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KO. 24.
Loved Too Late.
Year alter year, with a glad content,
In and out ol our home he went—
In and out.
Ever for us the skies were clear;
His heart oarried the oaro and foar,
The oare and doubt.
Our hands held with a oareless hold
All that he won of honor and gold,
In toll and pain.
Oh, dear hands, that onr burdens bore
Hands that shall toil lor us no more,
Nevor again!
Oh, it was hard to learn our loss,
Bearing daily tho heavy cross —
Tho cross ha bore;
To say, with an aohing boart and head,
" Would to God that tho love now dead
Were hore once more!”
For when the love we hold too light
Wae gone away from our speech and sight,
No bitter tears, •
No passionate words ot tond regret,
No yearning griei, could pay the debt
Ot tbaukless years.
Ob, now, whilo tho sweet lovo lingers near,
Grudge not the tender words ol cheer;
Loavo none unsaid,
For tho heart oan have no saddor (ate
Than some day to awako—too late—
And find love dead!
~Mary A. Barr.
A FAIR INCONSTANT.
The consul of the United States at
Bremen reports that the total number
oi emigrants who have passed through
rnat port en route to America, during
toe past quarter, reaches the unprece-
of 31.971, being greater by
i , t ' ie total number during the
".“ole of the year 1879, and an increase
ot *3,081 over the first quarter of the
current year.
base pjaycr makes more
i„°„‘5 e .v la , n anybody else, but he doesn’t
—c? i There is a moral to this,
Situbenvillt Herald.
Miss Dudloigh Rhodes had honored
Mrs. Secretary Van Pedigree’s fancy-
dress party by appearing ns a Greek. I
say honored, becauso Miss Rhodes was
a professed beauty, who lent eolat and
importance to any assemblage which
she graced with her presence. She
suited the costume she had chosen. She
had the Greek beauty of form, as well
as the Greek beauty of feature, or rather
of countenance, because the harmonious
irregularity of her features suggested
only certain phases of Greek art. But
she was indisputably beautiful—grand
ly, royally beautiful.
To her presently carao her host, pre
senting a stately personage in the guise
of au Oriental, but whether represent
ing tho flowery and celestial kingdom
or the empire of Yapoun, Miss Rhodes
could not determine. The band was
clashing loudly, and she failed besides
to catch the name pronounced by the
graciously smiling secretary; it wns a
foreign name, however, she opined—
Italian, perhaps. The man himself
looked Italian; olive complexion, dark
hair, dark eyes, strikingly handsome.
It struck Dudleigh as odd that he should
bo in costume. There was a dignity, a
composure about him at odds with the
frivolity, semi-vanity ot masquerading.
The secretary moved on. with parting
smile upon conquering beauty. Con
quering beauty opened the conversation
w ith her now acquaintance. Ho replied
in accents that were foreign past all
question, and with a certain impressive
ness of mien which arrested the somc-
w hat blase attention of our spoiled child
of a heroine. She gave him a second
thought and a second look. It occurred
to her that the costume ho wore must
be very accurate; it was made of heavier
and darker stufis than other costumes of
the kind she had seen.
“ You are not dancingP”
“No; I only dance quadrilles.
Therefore I do not like balls—with a
pout and frown combined that just
missed being disfiguring.
"NoP I do not dance either. But I
like to watch the others.’’
“ 1 detest watching at other people do
things that Iook like enjoyment.”
“Oh, then you would enjoy this
yourself P Why do you not?"
Dudleigh owned two or three reasons.
She mentioned one. “ I have no ear
for music.” , . ,
Her companion’s deficiency in this re
spect was so marked that he had actu
ally sunk to that lowest level of ignor
ance of his ignorance. He had a vague
notion only what his beautiful compan
ion meant. Verily, Strauss would need
an interpreter for him. A Frenchman
sauntered up and entered into conver
sation with the beautiful Miss Rhodes.
Her Oriental and he were already ac
quainted. The Frenchman was fluent
only in his own tongue; therefore of
necessity that must becomo the medium
of intercourse. The Oriental used it as
readily as English; but the Frenchman
was so much more loquacious that he
presently monopolized the reins ,of the
conversation. The Oriental, in lieu of
talking, observed: for example, the dif
ferent points in the beauty of Miss
Rhodes; her tranquil aspect; her wavy
dark hair, arranged low over the brow,
and low In the neck; her fine white
throat, encircicd by a single row of
pearls scarce whiter; her serene dark
?ray eyes; the purity of her complex-
10 He was recalled to himself by Dud-
leigh’s addressing him. “I was trying
to put this into French for Mr. Le Noble:
! Better flity years ol Europe than a cycle ot
Cathay.’”
Dudleigh realized directly that ho was
lamiliar with the quotation. But she
was at a loss to understand the look he
gave her. He helped her with her
French, however. Then he added,
quietly: “As for the subject-matter ot
your quotation, that may be a matter oi
opinion. Let me quote back to you, in
the words of another poet:
*< < There is nothing either good or bad
But thinkingmakos it so.
Dudleigh laughed lightly-^ “Of
course you are bouud to uphold Cathay
to-night, M. ,” murmuring the name.
You must converse in character.
He gave her another look, half smiled
—no not so much as that—quarter
smiled. M. Le Noble asked her to prom
enade, and she left him ; He looked
after her with grave admiration, llis
hostess being unengaged, he joined her,
talked to her for a while; presently
W The* 1 next day Mrs. Van Pedigree and
Miss Rhodes were paying visits to K e “i®F;
A tall and stately individual passed their
can-iago as it drew up to the sidewalk.
Mrs. van Pedigree bowed cordially.
Dudleigh was almost too much aston
ished, at seeing her Oriental °fthe prev ;
ious evening still in costume, to bow a-
8,1 “How astonishing!” she gasped.
“ What on earth induces him r
“Induces whom? To do what.
“ That—Italian—to go about in broad
davlight dressed like a Chinaman.
Mr!. Van Pedigree looked aiter the
retreating form ol her acquaintance,
i •• jdy dear* i» aot an Italian# Ho U a
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-"fibl’' °, ri<s ? Dudleigh, “what a
frightful mistake!’’ and she proceeded
to the business of the hour with quite a
dazed expression.
That evening, at the dinner table,
Mrs. Van Pedigree related this little in
cident to the secretary,
“ But.” explained Dudleigh, “ It was
no wonder I was thrown oil the traok.
He quoted Shakespeare.”
He. knows more
About him than I do* I dare Biy,”
Dudloigh blundered on: “1 suppose
thciy am exceptional Ol inamen.”
''Mr. Chee Fo Lee is superior. I
doubt his being exceptional. The
Chinese are a remarkable people. This
man now is negotiating a treaty be
tween his government and ours, wliioh
is a marvel of sagacity and far-reaching
statecraft. We we prejudiced” (po
litely classing himself with Dudleigh.)
History abounds in analogies. It is
not so very long ago since the average
Englishman looked down upon nil for
eigners with genuine scorn; classed
them all under the general head of
thieves and liars.”
“ Dirty foreigners,” summarized Mrs.
Van Pedigree. “ I can remember a good
deal of that myself.”
“ And hero we are with the same les
son to learn all over again with refer
ence to tho Asiatics,” proceeded the sec
retary.
“ Mr. Chee Fo Lee is undeniablv a
very handsome man,” pursued Mrs.
Van Pedigree.
“ I cannot associate the idea of good
looks with that complexion,” persisted
Dudleigh. “The only good looks 1
admire in a man is the blonde type,”
smiling her sweetest at her fair, florid
host.
“We are woll aware that you have no
eyes except for tall, fair young men,
with blue eyes and blonde mustaches.”
“ More’s tho pity,” he added to his
wiie, later in the evening, when Dud
leigh wns cornered by a tall young
man exactly answering that descrip
tion.
Later still, Mr. Chee Fo Lee came in.
Ho conversed with Mrs. Van Pedigree,
but he stared nt Dudleigh, or rather he
gazed nt Dudleigh. The latter torm
more correctly expresses the respectful
intensity ol his expression. Mrs. Van
Pedigree, who had always an overflow
ing sympathy for lovers, directed (he
conversation toward Miss Rhodes. They
both praised her beauty. Mrs. Van
Pedigree stated that she was her cousin
—an orphan; that she made her home
alternately with two married sisters;
that she would probably remain the
rest of the winter in Washington. Mrs.
Van Pedigree perceived that these items
wero of thrilling interest to her com
panion.
After that, Mr. Chee Fo Lee was very
apt to drop in of an evening and gaze at
Dudleigh and talk to Mrs. Van Pedi
gree. The blonde yonng man wns in
variably there, too. Thero was a shade
ot coolness in the manner of both tho
secretary and his wife to this young
mnn, but it apparently passed unob
served by him. Perhaps because he
gave his exclusive attention to Dud
leigh, who was apparently only too
willing to be engrossed.
“ I don’t liko that young man.” the
secretary said to his wife one evening,
as Ehe nnd Mr. Chee Fo Lee wero talk
ing together. “ I wish you could per-
suado Dudleigh not to bo so civil to
him. I would rather not have him
come to my house, iu point of fact.”
Mrs. Van Pedigree repeated this re
mark to her young cousin. Dudleigh
looked indignant. “Why not?" she
said, directly.
“ My dear, lie does not bear a good
name among men. We havo heard
rumors ot this for some time, which
havo becomo something more than
rumors now. I wish you would give
him up.”
“ I am going home soon,” said Dud
leigh, vaguely.
“Oh, Dudleigh,” cried her cousin,
“ that is not it. We don’t want you to
know him anywhere.”
Mr. Chee Fo Lee kopt silence during
the speech of the secretary to his wife
which I have quoted; but he mastered
the situation. He had had his misgiv
ings before this that Miss Rhodes and
Mr. Macdonald were engaged. Evi
dently this was not the case, or at least
the secretary and his wife were not
aware of it if so. Mr. Chee Fo Leo was
sufficiently encouraged to solicit an in
terview with Mr. Van Pedigree, in
which he requested him to make Miss
Rhodes an offer of his hand and heart.
He conceived this to be the correct
Caucasian method of opening a court
ship. Mr. Van Pedigree laid tho mat
ter belore his guest. Dudleigh was most
emphatic in rejecting the proposed al
liance. She could not entertain the
idea lor a moment. But before dis
missing the subject Mr. Van Pedigree
plucked up his courage and alluded to
Macdonaia. “ I disapprove of him en
tirely,” he said. “ What is more—I am
sorry to have to say it—I don’t care to
have him coming to my house. 1 don’t
blame you in the least, my dear. Don’t
misunderstand me; you have been taken
in, like all tho rest of us. He i3 a gen
tleman born, and he was received every
where on those credentials. But I am
assured ho is a bad-principled fellow—
not a fit person for you to know.”
"What has he aoneP" asked Dud
leigh.
“ He was in business in New York
with his father, and concerned with
him in dishonest transactions. Both
lather and son failed dishonorably.
Father died. Son came here to lobby
for a rotten railroad company, who pay
him out of their stockholders’ money
for doing very dirty work. So much
for that part of his character. For the
other side of it: he married two or
three years ago; broke his wife’s heart;
is divorced from her—so be pretends.
That may be or not.”
“ He is,” Dudleigh said, slowly, who
had received Macdonald’s own version
already. Then she turned upon the
secretary. “ I really believe you want
me to marry this Mr. Chee Fo Lee. You
are ready enough to believe everything
that is bad about our countryman.
Alter all, what do you know about this
ChinamanP” and she faced him de
fiantly.
“ Ho is accredited by his goverment,
which vouches lor his respectability.
He is a scholar and a gentleman. But
as for wanting him to marry you, I do
not. I simply present his oase ”—with
a genial smile. It was very difficult to
got up a quarrel with the secretary. He
took Dudleigh’s hand and kissed it.
“Upon the whole, I am opposed to your
marrying anybody. I have yet to see
the man who is good enough for you."
This compliment, added to what had
gpne before, reduced Dudleigh to tears.
She hurried away to master her wretch*
edness as best she could. How dread
ful to have to listen to such things of
Macdonald from her friend 1 How was
it possible the secretary could believe
themt But he evidently did.
Mr. Van Pedigree communicated the
decision of Miss Rhodes to her Mon
golian lover in writing. It would have
been difficult to guess, however, from
any alteration in nis behavior, that he
had received the intimation. He came
as usual. He was neither more or less
attentive to Miss Rhodes. A dinner
party according to Chinese methods had
been planned some time ago, and this
entertainment neared. It had been
postponed until certain viands that had
been ordered for the occasion should ar
rive from China. Dudleigh had ex
pressed a desire to taste certain Chinese
delicacies, and Mrs. Van Pedigree had
agreed to matronize a feast given in
honor of and for the enlightenment of
this young lady. There had boon a
time when Dudleigh had looked forward
to this, as to various other events in her
career, with joy. Now everything
palled upon her. Macdonald’s visits
ceased abruptly. She was given to un
derstand by Mrs. Van Pedigree that her
doors had been closed to film. Dud
leigh instantly wrote to her sister that
she wished to come home; but for
family reasons this was not convenient
—possible—for a week or so, during
which Dudleigh must possess her soul
in patience.
The Chinese dinner party enme off,
and was a complete affair. The bird’s-
nest soup had the true Pekin flavor
about it, as indoed it should havo had
once it was n direct importation. The
ragout of jelly-fish was a marvel of
Orientalism, nnd of mushiness. But
then everything about the meal was
mushy; that was its distinguishing
characteristic. There was an extra
ordinary dish of chicken stewed with
mushrooms, the chicken having been
first pounded until tho bones were of
the consistency of paste. There was
yet another variety of stewed chicken.
At intervals watermelon seeds were
handed around, it may bo as a digester.
It goes without saying that there were
ohop-sticks. Instead of plntes there
were odd little bowls, in which the
diluted delicacies of the unfamiliar menu
were eaten. Viands and table furniture
were all as full of wonder and interest
to Dudleigh as knives and forks and
spoons undoubtedly were to her enter
tainer on the occasion of his first Ameri
can dinner. It was certainly a rolief to
Dudleigh, in spite of her inborn love of
novelties, however, when the meal
wound up with the time-honored home
delicacy of ice-cream. The legation
were all fond of iee-croam.
Yes, she was undeniably amused, in
spite of her anxious heart. But she
was only half her gay, joyous self, nev
ertheless. Take it all in all, Mr. Chee
Fo Lee did not consider his entertain
ment a success. He had wanted to
make Dudleigh hnppy; he had taken a
great deal of trouble to do so, and he
lift<1.Jsiny|half succeeded.
It, was tho early spring by that timo.
There wero piazzas at each end of the
house, which wero draped with the
Chinese and American flags, and hung
with brilliant, beautiful lanterns. The
rooms were gay with pictures by Chinese
artists, painted exquisitely on silk, of
gorgeous-hued flowers, specimens of
bronze work and of porcelain wore scat
tered about. The number and the va
riety oi fans that adorned the apartment
defied computation. Dudleigh wan
dered ubout, accompanied by Mr. Chee
Fo Lee and wondered and admired.
ThGre was something iu the extreme
gentleness and consideration of his man
ner which soothed and composed Dud
leigh, overwrought as she was by her
suspense about Mncdonald- She had
never liked him so much. Porhnps you
will understand mo, some of you. when
I tell you that she was so sorry for her
self just then that sho was sorry for him
out ol that very fellow-feeling which
makes us so wondrous kind.
A picture stood on an easel in one
corner, before which a blue silk curtain
was drawn. Dudloigh stood before it,
and looked at her companion inquir
ingly. Ho drew the curtain aside. It
was her own picture, which he had had
enlarged in crayon from a small photo
graph. It was framed in blue and sil
ver. On the frame were some Chinese
characters. Mr. Chee Fo Lee read them
to her; then, as she shook her head,
translated, “The Star.” “ In our coun
try wo give a name of our own to a
friend. That is Ihe name I have given
you. It is usual to translate a ioreign
name into Chinese when practicable. I
found it impossible to translate yours,
so I contented myself with a simile.”
When his guests were gone, Me. Chee
Fo Lee, as I said, decided that his enter
tainment had been a failure. Never
theless, on her way home Dudleigh re
marked that she had never liked Mr.
Chee Fo Lee so much before. "He is a
scholar and a gentleman,” remarked
Mr. Van Pedigree, in substance, for the
fiftieth time.
The next day’s early mail brought
Dudleigh a letterirom Macdonald, lie
had not wasted his time meanwhile,
but had assured himself that Miss
Rhodes had a small fortuno of her own,
not enough to serve as a golden bait,
but still enough to furnish her a sup
port. Ho could therefore afford to im
plore her to listen to his lovo. He did
so; lie urged her to trust him; not to
give heed'to those around her; finally,
to fly with him.
It was his last card. Ho cared for
Dudleigh in his wicked, reckless way.
He wanted her, at however great a sac
rifice to herself. Ho had become in
volved in business difficulties in Wash
ington, and he must get away from
them. He had failed in one kind of
villainy; he wished to succeed in this
other as some slight compensation.
But he wrote well. He appealed to
Dudleigh’s pity. “ If you fail me, I am
lost,” he wrote. “ They have told you
I am a devil. I am no angel, but 1
have not fallen too low for salvation
yet.” Poor Dudleigh read this with
floods of tears. Save him? Oh. might
sheP
He did not ask her to reply to his let
ter. But if she would go with him, he
would meet her at a certain place at a
certain hour, and they would start off
together for his destination in the West
next day. He gave her only a short
’time only to deliberate, to hesitate.
Late in the afternoon of the following
day she took her seat in a street ear on
her way to the station. She had lost
sight of everything save the wretched
man who had infatuated her. She for
got her duty of affection and confidence
to Mrs. Van Pedigree. She only dimly
realized that she was going off like a
thief in the night.
At a street corner Mr. Chee Fo Lee
entered the car unexpectedly, and took
a seat opposite Dudleigh. Bhe could
only hope he was not going far; but
after all what did it matter? Publicity
was inevitable 8oon. Tho little news
boys were crying their papers. Dud
leigh bought one; Mr. Cueo Fo Lee did
the same. He read an item on the first
page before she did. Having read it he
watched her anxiously.
It was one of those strange personals
which find their way into print. It told
briefly the domestic tragedy in the life
of Macdonald. His wife was not di
vorced from him; she was not dead.
She was insane. NameB and particulars
were given in full.
Presently Dudleigh read this too.
Her face blanched nut she uttered no
cry: she only looked up with wild, ap
pealing eyes, which met Chee Fo Lee's.
Ho yielded to an impulse, and took the
scat beside her. “ Is it true?” she
asked, her finger on the lines.
“ I fear it is,” he said, sternly. “ I
have heard it before."
I do not begin to understand why she
trusted him from the moment her de
spairing eyes met his. But something
told her that here was her truest friend
on earth. “ I wns going to him,” she
said, simply. “ I will still go; that is,
I would rather say good-bye."
"May I go with you and take care
of you, and bring you safe home
again?”
To which Dudleigh assented.
It was an odd fate whloh declared
that Chee Fo Lee should be present at
that parting. He turned his baok upon
tho pair, to be sure; nor did he know
that tho interview was over until Dud
loigh came up to him and gently took
bis arm. A moment later a succession
of shrill, discordant whistles announced
tho outgoing train, on which Macdonald
wns borne away.
Going home, how thankful Dudloigh
was for her companion's Oriental apathy
and undemonstrativeness 1 Ho sat be
side her like a stone, only he did not
forget to be most thoughtfully and thor
oughly considerate and kind. It oc
curred strangely to Dudleigh that all
that afternoon ue had read her wishes
nnd thoughts by magic. Nor wns she
wrong. What greater magic exists
tlinn that of a strong, persistent love P
You will think better of Dudleigh
when I tell you that she told her tale to
Mrs. Van Pedigree that very night.
Words fairly failod Mrs. Van Pedigree.
It lmd been a horrible close escapo.
Perhaps you think that the adven
tures of such n naughty girl should not
end pleasantly after all this. On the
other hand, perhaps you will question
the pleasantness ot the ending. Mr. Ciiee
Fo Lee won the day in the sequel. His
courtship wns slow; a girl like Dud
leigh does not lovo and unlove and lovo
again nil at once. But his final con
quest was complete and entire.
I wns in an artist’s' studio recently,
looking over a portfolio of crayon
studies. One was a beautiful face I find
seen belore, but older, graver, sweeter
than I remembered it. I held it up in
quiringly.
" That,” said my artist, “ is tho Amer-
enn wife of a noted Chincso diplomat.
He bus a permanent mission in this coun
try now."
Then I recognized my beautiful Dud
leigh’s tranquil eyes, broad, low brow,
3tately throat. Patience, forbearance,
fortitude, had won tho day. As I mur
mured Olios Fo Lee’s n ane, half aloud,
half to myself, my artist friend nodded
a half absent-minded assent.—Harper’s
Bazar.
MAUD s.
Sunstroke.
Every year, ever in our temperate
climate, persons dlo from sunstroke
whilo about their work, or when walk
ing tho street. The seat of the disorder
is in a small oblong organ- the medulla
oblongata—just within theskulhnd next
to the spinal column below.
From this organ proceed the pneu-
mogastrio nerve.—the eighth pair—on
which among othor things, depends our
power to breathe. On other branches
of the same nervo depend the power to
swallow, the action of tho stomach, and
to a largo extent, tho action of the
heart, though this last organ is so far
self-acting that it can keep on benting
not only alter death,but after being taken
from the body. From the medulla comes
also the power of the blood vessels, to
dilato ana contract, and of the skin to
perspire.
Now the heat of the sun falling on the
back of the head and neck so affects the
medulla, that tho nervous supply to the
lungs and other organs is cut off; or, as
is more generally believed, so changes
the character of the blood that the latter
does not furnish nerve force to the pneu-
mogastric nerves, or rather to the me
dulla, from which they draw it.
The oousequence is that the luDgs sus
pend all action, and the person dies,
often in a moment, precisely as one dies
when the same nerve is severed by the
dislocation of the upper portion of the
neck in hanging.
The fatal effect of the heat is hastenod
by its great increase lrom the arrest of
perspiration.
In other cases the brain is put into a
state of apoplexy, from which the per
son may often bo saved by drenching
his body with cold water, and applying
ice to his head.
Sometimes the heat in the shade or in
a close room mnv causo a stroko. But
generally it comes from exposing the
back part of tho head and neck to the
sun’s rays. In hot woather a cape of
wiiite cotton falling from the hat behind
is a protection.
Those who use ardent spirits are more
liable to attacks of this kind than are
other persons, and are much less likely
to recover from the apoplectic form of it.
—Youth's Companion.
A Future Empress’ Children.
Recently one ot the children of the
Princess Royal of England, now the
wife of the heir of the German em
peror, had been ailing, and with ma
ternal solicitude the princess personally
supplied the little invalid with many of
its requirements. This innovation on
German court etiquette produced utter
dismay, and was brought to the notice
of the empress, in answer to whose ex
postulation the piincess replied: “If
my mother, the Queen of England and
Empress of India, can carry milk in to
one of her children, who like it so much
more because given by her, I think I
may do so without forgetting my posi
tion.”
With few exceptions, Australian
trees are found to flourish as well in
California as in their native country.
Conversely, it is expected that the na
tive vegetation of California can be suc
cessfully grown in Australia, and that
the crops which succeed in one country
are likely to do so in the others
The Faatest Time Yet PatVsea Record in
Aar Actual TrottInn Match.
The most successful trotting meeting
ever held in Chicago or the West dosed
in the presence of an enthusiastic mul
titude of 7,000 persons, the wonderful
performance of William H. Vanderbilt’s
trotting phenomenon, Maud S., crown
ing the meeting With a fitting nnd pecu
liarly gratifying event. But contrary
to general expectation, the long talked
of match race between Maud S. and
Trinket, the latter Mr. H.C. McDowell’s
trotting wonder, was a one-sided affair,
because of the far superior speed pos
sessed by the first mentioned filly.
What proved to be a tame and uninter
esting race was transformed suddenly
into a contest against timo, and the fast
est mile ever trotted in an actual race
was placed to the credit of the splendid
chestnut mare, and an official record of
8:13& for the mile given her amid the
loud huzzas and plaudits of an admiring
and enthusiastic assemblage of all
classes of people. Rarus has trotted in
exhibition trials against time in 8:131
and 8:134, and St. Jullen in an exhibi
tion trial in 8:181; but Maud S. made
her 3:134 in a race with another horse.
It was indeed a fitting climax to n series
of as closo and earnest racing contests ns
over pleased tho eye of tho turf-loving
public.
Maud S. is a beautiful chestnut mare,
fifteen and a quarter hands high, by
Harold (by Rysdyk’s llnmblctoninn),
out of Miss Russell (by Pilot, Jr.), she
out of a thoroughbred mare by Boston.
Five years ago two well-known gentle
men of the Queen City, viz , W. P.
Hulbort and Captain James H. Bugher,
decided to take a trip to Woodburn in
order to look at tho youngsters of the
farm. Thoy succeeded in buying
several, among them Maud S. (then
without a name), and another filly,
which looked so much like her thnt
after they arrived home neither gentle
man could tell which one he individu
ally had bought; but both wanted the
snme filly, and that one wns not Maud
S. Thoy thought sho wns of tho two
the least desirable. After several dis
cussions on tho subject it wns decided
that Mr. Hulbert could have his choice,
which proved of not much value in com
parison with Maud S. After the death
of Captain Bugher, Maud S. became the
property of his son, Mr. H. M.
Bugher. In due course of time she
was put in training on his farm,
and, although she did very well, did
not meet the expectation of her owner.
He decided to take her together with
several others to Chester Park for sale,
nnd, at Mr. Bair’s suggestion, Mr. Goo.
N. Stone, president of the Chester Park
association, bought her. He paid what
was then considered n rory good price
for her, for he had not much idea that
sho would prove tho wonder that site
has. It was not long before she began
to improve rapidly under Mr. Bair’s
skillful training, and consequently be-
oamo the talk of the horsemen of this
section. In September, 1878, she was
given a trinl at Chester Park, and made
the mile in 8:234, and during October of
the same year site gave an exhibition
trot at Lexington, ivy., in which she
made the remarkable time of 3:174,
which is tho best four-year-old time
ever made in publio. Her namo and
fame spread all through the country,
and soon many offers were made for the
mare. Mr. William II. Vanderbilt
topped them nil with $21,000, which
was promptly accepted. — Piltsbunj
Chronicle. '
Reform In L'liurch Music.
Mr. Eugene Thayer, the wolf- known
organist, appears in tho Musical llcvicw
as an advocate of reform iu church
music. There is not room for two opin
ions us to the great value and impor
tance of the right kind of music in
religious worship. But however good
may be the music, It loses its effect
unless properly rendered. Mr. Tliayor
docs not believe in the exclusive quartet
choirs, whose showy performances are
deemed indispensable in most of our
fashionable churches. Those should
give way to the chorus choir, which
might or might not include a quartet.
Properly, it should ha\e a quartet, or,
bettor still, a double quartet, compos
ing four male and four female soloists.
The chorus hould number from sixteen
to sixty, or even a hundred voices,
according to the size of the church.
Next to the choir the hymnolof y of the
church most needs revision nna reform.
The lending hymn books have from six
to 1,600 hymns each. Mr. Thayer de
clares that there are not 1 B;)0 good
hymns in the world, and doubts if
there are fifty thoroughly good ones
exclusive of the chorals. The popu
larity of the chorals that are fami
liar iu our churches, such as “ Old
Hundred,” “ Nuremburg,” and some
others, shows how well the people like
them, and how perfectly they are
adapted to tho wants of the congrega
tion. But. unfortunately, most of the
chorals, being of German origin and of
irregular meters, cannot be adapted to
the American church service. In the
opinion of the writer cited, fifty hymns,
or even hall that number, are enough
for any congregation to sing, and very
few congregations can sing twenty-five
different tunes well. A greater number,
however, may be used will advantage
where there is a choir. The reform
should also extend to tho reading of the
hymns. Instead of reading them
through, as is now common, the hymn
should be merely announced, and the
first line or possibly the first verse read.
“If it is to be read through,” asks the
writer, “and played through and sung
through, why not have a grammar les
son and parse it through, and then have
aspplling match and spell it through?"
In some churches in Germany the names
or numbers of the hymns to be sung
are posted in some conspicuuus place,
where thoy can be seen by tue congre
gation. At the proper time the organ
ist begins, and the congregation rise and
sing without further ceremony. Again,
the ordinary four-line hymn tune
should be reformed, because it is in
complete, weak, and meaningless. It
is a mere rhythmical play on three or
four chords. Take a hymn of four
stanzas. The pastor reads each slowly
through to the end, then the organist
plays over the tune, and finally it is
sung through four times. Better than
this is the eight-line or double hymn
tune. Best of all is tho hymn anthem,
wherein each stanza has its own musi
cal setting, and all are joined into one
harmonious whole. The result, is one
musical composition or melody, instead
oi the monotonous and tedious repeti
tions of a fragment of a tune. The ac
complished organist who advocates
these reforms believes that it i J the
duty of pastors chiefly to bring this
matter before the people and arouse
them to a full lease ol its Importance
lnceiilstency.
When the ipring-time came, I said,
" Spring, I love yon—I6ve yon beat.”
Columbines were gold and red,
Wind-flowers hung tack timid head;
By warm rains and sunshine led,
Every root was oomforted,
Every leaf was seen or guessed.
<> Spring,” I swore, “ I love you best.
When the summer came, i said,
■' Summer dear, I love you most.”
Crowds of starry daisies sped
Where their wandering seeds were led;
Brown bees earned their daily bread;
Shining planets over head
Through the heavenly spaces flpd.
Spring was but a lovely ghost;
" Summor dear, I love you most.”
ODDS AND ENDS.
People who live in glass houses should
pull down the blinds.
Diamonds in the rough—Those swal*
lowed by a thief when arrested. .
The best way to keep meat in hot
weather 1b to keep it on the hoof.
“Take care,” says tin exchange.
Well take it in small doses if you
must.
The cattle bells in the Han mountains
are made so as to harmonize with one
another.
The conductor who divided his col
lections with the company claimed that
it was a fare arrangement.
Two alligators—tho first speoimens
evor found in the old world—were
lately captured in the Yang-tsc-Kiang.
The British museum contains a wig
wliiob was found in a good state ot pres
ervation at Thebes, and is probably
3,000 years old.
The following notice mav occasion
ally be found posted upon the door of
a Parisian newspaper offioe: “Gone
to fight a duol; bo back in half an
hour?’
In the suburbs ot Macon, Ga., they
have an ice factory, which is turning
out tho finest ice from pure spring
water, and delivering it by two wagons
allovrr the city, selling eight pounds
for five cents.
Ulsters of clinging shapes, without the
broad belt which formerly characterized
them, are made of the English homespun
oloths for driving and steamer cloaks.
Small turbans of the cloth aro made to
match the ulsters.
In selecting a location for a house, ad
vises a prominent physician, make a
note of the prevalent winds, that they
be from the house toward all swampy
and miasmatic localities, and not from
miasmatio localities toward the bouse.
Geloso is tho most valuable constitu
ent of the substance known in com
merce as China moss. It lias the prop
erty of absorbing and solidifying into a
colorless and transparent jolly 000 times
Its weight of water.
The Kentucky Mammoth cave pro
perty embraces 3,000 cores, owned by
noiis in New York, Chicago and Wash
ington. Some of the heirs have filed
suit in the Edmunson oircuit court for
the sale of the property.
A gentleman who married a widow
complained to her that lie liked his beef
well done. “Ah, I thought I wo? cook
ing for Mr. Brown.” Baidshe. “heliked
his rare. But, darling, I will try and
forget the poor dear.”
Some experiments with various soils
as filters for removing organic matter
from water have shown thnt gravel
produces little result, sand being muoli
more effective In removing the impuri
ties and fine loam forming a still better
filter.
The Rev. C. B. Williams, ot New
York, says the frequent occurrence of
disasters "by which human lilo is reck
lessly lost shows that tho country if
drifting toward paganism, disregard oi
human life being a characteristic of that
condition.
Going home from church sho re
marked to her husband: “ Did you no
tice that bald-headed man in front of
us, and how young he looked? I never
saw any one so young before with a
bald-head.” Then he shut her up by
replying: “My dear, I was bald-headed
before I was a year old.”
The public health department of Ger
many has officially sanctioned the use
of the following coloring matters in
confectionery, etc.: For white, flour
and staroh; tor red, cochineal, carmine,
madder red, and the juice of carrots and
cherries; for yellov, saffron, safflower
and tumerie; for blue, indigo and lit
mus; for green, juice of spinach and
mixtures of the above blues and yellows;
for brown, burnt sugar and Spanish
juice; nnd for b!a:k, Indian ink.
In 1853 there was wrecked on the
Natal side of St. John’s river, South
Africa, a great West Indianman, the
Grosvenor. Two gentlemen have lately
been endeavoring to recover property
from tho wreck, and have found a great
number of coins, gold, silver and cop
per. There is a trailition that the
daughters of a Colonel Campbell were
saved, and became the wives of natives,
and it is certnin that near the Umgazi
river is a small tribe of very light
colored Kaffirs, descended, it is sup
posed, from those ladies.
Words ol Wisdom.
Hard workers are usually honest. In
dustry lifts them above temptation.
that springs to fall, and blossoms but to
die.
There is a certain noble pride through
which merits shine brighter than
through modesty.
There is a paradox in pride—it makes
some men ridiculous, but prevents
others from becoming so.
Labor is one of tho great elements of
society—the great substantial interest
on which wo all stand.
He that blows the coals in quarrels he
has nothing to do with has no right to
complain if the sparks fly in his face.
A patient and humble temper gather*
blessings that are marred by the peevish
and overlooked by the aspiring.
Excess in apparel is another costly
folly. The very trimming of the vain
world would clothe all the naked ones.
It is pride which fills the world with
so much harshntss and severity. We
are rigorous to offenses, as if we had
never offended.
Pride, like ambition, is sometimes
virtuous and sometimes vicious, accord
ing to the character in w hich it is found,
j and the object to which it is directed^