DIRGE.
It thou wilt ease thine heart
r'Of love and all it smart,
- Then sleep, dear, sleep:
And not a sorrow
Hang any tear on yonr eyelashes;
Lie still and deep.
Sad sonl, until the sea wave washes
The rim o' the sun tomorrow .
In eastern sky.
But wilt thou cure thine heart
Of love and all its smart.
Then die, dear, die:
Tis deeper, sweeter
Than on a rose bank to lie dreaming
With folded eye:
And then alone, amid the beaming
Of love's stars thou'lt meet her
In eastern sky.
T. L. Heddoes in Death's Jest Book.
THE SPIRITUALIST.
The Cafe Jean was 6ituat-d at the
corner of a quiet street in Paris re
markably quiet at all times, considering
the near proximity of a noisy and much
frequented boulevard, but particularly
mo after 11 o'clock at night.
Late one evening most of the habitues
of this bright and comfortable cafe had
taken their departure, raising their hats,
ma the manner is in France, to Madame
Jean, the smartly dressed ' and dignified
proprietress, who, still sitting at her
post behind the marble comptoir, smiled
and bowed in return as they went out.
The blinds were already down and the
doors closed in preparation for the night.
Madame sat a little longer, listening
to the gossip of the neighborhood gath
wred during the day by the head waiter
to retail for her special amusement
"when the day's work was over and one
cold indulge in a little relaxation. Then
looking round and seeing that nearly all
the well known customers who every
evening played dominoes or cards, and
sipped coffee or drank eau sncre or
stronger mixtures under her vigilant
"but friendly eye, had left, she retired
for the night, leaving the remainder to
the care of her faithful Alphonse. There
'were only about a dozen people now,
ud everything was sleepily quiet in
the cafe, when suddenly the stillness
was rudely broken by a loud voice ex
claiming angrily:
"It is a lie! I don't believe a word of
it, and I defy you to prove it!
All looked up, startled, from game or
"newspaper, as these words burst from
one of the occupants of a small table at
the farthest end of the room. The speak
er seemed very much excited: his com
panion, on the contrary, remained cool
aad self possessed under the provocation,
bat' his white face and peculiar glitter
ing eyes belied that outward appear
ance, and arrested attention when no
ticed. -
The two had been engaged for some
time in close and earnest conversation,
"without raising their voices, interrupted
only now and then by subdued exclama
tions and incredulous remarks from the
xated man, which evidently did not
succeed in either shaking or moving the
pale man. who continued talking to him
and answering his objections quietly,
until his opponent, losing all self control,
sprang to his feet and violently dis
turbed the inmates of the cafe by the
-angry words quoted above.
Seeing that he had attracted general
attention he looked around and said:
"Gentlemen, I appeal to you all. 1
am sorry if I have disturbed you with
-somewhat violent language, but you
shall judge whether I am justified in re
fusing to believe the story I have just
heard. We happened to sit at the same
table, and naturally entered into' con
Tersation. Our talk drifted from" one
subject to another, until I made some
joking remark about the bo called scien
tific research into the mysteries of the
spiritual world. I grant it is a fascinating
subject even for an unbeliever like my
self, and a good one for conversation and
playful badinage, but to be told serious
ly and as nn undeniable fact that the
spirits of the departed can and do re
Tisrit this earth when they have prom
ised to do so, passes the bounds of cre
dulity. My neighbor tells this most
extraordinary story: That two years
ago tonight he lost his dearest friend, a
lifelong friend, who on his deathbed,
seeing his despair, solemnly promised
that he would appear to him on the an
niversary of his death, which took place
about midnight, if his friend in-oked
his spirit. He affirms that he has al
ready seen him once since he died. Now
1 ask yon, as men of sense, living in the
Nineteenth century, is it possible to be
lieve such a statement?"
The pale man had flushed angrily dur
ing this speech, but it was only a tran
sient betrayal of feeling, for his face re
trained its former pallor, although hig
yes retained their strange light, and it
was with a marked expression more of
annoyance than anger than he replied
calmly:
"It is nothing to me whether you be
lieve or not; I have simply stated a fact,
and it is the . truth. You pressed me with
questions concerning that great trouble
of my life until I told you all my de
spair when 1 lost my friend after years
of mutual devotion and attachment, and
his promise to return. 'I told you truth
fully that he had already kept his prom
ise once, but you did not believe me. 1
, do not wonder. The spiritual world is a
closed book to the majority; a glimpse is
obtained now and then by come, but
chiefly by conjecture and speculation
. only, - whereas actual experimental
knowledge is rare and not often com
municated. I told you what my priv
ileged experience had been, and I can
prove it, incredible as it may appear to
you."
While he was speaking a number of
new arrivals had invaded the cafe, call
ing in on their way from a neighboring
theater for a drink or a cigar. Their
curiosity being aroused by the words
they had partially heard, they drew near
to listen, and being informed of what
liad happened joined the others in dis
cussing the pros and cons of this debat
able topic, some laughingly, some seri
ously, according to the view they took
of the subject. No one seemed to take
- it very seriously, however, except a few,
who shook their heads doubtfully, while
others laughed at them and joked about
spirits. Above the Babel like noise ex
clamations and snatches of conversation
could be , heard, such as: "Impossible!"
"Who knows? . Do you?" "What will
you bet?" "I am no fool!" "I bet a
hundred francs he can't prove it!"
"Strange things happen!" etc.
The gambliug element asserting itself,
bets ran high, and it was finally agreed
to deposit the stakes in the hands of the
incredulous man; and then they called
upon the Spiritualist with the weird look
in his eyes to make good his words.
He seemed strangely reluctant, and
sighed and hesitated, but at last he made
up his mind and said:
"If I comply with your request you
must all submit to my conditions. You
must give me . your promise . that no one
will attempt to intrude upon me or dis
turb me in any way, and that I shall
have one witness with me. -
This was considered quite reasonable,
and all consented readily.
" "I need not add that of course yon
will hold yourselves bound in honor to
keep the conditions faithfully.-, You, sir,"
he continued, fixing his basilisk eye on
his opponent, who winced perceptibly,
shall be that witness. You must ac
company me into the next room; the
doors shall . be left open, and you will
have to describe aloud whatever yon
may see. If the experience turns out to
be a painful one you have only yourself
to thank for it."
With these words he rose and walked
toward the corridor leading to the inner
part of the house, and beckoned to the
other man.who, by this time consider
ably subdued, hesitated for a minute:
but, putting on the best face he could,
he took up a lighted lamp from a table
and followed him into the first room to
the right, leaving the doors wide open.
As they disappeared a. strange hush
fell over the noisy and excited com
pany, buence reigned for some time,
until the twelve strokes of midnight
were heard sounding distantly from
church clock. Then a voice arose in the
next room, saying slowly and solemnly:
"Maurice Durand! thou who didst
promise that on the anniversary of our
cruel parting thou wpuldst give me the
consolation . of seeing thee again if I
called upon thee to appear, remember
thy promise! Dear friend, 1 entreat
thee come, Maurice! Appear!"
Then came a pause, amid breathless
silence: but soon the voice was heard
again, saying:
"Maurice, remember thy vow! I be
seech thee, appear!"
Another silence. Then another voice
was heard, saying in tremulous accents:
"There is a faint light in the darkest
part of the room. It takes a
shape! It approaches!
It is Ah! . Away!"
An unearthly shriek rent the air, fol
lowed by a crash and a heavy fall, and
and then all was silent once more.
The startled listeners looked at each
other with dismay. Some had turned
pale, while others looked ill at ease, but
all felt uncertain, irresolute what to do.
Some time elapsed before it was sug
gested that they ought to disregard their
promise and go in and see what had
happened, so as to render assistance if it
were needed. A move was made toward
the room, but it was in total darkness.
A light was procured, and this was what
they found:
The room was empty, the lamp was
npset, the table overturned and the
window wide open. The two
men had gone and the stakes with them.
From the French.
City and Country.
The city person, it is well known, is
often as much a "greenhorn" in the
country as the country person is in the
city. A girl who had been accustomed
to certain city squares and exclusive
parks, whose high barred gates were
closed at a fixed hour every night, made
her first visit to the , country.- She was
being taken about through the lanes and
fields by her mother when the sun set.
"Say, mamma," said the little girl,
"haven't we got to go in? What time
do they close the country, anyway?"
It was a city boy, too, who, when
taken with him by his country cousin
while he dug some potatoes, watched the
process of unearthing the tubers for a
moment with great wonder and then re
marked: "Is that where you keep your potatoes?
I should think it would be more con
venient to keep them in barrels, the way
we do."
The "country greenhorn" in the city
has this advantage over the "city green
horn" in the country, that he does not
put on airs of superiority on all occa
sions. It was a city boy in the country
who, being taken to a peach tree full of
ripe and delicious fruit, and invited to
help himself, remarked somewhat loftily:
"No, I thank you. I never eat them
until they are canned!" Youth's Com
panion. The Sexton's Bright Idea.
The sexton of one of our city churches
has recently invented and perfected a
novel and, as he doubtless imagines, a
strikingly effective piece of "business."
The interior of the edifice is always
bathed in a dim religious dusk until the
time for the collection. Then as the
rector delivers with deliberate sonorous
ness the words, "D-e-t your-r light s-o
shi-ne be-fore in-e-n," the zealous func
tionary throws the throttle wide open
and dazzles the congregation with the
combined refulgence of a thousand gas
lights, producing an effect similar to the
thrilling moment when the man in the
top gallery of a Bowery theatre "turns
de calcium on Juliet." Life. .
Why, Indeed?
Little Minnie When was it, mom
mer, that you had four eyes?
Mommer Don't talk nonsense, Min
nie. I never had four eyes.
Little Minnie Then, why does every
one say I got my eyes from you? Jewel
er's Circular. '
The oldest traveling passenger agent
in the land is Capt. May, who has been
retired by the Pennsylvania railroad on
half pay for the remainder of his days.
He is a white haired man of 70, six feet
tall, straight and strong. -
: A SHOTPROOF GH03"f 7 !
Volleys from Many Onns Have No - Kfflset
on m 8puok In Woman's Shape.
For a month or more men living on Mo
Cloud's cattle ranch, near the month of
Battle creek, have been startled from their
sleep at night by footsteps threading the
balls and passageways of the house, doors
opening and shutting, and an occasional
laugh of the demoniacal, hair " raising,
blood chilling variety. AH these ghostly
demonstrations had been looked upon by
the inmates of - the house as the workings
of some practical joker, or imagination,
and very little attention was paid to them
until about a week ago, when one of the
men, about 10 or. 11 o'clock at night,
stepped out of doors. What he saw there
almost froze his blood.
Standing in the middle of the yard was
a familiar figure, that of a former lady resident-of
the house, clothed in the habili
ments of the grave. A dull, phosphores
cent light seemed to be emitted from the
shrouded figure, whose back was turned
toward the man. - Slowly the figure turned,
and, with arms extended, its staring eyes
shining with a dull luster, it commenced a
movement toward the man, who stood
spellbound. For a second ' only did he
stand transfixed, then with a yell of terror
he dashed iu upon his comrades within the
house, He told hit. story to the crowd,
and a rush wag made for the yard to in
vestigate, but the specter had fled. That
night the footsteps and noises throughout
the bouse were more frequent and louder,
banishing sleep from the eyes of the now
thoroughly frightened inmates. The next
night a watch was kept for the ghostly vis
itor, but it came not. A
The next night followed, and still no
ghost, so the watchers had about given up
all hope of its reappearance, when on the
fourth night, - while sitting in a dark
ened room, they were startled by sudden
ly seeing the specter's face pressed against
the window pane. Each man seized his
gun and a volley was tired at the visage.
When the smoke had cleared away and the
men's courage hud i n a measure returned
they ventured outside, expecting to find a
corpse lying leneath the window.
They did not, but instead saw standing
about thirty paces from the bouse the fig
ure of a woman looking at them reproach
fully, and seeming to have just arisen from
the grave. For a moment the men stood
breathlessly looking at the strange sight,
when one of the boldest raised his gun to
his shoulder, took deliberate aim at the
figure and pulled the trigger. The figure
was still there when the smoke cleared
away, and looking at them for a moment
with its staring eyes gradually disappeared.
Next morning there was an emigration
from the ranch, not even the boldest dar
ing to remain; and now daylight only finds
curious people about the place. Chamber
lain (S. D.) Cor. St. Paul Globe.
Confederate Prisoners on Their Travels.
We were to be sent to Johnson's Island,
Lake Erie. .
Our route lay over the Erie railroad, and
we made the trip on parole. The guards
placed at each door of our coach were for
our comfort only,, as we .were objects of
marked . curiosity during the trip, and
would have been overrun with visitors had
not admittance been refused. At the dif
ferent stations we mingled freely with the
people on the platform, and found them,
with few exceptions, courteous but in-i
quisitive.
We were no doubt a disappointing lot.
There was nothing in our apparel to mark
the rebel soldier, and as we mingled with
the crowd surprise was freely expressed
that we were not as their fancy painted us,
though just what shape that fancy took I
never learned. The ladies, as was the case
both north and south, were intensely pa
triotic, and read us severe and no doubt
salutary lectures on the evil of our ways
which were submissively and courteously
received and duly pondered.
There was one question that you could
safely wager would be asked by five out of
ten, and that was, "Do you honestly think
you are right?" This conundrum was of
fered to me so often that where time al
lowed, being in President Lincoln's coun
try, I answered in President Lincoln's
style by saying that it "reminded me,"
and told them of the couple who took their
bridal trip on an ocean steamer with the
usual result. As the husband . would re
turn from sundry trips to the rail of the
vessel his young wife would inquire,
"Reginald, darling, are you sick?" To
which be at last replied, "Good heavens!
Rebecca, do you. think I am doing this for
fun?" Century.
Lighting London Streets.
Lighting the streets of a large city in
olden times was a far different thing from
lighting the streets at the present time.
In 1661 the streets of London vere directed
to be lighted with candles or lanterns by
every householder fronting the main road,
from nightfall to 9 o'clock, the hour of re
tiring to bed. ....
In the last year of King Charles IPs
reign one Edward Hening obtained the
right to light the streets with lanterns
placed over every tenth door, from 6 o'clock
on moonless evenings until midnight, be
tween October and April.
During the reign of Queen Anne, in July,
1708, Mr. Michael Cake introduced globular
glass lamps with oil burners, instead of the
former glimmering lanterns. In 1716 an
act was passed which enjoined every house
holder to furnish a light before his door
from 6 to 11 o'clock at night, except on
evenings between tne seventh night of each
moon and the third after it reached the
full.
In a few years a company was formed to
light the streets from 6 o'clock until mid
night, each householder who paid poor
rates being required to contribute for this
purpose six shillings a year. .
Gaslight, at its introduction in the be
ginning of the present century, presented
such a novel spectacle to the eyes of the
foreign ambassadors that they were vain
enough to imagine that the brilliant lamps
were a part of a general illumination to
celebrate their arrival.
Electricity is taking the place of gas, but
the change is made far less rapidly in Lon
don than in even the cities of compara
tively small population in this country.
Youth's Companion. '
Cartons Find of Queen Anne's Gnlitwu.
A chest belonging to an old man who
recently died near Kingsbridge was offered
for sale by his friends for one shilling, but
failing to find a purchaser it was decided
to use it as firewood. While it was being
chopped up 200 guineas of Queen Anne's
date rolled out of a secret drawer. The
lowest price of a Queen Anne's guinea is
thirty shillings. London Tit-Bits.
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Mrs. Shortpurse The paper says seals
have made their appearance in New York
harbor and several have been killed by
fishermen.
Mrs. Slimpurse My sacque is made of
plush, thank fortune. No one can mistake
me for a fishwife. Good NewsT
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ITS PRODUCTS.
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and will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find
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