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THE SIGNS OF THE SEASONQ.
Witt does it leat wlieithe bluebira flies
oer ihe lill , singiuAreet'and eleiry?
When violets peer thro' the b!ides of grasat
These are the signs that the Spring Is here.
What does it mean when the berries are ripe?
When.butteraies flit and honey-bees hund T
When cattle stand under the shady trees?
These are the signs that Sumnmer has come.
wNIat (oq's l ineaO when-the eoic4ets ohirp ?
Ud away to Ihe south-land the wild geese steer?
Wiaen apples are faillUg and nuts are brown ?
These are the signs that Auttumn Is here,
What does it can When the days are short t
When the aveW are g'bd and-tie broois are
diuih? IZ '. ,
When the fields are white with the drifting snows?
These are the signs that Winte..has come.
'i'he old stars set and the now ones rise,
And skies that were stormy grow' bright and
clear, *'
And so the beautiful, wonderful signs
(0 round and round \vitli 0le,6inging year.
GERARD LANGTON'S SECIEE .
It was in :a luxuriously fnrnished
room where a glowing grate threw ge
niial light and \varmth upon the oodu
pants, that Gerald Langton, lawyer and
milhonaire, listened with bated breath
and pallid cheeks to a low. and melo
dious voice that told the story. of a life.
The speaker, a beautiful woman of
about thirty, yet tan years younger
than Mr. Langton, reclined in a low
ctialuonod chair, her dress, heir attitude,
both speaking of the ease wealth gives,
but her face was full of the deepest
ang'uish, as her lips recounted this
sltory
"You love me," she said, gently, yet
sad ly, "and I love you as I never loved
anyone before, although I am a widow.
That you knew, but you did not know
-uy husband's name.. BY my unole's
last request -I dropped it and took his,
with the property he left me. Do not
look at me tenderly, Gerald, do not
shake my voice or my heart, for when
you knuw whom I am, you will not
repeat the offer you ave made me,
und which, Heaven is my witness, I
tried to avert."
"Let your conscience be' at rest
there," said her listener, in a grave yet
tender voice; "you haive never given
me o.o hope, Maude. By what instinujt
I know that you loved me I can never
tell, something in your eyes-i-omo
toue of your voice betrayed you. If,
as you say. somethuig in your past life
does separate us, you have been no
u Uquette to torment me with false hopes,
hu, Maude, tell me again, whatever
14tands between us, you love me?"
". love you," she said, gravely "ar d
it is be'cause 1 love you that I will not
1ef you link your honorable name with
that of the wretch who was my hus
ljand. 1 was very young-not sixteen
-when he came to make a visit to
asimo Iriends living at Grassbank.
Uncle Richard has a country seat near
ite village. I first met Aleaxander at
a picnic, where he was tlie very life of
the party, everybody's cavalier, court
cous to all, full of wit and animation
and service for all. I believe every
girl at the grounds thought she haa
uiptivated him, his attentions were so
wellI ivided, an-d yet so impri'essiye to
ech one. he claimed to be no more
thiau a salesman in a large wholesale
iouso with a good salary, but he had
the manners of a gentleman, a good
education, and the most perfect beauty
of face and form that I ever saw in a
nUuan. It was not long before it was
evident that he wished to win my love,
and he. had - an easy task. Such love
as a child of sixteen can give, I gave
him. -He was the impernonation of
every hero of poetry and fiction with
whom my liinuted reading had 'made
mne familiar. School-girl like, I1 had
wnade ian ideai hero, and fitted this, my
first admirer, with, all his imaginary
perfections.
"Firom' the first, tiuoele Richard dis.
liked huim, pronouncing him false and
shiallow, anu nuauring me that my per
sonal attractions had not won his heart
but that the fact of my being an heires
to a liarge property had gained me the
protestations in which 1 so firmly be
lieved."
"it is a painful story to me now,
Gerard. Let it suffice that I lived in a
world of delicious dreams while Alexan
der remained at Grassbaunk. When he
left, he carried my promilse to be Is
- wife at Christmas."
"I thlink if my money had depended
upon Uncle Richard that my marriage
might have benm preyented by his
threatening to disinherit me, but, both
fromi my lather and my mother I had
inhoritea -money that made me inde
pendent, in sipeeumy. sepsle, of Iaus
control or consent,''
"Most grudgingly, however, my u'nele
did consent,' after~ searching inquiry
about Aklxander, reanitinug in no worse
report thitu that his employee thought
hum fast, idle, and lust the man to be a
lortune-hunter. Eiven then my dear
uncle would have protected my fortunae
by settling it strictly upon myself; but,
with she reckless genoroaity of extremre
youth, 1 refused to have this done.
tNever, .3 wias firmly convineed, would
my auored Alexander wrong me in any
way."
"IFor a year after the splendid wed.
ding that made me Alexander's wife I
wats very happy. 'I 'was too Ignorant
of the value of mone.y to' udiderstandt
that we Were living far beytond our in
come, and enjo,)edi to the utmost the
luxurle5 hurroundling mae-tlie ednatans
gaety that was in suoA strong contrast
to the' school' routine from winch I had
just been released,"
"Then-- begaA a ljfe .of neglect, olton
ofquarrelhin wleo lifobjooted to my
drinking, his . extravaganoe, and his
la'te illours, '1*ilt 1 rotud my ownt
pleasures in society and -a rnmewal-of
a ome of my favorite studies, esgoolkligy
.languages anda. muaio. a [ was fondjitou
of water-color painting, and made pre
set o my fried Qt speciinQbs 1 PaY
".t was furyears after may marriage
wAieA I. Wae thwucde*tiuolk oy Albxau
dck sku~ dto request a loan ci
adethat eyary kyouny of
1ave kapyn,thot alarge proportion of
it was'lost at the aming-tables."
"Long before thIs I att lost.all love
for my husband. Respeot had died
out when I knew the dissipated lifo he
was leading, and, foolish as I was, I
doxild not continue to love a man whom
I despised. I refused the errand, and
brought down a torrent of such gross
abuse that I rea y expeotad.Alexander
would ind by'st nxa me,"
"Day after day the request was re
newed, but I would not yield. Upon
my marriage Viaole Richard had sold'
his\ city residence' and taken up a per
maneilt- abodb 'at Grassbank, where
knowing my husband to be an unwel
come guest. I never visited him. - I
wrote occasionally, but the love 61
years, -like that of father and child,
had been so sadly strained by my per
sistence ini marrying Alexander, that
even 'our correspondence was languid
and commonplace."
"I would not, therefore, write to him
to ask a favor that I knew would not
have been necessary without criminal
redkessness of expenditure, and eaoh
refusal made my husband more furious.
Then came an overwhelming blow.
Alexander forged a check, and drew
two thousand pounds of Uncle Richard's
money from the bank. I dq not think
my uncle would ever have prosecuted
him had he guessed who was the for.
ger; but he handed the whole matier
over to the lay as soon as- it was die
covered thait the chea: was forged. It
was traced ;to Alexander, and at the
same time it was found that he had
robbed in the same way his former
employers. He had given up all work
upon ni marriage; but when he found
hunself without money, his knowledge
of the busines enabled him to forge the
check of Derkiss and Co. Even if
Uncle Richard had spared him for my
sake, this other forgery would have
entitled him to penal servitude. He
was sentenced to seven years, and
Uncle Richard took me home, full of
heavenly pity and forgivenemi for the
child who had treated him so ungrate-.
fuily."
"Then your husband is in prison?"
asked Gerard in a hard, strained voice.
"No, no; ne is dead! He died within
the first year. Uncle Richard saw the
death in the paper and sent the money
for his burial. No; I am free; but none
the less I am the widow of a convicted
felon."
"But none the less," quoted Gerard,
"the woman I love and honor above
all others, and hope still to make my
wife."
It took, however, more than one
interview, full of lover's pleading, to
win Maude fromi her resolution. Mhe
so honored her lover, was so proud of
his good name and the position-he had
attained by his talents, that her sensi
tive nature shrank from even the shad.w
of her misery falling upon his life.
But the victory was won at last, and
the lawyer walked home one evening
full of a proud, glad joy, for Mauce
had promised to be his wile.
"11f you are willing to take Alexander
Hull's widow for your wife," she had
said, "I will not oppose you longer,
for I love you with all my'heart."
He had no thought but of ahat giad
tiuinph when he turned up the gas in
his o1ice, He was in the habit of
making a last visit there before going
up to Ais bed-room, in enes notes or
messages had been left for him. One
lay there on this evening, a shabby
looking envelope, but directed in a
bold, handsome nan'd that he recog
nized at once.
He tora it open. After a few Wvords
of introduction the note ran:
"You did the best you could for me
on my ta ial, but the facts were too
strong for you. I have noiv a last favor
to ask of you. I die, as you know, at
noon to-morrow.. You, as my lawyer,
can see me at any tinme. Will you
conic as soon as you receive this, and
win the gratitude of' the mian you know
as : "James Fox?"
"The man. I know as James Fox,"
muttered the lawyer; "phe smooth,
p~laulsible scoundrel wvho actually made
me believe him innocent of the hideous
murder for which he was convicted. I
can find extenuation for seone murders,
but this cold-blooded assassination of
ain old man for money only was revolt
ing. How he deceived me, though for
a time! And how -he exulted over I. is
succous In 'doing so when, as he says,.
facts were too strong! Shall I[ go to
him? I1 suppose I must. It is still
early."
it was not yet midnight when~ Ge
rard Langton was itshered into the cell
of the :mani.who in. a'.ew- short- hours
was to meet the extreme penalty of the'
law lor the worst crime.
Yet there was nothing revolting in.
the appearance of the criitiinal, His
dress was neat4 his hair carefully ar
ranged, his mustache faultless, his
hands white and-refined looking. He
rose from his seat upon the bed as his
lawyer entered his c0911.
"9 knew yeot 'would come,".,he said,
coiatteduisly, "though you were offended
huis my wudnt of, frank'ess. Well1' that
is all over!, You wil not refuse, the
last request of a dying man, Mr. XRang
ton?" '
"Not if I can grant It,' "as the reply,
"This," said the murderer, "is not
my first offence against '.he law, S3ome
years ago.[ was sentenced for a term of
years for a forge~ry. By a strange acci
Uent I escaped the penalty. On the
same day James .Fox was sentenced
toi two years for'petty larceny, and we
were sent together to prison. James
Frox-my companion, uderstand, not
myself-was deranged, but Ina lawyers
had not been able to save him, as his
aberration w~s not always apparent.
Wh'en We~ ete entered updn .the books
of tne prisen, imagine my amazeet
when my telhow-prisoner? gave, my name
for shis o~n. Like a flash I sdw the
advantage to be gained by the decep-.
tion, 'and allowed t the error to pass.
My companion committed snidide, Nud
of 94 At~ared
apd.-Woutto Qaiada,
bl si with until ai r
ag~o whw I .toturned here to try to
raise uoney from my wife, an~d thiotht
I saw ali easier plan by committing the
crime for w ich I dig to-iporrow. But
I want to nee iny wife.' I *ionged ho
-I robbed her-but Heaven is my
witness I loved her. When I was put
in prisoi she dropped my name, and
to6k her own again. So it is not foj
Mrs. Alexander Hull you must go, bul
for Mrs. Maude Temple."
Was the room reeling-the ceiling
falling-the wall closing around himi
Gerard Langton felt as if they were, aa
-the, pames fell on his ears. Mpude
liis Maude-the Wife-of this'cool vilhar
who talked of his hideous crimes as 11
they were ordinary events? Well, hi
know that to carry this man's messagi
was to jeparat himself from Magde foi
ever; Never'wepld she let ;14m 3harra
the iidow of . nurderer! ,Very. apidl,
all the terrible facts pressed' 'nd aftei
another upon - is - brain, and he said
"if y6u Jove her, why add a now mlierj
to her life. She may have lived dowt
the old pain you caused, her; why, .for i
selfish gratification will you make hei
whole lite a misery?"
"She is my wifel I sypuld .bid liei
fireWell." . . .
"She is not your wifel Ydur own
crimes have released her from any alle
giance to youl"
"You know her?"
"Yes! I know what she has suffered,
and beg of you to let her still believ
you died years ago."
"She is happy?"
"Sc.arcely that. Such wounds at
hers never heal entirely, but it-g cru.
elty to tear them open when' they are
quiet!"
"Has she married?"
"Nol She is still your widowl"
It is hard to deny myself one mort
sight of her face, and the hope I had
that she would say she forgave mel"
"Think of her, not of yourselfi"
Thbre was a long silence in' the coll,
Every throb of Gerard Lngton'k
heart was a pain to bim, but Alexandel
Hull sat in moody silence, evidentl3
reluctant to give up his wish.
At last he spoke.
"You have been very good to me,
Tell me, now, if you have any persona
reason for your request. Perhaps
you love her?"
"I dol" was the brief reply. "Sh<
has promised to be my wifel"
"'hen it will be James Fox who ii
hanged to-morrowl .I meant to give my
real name up, but I will carry my so.
crot to my grave. It may be in anoth
er world even the little last self-denia
will be a plea for me. Go now. You
may trust me."
And lie kept his word, and Gerard
Langton his seeret.
When..Maude, a few weeks later, be.
came his wise, she little guessed thi
terrible ordeal which he had spared
her, or the added disgrace that belonged
to the name she had given up.
"Great Scott."
The other morning, while the urbane
manager of Woodwart's Gardens was
smoking a four bit cigar and meditatively
listening to the iuffal wails of a tom-cat
that had just been swallowed alive by the
big anacouda, a tall, thin. scentific-look
ing man, with a goatee and blue glasses,
entered the gate and remarked in an in.
sinuating manner :
"Of course you pass the scientific -frater
nity ?"
"Of co'irse e de not,"said the slow man
"What, not the savans, not tue pioneere
in the great march of the mind into the
hitherland of the infinite beyond ?" re
turned the Profestor, with great surprise.
"I will not deceive you," sercastically
replied the proprietor of the only salaman
der ; "we pass nothing but the quills on
the Irettul porcupines-I 'uecan the press.
You can't see the ostridges unless you
come down and put, up.''
"Ddar me, dear me !" sighed the scien
tist reflectively. "To think that a profes.
sor of cosmogrepice conchology should be
denied admittance td- a third-clasg' lio
Has the skamgatibuis been fed yet e"
"Skani--whmich I" asked the tiger im.
porter.
"The altamgattbus. You've got one,
haven't you in
"Y-e-s-s; I believe we've a small ft
mule sorniewhercs," said tlie grIzzly's friend
doubtfully.
"I never kuow a first-class collection to
havte less than two lpair, said the Profes..
sor o'ntemiptuously. "flow do your Azi
muths stand this cold Weather, ehl"'
"Azumnutbo i' asked .the lNapolon M
gregator of erositlgs. :.f, what's thc~ #
80mer.noyki'nd of birdL.yott dop~t m an
"Ostrilges 69 hanged 1'4.. sithe sucds'
sor of Darwin; "ostridges are noting.
IPvc shot more ostridges with qil shot
than you've got hairs on your head. You
don't actually mean to sIt ' there and teli
mue yen haven't got a single azimuth to
your back ?"
"Don't believe I have," admitted thec
alligator breeder, mortified; "what ate
they like?'
"On, they're of the ordler Spinaills sple
m'>tis, about eight feet bign. Fur peels
off'-in the spring, you know-the'Siberian
species,- I moan. I suppose you're got one
ot those rectangular Afican flipgoohlles
that reached mow York the other day I"
"No ; I'm darned if I did,"' said the
much agitated showman. -"Hfere I've
been kceeping an agent in New York on a
big salary to look out for attractions, anil
he doesn't catoh on to the first blamed
thing. -Speruls all our nioney on second
hand paughers and. kangarqos with. the
rheumatics. I'll bounce him by telegraph!'
"H aven't even got asinipgookly, elm?'
mused the scientisl, in a tone of great yiny,
"And I shauin't be surprised if you didln't
have a golden-crested cuspior in you
whole show.''
. 'Nulther I ha~ve.; neither I have,'' re
pliecd the wietched promoter of pehicans,
ia si Lgne of great bittei'ness. "8'posq yoti
just step in, sir, and look round;I mobbe
there's somnething else you could say-'
"N-n-. I [guess noc,'" ald thp~ta~I mat.
"I1t would haidly pay. m9 -to, upend at
mauoh valizableieintne tlii ie # -fourth
dlass show lik4 tais. N~ot even on asi
niuth, eai? j shoud4 thln !'4 bes~trai
of b'eIn actually Ano~j eii~ Ilmes~ I
orry'o you,d ay n su orry, o
riwishbones wot8 linese then tu~
-eros ofr- tab Coast,
The surumo at diets lstiid, on the
'Northampton shore 6fVVirginia, rescued
,tb crew of, the'Alberf Dally, of Augusta
Me. oiu the nigh of the 7th of January.
On the flloiing day 3r. 3,obb's wreckers
went on board in spite of the'Oirotestatiou
of Keeper Ilitohene, of the Life Servici,
.%bat migh'the Rt6N 'was' terriue. T'he
agrlia.sucpeded- - edin.reaching a point
.Pppoie the- ,wreck,. 9? which. were the
selod din I wreidket, af,i A. M. of the 9th
Oniytheimestd-abieared-in dim outline,
while the hull was completely submerged,
pvqrAsl .Coaton. siggpls ; were burned tc
cheer, tlhe men on the wreck and to enabi
-the surf men to deternine niore uceurat9,
thQ 'psion of h e ;ot. It was detir
nine4 to make.-au.atteit 'uto rescue then
wnththe boat, but ker' Ooceedi ng som<
'dihtance the surimen. con see nothing o
the schbonerrand were -fored to return t<
~hdore. ;'Wienzi t wO light enough t<
see'theveesel the safety -lue, discharget
-from 'the- baylp $01 e s twice thrown
ca th jibb 0 .iia vessel, but as no
:attempt ws -made by tliose on board to get
thbline Iy~is ha9 uiby the surfmen,
au each ,iftej.t,partcd- Two more efforts
to shoot the line over the wreck proved
unsuccessful, owjuig to a strong adverse
*ind 'and the frozen dondition of the line,
which caused, it to part before it reached
the destined pajt.. -Jad the.line been
-thrown full. across' the vessel, it would
have avited .paught, as' Mr. Cobb stated
that they Were'too benumbed with cold to
hve halidled -it on board, even if it had
been placed in their hands.
Beef g then tiiti.tie only hope of saving
the' u1briled men lay lu reachiing them
-with the suif-bbat, 'Ke4per Hitchens and
his-crew, as son uas the, ebbig tide ak
towed them to launch. set out through the
storm and the sea, which was running half
mast high to the rescue of the nine men
(five of the schooner's and four of the
Copp Wrecking Compauy), who had been
left on the stranded vessel and who could
now be seen laqIed to the rigging.
Keeper litchens and his men, though
they had been out on the beach all night
ii the terriblestorm'without Are or food,
drenched to the-skm fioi their first elort
to bard the vessel, and keeping their feet
from freezing only by wading in the salt
water of the see, yet ruslied with alacrity
to their duty. The boat was launched
i and started on its perilous journey, but
the current was so strong that the men
weie cut to leeward and the boat force I
inshore. Launching the boat again thay
.got, far enough out to re ich the line which
was last on board the wreck, but the sea
was running so high that it was snatched
from the hands o0 the men who held it
and again they were driven ashore. An
oLher powerful effort was made to reacL
the wreck, and this time t hey succeeded.
One of the men qn.the.;wtok, .Edwar<
Hunte, Of 'Maine, the steward of the
schooner, who refused to go up in the rigg.
ing, bad been washed ovetboard and lost
about dayt'reak.- The remaining eIght men
were carried ashore-four at a time
dreadfully benunijud by their long expo
hure to the cold. Richard Gordon, a
member of the C.bb wrecking ere N, died
from the effects of exposure just aboul
the time he reached the shore.
Kiniaig Doer wal Axe&.
A correspondent gives an account of
deer in the forests of Maine and the :laws
of that State to protect them. A naimber
of years since a law was passed forbidding
the killing of moose, deer or carsibou be
tween the first of Fcoruary and first of
October, and forbidding the hunting of
them with dogs at any season, under a
penalty of $40 tor each offence, But thi's
law (lid not- protect the game. In the
deep snows of January hunters from dist.
ant States, as well as tiose In Maine,
killed thousands of the animals in the deep
snows, in many cases using only axes for
kiling them as they drove them into the
deep snow-banks, the hunters going on
snow-shoes. In 1873 the legislature for
bade the bunting or illing of the animals
in January, as well as in all the following
months to October. Atter this the deer
increased rapidly, and at times they even
mingled with the herds of farmners. The
lumbermen could kill eniough for their
own use without going a great distance
fromn-their cabin doore. In a few years
thehe laws wore disregarded, and hunters
cabne into the forests In the winter and
slaughtered thousands and sent their car
casses to the Boston and other distant
markets. In 1870 the Legislature made a
law imposing a .fine of $40 for each car
cass er hide sent Ouit of the IMtate. TrhiE
law ser ved a good purpose in . protecting
f(lies gene, t-heughr' itr knay 'be qu~estioned
whether it, was not-a stretch of legislative
'power In- interdicting commertb betweer
the Status. However, in'1878 influencee
were brought to hear which secured a re
peal of the law forbidding the exportation
of carcasses and hides, and since then the
deer, caribou and moose have been grow.
ing scarce, and the subject of making
more stringent laws to proteot them is dis,
cussed. As the work of deatruction i
now going on. not only the larger wik
same but the forests of this country will
disappear in a comparatively brhf period.
(Ooileotitng theo Dainagpeg.
"I am a quiet, unosientatione mem, and
never jiarm nobody," said the Inmfuder,
i~stening the palmns of his hands ay(
takspg a firmer grasp of the aro-helve,
"but if you don't come dowi? with $17 t<
soothe my lacerated feelings there will be
trouble here in Austin." "Was the bo3
bitten so very badly by my dog I" asket
the terrified owner of the animal, who is
one of the most timId mnen in Ausuin "HIE
was bitten jt $17 worth," 'eplied the sn
truder, 'hiijdng the weapon around his
head. "Here is your money,Y replhed the
o~wner of the dog. '1'ne intruder Pitt the
mb~ney In his pocket, and W'os about to
leave,' when the proprietor ci thle dog re
markeq "1 hope gogr son was not bitten
badly.' "Why, ' ho ak'u' my son. I
haven't got any soui.'t "he so.i, is he
then, a'nglhow 'did you (4m t demagt
tiis nmoney br m~e il' "fl ' 'm spn of a
trIiid af mine iho eoed ,6si7 anid he
dIdh'u .iv amly money. The~ only avail.
ablo note' he, had .wezoithbod dog intesoz
his ody a'' nd heturned' hemi over te
metr odhlection, and II te, ecoileetee
'hm Well, I declare A And 'stran
ger,'contii d the man ith the, axe
handl."Ziuor: *uqJju familj
Iter nbs id~eh~ Wan
owheqrtd Voglt dmeaf
0n aa d.ie,
Rolne's Ruins.
Works of excavation in Itome are gen
erally discontinued during the summer
and autumn imontbs. The laborers go off
to the corn aid wine harvests, where they
get better pay, but this year the excava
tions on the Forum, and along the Ride of
the 'alatine facing the Temple of Romu
lus and the Basilica of Oonstantine, have
been contibued with increasing activity.
The extent of ground broken ts something
unusual, and evidently i3ignor Baccelli is
determined lo do his utmost to inuure, as
far as porsible, the completion of his grand
scheme of archOlogleal exploration by
cutting out all the work he can. It com
pilses the restoring to light of all that re
mains of the buildings and constructions
*hioh surrounded and adorned the Roman
Forum; tue clearing of the entire area by
removing everythiu, of whatever nature,
suiperimposed tpon it In modern times;the
junction of the excavations on the Forum
with those on the Palatine by the coinple
ting of both; the isolation from-or rather
within- the modern city of the greater
part of the fourth,the eighth and the tenth
of the Augustan regions of ancient Rome
whicn adjoined each other, and their
dedication to the memories connected with
them.
Extensive excavations have restored
much to light and have taught us much.
but tbe desolation remained almost as
great as before. These excavotions never
assumed any other aspect than that of a
number of great holes, notwithstanding
that some of ihtn- afforded considerable
space to walk about in. rhere was-as
regards the Forum-first, the hole between
the mwiive wall of the Tabutarium, wah
the rex. of the modern municipal buildines
stanuding upon it on the one aie and the
roadway passing frotm the V ia Bonella to
the Via della CousoLeome in tront, of the
Arch of Beptimus Severus on the other, in
whiih weio completely visible the remains
of the Teuiples.of Saturn, Vespasian, hnd
Concord, the Hostra and the Aich of Sep
timius Severus excavated In the time of
Pius VII. Then on the further side of
that roadway there was, until twelve years
ago, the smnll, uncleau hoh, dug at the
expeuseof the Duchess of Devonshire in
December, 1810. This, between 1870 and
1875, was enlarged as far as the Temple of
Antoninus and Faustiua, and in 1878-a
second roadway peing left at that point
another hole was dugr beyond,extendmng as
far us the Arch of Titus, and again the
works wore suapenited.
But a new impetus was given in Febru
ary last to the exp!oration of the Forum.
A seat In the Italian Cabinet, and that seat
the head of the Department of Public In
struction, was for the first time held by a
Roman, diguor Baccell. The Roman ar
chuologists were anxious to ascertain the
alte of-the Fabian &rch,of wbioh no traces
had been found on cithe: side of the cause
way left from the Temple of Antoninus
and Faustina to the corner of the Palatine.
Its dispovery would determine the vexed
question of the cource of the Bacra Via,
and there was no difficulty in interesting
8ignor Baccelh suffi ently to obtain his
permission to remove the causeway in
searOh of It. That search w'%s ineffoctual
notwithstanding that some voaissoira and
other details which had evidently formed
parts ot the arch were found, but diecover
les of the greatest interest were made.
Sufficient indications were obtained to sat
isfy many competent authorities as to tile
ine of the Sacra VIa:oonsiderable remains
of the Regia were found, and other minor
tant discoveries were made at the very
spot where it was necessary to discontinue
the excavations. These only served to
stimulate unsatisfied interest. Among
other things a fragment of the celebrated
napible plan of Rome, dug up in the coutso
of the works,gave the plan of the very ot
where it was found, and raised tfllies
tkon of the Via 19lova.
Tue work accomplished so far is a good
earnest of what we may look forward to
enjuying when the Palatime and the Forum
-the area within which the whole history
of Rome centered and can be studied-are
excavated as completely as the remains of
Pompeii, cared for with the same scientific
d Iscernment, and placed, as what is left of
that ancient city is, open to the easy coin
prekaenon of the most simple. What is
seen at Pompeii is seen completely and can
be understood. What Is visible of the
Palace of the COesars and other remains on
the Palatine and of the Forum can only be
seen by looking, as 1 have said, into a
number of separate holes, and, when seen,
can only be imperfectly understaod after
infinite puzzlhmlg,
Twelve. years ago the question of the
Wqiy direction of the Forum -did It extend
fro'i north to south toward the Arch of
Titus, or from east to west toward the
(Jircus Maximus-was still a matter of
controversy. Certainly they were few
who continued to hold to the latter theory:
but, clear as the case appeared to the ma
jority, there was thea no visible evIdence
that could be put forward as decisive. Ten
months ago no one could p rove which of
the two streets rnnnIng along the Forum
was the S3acra Via, and the theories as to
its course were many. T1he difficulty has
not yet been set at rest to the satisfaction
of aill,but the weight of authority Is agreed
that, the excavations made last spring re
vualed the exact lien of the celebrated
street "glorified by a hundred vIctories,"
and the removal of comparatively a few
more square metres of rubbish will settle
the question forever. There are, with one
or two unimportant exceptions only, no
longer any doubt. as to the name.' of the
temples and other remains standing on the
uncovered po:tioa of the Forum. No one
dIsputes the fact that we can point with
certaiy to the-ruins of the temple which
Augustus built oa the spot where the body
of "Great Juhtus"was burned, and to many
other historic sights; but all this is still of
but limited educational value, for bowli
during controverty is rife-and will con.
tinue so until the whole yea is cleaned
as to where the Oomitiuw,' the (Grecoetasle,
the othom' IRostra 'an*d many wore important
details were situated.
The excavations on the Palatine hate
also gien zriost' valuable resulte. 'The
general topograpily of the greater part of
the lmperial,?alece,an't a few of the spot.
wthere events~oonnqoied with the liyes and
Sdeaths of some of 1he~asarsoocurrod,have
been ascertained beyond dispute. We cau
look with certainly on, portions of .the edt
tioeb bolt by Tbetids/ Ual~iia, Domnitian,
and 0epi;1mius 8everlis, W kniow eot.
aotlyiwhfie the femaini Of those buiite y
Augnatus atnd others are ii
can aiall along thq galer~y w aigl
was pumtdored, atif pipttsre he sooaede
scribed with such graphic power by Sue
tonius, and especially by Josephus, but
these are so far only detached facts, with
no connecting links visible, and may well
Le likened to a few lines of a pahmpsest
deciphered here and there, while all the
rest lips hidden beneath the work of later
hands. It is not so long ago that the lines
in which Btatius mentions the colossal
equestrian statue of'bomitian on the For
um and the edifices around at were spoken
of as a "stumbling block rather than an
auxiliary to antiquities. Now we can
stand upon the wreck of the pedestal of
that coiosns and look upon the rcmalts
of theEe e( f0cts situated exactly as Statius
describes them.
The excavations in progress will soon
reveal tho spot behind the Temple of Uas.
tor where he reminded'his contemporaries
they might unguardedly lose. their mon y.
In like manner, when they are compleied
we iliall be able to tread, Wp by step, I
route Ovid took ( Trist," 111, 1, 27),from
the Fornm of Cosar to the Palatine, and
recognize the buildings and sites he tells
us that he passed; that Otho followed
when he suddenly left Galba sacrificing in
the Temple of Apollo and hurried through
the Palace of Mibdrius to the Velabrum,
and thence to the Golden Milestone, near
the Temple of Saturn, and all the other
localities, both within the palace and on
tue Forum,Taeitus and Suetonius mention
with such topographical exactness In their
records of the tragical death ot Ga.lba;that
along which Cicero haEtened after Fulvias
warning, from his house on the corner of
the Palatine, and convoked the Senate to
meet him in the Temple of Jupiter Stator
the same spot where Romulus centuries
b e had rallied his Ronans, and close
to where their Sablu wives rushed from
the Palatine down among the combatants,
The clearing away of all the accumulation
and rubbish lying wpon it, like the later
writing on a pahimipsest, will enaole us to
put those bits together, to localize with ex
actness the scenes historians and other
writers have described, and make it possi
ble to study the events of Roman history
as it hae never been studied before on the
very spots and within the remains of the
very walls where they were cacted.
'loranium n Ji The Window.
It is very rare to see a well-groun
geranium in window culture. Even if
the plant bloom fairly, they are often
drawn up, mis-shapen things, not
pleasing to look upon. In the majority
of cases, plants that have been set out
in the garden for the summer are al
lowed to "go as you ploso." The roots
finding an abundance of rich soil, the
tops grow off at a fitmous rate. At the
approach of cool weather tho plants
are taken up as they stood; if any out
ting is done, it is at the roots, to
bring them within the limits of the pot,
and the plants are placed in the win
dow. As a consequence of such treat
mont, the majority of the leaves fade
and fall, alld show a lot of long, lanky
stems, with a small tuft of leaves at the
top. Tlhis condition of the plants is
due either to a lack of knowledge or to'
timidity. Amateur cultivators, as a
general thing, seem to fear to use the
knife; coulci the plant suffer pain, they
would not be more reluctant to out.
The proper method is, to prepare the
plants for taking in long before the
time for lifting them; but it is too late
to advise that, as it is to suggest prun
ing them at the time of taking them up.
Even at this late dlay it is bettor to cut
back the geraniums to a good shape
than to let them remain as they are.
Of course each plant will have its own
needs in this respect, and only general
advice can be given, Cut back the long
sterna in such a manneor that the plant
will form a low, rounded head, and re
move abhogethier such branches as will
make the head too much crowded.
IMemurkable Hantis at Poker.
Four members of a well-known club
in New York sat down to a game of
poker. There was a dollar lhmit, and
there was no desire on the part of any
of the players to win much money. After
one deal three of them drew one card
each, except the d'ealer, who passed out,
The man on the left of the age bet one
dollar, the second man raiseil him one
dollar, and the age raised the pot an
other dollar. This was followed by
raises to the limit all around a second
g, ime, when the man who made the first
not said:
"Gentlemen, I ought to raise the bet,
but this is a sociable game, and I'll not
crowd you. I will sImply call."
Without waiting for the others to bet
he laid' face upward on the table the
deuce, tray, four and five of spados.
The fifth card he placed back upper
most.
The second mmi said. "I feel the same
about this matter, I will simply call."
He then shiowed the deuce, tray, faur
and five of diamonds, hiding the fifth
card,
"I also call," said the age, and he
displayed the deuce, tray, fontr and flue
of clubs. The fifth card of each was
then shown, and it was seen that each
had a straight flush of the same value.
The pot was divided.
It was a square game,, and the hands
were not fixed.
%Vh Quidloy Ma~rket 0did Storagd Com
pany, of Bostod, are said to hav6 the lar
getrfieen bitildng an the world,
tisof stone and bricK, 10 8by 80 fet imp
alap, /ni 0 (eer inbelikt. Thecaety
is8,8 000 ddbio feet, thecpt$000
and the foe'chamnbor holds 060 t~
lee. 1t~wl b adi for stot~ia~$
tog ears uo s4the o4orn <~
Remarkable comets.
The earliest observers of comets were
either among the Chinese or Ohaldeans.
Among the most ancient nations, espec
ially the Greeks and Romans, comets
were regarded as not only precursors
of evil, but frequently also of good fort.
tine. Thus in the year 844 B. 0. the
appearance of a great comet was thought
to be a token of the success of Timo.
Leon's expedition to Sicily. Again, in
the year 184 or 182 B. C., the birth of
the great Mithridates was signalised
by two remarkable comets whose bright
ness, we are told, eclipsed that of the
noon-day sun, and which occupied a
quarter of the heavens. The accession
of Mithridates in the year 118 B. 0. to
the throne of Pontus was likewise
marked by a celestial visitant of the
same nature. A comet which shone in
the year 86 B, 0. was thought by Pliny
to have been the forerunner of the civil
commotions which took place during
the consulship of Octavius, and another
which appeared in 48 B. 0. was be
lieved to be the soul of Julius Cmsar
transported to the heavens. Later on,
a number of comets, during the reign (I
Nero, were seized on by that emperor
as pretexts for all kinds of persecution.
Tacitus, referring to one of those, re
marks that it was "a kind' of preage
which Nero always expiated with noble
blood." Josephus relates that in 68 A.
D., among the terrible omens which
foretold the doom of. Jerusalem, was a
comet with a tail in the shape of a
sword, which hung for a year over the
city, Comets were frequently regard
ed in past times as the presiges of the
death of some illustrious personage.
Comets are said to have foretold the
death of the Emperors Vespasian, Con
stantine the Great, and Valentinian, Of
Attila the Hun, Mahomet, Louis the
Second, Richard Cwur de Lion, Philip
of Spain, Francis'the 8-3cond, and many
other potentates too nunerous to men
tion. The historian bozomenes de
acribes a terrible comet which hung
over Constantinople in the year 400,
and was believed to be the cause of the
pestilence that devastated the city.
During the Middle Ages comets were
almost universally considered as fore
telling calamities. We read lees of them
as presaging an auspicious reign or
honoring the birth of a great hero, than
as the precursors of plague, famine, or
war. In the year 1000 it was popularly
believed that the world was coming to
an end, and it may be easily imagined
that men's minds were in a state to ex
aggerato the importance of any phen
0tm1ena in the heavens. A comet which
was visible in that year for nine days,
was described as being shaped like a
dragon, and as having many impossible
accompaniments. Shortly before Wil
liam the Congneror nrassAr to Brit 4n,
ia comet with three tails made its
pearance, which was said by his (
iors to pro ve the divine right of the in
vader to the throne.
This comet has been proved to be
identical with that afterwards discov
ered by Halley, and had already ap
peared several times, in the year 684
A. D., 12 B. C., and possibly 185 B.
C., in which case it was 4jhe same as
that which announced the birth of
Mithridates. Previous to the time of
Newton the appearance and movements
of comets were a great puzzle to the
philosophers, and numerous were the
speculations as to their nature. The
Chaldeans had by no sneans a totally
false notion of the causes of their ap -
pearance and dissapearance, attributing
thoem to the fact thagthey revolve in
orbits far above the moon, so as to be
only visible to us during a small portion
of thei; revolution. They were also
right in believing them to be of a na
ture allied to the planets rather than
mere atmospheric phenomena, This
view was adopted by the astronomer
A ppolonius of Myndus, who as Saeneca
relates, receives his ideas from the
Chaldeans. It was also held by Dioge
nos, the Ionio philosopher, that, Rip..
poorates of Chios, and several of the
Pythagorean .school. Senea had the
same opinion. The great comet of 1861
created considerable of a sensation by
the suddenness with which it blazed
out, and the shortness of the time dur
ing which it was, visible in our Jati
tudles.
Pottery.
Modeling pottery is as dellghtlui ain
occupation as making mud pies. The
student, with a board on her l1 p br on
a table, takes up a lamp of clay and
kneads it to a proper consistenc~y Witi
water. With a little leaf-shaped wooden
knife she carves out a rose, and as each ,,~
petal is ahapedi she takes a camel' iil
brush and paints the Whole "flowexg or
rather wh~t she call sling tildt isd atert
made the tlgioknues fo o asn witifolhy ,
Iron plns' are tyd fi' Vinin thl
the maainal;o)~o~aifd