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=1old,
And age steals nun
We shiver and start it were told,
At the sight of our flrsa r.
We.s.wrk not the light of our noonday
Like the drst streaks the dawn doth.
We ailnot the birth of our summer flew
ers
As. we do the first spowdrols of spring;
On the bleak winter wind we, look with
gtief, -
' Though, it howls through the branches
bare,
But we sigh when we witness the b'rown
autumn leaf, .
?s And behold natqre's flrst gray*hai,
oray hairs may come when the beaming
. eye
Has none of its brightness lost,
K"When with buoyant.hbeart we would fain
deny
Youth's Rublcon has been crossed;
YqVI4e i.y clad trees look young and green,
x Though the sapless.trunks may be there,
And naught of decay on oilr oheeksmay be
When we witness our first gray hair.
eCom early, come late; like a'kneck at the
gate,
Is that first soft, silvery thread;
ft sUently tells us we're-journeying on-.
It silently qugsttons--where?
t Oh, f one, were the truth but
known,
s.... seen in our first gray hair.
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t . 'H BANK CLERK.
On an afternoon in September Chas.
t i Weston was walking leisurely on Broad
way, New York.. Absorbed in, plea
sant thoughts the expression of his
handsome face Indicated perfect free
s dom from anxiety or corroding 'care.
The hnrrying crowd,, the ceaseless roar
and rumble of city life, were. unheard
r unnoticed. ils heart was in his
house at Hartford, the home of his
birth and of his boyhood, where he had
been passing his summer vacation un
restrited by bank hours or. the routine
of business life.
There was no shadow on that home.
o A comfortable income supported it.
His mother was still untouched by
time. His young brother, a noble and
promiling boy; Gertrude,: li sister,
was all that a sister could be, and
Gertrude had a lovely female friend.
"There are moments in life which
we never forget."' The drives, .the;
ramble in woods, the boatings, the plea
sant thigs said and done, with every
look that accompanied them were all
remMIbered now.
In front of a music store he paused.
.abruptly. A dollege classmate' sudden-.
ly stood before him.- Cordially they
grasped each other's hands. Who
could foresee the sad results of that
meeting?
"Why, Johnston, what has brought
you from the West? I thought you
were absorbed in your land projects."
"Even so. And that interest brings
me to the East. I have come miles out
of my way to see you in refereince to it.
Where were you going?"
"Here, to get music for Gertrude."
1"Gertrude! fHow well T remember
your beautiful sister and 'those happy
S college vacations with you at Hartford.
Careless, boyhood days-never to re
turn, Now, let -11s take the cars for
Central Park, I have mudh to say to
S you."
Within the grounds, Johnston took
his arm. "I must talk briefly for my
time Is limited, Just now there's great
'boom' In real estate In my State ;
Aespecially. Lands almost worthless
hitherto have assumed fabulous prices.
In, naking a fortune for myself I must
brIng you in for a share.".
Weston looked laughingly Into .his
face. "Why, Will, thaven't you out.
~. yet? Don't be offended. 'Tis only the
fault of a too sanlgulne -tenperament.
Your heart is alwvays right."
"Thank you. . Thank you. I hiave
outlIved my boyhood, A nd thuis is not
an illusion. Here, at the East, .life Is
comparatively slow. At the WVest all
Is on a grand ucale. One need not toil
forever In bank or cotinting..room boe.
fore he can reap the, frutts of lois labor.
Now, there is a golden opportunmty.' IE,
may never return. There are lands
*which will be; of Immense .vahie
Swhirn the contemplated railroad passes
4throtij."
eyou aute that it wilt take that
"As sure as I am that I.livei There
S Is a 'pause in W0chnstruction because
o f colitendIng parties, each anxious for
a certain route. The side which I os.
pouse Is sure 'to wIn. Its advantages
are palpable to all..: I haye proved mny
configlence by investing every dollar' I
~can spare, almost everything that I
_own,' and have Insured a~ fortune."
"I.fear that you are too fast in your
calc\tlations."
"You wvould not-think so if you were
on tllq spot.. Everybody Is wild with
ota healthy excitement, slower
and surer is bettor.
"That is an 6xploded notion. Get,
over it; and inypt In -these lands."
"You forget that I am not rich. Tihe
property left nue by mny father is smnall,
ut;well inyested: My salat1iy-Ihei'a
at all tllat T have, I'. Oa t" 1
ow the money. You can retu
il.y. -
WP,'
II ver 'Do. 10otitggest .
JoI left In the:nighttraiai hIur
ing to the West. 'Then cam a
""Do 1iot cast "asid6 On.Iriopqlu.'I
Js. a duty t our family.- Yoa cai
pase them . ' Independent. cicui
stances, Ban onef calfe easily n
shQrtly restored. ell '
li@re.. Noto is your tine. 'T1fere 'I
tide In the 'affairs of tfien.' Vdbnsc
ously; John ton was yehig. made itn
strument to test the --viftue Of - hi
friend, Just before he retfred to hi
room a telegram ,arrived: ']. ; qul
that you may not regret it 'when to
late."
The 'night. that followed was on
never to ,po forgotten.. -iWdnigbt wa
approaching. Alone, in the stiliiess .,
thoughts which lie had 'ejected With
hldignationin,tho day* came' back wttlt
otrange' persistency.. It was an hour o
weakness, and Satan assailed hiI witll
all his power. Suggestiln. hurled 11acI
at one moment. xeturned ~ije'; Iep
"Make your family 1ntlepindoiit" "'Th
money can be i'eturned before'it is mis
e." "No harm. will 'coihe to any
bbdy."
"Then his better nature asserted itselt
Honor, lonesty, self-respect, eharacwI
were at stake. Above illl God's.cQi
maand forbade the act. The deed itsel
was to be denounced, whatever 'tliei
sue. Again that'voIce "Your youn
brother's future;" "his college conrse;"
"his profession."
He walked the Iloor i:n.-a agonysei
mind, asking hiimself. "Shalt"Satai
have the ptscendency? Ilts G64forial
en me?"
The conflict was a sharp onb Dver
Ilerve was strung to its, irme t.t lo+
The occupant of the room beiloH ''qr
dered as he heard the rapd; "1'rt gula
tread so late at night. At last it ceased
Exhagsted in nind and body, Ve,ton
had thrown himself, without undiress.
ing, upon his bed and fell iito;:.iru
bled-leep. The .confilct :continhued 14:
his dreatns till the lr prtin stood In
great beads upol htq ofehead .
In a .rudderles was tqssert
upon the waves lghtful . biowo
were surging;aro>ind and over, hinit No
hand was neat to-'save .tn 'm
"God help mel God help mel" he
exclaimed.
A moment more and. there was a lull
in the tempest. All was still; so still
that the silence was oppressive. The
-darkness was like a well before him,
and then, upon th.t darkness, in let
ters of light, he read
"When thou passest through. the
waters I will be with thee; and through
io .floods, they . shlgll 'not . overflow
thee."'
Tfansfixed, he gazed upon them.
Slowely they faded away. Once again
the handIvriting upon the wall
"He. Is-able to succor them that are
tempted."
'These words also faded.
-Then through the darkness, a soft
light gradually diffused Itself, and from
the midst a face, a form emerged, It
softly approached nearer and nearer,
till it hovered over him.'
It was his mother's forin,-his mother's
face that looked .upon him with un
spea'kable compassion and. love. She
laid her cool hand upon his forehead,
bent down and kissed him.
"My soul My sonl whithEr goest
thou? For the love of God and 'of your
mother come back to mel" ..
With a boud he sprang to her otut
stretched arms. "My mother! my angel!
mother!" lhe cried, in a voice of agony.
The vision faded. All was still, In a
dream God had serit his angel to minis
ter unito him, and that angel was his
mother!
As conseFousness returned lhe pressed
his hand to his forehead and then sank
upon his knees.
"Thank God!. Thank God! I am
savedi"
And he was saved!i I[e was free! The
bonds of Satn were broiken! Tempta
tion came to hhiu.-in after life; but Lie
memory of this confiet never lef't him.4
Henceforth, ho Was "strong in the
power of his might."
** * *. *
For rponthms no.tidings came from is
friend. Had Johnston realized'-his pro
spective wealth? or, was all lost?
At last a brief letter
"Thank heaven, you did not embark
in my enterprise! I alg ruiniedi The
op)position company,. gyried the day.
Bilbery is evident.' iiyswa,- the rail
road took the other course, anid left our
lands almost wortidess, I meant well,
Charlie. Give me credit for that."
Weston had nev'er doubted it. Now
he wrote, "Draw oinmer'Will, for.$--;
saved from my salary long since, and
profitably invested. :Pay it in future'
if you wish, to some struggling churchi
at thme West. For- the present, accept
it as a claim of friendship."
"Slowly, but surely, Weston moved'
oni in his career to assistanut cashier,
tAien cashier; amn) finally - to President,
where he now stands, holding the pub
hic confidence.
Theo sister's friend now presides our
his beantful huoiei The dnother and
sister are .wihth himv 14 the winter
months, and his brot,her stands high4in
the'profession of the la. All know
ov i & more "for dan
Iie a >ng; worda
f.en th0u; pa%est" tlroogh' 4h
.at -whillb$o,Yith thieo#fa dt 1
'b s shial It. ' Oiil
t o, pSam aa Yaeetloiue n1 y
r the: ni States; tir. S. Gran C
O e;i origin L tis"U
10 ' ivh'tlie'. ;goVernt ?c
ono pliesat Troy in the\ }
9: edibles jf liigdtlt
a{illed U S. ,then ia;
ttd. States; the work-ie
hatt were-thc I
b ' ig one., S .8
s li t aii d' sini
gt h{, , i,ougtht verir .
of the f By of Jonathan
lnfilUe ed ithen -Govern'r
-"eclitott s'eontantly. 8 , t
SV must 913rotlir t u.
Th namne en ed -as" It
n tioitlioh .et r. t Nick, i h
"QulfhRi g a sore "ifriots info Aa
hiatlidnabou, the te iiikee; o:
coursekWe all int that is' the wor
Engl'sh-as unde the Amerla,
cti ins,b t re- do not. tli -,tIo .
tat 'ou'iis* lqoti the lhf -
Towirs -o lann the orlgifi' of ti t
telin -.apkoO,e dle. wIs tla_e0d to th 'I
Persilati phkase Yanki-doolilal or in C
habitaugts o'tie .new world.' Layard,
in hli P t fo4t reinv li3d its. ie- t
fm Ls"a q myi1tiib ; idunia as ,t
thWs name o a.' Thpp t
song Yatike Dgodle, Mr. Soutliwlok'
tells us, r= lapffd,as :qgrQ J.lJ'time; I
St.wash the proteotoi% ' vnself who -
ucla feather in his iW when -go- i
Ing to Oxf(, the bp'ich of ribbon: I
-hi4ih;ql c e ,Yeathe> was a naccaro- .
i.We know, that macearont was a
ant term: for ,a- dandy, that feathit (
wie,}worn ini 4 hats of royalists,= and
that,Oxiord W P a town of the highest <
inlortance during the civil war. ~ do. i
no tite'.ee how round t6weis, t0i4 J
Teian lailguage-and Old Woll chie to
ba so intimately ctinecte4, even.
tlidughi, ap htr., Southwlpk tells,. the
s i"was at first known" as Yankee t
lodle. The Americans must not, as t
sqie of her son1 have done,- imagine I
th h gl .dla <e g
tlie . heing wtri upon thc' U. For
both the dollar:and the sign 'of it were 1
In use -long before there Were any Unit- t
ed States. Both Mr. Southwick and I
fr. Oliphant gave the very probable <
origin indicated. by the design on the '
reyerse of the :Spanish dollar-the pil- I
lars of Hercules with a scroll round '
each pillar, the scrolls perhaps repre- -1
senting the serpents which Hercules 11
strangled while yet he was a child in )I
his cradle. There Is also another a
theory that the dollar mark is a form
of the "fgure 8,- because In old times the
dollar was apiece of.eight reals. The
expression "almightly dollar" was
first used by .Washington Irving in his -
sketch of a "Creole Village," 1837.
AFat Woman'i Complaint..
"Tjzere.is a fortune for anybody who
will start a 'Fat wpmanA joni-nal,' " i
said a woman who weighed more than
200 pounds; "or if yoni want to be more '
euphemistic and euphonious, ,a fashion'a
magt2ine alid. christen it 'A"la Jolle
Embonpointe.' In this there shouldn't
be a fashion or a fashion plate that dkid
not pertain to a woman weighing at
least 175 pounds-and upward, asthey .
say in the..cheap stores.. At prese it
you can't find a fasio~n plate that does: I
not represent "a slender, long waisted
woman, For this sylph everything is
designed-gowns, wraps, bonnets. It
is imp)osslble to* find anything itended
for large women. Apparently nobody
gives- us any consideration, and we
clothe ourselves, as it were; by faith.
"It is absitrd," continuied the lady,
"for the fact is well established that
American women 'have lost the ap
proach of ecrawvninoss. Go where you
will, at least among, the leisure chaoses,,
and yon vh wil p the liirgo proportIon' (
of women broad *shouldered, well de
velopedl and a generous overflow of fig
grie. And we are worth considering.
There 'Is a fortune in avoii'dupois for
whoever is far enougli' sighted to pro
celve it. . Senid out the prospectus 'A Ia
Jollo Embonpoitite' or the 'Fat Wo-.
man's Journal' and,see how quickly wetI
wvill rally to. it%'support from every part 2
of the land,"
I n Mrs. Vogol's Feather Nc. .
Caroline Vogel, ai steerage passenger1
on the Gothia, from Copenhagen,- tried
to smuggle throughi a lot of material InC
a novel wvay, but was frustrated ,y1
Mrs.. Anna M. Parks, an Inspectress of
Customs. Tho passenger had among3
hCr effects an old-fashioned feather bed,I
which, was tied 'with strong cord and
the interior of which was supposed to
be filed with feathers. Mrs. Parks
againist the vigorous protestations og
Mrs. Vogel, cut the ropes and- fdud
in lieu of feathers a large astiortment of
articles, among which were 12 hanks of~
yarn,. 1 piece of-binding, 8. pIeces of
woollen cloth, 0 pieces of ginghaul, 1
piece of fianuel, 4 handkerchiefs, 1 plece
of elastic, 11.pairs of stockings, 2 pieces
of broadolothi and 1. piece, of alpaca, all
Sof which were seized.
~pip w).
oiation* of Oh ruruiehed by
} 'Nstui'ee i Setrico. i
it wemust. t#lik te weather let us
k knowiagly. ll. Inau who can
aree an apprdadliifl storm and can
Jib sucli tinteit to his nQigli
zs to allow' hitmto1prepare for"it, is
l bienefaetQrJ 'nd di we care
9lly"serve 1iattifs could-soon be
opio prophts >k' gitton oven in
'ur; owno em -S rins. and greft
hhingp;re Piock At rature's .iervous
yftem, and there ar ealways premoni
symptoms. "j; ir'weather bureau,
' Igs atidi fyphics, is ie
at4 as sometli --a progrem
loni in 'progressive a, and yet it Is
norely an infringee toil a system of
ignals, adopted -byi vure, as old as the
(des lglls. N atifire 4ows our .ne s
iid knows det' tabe warned f
vea h lianges;'11 ,e hpr warnings.
at$are these els? Where ate
lieydIsplayedY .or' Wyhere; 'animnals,
a and insectaau end them. Sea
and edut y follt nderstand theis.
-{netimne ago av4stti lent.conceiniig
oinf'ants was-pnJ Is r in the papers.
o seems myriads! tliese insects iii
ibilted a section o tw bottom land.
hne 'diy-a -, qt i tly bright day
Sy \.ere eAt Ing thieir dwel -
nge for the.hi ds. In Immense
easses'the ek qo. tied untill a0
arently the last ailt id moved. Then
aine a fewl'couds, ,he,. a great pall of
sien vapor, and a te )iflc rain-Storm
o1nple ely inuudate%e bottom where
he ants had had the, homel. A gen
lemati related to me . very sitmilir ig
Ildent, He was in ykansas, and Il
its peighborhood'wa' stretch of ratti r
lepressed count,ry, by reason of its
ank yegetation N favorite hunt
Lgi'ound. ' I lided witi game.
hm denly the cre Ies vanished. The
ler;" ,'te ugar a the catamount
oid only be foun in the highlands.
. fewasays after th -vagary was noted
ain~e elvio it stot . A river burst
tf blnk-s aj, 'fO&tigfitst time in matiy
r eals,ho region n3.ptioned was com
jetely flooded - Nb*,- how did these
ireittures foresee thes9 Weather cbanges?
ly instinct? Yes, itstinbt -enabled
hem to read the w given' by na
ure's signal serv1Qi& 6t. are these
gnals? Where ca,4ey be seen?
-" Every where; the moon somet144a
ised as a ,torm-flag. Go out some
light and gaze at the clear heavens In
vhich every star sparkles like a diani
Md. Around the moon is a curious
nisty halo. One might al fft com
are her to the pallid face of a air saint
incircled with an aureole of glory. It
s an unfailing admonition that bad
veather is near at hand. For a long
,ime man has been prone to credit .the
noon with weather wisdom in some
sases without any good ground, I fear.
lave you never crossed a dewy meadow
vith -an old negro and had -him point
o the cresent moon and say, "Dere's
oint' to be fallin' weddah, massa;-dat's
wet moon?" If the crescent was in
rerted, some sable astronomers predict
~d rain, because the water was being
>oured out of the moon. Other weath
ar pundits on the plantation would hold
o the contrary-l. e., that such a post
1t6n.shdw'ed the water ha'd all run out
f the moon and hence a drouth im
1ended. -Frequently violent iliscussions
irose oni this point and the prophecy
Vas. ratfher unsatisfactory. Many al.
nanacs profess to base their conject
ires as to the weather on the time of
iay or Eight at which the moon changes,
)r. Foster, an eminent meterologist of
3ruges, informed the English Astrono
nical Society that many years' careful
>bservation on his part anid that of his
ather resulted in the diccovery.that a
iew mooij on a Saturday was invaria
>ly followed by twenty days of wet and
vindy -weather. This prognostication
nay be easily determined by a little
vatchfulness and looks as rensonable as
he ground-hog. prophecy . or that of
noist old St. Swithin. In fact, tiale
upposed effect -of a Saturday moon on
he weather obtains among the IKu
'opean folk-lore and even, with the
Jhinese.
* TIUE WIN D.
The wind Is a rusty prophet. If a
iteady..pleroimg nor' easter is sending
he rain plashitng against your windows,
nark when it changes. If it veers from
ast to northWest and clears the clouds
way nature's. storm siganal Iis still
aoisted. If, however, it goes to the
aorthwest, via the south, yott can,.fold
ip f'olr umbrella. In the first caise the
lear':neather will be tenfporary. In
l'e second the stormy elements 4te
omjletely exhausted.
Thiesun takes a hand in weather pre
liction, If I.e lifts his face above the
astern horizon,. takes- a lleep: at the
drild and 'then' creeps behlfid a veil
5f clouds.blike a young life made som
)?O by great griel' before it could reach
ner1diaf.--therefoul Weather is at hand.
rocur trust;y'oldschimney that has lleen,
taring In open-miouthed wonder at the
aeavens this hundi'ed years Is oie of
iaturets signal posts.. If the smoke
>vlnces ~ .repugnance to going toward
;he c lands, -)but descenads to earth, it
wvould be well, to hunt up f'our golgshes,
Th~e field spider.is a silful prognostid
sator. When you see hisgossamer web
icattered ovbr the grass, looking In tb4
horning sunbeams like soie wet t-woric
si fairies done with silver threas, m
can rest assured the insect foresaw. h.
storm in the near future to demolish
his fabric. - . A convocation of crows,
noisily deba.ting some important subject
in a field,. is in autumn or winter, '
sure-sign. of wind or snow, while the
swallows, darting close 'to the ground
Instead of circling in mid-air, .would
shout '"It's going to.rain" in your ea,
if they did not think you had sense
enough to understand them without.
THIE CLOUDS.
Then the .plouds. Any one can pro.
plhesy rain When he sees a cloud, you
say. Somehow, however, clouds mean
just the reverse. If they rise In masses
and then break to pieces, ploar weathei
is coming. 'If they fly over the zenit
in little inky patches, rain will follow.
If they shipe themselves Into wisps,
streaks or curls, a change for the worse
is at hand. 'Very black clouds indicate
winds. 11ave you noticed the approach
of a thunder-storm? First,. an array.
of black, forbidding-looking clouds; be
hind them An expanse of wild-looking
drab. Tie'first division is the cavalry,
rushing, -howling and swarming ovoi
the land;, then comes the. infantry,
steady, pitiless and slow, pouring tor.
rents of raiii on the earth.
Those are a few of the most promin
en,t of nature's warnings. 'jhere are r
bost of othdrs, and a little observation
will enable you to read theni plainly.
Oscar W1ilo -and Wom en's Waists.
Indeed, instances of absolute mutila
tion and misery are so common in tht
past thn't it is unnecessar.y to mult.ipl3
them, but it Is really sad to think that
in our own day a civilized woman car
hang on to a cross. 6ar while her mak
laces her waist -intou fifteen inch circle.
To begin witlthe waist is not a circle
at all., but Ad: oval, nor. can there bt
any greater etror. than to .imagine that
an unnaturally hnlall iaist gives an all
of grace,- or' even of sllglk'hess' to tlh
whole figure, Xts effect, as n rule, is tc
simply exaggerate th'e width >f th(
shoulders and. the hips, and those whose
figures possess that .,stateliness which iE
called stoutness by the vulgar, convert
what Is a quality Into d defect by yield
jng to the silly edicts of fashion on the
subject of'tight lacing. The fashiona
ble English waist, 'also, is not merely
far too stnall, and d onsequently , quite
out of proportion tp the' rest of the fig.
ureb, t'it rs 3vorwfar to "lbv loNn, yl
use the explesslon "worn" adylsedly,
for a waist nowadlays seems to be re
garded as an artiele of apparel to be put
on when and where one likes. A long
waist. always Implies shortnesa of the
los'r linbs, and from. the artistic point
of view has the fashiton'sf motto is, "I
faut souffrir pour. etre belle;" but the
motto of att and of common sense It
"Il faut etre belle pour souffrir"
The Girl's Grit.
An old-fashioned Yankee, who ran a
small shoe factory in a Massachusetts
town, indulged in a theory that nothing
could pry out of his mind' that a
moral wrong was somehow peroetrated
upon the community at large'Aff a wo
man were allowed to earn abdVe hi
stipulated sumi each week. As his
hell) was paid by the piece, and he.hagl
to keep taljy in the main witli current
prices, he found this -iather hard to
manage at times.. The swiftness of one
foung woman especially troubled him
gi'eatly. She would liefsist in running
financidily tahead of others- At last lhe
made a special cut-down in prices, and
told her 'why hie did it. She gave him
a baleful glance, tightened her lips and
went on workiug. .Bly Saturday. hight
next, despite the cut-down, she made
ten cents above the Week before.
Another week went by, when he cut
her down still'more. The damsel still
prdved gatme and rose to the occasion.
Aftel' a week or more the Yankee
conscience grew "scitred,"' and lie ask
ell har what'she imeaunt. "It .mneans,"
said the girl, "that you may . keep on,
and I'll keel) on till you hiavd- a corpse
on your hands .in this workroom, for
I'm grit and you can't conquer mel"
The race ended there, and the girl was
allowed normal iay.
.-A Determined Suicide.
Some Wallachian peasants were one
day working In the field near the banks
of the Mares.' 8,uddenly they saw a
stranger rush frantically thz'ough the
field,; an~d plunge headlong. into the
river. They pursued and dragged hinm
out, dripping; lie departed, and they re
turned to their work. Shortly after.
ward he again appeared, aiid for the
second time. took a suicidal "header."
Again the i>easants snatched him from
the raging torrent, and .returned to
their work. Yet a third time they saw
him enter the Aeldi hut on this occasion
lie did not make for the river, but,
climbing utl a tree, deliberately pro
ceeded to hang himself from one of the
branchies. 'this tlie his formez' pre
servers did'hot intatfere, and he drain
ed the cup of his fate to the last drop.
reseintly pi crowd dt the relatives and
friends of ',the deQeased, from whose
cus.tody be jadAsdaied, arrived, head.
ed by the parish priest, and roundlj
abuted the peasahts for petrmitting Ohe
late lam~ented . t kill himself. Thd
peasants ialvely replied that they bad
pulled him out of the tiver twice,'and
as he waos ripp'ing wet they thought lie
had hmng hiuinself nep to, dry.
3AUOILONA'S BIIf- FAUt.
A good time for, Amerloans to Visit
Spain.
If the, breezes from the Mediterraue:
an, the soft, delicate perfume of the
orange groves, and, perhaps, a hidden
hope of a glance.or two from a lattice
hidden Spanish maiden can exert any
inffuenee on the American heart, a
great many people will take the oppor
tunity to visit Spain this year. An in
ternational exhibition and World's fair
is to be opened there on April 8. To
most American travelers Barcelona, the
seat of the exhibition, is an unknown
place, but from information reccivgd
by thle delegate to the exhibition on be
half of . the United States, Emile M.
Blum, every inducement is to be offei
ed both to American travelers and
American e'xhibitors. The'situation of
the exhibition as unusually beautiful,
its entrance passing along the northern
end of the Barelona park, a place
noted for its magnificent landscape gar
dening. The avenue of ' entrance is
(otted on each side with the pavilions
of the different nations. Just beyond
these rises the cafe and restaurant build
ing-a gem of arclhitect"ire. The main
building of the exhibition is an unusu.
ally l4rge structure, architecturally per
feet, but being unusually attractive
from its shape,- which is that of a semi
circle. In this building spoke-like sec
tions are reserved for each nation's
manufacturing exhibit. The fine arts
building is a handsome dome in the
Moorish style, which, with the Ne4
G reek style, predominates in all the
buildings. Altogetiler there are over
60 buildings for the exhibition and its
executLve needs.
'ile fair will lust six months, and
possibly eight. 'This will make it pos
sible for inanufacturerg here to send
their exhibits immediately from the
Barcelona fair to Paris, the French ex.
hibitioi beginnipg at just about the
time that the Spanish one closes. Tie
fact that the. coming exhibition is thu
f'rst ever held in Spain, together with
the known advance in' Spanish enlight:
enment in the last fdw years and the
consequent rapidiy increasing demand
'for improved machinery and agricult
'ural implements, makes the fair an.es
pecially attractive one for American
manufactureis. The Spanish market 19
large and will be a profitable one. Thie
p6rt ofBardelonaffronm its poOttion, 1:
a most favorable one, both for foreigi
manufacturers and for the Spanish peo
ple,*who will flock to their national fete
The Queen Regent and her Minister:
mvill open the fair and almost every Eu
ropean power has appointed royal Com
missioners to be present on the occa
sion, Japan was the first country t
respond with A'case of goods for exhi
bition.. The cost of living in Barcelo
na is worderfully cheap; the bgst 01
apartments with baths and every mod
ern improvement,.may be had for $18,n
month, It is a most. picturesque city
- as well as a very old one. One of the
chief attractions in the exhibition will
be an iron tower about 500 feet high
constructed by French engineers, fron
the top of which may be had a magnifi
cent view of the surroundinug cOuntry
The exhibition grou4ds connect direct
ly with the sea front, where an unusu
'al feature will-be the exhibition of nav
al architecture and marine invention
actually in use.
Arrangements for space in the ex
hibition buildings may be made wit1
tihe United State3 delegate, B. M
Blum, Kemble Building, corner o
Whitehall and Stone streets,' where an;
Information in regards to the exhibito]
may also be obtained.
Mfr Joseph Jefferson Is responsible fo
the latest explanation of the wor<
"chestnut." He attributes the intrc
duction of the word in its slang sens
to Mir. William Warren, the vetera
comeian of Boston.
'There is a melodrama," Mr. Jecffer
son said to a reporter, '"but litW
known to the present- generation, wril
ten by William Dillon and called 'Th
Broken Sword.' There were two chai
uacters in it, one af Capt. Zavier aind thm
other the comedy part of Pablo. Th
cap)tain is a sort of Baron Munchauser
and in telling of his exploits says:
ontered the wvoods of Colioway, wvho
suddenly from the boughs of a cr
tree'-Pa blo interrups him with thm
words: ''A chestnut, captain; a chuesi
nut." 'Bal!' replies 'the captan
'Bobby, I say a cork tr'ee.' 'A chesi1
nut,' reiterates Pablo.. 'I shiould kno
as well as you, _having heard you te
the.,'tale these twventy-seven times.
Willla'rr Warren who had- often playe
the part of 'Tablo,' was at a 'stag' dli
gie; two years agb) whemi one of the gem
tlemen present tol4 a story of doubtfu
age and originality. 'A chetniut
murmured Mr, Warren, quoting from
the play, 'I have heard fou tell the ta
these twenty-seven times.'. TIhe ajpp
ocatlon of the lines pleased the rest
the table, and when the pan
broke up each helped 'to spres
the story and Mfr. Warren's commpen
ary, And. that," concluded. Mr. Je
forson, "Is what I really believe to i
the origin of the word 'ohestnut'
TAe. re arcable foish. of Apmarheg
papers m 1g0 by thI?94dition of
mninera (le gtth bilfeat. of ma
nesia *oilg*hatrebestosi~
texture, It Is feotnd onily in the Uniti
tataa
LITERllAY VOLUPTt7Aln1ES.
itoading for Pleasure as Against
Reading for Study---Coquetting
With Books.
. Perhaps the greatest pleasure in life
is an ill-regulated passiotn for reading,
Books are the best of friends, the nost
complacent of companions. Unlike
their authors, they have no suscepti
bilities to be ruflled. You may toss
then aside in a passing fit of impa
tience, to find yourself on as pleasant
,terms as ever with them when your
humor changes. . In that silent, though
eloquent and vivacious company; .there
can be no monotony, as tberQ are no
jealousies; and, in4ed, inconstancy be..
comes a duty and a virtue, as with the
sage King Solomon among his hundreds
of wives. We inhy talk of tossing
cherished volumes asile. for ihe liter
ary voluptuary has nothing in common
with the luxurious collector. The'pas
slon for equisite Elzevirs, for sumptu
ous editions in superb bindings. Is al
most invariably. antipathetical to the
love of reading. The collector is curl..
otis about margins, typography and cas
ings, but comparatively ;iidifferent to
contents. A library got together re
gardless of expense can seldom be a
place of real enjoyment to any one,
least of all to its possessor. The books
one loves will be there-nay, you are
bothered by an embarrassment of rich
es-but you: scarcely - recognize your
most familiar friends ' it their court.
dresses,and you appioacht them witl; r
mality in fear and trembling. Having
no claims to the genius of a Johnson or
a De Quincey, you dare not make free
with them in their finery as those dis
tinguishied scholars would have done,
On- the other hand, the voluptuar3
with rare exceptions, has little in com.
mon with the scholars who read with a
purpose and drudge on severe' system.
Drudgery and method of all -kinds are
inexpressibly distasteful to him. All is
fish that conies to his net; he is grateful
to the men who have been laboring to
please him, for sometimes, although
not very often, the hardest work makes
the lightest read!ng.. But admiration
or gratitude ddes not lead him to imita
tion, even if he have the memory, the
mental grasp ant the style-of a Macau
lay. . Yet, for the free-and-easy fashion
of his self-indulgence he can quote emi
nent pseedents. Dr. Johnson himself
laid down tie law that reading should
be done t.s Inclination prompt3 one; lie
was in the habit of dipping and skim
ming himself, as h,e tore over the pages
with knife or finger; he resented being
asked if he had read a book through,
saying that lie had read it as "one does
read such books." Scott had accunu
lated his rich and miscellaneous stores
by casual studios of congenial subjects;
it was only when he was beggared and
slaving for his-creditors that-the author
of "Waverly" and editor of Swift con
sented to "cram" for his "Life of l3uo
naparte," There is something pitiful
,in his rueful praise of the magnificent
'notions of Constable, who kept crush
ing the enslaved genius of the night
lamp uinder piles of contemporary trea'
tises and ponderous files of the "~Moni
teuir.". But Southey was perhaps the
most melancholy example of th'e liter
ary Voluptuary -brok~en into harness.
1He could seldom write except on sub
,jects that pleased hip. In the face of
di2appointments lie fondly believed in
fame and a future as an English class
Ic. He bequeathed to tihe more kindly
ppreciatioin of p)osterity the poems t,hat
Shad scarcely cleared the publisinmg ex
venses. He devoted valuable timie anmd
untold trouble to unp)opular historica3
of the Brazils and- abstruse annotationo
>f Spanish literature; andi labor'.ng in
rlefatigably all the time to imaintajin hi;s
fami.ly, he only managed to make thme
-two ends meet by more paying "pot'
boilers" for the periodicals. Leading
Ithe existence of a hard-working hie-nit
among the Cumberland hills, lhe was
compelled to surround himself with a
costly library. Yet for the life of him.
unless for speelal purposes5C when the
collar was chafing, lie could spare. mno
.time to thO books in whieji ho coul
hmavO . reveled; and wheni theo litei'ary
Tantalus died, worn out, the .collectiomn
was dispersed which had inever' be'en
employed.
D)esign of Beilgian Cona,.
- Some of the small Belgian coln:s,
whlich are perhaps, thme prettiest of all
theo modern examples, have a yIgorous
effect given them, fiot by rgiising thie ef
figy in the center much above. the gen
eral surface, but by surtoundlng' it
w ~itji a sunk space, from whichi It &ainos
out bold and i'oundt. alti6gll prt a
frontwear by theo rinm which ca're he
inscrIytion. With' tike 3pglish or
American co6Ins, Iti whioh:a ptoile head
or other figure 'switas about in an,ocean
of background, such a treatment would
be Impracticable; liut the Belgium de..
signers fit their lion very clevemly into
his cir'cular frarie, withott either
crowding or awkward vgdetidies. ~A
disposition of tis soft Would be'- the
Svery one which would dodttt to a tirain
ed decor'ative artist, to whom ethe jum
bjes that now pass feaster for coinage
Sdesigns would ,be abominations; and a
as4ulptor of the first rank mright then be
cestl in withy greatadvantage to comn
tlete the tmodeling,
*etoare of neth ti at devour nn,