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C., h',. 18 8 ES AB IS E 1848r,.ir4 w His Love and Hers. t Touether they sat on a woodland rook, When the sun tipped the Western hills; And a i ing-dove cooed for his absent mate, p As he sipped from the rippling rills, n The youth with a bold, determined look, o The girl so still by his ai1e; a As lie told of the fame he meant to achieve, g Biefore she could be his bride. 11 lie said he would delve in the mines or p ramo, f Hle would strive on the plains of life; At last he would come with honor and - wealth, Aud claim her then as his wife; The sun lell asleep behind the hills, a T to night forgot the day; C Awtl the new moon looked like a half- a buried hope, t As she silently followed her way. The youth arose as the shadow fell, I liut the girl still sat on the stone; a And oft the shadows will round her fall, Anti mark her sitting alone; For the youth will forget those worels of i love. Arother will sit by his side; But tbe maiden will wait as mailens d1o, For the man to claim his bride. j THE END OF A JOURNEY. e The Hloughton landau drew up at the i station, and Louise alighted with her d friend, Sybil Travers. The latter young n lady, clad in a gray Mother Hubbard, It and wearing a pretty poke bonnet piled a high with ostrich feathers, was the very I picture of elegance. Louise was a lit- e tIe, insignificant thing, and she appear- f ed less attractive than ever as she made v her way to the waiting-room alongside a of her distinguished-looking friend, 1 "It is too absurd, Sybil," she said-, as v they sat together In a remote corner, v enjoying a last confidential chat before Miss Travers left for the West. "The t idea of your' posting off to San Fran- t cisco all alone, simply because a harm- * loss youth promises to come this way, e and to act as your escorti" a It is only three weeks earlier than I a Meant to go anyhow," said Sybil, stout ly. "You "snow why .1 prefer to go 0 alone,Loue.. You see Uncle Jerry has h made up his mind that propinquity is the only thing necessary to make Mr. tl Valleau and myself fall madly in love 13 with each other. He fancies that a trip t across the continent is especially well r calculated to bring about that much desired result. ' But I don't see it that c way. I know very well that I should i hate Mr. Valleau from the outset. I should feel bound to do it just fQr con- a trariety. So, you see, I prefer to go n home a few weeks earlier, and to go 8 alone; for if I did wait for Mr. Valleau, as Uncle Jerry wished me to, and if I P failed to fall in love with him, you know very well that it would be impos- n sible for me to explain the phenomenon satisfactorily. As it is, I can smooth matters over easily." f "11ow far-sighted you are, Sybil, s 1Louise said, laughing. "Mr. Valleau a a will be terribly disappointed, though, I. fear. But there's your train, dear. n Good-by. Write to me as soon as you arrive.' Then followed considerable girlish (demnonstration, whicho provoked a sm ile on the lips of a nonchalant young tray- I eler' who reclined at his ease before one of the windows of a parlor car, and who had been watching Louise and0 Sybil with interest. "A very han'dsomne girl, by Jove!" wasa hise mental comment as. Sybil took her seat just behind him, and the mirror at the end of the car enabled him to com mand a full view of her face. "I won (der how far she is going?~"n There was no me~ans of ascertainiiing just Then, but when the conductor came through the ear, and the young manl presenated his ticket to which were at tached.,a long string of coup)ons running all tihe way from New York to' Sani F?rancisco, lie noted with satisfaction that Sybil had one like it. "A through passenger," he observed. "I wonder who she is? Traveling alone -too; but evidently a lady. She must be b a ealifornian, but she looks like a Noy Yorker," etc. Thei young ,man's fancy ran riot,'andl , all the while lie kept his eyes 1ixed on 0 the mirror in which was reflected Sybil's b lovely face with its rich wvarm colorig, and( its beautiful frame of rippling hair. Ve~ry often their eyes met, as was only ~ nat.ural; but Sybil had avondlerful coin posure for so young a girl, and the look at of serenity.shie continuled to wear rather j chazgrined tile lhandsome stranger, who h hadi entertained a hope, inniocent enough in its nature, that the long ride( over f, the plains might be elivenled with piquant flirtation.. "Paihis Athene," he said, regretful. n 'ly. "'Beautiftul, but susceptible of no lc .Pdssionl that is not anliated by roen- t, Such a conclusi6n might have been rather hasty, but it appears that this ni agressivo young man m1 an ulster sad* a ravelling cap made some. pretense to rard being a reader of character. Meanwhile Sybil, constitutionally op osed to "ogling," as all sensible, wo iauly girls are, formed a pretty severe pinion of the stranger who -took such meain advantage of the power'of re ection. Ut she scorned to change er seat. Her policy was one' of com lete oblivion, and, setting herself com )rtably, she soon forgot all about the andsome pair of brown eyes so deliber tely fixed on the telltale mirror. The other passsngers were pretty well equainted by the time they reached ,hicago. but Sybil, naturally reserved, nd ecoming more so through the pro active instinct which prompted her to ake few friends when traveling alone, adt not joined the little toterle which oon establishes, itself in every west vard-bound train. Her neighbor had een baffled in several'ttempts.to make or acquaintanoe, but, difficulty only red his determination. "She's something new in the femin ie line, by Jove she 1st" he remarked, then one of his deepest-laid schemes ad been over-thrown by Syb's court ons but unapproachable dianity. It appears this handsome stranger ad been a "lady's man for many a ay." He was of a peculiar tempera aent. When he made up his mind to nything he usually accomplished it, nd in accomplishing it was quite will ig to relinquish all subordinate inter sts. He too. held himself aloof from allow-passengers, and so it was that then they reached Council Bluffs not soul was on board the train who could ave told who the gentleman and lady rere that traveled alone and were so cry exclusive. Any one who has made a transcon Inejital trip will appreciate the desire D take a turn on terra firma that seized ybil's peculiar vis-a-vis when he reach d Council Bluffs. le was a little, thletic fellow, and during the hour nd a half that the train halted he made pedestrian tour into the surrounding ounty. Ujnfortunately, he prolonged is walk beyond a desirable limit, anil 'hen he reached the station again the rain had already begun to move slow r. Many n time he had boarded the :ain when it was going much more %pidly, and, with a moment's hesita ion, he ran for the rear platform of hi ar, making a spring and catching at o iron railing. As often happens, he had not calcul ted on the full speed of the train. le iissed the step and fell backward, briking his head on the platform, and nly escaping a terrible fracture by the resence of a pile of empty ' mail bags, rhich broke his fall. The train stopped, and the injured ian was taken aboard. le was whol r insensible, and the blood gushed reely from the wound in his head. A dillful surgeon who happened to be Inong the passengers was summoned t once, and. having seen the young aian made comfortable in a sleeping ar, lie examined the contusior . "Will some one please help me with iese bandages?" the doctor asked. No, thanks," lie added, as a goentle ian offered lis services. "A lady, lease." lie glanced around the car, and his yes fell on Sybil's calm face, on the im white, hands that, looked so deft ind agile, and lie noted the composure !ithi which she bore herselft, while the 3st of the ladies were nearly aill in a imi-hysterical state. "Will you hold these bandages, ilss?" lie asked, kindly. "Do you un erstand how to (d0 it?" "Oh, yes, sir," said she, p)romptly. Miy father was a doctor. I am used > such work." The wvound was shortly diressed, but was a whole day before the young ranger awoke from the stupor occa onied by lisa fall, and then it was only >pass into a state of delirium, "D)o you know who lie is?" thme doc r asked Sybil, who had been installed y comnion consent as the sick mana's erse. "This dropp)ed out of his pocket," me repliedh, handing him a business urd. "I think that is his name, as his aggamge' is marked with those initials." Tihe doctor read; "Robert Vincent Co., commission merchants, -Now 'ork." "He had a narrow escape," ho oh ~rvedh, handing the card back to Sybih~ little miore force wold have crushed is skull like a nutshell." A new interest suddenly awak ned >r Sybil.-\ "I wonder wvhat Louise will say whemi we hears that I have been playing urse?"~ she ponaered on the day fol >wing lie assumpltion of her new dui ems. "Poor fellow! I'm .sorry for At Cbeyenine, happily for the sick man, the train was delayed two days by land-side. nur.ngm nter...a of quiet and rest the doctor succeeded.i' brea1ing- his fever, V1noet9pe11i",h4 eyes in weak astonishment as his; rej turniug consciousness diaerned i"i'ilg faithful attelidant the handsome young lady with whom he had tried' so assidu ously to, flirt. lIe felt too. weak from tha shook I and from the loss of blood to ask any questions, but Sybil divined his woni4 der, and ahe explained to him the 4ee tails of his accident, with a gentle graco as charming as her former reserve ha4 been admirable.. Nothing could have been prettier. than Sybil's devotion to the un ortun+ ate Aranger, and the other passeugera seemed to appreciate it, for they held. aloof and were content with beinf merely spectators. She waited on hini with persevering d'votion. It wias Sybil's way to do that, She rea1l to him, or, when he wishde it, talked to him. The presence of an invalid seem ed.to Infuse a home feeling into the life aboard the train, and when the week's journey was protracted by various ob stacles to ten days no one complained. Before they reached San Francisco Mr. Vincent was able to sit up. It would take some time for the wound to heal, but he had recovered pretty well from the shock. In the opinion of some of the passengers he was not altogether anxious for immediate convalescence, which was hardly to be wondered at; and really I think Sybil felt a twingo of regret as she sat the last evening beside Mr. V'ucent's couch and listened to a party of gentlemen warbling a Swiss air out on the front platform. It wa4 twilight, and the porter had not yet come in to light the lamps. "Don't you think, Miss Sybil," Mr. Vincent said, in a .low voice, "that some acquaintances ripen very mudh faster than others? I feel as though I had known you for years, yet I cannot tell.what your last name is. The doc tor, calls you just Miss Sybil. "I thought you knew," she said, simply, ignoring his first question, which had sent a strange thrill to her heart. "My name is Travers." "What?" he almost shouted. " What did you say?" "Travers," she repeated, looking at him surprised. ie sank back on the cushions help. lessly, and turning his face toward her he murmured, "Kismetl" "Do you know," he continued, after a pause which, Sybil felt to be pregnant with,ieaning, "do you know, we have been as badly mixed up as to our iden tities as the people in a play. I had no idea you were Miss Travers. Your Uncle Jerry-" "Do you know my Uncle Jerry?" she cried, in surprise. "I ought too," he replied, with an' odd smile, "I am-Sybil, do you ever forgive people who pr?Ctice little deceits, upon you?" The familiar manner of this address ad not offend her, strange td say. "That depends," she said. softly. "What would you say if I were to tell you that my name wasn't Vincent at all?" He had contrived to get hold of her hand, and lie felt it flutter slightly, but she made no response. "I do not know what led you to be lieve that my name was Vincent. At first I conle not correct the impression; and, when I was ablo' I didn't care to, for I was so pleased wit-h our relation that I feared to do anything that might jar upon it. It is all the worse for me now, for I fear this deceit may have p)rejudiced you. I am your uncle's friend, Sybil. I am Royal Valleau." It was her turn to start mn astonish menit. She snatched her hand away from him, but lhe secured it againi. "D)on'tl" ho pleaded, in a lowv tone. "Forgive me! You have made me love you and you must not be so cruel. You wj.ll at least forget that I have deceived you at all?" Sybil gave no spoken reply, but her hand was still clasped in his, and before the porter hit the lamps she suffered him to carry it to his lips. ThuIs story was detailed in a let er to Miss Louise Houghton the foldwing wveek, with the appended commenta:' And just think of it, Louise! I haveI actually engaged myself to him.I meant to hate him so, too! Uncle Jerry is delighted, of course. For myself, I can only say that 1 am perfectly happy, and leave the rest to yout~ imagination. Wasn't it funny, though! lIe left New York three weeks before lie had intend ed to, 1)ecause lhe didn't want to be bothered with looking after ine; and I ran away from him in the same un ceremonious style. 'Yet we both got on. the same train after all. It is quite like a romance, isn't it, dear? IBut I must close, as Roy is begging me to . hurry and finish.I will write you moro again. Your loving frind eSn. T Iah>t tats ofoSalo 1ka---Jews ait I r,but Turks t o the Wrld. ' days it is ioniewhat'diflicult a>wero peoullif .eoble who t are not ablio propeftyt abbitt the Mor- I mQ ,.of America and the savages of I ,AfrJd i, we knolvas uch, if. i n ore, than w4 know about our- ., ;ithat4t wLs .with cons erable v sat aQtion th,at I came acroso a pecu- f li D ile'vho' in many respects out- a Mormon Mormons and have cuqtoms A 'quaint as iny to he found in Con- ' trfl. Africa.. Moreover, they live in 1i Europe, in the ancient- city of Salonika t ahid come Qf t ,,imost ancient stock in t klio world-'naiSely, the Hebrew; they v lure bound togother by ties that none i are break, they are a doublo faced e race, a race with two distinct religions, v a race which leads two distinct lives, a professing openly to be followers of c Mohgmwed, while ia private they pro- e fes a religion of their own, accepting tr the old Hebrew traditions, yet boliev- 1 ing, in the first advent of their owi( N Me$biah and living in daily expfltionl I of fits second coming. . t The Turks call them "Duniehs," 1; or "renegades," their Jewish brethren l call them "hypocrites," while they call I themselves Maimeenim, or "true be- o lievers." For the sake of simplicity a we will call them Dunmehs, and we (1 may take *it for granted that they are I disliked by both their would be co-re- e ligionists, and in consequence they f have been compelled to exercise secrecy I in their acts and deeds, a fact which .t has rendered them a mysterious people I in the midst of a busy mercantile I world. During a recent stay at Salon- 1 ika I set myself the task of iiivestigat- g ing this people. t Salonika may be termed a New Jeru- s salem, as there are no less than 70,000 1 of the seed of Abraham within its 1 walls; almost'all the - business of the f places .gat'ried in., by them; t.e quays 11 are gay with tiheim in their.. quaint cos- s tumes, the men, with their long robes a lined wita fur over a tunic of stripped o cottoii 'or -ilk, while the women are v decked in the gayest color possiblQ, and s adonitlitliecls with eaps 9 p gen or I red, closely bound over their foreheads, : and hanging -down behind in a thick li trail embroidered with gold thread and t terminating in a fringe of gold, while l around their necks hang strings . of pearls and other Jewels. These Jews of Salonika are perhaps the most fervid adherents of the quaint rabbinical doc- b trines to be found anywhere nowadays. During the days before the Passover you may see Jewish women at the tombs outside the walls, in their long red cloaks and white mantles round a their shoulders, wailing over their dead; 1 turbaned rabbis stand at the gate of t, Karamilla to conduct families, for a consideration, ,to; the graves of their b relatives, thet,e:to! excite them to freney by reading 'portidns of Scripture, and tl finally to driye them home again like e sheep when the ceremony is over,'with S lacerated arms and faces, uttering bit- t ter wails. d The Isales or Japaun. The little baby is not offered its nat- 'y ural nourishment for three days. Dur- y ing this time the liqumor of lboiled rice u, is fed to it! And it is not tucked daini- s tily up in soft white blankets In its a clean little bed, but set up in a small tub and covered with coarse,. dark com-c forts, The only relief it has during its e, infancy from this uncomfortable pQsi- ti tion is when it is put on its mother's o or some one else's back, Inside their f, clothes, and taken out for an airing. It c is claimed by the more enlightened now " that thuis constant sitting position, or o being crowded against some one, with f, shoulders throwvn forward and chest e pressed in, is one reason why almost all f~ Japanese are so extremely narrow chested. It is anything but pleasant to see a 2-year-old strApped on the back of a 4-year-old, with head (shaven, of course,) thrown way over to one side, the unhappy little .victim fast asleep withi the hot sun streaming~ on it, and ~ flies feasting on'the dirt which Is al thost Invariably part of a Japanese baby'ii face. hi p Patron' of the Oosmeticians. V Never dia cosmeticians flourish In t: N. Y. as now. Alleged beautifying d eetabhlihments are more numerous than tl the-ills of life. Circulars which allur- p iigly zset forth the skill of professional a butifiers are blown r i every breeze. mp The1r patrons are legion, as the whit,e- a Washed and frescoed faces of many wo- k men prove. The uiatural flesh has been p covered as with a layer of plaster, over I which the hideous red of the rounge- d ~ot is spread with blazig effeot. The fi eult is a face at once vulgar and 12 hbastly, and yet the average woman V 2alls it "makinig herself attractive." fl SENSES OF. ANIMALS. atort:st iug Experimonts Made by Slir John Lubbock. At the Philosophical Institute. Edin urgh, ir -John Lubbock delivered a icture on "The Sense and Senses of knimals." In the course of his re. larks the lecturer said that every one ould gratefully admit that the dog ras a loyal and true : and affectionate riend. But, when they came to con Iler the nature of the aninuil, their nowledge was, he said, very limited. hat arose from the fact that people ad tried rather to teach animals than Sleari from them. It had .occurred o him that some such method as that rhich was followed in the case of deaf iutes might prove instructive if adapt d to the case of dogs. He had tried it rith a black noodlb belongrint to him elf. Ie then went, on to relate several xiieriments he had made with pieces f cardboard with different words marked on them. Ile had taken two 'icces of card, one; black and the other rtlt the word "food" marked upon it. le had put the latter on a saucer con iining some bread and milk, and time lacic card on an empty saucer The og was not allowed to eat initil,lie had rought the proper card to him. The xperimont was repeated over again, lnd in about ten days the dog began to istinguisli the card with the letters on L, from the plain card. It took a long r time to make the dog realize the dif erence between the different words. nt order to try .i.d discover whether be dog could distinguish colors, he pre ared six cards, making two of them lue, two yellow and two orange. He ut one of each on the floor and tried to et the dog. to bring . him a card with lie same color as the one which lie howed the dog in his hand. After try ug this for three months lie found that is experiment in this direction was a ilure. From experiments which he ad made lie had come to the conclu [on that aunts hand. not the power of ddressing each other. H-is Impression n the whole was tftat bees and ants rere not dear, but they heard sounds o shrill that they were beyond our earing. There -was no doubt about ]sect$ seeing. .Ile then went on to re tte several experiments lie had made vith the view of discovering whether ifferent insects could distinguish dif 3rent colors, and had any preference )r particular colors. The colors or ob mets must, lie said, present a very dif )rent impression upon insects than on uman beings. Why the Women Flook to Europe. It is estimated that 30.000 American ,omen were in Europe last summer ad autumn. Twenty thousand Amer ,an men went along with the majority > pay their 'expenses, ind those who 'ere not with this majority left hus ands and fathers at home to keep iem supplied with funds. They went verywhere--the . women-except to pain and Russia. A few even pene ated those countries. But they idn't affect them much. .There was little chance to shop there. They arried in London, P~aris, Venice. B3er n, and they shopped continuously. Thien. they went to any other place here there was a chance to stop they ,t themselves at work buying things. ightseeing was of secondary import nee; it wvas even overlooked in thie ursumt of this fascinating pastime. ne ingenious Chicago woman linger 1 in the European capitals until after me holidays. She landed upon the soil her own country in .a noval costume >r winter weather. Every. article ox Spt her boots was or costliest lace. If it hadn't been so cold I'd had those lace, too," she declared to her iends. 'As she personally wore It the istomse regulations couldn't take it 'em her. The value of the mnateriatl Swhich she was draped was' $5,000. Do nmot let the Childreni Kiss any cne. A P'hysician's interdict on kisses was mnong 1)is most emphatic directions to is wife on leaving home sometime ago. RWnemnber," lie said, "and do not it the children kiss any one;" "Is It assible," :.'uked a surprised third party 'lie was presmift, "that you consider it ocessary to give such instructions as [let? Where is tihe danger?" "The anger is conipicated and certain, said le doctoi'. "In my case, all kinds of sople come to my house to cdnsult me, nd they often wait hours. If one of iy children happens to come in they re altuost certain to talk to it, and you now almost thme first ipulse with peo le who notice children Is to kiss thern. lahli it makes me shudder-tainted and iseased breaths, lips blue with cancer, mil and decayed teeth. Yo,u would e tempted to kill a strafiger who Would raylay your datughter and kiss her by ire., but the helplesn unsectming six-yoar-old child susceptible as a flow er to every breath that blows, can be saluted by' every one who chancos to think of it. Hundreds of lovely chil dren are kissed into their graves every year." The physician did not dread his childrprn coming to harm through violence or hatred, but through a token of affect-ion thoughtlessly given. Mor al and spiritual- evil is often similarly Commaunicated. QUILL TOOTHPIC1KN They are Imported and the Woodenr Artieles are Supplanting them. Everybody knows that a bunch of quill picks can be bought at a drug store for a mckel, and there the popu lar knowledge pnds. A reporter start ad out to find the fountain ,head of quill toothpicks. The retail druggists said that lie bought them of the whole sale dealer in drugs and notions. The reporter made a tour of tile wholesale drug houses; and at every one lie was informed that they purchased them either in New York or imported them frow France and Germany, and that was all they know about it. The feath er dealers had little or no light to throw upon the subject. The manufactures of feathers dusters were ignorant re garding the quill pick industry. Fin ally a gentleman, who is the buyer for a large drug house, was found, who had seen a factory where the quill plicks were made. When asked the question ho said: "I do not know of any factory in this country where quill toothpicks are made. We buy ours from a broker in Paris, who obtains them from a large manufactory near that city. M. Bar din at Joinville Le Pont, near Paris, has the largest manufactory in the world engaged in the quill industry. ie has 2,000,000 geese, and produces annually 20,000,000 quills. Formerly this factory made quills pens, but when these went out of general' use the quills were used to make brushes for artists and toothpicks. The picks are made by machinery, and are put up in bun des of ten each, and these are in pack ages containing 1,000. . The price is so low that there is very. little margin of profit in the .business.- The wooden toothpick has taken the place of the quill, qnd these latters are made mostly in the East, but there are factories in Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Wiscon sin where wooden toothpicks are made very cheaply. Fond du Lac, Wis., hlis a factory that turns out millions of wooden picks every wveek. They come 1,000 in a box, and cost but 5 cents per box to the consumer. The quill pick costs 5 cent per bunch of ten, but they are far bet ter than the wooden ones. Of course there are a great many feathers grown in this country but other uses have been found foi the quills. A big fac tory in Michigan, located at Coldwater, makes a fetherbone for whips, corsets, etc. Brush factories use the quills for camels' hair pencils, but I do not be lieve there is a factory in America where quill picks are made. If there was I think I wvould be as likely to know it as any one. It would not pay any person to make them by hand, and the profit Is so sinall that it would not pay a factory to purchase the simplest machinery to make them, now that wvoodien picks are so universally used." Germany's Sepulchral Stoves. The German houses are entirely wanting in the comfortable warmth we are accustomed to in America. Their'' sepulchral, white procelain stoves, twelve feet or so high, dispense almost as little heat as cheer. Solemnly erect ed in the corners of the rooms they pre sent an aspect that (when one is in a homesick mood) is remarkably dispirit mng, and often they produce the same effect on on's spirits as would the near neighborhood of the monuments, and gravestones they so strongly resemble. But the bed furnishing is as oppressive ly warm as the heat of the white, ghost ly stoves . is inasumecient. The great eider down quilts that always form the outside coverings, are as thick and heavy as feather beds. Beside the sweltering heat that these produce, there cannot but be the suggestion that very likely they may already have done duty for several generations. But those who have always lived in a ~country of vulgar progregs probably do not appreci ate the conditions of living in a land where .aristocratic conservatism pre.. vails. It is not at all likely that houses in Germany will be warmed by steam. pipes or furnaces, or anything but their colossal white stoves, for several hun dlred years yet. THERE.a Is no use of cleaning your poultry e'nuses unless you burn the old nests. Thmey will harbor moare of the various kinds o'f poultry parahites'than you can ever exterminate with a white wash brush.