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EI.I.A U. WOOD.
Peeper and darker grown the pathway,
father;
Deeper and deeper lower the clouds to-
night;
Cloter and cloaer would I cling, my Father,
Lead thy child onto the light..
Nearer and nearer comes tho tempest,
Father;
Louder and louder doe* the thunder roll;
AH, all it dark and dreary, Father —
Load thy child unto the goal.
While all alone I struggle onward,
Trying to climb tho mountain height;
Plndl ing the way so rugged, Father,
Load thy child unto tho light.
Thou dost know the way, my Father;
Thou canst make it all seem bright;
Take mo in thy kindly keeping;
Lead thy child unto tho light.
t will trunt to thee, m.v Father,
Ever to do what h juHt and right ;
Knowing at last 'twill be all pouceful,
When thy child can nee tho light.
A Capital Charge.
BY Wit AY 1.IMISAV.
CIIAl'TEK 1.
"So, do not tliunk me, I beg. Kvery
efl'ort that 1 have made in the matter lias
been for the sake of your father whom 1
respect, and of your -your family"—with
some hesitation. "But even ho, I am uo
means sure t at It would not havo been
wiser t'i disregard your res less desire for
change and to leave you to woilc your own
way."
(Sir (Jeultrey Bertram spoke in his most
uncompromising tone, whilst Ills keen
eyes scanned rather sternly the face of tlie
yo ng man seated at tin; opposite side of
the library table, Few people, however
could have been altogether pro if against
the smile which broke over Caryl Vfine's
features as ho leaked up and re,died —
"It Is to me that the kiudne s has licet;
(lone, whether lor my own sake or not, so
1 cannot help being grateful. Oh, Sir
Ceoffrey if you could only guess what
these old leilgers and that high stool have
been to me during the past few years!
Alid, as to rising, what ambition could be
satisfied with such prospects as mine have
been lilth Tlo?"
"Well. 1 dare say it may havo seemed
alow plodding work to a young fellow or
your temperament," iSIr (Jco roy allowed.
"On the other hand, don t run awav wlih
the idea that you will liud farming in the
far West a perfectly easy a air. There
won't be much of mi opportunity, let tna
tell you, for ease or neglect of duty. And,
once the o, you will have little chance of
nguln changing your mind."
Caryl starled and colored si little-
'•1 think you wr ng me. sir," ho ex-
claimed Impulsively. "From tho first I
have never likeil my position in Mr. Ilow-
ton'S counting-house. When 1 left school,
however, that w as tho only situation that
oite.red Itsel''. Was I to lilamo because I
accepted It rather than be a burden to mv
father."'
"No, you worcrl„dit; ami I am glad
that 1 can help ynu now out of—Alt, Al-
lan, and what may you want.'"
The do:ir opened and a third man sail tit-
led into tho room.
'"Lucky dogs like myself, wh • have
been horn with a silver spom, you know,
and all that sort of thing, don't need to
liurry; we can leuv < flint to tho struggling
herd," was a sentiment to which Allan
Bertram had fro iiieutly glv.'ii expression,
although never within ctirsh it oil lis en -
ergctle uncle; and In every m vcniont lie
carried that theory Into practice.
What reason, however, the youu ; man
hud for classing himself so cnufldently
ubo e the ' struggling herd ' U would per-
haps be dl . cult o say. Truly, mo long as
his uncle remained unmarried and child-
less. Allan was heir to the Baronet's title
and estates; but then how 'o ig would It
milt Blr OeolTrey to continue single.' A
man of fifty, only slightly gray, strong-
limbed mid g oil looking, could scarcely
be eons dere I u< altogether outside tho
matrimonial pale. Mill Allan Bertram
continued his easy-going course, shrug-
ging li s shoulders whenever any Idea of
Ills uncle n marry ng was mentioned in
Ills hearing, and giving himself all the
nil's of the un .uesiloiinlile heir ot broad
lands a lid a wide domain.
To-day, however th to was a corUi'n o -
dtenient notifiable In lils manner mid
glance which was altogether at variance
with his customary calm languor: au I lits
dree.Ing. as he ciiunht at Cmyl's out-
stretched hand, had something almost
uproaroiis about It.
"My dear fellow what luck! lice
have I been for goodness knows how long
bene ailing my hard late in having to
<*.rlve own to Ultlirope and past these
letters, which 1 dare not trust to am un-
reliable hand; and now you'll Spil','0 IIIC
the trouble ity doing it lor me."
Caryl uno Intuited at Allan's easy
assurance, as he replied —
"Certainly: Where are the im pot taut
missives Are they lovo-:ettcrs, that ynu
are so specially concerned about them,
prayi' And —
The Baronet, In a tone of extreme nn-
noyiinc, broke in upon the bantering
words.
".jo you mean to say. Allan, that tlw o
letters have not gone yet " he in iuirud
augiily. "It Is not enough that you e<-
(eud your allowance, aa.l then com > to
tell me so with no more concern than it'
bills were of as littlee uisci|uenconsstinw-
flak s but even when yoi have the
litouey. you delay sen ing It o .although
you are fully aware of my antipathy to a
debt of even twenty-four hours stand ng."
Allan Bertram shrugged his slioulde.s
half carelessly, half insolently.
"I am so: ry to have irritated .urn, sir
hut, as 1 have already pro ni-ed, you shall
not be troubled again with my lluhlli ies.
Now. as our little <li erences -or my , o-
lili'iilciirles If you prefer the expression —
enn scarcely Interest S ane ''
"Why, he will depart " Interposed that
light hearted irnlUIdual. "tlood bye, Sir
• ,eo irey. And once more let mo say how
thauMiil I am to you. "
"Tush, inv dear boy! I've done little
cuough,"'win the answer. "1 shall be
proud before long of having had
a hand In the su.'eess which you
will make. Of coui'm> we shall see yo i
again before >ou start'.' (loud bye for the
pre out."
As he spoke, sir (Jentfrey was struck
with the toniarkable resemblance in per-
sonal appearance of th • two men before
hlui; and yet ho could not help retlec!Ing
how totally disslmlier they were iti e cry
detail that to'd i f in ilvidtuil character.
They were both almost precise y the same
lielghth, slim and well-proportl mod. Inch
had a profusion of brown, wtlvy hair, worn
rather long, and each but eves of the
name shade of gray lint the frank, happy
expression on the race cnntr.isio i
vhlenil. with th" liuighy ludoletieo
•hewn in every line of th" otiier; and the
fresh clear tone. o. < aryl's \oiee sounded
pleasantly I risk when c tupan d with the
grnwl which characterized Allan s habitual
u.teruuc*
The Bar net turned away frnrn i.is eon-
tn'nplatlon witn sometii ng Imtween a
sigh and a cynical laugh, whilst the two
young men went out and lef him alone.
"He's odeyno's brothe ," he murmured
half aloud. ''There s sure to u good stuff
in lilni. As to Allan. I'm ti ed of the
fellow. If he hud p t his shoulder to the
wheel III times past it w tuld be butter for
lilin uow. Perhaps he Use th uee I ot It
some ay—soon, if—If hlngsgoas I ho e
th y mav. Alter all he has II ed here
shine he was a boy, so perhaps It Is natur-
al he sho .Id make sur of doing so for the
rest of his davs ' alter which somewhat
emlgma'lcal utterance he opened the Times
and began to re .d.
"Decidedly rum card, the governor,"
Allan was at that instant observing, as
he stood at the top of the stone steps I ad-
Ing down Into the gro nds. lulte a Tec-
tionate to you old man, 1 declare. By the
way, you'd better register tho e precious
documents if It won't bo too much t oublo"
—pointing as he spo e to the envel pes
which Caryl was pinhlng In o the br-nsl
l.o.'kcL t.f his overcoat. "I am sending
notes Instead of e e pies. It happened to
be more convenient to arrange it so.''
"Not particularly safe, Is that?" re-
marked Caryl, by way of saving some-
thing. at the same llmo looking around tor
thewalklng-st'ck which he usually carrle I.
Allan laughed and ran his fingers
through his curly brown hair.
'•What have you lost, old fellow? Your
stick? I trliapsyou didn't bring one. As
to tho money, I never was cautious, else I
suppose 1 sh'iuld uot havo dispatched a
thousand or two In this way. Yet who is
to gnu-* that It bus gone this morning:1
Certainly, h owever, it would be b tter
If the relieving o . cer In thero"—with a
jerk of Ills ii ad toward the library door —
"shouldiit know. He' say that It was
Just like my careless way of do ngthings."
Perhaps Caryl agreed wl h the Baronet,
but, however Mint might lie, he turned
away with a nod, abandoning his search
for llto stick. Allan Bertram's words
jarred upon him just ir>w, when his mind
was full of other thoughts.
At Hie best of times, however, the two
young men were not on remarkably friend-
ly terms—Indeed the Hi.uiros he r was
uo fuvorl e among any of the men in he
ne ghborhood. Tills fact tr tublod Allan
very little, slneo his large, rathor bold
eyes, tall figure and white hands hud
proved powerful to win popularity among
women wherever ho went.
Once beyond the gates of tho park that
surrounded Hook Hall, Caryl Vane slack-
otio t the pace which had sp:i dlly carried
him out of Allan's sight, it was the depth
of winter and the rouls were us hard as
Iron whilst the hedge-row twigs seemed
to slit-ink and shrivel in the keen frost
that reigned everywhere. Absorbed In
his own thoughts, Caryl did uot seem to
heed the old.
All the country appeared deserted. The
cattle wero housed away from tho search-
ing wind. Tho brown earth gave out no
fragrant scent. Tho very blades of grass
felt htiif and brittle to the ton Ii; ami llto
farmers, with their men, wero employing
the I e ns useful y as they could in barns
and outbuildings, leaving tho wide bar-
ren fields empty and desolate. The two
tall .-molting chimneys far away in tho
distance, reminding the Vicars son o" the
ollice beneath their shadow where ho had
worked for s > many long and weary
mouths, seemed to bo tho only signs of
activity and I fe.
With his head bent down and his lips
compressed, Caryl hurried onwards,
neither turning to tho right nor left until
lie re.i ho I tho corn tr where tho I'lthorpe
road branched o and then, all in a mo-
ment, the gloom of the landscape seemed
to disappear, the fixed lines about his
mouth wore relaxed, and tho hot blood
rushed to lii< cheeks for there, with a
beaut I nl light in lie.- (lark eyes and tho
demurest of smiles h voring about iter
pretty lips, stood tho girl he loved best in
nil the world.
"Angel vol here?'' ho oxclalmod.
' Why, what has brought you all the way
from home, nnd upon su h a day too?"
Angel laughed and shook her head, at
the same time slipping one small hand
within bis arm. Sho did not blush or
tremtilo ut bis fo ich, ns he, strong young
fellow t'uit he was, had done at the "ere
sig it of her. she would lui o laughed the
Idea to scorn, had such a possibility been
suggested to her. he was his sister-
nothing more she would have answered.
Seventeen years be"o o Mr. and Mrs
Vane, golnone summer night f ir a dual
st oil roun I the vicarage garden ha I
found tipou t lelr return to the house, a
strange Utile bundle Ivlng In the porch.
With lender lingers the mother, who had
about lull an hour befo o given her nix-
yea-old oldest-horn his gool-nlght kis',
lilted up the oddly-shaped p rcel and
carried It inside the h uiso to the light.
With trembling hands she unwrapped the
shawl that formed the outside covering,
and from amongst its fo'ds sho lifted out a
baby, which at that moment raised i's
sleepy eyelids and. looking at her with a
smile, won its way straight to her wonim*-
ly heart.
Wlioeve' had left the infant there upw
tho doorstep had pinned to Its little white
frock, trimmed with costly laco a morsel
of paper on which was written t e word
"Chrystal," and that was the only sign
which was left to the tiny girl of ail 'hat
had happened in its short lire before it had
passed the vicarage thresh hi. All efforts
to discover the person who had laid her In
Mrs. lines puiiway proved frulMes«.
The clergyman nnd Ills wife were by tin
means wealthy people, and they knew it
would be hard work to till an extra ll'tle
mouth. Vet amongst tho children ol' the
household a place was toiiiul for tho new-
comer, who ha I been re eived as though
she had f lieu straight from heaven.
It was because of some pretty fanev of
that Hurt that pe 'pie h id got into the wnv,
at tit st I nlf playfully, of calling the dnlntv
go'den-ltnire l creature "Vngel"; and the
name had clung to her ever since.
Thus it came to pass that, when bet
lover ii e her in the Ian.', lie addre-sc.l
her by tit.' ti o which from among a'l
other names he would have chosen as
most suitable for her. and that sho lahl
her hand upon Ills arm nu I loo'te I up at
hint with a sister s a lection shining n
lovely eves.
"I wanted to hear what Sir C.eoiTrey had
offered von," she said iui -kly in answer to
Ills uestlon. "It Isn't half such a bad
dav as everybody makes out. I .oak how
r sy I nut!" as though he had tint l eett
looking at her with admiring eyes o et
since they met! "And this long walk is
ust wli it we want to t ilk over your news
iu peace.''
Caryl pressed Hie little hand more clo;
ly against Ills side.
"How good you are to me!" lie whisper-
ed. "I wonder " Then, after a sud-
den pmse—"Sir (ieoffroy lias been awful-
ly generous. Angel. I'o you retiietnbei
that cousin of his who was s aving ilown
here n couple of months ago' Well, he I-
going back to his American arm in a fort-
night. lie wants i sinner t > return will
b in and the Siiuiro o'ers me the Imrtli
he lending nio tho tie essar.v in mej until
I can r pa him. Sir (leoffry says there i-
a b g fortune t>t lie made there: and I in'"'!
tw be the one to win it."
So rar he had talked on rapidly, trying
to throw Into III* face and manner some
of the happy hope'ulnnss with which he
bad been lie I half an hour before. But,
with Angel at his side and the dread of
parting from her wli'clt must so soon
come w eighing upon li s heart, that was
no verv eas matter. It needed onlv tho
i ne great sob wli'cli at that mom *nt
b irst from the girl's lips and a sight of the
tears rolling down her oheeks to make him
abandon the weak attempt, and t > look as
sorrowful as ho felt.
"Sir Oeotfrey generous, and to send you
all thatdistance away?" she wailed. " h,
It is cruel—cruel' What shall we do with-
out you, Caryl' Just think bow d ill and
detestable it will be As to mother, 1 be-
lieve It will break her heart.''
"And you. Angel," he asked huskily—
•'will you cara?"
"Care "
She repeated the word dlsda'nfully, and
glanced up a' him almost with nng 'r In
herjiyes. But the look which mot her
uw4|ban1sliud every feeling except one of
startle I surnrse, and in an instaut she
found herself In aryl's arms.
"My dirll g,"' lie whispered, "don't
you understand? 1 1i:ivo tried to make
you see, b it you never would. Wo are
not brot er an I sister, An .'el—we never
havo boon, as you have known always—
and my love for you Is not a brother's
Jove, nearest, 1 want you for my wifo,
and I am going away to A me lea that 1
may win riches for you to share."
siio was standing mlto still, ma'dtig no
nffort to release herself from that passion-
ate clasp. She felt too stunned even to
move. Tho color had left her sweet face
nnd 'i;is, and the long dark lashes had
drooped until th y almost swept her chocks.
"All. how white you are"' cried Caryl
remorsefully. " o wonder—I have fright-
ened you, my dear, witli mv awkward
roughness. If' could only sav the. things
tnat are in mv hear , love you would nut
mind listening; but my words are told and
feeble."
There wis a long pauso then whilst
the stood close together hand In hand,
li-sart to heart. At lust, slowly and with
a shvness which Caryl had never noticed
in h t manner before, Angel once more
raised he eyes.
"1 must think," she said, in the (plaint,
snr'o s way wh'ch was one of her many
attractions. "You sea I have never im-
agined you like—In this light bef >re.
You have been such a dear brother to me,
Caryl, an I 1 have alwavs loved you so
much tlia I cannot bear to hurt you. But
to bo your w fo '
Her low tones died awav, wh'lst a love-
ly b'.ush spread over her face dyeing it
crimson to tho roots of her hair. Caryl
could scarce y have told why It was so.
but- in spito of her uncert in words, he
understood that he might hope in future
a ho had never dared hope before.
"Come — lake me home now!" Angel
wmton with pretty Imperativeness. "We
ciin't remain hero all day, you know.
A ad. Caryl '
"Yes''
" enieinber you are not to bother mo
o'je bit more about—about this sort of
thing a'.'aln. until 1 give you loeve.
He still held her in Ills nrms, and for
an Instant he co I not let her go. llo
bent his face towards her own until she
could feel the warmth of his breath upon
her fo ehead. She thought for a moment
that he was going to kiss her. and was
uma/.ed to litul herself trembling ut the
idea. Had ho not done the satno thing
every night and morning as long as she
could remember.
I'.vl out ly Caryl undo stood what was
in her mind, for ho at once reassured her.
"No, t will uot do that, Angel." hp
murmured—' no or again, my daring,
until you tell mo that > may. ' nly you
will not let go to America iu doubt, dear-
est?"
"You shall know before vou start," the
girl returned soueiiy. Then she diew
herself away from him nnd with drooping
head res imod tho walk.
"Good morning, miss— good morning,
sir. And would you kindly ake the let-
ters with you, if so be as your a-goin'
ome.'''
They had reached the spot where the
road branched into two. The ono le I
directly towards the little town of Ul-
thorpo, which was at this point nbout a
mi e away; the other diverged towards
the \ Icarago and one of two outylnf
farms. Absorbed In their own though s.
neither Ang -I nor Caryl had noti ed the
a proacli of the postman from behind.
At the old mail's words Caryl started and
turned,
Why, how late you ure, Turner!'' lie
unclaimed. "Another accident on the
line?"
" >'es, sir—near York this time. And,
oh, these cold mornings do try my rheu-
matics cruel bad! Tilt) tot otllce did
oug.it to put oil a curt upon this rotul.
Willi Mr. Bowl n's w irk' and tnein new
shops there's mo.e letters and parcels
than 1 can fairly manage. Here s your
packet, flood morning, and than:: you,
Uliss. ''
Curd looked after the old man as ho
trudged bravely along.
"Six tulles each way, and three of them
across a N orkshiro it oor! I shouhln t
cure for >uch a walk in all weathers,'' lie
remarked. "And lie's not so young as
lie use I to be either. Besides, there Is
too much correspondence passing to ant-
from l!ltlirope for it all to be left to Ills
care."
Angel's thoughts had apparently taken
a diilercnt direction. She broke ill upon
Caryl's meditations with an cxc aiua'.loa
of sur rise.
'See," sho ciiod, selecting one from
amongst the var.ous missives that the
postman had given her, and h I ting it
towar.is liitn —' if there Istt t a letter
directed to odeyne, iu Sir Geoffrey's hand-
writing! What can lie have to say to
her.' '
Already Caryl's lingers were raising the
lat'di of the garden gate. And, nlnios as
the words left Angel s lips, out from the
porch—that very same porch where once
the lonely an 1 deserted baby had lain —
rushed a tall beautiful girl, with on
uluimlauc.! of ruddy-god hair floating
about It 'f small bead and lovely face.
"The letters the letters at ast " she
cried. "Has Barker sent my patterns?
And why was that tiresome old Turner so
abomlna dy behind Ii s time?"
By way of reply Angel put two envel-
opes Into ilto eager out.I retched bauds.
I'erhaps she was glad of anything likely
to draw attention away from her own con-
scious lo.iks and shy eyes. At any rate,
she began to tall; rather excitedly.
"O, en them i.uickly," s! e implored.
"1 am overcome with curiosity. What
can you and Sir Geo lrey have to say to
each other by post.' I'm sure we have
seen him here often enough of late. Yet
loo. - hat Is his undecipherable hand, I
am certa it."
Possibly there was a seeretsuspicion deep
down in t tih'.Mi- s heart as to what t e
subject of that note might be. It so, how-
oxer she made no -itfii.
"I must take it indoors bef ire I can
read il, ' she • tvlare I, with a shrug of her
gtaceftil shoulders. "Cur.\l. mother is
dying to Jcnni) our uews. Wont .vou go
In and tell her what it was that Sir Geof-
frey had t ■ o er you."
W .list her brother hastened to follow
out h -r suggestion the young lady herself
was able t • rush up sta rs unno iced, there
to make herself ac ualn ed with the Bar-
onet's hopes and desires at her leisure.
In the meantime the po>r mother had a
hard thing to bear. She was a bra e wom-
an, but, when she understood that she and
the son who was so much to her were to
part, sho threw herself into hla ar.ns
weeping aloud.
"Why couldn't fhe Squire find you
s'ime liing that you might do in England?"
she moaned, "if only l could keep yo i!
Oh n.y boy, my boy "
Caryl kissed t o gray plalti of hair
which were coiled about lior head.
"Don't, mother," lie entreated. "It Is
terri le to ha e to leavo yo i all; but now
that I have this chance I cannot ler It go.
Ah. why were not all men horn ri h and
e ,ual? There is Allan liertra n. who can
a ord to spend thousands upon trilles.
Soi h TO a o his let.e.s ' —pulling I'lO'ii
from his pocket and tossing them down
upon the table by ho side of the Vicar,
who was standing near list ning to his
wlfessobi w th a pained fa e. "What
would be tlree years In om i to you, fath-
er goes to pay his tailor and Ills eweler
and Mich ike. And hero am 1 willing to
risk—-what would I not risk to have a
thousand pounds of my own just now?"
A time was to come wh6n the remom-
br..nce o those words w mid strike acli II
to Mr. lines hear ; but ut the. momoiit
he thought Utile enough about thom.
"Notes w th money enclose I ought not
to be left lying about " was tho Vicar's
matter-of fict response. "I tun going In-
to I'lthorpe, and will post tliein for you if
you like, Caryl. Vou can stay nnd com-
fort your mo her. These are to be regis-
tered, 1 suppose'."'
TO 1JK CON'rVXt Wl).
A (ri'ci't Hett' o Lwnin?.
Senator I .eland Stand font, who has been
in Kuro e for nine mouths, has returned
to this country.
During Senator Stnndl'ord'a absence. If
was several times asserted that he had
gone abroad solely for tho purpose of so-
curing he valuable services of Herbert
Spencer as president of tho great univer-
sity which he (the senator) has endowed
to the extent of SUO.OOO.OUO in California,
and which ts now rapidly nearlng comple-
tion. This Senator Stand ford denies. e
says he has never thought of Herbert
Spciici.r in connect,on wl h h'>.s univers.t .
It was ills object, however, while In uro e
to pick up treasures for the magnilicent
museum which is to form & part of the
university' buildings, and iu thl, object he
abundantly succeed, d. Ho purchased
art im dels and w rks of art in all parts of
Europe egtudlcss of expense, and has, he
thinks, to-day the nuclei s at least, for a
unhorslty museum superior to uny in th"
country. It is his principal aim n life o
establish as speedily as possible the first
Pacific coast seat of learning.
" t was my intention " said he to a re-
porter of a .New \ ork papoc, "to have the
university opened on tho twecty-firsr an-
niversary of my son's birth. He would
have been twenty-one years old next May
had he lived. As this seems to be Impossible,
I cannot say when the university will be
opened. Tito more 1 see of life nbroud
the more 1 am convinced iliat such a seat
of learnln : us 1 hope to establish in Cali-
fornia w.U prove a great blessing iu this
free country."
He Had an Awlul Bad Hand.
I)r. J. B. Luckie of Birmingham, Ala.,
a prominent ph sician and surgeon of the
Louisville Nashville rail;oa I, was re-
cently kept oat ut night a great deal b
his large practice. ills wife suspected
that he was out v it.i "the bo s" n.oro
than he wa - with his patients, and she
would question him very closely every
time he came in late.
One night, jus as the doctor was start-
ing home, he was called to see a s viteli-
nian, -v hose band had been mashed off.
He (lid not get home until ;t a m., and ex-
plained to his A ife that lie had been with
a poor rn lr ad man who had lost his right
hand.
The fo!lo ving night the doctor played
poker w 1th tho master mechanic of the
road until a. in. A ack po nas open-
ed The doctor held three aces, the mas-
ter mechanic three .neks. Tilts doctor v on
:io;>, al the master mechanic had When
he reached home his wife said
".lo tor, what kept you out so late to-
night "
"Another pior railroad man; ho had au
awful bad hand."
"Who did you do for the poor fello.v,
doctor.*"
"He called me w i'li'tv Its; Iliad aces,
and on tho -no. I mean i cut o i. cut oil
both hands, my dear, both hands, poor
feilo v!"
Her Favorite Pci'fnm>.
A lady of extended experience an \
possessed of a good judgment of human
nature, especially li lt portion of it which
is dls ribuled among her own sex. says
tha it is a mistake to suppose thut women
do uot like to kiss a man who smokes, n
the contrary, osculation llavored with
volatilize-1 nicotine is he sort of osculat on
that commends itself to five-sixths of the
women of the civilized world. There are
very few women who don t like the aroma
of a good cigar. Not long ago a number
of ladies at a church sewing circle were
discussing their favorite pet'fr.mo. Almost
nil lul l pronounced in favor of one extract
or another, but one lady, about "Z years
of age, the mother of three handsome
youngsters, had not opened her mouth un-
til another of he part/ who had declared
h r choice to be ' new mown hay, asked;
"W at is yo ir favorite perfume. Kate'"
"To ttceo,'' was the astonishing reply.
"Tobacco " th y exclal i ed in chorus,
will a rising inflection on tho "co.''
"Why do you prefer t ibocco?"
"Because it shows that men are around."
And immediately sh > found that she
was ill the vast majority instead of the
lonely u inorlty.
Funeral of a Doy.
W'ir.lnm Sco'.t, w'.io resides near this
city, o net a valuable shepherd dog.
which was kuo vn Ik tho name of Prince.
The other d.t I'rnco died and his bur.al
wnsatten ed wi:h much po tip and cere-
mony. The dog .■ as placed In a white
silk-lined coffin and its head resteo on n
downy pillow. The name, birth, date of
death, and age of the animal was inscrib-
ed on a sliver plate on the lid of tho cof
tin. All tl:e neinhbois cuttle to Mr. ! cott's
house nnd look a last look at Pi in e.
Many a tear was sited b members of the
r-cott family us they gazed for the last
time upon the pet of the household I he
collin v ns p!nc d in a i ai rlage and < riven
four miles distant to u cemetery, followed
by several carriages till,'.I with family
relatives. The (had dog was Int.Tied iti
the family lot. Mr. S ott will uile like-
ly erect a tombstone to nmrl: the last rest-
ing place of poor old I'rinc •• — o catches-
tor, l'a., 'I el gram.
Chinamen should be encouraged in their
deiire to lourn I a e'juil. It toadies t <e:u
to make luiue runs.
tho
words were hushed, while tho
tears sprnn<; to her flashing
THE KING'8 DAUGHTERS.
A Beautiful Order of Cbarltably-
Diapoaad Slatora.
A richly-dressed lady leading a
shabby little wail of girl, boarded a
train at Hartford one morning last
aummert says the New York Sun, and
led her little charge through the long
train, looking Inquiringly into the
faces of the passengers. Evidently
she was seeking some kindly porson to
whose care she might consign the
child, which sho was Bending into the
country for a seasou. Seeing no face
which inspired her with conlidence to
ask so great a favor, sho retraced her
steps to put her charge in care of the
conductor, when a passenger besido
her, a lady, removed her wrap and re-
vealed over her heart ii tiny silver
Maltese cross tiod with a purple rib-
bon. Iustnntly tho lady iipproached
her, touched the silver cross, whisper-
ed the myster ous words: "In His
Name," and told her ull her need. "In
His Name," answered tho traveler,
softly, and tenderly lilted the child on
her lap, and cared for nnd amused her
through tho journey as lovingly as
though she were her "own.
An impatient "rat-a-tat-tat" of a
pencil on a counter at Muey's was not
answered as quickly as usual, and
when the delinquent cash g rl made
her appearance she wes greeted with a
sharp reproof. The angry words
sprang to her lips in reply, but another
"cash" quickly touched the little sil-
ver cross she wore on her neck,
whispered softly tho mystic watchword
"in His Name," and instantly
angry
quick
oyes.
Tho rector of one of the largo
churches in Syracuse related during
his sermon the need and suffering of a
poor family ill his parish. At the close
of the service a strange lady approach-
es him nnd stiid. touching the silver
cross she wore: "I am a stranger in the
city, but 1 um one of the King's
daughters. Tell mo where these poor
people live and 1 will go to them "In
His Name.' "
A lady whoso elegance of nttire and
beauty of person utti'uctcd the atten-
tion and awakened the admiration of
all who saw her, stepped out of one of
the largo and fashionable stores of
New York to her carriage, which
stood waiting at the door. The wild
March winds caught her fluttering
silken draperies, ntul rudely tore her
cloak from about her. As she strug-
gled Bguinst it a little silver cross fell
from her dress and went tinkling down
on tho pavemeut. A mite of a girl
with a scrap of a shawl over her head
durtcd out of tho shelter of the door*
way, picked up tho little silver triuKet,
and drew its counterpart from hot-
own shabby little frock. "It's a badge
of the K ng's Daughters," said the
lady, softly; "are you one too?" Sho
held out both her hands with a smile
so gentle and tonder that it was much
more precious to the shivering little
girl than the money the lady left in
her half frozen hand "In His Name."
Oil one of tho hot, dusty days last
summer a richly-dressed woman enter-
ed a store oii Broadway. Beneath the
Hashing diamonds I hat fastened her
collnr gleamed tho Maltese cross of
silver, fastened with royal color. The
same silver symbol hung at the neck
of tho shop girl who served her. ' O!
you wear tho silvor crossP" said the
lady; "then wo nro sisters 'In His
Name,' " and swiftly tho delicntelv
gloved fingers sought thu shop girl's
tired hand and clasped it closely over
the mass of shimmering silk on tho
counter, while sympathetic inquires
olicited the following: "O, yes, it is a
hot, hard day. but so many of the
lovoly 'King's Daughters' have spoken
to me so kindly that I've almost for-
gotten to be tired."
All through the summer large boxes
of flowers, fruit and delicacies were
sent to the city from tho wealthy
ladies of Morristown, bearing this in-
scription: "From tho King's Daugh-
ters" of Morristown, to the King's
Daughters, of Five Points. 'In His
Name."' And all summer, too, boxes
of flowers were sent to Castle Garden
that every steerage woman passenger
might be wolcomed to her new homo
with a flower, all from the snme m s-
tcrious King's daughters, whose em-
blem is ever tho tiny cross of silver
engraved with the initials 1. H. N.,
and tied with the purple bow.
In January 1886, a circle of ton
Indies, consisting of Mrs. Margaret
Bottome. Miss Hamersley, Mrs. Dick-
inson, Mrs. Theodore Irving. Mrs.
Pavson. Mrs. Cortland do Peyster
Field. Mrs. Haggles, Miss Schenek nnd
Miss Libby. met in answer to Mrs.
Bottome's invitation to discuss and
nrrnngo some plan which should unite
all Christian womon in ono grand sis-
terhood of service. Adopting the sys-
tem of Edward E. Halo's "Ton Tillies
Ono Clubs" they constituted them-
selves a "CentrafTen," around which
should crystalizo other Tens of work-
ers, not assuming any nuthoritv or
responsibility over them, but s mply to
form a nucleus nround which ihoy
might cluster, und from which might
rndiuto encouragement, advice and
guidance. Of tho various names pro-
posed for the order that of tho King's
I Daughters, suggested bv Mrs. Irving,
| was most favorably received and linal-
I ly adopted; the badge of the socioty
was selected in the small silvor cross
tiod witli they royal color; tho watch-
ward chosen was the simplo "In His
Name" of the apostles of old; and the
mottoes of action selected were:
"Look forward nnd not back."
"Look out and not in."
"Look up and not down."
"Lend n hand."
Never wits less said or written, ntid
nover so few plans made for any
work, ns the design of tiie society was
to move silently and steadily, :ind so
sccretly accomplish its purpose of
bridging the chasm between the rich
and the poor, and to unite nil women
engaged in any kind of good work In
such a way H3 to secure to each tho
svmpatliy and co-operation of all.
Yet from nlmost every state in tho
union, nnd from the most remote coun-
tries over the sen—India, Australia
nnd Now Zealand—from people in
overy walk In lifo, from pastors of
churches, lenders of philanthropic so-
cieties, presidenU of colleges, tnat the
belles of Fifth avenue and the atrMt
gamin of the Bowery oomo tidings of
the continual organisation of tens up-
on tens of King's Daughters, until
8,600 silver crosses have beeu sold and
and 10.000 members have enrolled
tbe<r names among the King's Daugh*
ters, although the society has been or-
gan zed only two (ears.
As for the kind of work accomplish-
ed by this remarkable sisterhood, it is
too varied and extensive to be record-
ed iu detail. Thero are tens that visit
the sick, tens that supply the. hospitals
and homes witb flowers, tens that sup-
port foreign missionaries, teus that
sing and tens that sew, tens that
endow beds in hospitals, tens that pro-
vide pleasant country homos for de-
serving poor, and tens that simply
' bridle their tongue" and 'endeavor
to live in love and charity with all
men," all "In His Name."
The cash girls in Macy's are known
as "tho little door-keepers, whose
uuiquo motto is: "Lord, keep thou the
door of my mouth;" and there are
Heurtease Tens of little children who
cultivate pansies for the hosp tals.
There are Quiet 'lens in schools, nud
the Courteous Tens who claim that
"Kiug's Daughters should ever d s-
plav tho manners of the courl;" the
Old" Maids' Tens of holpful, unappro-
priated blessings, and tho Old Ladies'
Tens, whose youngest member a more
than o ght years old, anil whoso old-
est member donned the silvor cross on
her ono hundredth birthday; the Faith-
ful tens in guilds, the Look-up Tens in
deaf mules' bouses; and even iu the
homo for incurables the patients wait-
ing for deiitli havo organized tliom-
selves into a considerate Ton, who
shall endeavor to make the r nurses'
lubors us light as possible. One of the
young ladies' Teus iu Boston sent
loads of sand to the tenement yards iu
the city for poor children to play in,
and the graduating class of a board-
school, calling themselves the Continu-
ing Ten, have adopted a little girl und
intend to provide for her and to give
her all tho advantages of culture und
education which they have received.
Musical Tens of the most cultured
nnd gifted ladies in I lie city devoto
their talents to tho entertainment of
the poor, and also, through their use
in charitable concerts, accumulate
funds for the support of various illu-
sions. thus bringing into use tho tal-
ent of the wealthy for the benefit of
ihe poor.
One of the King's Daughters. Mrs.
it. H. Townsend, of New York has
built un annex to Bellevue Hospital,
called The Cottage, at an expense of
$12,000, and the other Daughters of
the King have furnished it with all tho
luxurious appoiutmeuts found in their
own beuutil'ul homes. Carved in the
stone is the legend. "In His Name''
and when Bishop Potter laid the cor-
ner stoue of the budding the trowel
was decorated with a purple ribbon,
whdo the keys of the building, wheu
delivered to the city commisiouers,
were tied with the royal color.
A touching tribute was paid to Mrs.
Townsend by a little girl from the
South who had enjoyed the beautiful
surrouudings so kindly prepnrod for
these charity patients. When she was
dying sho ask that the cross of tho
King's Daughters,'which she wore, to-
gether with a pioce of gold which she
had earned writing a little story for
Nl. Mcliolrts, might bo given to the
kind ladv who founded the hospital.
The King's Daughters are found In
greater numbers iu the cities and turg-
or towns than in the rural districts,
and iu the West and South they are
mure abundant than in the I3ast, ow ng
to the previous establishment of Ed-
ward E. Hale's Ten Times One Clubs.
The rapid growth, harmonious ini ty,
ceaseless activity, varied and unique
char ties and sympathetic co-oporutiou
of this society nro said to bo unpar-
alleled in the historv of any organiza-
tion known. Within two years it has
girdled tho globe with the gleam of its
silver crosses "In His Name."
1 he Old Rail Eeuce.
Let others In their songs rehearse
The beauties they may see,
And build a monument Iu verse,
So that It fitting bo.
But I will raise my voleo to sing
A fact without pretense,
That much despised, old fashioned thing.
The homely old rail fence.
What would our dreains of childhood be
Without its ziuzag patlil
And there what flowers we used to see
Before the attermuth 1
The fields are there; like grass ablaze
The lireweed flaunts from llience,
But almost none from out our gaze
We flud the old rail feuce.
The rapid march of progress has
Kruscd the landmarks old;
It is to-dav u thing that was,
A story that is told.
The prunlini knife of Time bus cut
Willi eueruv intense,
With other childhood relics, out
The honored old rull fence.
It was the squirrel's safe retreat
The chipmunk's chattering oft
Mude us advauce with hurrying fc
Where he was perched aloft.
Where Nature stored her wealth away,
And oft we carried ttience
A thousand jewels in o dav,
Found by the old rull feuce.
Arbutus, mullein, golden rod,
Felt its protecting care,
And tliotittli with bunds full home we trod,
Wc hud a world to spare.
Life elves, I know, so much to-day
The past to recompense,
But with sweet uieinnrlci laid away,
I keep tho old rail fence.
—America.
B.id Times in Cochin Chini
Things nro not, improving in Ihe
French colony of Cochin China. Mer-
chants, both Chinese and French, nro
failing in all directions, nnd for the s.x
months up to the end of Juno the reve-
nue hud fallen olF to the tune of nearly
£250,000. The governor has accord-
ingly had to stop the making of roads,
tho building of bridges, nnd other pub-
lie works; and his notion is making tho
state of ufl'nirs still worse, as it litis
thrown so many coolies utid Chinese out
of work. No wonder, then, that M.
Constnns is anxious that M. Floqnut
should nccept ills resignation. If the
Premier does this, it is suggested ho
should send in the place of M. Con-
stnns as governor-general tho present
active aud not too scrupulous French
president-genernl nt Madagascar, M. le
Myre de Vilors. —London Fiyu.ro.
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