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I1F.LK.V. hriio tutn.rr.n seems lo t ry for the Host lover of Ihc n tuinn il xr, ,c1i ec rict-tlpt c.l nt (1 ulnc-tcd ttce, Kadi iiiFSul 1) nncli eml lran:h of u" hi Glcnms through Um n!e of i-liliniiicr ng hv Ami feck thee ss tiny Rou.lit of tMs For all II, o filorr of tliclr drcM 1 her weir a loo'.i of l t uliie;. In eery wood I fee tie Ktnid. The ruddy houghs i-b ve llw head, A"d I coped In clt icr flemh r li nd The Irostfd white nn 1 nub"' forn, The m i ncli'i dccji, ns, lenient r.d, Vh ch !ll;o a fleiy fenth r burns, Anriorcr i.ll tby liappy cyo, Shilling ns clear as sum it r slitci. bear tliy call upon the breeze. Gay aa the d. ncing w t.d, ut.d W ct, And utidniticalli the in Hunt trees, O'jr lit liens gray nml dt rkl n:r n oia, Follow the Ir.uc of thojc light leet Wh c'i netcr wc e il fault i r low, Il.it, by si mc fori st Inst'nct led, Know where to turn nud hew to tre.id, Where art thou, rom-rdo true a-id Irlcd! Tho woodl imlt cull for lliec hi v illi, Atd sadly burns the Autumn il lo lb fore my oji s, rrnidc dim and hllnil By blu r ng, puzzling mists and pain; 1 I ok befoic, 1 1 ok beh ml, llrnuty and losi so- m ovcrywl cie, And f;rlc inul glory 11 1 Ihc air. Already, In t' esofew short w. ck. A I midied tli -n. 6 I linrc unsaid, because thcio is no olcu that spialo In answer, and n 1 s'cnlng car. No one to caw now tl.ou art ilea 1 1 Anil month by incnlli and year by yen J shall out nibs thec ni'iio nud no Willi half my thought untold, I know. 1 do not think thou hast forgot, I know tliut 1 flliull not forgi-t, And uuni day, glad, but wondering not, Wo Iwo shll meet and face to faio, In still, fair fields tin con as yet, Shall la k of each old t'lru and place, Aid smile Ht pain, lnlcrprulcil By wisdom 1-nr.icd since wo cr uVrul. Suian Coolidqe, in The CoiiQrtgaComllst. Mathias Sandorf. -BY- JULES VERNE. Atrrnon op "jouiinky to tub okntiui OP TUP. HAIITH, " "THir TO Till! MOON," "AIIOUND TUB WOItliD IN KIOUTK DAYB. " "MUMAIUj bTllOUOl'F," "TWF.NTY. THOUSAND TilUUUES UNDKlt TUB HBA," ETC., 12T0. TRANSLATION COPVIUOlirKD, 1683. CHAPTER IX Continui-.i). "Wo'll nil thrco go," said Sandorf. 'Wait till wo (jot out boforo wo Bopnruto !" Eight o'clock then struck from tho olook in tho town. Tho prisoners had only twolvo hours to live. Night began to oloso in n night which promised to bo very ilnrk. Thick, almost motionless clouds unrolled them boIvos oumbrously across tho sky. Tho atmosphere was heavy, almost unbrcath nble, and saturated with electricity. A violent storm was coming on. Light ning had not yet passed botweon theso masses of vapor, heaped around liko so many accumulators, but distant growl ings wero heard along tho summits of tho hills that encircle Pisino. Under such circuniHtnnoes offered thoro was some chance of success, if an unknown gulf had not gaped beneath tho foot of tho fugitives. In a dink night they might not bo soon. In a noisy night they might not bo heard. r As Sandorf hnd instnntly recognized, Hight was only poasiblo through tho -window of tho coll. To forco tho door, to out into iin strong planks of oak, all bound nnd ironed, was not to bo dreamod of. besides, tho step of a sontinol resounded on tho lings of tho corridor. J!!ri CHCa tho door was cleared, how wero they lo llud their way through tho labyrinth of tho fortress? How wore they to pass tho portcullis and draw bridges, at which there wero always no many men on guard ? On tho side of lho Brico thoro was nosontinel ; but tho Brico was a belter defence to the face of tho donjon than a cordon of sentries. Sandorf Ihen went to tho window and oxutninod it, to seo if thoy could squeeze through it. Thin window was exactly three nnd a half foot wido nnd two feet high. Tho gap wtdonod ns it ran outwavds through tho wall, which hereabouts was nearly lour feet thick. A solid crossbar of iron guarded it. It was fixed in tho hide near tho interior opening. Theio wero iiono of those wooden boards which allow tho light only to outer from nbovo, for they would havo been useless, "owing to tho position of tho openiug. If, then, tho crossbar could be removed or dis phcod it would bo easy to gel through tho wiudow, which was not unlike an embrasure in a fortress walL But onco tho passage was freo, how voro they to make the descent down tho pcrpoudtonlar side ? By a laddor ? Tho prisoners had not ono and could not nmko one. By tho bed-clothes ? Thoy lnvl only tho heavy woolen counterpanes tliKown on tho mattresses which lay on tho iron frames llxed to tho wall. It would havo been impossible to have escaped by tho window if Count S.uulorf had not noticed u chain, or rather an iron rope, hanging outside, which might aid them to escape. Tho cable was tho lightning conduclor fixed to tho crest of lho roof above tho eido of tho donjon, tho wnll of which rtuo ntmight from the Brioo "Do you sco that cable?" said Count Sandorf to hia two friends. "You must havo tho courage to uso it it you waul to mnko your escape." "Tho courage wo havo," said Zathmar; "but havo wo tho strength?" " What does it matter ?" replied Hath ory ; " if strength fail us wo shall dio uu hour or two sooner, that is all." "Thoro is no need to die, Stephen," Kiid Sandorf. "Listen to me, and you ifeoj, Ladjidua 1 do not taiu any of wjr nESCENDINO THE words. If wo possessed a ropo, we should not hesitate to hang ourselves outsido tho window, so that wo might slip to tho ground. Now this cable is bettot than a rope, becauso its rigidity will render its descont much easier. Liko all lightning conductors, thoro is no doubt but that it is fastened to tho wall with staples. Tlicso staples will bo llxed points on which our feet may find n rest. Thoro is no swinging to dread, becauso tho cablo is llxed to tho wall. Tliero is no vertigo to fear, becauso it is night nnd you will seo nothing. Then, oiico through tho window, wo havo only to keep our coolness and courage and wo nro free. That wo risk our lives is pos sible. But it gives us ten chances to ono ; whereas if wo wait till tho morn ing, and our keepers find us here, it is hundreds upon hundreds to ono that wo havo to dio I" "Bo it so," replied Zathniar. " Where does tho cablo end?" nskod Balhory. "In n well probably," answered San dorf, "but certainly outsido tho donjon, and wo'll t:iko advantage of it. I do not know. I only see ono thing at tho oud of it, and that is liberty perhaps 1" Count bandorf was right in his sup position that tho lightning conductor j was fastened to tho wall by staples at equal distances. Tho descent would thus bo easy, for tho fugitives could uso tho staples ns stopping stones to keep thorn from sliding down too swiftly. But what thoy did not know was tltat when it left the crest of tho plateau on 1 which rose the wall of tho donjon tho 1 iron cablo becanio free, plunged into tho waters of tho Foiba, then swollon by recent rains. Where thoy reckonod on finding ilrm ground at tho bottom of tho gorgo was n foaming torrent, leaping impetuously into tho caverns of tho Bneo. If thoy had known this, would thoy thou havo recoiled fioni their attempted eseapo? No. "Death for doath," said Sandorf. Wo may dio after doing all wo can to occapo death." Tho first thing was to clear tho pass age through tho window'. The crossbar that obstructed it would havo to bo ro moved. How was this to bo dono with out a pair of pinchers, a wrench or any other tool ? Tho prisoners had not oven a knife. "Tho rest will not bo diflloult," said Sandorf, "but that may prove impossi ble! To work!" And ho climbed up to tho window, I BOt.eu mo crossimr vigorously wiiu ma hand, and felt that it would not require such n very great etVort to pull it down. Tho iron bars which formed it wero , loose in their sockets. Tho stone, uplit ay at tho edges, did not oiler very , much rt'histence. JVolmbly tho light- , niug conduclor, before it was repaired, ! had been in inferior condition lor its, purpose, nnd electric bpnrks had been attracted by tho iron of tho crossbar, j nnd had noted on, tho wall, nnd how I powerful speh influence would bo wo nro well nwiire. 'I his may havo lieen tno oauso of tho breakages round tho sock ets into which tho ends of tho bars woro thrust, nnd of tho decomposition of tho stone, which was reduced to a sort of spongy sttte, as if it hnd been pierced by millions of oleetrio points. Tins explanation was given iy Stephen Balhory as soon as ho noticed tho phenomenon. Butit was not explanation, nut work that was wanted, nnd that without losing a moment. If they could manago to clear the extremity of the liars, after forcing them backwards nnd forwards iu their sockets, so ns to knock oft' tho angles of tho stone, it might bo easy to push tho iron work out of tho embrasure, which widened as it went outwards. Tho noiso of tho fall was not likely to be heard amid tho long rollings of tho tuuuder which wero going on almost continuously in Uio lower strata of tho clouds. "But wo bhall never got that r.on work out with our huuds," said Zath mar. ! " No!" nnswe-ed Sandorf. " Wo ought to havo apiece of iron, n blado " Something of tho sort win necessary, there could bo no doubt. Friable as tho wall miuht bo round tho sockets, tho I nails would bo broken, and tho lingers worn till they bled in trying to rodueo it to powder. It oould never lo dono without some hard point or other. Saudorf looked around the ool, wliiou was feebly lighted from tho corridor by tho small fanlight over tho door. Then ho felt tho walla on thu clwnuo vf i- uoU IKON CABLE. having been loft in them. -ITo found nothing. Then it occurred to him that it would not bo impossible to take off ono of tho legs of tho iron bpdsteads, which wero lixed tothowall. Tho three sot to work, nnd soon Buthory called to his companions in a whisper. Tho rivet of ono of tho metal laths forming tho lattioo-work of tho bed had given way. All that was necessary av.is to siezo hold of this by tho freo end nnd twist it backwards and forowards until it broko off. This was soon dono. Sandorf thus ob tained a thin piccoof iron, about nniuch wido nnd fivo inches long, which ho wrapped nround tho end with his silk cravat, and with it ho began to clear away tho foursockcts. This could not bo dono without somo noise. Fortunately tho rumbling of tho thunder prevented tho noiso from being heard. During tho intervals of silonco Sandorf slopped, to resumo his task ns soon as tho storm began again. Tho work advanced rapidly. Bathory and Zathmar took up their positions near tho door and listened, so as to stop him when tho sentry went by. Suddenly n " Sh sh sh " escaped from Zathmar's lips. Tho work instantly stopped. "What's the matter?" asked Bathory. "Listen," answeied Zathmar. His car was again at tho focus of tho ellipsoidal curvo, and again there was evident tho acoustical phenomenon which had told tho prisoners tho secret of tho treaohory. Theso nro tho frngmcnta of speech which wero caught at short intervals: "To-morrow liberty" set 'Yes books closed and-" "After tho execution I shall join my comrade, Zirone, who is waiting for men in Sicily." ' "Yours has been a short visit to tho donjon of Evidently Sarcany and a warder wero engaged in conversation. Further Sar cany had pronounced tho name of a cer tain Zirone, who was mixed up in tho whole affair. Sandorf mado a careful noto of tho now name. Unfortunately the last word, which would havo boon so useful for the pris oners to know, did not reaoh them. At the end of tho last sentence n vio lent clap of thunder took place, and while the electricity followed tho light ning conductor a shower of sparks es caped from tho strip of metal that Count Saudorf held in his hand. Had it not been for tho silk with which ho held it ho would probably havo been ntVeoted by tho discharge. And so tho last word, tho name of tho donjon, was lost iu a loud peal of thunder. Tho prisoners could not hear it. Had thoy known in what fortress thoy woro confined and through what district thoy had to make thoir way, how much greater would havo been tho ehanees of escape attempted under such ditlicult circumstances. CnAPTKB X. DOWN TUB imico. Connt Saudorf resumed his task nt tho window. Three out of tho four Bookots woro already soraped away sufileiently to allow tho ends of tho crossbar to bo moved out of them. Tho fourth was then attacked by tho light of tho dazzling Hashes which constantly illumined tho sky. At half-past ten o'clock tho work waa done, Tho crossbar was clear of tho walls, nnd could bo slipped out of tho ouibmsuro. It only had to bo pushed forward nud dropped on tho outsido ot tho wall. And this was dono ns soon iw Zathmar heard that tho sontry had reached tho far end of tho corridor. Tho crossbar was moved along tho em brasure. It fell over nnd vanished. At tho moment there was a lull in tho stonn. Sandorf listened to hear whou tho heavy frame struck tho ground. Ho hoard not a sound I " Tho donjon is built on a high rook which rises from tho valley," remarked Bathory. "Tho height does not mtvttor !" nn sacred Sandorf. "Tliero om Iw no doubt that tha lihtnins oouduotor ' t. ,.,,...i n.i necessary for it to bo of any use. And so wo shall reach tho ground without tho risk of a fall." Tho reasoning was risht. asarnlo. but it was wrong in this instnnco, for tho end of tho conductor was plunged, m tho waters of the I' oiba. Tho window beiugclear, tho moment for cscano had como. "My friends, "said Sandorf, " this is what wo had better do, I am tho young est, nnd, I think, tho strongest It is my place, therefore, to bo tho first to go down this iron ropo. lii caso of somo obstaclo, which is impossiblo for us to foresee, preventing my reaching tho groiind, 1 may havo strength enough to climb back to tho window. Two min utes after I havo gono, Stophon, you get out of tno wiudow and follow mo. Two minutos after him, Ladislas, you como tho samo way. When wo thrco havo reached tho foot of tho donjon wo will net according to circumstances." "Wo will obey you, Mathias," nn Bwcrcd Bathory. " Wo will do what you toll us to do: wo will go whero vou tell us to go. But wo do not liko your taking tno greatest share of tho danger on yoursen ' "Our lives nro not worth as much as yours," added Zathmar. "They aro worth quite as much in the face of nn act of justico which has to bo done, answered Count Sandorf. "And if ono of us nlono survivos ho will bo tho ono to perform that net. Shako nanus my friends. Aii'X theu whilo Zathmar went to watch' at tho door of tho coll, Sandorf climued into tho embrasure. A mo ment afterwards ho was hanging m tho air. Then whilo his knees gripped tho iron rone, ho slid down. hand under hand, feeling with his foot for tho staples on which to rest. Tho storm burst forth again with ex traordinary violence. It did not rain, but tho wind was terrific. Flash over lapped Hash. Tho zigzags crossed nnd crossed abovo tho doni on, attracted by its isolated position nud its towering Jieiglit. Tlio point of tho lightning rod gleamed with pallid brilliancy ns tho electricity streamed off in n long spear point of llnnio, nud tho cablo shook nnd swung with thoftiriou3 lashiug of tho etorm. Tho risk that wns run in hanging on to this conductor, through which lho electricity was traveling, to loso itself In tho waters of tho Brico, was terrible. Had tho appiratus been in perfect con dition there would havo been no danger of a stroke, for tho extreme conduoti bility of tho metal compared to that of tho human body, which is very much less, would havo preserved tho daring man who was suspended from it. But if tho point of tho conductor was blunted or thoro wero any solution of continuity in tho cablo or a rupture occurred at any ppot bolow a stroke was quito possiblo duo to tho meeting of tho positivo and the negative; nud this without a light ning Hash, owing to tho tension of tho nccumulation in the defective apparatus. Count Sandorf was fully awaro of tho danger to which ho was exposed. A fontimont more powerful than that of tho instinct of preservation mado him bravo it. Ho slippod down slowly, cautiously through tho electiio emana tions which cnvelopod him as in a mist His foot fought each staplo down tho wall, and for an instant ho paused, and ns a blinding Hash illumined tho abyss beneath him ho tried, but iu vain, to discover its depth. When Mathias hud dosconded about sixty feet from tho window ho found n firm resting place. It was a sort of ledgo a few inches wido which marked tho beginning of tho base of the wall. Tho lightning conductor did not end hero; it went down lower, and unknown to tho fugitive from this point down ward it was unfastened and iloatcd free, sometimes skirting tho rocky wall, fomotimes swinging in mid-air, some times scropiug against tho rocks that overhung tho abyss. Count Sondotf stopped to recovor his breath. His feet rostett on tho ledgo, his hands grasped the iron cablo. Ho taw that ho had reaohod tho first courso of tho masonry of the donjon. But how far ho was abovo tho valloy ho could not estimate. "That must bo very deep." ho thought In fact a fow largo birds, dazed with tho blinding brillianoj of tho lightuing, wero ilyiug round him with heavily Hupping wings, and instead of rising sank out of sight boneath his feot. Henco ho must bo on tho brink of a preoipieo which fell nway, deep down below him. As tho birds disappeared ho heard a noiso nbovo and by tho light of a vivid Hash ho saw a confused mass detach itself from tho wall. It was Stephen Bathory escaping from tho window. Ho had grasped tho con ductor and was slowly slipping down to join Count Sandorf. Mathias waitod for him, his feet firmly planted ou tho narrow ledgo. Thoro Stophon could wait whilo ho contained to doseend. In n few miuutes both wero Btandiug on tho narrow stono work. , As soon as tlio thunder consed for nn instant they could speak and hear each other. "An Ladislas ?" asked Sandorf. "Ho will bo hero in n 1111111110." "Nothing wrong aloft ?" "Nothing." " Good 1 I will mako room for Ladis las, and you, Stephen, wait till lie roaches you. "Agreed." A tremenduons flash Roomod to envel ope thorn in Hamo. It seemed as though tho electricity coursing tho cablo had jionotratod their nerves. Thoy thought they had Xwon struck. "Mathias! Mathias!" oxclaimod IVthory, under nn improssion of terror that ho oould not master. " Bo cool 1 I am going down ! You will follow JH was Saudorf's roply. Aud already ho hud seized tho cablo with tlio intention of slipping to tho first staplo below, whero ho intended to wait for his companions. Suddenly tliero woro shouts from abovo. They seemed to como from tho window of tho ooll. Thou theso word rang out : "Savo yourselves 1" It was Zathmar's voice Immediately a bright light shot from tho wall, followed by a sharp report This timo it was not tho cablo broken by n lightning Hash which lit up tho gloom; it was not tho roar of tho thunder which resounded iu tho nir. A gun had beeii fired ; a chanco shot probably from one of tho embrasures of tho donjon. It was just as much a signal to the guard as if n bullet had been aimed at the fugitives. Tlio cscapo had been discovered. Tho sentry had heard some noiso. Ho had called five or six of the warders and entered tho cell. Tho nbsenco of two of tho prisoners had been immediately discovered, tho stito of the window showed how thoy had escaped. And Zathmar rushing to tho window had given tho alarm. "Poor fellow 1" exclaimed Bathory. "To desert him I Mathias! To desert him 1" A second timo there came the dischargo of a gun. Tho report mingled with the roll of thunder. "Heaven havo pity on him! said Sandorf. "But wo must escape wo must nvengo him 1 Como Stephen, como 1" It was time. Other windows in tho lower story of tho donjon wero being opened. Now discharges lighted them up. Shouts wero heard. Perhaps tho warders could run round tho base of tho wall and cut off tho retreat of tho fugi tives 1 Perhaps they might bo shot 1 "Como!" exolaimod Saudorf for the last timo. And ho slid down tho iron cable, which Bathory grasped immediately after lrrp. Then they saw that tho ropo huug loosely over tho abyss. Eesting places, staples, there wero none. Thoy wero swinging wildly at tho end of tho rope, which cut their hands as it slipped through them. Down they went with thoir knees chafing and bleeding, without tho power to stop themselves as tho bull ets whistled past For a minute, for eighty feet and more, they glided down down asking them selves if tho abyss in which thoy wero engulfed were really bottomless. Already tho roar of the raging waters below them could bo heard. Then thoy understood that tho lightning conductor led down into tho torrent. What was to bo dono ? To climb back to the baso of the donjon thoy could not ; their strength was un equal to tho taslc And death, for death was better to chanco that which waited for them in the depths below. Suddenly thoro camo an fearful clap of thunder and 1111 intonso olectric glare Although tho conductor was not struck, yet tho' tension of the electricity was such that tho iron ropo grow whito ns a plati num thread beneath tho dischargo of a battery or n pile. Bathory uttered a cry of despair and lot go. Sandorf saw him pass him, almost touching him with his nrms wido open. And then ho lot go tho iron ropo which glowed in his hands ; and ho fell moro than forty feet into tho torrent of 1-oiba which foamed along at tho foot of tho unknown Brico. TO UK COXTINUED.l Ci'iipe-Woavinir iu .Inpun. A Japnneso correspondent writing to 'J'w Ht. J.ouis U It ibc' Democrat savs : Crape-weaving- is carried on by scores of men and women work'ng iu long, opon buildings, nnd from tlio roeling f I ho silk lo the limsli the whole pro- ess can uo seen. When thu crape is on the loom it is only n thin silk tis sue, a llinisy-looking sort of material, such as they uso for panning the pan els for scrootis and kakemonos. It ins a perfectly smooth, glossv surface. ind the threads each way aro drawn light nud oven. From tho loom tiio pioeo of crape, wlroh is generally undo 111 lengths ot httv anil sixty teel, s plunged into a vat of boiling water nut stirred about in the .'-team for a ovv niinuies, and this process shrinks the threads and gives the erapo its wrinkled, crinkly look. When dried tho erapo is tossed in heaps, each onMI ot mussed. elIow stmt twisted md tied liko a skoin, and but for tho silkv luster it looks liko so many rng- s;i'ii iiihi ijuitiy uauuicu piocos ui un bleached muslin. After tliis tlio erupo s bleached or dyed nnd strotchoii on bamboo frames to dry, when it be comes tho .smooth, soft erapo with "a wrinkled skin like scalded milk" that every woman raves over. Ihotwen- ly-yanl lengths ot wido erapo aro .sold it prices ranging from lo &-, do- icnding on tho weight ot tho sill; and fineness of weaving. Why Women Fail as Employes.. If women would only regard them selves ns ontities, put into this world for i purposo, and that purpose not matrimony alone, matrimony being but a .simple incident to thorn as well as to their masculine companions, and having oliosen n life of work to ndhoro to it, being quietly molded, directed, sworved u tlio caso may bo, by mat rimony, as by iiiislortuno, or by ood fortune, or by ono of the thousand in clients liable to happen, they would then havo just us good a olinuco in working life ns any man has, but until thoy learn Hint when they sit ns receivers in a telojra;h olheo they aro not thoro as girls, not ns women to bo tlirted with, to bo talked to, to bo joked with, to bo oily haired com panioned, or it in tlio operating room thoy aro to bo held as rigidly to ac count as tho 111:111 who sits next them, or if in tho practice of that marvelous art of stenography thoy sit qu etly at thoir desks and do ns" thoy aro told without tlio protty ways, without any of those infernal intentions which characterize so many women, but simply conduct tltomsolves ns the umeluno a true stenographer is, turn ing out from tlio hand what the.v tnko iu at tho ear, tliero is no reason why they should not succeed us well us the man who operates by their side. llowariVi letter in Voston Utobc. Prompt Ploty. "How do you liko npplo plo, Mr. Cross?" nskod tho landlady. "Why, out up iu largo pieces nud served with jhocse," replied tho level headed boarder. 'Uic Judge. Personal Paragraphs. Old John Brown, of Oseivwatoniie, wns hnnged nt Charleston, Vn., De cember 2, 1850 twenty-six years ngo. Mrs. Stanford, wifo of the California Senator, has diamonds valued at over $1,000,000. United States Senator Pike, of New Hampshire, who was recently very ill, has recovered his health. Tho Walking Skeleton of Andcrson ville it the title of which James Mc Laughlin, a Delewaro and Hudson canal boat Captain is proud. Ho re lates that he served a longer term of imprisonment in Andersonvillo than any Union soldier namely, thirteen months. On leaving tho prison ho weinhed forty-eight pounds; ho now tips tho beam of 1-15. The inventory of tho cstato of tho actor Zsit, who died lately at Prcs bourg, disclosed among other assets more than 100,000 love lottcrs writ ten to tho popular comedian bv Indies in all classes of life during tho last twenty years. They woro arranged alphabetically, catalogued and anno tated. Tlio heirs, in deference to press ure brought upon them from a num ber of unexpected sources, made an auto-da fo of tlio whole collccbion. At a recent ninrriago in Ohio tho bride a Miss Morris, wore a dress that was imported from Paris in 1742, for a wedding, and lias been in the family ever since, being used only en sucrf occassions. It was worn again in 1770 ns a wedding dress, but not again till tho other day, .when Miss Morris donned it. Not a stitch has been altered or added to it and it is in as good condition as when now. vf Mrs. Mary Boyle, of Salem, Wash ington county, N. Y., is a rich widow. Some time ago Daniel Bakor, a rail road man, made her acquaintance. He made her several presents in tho shape of a gold watch and other jew elry. A short timo ngo tlio couplo went to Montreal to get married. On reaching there Mrs. Boyle backed out 01 tier bargain and returned to taalem. Baker sued to recover tlio presents and has secured a verdict. Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour said recently to a correspondent of tho New York Star: "I am feeding my 75 years; I can not walk now. Ah! I used to bo a great walker. While a cadet in a military school in Connecti cut I visited Washington with ono of my chums. John Quincy Adams was president at tho time. My friend and I went over to Baltimore, and miss ing the last train in the evening, walk ed back to Washington, accomplishing tho feat by daylight of the loliowing morning." A young philadelphian was escort ing his girl to seo tfho shuns a short time ago. She was top-notch society, but sho put on male garb and took t be chances. Tho vigilant police "tum bled," and tho pair went to tlio station-bouse. It required considerable firmness to save the young lady's name, and even now she has the unpleasant consciousness that half n. dozen peoplo can make it distressing for her when ever they liko. St. Louis has a scandal similar to the Loud divorce case in Boston. Mrs. Amelia Coquard, tlio wifo of L. A. Coquard, a banker and broker, has sued for divorco after leading a wretch ed hfo for eight years. Coquard is both rich and prominent. She says that three months after thoir mar riage ho assaulted and beat her, and kept it up at intervals thereafter. Onco ho smashed in tho door of her room, choked her almost to death and' said "he hoped she would live a thousand years and that her con sciences would burn with flames of hell the whole time." Ben Perley Poore says that at tho marriage of Mary Eleanor Ewing to General W. T. Sherman, in Washing ton, thirty-five years ngo, Henry Clay stepped forward, and with n rare grace presented the brido with a bouquet in a silver bouquet holder. When Mrs. Sherman's third daughter was mar ried, thirty years latertfto Lieutenant Thaekara, the wedding bouquet was carried in tho Henry Clay holder. At tho latter wedding Senator Blaino havo a set of silver, iish knives and forks, with card, 011 vrtic.h? was writ ten: "For the daughter", with as much love as I haveeverbornotho mother" An Uncommon Kiss. Tho Hartford Post thus moralizes over a stylo of kiss that is not very common: At the Union depot not loiighgo,tho Idler had a glimpse right out of tho best family lite. A father was seeing his son oil on the cars for somo dis tant point. A little social converso be tween the two, peihnps a few words of such advico as a father should givo a son, and tho train camo thundering into tho depot. Just a moment to 6pnre, and tlio two whose lives had so much in common with each other wero to part. As tho son, a tall fellow well along in his "teens" stepped on tho platform heextended his hand and-his lips, to hisfather. Thero was a hearty found kiss of farewell and the two sep arated. There was no gush, 110 nan sense, no aflection.justthosninosweot, fatherly kiss that had followed tho son. day by day since ho lay in the cradle Any dnnger of that boy straying from the path aliectionately pointed out by that father? Any danger of that father ever having to excuse that son because he is "sowing wild oats?" No, indeed. Tho gentle power of a moth er's kiss has been sung by poets, hut is there not nlso a wealth of tender ness and alastinc memory for gooa in tho kiss of a father? All this is well enough; but it is safe to say tho moral effect of that kind of kiss would he weakened with tho son'a breath odorous of cigarettes and tlio father's emitting tho perfume of cloven. ' 4