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VOL. xIIm PIKN,S4.,THRDY ERA THE ~ 1(01LAE [Jessa Krikorian in Tinaley's;Magazh*], "A ghost, child ! what nonsense art thou talking? It were better for thee to gossip loss with old Dame Magarie, for hor foolish babble has well nigh turned thy head," The speaker-wa-, regal,- beautiful woman, folds of crimson velvet, em broidered with pearls, fell round her royally, strings of precious stones -aided her raven hair, and on the bare : 'e throat that carried her graceful ead'so proudly shobe diamonds, blil liant'pnoughfor a queen's dower-just such'k,ontrast as would, mark - fair. field,. y,.by the. side, of an impexial Dijo rose was the fr 'who stood be. fore ier; h*r 'ltie' ejes filled with'tears, and her soft, childish mouth quivering. "Nay, dear lady," she cried, "it is no foolish babbhl; for in passing down the north wing but yesternight, methought I heard a low talking. Had I known the passage below was hpunted, I should have gone mad from very terror." "A low talking, silly wench--all are dumb in this abbey, that a human voice should scare thee-as lief some seul lion holding tryst with one of our brave men-of-war-and thou. to 8ome troub ling me with thy tears. Fie upon thee, Alice. Fie I" "Nay, nay, sweet lady, there's not a servant in tlas house would enter that pasiagp after , q'on., For they say the wil4d nun wallts niglhtly adowii that ~' way~0'. "A nun I forsooth," and Lady Usula laughed merrily. "They have found thee a ghost in truth when they take a holy woman frdm her rest." The girl crept close to her mistress. "She was not holy, my lady, but most sinful. Years agone, when this same.cafile wps an abbey in v.ry truth, there lived a wicked abboss, who loved -A youth right well, so well, that she granted him many a-aot iOd--w, till, at last, fearing ho might boast her favor, she, one night, pushed him down the steps that load to the dungeon kcdp,'and left him there to did." - "rhis is a.dark tale indeed, child, and it's to be hoped my lady abbess will never stray as far as my bower chamber, for thy sake1 at least." "For holy Mary's sake, fair mis tress, do not so jest; they say that ghosts can hear, and may be avengo,- words spoken inr their- die favor." . "Leave me, foolish girl; go, mend the lace on my wristbands that our naughty hawk tore yesternoon, and .forgot this same foolish ghost story." Left alone, my lady seated herself in the deep bedded mullioned window, and gazed long and sadly on the gay, " parterre below; the sunbeams sparkling i:1 mad revel, waking the diamonds to prisn blushes, could bring no joy into her deep, dark eyos. ao would she sit, day after day, sorrdwful and alone. No trouble had thrown that shadow across her smooth brow; no sudden grief had blighted her 'ding life -it was shame that battled with her pride, and daily murdored happiness. Only three ,short mouths a bride; and this was the shiamo that o her peace away --she had como to h}r lord an unsought bride; she had gone to him as payment for a debt; and that debt 'a dark story of dishonor. The duke of Malvurn was a gambler to the backbone, and evil tongues were not wanting that gave a darker name even to his excessive love of games of chance; but the scandal never gained 4 ground. The fair Usula Mallet had been the bribe that silenced the only tongue that coul have p)roclaimued her father's crime. She know when young Lord Craven sought her hand in mar riage that ho camne straight from a etormy interview with the .duke, whom he had detected in the very act of try ing to toss a clogged dice. "Thou hast my father's hionor- in thy pog., she said, drawving her.tall for:n up all tsregal dignity.pladd "navbr shiall atight ok this sad matter pass my lips. I do'oplore ino' thd~t I spoke so hastily; but, Usula Mia, thy father's honor is safe with ue." - "Then I will be thy wife, sir," she answered, withdr-aw-ing- herself h asti ly fromn his rapturous embrace; all th~e fierce pride that was her bane, harden ing her hoegrt against her lover's tender, pldading dyes; for she 'had a man's spirit; a)sl would rather have given the slanderer quittance with a few inches of good steel between them, than havo bought his silonice with her love. The xi'iriage was hurried in most unseemly fashion, for Hugh of Malvorni could not sleep soundly till Usula de parted a bride from his roof; and then he breathed fre'ely, knowing well that Craven, having quarter.41 his arms, wvould guard his secret with his life if B3ut the fair Usula was a woman, and a woman they say is ever tobo wvon; so it came to pass that the love she had denied her wooer ivent out to her husband,.in all the unsullied 'streAgthi of ai first and only passion; but she hadl *do taught her lever coldness that ho nermde.h secret those dark eyes hi.6il,tikn that the flash that lit their well-like depth ws~s aversion rather than affecti,on; and when she shrank fromn.his careuses, ho fanicied itwa habred instead of the'uhy diMdnt comes with unackLnowledged love. Poor Usula, eating her hear t away, suffered sorely; and when her husbandl spent his time in 'manly sgort'and lo[t her lodolf; tlinRid'g shie was best p'leased so, my lady wept long and sore, tears that she would have '~ od rather than lie .shovjd . witpoepe; .apd this was why the snbght could find no joy in her dark eyes. ':g9e is a stir In ,the courtyard,. be low, A sound of ausic, and the tram > of maw feet;and Usula knows that 1ior lotfiad'retiled? 1her heart beats quickly as she sees him, light and grace ful, dismountjng from his steed-a yont nian beiutiful .to 'effeminacy. Looking at him; none would guess that before them stood the doa(dicst rapier ~la the ogrt of ,good Queen Bois. It ~was Marlbor'ough' wTio lator en said that the dandies made his best soldiers -and no dapdy cotrld have been less e wprrloioo than Robert Craven; Fihort 1-ode dria half sliaded' his delicate, softly tinted face, their g'ltte>r ooitraab- - ing the palo- blue velvet of his doublet, with its trimmings of prioeless poityh lkco; and the small, white, jeweled hand v that rested for a brief caressing moment L on his palfry's arched neck looked more fit for touching the spinot than meeting death in the melee of war. My lady waits for him to seek her all bower chamber, and claim a kiss of ru welcome from those proud red lips, but for full two hours pass and ho comes not. the The courtyard is empty, and she fools Sc' chill as the early twilight creeps on. Y0 Some one pushes aside the silken dis hangings of the door, and Usula turnsA ronnd. a alad eotina in her heart. but ure 'a woman of manie to all outward seem- pa' "Thou art. long in. coming," she says, Was and then pauses, for it is not her hus- the band, but her little maid, Alice, with mi her face white as driven snow in the Th4 ,Jight of the lamp she carries, and her the eyes round with wild terror. bui "Oh, come, dear mistress, for our p lady's sake; convince thyself that this ' ill-omened house is haunted. They are ' wa there now in the passage leading to the my dungeon keen, I peeped over and saw lad their shadows--she with a wimplo, and tlx ho a proper youth, and-" the "Peace, silly child," said Usula; rait "this matter were i.Qll loqd jAt . lor or< t-ny ioonan rears will drive thee craz'ou. a Put down the lamp and come with me; tio I myself will prQve these seeming tin ghosts. Nay ! not a word--give me thy dir hand. If they be indcod spirits, thou thc shalt have my collar of pearls in memory Sc< of thy fohr." th< The two women walked hand in hand ide softly, in the darkness, down to the ha1 passage-that led to the dungeon keep, in and as they drew near they heard a low apl talking. hoi "Did I not tell thee so, my lady ?" whispered the maid, struggling to free coh herself from her mistress' hold. or But Usula, recognizing ono soft, loved , ma voice, quickly clasped her strong, white hand across Alice's mouth and drew the Im frightened child into the shadow; for he theLre '. Ca, 21 mulighit that flooded Br through the broken window otood her phl husband, and his companion was a em woman clad in a nun's sombre garb! wit "S~urely," Lord Craven was saying, dii 4tone who like thyself leads so holy a anic life, safe in the keeping of Mother fre Church, can have no cause for sorrow; and yet I 'marvel much to find thee so to far from our good convent of St. Iw Mary." I cal "'Thou knowest little of the human yo1 -heart, fair sir, when thou sayest I have wa no cause for sorrow," said the woman, st; in a. strangely sweet voice. acr "The heart! sweet lady?" lie an- Tht swered. "I am but an honest soldier anc at the court,of our good queen ; but me- flo thought a nnun's heart at least was safe lad from all save spiritual cares." ,il ' .'Ah !" she sighed; "would it were so, a ta gentle sir; would that a convent wall at could shut out all that makes this world a phradise-or a hell. Would that I jn could kill love as easily as I can doff tila this lying garb." da She pushed the wimplo from her d brow, and as the black cloak slipped p from her, Usula saw herself-herself fai in another body-standing before her ao husband. phl "Oh, Usula! why did'st thou play 1) me this trick?" Lord Craven cried. tf "Bocauso I love thee," said the other an Usula: and Lady Craven felt turned to tt) stono at the sounding of that voice that mimicked every note of her own. i "Dear, dear heart! At last," lhe said, ili "thou hast owned thy precious love. My joy ! My life !" A smile of evil triumph spread over her face, as she nestled in his arms, pushing him gently toward the dungeon i steps. And suddenly it came like a revelation to tile true Usula, breaking D tile spell that held her silent-that thiis wvas. the spirit of the wicked abbess;11 and with one loud cry she rushed for ward.to tear the guilty tiling from her hlusband's arms; but her fingers tl clutched only empty air; for at that to cry the ghost vanished, and Usula, close p)ressed to.her husband's heart, sobbing, told him of the peril he had escaped. o "And I was so hiapp)y, thlinking tihat ,thou did'st in very truth love me, swecet Usula." ru "So I do, Robert," she whlisperedl; "so have I loved thee this many a long ev dlay." ti With his arms thrown lovingly thm around his wife, Lord Craven turned t to the servants and friends, who now throngedl the passage, having come in c all haste, alarmed by my lady's pierc mng cry. lie told them how, walking ", in tile p)laisance yonder, a white hand hlad beckoned to him; and how, on c tering the passago, lie had niet and held converse with a ghost who took -his dear wife's form to betray him, ' and who would hlave surely sealed his ha dlooin, 'but for the goo Lad sl' bravery. o d sl' ''Come hither, child," said my lady,' turning to the blushing, trembling, tire maid, "hIere is the collar I promised thee; and one more brave even than ~ that I said should1( be thino." Ulsula unclasped the glittering diia- 1 muonids from 11cr ilim white throat and(l fastened them round the girl's softli neck. Some of the servants, using their lanterns, found that the steps leading " to the dungeon keep had mostly rotted " away, so hlad my lordl fallen down, ho 1)0 would have perished to a surety. P Lying on the dungeon door was a 11 hleap of hluman bones. "We will give thlem Christian bu--. to' rial," said my lady; "for they arc no doubt the bones of that poor youthl the (0 wicked abbess murdered." 1i And from thle hour tile poor skeleton was buried, the siren of Norlako Abbey a1ppeared no more. A Ihint In IHandtkercIIefs~. ['hicago Timuos.1 ho( A p atriotie manufacturer at Rouon dhu hlas (d'signed some handkerchiefs for hIe Ithoepurpose of diffusing military knowl- dli edlge. They are plrinted on linen in in- (01 (destructible black. The information L ot was compiled by two officers of high position ; and besides comprising a comn pleto systemo d1 (rill, valuable hygienic information is given, and all sorts of' instructio,n appear as to the best means th( of rendering assistance to the wounded j "In and ho0w to help a comrade homo wvho is injured. Great personal cleanlinesqsauj is enjoined,.and sound advice given as P0 Ito hunger, thirst, sleeping, marching, is -4" A MORMON DANCE. 1 Latter Day Saints Tripping the Iaht Fantastic--One Phase of Utah Ire, [Halt Lake City Cor. New York t3un.] f one wishes to see Mormon life in its primitiveness and simplicity, ho t not look for it in Salt Lake City, there it is overshadowed by much of outside world. No; if you wish to the pure inner life of Mormondom. nust strike out into the countrv ricts. - few evenings ago I had the pleas of attending a genuine dancing ty of the Latter-day Saints (they 't like to be called Mormons . 'This at a small town nestled iwiy in Vasatch mountains, about 150 es south of the metropolis of Utah. dance was held in what is cal led wartl meeting-house, u plain stone Iding used for general public- pnr os. 'lie hour for opening was 7 p. in. I there on time. What first attracted attention on entering was that the ils and gentlemen sat soparately nlen on the right and the ladies on left. At the end of the hall was a ed platform, upon which sat the bestra, which consisted of a first l second violin and organ. The na ality of those present was very d i ct and easily detected. The Scan avian element predominated, but re was a sprinkling of English, >tch, ]risi, Velsh and Swiss, while. 1 Ohio twang aid the Mis:ourian's e could also be heard. All had a >py a.nd contented look, there be no attempt at formality, but each )ared to feel as if ho or she was at ne with members of their own family. 'hen I arrived the dancing had not utllenced, and there was quito a buzz conversation. Presently t.he floor nager cried out: ''Please tocome to ler ! Brother B rown, will you open ?" mediately all was silence, and every 1d bowed in reverence. I;rother own responded by walking to the it.form and offering a brief but nest. extemporaneous prayer, in ica le a:,ked the Lord to be with them ring the time of their amusement. I to keep all harm and wrong-doing in those present. L'he floor manager then gave a inumbor sach mai who wished to dance, and en all had numbers given them, he led out, "Numbers one to eight, take ir partners for a cotillion !" There s only space for the two sets. Up rted the eight numbers, and rushed oss the room, and secured partners. ere was no waiting for introduct.ions, I now they stood in readiness on the )r, falling into conversation with their ics. The music struck up, the caller mnted the figure, and the dancers rted off as if their very life was Sttko. L'he Danes wer, remarkably graceful their movements, and, of course, re ;was the usual -quantum of ver it youths who did not know what to with their legs. There were many Atty, yes, handsomae, faces among the r sox. All was neat and clean, but ttUenpt was iado to show in dross, 6in cotton and woolen fabrics being rule. Some few of the girls made aint at tempt with simple ribbons I laces. Many of the men did not >ear to have made any special even toilet, with the exception of the eral use of soap and water. Others, itin, were dressed in well made, sorv able broadcloth of 11ome manufac -e. could not help but notice many of young men born and raised in this untain region. -They are perfect nt.s, hale, hearty and vigorous. ii't ever implute to p)olygaiiy the ise of muscular decline in man, for ro I had ocular proof to the con ry. Vhen the first dance was concluded gentlemen escorted their p)artners [heir seats and thea retired to their a. Th'len another batch of eight was nuediately called for, and the fun >eatedl. The p)olka or wvahtz, round Icing, as it is called, is niot by strict es allowed, although a fewv on this -asion wvere permitted during the -ning. Xfter several dances had been gone ough, some young Scandinavian sis asung a charming song. Th'lis was lowed by an Englishman singing a me song and( an American reciting m Shakespeare. Then more danc G, with occasional singing, till 12 lock, when "come to order" was led, and the assembly was dhismiissed th prayer. All seemed happy and itented with the evening's entertain nmt, andl hied at onice home, every lad v ning am escort of fiathier, brother, bi IU or beauw. During th. wh'olc of the evening the ly refreshments4 thatd I saw or heard was pure wvater, although I was told t upon spoecial occaions a light bieer* hi cake is haiided aroundl. Intoxicat drinks are strictly prohibited. Tlheore io saloon within thirty miles of the rn. and oven if a muan smells of uor lho is repriimandled. 'hose (lances are iiot open for any 0 miay choose to attend, but all wh'o hi to partake give their nanies in to bishop of the wyard. iIe has the ver to blackball, and lie uses that ver, especially with outsiders andi( >states. ~y 1 o'clock all lights were omit in the ni, and the only sounds to be heardt e the occasional baying of the watch s and the iiillaby of t,he canyon [Tihe Judingeo j graefuil writer one day wrote ai untiful and sublime article showing v easy 't was to die. lIut when the ilera morbus strnck him that night heal four doc(tors called in, anid thea iggiot, oni thle corner took his family an! e xeniirion with thle mon ey paidl lhe leau tiful artice. Tise Miysteriy Molveud at Iaist. Ethel !' saiid thle teacher, ''whom do ancients say supplorted the wvorld his shioulders ?" " A tIas, sir." '"You're to right," said tho teacher. '.\t las >ported the world. Nowv whlo sup 'ted A tlas ?" "I suppose," saidl Ethel,I Llv. "1 aunnona he married a ri.h KING8 OF THE KITCHEN. The Artistic Dignity and Importance or Master Cooks---Saiarle and Per quisitos Enjoyed by Chele. [I'hiladelphia Press Interview.] "Do cooks, or, perhaps it would be better to say chief cooks, receive largo salaries?" "They receive very oxcollent salaries. Larger than niany head bank clorks or chief salo.$mon in dry goods houses. Tho stomach appeals as forcibly as the brain. The Iloflinan house, itn New York, pays its chief $3,000 a year. Dolmonico and the Bellovue of thi.4 city annually $3,000. That, however, is only the money portion. A chief re ceives his board, lodging and wino in addition-ll of' the bosb description. The Bellovuo cook is also provided with his clothes, made by a first-class tailor. The salaries paid by other hotels ill the country vary from .43,000 to $2,0i0. No chief of ability would take any le ,s than the last named stun, and only then under pressure. As$istant cooks, often apprenticos of the chief, receive salaries varying from $12J to $65 per month, with board." "Of what nationality are cooks?" "Nearly all of them are French. Ther? are a few English, one or two Gerant and American, but the land of Gaul is the home of culinary artist,. The French cooks are t closo brother hood. They hand down the secrets of their profession one to the other. They gradtato under the tuition of the older members of the fraternity, to whom they rofer with the saeno reverence that it young painter pays to his tmaster. h'ioe cooking of certain dishes, the in gredients of particubir sauces,the llavor in-, of special souls, are only revealed to junior members of the profession unt der promises of si rictest contidenc,, and also only when it has been decided that the novices desiring initiation will bo able to do proper justice to-theiiinking of the chef d' muvre." "In the kitche;:." continued thle hlojel proprietor, "the chef is supreme. In dted, all over the house the chef is treated with tho respect due to a gen tieman. He has his distinct table attd servants to wait upon l'n: hee encr ally invites his chief assistant to dino with him. Nothing menial, it is under stood, is attachled to his office, and waiters abstain from familiarity with him. Cocktails are served to hitt when io arises; claret with his lunch and any wines he desires at his meals. Cooks have seldom been known to b come drunkards, or even gluttons. They have far too ine a perception of taste and flavor to abuse either. I have known a chef to invite a brothor artist to dinner. and the pair have dwelt over certain dishes with the saie lingering s:'rutiny and affection that a sculptor bestows on his finest produe tion. Soyer, the greatest living cook of the last ceitury, at times wept bitterly because the dishes ho occasionally served to crowned heads were not prop orly appreciated by their royal consutt ers. Ilonan emperors "covered their cooks with honors, and monarchs' of the middle ages frequently knighted the kings of their kitehens. Indeed, in the present dlay, the art of cooking is not despised by the finest gentlemen. Our Fish House club in this city is an instance. The clubs in this country and in Europo could produce several rivals cron to noted clief'." "And chefs in private houses?" "Are not quite in as good a position as chefs in clubs and hotels. ''h ey of ten have more to do, and loss assistance. Their salaries are generally of the highest average, but the taen them se ves are seldo artists of lt first ex cellence. Vantderlht, IIav.tmeyer attd othert mtillionares.- of New York omlov men of cordon btleu ratnk, lbut outsid'e Newv York thorto are few ilrivate fam ilies in America who rise to te digttity (If a tman cook. Mr. D)rexel is the only man inl this city who( emt:>lovs onte." "ut Philadelphtians httave cok'? "30s, womtetn, wvho receive wages, say, fronm $1 to $8 a wreek; tand very good( cooks itany (If to wotmetn are. But there is always soitethinig lacking. A p)icturo by a tnovice tmay Ito very pleasing; by genius it may hte wionder ful itt concept on atnd execution --butt a fewv touchtcs in each intst . re fromt thev brush of the maestro and( whtat a dif fereneo I" Japneu(se t4are,t D)tace. [Japant (or. Tlimeius-DIemio crat.] Then there is te temple for sacred dances. It was rainitng as we paissed te door, and lookintg int we porceivedi a forlorn-looking princess sitting upotn to floor, a lai Japatnais. Site was ptow dored unitil hter face and shotulders were a doathtly white. I shlttl never forget her weary, lifeless loo0k, or the shutddetr that I experienced when 1 thtoughtt how desolate atnd lonely site tnust ibe. Site wvas evidenitly consum11~ptivo, for sIhe 'ottghted frequently wvhile we were there. 'Te effect of her haggard features wvas heightened by a whito turb)an tand flowv itng wvhito robes. We thire w her a cohtplo oif tempI1s, attd wearily- risig, sheio pro ceeed to perform wh at is known as to sacred dance. It was a strange exercise, andt( iin can dlor I tnttst say was itot calcutlated to1 beget irreverenco*(. Itt fact it wvas hardly worthy of thto name diancO--soI tiourtt fttlly spiritual it was. Slowly rising, site poised a rod of sacred hells over her bowed head, and withtout any other accomient lttiti begon a slow, mecasured' walk abottt the tny toomti, decscribting a circle for to most part, butt never otnce dleviatitng from thte soletmnly gracefttl mtovement. It wats all sitmpjlicity, and~ lastedi not mtore thtain a inutte. Everty 1(old itn btor robtes wvas retlected ats pr fectly by thte lacquered floot- tas it coIldh have been bty te finest iror(. Slowvly sinkitng to to floor, sheo bowed hter pale faoe thtreo times, and theo spir itutal enttertaitnmontt wvas at att endl. Th'lo tetmpjlos in general tare of untfathl ottable iterest. Thtete are hutge, hideous idols, befote whticht supersti tiouis natives are titmorously stanintg, andl casting paper wvads witht petitiotns plrintedl thtereon at to images, itn to htopo tat t mnaterial mtay adiheret to the satme, which tokeits a' ftavorable aniswet to to prayer. Thc mnoto ugly atnd abntormtal those statues, te more to religious pilgrimos seem to hold thtomi in reveretnce. Paittt a deCetnt-looking face green andit its iter ost for thteso peotple is ittmediately onhannna COLORED vtatTER8. Why TaeyAre Preferable to theWhite kincl at Hotels and 1Restaurant. [Chicago Tribune.] "Colored men are tho best waiters; si thoy are waitors by nature, and are 11 peculiarly adapted to servitude," said ' 1n the proprietor of one of Chicago's most ci prominent hotels to a Tribune reporter. is "Colored peoplo aro not ambitious, like ti Caucasians, and they are not always Si soheming and planning for botter posi- li tions. No matter how incapable a white man may bo for any othor occu- b pation, ho always considors that he is tl above being a waitor, is never content, c does not take proper interest in his j work, .and is gonerally looking out for ri a liotter position. On the contrary, the ci colored man is satisfied-he has ai reached the height of his ambition when b he has boon employed at a first-class ci hotel and can wear a steel-pen broad- cl cloth coat and a whito vest." a "Do they get good wages?" N "Head-waiters get from $60 to $75 a ir month; second waitors, $40; third wait- o ers, $30; general waiters, $25, wad cap- si tains got $2 a month evtra. Board is b included, but not lodging. A first-class head-waiter can always got $75 a month, t< which, with our excellent board, is al- t1 most equal to a bank clerkship. The ,e first-class restaurants pay waiters $1 a it day; and there is our greatest trouble; p their hours are twelve or fourteen, tl while ours average ten, with very little g to do during lato supper hours. The s colored waiter will come to the oflieo c and say that he wants to visit his sick e mother in Cincinnati, or go to see his e wife in St. Louis, and must quit. lie a prefers to tell this lie rather than the t truth, yet ho knows we do not believe v it, and that if lie really were to tell the a truth we would suspect something else s anyhow. If we discharge a colored waiter it does not affect hin in the least. 1 He will take it philosophically, really t appear as if he were relieved, and in a 'I few days will turn up at some of the U other hotels as a waiter in all his as- t sumed dignity. A white man will bo indignant, then despondent, and per naps not find a siinatio-n for a month, i but the colored man always gets ini somehow. "No; they rarely go to second-class t hotels or cheap restaurants," continu.d I the race delineator. "Dignity is every- t thing with them. The average African I must be in a first-class hotel, where lie can wear a white vest; otherwise hie will act as chief bottle-washer in a bar room or work for a private family at I much less wages than lie could get in a second-class hotel or cheap restaurant. c This he considers in a measure retire ment from public life. And, again, the cheaper restaurants and hotels largely employ white labor, some of which is r very cheap. White and black waiters I cannot work together in a dining-room. It is sometl'ing like an oil and wateri mixture. There is a feeling of su- t Iperiority on1 0on0 side, and while the blacks feel their inferiority as to white people they assert their equality in this f instance. But separately the colored waiters are undoubtedly the best in the t world, and really are the only people qualified for waiters." "Another reason why colored waiters t prefer first-class hotels or none is, that 1 it gives them social promninence among' their own race. The standing of tho hotel or restaurant as a superior resort imparts to the waiter a certain degre ' of responsibility, and, because of its I social eminence, places him on a plane above his perhaps equally-talented col ored brothers who may 1e so unfortu nate as to occupy less aristocirati p)laces. Should the position of the waiters be r-eversed, the code of ethics would also be cbanged. The social dis tinction of waiter-s in each hiosteiry varies wvith the establishments. The wvaiter of the first-class hotel or restau rant, whether whito or black, holds himself entirely aloof from the waiter in a cheap recstaiurant. 113 considers that his wages and position aie a tacit admission of his superior- ability and expertness, andl pterhaps lie is right. Waiting on table looks to be very easy, but it requires a good memory, andl, although it is a menial position, there is an adaptness in it almost approaching to art; and, above all, affability n p)oliteness are necessar-y. But, with the color-ed waitor-, it is his innate humility as a born 'servanit thait especially fits him for a waiteir," concluded the propri-' otor- as lhe tunnd to hear tb.e story.of a sleek-looking mani withx a St. Lou.is e'x priession on his ebonyv face. On Mariniug llOOks. [Boston Corieir.] The11 man, for instance, who really I respeQcts his books, ti-eating them as friends if not as5 su1periors, wvould re- I gardl as nothing lose~ laan saciriloge thei means 11 by wvhieb- e'n .itough-skinned ireaders hel1 I fij . Aves to the ends they I d(esir-e. It w~ > 1b0 as~ imp11ossible for hiimi to dog's-ear the heaves, pencil the margins, break the backs oir make a scrapi-book of the blank pages, as to "peelp and( botanize upon his miotheri's t grave." lie could nio mioro dleflouri wi th foul mairks the faiir, whiito pages of the vohmi whose guest lie became, am it wetre, by being allowed to peruse it, r thtan lie could b)ring dishionor upon a, f'honse of his lunnnan enteitainetr, t whose wine he had dIrunmk. Th'oi read1er i who scores the pa:.ges whi'ch attract his attention is to himt a (orthi, a Vandal, t or- whatever outer bairbairian may bo c eveni worse than these rctloubtablo (1e- g stroyer-s. TPhe student is verny little better off t for hiavinig piencil-muarks against pais- e ages wh'lich have pleased him at fit-st readiing; lie has simly indulged a c childishi desire to express his grat ifica- 1 tioni, aiid might as well clap his hiattds 1: or stamp) his foot as to (dab a black r scratch down the clean marlgin of the page b)efore himl. Of the himmdred peopl)1 who mairk books, it is safe tot say that 95 per cent. have nO pu 1pose in the custom beyond such an out- 8 bircak of lgleasuire or dishko. A Forty-Mile Cackle.t All sorts of incredible stories are told of the ostrich farm in California. The latest is that in the morning, during laying time, if the wind is ma the right quarter, the cackling of the hen ostrichios can bo heard at a distance of forty mile., A FORWARD MOVEMENT a Education 'Whih Is to Bring Inte IJse Fneiutiea hitherto Untrained. [Chicago Tribune.) Mr. Edison P. Beaver, the present Iperintendent of the public schools of oston, in his annual report in March st, discussed the subject of industrial lucation intelligently and exhaust ely, and concluded by recommending e establishment of a manual-training lool in connection with the city pub school system. IIe said: "The best provision, therefore, would a to establish lit som central point in 1o city one manual training school, to luip this school thoroughly for its ork, and to admit to it, under suitable strictions, boys from all parts of the ty. A sing!o school, largo enough to -commodato 200 to 300 pupils, would the most economical provision that >uld be made. By changing the asses in accordance with a proporly ranged time-tablo, the shops and tools ould b)o in use all the tile, andt1 the structions, both in shop-work and in sdinary :school-work, would he con antly occupied. In this school the ays shonld continue their ordinary 'hool-work about two hours a day, at md to drawing one hour, and work in 10 shops two hours more. If tho )>usoL were Made three years long, tho tellectual work would cover the ipper art of the grammar school courso (or 1m m11ost essential studies. inl it, to ethler with som11 parts of th11 high 'hool course. The manual training :ll be brought up to the point of nabling pupils oin leaving bchool to nter 1matny ianual enploynents with dvantage to themselves and, therofore, the incomumnity. Not that, tho nchlood ould or could teach any sinhgle I rade, s would be done in an apprentice -hool, but its pupils would bo so well rounlded in (iho general principles of lanty trades that tie specialtie" of eacht rade would be very quickly learned. 'he experienice of the St. Louis school, 9 well as that of other similar institu ions, leaves littlo doubt on this point." It is not eight months since this ecollmltendation was made, but it has )Cee adopted by the school authorities it bo!'.;;. -4pc 1 of tho ,gtin (1ool building, a special schloo1 devoted o the preparation of pupils for tho earned professions, has been assigned o th uses of nallual training; and tereafter aly boy in Boston 14 year; of .(; or over who desires it may receive tnstruction ill the ustie of hand-tools,siel nsl ruction to be paid for out of the )ub ic school funl. In the 1n:mial training school to he ,lened ill the basel ent of the Boston ,at.iin school Luilding tle Yanke, boy 'ill lIe taught to use hi:; o0% s andut als. Ile will draw frol tlings, l1d at the bench. w it.h the ap >rop,riate tools, will reproduce inl vod and iron the things; he has rawnt. T'hc". exereise:; will bring into se fa":cult it!s hitherto unlttrainevd inl the ehool:;. lhe boy in the manual trainl og school will find it Ilecessarv to re ect, to reason. to ii eide; and all theso xerci.es; of th niind will be a delight o himt. ''Tu pow%(-r is gellwrated - ower thit, d voloips; true manhood. Iloston as a city is about. to onter pol 11an exleiwlltt undert.aken hero y the (on11111-,i;al c"lub in tI:' estab islluncnt of at ,n:ntatl training ac-hool, lie builling tor whih is ill iroe:s of rection. andl will olIn be compl lete. l'hat "hesie exper-imten,ts will le surccess ul there Call he .-e:arely i clo:Ilbt. 'Ilt tt AL. I,ouis is alreay tu ItSucs and hlie scrhooIls im t his eily and I; 1,:tol will >I couemde h toel:l of the p Lanl of bf .ii ctsl (I f tilee 11 pdai l find i n. ~T'imoium eIIaiter ist. witeset wto lispos(itiu1on, a rie re ofti the most aIle'1(s linood lirs aer eing l nlded y the :wt 0 inll of te; drug. le he) I mornlhingP hIslt and vill-tem-l lofirnoonlofl thetwiee <fat wil fncy.hi raou s I iositilerestat. T hose who ave hadIs Lielper -i e l it them know111 hasty thf tliiost rit liulIt. peoply l>e:imo he; moslt toin lolisst (aft iong thindul1 neIl in~ hIei use o pim. 1 Tghi iseliies >ictifn arIl sotbeent witl rtho distod 4100 uch1 islli te tcase ta uthrose whoL mar ttall k,ce inyranth thei tabi, Sth (oitiely shlod b t the)1 gillaring3 a)IliIty of eirla tens lhey jofl malyv ilarde thei' r armly and Lie wohb itlti11 no t to e )( to estolhem tIl .rig th er h010ab i Igig isl c hins he0 lrckr wofh alydraw from'th ictim tr statemeOnt i~lthIresectt secwter intention Ntonereew. is octorAlwayo aitthm too,e alS the dread th attly om uhappy " nley,t ivolucntry thfieent wiloea urveIiOllc, wany ori all othesreat talogmt , py aifi1 n aretelver s fituate nt to bil ale tIlrour thVee 'rug,to exeienteo yaing tagt wilhem hoe horrors of atinence.l ciii-a [StCtOl, tamves'h Hoget.J iy. AIl Ia wrior n Te latinagele loie, b0 twentlieh'centur iIthoro will bela ews na-tion cwhich, n will oh logra ud caledane. It will be ustroud rich boughtful pacifle and anoren l4over [ Aity.kIt ill avet-. swe raiy ofumatro bear. woul dol be r euthan a10 natoap an'will cviiae ion itselee ay iger oo dtya ivilization, ia le buo onebbaily Iet nol havo dirty tones lnguaion oe nTconae. Thit nahtpinwilav (A rkansaw Tavlor.J D)e murnersip' datc aol man o' itd iur do byge e coar was upwer ronsan' cursf a an' hekrwlpall wate no too diro latons.gin AWAITING THE CONQUEROR, [Arthur Hugh Clough.1 Hope overmore and believe, 0 man, for e'en as thy thought So are the things that thou seest; e'en as thy hope and bhilef. Cowardly art thou and timidi They rise to provoke thee against them. Hast thou courage? Enough; see them ex ulting to yield. Yea, the rough rock, the dull earth, the wild soa's furfying waters, (Violent, say st thou, and hark? Mighty, thou think'st, to destroy i) All, with ineffable longing, are waiting their invader; All, with one varying voice, call to him, "Come and subdue.' Still for their conqueror call and but for the joy of being conquerot (Rapture they will not forgo) dare to resist and rebel. Still while resisting and raging, insoftunder tones say xnto him: "Fear not, retire not, 0 man; hopo ever more and believe.: Go from the east to the west, as the sun and the stars direct thee, With the great girdle of God, go and en compass the earth." TREATMENT OF CRIMINALS. Some Suggestions From a Rumaut tartan View of the'Subjeet. ["Pickaway" in Cincinnati Enquirer.] In the penitentiary how many crimi n^ls has the state reclaimed and soft ened by wiso and humano treatment? The busy, practical, rushing, scram bling average citizen, who gives little thought to theso questions beyond pay ing and cursing his taxes, will say that there should be no sentimental non sense in these matters. If the state shelters and feeds the unfortunate and keeps tho criminalsafely until heserves his sentence it has done all that could be expected. But it hasn't. The object of these institutions should be to dimin ish vice and crime,and if this can be done by the expendituro of the same amount of money, the tax-payer and the citizen has a right to expect these results, and intelligent efforts should be made by the legislature to bring them about. Crime ought to be treated as a dis ease, and the man who has committed a crime ought to be taken charge of by the state, and retained until he is cured. The criminal ought not to be sentenced for any specific time, but ought to be rci&.ldEl_until in the judgment of the authoritic io may be permitted to make a trial o mt ho ought to be placed under police a '"' on and at the slightest infraction of law ought to be returned to the prison. Ci i ship ought not to be restored to him until he has shown that he is fit to be come a citizen, and he must have spent at least two years outside of the walls without complaint before society again receives him back as a citizen. The convict contract system ought to be abolished, and all industries in the prison ought to be under the control of state authorities and not of outsiders. Prisoners ought not to be placed upon exhibition at twenty-five cents a head for visitors. Every prisoner ought to have an in terest in his labor. If lie has a family a portion of his work ought to go to tho support of his children. If ho has no one dependent upon him, his wages should first be used to defray tho oxpensc of his conviction, and then to make reparation to those he has wronlcd. l The Gas Vas Still Going. [Chicago Ierald.f A certain actress, whose bome is in this city, has her suitbs of roois, a d when not on the road liv9s in charming domesticity and warms llor oup ofrtea over a gas stove. She lad turned on the blaze tho other moi' g an d was preparing for he~r br'eaUast,%1h'on .a mecssenger delivered a dI ~th ob'm manding her to join her comp jy out of town at once. She sawv a ag~io at her wvatch that she has i tqn x4utes to make a train. Shie hagt et' about preparing, and, locking bel'df j passed out into the streit. The brfg was in her favor, and she made the tr'hin. She wvas gone three wooks.When spoe returned a few days ago and entered hgr room the gas was going at a full head. She remembered then that she had in her hurry gono away without turning it off amT(l without getting her breakfast. It is a pity for her thirqp weeks' salary that the gas company w0ill send in a bill to offset it. lHe Goet Thens. (iZzchango.] Master Fred Fenton fell from the topmost limb of an appe tree. He was p)icked up and carriefl to the house in ani insensible condition. After watcliing at his bedside through many weary hours, hin mother perceived signs of' returning cdhacious ness. Leaning over him she asked him if there was anything she could do for him, now that ho was beginning\ to feel better. Should she bathe his forehead? Should she fan him or change his pil low ? Was~ thero anything he wanted'? ~Languidy opnn i ysadok ."Yes, mamma, I want a pair of pants with a pocket behind I" He got theln. Our Measures of Time. [8t. Paul Pioneer Pi-ess.] Our measures of time have r?ally sur vived a dozen civilizations. T1ho hour of ixy11minutes and the day of twice twle ors are relics of the Babylon ish duodecimal system, in which twelve counted the moon's periods. The 30 degrees invisibly pnarked on the earth's great circle como,'.too, from the Orient. Thi oe aro good reasons, if we are going to beo emplirical in the matter of time, to be so ini another, andl 'roduce thme day's time to decimal hours, minutes and see onds. nA'ecao7 Mr. George Augustus Sala says: "The esteemed squaw, my great grand mamma, came from Brazil add married a Portuguese person, wVhhos daughter, mlarriedl at Rio Janoiro, married a Poll) who had emigrated to Demarara; and on the patenal side my ancestors wor ancient Romans." lEer Finer Brain. . (Rockland Courier-Gazette.] A man's brain weighs three avadahalf hpounds. A woman's is somewhatl1ighter, but of fluer quality. That if what ena bles lier to taste lard in h9r neighbo'g pastry. -