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LICtjT AND SHADOW,
,TTb twilight draws her tSXrvrj reO
. Abore the moonlit sea,
-And phantom ships on white wings sail
- Shoreward sa peacefully,
. While hovering angels guard and bless
This scene to calm below,
H seemeth like the peaeefulness
A human heart may know.
When darkness hides the sea an i land,
., And distant thunders roll,
- 3 tI? WTC8 a ,hAtterKlon the strand,
' iATkfc thought staals o'er my soul:
The night that broods above the sea,
The wrecks the wild winds blow,
vAre lik4he woe and mfaery - - "
A human heart may know.
; " Zrtta llcKeeno Stapleton.
CASSIA.
A great white rambling house facing
a acre of thick trees and dense flowering
fcrubs, with the murmur, of ever-beating
'"waves in the distance a house that hicj
itself lmnnir tVm etm. .
, f- l a vLiiio bum uat!(
ana 6hrouded even its doors and win
dows' in thick-hanging jasmine and cy
press vines.
Nine o'clock in the morning, but not a
creature was visible outside ; the matted
balconies were empty, the hammocks all
unoccupied. Indeed, every room opening
from the lower balcony was darkened ex
cepting one. . In this room the blinds
were reversed, and a . faint breeze
moved vths thin white curtains. A
fable was laid here for three people,
and the preparations on it seemed to im
ply that their event was momentarily ex-
! pected.
Presently the door opened, and a
beautiful girl of about sixteen years of
age entered. She was dressed in a fine
long robe of white muslin, trimmed
with knots of pale green ribbon, and' in
her hand she carried" a bunch of pansies
and lilies.
"Leroy?"
'Yes, Miss Cassia.'.'
'Tell Colonel Bauvare I am wait
ing.
In a few moments a stout, handsome
1. TT
man flresse hite linen en
Iressed in white linen en
Ile kissed the girl on the brow
lCVv(
soft v
IW
Wliere is mamma?"
"She will not appear this morniug.
Bhe lay awake all night planning about
the ball, and is too fatigued to rise."
"But surely to give a party is not such
a very important affair, papa?"
"The people whom I entertain is a very
important affair indeed, Cassia."
"Dear me! I had not thought of it in
that light. I should just invite all the
pood dancers and nice people in the
neighborhood. There are plenty of nice
people-around us."
' 'Fortunately this is a very select neie-h-
j borhood; there -are no. b'ter families in
the country in the world, I might say
thnn the Bauvares, the Peysons, the Le
Croixs, the Des Moines "
"And the Riveses, papa. I remember
young Herbert Rives so well ! He was
the handsomest youth I ever saw. We
must not forget Herbsrt Rives, papa'. "
"Cassia, I wish you to distinctly under
stand that Mr. Rives and I have had a
bitter quarrel an irreconcilable quarrel,
rf the public sentiment was raised to a
proper pitch, here, I should shoot him
with a great deal of pleasure. I hope I
hall never hear you speak of either the
father or son again."
' I want Herbert Rives to come to my
ball, papa."
"It is impossible, Cassia." '
Cassia was silenced, but not convinced.
Toward evening 'she went out to walk.
The negro girl with her had, a little
bucket, and was gathering wild straw
berries as they walked. As she entered
the grove skirting the Rives estate the
thick, intensely green turf, as soft as vel
vet, delighted her ; the shade and warmth
ind sweet earthy smell filled her with a
ielicious, drowsy sense of repose.
"Oh, how nice it would be to lie down
on this turf an'd sleep!" she thought. "I
wonder what one's dreams would be in
iuch a place!" r
She had scarcely ceased wondering
tvhen she saw a splendid black horse
quietly feeding, and under a tree not far
away a man lay either dead or sleeping.
Not dead surely? She must at least see to
that. In a moment she stood over hfm.
He was a young man, handsome as En
dymion, and fast asleep.
When they had gone a little apart she
paused, thought a minute, and then took
her handkerchief, and with the little gold
pencil at her chain wrote, ' 'Love has been
with thee,-and thou knew it not." Then
ttepping softly back, she laid it on the
turf Desiae lus neaa.
-""Not until they were a quarter of a mile
away did Cassia speak; then she said,
softly. ,MilIy, do you know who that
is?" ;
'Lrir Miss Cassia Massa Her-
. , J )
oert Rives. Done forgot my berries, Miss
Cassia. Kin I go back fur 'emf"
VYes; I can see the house now. Go
Lack if you wish. "
t jWhen Miily got back to where she had
left her bucket, the horse was saddled,
ind the young man was slowly riding
away.. Milly watched him out of sight,
ind saw him. examine the handkerchief
carefully, then kiss it and put it in hit
breast ; all of whrch proceedings 6he re
ported; with some slight additions, ta
her mistress.
Jt was very natural that both young
people should revisit the 6cene of this
adventure, f But for two days nothing
tooro came f it. They went at unlucky
hours and only. crossed each other. . On
the third day they were fortunate. Cas
sia," sitting " with a book injher lap
which f he was not reading heard the
fiery gallop of a horse, and instantly
r . . . -7 r'.- : 1 1 . . . 1 : -t 1 1 ;
afterward horse and rider vaulted ovei
the zigzag fence which divided the Ban.
vare and Rives estates.
Befdre Cassia could use, Herbert had
dismounted, thrown the reins over his
horse's neck, and, hat in hand, advanced
to her feet. His manlv grace and beauty
and his unaffected delight in their meet
ing completed the conquest which had
been gained while he wa3 unconscious of
the power cf his attractions. He pre
tended no ignorance, of Cassia's person;
he addressed her frankly as Miss Bau
vare, and reminded her of their girl and
boy friendship. He confessed thai he
had been watching for A glimpse of her,
and that he had dared the tresray oa
the Bauvare land for the pleasure of seek
ing her.
Cassia met him in the same humor.
.There was no formality, and no embar
rassment, and the conversation drifted
insensibly intolow, short sentences, made
wonderfully eloquent by passionate
glances and whispered queries, that Cas
sia answered only by smiles snd blushes.
After this meeting Cassia was exceed
ingly amiable and obedient, and she en
tered with charming ease and interest
into all her mother's social plans. The
ball list was made out without any dis
sent or opposition. "
The colonel was delighted; he took all
the credit toJiimsclf. , "Cassia is a sen
sible girl ; she saw that I meant what I
6aid, and 6he has accepted the situation
in a very admirable manner," he said,
complacently.
Mrs. Bauvare smiled scornfully at the
self-complacent father. "Colonel," she
replied, "of all the men I ever knew,you
arc the most easily deceived. Cassia has
not accepted the situation ; she has gone
round it, you may depend on that. if
she had accepted it she would nevet have
been so very pleasant about it. I dare
say she has met Herbert Rives some
where, and that she is meeting him every
day." -
"Great heavens! Mrs. Bauvare! why
did you not suggest this view of the cas3
before?"
"Because I have the ball on my mind
at present, and I cannot possibly attend
to two things at once, and do justice
to both. Beside. I was afraid, if I told
you my suspicions, you might in some
way or other mismanage things."
It was the day before the ball, and the
house was topsy-turvy. Cassia seemed
to be far too busy to meet any one that
day, and the colonel felt himself so far
relieved from duty that he went off for
a long ride over the estate. Tlius it hap
pened that, being detained several times
by the overseer, it was mid-afternoon
when he reached the little wood that was
Cassia's and Herbert's trysting place. "I
will turn in there," he said to himself,
1 'and have a smoke, and perhaps a siesta
under the trees."
The lovers could not see him, and they
WC5C far too much occupied with their
own conversation to hear his approach.
Milly perceived the colonel first, vand
made some fruitless attempts to,warn"the
careless couple, but they reilly saw noth
ing of their danger until the angry father
stood almost before them.
His first feeling was that of compla
ency at having found Cassia out; but his.
second, one of intense anger at her. He
handed her her hat, which was lying on
the grass, and said,' with a severe polite
ness, "I presume Mr. Rives is not aware
that he is trespassing ; there is, however,
a notice on yonder tree to that effect."
"Ob, yes, he is, papa; but he asked-my
permission to trespass on you for a little
rest and shade, and I gave him it." She
said the last word with an ominous flash
of light and color in her eyes and cheeks.
Herbert apologized with frank polite
ness, and seemed determined to win at
least a ceremonious courtesy from the
colonel. He spoke of the weatherf, and
was answered with an infirmative bow ;
and at last, being desperately determined
to obtain an invitation to the ball, he
said, "I hope you may have a pleasant
evening for your dance to-morrow, col
onel." The colonel stiffly said he hoped so.
"I have not been invited," said Her
bert, with the charming straitforward
ness of youth. "I do wish that you
would ask me, colonel."
The colonel "believed Mrs. 1 Bauvare's
list quite full," and after that there was
nothing for Mr. Herbert to do but mount
his horse and gallop away.
"Papa, I am ashamed of you!" Those
were. Cassia's first words. "I never
thought you could have been less than a
gentleman."
"Cassia, I am ashamed of you. I never
thought that you could have been less
than a lady."
"I never have been. If you were
going to shot a man you would bow to
him, and treat him like a gentleman."
"I do not consider Herbert Rives a
gentleman."
"I am sorry, for I am engaged to
him."
"Such nonsense!"
"And I intend to marry him."
The colonel kept a stern silence, and
only showed his extreme anger by the
passionate way in which he struck down
the grasses and flowers with his stick.
The ball went off with great eclat, and,
in spite of the colonel, Herbert was pres
ent, not in the house, indeed, but in th.3
gardens, and on the balcony after the
guests were gone; and Cassia had spoken
to him a dozen times in fact, had ar
ranged with him the time and place of
the next meeting.
For it was now a trial between wise
old t parents and a pair of dauntless
young lovers, and the lovers got the best
of it. They met by night and they met
by day, and they never met twice in the
same' place. . It was impossible to detect
their messages, or lay any plan to prevent
IVu'mwting.Evisant on bo4
plantations w vli-itheiil interest, and.
they had safe and happy meetings in tieH
shut-up drawln groom and the cool sweet
dairy when Cononel, Bauvare and Bivcavj
senior were seeking their disobedient
children a couple of miles away. j
4 In the mean time, troubles of many
kinds were gathering round both house
holds. Great political i questions, wlueh
had little to do with love and lovers were
tearing every city home in twain.
'"These are times when even a brave
man
may jhtwabry yil)attCsia must,
nthme,sMdHetbeii td i himself,
go Wll
and an hour afterward be was saying the
same to Cassia. v
"I dare not stay another day, beloved ;
if I do, I must betray my allegianee to
my country, or get into serious trouble
with my father and the people here. For
even father is urging me in this matter.
He is determined I shall compromise my
self, and if it comes to fighting, as T be
lieve it will, he will gladly send me away
in the hopes that it may forever separate
us. Darling, life would be very bare and
cold without you."
"It will be death to me, Herbert; but
vee can at least die together. Perhaps
ove o lr graves they will know how
cruelly they have treated us."
"Dear Cassia, we want to live together,
not die together. I, would rather "call you
wife than have a new Shakespeare Write
a new play about us. A home Is better
than a mausoleum, sweet. Will you go
with me?"
"I will go wherever you go, Herbert."
"Then farewell tilt morning. Meet
me at tho north gate at o o'clock. We
cr.n reach P 1 in two hours. I know
a minister there, an old' schoolmate of
mine; he will ma ry us at once, and from
P we can. get it railway train for
New York. Will you be there?"
It was not in the heart of woman, to re
sist such an eager, handsome lover, and
such pleading, passionate eyes, and Cas
sia said, "I will be there, Herbert."
"Then, dearest, I must go now; see,
the clouds are, breaking and the storm is
over. Say nothing, even to Milly, and
ride Selim, for he is the fleetest horse you
have. We will leave him at P , to be
pent back to the colonel," Then they said
good-bye a dozen times, and still came
back to say it once again.
Leaving a few tender lines for-her
parents and a special little, note for her
mother, Cassia went forth at 5 o'clock
the next morning to her lover. Two or
three of the house servants saw her go to
the stable and saddle Selim and ride
rapidly away, but they had always made
it a point of honor to know nothing of
Miss Cassia's rides and walks, and, they
only glanced at her and went on with
their work. Herbert was waiting for
her, and in a few minutes the young
lovers were happily galloping away to
P
"We shall be there by 7 o'clock, Cas
sia, and 1 will call up my friend at once,
and we will be married, because the
colonel, may suspect our route. I think
he won't, but he may."
In fact, the colonel suspected it much
sooner than they anticipated. He had
risen earlier than usual that morning,
having determined to send a challenge as
soon as it was possible to Captain Rives.
He went to the stable for his favorite
horse, and found it gone. There was a
hubbub and great confusion at once,
though it was not until all the : servants
had been examined that the real culpri
was suspected.
Then there was saddling in hot haste,
with many iot words and not a few pro
miscuous blows, and after swallowing a
cup of coffee the colonel followed straight
to P .
The colonel found the happy bride
aud bridegroom taking breakfast with
the minister. He lifted his hat cour
teously to the latter, but took no notice of
Herbert.
"Sir," he said, "you have done a very
foolish thing this morning. You have
married that child thereto a very worth-,
less and unworthy man."
"I think you are mistaken, Colonel
Bauvare. I have known Herbert , Rives,
intimately for six years." '
The colonel lifted his eyebrows dis
sentingly, and turned to Cassia. "Come
home, my daughter. Wait one year, and
then, if you still wish to marry this man,
you shall at least be married respectably
from your father's house. Your mother
wishes you to return also. Come back
witlnne" !
"My mother has you, father, and she
will forgive me, for she will remember
that she ran away with you, father. I
must stay with Herbert now."
She had risen, and stood by the side
of her husband; and even the angry
father was struck by the extreme beauty
of the young couple ; he said, in a softer
voice than might have. been expected, to
Herbert. ' -
"Where are you going to take that
child?" ; . . .
"To New York, sir.".
He .left them without another word.
On '.the other hand, Mrs. Bauvare wrote
Cassia a long letter that very night, for
gaveher everything,' sent her love to
Herbert, and begged her to transmit
weekly bulletins of everything that might
interest her. '
Unfortunately political e vents of the
gravest character soon put a stnp to
Cassia's weekly bulletins. "Of course, if
I had been drawing a hero as splendid in
character as he was handsome In person,
I should have insisted on Heibert going
to the war and earring his r way to glory
with : his sword. : But Herbert united
with' his magnificent physical beauty
only a very prosaic mind. He preferred
; --V , , . --, r. a , j j s .
6 make money" and live comfortably
with ; hU beautiful wife. and children;
and somhow men generally thought just
as well of him for it ? v ' .
, However, if he had rprosaic mind, he
had by no means prosaic affections. One
evening, soon after the close of the war,
"he came to Cassia with' a radiant face.
"Darling," he said, "do you remember
your father saying we were a couple of
J fools, and- that when we came to our
senses we could let him know?"
Trtnr nam '
How I should, like to see
mamma and
papaagainr.::f rr. .
--'vCan you 1e ready to start; to-morrow,
and take both the children with your'
"Oh Herbert! do you really mean it?''
' 1 really mean it, Cassia. I have come
to my senses, dear. Since pur little Julia
has grown eo near and dear to me I have
estimated better how hard it must have
been fcr your father and mother' to give
you up. I hope, however I have been
able at least to do something which will
prove to them I know the value of the
dear girl I 6tole away from them."
"What have you done, Herbert?"
"Redeemed both the Rives and the
Bauvare estates. You shall take the
title-deeds of the Rives place to my father,
and our little Herbert shall give Bauvare
back to his grandfather." Harper's
Weelcly. .
, Knapsacks were a Nuisance.
A New Yorker who was a Confederate
oldie r twenty years ago keeps his war
toggery in his favorite den, and has some
prints from De Xeuville's pieces on the
walls. He was looking at one of these
prints, representing a French infantry
soldier in heavy marching order, with his
knapsack, dishes, haversack, tent pole,
coffee mill,, blanket, overcoat and accou
trements strapped about him, and said '
; "I should take no stock in an army that
went into the field in any such shape a 3
that. A man would t break down under
such a-camel's load. We fellows looked
a little like that along the first of the
war. but there wasn't one of. us that
looked that way at the end of it. When
we enlisted we went into camp with
boiled shirts, slippers, half a dezen pair
of stocking?, collars, and any amount of
bric-a-brao in the shape of brushes,
razors, blacking, soap, stationery, and I
don't know what all. Pretty soon we
began to find our boiled shirts and collars
superfluous, for we didn't have many
balls and receptions, and we gave thj
shirts to the negroes or to the surgeons
for bandages, or to the cooks for dish
cloths. Then we began to fire away our
bric-a-brac; then we shed our extra
stockings, and finally we fired away
our knapsacks altogether and just rolled
our stuff in our blankets and hung them
from our shoulders. That's the easiest
way to carry anything. I rather hated
to part with my old knapsack, though,
and being a bit of a cobbler I cut it down
to this size. Here it is. You see it's
only a foot square, and weighs, with the
straps, about a pound. I went through
the three days' quarrel at Gettysburg
with that on my shoulders and hardly
knew I had anything on them. I had
got down Lo business then, and all that
there was in that bag was a flannel shirt,
a pair of drawers, a towel and a bit of
soap. I used to wash my stockings
every night and attend to the blisters on
my feet, and when my stockings were
worn out there were chances enough for
new clothes after a battle. What did the
dead fellows want of stockings? Yes,
war is a savage business, and men who
mix up in it live like savages. Some of
us, when we went into it, seemed to
think that it was a kind of a pleasure ex
cursion, but we found it wasn't. We
didn't bother about tents. My partner
carried a blanket aud I had a sort of pon
cho of rubber. When the ground was
wet we put the poncho on it and covered
ourselves with the blanket, and when the
ground was hard and snow was falling,
we put the blanket under us and used
the poncho for a bed quilt. Spring beds
are good enough for me. I don't want
any more fighting."
An Analysis of the "Slugger."
There are no puglists now; they are
sluggers. Slugging is simply an attempt
to strike a man hard enough in somo
vulnerable point to kill him or knock
him out at one blow. No more skill is
necessary than the mule manifests with
his deadly heel. Turn a male the busi
ness end up and he would wear the belt.
A wreath of laurel or bays on the brow
of a modern slugger would have to ba
kept damp or it would catch fire from
his. nose! If an earthquake should swal
low up the crowd around an ordinary
slugging match, the district attorney j of
the State could take a vacation for
thirty years. The ordinary slugger is a
drunkard, wife beater and a law breaker.
He wears a six-inch hat and a thirteen
inch shoe and has no more brains than a
St. Lawrence river sturgeon. Therefore,
gentlemen, we are sorry when we see the
coming generation in our schools running
after this god of muscle. The forerun
ner of the new dispensation seems to ba
St. John the slugger, living on stakes and
gate money and girt about with a tri-col-ored
girdle. - Professor Gouge, in Albany
'Journal. ; '' ; -
The new oil fields of Wyoming in the"
Bingham, basin are directly south of Bil
lings, Montana, near the boundary be
tween Montana and Wyoming. They art
eighty miles long by forty wide. The oil
is said to contain forty per cent. of. min
eral sperm oil, . twenty-seven per cent,
kerosene, with small percentages of gaso
line, .benzine and naphtha. Its illumina
ting power is of a high order, and it is
so pure that ranchmen in the vicinity
have been "burning it this winter in their
lamps. - '
LADIES COLUMN.
In BIoolHfr CiMiime. .
There is at least c one woman Li Maine
who wears the ,fb!oor er costume, says
an Augusta, (Me.) letter. Ste lives in the
neighboring city , of HsIlcwdlTanher
name is Emmelir.e Prcscott. She is a
tall, spare --maiden, about fifty years of
nge, of ' modest appearance, and courte
ous in her spcechr Tier' occupation if
peddling knick-knacks, .which necar
ries with her in a black leathern bag.
She has been on the road a quarter , of a
century, and - has : traveled thousands of
miles on foot. Although her figure is fa-
miliar to everybody ta thfse parts, still it
always attracts attention von account o.
her-rig, which she has worn for over
twenty years. It is made of drab-colored
woolen stuff, and consists of a 6hort,
loose . sack; a plain, full skirt that
reaches to the knee, and t'ght-fitting
pants that come down to the ankle". Her
toggery gives full liberty to her limbs,
and she wears it, she 6ays, - not only for
com fcrt, but because she believes that if
every woman discarded petticoats end
draggling dresses, and put on suits like
hers, it would be better for their health.
Her hair is cut short like a man's, and is
parted on one side. The only thing
about her to distinguish her sex is her
head covering in summer, which is gen
erally a pla:n sailor hat of straw. In
winter she sports a fur cap, tied down
with a red worsted comforter, which is
entwined around her neck, with the ends
hanging down her back. Every house
keeper knows Emmelinc, and generally
buys some little trinket of her. Rumor
has it that she was once disappointed in
love. She is a strong Adventist.
"Mary."
The Chicago Sews has this little essay
on the name of Mary, showing the re
markable associations connected with it:
More women hare been named Mary
than any other name which has blest or
cursed the feminine sex. It stands as
the typical name of the holiest and most
abject of women for the virgin and the
wanton. . And in every language of Asia
and Europe, as well as that of Egypt,
this name appears almost without varia
tion. It has been an equal favorite with
the aristocrats of France, and the Puri
tans of New England, and it equally be
comes literature or kitchen. It is stately
when we speak of Mary Wortley Mon
tague, it is simplicity itself when we re
fer to Mary O'Brien, who brings in our
breakfast rolls. At one time it may
bring up a picture of a divine painted
face, hanging in the rich gloom of an
Italian gallery, and at another of a red
cheeked dairymaid, with her bared feet
in the daisied grass. Two' of England's
five queens have borne it, and the most
memorable woman that Scotland ever
produced has made it immortal.
The proudest women of France have
dignified it, and the worst women of
Russia have disgraced it. There are as
many Marys smiling at the circling suns
that make the brief summer by the
northern sea as loll through the luxurious
days by the Mediterranean. The name
that Catholic missionaries gave to the
first converted Indian maiden was Mary,
and perhaps the first daughter of every
family for all time will, stand in immi-
nent danerer of bearins the name, for it
. . .
is the first to be considered in naming
girl babies, and when rejected is always
thought of with lingering tenderness.
How many lovers have loved it ! How
they have associated it with purity and
gentleness, with womanliness and candor
and trust ! What a fateful name it is ! Its
bearer seems predestined to sorrow, yet
it is gladsome, too. "My mother's name
was Mary." What a p'easant thing to
say! "My little daughter Mary." Could
anything be prettier? "My sister Mary,
who is dead." What a wealth of tender
suggestions! "Mary, my wife." What
a picture of home comfort !
Fashion Notes.
Camels' hair serge with plush stripes is
shown in all the leading colors.
New trimmings for costumes have a
combination of beads, braid and che
nille. ' ' t
Fine seersucker, in pale blue, pink or j
ecru,
white.
is embroidered with edelweiss in
Copper braid is used on outer garments
in place of either silver or bullion as be
ing newer.
Mikado parasols have the points turned
upward and are made of striped or em
broidered silk.
Cheviots with fine line checks in mode
colors are made up in walking suits with
jacket to correspond.
English styles in outer garments con
prise some large checks in., cheviots.
These jackets are made as simply as pos
sible, fastened with large bronze or. ivory
buttons.
Nuns' veiling is in great variety; it has
crinkled stripes, or has a bourette or f rise
surface, the loops bclsg exceedingly fine.
The plain sorts re finer than those CI
last season. . ,
Beaded grenadine forms a part of al
most all the dress wraps 'of the season to
come. These are not onlybeaded with
jets,, but withbron2plojnb t and caah
inere beads.
, A cement for china may be made with
a thick solution of gum arable and warm
water, and stir in. piaster of Paris ; use
while warm, and set the articles' away to
dry for two or three days. " " ' ',
There isa sort o a clothespin arrange
ment coming front Paris that mnkes; arti
ficial dimples ' in. the girl of the period's
eheeks after one application.'
WEATHER WISDOM.
SIGNS 1THICH MAY BE OB
SERTEO BY EARTAT-RISERS.
Indication in the Sky What Mists
' Show Damp Stones and Smoke
Distant Objects, and Ris
ing Dust, Etc
The man who is out of doors at sun
rise can form a pretty accurate opinion
f what the day will be. If just before
Ininrise the 6ky -especially in theWest
is suffused with red, rain generally fol
lows in the course of the 'day, in winter;
tenwTIT'Tiowever.'-il t4ftost? J
weather, the downfall is sometimes de
jiyed. On the other hand, if the sky be
i dull gray, and the sun rises clear,
gradually dispersing the vapor, it will be
fine. If he Vctis behind the clouds, and
there era reddish streaks about, it will
rain. Should the eun. later in the day,
shine through a gray watery haze, it will
probably be a rainy night. The sunset is
very unreliable. Often a beautiful sunset
will be followed by a bad day. After a
tainy day, suddenly a sunset in the far West
will appear a magnificent streak of crim
son (not copper-color) this generally
foretells a fine day. A tinted halo round
the sun at setting occurs in long-continued
rainy weather. A halo round tho
moon, especially if . some distance
from it, is a sure indication of downfall
at hand.
Rainbows are unreliable, except they
occur in the morning, when rain may be
expected. Sun-dogs and fragments oi
prismatic colors during the day show
continued unsettled weather. A dazzling
metallic lustre on foliage during a
cloudless day in summer precedes
change'.
Huge pilcd-up masses of white clouds
in a blue sky during winter indicato
snow or hail. If small, d irk clouds float
below the upper ones, moving faster than
they, rain will follow, as it will, if in the
morning, lew-hanging, pale brown,
smoke-like clouds are fioiting about.
Red-tinged clouds, high up, at evening
are followed by wind, occasionally by
rain. r
Mists at evening over low-lying ground
or near a river precede tin? and warm
days. If a mist in the morning clears off
as the sun gets higher it will be fine; but
if it settles down again after lifting a
little, rain is at hand. No dew in the
morning is mostly followed by rain, and
a heavy rain in the evening by a fine day.
Rain follows two or three consecutive
hoar frosts. A shower of hail in the day
time is usually followed by fro:-t at
night. If, after rain, drops of water still
hang on the branches and twigs and to
window-frames the rain will return j but
if they fall and the woodwork dries, tine
wc ather is at hand'.
Stones turn damp before wet; at the
same timcy it must be observed that the
fact of their doing so does not invariably
indicate rain, for they will do so occa
sionally before heat.-
Smoke descending heavily to th
ground is a 6ign of vcrjr doubtful
weather.
Objects at great distances, which are
erallv indistinctlv seen, or even not
gcen atan 8ometimes looms out clear and
"1 - mJ "
distinct. When this happens
bad
weather or change of wind ensues. A
well-known instance of this is the isle of
Wight, as seen from Sputhsea. If the
opposite shore is clearly seen, there is
rain about. If, at night, after being
blown out and exposed to the outer air
the wick of a caudle continues to
smoulder for a loDg time, the next daj
will be fine. Green-colored sky betokens
unsettled, bad weather, often long-continued.
If, on a fine day, the dust suddenly
rise3 in a revolving, spiral column, rain
is near.
The howling of wind, indicates in most
houses; but not invariably, that downfall
is near. In some houses, owing to theii
construction, the ,wind always moans.
Wherever the wind is at the time of the
vernal equinox (March 21, or there
abouts,) that will be the prevailing wind
throughout the n&xt three months.
If the stars appear unusually numer
j ous, and the "milky way" very clcarlj
defined, with the surrounding sky dark,
or if there be "a misty appearance over
the stars, rain is coming, while if there
be but few stars, and those very bright
and sparkling, in o pale, steely sky, it
will be fine. .
Swine before rain are unusually noisy
and restless. Swallows in fine weather
will fly high and at the approach of rain
close to the ground ; but the latter does
not apply if the day is cold, in which
case they hawk very low.
Common sparrows washing vigorously
in a 'puddle on the road, or at the edge
of. running water, is a sure sign of rain.
A baker, who kept a parrot in the dry
atmosphere of the bake-offices, noticed
that a few hours before rain the bird
took an imaginary bath, fluttering as if
splashing water, and preening her
feathers. . CasseWt Magazine.
Bill Lenore, while fishing in the Sac
ramento river, tied the end of his line
around his foot, dropped the hook into
the water, and then lay down and began
to read a novel. Presently he felt a nib
ble, but being interested in his book, he
paid no attention. A moment later a
strong pull landed him on his back in
the river. As the cord was beyond his
reach, he was powerless to aid himself,
and would have- drowned had not a
companion come to his assistance. ' The
line was cut and the end of it twisted
around a snag. - By the aid of a boat an
eight-foot sturgeon was landed.
' fun.; ; ...
A stuttering man ought to be always .
rool-headedand wise He is compelled
to think twice before he cm : pak tmco. ,
-WMgo LeJgcr. m - - .
A new novel is ealledj ,A Bachelor'
Psradisc. A bachelors parnlfsctTTeU,
tint rmutt lc a plae where buttons gro
on shuU.--.V,w Tori -Journal.. 4
.Matthew Arnold. W coming' back
this country. He thinks he ; remembers
one place where he let adollsr or wo
getaway from htm the liwt tim. -Chi
A new bonnet Is called "The Cottage.
Wq have' sal behind one, and wc t:an af
3rm that Xh name K S 'misnomer'.? It
should be cnlcd "Fortr Rories ancTAt
ic." Sfiictmun. " 1
Before 'cutting a mirTs head off in
China, the authorities considerately make
bim drunk. In this country they consid-
er.itely m ike- lrm drunk before putting a
head on him. SitJing.: " ,
It has come to be that when a New -York
functionary is late ct dinner his
wife Rays to one of the children : ' , "Run
downtown and find out tho number-of
your father's cell."- Ilton l'ran$crijt.
The question of feinalu suffrage in, the
Territories lias been greatly strengthened
by the statement of a delegate from Wy
oming that his mother-in-law had voted
for him repeatedly. Xeie I'vi b Ccmmer
CU,L ' :
Lady (in shoe ftore) "I would liko
t" look at some cloth slippers-for, my-
self.'' Clerk (until recently ia. tho dry.
goods line) .-"Yes,- madam; something
all wool ana a 'yard wide?" Harper's
Bitrar. ,
"The man of tlto future ages will havo
three arms," according to a scientist. Wo
have not heard what the -extra arm is for,
but there is no doubt that it be very
convenient for scratching his back.
Graphic.
Sitting Bull is aid to. be ou the dcclino
nnd it is thought that he. will not Hvc
much longer. This will 1e good news
for the settler iu. his vicinity who is.cn-'
gnged in laudable efforts tggrow a scalp.
EstcUine Dak.y Vdl. "'! "
In Reply A Selfisgnosisrr
A physician who pieacnbej through
the mails, and secures -his patients by
generous newspaper advertising, sends
mc lately a series, of printed questions
which dive very, deep into my condition.
The questions werv seut in-rcspmiS3 to
my inquiry, as to what he would do for a
bme back. It was an affront to say in
reply that he would answer those ques
tions. In putting down my answers to
his very intimate inquiries,.! have there
fore used my own taste : .
Question. Have you. a disinclination
to exertion? V
Answer. Well, I should think I have.
Q. Have you any loss of hearing?
A. Only when a fi icn 1 asks tho loan
of a V.
Q. Do you have a feeling of emptiness '
in the head?
A. That question is an insult.
Q. Have you an averiion for food?
A. To such food as we have been ,
getting lately at our boarding-house, I
have. j
Q. Is there a pressure on the top of
your head?
A- Not now. I am bald-headed.
Q. Are you troubled with s loss of
memory? '
A. I'm not, but it troubles my cred
itors. Q. Throat dry? ' . "
A. Sometimes; but I can curtf that (
Q. Ever affected with a chilly feeling?
A. Yea. When I call on Iphigcnia
and 6he sends down word that 6he's "not
at home." ,
Q. Sleep broken? , ,
A. Every morning by landlady, at
nine o'clock. Awful r -v.jTl
. Q. Distressed by change of seasons?
A. Rather ! Do you suppose'my tailor
clothes me gratuitously? 1
Q,' A special tenderness under the
right lung? : . -
A. No; but have one under the left '
lung. Have hinted as much' to Iphi
gcnia. " ,
Q. How is your pulse?
A. Still going.
Q. Do sweet viands nauseate you?
A. Ice-cream, always- even to see
Iphigenia eat it.
Q. Was your case et'er to bad that you
were given up?
A. Alas, yes! I "was given up by Miss
Florence Catherwood cheerfully. A.
W. BeUaw, in Tid-Bits.
Five at a Birth. T -r;
On a well stocked farm near the vil
lage of Lawsonville, Ky., lives Thomas
Malen.a well-to-do farmer and stock raisr
cr. Among 3Ir. Malen's possessions is a
cow, 'which, in the very brief jfarcer of
four years has made a record, for fruitful -ness
that is probably notxcelled. At
four years oL age . this , modest-looking
kine is the mother of, tea calves, all
healthy and active. tJTbU r eord has been
Dy steps, and arguing from herpast ex
ploits there is a great future bef ore her.
At the age of two this cow. bore twins ; a'
year later she brought forth triplets, and
now another yearlas passed .and she has
evidenced a j spiriVof progress Dy giving
birth to a(very pretty guintet. Mr. Malen
has received .several flattering ;pflers for
this wonder fully 'productive piece of cow-
flcsh, but he refuses to part with her.
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; The Christian Uome of New or k, says :
"Of the sixty-eight married men receive!
in this home during he.past jear, Wo-,
thirds of that numberJh;ad been separated
from their . families oa account of their
drinking habitSi1.'. A " :
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