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O bat*, ny bahy, my Sarilng!
*• f pond** mi nitwit-won blU»,
Aa I U»k In Itiy Wanllrnl lialna.
And klaa Him will* kl.. upon kU«.
1 wondar bow ttrlh ntitr clurmud mi,
1H‘im jora I now m«unm at tinman, '
Mnoa UiU an. I know la dltlna.
O babr, tnr ohamb, my darling f
- Who** ''ooo" la lb. iwrtlMt of thing*;
1 won dir ir arar auob mnalr.
Ho imrfiwi, Iwirn wllhonl winy*;
And I Iramhln with rapt lira to llalan,
Mo dnwd I Ilia nlnlona-ab, ma I
Bat no I lh» koo4 (»od li no inoekar,
And ba yava Ibaa, awaal baby, to ma.
O baby, my qur»n and my darling I
Thou rulaat and lift**! ma no,
Hulling my aoul to Iba hlgbaal,
Ood Kata than tby aotplra, I know :
From fila Ibrona to tba ii|»i*rniott bratana
I wandered disconsolately About the
streets, given ovor to vender* of old
HaU And atrawlrerries, putting off tlio
hour whnn I should tnko tho train for
Iova. Forgivo me for trying to make
you aeo your own mistake."
At if to change tho enbjeot, »lie
pointed with her fan to a humming-bird,
. at title moment paining Above a claHter
I realised that there must he a change 1 of honey Bank lei, and riling from her
in my rotation with Julia—tbot the chair, stretched her arm up the dark
purely intellectual ooinpanionGiip po» j vino and plucked tho blossom.
aiblo in correspondence kept up at
diatance, muat, in tho shook of moot
ing, bo oither quite overthrown or turn
to aa emotional affection, The flrat I
conld not faoo ; the lait aoemed noasi-
ble. The image of Julia, too —plump,
with a whitn dreaa fastened at the back,
her cliPHtnat hair, wild and curly, fac
ing on hor nock and about, her blushing
And th. Until of it ir.dMb tnc m>«ar<l
And onward aa lrad.Ui a alar.
O »«aby, my tiatir, my darling t
<jn*rn. ebrrun. and atar though thoi ba,
No alfti to aipraai Ibaa aaama wort hr,
Whan tbou art all awnalniaa to tn.'l
In tby roto. la tba •<>*« of tba morning;
In tby Dnftrra f< lotiob of delight;
In tby aniHa ta tba glory of aun*btna;
In tbyarlf —ob, thyaalf-la da.lght I
t>aar baby, my l*by, my darling I
I. >*a, lore la Innarnata at laat —
iba loro that waa thrill*<1 Into promlaa.
nUtis: v.wsi rl; r?
A baby-our darling, our oblld I
A SHADOWY LOV£; AND HOW
IT PROVED REAL.
I »»« mooli too curly for Iho train,
yet it oocurrul to mo Unit tl.cro h«.i
boon si IcuhI (ott,-eight bourn In the
day, and aa I neared the atation waa
ours tbot my wololi woo olow, and bnr
tied ot loot. Ho it )io)ipcncd tliot now 1
found my.olf, liootod ond out of
broolb, nutting down my volino licforo
tlio otili dinned tlokot offloo, ond Iho
grout round olook boldly ounorling
n" nr ,to b » 10 - Tlio iroln didn't donvo
till 12. I ant down on my valiac op-
poiito tho clock, and taking fiom
mv breast pookot it note, oce tinted my
►elf with rending it and thinking it
over. I will not lie rash enough to aay
how many tlmrn I had read it before,
nor how raauy Interpretations I had put
■p>n ita simple words.
II Tour letter o.tmo to me yesterday.
My only aurpriso was that it found me
unable to giro ton an answer. What
shall I any ? Perhaps fuo . to faoe the
diAcuity would stum lows. I do not
understand myself. Can yon have
pationoo wilh mo and forgive mo if in
the ond I hurt one who has boon my
trna friend?"
That waa all. Thero was no begin
ning or ond, no signature. Thero was
a rush of proplo, and 1 waa half oun-
seious of being drngged auil shouldered
and pushed iuto a our while I hold u
ticket in one hand aud my valiao iu tho
other. Thero waa an empty aoal nour
tlio window, toward which a weighty
old lady in spotaolee and u green veil
drove mo, and occupied it with me.
Tho evon beat of the moving oars seemed
■Ayiug the words of the noto over ami
ovor, chopping them up, and changing
tho pronuuoiatiou. The aomlouy of
thia had a soothing effect upon my ex-
oited norves, and for tho flrat limo since
the writing of tho loiter which had
brought this note iu answer to me I waa
ablo to look back upc n the whole story
of my love.
Quito aa if it were a tale in n book, 1
began at tho time when 1 aoceptod Mr.
Delauooj'n hrvitution to hia country
Boat for a fertnigit'a tiout-flahiug as a
recreation ami roat from my aoientiflo
studies before l went abroad. I don't
know what relation Mr. Dclauoey'a Inin
wife had boon to mo. It was one ol
thoee distracting problems of genoalogy
ehiedv concerning great-grandmothers;
but alio bad alwavs treated mo iim a
oouaiu, which, as sue was a very charm-
“‘ffwoman. was pleasing to mo. It was
a little dull without her thore, for mine
host waa not an intellectual man, and
very worldly, and Julia, his only ehild,
waa bat fifteen, innocent, ignorant,
pretty, hut too plump. Hho used to
accompany me sometimes when J
Ashed but whs too shy to talk. Her
oheif powers atomed to lin in walkiug,
ao thu roally I had thought very little
about hor till ouo day when I found
ndrorvlng and iuquited tho oauao ol
her misery,' «v
" Papa is going to make mo marry
that silly, ugly Mr. Norris, aud gonwHy
with him to his big town Uouho.”
" What for ?"
" l don't know."
“ Does he love you ?''
Hhe dried her tears, looked tip at me,
then blushing, laughed and covered her
face with her plump hands: "I sup-
peso lie does."
" And you don't like him iu spito of
hia Duo town-house?'"
Hhe didn't answer, hut ran away,
lour child I It was evident that the
going to tho "great town-house" con
veyed far more terror to hor mind than
marrying her rich suitor.
.i* n interview an hour later wilh
Mr. Delinooy I found that he was in
some money dlftlmilty, and this offer of
marriage from Norris aoemeil to him too
good to be loot. Ho put it very deli-
cutely, as a gentleman of bin breeding
should, aud after a moment of silence,
during which 1 mastered mv imiigna
tion enough to cover it, I offered him a
loau, which should assist him at this
trying morucut more securely than the
{^ HU>, ° of ft future aou-iu-
At wo went in to dinner, Julia whis
pered to mo : "It's all right. Papa's
i o good V 1
“ * * ,u v »' r y gift-1," I Bsid, and wiw
amused to sec the virtuous oompluoouov
•t papa during dinner.
Three years later, when I wiih living
iu my very loftily situated npartmuits
iu 1 arts, there esme a loiti r to me from
Julia. Her father was very ill. His
capers having been put iu order by a
lawyer, she assisted iu the tiling, etc.,
she had for the tirst time discovered
hrr obligation to me, aud wrote ti
thank wo " tbua tnnlilj," »l,o s.nl I
waa anrprlaml «nd tnteroatnl to Hint tin-
MU-t nluinuiugly wrltL'u, an.) that of a
onIDratcd woman 1 bogRc! i„ my an
awe. that she would write again and tell
me of her fit loir's health. And to w»
entortsl into u oorrrspoudenoc that grew
to bo Tory iutimate.
Mr. UdlAuocy lingered in an invalid
s ate, falling at last iuto imlncilitv ;
and it was a year after his death, when
ny student life was completed, and 1
" ll * r< *ndy to return to my country, niter
»n absence of eight years, that f found
n strange excitement in the thought of
seeing Julia ; a ft ran go dread, too. lest
tics might bo the cud of our friendship
- \ deep ceuMi of the necessity that had
f ro* n in me for the c lmpmiuuiship of
tlnsnind. Tlio depth of her thought
surprised me ; her spirituality elevated
r. e ; l learned from tier while olio war
unconscious of jt ; ] consulted her on
serious matters ; her tastes aud intui
tnnnyinsd to uio infallible; and at
t ie while nhe thought herself iu my
dibt tuvaiue I recommended her to the
reading of n few bocks, whose name*
abe could have rarity found in any li
brow oMatogue.
\\ hen 1 landed in Ntw York late iu
Juue, tin.liig everybody out of town,
Hho waa a morn bodkin of a woman,
with a alondor throat ond littlo waist.
Hor motion was oxquiaitn, depending
on a certain poiao and balance. Hho
drow my heart with every step. Her
company soomol half atupeflod aa he
watched her. Hho stopped naar him,
fastening the honeysuckle in her dreaa.
Now that I bow her face it haunted ine
round fao >, laughing, shielding her! with a resemblance to I know not
blushes with her plump bauds—oon- whom. Bomowhore I bad seen it—yet
atantly rose to ray mind. It was protty , surely not tbiB face. It might have
enough. It was not all ray ideal. I been that of an oothuaiauio nun.
returned to my hotel and »oid half a Thero was a holy Are in tlio oyes, and
doxon of hor last letters. Yea, tliia was tho impetuous month waa strangely
tho woman who oould ho my companion I sari.
an 1 helpmate, who would oxpoct of mo | "You don't know wliot von ask;
my higheat self, and givo mo a tender j what yon would ignorantly take on your
and comprehensive love—if alio gavo shoulders. Marriago would ho to you
mo any—I paused. Hho was not n a galling tio—an impossible roaponsi-
woman to ho lightly won—this woman | bilily. If I loved yon I would not
of tho letters. Bapposoaho oast mo off, i marry yon. It is well that I do not. It
and I wont all my life missing what I would ho harder for iih Imtb. Thero
had almost known. Hho might not like j should ho tho sympathy that ontlaat
mo when alio saw mo. I might have a | yonth, and has its roots in the secret
dozen unknown livals. Hho had never springs of the mind and soul."
raontioued any ono U> mo in this con-1 "Yon don’t know what yon
nootion. Yat wo had written on lov« ; said tho man springing up and standing
abstractively, of friendship,of marriage. , before hor.
fler ideal was n high ono. 1 "You don't know what it means to
I would not go; I would writo, It loro." Ho paused as with a sudden
was easier to writo than begin a now re- foar. " Do yon ? Is it not 1 ?"
latiou viva vooe. I passed three morn, " I don’t know," aha said softly,
disoonsolato daja awaiting hor answer, ! A sound in tho room startled mo to a
•nd the little noto in my pocket waa all ; realization of my position—eavesdrop
that oame. 'ping! but tlio people wore strangerr
Tho delays of tho train I was in caused whom I should nover tee again. The
rao much anxitty, as it was to oonneot sound was from my flrat acquaintance
with tho last one, that evening, to II—. in tlio hotel alter tho host -the stout
The ojndnotor ‘ ten
that it was "al_ L „
all wrong by tho spaooof throe minutes asleep in the chair I had lately loft. Of
wlion I alighted nt tho station, aud her chr oful risk she was giving nudiblo
thero was nothing to do but to put up i evidence.
at tlio hotel for tho uiglit. It was a I went to my room with an nnoom
hotel much froqnonted by summer vihit- fortablo sonso of reatlrmncsa, pursued
or» on aooonnt of Its vicinity to many by tho remembrance of that strangely
at'ractivo places, onsily reached by par- sweat voioo and exquisilo motion »f the
ties of pleofiuru, to which cn I tlio roads ! nameless lady, and her falry-likn figure
wore sown with milestones and aign- came ever between mo and the vision of
[ Hints, whiah wore an aggravation to be- my intellectual, plump oouaio. "
told, ospooiallf tho ono sotting fortii sympathy that oullaatH youth, and li
that it wne 40 miles to B—. I'erhsps I its root* iu tho secret apringa of tho
(Hiiild got a horse to tnko mo there. I ; mind and soul." I took from my hag
insinuated as mnoh to tho keenerof tho ' littlo pile of letters vary preeions to ui
hotel, hot ho informed mo that thoro I and conned thorn ovor by tlio light of
wasn t a horse loft in the village, as a I my small lamp.
large party had taken advantage ol the . It muat have been in tho small hours
full moon to visit and keep within sound ' of tho night, or morning, that I fell
a remarkable waterfall. nnlocp, and woko to find with tho
Tho piuzza and a cigar provod no j healthy daylight a healthy impatience
consolation in my rustless frame of j to see my oonaiu, and tha strango little
mind. I took my newspaper into the lady in tho gauzy black, with hor
mlor to road it by tho usual kt-roseuo strango companion, scorned to mo orcu
amp, which stood on the usual worsted lures of a dream, gone liko tho hum
mat aud marble-topped table. The ming-bird and tho moonlight.
IdoutloKl obonp o.iRr.ving- common to Tlio oar!lout train fonnrt mo tlio oar
all country inns of my native land stared |j 0B ^ puHsengor, and tho hot aumnior
familiarly nt mo from tho white walls,
tho horse-hair sofa stood uncomfort
ably in tho corner, and certain ferro
types and photographs of people with
an nndtie iirnportian of bauds adorned
the mantel-pioco.
Tno pnper had nothing iu it. I took
out the noto. Tho words had waned to
have anv meaning to mo. I went to
tho window that looked out upon tho
piazza, attracted by heavy footsteps.
They were those of au old lady who
tramped in tho moonlight wearily, drag
ging hor shadow behind tier with n
comic expreaaion of futile hurry. Now
hIio turned and rctrnoed her steps, seem
ing to ohnso tho unfortunate shadow
with a conaoientiom, pondcrons linitc,
hn if she was anxious lest in hor ua
winldinoas it should get thoro before
her. With that puerile interest that
small things liavo for us iu moments of
oxoitoniont, I stood watching her till
she turned tho corner of the pin/./.a aud
loft my exterior world unpeopled.
morning foutid me walking rapidly U>
ward a high garden gate in II—. The
keopor of the lodge oarae out, as I lifted
tho'latoh, for two purposes—to quiet
snarling terrier, aud Ui tell mo that Miss
Dolanocy and tno annt who had 1
with her sinoo her father’s death had
gono away.
"Gone away 1" Mingled with intense
disappointment and chagrin, I felt an
obstinate determination to go to the
ends of tho earth, if need he, to find
hor. "Gono where?"
" Only to N— for a few days."
" Why, I'vo j tint oomn from thero."
" I’m vor? sorry, sir," said the ma
apologetic illy drawing hack as if her
poo ted a blow.
Igitvnhiui a small fee instead, and
rushed hack to tho station to tnku the
uext train, which turned out to ho
throo hours later. I didn't half believe
the man at the lodge, and naked tin
host with much doubt when I reached
tho hotel if Mina Delanoey was staying
i pondering on the effect little ! t |, ur „ *j t |, i, er 5UU t.
things have upon iih, how undoubtedly
that old lady had not aomc nucd in her
miud to heir fruit of some kind, some
»!«y. win li we both had forgotten this
day and hour, when two other people
oame iuto my wotld—% lady aud gentle
man.
They had soated themselves before I
noticed them. Tho lady, whose hack
was turned to me, throw off tlio black
lane shawl that she had worn over her
charming head, anil fanuod herself with
a quaint fan made of black uslrioh
feathers. Her dnm was of guuzv black,
with many well-adjusted rufllea. I
thought alio Btouiod weary. Her com
panion were a restless, excited
Hiooo yesterday morning."
'• Was she in tho house V"
He'd see.
I waited sometime, remembering that
I hadn't given my name, mid presently
tie returned suying that Mins Delanoey
was asleep, having ret nr nod from a ioug
walk. I gave tho h >st my OArd, tdliug
him to take it to Mina Delanoey when
she woke. It was late iu tho nfteruoon
that ii servaut knocked at my door
Imudiid me a note iu the familiar hand
writing : "lam waiting for you on tin
piazzi."
1 went rather deliberately down stair
to oonvinoo myself of my utter pies
, . , . , , , • , ©no© of miud. As I stepped upon tlm
hud a boyish, eh'iidor figure, n mouth the slender vision of the pAst
at euco ooarsu aud ponnitive, not oon Iniglit in her gauzy black draporier
oealcd by his full, light mustache. Hi* , stood, her hack toward me, apparently
miglil Iiato boou »ny ngo from 20 to 10, »i„ lir |,o,l in Iho contomnl.tlon of Iho
for hi. bn.ri.huoAR noamotl rnthor it milt- .,]ft niir|‘!li MhnIhIwm on tho ntirronotliuR
tor of ooutitnUou th.n yo»r» ; «ml hi. hill.. Vflth « ron-o of impttleoo. that
iiuf, silky hair, tossed ai.d blown .might she should oome there nt this moment,
have belonged to a vouug ohihj, and [ turned to look for tny ooimin, Haying,
tho marks about Ins heavy-lidded blue , •» .J«Iia. mo you hero ?*’
eyes ono oould an easily at tribute to A soft sound of moving drapery, ami
dindpatioii an to maturity, lie kneeled n, 0 littlo lady in black wan shyly hold-
w.th one knee in the Heat of a chair, i„ R out her slender hand to me: "Don't
laying his exquisite dolioato hands over 1 you know me 9 "
the hack of it, and, always seeming • A speeohloMuest possesied me. I
a Knit to apeak said noth lug, but drew hold the littlo hand with a fear that it
his breath quickly through Ins parted ( wuu hl©luda me, and gradually traced tho
“P"\, . young girl's face I romembcrotl iu the
\ou promised me never tossy any- exquisite grace of tho woman’s before
thing utoto to mo on tho uubject, and j m0t whose oyes wore filled with tears
you,tiftVd bn.ki'M your promiw,"„i.l ! •'Dou’U.y uujlliing »b,»nt il jot, "
tlio Inly. Her voice, which was strange she said, with n pathetic fear. Audi
l.r avovt. to qn-lify tlio uverity bido mv timo.
of hor words. Tho man seeauHl to an ———
awor tlio voice:
" You oonldu't expect me to keep it. Arkansas.
I didn’t expect to moot you." —
" No, I couldn't expect you to keep Pr*»i«imt to in® s«u»t®.
it, anti I didn't mean to nii*rt you. 1 The following is tho president’H uics-
shouldn't have come here had 1 kuown." sago ou Arkaus<\s affairs :
"What made you comer* To t/w .Senate ofth* Unite<t Stoic* :
With «» little, low, half sad l.iugli the Herewith I have the honor to send, in
ladr s»ut : I was afraid of n ghost." necorduuoc with a resolution of the
“ i BhouUI think you might, perhaps, „euito of tlio 34 lust, all the infornm
in my i>i*ssc8Hiou not hcretofen
furnished, relating to affairs in ths state
i of Arkansas.
I will venture to express tho opinion
be afraid of a ghost. Yon reern afraid
of nothing real. You might, perhap
like a ghost better thau a flesh »i
blood man." _
Hhe laughed again half omlmrrassod. tInit alV tho t Vtiinouv"sliowaThat .u
I could fancy in the shadow that she oleetiou of 1872 Joseph Brooks was law-
blushed. " l erliaps I might." fullv eiectod governor of that state; that
ton grow morbid shat up w.th ho has Ijeon unlawfully deprived of tie
boiikam aaicktooiu." poiaeaaiou of his office since that time;
W ns this the explanation of the Gen rt ,ul that in 1871 the oonstitutiou of the
dor white hand ami wrist the 'orchead sta’e was, by violence, iutimidntioa and
and cheek, s» pale in the lmll light, (evolutionary proceedings overthrown
contrasted with the dark hair and drets V nQ d n new oonstitutiou adopted, and a
She was au invalid, let her step, I new stato government •• tabii-hod
-‘"'MubtreJ, was full of s springing These iirooeediugs. if lMiroiitted t«.
A WONDERFUL STORY.
Kieipi from a Drtsdful rtlf<
Ovo of the most singular spots in all
geography is a rock-bound bar recently
discovered on tho western coast of Hontli
America. It lies behind two mountains
where tho aen ds>hes its tremendous
columns against tho rocks. Few sailors
would dream of approaching snob a
dangoroua looalitv. In fact, it lias al
ways been considered absolutely inac
cessible cither by land or rea until the
late adventures of Ospt. King, who was
formerly of Norwalk. Conncctiont.
*' returning from the North Fa-
a cargo of sperm oil and wal-
rns skins, when a terrible storm struck
his ship, 1,500 miles west of tho Htrails
of Magellan. For three days and nights
the aen was lashed in foam. Tho nind
in its madness swept away tho moats
and canvass, and drove tho ship help
leas beforo it. In tboir wild despera
tion the crow throw overboard five hun
dred casks of oil, which lightened the
vosuel aud seethed the watern. This
probably kept them from going to the
bottom. On the morning of tho fifth
day a line of precipitous rorks loomed
up dirootly before thero, and destruc
tion scemcl inevitable. Tho ghastly
whitonesaof the foam, the r.isr of tho
sea, and the appalling spectacle at the
foot of the rooks, nttorly paralyzed tho
crew. Hwiftly and unerringly nhe ship
aped oa, hut at the moinont of snpremo
despair an opening appearod iu the
oliff. Into the month of this hungry
canyon the wreck waa dm mi with the
•peed of the wind. For a few minutes
nothing could be seen hut durkucas,
and nothing heard but the thunder of
the sco. Huddcnly the hulk shot into
quiet waters, und a vision of hrightucua
broke on the bewilder* d mariner*.
All Around them, trome'^doua heights
arose, breaking iuto lofty spired. They
were iu u mighty amphitheater, and the
only outlet was through tlio chasm they
had entered. Mtrange to say, the walls
of this sea chamber were ef a creamy
white, and the pinnacles wrro liko ala
baster. They were so high that tho
sky Boomed to rest on thorn like n dome
of pearl. Gapt. King says that no
mortal man could dosoriho the grandeur
of that ftoeno. From teu o’clock in
the morning until three in tlio afternoon
the sun tiller! the place with its splen
dor. Tho water waa frightfully deep,
hut ho trnriHpamit that tho vt saol np
poured to he floating in mid air. Far
down iu tho dontlia wore curious forma
tions, and ahadowy columns of oorsl,
and trees, with all kinds of utrango
flahes playing among thi-ir hr an aim.
The moon happened to he full, and
when it reached tlio tops of tho cliffs so
aa to illumine the water, hundreds of
theno IKIioh came to the surface, aud
some of them sang a few noteu in
minor key. This may seem fabulou
hut there are standard works on pise
culture iu the Aator Library thnt ci
the host authorities on this subject, ai
they affirm that fishes do sing in tl
tropica. The old Greek and Komi
historians givo minute accounts of v
pertinents with different kinds of tlidic
acd they not only prove that they nin
hut Hint (hey whistle on nights win
tho moon ih full. After a few days >
lest, Cant. King and crow took a snui
boat and set out to explore the f irth
shore of this enchanting hay.
After rowing rapidly for an hour, they
came to a plnco where tlio walls receded,
leaving a strip of land covered with
trees of n peculiar color. Hmldonly, in
routuliug a point, they came ou a small
antique vessel in full Mail. Their
amassment w.ui complete. Had they
found a city, their aurpriae could not
have been greater.
Approaching, they Hang out. Pro
longed and fantastic echoes were the
only reply. Then they boarded her.
Ghostly looking sailors’ were seen, but
they neither moved nor spoke. The
man at the helm looked vacantly into
the air. Awe-struck and trembling,
Oaptoiu King raised his hand to the
pilot's faoo. Itwasoold. It was atone.
Hia garments were stone. The captain
struck the deck with his heel. It wuh
like adamant. Then the truth flashed
upon him. The ship was petrified ; in
deed the sails ami the flags were films
of froatod stone. As the hatches were
open, the sailors entered. They en
tered a cavern, u sepulchre, a tomb I
The floor, tho ceiling, tho dec iratious,
the carpets, and the luces of the com
mander's cabin wore also stone. Even
tlio iron an I the brass work was cov
ered with a transparent ooating of siti
cate. Mngniticciit looking men, clad
in the garments of the fifteenth centu
ry, wero found iu various parts of tho
snip.
In au iqmrtuicut more elegant than
tho others, wah a^our-g woman, and,
although u marble mummy, her beauty
was enough to malt tlio heart of
Haoratos. The rough sailors uncovered
their heads and stood in silent adoration
before her. The vessel's papers wero
found, but conld rot ho opened.
Enough, however, was discovered to
hIiow that the ship belonged to ono of
the early Hpnush fleets. Her name was
"Tho Eldorado." Tho craw had oome
to tho new world iu search of gold.
They evidently had entered tho bay in
fair woatlior, for tho sails wero sot, and
tho pilot was nt tho wheel. An atiuos-
pbore of drowsiness had settled upon
them, amt by sumo phenomenon in na
ture, they had liecomo peitifiod while in
their sleep of death.
Captniu Kintr aud his men re-entered
their bout ami lauded on the shore l»y
tlio woods. Hero wero fresh marvels.
Tho tries and shrubs were also petrified.
Rare aud delicate flowers covered the
grouud. But no perfume exhaled from
their bloMoma. They wero like glass
acil porcelain of every color, ond as
braatiful as the gems of Aladdin’s
pain co.
As tho explorers were about entering
the atone forest, a peculiar feeling sud
denly came over them, and for the first
time they observed that a delicate mist
tilled tho air.
With a cry of terror they rushed to
the l>oats and rowed back io the ship.
'” lifo-boats were manned, and some
It is probable that their narrative
would nrver Imvo bren believed, had
not Cantein Iv«ng wisoly brought away
ouo of the lady’s arms and the ship’s
psusrt.
If any doubt existed on beholding
the former, the toot nt experiments of
Piofesior Haddox, of New Haven, have
convinced tho most skeptical of the
Captain’s story.
Two months ago, tho professor began
a series of experimenU, and after many
dinoonruging failures, he finally discov
ered a r-rooess hy which petilfsotiona
ronhl be reduced to a l'qnid. Then he
immersed the ship's paperi in a chemi
cal solution, and, marvelous to relate,
the stony coating waa dissolved in a
single ii'glit. Tlio next day tho docu
ments wero copiod mil traii«lutc«l hy n
Spanish expert.
Hpace alone prevents a transcript of
tlio log from appearing in theeeodnmcH;
hut the carious will ho pleased to lea^u
that tho namo of the unfortunate com-
mander was Don. Ferdinand Gonzales,
and that tho lady, who was his be
th rot bed, boro the namo of Isabella
Maria do Garcia. They wero boaud for
tho cooat of Peru, when they entered
tho fatal hay for fro«h water.
As soon as Copt. King heard of Prof.
Haddox's snocess with his experiments,
it occurred to him that the liqnid might
benefit his men. Ho ho sent for some,
and since taking it, th«r have found
new life, while the captain says that he
has recovered all the buoyancy of his
yonth.
A company of scientific gfntlemou
pronoae to visit the bay under the
guidanco of Capt. King, and with this
solution they hope to restore the rare
and onrions artiolov on the ship. Th®
bodies will ho brought a wav, but as no-
turo has embalmed thorn, they will not
bo profaned by tho experimonti of man.
The (.opera and »ho l*df’s arm aro on
exhibition in tho Now Haven museum.
Tlio first and third fingers of her band
aro ornamented with ocatlv rings, cov
ered with Hpanish goms. Ono of them
hoars oxquuite tracings, ref resenting
incident' in the Moorish wars cf Gra
nada.—Oor. Imnburn Ncwn.
A Temple in Venlco.
Charles Warrou Stoddard writes aa
follows of ihe cathedral of Han Marco :
" Thero is a temple in Venice ao store 1
with oriontal treasures tint*, to uoo it ia
liko breathing caanin and musk. Tho
facade of this qneon ®f churches is
bur Jo
i l d with <
n t utii
; ther
ttdge
barbaric splendor in its outward
durorution that ia not in keeping with
the exceeding solemnity of the iuterior.
Within everything ia no rich that it cun
ivoll afford to make no dinpiay. It ih
tho rnnnt hnrmonioua, tho irtoat wor
shipful, tho sweetest, most solemn re
treat for tlio world weary that can bo
cooooivod of. You may select your
own chapel, and it ahull ho lieu or
idain, ablaze with tlaiuing tapers or lit
hy a single Dmp that numgs like a
groit jowol hung hy a golden chain to
tlio aiiiumit of a deep golden dome ;
you may, if you choose, meditate beforo
an antique hvzantino crucifix, or n lot
of atnined sculpture, almost as old as
Christianity; or, if you will, nit for a
timo under one of tho aid faced Madon
nas, at whose feet the votive offerings
arc heaped in strange c infusion. Blit
oomn in, away from the glitter and the
glam tf tho exterior, where tho four
bronze horses prnnoo and the eyes grow
weary with seeking h nan point to rent
on in all that tropical rare, garden."
Coleridge's Qlft of tho Gab
The
a aro many aeoonntM of CoV
gigantic powers of monologue.
I no itory porhapii least known inousto
tho effect ttlut he w.»s dining with some
friends near London, when a broken
Boldier, in old tattered uniform, came
to tho window hogging, ou which Cole
ridge luuuchcd into u hiatorv—conaea,
effects, everything—of the i’oninanlar
war. " What a pity," said ono of tho
party afterwards, '‘that that old sold
oame up to the window." “It would
have boon all tho hhiiio," said the other
" if a magpio li*d hopped across tin
path." It seldom happens that thou
who aro fam-im in mmiologuc an
equally clover nt retort. But Coleridg*
uttered ono cf tho flaoat things, out
sudden provocation, ever said in no;
language. He wns addressing a Bris
tol ruob, wbeu souio of his hearers, no
liking hia RoutimentH, liisncd. II
ptused, coked calmly around at them
aud then enunciating very slowly, mud
“ When on the burning embers of do
mocruev you throw ttie Oold water o
reason, no wonder that they bias." It
was of course better suited to an Alba
nian assembly than to a Bristol mob,
but it woo a glorious outburst all the
The Source of Salt
Tho sen depend* on tho dtaintegr
tiou of rocks ou land for salt. Bui
wndi it aud hold it in solution ns pa
tides are liberated by violence, deooiL
position, and gradual action of mauy
natural forces. All streamlets aud
rivers, therefore, are coutitnutly traus
porting Balt to the sea. If there ii
more than eau bo held m solution, then
it accumulates in masse* at vory deep
poiuta. Thus tho salt minis of Port
laud and the vast horizontal hods of
pare salt in Texas, ns well hh that
mountuin of roek salt iu St. Domiugo,
wero collected at the bottom of ancient
sea®, which are now dry land remote
from water.
Thero arc places in Africa where the
process of disintegration of salt from
rock is regularly going op, but thore is
nut water power enough to force it ou-
ward to the sea. Uenoe the particles
are spread abroad and mixed with the
soil. The negroes of northern Africa
having discovered its distribution where
thero is no water to dissolve in the
gronnd leach it. In that way they
separate tho salt. Halt pervades the
oirtli. It exists in the grassen and most
vegetable picdnols on which animals
feed. In that way they derive enough
in moat countries to moot the demands
of their natures. They
old age, as on the vigorous and athletic
system ; exercising healthful < fleets
upon every blood vessel—on the brain,
nerves and lymphatics—on the blood,
bile, gas'rio jnico, etc., enriching im
poverished fluids, uml imputing vigor
to mind and body."
the blood. Whs
■ondlti mof the blood when it is
I rotiininn i*«rh day two aud a
af jioi-on. Nature tries to work
‘ 'MirIi other channels »nd or-
». Itmci*. ekin. etc : but the®e
ertaxed in performing thia
to their natural function-,
withstand the pressure, but
rcomes vanonaiv diseased.
Tlio brain, which i- the great eleelrirai cen-
ro of all vi'alitv, i® undulv stimulated hy tho
nhcaithv blood which
off this poll
an* -the kidne
rgans beoonie <
lalxir. in addilio
fnllj. llrnce the
which are dnllnt.
rment of
feeling*.
gloomy' foreboding* and irritability of temper.
The blood itself l«ing dieea*e-1.‘a* it form*
ihe sweat upon the enrfaoe of Ihe ekin. i* nr.
irritating and poleonoan that it rrodnoee die
oolore*] brown »p >te. pimples, bintobee, an«'
'. eoree. boil*, rarauncles ami
ore. Tlio eUimach, bowel*, and
t e*c»i^ beontn
nipt i
Morofuloui
r unenutlli
i are changi
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If oongrioui had employed
nlitic skill iu lh*> a
l the Ivegining of the war.
b been restored long age
pphed i
luption.
nr is Life.—All nervous ilia-
3 dt*easee of the ohtst. boa.l.
kidnwj* and Mood, ache* and
- and g-wieral dehihtv. eU.
fail hy
and IU
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" No, 1 only learned sumo new
things."
"And found that I didn’t rntisfy y,»u
Bob re, j oil half f-tueitG ihut 1 should,
*nd tho ehargo seemed to como on the
Friday that 1 found you writing letter?
by the window, when I brought you
ring 1 ha l found in the lily pond.
J, pruaUoaUy ignore nil tho rightw
or minorities in all tho satrs. .-Do,
what is there to prevent oicli ot tho
states recently readmitted t»fcler.il re
lations on certain condi ions, from
oliauging their constitution and viola:
iug their pledges, if tho a:tion in Ar
kansas i» acquiesced in ? 1 respectfully
rilizo-1 humanity. With them sale
- - aud provisions hastily j is necessary, as wifcc ourselves, for
thrown iiu All hands then started tor keeping the organs of vision in good
the entrance, determined to force their condition. Stop the supply and blind- I
wav out. | uoes would ensue.
The storm had subsided two days bo- j
fore, h it tho M-". <-»- ■till ragioK .rear To THK Krp.-Enivn.-An old retired !
I the rocks. 1 lie spray dashed over tuem j physician, who is caudid enough to tell !
mwv '' r '" n,,,v despaired of ! the truth about (irogress, has doolared ' our ki 0 «,
that the recent discovery by Dr. Walk- 1 '
6" :
For
The lady h
1 it
plain ono’i
voUpmenl? Tost da* 1 sa
ui 1 you. W.n hut fancy yc
happy. That you eanuot gain m«' hj
in^tasd of oilier excitement,
ielf i
the
had
on Id be legii
li > moment in which you would l»e
gxiu adrift. It is uot myself that you
ltmiit whether a precedent so dang
us to the stability of n st»t i g 'VM
\ : mint, if not of the national gov.i
e- roent, should b.' reoDgnized by ciicgre
If I earnestly ask that congress will
n- definite aetiou in thia matter, to rolievi
,'s the exeoutivo from acting upon qmu
id tious which thonld ho deci ud by ttu
thtir lives, but after a Ioug strupgl
with the waves they roiohed the op t
sea, nearly exhaiuted.
It was many hours before the awfu
roar cf the *nrf faded from tht-ir c..*s
Tho oiTocts of tho petrifying mist, whiel
hud titled their lungs iu the bay, prow.
Seed Time Cometh!
ike i
of tliegc.venimout.
1'. S. Grant,
Executive mans.ou, Feb. 8, 187o
er, of Ciliforuia, of his herb remedy,
Vinegar Bitters, ta one of tho most im
portant in medicine. He has tested I trim* Adtfrm.o.TfcifB
them thoroughly, in hia own family, ! lon - M ***-
amoug his frieucs, and n|>on himself; gc psou ao.i m* n y sat
end he ta driven to tho oonolusion that AmeHclforon® roar for'USar**
1 oarty tutnl. h. iv ti ruv they «iew . ih t y possess rare aud unexcelled enra- ! r. r ..c*p*><i ' rPk
! drow8*er, and at Inst their limb- would : tiv * pro ertie*. Ho savs of them: 1 »!/• SeSS
scateely move. 1- rtntately they were i “Tiny contain no dangerous drug ! I
al'le t . resell the -imck of tho « *\nling ! They never redneo the patient—never | nuh aobirihSr! TtoCmnaa
vessels, where they v ere soon puked ] render oue liable to take cold—never ' ^7o^-'M* r reiT,.^r I* kU?’
■rfere with the every-day business i iTiMUherq.a* wnium
life—never make their coutinuons
edition of cure, and aro adapt-
st delicate organgiza-
IH . 4. Wulkor'H i ailfofli
. -nr UlltPrS aro purely VcRtit.'iblB
prepar:i. ion, mndo chiefly from tlio na
tive herb* found on tho lower rancea of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor
nia, tho medicinal nropertice of widen
arc extracted therefrom without tlio use
of Alcohol. Tho question ta almost
hiilv asked, "What is tlio enuao of tho
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BlT-
tkkxP Our answer is, that they remove
tho cause of diser.re, and the patient re
covers hia health. They aro the great
blood purifier and a life-giving principle,
u iMTfect Renovator and Invigorutor
jf tho system. Never beforo In tho
history uf' tho world has a medicine been
.nniitnnmleil now^*H*ing the remarkable
quail tic* of VlKEOAR Hitters ill healing the
tick of evew di.-cu.-o man is heir t4». They
an- a pentl* purgative as well as a Tonio,
relieving CoifRcMion or Inflammation ot
the hirer and Visceral Organs, ta Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of Dr. Walker a
VlXKOam HITTERS are Aperient, Diiudmretlo,
Carmiiulivc. Nutrition*. Dixutive. Uinretio
Sedative. Counter-Irritant. Sudorific, Altora
five, and Anti-ltilhrca.
It. ir. MrlMIMt.(l tii to..
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