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Good Night.
m4r, ny own, no.maniy leages
weea Us'ieny tears ratigues
-i ~aolng to'ard ye wita its love.
P1049 )4 Will, and 1,g8abQve
~O~~I~s~OnI. duansajto.
s tb.i9ptfs giro'dnig Aate,
I lean for out into thi light,
4nd sofily whisper "Love, goodnight."
I do hot know where you may be,
There's only love 'twixt you and me
To hold us by its silken chain,
-V ; andii sliall oh a
UI Ohl
An ar be filled with summer flowerm.
A ud always, be it months or years,
Until this cloud of parinz clears,
Aud.we shbl ven'r hand in band
Across the .nstiohorder-land
Where hna baA scattered fragrant blooms
A ud faith diapels Ilie darkest Mlooms.
Before sleep comes with visions oright,
I'll softly whisper "Love, good niglL"
~OAP1AI'S_ WEDDING.
- 'k~l~was i Wedding In our church
last nigh-., ot aniorvdlary one, but opp
with real romance.
tere came to this
y thef
ure. He . eaime vbry qui
etl he lived unnoticed, a lonely,
q nted, unfortunate man, to
loneliness, .dispointminit aid
une wvere alike new and cruel.
V d .always been 'fortunate, happy
the happy, loving and beloved,
iot-ab'using his gifts.* Sud
fell Imong thieving misfort
ey stripped him of his wealth,
Ps favor, of his hopes and of his
e. Under the. last blow, his stout
jeart failed. him, an~d be carried it
Away byvjght ..o lury it ampng ptran
g ht'it here.
There was'left to him 'plenty of wit
and wisdom, a certain dauntless, hope
less energy and a little money. He de
jtertined I they. lihuld notI be thrown
away. IH set himself to watch how
men toiled 1and 'gai'nered in this new
lah'd, that he, too, might become a la
barer, He had been here three week
~eftiu Whiegdhof- the cbal lands. He
hired a team and drove out to them.
. .W:16'gfif lriye, "d: a: novel one.
Leave our town where you will, sooner
or later you must cross "a gully." A
istos,_ grill. is a. Att, stony stretch,
Wfth 4 narrow stieam running through
.ndb. ofondotigully the "g
rises, sW. re again to te rol
ling prairie. The long, level miles,
tretchiing oin rud,. 'n, slid. behind
Miure, while h6 Itill scanned the hori
zon for the coal lands, and he was in
the vey midst. of- the group of rough
shanties which marks their center be
fore lie realized that mining in Kansas
afd~ Finnsyiiia are two different
tlbipgs- Here .he saty that you had
oly ~to throw back the swarthy skin,
and the veins of wealth lay bare upon
the ea-tlis lraid breast. Her children
had draied them at their will, and left
lher'.desolate in many placos. He
:iQdd st, ad'*et, 1'doed' north and
.rpat yiles of :late -and heaps
ok stoi gged sears and wounds
en ' Neasure< 'had been rdughzly
scoped, barren. and frowzy wastbs,
were axl he saiv. Ragged walls of
liisteiie gathered frwm the land they
grtdidd muarked - out some' few possene
alons, and upon the hearths of rudest
hpmes eact, pgner burned.e coal he
dug '~m )tg-.own la d,'4neath a
bo '~~;.tha 3~ he kne lovely
* ~ ~ ~ i rse' heads and
S desolation, the
,a haa chartni
~ 1~I~toThe next
ddhsowni
This life lasted a year. Then its wdflk
fofudagnb. Buit a shalilow chart
.tugea .iothefs foltun9-rter
fedfi4eato hi8s heregandi at thue en#I
df~i4 gear -hestoad up14'hiklast tenbb.
iVffa'bthe world painiless buY~ toll
Shafdened'and- sirit-calmeds .
es. 'w\as nither well-prted,
well-mounted nor weji-proylded, save
'wi~hdttadj'd chtnaties. Iie had
is qild in, vieweenar ,wasijust that:muoy
fbetter off than a year beforel.'
f.t.;ntrof the #tationks # o'iI~ routo he
-.enconatored a party facing south asahe
-was,: 'l~lhold a friend. In the okd
*o cl9se,but -l.n. af zew'land beants beai
toa ngwp rigythni. Mgure .Anxd volp
Dedoirert. clasped .hands .aid loosed'. thi
4 sp's whf, . '1eh they sat apart nc
r ieo could do that. Ah
$66 he,tiiupectover awgul
ht Mery 'Moight and eilng
.V~f itls and blef. 'hoshvh<'
-ran might read, if they cared to, and in
t. tj. .. e 'ust
*winn who said "nMy." There Dech
ert did stay is speech, for he rever
onced her.
Mfaure repaid the cnfidence in bhi
pwn coh.,He unfoldedi lI, gpeas I
fu $ puent 1,bi past
IJI w & a rinah in ~exas and wa:
40.Je614. 'It'carnerto nisin a busined
way years age, andlaava :tb,hoght 0
it; s a possible benefit until all els
4)led me. I amn going to find It.mo:
*t wis late whzen they parted anc
earlypwhen tey met for the day's march..
ut the nifit hours had borne fruit.
Dephert mlide a proposal. He had
bliey ' and- Maure land. Why not
unite the two.? Why not stodk the ranch
with the money ahd run it as joint pro
.,Orietors?
Maure' agreed on the Not. Nro-aid
he had now fouiid the "soiething bise"i
before the ranch. Of course, they soon1
fotd thatt atid from that timfoitli
they prospered. Maure's Ill-luck hhd
beeN turned:into anothdr 6halie by the
steadfast obstacle f it3s determined
they greW
on senpe.
0, near his'
ach;
MBH1RNREM~iMHEEEBMP~is own
sympathyj
and' darkerled
his but nelthe he ntiorie4'
the Tn of the wo red.
If the winds had let l thb
quest on!
EIn years went by, and ote yeai'
omance was rounded to Fqr.t
une's ha~das 11
Life in the community o IN e
formed the heait and :center was "life
in the wild -West" at its-best and at its
.worst. Its w6ist, tind the steady coin
battiig i, had raised Maure to the dig
nity of captain, with no empty 'honors.
More than once lie had led his men into
danger and "into the jaws of death" for
purposes of defence and succor. At last
there came a time when he carried
back fron victory over lawless r ot the
senseless body of a friend, and heard.
those -cruel jaws grliiding and gnashing
beside him through long, long days and
.nights of nursing and waiting. Brit the
day acame when the poor )bps feebly
Obeyed the first intelligence of. the -wide,
dark eyes. "Maure, send for Madeline,"
they begged.
She was his only sister. Maure sent
for her at once, and as soon as wind a'nd
wave, steamn and steed, faith and cour
age, could vanquish space, Madaline
Dechert crossed the threshold of the
Texan ranch, where Captain Maure
.anxiously . awaited her. They 1ad
known each other in the old days, and
the years df sep.tration,.were bridged by
tIe garest of thiIt sain'st .iqe1ds.: bed
s ire - e only "on(l5red 1oWahd then
t er so little e
an WRI Long since h kad'
spo en h a Vonman such a those
among w iom hisiyuth was spent,'tha
this one seeined ibly sgept,:%j ow it
all came back :to hilit
It came baek mire and ' Q as bech
erti improved. She had 'bi'ought with
her an old servant friend-such as are
left to few households-and between
them they made a new kingdom for
themselves of the wild ranch. Grad
ually this kingdom touched, it over
reached, it neared to the very center of
Maure's round of duties and scant pleas'
ures.' He fell more and more into the
habit of sharing his daily- life with her,
now at Dechert's bedside, Aow on the
long Igallery beforethe house, now Under
[the quiet evening sky. She was so
sweet a crea.,ui-e that any mian. might
have loved her for herself alone, but
Maure loved. her 'only for the sake of
that long-ago love. " .
. The time came when' they spk of
They had1 been apart all day,- for he
~had riddeit off ftt dlawn and Abad just re-.
turnesI. They ei-'e slowly .pac'ing arm
*In-arm -beneath the lovely night, and
had been talking of manythings dear to
both. "Wit.h that softened mdod -upon
him, born 'of the 'season and the.
scene," Ma~ire spoke" of DecherW and
their years. ?bgeth'er-spoe even- his
iddon thoughuts of Deoliert's hIflden
."The'woiman Nwhp did snot love him
when he loved hier must have beent blind
or a fol-t have nevdi'quite determined.
which.,
."Do ypu know wvho she dyas?"
- D o nw h h eue him,?"
"I kniow nothlng, Madeline., He~ lig
told me n'othing, but I saw-iwith sph-t.
isk as-hi a dedanchon
There wa edsilence, and he felt
hscompanion tremble on his arm. Sur
prised and alarmed, he looked down at'
her and stood still. She laid her i~nd
on his breast,-as though to .steady her
self and him, and, said quietly:
"She .was R9samuond Clive. She re
fused him because she loved-has al
ways loved--you!'.'
Captain Maure had never had such a
shock In his lfe. . 1hut, he answered, as
quietly:.
'Yoao dto me too.nluch'hionor. Nine
-years ago-'.t is "a long tune,. bit you
Ifiky r'epmer-])flss Cliv&' sndt ame
whistlitig down ;the wind Niter'my lgst
forttine' :. t. -
"Never! It was all'a mistake, She
never cared for your fortune, She card
only for yott-penniless or a prince."1
ster'nly.
"'Y'eA!ddMn axd.*men'b'dth1 Cpp
tag e'oy1tn fwaita talking
I aty. S1 es 99ver toglge'phlnot
Sey Qt4a last night beporq V cadie,
! ~~,in,in ar "a and 9Aa
r' They were never for me/ horfr poor
Jack. They wVere for you-for you, to,
I whom I was earilng the next day, while
kiowY .I ma4e a vyb then ta t I'wou'd
tell you the trqth. And God sees thai
She 4ad S mOed,. so: erpest, s
eager, that it moved. Wra..
"it -fa 8_al biap,(ani fa iti, trusl
e all. If you do not loVe -her now
yott did love lel-she sial nevr -kn6n
bf this night. Let ie, make oipspappy
He told her.' 'it was the old storV
pride on his side, too perfpt trust'or
hers6 the influeice of ,frieis, the gos
sip qf thoughtless mon jd pmen
and then flight nin hst6e and' 'des~era
tion, rather , than steady facing of til
tw0t. fie told of thaVf one jntg' I'
after his trouble, of. hei .ayInj syniw
pathy and courage, and the strengtih it
gave him to go forth and struggle,
But after that he never saw, her again.
Her father sent him the -letter shewiu
too uuhapfy to write-e,ven while sh
admitted its wisdom. 'She cdfildk no
fulfil her promise to him. He took herat
her word and left New York that same
night.
Then Madeline to:d him tier. side,.and
told it well. He saw, as she -went 611,
his Rosamond waiting, waiting, wait.
tjhJle lie never came. .He realized
what she inve felt when she
heard lie had "1ne without one
word. He knew lioushe had MI ppited
and hoped, until the letters began t2
come from Dechert telling of him, but
bringing never a word or a thought of
her.
"Then," said Madeline, "I think she
gave up, and believed-I cannot imag
ine what. But she loves you still, if
you care to know it." -
- He did, indeed! They talked late
that n!ght. Mature never went in-oo
at all. All his last years had coue
back to him. All his trust, his hope1,
his tenderness, his charity toward God
and man. Oh, men and woment Ah,
oh, the old, old storyl
With the next day. he wrote to Rosa,
mond, and went to a long distance "tc
post it himself. But for Madleine, he
thought he could not have borne the
waiting for an answer. And even the
answer would have lacked its crowning
sweetness without tier sympathy, and
what she was to him in the time that
followed no words- can tell. She h d
such a wise little head and such a ov
e i est thing-tg o.. J
defei way and fro ,d i 21
causes, Captain Maure foimd hims'lf in
greater straits -than ever before. Here
was the ranch, to begin with; and there
was Rosamond, to -end with. -1Betwee1
the two was a perfect sea of troubles.
The ranch could not "run" itself,
bechert could 'not run it noi himself,
Maure could not leave eithei, and,
when they began to talk of that, Roia.
mond coild not come to T'xas while
Dechert wias thers. Both Madeline and
Mntre decided upon that. And yet
Maure, loosing the. pent-up love aiid
longing and self-control of years, could
not love without Rosamond. Madeline
arranged .it with Rosamond's consent
The result was that wedding in oul
church lust night.
The-Rev.'Walter came to me at nloor
yesterday,."all in a flutter."
"I want you to go out and invitt
'everybody you know to a wedding in the
.churich this evening-B o'clock and ful
dress."
I looked at him.
"I mean just what 1 say," hie cried
"It is a real woman to your hand. J
will tell- you later. Just now I havi
only time to say thi. The handsomesi
mnI .fyer saw has been with me thil
morning, telling his story, and makini
arrangements for his marriage. He ii
'from Texas, and has not seen the gir
lie left beh nd him for ten years. Hi
cannot leave his ranch long enough t
go to'New York, and he cannot wait
She is coming this far to meet him an
marry him here. She comes to-day a
5 o'clock.. They have not,. a friend, no'
an acquaintance ini the place. He lef
it to me to have,-the church look liksi
we~ding for ,her sake. You, will hi61j
Of course I did.. The Rev. Waltei
has "a way with him." All the girhi
helped. We gotjl~owers and ljghts an<
were busy as bees. -.And while- we~avet
decorating the chancel, the Rev. Waltea
told me the story as I have told it.
"And where are Medeline and .Dech
,ert?".I aslied4
'"Gonie to California. He does not ge
well as he ought Captain Maure thinks.'
"He knows this, of course?"
"Yes. .Madeline told him, and h
tobk it quite easy. But. -he' aske4
Maure to wait' -until lhe was able. to g
off for a tie.' ie s'aid he did' not fee
up to civilization In ,his weak sta~te, .aftse
'so long a savage life. Poor felloWi"
"Poor Madelinel" I said.
"Does it strike you in that way?" h
asked, with a 941ck. glance..
"It does."
"So it' did the But he does not seer
to have an. Idea of- 16 Upon mny word
when. you.s'ee -hhm.you will be convine
of it. Any woman *ould love himn
could not help it."
I saw him at'8B o'clock, and I said hi
-my heart the Rey. Walter -was right
There was a slight noise~ at. the docor
werwere.,all in. church -and whitii
rustle of Bilk and.a firm tread, and the
came up'the aisle to. -th eV. Waltei
waiting in the ohancel. They neoede4
1,Q sttendant 4 M. &ftfo #Eble
tall and'fair iid:-1
st.tely Illy. fk.9 W jy the .6st
magnificent crtee estate1
.ature and lif at eted
to have dqoe 6,4 thti
couldeiff t
side beg f"itiY"
yielding to- his every g' - adi
proudlv',. doing -uh 1 o
c~ould inj hdr de j
more habt~he tjuth a
*ona1 puttI ., .
o pnitnom in 't&
had 8*i~e Inta~ ~m, 1Vol
mlarie7 to.Saptabil.M,
noble and brave and- 6 140s:.
enough for Iii-ard h
We ad an informal
after tie marrig, and li
TexAs 'in' g end yle. .Ap M
coal .lands have turnedoub valhl ils
after all these years, so -4 *111464150en
both agtin. -
KBtUPP's BIG RA3DMCRS
"Frita," of Fifty4toA4t. weight~. A
Cracked Anvil.-Woding:
"Hard" trod.
There is a cur ii. .. lity In hami
iners and worknen like^. them
fianes. There are 82 steaft hamnie4
the Krupp works, of 1m'640 pounds
weight to 50 tons. 'hd lairgest 1s
Frit," -whose 50 tolis faju I en anvil
block Weighing together I"tohs, thee
resting.on a. foundation I QQ feet. deep.
The next in size is named "!'Max." It
would rquire a poet -likethim whoisang
the "Song of the 3ell"-rightlytofdescribe'
the action of "Fritz'" e'il I do not
wonder that the emperci, oti his 'visit,
here, presented th Wb 'th'is ham.
mer with a NVatfel'.
I observed ";Fritz" for;mp time.at
work upon the steel sten a '.ap Austrian
iron clad, the- Ferdinant:.. Max. 'the
metal was.. from one castilng; without a
seam or weld, 45 feet long nd -25 tons
weight. Four men with ong clani
"managed this red'hidt laJ, swung oVer
the arivil by A erane. turned it
-Rn
nswering with -a
le pressuresor Withan
eat'thqua e :M was curious to see the
anvil block which. supplemented the
ability of the earth, to sustain sticlh
shocks throigh a length of time, and
was presently shown one which, after
twenty-bne - years of thumping, had
cracked straight through from top to
.bttom-p-ossibly beneath some gentle
stroke which- was the last feather to
break its huge back. Krupp does not
make plates for Iron clads,but only such
parts as might be Aebded'. for ordina'ry
ships.
Having lit our cigars on the Austrian
iro;, clad, we proceed to opserve the
operations of ."Max" and other ham
mners. Onie'of these-.1 saw'givlig 800
tremendous strokes a mninute. "Max"
Was engaged .in~elding "hard" iron.
(though .tliis .Is 'nmore .ductile than the
other.) To nice ;destinctions. between
iron and iron "Max" is indifferent-; his
big bow legs ardh above a tower of pieces
built on his' ahvii, and wlth crushing
blows of his mighty .flat h~e makes a
hiindred platgopno.
However, though .,they seem-one and
act together, in the enti it will be proved
that they are net "one) n6 coliceivablo
force can .wehl into oSne different or)
ganiizations of atoms. ..,Tob.o thoroughly
united they must be $ltered and. refined
in the orudible. Theubbntral part -of
Irailway wheels is made byweldinig, bit
the tires arp: mnage 'without 'welding..
The nave of the wheel .is of wrought
irpshihii l d eneth a hinemer
of suitable.sbape, and at the third blow
the wheel is shapede .The tife is cut
from a longirdandinass of 'steel-w6 or:8
f~om one ca itthg*enI n iAdi' a
* sesft is ftedi unogg i19 the
a horse ant'il-and there be -e until it
becormes a-tire, an~rd^ rftheiflutIng
p ocdss whioh adept lt6 t1Irail,
SLeprosy V ane4a~
While in the Gove'nment lazatetto in~
Neog prutgswitck the nupiber of. leprous
'batientf Is yearly flecresig' fr otle6
parts of the Dominio~ jhe terrile disease
is making its appearance. BritishW Cold.
uimbia has become affected b.theinti'o.
dudtioh of 'the disease' thronl~ Chfhod:
immingration' n thoCape fb das,'s
are i'epgrten, and Il8 r01fptiN
Ito the Govegnnen tbat eA !Sk,
Saged~7~yearsc has justdied 6f leprosy ini
the town ofr Btigh'atni edtar St: 'ifhas;
Oht. -Notaftoederne eare aig'I
6osuiilfi6y 0 Nto asfe
le at of : et ro fla
affected~ and t leos gentleman, weis
entirs ~dissbled.' ~rleasyhIsoffon
Iwere,p byt 1Ij iaway.
foiy mpon~s ago'J fa wore.
tirelydisappeardydkvinhn but
stutps.e Aft this hie auallyfank
.into fmelan oW %M'c6,ned
~ ion f A W A )ago,
,soe wtielbhtpa ba meu dkt dea~~
t olievedhim,
*U RJ1L TRAGEUYv IN A V B. S
Duel in aL6ok9d oom.
r
infrmitionfrom New Orleans says: c
-d dtil, or shootipg affray, o- c
uC e rk's bMee of the Upited 1
1 -, stddt Court, in the Cust'm t
oU0e0t1. whiohione of the principals r
tis'killed . and the, otheir mortally a
Wu6,e4. B6th of thmantAre ivell-knowrk.
h M. . rce .vhs a young, i
VA A61b ibeen the iaieotor of c
0a 4 BrQu has been (or x
~~Iione of4be most do!1spcuous menfl
t~r was peate
. it -or er office of th8 cqt i
witen6Btou entered. The suit happend
to b4aganst a friend of- B to's, and lie c
lAfter had -idter6sted himself' 1:' It. C
t(pping up to Qr0ce he said: 1
JYou ought to be more..of a gentle- .
dan to take a; case like that.",
-Grace spmutige from his seat, declariig 8
thdt he was. as much a geiitlemgn and; as I
god:a aiap as Brdu. : the latter then i
struc~k him. across the, fice with the light
cahe carried, whereupon Grace drew
Jhis revolyer ..and fired at Brou the ball t
causirig a mortal Wound. Brou stag-, e
gered, but did *iot retreat a step. Again t
he lifted up his cane and struck'Grace f
across the face. Grace replied. with a
second shot, which struck Brou in the
chest. Indeed, it was almost impossible
to miss him, as the two men stood with- I
In a few feet of each.Qther.- t
g.his time Brou had got out his
pistol, a' 4& er of shots were fired,
the two men fading hg'i resolutely.
Wheni Grace's pistol refused tre, he .
tuned and ran toward the door,
though to escape from the room. There
were a number of Persons. in .the room E
when' Ihe tiring began, but those had
sgattered at the f1i-st shot and the, door, -
.which had a spring lock, was thuslocked 1
.on the two non. Grace rain into tlWe '
omter room to escape, putrsued by Brou, I
Who staruck him over the head with the
butt of his pistol. He tried the other
4for,.but found it also locked.
This was the last of the fight seen by
the outsiders, for the two'men were shut. t
up in the room together, with all the
doors spring locked. Another pistol
shot was, heard and then silenced reigned J
_wjthin. The orowd without waited a
The two men lay on1th01/oor close to
gether--Grace stark dead at the door
which lie had. been trying to open, and
Brou insensible and mortally wounded
in the center of the room, Their Ore
had been wonderfully accurate. Eyery
one of Grace's bullets had taken effect,
one entering Brou's face, penetratiig
from cheek to cheek ; another passing
through his back and lodging in the ab
dominal cavity, and the third penetrat
ing the right lung. Grace was shot
tirough the aim and twic6 in the chest.
Most of the shots were tired while the
men were standing face to face and with
their pistols almost touching each other's
bredsts.
Grace was 30 years of age, very popu
lar, and enjoyed a good pr'actice. lirou
had been the agent of the French opera
here,.and was in varibus steamboat en.
terprises. He is a creole, 36 years of
age. He was regarded as a dangerous
manl to quarrel with, having been the
principal in several duels, and engaged
last year in a duel with Mr. Evanste
Poche, whom he wounded. Bron was a
married man.
THlE SUMMER~ LAND.
B~eauty and Riomnnace that Charm the
- . Traveler in Florida.
The Goddess of Romance. illumines
the-history of Florida. It was the ear
-lest of all the discoveries on the Western
contihent; was explored from the mouth
of the St. John to tihe Father of Watiers
by De Soto nearly three and a half oen
turies ago, and he was'only the follower
of Polnee de Leon, who had: taken pds
session of it in 1512 in tle name of the
~aniah King andinahined it the Land of
Flowerst 3ofore the revolutionwry War
with Britain, the warriors of Englapd
and-Spain'had twoscenturles of jerpet
'ual battle for the possessioni of Florida,
that wes ended only by Spain ceding the
'Territogy to tile United States nearly
seventy. years ago. Soon after our ac
quisition of the long disputed country a
bloody- binian wart followed, lasting
jarly a decade, until Osceolw, the
I ~ned "Seminolg warrior Ohief, .pmed
hi~e restigss life &way- ats a prisoner -in
VCharle'ston, JIard (by historic Fort
:Moultrie, the savage- warrior sleeps,
'cohjuered 6'hly byr death, and shattered
reminants ok his tonce proud and. heroic
trbthW wanider th,ronigh the ete
glades guiltless of war-paint and battle
axes t is % strange'storv that this first
discoered,'explored1 and se~tled p rtion
fthficontinent -was gon'ipara lvyly
als u bkaowni country for three hundred
years att'er its discovery, and w. en
,Florida was adinitted as a State half .i
den~tutrrAgo, It who as a political neces
ilty a tst-6ngtW~fr the So6th fin the Sen
ftyqther thnn 8$agil34to t~lie(deVel4.
eggpept of a ndw.Gommpi*ealth. Tittle
progress was mada, in Florda& .until
.after the lateucivihvar;"when ltagehieral
clittiate, its 1.ionatIful o'rehaidt and- gar
dogexs,il per hie) vedire g4floers,
ts 9ri qr, itIsromnatl6rivers, ifs
niore han a thuapd' miles of seacoast
stid 1W ts tatl and reculperating lvinter
ressorts fof Invalids, began to attract
.,TRE TOMB OP AKIIAIL,
'the Duet or Akbar the DEa0utoont.
The firet duty wa4t to visit., the Taj,
and the next was to see .the tomb where
the dust of Akbarthe Magficent lies.
The site of the emperor's burial is ,called
Sikundra, and is distant about five miles
from the fort gate. It Is approached by
a, superb. gateway of red sandst up, mas
sive anIL majestic, crowned w th great
Bcrolls of Arabio being the'4jChapter of
the. Kingdom'! from' th& Koran. Tho
whi emqcble m iardts ioejtei side are
b jad' fokirn "it erned
h ugh a
b the
vast'mosqu'idefkduntii' of -fe sand
Atone, diveNflodOfth narbld of' many
colors, having ad imlnsfig ceritral en
trance, and, on each side of this, main
arch flve smaller archways. Large
flowerh andebold arabesques -run. along
the arohlitraves,4nlaid in brigpgIp hues.
Theentrance cllagiber haeebenvasulted.
with diapers of blue and gqld, thp,splen
did effect of which'may be judged by a
small portion which has been recently
renovated. By this grand 'pproach you
are led to the highest of four platforms,
where, in the centre of a grazid upper
pavilion, surrounded by lattice-Work of
wonderful pierced makble, the cenotaph
of the emperor stanis. On one side of
this monument are Wtitten in Arabic
the words with which he used to be
saltited Allahu Akbar ("God is great"),
and on the 'other those with which he
was wont to reply to his obsefulous
courtiers, Julia JaUalahu ("May His
glory be glorified"). A yard or so from
the monument rises a marble -pillar,
which was formerly coated with gold
plates,.and provided with a receptacle
in which the Koh-i-Noor Was kept.
Around this central shrine, at the base
of the edifice, are magy lt C
"' 4 imtLx * er memorials
exist to olei 4ibers of the imperial
line, amotig them a daughter o Aurung
zebe. But' to see where Akbar's dust
really 'reposes you 'must come down
from the proud and lofty pavilion, and
the beautiful white corridors lighted of
old with the great diamond, and with the
sunshine filtering upon it through those
pierced pannels ; you must descend a
gloomy subterranean slope''paved with
:rf.agstones,- steep and. rugged,
A y retreating - from -the glad
-into chillf shadows..W =g
-you to a. dismal vaulted chamber of
conical form, a huge ,sepulchral cellar,
which has no touch of defunct royalty
about it, except some faint vestiges of
gold and blue upon the roof, dimly
il.um nated by one square aperture. In
the middle of the floor is dimly preceived
a white tombstone, the high polish of
which catches what little light flickers
about the place. This white tombstone
bears no inscription whatever ; only on
the top of it is seen the Kalamdan'carved
upon a man's grAve-slab by'the Moguls.
.And under this simple stone lie the
bones of Akbar the Magnifluent, in a
darkness which daylight was, Wont to
penetrate only.once a year in the old Itn
perial days. Nowv the place is always
*open to visitors; but. the. Khadim in
.charge had reverently set a tumbler of
Ilowers on the. Mecca side of the grave,
and spoke in g whisper, as if the mnighty
Akbar mi ght still hear and* rosent any
want of Obeisance.
Kerosene Mline in New South Wales.
Now. South Wales pQssee in the
Vale of Hartley mine a valtialfe kero
seue deposit. The mie is'siti ted in
oue of the most picturesque part4' of the
colony, about eighty-thiee miles north
wvest of Sydney, iin 'the center. of the
luer mouintains, at an alfituad of 3,118
feet ablove tile le~,e1 of tiie' sia The
taIlway up the niountains has aided
greatly in the' establishnient'of a num
ber'of inportant industries there The
iron works at - EBkbank -are icadied on
successfully,:'and the coal depohits are
inexhaustiblev Thelkerober(eehale found
there is said 'to 'beothu -iolisatin the
world.- Qonsiderable- qettadi*t of It
are used in the htrge,. chties).4 $be colo
ugesafor .thbe -.purpose of.ewnriag gas.
It is also exported for t4e sagwp. purpose
to Holland, Javg, prd- jh stete pon the
Jacfico slope of tg Ii~g
,..Only. ,bQ ott.eer iigl.o-tf ~Ierai
is exported, the ociegaand in~or por
tiQns being retaineod for IWytaeion of
ol. flh seanms are froz Eh4Q to two
and-P (lfeet i~ihio . emc
mnore d 'eft t inl19 tha1 1, 'and is
7usuiflf at ou t h'd in/.:xk's and
poitesfd ds. It ddes $ 'rit( down
rbaliyinte 'bloblie, but Imas t'o - e sepa
ltted pledefb piece anxd%#zfrite'red off
into sh'arp 'thili pieces.* It 'I"' easily
lighted With s'match, and-'birns with a
steady famne~pike acandle'andweoinits a
strong odtoskioee. Thetcompaniy ,
woknsh--inyeiafer opera
.tlons at ,theq mine, havo estensiygs oil
works :st MWatr19eywhee~eygmtanu
fetgLre erceene IubregaJW,.gaine,
- 'Nie~Wtymafeid 4 irtWf'hinrtue o
nhsbe P aUd9~ MOas. L.
to no the ier.
Forthern visitors to this lovely widter
'arden.of the Unioh. The S. Johns
iret is one of the great natural water
ighways of the country. 'Uzlike aU
thors, it flbos from the far. Southern
oast North~ard, and *hile its wiole
ne is not over four' hundred miles; it
ributares give it a 'thousand miles of
tavigation. Itg t1ppxir witers present a
uccession of navigable lakes, some of
rhich are several miles in breadth, 'anq
t W,616iy hgei tlieW cadn *in its whole
doirdas it 'doni&t grilet the waters
Sthe North, ' h its, banks luzurlant
tt tropioalegrowth. mThe 'quaint, old
AV of t.-Augustine, below thmim fith
~4thg6Nasih ekrle udj~n
oninte.k4;bdA tln-1hMf A "ce urr
otethiairin on Ply
dofh IWok, M eid'dhad funded his
olonj' tiere,, iudAilt . up . fortified
ity only to be p.ilaged and destroyed,
y Drake,: the British free-booter, as
denendez had extierminaterl the Hugue
iots soitth of the St. Johns by flame and
word a few years before; but tle Span
ird rebuilt his city and Yprt San
4arco, that resisted every assault in the
onflicts of Spain and England, even
vben the city was captured. Its his.
oriciCity Gate,'with its antique tow
rs, is the lingering relic of the old *,all
hat prossed the little peninsula to de
end the often assailed (irst city of
forth America.
While Jacksonville, Tallahassee, St.
Lugustine-and all the sections of. Flor
da familiar tp the general student of
he nation's progress ai-e comparatively
leak and altogether fruitless now,
rhen the strawberry beds should be
rowded with the lusciotis, ipened fruit
nl. the flowers should be smiling -on
fry side, the southern and larger por
f the State is literally perpetual
umier. .With" the strawberries and
arly vegeta all destroyed in this
eglon. by the 10, that has never
keen equaled in'sevei ty 0
r memory can testify, the strawberries,
ieas, bedii"an'd other vegetables are
bundant .in the IndJan RI'ver region,
d in the large ~section egnwonly
poken of as below the, frosti line. - The
ndian River region is.the fairy land of
lie South; the land where 'oniance pales
iefore the truthful story. The Indian
liver .orange is th. best-flavored and
ulciest frit ld,. antd they
lave usyer> 1 PUS4 Ii ld
his wnterdestroy
he crops. Theie the bean and tomato
rines grow frotM year to. year, fruiting
t.intervals from January to January.
'he sweet potato will grow continuously
'or several years without replanting,
md the more delicate tropical .fruit,
uch as the pine-apple, the citron, the
emon, the lime and the pawpaw, are
Imong the staple products. The famed
iver is a -lagoon or inlet of briny water,
inmoved by tides, and its wide sluggish
tream so closely follows the coast as to
eave a strip of land between it and, the
>cean often not over a mile in width.
hitherto it has been out of reach of- the
:hief highways of the State, and its gen
3rally prosperous residents have been
sontent with isolation from the specula
tive jostling' around them; hut now the
mhriek of .the Iron horse startles the plon
Uitul game end birds of beauty and song
which hitherto escaped the deadly
march of adventure, and the Indian
River is one of the attractions that the
visitor is certain to seek. The Jacksoni
ville, Tampa anid Key WVest Raihrjad
was comletely opened only in Jan~ary
last, thus not only opening up the Indian
River country to easy and speedy travel;
but also cutting across lots to Key West
sud Cnba, and foundling another prom
ising tarrying place for tourist and' in
valid at Tampa.
Arbitration for Farngera.
Arbitration is almost invariably pref
ei'nble to litigation. It is not only- the
easiest,'quioljgt and cheapest 'way:t
settle disagreements,, but saves nuch
vexation aopd subsequent dissension.
Were inddiidals, corporations and !na.
tions, to arrange their disputes by -arbi
ti-ation, instead of r'esorting to hitiga
gation and~ warfare, the people Would )e
saved mn .lons of 'treasure, aind ,tin
world. spazred rglich shedding ot- blood.
A peaceful settlement of -difculties I:
usually followed 'by prosperity1 W;bil4
"going to law'" of war, uisually resulti
in loss and suffering to both contstpntd,
Indeed, litigation and warfare; eiethr
relics of, the dark ,ages;"andl se lop
they continiue in vogue,.we may: loo 5
vain for harbingers of the promised'fift
lenhin. Of all classes, farmers shdticd
so far as posstbld avold enterin? mnt<
(itIgation, for whether thiy'vin oz'. lue;
they~are proverbially worpted, the law
yers usually.taking the cream, and leav
big only the skirl-milk to the winmdagi
contestant.' T'rly, there, is 'neithei
glogy, nor h6nor,jrop)t rior ietre,2m
litigqtion, sng lthie less peogle tvhi prq
tess te live ,"on~Lhe pquare,"'and accor$
ing to the Comimaudmelita, have to di
tljerewith, the bettek t will be-for bpil
their pdesemibandl tu i' eg'pnd prds
peritf.: gve i bf afgigatiri
cases o' (respalss, anelike, no g~iot
citizer iould re6fottthe law, until al
failedd indeed,"4n ldijliateQb
?agg Vbo$igp dkmt f ned
and impelsively proseenztG yoropil~ghbd)
but keep your temper and....nTRXTk