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SONO OF THE THRUSH. When greenly btooma the beading wbeati . Aad tlger-llltes dot the Tale, And faiatly soents the meadow iweet, ' Aad kine do brim the flowing pall j What time the pewee leaves his peroli ' And oa the stoaefly tests his wings "Wh3re whlteiy gleams the silver blron -Theala dark woods the wood-thrush stags, When past the hay the nmdows ore wn, and staadstha wheat la banded sLoeks, And slow the streamlet trickles down, And sunbeams bake the rifted rooks What time the dog-days Vrln to wane, ' And skies are dun, aa 1 June is o'er, ' And sulks the hlSh-poIsed weather-vane, ' The wo od-thrush slags in woods ao more. "Whan asters fringe the woodland ways, And wild jrrapes hang oa feaoe and tree, Aad hills are hid in ripening haze, And dowa the galea the streamlets flse : What time the flwt soft maple turns, And a red shade the s amaoh fllags, And oa stone walls the Ivy burns, Pnoe more In woods the wood-thrush sings. TTUlIani Hlggs, la Youth's Companion, STUMPY. BI FLORENCB HAIiLOWELL HOTT. ; E was only the boy; ' who at tended to th chores v" about the hotel, and so he was never invited to play co que t or lawn tennis, or to substitute in t h e baseball nine; and he was laughed at a gcod deal be cause he had freckles, red hair, and wore clothes a great deal too small for him. His name was Ephraim, but everyone called him "Stumpy," for he was short and rather stout everyone except Carrie Mowbray, that is Carrie never used his nickname. She . said , she didn't consider it kind, y VHe'd like to be tall, I dare , say.' So would a great many other people, " she said to her cousin Belle Towers, one day on the porch. '.' "But ht is hideous, actually hide ous," said Belle. Oh, no; you exaggerate. If he didn't have freckles he would hardly be called even pltun ; and the freckles will wear off in time." "I doubt it ; and then his hair to red ! and he Is awkward, too." ? "He'll outgrow his awkwardness, and he can't help having red hair. I've heard you say you'd lite to have dark eyes but you'll never have them. We're obliged to be contented .with nature's decrees usually; and, you can't deny thfit Ephraim looks honest. He is amiable, too, and very obliging. " fTo hear you ialfr, Carrie, one would imagine him a paragon. I suppose you found out all these virtues when you were talking to him on the beach ,. yesterday." '. f "I was Bimply asking him about the tides." , . "You could have asked some one 1 else. You'll make him familiar if you talk to him, Carrie. I've seen 'that sort of thing happen before. I only hope he'll never have the assurance to speak to me." ' 7 "Oh; he has enough good sense to aa where he is wanted. He never thrusts himself forward in the least I've noticed that.'' "Well, don't encourage him to talk - to you.' People of that class are very - apt to presume upon' any attention, v however trivial," and Belle, strolled ,' down the steps in the direction of the beach, deling that Carrie had justly deserved the rebuke she had given .-' her. : .- v..,., . : - . Belle did not intend to be either unkind or ungeneibus ; but, like many other girls, she had an exaggerated ' idea of her own ; importance and the aristocracy of wealth. . Ephraim found it pretty hard to be at the bock and call of everybody at the Beach House, and he had to grind his teeth some times to keep from "answering back when his orders came in . peremptory tones from some young tollor no older than himself. . ' ' ' "But I mean to see " it tbrou o said to his sister, as he satj ingto her one evening, in Jihe doorway of I their cottage . after tie labors of the day were over. "You know I have always said that fellow was a coward who'd give a thing - up just because it proved hard. By next snmmer I can Y'fiud something' else to do, and all I'm going through now won't matter.", "I'm well proua r you, ii.pnraim, said his sister, 3 aha looked at Usx J txU with tender eyes. "You're so brave.',' Ephraim laughed. . "Don't be proud until you've got something to be proud about,'4 he iaid. ; Ephraim made it a point to take a plunge in the sea every 'morning on his way to the hotel. He was a fine swimmer, and thoroughly enjoyed his ten minutes in the water. ' It seemed to tone him upi for all day. He had always had the sea to himself at thai hour,' for he was an early riser from necessity as weft as inclination, but on the morning'' after his talk with Barbara, he had just entered the water, and was only a few yards from shore, when he heard a shout, and, turning around, saw half a dozen of the boys from the hotel on the beach. "Here, you fellow," called out Per cival Peyton, a young man who boast edof his blue blood. "Come out of that," His tone, more than the oommand, irritated Ephraim. He turned about again and struck out for deep water without making any reply. r "You insolent young hound, don't you hear me?" called Peyton, the angry blood mounting to his face. "Come out of that. The fellows want to go in."' "Well, you can come in," answered Ephraim. "I'm not in your way. hero's, plenty of room. " "Yes; what's the use of making a row 2" drawled Frank Chapin. 'I'm. not making a row," said Pey ion, "but I never have gone into the water with the hotel servants, and I don't propose to. do it now. This fellow might; as well learn his place now as at anytime." "Oh, let him' alone; Stumpy "is a good sort," said Charles ColwelL "He can outswim you any day, Peyton." "Not :muoh,"aaid Peyton, who con sidered himself the best swimmer on ' the beach; ' ' "Take a pull together and deoide it'eaid ColwelLy "Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't enter any swimming m atoh with a fellow hot my social equal, " answered Pejyton, snobbishly. Ephraim by this ; time was an eighth of a mile' from . the beach. : He re mained in the water his usual length of time ; then came out to find Peyton waiting for him, a very dark frown on his handsome face. The other boys had all gone into, the water. "I'll see that you are properly dealt with for this impertinence," he said, as Ephraim started toward one of the bath houses. . "You will hear from this, and very shortly, too.' . Ephraim made no rejoiner, but he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy, and almost wished he 'had obeyed Peyton's order, insulting as it was. The Pey tons occupied the best rooms at the hotel, and had the cream of everything. '"If it weren't for Aunt Martha and Barbara. I wouldn't care," the boy fleeted. "Bat if I lose my place it'll come hard on them.' By the time he was dressed Eph raim had decided on the hardest task he had ever set himself. He would apologize to Percival 'Peyton. He gave himself no time to hesitate, I but wen sirsign w mo pum. "Mr. Peyton,"b said, "perhaps 1 was wrong ' not to come out of the water when you told me to. I hope you'll overlook it and not report me to Mr. Springer. , I can't afford to lose ray place. " ' You should have thought of that before," rejoined Peyton, haughtily. "One of the first duties of a servant is to learn his place," and he turned on his heel and walked away. Ephraim went to his duties at the hotel feeling as if he hated the cold blooded young aristocrat, and it didn't improve his temper to hear Peyton re lating the incident to Belle Towers when they were on the porch togeth er after breakfast, and Ephraim was holding a horse at the block. Belle's rejoiner reached his ears with cruel distinctness. 1 ':. ,VThe impudenoe of it," she said. "It all came of Carrie's talking to him. I told her he'd be getting fa miliar. The next thing we'll: know he'll consider himself privileged to go into the water when we girls are in. I hope Mr. Springer will discharge him." ' Ephraim's heart swelled with, indig nation and pain. How these wealthy Poox.l;i3epwed Liml Hia father had been th eaptala of the Life Saving Station, and they had lived in comfort as long as he had been spared to them J but he had lost his life one bitter night in the performance of his ardu ous duties, and , dark days had come to the little family. Ephraim, who had been attending school regularly, had been obliged to . put his young shoulder to the wheel at once, and had taken any sort of work he could find. As he heard the conclusion of Belle's speech he wondered what he was going to do in case Mr. Springer acted bn'Peroivai Peyton's, request. There was t Ben Todd who would be only too glad to Jump into his plaoe if the ohanoe offered. And the chance did offer. Just before noon Mr. Springer sent for Ephraim, and as soon as the boy saw his face he got ready for the - blow that he knew was about to fall. "Complaint of lmpudeaoe vnd diao bedienoe has been lodged sgainsl on, Warner," said Mr. Springer, as he turned over the leaves of a ledger on his desk. "I can't have any ne here who is obnoxious to my guests. So I won't need you after H to-day. I have engaged Todd to.take your plaoe. " Ephraim was too much stunned to utter a word in response. He simply nodded and left the office. Going outside he walked slowly to ward the rear of the building, trying to think how he could break the news to his aunt and Barbara. Suddenly he heard a cry, and, look ing toward the beach, saw the people running excitedly to and fro. He un derstood at once that some person must be in danger of drowning, and without hesitating a moment he dashed down the board walk, throw ing off his coat and shoes as he went. As he reached the beach he saw Mr. Towers) a man of middle age, spring into the water; and far out beyond the breakers saw the objects of his solicitudetwo girls, who had ven tured two far out and were unable to return against the strong current. Another instant and, Ephraim had dashed into the sea, almost throw ing over Percival Peyton in his im petuous eagerness to lose; no time, and, being a strong swimmer, he soon overtook and distanced Mr. Towers, and in a few minutes more suooeeded in reaching the girl nearest him. It was Belle Towers, and she olung to him desperately. What cared she now that he was freokled, that his hair was red, and his gait awkward? He was the one plank between her and a watery grave, and she held to him w wild despair. With great diffl euLy Ephraim persuaded her to loosen her grasp, and gave her into the care of her father, who had now reached them. : "Take her in I'll get the other," 'he said, and struok. out to where Carrie Mowbray was struggling in the water 200 yards from shore. She was . . . ... just about giving up, her strength having almost failed. , : "Courage," he eried," "keep up till I get there ; I'll save you." His words gave her a fresh strength. By a great effort she kept herself from sinking, and the next moment Ephriam had reached her and extended one arm so that she could grasp it. "Cling to iny shoulder," he said. , v Carrie obeyed him, and the gallant fellow turned about for shore. He made fair headway for a time, and then, finding the great exertion he was putting forh was overtaxing his strength, and that the girl's weight was burying him deeper and deeper, so thaterery wave broke over, their heads, he spoke again : "You've got to help me or we'll both drown, ' he said. "If you think we can't reaoh the shore I'll take my hands off, "answered the noble girl "There is no need that we should both go down. Save yourself, and never mind me." But plain, poor and awkward as he was, Ephraim Warner was not one to desert a woman in deadly peril. He had'gone out to save her and he pro posed to do . it or die in the attempt. , I won't leave you," he said; and tbe'9, with ready resource, told her to grasp one? of his 'shoulders with one hand, and - use the other as in swim ming. 'If you can do this we'll get to the shore all right," he added. "We mustn't drown if we can help it. Do your best now." ; Thus encouraged, Carrie was able t follow his directions implicitly. and under the changed conditions the Intrepid swimmer put forth all his re maining strength, and within a few minutes they were within reach of the assistance of those from the shore. ' ' - As they all rose front the water and Mrs. Mowbray Btaggered forward to fold her daughter in her arms, a great shout went up from the excited, crowd. : VThree cheers for Ephraim War ner," cried a voice. Instantly it was taken up, and cheer after cheer rang out, while Ephraim, too weak to utter a word, gazed, arotfnd him for a mo ment in bewildered astonishment, and then, for the first time in his life, quietly fainted away. That evening, as Ephraim lay on the old couch in his aunt's little sitting room, feeling still the effects of his desperate battle with the waves, a shadow darkened the doorway, and, looking up, he saw Percival Peyton, standing there. "I've come down to apologize to you, Warner, for what happened be tween us this morning," began Pey ton. "I thought I ought to do it, you see. I'm not given much to apolo gies, but, I hope I'm not a cad. You're a brave fellow, and I'm proud to know you. Shake hands, and let's call it square." Ephraim's hand went out at once, and ten minutes later he found him self promising to take a place in the iron works of Peyton St Co., if room oould be' made for him. "And I imagine I can fix that all right," young Peyton said, and ' .went away feeling that, he had shown him self a gentleman. Thiav was not all that came to Eph raim through his courageous act. The United States , Qovernment, ; in recognition of his bravery, sent him a gold medal, the highest award that can be made, and when he put it on for Barbara to admire, . she almost cried. " . ' "You certainly-can't say I haven't a right to te proud of you now, Eph raim," she said. , " "Oh, almost any one, would have have done what I . did if he'd ' known how to swim as well, "rejoined honest Ephraim modestly. But his eyes shone, nevertheless, as he looked at that gold medal which bore testimony to his bravery. New York Examiner. A Past Civilization. Dr. Wallace, a character well known in New Mexico and Arizona, who has been living in. the wilderness of that country for several years past to escape death from consumption, has lately returned within reach of civilization, and tells of some wonderful old ruins which he discovered in the wilderness. They are in canon Chaca, in the north eastern part of New Mexico. Says he : "I have visited hundreds of ruins in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexioo, but never saw anything approaching this one in size. The building is of elongated circular form, and stands at the bottom of the canon. The archi tect made careful measurements, and we took a number of photographs of the ruins. Acoording to . the archi tect, the structure was originally seven stories high ' and oontained 1200 to 1400 rooms. v At the bottom we found a number-of underground rooms, which are supposed to have been places for holding ' secret meetings. The build ing is yet five or six stories high in places and is in a remarkable state of preservation. It will well repay a' most careful inspection by scientists, as it is perhaps the largest single ruin to be found on .the continent" Dr. Wallace says that he made a long search but failed completely in loca ting the burying ground of the strange people who lived in the canon. From experience in finding the graves of the extinct race, he is certain that. the people were not cremationists and a rioh find of pottery and Aztea jewelry will be made some day in ' the canon. ; His theory is that the people buried their dead in caves of the cliffs and sealed up the entrances 60 skillfully as to avoid detection. He estimates that a city of. 30,000 inhabitants centuries ago occupied the great building and its immediate vicinity. New Orleans Picayune. ; Brass and copper are easily cleaneu with a mixture of salt and vmeg&r. ' LADIES' COLUMN N teachers' salaries. At present the average monthly sal ary paid female teachers in the public schools of the United States is $36.65, while that allowed to male teachers is 844.89. . Taking an individual State, New Jersey, for instance, the salaries of the female teachers average $43. 63 per month, ' against $76.02 paid to male teachers. The School Board of St' Paul has abolished- the distinction of sex in the matter of salary. Here after remuneration will be- regulated wholly by capacity - and efficiency. While St Paul bears the palm in this respect, San Francisco pays her teach ers higher salaries on an average than any other city in the country, the maximum salary of primary teachers being $960 a year. New York Jour nal. BIBS AND FICHUS. There was never a time when so many odd and fanciful little bibs and yokes and fichus and scarfs of lace were used for brightening up plain gowns and transforming a low gown into a high one at short notice. The pretti est of the yokes are made ot black chiffon, with chiffon ruffles and jet fringe for a finish to the lower edge. The daintiest scarfs are of Liberty tis sue in the odd art colors for which the English tissues are noted These are long and broad, to be tied in big, fluffy bows inside a coat collar. Yokes of pale and dressy colors, collars of velvet, with a bit of white lace, are ef fective and economical garnitures for plain gowns to ; make them smart and gay enough for evening- wear. New wrist frills for the long leg-o' -mutton sleeves are made of a square of cloth about seven inches each way, with the corners rounded off and a hole cut in the middle for the hand. It is made double and stitched to the sleeve without fullness. If the dress is of two materials, the inside of the frill is of the contrasting oolor, the outside of the material like the sleeve. New York Advertiser. AIT ENGLISH WOMAN IS KOBE A. t One of the best known of the British subjects in Korea at the present time , is Mrs Isabella Bishop, the woman ex plorer. She left England some time ago, in pursuance of a long cherished project of exploring the Her -nit king dom. She is traveling alone, and from letters - she . has written, it ap pears, that she is finding her L stay among the Koreans anything but pleasant She ascended one of the principal rivers .in a native sampan, flat-bottomed and drawing when fully loaded only four inches of water, and on this primitive home she lived for a month. She found the interpreter difficulty almost insurmountable, and another great problem was how to transport sufficient currency to en able her to pay her way. More than 800 "cash" go to the half-dollar, and $12 worth was a full load for a pony. As to the Koreans themselves, they are, Mrs. Bishop reports, the most un attractive savages she has ever en countered, and their rudeness ' and curiosity surpassed anything she had formerly experienced. She pronounoes them entirely untrustworthy and lack ing in anything like stability of char acter. New Orleans Picayune. FASHION NOTES. Abroad golden carnelian jewelry is referred for morninar wear. ( Pale yellow and also a green which suggests first tender leaves of lettuce are to be the vogue. ,; ' . Beautiful scarfs two yards long and half a yard wide are made of heavy butter colored net, the end heavily finished with lace design. These scarfs are passed from front to back, crossed there and tied with loops in front. , '. ' New collarettes are made of a cir cular piece of lace or. chiffon. A hole is cut in the middle and a narrow rib bon is run is, by which the material is shirred up to fit the throat. A frill of lace, set it very full, either gath ered or plaited, has an insertion head ing, with daisy ribbon. . . A new veiling to be introduced for the cooler days has a double diamond shaped mesh, .ornamented with small circular figures in boucle effect An other very beooming; veiling ia the "Magpie," whion is forced by black chenille spots of different Bizes. vari ously spaced and arranged 011 a wbiti net . . he bustle effect is the latest novelty in neXKown, tc forie by four boklaits, which are sewn to stiff cap pieces. These caps are of the ma terial lined with horsehair, and set out straight from the waist. The caps are finished with a cord and the box plait hangs from the outer edge. . ' As blouses have evidently ome to stay, belts are, of course, an important detail of the wardrobe. The newest and most becoming waist bands are those made of spangles thickly sewed on to elastic. Folds of ribbon pr velvet are always pretty, particu larly for those whose waists are too slim. " ' ' 1 . . . ' A lovely gown brought over to grace some autumn function, is of black and white brocadey set off by breteUes of royal blue velvet, drawn through two cut steel buckles at the back of the waist, the throat finished off with folds, of the velvet 'and the large - puffed sleeves caught down in two places with velvet rosettes. . .: Ribbon laid on a skirt in two bands, about five' inches apart, was drawn together at intervals of eight inches and sewn down with rosettes of ribbon. Small loops of s ribbon, each one sepa rate, formed a festooned effect on an other gown. The loops overlapped, well, and the points, at the top .were finished with rosettes. Wsds His Fair Benefactress. When Bev. Dr. Roberts performed the ceremony whioh made Mus Nina H. Piffard, of Piffard, Livingston County, Mrs. George Francis, of New York City, in the Fifth Avenue Churclf a week ago," he did not know that the handsome young man was once an employe at the elegant Piffard homo ia Livingston County, and that he was taken up by the pretty and wealthy young woman and by her aid educated and. put in the way of success ia worldly affairs. . Nor did he know that George Francis" was once - George Clapper, and that the ;Piffard and Clapper families in Livingston County are widly separated in the social scale. The Piffard family kept up a fine establishment t. Piffard, 'and another in New York City The ' m . Wwir : and tho boys; worked at odd jobs over the county. George was the most ambitious. : He was studious and managed to . take a course in book keeping at the Geneseo Normal SohooL The knowledge there gained secured him a "place in grocery store at. Rochester, but he went back to Liv ingston County and somehow drifted into the employ of thePiffards. While with them he frequently drove the carriage for ; the young ladies of the family. . . - - 7 Just how it happened only Miss ittina auU 141a hi.uuiuub jruuug - know, but it did happen, and one day humble George Clapper packed up' and went to Poughkeepsie, where he entered the business oollege . and was finally graduated with honor. Every body in Piffard said Miss Nina know where the money came from that sup ported the young man during these years and paid for his education. George Clapper came from college a handsome and polished young gentle man, very different from his brothers and kisters at home and the e-jual of the elegant Piffards in bearing and at tainments. But the transformation was not eomplete. One day George Clapper noKfd ntt trt Albanv and after a little legal formality left the city as George Francis. . Then he came to the metro polis and soon fell into a good busi ness, which now brings him enough to support two in style becoming to his assumed station in life. Then they were married. Chioago Herald. . The questions of the old text book&' on physics, D. W. ; Herring writes in the Popular Science Monthly, have, iai great part, been answered. It is no longer "What is light?" "What i heat, sound or' electricity?" The; have been. answered, though, perhaps, not yet eisUrely or.deaitely. . Kow one wonders what is the quaxt ura. c f energy ia eiich body, and what the re lation of matter and ether. "Ether i Were invented for the pUnets t j stria in," is the oonoluaion of one Bc't-sntist It is evidsnt that any student who plans to study physics v. juld c. well to begin.bsfore it p ti ; - y hsr " . r.
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