RUTK Che stood breast hiprh nmong the corn, ' Clasp'd by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won. On her chock an autumn (lush Deeply ripen'd such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn, I Bound her eyes her tresses fell, Which were the blackest none could tell, But long lashes veiled a light That had else been all too bright. And her hat, with shady brim, Made her trossy forehead dim ... Thus she stood nmid the stooks, Praising God with sweetes looks. ' Sure, I said, Hoav'n did not mean Where I reap thou shouldst but glean; Lay thy sheaf adown and come Share my harvest and my home! Thomas Moore. THE IIUBY HEART. TJXT JESSICA had been round the ) world more than 1 once. She had been what is Vulgarly called a "globe trot ter.' In her day she had collected many rare and curi ous and beautiful things; but now ishe was aji old woman, and her time was come to die In the great silent house, filled with the furni ture that had belonged to Aunt Jessi ca's forbears many score years ago, and enriched by the spoils of ninny lands, brought home by the encrgetjc hands of Aunt Jessica herself. There was one treasure above all that I coveted, and that I would have sold my soul to have had for my own my cousin Edith. As for the money well, I am not more disinterested than most people; but I would rather have had Edith without a penny than all Aunt Jessica's money without Edith. William and Bertram and I were sit ting In the dining-room. Edith was above, helping poor mint In the liard work of dying. Three raps came on the floor. We knew they were a signal that ve were to go up, and that aunt had asked for us; and up we went. "I have left everything divided among you four," she said; "and the ruby heart Is to go to whichever of you three boys can find It." She spoke slow ly and with dllllculty. . I remembered the Jolly old days when Bhe used to come and see us at school and tip us, and I wished that death and time could have been more merciful. She went on. "You know It has a charm to make you happy In your love. It would have made me happy, but he died, and It hadn't a chance to do Its work; and now my time's conn. It has been weary waiting." And with that the first and last hint we ever had of a romance In my aunt's life site turned her wrinkled old face to the pillow with a sigh like a tired child's, and there were only four of us left In the room. After the funeral and the reading of the will we three men set to work to find the charm. "I shall take the library and aunt's bed-room first," said Bertram. As these were the rooms she had most used, I Imagine he thought he had made the best choice. "You other fel lows can arrange as you like!" William chose the dm wing-room and the guest chamber, ami they took the whole day searching systematically Inch by Inch for the ruby heart, I lie gan to look In the dining-room, but Kill th came In. "Do you care so very much for the ruby heart'.'" said she. "I confess 1 should like to find it," 1 answered. "Shall I help you to look'" She pulled out a book or two from the shelves In an aimless, desultory way, ami then said: "It's very sui;hmy out of doors, don't you think V" So we went on the river. The ncxa day 1 began to look for the heart again. Edith sent her duenna companion (who had once been her governess) to ask me If 1 did not think It would be nice to drive. Of course I said 1 thought It would, and off we went. That evening shv asked Bertram ami William If they would like to come out next day to siv some ruins. "Thanks," suld Bertram, "but 1 think my first duty to my poor aunt's mem ory Is to find that heart." "llrsldiw," said William, who never bad much sentiment, like Bertram, "It's worth thousands of pounds, 1 believe." "To say nothing of the charm," I added. "But you'll come, Wilfrid?" she said, looking at me with her soft gray eyes. "Of course," I answered. Bertram and William scowled at mo. They would have given their cars, their lives, anything, In short, but their chances of a ruby heart worth thou sands of pounds for the privilege that was to be mine to-morrow. To be In love w ith cousin Edith was a mode, a fashion, nmong us. Besides, Edith was now an heiress. "As soon as I have fulfilled dear aunt's last wishes," said Bertramhe talked, the silly fool, as If aunt had wished him to find the heart-"! shall le only too glad to nmtmpnny my cousin Edith on any excursion she may lropose." "So shall 1," said William. So Edith and I went to the ruins alone together. "1 hope 't tltnn not seem like disre- upect to poor aunt's memory," she said, as we drovi? snugly back In the dog cart that evening, "our going out like this, Itfefef Btit I couldn't bear to stay in the old house alone where she was so kind to me. It's better to go out, and I'm sure she would have wished it." I felt that It was foolish of me not to make an effort to find the ruby heart. So next morning I got up very early and came down before the servants were about. I had pulled out half the drawers of the Chinese cabinet and looked into them, when my heart leap ed Into my mouth at the touch of a hand on my shoulder Edith's! "Still after that wretched ruby!" sue said. "How you waste your time!" "Why? Don't you think I shall find It?" "I don't know," she said, looking at me with her eyes wide open, "but I don't think you will find It there, be cause Bertram has been through that three times already. Did you ever eat strawberries before breakfast and gather them yourself." So we went Into the kitchen garden and ate strawberries till the gong ran,; for breakfast. Bertram and William were getting quite sulky and' savage from the non-success of their search, and the little time I had devoted to It annoyed them. "I believe," said Bertram, with nn air of gayety, a little overdone, "that Wilfrid thinks he knows where the heart Is, and that he can put his hand on it at any moment." "I wish I could," I said. ' "So do I," said Edith, almost In the same breath. "You wish Wilfrid to find the heart"' said William. "Why?1 "Oh, no. I don't mean Wilfrid; I meant at least Well, we shall all be glad when it's settled one way or the other, siian't we'" I had never told Edith I loved her, because I didn't know how my aunt was to leave her money, and If Edith was to Ik.' heiress of the whole but anyone will understand my reasons. It was a week after aunt's funeral that I went Into the rose garden, where Edith was snipping roses into a bas ket. "I've been looking for the heart again," I said, "but I haven't found it." "No," she answered, "and I don't sup pose you will. Would a Glolre de Dijon be any compensation?" She began to stick one in my coat as she spoke. Her slender waist, in 'Its black gown, was very near my left arm, where she stood. "I will take the bud," I said, "but not as compensation for the heart." "Don't you think," she asked me, "that It might 1m; iiossible to live hap pily without a charm to help you?" "No," I said, "not without a charm to help you. But ruby hearts are not the only charms In the world." My arm fell on her waist. "Let them find their ruby heart! Lot them chop It Into plces and divide it between them and' sell the bits," said 1. "And you are content with what you have?" she asked. "1 am content with what I have," I answered, and my other arm went round her. They never found that ruby heart, though the poor old house was tapped and tested from top to txtttom. At last, wearied out, they took the portion of goods that fell unto them and went, fortunately for us, Into a far country. And Edith and I were married. We didn't go on a wedding tour, but came straJglit back to the dear old house. On the evening of our wedding day we walked In the moonlight through the rose garden to listen to the night ingales. 1 slopped to hold her In my arms on the very spot where 1 had first kissed her. and the light shawl she wore round her bead and shoulders fell back. ''what's that you have round your neck?" I said, for something darkened amid the while laces on her breast. She did not answer. I put up my hand, touched with a thrill the white ness of her neck, and found In my lin gers the ruby heart! "Then she gave it to you," I said; "It is yours?" "She gave It into my keeping," an swered Edith, dropping her chin till her lips rested on my hand; "but she left it to the man who should find It." "And I have found It here!" The Argosy. Once Wasted. Modern man Is gradually waking up to the fact that ho can utilize every thing. Coal Is not only a source of heat and light, but a storehouse of colors, tastes, medicines, perfumes and explosives. 1'iviii HO pounds of gas tar In n ton of coal over l'.ooii district shade- of aniline dyes are made. The same substance furnishes qui nine, autlpyrlne. ntivphlne, morphine and a host of other drugs. Of I'erfuntes there can be obtained hcllotiMplnc. clove, queen of the mead ows, cinnamon and bitter almonds, camphor and wlntergreen. It gives to us belllte and plcrlte, two powerful explosives, and supplies flav oring extracts which cannot be told from currant, ri:splcrry, pepper and vanilla. Scientists also get from the civil tat IxMi.lno ami naphtha and the photog rapher gits from It his hydroquinone and llkonogeti. It givts forth parallln, pitch and cre osote, material for artificial paving: saccharin, which Is IjlN) times sweeter than sugar; lampblack, material fot ml Inks, oils, varnish, rosin and a great supply of ammonia. Mr. Holiday "So you think that you would like to take the ihisIUoii of su perintendent of the works? Don't you think It iH'tter for you to seek a more humlde place at first?" It olio "Why, sir, you have told me that thore Is al ways plenty of room at the top. Surely, you would not have me crowd the worthy men who arc lower down." Boston Transcript. CROKER WITHOUT FEAR. The Tammany Leader Once "Swam Ont Among a School of Sharks. It Is said that Richard Croker, the Tammany boss, Is a man absolutely de void of physical fear and to prove it a story is told of his great nerve. Some years ago a New York news paper printed an article which stated that the talk of sharks eating human beings was all rubbish; that they were afraid of men and would swim away in consternation if a man were suddenly to appear before them. Among those who became Interested In the matter was Mr. Croker and he declared the KICTIAKD CROKER. only way to settle the controversy which the article started was to put a live man In front of a shark and watch the result. He further remarked that some day he would find out for himself. One winter or two later Croker de cided to spend a few weeks In Florida and he was accompanied on the trip by Andrew Freedman, now president of the New York Base-Ball Club. Not far from St. Augustine there Is a place where sharks may often be seen lying motionless In the space between the shore and the bar. The water Is almost always as clear as glass, and the huge fish are plainly visible. The first time Croker saw the sharks at this point he told Freedman he was going to find out whether they would eat a man If they got a chance. Next day he and Freed man went out there again, taking with them two good-sized chunks of raw beef, one of which they pin on a big hook, Intending to use the meat as a bait and haul In the first unlucky fish that should venture on a nibble. But owing to the powerful though smooth and quiet ocean swell, It was Impossi ble to throw the bait out far enough to attract the attention of the sharks. This was tried and tried again, but to no purpose; every time the baited hook was cast It was brought back by the Irresistible force of the long swells. Finally Croker (rot tired, and seizing a piece of beef In his hands ho ran out as far as ho could, then gave a dive, and with half a dozen Impetuous strokes swam out to the group of al leged man-eaters, and dropped his bur den before them. Freedman was dumfounded, and shouted to his friend to come back at once; but almost before he could get the words out of his mouth Croker was again standing on shore, dripping and breathless, having got away from the sharks with all possible speed. "But the sharks hurried away as fast as my friend Dick did," Freedman al ways says In winding up the story, "from which I conclude that they were worse frightened than he; In fact, he didn't seem frightened at all." Croker thinks the incident proves that sharks are afraid of man. There are probably few, however, who would believe this evidence conclusive. COWS TO WEAR BUTTONS. Small Silver Undue Attached to the Uur us u Health Certificate. Everybody else has had a chance at the button fad and now It Is the cow's turn. Those of them that are In good health must be decorated with buttons, whether they will or no. Arrangements have been made by the health authorl- ti2S'..',i.i .... ' ,1 vl evkn Tim cows wraii hvttoxs. ties of Alameda County, California, to submit the cows In all dairies of the county to the tuberculin test, and those that pass the test successfully will have a small silver button attached to the ear as a badge showing their healthy condition. Cattle that caunot pass the tost will be killed. Love nml Denth Broke His Vow. For more than twenty years William 11. Jorolatnon, of Morristown, X. J., was silent In his home, says an ex change. He made a vow and kept It until death faced him. Then he broke the oath, spoke to his wife, kissed her and died. One day back In the '70s, after n trilling quarrel, he said to his wife: "I'll never speak to you again as long as I live." At that time he was oS years old. He kept his vow and lived on, utterly Ignoring the woman who had shared his Joys and sorrows so long. They lived In n cottage at Mount Arlington, Morris County; but, as far as Jorolameu was concerned, It was as If his wife was not living. She bore the slight without a mur mm mur. He dined In silence and alone, and so did she. Often Mrs. Jerolamen had to speak to her' husband In refer ence to household affairs, but he never answered. He was a church member, being one of the organizers of the Mount Arling ton Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1874 the town was divided on the ques tion of prohibition. The old man tried to induce the members of the church to Indorse the cold water ticket at thn town election, but they refused. He swore that he would never go to church again. He kept his word In this as he had toward his wife. Thus his life went on in silence and gloom until a recent Monday. Then he could not arise In the morning, for pneumonia had laid Its grip upon him. He was 80 years old and he felt that he could not recover. His wife bent over him with the love that all his harshness had never killed. He saw the light in her eyes, and feebly essay ing to take her hand he sobbed: "Dear, I'm so sorry. Will you forgive me?" Forgive him? Would she? Kneeling by the dying man's bedside, she wept softly, while he, with tongue freed at last, rambled on deliriously about old times. She did not leave him until the end came. He died with his hand in hers and a look of happiness that his face had not borne In twenty years. FORMS A HUMAN HEAD. Queer Figure Outlined by the Tiny Leaves of an Ivy Vine. Ivy Is known to be a ry accommo dating creeper and often forms queer figures of Its own free w 11, but the vine in the yard of James Hughes of Philadelphia Is the queerest of th( queer. The sketch shows the form out lined by the tiny green leaves. Many people visit Mr. Hughes' house to find out how the strings are arranged, but it would take an exceedingly fine niem ory to retain the plan so as to produce a similar effect. Some of the visitors A. STRANGE TRELLIS OF IVY. have made a sketch of the entire vine, but as yet none has reported his suc cess in copying the oddity. A Practical Test. Dom Tedro, the last emperor of Bra zil, was a man of a practical turn of mind, as the following story told of him well Illustrates, says Harper's Hound Table. He once gave an audience to a young engineer who came to show him a new appliance for stopping railway engines. The emperor was pleased with the idea, but wished to put it to a practical test. "Day after to-morrow," said he, "have your engine ready. We will have It coupled to my saloon-carriage and start. When going at full speed I will give the signal to stop and then we will see how your Invention works." At the appointed time all was in read iness. The emperor entered his car riage, the young inventor mounted his engine and on they sped for several miles as fast as they could go. There came no signal, and the engineer be gan to fear that the emperor had fallen asleep. Suddenly the engineer came to a sharp curve around the edge of tho cliff, when, to his horror, on the track directly ahead of them the engineer saw a huge lxwhlcr. lie had just sutllclent presence of mind to turn the crank of his brake and pull the engine up within a couple of yards of the fatal block. Here the emperor put his head out of his car window and demanded to know the cause of the sudden stoppage. The engineer lKiintod to the rook, anil, much to his surprise, Dom I'edro began to laugh. 'Tush It to one side and go on," he said, calmly. The engineer obeyed and kicking the stone was still further astonished to see It crumble Into dust before him. It was nothing more nor less than a block of starch which the emperor had had placed on the rails the night be fore. Onions for Brides, Among the Greeks the onion was for merly used at marriages, a Jar of len tils, one of snow nud one of onions be ing spoken of as gifts to the daughter of King Cotys upon the occasion of her marriage to Iphlorates, In some places, even now, onions are throwu after brides, as Is rice in our land. In tho south of England tills patri archal plant wius used by girls to divine their future husbands. When the on ions were purchased for this purpose It was necessary for the purchaser to enter the sllop by one door and go out by another; It was, therefore, Impor tant to select a greengrocer's shop which had two doors. Onions bought in this careful way, If placed under the pillow on St. gliomas' eve, were warranted to bring visions of the fu ture husband. Country girls were also wont to tako nn onion and name It after St. Thomas. It was then peeled and wrapped In a clean handkerchief, after which, plac ing It carefully on their heads, the maids would say: Good St. Thomas do me right And let my true love come to-night. That 1 nmy look him in the face And him In my fond anus embrace. Chautuunuua. You can? be cured f M MEN If you suffer from any of the ills of men, come to the oldest Specialist on the Pacific Coast, j DR. JORDAN & CO.. 1061 Market St Est'd 1862. I Younff men and middle t AlTftu ill A it wlirt are cutierinff 1 from the effects of youthful indiscretions or ex- i cesses in maturer years. Nervous and Physical in all its complications; NrHTiJiatorrliflCft, jrroftiniorriKrii, Ufiiri-tiWA, Wieei, , Frequency of frliiutiitnr. efc Bv a I combination ot remedies, of yreat curative pow- , er, the Doctor has so arranged his treatment ' i that it will not only afford immediate relief but , permanent cure. 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