FAIRY TALES.
Tfc Una I like tor fairy tales
; la when the day Begins to die.
Just aa the brilliant sunset palea.
And twilight shadows gather nlgK
When I can lie before the Ore "'
That blazes with a rnddy light.
And hear the tales that never tire, -Of
imp and fairy, gnome and sprite.
And sometimes as the shadows fail "
' Acroaa the floor from every side.
A Koblln dances on the wall.
Aud imtnes within the corners hide.
Then as the firelight blazes high
We see the shadows ran away.
And silently again draw nigh.
Like spirits of the wood at play.
And when the embers faintly glow.
Upon the smoke I see ascend
The little folk 1 love to know.
Who vanish at the story's end.
-Flavel Scott Mines in Harper's Young People.
FIAKI'S BIRTHDAY.
As it was winter and very cold, they
had drawn around the prince the screens
of precious woods in the little hall where
he sat dreaming, his arm npon an elbow
rest richly inlaid with pearl. Magnifi
cent robes of soft, downy silk over
lapped and croHsed their ' many colored
collars npon the breast of this daimio, .
and on the sbonlder and embroidered in
gold on the sleeves was a star formed of
five balls surrounding a sixth, the well
known coat of arms of the illustrious
family of Kanga. who bad no equals in
power in all Japan save the family of
JShendui or the family of Satsonma.
Yet. this prince, who meditated thus
in the depths of this palace, was very
powerful, very rich and very renowned;
his people ad mired and feared him, his
vassals were ready to die for him, his
least desire was a law to all surround
ing him; nevertheless, today, he found
himself exceedingly unhappy, helpless,
poverty stricken, deplorably poverty
Stricken in thought and fancy; for had
he not. for many days past, sought for
some surprise to celebrate' the birthday
of his only daughter, and had been able
to imagine none?
It was also true that this princess,
who tomorrow would be sixteen years
of age, possessed all that it was possible
to possess marvelous birds, fantastic
fishes. ' extravagant dogs, chariots,
bollocks, hovses. palaces, everything
, that one could conceive of, and even
marvels of which one did not dream
brought specially for her from distant
countries.
The daiuiio told himself, shaking his
head, that ho had too much indulged
his beloved daughter; that he should
not have indulged her thus till she had
exhausted she, hardly entered upon
life all the riches of tho world. Now
he had nothing to offer his child, to as
tonish and charm her.
Still pondering, still wondering, for a
long, long while through the cloudy
transparency of the window, he allowed
. his wearied gaze to wonder over the
tripped garden, under the gray "and
weeping heavens. .
"What did she really still desire?"
Suddenly he sprang to his feet,
i "W will see her, said he, "see her,
and perhaps be able, without her sus
pecting anything, to divine her caprice."
He turned and struck the gong hang
ing by a silken cord from the teeth of a
monster in bronze.
Immediately the panels forming the
-walls glided noiselessly apart, separated
to each side, permitting you to see a
long perspective of- room after-- room
filled by samourais of service, pages,
guards and household domestics. The
samourais noble vassals wearing two
wordb bowed profoundly before him;
.the pages and servants prostrated them
selves brows to the ground.
1 am going to visit my daughter,
aid the daimio gravel-. "Comer
And immediately the escort formed
-about bint, while the guards ran in ad
vance to clear the way.
Fiaki that is to say, Ray of Sunlight
- in a well closed hall of her own special
palace, was seated, according to custom,
upon broad white mats laid npon the
Moor, the long folds of her magnificent
trained robes billowing and spreading
about her like the leaves of a gorgeous
fan, tissues, muslins, silks and satins,
the most abundant of them all a sky
bine gauze figured with spiders' webs, in
which were caught the petals of rare
flowers.
The face of this young girl was white
. as cream, her tiny mouth like a cherry
' cleft in twain, disclosing two rows of
fine little rice grains: her eyebrows
shaved and replaced by two little black
spots made with a brush aud placed high
np on her brow, while her long hair, fol
' lowing the mode of royal fashion, was
: unbound aud streaming down her back
w loseitseii in cneioiusoi ner garments.
The maids of honor formed a half
" circle about their mistress, and in front
- of her, behind a light carved balustrade,
a dancer moved slowly, waving her fan
' in, time to the notes of the orchestra, in
toning . a strange, weird chant, with ' a
gotto, a btva, three kinds of flutes, a
.: drum and a tambourine. . .
;. - At the prince's entrance the symphony
ceased, and Fiaki quickly concealed be-
- hind the spiders' webs of her sleeve the
twin cherries of her lips, which was a
salute to her father, tender and chaste.
He smiled with pleasure at the sight
of the beauty and grace of his idolized
hild. She rose to greet him, and, like
a sea agitated by a sadden tempest, the
silk, satin, muslin and brocade of her
skirts rustled and undulated behind her.
IHe caressed her lovingly, heaped her
. .with tender names, calling her his In
comparable,' his Supernatural Beauty,
. hi Perfume of Heaven;- then he de
manded of her if she were perfectly
jaappy, if there was aught that she de-
. aired?
"Aht illustrious Tincet adored fa
ther T Fiaki responded, bending back
iward her supple body in a pretty move
ment of sorrow, "how can any one be
iaappy when . the earth suffers as now
- 'and the sky continually drops tears?
' iTbe gods have been cruel in creating
j winter. Not even the purity of the
"(now can create for me aa illusion of
my vanishing spring."
! The v.daimio listened thoughtfully;
then, la a deeper reverie still, returned
to blB apartment. : . - . ;
. "It is certain," said heto himself,
"certain , that spring, and spring miy
is all that Fiaki desires."
And he stopped to lend air ear to the
sharp wind blowing against the palace
walls. v
Already the twilight was far ad
vanced, the gray dawn waiting to take
the gray evening's place. ' .
"Yes, spring, spring only," mur
mured the unhappy daimio. dejectedly
resuming the seat that he had quitted a
while ago. X
Suddenly his sorrow changed to anger,
and he summoned his prime minister.
Nai-Dai-Tsin ran, bending low his back
and auguring nothing good for himself
or others from the gloomy face of his
master. The daimio was silent a mo
ment, as if hesitating to give an order
so extraordinary: but soon, with an irri
tated shrug of the shoulders, he spoke:
- "Tomorrow, Nai-DairTsin.". said he.
-will be my daughter's birthday. I de
sire do you hear me? I desire, I say,
that dawn shall break on the trees; and
bushes of the park and all the country
round about : the palace covered with
flowers, as in the first months of spring.
Gor .
"You shall be obeyed, master," re
plied the prime minister, bowing him
self out backward.
' - But once outside consternation seized
him. and he let his arms fall helplessly
in the long sleeves of his gown.
"It is exile, it is death." murmured
he; "yes, death! For 1 have not the
time to fly sufficiently far away, and
thunder has fallen upon me from the
clear sky of full prosperity!"
His legs bent under him; he caught at
the walls to keep from sinking.
"What could he do to avoid disgrace?
Nothing, nothing." he told himself,
after he had thought over the matter
carefully. For the pleasure of his child
his royal master had seriously com
manded spring! For a long while he
stood without thought, his head hanging
like a ball of lead on his miserable
breast: then he cast lethargy from him
and turned with a resolute air.
"Come, courage. Nai-Dai-Tsin," said
he. "A Japanese does not tremble be
fore death. Quick, the saber first, the
stroke in the stomach: the poinard for
the throat!!
He drew out the weapon and prepared
for the stroke, but paused reflectively.
Was it really impossible to simulate
spring, and thereby, instead of ruin and
suicide, conquer eternal fortune? ' No
use to despair too quickly; there was al
ways time to die.
But he could not repress a start of ter
ror on seeing how deep the shadow had
grown bej-ond the palace and how rap
idly the lights were springing up. like
fireflies in the darkness. ' . ,
"All the park and all the country
round about," murmured he: "and only
one night!"
Then, on the run, he regained his
dwelling, called the council together
and. without giving them time even to
seat themselves, imparted to them the
extraordinary order transmitted to him
by the prince.
"An order to be executed under pen
alty of death before the dawn of tho
day," said he, recklessly indifferent to
the terrified faces of those surroundin ir
him. "The nrim-fi'a hnmnr ia Tint tn Vui i
trifled with; he will hear to no reason.
But listen and fully take in the idea that
has come to me, which may be the sal
vation of alL Go from here and set to
work at once in all . the country round
about men, women, children, nobles,
laborers, merchants and peasants, with
silk, cloth, satin, velvet, paper or gauze
to work at once, 1 say, manufactur
ing artificial flowers. If stuff be lack
ing let them cut up their clothes, their
hangings, their screens, their rugs for
the floor briefly, all that may seem to
them necessary or good. Then all these
flowers, before daybreak, too, must be
tied, nailed, glued or sewed upon the
trees, plants and bushes, the smallest
along the edges of the roads, the tallest
farthest away in the fields, all the artists
and painters in the neighborhood follow
ing npon their steps to direct the decora
tion and give finishing touches of thu
brush wherever needful. I, in person,
will watch over and foresee everything;
our safety depends upon it."
Less than an hour later there was not
a palace, a bouse in the city or a but in
the country" where they were not fever
ishly occupied manufacturing flowers.
and whoever had looked from the toweri
of the Kanga palace, shortly after the
turn of the night, into the park and
neighborhood wouid have believed him
self in a sea of lanterns, which surged
and leaped from tree to thicket an army
of fireflies chased by foxes. . .
. But at this hour the illustrious" daimio
snored peacefully behind his screen of
gold iucrusted ironwood: and the In
comparable princess, in the softened
rays of light sifting' through the frail
pearl leaves of a swinging lampadaire,
reclined upon cushions and sought tc
compose in her dreams a fitting poem on
spring.
Her women had just finished dressing
her " next morning when the Princess
Fiaki heard nnder her window the notes
of an orchestra and the chant of many
voices. . . ,
"Ah!" said she, with a wearied ges
ture, "I remember! My birthday to
day! Why was ! born in winter?"
The maids of ' honor threw wide the
window sashes.
- "True, mistress," returned they, 'but
see. the beautiful weather!" ; . '
Beautiful indeed, the Bky, for once, as
if it had been a courtier clothed for the
fete in a heavenly blue, across which a
gay sun rolled of a gold a trifle pale.
Languidly the princess advanced to the
outer gallery and leaned from the balus
trade. But then, what a cry of surprise
and joyl ' What was all this 'she saw be
fore her? Was it possible? Flowers,
flowers everywhere! T . spring, then
had'eome!
"What I" said she. turning from side
to side and running from end to end of
the gallery, "almond trees red and white,
peach blooms, lilies, apple blossoms!
What a-tniracleP-- - -
Moreover, through all these spring
roads and .' pathways ' gyly ' dressed
throngs were hurrying to pay their re
spects to their prince's daughter; the
great seigneurs on horseback, the noble
dames in bullock cars or the regular
nourimanos.
. Fiaki hastened to descend.". The dai
mio met upon the terrace steps and she
threw herself into his arms with a cry
of, "Father! father! thou art in truth a
god!" - -.
Then they strolled the -park and gar
dens to admire this magic spring. - Fiaki
laughed and danced and chipped her
hands like a child, and immediately a
great chariot shaped like a pavilion, all
aglow with gold stars and drawn by
white bullocks drew up at the terrace
steps for the princess and her- maids of
honor to take a ride through the coun
try. Then the visitors entered their
cars and fell in lvie and it was one long,
joyous, brilliant and interminable pro
cession. The prince led the way, the prime
minister beside him, grave and impassi
ble in his triumph. The scene of en
chantment was the same along all the
roads, the warmth of the sun and the
light golden fog -that faintly veiled - the
face of nature rendering still more com
plete the illusion of spring, richer, more
flowery, more generous in all respects
than the real springtime.
"And what a delicious perfumer
cried the happy little princess, every
instant thrusting her pretty little head
out of the chariot to see the better.
"What a delicious perfume floats in the
air from all these flowers!" -
Delicious indeed! The daimio him
self smell ed it scent fountains and
atomizers, in fact, hidden in the harness
ing of the beeves, the spray from which
mingled itself with the breath of the
animals. ..-
Ever and ever so far Jhey went into
the country. Wild with delight, Fiaki
could not abridge her happiness. Then
she wanted to return by another road
was it possible?
A little tmeasy, the prince regarded
his impassible minister.
"Does the princess desire," demanded
he, "to return by the hills or the orch
ards?" .
"The orchards, by all means," the
young girl responded: "it is further and
more beautiful."
'And by the. orchards they returned; as
Fiaki had said, more beautiful than all
they had seen. Soon the pink blossoms
of a plum tree caught the princess' at-.
tennon. -
"1 must have it," she cried, "a branch
of that plum tree to carry with me as a
souvenir of this wonderful spectacle."-
"The game is up!" moaned the prince
to himself ', throwing an appealing glance
Bat the minister had neither paled nor
trembled. .
"1 will do myself the honor of pluck
mg it for you," said he. putting spurs to
his horse and returning a moment later
with a superbly flowered branch. .
No sooner done than the maids of
honor wanted a piece, and then all the
noble dames, seeing that they were really
permitted to pluck: the blossoms. leaned
from their cars and demanded fragrant
souvenirs on their own account. -
Really this was too much. The prince
paled with anger and was going to-order
them to move on, but the minister reas
sured him with an imperceptible shrug;
he knew women well he had foreseen
this also, and at a sign to an assistant
a cart drove up loaded to the top with
dewy blossoms, and all were provided
with that which they demanded. .--Nai-Dai-Tsin
had unhesitatingly pil
laged all the conservatories of the pal
aces and had men mingling with the
crowd with bags full of flowers till the
word was given. The prince, who had
not divined this very simple device, -was
speech les3 with amazement. '
"Thou art truly a wonderful man,1
ne murmured in tne minister's ear, as
they re-entered the palace, "and thou
hast done far more than I could possibly
have hoped; but even in the delight of
this wonderful fete, there has been in
me- a dull disquiet how shall we ever
be able to surpass this spectacle for the
coming year
Meanwhile as the daimio tarried to
speak to his minister, Fiaki descended
from her chariot; at the same time the
son of the prince of Satsonma, who had
far to come and who had just arrived at
the palace with a brilliant escort, ad
vanced to salute her. - -ji
A very handsome young man, too, and
so brave that in spite of his youth he was
already ' much talked about. Deeply
moved at so much beauty, he stood be
fore Fiaki, and she, no less blushing and
confused, buried her face in the fragrant
blossoms in her hand and could say not
a word. - .
' Nai-Dai-Tsin, who seemed -.to see
everything, called the prince's attention
to them, and to the mutual mental dis
turbance that seemed to leave them
both tongue tied. ' ' ..
" w nen tne seventeenth year or your
daughter arrives for her, my lord," said
he, "give her for husband that .'hand
some prince there, and she will love him
more than today she loves the spring."
ine aaumo s race Droaaenea into a
delighted smile and he hurriedly thrust
a gold and bronze trinket into the prime
minister s hand. .
"The key of my treasure box. Mai-
Dai-Tain," said he; "take it, use what
yon will, and heed my advice be not
too modest !" Translated from . the
French of Judith Gautier by E. C. Wag
goner for Short Storiee.
England's Pcrrae.
. "Our Old Nobility," as most people
are aware by this time, is a superstiticv
At least a half of the hereditary peer
ages have been created within the last
sixty years, and not one-fourth were in
existence 150 years ago. The peerage
consists, for the most part, of clever law
yers, who, as Bnrke said, are only birds
of passage in the lower house, success
ful - commanders, unsuccessful party
hacks,-, munificent party . backers and
wealthy brewers. These are "Our 'Old
Nobility,'' and we entirely fail" to see
why anybody should object to their buy
ing -themselves into "Our Old. Proper
ties." Pall Mall Gazette. - -
A. Queer Plae to Bide Mousy.
Not long ago a neighbor in a frame
house was burned out and the residents
ia the vicinity all worked hard to try
and save some of his furniture. To our
surprise the man seemed quite indiffer
ent to the fate of his chairs and tables,
but ran great risk of being burned alive
in. his efforts to save a few flowers in
some shabby looking pots. It did not
appear to me that his flower collection
was worth a dollar altogether, and I
could not imagine why he took such
pains to save it from burning.
I found out afterward that it was not
the flowers or the roots that he cared
for, as they were all scattered roughly
around the front of the house, nor for
the pots, which he threw away. The
secret turned out to be that he was using
his flower pots as banks in which to store
his spare money, and he admitted on be
ing questioned that he had been doing
this for many years. Interview in St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. '
. Paper from Wood Pulp.
; Comparatively little paper is made out
of rags nowadays exclusively, a fact
which is fortunate," as -the quantity of
paper now used is so great that there
would not be enoneii worn out clothing
or shoddy to supply the -demand. The
strangeness of it is that while paper is
being used for dozens of purposes former
ly monopolized by wood or even a harder
material, such as car wheels, boxes, bar
rels, tubs, pails and so forth, wood is rap
idly driving other ingredients to the wall
in the manufacture of nearly all the
cheaper grades of paper.
Wood pulp is made by a comparatively
lengthy process, but by taking the mills
to river banks where there is raw ma
terial and water power at hand, it can
be produced at- less than half the price
formerly charged. New York Telegram.
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leaves beln's those most commonly nsed.
Again, sweepings fir-m tea warehouses are
colored and sold as t a. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and madeovcrand find their way into
the cucsp teas. . .
The English government attempts to stamp
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poor for xu, aud the reault is, that probably
the poorest teas used by any nation are those
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