VICTORS.
ta to die brave npon th hroUrArM
AkMM tha palms of victory belong; "
Hot only to the great f earth the song
OC poiao and peemn ahuuld the singer yield.
Oiialui the eouls that, single hauded. wield
The battleaz agaiina the bosu of wrong,
. Unknown, unDotwl in life'a rockless throng.
sad only in God's day to stand revealed.
" Bow many such, in patient, humble guise.
Beside us walk their brief appoiuted way.
Nobly enduring: worthiest to shine
Mm fixed starx in Fame's eternal skies!
Wor these, for this, I reverently lay
On their dear dost this litUe leaf of mine.
Overland Monthly
THE CARLYON TRAGEDY.
Just the two men composed the family
t Carlyon Hall, and a gay. wild life
tsspy led. ' Not that they were much to
gether, or that good will inclined them
to the same course. Truth to tell, there
"was little sympathetic feeling lost be
tween the two Carlyons..
The elder man gave his select dinners
Mad champagne suppers to his clique,
while Ralph, his son, scoured the conn
try for a score of miles about with choice
. spirits of his own.
The . Hall itself was a patched np pile
f ruinous masonry. The Carlyons foi
three generations back had proved a
spendthrift race, and their once ample
patrimony had dwindled down to a few
barren acres, with a village of miserable
houses, which yielded the sole income of
the present proprietor. Still he could
oast a long descent, and we all know
horn far an illustrious pedigree will go
toward propping np a falling house.
This was the state of affairs when Mrs.
Xcndeville came down from town with
a half dozen servants at her back, and
pretty Bertha Mondeville, her very re
luctant companion.
' Bertha was the lady's youngest daugh
ter, and, besides the generous portion of
Mondeville property destined to fall to
sin1 share, had good prospects of an in
' heritanoe from a certain wizened, eccen
tric old woman who had stood godmother
to her at her christening, eighteen years
wefore.
With such expectations, and possessed
of natural attractions which drew hosts
f sighing lovers to her feet, it was cer
tainly reprehensible in her to give pref
erence to one far beneath her in the so
cial scale. At least so reasoned her lady
mother. But Bertha was wilful, and
"maternal restrictions went for naught.
She had given her heart and promised
tor hand to Henry Bernard, the strug
gling artist, who as yet was quite un
known to both fame and fortune. . He
iras sanguine, though, and Bertha no
less bo. She reposed the utmost confi
dence in his genius and ultimate success,
"while he toiled with renewed energy for
lus triumphal wreath, knowing that her
happiness was involved in the result of
Ids effort
But here Mrs. Mondeville interposed.
Her wrath fell harmlessly upon her
4anghter's perverse head, until angered
beyond bounds, she had recourse to ex
treme measures to break off the proposed
mesalliance. . Henry Bernard was for
mdden the house, and Bertha was nlaeed
under strict espionage for the time
The Carlyons were distant relatives of
me family, and Mrs. Mondeville fixed
upon the hall as a secure and retired
asylum for her wayward child. So
hither they had come, fast upon the
track of the courteous little note of
warning that announced them.
The hall had been pat in hurried order
for the reception of the ladies. The rem
vants of plate were duly polished; the
frayed dam ask and fine linen (evidences
f decaying gentility) taken from the
drawers. Carl yon cleared his domicile
f bachelor guests, and met them with
the courtly ease which distinguishes
gentle blood, no matter how much
weighed upon by adverse circumstances.
Salph, who was in the habit of being
absent for days together, knew nothing
f the proposed advent, and surprised
.himself not a little by coming home to
find such an unprecedented party estab
lished there.
Mrs. Mondeville endured a week in
the dreary, solitary place, and then went
away, leaving Bertha and a lynx eyed
maid to the hospitable charge of the
Xarlyons.
It was not a pleasant duty for the lat
ter to assume, and for a time they, re
gretted the necessary suspension of their
reckless pleasures. Not that either re
formed, even temporarily, but the hall
wold no longer be thrown open to boom
comrades and nightly orgies. They
c&mg to their customary habits, but un
issed to the trouble of concealment,
chafed against the bondage which com
mon courtesy imposed upon them.
This state of things did not continue
long, however. Bertha's cheery young
presence brought a flood of sunshine into
the dreary old house, such as it had not
Iniown for years. The grim, dark rooms
held attractions for their inmates which
they had not hitherto possessed.
Certainly, in removing her daughter
from the influence of one lover, Mrs.
Mondeville had not meant to subject
her to the importunities of two. Carl
yon, drawn perhaps by visions of the
ample dowry destined for, and. Ralph
"blase, as he was actually touched with
an approximation to noble sentiment,
were both soon numbered among her dev
otees. Bertha's position was becoming ex
tremely unpleasant. A note smuggled
out despite the watchfulness of the maid
"woaght no response from Henry Ber
mtrd. Her mother remained unmoved
by her urgent entreaties for a speedy
mtuiu, and meantime the two Carlyons
"urged their individual suits with per
sistent ardor.
Kalp, impulsive and passionate, could
wait to take no politic moves in prose
wntang his wooing. His very earnestness
would have pleaded powerfully for him
.bad not the girl's heart and mind been
-filled with other love and other thoughts.
He came in upon her suddenly one aft
ernoon when he knew her to be alone.
"It's the old, old story. Bertha, that I
want to tell you," he said. - "I suppose
J am not worthy of you, for I've been a
wild blade in my time, but I win make
myself better when you give me the
dear assurance I am waiting for. Ber LUa,
love, come to me.
His aura face, handsome despite the
lines dissipation had left upon it, grew
tender. His eyes looked down in her
with eager, impassioned light. '. Bertha's
heart throbbed pityingly as she realized
the pain her words must inflict upon
him.
"Oh, Ralph, I had hoped you might
not subject me to this test! It would ba
cruel to give you false hope, for I can
never be more than your earnest friend.
Forget that you have ever cared for-me.
and bestow your love on some onawho
will make you happier than I ever
could."
"Bertha! Bertha! You can't mean
to leave me in utter despair? I will wait
and work, and prove myself a better
man than I have yet been. Only tell me
that there is a chance of winning yon at
lastr
"It never can be, Ralph! Because
because I love another!"
The still, white rage which settled
down ppon his face frightened her more
than if he had broken out in angry
words.
"I shall not give you up, neverthe
less," he said, with quiet intensity.
"Give me a little hope and an equal
chance, and I will try for your love by
fair means; but by measures foul or fair,
no other man shall ever ever take you
from me!"
With that he returned, leaving her ab
ruptly as he had come, and his quick
steps gave back a sharp ring from the
paved walk without. At a little dis
tance he encountered the elder Carlyon,
who accosted him, timing his leisurely
pace to the other's hasty strides.
"Easy, my son! I have some informa
tion which it may be best to impart at
once. I happened to overhear your con
versation of a moment ago by the way,
you should never make love near open
windows and am gratified to know that
Bertha holds such an important place in
your estimation."
"Ah!" Palph waited, knowing that
something more lay behind that suave
address.
"Yes, but I must warn you against your
own impetuous nature, which may lead
you to extremes. As she said, it is quite
impossible for her to regard your suit
with favor."
"May I ask why?"
"Simply because I intend to marry her
myself!" ?
"By heaven, you shall not!"
The elder Carlyon drooped his eyelids,
a trick of his when angered.
"Did you ever know me to relinquish
a purpose?"
"Or. me to fail in making good my
words? I would kill any man ere he
should thwart me or brave me by flaunt
ing her preference."
Each read indomitable resolution in
the other's face. The gauntlet was cast
between them, and hereafter only bitter
enmity could mark their mutual rela
tion. A week wore heavily, away. Then
Ralph disappeared, went no one knew
whither, and Bertha awoke to a con
sciousness that she was no better than a
prisoner in the old halL The maid had
been bribed to co-operate with the elder
Carlyon, and he himself announced his
purpose with a quiet steadiness of man
ner which would admit of no gainsaying.
With bis ruthless will crushing down
all obstacles in his way, and no com
munication with her friends permitted,
save such as he dictated, Bertha felt that
her opposition must give way before the
cruel forces he brought to bear upon her.
At last he gained his purpose. How
be accomplished it himself and the maid
best knew. But the clergyman' was
waiting at the church, and Bertha,
worn to a shadow of her former cheery
self, with hor face scarce less white than
the bridal robes she wore, went trem
blingly down the worm eaten stairs to
go and be wedded to the man she both
hated and feared. Carlyon met her
with a triumphant smile upon his face,
but 'the words of gratuXation he was
about to offer never left his lips.
A man, with haggard face, bloodless
lips drawn away from his glittering
teeth, and dishevelled hair streaming
about bis neck, rushed up the length of
the passage and grappled with him it
was Ralph, who had been confined all
this time in one of the vault like cellars
beneath the old hall, and had escaped
now to wreak insane fury upon his jeal
ous jailer. There was an inherent mad
ness in the Carlyon blood, and these
weeks of solitude and mental torture had
brought the curse upon the younger
man, '
A struggle ensued that was fearful to
witness. Bertha crouched upon the
stairs, with rigid, blanched face, and
eyes never wavering from the horrible
spectacle. Servants ran screaming, all
was chaos for a moment, and then awful
quietude fell upon the hall.
There was a crushed, bleeding, sense
less mass upon the floor; and the mad
man, his rage appeased, unresistingly
submitted to the bonds which ' were!
placed upon him. The elder Carlyon
went to answer for his sins before an
eternal tribunal; his son drags out a liv
ing death in a lunatic asylum.
But Bertha, sorely tried,' found peace
at last. Shocked beyond measure by the
frightful tragedy which had been en
acted, and appalled by the peril her
daughter had passed, Mrs. Mondeville
recalled Henry Bernard from the fruit
less quest he was pursuing. It is need
less to say that Bertha's letter never
reached him, and that Mrs. Mondeville
had sent him as far as possible from the
actual track. But the young people
could freely forgive all past injuries in
the happiness which waa theirs at last.
New York World.
Well to Know.
Not all may know that a hot iron
poker, if nothing better run around
window glass will loosen the patty, when
it may be easily scraped and the broken
pane removed. The new pane may be
inserted, putty neatly and carefully laid
on, and the work is done. This may be
convenient to know when one becomes
the family "bandy man," or one's own,
as is sometimes the ease. Good Housekeeping.
ODDS AND E.NDS.
Fittyjne large and valuable libraries
were sold in London last year.
The China sea and the Bay of Fundy are
the two roughest seas in the world. -
A Chinaman who died rect ntly atPorb
land, Ore., left property valued at $200,000.
Mougel Bey, who originated the idea ol
damming the Nile for the purposes of irri
gation, is dead.
Id Paris, reception costumes for elderly
matrons are frequently made of satin
ducbesse.
tt
There are 377.77 grains of pure silver in
a Mexican dollar, and 371 grains in an
American dollar.
The plethoric state of our insane asylums
emphasizes the truth of this being an age
of crazes.
Mrs. Elisabeth Cady Stanton has just
lost a sod, B. Cady Stanton, who was a
member of the Louisiana senate.
Gen. Custer's only sister, Mrs. Margaret
Custer Calhoun, is the wife of Li eat. Cal
houn, of the United States army.
Miss M. Louise Edwards, of Annapolis, is
to occupy the chair of oratory of Almira
college, Greenville, Ills.'
Children should say "Yes, mamma,"
"No, sister," or "Yes, Mrs. ." This is
preferable to the use of "ma'am." Yes or
no alone is rude. . ,
A lead comb is frequently and success
fully used to darken the color of hair which
happens to be more brilliant than pleasing.
Wash white silk handkerchiefs in tepid
water with cascile soap suds, and press
when cold and nearly d ry. To iron them
out of hot water turns them yellow.
Tempering steel is done in various ways
sometimes by heating the metal and cool
ing slowly in water; sometimes the cooling
is done by a blast of cold air.
- One course of masonry of the Wolf Bock
lighthouse was unavoidably left incom
plete. It was swept away in a winter gale,
although each stone had been securely
fastened by cement and bolts as usual.
A correspondent says, "I got so that I
dreaded to go to the park on account of the
lunch baskets to carry around; now the
children' put their lunch in a paper bag,
their napkins into their pockets, and after
lunch we are free to enjoy ourselves."
Traits of the Kovinx Dos;. ' '
My friend called one morning after break
fast with three dogs, and as usual brought
in his handsome collie, leaving, as he
thought, the other two small fry In the
garden. The younger members of the fam
ily were busy entertaining the collie with
Bundry dainty morsels, when all at once, to
everybody's surprise, the roving mongrel
appeared on the scene. He had a look of half
protest, half shame, that was very comical.
His owner told me he very much resented
having to play second fiddle to the collie,
and the little creature before us had very
much the expression of envy as he watched
the various tid-bits disappearing down the
collie's capacious throat. An impulse of
com passion moved me, and I threw him a
morsel from the table. His filmy eye
turned to me with a look of singular ten
derness. '
I understood the meaning of that look a
couple of hours afterward, when sitting
writing in my study I glanced ont of the
window and saw the rover coming up the
long garden path, now slowly and hesitat
ingly, now more briskly as if encouraging
htmself in a laudable effort. He had, it
was evident, in that moment of my weak
ness, recognized a new opportunity. -My
famQy circle had impressed him as fond
and indulgent, and what was more it waa
not marred by the presence of a rival
favored by nature with greater physical at
tractions than his own. Here was precise
ly the asylum for an unappreciated and
harassed philosopher.
I tried to look very angry as I went ont
to drive him away, but his penetrating eye
saw through the pretense. After a make
believe of running down the path be would
suddenly stop, turn and fix his bleared eye
on me and wag his stumpof a tail jocosely,
as if he perfectly understood we were act
ing a little play. I could not repress a
laugh, and this of course encouraged him
in regarding the whole performance as a
joke. He renewed these attempts for some
days with a persistence worthy of a better
cause. It was only when I had schooled
myself to put on my sternest manners that
he gave np the enterprise as honritcns
Corn hill Magazine.
English Mteee Plea.
I almost wonder," says a lady who
passed her holidays in England, "bow our
British cousins survive a succession of
Christ mases. They could not, I believe, if
they did not come twelve months apart.
The generons preparations in the way of
feasting were a surprise to me, for which
even the well stocked larders of my New
England childhood's home did not prepare
me. Fancy a hundred and fifty or two
hundred mince pies by way of one item!
This is by no means an unusual number
for an English country family to put in
stock. Many of tbenv-of coarse, are given
away; all the children of the village who
come to the boose to offer wishes for a
merry Christmas expect and receive a pie.
"The pies are about saucer size, and
deeper than the average American pie. and
what will interest American housekeepers
is that they are made without meat. Mince
meat without meat is a paradox, but such
is the English compound. It is very rich,
however, with suet, fruit and liquor. An
English mince pie is something to remem
ber, delicious beyond deseriptKin, New
York Times.
Politician to Kmpssw Vendee
- On the Brooklyn side of the Wall street
ferry there was until quite recently an old
newspaper vender who had seen a great
deal of New York Mfc. He was James
Mullen, and in later years be had a num
ber of arfffUAintiMMjui and patrons among
WaU street men who live in Brooklyn.
Mullen was years ago foremax of No. 25
Hose, in the days when the Bowery was
one of the sights, as well as a terror, whose
fame had spread all over thw country as
well as abroad. Those were times when
the organization known to fame as the
"Dead Rabbits" and their compatriots the
"Bowery Boys" had things pretty much
their own way in the Sixth ward. James
Mullen exerrinwd a potrmt influence In
politics in those times, and later, during
the Tweed regime, he was a political factor
of much importance. like many of the
old timers be failed to fit into the new
order of things, and gradually descended
from a position of political importanee to
sailing papers. New York Sua.
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curred to a buck to hang his shirt on a
hickory limb and blaze away at it and
note the result. It was, therefore, "heap
disappointment" when the shirts didn't
prove bullet proof. Detroit Free Press.
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The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
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