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. '
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