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TH? PABTIHG AT THE OATS. ?Y JOHN DE WITT. When the train is almost going. And yon hurry lest you're lat?, Have you ever watched a parting, Someone parting at the gate? o/.o ennnraoo rnnr lanffhtuf. coboium. "In nine-tenths of the miladies, the accident?, the crimes and the rain, in much of the uncontrolled passion* and popular disorders, one can well say, 'Cherchoz Palcool.' "The ravages of alcohol among the vouth of the common classes are frightful. l*here is scarcely any longer an amusement or recreation with which it does not mix itself. It interferes with or destroys every rational enjoyment It prevents proper physical developments, it neutralise the good effects of reunions for social pleasure and relaxation. Every assembly, every excursion for whatever object, is in.danger of terminating in a drunken debaucb. Manners become coarse and the language as well as the songs brutal. "Formerly the large cities depended upon the country for the purification of the life blood. The source itself is now tainted. Ift the lovely valleys that roll back among the Volgeg, springs of crystal water abound, the air is pure, and within the memory of man, epeieoiic has never reigned. But alcohol now reigns there as master. The number of feeble'children constantly increases. ^Disorder is in the manners, in the purse and in the household. Toe fruits oi a lifetime of toil disappear. "Alcohol is more terrible than war, than pestilence,or no matter what Datural calamity. One can repair the external disasters ?one can rebuild the worl 1 of ideas. But what can remedy tbe evil that destroys the blood, the braiD. the nervous system?that destroys the foundations of lire? "In contemplating oar present civilization, it might be asked, what is there that could seriously menace it? It could not, as in antiquity, succumb to an iuvasion of barbarians. Its enemies, however, are not far away. Thev do not first make their app?aranoe in the distant horizon like the tfuna and the Vandals. They arq in our own bosom, and the most terrible of them all is alcohol. What hope is their for to-tnorrow with the youth of to-day saturated with alcohol? Iteraocracy rests on tin intelligence, on the wisdom and energy of the citiz?n,ou the spirit of order, of industry, of economy. For all these one ma? well fear, in proportion as brandy and absinths progresses. Our barbariansour ourselves,behold themlJ>' ?Revue Chretienne, Paris. peciauy a popular piague?3 recem piaguw that has made itself sensible with in the past thirty or forty years. Alcoholism is a papvenue of the last hour, and a parvenue cosmopolite. It speedily acclimates itself everywhere. Since by heredity, it has entered into the blood and marrow of the people, and has spread itself in the country as it has in the city, not only physicians nave become alarmed but also men of the law and by degrees all intelligent and reflecting persons. At the present moment it increases and assumes the proportions of a universal danger. The race is struck in its vitals. The hospitals, almshouses and prisons bear testimony to its progress. In certain districts on? no longer counts the drunkards, but those who are not. That which is now drank is infinitely different from that which was for- i merly consumed.lt is a cheap kind of liquor, f adulterated with, brandy made from the J beet-root and potato, with which uoprinci- f pled manufacturers are flooding the world, 1 and this poison is alike destructive of in/ tellectual, moral and physical life. It majr be truthfully said of him who drinks it,that he drinks his own death and that of his children. It poisons the future and predestinates coming generations to physical weakness, imbecility and crime. It is impossible for any one to fully estimate the moral, political, social and hygienic effects of al X1CVCUU.UU Ui V.iUUlbJ WU VUHUl OU UUO V.OA7 of a drunken mother found in a gin shop, while her five little children were hu Idled . v on a door step during a dreadful rain. Finally the oldest girl succeeded in coaxing the wretched, reeling woman into the street v and to the poor place they called home. Here, indeed, was a case for the temperance >-; union or the splendid Catholic Total Abstinence Society. As for the Woman's Temperance Union, its strength and in- ' fipence lie largely in the list of its members. , In matters of morality what good women think speedily becomes public opinion, and the ladies who compose this union could nut possibly do better than to pledge tnemselves individually to bring in each a list of twelve new signers of the pledge. The twelve should be women, and each one cC the twelve should also pledge herself to > secure in turn twelve other signers.?New Orleans Picayune. fla THE DRINK CUHSE IN FRA.N02. "The great black spot on the horizon is m alcoholism. No doubt its influence is felt among all classes of society, but it js ea All ini&jnay come -_rom osae. causes, no- /j, tably when the heart's action Is checke I bf excessive coid. fiat ertreme continual alcoholic intoxication is surer. THE C. T. U. It is a great pity that the case of every rJ& drunken woman that comas before tble different charitable and philanthropic associations of New Orleans, to say nothing of the police courts, oould not be referred to the Woman's Christian Temperanoe Union for kind treatment, good influence, sym- "'?]| pathy and settlement. Every good, moral "./us woman, of whatever station in life, exerts over a certain circle an immense influence * for good, and when such a woman, in a . wise, kind and siEterly way, reaches out to save or protect one of her own sex, the work never goes wholly unrewarded. It has been said by experts who ought to know the truth that the most irrevocable and hope- ; /> less human object is a woman who drinks. Then the more need to protect such a woman from her own vice, and to rescue bar chil- ;$j dren from its consequences. Intemperate women frequent the shy neighborhoods of a / great city. They are pariabs even there,1 $ hooted at by boys and men, and shunned by other women. No one helps them or gives ,. them a chance, and the only recognition of them is when they are arrested and sent to jail for ten days. Not long since there was reported at a meeting of the Society for the cate. THE HOME AND THE DBJKKSHOP. We cannot serve two master. Which, then, will you serve? There is no affinity? no common tendency and helpfulness?between the home and the drinkshop. Pat them side by side, watch their aims, their means, their ends, an-i you will see that they are as different as light from darkness, as hostile as viriue to vice, as antagonistic as food to poison. Home is tha cradle of innocence, the temple o.' truta, the nursery of affection. The drinluhop is the fountain of demoralization, the nest of disease, the sepulchre Oi. hope! Over the home, th? angel# of love and purity Dreside?in the brewery and beerhouse, in the distillery and dramshop, the evil spirits o.' appetite and avarice role and reign supreme. ? jacred Heart ReTi6W DANGER TO HARD DBIXKSR3. A really terrible danger to hard drinkers seems to be becoming rapidly more an i more prevalent. It is congestion of the lungs, says the Washington Post. Unless an autopsy is made the victim of this disease is frequently thought to have died from heart disease, the outward symptoms being not unUJce. But a post mortem examination reveals the truth. One day recently two men, one white, the other colored, died this silent, imilioas death, bat a few hours apart. The white mail came home late, very drunk, and either fell dead on the floor or lay on the floor in a drankea slumber with his clothes on, and died as he slept. The circumstances of thi colored man's death were almost identical. In each case a post mortem examination was made ' by Deputy Coroner Schaeffer, and Loth deaths were found to hava been from congestion of the langs. 1 The heart, stimulated beyond its c&pvity by bard drinking, weakens as the effect* of the stimulant wear off," and at last bajox38 unable to pump the blood. The sta?nait , blood coagulates, and the victim is smothered. ? I? TEMPERANCE. If DIA PPROPHIATE PRESENT. The City Council of Detroit, Mich., by a unanimous vote, decided to present to the new cruiser, the Detroit, a handsome silver \ punchbowl and tray, costing 13300. It is all ' very well for tbe Detroit Councilmen to make some sort of a recognition of the name which tbe new cruiser bears, but no vessel in the public service should have any on for a punch-bowl. Intoxicants are mischievous, and peril attends their use everywhere, but they are especially dangerous on S shinboard.?National Temperance Advo TWIN STEERS. engraved from a photograph. The owner states, however, *hat they are not worked regularly,but occasionally do light work. One would suppose that almost any ordinary work would be light for such a stately pair of Jumbos. They were bred by Frederick Richmond, of New Milford, Conn., and are owned by C. W. Barnura, of Lime Rock, Conn.? American Agriculturist. if- V:---" '"?* * ;* A ueary irair ui oieero. Our illustration represents two steers, which for size, uniformity of color, and exact matching are probably without rivals in this or any other country. The combined weight of the two is 5500 pounds, or two and three-quarters tons, and only two pounds difference when last weighed. They are four years old, perfectly black, and so nearly alike that it is extremely difficult, even for their owner, to tell one from the other. They are cross-bred, three-fourths Holstein-Frlesiaa and one-fourth Shorthorn. They are accustomed to the yoke, as will be seen by the illustration, which was use oil, althougn previous experiment* with it had failed to give very good results. He had tried all the patent instruments for giving out oil, but none of them had acted satisfactorily. So he tried another way. He had the pipes of the closeta in the fore part of the vessel stopped up with oakum and then filled the closets with oii, which percolated slowly through the oakum and reached the surface of the water slowly and in very small quantities at a time. The effect thus produced was almost mitaculous. Turbulent as the sea was all around, it was so quiet in the immediate vicinity of the bark that hardly any seas broke over the vessel and tut little water was shipped.?Chicago Herald. MADAMS j The income of Senora Cousine is put at $25,000,000 a year,and South Americans say her estate would realize not less than $200,000,000. This would make her not only the richest woman but the richest person in the world.?St. Louis Republic. Oil Calming Tarbulent Wares. The German sailboat Julio Theodoro met with terrible weather near Cape Horn. Both wind and waves were so violent as to make the vessel nearly unmanageable. The captain determined to She has another parK ana paiace aoous an hour's drive from Santiago on the finest plantation in Chile. Her vineyard at Macul has upon it a single cellar 500 feet long by 100 wide, which is kept constantly full of wine, and supplies the markets of all Chile. She has another large estate about thirty miles from Santiago, also a great town house in that city built mostly of red cedar brought from California. This house is decorated by Parisian artists; it is said, by those who have seen it, to be finer than any residence in New York City. greater even than were her husband's, consists of millions of money in bank, of cattle and sheep, of coal mines, of copper and silver mines, of iron steamships, of real estate in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso, of smelting works, of railroads and farming lands. From her coal mines alone Sonora Cousino is said to have an income of $80,000 a month, or $960,000 a year. This income from one form of wealth alone represents a branch of her estate which should be considered, at a fair capitalization of its income, to amount to $25,000,000. The extent of her coal mine property, however, is known only to herself; but whereas it costs only $1.35 a ton to mine her coal, she readily realizes for it $7.50 a ton. Her own fleet of eight iron steamships carries her coal end ore to market. She owns every house in the town of Lota, which has 7000 inhabitants, also nine-tenths of the houses in the mining town of Soronel. The town of Lota is her favorite residence. There she Has a magnificent mansion in the centre of the finest private park in the world. It is supplied with all the luxuries that untold wealth can procure, brought to her very doors from the ports of Europe, Asia and Africa by her own steamships. "v,v ?J 'W? ?" either side, and that afterward fissures were discovered in the bed. The creek appeared to an eye witness to explode. The Richest Woman in the World. The richest woman in the world?such shj has long been acknowledged?is Dona Isadora Cousino, sometimes known as the "Croesus of South America." Her various homes are in and near Santiago in Chile. She traces her ancestors back to the days of the Spanish conquest. She has been a widow for about ten years; but even during her husband's lifetime she managed her own property, worth many millions, which came from her ancestral estates. The Cousino estate?now representing the property of her late husband, as well as her own, witn the increments due to her executive abiliiv. which is said to be congratulates himself that he was in San Francisco at the time. A heavy chimney fell on his bed when be was not in it. Many grave stones in a cemetery were shaken down. It is reported that the waters of a ptppIt xcprp tVirnwn rtiif tarcntw foof rtn was ruined. Of John Kempfke's saloon nothing but a wall was left. Thus it will be seen, Bays a Western philosopher, that there was no discrimination. Paul Morris, a young clerk of Winters, Dixon a tire broke out in Brown & Coleman's grocery through the igniting of a can of matches which fell on the floor, Fires were very rare, however. At the hour when the shock came there were not many lighted lamps. John Dugan'sdry ejoods store was first badly damaged, and then the wall of the Masonic Temple fell on it. A fire followed, and the services of the Fire Department were needed. The remainder of the Masonic Temple was pulled down. The new Baptist Chapel in this place muuguuuu agiiaiuio ncio ait?t ****** ran out to seek protection from a policeman. When he found that merely an earthquake was taking place be went back to bed. It was an earthquake distinguished by the loudness of the noises that accompanied it. Sulphurous flames burst from fissures in the ground and this strengthened the impression that the shock was of infernal origin. Two or three slight shocks, which did little serious damage but were not felt without distrust by the people, occurred on subsequent days. Twenty or more towns and villages :n the State were damaged. San Francisco was slightly shaken. The towns of Dixon and Winters suffered most peverely, after Vacaville. At f kempfke's place. The Chinese quarter, consisting of wooden shanties, was not injured and the inhabitants in very few places left their beds. One Chinaman thought the anti** *?AiiA nffoi> V\irr* on/1 SU11CIV3 U1 Tf V/UIVU UWl V >MV ??J ? soon people began to rush into the streets in their night clothes. They were terrified and huddled together like sheeps, but as soon as the shock passed away the men in the party regained their nerve although the women still remained in a highly excited state and would not return to their dwellings." imirn i11 )UBE WAS AFFECTED. was clear and starlight and that a cold breeze was blowing, and he was walking down Main street, from west to east, with his laQtern in his hand, when his attention was attracted by a rumbliDg sound which came from the hills to the west of the town. The noise resembled distant thunder or the roaring of water which had suddenly been let loose by the bursting of huge dam-gates. Bettis stood still and listened a few seconds, while the noise increased to a roar and the ground btneath his feet seemed to heave up. "The motion at first was from west to east," said he, "and then several violent shocks passed from north to south. I felt as if on the deck of a vessel during a heavy storm, and I put my hands to the ground to prevent myself from falling on my face. After that brick walls and chimneys began to fall all around and the noise for a minute or so was deafening. Occasionally I could hear the -V-I-l.n "' t">mon ohnra tha rlin and The lact that no one wa3 killed and that so many persons escaped from terrible daDgcr,are things that should make the people of Vacaville happy, in spite of the loss of their property. In view of the destruction done, it seems hardly credible that every person concerned should have missed'serious injury. A pole on Bowles's Opera House was surmounted by an iron rod bearing an arrow and a ball at the end. The iron was neatly bent so that one-half stood out at right angles to the other. In several buildings two walls were destroyed and two others were left standing. A. C. Stevenson, the conductor of a railroad train, said that some of the passengers remarked when they felt the earthquake that they were going over a remarkably bad piece of track. The first person in Vacaville probably to notice the approach of the earthquake was S. N. Bettia, the night watchman of the town. He reports that the morning was another lucky one. A heavy partition fell over her as she was in bed,but was held up by a loosened window frame. Garland Gates's house wis destroyed, and several persons were injured, but they quickly recovered. The type in the Enterprise newspaper office was considerably pied by the earthquake. wrecked, two great wmer muss uu yuico sixteen feet hiiafi were undisturbed, and wooden outnoupes were uninjured. Dobbms declares bis intention of rebuilding his house so that it will be proof against future shocks. The wife of L. C. Davis, whose house, A mile south of Vacaville, was wrecked, A BEDrOOM IN THB DOBBINS HOUSE. ^ ALL THAT WAS LEFT 01 It ib recorded that while the Dobbins house and everything in the way of brick work in its neighborhood was .T" 3 ^ ^ \ " am " MATN STREET, VACAVIIXE. live in again. Several members of this family narrowly escaped with their lives. Miss Dobbins and her friend, Miss Hill, were rescued from under a pile of timber two feet deep. Their bed was immediately under the place where the roof was rent in two, and it is said that the greater part of a brick chimney fell through the gap upon them. Their escape was inexplicable. f\\ llpiS HOW MR. DOBBDJ8'8 H( The Presbyterian Church and the Brunswick Hotel, on Main street, both of wood, were badly cracked but not destroyed. The house of "W. J. Dobbins, on the Gibson Canyon road, considered the handsomest in the town, was ruined, as may be seen. The roof was split in two and the buildiog left entirely unfit to Here wero ruinea. ine hhim: uiuva. was almost shaken to splinters. The only cheerful citizens left in the town are the builders, carpenters, glaziers, aDd so on. ' " w ? Score of Other Towns Sufferers? The Earth Rocked and the Noise Was Deafening. 1 _ J EARLY all the business Part of Vacaville, /A ( in Solano County,Cal., ,'/ij j I M^SScI I was demolished or |g | ; K I i damaged by the recent | f earthquake. The aciP " iBk companying illustra1 tioDB will convey some ^ idea of the effects of that earthquake. " On the road from the railroad depot to the town nothing was left standing, except a school which will need rebuilding, to a bridge over Ulatis Creek, a distance of about a mile. Main street, the principal business thoroughfare, suffered almost as much. Two hundred stores * * mi.. Ll-.l. THE EARTHQUAKE. GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF CALIFORNIA'S RECENT VISITATION. VAPftrillp Pn.rt.lv Demolished, and a oe senr UJ meuililLC mi a. iuuui onger term, with some hope of recovery. American women are well known enthusiasts in the cause of temperance. One )f toe most zealous workers devotes an immense vineyard, her time and means to the production of an unfrementei wine, which she uses her influence to have accepted for the communion table in place of alcohol;; iquor. Great Sport. Rabbits are becoming a pest in California, as well as in the northern States of the West, and rabbit drives, similar to the wolf drives in Kansas, are resorted to as a means of abating the nuisance. A drive neal Travel resulted in the destruction of several thousand rabbits. ion*, Wive?, Kiunu ttuiucu, uuituicu ui wuier years ?tne gin shop i6 open to all, and ill go to it. Tue President of the Wilmore (Kv.) Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Miss L M. Stratton, is one of the teachers in Asbury College, in which twenty-five out of j the t&irty older boy pupils and five of the iaven members of the faculty are Prohibitionists. Dr. Norman Kerr is said to view with lorror the fact that men and women are :ommittei to prison scor&s and even huuireds of times for short periods for the >ffenca of drunkenness, when they ou.^ht to * -1 .. ITO EE CONTINUED.J TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. Australia is said to be the b9st customer England has for beer. The Lard Mayor of London declares that ninety per cent, of the cas3s that are heard at the Mansion House are due to irink. "No member shall be permitted to drink the white man's grog" is the pertinent regulation of a newly formed Zulu church in Africa. An excellent scientific temperance education law has just been passed by the Legislature of Nova Scotia. This is the first one for Canada. An organizing committee has been formed in Holland to ma\-e arrangements for the fourth International Temperance Congress, to be held in th9 Hague, September next. Tbe curse of the lower classes of women in London is drink. Mothers, daughters, sis sver you Bav the word." The landlord gave him a lieht and led he way up-8tair?. When they were in be room the landlord pointed to the winlow. "If yon want more a;r the window >pens inward. There is the hook I made nypelf. Good-night." The sailor examined the window, and >bserving a breadth ont of the leads, ooked about for something to place in :he bole. Then he stuffed his nandker:hief in the opening and began to disobe. There waB a bench on the side opjosite the window. The sailor sat down >n this, placed his clothes near him, :arefully concealed his purse and a silk >and that was wound over his shoulders ind under his arm6 under the pillow, rber h? blew the light out and laid lown. :ee, there was a fight after we got on ihore?later on?youug blood boils easily. ! had no hand in it. I can drink, and I :an let it alone. Another jorum, landord?what, yon are all going? I'm for ise, not the abuse. Your good healths, ind unless I change my mind I'll be stowed in bed before any here." Apparently all the liquor this man Irank had little effect upon him, unless, 50seiblj\ it made him blighter and more :ompanionable. "It's timo I was gone," said Ezra Easty, eaving his corner and eying the sailor ?itn 6aucer-like eyes. "Good-night, tfaut'-r Hobbs; good-night, Muster 211i8." He opened the door and was ;one on tho instant. The Marshal butoned up his coat; Giles Ellis did the ;ame, and together they took their leave. "It's long 6ince I've laid in Christinn >ed," said the sailor. "I think I'll enjoy nine to-nieht. I'm ready, landlord, when ible man wants for the balance of my ife, landlord. I've that here," striking lis bieast again, "that would make you spen your eyes." The landlord's wife, coming in nnobierved, looked quickly from the Bailor to ler husband on hearing this speech. The landlord's face paled. He inclined lis ear to Ezra Easty again, casting a irown upon his wife. Ezra whispered: "Said I not so?he means the dianonds. I'll be bound they are sewed in lis jacket. But see the purse." The sailor had produced a curious )urse. As he opened it; he said: "I've :anied this seventeen years?twice it was ?s good as lost?it's mine yet. There's lone like it, save one. in all the world. 3ere, landlord, pay yourself, and give ne lodging." "Is it troe there is a wreck off Marblelead?" the Marshal asked, as he rose. "Aye. The ship Eliza hns made her ast voyage. I'd no hand in it. She was sringing me home?me and ten other (hio-wrecked 6ailors. T don't, r>.onnt thin imong my wrecks?nor would there have ieen a wreck if the crew had kept from he rum. But when they stove the casks ?the worst were the shipwrecked sailors, mnd you, just back from the gates of leath?well, then I knew it would be short sailing for all of us." "And were many saved?" the landlord's rife asked. She was thinking of her ion. Perhaps he was one of the men who nvited death the second time. "Sflmn. T don't know how manv. You diamond fields be was in," Whereupon the landlord looked at the sailor keenly, schoing involuntarily, under his breath, 'Diamonds!" "Yes; he told me on tne road he came from the country where they grew." "A Btranpe life," said the Marshal of Salem. "You must be stout of heart." "Or I'd not be fit for a sailor. Lcndord, another jorum." "No, no," said the Marshal. "No more ;o- night." "Norforme,"said Giles Ellis. "Enough's is good as a feast." "ion are welcome," said the 6ailor, slapping his breast. "I've plenty, and to ipare; and?hark, ye?if I sat here two aonrs, my wits would be as tight bound is there's need for. It's so long since ['ve breathed the air of Christians, I feel it home with them all. I've all a reason fie is talking or Biave snips. Then the Marshal settled himself com'ortably in hiB Beat again. The Bailor imiled. "Yoa did not take me for a pirate. 3ave I a pirate's jib?" Ezra Easty shrank into the corner :loser, "Mates," added the sailor, "if I were ninded to relate what I've seen it woald nake yonr blood run cold. Bat that's my iffair. Five years of life with hell in iight?three years in hell itself. My two nateB that were saved oat of the wreck >n the African coast?well, no matter, rhe devils spared me. Maybe I was not palatable. I was in a fever when Ifoand nyeelf where a white man never was before. Then I lived like the rest, till I made my escape in a great battle, got back to the coast, and here I am, tongh ib?why don't you drink?" This to Ezra Easty, who was edging iway from the sailor. Ezra made a prepense of gulping down his panch, and ffhispeiea to the landlord, "That was the . ( V,- f> n TariouB colors, and leaning toward the others, 6aid, deliberately: "I said Africa. I was one of three saved out of seventy-6even. I'd not cared or that. Since I left American f.oil three ihips hare gone down tinder me. One Fas in the Mediterranean, one was in he British Channel, tbe other on tbe :oast of Africa. I tell you. I've been in places where hell is brewed." Ezra Ensty recoiled. The others sat srect. The "landlord made a pretense of rimming the light, and replenished tbe ire once more. There was a lull in the itorm. "Ay, I call it brewing hell where hunan beings are maimed and drowned and old." "Oh," said Giles Ellis, gTeatly relieved, country where Marshals are unknown." j "Yon have been in strange parts," said the Marshal. "Many years," the sailor replied. "Three of them where no white man is ever Been." "Ay. That must be a great distance." Giles Ellis leaned near the sailor. i "It was in Africa." i The e&ilor unbuttoned his jacket, shrugged his shoulders, pushed the sleeves of hiB jacket up, displaying unconsciously strange figures on his arms contents before he removed the mug , from his lips. The Marshal of Salem observed his movements uarrowlv, as did Giles Ellis, but neither manifested the slightest interest in the newcomer. "Yon are a Btranger?" said the land- \ lord. < "Yes, call me a stranger. It's long i ince I set foot in Salem." At that the Marshal and Giles Ellis | turned and looked at the sailor deliber- < atelv. The sailor looked at them with < equal gravity. < "This is the Marshal of Salem." said ' the landlord, "and this is Giles Ellis, as ' well known in Salem as the Marshal." The sailor nodded to each in turn, 5 then turned to the landlord. "If they will do me the honor"?he ex- 1 tended a hand to the mues?"till np. .As J for me," he laughed, *aI come from a ! XUC UUUi U^/OUIU^ iuu D(lUio uuiv, Easty's words were verified. A man with j long hair and uncut beard stalked into < the inn, closing the door after him very < deliberately. His face and h*nds were I brown with exposure to sun and wind, f Looking around him, he advanced to a ' vacant seat, 6at down drew up another ( chair beside him, and in a deep voice said: "Good evening to all here." Then, perceiving Ezra, he addressed him directly: "Are not you thj lad that spoke me on my way here?" "The same," Ezra replied, but without j looking at the strnnger. ' "Landlord, a jorum for the lad and 1 another for me. What matters if he has his comfort?it is a thick 6kin?aye, bet- 1 ter seasoned than mine that is not bet- ' tered with savory cheer a night like this. But yours, I'll be sworn, iB good cheer. THe worst, I say, would be welcome now. T want something to wash this keen j Massachusetts wind out of my throat." The landlord quickly poured out the liquor, mixed it, and handed it to the ' stranger. As the sailor?it was plain to j all he vraj a sailor?lifted hie mug, be nodded to the young man, caBt a side glance at the landlord, and, Baying, : "\nni? ftnnrl V?ao 1 V*a " cwoIIavo^ half1 hn tine ally. Theynever met the eyes of the ? person he addressed. They were either f upon the ground, or glanced 6ideways. t The owner of these shifting eyes ap- t peared to be at a loss to know what to (lo with his hands and feet. The latter i were lifted and placed across each other < alternately; his hand fumbled with his e garments, plucked at his buttons, or were rubbed against each other. The ^ landlord waved a hand to a seat. 8 "You may as well take your comfort, i Ezra Easty. Is there augh't I can do for you?" e Instead of seating himself, Ezra Ea6tv e advanced to the landlord, and whispered 1 | to him: c "I come, Master Me ade, to tell you a * customer is near. I overtook him on the T road. If my master was not bo hard to ' please, I might have staid with my aunt { till the morrow. I have come a long way since 4 o'clock?had I known what 1 ( learned on the road," he held up his hat I j and passed his fingers through his wet c hair, "an' I'd made master's time my i time till the storm was over." ' "What like is this custom ;r?" the land- i lord inquired, coldly. 1 j "A sailor, I'll be bound, by his talk. ] he is coming from Marblehead, I think. ? There's talk of a terrible wreck. Tbis t be one of the crew, I dare 6ay. He asked t me where he could get quiet lodgings, not in the heart of Salom; he was of a quiet I kind, he 6aid?which, considering he was i in drink, I do not doubt. 'Master,' said t I, 'you'll be well and truly serwd at Globe Inn.' Then I made sure he was t well on the road, and made excuse to get t on before him. Hark! how it blows. I've < heard no 6uch wind before. And now," ( Ezra Easty added, "I'm in a condition i for a warming cup?something to keep up one's spirits on a terrible night." < The landlord served him promptly, I and, unnoticed by the others, thruBt back < into his hand the coin extended him. < I down ana lei me nre warm jour uiuuu. The new-comer seated himself opposite ! the Marshal, and, addressing the land- : lord, said: "Ton may give me the same comfort 1 Master Hohbs relishes?the hotter the better. I had business further down the ! road, else you would not see me here , such a night as this." : The landlord brought him his punch, J and Giles Ellis was in the act of lifting thb mug to his lips, when the door was blown open. The blast blew out the j light and whirled the sparks in eddies in the wide fireplace. The landlord uttered an angry exclamation as he relit the 6oli- * tary light, and then the Marshal and c Giles Ellis beheld a young man both 1 knew well standing near. "You might learn how to open a door," 6aid the landlord, sullenly, as he turned 1 to the last comer. "It was the wind," said the young man, 1 as ho shifted his feet and looked from ! one to the other, apologetically. His ] I trnvArinf hin^ evfls seemed to Bhift con? I ' "Aye, ior wiinam Ayer, vrno uut boj&.d hie own." , "It is very hard. But yon must do your j duty if I do not satisfy William Ayer to- , morrow. As though gold grew on bushes. , Well, well." f The landlord shook his head and ( sighed, "We will see what the morrow will bring." The Marshal of Salem sipped his punch ^ and remained silent. It was not for him, he reflected, to add to the landlord's diB- j comfort. His duty was performed. He had proved his friendship by giving time- ] ly notice. At that moment another visitor en- j tered- a man who bowed ceremoniously to both. The new-comer was tall, with dark hair, a muddy skin, aquiline no6e, 1 and piercing black eyes. "I did not think to find such good com- * pany as Master Hobbs," eaid the new- * comer. ' "Nor did I think I would meet you," ! the Marshal replied, nodding. "Sit you "I have, and 1 nave not. i came mis way to give you timely warning. The i time is np to-morrow?as yon must know t very well." "We will see what the morrow will ] bring," the landlord answered. "I am obliged to you." Then in a hesitating c tone: "I suppose William Ayer will be wanting it all?there is nothing to be , gained by offering him less." "There, I think you do him wrong. If , you could give him half?well " Mas- f ter Hobbs' face was concealed behind , his steaming mug of punch. When he ( looked at the landlord again, there was a ? kindly look in his eyeB. "In that case I . might manage it. But I cannot promise, j I am, as you know, the hand of the law." j "I know, I know. If you put me out j to-morrow, 'tis not Master Hobbs?'tis 1 the law." j ago now easy it would be to bring the custom back. I'd have the best?aye, as good as you'll find in Boston. The Globe is not such a bad stand, Master Eobbs. I've been disappointed in money ?and, well, jou know the other half of the 6torv.n "I oan Fay I am sorry for von," Master Hobbs replied. * There' plenty knows the ?tory. I'll take 6ome punch?that wind goes through a man." The landlord prepared the punch, and Mr. Hobbs sipped it slowly, while the landlord bustled about and replenished the fire. As he moved about, he looked askance at hiB visitor; then he placed his hands on the table between them, and, looking down at him, said: "You ha^e come from "William Ayer, I dare say." _ 1 *rA**\ V* . and a visitor entered. a wryBuiHu, wim ragged features and massive frame. He carried a stout stick, which he laid aside upon entering. "Good evening to you, Master Hobb6." eaid the landlord, rising. The landlord's wife bowed, trimmed the light, and retired. The visitor sat before the fire, and, shrugging his broad shoulders, said: "A *$ry bad night for trade, Mr. Meade,. I fear." "Trade!" Daniel Meade, replied, scorn> folly; "there's little trade comes to Globe Inn now. The new inn haB caught the people's fancy. But, if misfortune did sot press me, I'd tell Mr. Dean another tor}-. 1 was saying, to Grizzle awhile Wlie. X uaiD bny ?o win nam a uiidhcucer from William Ayer on the morrow. *Tis the last day. It were wiser if we prepared to move. An' you take my adwice you'll put the best face on it w&en the messenger comes, instead of sitting here till the stool is palled from under you. I wish we had left early in the week. It would leave less to the grace of our creditor. No one could have t-aid, as plenty will, that wo are pinched fortime." "Peaco, woman!" said tho landlord. "The day's not over. Grizzle." And, as if to verify hii words, the door opened live. I sometimes think it has fared ill with him." "It is four months since he ran away, Daniel?four weary months since he left Salem." The landlord's wife placed the light on the table. "If we had not been o hard on the boy he wonld not have ran away." "Mayhap, mayhap. We could not tell, And the sea catches go many foolish boys. The wisest lose their so?a. How vere we to know" "He would be a comfort to uc in om eld age." He might bare been a help; but it's paet now, Grizzle. Nobody stops at the Globe now. The new inn takes all the custom." The landlord spoke bitterly. "If I had a matter of a hundred pounds besides what would pay my debt for the boy's misdoings I'd put a new face on the trade. I'd not let Matthew Dean have it hie own way." ""Where is the use talking," eaid his are was jow, out enxier mo muuwiu r.i.D obliviouB of the fact or the necessity for replenishing it was not opparent. The sanded floor was clean. The room looked very bare. It served the double purpose of "tap-room and parlor, but just now there was nothing to be tapped; no sitters, and but little prospect of any that night. A woman well advanced in years, olderlooking than the landlord, parsed through the room. She cairied a light, and when opening and closing the doors shielded it with her hand. The landlord cast gloomy glances at the fire, but it was plain his thoughts were far away. The fiercest blasts failed to excite more than passing interest. He was brooding over some p tst or impending evil. At the end , of half an hour, possibly more, he sat down heavily in a chair, placed his elbow on a table, and, leaning his head on his band, gazed steadily in the lire. He was thus occupied when the woman re-entered. She looked at him grimly, in silence, then, as a blast threatened to blow the roof off the house, turned to her husband: "Pray God our boy is not on the sec a night like this." Ave. aye. The Lord knows if he be THE INK NEAR SALEM. tHE sign swinging in front of the Globe Inn creakwrench it from ite The gale r o 6 e , shrieked, sobbed fitfully, 6ank into monotonous murmurs, seemingly jjath'ring strength WlHH 'uterva^s I *or reaeWe<^ v'0_ ~c w| w ~Z.\ - lence. It was a ^^ night to excite the ^^S^r^*""^^**":VV-stitiousas thevre ?- ? *7lrcalled Etories of disembodied spirits revisiting the earth. The landlord paced the floor with bent head and hands crossed behini him. The % t-_A -ill 1U. And the thought comes sadly to me, , Thinking of our future state, Will we have to part with loved ones As we stand without the gate ? , Not with Jesus, blessed Savior, Ah 1 the Master's love is great, Hand in hand we'll travel with him; He will pass us through the gate. JMETLEE In the Shadow of the ' Gallows. $ . i BY DAVID LOWRY. CHAPTER I. I should ear tney a sat up mio. And they look around in anger When they find that they must wait On the man who has the tickets That will pas8 them through the gate. Then a shy and bashful daughter Cornea with father bald of pate, And looks back a tender parting At the lover at the gate, While the newly married couple, Looking most affectionate. Clasp their hands and kiss at parting, As they linger at the gate. Then an old decrepit father, On whom years have laid their weight, Totters up, the while a leaning On the son so tall and straight. And he looks so fondly at him ; Will that boy prove "an ingrate f And forget that loving father, And the parting at the gate? Then a wife who takes a journey, Bow she hates to separate From that husband, tender, loving, Who has been unfortunate. How the heavy circles gather 'Neath those eyes with fear dilate. Ah 1 she has a tearful parting. Calling "Mizpah" through the gate. Such a feeling some create. While at times a tear will glisten At some parting at the gate. There's the old maid with the bundles, Who will prate, and prate, and prate, Who will ask the gateman questions, While she makes the rest all wait, Till von see his brow6 contracting, In his eyes a gleam of bate, As he hurries up her parting, Whilo she hustles through the gate. There's the mother with the glasses, Who'll get left as 6ure as fate, Just arriving with her daughter The last minute at the gate. And the matron with the children; Let us count them. There are eight; She has little time for parting. She must get them tnrocgh the gate. There's a doctor and a lawyer, Coming near in deep debate, Who express regret at parting In a manner most sedate, Then a school-boy with his satchel, And a school-girl with her slate; gee them wave a cheery parting To some friends without the gate. -There's the gay commercial trav'ler. With a look that seems to state, I'm the owner of this railroad; Ullage takes him through the gate, While a maiden, dainty fairy, Whom he watches through the gate, Smile* a very pleasant parting Back of mother at the gate. Then two actors playing heavies Come with Henry Irving gait, From the way they keep a yawning