BENEATH THE. soo.
I saw the mortal laid beneath the sod,
With carven cross above her breast,
I knew the immortal spirit was with God,
A bright. pure soul had gained eternal rest.
First of a band of friends to pass away,
Her busy, useful life on earth is done;
Ended forever is her toilsome day,
For her the promised rest is' now begun.
I stood and heard the solemn accents fall.
' “I am the resurrection and the life.”
God, whose great mercy watches over all,
Had ta’en my friend ”from out our earthly
strife.
We left-her lying in her peaceful bed,
Until the dawning of that last great day,
1I‘rusting in One who long ago hath said
That He will wipe all bitter tears away.
' ——Academy.-
LOVE AND DEBT.—
Mr. Rhodes was the High Sherifl of
— County, Massachusetts; and his
good name, inherited from the father
and cherished by the son, made him not
only popular as an ofificer, but rather
wealthy as a man. Why Mr. Rhodes
had never got married, the ladies could
not ascertain, though they talked the
matter over very often, but almostall
said there must have been seine cause
in his youth.
“Some disappointment," said Miss
Anna, a young lady whovthought it
wrong that gentlemen should be disap-
pointed; “some fatal disappointment.”
“Not at all,” said her maiden aunt,
"not at all; nobody ever thought that
Mr. Rhodes had courage enough to of-
:er himself to a lady. He is so. modest
that I should like t6" see him make a.
proposal.”
“No doubt of it, aunt, no doubt of it;
and to hear him, too,” said Anna.
“Your father and I," said Anna’s
mother, "once thought Mr. Rhodes
would certainly marry Miss Susan Mor-
gan, who then lived in the neighbor-
hood.” .
"Was he accepted by Miss Morgan?"
asked Anna. .
“I don’t believe she ever had an of-
fer,” said Aunt Arabella. ,
“Perhaps not,” said Mrs. Wilton;
“but she certainly deserved one from
M1 Rhodes; and I have frequently
thought that, during .,the servxces in
church, he was about to make propo-
sal before the congregation, as he bent
his eyes continually on her’”
“I should think.” said Anna, partly
aside, “that a man like Mr. Rhodes
would not lack confidence to address a.
lady, especially if she was conscious of
her own feelings, and of his inlirm1ty.”
Mrs. W. smiled, and Aunt Arabella
was about to say that no lady should
ever evince her feelings under such cir- ,
cumstances, when Mrs. Wilton re-
marked that once. when she had joked
Miss Morgan upon her conquest, she
rather pettishly replied “that she may
have subdued him, but he had never ao-
knowledged her power.”
“Conquest and po-session did not go
together, then.” Salt Anna.
“Well, is this attachment the cause
of Mr. Rhodes‘ single condition? Was
there no one else at whom he could look
in church, who would be likely to look
at him also?” said Anna, nodding at her
aunt.
One morning Mr. Rhodes was sitting
in his ofliCe, when one or the deputies
read 01$ 3. list of executidns and attach-
ments, which he had in hand to serve,
and among them was one against a lady
at a short distance. The amount was
not great, but enough to bring distress
upon a family. ,
“Let me take that,” said the sheriff,
with some feeling; "it is 'out of your
walk, and I will drive to the residence
of the person'to-morrow morning."
The modest vehicle of the officer
stopped at the door of a neat dwelling
house in a retired, delightful situation,
where all things told of taste and econ.
omy. The sherifi opened the gate, as-
cended the steps of the house, and
asked if Miss Morgan was at home.
The servant answered in the. afiirma
tive. ' fl ' ,
As Mr. Rhodes passed along the hall,
he thought of the part he had to per-
form—how he should introduce the sub-
ject—how, if the debt should prove to
be onerous, he would contrive to light-
en the burden by his own abilities; and
when he reached the door, he had
conned his salutation to the lady; and
his opening speech on the subject of his 2-
ofiicial call.
The servant opened the door—Mr.
Rhodes entered with a how. He
‘ lushed, hesitated, and at length took a
seat, to which Miss Morgan directed
him by a graceful turn of the hand.
After .a few moments hesitancy, Mr.
Rhodes felt that it was his business to
open a conversation that would explain
the subject of his visit; so'he offered,
byway of preface, a few remarks upon
the coldness of the spring.
“Yes,” said Miss Morgan; “but yet,
cold as the weather has been,“ and even
notwithstanding a few frosts, you see
the trees have their richest foliage, and
the flowers are luxuriant.”
~True,” said Mr. Rhodes; “it seems
that though there may be a great deal
of coldness, that Nature will have her
own way, and, in time. assert her pre-
rogative, late, perhaps, but still the
same.” -
Mr. Rhodes felt rather startled at his ,
own speech, and looking up, was in-
finitely astonished to see the t Miss Mor-
gan was blushing like one of the roses '
that were hanging against the window.
“We are always pleased,” said Miss
Morgan, “to see what we admire break-
.ng through the chilling influences by
which they have been restrained, and
satisfying our hopes of their ultimate
disclosure.”
Mr. Rhodes put his hand into his
pocket, and felt of the official papers, to
gather a little courage from their con-
“I have,” he said, “an attachment.”
Miss Morgan this time lent blushes to
the rose.
, “The attachment is of a distant date.
and I felt that too much time already
elapsed; that, indeed, instead of en
‘ trusting it, as l m ght have done, to
another, I thought that ill a matter of
so much delicacy it woui tl- be proper for
me to come in pei‘soaap’in. ' .
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~“ -l7THEiEVEN1nG.Ga2nrrE'
this!“
“For me? The attachment for me,
you say?” ,
“As I was saying, the attachment I
have, and I thought it a matter of deli
cac‘y to come in person, thinking that
my own means mig it be considered, if
there was anydeficiency in the value of
this property.” '
“You seem to be rather enigmati-
cal.” .,
“I, nevertheless,” he said, “mean to
speak very plainly when I say that with
reference to this attachment, should you
honor me so far as to accept my pro-
fession, my pecuniary means would be
devoted to the—to the attachment.”
“1 was wholly unprepared for this,”
she answered.
“I was afraid that was the case,” said
Mr. Rhodes, “and therefore I thought
it more delicate to make the offer in
person.” .
' “You are very considerate.”
“Am I then to understand that my
proposition is agreeable to you? In
other words, that it is accepted?"
“I must claim a little more time to
think of it,” said the lady with much
hesitation.
“1 will call, then, on my return from
the village beyond." '
she: "say next week.”
“The matter requires immediate an-
swer; the attachment is of old date,
and time now is everything; my feel-
ings are deeply interested, and may I
not hope that while you are using so
short a time to consider a subject which
you are pleased to view as of. such
great delicacy with regard to yourself,
you will allow my feelings to weigh
with you in deciding in favor of my
proposition, which I assure you is made
after due deliberation upon my ability
to perform my part of ”the contract.”
Mr. Rhodes then took his leave, as—
tonished at his own volubility, which,
indeed, nothing could have induced but
his desire to relieve one so much es.
teemed from present embarrassment.
Miss Morgan felt a renewal of all
tliose-f'lfeelings‘Which had rather been
dormant than quenched in her bosom.
and desired the advice of her married
sister, who was unfortunately absent.
That Mr. Rhodes had once felt an at-
tachment for her she could not doubt.
In less than two hours Mr. Rhodes
drove up to the door again, fastened
his horse, and was readmitted to the lit-
tle back parlor, which he had occupied
in an earlier part of the day.
“Before receiving your answer,” said
be, “which I trust you are prepared to
give in favor of accepting my proposals,
I wish to state to you that I have con-
sidered all the circumstances of my sit~
nation and yours, and find myself better
able, from some previously unconsid-
ered matters, to keep my part of the en-
gagement than I thought myself, when
I ventured to make the offer; so that
the kindness, if you will have that
word used in this matter, is all on your
part."
"Under present circumstances—J
mean those of our long acquaintance
and our family intercourse, though of
late rather interrupted,” she said, “and
my right, by years (she added, casting
a glance at a looking glass that showed
only matured womanhood), to speak for
myself, I have concluded to consider
your proposal favorably.”
“Consider! Consider favorably! may
I not hope you mean that you will ac-
cept it!” .
She gave no answer.
“Nay, then, it is accepted,” said he,
with a vivacity that she thought would
have brought him to her lips—her hand
at least; ,1,
“How happy you have made me,”
said Mr. Rhodes; "having now dis-
posed of this matter, there are ten days
allowed.”
“That’s very short,” said Miss Mor-
gan; “only ten days; you seem to be in
a haste unusual to you at least.”
“It is the attachment, and not I, that
is imperative."
”You speak rather abstractedly, Mr.
Rhodes."
“But truly, very truly.”
“But why limit us to ten days?”
“The attachment requires it.”
“I thought,” said she, smiling, “the
attachment would be for life.”
He looked exceedingly confused. At
length he started suddenly toward the
lady. ' ~
“Dear. is it possible that for once in
my life I have blundered on the right
path? Can I have been so fortunately
misconceived?"
“If there is any mistake,” she said,
“I hope it will be cleared up immedi-
ately. I can scarcely think that Mr.
Rhodes would intentionally ofiend an
unprotected orphan, the daughter of his
former friends.”
He hastily pulled from his pocket his
writ of attachment, and showed it to
her.
“This is certainly your name, and this
property—”
“Is the disputed possession,” said she,
“of my sister in-law of the same name.
Mrs. Susan Morgan.” \
Mr. Rhodes stood confounded. He
was afraid of the course which the mat.
ter was likely to take.
2 "So, Mr. Rhodes, you see the attach-
! ment was for this property. Now, as it
is not mine, and as, indeed, I have little
claim upon my person.”
“I beg your pardon, my dear Miss
Morgan, I beg ,your pardon. You have
not the property, indeed, for me to at-
tach, but be pleased to read lower down
on the writ! youewill see—flook at it if
you please—‘for want thereof, take the
body.’ ” '
“But the promise was extorted under
a misapprehension, so that I am re-
leased.” .
"Not at all; you are required only to
fulfill the prpmise just as you intended
when you made it. And as to the at-
tachment for the widow and her prop-
erty, l‘ll serve that by deputy.”
In ten days the clergyman, and not
the magistrate, was called in, and the
i l e arrangement was happily termi-
-.... "—13. D. in New York News.
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the Queer Story of a. Dog, 3 Kitten and
' a Hen. ‘
London, Punch received the accom-
panying letterfrom an Oxford under-
graduate:
“Dear Sir—You will interested to
hear of thecurious action of a little
dog belonging to a friend on the same
stair-case as myself at Brazenface Cob
lege, Oxford. ' i
“This animal regularly every morn-
ing, at the same hour, brings a young
kitten in its mouth and drowns it in a
tub of water which always stands in-
one place. He is invariably accom-
panied by an old hen, who personally
superintends the work of destruction,
melding the whole time as if possess-
ed, as she probably is. The hen grave-
iy stalks away when the drowning is
:ompleted. To' my certain knowledge
no less than thirty-three kittens have
thus been destroyed on consecutive
days.
“Now. where does the dog obtain the
kittens? Why docs-she drown them?
is it the result of a solemn anti-feline
vow? Is it a vendetta? What is the
rennet-ting link with the old hen? Does
the hen employ the dog to kill the kit-
tens because cats have injured her
eggs or her feelings? I confess my
self completely baffled. Yours, ever,
A. Solomon (Undergrad.)”
Washington Old-Time Card Customs.
“There is hardly any observance
now of what was a time-honored cus-
tom in the matter of Congressional
calls,” said an old employe of the
Senate. “On the first day of every ses‘
sion every Senator sent his personal
card to every other Senator as well as
to the Representatives of his own
State. to the members of the Cabinet,
the Supreme Court, and the headset?
the army and navy. So also Represen-
tatives sent their cards to every other
Representative, and to the Senators
from their own State. In this way they
indicated that they were ready to re-
L'i‘ivo i'tlllt‘l's. The custom, as far as
germ-:11 observance is concerned, died
out about ten or fifteen years ago, and
bad it not been for the persistent ef-
forts of the late Major Ben Perley
i’ocre. long‘connected with the Sen-
.‘uto. win: did all he could to have it
kept up. After he passed? away the
I‘llslmll tried out, though probably a
an..." H.074 n of the older Senators and
. .~:;-..~,‘;.:ti'.'rs remembered and ob-
<1~i“.'i'tl it on Monday last.”—-TVashing-
(oz: Star. .'
Had an Alternative.
Filmy—And because you couldn’t
find a nickel to pay the fare, did the
conductor make you get off and walk?
Jayson—No, he only made me get
I’d wanted to.—Roxbur,v Gazette.
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SOME QU EER SU PERS’TITIONS.
The
Signs Foreign )Iotliers Have for
Bringing Good Luck to Children.
In ireland. a belt of a‘woman’s hair
is placed about a child to keep harm
away. and garlic-salt. bread and steak
and put into the crud c of a new-born
baby. in Holland. llo'umnnian moth-
ers tie rod ribbons around the ankles
of their children to preserve them from
harm. 'while Ethopian mothers attach
bits of zisszifoctida to the neck of their
offsprings. ‘ .
Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or
a knife in the cradle to insure the safr
ety of children. The knife is also
used for the same purpose in some
parts of England. Among Vosges
peasants. children born at a new moon
are supposed to have tongues better
hung than others. while those born at »
the last quarter, reasoning powers. A
daughter + born ‘during the waxing
moon is always precocious.
At the birth of a child in Lower Brit-
tany. the neighboring women take it in
charge. wash it,'crack it joints and rub
its head with oil to solder the cranium
bones. .It is then wrapped in a tight
undle and its lips are anointed with
brandy to make it a full Breton.
The Grecian mother. before putting
her child in its cradle. turn-s three
times around before the fire while sing-
ing her favorite song to ward off evil
spirits. The Turkish mother leads her
child with amulets as soon as it is
born, and a small bit of mud, steeped
in hot water, prepared by previous
charms. is stuck on its forehead. In
Spain, the infant‘s face is swept with
a pine-tree bough to bring good luck.
—Golden Days. '
Nicotiuna for Home and, Garden Culture.
A really lovely flower, both for the
garden and the window, or the green--
house, is the night-blooming tobacco.
Nicotinna affinis. While its foliage
somewhat resembles that of the tobac-
co plant, it has not that coarseness
which characterizes its better known
relative. It is of bushy habit of growth.
[ts white flowers are produced in loose
bunches at the ends of the branches,
and in shape are, something like the
Berniudalily, though much smaller.
They have a peculiar and delightful
fragrance which fills a room with its
, penetrating odor at evening. The plant
is a persistent bloomer. Left to take
care of itself, in the garden. it will
yield flowers until frost comes and
puts an end to it. In the house it can
be kept in flower the entire season by
simply cutting it back sharply from
time to time. Remove the old branches
when their crops of flowers become
small, and in a short time a new and
vigorous growth will take their place.
Like all members of the tobacco fam‘
ily, it is a gross feeder, and in order
3 to succeed with It it must be given a
' strong, rich'soil.
If grewn in pots, ap-
ply some good commercial fertilizer for
' flowers once a week. Give it a sunny
place in the window and keep the red
spider from working on it. This you
can prevent it you ,are careful to
shower the plant daily”, being sure that
the water used gets to the underside
of the foliage—American Agricultur-
lst.
How Two Girls Made Money. 2
A' country girl who is determined to
‘ go to Paris to study art is laying aside
for this purpose each dollai} she has
earned. She found that there was no
one else in the village who could make
as good bread and biscuit as she; that
those who had to buy complained of ~
the baker’s bread. She made no ef-
fort at sending her bread to a woman’s
exchange, as she knew that such
places were always overstocked, but
she went through her own town—a
very small one—and asked for orders.
She is making money because there
has never been a sad loaf of bread or
a heavy biscuit sent out from her
kitchen. She will supply a neighbor
with ot biscuit at tea time and she has
learned to make dainty rusk, especial-
ly for Invalids, who enjoy these light,
sweet dainties. Her prices are reason-
able. ‘ .
Another girl, ambitions to gain some-
thing, got her father to let her have a
bit of ground, and to give her money
that he would otherwise have bestowed
upon her for a wedding dress. With
this she was able to buy plants and to
hire a boy to help her; and during the
summer, while the boarding houses
around demanded them, she Served the
freshest of radishes, the crispest of let-
tuce, the earliest corn and the largest
and she says now that she
thinks she will double the size of her
garden next summer. ’
The Use of Alum.
Powdered alum is a useful article to
have on hand in some emergencies. In
case of an adult or child being bitten
'by a dog or other animal, a saturated
solution of alum is one of the best
known applications. Fill a bowl with
water and put more powdered alum in -
it than will dissolve; this saturates
the water. Suck the wound at once,
rinse your mouth with altim water,
suck again, rinse your mouth and bathe
the wound-ed part also, with the alum
water. Do both the rinsing and the
bathing repeatedly, then-take the bit-
ten person to the nearest doctor.
The Queen of France. p
or sixty-seven queens of France,
thirteen died without a. record of mis-
ery._ Eleven were divorced, two exe-
cuted, nine died young, seven were
Lippman's mock, Savannah. (in.
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soon widowed. three crisp“: treated,
' three exiled; tltcprtisoin‘d LES; l)2'()l{x"§.-
hearted made up the rest.
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