of steam gives to It a
power equal to water so dts's ether
have a power equal to electricity,,
As It Is the ether that gives to com
ets and planets their motions the
ether must, have vastly greater veloc
ity thau tho swiftest comet. The sun
moves about sixteen mMes per second.
Lights move JSO.M) miles per second.
The Incoming ether- of space must
have a much greater velocity than
light and this movement being toward
tho center of all orgnuiRed and grow
ing heavenly bodies presses every
thing toward their centers iu proper,
turn to their muss or density and this
pressure or push Is the cause of grav
ity. '
After the gross matter carried by the
ether has been absorbed by the earth
the residuum Is thrown off and be
comes what wo call electricity and the
effiH'ts of this electricity wo call mag
netism. ' ,, .'
Herein Is tho new nnd true theory.
It Is in accord with all known facts;
It. explains all the facts not iu accord
with tho tire theory; It gives the true
basis of all motion und ull life, Prof.
Foster
THE NEW DIPHTHERIA Cl ltE.
Statements ns to the Good Itcsuitn
of Its Use lu Other Countries.
Dr. M. O. Shakespeare of Philadel
phia, who has recently returned from
Paris nud Berlin, whore he has boon
devoting some time to the study of
tho newly discovered treatment for
diphtheria, snya thnt the use of dlph
tht iiuo, the nniue given to the mate
rial, hud lowered tho mortality from
diphtheria In those cities fully tll'tv
lcr cent Tha Press reports him it's
adding: , ,
"Deaths from this dcacaso are now
scarcely half the number to tmv o-lw.
en period thnt they were previous to
us use, iiipnuicnne is made rrom an
artificial culture of the diphtheria ba
cillus. This Is Injected Into the gont
or horse, both of which enjoy pntutal
i ...,(, noil itlnlillieHs ami lnt..
IIIOlMfUll " milTI'
rnltstl. Inoculating this nolmsl
. -
IllimlS" Ol iiiih nn nm cuuunt
...... . I... Hrt I lli'lii 1 llllllliltlll rnrnl,,..
diphtheria. After this Is established
Mm biiIiiiiiI Is bled and nn extract of
hi blisxl I made, which found to
have curntlve virtue fur diphtheria
lu human Ising. The portion of th
hlisiil used I the serum, ami a hypo.
(IituiIc Injtsihm f a fraction of a
centimetre of Ibis dlphtlnTliw ban tlm
r, n u it. a on mtn iiu -nit-iiisirfc
l.. lu lrl. an.t Iti-rllli tl.aaol 11,1m ..I
ltT ,( . " ........ --t,...an, .
dividing the mortality that Is to ssr,
It t scarcely half what It was uudcr
oilier treatment.
"DIphtlicHuw l nio succe-fnitjr
used as a prevent Iva For lustniii-e,
If a esse tM'ctir iu a house, nil the
memlstr of the family are Ims uhttcd
and tlm spread of tho dUttiso In
sto;istl.
"The principal reason we ltnv not
used It hem is thnt tt is a new discov
ery, it wu discovered atsiut thrt-
yiNirs ngo, and ha tsn lo us,, in
Berlin slsuit onu year ami lu Pari
nlstut two year,
(esrt uisM dlphlherlurt and It
IW WITH lim'M wiiiPf hw wrm jijr
gh'tilc ctrtigres sf BudnM-t by lr.
Itoiix of tho Fflittetir Itmiltute, Part;
Dr. Is'filer of the I'ulvendty of
Oroufswald, who dlscovcml th ba
cillus lulH-milosIs, and Dr. Iw-hrlug
i1 tli tiiMtlliifi, for I'irtiffiiftiMiM uii.l
llinsiious inscastn in imtiid, who is
overi'r oi me cnrniivo projs-r-this
serum, It is a commou
i u oi mm wruiii. it w t-oiiiinou
,iW f niedlcHie that UW stfUltl fomi
of bliss! of an uulmal which ha ls--n
rciidert-d luimime from a &mm is
sistifle for that disease. Ihl I
m , ,,, 11T)H( dlo,lw ntf ti-tnuu.
I n
III oiiiiiin-rni, ciioiith, anu u-iaiitia.
I also twin io oe iroe tt. typooiil
i rover, ami u nas is-n rouna i iw a
Id cwiugfcitw and lf.--;
I itlMi-HM-s that The bio,! KITIIIO l,t
er. nun it nas ist-n rouna to is a
Hitioii that ho tool .n.-tt (iL,
I either nrtlfiiiully or naturally. Is a
issiflc for that disease. Experlmout
,,n, ,ov n",,7 mi 1-iiuiiKH, I,,, V, " ,T,
to determine about scarlet fever."
Ill LEV AND FOE.
Whlicomb Itlley, early In bis career,
met w'th the experience common to
young author, particularly writer of
verse. Bellt vliig that hi production
would ImVtf Ih-cii well receive- had
tllV IhmHI Wt-tltl.il htf ttlt Blltli,, .1.
I ready famous, ho decided to test hi
1 ,...,1 a .. . , . . ,. . ..
im'iici oy linKHM-nig a pis-in iu intlta
tloii of Edgar A. Poo and publishing
It a a newly discovered iuenusTlpt
of ttiat author. The result wu "Lod
slule," wrIMeu tiai the Hy-leaf of a
worn copy of A lu worth's Latin dic
tionary. ,
Thl -m was first printed In the
I nunoiff,, ikiii. j iMsjmicu vj armrige-
I ........ u 1. 1. .1. .j ...... a a.
t.-..l........ ,,...1 , t.t ....u t. . ..
I ilerson, now auditor of Indiana, who
I l..l a..,( I. . a ... a.. . .
had full knowledge of tho fact con
nected Willi this literary hoax. It
wa extensively copied nnd so clever
was the Imitation that American and
English reviewer and even an emi
nent authority like Edmund Ktedman
pronouttcml tt genuine, and whou thu
name of Hie leal author was dis
closed, Ktislumii still maintained thnt
the poem was iinqiiesiioi.ablgr written
by Pis'.
This ss'in was Whlicomb Itlley"
Ininsluetlou to the world Of letter.
Ill work had merit which tho world
wu willing to concede. The follow
ing I the iss-iii iu full:
LEOXAIXIE.
Leotittlnio-'imgol uamcd her;
Aud they titok the light
Of the laughing star aud framed her
In a smile of white;
And they made her hair of gloomy
Midnight, aud her eye of bloomy
MiKinshlne, aud they brought her
to me
In the solemn night
In a solemn night of summer,
When my heart of ghsmi
Blossomed tip to greet tho comer
Like a rose In blistm;
AH foretsMlluga that distressed me
I forgot a Joy caressed me
(Lying Joy! that caught . ami
pressed mo
In the anus of doom!)
Only spake the little llspo?
lu the a ugol tongue;
Yet I, listening, heard her whisper
"Songs nre only ming
Here ls-low thnt they may grieve
you
Tales but told you to deceive you
So must lHuialnle leave you
W'lille her love Is young."
Then Ood smiled and It waa morning.
Matchless and supreme,
Heaven's gloryseniHHl adorning
Earth with It esteem,
Every heart but mine seemed
gifted
With the voice of prayer, and
lifted
Where my Loon a I tile drifted
From mo like a dream.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
Very, little change in etther condi
tions or vulueu can be found In the
bop market, am! the published ro
jKtrt of rather extensive trading at
this place at ten cents Is a canard.
Although there have leen transac
tions ut terms that were withheld
from the public, we have It on pretty
gtssl authority that not more than
.S.14 cents have Is-en paid for any
goods on this market since long be
fore tha harvest begun. The geueral
dlsK)sltlon of growers is to sell, am!
dealers are buying moderately and
within tho -mir-O brewers. Little
business 1 lsing done for future de-llvcry.-Hamllton,
X. Y Sentinel.
Advices from England and Ger
many have reported a freer move
ment, of stock. This naturally baa
produced less pressure on the part of
holders to sell at present prices, am!
combined with a livelier Interest In
a general wny, has had a tendency
to advance prices slightly hi Enroiie.
In sympathy with these facts, our
domestic market bus Improved a lit
tle; however the balance. of business
very limited and export denmn.l
also of a moderate nature, so that
unless the denuiml Improves there la
market '0 m,piMrt m lvanclnjf
(iileugo quotations of Paclile's good
to choico ure 1) to He.
CHAINS OF , COLD. ' ;
There Is uo worship where there is
no joy,
Duty by habit Is to pleasure turned.
Hrydgcs.'
Zl- m,,u and
iitoaU 'vleiS 18 qHH,,fltd
n Agretuible advice Is stidom useful
advice. Mitsslllou.
History Is but the unrolled scroll
of prephoey;--Cartlold.
We do not know what !ally good
or bad fornine.-BousseauT
No man etiu hato another without
hurting hlmself.-Uam's Hrn.
' Thought ts. deeper than all sieeeh:
fettling dwper than aU thought
Crauch.
What the fool docs in the end, Uie
wise muu does lu tbe begiuulmr
Spanish proverb.
All noble enthusiasms pass through
a feverish stage, and grow wiser aud
more serone.-Chnunlng.
Lifo is but a short day; but It Is
a worktug day. Activity may lead to
evil; but Inactivity cuuuot lead to
good. Hauunh More.
If nobld actions are the substauce
of lifo. good sayings nre Its ornament
and gutde.-O. Simmons.
, n,S(l.(,'"l fiy8: "Honesty Is the best
imllcy." Virtue says: l do not care
whether It is the bopt policy or not;1
,r?Khj' thwefore I will be honest."
' l ut off repeuumeo unUl tomorrow,
;0 Vf"t