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"1 ;est not wear this tory more," she then sle 1'tr a lite ('001(1,
ftul' '!
said, le eoly; "1t means too 111(1011 to
_A 1Ilgl . a t n •.,u e a'• rig tel
•1 for retmeu•det to,Y\v liffc cud, almost bro-
me, and I hove loved it 00 dent 1 heel i carpi, cud, at tecmic fhr, d'eoi'
1110• 91)10 of what fC 11101011, and 1. do not ing lift' a lumen too heavy to be
borne.
wish to even see anything that can re-
mind me of the—the hapipness 1 have
]psi fake it and put it away, Earle;
tial 1f -ire---"
111, ((ought her breath quickly, while
he 1)'11 01 if Ile were turning to stotnq,
It '1(r,"' she began again, with'
great effort, lint looking so wilite mit
deathly that Earle feiu'otb` Nlio would
drug (lead at her feet—"if ever in the fu;
t(1r0 you melt any one Whom you,; think
will male you happy,,teihler nIl about
our Femme, 1'hr'le, arils -•give iter tliis
with—coy blessing„
"Oh, 1L'aven] Editha, _do you wish
to Chive ma mad?" he groaned.
"Dear Earle, it is hard -l: cannot tell
you how lard it is for 1115' to say this,•
but I know dial, (what 1 tell you will
be rigid; for yqn t do( and -1 do want
you to be happy,'
"Happy! 1)o you not•lenoty that that
word will meek X11, all 'tjte sonnahider of
my lifo3" be cried, with exceeding bit.
1 -,holo not, baric," and her sweet
lipt guivet ed iic a grieved child's.
"Do yen- think you will ever know
lml plats again; Editha?'' Earle answer•
ed, almost, fiercely, and yet her sad faeo
t.
s o r
nn Gnu for the question.
if it is (rod's will," site answered,
with a weariness that pierced him to the
hearts core; but in" -her soul she knew
that apart front him the world would
ne cr hold; any charm for her again,
"'there are some things in life," she
wentol, with motirrtful sweetness, after
a nattfitept, "that we cannot understand
—tins tritti'of ours is one of, them }Ire -
member reading somewhere that
'Never morning wore
To el ening, but .some heart did break,'.
and it th1,�0t•)s0„go, We are not alone in
our Sonf'fowy';5perhape all will be well in
the end and we shall live to realize it—
let us trust that 11 1(103' be so. That,
Earle, -you have it beautiful home, and
probdbly there are long years 'of useful
life before you, but there tun be no 00(11'
font in a household without a skillful'
111ud to beautify bud direct. Do not
fat et what 1 'say—remember that 1
et en Irish it, should the time ever come
whom you can 10011ze it; and note, Earle,"
reaching out her lands with it sob that
seemed red u r ung front her against her wd1,
"gotd-hy --Cod ever bless and keep y oto"
His hands droppd suddenly,and the
ring rolled to his feet; he had not taken
it -he had seemed to have no1power; and
She, feeling that she could bear no more,
turned as if to leave him.
He had stood like ON, Stunned white
she 11110 speakttg , '11e e011 111 not seem
to realize that slm really meant this for
her last, long farevell;`but, 00 she turn-
ed from ]tint, he cried out suddenly, in
n ('0100 of agony:
"Editha) 01, any lost love, do not
teat ate thus!" i
She stopped, her )lead drooping upon
her bosoms, her hanks hanging listlessly
by her side.
He sprang to her, and, forgetting
everything but the pain of the moment,
lie drew bet passionately to his breast.
"l;dithn—Illy happiness—my love—all
that is dearest and hest in the world,
)tow can you go away front me so? I
cannot bear it. 1 will not believe this
fearful thing that is to roe us of all our
bright future."
5110 lay resistless in his embrace now,
it was for the last time, she thought,
even if she had not been too weak to
move.
"'fell me, Editha, is there 110 way of
escape? Must we live out our dreary
future, this poisoned arrow corrodingiln
our hearts? Alt! if this terrlible tale
could be lefuteeL"
"But it cannot, Earle; there is no way
but to beta' it patiently," ate breathed.
"No, there is no other way, for I know
that that mom is 1uy father, and that
fact iota i,1 , our every hope, It is
hard, my b••loved; let two call you so
once more; let 010 ]told you close for
the last time; let me kiss these dear
lips, and tough this shining hair, and
then 1 will go away its you wish. I will
not add one pang to what 1 know you
already suffer. !leaven bless you, my
weary, stricken one—my lost love."
Bah one strong arm he held her close
against Itis almost bursting heart, until
lie could look down into the beautiful
face that he felt he might perhaps be
looking *is very last upon.
Ills lips lingered upon her hair, touch-
ed her forehead with trenil]IOns tender-
ness, and than. with n sob wrung from
the depths of Ids soul, he pressed one
long, passim I(te kiss upon her lips, gent-
les released her, stooped to pick up the
CIAPlT11 XXXV.
Editha Dalton mrd her nether went to
Ncwpert—he to get ail the pleasure out
of life that he could by mingling in rite,
sports of the gay world and spending Ilia
„daughter', money, she to bear with Ivhat
011unssio(1 she could the weary routine
in whicli she had no heart, and which
was lint n mockery to her.
Earle had. faithful to his word, made
0rer the Loup dfspatnad ten 1,1100sand dols
burg, to -lir. Dalton, and this, ;together
with Idit1a's handsome income, which.
she tacitly riolded up to bin1, enabled
hill tome like a prince.
Pott people wondered to se holy the
brightness had faded front the fair girl's
life.
She took 110 interest in the pl ;)sures
1,g,frivolites of the fasbiot blegwater-
iiig-1ilaet.
She twouid,not attend their parties and
social gatherings, but wandered alone by
the sea, or, eat in the seclusion of
bee cern -' room, pole, sad, and
silent, thinking ever of the
one so doer, who at her bidding had put
the ocean between then.
Her rebellions heart had `refused to
banish ilial from the plaeel(so log his
own, or yield up one tithe of the love
which she had lavished upon him.
Tho very name of brother, applied to
him, node her shudder with repulsion
and the thought of being bis sister made
her cry out with despair and grow sick
and faint with horror,
Mr. Dolton, to his credit, 11e it said,
after Earle was wet out of the way,;
after Earle was well out of the way,
great gentleness and kindness.
Perhaps lie felt a thrill of remorse as
he sow her day by day growing so frail
and slight. and hearing with such Fad
patience the sorrow which lie had
brought upon her.
Perhaps, since we cannot conselentioys-
ly attribute really unselfish motives to
him, he only realized that she was the
gooserdy1l° brought hint' the' golden eggs,
and eonsidered it a matter of policy to
conciliate' her favor,
Be this as it may, lie improved his ad-
vantage to the fullest extent.
Moray •slipped through bis fingers like
;]water:; be had never seemed -so gay, reek-
tless,,laud intent' upon his pleasure be-
fore; 'and more than one old associate re-
marked that "11r. Dalton grew fast as
11e grew old."
But a NomeSie 01118 011 Ido track.
:1 relentless .£ate bus parsuing )nim,
crying, "No (Marten„tlltil the mighty
one is fallen” 1.
Itis days of unholy living and revenge,
of treachery and wrong, were numbered,
though he )anew its not, nod no spirit.
of warning whispered that for every evil
deed he had clone he must soots give an
account.
Ile had conquered a mighty foe
himself,
1 fe remembered that Editha bad once
told hum, when speaking of her refusal
of Mt l'ressnlin s offer of marriage, that
"she had suffered more nt the thought
givingain
ofshe it in refusing
than re dl '
1
im
him."
Some one has written, "Pity melts the
mind to love," and perchtmee, oat of he)
sympathy for him, something of affec-
tion might arise. and a life of quiet hap-
piness be gained for her ns well as for
his cousin,
"Paul, 1 have something of importance
to communicate to you," he said, coming
to the point at once.
"Say 00, then: are you in trouble? Can
1 do anything for yon':" \1t Tressalia
asked, with no ;onions glance into the
worn face'
"No; there is nothing that you or any
to give you
m0 chic can do for mile: aC 10 \
u s �6
a chance in the lace after happiness that
I cone to you," Earle answered, with
something of bitterness in his tone,
"1 do not understand you," lie returned,
a flash rising to ins check,
"1)o y0(1 still love Editha Dalton?"
Earle asked, setting his teeth to keep
hack a rebellions groats.
"Do you need to ask me that (ANS,
tion 1" fatal '1'ressnlia returned, reproach-
fully, his face suddenly paling now. "I
must always love her,"
"Then go • and win her if yen can; the
way is open; there. is nothing to hinder
you," Earle said, wiping the cold sweat
from his face.
His cousin looked at him in blank as-
tonishment, wondering if he was losing
his Mind ,that he should make such a
sto 10(00(11 00 that, or if it was some
lovers' quarrel - that had driven Earle
hone Month. despair,
'Earle, without waiting for reply, pro•
eecded to relate to him the story of
Edithit's relationship to himself,
"It is' killing me," he said, when he had
finished; "1 rebel every day against the
cruel fate that has separated us, for
love her Only as a 'non can levo the
separated us, for I love her only as a.
ratan candove the woman who slimlld be
his wife, and shall love her thus until
1 die. 'You love her, also; and perhaps,
if you can win her,;
uX11111,
110111 may yet
eio much of donl stpeace. If I can-
:,
not (maguey illy. sinful I may' die,
and you may then regain what you have
lost, while Editha will, after all, be mis-
tress of Wycliffe"
• "Earle, 110 not speak thus," Mr, 'Tres•
salia said, with deep emotion, for the
wild bitterness and misery of his cousin
grieved him, "I was glod to relinquish
Wycliffe to you when 1 knew that it
rightly belonged to you. I do not covet
it, and I would not Bove natters in this
respect other thou as, they are. I hope,
too, that ,you may live. to sea a lusty
heir growing up to take it niter you.
1lut this is a strange story you have
told 1110—Editha yowl' half-sister, 111.
Dalton your father!" •
"Yes, it is even so, though I would
gladly give every acre of my inheritance
to have it proved otherwise,".
"You must resmnble • your mother's
funnily alone, then, and 'she lermother,
for there is not a single point of resents
blame between you to testify to any
such relationship 1i
"1 do not know as to that. Ionly
know that the facts exist to prove it,"
Earle said, dejectedly.
"Poor child! she loved yore $o devoted-
ly, she was so proud of you, and she
must have suffered also. I would that
I could give you both hack your host
happiness, is it not strange that only
out of the ruin of either pin. hopes or
mine happiness eau come to either of
us'!" \lr, 'Tressalia said, regretfully.
"it is ruined, whether you win or not,
and yet I: go on sinning day, after day,
loving her as madly (10 eve Earle cried,
clenching leis hands in his pain. "Co, go,"
he added, wildly, "amt win her quickly Af
you can, and perchance, when she io once
your wife, 1 may be able to gain some-
thing of peace, or the esmblance of it"
Paul 'Tressalia needed 110 second bid-
ding, though it must be confessed was
IMP elated by any very strong hope of
8(1(1000.
His heart told him that if Editha loved
with the same intensity a9 Earle, it
would be as enduring as eternity, and
he could neve' hope to win her as his
wife.
It was tt matter of some surprise to
Paul Tressalia that Earle slunk return
to England alone,
Ile had fully expected that he would
Ming Edna ns a bride to IYyeliffe. and
he had tried to school his oven heart to
bear it, Ile sae' nt once that there was
some deep trouble on his mind; no one
ever had such heavy, hollow eyes, such
a worn haggard face w'dtho1nt some ode -
quote cause. But, as Earle did not offer
any explanation for it, he 000111 not
gnestimt him. And so the' days went by,
while he began to mature his plans for
his own future.
Earle 01 once entered neon his duties
as master of Wycliffe, and was received
most heartily by all the adherents of the
former marquis and soon gained an in-
fluence and footing in the county whiclr
ought to have satisfied the most exact-
ing.
lle was feted and flattered, quoted, ad-
vised and sought after; but never for
a moment did he forget that snd white
face that for a few minutes had lain on
his breast for the last time, nor the lost
heartbroken farewell and the 1001-n1110-
nntrnuu'ed "God ever bless and keep you.'
But the time game when he had to
fight another, mighty battle with him-
self.
Nis hopes foe the future hard all been
destroyed by a single blow; but l'aul
Tressalia still loved Editha, he knew,
and there might be a ray of hope for
hint.
The question arise within 11101, "Ought
ac not to tell him of the change 111 the
relations which existed between Edith
and himself, and if there was the shadow
of a possibility of his winning her love,
might he not to allow him to put it to
the test?"
One day he sought flint, with n pale.
ling she bait wished him to have, awl corn face.
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rounded the( s had fallen awn) leaving
great 11.; Blows where before there had
been o di limb., st a shell bloom the sear,
let 14104 vv eieli had ever been wreathed athed in
sol niest sin ileo, _wore a mournful droop,
and Were, sled, blue, and drawn with
Pala.
She greeted hen however, with more
than 1101. mum:domed cordiality, and lis-
tmcd eagerly while he told her about
Earle and the magnificent inheritance
that had fallen to him, Any one who
could tell her aught concerning her dear
one; was doubly welcome.
She was never weary of hearing about
Wycliffe, and all the noble ancestors of
he noble house of Vance, She took tl
strange, sad pleasure in the mournful
histo,} of the to t'r luate liable, and
Paul lre.sahn, seeing it, gratified her
as far as he was abs.', though he could
but realize that he 10an making 110 pro-
:;re1s in her affections,
"1 au( afraid Newport doe; not agree
With you, 'Miss Dalton," he remarked,
0110 day, as he carne upon her sitting
b
listless and dejected ludo• a tyre nota'
the sea -shore, her eyes fixed dreamily
(iron the restless waves, a look of pain
concocting 110 fair forehand.
"1 do not enjoy Newport," she said,
Lith asigh; "at least tial goy hurry and
bustle that we are constantly in."
"Then why not go to some more quiet
place? Why not go to some farm among
the mountains, where the air 1 drier
and purer. 1 do net ,like to see you look-
ing so f11," he returned, with visible anx-
iety.
Papa is not content unless lie can be
where there is considerable excitement,"
she answered, wearily; "and I don't
know as it matters mucic," she added,
with a faraway look,
Still he mould not rest content until
lie had once, more put his fate to the
test, and, with a tender though sad part-
ing feniu his noble -hearted kinsmen, 1(0
once more crossed the broad Atlantic.
lle reached Newport in the height of
its gayety, gild wets eutbust.tstuaUy' os'et
earnued he 1110 add acquaintances.
To ht; surprise \[r. Dalton received
hint with great coolness, surmising at
once the errand upon which he had come.
He had discovered, if other's boill'401,
tl:at Paul Tressalia afls nil"longer; "heir
to great expectations," mU its oytie,not
at all anxious now either:}Elra Ealitt,a
sh incl marry. 1•
She was ill fading dank.. ltg7'�',� jpurly,
as every. one could see';, tot lnl¢ll pre
dieted 0 rapid decline rend a oarly,'death
melees 00010 change for the, tdr•'"decurs
r
red noon,,
Mr, Ilnitou ahook,;his!head sadly and
sighed heavily, as a.laird And anxious
parent Waneter interviewed
upon the slkbjtctt but secretly he cons
ogle 01010tg l'uitieha 1018 of falfi:ng heir to
her sung fortune. ;
"She is my 'dsughter," he 0,001(1 say
s 1 himself, rubbing his hands together to
tlutt'peculiat they he had 'If she dies
unmarried and without a. will --and 1
dont think she has thought of such a
thing as that—of course being her near-
est blood relation, 1shtll inherit and
he elways ended theseconfidentialcog)
lotions with a ehu0110, accompanied by d
look of infinite atoning,
W it will bo readily seen that Alr,.
Dalton had no idea of .enconr (Cin
'fressniia es a suitor, • t'speertlly tis he
cold no longer offer her any peculiar
advantages.
But that young man WAS shocked nt
the change in tine fair girl. The leashing
eyes were sad and lustreless now; the
"It does matter," Paul Tresstllia burst
forth, indignantly; "if this' air is too
heavy and bracing for you, you should
not be allowed to remain here another
do Do '
y, you not see•that your hetilth is
failing? You aro weaker and thinner even
than when 1 cane a week ago."
She smiled faintly, and, lifting her
thin hand, held it up between her eyes
and the sun,
It slave almost transparent, while ev-
ery bone, vein, and cord could be distinct-
ly traced.
fl'itll a little sign site let it drop again
into her lap, and turning to her compan-
ion, said, with 0 grave, thoughtful look
on her face:
"i wonder want the spiritual body will
be like?"
"Miss Darton—Editha, what made you
think of that ?" he asked, startled by
her words, yet knowing very well what
had made her think of it—that little
hand had more of a spiritual than a ma-
terial look nbont It.
"One cannot help thinking of it when
the physical body is so frail and so eas-
ily destroyed, When one is patting offs
She smiled faintly, and, lifting he '
thin halal, held 'it up between her eyes
and the sun: •
It shone almost transparent, while ev-
ery bone, vein and cord could be distinot-
ly traced.
With a little sigh she let it drop again
into her lop aaut turning to her complus
ion, said, with a grave thoughtful look
on her face:
"I wonder what the spiritual body will
be like?"
")liss Dalton--Editha, what made you
think of that)" he asked, startled by
her Words,' yet knowing very well what
had mode her think of it—that little
hand had more of a.spiritual than a ma-
terial look about rt."
"One cannot hely thinking of it when:
the physical body is so frail and so eas-
ily destroyed. When one is putting' off
tie mortal one naturally is carious to
know what the immortal is like;" and
she spoke as calmly es if she were mere
ly talking of changing a dress.
"Editha, you are not—you do not
think you are 00 ill as that?" lie cried,
almost awe-stricken.
"Yes, I hope so; what have I to .live
for now?" she asked, turning her sad
eyes upon hint, and his heart sank in
despair within hint, "You know all ,0y
trouble," she added, a moment after;
"you know how 011 my hopes' were
crushed. I atn,100 I might say, entirely
alone in the t orldl I have hardly a
friend on 'when 11 depend, no one to
comfort 11111 cheer me, and I have no
right even to the name I bear. Do you
think that -life -holds out very nn1ch that
is,pleasant to. me? 1 ant young to 'die,
and I Cannot say that I do not dread the
thou iit'of being laid away and forget.
ten Au4'yet I know it would cure my
n
pain tli'cra is no pain Beyond, you know,
,
,311I.,had anytiting.to do, if I aright be
of imy''confort 00 useto any one, if 1
'})ad elven one friend who needed me, I
e differently."
i+aould feel di fe ." }
sadness and hopelessness of her
tone and words almost made him weep
in' spite of his manhood.
IIe throw himself down upon the grass
beside her, with a low cry.
(To he continued.)
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.Many a mon is so henpecked that we
110,' apt to wonder what his name Was
before lie Married.
Some of the banquets given by dele-
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In order to conquer hope, Time often
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,SCIENTIFIC JOTTINGS.
The tang -despised goer is gradually being
shown some favor. Rs milk is now regard-
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dren.
Flowers aro one and a half derees warmer
than the surrounding air.
The United States Government is the larg-
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this country. It buys - 860,OOa mutually,
English is .compulsory 111 all Jnpanece
schools,
It Is said that. London produces over 200
new designs In "penny toys" every 'Week.
Parrots show a marked fondness for, musle.
A Spanish bull fighter sometimes gens as
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A single orange tree will often produce
20,000 oranges.
It is stated that a chameleon which 10
blind loses its power of making itself of
the same hue as its surroundings.
The ears of a child seldom change as It
develops into an adult, but after middle age
they seinothnes grow larger.
The Queen of Holland discourages gunning
so fns' as alio ie able. Ehe is an ardent lover
of all animals.
Grapes are BOW trodden with the bare feet
in many of the vineyards of Spasm and Italy,
10 'Seamy a horseshoer must qualify by
examine^ -Ion.
A carpet owned by so Orientalpotentate
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precious stones.
In Holland the 'horn 00 a warning signal
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(Rudolf Stelghagen, In Boston Transcript,)
I know not how the grist of mind,
The fevered doubts and hopes and fears,
Will mingle in the lapsing years;
And yetI hold that God db nd;
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of possessing
more thetancea of mtitp,uiutea hops rem-
nvb 10 000111 t000111, mall any Marfa tu@
alhilnien,
ols etas settled mre orapidlq' 1.10 1011g
the pioneer 010 thou any ether atom et 1100.
middle 0100), and )11111111019 01 (l1ajep were
10(01000 which wore believed by wait en-
thusiastic
n-thu iritic pregeni'ms to bid fair to, (0101100
the 10e10000110 et the W'esl. Now tae pleugl,
grates upon the Richelieu stones et Lura
iouneintton, says the Cfuoago Daily Now.,
One of the moat letereth%g eases et de-
parted Ltcatne 5 applies to Pulestle, which
in 10(1 was made the county soot et Logan
county. 1n 1001 the Legislature changed 1110
county seat to Mount Pulaski, and when
8011 w•ag brought the various courts, tion
the loweet to the highest, decided against
I'otsvillo all holding that a conveyance et
land to a county In eolslderntlon of the
location of the county seatdoe -not deprive
the Legislature of the fight to remove It
when thepublic good otlall require a change.
In 1S20 the county sett was again changed,
this Ilme to Lincoln, and Potovlll^ 11 few
miles distant, packed up and moved to Ida.
rola, Had the Leglslature not interfered
Patsville would now be the leading city of
Logan county instead of Lincoln.
Recently the post office at Elmore was dis-
continued, due to the advent or Viral free
delivery, This place has also been Known as
Rochester, 10 was at ono thud the pr:OOipnl
_tool of Peoria Now it has been °frenlly
propped from the map and will be helm from
its
no more.
Tho village of Richmond, 1.n Livingston
00111111', (000 once a rival of Pontic. It
was laid out 111 1851, and with prospects of
the Chicago and Alton Railroad going through
it k boomed and beenmo ono of the mest i10 -
portent town of Livingston county, Y';le. rail-
road instead passed 0110 miles to lhu east
and there Is no trace of the once populous
and thriving village.
Cleveland, another rival of Peoria, on 0110
Tazewell county side of the Illinois 11(0er,
is also only a memory. It was laid cut In
1830, Extensive wharves were aonieructed
and many steamboats touched there Por
some reason the people preferred Peoria and.;
Pekin, and Cleveland slowly sank Info ruins.
Now the silo is farm land.
In 1830 the town of Bloomingdale, sl--n'j,as
southwest of Atlanta, Logan couht3, -01,109.
launched. M was founded -by the so -eller'
"'Smithfield Emigrating, Agrictil uratt°'and
Milling Aseoclatton" of Rhode Island: ;tpliis n
association purchased 10,000 acres of .lead..
and sold them In small parcels toi :venlig
men of the Nast, rho sum of 1100.11).013g
eighty .acres and a lot in, tete village,: The
scheme worked well for a time but nest
of the purchasers were stricken with 101(0
and other games and the eOlmly d1:<,11cd,
most of the members returning to the 1',.ast.
The village was heard of no 1nefe.
Lee county was the scene of threo premis-
ing corporations. Grand Detour, Dnt,'rille,
Lee Centre turd Dixon also should be men-
tioned, 01 the four 1)10011 alone rose 10 1111,
port0000 and 0s credited with killing pit the
three others,
In 'Macon county the town of 1110015011
was 1nid out 1n 1830 and 11 bade fah w bo
the leading city of central Illinois. It did
not last long, however, and It. sade is now
covered by waving- cornfields. Inualtwn,
Newburg, bfurphysboro and Centreville akin
are numberedin the lost (owns of Macon
00111100, Llke Madison 1111 started premis-,•:
ingly, but Decatur was the magnet teat. at-.
111)0 e01 the people away from all rivals.,.
Bowling Green woe the future trent city ,
of Woodford county, and in 1 ie 11. amp
looked upon as n seemed Chicago 1' ,t
traded att011)ien through a ievlvA-move,
meat 11 which everybody eats eneveeted.
This or some other factor wag fatal to Its
existence, ns 1 slowly faded away,
Knolteeklais still beard from, for it bas'
a poauintion of about 200. Set 11was"
founded in 1083. by the Frenchand by n11
the rules of expansion it should be ie the
metropolis e'ass. It had a bright uiterc
Tian li ocean to the when 'n ordinance was
-•wsc•� ., I;yt .erbldding slavery, Al ane
time 1t wag the State capital and a rbnnty
sets. 0111 a Jesuit college there ront•teed a
large number of students It bade tsar to
become 0 famous educational centre. The
egeintnanaon.
' au 1:100 gave IsIa-skasida just 171 pep -
Old Inhabitants 01 Clarksville so00',oly.
recite the Oeinuio character of the iplace
and earnestly believe that, like. Sodom and
000100rah of old, it was destroyed by nn
indignant God.
All Instances of the forgotten towns of
Illinois are tame in comparison with those
of Clarksville, All that is left of the town
are the recollections of the old inhabitants
and the records in the ideLeau(mut
house, Not a vestige of the city it 0:awn
anti even its site is In doubt, le w'0, Lid
out in 1830 by Joseph Bartholomew at n
1:0101 three (1,1100 west of Lexington. It was
invested with all the attributes of n pioneer
city, Gamblers and thieves were numerous.
Horse racing was the principal t:(')'t in
these days and horsemen from all ever the
State flocked there. It cons there that the
(reclonds raced old "Clear the Kitchen,"
the fastest horse In the West in those Gurlll-
Sm; days,
1't was 0000(0 fora ploys man to go to
church, so numerous wore the crooks. It
wan finally decided by the godly to hold a
public prayer meeting and pray for the
death of one Johnson Sowards, who was
the: leader of the gamblers and supposedly
the most wicked man to the community.
The prayer meeting was held and prayers
wore offered risking for the death or Sow-
ards, Remarkable to Mote, ho wag stricken
with illness and came near dying. Itis es-
cape wee 00 narrow that he packed up and
left and all his followers gradually followed
hint. During.the height of the excitement 0
child Is now a leading resident of Livingston
and is said to bo the last survivor of the
residents of Clarksville. With the departure
of the sporting element the town languished
and when the r'allroads were constructed,
going tar to the East, Clarksville quickly
perished whileLexington prospered. There
was never a repetition of Clarksville wicked-
ness end no other city. of. McLean comity Inks
over approached 11 1n erltpinallty, The whole
ntnosphoro of McLean' county Rate morally
cleared when Markev1110 'gave up the ghost.
That Mlles from sorrow's tears win g•o'w,
And harvests tram the eower's seed;.
That each self -crucifying deed
1i'111 tear fruition's Olean of slow.
To dream et glories yet to lie
Embodied forth in perteet thought,
That In the cycles will be wrought
Into tbo temple's majesty;
To look- from attic casements. where
The sheat, shoroloss •Kea of night
Gleans w0h sidereal voyager's bright,
And guide the wayward fancy there,
Amid the 1110010 of the spheres,
10 more than wealth or wnquect gives
Our dreams, In which the spirit lives, •
Are gulden lowers that It remit.
The pallid, care-seanl0d, ye:, esti, face
Turned heavenward with sublime unrest
Hns sung the sang we love the best,
Or curved Bonne statue's,, perfect grace,
And It may be some deed of love,
P005 silent sacrifice of mine
Will, like eve's jeweled planet, ah1ae
Eternal le t110 heiavens. above,,
The ,')Olde know not that they glee
A sweetness to the common alr;
Nor sunsets dream their glories rare
Hove made the glowing canvas live.
Then d> thy work, my soul 1 Thou'k ate.
The earth -born spirits reap the gain, ,
What matters mere to strive In vain?
Thy meed is immortality I;- ",ti.
The stables of Maple ,Cliff Fath) . Ot-
tawa, were burned with sixlvaluable
horses and a large 1000'(lat of ,,other pro•
perty.. Loss $10,000,,, ,
Surgery for Ailing Trees.
One of the" curiosities of mx1.',tr:1 for-
estry is the care of beautiful old shade
tree.} The amputation of dtoeused or
dead limbs is as carefully porlwaned to
pdevent further decay from the e'n cots
as so.rgionl 0pe111ti01' I'1 'arm 1'9 be-
ings. Dcca}rug cavities are e!i, ncil and
11Ied with a 1110 (lying smitten, Ins is
done by the modern dentist. And the
Intent edvunec is to build 11 tin roof
along the upper 5001aee of wide €)pread-
in,q branches, where litle hollows might
11011 dampness and promote decay. Some
handsome 1010:0.otdos well deserve it.-
13155t01n ,I{ci'ald,
�f�'
Indiana Puzzle.
This year the weather prophet is at
a loss to know "whet forecast to make tar
the approaching winter from the woolly
worm, because, as for as yet observed,
the Cent wont by this r-0rnn is of uni-
form eolor 8'0111 tip to tip to svve the
purpose and philosophy of the hr engs-
tieator _it nfust be el, darker 0 Iter
nt float 51' rear end' dr in the n111,1's
(hay City Correspondonee ludruw)jolis