THE SOUL OF A LYRIC.
"With words that flatter their thoughts to utter,
Winged thoughts for the world to bear,
'' With s trumpet call, or the rise and fail
Of a fountain crystal c'.ear;
Taks the magic roses that dawn uncloses,
' Dream roses that hold no thorn.
With the lkcht immortal from heaven's portal
- Is the soul of a lyric born. '
Trom death unfettered, like old wine bettered
By the mellowing breath of years,
W ich a Maytime measure whose tuneful pleas
ore v
- Has an undertone of tears; '
'Through all the ranges of Time's vast change!
With the gold that its thought call give,
Xnterpe's token of words unbroken.
Does the soul of a lyric livel
William H. Hay ue in Youth's Companion.
THE BIG QUICKSAND.
Papa, I don't like the way those men
feaddle together forward. They are np to
Mme mischief, yon can depend npon it.''
"Nonsense, Ella; nonsense!" cried bluff
old Captain Myers; and he pushed back
the broad brimmed stra w hat which pro
tected his head from the fierce tropical
son. "The crew is all right, and by
on down, if this breeze holds, well be at
the roouth of the Colorado."
"Perhaps you know best, papa," said
the captain's pretty daughter; "but 1
believe they are plotting mutiny or some
other dreadful thing, and Mr. Ed--wards"
"Humph!"' growlingly interrupted the
captain, and he scowled darkly. "It's
from Frank Edwards then that you get
t these false ideas about my crew."
"Nothing of the kind, papa!" protested
lla, although she blushed rosily. "It
was I who first noticed the queer actions
of the men, and called his attention to
the matter. He said he would suggest
to you"
"Well, I don't want his suggestions!"
' "bellowed the captain. "I'm commander
of the Peerless, and have sailed these
"waters long enough to know my busi
ness. These things are all in your imag
ination, and I don't thank Frank Ed
wards for encouraging you in libeling
my most excellent crew even by
thought."
Having thus delivered himself the cap
tain turned on his heel and entered the
cabin, while Ella, with another direful
look toward the sullen, faced crew,
heaved a deep sigh and sank into a
chair which the first mate of the Peer
loss, handsome Frank Edwards, had
placed for her on the poopdeck beneath
aa improvised awning that had been
stretched to shelter her from the rays of
the burning sun.
Her face brightened presently, when a
quiet step sounded on the deck, and the
' anate stood beside her. .
"What did he say?" he asked in an
ger whisper.
"Pooh-poohed the whole thing as a
silly girl's foolish fancy, and stalked into
the cabin, red with anger, v.en I men
tioned your name."
"I feared as much," said the young
man sadly. "He is blind to the daily
machinations of those copper faced ras
cals, and it is no use giving him advice.
"They were plotting mischief before
we were out of sight of G-uaymas.
t -"That scar faced scoundrel, Manuel
Rosario, has learned that we have a
cargo of arms, ammunition and general
stores for the troops at Fort Yuma, and
this knowledge has excited his cupidity.
'When we stopped for water at San
Francisco island he met an agent of the
insurgents, and was promised a liberal
. sum if he would capture the vessel and
torn it and the cargo over to them.
"He does not .know that I overheard
him plotting.
"If he did he would be cowardly and
-desperate enough to knock me on the
nead with a belaying pin some dark
night."
"Oh, Frank!" cried Ella, and her beau
tiful face paled with apprehension. "Do
"be careful and watchful for my sake!"
! will!" was his response, "and as
your father will not take the precaution
to checkmate any move these ruffians
may make I will perfect my plans so
that we can escape from the bark in case
Kesario and his men mutiny and seize
Iter."
And papa?" faltered Ella.
"I'll force him to go with us. Now
don't worry, dear heart, for I feel able
to cope with these rascals when the time
for action comes."
- They were in the upper Gulf of Cali
fornia, where it narrows to meet the
waters of the Colorado river.
.The bark Peerless, of which Ella's fa
ther was captain and owner, was loaded
with arms and ammunition and other
supplies for the United States troops at
Fort Yuma.
All but two of the original crew ship
ped in New York tiad died of the yellow
fever, which broke out with terrible vir
ulence shortly after they passed Cape
iit. Lucas and entered the gulf.
. The captain had managed to get his
, -vessel into G-uaymas. and there the two
remaining members of his crew had de
serted.
In consequence he was obliged to ship
a native crew and employ Manuel Ro
sario, an ex-pearl diver who, unknown
. to hint, was implicated in a revolution
then in progress on the peninsula, to en
- list the "requisite number of men.
Roeario had got together a band of as
bloodthirsty ruffians as it was possible to
find, and had no difficulty ml inducing
. them to lend a willing acquiescence to
mix his nefarious schemes.
He boldly planned to make Captain
Myers, the captain's daughter, Ella, and
the mate, Frank Edwards, prisoners,
seize the vessel and run it into a seclud
ed harbor between the head of San Fran
cisco island and the mouth of the Colo
rado river. .
Here he would be joined by a party of
the insurgents, who would loot the ves-
ael, after which it would be broken up.
The tides on the Gulf of California
are gigantic, the rise and fall of the
.-water averaging seventy-five feet
Rosario knew that they would enter
the mouth of the Colorado river that
sight, and as the tide was particularly
swift at that point the bark would be
.securely anchored during the' ebb and
Sow of the tremendous current.
This he resolved should be the time
and plp.ee of attack, and bis -faithful
henchmen only awaited his signal to
make the captain, the mate, and the
beautiful young girl prisoners.
In tow of the bark was a small dinghy.
Drawing this up to the rudder post
Mate Edwards opened one of the cabin
windows and dropped into it such
articles -as would be of use to them in
their' flight, as well as provisions for
three or four days.
He then informed Ella of these prep
arations, and she held herself in readi
ness to flee "at a moment's rotice.
At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon the
Peerless entered the river, and as the
tide was low and would ehortly turn
Captain Myers secured his vessel with a
bow and stern anchor and awaited the
coming rush of water, preceded by its
ordinary high advance wave.
It could be discerned m the distance.
The captain and his daughter were
leaning over the stern rail watching its
approach when Manuel Bosario gave the
signal for revolt.
He and two of his men stole softly to
ward the unsuspecting captain.
He dashed up the companion stairs.
Captain Myers in another moment
was struggling in the grasp of Bosario's
companions.
Before the latter could draw weapons
the mate shot one and badly wounded
the other.
Bosario released Ella, whom he had
seized, and shouted for assistance.
Reversing his heavy six shcother Mate
Edwards brought the butt down upon
Bosario's head with a force that sent
him moaning and half senseless to the
deck.
"Quick!" he cried, seizing Ella's arm.
Over the stern rail. There is a lad
der. Drop into the boat. I will keep
these other ruffians at bay."
He began firing into the horde of ad
vancing mutineers.
By the time his revolver was emptied
Captain Myers and Ella had reached the
boat.
During the afternoon he had cleaned
the captain's double barreled shotgun.
heavily charged it with slugs and con
cealed it on deck under a tarpaulin. '
With a yell of defiance he caught it up
and discharged both barrels in the very
faces of the mutineers.
They recoiled before this terrible fire,
and, taking advantage of their discom
Ijture, Frank slipped over the rail and
cut the boat adrift.
Before he could seize the oars the first
big wave of the tide was upon them and
they were hurried on past the vessel and
far up the river with frightful velocity.
Then came the recoil and they drifted
back toward the Peerless.
Frank pulled toward a little island on
the right hand side of the channel and
succeeded in making a landing.
He made fast the boat painter . to a
heavy rock, and the three, retreating,
were above high water mark when the
second wave swept up the stream.
Rosario, maddened at the blow he had
received, staggered to his ' feet as the
dinghy swept by the vessel nd ordered
out the long boat.
Into it he leaped with his followers to
pursue.
. The second wave swept them toward
the fugitives, and when the recoil came
they were within 200 yards of the island.
"After them!" Bhouted Rosario, leap
ing upon the beach as soon as the boat
grounded.
Suddenly they began to flounder and
sink in the sand.
"A quicksand!" they cried, and made
desperate efforts to reach firm ground.
In vain!
The more they struggled the deeper
they sank, and when the next wave
swept up the river they were ingulfed
in ten feet of water.
Not a soul escaped, and when, after
waiting patiently on the island until the
big tide was full, Mate Edwards rowed
the captain and his daughter back to the
Peerless, there was a look of grateful
pride on the old skipper's face as he re
garded his brave young mate.
Four of the mutineers had been shot
dead and three others were desperately
wounded. The bodies of the dead were
thrown overboard and the wounded
were imprisoned in the forecastle.
When Fort Yuma was reached and
the vessel had been unloaded there was
a grand wedding .on the deck of the
Peerless, and when she started on her
homeward voyage a happier couple could
not be found than Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Edwards. New York World.
Napoleon and Talleyrand.
What was strange in Napoleon's be
havior towards me was that at the'verj
time that he showed himself most sus
picions of me he was endeavoring to
draw me nearer to him. Thus in the
month of December, 1813, he asked me
to resume the portfolio of foreign affairs,
which I straightway declined, convinced
as I was that we could never agree on
the only possible way of his escape from
the maze into which he had been brought
by his folly.
A few weeks later, in the month of
January, 1814, before his departure to
the army, and when M. de Caulaincourt
had already started for the Chatillion
congress, the emperor worked almost ev
ery evening with M. de la Besnardiere,
who had the foreign office in M. de Cau
laincourt's absence. -In the course of
these conversations, which were kept up
far into the night, he often opened his
mind to him in a strange fashion. - Thus
he several times repeated to him, after
reading the dispatches in which the Duke
of Vicenza told him of the progress of
the Chatillion negotiations, "Ah! if Tal
leyrand were there he would pull me
through." Talleyrand's Memoirs in Cen
tury. - - ,
Bells have been cast of steel, but they
do not produce the perfect notes result
ing from the use of copper and tin. The
Swiss have even cast bells of glass, which
emit extremely fine sounds, but the brit-j
ueness or cms material renders them sure
to crack in using.
An English laborer once said to his
minister: "Sir, you have often told us of
our forefathers. Now, I know of Abra
ham and Isaac and Jacob, but who was
the fourth?"
. QUESTIONINGS. .
O at the last, after lonT. weary years
Of lonely wanderings o'er desert wars. V
We could clasp hands and say, thro' happy tears,
"Toge her we will spend life's autumn days,"
How gladly would we bid the world pass by.
And lire a life alone, just you and I!
We could afford, for such brief happiness.
To toil, unrecompensed, thro' youth's bright
spring,
To miss the summer flowers and skies of blia.
And wait the fruitage that life's full will bring.
But oh, when winter comes, with darkening sky, '
How can we live asunder, you and 1?
Fate lays her hand oa the rebellious heart.
And whispers "Patience!" to the ardent soul;
Bids us accept our lot to dwell anart.
And trust his goodness as the slow years roll.
Ohdear one, shall we know, before we die,
That life of love together, you and I?
E. A. Matthews in Once a Week.
- Two Remarkable Women.
" Within the past week two old women
whose infancy was spent upon the banks
of the Yonghi while the country round
about was a vast wilderness, have died.
The first, "Grandmother" Grim, who
was born in Saltlick township, in 1803,
when that township embraced one
fourth of the total area of Fayette coun
ty, died at the home of her daughter in
Vanderbilt. Her remains were interred
from the Mount Olive Brethren church,
at Detwiler'H Mill. The old lady was
the mother of eleven children. At the
time of her death she had fifty-six grand
children, one hundred great-grandchildren
and thirty-two great-great-grandchildren,
making a family living at the
time of her death of 180 persons. - The
Buttermore, Bidenour and Grim fami
lies are the descendants comprising this
large family. Mrs. Grim was the widow
of John Grim, who died ten years ago.
Her sole surviving sister is Mrs. Mary
Buttarmore,,widow of John Buttermore.
The second woman whose death is
noted was Mrs. Sarah Bush, of Browns
ville. She was the daughter of James
Frey, the first regularly installed pastor
of the Connellsville Baptist church, and
was born in Connellsville in 1803. She
was the mother of four children two
sons and two daughters. The daughters
are Mrs. Dr. Brashear, of New Haven,
and Mrs. Shedrick Holt, lately of Sharps
ville, but now of New Haven. She had
been a member of the Baptist church for
sixty-seven years.
The combined ages of these two reached
174 years, and their death removes the
oldest representatives of the pioneers of
Connellsville. Both funeral sermons
were preached by Bev. B. C Morgan, of
Connellsville. Connellsville Courier." y
She Supports the Family.
Score one for the "advanced woman."
Score pne against the theory that mar
riage results in disaster because daugh
ters have no dowries or wives are ex
pensive luxuries. One particular ad
vanced woman whom I know lives in
Brooklyn, and is correspondent for one
of the city journals. She has a cosey
little house, which she keeps tidy and
homelike with the aid of a single ser
vant. She has two children, whose sew
ing she does herself, to whom she is a
loving and devoted mother. But at the
same time she keeps up the interest and
advances money on the mortgage which
yet rests on the little home, settles the
bills of the "butcher, the baker and the
candlestick maker," pays for her own
bonnets and for the winter's coal in
short, runs the entire establishment her
self. .
And why? Simply because she insists
upon her husband's putting the entire
amount of his salary into the bank to
educate the children or in case of future
need. The husband's salary is fixed, and
she is thus sure of saving a certain
amount each month. Her own varies,
and she makes the expenses of the fam
ily vary accordingly. The children have
cheaper shoes or they go without new
carpets if her stuff is cut or "returned
with thanks." New York Sun.
A Woman's Bold Undertaking.
Mi 88 Taylor, of the China Inland mis
sion, is about to attempt a journey
through Thibet. This singular and in
teresting country, always jealously
closed against the outer barbarian, has
again and again thwarted the well laid
plans of some of the greatest men trav
elers of our time. As the members of
the inland mission wear the Chinese
dress, and observe the Chinese customs
in their daily walk and conversation, it
is thought not improbable that Miss
Taylor may succeed in adding her name
to those of intrepid women travelers.
Harper's Bazar.
In the Agricultural Department.
Mrs. E. H. Stevens has been librarian
of the agricultural department at Wash
ington since 1877. She is most efficient,
and has a remarkable knowledge of the
numerous technical works included in
the eleven divisions of her department.
Previous to her appointment in the agri
cultural department Mrs. Stevens was
employed on French and Spanish trans
lations in the patent office, and she may
be said to have founded the important
desk of "Scientific Translations." Hex
salary is $1,800, and that of her assist
ant, Mrs. M. D. Newell, $1,400. Wom
an's Journal.
Lectures on Law.
The Woman's Legal Education soci
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which might be profitably instated in
every town of our country. Its object
is to give women information of special
interest to them in legal matters. The
initial lecture of the winter course was
lately delivered in the parlors of Mrs.
Abram S. Hewitt, with the subject
"Why Women .Ought to Know . the
Laws of Their Country." The lectures
are under the patronage of some of the
best known women of culture and fash-'
ion in the city. New York Ledger.
' Western Women Writers.
Mrs.i Parklrurst, ex-president of the
Pacific Coast Woman's Press association,
in a recent address on "The Work of
Some Pacific Coast Writers" stated that
there had been over 12,000 books pub
lished by Pacific coast writers within
the last twenty years, and that eighty
five books had been published by mem
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