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Till- VIENNA PROGRESS. I 7 TERMS, $1. Per Annum. Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Whete They May.” JOHN E, HOWELL, E4itor and Proprietor, VOL. XII. NO. 24 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1894. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. MY SWEETHEART. ■RT AI.KXAKDER BOWKS, I know not why in (iarkrHt skies The out Jibe whitest. But I know that from'iny love's dark eye* The ht’Hksflocjns nlwityd brightest. 1 know net why the golden light Ct sun set seems eo fair, But it touched my sweetheart's bright— A;»d shining is her hair. i know not why an angel's face To innocence is gi* on. But 1 know that in her smile I trace The purity o? heaven. I know not liow Love found its home In hearts where no lights shone, 3nt I know her Jove to me has come— And I know it’s all my own. 1 know not why, nor when, nor how All things that are may be; But my heart knows with gladness noi» That my love loves but me. *Tis only this I know, and this To ine is all of life ; And all of this my sweetheart is, My sweetheart is—my Wife. Chicago, 111. BETRAYED DARK MARRIAGE MORN. 4 Rom ante ' of Love, Intrigue" iuici Grime. BT MRS. ALICE P. CARRISTON. CHAPTER X.—(Continued). The next morning he arose unrefreshed, aud feeling that he had already lost too much time, hurried through his break fast, and started for the publishing house. He took his place at his desk, and in a mechanical sort of way endeavored to perform his duties. An hour or two passed. It was nearly ton o’clock. The door of the Counting, room opened. Listlessly he^looked up, and to his unbounded astonishment, not to say app,f‘eljAnjiotf, saw his uncle enter. The visitor came straight toward his desk. Eugene slipped from his stool and caBt a hasty glance around. The door of Hr. Norton's private room was open/" 5 -**.»’ ' lie looked in. The apartment was empty. He motioned his uncle to enter, and fallowed him into tho room. As he closed the door his nnole turned, and seizing him- by the lapel of his coat, in an impressive voice said: * “Well, young man!” “Well, sir," gasped Eugene. "What aro you doing here?” “I am at work, as you saw.” “At work? Urn! Sit down there—sit down, I say!” Ho threw himself into Mr. Norton’s re. volving chair, while Eugene seated him self a short distance away. “Well)' well!” he repo at od, after & pause. “Well, sir; what is it?” “The deuce! You take things oalmly, it seems X ■ » - " ('alinly;^^ "Yes; you have married sinceIsijw.you, last, and \vTi:3f JIIaEve?-lost yoiir ‘wifo^ itr a very shanking m AjJfoFniu§i kfty.’A ; , “It is trnF that X have been married, and alas! it is also Lcjcp-^that my.jvife.is dead.” " *" "■_y" “Very saS, . iiu-itsd-tP saw-Accounts*of it all in the papers. It qhocked me, very-' much; I nsfiure.)tqiW»uBerhbps , ’ s yori have noticed how ag tatcjj»t,»a.m.; at this, mo-- mont?” - • “I had thought you were not as calm as ; usual, uncle.” ‘ ^ ‘ ,', ; V ... .. “Calm! Forljd&dst,. Far’frpm it v and , I remembered tdone you „pi£i«-’. justice!" - --'.wT'.-’r.. V ' . _ . “Let that pass, if y on: pi ease, sir; I.ltad forgotten it/V'HX?;?*.' . -* “But I have nof t *¥orgott'en it, and I iemembor.jthe,4lWBbJnt.wilh real -pain. I could wialiuo_;Ke.t .myself, right with you.” ’ -3-..V JtV. “It’s all ri^jL as.jt. ’*, sir. '.'I am far . better oil Imio.lSpa^ gxas, at> thq.bjmk;: I*n am, indeed^’t, . "......j , “Glad tO*n$ff'ir. An<f "you' li^.-tlje , business?". „ • "I.\ “Very mftflS’tfr.'® 8 . ~ “See hert^’n!>. , n ?*''’Vjieai; plainly,T" owe you nothing. ” “ , .... “And I have never dAiaifg9a’'pafflient even of that, sir,” returned Ktdfene,. Vith a smile, -tufl .ti .0 “Ah, th»hMJtr&elt ®W iffy nephew, and I have wronged you." y . Eugene malls*altl>r&o;Sorj^giSstflfrS. “Cm!” w'Snf AnSatausaidol'T'am mart' ned, to be sure, and I may say that mj wife was made to adorn:-fiordbty. A very lovely lady, my boy!" ‘ Indeed sho is, sir! A very queen!” Right, sij3t*tfiett»>'T«hirtov-norchildren. nor am I likely to have.” Eugeno looked up quickly. “In a wagl,” ci»it*iiiU£.dv$ijs; uncle, “1 cau well ntflJM tQ jj!A*splHBj±iAng. 1 a i " jon.-? 1 * “I am doing well by myself, sir.” Jir. Elliston brushed this answer away with one majestic sxveep'dfffiis hand. . . "' You like this business,’-you say?” bs asked. A long conference followed. Then the three went out together. Baton the street they separated, Mr. Eliiston and Eugene going to the office jf the former's lawyer, where, sooa after, ;hev were joined by Mr. Norton and Lis attorney. It was past noon when Mr. Elliston left them, aul when Eugene again entered the doors of the publishing house, he did so a partner, owning a one-fourth inter est in the business, for which his nncle had paid 837,500, and the firm name henceforth was to be John Norton A Co. For one moment, at the end of the transaction, Eugene's peace of mind was bomewhat disturbed. As they were leaving the lawyer’s office, his Uncle took liis hand and said: “Eugene; my denr boy, I ought to tell von-, for your conscience's sake, that Mrs. Elliston is aware that I intended to ren der you th s little service, and that she approves of it. She has a great deal oi love and affection for you, ray dear fel low; he sure of that.” For a moment Eugene was unnblo to speak. At length he faltered out: “But does one know all. Hoes she know “Y’es,” interrupted his uncle; “she knows all about it. I informed her that I did not intend to take any receipt for whatever sum I might advance on your account, and that no reclamation-of it shbuEd be.ffia.Je at any time bn any ac count. ” “ You'ure too good, sir. “Not at all. This, or something like it. is what I ought to have done before. And now good-day.” “Good-slay, sir, aDd miny thanks. “31? the. way, Eugene, your evenings nfust be very lonely. Come up to the . aouse to-niiht,? 1'ndor the circumstances. Eugene re- garded this invitation as ia the nature ot a command, and therefore accepted it promptly. All the afternoon the thought that he was' to moot his uncle’s wife" so soon again made him nervous. He had shrewd suspicion that it was wholly owing to her influence that he was now 0 partner in the house of Norton & Co., and this suspicion tended to make him s ill more nervous; so when evening came it wa3 with a somewhat lagging step that he approached the st itely mansion, and asceuded to the broad platform before the mansion doors. He rang the belli, and stepped into the vestibule. T-he-'hall porter almost im mediately opened the inner door, and skowod him into the library. His uncle was there, walking up and down the room with nervous tread. The moment he perceived the young man entering:; . .. “Ah, it is yon!” -fie cried, darting an eager glance upon lrim. “By my faith, your arrival is fortunate!” “How is that, sir?” “I am called away—have to meet tht State Central Committee in less than half an hour. Mrs. Elliston is not well: l don’t know what’s the matter with her.’ “I am sorry to hear that she is nol well; I ” “I know, I know, and you must set her." “But if she is ill ” “She is not confinod to her bed, yon understand, and your presence will dc her good. She needs some one to cheei her up. You must go. to her at once You owe her this mark of attention. Anc ■—er—Eugene!” “Sir?” “If you discover anything you must tell “But what should I discover, sir?” >, iX*'o deuce! How do I know? But you (nidbrsland women better than I do, and 3*jfliaps you cau find out what’s the mat- leshttfik her. SomelhiffighjjfjljubHng her. .sfi&fiit I am ceitaiiu,aiJd'-£'-*,rohld like to ,'ajpwn just what fjjtrb.-”' fiiiyMvfO ” From lsffr ac^umsN^TTietl sfe^iasQ.ye- v .1,1 ImrunT" I IT, V- n ( 7-1'’WsS; ■ - - jhr-ved towartTnye-Eisp imnehetrabi’ey^ •- '■‘‘I think-aAirs: telliston is naturally cold',’*” saiiSEugeue. x“Yes. ” l’csponued his uncl&, thought- fully. “Y'cs, 'and in some respects I—but, realiy now, should ' ou discovor anything, 1 rely on your.communicating it tome. And stop! when you have-seen her do nol leave the house, but have tho kindness lo return to.tbis room, I shall he back in a■' coujile of hours, sooner if. possible. You will dWise main.this?' - ■ = ‘ J > ertainly, si,. Yhhen yeii-rctura ytnr iwB find me h'-j;e.” . . .. .. ‘- .“For my part T lovo^er.like a.fpoir>i'—j TU»t : is onty’rigGt.'sufy'' v-V- ’ V l® ; :!.-.“'-jluui! And wli,at do yon flunk of 4er?” horgaKjoh^Staited." •••• t; •: As:fc have already told you, sir,” he at lung!Iw-athink h'er very beautiful— queenly,, in fact, but naturally cold.” ^.".TbittSs it, that A it:, and no w go to her.” inhere shailT'find her; sir?” ^.ui.her boudoir at the head of the 'it‘ai4'^; ...0-. , ...Eugene thought he knew the room, and is. Ip's uncle’left the house he ascended th‘d'broadstaircase leading to the second fleer. ' ...: Arriving.at, what he supposed to be the right door,'be knocked. Obtaining no answer he entered with out hesitation, - lifted the curtain which bung in the doorway, and was immedi ately arrested bv a strange spectacle. Yes, sir. x.. ... . “You like Mr. Snrto’u?” -, * “Yes, sir." ? .: “Well, I have made inquires. He is ai honest man—a.pushtu# man. This houst will soon rival the" Harpers—the-Apple- ions—any i)ij&£ t ..Yau.-shall; -have, au interest" m"Tt‘,‘ffiy'’hoy.’’ jjn'd .with.a grand air, Sherwood, jeflistou". fitajted.t.c his fcot. ' 'k"i**Vx'" .V .y v ■ “But, uncle',“.^irofosted-Engeuo, "I can- p.ct take a gS^t'bi mduej: from you—and ito large a sum as it-.-would* require to buy even a smallduturest'h'e're'” “Well, if Tmj;.jvt)0.’t»take it as a gift,' you must acceptJdt us a»Tpau—but mind, it must be for rr long tijue and without interest.” I*”.: \ "But, un^C.vr?"’ »vj*v “Enough! I must do this to quiefnlj’ conscience; anjljtiecauss, to' tell you tho tlllth, 1 have ji iegard for yoim ” “But if any^avg shouid; happeu v -ahfl' the sum you a<W:5i|eed is losi ' : “In th-'t case, 1 shall not exuect.y.oii tc. return a dol 1 tfr'of ‘.^take-.iw;ft eeipt from you. au3. if .you ue-v-erTetTrin the loan iir-dsrfikvuy circumstances," '£i>u" will confer a gdffi favor upon me.” “Really, uyqlc --—* “Como, Accept it as from fxiend — fioCyXli* relative — from Ypi:: mother s brffterj- .op .any. grounds yur please, so yiJil Incept. JE not, I swear you will won&dijurlsuriptsiyi” Eugene rose. k sftirlfe's hand, an3’ pressing it, witgffiflotioirrffacd briefly; “T accept, sir^jiltlianks!” \ A look of relief came into Mr. Ellis- ton's face, then ; --<tt«APTE!t xr.-- * • TlfEt WYles op Ythe siu'ex. At the other extremity of the room, /ac- iug him, was a large mirror,.befpre which stood Cora Elliston. Her^baok was turned o him. - ’• " " ' She w as dressed, or rather draped, in a sort of drossiugjgown of .white .cashmere, without sleeves,.yhich left.her arms ami shoulders hire.* Her auburn hair was untfound'and'floating, and fell in heavy misses almost to her feet. One hand rested lightly on dhe - toilet table, the pther,.lield together ’over her ' bust the folds of her dressing-gown. . -;-§he was gazing at herself in. thj .glass ‘ and weeping'bitterly.’ The tears fell drop-by drop on her winterxfiesh bosom and glittered there ' hkey'tlia drops of dew which one sees jjllinfhg'jn .the morning on the shoulders oE*;tjs8cniai$lb nymphs in the garden of iiiplh>vhdna. ; - : 1 :: TkF'n.‘'Eugnnfi quiel-ly drqpped the cur- • fflijislbi.ihg.rftntritncq.-and,noiselessly re- Livei';T;!;iaikin’g wilh hi4 .n.cyerfhelesSj an etetikalnSbii-Adir of thissfblerr visit". 'Hcf itijd#' aiuquiiies and finiiUy -fdiind ■ 'ttfjtA'db'rif iffisqarv'h of, and where,, shortly vflei'Wstr.d, 'he.wes joined by Mrs. -Ki-istoa. -Tchia ia^toiiisteneut her face-was-net ’bj^^^garei’jt'waajayp n F. . fessed to himself this fair siren was ac quiring over him. Nev rtheless, the sensation .caused by the very knowledge of his danger was s lelightful one, and the evening passed hr too swiftly. It was with -real regret, then, that he at last arose to say good- aight. “Y'ouwill come again soon?” queried Cora, as she, too, arose, and offered him aer hand. “As soon as you like,” he said, quick- ly, and then his face flushed a little. “Hid. you know I was going to give £ grand party?” she asked, abruptly. “I had not heard of it.” “Well, l am. It is for your uncle’s sake—to further his political projects, an-l bring certain important personages together. ” “Ah, I see! YYhea is it to be?” “Some days hence, and I wish I aright have the benefit of your advice about some arrangements I desire to mike.” “I fear my advice will be wotth very little to you, but of course it is freely at your service.” “I want to make some alterations in and additions to the garden—clear away here and there, and add marble statues and the like.” “Ah, indeed!" “Y'es; and I propose to light the whole by electricity.". “That will be charming;” “Will it not? YVhat delightful prom- snailes my guests will bo enabled to take during the intervals between the dances!” “I cannot conceive of anything more lelightful." “Then come and tell me where the new plants and statues should bs placed.” “YVith pleasure, if you really wish it.* “Of cour o I do. Come to-morrow— come to luncheon at two.” “Very well,” and bidding her good evening, he descended to the library. He had hardly seated himself when his uncle entered. “Ah, there you are?” he exclaimed, com ing briskly forward. “Eh, well?" “Very well, indeed, nncle—much better than I had expected.” “You have seen her, then?” “Yes; ceitainly. ” “And what did she say to you?” “Not-much; but she was charming.” “Seriously, you did not remark any thing?" “I remarked only that she was very lovely and very kind.” “That as a matter of course. But what I want to know is—in plain words: Ho you think she loves me a little?” “Assuredly, after her way as f 4nuch as she cau love, for she has natuially a very cold disposition.” “Ah, ns to that it doesn’t much matter; all I demand is not to be disagreeable to her.” “Y’ou are very far from being that, sir. “You think so? Well,.you g.ve me great pleasure. Now you may go, if you pie se; but come back soon—come of-en. Stay! We are going to give a grand party, ball, or something of the kind. It’s nec essary, my friends say. I wish you would come." “I should he glad to do so; but you for- forget; I am in mourning.” “Ah, true; but you m ght come and keep me company in the snuggery. I never dance, and soon tire of the crowd in the parlors. ” “Well, I can see no harm in that.” “Quite the contrary, I should think. You will come, then?” ; “Y’es; and to-morrow I have promised Mrs. Elliston to run into luncheon, rV ,jmil„ give her some advice about certa n changes she desires to make in the gar den.” “Ah, do; I shall tako it as a favor, as 1 am obliged to bo away, and she always mopes when left alone." “Ho is going to be away and she at home alone,”mused Eugeu. “I wonder if that is the reason she was so anxious I -should come." And he loft the house in a very thoughtful mood. . 'However, at two. the next day he was promptly on .hand, and a few minutes latertwas summoned to the dining-room. ' "Hiring, luncheon little out of the com monplace was said, one or more servants being alw ys present. But as they rose froin the ialile Cora asked: "Will you go into the garden with me, now?” ' Fie bowed, and she led the way througl •f side door. A_s they reached the walk she turned ap.d. said: “Let us go to the summer house. I want, in the first place, to get your advice aboul that. ” “I don’t see it,” he replied, looking aboul him. “Of course not, it is concealed by the trees, and that arbor yonder.” “Ah, that is it.” Antl.they.starteddown the walk together. “What aro you thinking of?” asked Cors abrubtly,-after a moment’s silence. “Nothing. Only watching the coming storm." “Are you becoming poetical, my friend?’ “There is no necessity for becoming, for I already am infinitely so.” “I do not think so. Will you stay tc dinner?” “Thanks, I can not. I must return tc the store.” “That is unfortunate. There is so much I want you to do for me.” “I am very sorry; hut there are certain matters that I must attend to for the lirni.” “Nevertheless, it is unfortunate.” “Cannot Sly—Slyme help you?” “IIo cannot do everything, you know." “.By the way, I do not like your Slyuie.’ “Nor I, either. And do not call him my Slvme, if you please." “How eimle mv nncle to engage him?' “He was recommended to him at the same time by an old friend as a free thinker, and by another as a very religious man.” “YVhat nonsense!” “Nevertheless," said Cora, "he is intel ligent aud witty, and writes a fine hand.' 1 “That last is au advantage.” “And you?” "How? YVhat of me?” “Ho you also wr te a good hand?” “I will show you whenever you wish." -“Allband will you write to me?” It is dimcnltto imagine just the tone in Which Cora said all this. ' “I will write you either prose or verse, as you wish,” Eugene answered. “Ah! you know how to compose verses?" "When I am inspired.” ’'And when are you inspired!” • ?.Gene rally m the morning." . “It is.a’flernoos mow. That is not com pTinient-.ry to ineG’ Bui you had no desire Jo inspire me, “1 have; hut 1 smother it." “Very- possible. I have suspected you of hiding your merits, and particularly from me.” “Why should I conceal my merits from you?” “I myself do so. It is charming." “But why?’’ “For charity—not to- dazzle me, and with regard for my peace of mind. You are really too good, I assure you. Here comes the rain." Large diops of rain commenced to fall ou the flowers, the grass and the walks. The day was passing, and the sudden shower bent down the boughs of the trees. “YY'e must go in,” said the lady; “this begins to get serious.” Fortunately the summer-house was close at hand; there were openings on two sides, but the structure was large and the roof tight. Cora entered, and took refuge in the driest place she could find, and her com panion followed her. The storm, iu the meantime, increased in violence. The rain fell in torrents, inundating the soil around the frail structure. The lightning flashed inces santly. Every now and then a great branch of tho neighboring tree scraped the roof, detaching pieces, which fell heavily to the ground. “I find this very beautiful," said Cora, presently. “I also,” said Eugene, raising his eyes to the roof, “but I do not know if we are safo here.” “If you fear, you had better go!” said Cora, quickly. “I fear for you.” “You are too good, I assure you.” She took off her hat and commenced blushing it with her glove, to remove the Irops of rain which had fallen upon it. After a slight pause, she suddenly raised aer uncoved head and cast on Eugene one }f those searching looks which prepare a man for an important question. “My friend," she said, “if you were rare that one of these beautiful flashes of .ightning would kill you in ten minutes, vhat would you do?” “YVhy, natu ally,” he replied, “I should inke j'ou my adieux.” “How?” He looked her in the face in terror. “Ho jou know,” he said, “there are times when I am tempted to think you ire a devil?” “Truly! YVell, there are times when I lm tempted to think so myself—for in stance, at this moment. Ho you know what I should wish? I wish I could con trol the lightning, and in two seconds you would cease to exist.” “For what reason?” “Because I remember there was a man to whom I offered my love, and who re fused it, and this man still lives. And this displeases me a littlo—a great deal— passionately!” “Are you serious?" he asked gravely. She commenced laughing. “I hope you did not think so. I am aot so wicked. It was a joke, and in bad taste, I admit. But seriously now, Eugene, what is your opinion of me? What kind of a woman am I?" “I fear I cannot answer you.” “Ah, well, I am not so very bad; indeed, 1 am a good woman—one who iovei you well—with a little rancor, but not much, and who wishes you all sorts of prosperity in this world and the next. Aren’t you glad? Ho not answer me; it might em barrass you, and it is useless.” She left her shelter, and turned her faeo towards the lowering sky. “The storm is over, ” she said. “Let us go in.” t>he theu perceived that the ground out side of the summer-house was trans formed into a lake of mud and water. “YVhat shall I do?” she Baid, looking at her light boots. Then turning to Eugene, added: *"YVill you get me a boat?” Eugene himself recoiled f om placing his foot in the mud and water. “If you will wait a little,” he said, “I shall he able to fiud you some heavy boots or rubbers, no matter what.” “It will be much easier,” she said, abruptly, “for you to carry rue to the side door;” and without waiting for the young man’s reply, she commenced tucking up her skirts carefully, and when she had finished, said: “I am ready. " He looked at her with astonishment, ind thought for a moment she was jest ing; but soon saw she was perfectly se rious. “Of what are you afraid?” she asked. “I am not at all afraid,” he answered. “Ho you think some one will see usi They cannot.” “I don’t care if they do. “Is it that you are not strong enough?" “Great Scott! I should think I was." He took her in his arms as in a cradle, while she held up her dress with both her bands. He then left the summeis-house and moved across the garden with his strange burden. He was obliged to be very careful not to slip on the wet earth, and this absorbed him during the first few steps; but when be found his footing more sure, he felt natural curiosity to observe the eounte- • snee of the lady Her unconvered head rested a little one Bide on the arm with which he held her. Her lips were slightly parted with a half wicked smile that showed her fine white teeth. The same expression of ungov ernable malice burned in her dark eyes, which she riveted for some seconds on those of Eugene with penetration, then suddenly veiled them under tbe fringe of her dark lashes. This glance sent thrill like lightning to his very marrow. “Ho you wish to drive me mad?” he murmured. “YVbo knows?” she replied. The same moment she dist-ngaged her self from bis arms, and, placing her foot ou the ground, ran up the veranda 3tepr They reached the back drawing-room without exchanging a word. Just as F.ngene was about to withdraw Cora turned to him and slid LIFE. Dining and sleeping; Laughing and weeping, Sighing for some new toy; Loving and hating, YVooing and matiDg, Chasing the phantom, Joy. Losing and winning, Praying and sinning, Seeking a higher life ; Hope and repining, Shadow and shining. Care, and worry, and strife. Hoarding and wasting, Loitering, basting, Missing the golden mark, Praising and flouting. Trusting and doubting— Taking a leap in tbe dark. —Clarence Henry Pearson. THE MARSEILLES CLOCKS. HERE is a tradition in Mnrse i 1 les that on a par ticular night, many years ago, all the clocks in that city were put forward one hour—-a tradition which is said to have had its origin in the following story: There lived in the vieinity of that City a M. \ alette, a gentleman of an cient family and of considerable for tune. He had married Marie Dan ville, daughter of the Mayor of the city", and, with their two sons and two daughters, dwelt in a beautiful villa near the city—a seat which had been the favorite residence of his ancestors. As his children grew up, however, he was induced to move to Paris, which place both he and Mme. Yalette conceived to be more suited to the ed ucation of their family. The removal of M. \ alette and of his family was deplored by his tenantry, to whom he had been as a father, hut particularly as M. le Brim, whom he had left fac tor on his estate, xvas, though a just man, of harsh and unaccommodating temper. M. Yalette found it necessary in Paris to adopt a mode of life which but ill accorded with the moderation of his fortune. He made frequent de mands for renewed remittances upon his factor; an 1 the latter was forced to use rigorous and oppressive meas ures to procure for his master the nec- mg accomplished the principal object of her residence in Paris—the educa tion of her family—assented with pleasure to a return, and in little more than a year they found themselves again in the chateau of their an cestors. About eight years after their return from Paris, the family mansion de manding repairs, they found it neces sary to remove for some time to Mar seilles, where they resided iu tha house of M. Danville, the father of Mme. Yalette. Time had effaced the impression of his dream from the mind of Yalette. Sitting one might after supper iu the midst of his family, a loud and sudr dea knoc-ang was heard at the gate; MRS. PfiARY AT THE POLE. THE ARCTIC EXPLORER'S WIFE WRITES OF HER EXPERIENCES. Life Among the Eskimos—Comical Adventure YY'ith a Baby Walrus —Eskimo Method of Osculation. RS. JOSEPHINE PEARY, the wife of the explorer, has published a journal of her twelve months’ experi- . enee on the shore of McCormick Bay, midway between the Arctic Circle and | the North Pole. She is the only white | woman who ever penetrated so far ; within the frozen zone as did the members of Lieutenant Pearv’s last bat when tho servant went to open it, i expedition. The most interesting he found nobody without. After short interval the same loud knocking was again heard, and one of Yalette's sons accompanied the servant to the gate to see who demanded admittance at so unreasonable on hour. To their astonishment no one was to be seen there. A third time the knocking was repeated, still louder and louder, and a sudden thought darted across the mind of Yalette. “I will go to the gate myself,” said he; “I believe 1 know who it is that knocks. ” His presentiment was too trnly re alized. As he opened the gate Le Brun appeared, and whispered to him that next night at the same time—for it was now the twelfth hour—he must prepare himself to leave the world. Then, waving his hand, as if to bid adieu, Le Brun disappeared. M. Yalette returned, ghastly as the phantom he had seen, to the family circle; and, upon their anxious and urgent inquiries as to the cause of his uneasiness, related for the first time chapters in the book aro those which Mrs. Peary devotes to the manners and mode of life of the Eskimos with whom she came in contact. These natives belong to a little tribe of about 350 individuals completely isolated from the rest of the world, and dwelling on the northwest coast of Greenland. They are separated by hundreds of miles from their neigh bors,, with whom they have no inter course whatever. They had never seen a white woman before, and some of them had never beheld a civilized being. The steamer Kite, which left New York on June fl, 1891, landed Lieu tenant Peary and his party near YYhale Sound, and a camp was built here and named Kedcliffe. The sailors went in search of an Eskimo settlement, and brought back several of the natives, who were induced to live at Redcliffe for nearly a year. Mrs. Peary says thev were the queerest, dirtiest-look- ing individuals she had ever seen. Clad entirely in furs, they reminded her they could smell each other' - without doing this, but they are probably no accustomed to the—to me—terrib'm odor that they fail to notice it. '* Mrs. Peary spent thirteen months at Redcliffe, and she says she Git home sick when she finally packed up her things to return is civilization,—New York World. WISE W0R9ta the incident of the dream and the j more of monkeys than of human be promised warning he had just received. A sudden gloom and melancholy was spread over the faces of all present. Mme. Yalette threw her arms round the neck of her husband aud embraced him with tears. M. Danville, how- ings. Ikwa, the first man who came, was covered with a garment made of bird skins, the feather work next the body, and outside of this a garment made of sealskin, with the fur on the outside. The two were patterned ex- tion. No sooner had M. Yalette retired to his- apartment than M. Danville, en deavored to impress the' same opinion on the family of his son-in-law. Ap- essary means. The scanty vintage of j prehensive lest the very presentiment the preceding year had made such de- | of the event might occasion it, or at mands doubly hard to obey, and Le ■ least be attended by disagreeable con- Be sure that at heart I am \em good, really." Notwithstanding this soft as3ertion Engene left the house in a decidedly un comfortable state of mind. Indeed, he carried au ay the most painful impression of the scenes of that afternoon. [TO BE COXiniCED.I ■ —- ... fctjaSijfciYqJl.." murmured Eurene, as be toofc hei’’ptoffQrecf iaud. "If wash duly I 7 * £ls ' ■-‘ '• ' ” * txitsfeijqu were pleased to room. Eugene liDg?feff,'*wogaqlrjfl£: hgh. become of hiqi-_._ — In a few nroffirints hpjrAirj;i)ed, accom- l think .-."Why not. then: I should be happy and proud to. doso. Ho yon know what I •should like, to put there?” - Anti .she stopped before a beautiful fount uu. “I.do notinow.” . “Yon cmnot even guess? f. would like to put an artificial "rdbk there, with a marble nymph resting upon it.” , “ YY hy:not a natural rock? In jour place I should put a natural one." ' “That is an inea,” said Cora, and walk ing on'thev passed the fountain. “But it really thunders; I admire thun- , r _ . ler in aplace like this. Bo you?” Her skirtsVame incoiitact'Withbis limb. ' *“I prefer it down town. ” The jt<TCch: thrilled*.himjand ha'began to “Why?” .. experience;a,strapga-.sensffi;ic!n qf* fear at “Because I should not hear it." the tremendous bower he"; reluetantlv con. “You have no imagination.” -¥bir-«in' fesC assured of that, mv deal it.” i **~*- --•* - *' - - with herself PAPER it Will pay Her Feet May Not Have Been Pretty. The woman who left orders that she be interred in a robe that sho wouldn’t be ashamed of at the resurrection could appreciate the feeliDgs of a man of whom the Greenwood correspondent of the Oxford Democrat tells the follow ing story: “A woman died in poor cir cumstances, and one of the neighbors started out to procure funds for a bur ial robe. The first man interviewed was Mr. Blank, who is not so much noted for piety as eccentricity. On hearing her story, Mr. B. inquired how much the garment iu question would cost. ‘About $5 for a long robe, while a short one can be had for considerable less, perhaps >3,’ was the reply. Mr. B. drew out his pocket-book andhand- jd her a $5 bill, with the remark; 'Here, take this, and buy the first kind mentioned. I don’t want to meet that woman in heaven with a Bhort robe an.’” M ou, Their Resignation: Announced. A cable dispatch of Thursday from Rome, Italy, says: The vice president of the chamber of deputies announced the resignation of Signors Saner del li and Crispi and other prominent mem bers of the chamber of deputies, in cluding that of the Marquis di Rudini. Admiral Brin urged that the resigna tions should not be accepted, where upon, they were rejected almost Uiian- imously, only a i ew socialists pro nonnoing themselves against the mo tion. Brun became as odious to the tenantry as Yalette had been respected and be loved. These circumstances were but little known, to Yalette, or he would have revolted from a manner of life which wrumrifrom his tenants almost all their hard-earned substance. One night, as he slept in Paris, the form of his fac tor appeared to him, covered with blood, informing him that he had been murdered by the tenantry on M. Va- lette’s estate for rigor in collecting his revenue, and that his body had been buried under a particular" tree, which it minutely described. The ghost of' Le Brun requested, moreover, that M. Yalette would immediately hasten to Marseilles and deposit his remains in the grave, of his ancestors. To this request Yalette assented, and the ap- 1 proached. Prom a large open window ever, obstinately declared his incred- j m-t |y alike, made to fit to tho figure, ulity, and considered the whole as one nut short at the hips and coming to a of those unaccountable illusions to , point back and front. A close-fitting which even the strongest minds are j i U)ot l was g ewe d to the neck of each sometimes liable. He declared his j garment, and invariably pulled over son-in-law must be the victim of j [jj s head when Ikwa was out of doors, some delusion, and, although he could j fjj s ] e g S were covered with sealskin not account for his dream, said that j trousers reaching just below the knee, this last vision must be mere imagina- ; n-here they were met by tanned seal skin boots. Mrs. Peary learned later tbat sealskin trousers were worn only by those men who were not fortunate enough or able to kill a bear. The woman’s dress differed from the man’s in pattern only in the back, where an extra width is sewed in, which forms a pouch extending the entire length of the back of the wearer and fitting tight around the hips. In this pouch or hood the baby is carried; its little body, covered only by a shirt reaching to the waist made of tho skin of a young blue fox, is placed against the baTe back of the mother, .and the head, covered by a tight-fitting skull cap made of 'seal skin, is allowed to rest against the mother's shoulder. Mrs. Peary writes: “Early in the morning Ikwa came running into our house apparently much excited, crying, ‘Awiek, awick!’ This we had learned was walrus. The boys tumbled out of their beds aud in a very few moments' were in the boat with Ikwa, pulling in the direction of a spouting walrus out ■ in McCormick Bav. In a short time thev returned sequence, he thought of a device which, as Mayor of the city, it was in his power easily to accomplish. This was to cause all the clocks of Mar seilles to be put forward one hour, that they- might strike the predicted hour of twelve next night when it should be only eleven; so that when the time set by the ghost should be believed by Yalette to have passed over without any event supervening, he might be persuaded to give up the fancies with which he xvas so deeply impressed. Next day the unhappy Yalette made every effort to arrange his worldly af fairs, had his will executed in due legal form, received the sacrament, and prepared himself for the axvful event he anticipated. The evening ap parition at once disappeared. The morning came to dissipate the gloom which the vision of the night had occasioned; and though he had been for some time astonished at the unusual silence of Le Brun, yet he could not help toneidering the whole as a mere illusion, Stories of ghosts he had always considered as fit only for the nursery, To take so long a journej" on such an errand he knew would be regarded as the height of su perstition ; and he made no mention of the incident. “You are more thoughtful than us which looked into a beautiful garden, be saw the sun go down, as he believed, for the last time. The lamps were now lighted in the hall, and he sat in the midst of his family and partook of the last supper which, he beliex*ed, he was to eat upon earth. The clocks of Marseilles tolled the eleventh hour. “My dearest Marie,” said he to Mme. Yalette, “I hax - e now only one hour to live. There is but one hour be twixt me and eternity.” It approached. There was an un usual silence in the company. The nal, father,” said one of his daughters | twelfth hour struck, when, rising to him next morning at breakfast. ! he exclaimed: “I am thinking, my dear,” said M. Valette, “why I have been so long in hearing from Le Brun. I need money I and my demands hax'e not been met. ” j Night came again, and about the ! up, My “Heaven have mercy on me! time is come.” He heard the hour distinctly rung out by all the bells in Marseilles. “The Angel of Death,” said he, “de- hour of midnight Le Brim again ap- j lays his coming. Could all have been peared. There was an evident frown j a delusion? No, it is impossible!” on his countenance, and he inquired , “The ghost,” said M. Danville, in a of Yalette why he had delayed in ful- tone of irony, “has deceived you. He filling his request. Yulette again ' is a lying prophet. Are von not yet Where there arc no MTofc" (fce bat will be king. > The collector of mummies will ia time be one. The ignorant are never defeated ia any argument. When the sense of shame is lost ad- vancement ceases. Genius hears one individual and then comprehends ten. YVith a mote in the eye one cannot see the Himalayas. Before trying horseback one should learn to ride on oxen. Negligence looks at the battlefield, • then makes its arrows. Give to the hero the jewelled sword ; to the beauty, perfume. Be not lenient to your own faults; keep your pardon for others. A 1000-foot embankment will be broken by the hole of an tut. Who steals goods is called a thief; who steals dominions a ruler. The fish which escapes from tha hook seems always tho largest. The bat, hanging upside down, laughs at the topsy-turvev world. Society, more a stepmother than ft mother, adores the children who flatter her vanity. Seeking information is a moment’s) shame; but not to learn is surely a lasting shame. He who does not bestride success and grasp it firmly by the mane lets fortune escape. Next to the pleasure of admiring the woman we love is that of seeing her admired by others. Sit in quite and consider your own faults; do not spend your time in dis cussing those of others. II the water be too pure fish cannot live in it; if people be too exacting fellow-beings cannot stand bsside them. If the mind is clear even in a dark room there will be a radiance; if the thought is dark, at noonday there will be demons. Superiority of American Frnlf. n Ou the subject of fruit growing in America, Mr. de Vilmorin, a farnoqa French pomologist, said: “It is evi'- ' dent that much attention is being- given, aud with- handsome pecuniary results, to the growing of fruit iu this country, but more especially iu ; the . State of California. Tho display.*,qf fruit at the World’s Fair after August, and continuing to the close of the Ex- _ position was probably the finest and ' most extensive and x-aried that was ever brought together. I find that a great deal of attention is being giyeh' to the subiect in eaeh State, not cmly by private independent growers, but ; by. the local horticultural and agricul tural organizations, and by the aid of the experimental stations supported by the different States and by the Na tional Government. Through this sys tematic organization a comparative study of the fruit developed and the with a large mother walrus and her j a;laptabi i itv of particular varieties to baby in tow The mother had been i )articular s t>ltc . 8 and gee t.ioiis of the killed, but the baby-a round bundle [ country are mt <dligentl v determined, of fat about tour feet long—was alive, ! With thia study of the influence of lo* and very much so as we found out a i { conditions is • associated iuvestiga-. little later. Mr. Pearx wanted to get ; {; ou ag i- 0 t,[ ie particular insects most photographs ot the little tiling before j de() tructive to different species, and' it was shot, and tne boys left the baby i mueh knowledge is gained of a value- walrus about a hundred yards up on j ble nature with regarcl to fungus flis- the beach. Suddenly we heard cries.;] eftgMi w that / ru ifc-growers are famil iar with all the recent appliances of help coming from the shore.. On stepping to the window I saw one of | “ bicb ^ has‘eScoVered • to“airf the most comical sights I have ever seen. ' " ‘The little walrus xvas sloxvlv but I them against, their enemies. In con- clusion, I may say that more attention seems to be paid and to better pur- promised immediate obedience, and xvas no longer disturbed by the unwel come intruder. Morning came agaiu. “It must still be a dream,” said bo to himself “though a remarkable one, certainly. To-day will probably bring me the expected letters from Le Brun. safe? The whole thing is the illusion of au unhealthy imagination. Y’oii should banish, my friend, a thought which so completely overwhelms you. ” “Well,” rejoined Y’alette, “God’s will be done! I shall retire to my chamber and spend the night in grate- signal a deliver- Sei-i | J Ho/r r/NC t Pin N'T The third night the vision appeare<l ; ful prayer for se with a terrrible frown on its eounten- ance.” unco. It reproached Y alette for his After having been nearly an honr in want of friendship to the man whose b j g chamber M. Yalette remembered blood hail been .spilt iu his cause, and that he hail left unsigned in his library for disregarding the peace of his soul. a document of importance to his “If you will grant me my request,” i family, to which it was necessary his said the phantom, “I promise to give ( name" should be affixed. Iu passing you twenty-four hours’warning of tbe ; from his bed-chamber to the library time of your own death, to arrange he hail to cross by the head of a flight your affairs and to make your peace i of stairs which led immediately down with God. •’ j to the wine-celler. At this spot he M. Y alette promised in the most i heard a faint murmur of voices belov-, solemn manner that he would set off j and instantly ran down to the bottom next morning for Marseilles, to exe- ! of the stairs to ascertain the cause, cute the commission ; and the appari- ! No sooner had be descended than an tion of Le Brun disappeared. unseen hand stabbed him to the heart. Y'alette rose early next day, and, al- j At this moment the clocks in Mar leging to his family that business of : seilles struck one in the morning, or. the most urgent necessity called him i as it really was. twelve at night—th< immediately to Marseilles, departed exact time predicted by Le Brun. for the seat of his ancestors, after an The celler of M. Danville had beer absence of ten years. There he found broken into by robbers, who, perceiv that the narration of the murder of fug themselves discovered, saw nc Le Brun was but too true. Under the j other means of escape than by mur tree that had been so minutely de- dering the ill-fated Y'alette. by whom scribed to him he found tho mangled they had been surprised. These men remains, which he caused to be de- ! were unconscious instruments in the cently interred in the family vault. In j hand of fate.—Argonaut, vain, however, he made search for the murderers. The same causes which | occasioned the death of the unfortunate ! Le Brun led the tenants to the most At Canton, China, the average num- obstinate concealment of the manner ber of executions is about 300 per of it, and Y’alette saw, xvjth horror and year, but in 1885 50,000 rebels were regret, the misery they had suffered beheaded. Females are sometimef that he might be furnished with the i strangled and the worst criminals are means of extravagance. nailed upon a cross. Sometimes the “Had I imagined,” he exclaimed, sentence directs that the criminal that my unsatisfactory pleasures while living shall be cut into a number would have cost so dear, I would long of pieces, which number never ex- sinee have retired from Paris. I shall ceeds thirty-six. The headsman for- returu to my estate immediately, that i merly received Hi a head, but the snp- rny children may learn to relish its ply and competition has reduced the tranquil pleasures.'’ wage to fifty cents apiece. Most of M. Y’alette no sooner returned to j the criminals who are beheaded are Paris than he communicated his reso- \ xvnter/pirates or land bandits.—Chi Jution to bis wife, Mme, Y’alette, bay- ! eago [Herald. Chinese Executions. surely making his way to the waters ; pose fruit-growing in this country of the bay. Mane, with her baby on ! than jn most European coiintries. Tbe her back, xvas sitting in tne sand, her ] „pp] eS| peaches and grapes exhibited heels dug into it as far as she could j by the different states at the YVorld’a get them, holding on to the line at- j Eair and renewed by daily contrlbu- l ached to the .valrus without ap- £] ons f r£)m exhibitors, was one of the parent!y arresting its progress m the j s trikinf^ features of the conduct of least, for she was being dragged de p ai *tment. Large consignments through the n rtt '^ : of fruit were sent every morning from rapidly. YY tide I loo_ed, Matt came d ifl- el .enl States, so that the specimens rushing to her assistance, ami taking sllould bfc ke))t frc . 3L all the timCi aIld hold of the line just aaead of wheiv ; ( beb . display gave, not only proofs of Mane held it, he gave it, one or two , sueeess f n i cultivation, but of enter- turns about his xvrists and evidently thought ail lie had to do would be to dig his heels into tile stud and hold back; but in an instant he was down iu the sand too, and both ho and Mane were plowing along, the sand flying, and both shouting lustily for help. So strong xvas this little creature that, had the other boys not rushed out aud secured him, he would prise aud organization which it would not be possible to match in-any other part of the world.”—New York Tribune, Rise ami Fall ffiv Clipper Ships. Clipper ships were first built in 1840, at the time when English steamships were beginning to take business away from the Y’ankee packets. The latter easily have pulled Matt aud Mane to bad beell t] le i-ulers of the seas from the water’s edge, where, of course, the establishment of the Black Ball line they would have let him go, and he in 181tJ> That waH j ust after-Uncle would have been a free walrus once >yam - g r ; g ; :tlj 0I1 the high seas hsd-beett more - _ vindicated by the outcome of the YCar Mrs. Peary spent a Thanksgiving j of 1812. The first clippers ware built Day at Redcliffe, aud by that time for speed, regardless of carrying' ca- there were several native women about' pacity, but were not very profitable, • the place. She writes:' ' because of their smal" freight and their “The native whom Ikwa brought : structural weakness, bock with him from Kaati is named They were called into being by the Mahoatchia, and Ikwa says that he and demands of the California trade, and the one-eyed bear hunter, Mekhtoshay, * i u 1851 the.’secret of building swift, exchange wives with each other every I ships that were also stanch arid ca- - year. j pacious was solved by the Challenge. “While I am writing two native i the Invincible, the Comet and the women, M'gipsu, xvife of Annowkah, I Swordfish. These vessels were of enor- with her baby on her back, and Tooky- mou6 size far those days, the Challenge mingwah, the twelve-year-old girl, are : being of 2000 tons, and their appear-, both sitting tailor-fashion oh the floor, ance was beautiful in the .extreme, chewing deerskins. The native method The arrival in the Port of New York of of treating the skins of all animals in- a clipper that had won repute as a fast tended for clothing is first to rid them sailer alxvays excite i the wildest and of as much fat as cau be got off, by ; most patriotic enthusiasm. She caused scraping with a knife; then they are corresponding emotions of chagrin stretched as tight as possible and al-j when she touched at British ports, lowed to become perfectly dry. After i Nor . was the advantage altogether sen--” this they are taken by the women and 1 timental, for the swift Y’ankee ships chewed and suck el all over, in order could command much higher freights io get as mueh of the grease out as pos- than slow British vessels, 830 a ton Bible. Chewing the skins is very hard freight being readily paid to American ou the women. They cannot chew skippers from China to Liverpool, more than two deerskins per day, anil xvhilt- 820 was thought enough for En tire obliged to rest their jaws every glish masters. Had it not beeii i'or tile other day.” fact that the English were first to tise Writing iu Lei- journal just before iron in building steamships, and the Christmas Day, Mrs. Fearv say.-: destructive work of the Alabama during “M’gipsu is sitting on the floor iu the Civil War, America might yet be su- iy room sewing, and her husband, preme on the wave.—New York Times. niiowkab, comes in as often as he can , . .ind excuse for doing so. He ire- In 1880 the Argentine Republic* iiA * nently rubs his face against hers, and ported 6,000,000 bushels of wheat« >isy sniffle at each other; this takes this year the exports of wheat will the place of kissiDg, I should think . amount to 38,000,009 bushels.