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3cr> DABIJBG. j i fTbe author of the following boa-ctifcl poor le ( unknown. It 1b one of the sweetest gems vvoi r published In the English language.?G. F. A.] [ ,A little moid with sweet blue oyes ? looked upward with a shy surprise bear.so 1 aeked her came; .Awhile sho bent her golden hood, l .While o'er her face soft blunhot Bproad Xike some swift rosy flame; \ 'Then looking up, she softly eaid, "My name 1b Mamma's Darling.* 1 t "Tell me your mother's name, my dear," And stooping low I paused to hear? j The little mittd seemed musing; "Why, Tntmrnn'i mme'i like mine, yon know, But fart beoauae we Ioto hex bo, We call her Mamma Darling." "Tell me your papa's name," I cried;; The little maidens eyes grew wide; "My papa ? Don't you kno w ? Why, ever since the baby died IffaiTiTna and I have always tried To cheer him from his Borrowing; And my mamma and I love boat To call him Papa Darling." What did you call the baby, dear?" The answer came quite low but clear i "The baby?oh, 1 wonder what They call him now in heaven ; But we had only one name bore, And that wae Baby Darling." Bwlft years flew by, and onoe again That little maid bo tender . Btood by my side, but ehe had grown Xdke lilies, tall aud Blender: This time twae I that called her nam% And swift the blushes grew like Home At rosy mist of morning; I clapped her in my arms and kissed Uy tender-hearted Darling. I DOROTHEA MAM. A Story of Early Colonial Days. p BY CHARLES C. HAEN. Sj CHAPTER J. A. COLONIAL 6ETTLEMEKT. LL night long the ^ wo?ds had re-echoed Jjb h . |||#the sweet trill of the ^ew nightingale. Toward day. _ hfooV the veBper and kfiir *"rd ta^en Jkf dM up the Eonff, and set Gtvjm tneir leafy homeE m\?< Hi rinfi:*11^ w tkaii >JM V The morning broke 2g V cool and exhilarating. iff S All around the settlew ment circled the deep j forest, 60 dense v \yr ^ and luxuriant that the ^ jj* Ban never penoirated its deepest t cladei. nor entirely drove away h I the night from beneath its in- Z I',' J nermost treee, which interlaced t branches to bar the intruder out. r jp J 60 thick was the forest that no \ J grass, save here and there a sol? itary blade or cluster concealed the rich black loam, the productive farms of future generations. But the dainty blue violet and other vood flower* bloomed in their season, i; In scant profusion. Now, however, only h g' the latest of summer's colors brightened * the earth or perfumed the leafy arches *rith their fragrance. Instead, the ground . was beginning to be covered with an y irregular mosaio of dead and dying au tumn leaves. The trees, too, were dis- ? playing the same diversity of color. As one looked down into the depths of the t forest he could trace every shade of green v and brown, with here ana there a scarlet t fringe. Here is all oak with leaves still t green as spring, and farther on a distant t cousin who is coming out in colors such as artists never hope to imitate with ^ paint aod brush; while standing side by fiide with this gay young gallant is a more unfortunate brother docmed to pass into his winter's 6leep in dusky, ugly brown. t The long feather-limbed elms asd branch- v ing maples that have not yet been touched ] by froBt, protected, perhaps, oy otner ^ trees, proclaim their respective family g traits. and wave aloft their family colors of a lighter tint of green than the hard- a wooded oak; while tiiose which hare felt ^ Jhe first topers of ^inter's pioneereman D re gracefully turning themselves into r ms more subdued of autumn colors, more 0 delicate, if I0S6 gorgeous, than the colprs e Of the oak. Sometimes tbe poieon ivy j twines in and out among the branches of 0 some friendly tree and mingles its bright 0 edleaves with the green of its supporter. ^ When the tree is brown, as perchance it f aaay be, the brilliant colors peeping out a from beneath or behind tbe more s-ober B rait, reminds one of a gayly plumaged a k,. < bird flirting its feathers within its cage or r of a captive peering out from behina his i t prison cars. c In Bagnauck also s-'gns of autumn were a visible, and the tbrifty pioneers were fol- c lowing nature in their preparation for the t long winter months. The gardens were t being robbed of their spoils, and im- v sense mounds marked the places where ^ the crops of potatoes and turnips and ap- . pies had been covered with tmcK layers e of straw and earth, to protect them from j. the severe New England cold. g Yellow ears of corn showed themselves ^ through the lower chinks of the lot; j. granaries which before another month t would be filled to the very brim. Be- 0 -vide the kitchen doora lay golden heaps ^ cf mammoth pumpkins and long-necked , tquaahes, which were being constantly j. diminished by the basy housewife and _ her daughters, who cut and hung them in long festoons from the kitchen rafters. Embryo woodpiles, which before another t month would be heaped high as the Q bouse and again dwindle down tc their pxesent size by spring, marked each j home. Shelter for cattle was being made more secure, and the pens were filled with 2 hogs, which had nothing to do all day r long but munch the yellow e^re of corn t and grow fat for Christmas killing. j Upon the inlets which had been cot } from the settlement into the woods to let p the waves of human work and life far- B ther out, were row6 of corn shocks, not z sclike in appearance the Indian wigwams which a century before may have graced their very site.* These little indentations Of the forest, like so many arms reaching out from the town to reclaim the land and irreet it from the woody giants which 1 held it for milea around, had been the ? jesult of five years of honest toil, of fell- 1 tog of trees and grobbine or roots, until B .bow ao much of the rich black earth had E been reclaimed and was yielding an abun- * dant harvest. This harvest the ftur^y | boyB of the colony were attaching as- ? though it were an Indian village to be * ranencked, and, having laid the wigwamB 0 low, proceeded leisurely to separate them into piles of yellow euro and great heaps J of fodder?the one sich vinter food for * the cattle; the former to be hauled to the c mill by the cieek aDd ground into meal e for family ash-cakes, bread, ana pud- * dings. E This mill, which was owned by the * ooicny, wbs a picturesque bu'-lding, had been brought irom the mother country ; . pieces tnd Bet up heie by Bagnauck * Creek, which wonnd around the east and south of town. The pilgrims had done j. their best to make it prosaio, but by ( some unwritten law a mill is always picturesque, build it prim and straight as * we will. The very rudeness in Btrncture of Sagnauck mill added to its beauty. * Anything else than nuplaned planks [ or riven boards for the roof would have , ? 1 d66d oql 01 pince among mo unco ?uivu crew od to its very walls, and the leasee E which beat a tattoo upon the roof with j every wind that blew. A dam had been t thrown across tbe creek just below the t jcorve to the westward; banking op a ( deep pool, aroand which the willowp Q grew, sweeping their long iimb? over the tnrfaae ana under which the boys pawed WK'. ' sKari'-i . . I . lours with tioofc and line. The wai >eld back bj the dam of logs, ruel lown tumultuously through toe slui ;ates, turned the great wheel which he machine in motion, escaped and w m its way though the woods, a lil ingry with dam and wheel, bat rat. nerry withal over its regained freedt All night long the woods hadre-ech< he trill of the nightingale, and all ( ong tne sound 01 tne wooaman'e ax mj iweet music for the wives at Sagnaucl Down deeper in the forest and farth 'rom the settlement?so far, in fact, t he sound of his ax could but faintly aeard at the edge of the wood?the n who had blazed the way and led the c( lists to their new home was prep&r lis winter fuel on this autumn morni But no woman's heart would have qui jned its beat for a moment w houghts of the chopper, had one he he ring of his ax. or known was his. For Mark Hillary was Dlack sheep of Sagnauck, and up to d 3&d succeeded in acquiring for himsel reputation for roughness and, if not :rime, the near approach to it, wh saused his respectable neighbors to 1< apon him as little better than a heath f not worse. The minister said 'wore ind in truth hie conduct, and open ri :ule of those institutions which i Puritan forefathers held most dear, g imple reason for his low repute am< ;hem. With a strong will-power, ai< jy great physical strength, he had all lfe spurned control ana resaniea a hing which savored of compulsion eetriction upon his rignts or freedom hought and action. Thus he had co it once in contact with church and stt Early in life Mark Hillary had cros he ocean and lsnt hie strength in bui ng np the New England, hoping in ! o find the freedom he had not secured Id England, so when ne enoounte he rigid laws of the Puritan gove cent, which prescribed not only what nnst believe and do, but wMbt he m relieve and think, his nature rebell ind, being called to account once or tw or some careless remark concerning >! 3uritan faith, he abjured religion i ook the position of open antagonism he church. then, being badgered oth church and Btate, both of which 1 >een founded to allow freedom of bel ie became cynical and took care to sp to one, not even the Rev Eenay Gri ille, if opportunity afforded a shi epartee. Arid yet a close observer must h -3a*/?? aAma nAA/1 in f V?m I69Q KU1C WU UDlCtl OUUID gvvu tu vuw f he abjured hie fellows, he at le ound friends among the lower animi ,nd he was thoroughly at home in orest. His "place was in the front," ras wont to f>ay, and, in time, he gi .ccustomed to add, "as far from rhite man as possible." So, after a y a the settlement, he had built hin abin in the woods, half a mile west, f arely entered the village except on Sx lay and lecture dajB. No doubt this seclusion had much !o with the low repute he fell into, be man who despises the Bmallness lis companions is rarely loved by th ie esteems 60 poorly, especially if akes no pains to conceal his opini Jnt out tbere by himself he commui rith nature in llis rough way, was hap nd would htive been a tolerably deo< nan had he been left alone. He kn very bird around his cabin, and watol ver their nests as though they wera ] wn property. "My village," be sometimes said imself, "wbat more need have Z riends?" He took Kenuine pleasure also in e ing at evening in his cabin door e matching the tall trees, straight and s a me uuirn duuiucx, VI uvnw* he storm -which now and then pasi verhead. Once he was heard to sp< o them as if they had been endo? rith life, which Rpeech, being carried be minister, oused no little concern he society, and was carefully filed av o be brought out at some later day, wl hance should be given to force tl leathen into conversion, or when ] iffecses had accumulated sufficiently ;ive pretext for driving him away. On this same morn.ng at nine o'clc be minister left hiB sermon unfinisl pon his desk, and, with a very sev< ook upon his long, slim face, walk rith quick, nervous Btep down the ( treet of Sagn&uclc. The Kev. Henry Granville was a 1 nd well-built man, but his em&cia ody, sunken, sallow cheeks, and i ervouB twitch of his muBcles as eBted, stood or walked, showed that ! ppe strong constitution had been brol ither by ioo lengthy sittings by the stt amp or by some secret trouble, whi ommencing with the mind, had gra< ,lly spread through his body until i fhole man had become its prey. The t rame was now little more tnan a skelel nd he habitually bowed his head?not elf-depreciation, bat through weakn nd nervousness. The reverend gent aac would have found it a difficult ti o havp hidden from justice had b$ a emmitted a crime. He was at all tin ,ud in all places Henry Granville, a ould no more have changed his char hin Tiecnliarif ban the typical leopard could change ari-colored skin. The minister was rayb recognized as far aB be could een. His long black coat, wuioh no < er saw bim without, unless it might lis wife, and rumor said that be e1 lept in it; the nervous twitching of >ody, raising his shoulders and lower: tis bead; his long strides in walking? hese were familiar to each person, gr >r small, in the settlement, and never iad be been able to appear at one end he street but that Dame Prouty, v [ved at the opposite extreme and v iear-sighted. had not recognized him he chanced to look his way. On this particular morning the min er was even more nervous than U6t nd a deep cloud, portending severe d demure from some cause or otb iarkened his brow. And as he past [uickly down the Btreet he scarcely rai lis eyee from the ground to reply to i eppectful salutations tendered him hose members of bis flock whoa he n Jut, hurrying on, he paused nfft for nstnnt until be entered the gate of i ;reat house of the village, and, aftc harp rap with the iron knocker, wa6 nitted into the office of the pion Squire. chapter" n. TEE TRIAI* Pausing th:s moming in his work, M Hillary saw John Atlee, the ooloninl c itable, approaching. Then leaning U] lis ax-handle, be waited until the c table bad stopped and bade blm go aomins, when, without paying any att< ion to tne aituation, he demanded: "What do you want, Atlee? You hav< ome out here just for a friendly talk ;now, so just spit out what ycm hi nd go." The officer's face changed color un< his rough greeting. For Mark Bill iad been particularly hard upon Beve if Atlee'a weak points, and a most bit nmity had sprung up between th< Sat he quickly reg lined the usual mal iant look which always marked his fi rhen near Hillary, and, in the mam ehich bis soul thought would be m ggravating to the roagh iconoclast, died: "I'm sorry to come ou'cheer on bt n errand, being as me and you used ie such cronies; but an 'umble officei he iaw musi go n:s cooiy, li i: is i deasant. I've got here in my pookei wit for you, Murk Hillary, which I ou ccme before the magistrate t . A r\r r?r\t ftnillv tn u rlmrrrA > Ottu ytiiiij VA - ' b lasphemy, bo I gates you'd be1 ounge alone; with me." "Tne church and the state keep up t laeging pretty well," was Hillary's oinder. "Wonder which one of my aarks touched tne parson's flank t ime." And he burst into a loud jar bat made the 1 ttle constable turn pu b, Lerbaps, Hillary meant it to do. Throwing 09 his loose blousej wh % :er, bad been Hanging npon fbe limb of a tree, led Mark, with a Dnef "Come along," started ce- for the village. This was Dot the figure set the little man had been expecting to cut. ent He bad been proud of bis commission :tle and had thought with elation of appearher iug upon the street of Saguauck with his >in. old enemy following in submissive cap5ed tivity. His peace of mind was not in. lay creased by the cutting witticisms which stae Hillary fired at him continually, and which were ail the more galling because ,est the poor fellow felt his inferiority in not hat being able to understand them all. be Arriving at the Squire's house Hillary ian entered with no more ceremony than be ilo- would have entered the poorest cabin in ing thy village, and with a hearty salutation eg. to the Magistrate said: ck- " r'he cburcn must love me well to Bend ith for me in the midst of woodchopping. ard Seems as if I am about the most popular it man in Sagnauck, at le&Bt you send for the me oftener than ony other. I'm readyate fire away. The meeting's open." With If a a glance at the min.ster, who squirmed in foi bis chair, and haJf rose intending to reicb buke such lightness, but whom the Squire sok motioned to remain seated, Mark sat en, down. '?: The charge was read, in which It was dl" stated with all dne form, that Mark 0Qr Hillary, of Sagnauck, Commonwealth of av? Massachusetts, had on several occasions 'nR offended the sacred laws of Sagnaack, his *?d Majesty the King, broken the peace of bl9 Sagnauck, and done lasting injury to ny* God's church by denying the power of God, denouncing His holy word, and in?* dulging in hie vicious propensity for e sneering, and by ridiculing the holy men l1?j of old whose lives were given us for pat??d terns of life. -Id- "Mark Hillary," began the Squire, after b?r the charge had been read, "you are here I charged by the Kev. Henry Granville, r?d first, with having stated opealy that the ten commandments were not to be he obeyed. What have you to say to the ust charge?" "I never said exactly that," replied Hillary. "But what I did say was that 'he where we are commanded to make no image of anything in heaven or on t? earth or under the earth, that it is not by binding, because, if binding, yon, Squire, )ad must take down those pictures from your ,e*? wall8; and I also said that where we are ar? told to observe the Sabbath day is not in" binding, or, if it iB, we are all breaking arP God's law, for no one observes that day. We all keep Sunday, not Saturday." Bve "Blasphemy!" ejaculated the Bey. an- Henry Granville. ast "Again, vou are charged with speaking ?ls. lightly of the Holy Bible, the sacred book 'be of God, and have not only ridiculed the b? holy men therein mentioned, but have ew denied that we are to bo governed by 'b0 those books known as the Old and New ear Testaments." *5 "Certainly, Squire. Was David such a saintly man that we should follow his ? tm . i i i t example r ^ian i uti biom o iuiui o xaim t and kill another to get his wife, when . he already had a hundred or more? How many wives does Kev. Henry Granville think a man ought to have? And, as h to that old book, I confess i care little " for the firet part of it, for it is only 8 rj history of ttoe Jews, and I'm no Jew. ir Some partB of the New Testament are all right and some are not. Panl rons down ? matrimony, and, while running it down, ted 8a?B k? think6 he has the spirit of God. lIf"he thought so, I don't. And, as for sending that slave back to the man who t claimed to own him I know yon all m believe in one man owning another, but I don't; and I don't believe that what Paul j* said then will hold good a hundred years ^ from now. It may to-day, but that does titj not make it right." ' "You hear him!" azain ^interrupted the se(j ssinists^ "Sis own woras Dear witness >ak against him." red "Again," continued the Squire, "you to are charged with denying that the injn spired words of our Lord, the New Testacy ment, are to be the rule of our lives." len *'^0' * neyer> I rea^ them every day. kje What I did say was, that you worshiped ki8 the book instead of God. And I deny to that God wrote it. Christ founded His Church and left His apostles to run it." >ck (Groans from the minister.) "They wrote ie(j to different churohes according to the ere churches' needs. Some of them are ed good for us, some are not." me "Lastly," said the squire, "I hare here what purports to be a poem, in your hand, all Is it yours?" ted "Yes: 1 see no reason for denying it," qnoth Hillary, after looking at the manuncrinfc. big Id measured tones the minister then tea read the following: idy GOD IB DEAD. ch, The God of ages, God of might and power, ja. The mystic, dread I AM, who through the past . v Ruled all the universe, lay etill in death. The glorious symphony of earth and sky all Had oeased, and death-like silence reigned lr ton heaven. ;n In state the Monarch lay before the Throne; ' His pall a shining cloud of light, so bright, ?BB Bo tenible that none dare turn his eyes ;le- Upon the bier; and none dare lift the pall igU Andgase on that great 0.ie, whom men h&c _AT thought Could never die. The deepest sflenoe. Then rnd Came slowly, lowly, sadly forth the deep ac_ Majestic funeral inarch. The heavenly choir _ Was mute. The air its elf of heaven broke font . And throbbed with low, sad dirges for its King, hie Softly it came, mysterious chanting, such si. As men or angels never heard before, v. He died. Through space confusion ruled Around 'E6 onr tarth the lone pent storm of ages burst be Its barriers and swept across its face. ?en Btout trees were bent. The very mountain# hie bowed , Before tte stcrm. Loud reals of thunder rolled ing From pole to pole. The vivid lightning flashed, all The sea was In a fury lashed, and waves, eat High as the heaven, broke upon the shore. . The dead, who in their graves bad slept arose, Fe: And in white garment!, weird and mid. cam* 1 of forth ?ho Prom every land and deepest oce?n depth, reB And walked upon the earth. T^e souls of thos< .. Long dead, whose bodies wore corrupt, blew > " here And there before the itorm with shrieks anC ig. moans? ,?i Unearthly mist* from heaven and hell?ano , ' cried: llB" *C. God it dead t" in plaintive minor notes. '?r. Tne s ad refrain wbloh mingled with the chant, led Of white-robed, wandering dead, who walked eed the earth ,ve And cried 'that God, who was the king of soula, T~ Woe now no more." by All nature bowed before let. The storm of ages, and all nations bowed an Before the storm which rent the soul?the storm Through all the eons feared, and which now It ir 8 Had burst, through all eternity should roll, ad- For God was dead. No power was there to stay Mr The tempest, nor the wave of dark despair. E'en Satan, in the lowest depths of hell, That tempest feared, and bowed before the doom That then approached him, for eternity, Even in hell, was now tenfold a curse, arb The power which hell's existence oaused was on. gone, Bnt in its plaoo there sprang more direful Pon powers, OB* Which could not be controlled, and which could od- Dot Control. Then suns whirled into flaming suns; Stars into stars : and earth and suns and stars in'l Were one in wildest chaos. Frightened men J And flitting souls, archangels, devils, saints ' Fled here and there, and sought In vain for rest. The soul was pierced?divided?and its shrieks Were heard above the roar of storm and flood, ier And heav'n was now no more, for heav'n it God ary ?And God was dead. _,.i _ Loud cried a voice from near The Throne! bwirt passed a bier on wheels 01 ter firel ?ju. A ?n.6b ol lipht shone through all space, and i Qm (>od Was borne to his last reeting-placo! ace And over ail the eea and darkness rolled. tier Surrounding', guiirui tig, "holding down Che mass 08t Which now flew on and on through epaoe. r?- HaviDg read the blasphemous verses, the minister Eat down at; if the ctiBe were ich ended. No questions were put to the ac1 to cused, or he might have explained this r o' last chtrgeas easily as he had the former 112- ones. The .Squire and the minister cont a suited together for a few moments, and >ide then, apparently more to please tbe minind ister than from a sense of justice, the of former pronounced sentence according Iter to the rigid laws of the I'uritans. EiltOAfl r,-rs*A 4 Urx ? n 1' r 1IW. 1UJJ w UP UjUUU kUC DU1U UX jUD. his "I won't pay it!" he exclaimed, and in re- default was takeu into custody by tto re- oonstbble. hie igb CHAPTER III. ^?> the mxnibtkb'b daughter. iob ' 1 bave paid little sc yet with regard to tne Rev. Benry Granville; in truth, nave only mentioned him and bis emaciated frame. The minister was a young man, not yet forty years old, and bad come to the settlement full of health with the 1 other coloniBte live years before.' His family, when he removed to Sagnauck to become the pastor of the Puritan Hook, consisted of a wife and one child?a girl. I He had come to the new land in the flrst flush of youthlul ambition ? ambitious to do stern work for his Btern God, and had at once thrown himself into the arena, ready to combat Popery and witchcraft. Popery he had Btudied in the old country until be knew it by heart. He could discourse fluently oooinot Qt\Aofn1tA cn^ofigcinn onrl fViA an. premacy of St. Peter; he bad tbe subject of indulgences down to a fine point, and ^ could show up Ibe infamy of Peter? . yclept, the Pope?in great style; he was also well versed In tbe ritual, and could show tbe most prejudiced?for extempore <3 prayer?that the devil lurked in the pray- t er-book. As for bisbops, priests, and t deacons, be leveled them all at one fell blow; for did not bishop_ and_ presbyter mean tlie same in tne ?ew Testament/ * and was not a deacon a man set apart to * serve tables and look after tbe widows? 8 And when it came to candles and in- e cense, be had only but to ask where either v was commanded by Christ, and his oppo- t nent was silenced, or so he thought. It is true that when he brought forward the J latter argument some of the weak or un- 1 godly ones asked where in the Bible he t found sanction for infant baptism, and j, for women coming to communion; but he passed tbem by as scoffers. But wben be came to Sagnauck he found another attractive subject for in- ? vestigation. The mystery of Popery, and * candles, and incense had lo*t its charms e because be there met with no believers ? in the oboir or at. reter. uonsequenuy ^ he had turned his study to the next most inviting subject. Puritan he was to the oore. Mediaeval and mystical he was through and through. If he had not one mystical subject to Btudy, he must secure another. 60 from Romanum he glided into witchcraft, and each was alike mystical and unknown to him. And I do not blamC him. In fact, if nny careless words of mine, so far; haver lea tbe reader to believe that I cm unfriendly to the Rev. Henry Granville, I wish he would disabuse himself of the idea at once. He is not my ideal of a ;nan or of a minister, but he is my warped ideal of a Puritan student. I wish I bad lived when he did. I should have believed in witches and fairies with him. 60, having found no more use for his philippics against poor St. Peter, long since dead, and his successor, the Pope, he turned the channel of his thoughts to the next mystical subject which waB worrying the minds of men around him. He read with deep interest the weird stories of Ootton Mather and believed them all; and, in time, so thoroughly did he become imbued with them, th?t in euery stream he saw a nymph, in every tree * demon, and in every old woman tbe possibilities of a witch. He knew all the infallible signs by which one of these devil's own children could be deteoted, and, it was reported, had even been prts- 8l ent on tbe occasion of the burning of one of them at Salem, aJl of which gave his word upon the subjeot much ctedenoe in P the settlement. " But, it was not until he had oome to tl Sagnauck that he had any personal ex- If perience with these fearful emissaries of the evil one. Soon after he had settled a in his new home, Mark Hillary had called upon him and the same day his ? daughter had gone into convulsions. Af- ^ ter that first visit, Hillary, whose rough e speech made no favorable impression up- o on tbe minister, seldom enterea tne par- f, Bonage. At first tbe minister thought little of tbe pioneereman in connection with the sadden nervous attack of bis r daughter, but as time passed, be le rned to look uron tbe former us a man who had sold himself to tbe evil one in excharge for tbat most infernal passion, ^ power over bis fellow-mun. The minis- f1 ter saw that his child was of that 'pecul- i' iar temperament whicb made her sensi. si tive to tbe influences of the unseen world. ^ At first her experiences with .regard to Hillary had been genera), but strange. , She seldom mentioned bis name or be- ** trayed any fwir of tbe man, bat whenever & he passed her upon the one villaqe street, F or in tbe woods around the settlement, y she unconsciously shuddered. _ Once, gossip said, when Hillary unex- ^ pecteily cnme ipon her and the minister as they were w..Iking hand in hand along n the bank of fcavnsuck Creaky she uttered e< a piercing shriek and fell down npon the d grass, foaming at tbe mouth. 0 At another time they came upon him when be was gazing at the etont trees bowing before tbe wind, and was mutter- ^ ing to himself as was his custom at each T times. Achi?ah convulsively seized her w father's band and bade him hurry away. ^ "For co you not see," ?be said, "he is m<>kinc the trees bow to him." And the ? father believed that ber sensitive nature v bad enabled ber to detect an evil power & t;hicb be could not fi [TO BE COXTXXUXZj 0 WAR SHIPS OF EUROPE. " II England's Navy the Largest, Costing $92,000,000. A British admiralty return has recently been presented which gives tbe naval ?] strength of the various European countries IV in commission, reserve and building for the e] present year. As might be expected, England leads individually, but a ooalition be- ^ ?-- ?f ?K? nth.. ??,,?! if f> France were included, would practically ]j take the mastery from England on aocount of the vastly greater proportion of com- " merce afloat she has to defend, as well as a; numerous colonies all over the earth. England has a total of 325 vessels, excluding torpedo boats. There are actually in commission 161, inclusive of twenty-four bat- j; tie ships, sixty cruisers, three coast-defence v vessels and seventy-four other Bhips. The reserve consists of ten battle ships, fourteen a coast defence, forty-six cruisers and forty- ii four other ships; while there are building or r( completing nine battle ships, nineteen cruisers and twenty-two other vessels. Thecolo- 4 nies also have twenty war vessels in their t] own hands. France comes next to England, g with a total of 221. In commission she has li nineteen battle ships, five coast-defence ves- _ Bels, twenty-three cruisers and fifty other * ships, excluding torpedo boats. The reserve ii consists of ninety vessels, and there are eight battle ships building, nineteen cruisers j and seven other ships. Germany has a total A of eighty-six vessels. In commission she has eleven battle ships, fourteen cruisers and fc] nineteen other ships; in reserve, thirty-one . vessels and eleven building. Russia has 120 war ships, which, however, are mostly small, n and Italy has ninety-three. Franco and Russia together have 341 vessels, France and Germany together (a most improbable fraternization), 307 and France and Italy 314. If France, Italy and Russia were to act together, there would be a fleet of 434 vessels. As is pointed out by the San Francisco Call, the numerical superiority of Great Britain is, however, far from beiag actual on account of ber commerce and possessions. In war-time the colonies would be a source of strength as far as coaling and refitting are concerned, but otherwise they would bo a cause of anxiety, and especially those which are not like Australia, self-governing and practically independent. The luxury of maintaining a great navy is II- flrwlu lh.1t UlUUlrtiJJ W|;ouoirg, iiuu juu^iuuu uuuo ***???. her superiority costs about as much as the expenditures of France. Germany and Russia combined. The total for England is $92,404,580; for France, 653,474,300; Germany, 823.977,850; Russia, $25,200,694, and Italy, 821,078,180. Germany, France, Russia and Italy have in addition a frightful army ex- _ penditure, and small as England's insular army is it is -very nearly as costly as one on the continent, where every man of normal ^ pby3ique is required to serve at least from li "Be to three years. a] H In the Henry Mountains, in southern Utah, , is a mound covered with giant crystals. Per- *' feet prisms of seliiute five feet long are found U there. . A MRS. CLEVELAND. 'HE PRESIDENT'S WIFE IS A CLEVER NEEDLEWOMAN. low She Makes the White House Homelike With Soft Cushions, Pretty Lampshades and Embroidery. ?RS. CLEVELAND ia one of those women who like always to be busy with something which is to contrib;te in some way to the comfort or leauty of her home. Whether she is at her official resilence at Washington, or at Woodley, he pretty little summer home where he President lives when it is too farm to pass tho days and nights in he city, or at Gray Gables, "the lome by the sea," there are always cattered about where they can be asily picked up artistic bits of fancy rork upon which the wife of the 'resident busies herself at odd mocents when she must entertain her tusband's callers or wait for him to ake a drive or go for the walk which 3 so necessary to the well-being of one aden with official cares. Mrs. Cleveland's fancv work is never ? J nything very fine. Ifc does not parake of the costly elegance of the tapBtry which was recently designed for be needle of a Fifth avenue belle and hich, when completed, will cost MBS. CLEVELAND IN omething like $5000. Nor is it a mad xpenditure of time or labor, like the ieced coverlids with 20,000 different 'blocks" in them, nor the crocheted bings of terrific color and endless ibor. Mrs. Cleveland's pick-np work is lways something simple and very ften it is for direct and practical nse, ike the fitting ont of the little lunchon table in the nursery, or trimming f the big chairs, which the President mcies and into which he loves to sink 'hen there is time for a few minutes est at hor^e. AN ARTISTIC CHAIR-BACK. One of the prettiest pieces of work rhich Mrs. Cleveland has done since er return to Washington last March } a chair-back for one of the old-time leepy-hollow chairs in which the 7hite House abounds. The chair itelf was an old gray color which might ? i live UJUC UCCU ICU, UUb vrui^u uau ided and grown worn. But the resident found it comfortable, so Irs. Cleveland set to work to make it retty, The first thing she did was to comlission a friend to get her a large juare of the stuff known as "shaded enim," which comes in pretty tones f blue, yellow and rose. The friend sleeted rose, and then had it .marked ith a simple pattern of pink flowers, his, with many shades of red silk, as sent to Washington to grow into eauty under the deft fingers of the retty mistress of the White House. Phen the pattern was all done the juare was lined with silk to give it rmness, and was finished with a cord f pink silk. A cover like this did wonders for a ided chair and reduced all to a harlony of tint which easily passed for tudied color. mv_ XT? v?% JLLie 11CW A V/IH UX06C iVl JUIUC AMLlKsAJ, titched or drawn or embroidered, hae pread to Washington and is shared by Irs. Cleveland, who has almost a pasion for every little nicety in lineD, hether it be a doily for the table, a over for a toilet stand or one of the ttle round mats which are now laced under bottles of cologne,combs nd brushes and silver pin-trays. FIGURED WITH VIOLETS. One set of these little round mats ist completed is called a violet set. Lrs. Cleveland made it while she was t Woodley. There are only three mats i the set and these are perfectly sund?as rouud as a sugar box?and bout eight inches across. All around tie edges of the mats there are violets mbroidered and outside of the violets aere is a little fringe of the linen, 'he design is an old-fashioned one, as ? a string of violets had chased each ther round the edge of the cloth, 'here is no attempt at grouping. These little mats -were all ironed on be wrong side and were made waehble by being shrunk before the work ae done. one of mbs. Cleveland's patterns. Like the late Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. leveland works a little in oils, bnt. kc the Princess May, she is backward : bout showirg her handiwork, and ! iost of the products of her brush are ept hidden in the boudoir into which iw people are invited to penetrate, pretty little bit of her painting was .? ) % ? <r-v.-apJK _-'/; '-"'-fvt.:^:'.' ':\\r shown to a friend just before she wei to Gray Gables. It consisted of glass top for a dresser, upon whic there were sketched pansies, Mj Cleveland's favorite flower, and a vin of morning gloriee. Another cushion has tiny four-let clovers upon it, which she has ou lined to bring them into prominence and which seem to say "Good Luck to the Mistress of the White Houf when her eyes fall upon them in m< ments of leisure. EFFECTIVE HYDRANGEAS. A rather elaborate lamp shade : also among Mrs. Cleveland's shov pieces of work. It consists of pin uuu greeu turn wmi? njruxt?iigesK3, uru ly fastened upon a frame of wire coi ered with pink silk. Around the edg there hangs a deep fringe of lace of very finfe pattern. The hydranget are of paper, but they are very del cately put together and more than e fective in the showy corner, which ht been selected for a standing place fc the lamp. , It is said that Mrs. Cleveland use to do a great deal of embroidery upo her own gowns, and that she eve worked the wreath o? orange blossou and leaves that bordered the train ( her wedding gown. However this ma be, it is certain that she can do ver fine embroidery, although she seldoi now has the time for anything so eltl illU uiaio tto Liiir% One of the prettiest things she hi done of late in the embroidery line : the outlining of a few large flowei HKR WINDOW SEAT. upon the lapels of a morning gowi The gown is of light blue silk and th lapels are of rich carnival velvet. Th ^" TrOT-inl-tr /-if tViq TpVilfa Infill UUT7WD ?*W H T WA *WVJ VMW nM.w done in rather bold fashion. Many of Miss Ruth's dresses az stitched around the hem of the skii in bright and pretty wash colors. An the stitching is almost always done b Mrs. Cleveland herself, while th cloaks which Miss Buth wears an which have so often enticed the pe of paragraphers, are outlined in whit silk down each side of the front, i big, careless flowers, which are nc only the work but the design of he pretty mamma. A panel for a lamp-shade, a smal landscape scene for a chair back an several tiles for the dressing-table, ar among the pretty little things whic have been done since her marriage But of late Mrs. Cleveland has fonn the growing cares of her little famil too absorbing to permit of muoh wor so particular as brush work, and s she has worked with the needle whe the demands upon her made pick-u fancy work possible. HER SOFA CUSHIONS. There is one variety of fancy wor of which Mrs. Cleveland's friends sa she is particularly fond. And that i the embroidering of sofa cushions. In the White House there are man In-rcA windows, with deeD windo1 0- 9 * seats, and these Mrs. Cleveland ha dressed into luxury by piling sof J mrs. Cleveland's lamp. cushions upon them and cushioninj the seats, until they are ae comfort able as possible. Like many of the artists who hav' apartments in the studio buildings ii New York, Mrs. Cleveland chooses fo sofa cushions fancy silks of all kinds and makes them fine by bringing ou the figures in the silks until they loo] like richest brocades. One of her cushions recently com pleted she calls her "Irish cushion.' It is of rich green silk with yellov harps, thin outlines wrought in re< silk. Around the edge thereisabroac ouftiner of light green velvet. Tin [ Irish cushion is admired by everybody aud is Mra Cleveland's favoriti as it lies tossed into roundDess in out of the sunniest -windows of the Wliiti House. Another cushion is all bright red Mrs. Cleveland's part in making it con sisted merely in sewing the red covei upon the cushion and in placing i where it would show to the best possi ble advantage with a background o overhanging palms and ferns. fa'scy work fob charity; It is said that Mrs. Cleveland does i great deal of work for charity fairs " V-*IiS ' ; ;...'. ' ' ~14* it Bat she is sly to an almost painful do* a gree aboat letting her deed be known, h even though the managers of fairs have r. often pointed out to her the very great ie benefit -which would result if she would let the work be sold as her own. But if this Mrs. Cleveland will not do. t- Last winter for a fair which was held }, at 8herry's, New Tork, and which was " for the benefit of the poor children, ie many lovely little tidies and embroid> ered table scarfs and fine sofa cushions were privately sold as Mrs. Cleveland's work and brought large sums, because ? they came from her needle. The wife of the President of the k United States has less time for fancy work, or diversion oi any kind, than does the wife of the ruler of any other le country. American independence dea mands that the President's wife shall ? w be included in the President's public life and shall fulfill many public duties. f_ There are receptions, "days," dinw ners and diplomatic entertainments / )r without number, to all of which the President's wife must go or give a sat^ isfactory reason for her non-attendn ance. But it is pleasant to know that, Q in the midst of so much gayety and l8 with no many calls upon her time, the )f President's wife still retains enough of that which is domestic and homelike y to snatch a few minutes from each day ^ ^ for the use of so homely a little household implement as the needle.?Augusta Preecott in Chicago Beoord. #? 18 mm ig In Memory of Jaj Gonld. 8 The Gould Memorial Church, now "" in course of erection at Roxbury, Delaware County, N. Y., is to be one of the prettiest country churches in the entire State. It is being built by Miss Helen Gould as a memorial of her father, Jay Gould. It will also contain an exceedingly handsome roee window in honor of Mrs. Gould. The members of the Gould family iWm have always owned much land and Other property at Boxbury, and have taken deep interest in the affairs of the little town. So when the Boxbury Presbyterian Church, of which the Bev. N. H. Demarest is pastor, waa ? burned down last spring, Miss Gonld jflH decided to replace it with another na^ned in honor of her father. The matter was placed in the hands of H. . J. Hardenberg, architect, who de- . signed the building and prepared the plans for it The oornerstone was laid on September 2d. The church is 108 feet long by eighty-three feet wide. TI i t. oi T : ui. ' ' 11 IB IO oe OI OU JUKWI0UCV lusruie, / rough faced. The plan is cruciform, consisting of a nave thirty feet wide and ninety feet deep, constituting the _ body of the church; two transepts, ~ each twenty-five feet wide, and a semi' e octagonal apse. Over the intersection e of the nave and transept* rises a tower j eighty feet-high. This rests on four* arches of limestone, which rise from e the tops of four strongpillarsof carved >t and clustered limestone columns. y'.4'>*S (l These arches and columns are the only ^ GOULD HKMOBLAIi CHUBCH. 7 stonework visible inside the church k above the floor. The aisles are paved 0 with tiles, and the chancel with mo- ' n eaic. Everything else is of oak. The p roof of the nave is supported by a system of openwork oaken trusses, producing a beautiful effect. k Externally the architecture is of the English Gothic style. The windows y are neither so narrow and pointed nor the details so elaborate as in the letter _ and more florid types. Except at4he w jambs of the doors and windows, and ^ on the stone copings of the roof gables, a | the stone is rough-faced. The jambe _ and copings are smooth. The ridge of the nave is forty feet above the ground, and the square tower of the intersection rises forty feet above this. The tower is flat-topped, and battle^ mented strong and imposing in itschaste simplicity. The* roofs of the nave and tranoepts are covered With slates, black in oolor. The gutter, finials and roof trimmings are all of r 1 M uriym, Two large and handsome stainedglass windows in the chanoel will pic- < ture the story of the Resurrection. A number of the best designers have been requested to 6ubmit designs for the window in memory of Mrs. Gould. The most appropriate of these will be selected. The entrance to the church is in front. The entrance is large and well ventilated. It is to be finished in as good a style as the church proper, so that it cau be used as a meeting room if needed. In one part of it boilers and a furnace are placed to furnish the n/.'+Vi TuViir?v> t.hp bnildincr is Obcaiu ir ivu ifM.v*. w heated. / The entire coet of the church will be in the neighborhood of $100,000.?New York Tribune. *' / -.;> The Surest Way. ' 3 5s The great wealth of many Amerioans _ was acquired by the closest economy. g Most people seem to prefer the rapid method, such as speculating, some with other people's money. But the e slower process of economy, industry a and steady application is the surest.? r Boston Journal. r t The first known dictionary was of \t the Chinese language, contained 40,000. characters and was compiled by Pa-! . Out-She? B. C., 1100. v lVoposing to Penelope. i Before. ^ After. ?New York Ledger.