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VS AMter the Fall of Troy. T~orhat :0!a: ::no ve-r will beA r h war that was waiged for ne. .uid I tu: hav thse, ten yais ::ack again, wi' :he lIo the glory. thte pe1vasure like T it:- e -f ans andl the tin of the light. Th .'e isting aniii miusic, the color and light i Y, m~ed with it al. there sokunel to meo i cr a ic :u.i froin the f-ar of' s'a. T here tilt remainls tbis for ail ime to be: The wzir of the world was foutrht for ie. Gie then i ty who died for ine ere: Miu1 en caneverlore die for a face so fair. .::-i w att does it uiatter that now they lie. Quiet :inl silent. beneath the sky? Re(-;i-m'ber that none evermore caun be Back for those years in Troy witb me. -Florence Peacock, in Academy. Untler the Snow. .lune. with its roses. went lonr ago: T(night the earth's lying <leep undler the snlow: H oo5s richest treasures, like roses of yore. .re settercd and vanisheel, toeme 11ever mlore. The breath of thy blossoms. 0. love-haunted The- iing zephyrs, thy bins' tender 1::ys. Thy fur-:way skvhed-n. so blue and so fair. Tht :nists of thy mornings, rose-tinted and rl'e. O:. c -:ee imade thy music. it-: silence is pain: :: aie thy betuty, 'twill come ne'er waite ehvll winds are blowing I weep in my O'er the llove that lies buried deep under the -BOston Transcript. STOIY *OF A RECLUSE In one of the ioulillnous cotuties of Wales there lived for many years a hermit, of whom no one had anv knowl His abode was a cave, in a wild re :ion:01nd he ivCr appeared among his fellow-beinos except to obtain suclne eeCss:i.es as his hermit life required. Ile wolid never, while living, reveal iis namie, nor plce of birth, nor the C:atse which had led him to seelute hinm -elf rOte worbil. One- .ay a couple of travelers, passmng tAroughii that region, visited the cave, and found the hermit not onIlv dead. but in a state of decoilposition. The body. after- an inquest, was buried. au-. some garicmnt-s and a few triles. which belonged to the deceased, were deposited at the nearest ilagis trate's oilce, with a full statement of the facts. In a pocket of one of these garments Vas foulnd a mianuseript. suppOsed to Iave been written by the deceatsed, and which. as it tells its own story, we here irauscribe without a word of comment: I was born in a year I shall not re cord, in I plce I shall not reveal, and under a name I shall not disclose. For many long years I have been deal to the world. and my desire now :Ithat the waves of oblivion shall roll er me and leave me as if I had never been. And yet there are some facts in my life whieh I wish to set forth. Why? Well, I doubt if I could tell anyone wv. I~ only know that the impulse is on me to write then down, perhaps to de strov the record when done. )i youth pasied pleasantly. I ha-,d kind, indualgent, and pious par etwho Soug-ht to make my life a hap I was sent to school at an early ae, and kept there till I had acqtire a good.English education. Then, at my own request. I became an underelerk in the ltrge dry-goods es tablishm'ent of a prosperous merchant. Byo strict integritv and diligence I gradually rose to a ir-st position. At two-and-twenty I had the confi dence of my emplloyer, atnd wa~s often invited to his dwelling. At tirst this made mec very happy. and as I looked forward then, thle fu iure se~emed very bright. But, alas, and alas' this wa~s the beginnine of a sorrow which will never end whi~e I re malin on carthl. My emloyer had a daughter--a kind, gentle, lovely being-who, to my en raptured vision, seemed an angel just conie down from Paradise. From the moment I first beheld her my whole soul wvent out to her, and from that time forth I could conceive of no enjoyment in which she had no part. As I amt confessing this to myself, or to a world that will never know me, I will say that I loved her to a degree of worship which made her a something above and beyond my reach; and though naturally easy and fluent in con versation, I could not speak to her with out changing color and choking, an d app)earing more like an idiot than a man of sense. This made me avoid meeting her when alone, or pressing forward to take my chance with those who were seeking her at every opportunity, perhaps be-I cause of a fiking for herself, perhaps be-i catuse of a liking for the money she would inherit. I dio not think she ever suspected me of having any regard for her beyondl that of her being the daughter of my emp)loyer, whom I was in duty bound to treat with resoeetful deference, and certain I am that'she had no conception <,f the holy love and worship I secretly gave her. *As I have said, I avoided as much as possible coming in contact with her would have gone a mile out of my way rather than speak to her, and yet her presence, in my company of which I formed a part, was a glowi'i joy, and her absence a depressing void. Among her numerous suitors was a fellow-clerk, who held a position of con fida-nee under our eiruployer similar to my own, and who, when we were alone together, was always praising her sweet ness atid beauty; and proclaiming his1 own uridying love. "Oh, fancy the golden moment when4 I shall be able to cgasp her dear little hand in mine, and call her by the en dearing name of wifeli e would some times exel:iim. oir use words of simnilar import; and when I would as often turn aside, to conceal the feelings that wvould annlost overpower me. he would mis take myv aetioni for. a dislike on the suib Jeet. lih" e one day said to me, "I per-' ceive my darling finds no favor in your sight: and she knows you (do not like her: but for my sake, I trust you will not let her see'that you absolutely hate the sight of her person, and the nmention of her name." This to me, whose excess of love for the object in question was consuming me ike an inward fim! 43Jan!" cried 1. turning upon hi'm with the glaring fury of r. wild beast, "if Vu lovel that being withl one "tnth of the passion that is destroy me .., you would cut your w tongue from your gaping mouth ere you would permit so flippant a mention of :o sacred a name." He started, and stared at mee. wiulle I walked indignantly away. Did he understand my words? 1)id he comprehend them in their breadth and depth? Only so far, perhaps. as a shallow bramnand a superficial feeling eouild reach, for he was ono entity, and I an other. From that moment, however, lie ceased to speak of her in my presence. and I, feeling that she was lost to me for ever, only secretly worshipped her from afar. So matters drifted on for a tinw. and I became miserable over my solitary brooding; and while I wished myself far enough from the scene of a rival's triumph, I shrank from the thought of going where I should never look upon my iflol again. One night, having forgotten some thing at the store, 1 procured the key from the porter and entered the buili ing. To my surprise. I soon perceived the glimmer of a light in the counting room; and on approachig it cautious!y, thinking there might be a burglar at work, Ifwas still more surprised to see the safe-door oln. and my rival s.ted on the floor, apparently counting a larme roll of bank-notes. '"Vell, this looks like singuar uight work!" said 1. With a startled cry, he fair~v leaeclI to his feet, letting the money ::r m him, and turned towards meh ole 0" t:e most gnastly laces I ever benell. After looking straight in my face for a few moments, during which he shook and trembled. and his very lips quiver ed, he staiiered out: 'Wh-wh-whv. is it Vou1? Wiia-wlhaL what (10 von want?" "Suppose in turn I ask von what vou are doing with that open safe and mioneyv at, this untimelvy hotur?" ''Oh, that?- h.. answered, glancing down at the scattered bank-notes. anaI evidently recovering himself with an effort. 'Ha. ha!" he alfeeted to laugh. "Do vou know. my dear' fe!!w. I took, vou for a burglar -Instead of yourself. (h?" "The fact is. you see, my dear friend "Suppose Vou leave the -dear friend' ut?" I interrupted. "Well, then." lie coolly went on. "the fact is that, after going home, the idea -ame into my head that I had made a istake in my money report; and as the governor, you know (meaning our .mployer), is very particular about trifles, and might discover it before I %hould vet a chance to make a corree ion, I tought I had better attend to it it once." "And doubtless you found an error, vhich you were about to set right!" I said. with a sneer which lie seemed not to notice. "Oh, ves, I think there was an error: ut I anim not quite sure, because of your interruption. I shall have to go all ver the money again. And now that I ave accounted for iy presence here, suppose you do the sane," ie added, giving me a searching look. "Well, I caie in to get-" Here it occurred to me that I. an honest man, was being interrogated by one who was perhaps a thief, and I suddenly broke :f and added: "That is my business." "Oho!" he exclaimed with a peculiar ook and leer. "And I came in by the porter's key," [sharply continued. "Aha! yes, yes. Just so:" "And by what key did vou come in?" "I sulppose von 'are not ignorant of he fact that there is a private key?" he insweredl. "Which belongs to the gov'ernor." "Andi which h'is daughter could get :or nc." "Having'(VtI~ evcontidence in your in :egi'ty." "At least she ought to have in her fu ture husbatnd, you know." This allusion to his coming mairriage withi my worshipped angel nearly drove1 rne wikd. I controlled myself as well as I could, md mer'elv said: "I hope you wifl lindl your money af air all correct, and not hav'e to take yay' or add anything!" "Thank you! I hope I shall!" lie :landly answecred. I turned away abru~ptly to seek what [ am.: for and leave the builing. As I was about to depart, in no en riable frame of mind, lie called ouit: "I suppose you will report what you ite discovered, and as much to mys in "-Probably yoti are now judging me >y yourtself," 1 angr'ily relhied: "but I ,vil tank von to understand thait I amn 0o) much of a gentlemanm to be a tale "All i'ight. then. and11 goodi-nighit!" lie Bigtoo angry to respond I hurried >t ant locked the door without saying1 mother wvord. I returned the key to the porter; but I lid o t mention to him. nor to anivone lse, the fact of my having me't my fel ow-clerk in the bilidingunmder circum tanes so calculated to excite susplicion >f his being there for an ev'il pm-rpose. In this 1 am now certain I did wrong; ut I was yotung then.,v witot exper'i :nee in the evil wars of mankind, str'iet y honest andl honorable myself, anid yossessedI too much pride to demean nysef to the low condition of a tale >earer'. 1 reasoned, too, that if my rival lhad >riginally desig'ned to rob his employer, te would not d'o it after what had oc :rred, and that I really ha~d no r'ight to jure his reputation merely because lie mad been chosen from all the world by le fair being wvho( war alt thec worhi to it wra-. s(omethin:t likt'a monthi after his ev'ent, that I was one daiy fearfully tartled and shocked at suddenly finding nyself under airrest for stealing money rom nmy emlioyer. Notwithstandinmg that I knew myself be entirely innocent, the very fact hat I should be suspected of such a ne arious transaction nearly crushed mec with shame. Judge of my unbounded amazement md horror, then, on being assured that trunk1 . t.hL: I t. : r It Ii < :11 Id lat few' wv:-i 2'.; yiam -rk :mdit rval li"d iu d ime -ivr since the IIght (So i1 s!ore he b, ol j-u- me comingi" outi ''f the -t or0, nd that the porter Lad : i of iy having r, y 1enter the buidin atanuZeIIIehor I coiipr'Iiendiild : one th::t this was a Ilost iendi.si plot of my riva! to get me out of the way and shield his own dishonestv, for lie oloiie had robibied Iiis eiployer, and1 profited b\ it. What could I do? My statement of the f:t that I had ente'red the premises for :nother pur pose was not believed: and when I add ed the whole truth of what I had seen there.-I was siiply regarled as a cold blooded rascal, who wI trvin" to inl volve an innotint Voung nmin'in m-y own rutul. All my IIr\ vioSu life of probitv went for nothin'. or only stootd Out, white robed. to miiaike my later nets appear more dark and d::nnnin. Well, to be bricf, I was tried, and convicted. :ind sient to pn:l servitude for a term of year. She, who w'II mv idol, was present when the awful verdict "Guilty' WIs pronounced by\ the jury: ::d I shall never forget the no:urnfil look of ty with which slit regard--d Ie for the last time, as site as.:ed by in 1hi felon 's S dock. leaning on ihe :irm of my wicked rival and destrover. Well, I was, a 1 have. said, conviet ed, and I served outI my tim': btit be fore I left that phlce of m 1is1y ni t e gradation. I had the satisfat!,in of ing ny hated rival there. in the convict grarb. justlv brouzht there by his evil deeds. .fter ny releea'e I l-arm-d that hIs ang'el wifem iy worslipped love. hld d'ed of a broken heart. That was the end of life for me. Ail since then has been only the dull, drearv round of a mechanical existence, With no hopes no fears, no lssioIs. nothing but the tired waiting here till the Master shall call me hence. 1 am as one dead-I am as one buried -and the world and all that live in the world are dead to mi'. Why do I still exist? lBecatuse it would be very sinful to lift my hand azain-t the life the hIster gave me. Let Hin work llis will, hmvw and when Ile will. and et inme humbly bow before the awful inywtery that I cannot understand. IIe. who ints a ptrpote in all things, placed me here for a purpose. allicted me for a pirpose. and will work out a purpose through Iy sufiferinugs: but what that purpose was. or is, or is to be, is known to Him alone. I only wait for the end. and resign myself to say: 1God's will be done on earth as in heaven." Pea Sanders. Old man Pea Sanders is probably the most notorious "moonshiner" in north' Georgia. lie has been in Fulton County jail eight times on the same charge. We saw old man Pea on Saturday night's north-bound train. le was just out of jail and on his way home. The Toccoa people will aplliXeiate the old man's appearance when we say that e would remind you forcibly of "Grip Scott." With an old. flabby wool hat, rim turned close against the corner oi the eft side and a keen, searching eye that as never dazted during his 76 years of ife, old man Pea is tihe perfect image of Somei civilized independence. Nothing bashes hinm. He is afraid of neithecr matn, woman. r beast. Ile is an incessant talker and oves to tell of his tricks on the r'evenue >flicers. His latest dodge. Just befor'e his latst irrest an oflicer got oil' the train at Bel on, near which towvn lie lives, and start d over to old Pea's hious. lie met an >ld iman in the road. "O ld man, do von know Pea Sant dotrs?" "O, yes; bought many or gallon er licker fronm him." 'Where does lie live?" "Right (down thiar." *"Is lie at home?" "Guess so; if he ain't the old 'oman s.. "Good day, sir," said the oflicer. "Good luck to ye." said the old man. The ollicer miarelied on to Old man Pea's ouse. Old man Sanders turned around s the ollicer went on and muttered to 1 imself: "Guess you won't find him to ay, mister." We said to tile old man, "Mr. Sanders, o you intend to keep on moonshilning?" Said he: "Them fellers in Atlanta axed nc there and I told 'emt I never made any rash promises. "Guess, then, von mean to make some ore 'mountain'dew.' "I "Let 'em prove it if I do."1 Th'le old1 man seemed very well satis-1 ied with his iimpt'isonment and among ther thiings said he had been "boarding ' t the United States hotel in Autlanter.i Tier treatedl me very well, but I like or 1 froze utp in tha~t cold spell. A young flour merchant from Atlanta< mgaged him in conversation. Said he: -3ir. Sanders, did vou buy a till befree von left Atlanta?" "Oh! whetn I want another one, I houghit I would come around and get out to make it for me." The old man's tieket gave out at' hite Sulphur and the conductor start- '1 d to put him off. Col. E. Schafer, of 'occoa, stopped fotward and p~aid the are. The old fellow chuckling to him- ) elf said: "Good friends is better thani uone."-Toccoa ((Ga.) Kews. A six-year-old son of C. M. Shortt, of s(uar Grove, N. Y., swallowed a toy nife while usig it a~s the dart of a] ~lowgun formedW~ of at hollow metal pen oldet'. TIhie knife, which was open, neasuied an inch aund live-eighths in ength, and wenut into the stomach han- I lleiirst. As soon as the boy's grand-I ~ather, Emnri Da:vis, heard oif the aci-< lent he p'res('ribedl ai diet of buckwheat, I aaving read just the imghit before how~ a< -onig C'aliforinian haad got i'id of a knife hicht he hadt swallowedl by eatini? 1 icartihly atid fi'equentlv (of hialf-cookel I mkwhecat. The little boy was given il the buckwheat cakes lie would cat ind no doctor wa~s called in. He rcecov-] arel. : 'i ' ::t to appirch him, he sail: . m 1 ' o-s i, p Just come in. 're a inl the presence of these utemen0." Thrie mani, who evidently "k zreat pride in his work. selected a :-!-: squiringl fish. struck its ._!artly un a wooden block I > the floor. a.nd kneeling by it dth~e creCature's nleck. inzserted a iife inl the left, sile of the vertebre, 1(1 dexterously ran it dIown to the tail: en rapidly alilied his instrument to < e othier side of the backbone and re- 1 ated the process, leaving- the eel split )(,n. lohiing. up1) the head, to which as tthed h vertebra.- and lateral 4 me 1iciosei1ng th. intestines, he bowed id s;aid: "There is not a splinter left in the < b." "'hat Iso. pr'oully remarked the -oprietor. ".1 only viploy the most ililful lieil and cooks.'" Thie operator ished down the. block, chopped the ttened (11 into three-inch lengths, and outed to a cook, who .dvanced to re ove it on a dish. The next process I as a inyterious one and was performed1 !hind a screen. from whence the 1 atter of eels was presently handed out one1 of the boilers. y opnion is at t:-e fish had s:imply been plunged to ioilinig water to mae the skins We :nivanced to a range and saw a dok .ewering tlhe piee of ecl on long ib1o pliters. Then he placedt I ei on the rod1 over the glowing coals, l1 whei"i 01 side was brownel, dex rOly picked iin i with : pair of In chop ti:ks an turnei lhm. After ey wecre' tlorouIlv cooked I he seized e ish ivh the sniam instrunient and un:el it into a vessel comain:intg old oy. whi -h was thick a:ntl dark as Il Tie staming ulln;ri was en dIr: placed in a Ineluer box, id i :- l irs to the custoiucr. A l lCtel: Millionaire. u c-nt great Chinese nker and raillionaire of H1anigchow, r lead. In soie respects. says the anghai Ncar he was one of the most miarkable int- in his country. His her ws::: a Iec:nlilit, and lie himself t -an life frm'n a pretty low rung Oil ladder. havinig I.b:on originally ac nile clerk or purser,. as tile Chinese aetimies ay. in a o r h 1o. by dinlt of hsextraordlinary, .talen:1ts : usiness he rose rapidly ill we~altli (1 fame, and for sone years past has en recognized as the leading mer ant of th'iina-the representative of iina's inancial and commercial inter s. To borrow a phrase made familiar us by Mr. Edward Jenkins, Hu Tao r i was, in no far-fetched sense, a true lalin of finance. and when lie died d already been honored by the em ror with'a button of the first grade ou p'in aLi), a yellow riding- t -ket. and the rank of provincial judge. r s beautiful palace at Hangchow was e of the show places of China. The nese say that his career was scarcely :e one of real life-it was a "spring C am." Advancement from so low a gree to the high honors and unbound wealth which lie afterward attained a phenomenon less common in China C an in Europe and America. There a ve been ainy miners and gulch la rers in the United States who have en to be bonanza kings. Mr. Gilead Beck does not stand alone in the an- s Is of the far west. But in China such ti aks of fortune are rare, and Hu Tao .i ay fairly claim a place as a suc wsful merchant beside Tzu Kung, the s ;ciple of Confucius, who, when en ged in business, always made a >iit. In this, however, the sagoe w a >rc fortunate than the millhonaire, a >uigh lie never amassed much wealth, 3 'the losses sustained by Ha in hisa lebrated silk speculation were simply ulous, and ther'e were probably fewc :rehants in the whole of China who t yr owned as much as was then sacri- a ed. Hut diedi at midnight a few days, o at liangehow, age some thing over yeairs. Hie was not a particularly h ltured man, but his iniuence was d a, and lie was renowned for the ex isivenless and1 liberality of his chari s. The flu Pao, in its obituary notice, :"Hie has saluted the world; and, ~ w tha~t he has .gone, having died in poep'-hed circumstances, who is re who wii1 not look back upon his :eer and accord him a sigh of regret?" A Novel Enterprise. A. H-alifaix, Nova Scotia. correspon- P at of the New York Ez.cning Post n ites: B. B. Barnhill, of Joggin's p nes, Cmnberland county, has under 11 astructionl an immense raft for the n rpose of cartrying to New York about p 'u0,000 superlicial feet of piles, logs, a rs, hardwood timber, and boan~s. F dimensions are, length 410 feet, n dth 55 feet. d1epthl 35 feet, and it will a: tw 21 feet of wvater. The raft is be- a r built upon au well-constructed cradle, ~ ich will be launched with the raft ti i removed from it in the water, leav- 01 the raft '. : its chains and binders F 'sp ci.ef. The structure is tor- t S...-ed at the bow and stern, and s: -r-.etion1 amidship) will be of the na m of an ellipse. When comipleted it ti: L weigh 8,000 tons. The weight is so d4 tributed over the four set of launch- cl vs as to exert a pressure of 80) pounds rc the square inch, which is about two- sC rds of tile pressure allowable on or- ci ary lauinchways. About one-sixth of n cargo has been stowved. When comn- s~ ted tile cost will be about $20.000. 1i e raft is to be towedl to Newv York by c "oceani tramp," or by two tugs, as al 41n as launlCeed, which will be about e, Lsunur. Should Mr. Barnhiill's en- e3 oering skill pt'ove equal to his enter- h< se and courage in planning and un- G -taking so novel ain operation he will opr'vided a1 cheap methiod of water r:::.e for the products of the forest. tI ov per'sons view the scemiie with in- ki dtlty. :1141iedie't that it will be a li .re. si he nnas o moer diplomai~ev de- 01 heL 0o event4 mor0.' impior'tanit antd tb u le than th lit~i't'le of Quteen Vie- A a :and .'i :. .iinister' Phelps sit- el in a et'.' r'~oom at WXindtsor Castle at etive Vie'w onl estali'.hin~ thme autto niy of ra-pbrry. jaml. Thtis occur e, says~ the PhIilaldelplhia Press, cain- is fail to dr'aw th~e two great English aking inationis closer together in the tds of c'ltniuen sisterhtood-t 11 1-:- 0 S -:f;, I nhe .Japamm-4e M1,91- 1 r . ikE .4-r j peutil 1- ;-4. a Ie.n r: sos l A .l m rr-h cf the Sni nto li O ri ' : - : ! 'i :. :h !w tctreet I i ;; i cj: ! i :I - : . h :22 1)cineLt1 a on e d . Ip ce l':. bu3I 'cai.n educa(ed'tI :ii'Inar vrd. t , d wh ' boietid cei o i I l- i'e-ast of a2 - t v.,s-hack du zn:d a t.nirlinwa a p therfetl ua 4 "YIn I- r bior. I Havid' poIel --lu-a e e' w re-~c 11.01 ma.,rkd. "I : "I onl mll wa t% .:mOk I' Would yn like. to j)inl InI, inl :I e tOf m broiled el? It is a i ta, thlis month . the una1.1i i.s a lit mors! o the gods.Z shake of ti - he:l. ii n Vr vl.:2' I vry P fond of thoA mIrn . -2::'. "Prbaly yi'hve neve i:.eed them1 sm 1 t T 'm i (nd n. were 1W elo.cdl i a 1v ri V.i j . Come lonI wv.ith me.-A "Are2 t he 2 'Ils . ''d to -d: " in ton ArtVcII lIt v,. izin iv iquird myfrien! 'of the pr.( priciol-. "Ihave o n tha: their- liever is ot quite what it ised LI bo. youI'l t proc ti o m from th-- cit.,. an. !. or 'I po pril'tor ho21ne'I. IIen 1whIh, the lf corner of hi muh.::ar h fahioni of; tI to e"lItO rabl &ir. d v n for a o' -li u1t I m i I sh.mb omican:1l-bred eels to t ti iuo: uihillve in:1 ::w asem'I S eel.- f t coml 'f . the1 :Lumi . 1 -- (I memberin "' h th! inn aI'S ear for vOU to p::k us a t I h la:e sm11 1 ai Of te lin' il'h o0Lu '. l '1 er :1V2. ou l i vou ice to come ,nt-) ihne k::e I :c "Ia"."of lyC l - thie , hi s wil. whot t had listenel to'hlis speech wV;Ih down- IS CC1s' ecs. "XI thu is -l We have so:mCie eels lit 1forc'a/d2mo" - re ".What do vonI so bi Iredlyfu com'1 minI. IWoul' vou lik-,to verI be t t tulinar te ? th "Not until I have di:id." I answered 4h sninfing 1usiebu;l at the ait d of! so ickld rati'h tilLt i utd f11roma rea1 r i p' re wih s:ome1L t rays contaiing; anl I b sibroeI~ :i bla .C Leqere be. bearing be(I th igs L;f IL - houre and a nume'11r. chl Lcin'e o1ne11 b.-oe )W ach o u1, She1 re- C1 molved'l the tgly!tiglids and" re- es! realAd the Contents hlichll were Selc- t tions of nicedly-browtn:d, broiled, split: t':i elis. skewered togeher.' th1at gave out a1 ml 0t appetizing odor. Tel i1r miled h as Sle wvalched lly looks. and replen- p Aji-. p Iaced ti ear ei.( "-I think youi will finl the uiiagi very H pleasing l yoItl t;i1st'." Onl I took myN ctXhop'tieksi inl my righlt C4 hoand. inserte thit' poInts ill the ilesh. lit broke oflth a morsel and lte. Ye _ts.- dr [t ias delicious: rich. tender, deia l de llavored, :mld hnes!I drew myV box e mard m . nIIothled approvingl yv at the i 'ttte01n111 t, a111d 'njoyed the tiCTable th oUod. The smln ilbrought inl box h *ifter box, tht! conitnts of c:eh beiln b1o niee,.r than thet last.' I have partaken ofri rIed ovters a' home''1 . broil"d fish inl all -ountrics, and the d asof e.Very n lea. . but have nev1ermre tiorouly1 fi mjoyed an 'y dh than I did those ee.I t' At l . 1. st I !aId v.own iy chopsticks, and, ce: ieancin~ tc m 4 frend. exelaitted: i ,1gicltcIi ll y~ 1j i 212 2l iCdll.:'e d i. "You'were11 oigt n saiga his fodh'sis ga .luce it ath toea. f Thoe waIrewd VuleXinCt acoledg- th th kiels of myl priSe. tOll iquired if e f :oublIt 0 like 1 ) vitison heri it. ee -Yes," fod e my11] companlion C "IX fal- C h:inkt :I cohemp " a bowl 'r twh . nu'~dd Away wed nt i.- 1ir whafer ae cbrsef c . thc wa101' a lllrd ot2 n tub, co- a 110icious \. :el-co ke r.24 'eerea!. the tei P h'tedi my:I pi p n wte ('m2: friend, tieO ho hd hi bol reilld a oze sa, me, ndmostne is food by satur--.0 tin it w&ith ta'.'c ' ' i~ olt.i ns of te fis o1 tender!''I asedth a til I do no knowi." he ansl*wereJL' anse n imcI id at heas. "The~'' ol u ot1Oks ever p'eI 2s to5 foarn tei 12r5s ]~I o like tiitte k.2111it~Scen dC her illno'oub exlai evrytinlXlr ,to ) "No forh the h. 1ai mytoman tc on .eiln: hSt pipC "Altoet~l l her you.l inO~ 1iven us v'et. tohrab mtl." no 1 n ' looin tuomnts :-eLae 'k.3 "arvin a1 Vmll seO~like to y. Cinl It vhichedvasOplaced as Cin ot paercon-bu ohl thator feile hmoingutelighert-a A BANK'S INGRATITUDE. In 1175, H1. C. Warner and I published he Scottville Argus. Scottville +s a Centuckv town and is principally noted or the activity of the town hog and the ethargy, of the tovn constable. I was he editor, water-carrier, wood-chopjper Lmd rent-dodger. Warner was piblili -r. book-keeper, fire-maker, presiman mid reet-dodger. We did the iost of ir work separately, but in dodging the ent collector we worked with perfect -oncert of action. Our paper was six nontis old when it died. Under differ qnt conditions it niiaht have lived a few noments longcr. Warner did not write Lmything for the Argus, yet he largely ontributcd to its collapse. This is the vay it occurred: One day a prominent )msiness man presented Warner with a >air of brogan shoes: Immediatelv af er my friend put on the shoes I detected foppish air about him. He took de ight in greasing the shoes with a line Lticle of tallow and prancing in my )resence. Having thus gained recog iition at the hands of the capitalists, he )egan to withdraw himself from circu ation and to cultivate an exclusiveness vhich greatly depressed me. I knew hat those capitalists would be our ruin, Lnd, alack, how well my suspicions ,ere founded. -Good scheme on hand." said War ier one evening as ho came into the )edroom where our type setting, editing nd presswork was done. "What is it?" "-Well, several parties hero want to es ablish a bauk, and they want us to ad -ocate the idea. What do you say?" -I am opposed to banks," I replied. 'If a bank be started here it will de us LO good." -.That's where you're wrong. Our ailure thus far can be attributed to the act that we've had no bank. Why, sir, ust think of it. All successful newspa iers, all great journals are published in owns where there are banks. If banks vere not conducive to the health of the ewspapers, why the newspapers would aove away. Now, what I want you to o, is to write an article in favor of the ank, urging the fact that our people ake stock in it. Well, we advocated the establishment f the bank, and the bank was estab shed. Shortly afterwards, Warner, rcaring a thick crust of melancholy, ane into the office, sat down on our ine bed, and, with a sigh, remarked: "It was a mean trick." "What was a mean trick?" I asked. "Well, I'll tell you, even though you ave nothing to do with the business enartment of this office, we are Lined! "Ruined!" I exclaimed. "That's what I said. I know that ou do not understand business, but I iink that closer relations should be es iblished between the editorial depart ient and the counting-room. We are usted." "Explain," I pleaded. "Well, it was caused by the treachery f the bank men." "Have they run away with any of our ioney?" Ee looked reproachfully at me and ntinued: "This morning a fellow rew on us through the bank. He lives bout fifty miles from here, and we were 11 right until that infernal bank was arted. Those officials have treated us amefully. To think of their ing-rati ide makes me mad. The sherift will e around pretty soon to take charge of ur material. I am determined that he all not have the type." "How-can you help it?" "I'm going to put it into my poekets nd stroll away with it." He did so, nd is now running a paper in Argenta, .k. I met him the other day. "How re you getting along?" I asked. "First rate," lie replied. "Only the ittle pied my type. You see, during ie recent-cold weather, I had to move 'y office into the stock yards. I didn't et out a paper this week. A Texas eer hooked my press and broke it. Ah, ow fondly I remember those good old tys we spent in Kentucky. See that ta going along yondler?. Well, he's orking against me. He's going to art a bank in my town."-Opie Pead, SNew York Mercusry. Common Sensie at Home. One of the advantages of a great city a certain independence which we en >y. The rules of fashion or custom are ot so severe. It is only young, inex 3rienced people who feel that they lst have the latest style and tint of aper, and remake their side trimming to box pleatings, when that is the last tode. In fact, a little change from the reailing custom is considered original ad rather admired, unless too outre. or instance, the other day, a friend of ine determined to so: all her acquaint aces and repay many social calls. She yeordinoly sent out her visiting cards, ith "-Oll-Fashioned Tea" written under te engraved name, and in the corner >posite the address, added "From >ur to Seven." In the back parlor . table wa~s simply sot with tongue, .ndwichies, the most delicious crullers, ade by her niothier, who is famous for at particular cake, cookies, equally dicious, also home-made sponge cake, ipped beef and cheese. Two young latives poured tea and chocolate, an2 rved the refreshments on old family ma, beautiful enough to form the tees of a mu.,eumn. It is needless to y that ev-ery body came and was de ;hted. Ther-e wais neither bake-shop nfectionierv nor dishes for shiowv, but 1tasted and tasted, again and again, claiming --Oh, how good it is!"-an elamation which your corresponident artily ec-hoedl.-rs. II. Xl. Poole, in od Hlousekeeping. The aLncient Egyptians were simple in eir diet, as weire the early Greeks. We iow from Homer that his heroes ate ~e barbaurians. Ini a later age profes >nal cooks arose, some of whom could rve up a rosted pig on one side, boiled ianother, and so delightfully stuffed at the par-ts tasted like different dishes. :hestratus, a poet and epicure, tray 3d far and wide, enduring hardships td dlefying dangers, to add to the lux ics of the Athenian table. The life of the Br-itish army in Egypt described as "all beer and skittles." [two years ago," says lie Boston ,.anit, "it was all scare and bat A WILD BOAR HUNT. Two Animals from the Hartz Mountains Let Loose on the Basebal Grounds as Targets for Sharpshooters. (From the New York World.) Never did a more amusing or excit ing affair take place in New Jersey than the great boar hunt which came off at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, on Monday afternoon. The German steamship Eider last week brought over from Germany two wild boars, which had been captured in the Hartz mountains by agents of Charles Reiche the collector of wild animals. When the boars arrived they were presented by Mr. Reiche to Charles Kaegebahn, of No. 314 Washington street, Hobo ken. For several days he was at a loss what to do with them. Finally some of his friends suggested that a grand wild boar hunt be given at the Elysian Fields. , The suggestion met with favor, and the hunt was fixed for Monday after noon. Invitations were issued to -a. number of persons, but many more people came than had been asked. rhev swarmed over the fences of the baseball grounds, where the hunt took place, and crowded through the gateo despite the precaution of the keepers. Among those who came were nearly all the city officials of Hoboken, many 61f those of Jersey City, besides hun dreds of prominent citizens and hood luins and street gamins. The sharpshooters who had been selected to kill the brutes were Henry A. Golde, R. Welfelman, W. Hollister W ard and George Brown. Only the two latter appeared. W. Hollister Wall is the editor of a Hoboken week ly paper, and his father is a clergyman. He learned to handle the rifle early in life, and is an expert shot. George Brown is a colored man, and is in the employ of Mr. Reiche. He, too, is a crack shot. At 3 o'clock the inclosed grounds were crowded with spectators and the tops of the fences were lined with people, while out of neighboring win dows peered hundreds of faces. Half an hour later the door of the pen was thrown open, and as the smaller of the boars shot through those of the specta tors who had not already secured a* ilace bevond the reach of the terrible looking tushes of the wild beast sought safety in undignified flight. A dozen valiant policemen scampered with the rest of the crowd out of the way, while Chief Donovan and Mayor Timken vied with each other to reach the fence top. The obesity of the mayor prevented a successful execu tion of the maneuvre. The boar, an undersized, yellowish brute, ran half way across the field, then he stopped to root with his long snout in the spongy earth. Sharpshooters Wall and Brown edged carefully up, while the crowd kept cautiously back. While the boar had his head half buried to the eyes in the dirt, Brown drew a bead on him and fired. With a squeal of agony the animal turned and ran *with jaws widely extended towards Editor Wall. That valiant huntsman ner vously pulled up his parlor rifle and pulled the trigger. The cap snapped, but the gun failed to go off. The boar, however, fell dead at his feet. Then the other boar was released. He was a big fellow and was inclined to be lazy until Kaegebahn's big wolf hound was let out. The dog walked up to him, smelled of him, and then quickly proceeded to seize him by the left ear. The boar squeated, and the dog let go and gazed at the strange quadruped in apparent astonishment. He was much more astonished when the boar opened wide his tremendous jaws and made a side lunge at him. Had that blow hit the dog, that dog would have worried no more boars. Luckily, however, for the sport, the dog escaped, and then began the fun. First the dcg chased the boar, and then the boar chased the dog. The two sportsmen got as close as they dared, but could not get a good shot. Suddenly the boar started towards a group of 'spectators and sent them flying in every direction. Mayor Timken got against the fence, and when the brute was close to him kicked tremendously. His Honor's feet looing up like's big stone wall frightened the hog, and it ran towards Gus Seide, who tumbled over Bill Wright, who in turn knocked down Water Commissioner Winjes, who, in falling, toppled over against Chief Donovan. in an instant all was con fusion, and Charley Kaegebahn ran up wvith a baseball bat and beat the boar :>ver the head until he ran towards Brown, the colored sharpshooter, who lazed away at him. His ball nearly broke a foreleg. The dog kept snap :>ing at the boar until Mr. McAnerny told Mr. Kaegebahn to call him off or the sport must stop. The dog wvas Immediately called off. The infuriated animal had mean ime lunged towards Editor Wall, who fired a big rifle ball into his breast mnd killed him. Carl Echert, Hertler's expert butchei, ran out and with a big knife cut the boar's throat. The two boars were at once hung up and clean ed, after which they were hooked to ~he side of a big truck and paraded bhrough the streets. -The Loyal Orange Institution of England has issued a manifesto de oneing Mr. Gladstone's proposed rish measures. It summons Orange >rethren everywhere to remember their special and solemn obligations to iefendthe Protestant succession, and o make all necesary preparations to rove their loyalty to Orange princi les. _______ __ --The intended journey of the Czar o Nova Tscherkask, to present his son o the Cossacks as their chief, has been revented by the discovery of a dyna nite plot to assassinate the imperial arty. A Cossack officer and his >rothier, the latter being a student in it. Petersburg, have been arrested in onnection with the crime. They are >elieved to be Nihilist agents. -The Senate very graciously passed dr. Edmunds's resolution for him and hen proceeded very graciously to con irm Mr. Cleveland's appointments for im. The United States Senate is a re obliging assembly.