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xxiii. 'THE SECRET OF THE DOYF1 Come, listeu. oh love, to the olive-hue 1 dove, The dove and the olive of <44, Companioned still in their world above As when the deluge rolled Hark: heaven, oh. love, to the voice of the dove. Hark, heaven, and hear him say. T ere are many to morrows, love,ny my love. There’s only one to-day.” An.l this is his wooing; you hear him say, “This day in purple rolled. And the baby slurs of the milky way Are cradled in cradles of gold:” Now, what Is thy secret, serene, gray dove- Escaping death’s deluge alway? .., n , wsaremau) _ , o morrows, my love,my , lovp : There’s only one to-day.” TIIC 1 flL QTflDV 1 Ull nc Ul TllDCr 1 tlntt ni ULU n mril JjjrN U I __ 1 ‘V* ' r 1,1 ,*! ' I" 11 ! 'V ' C,S " un ISM,C ,l certain °v r Might m the f ill of tiie year, a storm of unwanted violence was rioting in the Uatskill Mountains. ie " tnd screamed limging dill iii'r with With tireless Or l | *' sury, 1,1,1111 the ° cold triumph, ram «>V(I haughty peak and modest valley. I he long, pliant arms of the leafless mouti- lain willows las ed the black night in im- i o!< nt rage and more than one cragg/ imis loosened from its bond of ages, tore is awful way tint night through the up- bind forest to the sodded level beneath. Even Mistress Dorris, the merry, plump lilth- widow who supplied the customers ■ »l the Old Leeds Arms with “ales, wines, ■spirituous liquors, tobaccos and snuffs,” ■even she was out of sorts, for what with •die going out of lanterns and the coining in <'f water through the diamond panes of the rickety lattice; what with the smoke tli.u seemed not to know the purpose of a chimney, and the coughing and grunt- tiling of the shivering old man in the bar parlor, her bead and bands were busy enough. There was something uncanny about this visitor. An absolute stranger, he had entered in the height of (lie storm, Ins appearance indicating a long journey, had given his bearskin coat to the potboy, with an injunction “to have it dried ami laid on the bed in the little room over the the tap,” and. without a question, had gone direct to the parlor, Ho looked as ancient as the inn itself, of which he evidently knew every nook and corner. “Bring me a mug of mulled ale, mis- t less, ” he said, “and, hark ye, Iliram < i>ok, the constable, is livin still, ain’t he ?” “Judge 1 brain Look is my father,” re- plied the widow; “it is many years since he was constable. He took the wagon to imiit this morning; aud may not trust the loads till day light. “lo court!” repeated the “Ay, 1 understand; it will he choice gal- lows fruit- choice gallows fruit!” and lie rubbed his skinny hands and blinked his unnaturally bright eyes at a lively rate. The gibbet is a depressing subject at times, hut to have it linked in an obscure fashion with one’s parent by a grinning old stranger, at the approach of midnight, with the rain driving at the doors and windows as though death sought admit- lance, and the tempest moaning a dirge, defines perhaps the limit of endurance. Mrs. Dorris was evidently of this opin- ion. for, forgetting all about the mulie l ale, she dropped upon the leather couch and stared at her shriveled guest wdtn the blankness of a corpse. “Yes,” he laughed, pulling liis skeleton fingers until they “cracked,” “sixty long vears have I waited for what to-morrow w ill bring. These hills have been less patient, for they 1 warrant have changed since last 1 trod them, while I have known tio change—at least, here!” And lie laid his long fingers over the spot where lus heart should have been. “ 1 o-morrow, he continued, “this owl they call justice ax i 11 awake, and he will hear my curse as lie is dragged to the scaffold !” “Wlmt crime is this?” exclaimed the hostess, springing to her feet in the belief that she was confronting a ma 1 man. “that vou dure to lay at my father’s door ?’’" “Nay, mistress, it is of Reuben Ellbton l speak. 1 asked if Iliram t ook ytt lived, for it is fitting that he who tiol ihc silken cord around the murderer’s neck should !h> the one to take it from his corpse! Doubtle the final arrange- moots have taken him to town.” “Old Reuben Elliston!” “Ay,” continued the strauger. rising and looking intently into the woman’s eyes. “Ruben Elliston! Even now 1 I assed the stone house and saw a light in the windows; you dare not tel! me he is dead!” “Our neighbor has been near the grave these many years, but death and he are strangers. Since my earliest recollection he has lived a life of seclusion, but w,- grant to age what you would link with crime.” “Woman!” cried the old man, flinging his hands above bis bead, “did your father apeak to you of Mercy Douglass, the Scotch girl, whose services as house menial were bought by Squire 'Elliston from the owners of the Glasgow packet for tlie price of her passage, who ran from his home and his proffered love, was re- taken, tied to the scoundrel’s horse and dragged to death among the rocks on this very road ?” The question seemed to revive a host of buried memories. Mrs. Dorris remem- bered that as a child she had lUtened to the story of Murder Notch; had seen tbe identical rock on which the ghost of a beautiful victim was said t<» sit at mid- night, two burning tapers in her hands and sing of her sad fate. She recalled how Tom Dorns—rest l.is anil-long be- ton' he had dreamed of heeommg her husband- had told her of the spectral sicn ho,« which lime .nd a gain whs to dash up the road as the village dock struck i v. dragging at his heels the form of a lovelv woman. '•Ha! your memory is quickened, mis- tress ” said the old man, who had imr- rowly watched her face. “There whs such a story when 1 whs very young," slit* iep i i. • but 1 rever heard it coupled w:t the came *>f Reuben I'he great war ha- dr.veu out it.iny & legend, uia-4* r. (Jet Reuben The Toccoa News. helped the cause with all lie had; he is ponr and nearly blind now, and folks with evil tongues should spare their breath.” 4 he stranger’s eyes glittered with anger at this reproof, “1 feared i would be kept from this generation !” he cried, “Listen! Mercy was to be my bride. Because site would not break her vows he killed her in his jealous pride, She lies buried on this farm I !c was tried for the crime and sentenced to death by the rope, but a corrupt judge delayed his execution mbil his ninety-ninth birthday. He was, however, ordered to wear a cor l of silk upon his neck and once a year to show to the court ri at lie still bore the emblem of ( uin Tomorrow, mi-tress, Reuben is 9tU” “My father has told me nothing of this! ’ said Mrs. Dorris. “No; because he thought death would spaic him the task,’ cried the other fiercely; “but I knew otherwise? Not one day in all these long years that has not brought a forecast of to-morrow ! I knew he could not die—I knew l must live, live to see them drag him. st reaming with the rea H*T fi ,nf>nt * 113 * a,e guilty y ears j ’ nightmare, l^ would to have the P unis a ,l( c 8 P are( l him. l‘ar remove i from these mountains, J have seen them by day and fi. v ul gid> I have watched him in his pride, the rich young squire, living down the memory of itis crime. Once in a dream, many years ago, I saw him at a feast. amid the roars of his drunken friends, take front his neck Hie silken cord and tie it upon Ins hound: Then, again; I saw him, the aged hea l of an upright family, living a life of peace, unruffled by lie- past. I heard ii is thoughts: ‘One decade more at most, and I shall rest as honored as they'.’ Then I stood before him and laughed, and pointed to a forgotten grave behind which stood the hangman and the gallows! Again I pictured him, living on, on, on, far beyond his hoped for limit, a frightful fear in his heart; the hideous past arisen front its grave and stalking ever by his side. Ah, that was the dream of dreams!” As the star gra<s on the hills quivers be¬ fore a storm so the old man shook with the intensity of his hatred, “Our neighbor and the Reuben Elliston of your dreams would never be mistaken for one another,” exclaimed the widow, At this moment the judge, a tall, kindly man, who did not look his great age by many years, entered the room, aecompan- ied by a timid, sweet-faced girl of twenty. “ lake off your wet cloak, my dear,” said the judge; “daughter, Mercy Ellis- ton will stay here to-night.’! “Mercy Elliston," gasped the stranger. “I seut Amos, the mail rider, to Rough- kcepsie yesterday,” continued the judge; “has lie returned ?” Mrs. Dorris threw her arms around her father’s neck. “Gh, then it is true? ’ she whispered; “You have sent to Governor Clinton for a pardon for Reuben Ellis- ton? The judge’s eyes inquiringly sought those of the strange guest, “1 have told her what you, Hiram Cook, have so long concealed,” said the latter. on here, Giles Raven! ’ “Do you remember ray words of sixty yews back—that 1 should live to see it?" “Hush!” whispered Iliram, “in pity keep it from her !” “t-jis kin?” “Yes; for she has known no other. 11c took her from the breast of a poor woman who had perished in the snow a score of years ago. They have been all the world to each other, lie named her ‘Mercy,’ after the one who lies over there.” A foreboding of evil seemed to he lodged in the girl’s breast, which was certainly not dissipated by the kindly little widow’s tears aud caresses. Why had she been brought from the stone house! Why had Reuben beggedof the judge that he might he alone for this night ? Giles Raven was not the man to spate anyone who loved the object of his life lia- tied. Shuffling across the room, he hissed in Mercy’s ear: “To-morrow Reuben Elliston will die on the gallows in spite of this mail’s et- forts to defeat the law!” • 1 he gallows! cried the poor girl, “On, what fearful secret do \ou keep from me ? “Lome, dear!” whispered Mrs. Dorris, who gained strength at the sight of anoth- er’s weakness, and Mercy’s cheek lay upon the widow’s shoulder as they passed from the room. For a full minute the two men, thus tragically brought together again after the lapse of a lifetime, looked at each other in silence, “Giles Raven,” said the judge at length. “there is no boot but is too clean to tread on such a worm as thou! Year after year our neighbor has come to me and bare 1 his neck that l might . see tiie accursed cord upon it. and I have pitied him, for never before iu the world-—mark me, G les, never before iu the world—lias mis- chance borne so great a penalty !” “You have light words for # gallows deeds, master !" sneered Raven. “Tear from your eyes the film of ha- tred, Giles, and acknowledge what well you know, that Reuben Elliston never had murder in his heart.” “Mercy Douglass was mine—she left him to become my bride—he had spoken of love to her—the law said that for a term her labor was his—lie retook her by force—he slew her. Call you that a -mis- chance.’ Hiram Cook ?” “He was young and had youth’s haughty ways, he erred, but when that poor girl was dragged to her death it was because no human arm could have checked liis course.” “Yes a jury called it murder,” grinned the vengeful man. “and murder’s due. though long delayed by knavery, is near at last!” “God touch the governor’s heart and bring Amos safely through the siorm exclaimed the judge. “I have wr'.Len Clinton that the conviction was under tiie English rule and might well be avoided." “And if the roads should delay your pleader.- H>mm rtphed wilh a »gh, which <vu full of supritrcance. Giles rose nud opened de the door. -Hiram Cook." he said, throe old men have not so far exceeded the limit of human years-for nothing ” “Father.” cried Mrs. Dorris from the tap-room, “some one is coining up the r>*ad: perhaps it is Amos.” Poor Mercy, who hud exacted the terri- hie story from the widow, already stood i u the dark road, listening for the sikditest sound which would hearald the bearer of the governor*' clemeuci The storm whs abalh. 2 . TOCCOA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1895. “Loo-ee-oooo!” came faintly throng! the blackness, “It is Amos,” exclaimed the girl, who knew the voice of 'the brave young fellow better than most people were aware. In a few minutes tlie mail rider, drenched to the skin, drew rein at the door. Since noon on the preceding day he had ridden nearly 100 miles over the heavy roads and had twice rowe l across the river. His had been a perilous and dreary task, but his face wore a smile as lie drew a packet from the holster of his army .-addle and banded it to the judge, who stepped quickly into the house, followed by Haven. “Oh, Amos' It is good news, isn’t it?” Mercy implored. The smile vanished. Amos knew not on w hat business he had been engaged. e c loved the sweet face that looked so pleadingly into bis; he had not expected t0 fiac i Mercy at the inn. and the ques- t iou started ‘the blood from his honest c | ie eks. The judge stood in the.tap room, be- i,j m i a suspended lantern, the official lettei trembling in his hand. Suddenly he staggered j and grasped a chair for support aIu die document fell to the floor. “God be merciful to him!” he groaned. A piercing scream ran through the house and the strong arm of Amos held a very i 0 velv burden Giles picked up the letter, put on bis spectacles and glanced at the contentsS then, shivering as with an ague, be left the room. “Tell me what this means, Mrs. Dorris?” Amos asked, “It means that poor old Reuben Ellis ton is to he executed to-morrow.” Mercy Elliston, in spite of her liysteri- cal entreaties to be allowed to go to Reu¬ ben, was taken upstairs by Mrs. Dorris; not, however, to know the blessing of for- getfulness, but to lay in a half conscious state upon the widow’s bed and moan away the night. The judge and Amos sat in the parlor, the latter frequently sob¬ bing like a child, in spite of the landlady’s reassuring bulletins. “Oh, how can it be true!” sobbed Mercy, “how can one so gentle as he whe saved me from the snowdrift have done murder! You do not know him as 1 do, or you would not hear them say it?” “Hush!” said her companion; “we do not believe it, dear.” “But the «rave_the trraveshe cried, .< an( j t |, e beautiful flowers he has alwavs grown for it, aud the dark shadow on liis heart that 1 have so long seen but never understood!” presently, however, stepped’ Mercy slept and Mrs. Dorris downstairs with words of comfort for Amos, in whom she had begun to take a warm interest, Giles Raven crept from “the little room OV cr the tap” and entered the chamber. Making jisieeplie sure Unit the young woman was pressed a kiss upon her forehead and then, with a wildly heating heart, as silently left the room. It is morning. Far over the blackness of the weeping forest that stretches al- most to the princely Hudson glows the co j d Hgiq 0 f a uew day, while west and south and north, from Overlook to the Ki ae k Dome, a galaxy of grauite mcmarchs | iave already put on their crowns of mol- teu gold. Iu the dawn’s increasing glory the somber night clouds that move upon the lower hills seem like strange monsters from some vaster and still more gloomy world. The robin wakes and chirps his greeting to the morning; the trees shake off their repletion of moisture; overhead a silver star 1 ells of a clearer heaven. The face of nature wears a smile once more as the radiant sun kisses away her tears. But it is easier to charm a harvest from the earth than to put gladness in a con¬ science stricken heart. Over the heavy road, iu the early light, toils a care-bent, aged man. He is bound on an errand so strange that he half doubts his owu iden¬ tity, and looks behind him now and again, as though expecting liis true self to over¬ take him and drag him hack. On his left lays the Stone House farm: here is tiie turnstile—unchanged in half a century. A hundred paces from the mountain road there is a small raised bit of eartli: it is covered with dead flowers. “I have laid no blossoms here!” be says, and he kneels upon the wet grass and lays y lg f ace upon them. A wel } troddeu path, terminating at the (ITave .leads toward the rear of the house, Giles takes this path, There is no bar upon the door, yet for a moment he feels unable to enter. He must not turn away ! To kueel at the feet of Uie maa w hose life lias beeu passed in penitence, to confess his own misdirected life and obtain Reu- ben’s blessing, is to give him strength to ask forgiveness of one to whom alone ven¬ geance belongs. The gorgeous hills throw a ray of light j n the gloomy place. The dreamer knows uow that uo cuest but sorrow has sat at ,j,j s p o:m j f or decades. Giles turns the Handle of the parlor door. An an-ed figure kneels at the casement. Upon his weary, upturned face b cast the first gleam of the mornin< T Perhaps it is given to these dim eyes to see the orb of light once more, f or on the ^entle lips there rests a smile of wom jer and ret of ineffable peace, “Reuben! Reuben !” Slowly the eyelids droop and slowly the head falls upon the breast, It is broad day. A School on Wheels. traxeling . the Phuadel- , 1 “ man in delphia Record tells of a most pe- culiar school in Kentucky wdiich is built on wheels. ’When night comes, he says, * ‘a pair of mules pull it to the home of the trustee,and the next morning it is drawn back to its daytime location. The mules go and come on schedule time, and jf the school is a little slow about dismissing in the afternoon the w hoIe outfit is apt to be of given a free r ide. A day’s supply water and WOCK j jg pat aboard by the trustee every J morning before the schoolhouse sets out upon it3 iourney trilitea . The tearher teacher board* Boards witn with tne the trustee Una nnd needs no carnage. At night a bull, 13 chained beneath the little frame "\ Ddo "' and a bad man armed wtth a '\ inehester, sleeps inside of it- All of this came about because some one threatened to burn the schoolhouse. Why the trustee does tiot the ouilcting located iu his own yard and save the trouble of hauling it back and forth I do not know, unless it is to comply with some legal technicality WOMAN’S WORLD, PLEASANT literature for FEMININE READERS. AN ARMY OF BRIDESMAIDS. A recent very young and mueh- indalged bride had twenty-six brides¬ maids to attend her. Not all stood at the altar, ten occupying front pews, but the procession of young women preceded her entrance, and sixteen surrounded her through the cere¬ mony.—New York Times. RUFFLES AGAIN POPULAR. Ruffles have again won popular fa¬ vor and are much used in trimming dresses of all kinds. They are more suitable for silks and nets than for woolens, these latter being naturally rather heavy and bulky. Silk ruffles can, however, be used on woolen dresses, and may be edged with lace or grimp or with narrow jet pesse- menterie.—New York Press. A NEW WAY TO EARN A LIVING. A delicate, but needy woman, who is cut off from gaining a livelihood in an active way, makes a business of mending hose for persons who are too busy or too idle to mend their own. A hole in a silk stocking or other un¬ derwear is an expensive thing if not looked after at once, but as expert mender with either needle or fine crochet needles of steol threaded with silk of the exact shade and number an the garment, can repair it so cleverly that it appears “like new. -St. Louis Star-Sayings. EARRINGS REVIVED. The fashion of wearing earrings has been lately written against as a return to a barbario taste or a want of taste. Anyhow, earrings have crept slowly 7 but surely back into favor. Some appropriate new place to make use of the surplus supply of diamonds has, it appears, to be found, although the front of the dress offers a wide field for display. The long pendant ear- ring, it is dreaded, may perhaps once more come back into fashion-—such as our grandmothers once deformed their ears with. Netherlands ladies still wear these unsightly appendages when they are in full costume, with side plates of gold on each side of the head.—London Court Journal. FASHION IN HAIR. With the incoming brocades of im- possible figures and the other pompa¬ dour elfeets the hair must be worn pompadour. Wave it evenly all over the head, then ccmb it out and puff it baek in an immense roll. It is untidy and not at all pretty, but itis “smart.” looking. The back hair is arranged in a simple wide knot, rather low on the back of the fiead, to accommodate tho new stylo of hats which have a good deal of trimming under the back of the brim. Hair ornaments are as gaudy as possible, silver aud gold fili¬ gree set with colored stones or with tops of rhinestones. Side combs, back combs and pompadour combs are all worn, and all worn at once. It is but a step now to the coach and four and the ship in full sail coiffure of a century ago. As such things were worn once, there is no reason to sup- pose that they will not be worn again, if some foolish woman happens to feel like forcing them upon the fashion- able world, and has the power lo do it. There is no accounting tor freaks of fashion.—Washington Siur. GIRLS RODE THE GOAT. Girls of the Freshman class of Bos- ton University rode the Gamma Delta goat a few days ago. They had to do it on empty stomachs, for the male students confiscated all the pickles and other goodies with which the girls planned to regale themselves. The in¬ vitation ceremony took place in Jacob Sleeper Hall. As soon as the initiate entered her name was shouted aloud by the whole host of evil spirits, Terrified, she was then led to the presence of the Teuffelmeister. She was commanded to fall upon her knee3 and beg for admission to Gamma Delta. Then the reuffelmeister bowed, and, as she bowed, a torrent of water descended upon the unfortunate’s head. Still blindfolded, she was placed in a wheelbarrow and given a free but rather rough ride. Next she was con- ducted through an intricate maze or labyrinth. Frequently apparitions, as of witches on broomsticks, ghostly screeches and many a close contact with some hard body were the young uovitiate’s lot. Then for a second the bandage was removed, for she was to have her pic¬ ture taken. She was seated in a chair, told to “look pleasant,” and when the bulb was pressed a stream of water was squirted over her face. The band¬ age was replaced, and she was told to walk up a hill. When she had as¬ cended but a short distance the boards tilted and she came down faster than she went up. A pair of Japanese stocks awaited her, in which her hands were securely fastened. She was made to thrust her hand next into molten lead—ice water—and then ordered to speak on woman’s rights. Those who survived thus far were led to the platform, which was cur- tained off. Before a table surrounded by hideous faces spouting fire they were bade to kneel and sign the con- stitution and by-laws of Gamma Delta.—New York World. BICYCLE COSTUMES. “When are we going to.have an end to all this talk about bicycle cos- tumes?” asked a conservative woman who cares nothing about wheels, and thinks very litide abpatcirese-, anyway. “ When the wheelwoman finds some- thing that suits her exactly,” was the response. Then she added : “And I might as well say, myf dear, that that will be when all women think alike, and the nearness of that time you may judge for yourself.” It has been a long day since any- thing has roused the discussion that is heard on the subject of bicycle cos- tumes. 'The new woman and the wheelwoman are to a certain extent the same, and the wheelwoman has ideas of her own about drees. Almost every one has her own particular fad and fancy, and so the variety in cos¬ tume is likely to increase rather than diminish. One woman has invented a costume in three pieces—bloomers, jacket and skirt. Inside of the jacket, at the back of the belt, are buttons or hooks to attach it to the skirt, so that theie is no unseemly parting. This, of course, is in Eton jacket fashion. The bloomers are not very full, but but¬ ton loosely just below the knees. Elastic bands are thought to be in¬ jurious, and are strongly condemned by physicians. The skirt falls to the ankles, and is faced with strong, heavy material that effectually pre¬ vents any flying about or filling with air. This costume has points of grace but there is nothing in the whole range of cycling costumes more com¬ fortable, manageable and every way desirable than a three-yard-wide skirt and a good blazer. Underneath should be worn either riding breeches or tights, or, what answers tho purpose quite as well, a short petticoat made of black material and pinned, the front and back together, with a large safely pin. This, with long stockings, makes an ideal costume. It is folly to say that bloomers are necessary, or that a woman is unsafe if she wears a skirt on awheel. Hundreds of women ride in skirts, and certainly they look better, and all self-respecting women ought to feel better than when they go out making spectacles of themselves and causing such comment as is in¬ dulged in at the expense of the aver¬ age bloomer-wearing woman.—New York Ledger. FASHION NOTES. There is a pleasant prospect of hav¬ ing trailing gowns and soft draperies once more for house wear. Raspberry red is one of the rich, dark colors for millinery imported in the rough straw hats and bonnets to be worn throughout the season. Trimmings of black velvet ribbon upon gowns of soft white wool are in vogue. Bands of open work black jet ornament whito crepon house gowns. Modifications upon the little round shoulder cape of last season that are frequently seen consist usually of either pointed fronts or of long stole- like fronts, At a recent dinner one of the swell- est, and yet perfectly simple gowns worn was of dead white taffeta, trimmed with narrow ruchings of black velvet ribbon. A stylish jacket is close fitting, with slightly double front and very wide collar turning over the sleeve tops. This collar is of velvet, and tho wide lapels extending below the waist line are also of velvet. A handsome hat is of French felt with moderately wide brim, which is turned U P a * ^ 10 back, The crown is father low and the trimming consists of ver Y fall ostrich plumes and loops of velvet with a band of passementerie aroun< ! the crown, Narrow ribbon velvet is very much used to edge flounces of tiny ruffles, It must be very narrow and used very profusely. It is used now on the demi- seisou gowns, which have broad belts ant ^ Bands m velvet of the sa ne color cut on the bias. A walking hat is of white plush, soft and silky. The. crown has a band of striped ribbon set fiat around it. The trimming is of butterfly bow3 of striped ribbon fastened with a large jeweled aigrette. Ostrich plumes are placed iu a circle around the crown and stand up high at one side. There is a loop of ribbon under the brim at one side. A handsome bonnet is made of dark blue velvet. The shape is triangular, with the point over the middle of the forehead. The velvet is laid on the frame loosely, and is caught down in folds. The trimming is of bows and loops of velvet ribbon, with jeweled ornaments and aigrettes rising from a number of small wings. This bonnet has ribbon strings fastened with a jeweled pin. An evening hat that has been much admired is made of rolls aud braids of corn colored velvet, which form the brim, and a band over the top of the head. Above the velvet rolls are puffs and plaitings of crepe lisse. The crown at the middle of the bonnet is covered with tiny jetted wings and a cluster of aigrettes, The sides and back are finished with wreaths of vio¬ lets in yellow velvet with green velvet leaves. A handsome wedding costume is made of ivory satin. The skirt is long and plain, the body close fitting at the sides and tack. The entire neck, shoulders and front are filled in with very narrow plaitings of crepon. Wreaths of orange blossoms extend from the shoulders down either side of the front to the bodice point, and the veil, which is of tulle and gathered into a knot at the top of the heal, is fastened with the flowers. Cullivating Under Colored Glass. Cultivating strawberries under class of various colors, Professor Zachare- wiez, of Vancluse, France, has ob- | tained glass the following results: and Ordinary earliest ; clear gave the best 1 fruit. Orange glass increased the 1 I vegetation bat injured the quality, size and earliness of the fruit. Violet | glass increased the yield at the expense | j of the quality. hurtful Red, all blue kinds aud green glass ware to of vege- tation.—Xxentoa (N. J.) American. RAM’S HORN BLASTS. Warning Notes Calling the Wicked to Kepentance. u ^*1 IN t an kill only when It Is loved. The odds are nsMP I Q never for The God. army too great God A ' VA leads is de¬ never m feated. jjay yM church front. vorito The devil’s pew is at the fa- in The devil sees to it that a scold never gets hoarse. Men will not live right unless they first believe right. No man is fit to lead others who is untrue to himself. A mote in the eye will put the whole world out of joint. That man is a stranger to himself who reads no books. Woman can be the devil’s best friend or his worst enemy. Only when there is perfect trust can there be perfect peace. God sometimes puts us in the dark to show us that he is light. t ’ 0(1 s tests are seldom known to those who are being tested. The devil lias use for all his skill when lie makes a hypocrite. The man who serves God only when lie feels like if will never do a full day’s work. To say “Our Father,” means “my brother,” to every man, or it means nothing. “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” No matter whether it lives in a lint or a palace. All some people want with religion is to keep them from trembling when it thunders. If there were more mothers like Mary, there would be more Christians like Christ. When we ask God to bless others, we should also pray that lie will do It in Ilis own way. The man who does not say “Our Father” in his conduct, does not say it on his knees. The screen in the saloon door means that the devil can sometimes be ashamed of himself. It Is only the man who devotes liis whole time to being a Christian who wll make a success of it. The devil fights hard for the saloon, because he knows that while it re¬ mains open lie can stay loose. The devil is not wasting many darts on the man who lias one kind of relig¬ ion at home and another at church. As long as the devil can have the first chance at our children, he will not care how high we build our church steeples. Before Jesus taught his disciples how to pray, he told them of the Fath¬ er to whom their prayers should be addressed. Rebuilt by the Doctors. An odd character is now in Winona, Minn., in the person of George Burns, who has good reason for his eccentri¬ city. He has papers which show that he was head engineer on the steamer City of Savannah, which was wrecked off the coast of Massachusetts on Jan. 18, 1884, while en route from Boston to Florida. Hi* was reversing the lev¬ ers when the steamer struck the rocks, and he was thrown into the machinery, receiving injuries which crippled him for life. There were 118 lives lost In the accident, aud Burns is one of the thirty-seven survivors. For a long while lie lay on a cot in the death row of Bellevue hospital, New York. Dr. Hayes Agnew attended his case and re¬ moved five ribs from his left side and trephined, his skull, using six ounces of silver sheeting for this purpose. He was compelled to wear a plaster of paris jacket for four years after the accident A portion of the lower end of his spine and both elbow joints are gone. One knee cap is on the back of the leg, and his heart is on the extreme right side of his body. lie is now 04 years of age and walks very well and has a cheer¬ ful disposition. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and serv¬ ed during the war on the gunboat Es¬ sex, which was stationed at Cairo dur¬ ing the early days of the rebellion.— Minneapolis Tribune. Labor in Vain. That convicts be placed at hard and unprofitable labor, so as not to com- pete with honest toil, is often urged by the friends of workingmen. The ideal of these agitators has been reached at London, Ontario. The workhouse and penitentiary of the town is situated up¬ on the top of a high bluff by the river side. The convicts are told off into groups of four, and betweem them is a barrel with handles; this fhey fill at the river sid**, and then toil painfully up the steep path to the summit of the bluff, where the contents of the barrel are thrown into a gutter to rush back into the river. Then they descend to the water level for another load. Vigorous Exercise. •‘Nora.’’ said Mrs. Knervez. when the maid answered tbe ring of her mis- tress. “Nora, I will feed the canary myself after this. The doctor says I I must take more exercise."—Boston Home Journal. The I)er f ume of her violets j n ,, ver shall forget F)jr the fl or } St ’s bill that came with them i. s hovering ’round me yet _y ew York Herald ‘‘Couldn’t your husband be Induced to try the faith cure?" ‘T think lie could. He’s tried dozens of things he didn’t believe in."—Vogue. NO. 4. A NEW FLTING MACHINE. Several Successful Flights in Mida’r Have Been Made by a Scotchman. Mr. Percy S. Piloher, lecturer on marine engineering at Glasgow Uni¬ versity, basing his inventions upon that of Herr Lilienthal, has produced two winged ereations, and by their aid has taken sundry flights in midair, m ^ ■^7 RBADY TO FLY. says the London Blaok and White. At times he has risen to an altitude of twenty feet, ooeasionally hovering kite-like for a space and then descend¬ ing on the spot he left, while upon other trials he has hastened before the breeze for considerable distances ere regaining his feet. Mr. Pilcher’s machines are light structures of wood and stool support¬ ing a vast spread of wing and braced with piano wire. The wings them¬ selves, which are made of nainsook — a sort of muslin usually manufactured in India—have an area of one hundred and fifty square feet; and each ma¬ chine, as our piotures indicate, pos¬ sesses a vertiele and a horizontal rud¬ der of circular shape, the one outting the other at right angles. The for¬ mer, which is rigid, serves to keep the machine’s head to wind, while the lat¬ ter arrests an inclination to pitch sideways—a common vico in all like inventions. The great difficulty with winged aeronauts is the uncertain quality of the wind, for a steady, unvarying breeze is never to be calculated upon. Indeed, the sudden, unexpected side pnff often brought disaster in its train to Mr. Piloher, until he bit upon a means of circumventing it. He now draws his wing tips in with a bend, which renders a flying machine safer and more stable. Speaking generally, these experiments in flying or soaring are being made with a view to master¬ ing tho art of aerial balance and safe landing. Then, when tho golden era dawns when a screw propeller or flap¬ ping wings are introduced and a pow¬ er discovered to work them, gentle¬ men like Messrs. Lilienthal and Pilch¬ er will spring gayly aloft to emulate the carrier or tumbler pigeon, and put a girdle round the earth in a morn¬ ing. May the necessary discovery of a new power be speedily made. Mean¬ time Mr. Pilcher, on a fresh pair of wings with a sail area of no less than three hundred feet, pursues his plucky experiments at Cardross in Dumbar¬ tonshire before numerous admirers. A Little Girl's Dangerous Pets. The librarian of Congress, says the New York Bun, has received from an artist at Hot Springs, South Dakota, a photograph of Martha McIntyre, an eight-year-old ohild, who from her infancy has had rattlesnakes for pets. When she was four years old she found a huge rattler coiled up in the yard *** mU teg 1 Ml mm 3 <} ) F a t (, ail t I l MARTHA MTNTYEE AND HER SNAKES. near her father’s house, and by some mysterious power was able to come close and take hold of him, which she did apparently without the slightest fear. Every month or so she would find a new snake iu the woods near the house, and now she has as many as two dozen, none of which can be induced to leave her. The photo¬ graph shows her pet3 writhing on some slats nailed to two boards, while Martha stands behind them, her hand on one of the reptiles, which is moving from side to side. Some of these snakes are four feet long. A Nine-Ton Lake at a Food Show. Tanty’s great cake was “unveiled” at the Pare Food Show last night. It took up the entire middle part of the stage. The Second Regiment Baud in the wings played “Yankee Doodle” and the “MareeiUaise” as the curtain went up. The cake contains 12,000 eggs, weighs nine tons and is fourteen feet high. It will be eaten next week. —Chicago Inter-Ocean. Sparrows Served as Reed birds. There are few restaurants in the city where sparrows are not served up a « reedbirds. It has become a regu- j ar business, ^ and may ultimately solve tlje g , Jgrro nuisance.—Philadelphia ,