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Shat I found alone, on apiece of stone*  *
An. elderly naval man.
3 *.')•
t hair was weedy, his heard was long,
And weedy and long was he;
And. I heard this wight on the shore recite,
In & singular- minor key:
' 0,1 am a cook and a Captain hold,
And.' thfe mate of the Nancy brig,
And s Bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew Of the Captain's gig."
And he shook his fists ahd tore his hair
2011 resHy felt afraid,
S*or I couldn't help thinking the man had been
drinking,
"And so I simply said:
*"• O elderly man, it's little I know
0£ the duties of men of the sea,
And I'll eat my hand if I understand
How you ean possibly be
" At ones a cook and a Captain bold,
And. the mate of the Nancy brig,
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And a bo'sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the Captain's gig!"
ihen he gave-a, hitch to his trousers, whieh
Is a trick SU seamen larn,
£nd, having got rid of a thumping quid,
He spxm this painful yarn;
-" 'Twas in. the good ship Nancy Bell
That we sailed to the Indian sea,
And there, on a ree.f. we came to grief,
Whieh has often occurred tp me.    , ...
''And pretty nigh all o' the crew was drowned
(There was seventy-seven q.' soul).*,. . . «-„ -*". -7
And only ten of the Nancy's men -
Said ' Here' to the muster-roll.
*' There wis* me, and the cook, and the Captain bold,
And the juste of the Nancy brig,
And a bo'sun tight and a* midshipmite,
And, the crew of the Captain's gig.
'*For a month we'd neither- wittles nor drink,
Till a- hungry we did feel, °
80 we. drawed a lot, and, a.ccordin', shot
The Captain for our meal.
" The nest lot fell to the Nancy's mate,
And a delicate dish he made;
vJEhen our appetite with the midshipmite
~y    We seven survivors stayed. •
*" * Amt-tiien we murdered the bo'sun tight,
An&Jie milch resembled pig;
Ihezx we wittled free, did the cook and me,.
On the crew of the Captain's gig.        ~**
81 Then only the cook and me was left, . .
And the delicate question, 'Which
Of ns two goes to the kettle?'arose,
And we argued it out as sich;
*' For I lo ?ed that cook like a brother, I did,
And the cook he worshiped me:
But we'd both be blowed if We'd either be stowed
In the other chap's hold, you see.
'4 I'll be eat if you dines off me," says Tom.
1 Yes. that.' says I, ! you'll be.*
I'm boiled if I die, my _iend,' quoth I:
-     And* Exactly sOi'quoth he.
*' Says he, ' Dear James, to murder me
Weofe a foolish thing to do.
For don't you see that you can't cook me.
While I can—and will—cook yoti ?**
" So he boils the water, and takes the salt
And the pepper in portions true
(Which he never forgot), and some chopped shalot,
And some sage and parsley too.
"' Come here,' says he, with a proper pride,
Which his smiling features tell;
"Twill soothing be if I let you see
How extremely nice you'll smell.'
's And he stirred it round. and round, and round,
Antl ho sniffed at the foaming froth;
When I tips with his heels, and smothers his squeals
In the scum of the boiling broth.
"And I eat th-ifr cook in a week or less,
Andfasleatingbe
The last of his chops, why I almost, drops.
For a vessel in sight I see. * -*•
"Anff I never Iarf, and I never smile,
And_I novfer lark noi: play;
But I sit and croak, and a single joke
I have—which is to sav:
*■*"■■ ■    •
""•O, I am a cook and a Captain bold
And the mate of the Nancy brig,
And a*bo"sun tight, and a midshipmite,
And the crew of the Captain's gig!"
A
3L1DK1LEI.
I know not why, I know not why
My thoughts so dreary be-;
Tbat legend weird of days gone by
"Comes oft by night to me.
The lift is cool: the darkness drops *
So calmly winds the Rhine;
Lo! how they glow; the mountain tops
All in the snnset shine.
The maiden gay.f-he Sits aloft,
-"tj.y-vA^.C.rii'fc.- ■Uic.ULa-&ilSiwv.^Uij'r"":tl/ilZL-
She eombs her golden hair.
She combs it with a comb of gold,
And wildly chanteth she
Chanteth a wondrous, manifold,
And potent melody.
The boatman in his little bark
Iisteneth and longeth still;
He sees nor rock nor .whirlpool dark
He only sees the hill;
Till in the stream's abysses they—
Boatman and boat-^-are laid;
Sueh things once came of the Lurlei lay,
Sung by the Lurlei maid!
THE MEEHNG OF TWO PEOPLE.
" Miss Ulesly, allow me to present my
friend, Mr. Severe."
The haughty beauty bowed -low to
the grave, handsome man before her.
A quick look of surprise and recognition passed over each face, and then,
after a few commonplaces as to the
brilHancy and pleasantness of the company, the lady turned carelessly away,
and a moment after was talking gayly
with one of the " curled darlings" of
society, who speak with a lisp and affect
a distingue air of indifference to all
about them.
One watching Alice Ulesly at that moment would have imagined that her sole
thought and ambition was to please the
nonentity with whom she was talking,
and who could appreciate the brilHancy
of her wit and repartee no more than an
oyster.
"Max Eevere, looking out from under
his heavy brows, thought many bitter
thoughts on the foolishness of women in
general, and this woman in particular;
and then, bending tenderly over the
slight figure at his side, drew the opera
cloak about the round shoulders feom
which it had slipped.   The action meant
nothing to this man, to whom courtesy
and tenderness toward.women, however
plain, came as naturally as the air he
breathed.   But it meant much to f oolish
little Maud Thornton.   And it meant
more than any one present could guess
to the handsome woman who had not
even seemed to notice it.   Tb e triumphant glances which Miss Thornton threw
toward her, and which generally would
have been noticed no more than the
flash of a fire-fly, brought a strange blush
of vexation to her face.   Miss Ulesly was
one of the pets of "Newport.   Her beauty
was something almost wonderful. Heavy
masses of golden hair crowned as queenly a head as ever wore a coronet.   And
in strange contrast to this, and the clear,
beautiful skin, the fairness of which rivaled alabaster, were a pair of glorious
Spanish eyes, which could flash in scorn
or grow wonderfully passionate or tender.   Her figure was perfect and commanding, and, added to all this, she possessed " golden charms," which, to many
of the men who flocked about her, were*
more attractive than all else.   But no
one yet had succeeded in moving her in
the least.   Although several had carried
away aching hearts from her presence,
she was spoken of among the gentlemen
as being heartless, and among her own
sex, being an object of jealousy to them
all, she was, as a natural consequence,
cordially disliked.
Maud Thornton had dreaded very
much the introduction of her cavalier
to Alice, knowing so well the strength
of -h.eiJascinatiQns, and had therefore
strong attachment for her brother,
hence-thfi intiniate"footing .upon which
he stood with the family. The day before the evening in question, she had
called on Miss Ulesly at her hotel, and
managed to^fgym,. her that, they were
ejecting $C very particular Mend,* to
join them at their cottage, and that he
would probably be with them the remainder of the season. This information having been imparted, with many a
conscious blush and simper, she departed, congratulating herself that she
had- feft7-th"e":|m_resSi6*n that ihexe was
something more than a friendship between herself and the aforesaid gentleman. On leaving the field, after the introduction, she felt quite victorious, as
Mr. Eevere seemed not one whit moved
by her rival.
To Albert "Weaver, - with-whom she
was conversing, Alice Ulesly seemed
reckless and unlike herself the remainder of the evening, and he gazed at her
in a mild amazement, at which she was
more than half inclined to laugh, only
the misery tugging at her heart was
well-nigh killing her.
As soon as possible she left the gay
company and retired to her own room.
Dismissing her maid, she closed and
locked the door quickly, with a long-
drawn sigh of relief, and then, with a
strange, miserable look-" in* her great
eyes, this proud woman, accused by
many of having no heart or feeling,
threw herself down and burst into a
torrent of weeping, which shook her as
a storm does a frail reed. Her thoughts
were flying back to a day five years ago,
ages it seemed to her, when, in a beautiful spot in sunny Italy, a young girl of
18 and a man of 23 had,.wandered together. Lovers they were, and very
beautiful the world seemed to golden-
haired Alice, as she looked into the dark
eyes bent so lovingly upon her. But
they had quarreled that day. And she,
with an impulsiveness characteristic*? of
her then, secure in her fancied power,
Md spoken woids that were very hard
for the man to bear, accustomed as he
had always been to the mastery. And
he had left her. She thought it but a
lovers' quarrel, and was sure he would
not stay long away. -Bui*, he never came
back,"and-to-night the man*of 30 and
the woman of 25 had met and exchanged
the formal courtesies of the evening,
that was all, and through it her heart
was beating almost to bursting.
Ah, how she had loved him, and loved
him still, the affianced of another, as
she surely believed him to be. But he?
He scarcely seemed to recognize her,
and had turned frojfi her, to render a
loving attention to Maud" Thornton, a
• woman with no more womanliness than
baby.' Had he laughed over the whole,
youthful infatuation ?    Wo, she would
| not believe that.   Max was noble, and
j would "not make light of a secret belong- j
ing to another. |
Alice Ulesly suffered that night as j
she had never suffered before. But she j
fought it out, and the only mark which
the conflict left was - a shade less color
and a little _eav_tess" about the eyes.
But her manner was as calm and haughty as ever when she greeted her friends
the next morning.
And had Max forgotten her? Oh,
no; he had been spending time, strength
and money trying with all his heart and
soul to forget*her,-and -""he.result was—
failure.'
But in this beautiful, calm woman he
saw no likeness to the impulsive girl
whose quick-spoken, passionate words
had cut him too deeplyfor forgiveness.
He told himself that she had changed,
even as he had thought she would, into
a cold,, heartless,, woman, who are so
harsh fiindtxQiforgLvihg in their judgment! Nevertheless, whenever an opportunity presented itself, in which he
could watch her unobserved, he never
failed to improve it. . And, sometimes;,.
Miss Thornton found him more absent-
minded than she liked. Still, she knew
he never exchanged a word or wished to
be with>rAlice since their first formal
meeting; and, as she was the* only rival j
feared, her silly little heart fluttered <
now and then, thinking that it might be !
love of herself that caused Ms.abstrao- i
tion. "" ---.■-'■    -
One evening, while Alice was dressing, her mind still pondering busily
over the weary question as to how it all
would end, she had not noticed that, in
completing the toilet, her maid, in
straining after new effects, had thrown
around her. neck _ a necklace, to which
was attached a superb locket that had
been a gift from Max, and which, he
having refused to receive again, had
lain in her jewel-casket ever since.
Bising at last to go, she gave a hasty
glance at the mirror, and, seeing it, she
uttered a cry of dismay.
""No, no, Julie, take it off; surely
there are more appropriate jewels there
than this."
But Julie pleaded that it was just the
thing, and begged for it to remain. So
thinking drearily to herself that he
would never notice it, as she had never
seen him. since the first time, she descended the stairs and was soon the
gayest of the gay.
But he did se© it, "hatching her covertly, as he always did now, and it sent
a thrill through him, siich. as he had
never thought to fee! again; Had She
worn it carelessly, or that he might see?
were the questions that flashed through
his mind.
He waited .patiently, with, a settled
purpose growing in his heart to try his
fate once more, until, seeing her standing alone for a moment, outside of one
of the windows, he steadied his voice
and, speaking quietly, asked for the
pleasure of a promenade. She glanced
at him jn:^ merlons Jurprise, but passed
her hand through his arm in silent assent. There was an embarrassing silence,
during which hB_ad prirposely strolled
away from the crowd.
A half-hour.,slipped, awaj; while a
formal conversation about coMmonptece1
of mine used to wear. Excuse my impertinence, but I could scarcely help
noticing it as it is a very odd design."
" Is it possible," answered Alice, with
a laugh, "that a friend of yours should
possess one like mine, whom you do not
consider a friend—scarcely an acquaintance? Still stranger that my maid
should have insisted on my wearing tonight what I have not worn in five years
before."      "' '
Max's self-control deserted him, and
he. exclaimed, hotly:
" Alice, have you no heart, as they all
say? Are yon a woman of stone, that
yon can so easily forget what we have
been to one another? "
Her face was very pale now, but she
answered steadily:
" I have heart enough to suffer, and
ah.! Max (passionately), you have no
right to remind me of the past when you
are pledged to another woman."
SABBATH EES: ■*_:■&.
Tlie Middle Clavsj.,
SERMON BY PROF, SWING. QB" CHICAGO.
Give me neither poverty noi riclies *::* * *
lest I be full and deny Thee, • 2i\ say, "Who is
the Lord? or lest I be poor &m steal,"' and thus
profane the name.of my God.- -Prov. xxx., 8-9.
"What is called a "mic'lle class" has
long existed-in the WQrldr £ias- been .so
large in numbers and so ; eat in influence, and for the most j -art so happy,
that there must be a cerfe "ft philosophy
of that condition. Such . sonstantand.
immense form of human ' ffe cannot be
the result of chance, but nust be rathein^kis
a part of the method'of H^a who placed
man upon this planet. ~h will give dignity to this class, ahd wii* 7ielp you "to
■feel that it possesses a7 *ecial significance of intrinsic-worth ii vouwi—Mark
how omnipresent it has "a* -n in earth's
history. In the days of t" ^magnificent
Solomon ihis-prayei; of,. Igip*-11*1%'i|pl
in thep beginning-jspd the,$n&oi~£a£ihr
naticm-the _£ttion's cMM3pl-;'-Mok
have died by raising one-half of their
number up to aristocracy, and by sinking the other half to beggary.   The nations have all died between these two
millston@f?t^I4aai0 *j&3h0^
and the brokenliearts of the lowes
The tendency is for the children of
the extremely rich to enter upon a career of either indolence or more positive sin. They are set aside from the
struggle of e^dmkhO^d^J t\e}%w oi
nature  begin   to   decline.   Beholding
A MfiSTERf: Of caniE.
Tlie Most Skillful Kohbiery of Modern Times.
The complete details of the recent
robbery of the "Manhattan Savings" Bank
in "New York," says • a contemporary,
i* show -it to have been one of the most
skillfnlly-planned operations that has
ever .been known in the records of
crime, "tt may be observed.at the same
time" that there has^nevef before been
a crime committed that was so absolutely free frdm the chance of detection,
eitherin its perpetration or after its
darling. The world holds but one face
for me, and that one is here by my side.
You do, you must love me still."
A struggle between love and pride,
and then very low came the answer:
" I do love you still, and have loved
you always. And, Max, I have b«en
punished for my rash words more than
ever you could have wished, and, oh! I
am so tired."
And, the haughty head dropped low
and the tears fell thick and fast.
"Darling," said Max, taking the beautiful head between his hands and turn-
"I have the right, and  take it, my  and tells us that'just^b*low the im
mense riches of the Hebrew Kings there
moved a multitude which vrere neither
up to the level of mona> ,hs nor down
at the level of beggars; a 1 lultitude not
so lefty as to need ho Goc'-., and not ¥6'.
low as to disgrace one. * 50 around all
the rich ones of any natio; "may be seen
the homes* of the mode; ate property-'
holder. This prayer of L%ox discloses
the fact that the middle <*},..,ss had shown
its virtues long "enough far* mankind °to
create the petition that th^ Lord would
place the suppliant in tho estate. To
fall bekrvsr it would be to iall into sore
decay of the highest, civilization j comnjission.   The sev«n masked burg
and religion make their new requisition
for men and women upon the class be-
lars were as secure as if they were robbing   a  lonely  far_."-houSe," with* not
ing her face up to his, "we have both J temptation; to seek to rise above might
suffered much, but, please God, we will
be happy together at last."
And. kissing the tears away, he turned
toward the house. The sudden engagement was a nine days' wonder, especially to Maud Thornton, who coiild not
imagine how in the world she lost her
golden fish, when she thought she had
him so secure.
Early the next fall they were married,
and people say that Alice Hlesley was
never so beautiful as Alice Eevere.
The Afghan Capital.
Cabul, the present capital of Afghanistan, suffered a temporary eclipse in ' made it surpass in numbe
the middle of the last century through ; gars below it aiid all the *?
the rise of its southern rival, Kandahar.
The latter, founded, in
lead to an undue pride of life. The
prayer reveals the existent «j of a second
estate as far back as histor f runs.
Evidently, however, tVe moderate
men of the past were in *._a_er numbers than in modem t; _s, for the
centralization of power led lo a centralization of money by mean;; of despotic
taxation, and confiscatio: i, and conquest, and hence the men oi moderate
property were "Jew and the beggars and
slaves many. In our tines the sup-,
pression of tyrants and tht progress ofthe ideas of industry and -quality have
enlarged the middle   elr~ j, and  have
all the beg-
rithy above
The constant presence of this class,
it.
1754, by Shaw
Ahmed, the greatest of Afghan sovereigns, rapidly grew into one of the
largest and most flourishing cities of
the kingdom; but,**Sn its founder's
death, in 1772, his" effeminate son,
Timoiir, transferred the seat of government to Cabul, where it has" remained
ever since. It must be-owned that this
dignity is fully merited. Standing
upon a river, of the same"name, in the
low hills and dotted with countless villages, the Afghan metropolis has a
striking   picturesqueness    of    aspect,
heightened by the innumerable gardens   shoulder in the great woods,
which  are  the  prominent feature  of .■..*•■■-       ••>. •..-
every Asiatic city from Tashkend to
Damascus. The houses are of wood,
but much neater and more commodious
than is usual in Eastern towns. The
great bazar and several of the public
buildings are of essentially modern
construction, thanks to the partial
demolition of the place by the English
in October, 1842; but it possesses one
splendid monument of antiquity in the
tomb of the Emperor Baber, the founder
of": the Mogul dynasty of India. Its
climate is surprisingly healthy on the
whole, although the great difference
of temperature between day and night
exposes foreigners to the risk of fever
and. ophthalmia. From a military point
of view, again, its position, which may
be compared with that of Sophia in
"Western Turkey, is admirable for all
purposes of defense. Placed at the intersection of the four great roads leading to Koondooz, Herat, Peshawur and
Kandahar, it is protected on the north
by the snows of the Hindoo Koosh, and
on the southeast by the westernmost
spur of the Suleimann range, while the
most practicable approach from the
southwest is commanded by the impregnable fortress of Ghizni, the Afghan
Gibraltar, whose capture in 1841 was
only accomplished by treachery. In a
word, Cabul needs nothing but a more
complete system of fortification to
make it one of the strongest places in
Central Asia.
should a
i--.«ause.all
.   golden
.•ilX'S  ex-
-neath, and give us the phenomenon of a ' another house" for miles around, instead
Mgher%!ltes«&w%'Maai^^^ the heart of a great city, in
civilization appealing to the common I hroad, daylight, with people constantly
people for salvation. Society is like the ! passing and repassing, who could look
rose-tree or the vine. In the gay sum- j directly into the room where the thieves
f ^r time some *s(^j-tiytus:bl-mt©egrtfver- '. were at "work. It is one of; the most
To|> the rest; some leaves and roses rise ■ startling curiosities of crime-that these
high above the garden wall, but winter ! seven men could enter this bank in day-
comes,.and the loftiest foliage and twigs : kght unperceived, overpower- a family
die firsts They.coveiv the,ground with' and obtain the keys and combination
their"inrinf biit'^he -central: Snliie*"-thet^at guarded millions of dollars in cash,
ilcgrer order, clings modestly to the wall, | honds sind .securities, enter the bank
and in the spring time every inch of it J and spend anhour or two, in* plain sight
bursts forth in new life. Not otherwise I from *t'wP streets, packing;up its assets,
that j:li^g,,cngrSt^ an exit into
The children of the rich iall. Their 1 one of the most frequented streets of
leaves, once so gaudy, fall upon the ■tlie '&% and escape with their booty
earth and are hidden in its dust, and the ' "without attracting the attention of any
nation^henMt wishes.a .-newi spring ! °V-e> although several .patrolmen passed
time of4 all ifcs1 hones and nriwers. looks *! a]Sa repassed the building: and looked
sal ifes** hopes "and powers, looks
further down the garden wall to where ! ^ a?
was their wont, to.observe time
the plant is still full of all the rich juices
from whic hroses and grapes are made. ,:
It thiis appears that the pfayef Of Aguf 3j
involves one of the laws of individual;
and national life. Not only is the plain, '
humble condition the happiest, and on '
this account worthy o^^ej^itoVBnintO j
a most sacred prayer, but it stands as a •
fundamental law of human triumph, and !
hence may be inserted in our spiritual
by the clock on the larger vault which
the thieves at that very -time were
Vrecking. The circumstances of this
bold Jobbery argue either an incomprehensible lack of observation upon the
part of those whose duty it is to have
their eyes open, or the possession upon
the part of the thieves of invisible
powers -not hitherto known outside of
the "Arabian Nights", .-Had. a writer of
fiction invented a similar
Amnesty for Moonshiners.
In the late amnesty cases for revenue
offenders in South Carolina all those
offenders were specially excepted who
had been engaged in attacking or resisting the officers, and in those cases it
was directed that the trials should be
had at the earliest possible day. The
degree of amnesty granted in these cases
is very different from that tried in
Georgia under the last administration,
and which proved a disastrous failure.
Iu that case over 300 illicit distillers or
other offenders against the law were
pardoned by an executive order without
consultati in with the Commissioner of
Internal Eevenue, and all were set at
liberty without requiring any bonds
whatever for good behavior. The result
was that a large proportion of those
thus pardoned were soon after engaged
in the same character of offenses. In
the present case there has been no pardon, and the sentence is simply suspended, with the understanding that it
will be immediately pronounced and enforced upon any second offense.—Washington telegram.
avoided* it until just as they were about
leaving the ball-room. She wished exceedingly to keep this handsome mill-j home topics and European travel was
ionaire chained to her especial chariot
wheels, ss her mamma had confidentially
told her he was the catch of the season.
He had Just returned from abroad,
where,he had been for several years,
tM& wlte?© h© had met md formed $
carried on. No allusion was made to
Italian memories. On this topic both
were dumb. At last Max found courage
to say: '■"■''
"Miss Ulesly, i note that you wear a
locket precisely like one whieh a Mend
A Boy On a Pig.
A pig is about as big as a sheep, only,
a pig's wool isn't so good to make stockings Of, " "Why is a pig like a tree ? Because he roots. That is a conundrum.
A pig washes himself in mud. A pig
alias goes, the .wrong way. A pig has
four legs, one under each corner of his
body. They pickle pigs'feet, but not
until after the pig has got done using
them. A pig squeals awful when it
rains, also when you pull his tail. A pig
has got a first-rate* voice for squealing,
and he grunts when he feels good. You
can't make a whistle out of a pig's tail,
'cas it is so crooked. "Why is a pig like
old Mar'm Brown? 'Cas she's got her
nose into everything. TMs. is another
conundrum, whicl* is aJU.J know about a
its quality in all times, as: * at leasfe its
immense numbers, make ": worthy of
our study. If an old sail- prayed that
God would plaoe-_him -in hm ~ middle
class and" keep him there <"*■" who now
live may well look into the loiit of. such
a religious petition.*.
The moderate-property ' - -.
priori be the, inost fortune *\ "
through* natoio the law f
below the forest gets too Hlfcl^-^r^vT-^ir
tree above the forest is "blpym down.
The trees, therefore, stand shoulder to
A soil excessively pooi* grows nothing, and a soil
excessively rich will grow only mushrooms, that have no leaf, nor flower, nor
fragrance. The rose and the wheat
j must,wait for.the thin soil to be mg.de .1
! rich or for the luxuriant soil to be de-1
pleted by sand or clay. Thus the fields
seem to send tip the prayer for neither
poverty nor riches- But there is safer
ground than such analogy. It is not
probable that the Creator of the world
would make that the worst condition
which must absorb the millions, and if
we find two other conditions, tbat of
poverty and that of enormous wealth,
which are being constantly emptied into
the middle class of liberty, and"industry, and education, it may be inferred
that God has not made most pitiable
that estate in which the most millions
are to be grouped.
Let us pass from what should be anticipated to what may* be actually observed. Eeason may err as to what
should be, but it cannot err so" Casily as
to what is and has been; and,thus arguing, the truth would appear that the
middle class has been* and. is the happiest class. The debate, of course, does
not lie between the middle class and
the lowest, but wholly between the middle and the highest. All those competent to bear testimony have, upon reflection, declared that the most enjoyment
has not, as a fact, followed those who
have possessed the most gold. "Why the
human heart should not be happy according to the property it possesses I
cannot argue here, for no one can enter
the soul of a Croesus, ancient or modern, and learn why he should not be
happier than the man of modest home
by his side; but, as a simple fact, the
men who have borne witness have, for
some reason, arranged themselves upon
the other side.* Those wlio fiave composed our songs; those who have composed our philosophies; those have written our romances and our dramas, have
loved to" locate the best hours of man in
a home of the plainer style. These artists of the heart have put more vines
and flowers on the outside than they
have heaped up gold-plate or jewels
within.
It may be observed, too, that no sooner
have the extremely rich built their
splendid palaces than they at once project some country place a hundred
times as simple, to which they can fly
when they long for a certain fullness of
joy and peace. Let us not find fault
with them, for you and I would accept
of a city palace any moment were the
temptation placed well before us. Indeed, though there are three classes, in
fact, the beggar, the middle class, and
the moneyed prince, there is only one
class in essence, for all would accept of
millions instead of hundreds, were the
choice set before them. But all are
weak, all are human, and what I seek
petitions.Mth atwofold earnestness, thei fiction invented a similar situation' for
one from the happiness of se_,' Iffe otiier fMs -villains," the book-reviewers would
from the welfare of mankind. It may i have accused him of inconsistency and
be well a matter of wonder that a heart, warit.of fidelity to nature. '
hidden away in a nation so old and so * ** a<M** to tte despair of this situation
small as the »Hebre¥-__gaoSr sIo^S'**^ .the only danger to whieh the,
have found a prayer so wonderful in thieves exposed themselves was. in the
wisdom. But he had seen the evil he I commission" of the act. "When Once
lamented and the good he sought. He they-had escaped and coneealed their
&ads35M*D3**#dJ(4ld^&l^ were secure.   The very
"honor to dishonor, from glory to shame;; nature:of. the property which they stole
and had seen the rags also of the beg- * rendered them free from any liability of
gar, and, between the two, the happy   arrest.   The'Manhattan Savings Bank
home,^nd near.by ihe 'tears of, theb^egj*
gar on" one hand,' and oh*the other near
by a ruined throne, he knelt down and \
poured forth this wise request, to give ,
him a home but,.shield jjjm fro_. the.:
palace and the rags- ''""" "'- *■"'''• ■"* - ■
If, our meditation this morning be ■
^-saflXi
ely, to seek to be" numbered'in"that
middle throng so potent * in public and
private good.   If any of you are beggars   - - .
by reason of  vice or indolence, throw * tie'trouble^ to[^™ ^e?^ ixom the
away at once those  monsters, and at
.cannot afford to * prosecute them if
thereby it * is ' to lose three and a half
millions of dollars. • It does not alter
the situation that, the bulk of the. assets
consists of. bonds the thieves cannot
negotiate. The bank needs them",.and
must have*   them for" conversion, and
7i."iJiS^5jCiS'e7B»~ w*S5=Wli^i:!^c3SuiS5^eo mSwI-
sufficient to save themselves from the
penitentiary.   They will be at some lit-
tempt to clinib to.that condition where
luype dwells and where toil is transformed by expectation into a pleasure.
If any of you possess riches which
'have checked life's industry and which
are creating; for you a train of sinful or
foolish wants, and which, after you, will
palsy the industry of your children, then
distribute the great fortune before you
die, while you can; direet** the jjnilhon,'
and liasten down and tenderly let your
children down to that zone on the
mountain   side where blows  the per-
bank and depositors, in fixing the details of the return of the property and
the amotfnt of commission they are to
receive for their willingness to return a
certain portion of it, which is of no
value to them. However deplorable all
this may be from tne moral point of
view, it is a case of hard necessity and
involves the salvation of the bank. If
there is any responsibility for this, it
must be fastened upon the beneficent
tendencies of modern civilization which
have brought us to that standard of
moral ethics1 where we can punish a
fumed.breath of .perpetual spring. The, ^an who steals a dollar out of another's
vale is too slcklyand the summit too pocket or a loaf of bread out of a win--
13 dow, but cannot punish a man whose
A*!"eyou already in the " middle class ? " ! *^ft involves millions. The magnitude
and, bless God,:perhaps we are all there;; of the crime oversweeps the ^mits of
then mark wenMedeepmeaniilg of that^the law and^successfully_ defies the
lot, and make no effort to climb a height 1 processes of the courts. The mills of
on which all have become dizzy and, ™«tiee grand the petty rogue exce.ed-
from which all have at last fallen. Ee-; ingly fine bat the colossal rogue clogs
memberitheinteUectnal:powe1-,the-nien-^e wheels with his huge load of phm-
tal harvest of arts and sciences which der. It is not impossible as.civilization
has always waved upon that soil; and progresses that we may reach that point
remember the supreme happiness which where a person dissatisfied with the
the rich and the lof fy have found at last | -management of a bank may steal the as-
to bless the plain man's home. Are you
a man of industry, of integrity; are you
compelled to take up each day the hon- :
orable warfare of, earth; are you com- ■
pelled to labor for the supply of the'
best wants and to support beings the j
most dear? then you the nation loves, [,
you civilization loves, you religion loves.
sets and open a new bank with them
over the way. The only condition of
success is magnitude.
Take Care of the Hoi*ses.
and, throwing their arms around you,
they all say: "We depend upon you.
"We look to those who have neither poverty nor riches."
Mormon Converts.
There arrived at New York, a few;
days ago, 160 Mormons, ten of whom ■
were elders, of  whom the chief  was
George Barber. .They are natives of
England, -Scotland and "Wales, a few
Scandinavians, however, being among
them.  , The converts to Mormonism are,
principally niecMnics, miners and lh.-
representation   of  farmers
The Illinois Humane Society, through
an appeal issued by their committee,
I make the following suggestions, which
i owners of horses will serve their own in-
' terests by attending to:
>     1. Shoes—If horses are sharp shod in
icy weather they will pull larger loads
to greater advantage; it is poor economy
j to neglect the proper shoeing of horses,
j -which may thus be seriously injured.
]     2. Blankets, etc.—Horses should be
: protected   by   blankets or   waterproof
].. covers from rain or snow while stand-
| ing.   The   cost   of  a blanket is very
small, and its use would repay the out-
*e'i lay    many   times.    Any   woolen   or
h'~! other   protection   placed   under   the
pad     or    saddle,     and      extending
this morning is a philosophy of the middle class, which is better than we are—
a philosophy which is struggling like a
Christ to lift us up to its height. To
return; the deep thinkers and the extremely rich have borne witness to the
charm of moderate means, and have
thus confessed that there was a condition
as good as their own, even though they
had not the moral power to fling away
enough gold to make them descend
into it. •
* # * * * *
.   It has always* come to pass that the
families of nioqeyate property have been
borers, the     _       _      }            	
being very sm^l. In conversation with j f^ek over the hips, will be found Very
Elder "Barber", he said the Mormon ] useful ag protecting a weak part of the
country welcomed mechanics and miners, 1 anj^Q.
as there were very f ew of, this class in;.. $ clipping—The clipping of horses
the territory. Their young men hadan ; is . eoilsidered to be, at "least,
aversion to trades, and as a general thing impradent, and by this society in-
followed fanning for a living The elder llTimane owners are respectfully urged
said that'during the season 10,000 Mor- {to aJlow x.^e animais to retain the cov-
mon converts had been sent to Utah, j ering -^(fo nature has provided,
and that the plunder h»a charge j 4 Check reins—"Work horses, if at
would be the last batch for this year.. ^ ^otaM be checked very low; they
He claimed that Mormon missionaries ean thus ptdl to greater advantage, pro-
have to p?y most of their expenses ^;tect tneir eyes from rain or snow, and
themselves. The converts will start for j are less lieA)ie to stumble or injure them-
Salt Lake City, where they will be dis-; seives. it ^m be noticed that the-city
tribufed through the numerous settle f ra_way companies have largely   aban-
ments.—New York paper.
L , Slierpiam on Hooker* * -
To a a-eporter" who asked him about
the Gen.; Hooker interview in the Brooklyn Eaglet Gen. Sherman .Jdughingly
said: " Oh, there's nothing in it. Don't
say anything about that. The fact is,
Hookerassa little off here/' tapping his
head in a significant way. " Everybody
who knows, him pays no attention, to
what*h&sa§s" About the arniy, Gen"
Sherman said that what there is of it
is in splendid condition. They are as
well prepared to meet Indians now as at
any time, "but too many of the red-
skinned devils wquld keep ,the force on
the jumpfU-IndimapalSB^SeWJhiei.
Ajsiekioan petroleum is sent to every
civilized nation.
TBANSLATION PEOM HES^Y 5IUBGEB.
"Iiouise, have ypu fbrgotten yet.
Tlie comer of the flowery land,
The ancient garden where we met,
My hand that trembled in your hand?
Our lips found words scarce sweet enough.
As low beneath the willow trees
We sat.   Have you forgotten, love?
Do you remember, love Louise?
"Marie, have you forgotten yet
The loving barter that we made?
The rings ->Ve changed, the sun that set.
The woods:fulfilled with sun and shade?
The fountains that were musical
By many an ancient tiysfing-tree'g
Marie, have you forgotten all ?
Do you remember, love SSferie?
"Christine, do you remember yet
Your room with scents and roses gay?
My garret—near the sky 'twas set—
The April hours, the nights of May?
The clear, calm niglte, the stars above,
Thfet whispered they were fairest iseen  .
Through no cloud-veil?   Eempnjjber, lo',*e't.'
Do you remember, love ChjfiiJfcpe? c*
"*Louise is dead, -ma. wtu>-» v^., »
Marie a sadder patii has iavn;
And pale Christine has passed away    .
In Southern suns to bloom again.
Alas !*for one and all of us-
Marie, Louise,.Christine forgelj
Out*bower of 16've is ruinous, V
And I alone remember yet.11
doned the use of cheek reins. ,
5. Bits—It is prudent to warm with
the hands, or otherwise, bits before
placing them in the horses' mouths.
'- Unexpected.
She was ironing when her sister cahie
in with the sad news that an uncle was
"dead. "Dead!" she gasped, nearly
dropping the iron from her hand. Her
face was very pale, as was .that of her
sister, as they both stood there looking
at each other with that awe-struck expression which a death leaves upon the
faces of the living. "Dead!" she repeated, in a faltering voice. " It doesn't
seem possible; it is so sudden, so unexpected, so dreadful, that I can scarcely reafee it. "What are yoti.going to
weal•?•<,
PITH AED'fOfflE,
A sham-poo—Affected contempt.
The song Of the* top—Hum again.
A geoss mistake—Eleven dozen for
twelve.
Noah kept his bees in the ark hives,*
of course.        *
Safety valves—Bivalves for the next .
eight months. -
Oysters  have a language of their .
own, and clams stew..
**SroTHi*N& has so niany ties binding it
to earth as a railroad.
7H0T Scotch—Those who lost by the*
GlasgowBank failure.
Is Hindoostan they call the paragra-
pher's labor the Punjaub.
The "Western wits how call bigamy
t7tah_zing the female sex.
Best thing, to do when you go shop- •
ping ivith' ladies—Ta*ke notes.      -■
A (pemale writer- in the Nation says
that sewing promotes vacancy of mind,,.
"You may rest,;assured," as the life-,
insurance fiend remarked .to his victim.
"Be saw a negro smoking a new meerschaum.    ".Gracious!""  he   exclaimed, "
"why, how the pipe is coloring himl"
"The parting gives me pain," sighed
the man who was jcombing his hair for
the first time after'a two-weeks' spree.
Too mxjch balcony, and not enough
Borneo, is what is sending thousands   ■
of America's fair daughters to an early
grave. *'.**'
A man's ambition is to be credited
with some great *f eat, while a woman is
only happy with small feet. And so
we go. ■   •      .........
If a man is on his way to the woods.,
to "commit suicide and a bull suddenly
gives chase, the chances are that he will"
run for his life. * •
"Ma," said a little girl, "what is all'
this fuss about trade-marks ?   Is it the
trade-marks that make so many wrinkles
in pa's forehead?"
"Gruel*, cruel man," said the civilized
person, "you ate your venerable pa-'
" Ungrateful being," replied tiie savage,
" you let the worms eat yours."
"Waks come so thick in Europe that
the soldiers don't have a chance to sit
down for & few moments' rest, and hence
the necessity for keeping standing arm-
customer, when he complained of his
new boot's being tight, not to put them
on until he had worn them for a day or
two.        7
A  German farmer disputed his tax
bill.   He said:   "I pays the State tax,
the county tax and the school tax; but «
by tarn! f pays no total and never had
any."
""We never saw a man," says an exchange, "who thought it a sin to steal
an umbrella." Then you never i&w a
man whOse umbrella had just been
stolen.      * -      •
" Inquires "wants to know if a man:
is necessarily considered polite if he
" bows to a decision."  That depends on :
whether he does it with " good grace"
or not,
"Waiter—"Beg pardon,  sir,  but  I-
think you've made, a mistake.   This is a
half-penny!" Old gent (grandly)—" Oh,
dear,: no; not at all! I never give less! "
—Punch.
Qttacb;—" So you prefer  my medicines to those of Dr. Pillsbury ? "   Mrs.
Mulligan—"Och, indade, docther   dear,
ye'eradale better than the other ould
humbug."
A subscriber wrote to a journal to
make some inquiries about the next
world's fair, whereupon the wicked editor replied that he was under the impression that the next world wouldn't
have any fair.
A correspondent, in writing of a
recent celebration in the city of Cleveland, says: "The procession was very
fine, and nearly two miles long, as was
also the report of Dr. Perry, the chaplain." '	
Banger Dimmed bj Darkness.
Owing to the darkness that fills our
deep mining shafts our miners are less
conscious of the dangers of their trade
than they would otherwise be. A miner
standing on a bit of a plank thrown
across a shaft 1,000 or 1,500 feet in
depth sees little of the pit yawning beneath his feet. The darkness rises up
until it almost seems to form a floor under his plank, giving a place on which
his eyes may rest and preventing an unsteadiness of the head. Place the same
shaft on the surface of the earth, and let
it tower 1,500 feet into the air and broad
light of day, and the miner standing on
his single plank at an elevation three
times as great as the tallest church spire
would be unable to move—would be
paralyzed. Looking down through the
awful depth below, he would clutch the
nearest timbers, afraid to make a move
in any direction." Make for him doors
on each side of this shaft, representing
the openings at the stations, and he
would not be likely to jump from door
to door across the yawning shaft, as he
does underneath the ground, where the
dark rises up and make's a seeming floor
between the doors. It is undoubtedly
the darkness that benumbs the senses of
the miner to the danger to which he is
exposed when passing to aud fro across
shafts and winzes, or when climbing the
interior of their compartments, trusting
to the scanty hold for hands and feet
afforded by the narrow ledges of the
timbers projecting from the walls.—
Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise.
The. consumption of cotton by American manufacturers was greater by 110,-
000 bales in 1878 than in 1877. The
yield of the staple in the United States
exceeds that Of any year on record, being 4,811,265 bales, of 1,480 pouncls
gross eaoh. up to Sept. 1.