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KIT CAItSON'S LEGACY. I. Gtronlmo and Ills murderous band Arc raiding lhc fresh joune Western land; ionuring women anu scalping men, Making of ranches a nolsotno fen, And of sctllcircnts a tlauglitcr-pen. II. Ill I hi I bll To the pale-face death I Mutilate sons ere their waning breath I Murder mothers, and babies brain 1 Scatter bullets like pcltlnit rain, And tcour away to the bills again 1 Bloody Apaches, dc accurst, Over our hi incs In n cyclone burst; Making widows of fair young wives, Taking Innocent children's lives, Gashing loved ones with reeking knives. IV. Mercy to such Is thrown away, '1 be rifle-ball Is their only py : The baionct-tirod and the Uatllncr-irun. And tljo cavalry-cbnrgc from which they run ire wio uravesi anu nosi uuug to ue none. V. Guilty friends of that fiendish &y Whose trail Is wet with the tears iff vfoiu Hi nk what Kit Carson Iselv sul When bo cflcd i a QjttlcrVgte? ItfOy "An Indlay tited Is an Indian Ami" JItbUZ &h-aliatn ddec A 0$ DAISIES, A. Keasintrtorj Romance. It wab oniv a London garden, but it eflrco ho wojieu iu irom intrusivo oyes, wi bo judiciously planted with How tt thut rauld stand tbo air of cities una tiio neighborhood of amoko, was do unrounded by trees, and tbo walls that encircled it wcro covered with crcfpci-H, that it was dillicult to real ize that it was actually n part of tbat "Old Court Suburb" which is now a part of London itself. Thoro was an old bowling-green that niado tiio Hmoothcst and greenest of tennis- luwns; thoro woro stately alloys. planted with quaint shapes of box and yew; an ancient sundial and a moss grown fountain; trim walks through trolllscd doorways, that led to con- fiurvatoncs gorgeous with tropical uowcrs; nnd shady corners, much ap nrociatcd by tho young people who ciirao to Lady Mary Hazlowood's gar- dun parties and that at other times woro Mota Ha.lewood's favorite ro treat. Lady Mary wa tho widow of a gen eral ami aieta was nor only daughter. ft tall and rallicr stately briinolto of iweiity-iwo, wbo bad been out two or tiircu seasons, and hud refused soveral eligible oilers without any very appar ent roason. Miss Hazlo'wood did not oven give anj' reason. Tho gentlemen who had dono her tho honor to wish to marry lior woro not to her lasto, sho fl'aid, and scorned to think that state ment conclusive. Mela's indifference) to suitors wns tho only point of difforchoo between her mother and herself. Lady Mary would gladly have seen her daughter suitably settled as, indeed, what mother would notP but iu tho long run tho girl always bad her way. "Do you want lo got rid of mo, mamma?" sho would ask, witli ono of tho smiles that woro half saucy, and wholly sweet; and thero could bo but ono answor to suoh a question. Nev ertheless, Lady Mary could not help fooling that bur daughter was per verse. Tho feeling was intensified just now by an oiler from Mela's latest admirer, ami by t ho fact that Lord Castloman Miomed likoly to faro no better than those who had gono bo fore him. "I can't understand it, my dear," aid Lady Mary, plaintively. "What was thoro in Sir .John Hope that any girl need have objuoted tor"" "Ho was not to my tasto," said Mota, for tho hundredth time. "Or In Captain Shaw? And I run SUXO tlK'.V both worship SCi iho ground you trod on." "'i'hoy would have boon welcomo to do that if they would only havo ab stained from worshiping mo," said Muttt, lightly. . "My clear, don't bo flippant; when you really fall iu lovo yoursolf, you Will know it is not a joking mattor." "Ab! ycti when 1 dol" said Mota. 'Aud now thero is Lord Castloman, tlmi you don't seem any more favor tubly inclined to him." "1 cun't liolp it, mamma," said Muta, rather wearily. Sho roso and rwithurud hor work together, nnd loft tho fluid to liUdy xUury. Sho was to tirud of I hose endless lamentations, mud Hho know onough of hor mother (to know that who would not leuvo hor ipufc griovuncn till alio had thoroughly jdxhiuuitcd both thut und hor daugh ctwr's pattauuo, Ho Mota put on bcr Qrud imd tdrolhid iato tbo garden, tbo (Jihndj old a'rld flurdoo. thut always tiyamwd narb n hurcn uf pcuoo und uidi tajiu iwxxd tbo -ftbirl und dm of tho l?du 'ts. it Wus boro that; Mota u5mor)y oima wheu hoc mother 8 (Drani ffiis tuo pialxtIvo ur bio lcnjua cIcAtB'. yu idillrt-f ttqaiuot tbo klodlv, BOi'to ft'oojwo, oveo io bcr hourt. hot febliop: tho naod v a litt'.o imlot aod fi)llitulo, a HttVo tlmo la wuieh to gather bor IkoabtB, ectii portmyi livo over again tbo oap little ttwutk io winch tbo gimtgu biol taatiaad ftwaBjac and fulrOc and s&aoca tbao it bad over iHiomWd sioce. Tbitt vim live rears ago uo$J tbat ooo atscDtft of hlota's life t&ut hrafl .-QjotnoCt to l-fldy Mary, so much liOu any othar Juno, but that bad made tho vorj iimp; af Juno musical forever In hor daurii tor's cars. It was Juno again now, and oven in London thoro was a sense of summer in tho air. Tho garden was ut Its best, with roses just untolfling, ami creepers Sroculy twining and putting forth elieato tendrils, as yet uiismirchud by dust or soot. Tho groat .Juno daisies that grow wild iu suoh abund ance in southern pastures and on breoay clllls by tho tca, but that need ed much caro and pains to Induce thorn to grow hero at all, were open ing their yellow discs, nnd spreading their white fringes iu tho sun. Mota gathered one, and put it softly to her lips. "Tho ono llower In tbo world I" whispered tho girl, und then she blushed at iter own thoughts, and fastened tho llower In her girdle, und bald liorsolf It was folly, and worse than folly, to lot any man's words dwell In hor heart liko this, and oomo back to lior across tho years whenever, tho daisies blow. Jt was livo years ago now, but every Juno, as tbo groat white daisies opened to tho summer un, It seemed to Mota tbat she stood onco moro by Robin Lindsay's sides nncl heard him tell her that ho should novor sco thoir blossoms ngain with out thinking of this garden of Ills cousin ' Rocauso tlioy aro Marguerites, and ..... u.i;i.ivhl civf ..onu. "ii you like. Ur becauso they are fair and white, and tall and stately anu beautiful, " said Mr. Lindsay Shall I find them and you still horo wnon l corao back, 1 wondorr Will the daisies bloom year after year, in splto of foirs and snioko? And you. Margaret, will you bo horo, In snito of an inn suitors who win try tc win and wttr the Margt&rito that is llio ono nowor in ino worm ior mor ono uiu not answer for n moment. Sho was only seventeen, and with Robin Lind say, at loast, sho wae curiously shy. And then, before sho could speak, no caught her hands in his. "Don't an- sQur, duar." lie swd; "1 had no right to eaff. I Will not bind you by & tiioglo y?ord. Only glvo tnu a llorec tor okliovo s paao. it pioutfcs you to nothing, but I ma? bo ahul to bnvo it if I com bank sumo day and find no daiBios bero." "Ono dais? will' bo hero," said Mota- softly so sultly that perhaps bo did net boar; or perhaps bo would not. Robin Lindsay bad do fortuno but bis profession, but be was a Scots man, and as proud as ho was; poor. It seemed to him a basonoss to try to win a pledge from this fair young cousin of his, whoso mother looked so much higher for her, and toj whom an cniragcmcnt to hinissirj could only bring yours of iudclinito waiting. The waiting and tbo bunion of sop-. oration and doubt and anxiety should be ins, and not bcrs, no told inmsolf; and so ho wontawav and left hor frco, not understanding that her freedom was a heavier burden than thorn all. lie only wrote onuo, a formal loiter to I.ndv Miirv. ntiknmvlndfrlnfr bur' hospitality, that somehow found its way among Mel every year there camo a Christmas, card adorned with whito Manruoritoi daisios, and bearing an Indian post mark and tuc initials it. J.. That was all; just such Christmas, cards as any one might have sent, pretty tokens of cousinly romombranco' mat migiit be tbo emptiest of compli-, meats: but Mela Hushed into tremb ling delight over thorn, and hid thorn' away as a miser bides his gold. And Lady Mary, looking kindly at, her daughter, with tbo unexpected acumen which otlierwiso foolish wo- mon sometimes display In mailers of. ilia Heart, thought lo liorselt mat it Mota had not, been such a child whenl Koliiu Lindsay went away, she might, Have tanuicd there bad boon somo noncsniisii" between thn cousins when tlioy wandered so long in the' irnrilnll flman enft .llltif nl'ii ttitirra lien Song years ago. I It was only a passing thought, dis missed the next instant as too unlikely for serious relleetion, but it came liaei; to Lady Mary with startling vividness' this fair Juno morning as site went iu-J to the garden in search of Meta, and toiiud her standing by tho daisies willr oyes tbat were luminous and tender; and sad. The golden bosses, surround ed with pearly shafts of whito, sud-, donly recalled I ho Christinas cards that had borno them iu every variety of dainty dovicos. And when Lady Mary looked at her daughter with un oonsciou appeal and questioning, sho know, with a thrill ol unwelcome con viction, Hint tho girl's eyes foil before her own. Was this it this that Mota, her proud, unapproachable Mota, was only proud and uuapproaehablo be cause she was already won. and won cither clandestinely or unwooodP Kithci' supposition seemed a deso eratum to Mela's mother, with Meta standing before lmr in lior proud young bounty; only tbo daisies mado a back ground to her thoughts, an unacknowl edged arriero peu.uu that had its share in dutormiulug hot' spoouh. "Do you kuow that Lord Castloman is oomiug for his atiswer this morn ing!" sho asked with an attempt at sovority of domoanor that was not too successful. What aro you going to, soy to him, my duar?" "Won't you seo him, mamma? You will soy 'No' o much moro graciously than 1 should.' "Rut need it bo -No,' Motor" "What ol60 can it bo?" said Mota, rather druorlly. The daistvs wero au unconscious ba'ki;round to hor thoughts also. Tho daisios that bad brought only happy mouiorlos and gulden droacus to tbo girl io hoc teens, had oouio to havo quito other mo anions for tbo wutoaa ut Hvoaly two. Fivo years! Was it likoly tbat tbo rlvo-jeors-olri story uould 'seoui any Uitoq but a boy aod girl rouuaro lo ftobio Liorttfftp now? 'CUot was Uo qoofitioa tbot, tbo doisies had Ituou ask ing' ftiargarot Hozlswuml this mucoiug, tbot they tBjl alrcatl? ttikefl hor mora tbon once ns tlia eiopty yean tyimt by, cod UobiQ Liml&ay gave no sign of clQii&iu" "tho oflu Uorfor iu tho TVorld for blinP' ".'eed it bo 'So,' Meta?" said her mother once more. O'Lord Castloman is oil born, distinguished, a polished gentleman, and au upright man. what fault can you tlud iu him?'' "Nono," salfc)Mota, wearily. Sho thought lijut life would havo been easier to her If her suitors had been a little less unexceptionable. coptbim? Do you know, Mota, wbat "Then, my dear, way do you not ac Is the natural conclusion when a girl boliaves as you dor ' "Yes," said Mota, hastily. "Tbo natural conclusion, tho only conclu sion, is that she likes her homo and hor mother (8o well to leave them." Lady Mary put asidu tbo llattory with lofty inditlereneo "Tho natural conclusion is that thoro is some one she likes hotter or fancies shodoos," aid tho mother considerate ly changing tho form of expression as slio saw the sudden tlamo in Mota's cheeks, it faded as quickly as it bad oomo, and Mela said steadily "That Is not tbo ease with mo, mam ma." It was not a willful untruth. Her morning's communings with tbo daisios bad brought homo tbo convict lion that Robin Lindsay bad fergotton ber, or thought of lior only as a,' couaUa, attU .no! blag oould VberafoF bo moro evident lo Margaret Hazel wood than that her own lootings must 'havo undergono a similar change, t "I am relieved to bear it," said Lady .Mary. "I bad really begun to won der absurd as itsccms it thero could bavo boon anything between you and Robin (nl.tn " "No! oh no!" cried Meta vohoruont ly. "How could you think so, mam ma, when ho has-never " She stop ped, afraid of her own voice. What, was she going to do? To falter nnd break down before her mother to bo tray tho weakness Hint had robbod hor girlhood of Its brightness, and that instead of being conquered as sho hadJ believed, seemed ready to ovorwbolnr i her now with a sudden despairing snninor one paused a moment, steady ing herself against tbo garden soat. and then sho said with a nervous liltlo laugh "How could vou bo so nbsurd. mamma? I should havo thought vou knew mo better than that." Tho ttto women nrcro botli too lauch excitbd to notico outsida thinrfl. It cttme upon them both rt'lth :c littlo shark, wheaia pfltfo appeared bufOro them antt ou- nouaood Ihnt'Lord Costlonmn wos ia toe drawing room. 1 will oomo," said Lad? Marp nop- vouily, and tbon abo looked at bcr uughicr. My dear, what shall I say. You will not sacridco your prospects your happinesss " "My Happiness is not in question, mamma, said Meta Droudly. "You can send Lord Castloman to mo." Lady Alary did not venturo to ask any moro. She kissed bcr daugbtor, and went oil to her guests, roioiciiifr. Meta would not havo sont for him only to reject him, sho felt sure. And' as for tho doubts winch the daisios lau suggested, it L.ady Mary did not. imiievo nor daughter's proteslations as cntiroiy asiueta would havo wished, she buliovcd in tho healing power of timo and tho evanescent naturo of. human emotions, with a fullness of! conviction that Meta horself would, probably never attain to, Sho turned for a moment and looked at tho girl's ...!.!. .1.. .1 ! ... . . " wiiuu cum nguro wun icnuor ma ternal pride, and then sho went on to tho house and into the drawing room, glowing with satisfaction and good will. Lord Castloman was standing by tho table witli a faco tlia was becoming anxious and grave, but ho Unshod into cagor anticip.itiou as Lady Mary camo into the room. "lou bring mo good tidings,"' bo cried joytully. "I seo it m your eyes. i "Sho will sco you," said Lady Mary, boaming with smiles. "You will lind hor in lior favorite coruor bv tho con servatories." Ho proved her hand, and went, see ing everything a littlo mistily through the sudden dazzlo of now hope; but pleading his eauso with as much humility ns though ho had not just seen Lady Mary, and drawn his own deductions from tho encouraging interview. And Meta sat with downcast oyos.and listened to his talo in a silence ho felt to bo still more encouraging; but when lie would have taken hor baud sho drow it back. "Wait," sho said; "thoro is some thing 1 should liko to show you lirst." J Sho took from her pockot a faded leathor case, and opened it witli fin gers thai tremblod a littlo in spito of her ellbrts to keep thorn still. Insido woro tbo Christmas cards with tiio pretty frosted daisies, and tho robins that used to bo so seldom absent from Christinas cards, but that had, perhaps a special reforenco iu those, and with thorn a letter that was a littlo frayed about tho edgos now. Lord Castloman stared, as ho might porhaps hu excused for doing. i "What aro thesot1" ho said. 'Tar don mo; I don't understand." "it was vory foolish and it was all livo years ago," faltorod Mota, "but I thought you ought to know." Ho midorstood now, and his brow lowot'od ominously. Ho was all Lady Mary hod called him ho was woll .born aud distinguished, a polished goutloman, nnd an upright man, but he was not largo soulod. Tho confes sion that Mota had made, with a pain he could not ovou understand, uiovod him to no gouerous sympathy; it only wouodd his vauity' aud stung bis prido. Ho took tbo cards and tho loi ter from bur, uud tore Ibom into a thousand pieecs, and tbon bo turood upon bis heel. "Miss lUzlowoud, Iba?o tbo tumor to wish you good moraing-," ho said, with a etift' littlo bow. "f appreciate your candor, but you will undorstand. that a C8tleiuRii dues not caro to bo '6ocond to any otbor man." lie went o'ttay with bis head In tbo ,Oir, knocking over his choir ia his (Vg itoUon, and Aiota wau conscious oi a very unhoroio folding o voliof. To plcitgn hor mother, ud' to 9ao her oQ ii prido, sho had brought horself to think tbgt she might accept Lord Cas tloman, but tho sen of relief showed her bow groat au cscapu she bad had. HoviD long sho sat where had left hor sho never quite knew. Her oyes were on tho torn and scattorcd frag ments that woro all that remained to bor of her girlhood's dream, "aud as sho sat and mused her faco was gravo aud sad but It was a sadness iu which Lord Castloman bad neither part nor lot. Tbo oponlng of tho garden door '"s,oa hor , ut u, Aid thon-for life is sometimes kinder to us than our deserts or our Imaginings sho lifted ber oyes aud saw somo ono coming up tho walk some ono whoso coming hor own prido had oomo near to making a curse instead of a blessing. For tho some ono was Robin Lindsay, come back at last to explain bis long ab sence, and the untoward fortune that hail till now mado it impossible for him to come aud ask for the Margaret who was still to him "tho one llower 'in tho world." boincbody y teat tho odor of fresh paint .mny bo removed front room by placing 'utiuciir of ground oolite Iu the apattmcut. 'Now we understand why It It a man Krnerally chew u round cotleo when ho Is painting the town. l'uek. "AU 1 Mant W a sltiglo heart,' write poetei. Tr) In i: to fill u bob-UI! fiuh, ehl AVitmut) luJqKialtiL ALASKA. Interesting Extrarts from the Report of the tlrst urn nil Jnry The initial report of tho lirst grand jury of Alaska to Judge Wndo Mc Allister, of tbo United States district court, which was submitted at tho ro cent Mny term, contains tho following paragrapns oi interest: "Iho rapid development of our tor ruory, mo recent discoveries of so much rich mineral, and tho numerous industries that aro boing brought, to mo aueiiuon oi capitalists lorco uAJto 1 1. i . . . i .... i uiu uuiiuiusiun mm me judicial sys tem as now established is inndenuato to tho demands of our people and of such a limited character that in somo of tho most important .Wbtions of the territory tho settlement of controver sies by courts and juries is practically unattainable, and that by all m6nn3 regular term of court, with 811 flio jurisdiction of your honorable court, should bo established at Juneau. Godi:U and Ounalasktu and that our governor should appoint justices o uio poaco and coostuuloa at all tbo principal lislnnp- stations and else where whooover he uitty think tboy oro needed. Records are now boing mado involving the titles of mineral binds valuod at soveral millions of dollars. Officers having tho custody of tbeso records should bo provided with suilablo vaults and receptacles to protect tbo same against loss bv lire or otlierwiso. Tho Dominion parliament lias already taken tho proliminarv steps by which tho boundary botween Alaska and tho British possessions can bo ascertained and determined, and wo especially urge the necessity for tho United States government to com ply with tho request mado by tho Do minion parliament that a commission bo appointed to sottlo vho ouestion. Valuable mineral lands aro beinf prospected, and our miners at this timo havo no moans of knowing whother said mines should be located" under tho United States minimr laws or those of Rritisli Columbia. In view of tho fact that Alaska territory pays a greater revenue to tho general government, in proportion to mo population, man any otbor terri tory now or heretofore in existenco in tho United States, we doom it as a mat- tor of justico to our citizens that ap propriations should bo made for tho following purposes, to wit: For tho repairs of wharyes now belonging to uio government; ior tiio construction. erection nnd improvements of others at the principal points in Alaska wa ters, and for the croction and main tainanco of light houses for tho safetv of life and property of our people. "Our olliccrs should bo supplied with some convoniont moans of trans portation, under tho control of said olli ccrs, without which it is impossible for them perform to thoir respective duties with such promptness and dispatch as olliccrs in other territories of tho Uni ted States aro able to do. This wo suggest for tho reason that the only mode of conveyance is by boat. Thero aro no roads, and tho peonle aro obliged to travol by water exclusively. u recommend the appopriation of suuicioni money io survey and build a good trail from tho head of Duryea inlet, Cbilcat county, to tho boundary lino, a distance of about twenty-live miles, to insure tho safe transit of minors, explorers, and supplies des tuiod for tho Yukon river and tribu taries, thus furnishing an accossiblo routo to tho mineral helds of wealth and importance "Tho lishos found in tho waters of Alaska territory aro tho principal food iishes of tho world viz., salmon, her ring, codfish, and halibut. In consid eration of the fact that tho fishing in dustry stands next to tho milling in dustry in this territory, ami that Alaska will probably bo' called upon to supply tho Unitod States with cheap food lishos in tho near futuro, it is im portant tiiat an examination of the ex- lent of tho fisheries should bo mado, and to that end a liberal appropriation with tho necessary transportations should bo provided. "Wo recognize tho long-established policy of oifr government to oneourago schools and oducatioual facilities, ami would say that our Russian citizens aro, os a class, poor, and unacquainted with tbo rights and privileges of American citlrons, and that non-sectarian schools by fai. honest, and tip right porsous, not prejudiced in favor of any sect or ercud. should bo estab lished for the benulit ut tho whito chil dren if Almfca territory. "While we aro somewhat in doubt in regard to our duties in regard to Indians, ueverthelos" wo have takeu tboru with tho broad moaning of our instructions, and as their future iathis territory is eo interwoven with sottk'ra thoreio wo tao tho responsibility, and pvesont them as wo anorUiom. Tho to iojlianS aro enterprising and indus teious, and fully understand end ap preciate our system of government. Tlioy aro not by any means the untutor ed savage of gushing travelers and romance-writers, but are independent, solf-supportiif, ami wilng laborors, and wo should deem it most disastrous to tho advancement and prosperity of this territory should tlioy bo confined on rosorvatUvM. "The distanco of our torritory from tbo central government mQ tho length of timo necessary to communicate with tbo hoads o'f dltVoront depart ments render it necessary that either woijavo a representative iu congross or 4hat an agent familiar with this torritory and our neeo.-sitios bo np appointed to remain in Washington duriug tbo sessions t congress. Rather Consoling. "I would not worry mysolf to doatb over tbo conduct of that boy of yours," sympathizing!)' exclaimed a lady to the mother of "a boy whoso actions de noted that ho was irreclaimable, "1 have prayed for him night after night, aud It seems to bavo no effect on him, said tho mother, "aud 1 am becoming discouraged." "Novor mind, don't worry any more. It only proves that tho Lord Is just as much disgusted as you aro," iVc ttci'i Weekly. The Detroit Fm J'rtu observes! "Beer Is what ailed Gladstone." We thought it was ale that Mcrrd him. CMcnpt Jtainbltr. The key to a pood situation Is not vrbU- Tito Sttwanee River. The other day two or three of us ooon companions well, tnoro wero some thirty or forty in tho excursion went to mat spot fnmous in song am story tbo SuTtanco river. The rido to tbo gulf has already been described. uuiiico it to say tbat tbo trip wos swit nnd agreeable. The jungles had lost nono of thoir beauty, tho splendid magnolias wero in bloom, the grand oaks wcro garlanded with gigantic grapevines, and the moss was as gray, silken, and fantastic as ever. Ono l-takcs a small steamer going for somo Mistanco along tho gulf. and. after a nigiu s rest, looks from the Altered dock upon tho lovely Suwanee. The river Is quite as latVo as the untier St John's, bending iu and out in innn mcrable curves for ovor ono hundred miles. In ibj clear Waters vou can seo tho lish leaping, end swimming. Kv- ory bond throughout its ontito cottrtid ecciob moro arocoRiI than tbo last: ovory Btrotolt, moro romantic aod boautuiil. Wotvhoro 18 tho yerdirro moro tropical, and' as far as Uio ova con roach ono soes aa unbrokoa liu o of syiumolry. If eomo gardener bad vo-iu ui tuu irees ou eunor sine uis work would call for hearty admirn tion, but it is all tho handiwork of na turo. that magnificent wall of crecn not a shrub seems to bo broken, not a faded loaf can bo soon, on n. loni. vast, unbroken hedco of omerald. and underneath a greensward liko a car- pot, interlaced with linos of gold and bars of silver, where tho sun throws vivid or fainter boams down athwart tho cool, deep shadows. vuars wbar dc old folks lib." savs a swarthy deckhand, ns ho doffs hia rimless bat, showing broad white ivor ies and laughing back to laiiHiinn- iiccs ashoro. Suro enough, in von" dcr tiny bend is a little hut built of logs, and two or thrco colored child ren stand on tho greensward to son 'do boat ride." As if to add mithn and reality to tho poet's vision, there comes out an old, old man, bis head whitened with the frost of age. and stands loaning on a stick to watch us out of sight. And later on comes tho moon to add to tho witchery of tho surroundings. Over yonder tho river has washed in under tho livo oaks, tho tall cvnrcss unl tho pines. Years ago tho Indian. and his wigwam dotted tlicso shores. I havo no doubt they woro as wild, and perhaps as wayward, as thoir brothers of the west rejoicinng in scalps, brandishing tho war-knife with savago satisfaction, and sotting iiro to tho pcacoful habitations of tho white settlors along tho bordors. In all probability tho poetry of tho splendid river was much of it lost upon their uncivilized natures, though it may havo kept them cleaner than the ma jority of their race. They did have somo music in them, however, for no tico tho names of thoir towns and riv ers. By aud by wo reacli a plantation, but it is in ruins. Yet it blends woll with tbo soft nnd sad boauty of tho night. Whether or not it is "do olo plantation," who can toll. Wo know that onco it wns peopled with happy family groups, massa's children and massa's slaves. The tinkling notos of "do banjo" were heard undor tbo oavos, the negroes sang thoir plaint ive melodies, while "do white folkscs" took their easo on tho now deserted lawn that slopos so gently down to tho water's edge. Wo stop at several landings, at ono ol which are tho fa mous iron springs, and, wherever wo go, tho wonders of toliago, of color, of water and sky, challenge our admira tion. It is tho paradise of the south tho wonder-wilds of Florida and tourists who do not investigate its beauties havo lost much that would mako memory a pleasure Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. Forgot tho Teeth. It was at a local restaurant. lie had ordorod a breakfast. Ho waited. Tho waiter did not wait, lio camo and went aud came aud went, but the breakfast did not arrive Tho guost callod tho niotooric in dividual. "Havo tbo cows corao homo yot?" bo asked. Tiio waiter gave a feeblo smilo waiters aro very bard to Toaob with sarcasm. "It'll bo horo in a minute, sir, all right." "The olock kept going all tbo same. Ho stopped him again. "Tell the cook I'll tako that part of it that is done. 1 :un not in any hurry, but my wife will novor boliovo tin a. an excuse ior mo staying out ell, night." At length tho broakfat was brought. Ha bfgao on it. It s liko leather. Once again ho gently called tho waiter. ( "I say, aro you suro you have fiio gotten nothing." "3lo, sir; l'vo brought you every thing a gnifo, a fork, two spoons, a plate no sirj' O "Don't yofrprovido a sot of tooth vnth this bcfstoaiO" San Francisco Chronicle. O Where Religion is Needed. Thoro has always been an indiffer ence to oburcb-golng in this commun ity, says The San Francisco Chronicle, that began in '49 and has lastnd with great vigor up till tho present tiwo. Cousoquoutly a good many most ostrru ablo men aro apt to confuse at fttnor als for similar ebullitions on Fourth of July and other kindrod occasions. It is hard for a man who has not been iit church for a thousand years to distin guish botweon tho various oxorcises, and the proportion of peoplo who can find tho placo iu tho prayor-book is so small that it would bo worth the church's while to get out a guldo to it. Rut 1 don't think anything moro roprohonslblo ovor occurred than an incident at tho funeral of otio of Cali fornia's pioneers, whoso rodeoming merit was that ho died rich. The body of tho pavilion was tilled with all the early settlers of California, and all wont well for somo time. Rut when tho officiating clergyman finished a long ami boautiful prayer, I can fancy his astonishment when tho pioneers burst into loud applause It wont on for a ininuto botoro tho occasion was recognized and the plaudits wero silenced. CLEVELANMANA. Gathered at Random irom 3IHs Hose Eliza beth Cleveland's JNew Book. t No secret of hydraulics could causo a dowdrop to hang upon a roso loaf in a cube. 1 nover know a good man or a good woman who was not practically an op timist. ; The past is simply humanity. It is.' thou and I, a vast congregation of thous and l's. An acorn in tho mind is worth mora than an oak forest at the end of tbo tongue. The noble soul would chooso rather somebody in i not to bo than to bo particular. So lino an ironv has history, that shame" of its. that which maki's thn wives makes tho glory of its kings Manneri aro made in thn market tyhere tlioy aro sold, and their buy-' ma and SJdlius aro mostly uncon scious. Jvoaiit cob posa ItotWBon hunia croaturps eo divino as the iftofroc ognjtioa, for it touches upon tbo oro uuvu. To bo dramatic, and at tbo saroo timo accurate, is a raro coinbiuation.' If tho ono is gilt tbo othor is graco. ' Wo can do no braver or better thing than to bring our best thoughts to tho; everyday market. Tboy will yiold usi usurious interest. Milton's sublimo audacity of faith acretcs tho ponderous craft of bis verso and keeps it from sinking into! tho abyss of theological pedantry. Our lives aro not laid out in vast,, vaguo prairies, but in dehnito do- inostic door yards, within which wo aro to eserciso aud develope our facul-l ties. Herein is tho significance of sayingi that history repeats itself. It does ro-, peat itself, becauso it repeats its fao-( tors tho men aud women who com- oose it. Tho mother makes tho man, por aps; but tho wife manufactures him. sometimes tho wife in ber manufac-i turo confirms the making of tbo mother, sometimes counteracts it. Tho born poot has no agony in tho deliverance of his song. Tho uttering is to him that soothing balm which tbo utterance is to tho reader. It Is tho weeping, not tho toar went, tbat Ijives relief. Tho humanity of each of us is liko ioiuo ajolian harp constructed by tho Master Musician, and laid down ten derly by Him on tho sea shoro, whoro, winds from every quarter play con tinuously. Reciprocity, constant and oqtial, among all lfis creatures is tho plan of tho only maker of plans whoso plans never fail in tho least jot or tittle. Ho has reserved to Himself tbo power to givo without receiving. Human history is nothing but ono, ceaseless llow of causo into offoct, and, of effect into causo. Thero is nothing, but which is consequent. You and I arc but tho consequents of a vasti tangle of autocedonts in all timo bo toro. You como from ono of Georgo( Eliot's poems as from a Turkish bath of latest science and refinement, ap-, preciative of benefit, but so battered, beaten, and disjointed a3 to need re- poso before you can be conscious of. refreshment. In theso days of ebb and quick sand, when agnosticism rears its stono, wall in front of faith, and writes upon' it in black letters tho ond-all and tho; be-all of all knowing, the ttuknow-i able, wo havo no need to know wheroj God is to confirm our faith in him. (An erroneous notion of the Middlo Ages.) A tunnel of time, 1,000 yearsj long, through which humanity rumbled blindly in an emigrant train,: tho last skyrockets of the Romani smpiro Haring up at one cud, thoj lirst sunbeams of tho Renaissance shining in at tho othor and no light! between tbo no-account period of) history. What's in a name? A roso by anyj other name might smell as sweet: but a lily, if rechristened rose, would never diffuso tht roso's odor, nor gain,; in addition to its own spotless per fections, tho deep hearted sorcery of that enchanting, crumpled wonder, which wo thrill in touchiug. as if it. too, had nerves, and blood, and a human heart a rose! (A picture- of Joan of Arc.) A lit-, tie peasant maiden, doing lowly sor-( vice in tho cottago homo at Homroiny a mail-clad mnideu, leading forth her soldiers from tho gates of Orleans;, two faithful foot dti fagots at Rouon; O a radiant fafeb uplifted to tho beckon ing skies; a crucilix uphold in shriv-' oling, Utuna-kissed bands; a wreath of snioko for shroud; a wrack of smoko, for pall, a hoap of ashes, and a fran-. ohised soul! In this sciontilio ago this ngo of iconoclasm it is greatly lod for usio to confront things rich, raro, out-of-l the-common-tbings, abovo our jworl to comprehond, boyoud our powor toj destroy. It is woll for us who aro so-, blind to tho roso color in our daily lives to bo forced to acknowledge its existonoo in too imperishabio canvass of history; woll for us, so intensely practical aAvo aro, to bo compelled, thoro, at least, to confront tho ro-, man tic' and tho heroic. Tobacco aa a Disitirectaut. "There is a general improssiou that tobacco is a disinfectant," was said tq an up towu into a placo whoro tho air is rank or laden with obnoxious vapors," said tho physician, "tobacco siuone win aiu you in escaping any ovil results, lou. will oortainly tind tho air less offensive, oven if it is no less rank. Rut if tho tobacco itsolf becomos tainted, or. con tains any poisonous substance, you will discovor that it is just as good a transmitter as anything else A cigar holder would enablo a man to cscapo a good many of tbo poualttos that all smokers lucur, aud 1 tried it for a timo. I discovered bowovor, that tua holder became a nuisance to my patients, and so I again began smok ing my olgars in tho old way." Acta j one bun. ; Opening of the fesson uncovering the mus tard pot. uston llullttUt.
