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V5K! ' iys w."1! 0WN. DEATa'
' ft.tinwiDB poems were written by Fanny
I, ,,W1m dM ao. alter a brief
D'1" i n7; o mo mouths. 1 be ou suit tied "lu
w()Jea wrllU)U (Ofon wbo hid gone be-
""""Tjldin "ba .bewrote It thaler.
"H'w UUgbi kbO would Join ber Uleud.l
u ht does It miller, or blame, or priiH?
" ,fl8r tm measured by weary dsys-
tloy have measured "r paltry leog:h.
n. liekt rx" eat, "! ,be K,n cl,7'..
I (klbl corl pleolan. Dirk end Hill
Th.Dliice grow lutui awful hour.
AiKe bui lb crumble bcueaty ibc hill.
p.iot ind peasant, ill Ihe earns
in ibis drf-kl moment tbn comofcio til.
a muUelrntKe without a soul,
rtllld ind aiioal beneath lb pill.
statesman, icbolir, Uborer. clod.
tm drouo ind the worker-all Ihe nme.
a handful of dust thit li Uld iway
X0Biixwltbtbdal liom whence ltcimo.
what doe It matter, love or hateT
A word s fawnl.., i fils. word'l smilt?
H.arllahl or shsdow, ralu or mnf
niieU naught lu i little while.
v
Theilftd gay voles Is boshed ind dumb,
Tho smiling eye are bidden
Keith I'NdlidJ. Whit mitter now.
betb-.i Ihe iboroi. or a regal crowit
Into tie mv'tcry nono may know.
The treed ioui flies (rum the noli ind Jtr
Of a bitter wotJd. Wbo mows the goal
Whelner gulf or i sumaer itw?
ELr-WBOUOHT.
1 mule i grave deep In i lonely ipot,
And covered It with rue: yet there to-day
I lound Unglt of fair flue ind bud,
Wooralug. ud rlutoiu, ind sweet May.
I wove mysolf garment of spent signs.
And did myself fr.-in bead to foot with pilu;
But In the woofone circle faint imile
Kent It, hum hem to (ombre Hem, in twiln.
I rooftid'my home with clnude, md sat In grief
wetcblngthe dull, gray hours drag ilowly by,
V hen suddenly l glory tempted me,
Andralnbjw arohed with gem the sullen
. eky. :
0. poor, weik eoul I with -thine own telf
wrought hed,
Take but in cigar upward step towird light,
Be brareand atroug to lift thy dragging toul,
And beaten will open to thee grand ind
whim.
DEATH IX THE TIT.
Amy Glover was the prettiest lass in
tie village, and I loved her, but, as for
tbat, all the young chaps were of the
game mind, but she never looked at one
more than another. One day there was
no work In tho pit for my gang, and so I
made np mind that I would go and have
it out with Amy. I sot out with a brave
enough heart, but just as I reached, the
cottage, who ihonld come out but Amy
herself, looking prettior than ever; but
appearing so suddenly she dashed my
spirit, and I hadn't a word to say to her.
"Why, Charley, what is the mattor?"
she exclaimed, in a frightened sort of a
way.
"Well, it is just this," I eaid. And I
thoro came to a foil stop."
"Is anything wrong with Jack?" she
asked, eagerly. . , . .
"Jack!"
"Yes; he is down in the pit, and they
say it is foul, which makes me and mother
very uneasy. You have not heard any
thing?" "No," I answered steadier now that I
could comfort her. "He is all right.
You mustn't mind what old women say.or
you'll be lookin' for a blow up every
day in the year, when there is nothing
more than common. I haven't come
about Jock; it is about myself."
Sho looked at mo; thon her ohoeks
flushed, and she turned away.
"I want to toll yon how I love you; I
can't Bay all I want to, but here I am,
and I wouldn't change myself for a king,
i you will take me juBt as I am."
"Aii, you don't know how you pain
mo," she auswered.
"Don't say that, Amy; but if yon have
pity in your heart show it to me, and I
will cherish you faithfully to the day of
my death."
'"It is no nse. L can never rairry a
pitman.: I gave thepiomiso to mother
and Jack over tho graves of my father
and three brothers, all killed at one
time." ' ' ' ";
She then looked at me through a mist
of tears, and I turned and left hor with
out a word
I felt as if the sun would never shino
for me any more; I thought I might as
well be in my grave as to try to live
there. Why shouldn't I go to York
shire or Derbyshire, or even to tho dig
gings in Australia, for that matter? The
notion of it gave me a littlo spirit. .It
turned my thoughts, and I stepped out
more briskly, going straight home. I
hadn't much to settlo there, only to bid
good-bye to the people I had lived with,
and I soon came out, pack in hand, and
began my tramp. .
"I was walking on, when suddenly the
nir ranffvwith a crash which shook
the ground. I knew what it signified;
such sounds denote but one result in tho
Black Country, and, throwing down my
pack, darted off to the pit. .
It didn't seem a minute before .1 came
to the dust heaps round the pit's month,
but some were there before mo, and the
peoplo were rushing from the village in
a stream.- Tho smell from the pit almost
throw tnd'down as I camo np, and I had
to get mf breath a littlo when three or
four of us crept on to, the mouth and
looked down.YTho explosion had .de
stroyed the c'ace, but it hadn't injured
the Bignal-rope; henco a means of com
munication remained for any one imme
diately 1)elow. As soon as I saw this I
proceeded to rig a cross bar, and pres
ently had it ready.
"just lower me gently; I may pick uy
one or two, if there's any near," I said to
two banksmen.' "
"You can't pro down there yet, said
the viewer. How many are there in the
pit?"'.'"'
"Half an hour ago there were fifty;
but I'm thankful to say that they all
camo np but then," replied tho time
keeper, f ' ,
"And they are lost, for there will be
another explosion . presently," said tlie
viewer
"I'll go down anyhow,"I said doggedly;
"and if no one will lower me, I'll jump
down," t . .
A gooil many were on the heaps now,
and two or three called ont, "God bless
you. God bless yon,' dear laa." The
tankmen lowered me down, and I sank
through the mputh of the pit. A Davy
lamp was tied -round my wrist, and I
held a rope in my hand, so that I might
signal to be hoisted ap, if the air became
foul. But I had no intention of going
back nbtil I had searched the pit and as
certained if there were any alive. One
thing, I didn't care about my own life;
til aac'J.cr.1 wcull Uyc been mUsed
to face the folks ' above 'Nvitbouf
doing something, so I felt impatient that
they lowered me at sucba suail's paco.
I kept looking up and down to measure
the distance yet to be traversed. But uy
progress was notified by tho increasing
density of tho air which began to affect
my I reathiiig; and as I went down I was
obliged to shift my face from side to
side to make a little curreut. At last
my feet pouched the gronnd.
I looked around as I jumped off tho
straddle, and saw the furnace was out.
which put t stop to tho ventilation of
the mine, and no air entered exoept by
the shaft. The stench was overpowering
and from this and the siletico I guessed
the worst. It was evident that the ex
plosion had killed the horses, for no
sound came from tho stables, which
were close to tho shaft; and what hopo
could there be for human beings ia a
distant part of tho pit? I did not stand
to make these reflections; I was working
forward as they passed through my mind.
I knew the old pit blindfolded, but whut
with the gloom and my shortness of
breath, I was some minutes scrambling
to the incline. When I reached the first
gallery I pushed open the trap and went
on a fow Bteps, but my lamp was "allre"
and I knew the atmosphere was so much
ganpowdor. As I stumbled along it
came into my head what Amy had said
about Jack being in the pit. I rushed
forward like mad; my foot struck some
thing; I bent over w'lat appeared to bo
a corpse, and tho gleam of my lurab fell
upon its face. It was Jack. I caught
him in my arms, and with tho strength of
of a giant and the speod of a doer
hardly conscious, hardly breathing I
made a dash for tho shaft.
It was easier work going back, when
yon were in the main or horse road, and
I found that Jack was breathing when I
reached the shaft. The discovery kept
all my senses at work without my seem
ing to notice it. I only folt that there
would bo another explosion. I plaood
Jack on the straddle and tied him hand
and foot; then pulled tho. signal rope,
and as the poople above haulod the
tackle, I hung on by my arms. ' ' '
It wasn't till we had reached twenty
feet np that I felt tho strain of standing
on nothing; bnt from that moment it be
came terrible. My bands seemed ready
to snap, and my bead spun round in an
agony. I watched the mouth of tho pit
till my eyes swam, and I thought I must
drop before I reachod the top. Then
they began to hoist faster; I could see
the walls of tho shaft; I could feel the
purer air; I heard voices; and presently
strong arms caught me, and I was lauded
on the bank.
They had Jack off tho straddlo before
you could look round, and he was carried
away, whilo they raised my bead and
poured a little brandy into my mouth.
I called out for the viower.
"What is it, Charley ?" he aBked, bend
ing over me.
"Everybody away from the mouth of
thfpit, sir," I said.
"You Bre right; it will como ia a min
ute or two," he answered.
They got me to tho top of tho bank,
when I heard a scream, and there was
Amy trying to throw herself on her
brother, but kept bank by tho other
women. Sho never glanood at mo. I
wished then that I had stayed in tho pit,
or let myself drop from tho boras I
camo up", and so escapod seeing her
again. I)ut I had made up my mind
that I had looked on her for tuo last tiuio.
I told my holpors that I could walk now;
and when they let go my arms I turned
toward the moor intending to piok up
my pack and drag on to the next village.
But I could no more walk five miles than
I could flv. When I camo to my pack I
sat down by it and folt that I must give
up. I was so beat that though the sec
ond explosion at the pit shook tho
ground under me, I didn't lift my head.
All I thought of was lying quiet. By
degrees I recovered a liltle strength, and
my thoughts took me to my old lodging,
whero I decided to rest before I set out
on my wanderiags.
Tho dny passed, and tho night, and the
next day, and I was still in bed, tho good
folks of tho house attending mo like a
child. My limbs, which had been racked
by pain, now folt easy, and I wa3 ready
for a start again. But I thought there
would be opposition, so I got np very
quiet, and wos putting on my things
when the door opened and in camo Jack
Glover.
' "Hilloa, Charley, here we arel" he
cried, seizing my band and giving it a.
hearty squeeze. " Wbo would have
thought of us two chaps boing alivo to
day ?"
"Well, Jack, I am glad for you, but I
shouldn't have cared for mysolf.".
"How's that?"
"I have something on my mind."
"YouT'he said, laughing and giving
me a littlo push. "Here, sit down rnd
have a pipe, and it will all go off liko the
smoke." "
"I don't caro if I never smoke again,
I said, savagely.
'Now, I'll tell yon what it is; you vo
boen having a tin"' with oifr Amy, ' said
Jack.
"I haven't." - ;
"Well, yon know best about that, but
yon were seen talking with her. and sho
had a crving fit directly after. And when
she heard from me that it was you who
brought me up from the pit, sho fainted
in my arms.V
"Didn't she know that till yon told
her?" I asked.
"No."
"Then IH just tell yon about her and
me," I said.
i I was a long time telling it, but Jack
sat up as if he was listening to a play or
a sermon at chapel. I told him of the
feelings Amy had raised in my heart;
told him how I had watched for her,
thought of her, dreamed of her, and,
finally, recounted our latest colloquy.
During the whole time Jack didnot move
a muscle, and not till I stopped for breath
did he put in a word. "
"Don't yon think yon have been a lit
tlo fast, old boy ?" he then said.
"now do you mean?"
"Why, in giving np so. Suppose when
Amy said she couldn't have yon, you had
put your arm around her waist and said
she must?"
The view had never struck me, and
rather took me aback.
"But there was her promise to you
and her mother neTer to get married to a
pitman." . , '
"So there was. But did you never
hear that promises were made to be brok
en?" "I can't say but I have," I muttered,
capping on taj bat.
i "Whore are you going? '. .. ,',
"You wait horu a minute."
With that I took two strides down the
stair into the road into Mrs. Glover's
cottage I stood oataide a minute, thon
I opened tho door, and the first thing I
saw was Amy sitting by hor mother, look
ing liko a ghost only ghosts never look
pretty. She gavo me one look, thon
started up and sprang into my arms. My
heart was so full I couldn't speak at first,
but I thought I must do something, so I
slipped my arm around ber waist, as
Jack recommeuded. Now I felt sore of
her, and of all the happiness the world
could give, and as my breast swelled
with pride and joy, I also began to bear
a little roalioe.
"Ah, Amy, if you had only loved me,"
I said.
She gently tightened her arms around
my neck.
"How happy we might have been," I
continued. ; ; .
" Then we can be, Charley," she res
ponded. ' ....
" How ? We can never marry, you
know."
The little Augers unlocked, and I felt
Amy fulling away, but I remembered
Jack's counsel and still held tight by her
waist.
"There's your promise to your mothor
and Jack; how aro we get over that ?" I
continued. -
"I forgot that," tailored Amy, as white
as a sheet.
"And what do you say to it, mothor ?"
I cried to the old lady.
Mrs. Glover roso ami took Amy's hand
and put it in mine.
'That's what I say to it," she said,
heartily; "and Jaok is of the same mind."
"Anil this is what I say to it," I cried,
giving the girl a kiss.
You won't be surprised to hear that we
were married the next week. And now I
am tho viewer of tho colliery ; and as for
Amy, she will tell you that, though she
has married a pitman, and has her ups
and downs like othor peoplo, there is no
happier woman in tho kingdom.
A Strange Story.
Strange stories have from timo to
time been related about jowels, rings and
even watches, found in fishes when
caught and openod, and subsequently
returned to ' their owners. W bother
these stories aro trno or not, 1, of
course, c:in not say, but I vouch for the
entire truth of tho following, related by
a clorgyman, himsolf tho hero of tho
story, to a wondering circle of listeners.
Though expectant of something strange
as a finale, they were by no means pre
pared for tho actual denoument:
"It was ono summer twilight," stid
he, "standing on a rustic bridge which
spanned a woll known trout stream
near my father's house, I won from a
girl tho promiso to bo my wife.
Sho was somothing of a ooqnctto, and I
had a rival in tho field; so to mako tho
matter sure to myself, and evident to
him and others, I drew from her baud a
ring which she had often declared hIio
would only give to her betrothed lover,
and transferred it to my own fingor.
" 'It was my mother's engagement
ring,' she said, half in earnest and half
playfully, and thora is a suporstition
connected with it. So long as yon keep
and wear it, we are engaged; but if you
lose or part with it in any way, tho on
gagomeut is broken."
"Some weeks after eho went away on
a visit, and then my groat consolation
'was to haunt tho spot on tho bridge
which had been our trysting place. Once,
leaning over tho railing and thinkiug of
ourbnlrothitl, I took from my finger tho
treasured ring, and gazing fondly on the
initials hers as well as her mother's
eugravon within. In attempting to re
place it, tho golden circlet fell from my
grasp and disappeared in tho waters bu
low. ..
"Only a lover under similar circum
stances can imagine how I felt. Day and
night I mourned, disconsolate, my lost
treasure; and my great dread was her re
turning and finding tho ring missiug.
Yet strange to stoy, I had a singular pre
sentment or intuition that I should some
day recover it -though by what means I
had no idea. ' ' ''
"Not long after, fishing In tho same
stream, some distance bolow the bridge,
I foil to thinking of my lost ring. If I
could only tish it up, and just thou thoro
was a quiver, a tuga pull and a strug
gle nt my line, and after some play
I drew out a fino largo trout. At the
sight of him tho thought suddenly and
unaccountably came to my mind that the
ring my lost ring was to be found
within his body.' I caanot account for
the feeling, but I know that it was
heightened into almost a conviction
when, upon grasping tho victim, I per
ceived on a portion of his bedy a singu
lar protuberance, and felt thero beneath
the skin something like a hard, foreign
substance. ' ,
"I seized my largo pockot olasp knife.
Eagerness made me cruel yet hot more
so than if I had left my victim to die a
slow and lingering death. . I put off his
head, and then, with trembling hands,
rippod open his body, and explored the
suspicious protuberanoa. My knifo
grated against something hard, and
I caught tho glitter of some shin
ing substance! Imagino my feelings,
when, with a beating heart and trem
bling hand I drew forth " ! i
"The ring, uuolo?" breathlessly in
quired Nellie.
"No, my dear. Only a pioce of green
glaB!" .:
The general consternation and indig
nation may be imagined.
The hnman will is one of the most re
markable of all the faculties of the mind.
To bo able toeay "I will," and carry out
the purpose conceived, even if it is not
very important, is something grand. To
conceive something noble and bo able lo
say, "I will do it," comes very near to
being divine. The amount of will power
in persons is different. Some have an
enormous amount of it, and it is almost
impossible to repress them when they
set out to do anything. Such persons
never get discouraged, but push on
Rteadilv and conqner. Others have so
little power of will that they are over
come Ly trifles, and faint away entirely
wben any great trial comes to them. A
powerful will generally indicates a pow
erful constitution, though this state
ment may , be modified by experience
and training; for a strong man with little
of these may have little of will-force,
and a weakly person with much training
may have a tremendous will, if onoe
aroused.
is
The Servant Girl's Side or the question.
Tho Detroit Post and Tribuuo of s lato
"Let nut t.'ll inn " miiil & ludr in tli
ritv. in itnnvnriiaiinn tvitli a rnnroiuihtit
tive of the Tost and Tribune, "it is a
groat mistake to treat 'the girl as it alio
were some kind of an animatod machine.
All possibilities are in tho power of the
hired girl. Sho can get up and leave on
washing day, or when you have company
and make you utterly wretched, or
sho can condescend to stay aud pour the
oil of peace on the troubled watets.
Thoro are well-bred people in this city
at hast they call themselves well-bred
who will shut the door coolly in the face
of hjred holp, remain at the table a half
hour after they have finished eating, and
likely as not leave no tea in the teapot
and no meat on the dish, so if tho hired
girl has not thought of herself she gets
oo meal at all, or a cold one."
i, . , . . ... i.
tv ny uoes tue gin Biay in suuu a
piacer
"She does not; and then tho lady has
a long story to tell of ingratitude and
improvidence and what not. I cun tell
you that the more real kindnocs and con
sideration the mistress shows, tho better
help sho will havo. We havo hnd ono
girl for three years, and I am sure sho
could not be induced to leave us. If I
go to a lunch party or a company ont, I
tell Kitty when I como homo all about
it. Ono need never descend to gossip
with their holp, but that is something
quite different. A friend of mine once
akcd me how I kept my girl in her
place. I told her I thought I did it by
making hor place my placo part of the
time, and interesting mysolf in her asso
ciates. I must tell you about her first
call on me. I bad a young lady visiting
me who opened the door in answer to a
ring. She came up to my room aud
said thore was a lady in the parlor who
wished to see me.
"A lady?" ''
"Well, yes; she looks like a lady, is
dressed liko a lady, and yet"
"Young, or old, Anna?"
"Oh, rather young; she did not offer
me hor card ; she looks like a foreigner."
I went down, and a serious, prepossessing-looking
girl rose to hor foot and
said:
"Aro you Mrs. ? I was told you
ncoded a girl. Mrs. sent me to you.
I am the girl who lived with her,
ma'am."
Klin n-na rlrnssed in Dale blue. BUinmcr
silk, wore kid gloves of a palo pearl gray
and carried a leamor-cugou ian. nur
dress was perfectly made and fittod bet
tor tlmn nnv of mine did: her hat was a
white chip, trimmed with marabout
feathers; her mannor was easy aim uoiu
ral. I looked at her bright blue eyes
with their block lashes; at her glosiy,
vigorous black hair, and said to myself,
"Irish beauty," and it wai.
I know the girl by repute; my friend
was breaking np housekeeping and was
anxious that I should reeeivo this treas
ure of a girl; but really when I saw her
I was afraid sho would not approve of
mo. I asked her if sho would liko to
look at tho kitchen, aud she said rdio
would. So J took her ont, showed her
tho pantries, wash room and kitohon
iifnmtr fin il nukod lmr if bIib thoucht the
place would suit wo had already agreed
as to terms.
"I would rather not give an answer
now, ma'am," she said. "Miss F- ,"
naming a lady who lived in niuou greater
stylo, "has offered mo fifty cents a week
more and less work t J do, but I don't
thitik I'll go thero, for whon I askod to
look at tho kitchen sho eaid if it was
good enough for hor it was good enough
for mo. If I do como, ma'am, I will bo
here Rt nino o'closk to-morrow niom-
inar." , .
"You may bo sure we wore anxious,
oontinned the lady, "but at nine prompt
ly sho came to tho sido door neatly
dressed in a plain calico, and from that
time to this Bhe has been with ns, and
I dread to think of ever parting with
hor."
"Would yon mind tolling what it is
that makes hor so valuable?"
"Certainly not; for one thing, and tho
chief ono in my estimation, she is an ex
nniinnt. rnV. Klin cannot only cook
fancy dishes, make salads and puddings
and get up dainty aiter-uinnor - mouus,
but she can cook common dishes in tho
most delightful manner. Hor methods
of cooking potatoes alone aro almost in
numerable You know it is not one
cook in a hundred that will boil or bako
iirnnllv. Tho baked wota-
toes aro always gritty and the boiled
potatoes soggy. . Now Kitty washes and
polishes and shampoos, as somebody ex
it lipr liiikftd notatoes boforo sho
bukes thorn, and cuts tho ends off bo
that they look ' like fruit. Her boilod
potatoes aro mealy and dry, and as to
mashed potatoes they como to tho tublo
in a pyramid, witu nuio cnumug wur
pies all over them full of melted butter,
and they are sweet and not a lump in
iu them. Her escallopod potatoes
aro the envy of all our lriomis. u i
go anywhero and see a new dish and de-
nriha it. in Kittv when I C0IU0 homo.
and she studios it out, and it is ofton
better than tho original.,IIer bread, tea,
biBcnit and breakfast rolls are always
good, and she excels in making fine
coffee.'? '
"And how much you pay this paragon
at a liir.trl oirlV"
"Three and a half a woek; does it seem
small to yon? Remomber thero aro only
three in the family and no children, and
aim AnpK miHtfiirs work onlv once a
week. She u very economical; buys
something good and makes it last, ftne
unnt ft-ifi tn her mother in Ireland for a
Christmas present, and has just sent hor
an Easter offering of $10 moro, and has
raoDcy of hor own at interest, i snow
one thing, Kitty will not "bo interfered
with or scolded.. She would leave a
placo in a moment if sho failed to give
Satisfaction. Besides , what I have told
vou she is neat, very careful about
firofiliinfr An A waHtincr. and thoroughly
ionest. 81m takes her own time to do
her work, and I pevr bnrry her. , If a
friend comes into dinner or tea I need
r.nlv i.n Kittv what I would like: it is
e l on the table at the moment perfect
ly cooked and served.
"Do you not take any credit to your
"Not for her capability; bnt I know
tbat she requires kind treatment and a
nut JmI nt lnttinir alone. She wonld
be saucy or indifferent if I nagged her
from morning till night, add she wonld
resent any interference with her work,
each as calling her from ber kitchen
work to swoop the hulls, or from her
ironing to go on errands, and I never
kcsD uer m on Iter day out. I bore is
no credit for a mistress in doing that for
a girl who gives Iter every moment of
her timo, and studies tho best interests
of a household."
The Walking Horse.
The country would reap incalculable
boneflt if tho walk of tho ordinary bors)
could be accelerated a siuglo mile per
hour beyond what is i.ow goneral. It
would put millions of dollars extra into
the national pockets every year. We
might have horses which would walk
five miles an hour just us naturally and
easily as threo to three and a half, and
rarely four, ns is now tho rulo. All tho
(arm and much of the country road and
town street horsoaork is done at a walk.
It costs no moro to feed a smart walker
than it does a slow, logy ono, and fre
quently not so nfuoh. Now, let any ono
calculate tho profit and advantage of
using the former iu preference to tuo
latter. Let tho farmer see how much
moro land per day ho can get plowed aud
harrowed, now many moro loads of hay,
straw, grain and vegetables lie can take
to market; and how much more rapidly
ho is ablo to accomplish ill his other
work, and ho will havo littlo patieuoo in
keeping a slow-walking horse any longer.
It will be the samo with tho express
man, the teamster, and the truokman.
Bollfounder, got by tho celebrated im
ported trotting horse of his uamo, out of
Lady Allport, was not only a fast trotter,
but had a natural easy walk of 11 vo miles
per hour. He was kept by our family
several years, and nearly ull his stock,
out of quite common mares, proved ex
cellent walkers. This shows how easily
aud rapidly on increased fast walking
stock may be bred by farmers; if they
will only tako due pains to select tho
stalliens to which they 'may hereafter
nick their mares. A fast-walking horso
Commands a considerably higher price
with those who core for the paco than a
slow walker, and snoh buyers are con
stantly cn the increase now, and that day
will come by and by when the slow
walkor will hordiy got a bid. Tho fast
est walk that I have yet seen exactly
timed aud placed on record was that
of the English horso Slovo. Ho mado,
without extia. effort, 5.6!) miles per hour.
All agricultural socioties thould give
good premiums to fast walking horses,
the highest prizo to be awardod- lo the
ono which walked five miles per hour;
tho secoud to four and ono half miles;
the third to four miles. Tho last should
be least timo for which to award a prize;
aul all breeds should bo allowed to com
pote. N. Y. Tribune.
American Beauty h England.
Socnro in tho flawless nnnor of hor
innate purity, tho American girl touches
pilch aud is not defiled. Hor largo-eyed
gaze comprehends all things unabashed.
Sho foam nothing and shrinks from noth
ing. In much that an English girl would
describo as modesty, sho detects a lack
of sincerity and frankness; mnoh that an
English matron wonld commond as deli
cacy and ladylike fooling, slip spurns as
a want of proper spirit and independ
ence It is difficult to hit on any subject
of conversation, even among thoso that
aro ordinarily reserved for tho club or
smoking-room, which, so far from dis
countenancing, ot discouraging, nhe is
not ablo to approach independently by
tho light of her owu reading or experi-
enco. And about all sho says or docs,
thore is a largeness, a buoyauoy, a free
dom from restraint, that freshens and
exliiluratos like a brcezo from tho sen.
Men who, as a rnlo, can't "got on'' in
ladies' society are attracted to hor nnd
drawn out by her. Boforo sho has long
been admitted into tho London drawing-
room, even of tho most exclusive order,
sho is certain to bo the center of an ad
miring und attentive group, comprising
tnon of many different types.
How He Won Hen
Miss Catherine Hartncss, a sooiety
bolls. nud. heiress, occupied a front scot
in tho Cleveland Opera House one ovon
iug lately with Charles H, Totten, a rioh
banker of that city, whoo suit to win
her hand had boon mot with objections
from her parents. The couple watched
Salvini in his nncqualed Counterfeit of
love and jealousy in the role or utbello,
but as the final scene of revongo and
death was about to be produced they
went out and ' took tue train lor 1'itts
bnrg. Arriving, they summonod t
minister and wero married in the hotel.
Thon a dispatch was sent to tho Hartness
family announcing tho marriage, and
that they would return for forgivoness
after a two months bridal tour. It is
suDPosod that tho brido did not pro-
mnditulu fliulit on that evening, but that
Salvini's acting and tho lover's ploading
overeiimo her resolution to obey nor
paronts. ' :
Apples with ' Cream. rare and core
apples of medium bi'zo, make a syrup of
sugar, using enough water to .dis
solve it, add a wine-glass of brandy and
tho paring of a lornoo. Urn l the apples
in this syrup Until soft, take thorn out,
boil the syrnp ton or fiftoen minutes, re
moving all the scum, strain, thon pour it
oyer tuo apploB. To bo eaten with cold
cream . "
1 War Tin ft-mnla DatlM.
After the war, says a correspondent, wlin
nnmhnr tit our aurvinti wumuch reduced.
two negro girl,. igl tlghttun and twenty,
. . .i . ..:n ... ..i.i ,, nn.A
went to me ncarem vuiuko iu - nira vun nm
lady to whom they applied iake 11 tney could
mnli. "Nn'nm. wo ain't never bin oook
none." "Can you anhV" "No'om wo
ain't bin wihIi none, neither ; Aunt
Hully, aim waitn. i;ao yon ciuan uuuho,
incur - ,,yiui iiw. w...
dead none." And ao I went through tho wbolo.
!ut of qnalincatiom, receivinK aiwaji uiu uamo
negative annwor. "Woll, what in lieiven'i
namo," taiil I, at lint, "havo you boon icciin-
tomtd to uif i.unnaai uimny nwo uii(;ui
tncd. "liukey, hero, ihe limit formuter'a aped,
inl 1 aeep nira un urn iuim.
ovn im, taut Jiinmrv i cnti !! ner
Tii nniiiKton, VI., quarritlled as to who should
liifht i tire in the parlor, and from that day to
..n. . - l .1 .
tlna none nil Deen muie id mat rmm. ji iuo
Liiwllinu nt tin, liiti'linn lira hul been the bone
of contention the bnaband would bave too-
curubod long before dinner time. jy. I. uom.
An Illinois girt bu lued for a breicb of
promlao. When the oonrt taked her why she
breached ber prom lie, ah uld that ihe bad
engaged beraelf to sweet young man who wu
nice to look at, bat be made ber tired. Bhe
found tbat there wtin't anything- of bin but
bla mniticbe and necktie.
juuuuui ix juouct isa siiftr.
The lluv. II. Chrwtmis, in the tnl voltiui
of hit "Hhoree and IilaixU of the HchUUtiui.
ean." puhlUhed In 1M1. lolatca tits following
iory which u imhii auiuaing and characteristic
as to the then exUtitig atate of clerical Influonoe
and practice rxeruinetl in clouul!o affaire iu
tuo rJtiatiikii Lland of Majorca : A vonnc
couple prceeuted theinaolvu to be mar
ried. Tlie parlrth prlcat objected to perform
the ceremony, a the partlea stood within the
prohibited degroua of i-onaanguiuity, which lie
domotutrated lima: Their mothers aro god
mothers to tho same child : this. In the
eyes of the Church made thnni liateni
from that timo forth, and their mutual proL-cnv
Ural couiina. The Invert repudiated the login
with the yumi era! ttemtiHAtramlitm, and ap-
pcuKd to tlio tJlfcliop. l tie prelate said there
was no remedy but a dienaation from Uoiue.
"We canuot wait ao Ioiik," cried tho dicono
late pair. "There's no occiwloii," said tho
biahnp; "wo bave tlieai ready," and he opened
a drawnrful, is promptly as Sliylock produce
n ih scales, "ray twenty dollars ami tlio onli
ne is done." They conld as easily bave
paid the national debt of Ktiglind, and
were about to go home in despair.
The mother of the girl, a strong-miudod
woniau, endeavored to shako tho bUliop,
but ho was inexorable "Take tlio key of tho
house, ind tako my daughter," sho said to tho
expectant but discomforted son-in-law; "bia
lordslitp knows that tho twenty dollars had
nothing to do with the merits ot the case,
rilnco yon aro nimble to pay for the blutudng of
the e'inrcli, yon must muke the beat shift you
can without 11." "No, uo!" exclaimed tho
worthy tli. hop. a littlo alarnud at the turn
matters Hero taking; ''we must have ho scan
dul here. I will give you tho dispensation
rather than allow auch irregiilur proceedings."
And 10 the prunt, furnished with thrUlisiwvmu
bit of parchment, united them forthwith, and
all partus wont on the.tr way lejolclug.
As a iiriufiKK to this anecdote related by Mr.
Christmas, wo beg to subjoin ono something
similar and a little more highly colored, though
not exaggerated, which ia vouched (or by a re
turned traveler, many yoars ago, iu Sicily.
There is no occnition to mention the exact date
Ihe yonng Count A fell desperately in lovej
with his cousin, tho only daughter and hoiresa
of the l'rlnco and Princes of 1 ; the
voting lady reciprocated his pisaion, and
both families were anxlnns for the mar
riage, which would unito and keep together
two largo' estates. But iu this case, the
couple, were bona flilo flint couaIiih, and a
dirtiwnsntinn from the pope was imperative. Iu
Sicily they did not keep them ready, a in Ma-
iorca, aud money, with the archbishop of
'alormn, was not to be named. Pius tlie Rev-,
enth was at that timo a olose prisoner at Fonre
tatneblean, and between tho vigilance, of the)
F.ngllnh blockading cruisors and tho severity or
Napoleon's noniutcroourse act, it wis extremely
diflicult to get aeooss to the holy father. x-
peuae being no consideration with tho par
tics interested, a confidential messenger
u privately dispatched, who, after etc
countering nuhcard of obstacles, and a
tedious delay of sevorvl months, at length
returned with tho lung looked for document.
Tho young lovers hastened in ecstioy to tho
archbishop, who solemnly induced his
spectacles, oponod tho packet and examined Km
content! with tantalising scrutiny. After
careful perusal of tho dispensation ho shook
his bead iu ominous Incredulity. The writing
was so had that be could scarcely docipherit.
Tho forgery was pnlpablo. "My children,
said ho, iu desponding (ono, "sinuio tntti
cogliouiiti," we aro all hoaxed. This is not tho
baud of hil holiness, with whleh I am well ac
quainted. It ii a niicrahlo imitation, ill
spelt, abominably scrawled, aud the form nn
cuionleal." Doth lovers were in ok mlos. They
stormed, threatened, expostulated, implored.
and wept. In vain thoy, suggested that the popo
was old and nervous, and that his hand shook.
and Ills memory failed him, and that it was
trebly cruel c&so that so nuicli happiness should
bo wrecked on a technicality. Fathers and
mothor on both sides camo in to their as
sistance, and at lust the good prolato re
lented, "I see a way," ho laid, "to make all
smooth. I boliove this a wretched fabrica
tion" which ho toro in uleoca "I will exert an
episcopal power, as acecoa to the Bovorelgn
1'ontillls impoisuiio, ana uis-ue yon ironi
tho ohstaclo. Tho l'oK', whun floe, will con
firm my act. (lo, my children, and bo happy."
They adopted this considerate expedient, and
in a very short timo wore Joined together, end
a very happy couplo they viete.LvMie't Sun
day Magazine.
A ll.ll .MKp iioisi:.
The Sttfmsnllke Kpflnk that Mints In the t:tru-'
tlie MAIlaloU.
"Vea, this building is haunted," said an at-
tocho of the presidential mansion to the G'rid'c
this morning, "and it Is said that inpurnatiiral
sights are not unfrequently witnessed in thoso
largo, olil-taaliloncu rooms auu airy nans.
Beveral woeki ago the president changed the
location of hi bedchamber by removing from
tho east to the north room, and it was vaguely
whispered thou that his dumber had been dis
turbed by a nocturnal and weird visitor, tho
same that ono of our chambermaids said she
had seen walking stately and erect through tho
up-ataira hallway on several occasions.
"Yos, the gboHtly visitor is a man," con
tinued the attache, "bocauso I remember well
of bearing tho cbamhermaid say that bo bad
king, flowing whito hair and ucaru auu very
much resembled tho statesmen of long ago,
whoso pictures wo sea printed on tho page of
history. At any rate, sir, I know that, tho
president' rest Ih often disturbed at night, be
cause I have heard him timo and time again
moving about long after midnight, and aomc
1 1 in os I havo listened to his steady and con
tinued pacing aoros the lloor .when evory ono
else in the bouso was alumborlng, and won
dered what was disturbing him."
' His great responsibility or dyspepsia might
have bceu the agonl," suggested the Critic.
"Oh, no," quickly rejoined tho attache,
'neither of them, I'm sure. It was the Whito
House ghost, and I'll hot on It. This ghost is
the suine one that mado General (i rant's night
hero soionrc and suggested hi frequent trips
through the country, as I havo beard the at
tendants who wore Jiere with him frequently
khv; und I will tell you candidly that 1 thins,
tho ghost' froqnont appearance ot late havo
put tlio notion into President Arthur' head ot
going off on his proposed trip." Concluding,
the presdicntiul individual left to answer a call
from up stairs.
Tlie Orilie ub.cqaeiitly got the following
description from one who claims to bave aceu
tho spirit of the white bonse: "He ia an aged
and bent-baok old man, with long, phosphor
escent white beard and hair, ghastly und wavy,
bright and glaring eyoi and long, serawnoy
Augers. Hi walk is noiseless but stately and
IiIh prencnco is always indicated by a peculiar
oleotrio sensation which prevadca the surround
lag air. Tho electricity ia what breaks the
president op, and make him perambulate."
WUihinytnti Critic.
Insanity Is Criminals.
The opifincnta ot capital punishment iu
France havo Just been furnished with a new
weapon. The last timo the guillotine was set
np in tlio Place' do la lioquctte the criminal
upon whom it wu employed wi a youth named
Moiesclou, who murdered a little girl under
circumstances of appalling atrocity abont two.
yoars since. His conduct was so abominable
that even a Pari Jury could not discover
any extenuating circumstance for him, al
though it was admitted that hi intelli
guucu wu of the lowest order. When, however,,
he was dissected at the Eeole Pratique, d'Anit
omie certain cerebral lesions were brought to
light, and thoso wbo wago war against the guil
lotine declared that be wu not responsible for
hi actions. This view ha boen greatly
strengthened within the last few day by the
fact that the convict' mother has become a
lunatic It appear, moreover, tbat ber sister
is also insane, and tbat ber father committed
soiclde. These rt relation bave given a new
Impetus in Frinee to the endles controversy
respecting the mental unsoundness In relation
to criminal impulse.
He who hi fair word only ia lik one who
feed the tick with an empty spoon and talka
shoot gruel.