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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1887-10-21, Page 2• ^ a e • -T.it,P.,..V4k. • G soul, why sitteet then f#7 king Beside a, deed past, making moan . Why Wring thy, pallid bands and cry "Too late Pr Is not to -day thine own Thy harvest fields o'f life arebare; No wealtia.of ripened grain thou hat, . Thy careless, hands were feldedeleaa But glean among another's sheaves, And. starve not for thine early sin; Atired band within his Snide_ • .. Another's harvest gathers in. . • Too late, indeed, for the to build ' The structare of thy 'Aniline sweet; • Yet thou, With helpful hands, mayit strive Another's labors to complete, . 'Teo late! Thy, myrtle branches lie All withered by the noon -tide's -heat ; Yet thou' the nettles me.yst destroy Which grow:within another' e seta The golden,enn of hope fulfilled, Is hidden from thy skies away; Yetlight lies. .• Upon the patliw4ty et to -day; -Beneis eriPiers. • .TO*31OrrOW. The future hours? Ab, no ; , It is t.bagede' &lentil• • . The home are ringing low "Farewell" in every tone. The future I Think Beware! Our:earthly treasures rare. • Hard won through ton and care; . Our,paleoes and lands; • Great victories and all Possessions, largo and small - But only to us fan, • As-birdsliehten-theseadif ,-Viotar-Huga-: SIR HUGH'S LOVES. "'You shall go to Switzerland and Italy, and see your father's grave, and your beset - 'tile' Florence avian You shall see fresh • ghts and breathe fresh air until' this • weary lassitude has left yen, and you come back to nil like cone old Crystal.' I will not go, Baby,' I • exclaimed, • exasperated beyond endurance at. the 'eery • idea. '1 will never. go with , etre. Grey;'•but I might as well have spoken to 'A 1 am yOfir guardian, and 1 tell • yon, • that you will go,' Ceystale..he returned, seeable', but his sternness .Wee only • seettmed, to hide- -his pain. 'Nay, my child,' as he saw ray 'fade, cle not make -it • too heed for me, by a reeistanceethitte will be Useless. Think hew the months fly by, and .how the .change will ' benefit ' yon ; • and .how good it is, of our dear Mrs. Grey to give •--e---e-eeee4-Aieber,Peseefeil.heme.end.hee: fee.a. 'netior itheettaide5eineee' ' TeareeeelTerae :ah, le-we're:in me thee He might. lie1k*6ri he might , he silent, but this would make `itself heard. • ' . • . ' • ' "Oh; Mons,' lying' deep in your quiet , grave, where they carried. you so egon; it was not I, but the demon -who -posse ... • • andevho loved much hecarise%tattele- had pleased iagerneeee thoeght X shouj been forgiven het ?" . • haVia; Wait some eime, from Fern'S 'worm " Hneh; huslil you do Pet "lenoW, reel' I"' but I have net been here e ,moment. There "My darling, I de know," neesistedrern, is no hurry, is there ?" checking her pace as gently, "and I tell you that A is your duty Crestal seemed inalieed to walk fast. to go, back to Baby, who loves yda so. "Wo ere busy people, Mr. Trafford," she Nay,' she continued, as a deep blush rose answered, pleasantry, "and can never afford to flrys,talleyolive...-eheek, eeeerecered towalk slowly: Why clideerna- not weft for this Moue -your own. words have with yoer .sister you have not .eeen her proved that. GO beide to him, and be the for a long time." . light of his Mee, and take his darkness el. Has it seemed a long time to you ?" he from him, for I see plainly that returned, with quick .eimphesis. 'el I wish he will never leave off seeking you and you I could believe you had missed me, that °WY." you; had even given me a thought during PateRtEle XXVI. . my absence ;" and be looked wistfully at the e •• girl as he spoke. iate Tem 'Mune Lear M •eneWat "1 em sure your mother and Fern messed • 'Not enjoyment and netserrew Is our destined end. or way ; you," she replied, evasively. She Tilted But to itet that each to -money?' to keep him in geed humor, and avoid any Fi/laS us further than to4lay, dangerous topics. She would like to. leave * ' .* *"' * * . In n the worIcVs broad aeld of battle him; if possible, with sonic kindly memoryy • - I •ofethis inteeeveiew„„Inepitieeeleee' elLu. A agai"" eeethebivonan Unto - Be notfilie-durali'driven cattle, Be a hero inthe ate " her she could not altogether .he 4 h heare'egdiest Fay's brother. • . . Zongfetkno. • As Feta finished her little elmeCh&Preretel peAopnleY Wpoeulradmhamveeerteignagrdteildetaliemi7aos er?leelinrg: hid her face in her hands, bulthere was no feedy matched ,poupke Terore refined answer -only the sound of a deep drawn sob aristocratic face and distinguished carriage was distinctly audible. A few Minutes afterwards she she raised ' it; and in the moon- merle- a splendid; foil for Crystal's- dark b light Fern could see it was streaming with rested parinthgeirrlitehheygrIcoett.rceAlys' noticed etYhl tears. . - • .• . 4' Do not Bey any more," - - she ' imploredet shabby dress she Wore. He Wee thinking e do you think my own heart does not , tell paliolittioart4 tiattlitehliisa3idpnuenvger&eieeernite,asly.tiOnneahtoe Me all that; but- I will not go back yet; the wonderecl,_,AiLle_had_woriclered-a-hoodred- 'llainlOgrawora of comegdeerctrItill berg neY times before,if ho mother had been _an way -to -my- -Paradise,- FernedOelen knew Eriglislewoman ; his mother would ieevee Why I have told -yon ray story? it is becaelee e am going away, and 1 want you to prom. tell him anything about Miss Davenport, exeept, that she. Was of good birth and an ifle Me something, and there is no One else orphan. . ° • - I can ask; no, not your mother," looked surprised at this, "she hasasenfaZnh yo‘u‘ Drldsheoausktidinrga:thMerr.huHri4rierlygit,Qtorwsithe to tremble her." • . was 'rite aware. of the fixed look that '11 What is it ? " , asked Fern, rathet timidly.. 1, . , . always- aanoyed her: -' The admiration- of men was odious to her, now the only eyes "1 amgoing 'avraY,"" returned Crystal,, she had eared to please 'would never leek at "and one never -knows what may happen. her again. , - , I ani young, but Mehl uncertain. If I never "Do you mese Ereer' was the careless come beek, if anything befalls me, will yen answer. 'Oh, no, my dearly belOve,d cousin with your o7hande.givethie:teiaby,!,otherhsgame obrin gdowi;" and 'lealtllsteBxke,shedxewfrombetbosomtietevasahtiyxockingioneua thickwhiteenvelopesealed and directed, rr,y,svoiae e Theis with. /a bead Evelyn and placed it in Fern's lap. As it 1,ity there as need. I am afraid Erle does -not quite Fern could read the inscriptieriv ' To ' be hit it as an seilent lover; he is rather hall - given to the Bev. Baby FerrerS, afteremee death:" ' ' . hearted;--Heasked-nie-tolo-dOwn-to -Vice toria Station to.. Meet his visitor, but. I "Oh, Crystal," she exclaimed, with a deelieed, withehanks. I had otherbusiness Alva', ." whet could happen to you. You on hand, and I; do not care to be ordered are young -not -,ene-and-teienty. yet -and about; se the °arils& must go :Ilene." , your health is good, and," but Crystal mterrupted her with a strange smile. . ...e, eeYeseitee :truce .but the voting and ane • „e; e, • , ,,, ; , ; - "You are expecting visitore at Belgreve House. then ?" sheesked ;: but there. le no nagglia-,10.40141r.41 ''' ,i'' 71 `a-Vali'oiteererlin'eDOtereelieue • 'em.."• '70.17reVaii•fit qaral'r0:6416V14-"41V She avinthi tte.ak.,toT.Aptilgravelitoustrernily- triihie7ned"VnlIVI-1411 litIt die. if "1..e.iii thing he liked if. he Would only net ..make help it; but if it • slimeld be • so, will yen love to her. If. he only knew hoer 'she hated with your ownhands give 'that to Baby': it, and feint hi& of all men it will 'tell him what I . have 'suffered, "Oh, it is not my visitor," was the 'reply; and ---and it will comfort him a little:" "it is only some old fogie or other that "Yes, dear,. I will a do it ;"an' . a Fernr„Ede ' has pieked--up-Zat •Sendyriliffele leanedforwardsanditiee-wiatief Teeftly. The, nuanrwas-Oliiningbrightly now,andin the ; has a craze 'about picking up odd. people, .. . . eparedn on us by Fancy inflicting a blindsllear white light Fern noticed for • the . He was very white now. ' He too le bold first time how thin and Ale Crystal looked; icake°wl-aaeeliatnigoeellt'/''i'n':g" at -tele gee'i et; je; 0. poie, ' Of ray haiideand held them &Mier: ' •,' - hew.bet cheek, and even 'her iinpnle figure, " ' HeW dare' you, Crystitle • • he said, had keit . their ' -Mullane* • There were or he must have seen the startled teak in- otonly; • 'how dare you speak of a, lady, of deep/hollows, In ii4, temples, dark lineil her face. 'Theneit:Momens she had turned her long neck aside. . . . . Mrs, Grey. in 'that. way. Ali,.' Heavenly under the dark eyes ein spite of her beeeltY Fathereeforgive this unhappy child, -She she Waifeartelly wan. The grief that preyed 4 Do you Mean he. is:actually blind and a clergyman? hove very strange!" -aannot know what she says.' : . ' upon her world seen ravage bet.good lc:eke,. " ' . . . ".. I answered with a 'mocking laugh that For the nest time Fay felt ' a Vague, fear Yes ; the . ' result of some . acilident or .• seethed forced .from my. lips, and then, oppressing her, but she had no opportunity other. His name is Perms'. Erie raved about him to my' grandfather; but then as though " my unhappy fate Were : sealed,, to Bay more, .for ' at Erle always raves about people -ho is , that moment Crystal' Mrs. Grey .entered. • . ''. ' • 'rose 'quickly from her 804.7 , . ''' She thought it was an hysterical attack "You have promised," she Siterribly Soft hearted. He is coming up te, d, geatefullY; .: 1 nd, came atemee to Babyeehelp. ' "thank you for that. _ Itis a great itnst, London, On some citieSC. or _other, , no' one knowit I De.nee be alarmed liere-Ferreene she Pern;letitrudif-i can rely en . yen. ''. Now aeoTts .eliweiwatlheteies'h'tierige-. 441 iliTverYjni,5"0719118 '-'-'.-iiiiiiTgirnflY,it is Onlerhy.sterle; 'and she held I can talk no more; ' If yone mother, goines . •:.etit a glass of colclwetertabimalThe action ' in, will .yen tell her about .Miss Campion? " Oh; indeed," rather faintly; "and you. "-Yoti are to meet him, Ain Traff°*4;?' provokee. me, I tore myself from Baby's I think she will be glad for many reasons, -7,7 grasp, dashing the glese aside. I longed to Now,I will try and sleep, for there iii•much 0 Oh the. contrary, f am" going to do • nothing of the kind," he returnee, break seenething: There Was it : bottle to be ; done, tceriiorrow.. Good -night, my . levee- -. beside me that Thigh: Redmond had care- dear;" and the next Moment' Fere feuet---er . turably. "I told Erie ; that at 6,30, the. . time the train was due, I Was beeked for lessly left that very Morning. I %snatched herself alone in themochilight.' • ' • up the Vial, for I wanted:to crash it into a When Mrs, Trafford retarned;she heard tahkes8ing eilgqien?ent'- I did nc't. mention' million atoms, and .rush from the room; the news very qnietly. . . • :. , .. .. , . e engagement was With my 'mother; and that I shotild. probably be partaking of ,. but she called out in affright; 'Oh, Crystal e It will eeLbetter-:.ntaChbetter," she said, We -beach A, et ilee-e' and then7ehie-never quickly. ' icyou Must not feet abient it, my i' 64 of tea .1 - lint the -fact true:740er- theless." '.' • , ' . ; ' • ' sunbeam: Crestal is beginning to looki114 _: , (To be continued.) change and movement', will do .her good. 4991e. Alen* • 40° YOXY Carera About the: Letters TM' Writi; to Married lifen. A habit very OOMMOU with a number • of our thoughtless youngladies who de egreat many things quietly which they would not like to lieee known •Of' at home -ed habit • deserving of the strongest coidemnetieni is that of promiecuoug correspondence with gentlemen, whether the gentlemen be mar- ried or single. The young laclies wise find pleasure in this habit nee their pens on any pretext that term: up, and sometimes on no pretext at all. We are not really sure that this efts not come lessunder the heade'of an nedeeirible habit than a sin, for there is an indelicacy about it quite amounting to immodesty, of which no girl who re- spects herself, or who desires the respect of others, will be guilty. • young.. •letterewritere, however, -generally get kilt reward for their thought lees:vim theireoulpabilit,y, If their ger respondent is a man of ,systematic habits their letters are docketed and ticketed, an his clerks have as much, of a laugh eve them as they wish; and if he is not a sys terrietio man, elien thee° letters are ,at th mercy of iny and every One who.oheeries t waste time reeding. them, -If „their • corre spondentis aemitrried. man, his pm session Of their betters, oven of :the ince, trivial laud, places the writers at, a dised -ventagee-.Boener-oreleter--The-lettere-fal into.thahands_ofehisewifeewlao-reads-elt folly or the wickedness with clear eyes an holds ehe writer not only in contempt', bu in her power. No young girl can b sure that her •correspondent is -.no merely amusing' himself with bee and '4t is. often the case that he letters are unwelcome and it nuisance ameba does not cheek them and does repl to them, net from interest in her; bu merely manly chivalry. When the write has recovered from her folly or , forgotten about her idleness„ there is the letter ready to rise, like an awful betraying ghost, afto3 she herself has, xessibly, •undergone a phange, her-faceehtire branded with -elle -Me, should the better eve chance to confront her, or !.perhaps even ihe memory of it. Her motive may have been-aelleireetena time, but it is left *ever under doubt; end„, in feat, except in the baldest busineee affair, there can be ne exonee,'and;eherefore nreinnobence, in the matter 01 a young girl's writing letters any to any 'Wan . not her personal - rglative or guardieo,:for „.ractit,..of , thole. letterSc Ithereliativiugtmitalterdineas.thootthtis.,- naltt /titane,M7imenerczponsion* "'hirniaill never" thinks other.than light Of her on account of them.-Hafper's Bazar. . • -rt.-. VAT Al' AAP OLP v1t114. Been,ce. in London that .Ptdeil RiSagra4- „ trously, fail FAY, who has received several flat - :tering notices in leading London paperik was giving al' ” opiritualiotio seailee itt 131ackbarn_ouTuesday.night:;,. betellee-leere-- formance, came to, sudden termination, for some people in the audience struck lights. MisaFay was supposed to bo floa,t- • ing aoroos the room semi -darkness, but ite the figure passed over the heads of the, audience it was caught, and' ' le 1 ' the spiritualistic object was found to be nothing but a dummy of woreted and gebee„nianip- ulated by wires, While AlitisVitY. heraelf-Wea. inee.e_letea: axivaeueoli:betatde. to tlie roffit, There, was stormed and the, police had to be called was a dieturbeece after' this, the platform •••••••,-, • Eressure'Tind•Should Be Iresisted. - ' " Hnoeenian " writes in the Canada , Pregbytrianr Tho -path of the Church is d fairly strewn. with the ,victiins of irrespoee • F. tibeide.Po of 6' riparlieTe.u.eE? 1 eeregeYr em• ePne 11: than ta.hui; e ether claee of men. , A few reatlets, irre- o oponsible epirits, 'inirrmind a pester -and - urge him • to send - for -some -, sensational- , revivalist -Red get up: a revival,- .: The pastor- - - t. wants a genuine.revivalintlae congregation . - much more than any of the restleso spirits • ' F -da-7.---Hehae-worhed-for-itTplaimed--for--it, e -preyed-foreitedone-alleireldepowerto-pro-- d mote it.. • 13ut he know o very well that t many excellent people of conservative lean - e ings in.. the congregation do not take t kindly to some modern, revival Method& • I; nEseefkunl°0wpescaials16setrhvaitcesseemdsi °eh: be discordhel I I li n :I te : r where are the irrespensibles who brought" • r revivale ; he yields end the sensational un - r the auspices of the session and by minie- ,- . dim], soaws tnr 01 tis 0 !Int otfor.-wil °Ill.; the-sduil disaster a site rP- c'e or mh aePOsi":".-: -r. - . around corner groceries gabbling' over ;the • , ande.simpleste;e1.eallemetteeeieeetiateedraye, • -4e-ea :nrithiegaieetateee ; le. nik""i$41 o '-:ivg4:11,75r-,..,?T., 4,erwregoninniarearemp - Ilezespenseble're:ef COSA the irresporesibles -lose nothing, for -the .best ' ' would gabble ; over ' the last lacrosse . . or : •baseball . • match, t,. 'The ' Church - persons po hold there. But let shell services be begun, continued and ended by: loge the inestimable blessing Of peace; biet may lose influence, lose money, the presiitire to bear? They are snickering. affair ih.ninoh the same spirit se they, •. tem Of ins own church, but he here a chronic; . fear of being ' charged with opposition Ic• r been sown at irony so-called. revivals that , have brought forth bitter fruit for years. He knows also that more effectieeend more • men of known and established •Chriitian character, Wen. for whom the_Christian people of the community have respect ' and • ;.l in wham they have-confidencee-• A revival' carried on-beerereefirthet no sane man -. ▪ would make executor for an .estate worth '• . "1 paw her white hands trembling, .her blue eyes dilated With :horror ; and then My demon wat. upon Mice I knew 'What.it • Was, aod, I hurled it at' her, and Baby sprang between -he sprang between tia, Ole Baby, ,Reby .1 -and then, with'aiahriek that rang •through my brain for months after.. weeds, he fell to the ground in 'convulsions .•, • . • . "I cannot go on. I cannot!. ; "Was not Cain's punishment greater than he oceild boar? ' • • ' • • ' "'When they came to me' as I ley across the threshold of his door, and 'told me that , the light of those. beautiful eyes was quenched.' for over; that I should' never meet' that -loving glance again, that he was' blind -blind ---and that it was my in . that had done it; then it was that in my :agony I . breathed ,the vow that I would remove;their curse frointhem, that I would .' wander fortle-Cabi-like, 'into the great world, until my !punishment wee., in Borne degree commensurate with My Sin: Fern, I have. never faltered• in my purpose. I , have never repented of my resolve, though ' • their love has sought to recall :nee. and I • .know that ,in their. hearts they had forgiven me. . I have ,Worked, and. wept, and prayed, and MY expiation has not been ••• • . .. . in van}, • , • , •• • • , ' ' ' ' "Io the Crystal you know you will hardly find a trace of the' high-spirited girl • that Raby loved, hay, that he loVes • still. Ah, I know it all now; how he eeeks his darling, endne ,tezieiLlei.e.elife epurp_oseete, know how even in his ' intolerable .. find her, and bring• her beak to peace. I anguish he prayed them to have mercy ' upon MO, and to apex° ine thee:iv-NW' truth. I have seen hid face, that changed blind •-•, face . of his. I have ministered ' to him with these hands, , I ,. have heard hie dear etrice, and yet I have not ;betrayed 'mYself." ' . . . ,, , : "Crystal," sobbedVern, and indeed she could scarcely •speeti for her tears, elle Was so inoV4d by thie, pitiful story, if I Were • you 1 mild go beck to -Morrow; how can you, how 0,11 YOU leave 14m, Wien he needs Ouflifeis very „quiet, She has too Much time Ad "leed .upten herself. e SLie, will be Obliged to rouse herself among strangers." And when Fern' told' her tearfully Ofthe promise she had , Made, MEd:. Trafford only listened with grave grade. • "Put it away Safely,. my 'demi; you will never have to give it, I hope; only it is a relief to , the . boor child to know_ that you have it. Her's is a strange, morbid nature: She is not yet bureeded sufficiently: When she is, she will go back, like the Prodigal, and take the forgiveness that is waiting for her. Now; my darling,' all . this sad talk heti 'made you look pad..., You meet try and forget* and go to Sleep." Bat, for the 'list time in .her healthy girlhood; "eleep refused to come at Fern's bidding ;. and she lay reatleas. and &axiom.), thinking oZ, her friend's tragical story until the 'grey , awn ushered in the new day.- ' • The little household in Beulah Place wera -very hese' deringthe next few days. Th�. girls weet out shopping together teXeplenish Crystal's modest wardrobe, and then sat working until nearly midnight to complete the new travelling dress. Fein wag putting the final tstitaleif on the last afternoon while Crystal Went to bid good.bye to her pupils. The black trunk in .the rooni was already packed, for she Was to start early in the morning. . • • '% Percy hadnot yet- heard the newe;, hp had been.aWay froth town the last Week, to Crystal's great relief. She had begged Mrs. -Traffordand-Fern-tosay nothing about her nip-I/entente. He' might appear at any moment, and Crystal dreaded it keno if he heard of her approaching departure.. "It will be ratich'better for him ,not to know until the sea is between " she had saictio, Mrs; Trafford. "When he lidera I, hevegone Without bidding him goed.bye, he Will see then that I mewl what- I say-. that my life has:nothing to do with his ;" and Mrs.arafford had agreed to this. ' • It was with a feeling of iMiloyanea and Very, real discornfort; then, that Crystal caught sight of him as she came down the stops of. :Upton' Honse, Ito wao walking quickly down the street, o,nd evidently per- ceiVed her at ogee. There Would be no 'chance of escaping him,, se she walked slowly 'on,'quite aware that he Would overtake her in another minute. As they were, to part se. soon, elle Must put 'up with his escort. Of Course he had been to Place,' and ifdi4 now in seer& of her ;" pilot boy! • . • The neXt niament she heard his footstep behind her, AG in ;Policeman Allen, of the western' district, found a man. sleeping on 'the commons in the, Vicinity of -Broadway and Twenty- third. On getting the fella* to his feet, the 'officer discovered that he had been badly beaten. a4a, you get that blank'eye?" asked- Alien. Oh, that's all right; all in fun; we all have to.take it some time." ' ",But peel. nose is Meshed flet ; explain, who 'asset:deed you." • • " Tit tut it isn't no.' odds ; all " And.yout right ear leeks as though it had been through a sausage Mill." • " It don't matter, if She's happy*. Li can stand it." , • • '" She, who ad yeti mean? ' Men, there • mei ten hairs on your head. pia your Wife beat you up ?"' • , " No,. no; it Wile. a little family affair. We have 'era . often, , so it don't . matter. 1,3onietimee my wife's enothereakes.aeliend in the shindy; the old gal is always... there. when she is in the humor for fun, and•leet night she was honing over .with . LoUirufille Courier -Journal. The Part cotherne Glas weilv The gad at the. suddenlYdisappeared on. Tuesday,. and no reason can be Meow:tied for it. is surmised some that the hole at the vein has by some means filled up, thus preventing the from Coming' up. On Wednesday,' men were at Work putting down two-iiich pipe inside the casting to ascertain, if possible, the cause of the obstruction.' NO one thinks it can be possible that the' gee bee already been . eX. bane* in the well • • still it is naticing the company coneideraide aneesinese. The DeMinioh ; Government has been notified the Canadian Sealers seideaik .13ehriineeSea title' season have been fond gUilty.at Sitka of illegal 'Boeing iha tho, which involves th ITriited States ' claim to veseele iihclaikincilf rfeited. A test • case • You so?" ' , . • ". exclusive sovereignty in Ilehring's . Sea , is ." I'goback to him ?". 'repeated the other nevi before the Admiralty' Courtin Boston, girl, mournfully. "1 who . hava!blighted and will no &melt be carried to the United his life and: darkened his days; , who have Statile Supreme. Cotire for a 'final judgineet. . , • .made his existence it long night? I. who The Trench wit biller:Os Made in four, ', . have `rObbed,hitreof the gloky.of his prieet- t. I, hood, and :Tiede him what he is, a ;wreck. Of without droppieg it. .., , ; • , ' "•. en sections, so that a btillet may go through T t.i. hie former self?" , . , ' • . . ;- ''Alon2o Whyland., • Aged 10 ,yeers was. 0 was the • .Eiteady answer. " "Igored to aoath by a bolt on alarm 'zio'r.th of Id go back to him and be his. ey08,; Albion village, Now York, yesterday: '• Ed 'et , ti his goodness humbled •ine in the •., , was endeavoring to entice th 9 a eli, Crystal, itreerOu, WOesetir elle 4, Mies, Deeeerrtethis feted deligheel," Bern with a piiie of' feed' ' Ris• bodi -Was• • C't .“1713,!,. Editor KnoWiEverything,".., It is encouraging to see how rapidly th friends of our cause all Over the countr are realizingandacting upon this 'truth For otie thing, .they are making the pro poverty press do egad miseimearyWerk John Smith writes, to his county paper ex pounding the anti -poverty gOepi31, andre questing tii.he put, right if he is wrong. Th editor is only to happy to oblige -and, be sides, it's such an easy thing to do. Th editor is perfectly at home oirilie -subject- knows all about anti -poverty, united fabci party, Henry George, Dr. McGlynn and al the reit one, and has only been waitin4ku a-gooa chance to knock the whole:comer into a cocked hat. Ever read " progres and Poverty 7" Well, eio ; but;•blees you -he knows the book just well as though h had read everyword of it; :has read al about it a hundred times. e And 80 Mr Editor sits down, and triumphantly prove table corresPondent'sonie suchIroposition ad. that • even e if it were •possible t divide the lend .tips so that every Man, woman and child' should • have a,piece it wouldn't be a Week before' SOMe. men Would be Belling their . shares, and ether men buying them ; or, perhaps, like His Grebe Archbishop Corrigan; in his lemons pastoral, be gives a flit of splendid ergu- rriente Against ' the private Ownership 'of land,' and • then claims that they prove ,private ownership to altogether Jruitifi- able. in other a arils, he sets up a figure of etre*, christens it ' Anti -poverty, and demolishes it tritimpliently. New. this sort of argument ' rarely fails to recoil. Men read the paper and ask theeiselves if it really.ctie be possible that„ hundreds of thonsande. of men-crergymen, mechanics, lawyers, doctors and Storekeepers; men of every trade and acapittion-ditd, be . de- luded by .onoh a transparently ehallotv theory ' as that which the editor has ex- plodede in a• isieglie column article.' And, :just , a Matter of curiosity; •these Men take pp ",Progress and Poverty". or the .Standardi or begin to question...their-tang, poverty friends,' and then. -- ah! then there's it pretty -kettle ef fish I They se0. the truth--•-iiee it faoe 36, face.: for the first tipie; and, seeing it., they can't help. recog- nizing and believing in it. New •York Standard. 'Tie the Midnight Eoni. --Birdiellnilerripire.=-T ere so etliiire verY'weird inyeterieue aboat the Mid- night hour. ' Hostetter MOGiiiniseeYes;I have noticed that if 'yea wake lip in the middle of 'the might an uncertain feeling' corneii 'over yon. You ain't sure whether ,it is. yesterday or to:morrow: Philadelphia bridelelress is of crearie satin, the back a Straight long trains. kept up by deft arrangement of petticoats Baia thick ruches of silk. The !rent is covered with a fine lace scarf, the two ends parallel .with the edge of the ,skirt and the double portion at the top being • carried . on to the bodice, the whole making a soft and grace - frit drapery. ' • . A 001301011cent of thirty or forty ' Cana- dian horses, nuroharied by. Colonel. Goldie; have just arrived at.Veolwieh from Mee- teice. On landing% the horses hecanie, uncontrollable and alniast created it perdue; in, town. They Will, undergo training itt the remount establishinent. It is runiered that tord Salisbury will shortly visit Prince Bismarck. , • At a enitgd laborniails meeting held hi, the eighth Went of Ii4ehester, N. Y.; wea- neSday evening,' Miss' Ella Clementine Begets, State agent of the Now York State qmporance Society, made Opeech ouncing her sympathy, with . the 'Honey. cage Movement. thought,3hatr-the. the first lady: who, bee taken :Miele it arid Oh ehe platforin outildc of NoW,, York• ' • , -,rt only,When leVe that the gamblers! satisfaed to hold.* Weide hand: $100 is not likely to do Much good: _ „ . _ • „ . -"A Grand Eiehtn with Carlyle. ' . • . Alfred. Tenneson. at One tithe often paid a'Ivisitte Thomas Carlyle'at Chelsea.' On one of those oboapions these two great Men, haying gene tiiCarlyle'e library to have a, quiet chat together, Boated themselves' one on each. Elide Of the fireplace, and lit their pipes. And there for two shouts they eat, • plungedie profound meditation, the silence behiguribraken save for the little dry regu- • . Jar. rand 'that the lips of the smokers " made asthey sent pnffeof smoke ow:Hi:1g , tilt the ceiling... Not one single:46rd° broke . the silence: • After two hours „of this • strange converse between two great smile that understood each ether without speech, . Tennyson rose to take leave of his host. " Carlyle. . went , with hire to the door, and then; grasping :.his • hand, uttered these words-" Eh; 'Alfred, we've had a greed ,nieht COmehitck again soon." °:. • ' . Edward Moran and Thomas Moran, feci,ea /Worth,. Dakota; on their , way to Ontario,. : obtained it room Monday night.. at the Massasoit Efoinie, corner, of Central avenue and South Wafer, street, and weri3 found dead in their beds yesterday niorning.:Thee-e- gaejet was epee and the room full of gas; . thich it was presumed they had blown out. They were Well- dressed young men.. Besides their clothing and other valuables 016 was foundin their pockets. The-poke:net held an inquest,, and a verdict Warreturned of asphyxiation by gaj3.-41iicevo Tzrne8 of yesterday. • ••• Nothing to Teak Froin 'that Sot4ce: George; dear," said 'the girl, 'tido yon, ever drink. anything.?" • Yee, occasionally," George reluctantly' admittedT: ' • " But, dear,"' she went on Anxiously,. " What do yeti suppose papa ivould 'say' • he should discover that tbe future hus of,his,only daughter drank?" "He ldiecoVeredit this Morning," ' George, and whatdid lie eaY/?i' eeelelie said, Well, George; ;My ,bey, I den't care if r She IpLight etet Peterby (tanew'serverit).•eThe last servant bad a habit of going into tlie parlor. Witlebee young man and eitting there the whole of ttkevening. • Have you a young New Servant -No, muni; but • might get one with subli inducer:10AB offered. , • -Mrd. Cleveland'patronizes ite•Washirig. • ton tailor wlien she orders nevie„eeetuniee, She does net like thinks e fand Nether of th Olc1,:laphioneci • dresitinaker, and while Europe. adopted the custom • of going to a taller to have her, dress made:: , 'The fent : • , that she thing tothis habit has had an . effect onNeshington eigabOaree; , Wherj. once, the word 'Pi Dressmaker" appeared is. new painted thelegend ' LtadieeTailor.'' , • -Oscar Wilde regrets his •SOn is not it daughter, because, he says," girls drape 80 rnuch. ,bneltrtoe'relt" Bait 46 feet•thiel has, been *, struck, at Mace, at a depth Of 2,230' feet., \The gait is clear arid vire. The well • is to be put down another Lei:loath feet in , search ig.O1. gas.. - • ' Most of the buildings hurlied„be. the .recenit,.. fire itt:$anforet," Flit" were Of , "4 fat" pine, blazosjike.cetton_w•lion4guitedt- I 'Michigan has a neeelty,iii-o. bioyclai band " The Musicians plaS,ka they richW • • The German Goverteleht has handed. over *12,000 indeinnity to 0101'440W `GainekeeperlItignan.. ' • • •.*.can; thellavio,tit cast ,geven ev)10; ;OA plc ace ?fore. a 1,00 . of frig,htfully mangled " : •••*