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Xobodj's Dogr. !
Will ncboly pity nobody's dog ?
Will nolocly hiJe me away ?
Or give mo at leant one meal in the year,
And that on a July day !
For h'.ingftr temptH to an evil course ;
And if I've no eoul to be tsavftd,
Why t-honld I shrink from Btealing a bone,
True, nolxnly's dog no wigdom affct
He fcclrt he'M a vagabond thing,
With a hang-dog look and a tail depressed,
Alwayfl prepared for a fling!
Never HurpriHed by a blow or kick
Yet, if ho were Homebody's own,
Not a tail would be carried wifh loftier air,
Nor a truer dog be known.
handsome and j rich : f and , i fully cSrr-
scions of these ad vantages, he felt con
fid en t of the success of his suit.
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TIIL COQUETTE OF ARLON,
Tn very ancient times the inhabitants
of Arlon worflliined the moon, and the
learned maintain that the name Arlon
is derived from the two words ara lunce9
signifying " altar of the moon." It is
perhaps for this reason that the young
women of this ancient town now and
then had odd fancies. Apropos of this,
I propose to relate a story which Mr.
Adolphe Deehamps must havo listened
to when he was Governor of Luxem
bourg, for it is one of the traditions of
that province. All the Arlonese know
it, and I write it down for the benefit
of thoKo who have not been governors
of provinces, and whose ancestors have
not worKhiped the moon.
It was said that about one hundred
years ago there resided in Arlon a
yonng girl named, Gertrude. She was
eighteen years of age, and was gay,
fraolr, and good-natured ,'alwajs smiling
and happy, and full of life and activity.
She was the daughter of Charles Stock,
a wealthy proprietor of the litile town,
and generally designated as Stock, Jr.,
to distinguish him from his father and
grandfather, who were yet living.
They last long in that family," was a
local expression.
'Gertrude had many admirers, but
nono of them appeared to make any
impresHion on her heart. This, to
gether with her fascinating manners,
gav her tho name of the "Coquette of
Arlon. Do not take this appellation
in its hardest sense, for her father and
mother allowed her to do as she pleased,
having the utmost confidence ia her.
And it was not misplaced. Among the
many who sought her hand in marriage
were four young men of the town who
deserve special mention. Their names
were Sigismund de Vletler, Gilles Col
lin, Weticeslaa Stroobant, and Lambert
Von Moll. The first named was bo
calm and undemonstrative that the
other three did not give themselves any
uneasiness about him. They, on the
contrary, were so pressing that the
rjeighbors all expected that she would
certainly marry one f them.
The four suitors pressed their claims,
each one in his owu way urging her to
decide in his favor. So one day in
September, 1743, bhe devised a strata
gem by which to test their courage and
affection. Her parents once more al
lowed her to have her own way, for as
she never undertook anything without
first consulting them, wo may suppose
that they were not the stern and tyran
nical parents that usually fall to the lot
of the unfortunate heroines of modern
romances. About a quarter. of a league
from Arlon, in a field belonging to her
father, Gertrude had often noticed an
old Iloman tomb, which no one dared
to npproach on account of its ghostly
reputation. All sorts of strange and
mysterious stories were told about it.
This tomb has now disappeared I
cannot say how. Gertrude resolved to
make it the oentre of her batteries.
Gilles Collin came as usual and ut
tered moro ardent and passionate pro
testations of love than ever, declaring
that he would willingly walk over burn
ing coals to please her.
" I am not souinreasonable as to require-
that of you," said Bhe ; "all
things considered, I do not refuse to
marry you, but I wish to have a proof
of your devotion, and at the same time
of your courage."
" Very well," answered Giles, "I will
give you any proof of that you can de
mand ; only say what it shall be."
" You know," repliod she, " the
ancient tomb which is situated on a
knoll, a onarter of a league from
town ?"
" Yes," replied the puzzled Gilles.
" I have, seen it from a distance ; there,
is nothing remarkable about it."
" Well, this evening, at nine o'clock,
I want yuu to go, without saying a word
to any one about it, and lie down in the
old tomb."
"In the witches den? "What a ca
price !"
" And yon must remain perfectly mo
tionless until midnight."
" Jtut, Gertrude, what are you think
ing of ? What is your object ?"
V You area coward, you are trembling
already. Perhaps it is a caprice, but I
have my project, and I wishto try you.
If you do as I wish, I shall know that
lean trust you, .and, providing that
you remain there from nine o'clock un
til midnight, ray heart is yours. If you
refnsp, I hall marry sdme one else."
Struck by the decided tone of the
young girl, Gilles dared notoffer further
objection, but he thought of the freez
ing recitals to which he had listened :
of apparitions from another world that
were seen gliding around the tomb, and
of the witches who held their nocturnal
meetings and made it a place of deposit
for their unguents and diabolical com
pounds. , Iu truth, llres had sometimes
been seen burning near there through
the night, and surrounded by groups
of finister or groUsque looking faces ;
but they were undoubtedly gypsies,
, with which Luxembourgand Limbourg
were At that period infested. t Hut some
persons professed to have seen super
natural bemcrs. and thousands of won
derful stories were related about them.
For a year, however, nothing had been
seen there, and though Gilles was more
afraid than he would have cared to ac
knowledge, he was so deeply enamored
of the young girl that he accepted the
condition, and promised to do what was
required of him without divulging his
intention to any one.
Shortly afterwards, "Wenceslas Stroo
bant came in his turn. Gertrude gave
him a very crracious reception. He was
is not your fortune that tempts
eaiA furi ruAa 4-y-i Viim wmH Ant
tered.
Wenceslas bowed, as if he-would say,
"I understand I have other attrac
tions." "I feel a deep interest in you," pur
sued she, "and would willingly give
you my hand if you will render me a
service that will prove your courage.
"You have but to command me," said
the handsome young man ; " I am en
tirely at your service." -
" Well, then, you must know that one
of my relatives has been killed ' in a
duel. , He is in the woods, and we are
making every effort to secure him an
honorable burial. In the meantime
the body is to be placed in the Iloman
tomb at nine o'clock this evening. As
the tomb is neither covered nor en
closed, we very greatly fear it ("may be j
disturbed; therefore I beg ofLyou to
go there at half-pat-t nine." 1
"To the witches den? What an
ideal"
"You are afraid already ? MonDieu,
how faint-hearted the young men are'
"I am not afraid, but you are giving
me a very queer commission."
" Call it a fancy it you will, but I can
only confide this to one who is very de
voted, for it ' is absolutely necessary to
conceal this mystery f rom - every body.'
You must go there -it exactly half-past
nine, and you must dress yourself to
personate an angel of light, and carry a
torch in your hand. The fearful stories
of which the tomb has been- the sub
ject, will be of service to you, and
those who may be scheming to carry
away or rob the dead, will, upon seeing
you sitting at the foot of , the tomb with
your torch in your hand,; be so terrified
that none will dare approach. At mid
night you may return home. Will you
do it?" - '
" I will,' said Wenceslas, who feared
to displease her.
" I must be certain that you have
performed this service : but remember,
not a word about it to any one, and at
this price, my hand is yours."
Wenceslas regained his usual com
posure, smothering as best he could
those superstitious fears which some
times assail the strongest minds. He
swore that he would be both obedient
and discreet, and that at half-past nine
precisely he would be at his post, where
he would watch the dead bo! carefully
that not even a bat should approach.
He soon took his leave in order to make
his preparations. -
A few moments afterward Lambart
Von Moll, also faithful, appeared to
render homage to the young lady. He
was a lawyer, and everybody predicted
a brilliant future for him.
"If you really love me." said the
coquette, " I am going to prove it.
Some of the neighbors whom you know,
and who are our enemies, wish to injure
us. For this purpose they have placed
a dead body in the Iloman tomb, which
belongs to our family. I wish you to
make every possible effort to carry off
the corpse."
"I!" interrupted Lambert.
"Certainly. I know that; you are
brave."
"That is true, but this is such a
ridiculous commission."
" The body will doubtless be guarded
by mere children, and in order to dis
perse them you must blacken your face
and make yourself as ugly as you are
handsome ; in, short, disguise yourself
as a demon. Call it a ridiculous com
mission, if j you will; but go to the
Iloman tomb at precisely ten take up
the body and bring it here, and you
will gain all my gratitude."
Lambert "IVon Moll reflected for a
moment, and deciding that it was not
too great a price for the heart of Ger
trude, he, like the two others, promised
punctuality and discretion, and accord
ingly withdrew to make his preparations.
Sigismund de Vletter then came to
pay his respects to Mr. and Mrs. Stock;
he wished Gertrude good evening, and
conversed a few moments with her,
while taking a turn in the garden.
Having drawn him aside, .Gertrude,
who had her projects, proposed he
should in his turn assume a character
her comedy. But Sitrismund. who
The angel, on his part, appeared to
be ill at ease. He cast an oblique
glance at the winding, sheet that cov
ered the dead, and did not appear
anxious to make a closer examination.
Holding the torch in his hand, Wences
las Stroabant, thus transformed into
an angel, appeared to make a great ef
fort to seat himself at the foot of the
tomb, and if the dead had , not been in
snab, a state of perturbation, he would
have noticed that the angel was trem
bling witbr cold, or ' something else.
Wenceslas seemed to have contracted a
very bad cold, which was manifested by
a severe nt of coughing- and sneezing,
and being unable to hold his handker
chief, he was obliged to use one of his
wings to wipe the . moisture from his
nose and mantle.
" That is not an angel, certainly,"
thought the dead ; it must be a sor
cerer. Who knows if he be not master
of ceremonies ? He is there with his
torch to call the others, and I shall find
myself in the midst of their .revels, and
if the devil presides over" them, what
shall I do ?" , r .
"While making these disagreeable re
flections he was struck by the sudden
agitation of the angel of the torch, who
appeared to behold a fearful ob j ect. It
was the '. third personage approaching.
This latter (Lambert Von Moll) was
disguised as a spectre ol darkness. As
he -drew , near, the light of the torch,
which beamed upon him at intervals,
gave him' a , fearful : appearance. He
did - not appear gteatly, terrified , but
probablV from motives of prudence he
approached in a zigzag line, pausing
new and then,' as though ha saw some
thing he did not expect. ; The silvery
robe of the angel glittered in the torch
light,, and Lambert could not account
to himself for this eiagmlar costume.
As the angel,:. whose .trembling re
fused to support him. remained fixed
in his place, Lambert decided to make
a flank movement, and . accordingly he
passed are and ' the" other end of the
tomb. . -
His disguise was frightful ; he was
muffled in an ox hide, which was
aderned with the long horns and ears ;
his face was blackened, and the lower
part of it concealed by an immense red
beard. .In his hand he carried one of
those wooden forks which are used to
spread new mown hay. Wenceslas.wh
had never lost sight of the demon, now
signalized himself by the greatest
effort of courage he had ever made in
his life. He suddenly advanced, with
the torch at arms-length before him,
and the spectre recoiled. But the
flame touched Lambert's great beard,
and in an instant it was in a blaze. He
quickly tore it off and sprang on the
angel,,- whose torch fell and was ex
tinguished. M ,
They seized each other by the hair,
mutually astonished, perhaps, at find
ing each other palpable.
lhe corpse who had seen all, and had
begun to question whether it was really
scene among the witches, now took
Wenceslas and Lambert for a good and
bad angel who were disputing pos
session of him, and overcome by a ter
rible fear, he suddenly sprang out of
his tomb with his winding sheet around
him, and took flight across the fields.
The two companions, seeing the dead
rush forth, were seized with the same
terror, and letting go of each other by
common consent, they fled as though
pursued by all the witches.
lhe three lovers returned to their re
spective lodgings, utterly overcome by
what they had seen and passed through;
and the next day none of them were
able to leave their beds. To finish
heir adventures, Gertrude sent word
to them that they must have very little
esteem for her, since, instead of fulfill
ing their promises, they had run away
in such a ridiculous manner. And she
married Sigismund.
; The Spanish Pretender. j
A. letter writer says : " The present
pretender to the throne of Roain, styled
by his followers Charles VIL, and by
the world at large Don Carlos de Bour
bon, Duke of - Madrid, is 25 years of
age. He is a powerful-looking man,
about six feet one, and in his frank but
somewhat curt manner reminds one of
the Emperor Alexander of Russia, when
he was some twenty-five years younger.
His face, since he began to wear a full
beard, has become quite handsome,
though a slightly slobbering aspect of
his mouth, and the deficiency of teeth,
hereditary in ' the Spanish Bourbon
house, not being in harmony with his
manly physical appearance, spoil the
first pleasing impression. He is easy
of access, and without any trace of
haughtiness. - His bearing in private
life resembles that of the younger sons
of the English nobility who have enter
ed the professions. Like them he has
the capacity of enduring for a while any
amount of hardship with great serenity
of temper. Of the sovereign, the
statesman, or the warrior, there is ab
solutely nothing in him. But he is
very fond of playing the part of a king
that is to say, of .tuou-ing everybody
in the old fashion of Spanish kings, not
-TflE RUSSlAX SERFS.
tfarriagt
Yakovi Gorovitch was ea gaged in
carving a little wooden figure. He
showed considerable artistic taste in its
execution. ' He was sitting on the out
side of his log but, and from time to
time raised his head and gazed at the
scene before him, which was not re
markable. The country about was
slightly undulating ; dark woods in full
foliage filled the background ; a large
river, from which constant supplies of
fish came, flowed peacefully along ; and
beside hinu there was a garden filled
with vegetables and fruit . tres. The
water-melon was abundant in ' blossom.
and cherries hung in tempting ripeness
from the neighboring, standards.
Flocks of geese cackled and hissed,
cows grazed on the banks of the river.
and in the distance a horse or two might
be seen dashing along in the wild en
joyment of freedom. As you looked
more narrowly at the youth, you were
struck with the long masses of dark
hair tied back from the forehead with a
red band, the handsome profile of his
thoughtful face, and the expression of
sadness and absence which marked his
excluding even his councillors, some of whole appearance. Evidently it was an
changed thrve time. The man plaeea
the nng first on the woman a flager,
then the priest changes the man's ring
and Tlacrs it on her finger, and then
again the priest and the man joitvand
Uce the ring where it is to remain for
ife. " M ,
Again prayers ackl, arsis a beauti
ful hymn is chanted, and then crowns
are held over the heads of thsse who
harebeni married. The priest ioins
their rijrht hands together and leadj
them three times round the desk on
which the painting rests, and on which
the three candles are burning. There
is much of crossing and bowing.
Then the Lord's Sapper is adminis
tered in a strange way, with a cup
spoon ; three time the wafer and the
wine mixed are administered to each,
and they arise from their knees.
The ceremony so far finished, the
friends of the bride and bridegroom
Items e UtexriV
a
debt of
The City of Chietco fcsi
rzi.ooo.rm
QrahoppcrnMwht they
say in Ohio waenthey mean cheap.
. "It cMtslana to take a weekly vpr
argues the Cape Ann Adtrrtisrr, than
a diligent hen can earn ia a year at the
market price of egga. 1
1 Sir John JUthr,an Ei g"ih M. P..
attended a meeting of" his ccnatitnecU
recently, when . a man in the rrowd
called out : What about the Liqnor
bill?- Well, said Sir John, mine
was tJncotamotily 'high last year, how
was your?- , f
One of the Iargwt brick manufactur
ers in Great Britain, Mr. George 8 wcrJ.
was fined 20. the other day for em
ploying a girl under 16 years of sg in
his brick field, nis eounaal contended
that, a, brick yard, wis sot a factory
whom are thrice his age, and of sur
rounding himself with a large number
of chamberlains, aides-de-camp, secre
taries, and similar people, all of whom
have no other merit or duty than that
of flattering his pride. I saw genuine
Spanish noblemen carrying away slops
after Don Carlos had washed himself,
and busily engaged in seeing that his
top-boots and spurs were properly pol
ished. He is undoubtedly a religious
man ; but there is much less bigotry
about him than is generally supposed.
Like the majority of Spaniards, he is a
bad horseman, and in about a month's
time I saw him ruin three excellent
horses. At the same time he evidently
imagines that he looks a fine cavalier,
with his glistening black beard, his
dark blue hussar uniform, his stars on
the breast, his. red trousers, his high
circus boots, and his red cap with the
gold tasseL His political notions seem
to be of a very unsettled character. At
all events, each time I happened to talk
to him, or listen when he talked to-some
one else on political subjects, I was
never able to make out what was the
substance of his views. Sometimes he
seemed quite a commonplace liberal of village, and entered the home of Marie
t a i I ii ITT mt a .
effort for him to continue his carving,
He seemed to want something which he
did not possess. Hours passed awsy,
and the sun was touching the horizon
when his mother came and eat down
beside him.
"My son she said, "1rhat aileth
thee ?'
" Oh, mother, dearest I I hardly
know. I feel a want and sorrow and
sadness, so that I could almost cry.
"Are you ill, my son? My child,
your mother loves you ; tell her what
thy sorrow is. ;
"I know not, indeed, my mother, if
it be not Marie Lavovnaof the next
village."
" Ah, my son, is it. so ?'
"I believe,' dearest mother, that I
love the girl.'
" And would you marry her if I could
arrange it?"
There was hesitation. At length
came a bright smile, and Yakovi an
swered, " Gladly, dearest mother."
No more was said. The old woman
kissed her son, and left him to his
thought and his carving, and as quickly
as she could, walked to the neighboring
conirratulate each other, but the vounr
couple are beckoned to the altar by the I within the meaning ol the. act
priest, and with them-alone he wbis-1 liamenL
per prayers. At length, the whole
service finished, the bridal party return
home, and a scene of much enjoyment
follows. t
We have described the marriage of
the serf under ordinary circamstancea.
It is generally well known that there
are peculiarities in the marriage of the
Russian priests. They are only allowed
to marry once, before they become
priests, and then they are ebliged to
marry into a priest's family. There are
many customs in the Greek Church
which are derived from the Jewis
system. I
in
perceived some ' malicious intention in
spite of her grave tones, told her that
for anything serious or important she
might command .hica ; but that such
childishness was only proper for child
ren. The coquette, not finding him
very complaisant, left him.
The ! night 'was very cold, and at
o'clock Giles Collin arrived at the Ro
man tomb. He had furnished himself
with a small lantern, not being very
courageous, lie went all around the
tomb, and carefully examined the
bushes and every place in which he
thought any one might be concealed.
and then, not at all reassured by the
silence and solitude which surrounded
him, he extinguished his light, and en
veleped himself from head to foot in a
long white sheet which be had brought,
concealed under his coat, then extend
ing himself at full length in the tomb,
soon became as gloomy and motionless
as the object he personated. Very
lugubrious were the thoughts that
passed through his mind while lying
there on his winding-sheet. A very
long quarter of an hour had elapsed
when he was startled by the cry of
screecn-owi. lie uncovered nis eyes
and loosed around, but could see
nothing except some vague reflections
of light in the direction of the town.
Soon, however, he heard, through the
silence of the night, footsteps which
were evidently coming toward him. He
raised his head; rays of light caugh
his eyes, and he saw not far on a mys
terious phantom, habited in a long
robe of cloth of silver vwmeh was con
fined by a blue girdle. : The 'head o
this apparition was crowned with stars
(made of gilt paper), while from its
shoulders floated two large pieces of
mnalin renresantinff win firs.
J Poor Giflee, whd had not forseen such
an incident, cowered down . under his
sheet. utterly unable to explain the
meaainfir of what he saw.
" It is an angel," said he to himself.
But the angel coughed. :
" It is not an inhabitant of heaven,
thought Gilles, " if it is one of the sor-
v t i a -a i-
cerers, x em in very oaa biiu&uou.
our own day ; at other times his utter
auces appeared to be the produce of the
old-fashioned traditions of Spanish ab
solutism. On the whole,'! think he
would make a pretty fair constitutional
king, if properly restricted by law. As
an individual he is brave and kind
hearted ; he is an excellent father, and
H polite and amiable to everybody. He
sleeps much and smokes much, and is
rather " henpecked" by Dona Margari
ta, Duchess of Parma, whom he mar
ried in February, 1867, and by whom he
has two daughters and a son.
Some Facts About Henri.
It seems to be the fashion just now to
record the good qualities of particular
hones. We are told of one animal
whieh, abandoned in a California snow
storm, was kept alive with food furnish
ed by the railroad men at a desolate
station near, and finally brought out of
the snow sale and sound alter a three
weeks imprisonment. So much for
r" "r:. VJT " .J7 I imide and reduce it U
tangled with a cart, and which, after
being rescued, considered the matter a
moment, and then quietly rubbed his
nose against the shoulders of the one
who was most active In helping him. A
horse with a memory is described as
having been in the habit of going to a
river about one-third of a mile from his
stable and there bathing, afterward
rushing off to a common to roll on the
grass, and then with the freedom of air
starting for home. If-he mat his mas
ter he would show some coltiah pranks,
point. '
3
Liavovna. The party ol sens were en
gaged at their evening meal, and of
fered, as a matter of course, the cup of
tea and the piece of bread to theaBtran
cer. ' Sha sat on. and remained till the
party had dispersed, with the exception j bound the stable, pull out the
of the father of Marie, who seemed to
guess what was coming,
Finding him alone and looking for
some explanation of her visit, she com
menced : " I have a dove at home, and
he is very sad, and the head hangs
down, and the feathers droop. He re
fuses to eat. and he will not drink of
" Dona Margarita has the reputation the water, but all day long he bits on
Hydrophobia.
Another imitative disease is the much
dreaded hydrophobia ; for it has been
proved by medical men of no mean
reputation that in many cases, where
four or five people have been bitten by
a mad uog, only one of the number has
died. Some times since a man was
bitten by a dog that was known to be
perfectly welL The victim, however,
brooded over the idea that soener or
later he would die from the effects of
the wound, although there was no mani
festations of a serious character. But
his apprehensions made him anxious
and restless and almost frenzied, and
in a few days he broueht noon himself
fits of an alarming type. From all the
circumstances it was evident that the
man was in a dangerous condition, and
needed meJical attention. Physicians
of being a very clever woman. Hand
some she is certainly not, although in
her stature, fair hair, and blue eyes,
there is on the whole something rather
attractive. But surely no one would
take her for a Queen of Spain. She
looks much more like a German or an
English middle-class lady, of 'that slim
and delicate appearance so often met
with in Northern countries among
women who marry at an early age, and
have more children than they ought to
have. Being a year older, and much
richer than her husband, and of a more
decided caste a' mind, she exercises,
unfortunately, great influence over Don
Carlos." -
An Appeal for Aid.
Governor Davis, of Minnesota, has
issued a circular to the granges of that
State, in which he says :
I am compelled to ask the co-opera
tion of each grange of your powerful
organization in relieving the destitution
of our fellow citizens in the southwest
ern counties. That region has been
traversed by trustworthy men and they
report unanimously a state of destitu
tion which has no parallel in our history
as a State. .The time for silence as to
this condition of affairs hat passed by
and the time for prompt and liberal ac
tion by all who are willing to do as they
would be done by has arrived. The
counties of Martin, Murray, Jackson
and Cottonwood and portions of Noble
and Watonwan, and, possibly, to some
extent, other communities, have been
swept by grasshoppers of all crops as
completely as if by fire. Women and
children are suffering for want of food.
The implements and stock of the. set
tlers are under mortgage, given in order
were called, but he soon expired in great I to tide over the privations of last year.
trt i : a. - i ii Iti ii-i., i . i .ii
agony, irom beginning to end. this
man's case, so far the dog was con
cerned, was one entirely of imagina
tion. A celebrated German physician
says that he regards hydrophobia as a
morbid affection, induced by fear, and,
in support of his opinion, cites many
interesting cases. A notable instance
is that of a physician of Lyons, who,
having assisted in the dissection of sev
eral victims of the disorder, imagined
that he himself had become inoculated.
On attempting to drink he was seized
with spasms of the pharynx, and in
this condition roamed about the streets
for three days. At length his friends
succeeded in convincing him of the
groundlessness of his approhensions,
and he at once recovered. If anybody
questioas the effects of imagination,
let him turn to the history of witch
craft in Kew England,' where supersti
tion was fostered to the extent of taking
J life. People sickened and died under
imaginary spells, and pious clergymen
and wise magistrates countenanced the
hanging of innooant victims. But we
of the nineteenth century should be
wiser than our predecessors, and care
fully secure ourselves from imaginary
ills of all kinds. vw -u
I have told the people that their fellow
citizens whom a kind Providence has
his perch and mourns. I have caressed
him and placed him in my bosom, but
he heeds me not. I have taken him in
the free air and in the midst of the
flowers, but he moans all the more. I
have gathered other doves beside him.
and he regards them not, but he looks
at me with weary eyes. I love my dove
mv gentle dove nd I fear ha will
die. so I came to you to save him.
" Save him I How can I save him,
mother?"
" He has seen another dove, and his
eyes have followed her. He is always
looking toward her. . She is gentle, so
beautiful ; her feathers are so soft, and
her eyes so tender ; her wings plume
themselves, so peacefully, she walks
with so humble a tread, and the music
of her note so enchants him, that he
will die if she come not beside him.
"But, mother, has your dove a nest?
for mine has been tenderly nursed, and
sne cannot go to tne coid in tne nignt.
nor bear the bitter blasts of the frosty
air. She sleeps warm and eats well.
Has your dove a nest ?"
"My dove has a beautiful nest. It is
warm and sweet ; the wild flowers grow
round it : and the hands of those that
love it adorn it with all that doves
most delight in.
"Ah, well, mother, but has your dove
the corn and the water and the sand ?
"Betouchka. my dove has everything.
and if your dove will come beside him
she shall fare as well as with yen. As
well, did I say? aye. far. far better."
"But, mother, perhaps your dove
pecks. He may tear the feathers from
the wings, and flap them in anger. My
dove is very gentle, and very easily
frightened.
"No, my father, my dove is loving to
his mother and gentle with his father
and his sisters. His brother speaks
kindly of him, and all praise hint. My
wooden pin that fastened the door with
his teeth, and rush to the manger whete
he expected to find his food. Ooe night
the horse was stolen from his stable,
and after sixteen years his owner saw
driven up to an ion door one which
looked exactly like him. The driver
agreed to give him up if would go
through the perform an cedetailed above.
Accordingly he was taken to bis old
yard, looked over the premises a little
while, then started for his old oath-tub,
then for his green towel on the common.
then to his old stable, pulled the wood
en pin, won forhimself a good meal and
his old master his favorite horse. If
longevity be a good quality, then here
r
are several animais aenrrong recogni
tion : One living at Bradford, N. IL,
is forty-nine years old, and doesn't look
like departure yet. Another, exhibited
last fall at the rennsjlrania State! air,
is a white hesded vetersn of forty-one,
which has never been sick a single day.
Another in Kentuckv is thirty-three
years old, and might live to be a great
deal older were it not for entire lo of
teeth. An excellent old pony in Kew
Haven has come to thirty-five summers.
and is still active and useful, though
somewhat gray. JV. Y. Tribune.
hleafled with, ahnndinM will aUnd bv beautiful, bCSUtlfUI dove I
them in this their dire extremity. Con- . .U it is so. my mother, you may
tributions In money are most desirable,
provisions and clothing scarcely less so.
Send contributions to General H. H.
Sibley, St. Paul, Minn.
Although the Governor has not asked
for assistance from outside the State,
the contributions of the benevolent, ad
dressed as above, will be gratefully re
ceived, and will be sure to be used in
relieving the distress ol people suffering
for food from no fault of their own.
bring your dove here for two days, and
Self-respect Cook (to fellow servant
who has been after a new place) :
" Well, Xiza, will it suit ?" Eliza :
.Not if I knows it I Why, when I got
there, blest if there wasn't the two
young ladies of the 'ouse both a-usin
of one piano at the same time I Weil,'
thinks I, ' thia hi-a a oomin' down in
the world I' , So I thought I was best
say good mornin I
Sot Afraid.
The .Emperor of Russia, during his
recent visit to Ems, lived in a large
old building called the " Castle of the
Four Towers." He put aside all cere
mony, and walked about quite alone.
stopping to shake hands with one per
son, and to talk with another, and had
something like the looks and behavior
of a lord of the manor in hia own vil
lage. No visible policemen are ever
seen on the watch when he is abroad,
and though s Trend Attempts have been
made to assassinate him, he has evi
dently no fear of danger. There was
only a single footman in attendance at
the Castle, so that a man of enterprise
would have had little difficulty about
walking into his presence . at dinner
time, or questioning him as to his in
tentions respecting British India and
the liberty of the press. ;
if
baps, the doves may build tnetn a sew
nest in a beantif ol field, and coo to
gether in the Spring.
Thus the matter was arranged. Ya
kovi Gorovitch was taken by his mother
to the house of Marie ljavovns, and in
tfle Dresenee of the threat ther
each other twice. And it was then ar
ranged that the marriage should take
pises.
Borne weeks have passed, and Marie
-a j i - i .ii . v
beauty of youth and health and hap
piness, ' decorated with 'the jewels of
her mistress for every, Baaaian lady
will lend hex serf girl the means of ap
pearing to the beet advantage on the
wedding day. A long procession iorms
itself to the
St. Crellla.
A writer on St. Ciecilia says : " It
was Nero who had her put to death.
Her head was ordered to be cut off.
The lictor struck at it three times and
failed to complete his work, only in
flicting awful wounds upon her neck.
Aeoordjng to Roman law if the head
was not struck off at the third blow the
victim was considered pardoned. So
Cteeilia remsiaed alive, though cruelly
rounded, for several days, daring which
time she ft a visited by the faithful,
who camel soothe her dying hours,
and to dip their linen into her blood,
which they preserved as relics. Bhe
lingered three days, and finally, over
come with pain, turned her face to
wards the ground and breathed her pure
spirit into the bosom of the Bride-.
groom. That evening her sacre4 re
mains were placed in a coffin of cypress
wood and buried in the cemetery of
St. Calixtus. Here they were discov
ered in the sixteenth century, and her
beautiful statue by Bernini, now tn the
Cnurch of St. Cieeilia, is modeled after
A Japanese hai a string of names
awful to contemplate : for bid the
name he receives at birth, he Ukee a
second on .attaining hie mjrity, a
third athli xairrisge; s fourth if he be
appointed to arxy public function, a
fifth should he rise in rank and dig
pity, and. no en, to the - last, th cam
given after death, which It inscribed
upon hia tomb. '
Capt. Kicolich, the agent of the Aus
trian Lloyds, who died. in Constanti
nople the other day from a wound in
flicted by aa assassin, left a provision
in his will that in the event of the cap
ture of the murderer and hi srnUaoo
to death, or a locg Una 61 imprison
ment, the sum of XoO out of Csptsin
Nicolich's estate should be given to the
crimiaal'e family.
The following is a sltaplft mode of
rendering water almost a odd a ice:
"Let the jar, pitcher, or vr vl u4
for water be surrounded with onn or
more folds of coarse cotton kept con
stantly wet. The evaporation of the
heat from tne
freezint
In India an I other tropic i
regions wbere ice eannoi De procure
this is oo suae n.
Alluding to a recent event iu Sin
Francisco, where two editors indulged
in the amusement of shooting at nno
another, a local journal says : " We
think that ne was quite iattified in
trying to kill the other, and we believe
it unfortunate for the community that
the effort was not successful. a in that
case the publia would have had an op
portunity of getting rid of that second
nuisance by strictly legal mssns.
Justice is sometimes swift in Oregon,
een-ireQdmittrtere4tecoritng to
Jaw. A brawling frilow naaaed Gib
Wns fired a pistol at a woman in Port
land. An officer intrferl, and Oib
bens killed the effic-r. The next day.
Menday, an inqneH was helJ, and on
Tuesday Gibbens was eonuaittM for
trial. On Wednesday he was indicbs,
and oa Thursday he was arraigned, on
Friday he was found guilty, and on
Saturday he . was ulcered to be
hanged.
An Extraordinary Coartn!p.
One of the celebrities of New Jersey
is a Trenton colonel, banksr, editor and
Eatron of literature, the fine arts, fine
orses and fiances. A widow lady re
cently moved to Trenton, -who cvnd a
fine horse, whictt the eoloael saw and
became desirous of posisatiog. Uo
visited the fair owner, but she would
not part with the valuable animal. The
colonel, being a widower, after a short
reflection, determined to pos both
the fine horse and the fise lady. He
pa abed his suit with such ardor that in
three weeks from the date of his f.rt
visit to see the borae, he and the widow
were engaged to be married. Two days
before the time Axed for the wedding
the colonel had a carriage filial with
flowers of the choicest varieties and,
accompanied by his iaUodel, be vis
ited hia former wife's grave and decor
ated the grounds snd the handsome
monument be had erected to her mem
ory, in the moat tastefnl raaoner. The
ne'xtdsy the loving couple in a like
manner viaited another ce artery,
where they handsomely decked the
grave of the lady's dead husband, an 1
after having msde these appropriate
peace-efferinfs to the name of their
departed loves, the colonel and the
widow were next dty. married, ana
tsrted upon their happy wedding tour.
Wbe baft the ookmel could do up a
thing in style like this? .
, . .. . Csratl'tr.,.
pTuXetaiocal gambler .in
Chicago
recently bucked the tiger." for fifty
straight hours, without a pause for
sleep or refresh nseute, and managed ia
thai turn to lose Ill.voa lbe esse u
my dove should like him, then, per- J the attitude in which the sculptor found I perhaps, without a parallel ; tbougk
the body. The face is tamed to the
ground, and thev hands and the whole
attitude is expressive oi a person mat
has fallen suddenly either dead or In a
faint. It is by far the finest work of
sculpture produced in that century of
decadence in art.
A Bloody Freak. ,
The Troy Prtx says : Mr. J. W.
Palmer, a lawyer of this city, met with
a most extraordinary accident, thai at
one time threatened very serious conse
quence. He had been nsiag a steel
pen of rather large dimensions, and on
finishing his work had placed the pen
behind hie ear, naing that delicate
village church, where the J organ as a pen-rack. At length, the pea
parties meet. In the sacred building 1 being in such close proximity to the
there is a kind of desk in a small chapel brain, evidently became charged with
A tour of Europe on velocipedes is
shortly to be undertaken by a party of
English excursionists.
off the large nave. On this there are
three candles burning, to' represent the
Trinity Father, ban and Spirit. Oo
this desk one oi tne relative places tne
picture of the patron saint of the family
on a cWb. The priest removes the
cloth and places the image properly cm
the desk. . . . .
Before the image and before the
three candles the young couple stand
in order to be united tor life. : Then
the priest meets them dressed in hia
splendid robes.' snd now.: after many
prayers and someT delicious music, the
ring ia to be put on.' In the first place
there are two rings, and these an
the subtle essence of thought, and rare
a sudden spring. To prevent it from
falling on the floor, Mr. Palmer brought
hia knees together wit qaick, strong
movement, and in so doing drove the
pen its whole length, about an inch and
a half, into the fleshy part of the left
thigh, piercing an artery. It required
all his strength to draw out the steeL
and when he did so the blood spurted
clear across his office. The wound bled
most profusely, but at length by. the
aasistlnce of friends the blood was
stopped, and a doctor was ealled, who
dressed the wound. No real danger te
the limb is apprehended.
men nave done many things for twetty.
four ox thirty hours at a stretch, no
case is before recorded of so long a
labor It shows also, as the Tim re
marks, the absorbing powtt of gambling.
One watching by the bedside of a dying
child would succumb in Less than that
period. A can who has the certainty
of living but fifty houxa would probably
spend one-fourth ef it in sleep, and
would give dne attention to bis food.
One escaping from a deadly foe would
not fly for so loog a time without
snatchicg new snd then momentary
rest. In short, one can eoneoive of no
outer earn bib us rtn za waea a raaa
would giro fifty hours to a single task
circuma Lances more especially which
should tear the chief aetorwith hope
and fear, and harraaa Lin ineesssot'y
with the operation of the most destruc
tive of emotion. 9
Xorr txs 8s a sow. Statistics drawn
froca the communal reports in France
the only country where stalittica
have been taken show that the great
est number of eases, ol hydrophobia
ooonr in the spring ; winter and sum
mer being about ecu!,' and autumn
showing fewest of ail ; so that the in
sans dread of the disease in hot weather
is most illogical and unreasonable, and
the muzzling of 'dogs in srann weather
ia directly promotive ol siekaees which
may result in lhe disease.
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