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PUNISHED.
The lake of Kirknitz, or of Laiueut
H011, Is situated in Carniola, Austria.
There is not much beauty in its
scenery, but it hag the peculiarity of at
one time being a sheet of water and at
another a field.
The limestone, of which the bed of
this curious lake is formed, is perfl
ated with fissures, some of them as deep
as fifty feet, into which trunks of trees
and fishermen's boats bare at times been
drawn.
Many years ago a maiden who lived
near Lake Kirknitz, poor as a church
mouse, but proud as a queen, refused all
lovers who sought her hand or com
panionship. Lovers, poor, but honorable, sought
her far and near, but she dismissed them
with a frown and a toss of the head, bid
ding them seek wives elsewhere.
She had one day met the lord of a
neighboring castle while out hunting,
and the young and handsome noble had
accosted her while she stood on the bank
of the lake, and in a few well chosen
words had flattered her beauty and
vanity.
From that moment she had resolved
to become the mistress of the castle and
look down with disdain upon her former
companions.
She soon saw that the first impression
she had made upon him was but an eva
nescent one, and anger and jealousy now
mingled with the love with which his
handsome form and gentle speech had
imbued her.
One day she met him and his servants
upou the spot of their first meeting.
Hilda, for such was the name of the
girl, flung herself in his path, and with
a smile on her face and a louging look in
her eyes bade him good morrow.
The young lord, who was neither so
sober nor in so good a temper as when
be had before accosted her, ordered her
out of his path, ,
His words and tones were enough to
crush the hopes of the aspiring peasant
girl, but the loud laughter and insulting
jeers of the companions and attendants
of the young lord infuriated her, and
shaking her clinched hand at the noble
she cried:
"My time will cornel"
The others laughed in mingled amuse
ment and derision.
"How say you. Carl?" asked one. "Is
the peasant wench mad or have you
iiven her cause to fancy that one day
ihe might be the recipient of your
favors?'
"I was foolish enough once to notice
her, I believe, but what is she to me
more than the rest Of the horde who till
the fields? By my soul, Herbert, it were
folly for a noble to look kindly on these
low bred hinds, for if you do so they
take it for granted that you intend some
favor to them, and persistently dog your
footsteps."
"Then you have met before?"
"Many times, but 1 never spoke to the
jirl but once. It was a foolish thing to
lo, but I confess that I was so struck
with her beauty I could not resist the
temptation to address a fow words to
her."
"And on this concession she has pre
sumed?" "Yes. Go forth when I will she
throws herself in my path."
"She should prove an easy conquest,
then," laughed Herbert.
"I never thought of that." said Carl,
stroking bis mustache.
"She flings herself at your feet."
"(iranted; but"
"But what, Carir
"Such conduct only excites my pity,
if not my disgust."
His friend laughed.
"Herbert," said Carl, "you are"
"Your friend," interrupted the other.
"Say rutlier my tempter. You put
thoughts into ray bead that never befor
entered there."
His friend laughed again.
"Well, well, if you love the girl"
"Nonsense, Herbert: you know that I
am affianced to the Lady Gertrude.
How then can I love a lowly born maid
en?" Herbert shrugged his shoulders.
"Let us on," said Carl shortly. "The
midday meal awaits, and we shall be
late if we hurry not back to the castle."
They hastened on, and aa they did so a
figure rose on the edge of tbe lake and
gazed after them.
It was a strange being, half fisherman,
half hunter in attire. Ho was tall of
stature and strong of limb.
"Virtue, viUaiuy and ambition hare
stood today on the borders of my realm,"
he said, "and from my cave in the lake's
bed I have seen and heard all.
"Ho, hoi there are fresh victims for
the Cave King to lure to his caverns un
der the rolling flood, but one must escape
me, for I have no power over firmness
and honor."
And diving into the lake he disap
peared. Night had come. Carl had sunk
sleep on a couch in the hall if his castl
and bis friend Herbert, heated with
wine and troubled with thoughts of the
lovely peasant girl, had strolled on to
the ramparts, where the moonlight
showed the lake beneath him like a silver
mirror.
Suddenly a fignre stood before him,
and the young man, with his hand npon
his sword, started back.
"Who are you?" he said.
"One who would serve yon."
"Howr"
"You are charmed with the beauty of
Hilda, thejtdaant girl. who.inl' 1
your rrienu CarL
"How know you that?"
"I have the power to read men's
thought and see the workings of a wom
an's heart"
"You? Who are yon then?"
"The Cave King of the Lake of Kirk
nit i."
"What wv' ' you with me?" asked
the youth - .jualy.
"I corna iu oorve you. A vain, ambi
tious girl will await one whom she hopes
10 meet 00 tbe bank of the lake, bat who
awe noj for her
"Wltai pity for sacb a Qbkj
fcern'omn, rb fr v:) t fsbj '
tee Dell booms forth the midnight hour
and meet her on the spot where today
your friend treated her with such con
tempt."
"But of what avail would be that?"
"Assume the form of your friend and
win the lovo she is so anxious to bestow
on one so far above her."
"How can 1 do that?"
"By my aid."
"And what do you ask iu return?"
"Simply that, having impressed the
girl with the belief that you are him she
so madly loves, you will embark with
her on the lake on a boat yon will find
moored to the shore."
"It is but a 6imple request, I admit."
"Then take the form of your friend,
Which I have the power to bestow upon
you."
The Cave King touched the shoulder of
the young man, and in an instant he was
changed not only in features, but in
dress as well.
He gazed at himself in wonder and
then looked up as if about to speak to
the strange visitor.
But the latter was gone, and Herbert
stood alone upon the ramparts.
"Am 1 dreaming?" he asked himself.
A retainer approached and said re
spectfully: "My lord, a messenger has just ar
rived at the castle gate, and he bade me
give this missive into your hands unseen
by any one."
The young mau opened the letter and
by the light of the moon read:
"My Lord 1 know that 1 aspire far
beyond my station in presuming to love
one so high and noble as yourself, but 1
feel that 1 cannot live without you. You
can save me from ending my life if you
will meet me and speak one word of
hope and love to me ou the banks of the
lake tonight at the spot where we met
this morning."
"Very good," said Herbert. "1 will
wander forth for a short time; I can re
enter the castle by the poBtern,"
The man bowed and retired.
"Now for this peasant beauty," mut
tered the libertine. "Pride must have
its full, and if her fall is n deep one she
will have no ono but herself to blame
for it."
He left the castle by the postern und
made his way to the spot where he had
seen Hilda in the morning.
The girl stood on the edge of the lake
gazing down on tho moonlit waters whon
his footfall struck upon lier ears.
She turned and saw him as the boom
of the convent bell struck tbe midnight
air.
"nildal" he cried, and went toward
her with outstretched arms.
"Carl my lord!" she exclaimed.
"Thank heaven that you have come! If
my love for you is nnmaidenly remem
ber that the workings of my heart are
guided by a higher power than mine.
From the first moment 1 gazed upon yon
I felt thut I could love none other and
that 1 must win your love or die."
She threw herseL. on the bosom of the
man she believed to be the one who had
enshrined his image in her heart.
"Let us sail out upon the lake," said
the supposed Carl. "There in the moon
light, and with none to hear us but the
waters that dance so merrily in the sil
ver beams we will talk of that love you
have for me and that which I have so
long felt for you. but never yet acknowl
edged.' "You do love mo, then, dear Carl?"
"Can yon doubt it?"
"I did; but with your arms around
me and your eyes shining into mine 1
can doubt no longer."
He unmoored the boat, and seating
her in it followed and pushed out from
tbe shore.
In an instant, without the aid of an
oar or sail, tbe boat dashed madly across
the waters, then turned around and
around with fearful rapidity.
"What is this?" he gasped.
The girl turned her despairing eyes
over the lake.
"Mercy!" she cried; "the waters are
sinking the shores are rising around us
like mountains. We are in a whirlpool!
We are lostwe are lostl"
As she spoke the boat rose on its end.
was spun around and around like a top
for a moment, and then disappeared in
tbe whirlpool in which it bad been
aanght.
When the waters of the lake had run
out, and the peasants came to plant their
wheat upon its bed, they discovered a
boat wedged in one of the funnellike
holes with which it is perforated, and in
it the two dead bodies, and there arose
many stories as to how they came there.
Chicago Post.
A Bride of Two Tears,
England can 'urnish instances of child
carriages, not perhaps to any great ex
ent, but as young as any to be found
n eastern countries, where such mar
riages are almost of duily occurrence,
rhe youngest English bride on record
s, beyond all doubt, a daughter of Sir
William Brcreton, who tn the Sixteenth
lentury was united in bonds of holy
uatrimony, when only two years of ago,
0 a bridegroom who was only her senior
iy one year. In this case the children
vere carried into the church, and their
Iders spoke for them. Subsequently,
vhen the pair reach years of maturity,
they ratified the strange tie. In this in
itance the object was to carry out a
lesiro to unite property. All the Year
Round.
Astrology of Che Day.
Astrology seems to be gaming in pop
I ularitr, and many are turning to it for
pointers concerning the fate that is in
store for them. Meteorologists are con
sulting the planets in relation to changes
In the weather, and scientists are seri
ously discussing tbe probability, or even
possibility, ef the larger planets exert
ing tn influence on the earth sufficient
to affect conditions of life or health.
Astronomers do not believe In astrol
ogy, but are willing to give the unique
science credit for assisting to develop
the science of astronomy. Long lcfore
there was on interest taken in astronomy
there were many careful observers of
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A very i;iterc..ii;;r claim. In which
every author who n?es a signature is
more or less concerned, was ignomini
ously dismissed by Judge Lacombe in
the United States circuit court. As I
understand it, a mediocre book was pub
lished in this city purporting to have been
written by Alan Dale, the nom de plume
of one of the brightest and cleverest of
New York's younger literary men. As a
matter of fact, Mr. Cohen (Alan Dale)
did not write the book, and when he
heard of its publication protested against
the use of his name. Protest being un
availing, through his counselor, Mr.
I Bteckler, he sued the publisher, claiming
1 11,000 damages. After hearing Mr. Co
hen's testimony, Judge Lacombo virtu
ally informed the jury that there was no
necessity of further evidence, as it could
I not be shown that the plaintiffs salary
on a dally paper in this city had been de
creased by reason of the publication, or
that he had had any subsequent trouble
with publishers.
I That may be law; it's not justice.
I Mr. Cohen could have proved by
, George Alfred Townsend, A. C. Wheel
er, Samuel L. Clemens and other writers
of national repute that the signatures
I over which they are known to the world
of readers Gatb, Nym Crinkle, Mark
I Twain mean a fortune, and that any
use of those signatures by other parties
was not only an abuse but a traverse of
equity, dishonest and cruel. I can't un
derstand Lacombe's action in the mat
ter. It virtually says to irresponsible
publishers: "Go ahead, publish what
you please, lyingly announce that the
matter is written by any author whose
name yon may prefer. Ho has no rem
edy unless he can prove that he has lost
sn engagement or is in disfavor with the
publisher."
I I wonder how Lacombo would like to
see decisions, purporting to have been
rendered by him, signed with his name,
1 circulated in the community. And I
also wonder whether it ever entered his
somewhat interesting mind that it is ad
visable to mulct thieves, liars and bear
ers of false witness, for the protection of
the community in general and of men
as well to whom reputation is worth
much more money than the circuit
court could possibly collect. Joseph
Howard in New York Recorder.
Churches aa Flaecs of nefuge In War.
Our ancestors transacted a good deal
of business of one kind or another in and
about their churches. To begin with,
the churches of old England in turbulent
times were regarded as places of safe
custody for public and private property.
In the border land of England and Scot
land the idea was carried out still more
completely, and churches, or at least
their towers, became regular fortresses
and hot infrequently were objects of of
fenses and defense. We may note in
rural England that in the cases of an
cient churches the towers are often not
merely disproportionate in size to the
rest of the church, but are carefully and
strongly built, evidently with an object.
Even in peaceful Surrey and Sussex
the belfries are veritable strong rooms
with barred windows and massive doors
and often contain a massive treasure
chest. Hither, at the first alarm, money
and valuables were hurried, for beyond
the security of thick walls and bars and
bolts there was an tegis of sanctity
which in a superstitious age protected
the building from the most ruthless of
foes. Tbe fortresslike construction of
many of the border land churches is an
Interesting study to antiquarians. Lon
don Standard.
A Maw Tjpe of GlrL
I met a new type of girl the other day,
and she was certainly refreshing. Girls
re all a good deal alike as a general
thing, you know, and one does get so
tired of the same old stereotyped girl
sweet enough in her way, I grant you,
but with an eternal sameness thatgrows
rather irksome.
She is a little witch to begin with.
She will steal a man's heart before he
knows it and then pretend not to know
it herself. This damsel is most attract
ive to men, for, spite of her originality,
she is adaptability personified. She seems
to be able to converse intelligently with
all sorts of men and gets each fellow's
fad at her finger tips too. She knows
more than many of her men friends, but
she never lets them suspect it. She
makes each believe that she learns so
much from him and depends so much on
him. She is a very feminine, unassum
ing, natnral sort of littlo woman, with
something appealing about her.
But down under it all she is artful.
She has made a study of men, and she
has profited by that study. Chicago
News-Record.
A Great Volanis of Homer.
Among the thousands of volumes
burned in the great book fire at Constan
tinople in the year 477 A. D. was one of
the works of Homer written in letters
of gold upon the great intestine of a
dragon, which made a manuscript of 120
feet long and a cubit and a half (27
inches) wide. 6t. Louis Republic.
Babies of Today An Indeed Fortnnate.
This present generation of babies is
certainly far from being spanked for
what were once known as "tantrums,"
but tluit now come under the head of
"uuotitja".." Tender provision is uuv5o
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FOND OF NURSING PEOPLE.
A Characteristic of Florence Nlgbtlofete
from Her F.arllest Youth.
Florence Nightingale, the world
famous nurse, was born in Florence,
Italy, in 18'i.1, says a writer in the De
troit Free Press. Her father, William
Edward Shore, of England, inherited
the estate of his grand-uncle, Peter
Nightingale, and, in pursuance of his
will, assumed the name Nightingale.
As the child of wealthy parents, Miss
Nightingale was well educated. From
early childhood the care of the sick was
a favorite occupation of hers, and in
1849 she entered, as a voluntary nurse,
a school of deaconesses to qualify her
self to minister to the sick. In 1854, at
the solicitation of Secretary of War
Sidney Herbert, she went to Constanti
nople as the superintendent of a staff of
nurses to care for the soldiers of Great
Britain who were wounded in the
Crimean war. Ily her rare executive
ability and thorough knowledge of
what was necessary she made the hos
pital, which was in a most deplorable
state, a model in thoroughness and
perfection of Its appointments. So
immense were her labors that she fre
quently stood for twenty hours in suc
cession giving directions. Notwith
standing this her pleasant smile and
kind words to the sick made her almost
idolized by the army. She returned to
England September 8, 1850. Her serv
ices have secured her the sincerest
gratitude of the English people and a
world renown. Queen Victoria sent
her a letter of thanks, with a superb
jewel. A subscription of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars was raised
to found an Institute for tho training
of nurses under her direction, and the
soldiers of the army, by a penny con
tribution, raised a sum sulfioient to
erect a statue to her honor, which she
refused to allow.
TREES AND THEIR AGES.
They Are ttie Only Forms of Nature Which
Accurately Record the Years. '
r Elm, 300 years; Ivy, S35 years; maple,
819 years; irch, fiTtl years; orange, 630
years; cypress, 800 years; olive, 800
years; walnut, 000 years; Oriental
piano, 1,000 years; lime, 1,100 years;
spruce, 1,3(10 years; oak, 1 , .100 years;
cedar, 2,000 years; yew, 3,300 years.
Tho way In which tho ages of these
trees have been ascertained leaves no
doubt of its correceness. In some few
cases the data have been furnished by
historical records and by traditions,
but the botanical archeologists have a
resource independent of either, and,
when carefully used, iufullible.
Of all the forms of nature, trees
alone disclose their ages candidly and
freely. In the stems of trees which
have branches and leaves with netted
veins in all exogens, as the botanist
would say the increase takes place by
means of an annual deposit of wood,
spread In an even layer upon the sur
face of the preceding one.
In the earlier periods of life trees in
crease much faster than when adult
the oak, for instance, grows more rap
idly between the twentieth and thir
tieth years and when old the annual
deposits considerably diminish, so that
the strata are thinner and the rings
proportionally closer. Some trees
slacken in rate of growth at a very
early period of life, and layers of oak
become thinner after 40, those of tho
elm after 50, those of the yew after 60.
The Superstitious Turk.
There Is no land on earth whero more
superstitions prevail than that of the
unspeakable Turk. Some of thorn are
Interesting. If by any chance a sparrow
or swallow flies in the window and cir
cles three times around the room it is a
sign that a blood relation of some one
present Is about to die. There are
many signs and happenings that are
supposed to predict marriage. For in
stance, if a horse sneezes when a young
girl passes in the street she Is positive
that her time 1b nearly come. If her
hair becomes unfastened she knows
that she will soon be sought for, and
if f he goes to eat a peach and finds its
kernel split slio Is equally certain that
she will soon be wedded.
THE 8HORTLST TWU.IGHT.
Quito, the Capital of Kcuador, Leads the
World In This peculiarity.
The period of twilight shortens
toward the equator and lengthens
toward the poles. In other words, the
less the thickness of air through which
the rays of the Betting sun have to pass
the sooner darkness comes. From this
It naturally follows that the region of
the shortest twilight la the one which
is situated nearest to tho equator and
at the greatest elevation.
These two conditions are combined
in the region in which stands Quito,
the capital of Ecuador. This plateau
is nine thousand four hundred end
forty-two feet above the level of the
sea; it is also surrounded by moun
tains, twenty peaks, eleven of which
rise beyond the snow line, being vis
ible from the streets of the city.
Added to this It is only fifteen miles
south of the equator; hence It has a
shorter twilight than any other spot
on the equator, partly because of. the
elevation, and partly because the
weeMrn mountains intercept the rays
of the setting sun and so oause dark
ness to follow daylight with greater
rapidity than at any other spot on
earth.
.Mas. tuoeiTB Clause gave a dog
party the other day, at her residence in
New York, in honor at the birthday 0
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