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Lord Eustaco had told his father of Lady Elizabeth’s damaging condescension at the tennis party, and he had himself, with his own aristocratic and august eyes, seen her shake hands with the omad’haun at the church door on the Sunday following. He had seen and wondered, but he had 'not interfered, partly because of that bit of {and which had been Weighing on his mind for some time past; partly because he thought that if it was her good pleasure to find any merit in that extraordinary-look- ing young man called Caleb Staggâ€"to my lord his very name was enoughâ€"4f, in the plenitude of her seraphio sweetness, she thought her grace and condescension would in any way, or to the smallest degree, re- deem him from the gross burden of his inheritance; well, that was just her good- ness warping her intellect. The earl, her fiather, did not share her belief, and had no g~part in her choice. Sly is always Sly, and the sty does not breed lions. Nor is it @oHtioauy desirable to aim at such social ~or personal transmutation. Morally and - My lordwas no Christian democrat after the pattern of his daughter. On the con- trary, he looked at states and principalities as of divine ordination, and held the tam- perers therewith as rebels against the ex- press decree of the Almightyâ€"rebels with whom the policeman’s truncheon was the only valid argument, and a felon’s prison cell the righteous remedy. In this sweep. ing condemnation, however, he did not include that daughter~his delight, as it has been said he used to call her. Like many other loving and therefore illogical people. love madea line of its own, and allowed a new principle to appear when it touched himself. Had it been Molly, the dairy-maid, for instance, or Mrs. Clan- a‘icarde, or even EMre. Stewartâ€"though as the wife of a clergyman she was officially free of certain philanthropic fads caviare to the millionâ€"who had maintained the essential superiority of the human being over the conventional claims of aristocratic gentlehood, he would have consigned any one of them to the eternal perdition for which she had qualified herself. But Lady Elizabeth was different. The inexhaustible fountain of mercy would grant forgiveness for a mistake which in the boundless expanse of knowledge would figure as a virtueâ€"a little awry, and with a kink somewhere in the golden thread; but always a virtue, and to be rewarded as such. v The Kingshouse estate must be still fur- ther clipped; and if the foul fiend himself held the shears he must be dealt with as a gentleman and courteously entreated. The estate went up as far as the garden wall of Redhill, and that bitâ€"which my lord could sell without his son’s consentâ€"was just what would suit the ex-miner to buy. It was grief and pain to traffic the land, which represented his dignity, for the gold of a man whom, in former days, my lord would not have taken into his service as a groom, nor admitted his son into his house as a. shoe-black. But those debts were pressing; money was absolutely necessary, yet as difl‘icult to find as if buried in spot beneath the rainbow; the Jews were sharks of a more formidable kind than Miles Stagg would be, and that bit of poor land would fetch a good price if the hirsute millionaire, on whose garden wall it abutted, should desire to have it, and so throw out another runner into the rich soil of landed pro- prietorship. The Earl of Kingshouse was an example of the ruthlessness of the times. There was no possible blame to be found with him and his. They had lived the ordinary lives of ordinary gallant gentlemen, enjoying the sunshine while it lasted, and believing in its everlasting continuance, by direct provi- dential ordering, for their benefit. They had not been spendthrifts of an extravagant kind, and they had not been monstrously vicious. Neither had they come to the front as great generals nor as noted states- men, though they had been for generations officers in the army and navy, nor had they ended as government officials of high rank after beginning as attaches of very proble- matic value. Still, the family wealth had slowly decreased "both in actual bulk and relative proportions, till, as has been said, the present earl had been forced to let the castle for what rental it would fetch, and live in the Dower House with as much economy as he could command and more modesty than he enjoyed. It was, however, his only hope, but even with this things did not mend, and the red lion couchant, which was their proud family crest, was daily more sharply pinching within that galling net of debt and difficulty drawing ever tighter and tighter round it. What was to be done? How from that proverbial stone get the desired blood? “The Place Where the 01d Horse Died." In the hollow, by the pollard, where the crop is r r galliangi yank. Ol the dock leaf and the nettle growing free, Where the bumble and the brushwood struggle blindly o'er the bank, And the l1Pym; jerks and chatters on the tree, here's a. fence I never pass In the sedges and the grass, But for very shame I turn my head aside, While the tears come thick and hot, And my curse is on the spotâ€" ’Tis the place where the old horse died. There‘s his hoof upon the chimney, there's his hide upon the chair, ’ A better never bent him to the rein; Now, for all my love and care, I've an empty stall and here: I shall never ride my gallant horse again! How he laid him out at speed, How he loved to have a. lead. How he snorted in his mettle and his pride! Not a, flyer of the hunt Was beside him in the front. At the place where the old horse died! Was he blown ? I hardly think it. Did he slip ? I cannot tell. We had run for forty minutes in the vale, He was reaching at his bridle, he was going strong and well, And he never seemed to falter or to fail; Though I sometimes fancy too, That his daring spirit know The task beyond the compass of his stride; Yet he faced it, true and brave, And dropped into his grave. At the place where the old horse died. I was Exp in half a minute, but he never seemed o 5 1r Thonglh I scored him with my rowels in the a ; In his life he had not felt before the insultof the spur And I knew that it was over once for all, When motionless he lay In his chaerless bed of clay, Huddled up without an effort on his sideâ€" ’Twas a herd and bi pter stroke, For his honest back was broke, At the place Where the old horse died. With a. neigh so faint and feeble that it touched me like a. groan, “ Feirewell, he seemed to murmur, “ are 1 w ;,, Then set his teeth, and stretched his limbs, and so I stood alone, While the merry chase went headless sweep- ing hy. ' CHAPTER V. run MOUSE AND THE LION. The big estates of landed proprietors, where neither coal nor iron has been found, where no new towns have sprung up, and the semi-detached villus dear to the jetty builder are as yet unknown, do not repre- sent their former income nor consideration. Forms are no longer fortunes, and fields do little mgr-e thagpay for themselves. Am I womanly and weak If the tear was on my cheek For a. brotherhood that death could thus divide ‘2 If, sickened and amazed, Through a. woeful mist I gazed, On the place Where the old horse died. There are men both good and wise who hold that, in a future state, Dumb creatures we have cherished here below Shall give us joyous greeting when we pass the golden gate ; Is it folly that I hope it may be so '3 For never man had friend More enduring to the and, Truer maté in every turn of time and tide ; Could I think we’d meet again, It would lighten halfmy pain At the place where the 01d horse died. "n.4, «rum-n“ ESTELLE’S INFATUATION : A NOVEL. ;Whyw Melville. But if the purchase of this parcel of land, this part of the great earl’s estate, with its rich crop of ragwort and thistles, did not add much to Miles Stagg’s essential position as a landed proprietor, still less advance by even a hair’s breadth that dar- ling dream of aristocratic alliance which he caressed, as Bottom might have caressed Titania ; it touched Caleb’s position in the society of the place, and materially im- proved his questionable holding. It was one thing for this rough and hirsute Sly, this ex-miner Stagg, to have bought Red- hill ; to have built a hideous new house on the site of the old, dark, tumble-down, in- convenient Elizabethan gem ; to have set up “ glass ” by the acre, and to let surly old Jim Fisher neglect all their poten- tialities when he had done so ; and another thing to buy the brass direct from my lord himself. The former owner of Redhill had been an absentee, holding a coffee plantation in Jamaica, which he could neither leave nor sell, and which did not pay its working expensss, and the house had been let to any one who would take itâ€"now to a shady captain, who, as they said in those parts, “ shot the moon " one night when the place had got too hot for him, and now to a farmer who turned the banqueting hall into a granary. Thus the neighborhood had felt no twinge of resentful sympathy for dispossession of an honored holder when Miles Stagg had bought the place, nor disapprobation of the new man’s “ land grabbing.” Nor had it felt personally or locally enriched by the miner’s gold which had flowed over the seas and had done no good to any one at home. When it came to the opening of a direct conduitâ€"when my lord lowered his crest so far as to condescend to sell part of the great Kingshouse estate to the former miner, and had got three times its market value tor the parcelâ€"then the neighborhood “ Jack-pudding, Jack-fool, Jack-ass 1 That’s what I’ll call thee,” grumbled Jim, walking back to his turnips as stiff as a soldier on parade, and as sour as an unripe lsmon. “ We’ll see I” said Miles, laughing amain, and slapping his pockets as he was wont when pleased. “ IfI don’t find a vally for the land, tell me my name’s not Miles Stagg, and call me Jack Robinson in- stead.” “ Ploughing l” repeated Jim, disdain- fully ; “ as if ary a plough as was ever forged would go in among them stones l I think thou’st losing thy eyesight, Miles. Why, t’land is fall-land, top and bottom ; and unless ye can stuff pillows with thistle seed, I don’t see what ye’ll make of it, or where the vally ofAit lie_s, nphosyi” “ Them thiatles and ragwort fairly bet my garden," continued Jim. “ It takes a. man's time to keep down t’ weeds as flies over the wall.” “ We 11 stub ’em up, Jim,” said Miles, roughly cheery. “ Thou’st got to be glad, man, as I’ve bought the land. Thy garden ’11 be all the cleaner now that I’ve got my rightfo the ploughing out 1" “ That’s about it, Jim,” returned his form_e_r mate» qnq presegt patron: religiously, of course, it was all right, but then he was not so moral nor so religious either in a transcendental way as she. Men never are so good as women, and she was better than most women, if he was no worse than the average man. All this gentle playing at providence and philanthropy pleased her. his delight, who took the shine out of them all; and if no one profited, it did no one any harm. Wherefore he merely raised his eyebrows when he saw his daughter’s act of condescension before the Whole congregation, and said not a. word to bring a. shade of sorrow on that pure, sweet, holy face, which was to him the dearest thing in life. “ The worst bit of land all round the Country-side I” continued Jim, always in his quality of J anus-Mentor on the one side and Theraites on the other. Hence the bargain was concluded be- tween the horny-handed Croesus and the empty-handed aristocrat on the strictest business footing; and my lord never knew how much he owed to the generosity of the man he generally designated as “that brute ” when he spoke of him at all. My lord paid part of his more pressing debts with the ex-miner's money, and the ex-miner wondered what on earth he should do with the land now that he had it, and what good would be the brses to him when they were of none to his lordship. “ Théy’ll do to remind thee, Miles, that a fool and his money‘s soon parted,” said Jim Eishgp, striking his lopg chin: And Miles answered, with a. voice like a. fog-horn, “ Ay, man, that will they I” laughing as if the loss of so many thou- sands stood as a. huge finanpia]_joka. He, Miles, wanted naught with society for himself, though he was main glad that Caleb should have his whack. He wanted truly to see his lad wedded to a. less with a grand name, so that he should thus be able to found a iamlly, as such wealth as theirs should do. He wanted Lady Elizabeth as his daughter-in-law, but he was not going to put down this on the backof the cheque. Things must come as they would,and Caleb must strike his own seam in his own way, knowing as how his daddy was at his back to second all his efforts. Besides, again, my lord had the true English gentleman’s feeling with respect to the action of women. He gave them their head up to a. certain point; on the one hand, because they were half of his own order, whose status touched his own, and who were therefore entitled to respect as their birthright; on the other, for contempt as to What they might do. The two motives had their common source in pride; which is not wholly bad. When tenderness is superadded,as with my lord for his daughter, the thing takes another complexion, and What was the lofty toleration of contempt becomes the free gift of love recognizing equal moral rights. - ., And yet he felt sorryâ€"almost ashamed â€"that the great and powerful should be so humbled and brought so far low. He would rather have negotiated for Lady Elizabeth's hand on the more equal terms of money for rank, and as good a lad as ever stepped for a likely lady's husband and the father of her lady- ship’s bairns. That would have been a fair exchange and no robbery, he said; but this offer of a parcel of poorrland for three times its market value was such a confes- sion of need. It made him downright sorry for the grand old family, and he was no- wise minded to sniff at the evident extor- tion, nor would he haggle over the price. He would pay my lord what he asked, and much good might the brass do himâ€"not said ironically, but in serious earnest. All the same, the (ax-miner and his famxly were of a different flesh and blood from the flesh and blood of those born in the purple, in my lord’s estimate of human value ; and his dear delight‘s undoubted virtue had as undoubtedly a. queer twist in it somewhere. It was a proud day for Miles Stagg when my lord’s agent wrote to him, offeri' ;; him that parcel of land known as the Redhill Braes for such and such a sum; which, truth to say, was about three times its market value. One-third had bwn added because of that abutment of the garden wall; the other, because it was the Earl of Kingshouae who opened negotiations at second hand with Miles Stagg, the ex- miner; the third, was the solid base line of which these other two made the sides of the triangle. Without a trace of snobbishness in his rough-hewn character, Miles could not be indifferent to such topsy-turvydom of con- ditions as was implied in this offer. It was simply human nature that he should be proud of the consciousness that he, only a. few years ago a mere day-laborer, earning his twenty to thirty shillings a week, should now be able to help my lord, who was like a. little goti among them all. “ Profidl ay, tHat was he, surely,” as he said to Nancy, who was partly dazed and pm:th frightfmefi-by the evex'lt. ‘ But mother was inexorable on this point. It was like asking one parched with thirst to eat ham and anchovies, to beseech her, pennilees as she wes,to allow of a. prospective marriage and pressnt engagement between her daughter and Charlie Osborne m burying her one available talent in the earth and pleating her best investment in foredoomed “ Poor fellow ! ” she thought, pityingly. “ What a. misfortune to be so shy and un- gainly ! And fancy his being so much afraid of me. As if any one in the world need be afraid of me I ” And then she thong t of Charlie Osborne dear, handsome, Well-mannered Charlie, that facile princeps among men, who would do everything better than any one else, and who was the dearest fellow in the world - as beuutiful in heart as he was in person ~â€" and without a flaw that she, his lover, and, in a. manner, his worshipper, could discover. Ah, if mother would only believe in him as he deserved to be believed in, and allow the engagement between them to be openly confessedâ€"standing foursquare on that sound ground of future successâ€"that ground which was to Estelle as true asjus- per foundations of the Great City‘wall !_ l Warmod by her mother‘a words, and with all her conscience roused, Estelle took heart of grace for her charitable work, and the next time that (Juleb Staigg suffered him- self to be caught she was so sweet and kind and gentle that he: trodden worm scarce know on what leaf he was resting, nor what bird was singing there in the bushes over- heail. And at this moment Mrsfllanricarde hated the young millionaire, and would have slain him if she could. But Estelle was not so passionately dia- coumged as her mother. She had nos the same reasons. either for good or evil â€" and it is our duty ~ all of us to do What we can to insure that they shall be for good.” “ Yes, I see,” said Estelle, slowly. “ So that I hope, my dear, you will be kinder to this poor desolate young man," continued Mrs. Clanricarde, bringing down the hammer of principle once morewish awill on the heated iron of sympathy. You are doing a. religious duty, remember, and Lady Elizabeth sets you the good example.” “ Yes, that is just what it is,” said Mrs. Glanrioarde, a little eagerly. ” It is really uncharitabla, really unchristian, Eatelle, and I am very sorry to see my daughter cherish such an unholy temper. You know that I am not one of your dreadful democrats, and that I hold to the distinction of classes and all that, but this is quite different from anything of that kind. It is not an ordinary case at all. God has enflowed these people with wonderful means “ No, I do not despise him, mother,” re- turned Estelle, gravely ; “ that would be uncharitable and unchristian.” “ You might be of more use to him than you are, my dear,” said Mrs. Clanricarde. “ Young people understand each other so much better than they understand us older folks. If you would take him in hand as Lady Elizabeth (1063, you would perhaps make something of a gentleman of him.” “ He seems e561] mare miserable with me than_with_ you,” 0bj_ecced Estellq. _ “ That isybec'ause'he sees you shrink from himâ€"that you despise him,” said her mother. prioked up its ears and rubbed its dry hands together, and wondered if, perohanoe, any drops of this beautiful golden ointment would ever moisten this and that and the other of those curved and hungry palms. CHAPTER VI. It. influenced Mrs. Clanricarde perhaps more than any other. Where Lady Eliza- beth went, 11139.net folk might follow, and Mrs. Clanricurde followed so fast as to out- run her pioneer altogether. Her door opened as Wide as it would go, and nob a Week passed without some expression of material interest on the part; of the mother of Estelle for the only son of that rough-hawn Croesus of Redhill. But it was uphill work. Between her resolve to domesticate Caleb Stagg and his distress under the process and evident disinclination to submit to it, who would win 7 ” It shall not 129,” said the French woman, satting her teeth hard, when she read the young man’s refusal to the third invitation she had sent him. “ But if he does not want to come, poor fellow, why ask him, mother? ” said Estelle full of compassion for the unhappy creature, whom her mother so amiably pereeouted and so humanely distressed. ” It‘s our duty,” said Mrs. Clanricarde, with admirable self-command. “ As Lady Elizabeth says, it is such a pity that the owner of such large responsibilities should be so little fitted to the use of them.” “ But it makes him go unhappy,’ said Estelle. “ He is just miserable 9.11 the time he is here. He gives me the impression of a worm that has been trodden on. I am sure he is far happier with his own people than with us.” STAR OR MOON LIGHT. The Earl of Kingshouse was devoted to astronomy ; the countess to embroidery. Between these two absorptions lay a wide tract of domestic freedom by which Lady Elizabeth profited, no one interfering. Her father, whose favorite pursuit caused him to turn night into day, was asleep when he should have been awake. Her mother who had grown indolent in her compar- ative poverty and seclusion, asked only to be let alone, wrestling with the difficulty of shades and stitches and mourning in com- pletion the annihilation of endeavor. Hence Lady Elizabeth lived her own life emphat- ically, and carried out to the utmost of which she was capable the philanthropic doctrines which in “ Parson Lot’s " time would have gone under the name of Christ- ian Socialism. She received Whom she would, and did as she would, and the only one who ever dreamed of objecting was her brother Eustace, and he found no audience. His father pooh-poohed him in favor of his delight, and his mother followed suit in favor of her indolence. If Elizabeth really went too far, and did what she ought not, that. proved, would necessitate her own stricter surveillance and more active com- panionship ; and for this the effort would be too great. Of the two, she preferred to be an ostrich rather than a fly, and to stick her head intothe sand, seeing nothing rather than to light on a window-pane, looking all ways at once. Thus it came about that Caleb was really a good deal at the Dower House, which at one time he would rather have gone into a. lion’s den than enter ; and that Lady Eliz- abeth-,- taking her mother’s View of his responsibilities, and agreeing with her as to the_pa.ttern and get-up of the napkin, did what she could to bring this heir to millions somewhat into line with at least; the ordinary gentry of the country, and her ex- ample_ influenced others.‘ Eustace was so fidgety 1 she said, plain- tively, to my lord ; and he had always been jealous of Elizabeth. Why could he not let her alone ? If she liked to have dirty little children about her, and give them tea and cakes in the park, there was plenty of room and no one suffered. And if she choose to admit this wonderful young man-«this hideous young Stagg-and to talk to him as if he were a human being lite any other, that was her affair, and no other person’s. She, my lady, supposed the girl was not thinking of marrying him, and it was very amiable of her to try to mate him lees odious than he was ; in view of his respons- ibilities, indeed, it was more than amiable â€"it was meritorious ; for assuredly the napkin in which this immense nugget was wrapped left much to be desired on the score of pattern and get-up generally. By the grace of which reasoning it came about that Lady Elizabeth was unmolested, and Lord Eustace Went back to his regiment decidedly not the victor ; and Caleb Stagg was made free of those wide and shallow stairs which led up to Lady Elizabeth’s quaint and artistically furnished room. This was one of the doors which opened for him in some sense consequent on that sale of Red- hill Bmes. Miss LongpuraeuWhy, of course, Helen of Troy was beautiful. Do you suppose there wouid have been a twenty-year war over her if she hadn’t been beautiful ‘2 Mr. Shortens]: (forgetting himself)â€"Oh, I don’t know. Maybe she was rich. To refiuceidxe weight: Eat, to the ex- tent of sahisfying & natural appetite, of lean meat, poultry, game, eggs, milk moderately, green vegetables, turnips, suc- culent fruits, tea or Coffee. Drink lime- juicc, lemonade and acid flrinks. Avoid fat, butter, cream, sugar, pastry, rice, sago, tapioca, corn, let-arch, potatoes, carrots, beets, parsnips and sweet wines. Exercise freelyâ€"Medical Indcm. To increase the weight : Eat, to the ex- tent of satisfying a natural appetite, of fat meats, butter, cream, milk, cocoa, choco- late, breed, potatoes, peas. parsnips, cer~ rots, beats, furinaccous foods, as Indian corn, rice, tapioca, sago, corn starch, pastry, custards, oetmeal,sugar sweet wines and tile. Avoid acids, exercise as little as possible, aleep all you can and don’t worry or fret. Her mother’s praises pricked the poor girl like witches‘ needles. She felt their invisible points and smarted mules them, but she had to keep silence. Of what good to cry out? and to whom could She cry? Lady Elizabeth’s liking for the Beastâ€" Which, by-the-way, asemed to her a. kind of madnessâ€"sealed her lips to her; and Charlie hml enough troubles to bear as things were, Elm need not to add to them her own share. Sometimes a. horrible thought crossed Estelle’s mind, but it was one so clegrading to her mother as well as to herself as to be almost blasphemous. And yet; she could not wholly banish it. Meanwhile 311mm mental torture was hidden from the two who caused it. To Lady Elizabeth poor Caleb was 8: well- desirmg. well-deserving, unformed, but; capable creature to instruct and develop; to Estelle he was a human animal to whom, for eompassion’a sake, she was as gentle as she would hEVG been to a horse or a. dog, but with whom she felt no more possibility of ccmradeship and infiuisely less fami~ liariby of affection. Of a. truth, is qul Beauty and the beast; and the Beast was the sacrifice. And all thia time his father added to his anguish by his coarse congratulations Whenever he came home from one of those Kingshouse gatherings, his rips imagination plucking the fruit that was not yet even in the bud when he urged his son to carry the earl’a daughter in terms that burnt the poor fellow’s heart within him like so much shrivelled parchment. failure. It was absurd to askit ; it would be criminal madness to grant it. And there thgd matter ended, and no more need be an . pang. It; was the birth hour of his soul with the one, of his social humanity with the other. In both he suffered; but the pangs of the latter were unspeakable and unappeasable, while the joys in the former overshadowed the pain. When ihe soul confesses its sins, is not the very confession self-healing? Whichwas but cold comfort for Estelle to carry on her quivering lip when Charlie had urged her to press his claim on Mrs. Clanri- oarde once again as so often beforeâ€"when, perhaps, he had written a letter as sad as tears and has warm as living blood, and had had for all reponse anegative as sharp as knives and as cold as it was sharp Then the two poor tortured lovers had. nothing for it but to hold each other by the hand, look into each other’s beautiful eyes swear to be faithful through life andunto death, and separate inhasteâ€"fear of detec- tion mingled with doubt whether they could meet again to.morrowâ€"on Estelle’s side. doubled with shame at her deceit. For by this time Charlie was forbidden Les Saules altogether, and all his intercourse with Estelle was contraband from the start to the finish. ‘The Redhill miner lad, whom so lately no one had known, was now quite it per- sonage in the place ; and though he was as roughly cast and rudely moulded as could well be, he was all the some the Golden Calf to those Wanderers in the desert of impeouniomty, and being golden, though a. calf, was gently entrented end courteously entertained. Who would not have been? Whose father could and would give three times its market value for a. piece of land, bearing mostly ragwort and thistles, and pay the money down, like a. man, on the spot, neither discount asked nor objection made? No wonder that he was made much of by the society of Kingshoueel No wonder that he was courted by Mrs. Clan- rioarde, to whom at this moment Celiben himself, if a. millionaire, would have been welcome use a. potential son-in-lawl and no wonder that, as a consequence, this un- wanted excitement was almost too much for him, and, together with other things, disturbed his mentalequilibrium somewhat gravely. And really for a. girl who had been pro- perly educated and sagely lectured to have run like a levaing under cover of a. hedge, then suddenly to appear in the garden sauntering up the broad walk, as cool as a cucumber, with eyes yet bright from uushed tears, and lipsn little redder than usual by force of being unduly pressedâ€"really to have to stoop to these aubterfuges for the sake of a lover as against a. mother, is a. trial to the conscience of a. severe kind I Changeable as an April day, he did not know himself at times ; and if he did not, stillless did his parents. Miles was of the two the more seriously disturbed. He thought his lad was losing such wits as he ever had ; but Nancy said it was tj‘ust dyspepsia -~~which she pronounced “ dishpepsy ” â€"-a.nd pre- scribed peppermint drops as a fine remedy. Then the mood would pass altogether, and not a trace of this deep, if dreamy, sadness would remain. Invitations would come either from the Vicarage or from the Clan ri- cardes, from the curate or the doctor, the retired major or the half-pay captain ; and Caleb would go to the gatherings with the rest, and be the “ cynesure ” on more accounts than one. When he had been with Lady Elizabeth he was calmer, more reconciled with himself and life, and fitter for such duties as fell to his share. She had that power over him, which some women possess, of soothing the perturbed spirit, as when a cool hand rests lightly on a fevered brow ; and had it not been for her, the poor omad'haun would have found things harder than they were, though why they should be hard at all was a puzzle to him, for which lie had no solution handy. No wonder, then, to indemnify that mother for this unoonfessed infraction of her orders, the poor girl made herself so sweet and gentle to Caleb Stagg that he was sometimes dazed as by a vision of glory, and sometimes made to feel like a bruised worm trodden under foot by a. bird of paradise. Then he would plunge into the woods and bury himself out of sight or he would mount the fells and disappear over the other side ;and often in these latter days he would lie down with his face turned to the earth, and sob like a. child for some strange pain about his heart for which he could give no name nor cause. Whenlin these moods he used to be so still that the birds flew low about him, and the bees buzzed round his hair, losing their way among the heather. Hours would pass while he was in this state, half of trance and half of agony. It seemed to him as if he bore on his heart all the sorrows of the world ‘as if he and his nature made common cause with death, and joy was blotted out forever. And then sometimes this mood would pass for nothing more intrinsic than the cry of a lark in the sky, or the sunlight shining on a tract of grass of Parnassus or on the bronzed spikes of the bog-asphodel. Rules for Fat People and for Lean. Popular Women. (To 125 Continued} CHAPTER VII. The United States troops drove 600 families out of Oklahoma, Tex, on Wed.- uesdexy. They are now encamped around Purcell, I. '1‘. Some of the people resisted. and had to be tied to waggons and pulled out. Mr. Jinksz don‘t know how you will feel about it, air, but the fact is that my wife, your daughter, is a dreadfully hard woman to live with. Mr. Blinksâ€"J can sympathize with you, sir. I married her mother. The Siamese have a legard for mid num- bers, and insist on having an odd number of doors, windows and room: in their houses, and that all staircases must have an odd number of Steps. Among the Chinese heaven is odd, eafbh is even, and the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 belong to heaven, While the digits are of the earth, earthy. in the Farce isi'ands {here is P. aupsrs‘ui- tion that seals cast off their skins every ninth month :3ng {assumes the hpmaix} shaptj. The 'number three was the perfect num- ber of the Pythagoreang, who mid it regreaepteg the poginging midfilo and em? It is an ancient belief that achunge in the body of auma-n 0001155 every seyenth_ ygqrz Filstaff says : “ They sziy there ié divin- ity in odd numbers, either by nativity, chance, or dreamt” Miraculous powers are supposed to be poggesaed by thp sgvenghgaughtgr. Nine grains of wheat laid on a. fourvleaved clover enables (me to gee the fairies. There were seven wise men in antiquity and seven wonflers of the world. ‘ Virgil tells us that the 39:15 esteemed ofid numbers Every one who hm; travelled in Denmark has noticed the tremendous number of guard houses along the milromis, and, in fact, that women ixsaelly signel the twine, says a writer in the Philadelphia Press. Ase measure of economy than and Wife are employed by the State, the former as track walker and the latter as; guard. The rules specify the relationship to exist be- tween these two classes of employees, and the rules are made to be obeyed. When it happens that either (lies the survivor has just six weeke in which to find another partner. Neglect to do so is disobedience punished by dismissal. The employment of brother, sieter or servant to fill the vacancy is not allowed. The gnarl} or track walker mth marry in six weeks or leave. A case of the kind occurred recently near the old town of Riho, on the German frontier. The stricken widower petitioned the Government to allow him an extra. week or two, alleging that his work of walking all day along the railroad track did not give him a chance to look for a wife, but hia request was refused as in itself an infraction of diecipline. The hapâ€" lees widowar had only six days of grace left, but he did not want to lose his job and went skirmishing wizh such energy that be fore the end of the fifth he had 22. new wife flagging the trains. O’Rell, the Critic of Peoples. Gives His Views of Brother Jonathan. American women run their husbands and fafihersypry close in the matter of wit. The liberty enjoyed by American girls astonishea the English as much as the liberty of the English girl surprises the French. From the age of 18 the American girl is allowed almost every llberty. She takes the others. Not to take the name of God in vein, the English have invented many euphem- isms; some men, imagining, I suppose, that the Deity takes no cognizance of any language but English, venture so far as to say “Mon Dieu” or “ Mein Gott.” At this kind of thing the Americans era as clever as the English. They have invented ‘ Great Scott.” The late Dean Burgon, though a bachelor, was remarkable for his love of children. It was no uncommon sight to see him daneing in the high street before some do- lighted little ones or jumping up and down before a persmbulator. At a. school treat he was in his element, and he would run, jump and play with the children until fairly exhausted. On one occasion he was fairly done up, and could run no more. A crowd of children was standing round him as he sat on the grass. “ I can run no more," said the vicar of St. Mary’s. Then said a little girl, “ All right, you sit still and make faces at us." He did so, and tho contortions of his face were truly marvelous and delightful. On another occasion, however, ho was not so fortunate. He was always devoted to the children, and upon calling at a house where some of his little friends lived he asked the servant, “ Are they up stairs in the drawing-room?” On being told “ Yes,” he said: “All right, I’ll go my- self." The servant thereupon left him in the hall. Mr. Burgon then took up alarge sheepskin rug and put it over his shoulder. On arrivmg at the drawing-room door he went down on all his fours, slowly opened the door a little way, and began to groan and roar like a beast ; then he advanced a little way into the room, making a hideous noise. Unfortunately for him, none of the children were present, only two visitors staying in the house, who were scared out of their Wits by this extraordinary appari- tion. They screamed loudly and rung the bell violently, thinking a madman was coming. However, a few words of explana- tion soon put matters to rights. The Americans are Christianaâ€"that is to say, they attend church on Sundays. * * * How resist the two following appeals, posted at the dcors of a. New York and a Chicago church: I copied them word for word with great care : Curious Regulations Enforced on the Hall- roads in Denmark. Musical Evangelism. Solos; Short sermons; The place to be happy and saved. Walk in, ladies and gentlemen, walk in. The other, more seductive still, was worded thus: I saw in an American paper the appear- ance of Miss Minnie Palmer spoken of in the following terms: “ Minnie Palmer will wear all her diamonds in the third act.” The booking office was besieged all day, and, 1n the evening, money was refused. An amusing detail was the arrival of a. good fourth of the audience at 10 o’clock to see the diamonds in the third act. The population of America is 60,000,000 -â€"mosgy qolpnels. An English old maid would do without her tea. before 2m American woman would go yithput digmonds: Oh, those diamonds in America! You see them wherever you go! Not one woman in a hundred will you see without a pair of them in her ears. It is an obcssiom. In hie eyes the success of a. thing answers for it quality, and the charlatanism that succeeds is superior to the merit that vegetates. The American men are generally thin. At a dinner party. given recently at Del- monioo’s I heard them each menu had a chain attached, consisting of pearls and diamonds, and valued at $1,000. Jonathan admires all that glitters, even that Which is {lot gold. Every American with 'the least Self- respect is Colonel or Judge. Few escape ifi. No reason for not coming! Free seats; Cheerful services! Books supplied to the congregation. The public are requested to leave the books in he seafis after use. He Was Not Afraid to Play with the Children. Iggmg 1‘1 FERRY OR BE DISMISSED. Sllperfitltions and Figurefi. A GENI AL CLERGYMAN. MAX 0N AME RICA. Mr. Mugging (musingly)â€"â€"It must be true, than, that men are punished in this world for their sins. Mrs. Mugging (te5ding)â€"Every man gets the wife that heaven intended for him. Says an Englishman: “ Many wealthy people in the United States have little artistic taste in the matter of flowers. In ordering flowers for a dinner or a. reception they invariably order those which happen for the moment to be the most expensive. If cabbages were the most expensive they would insist on having them, to the exclu- sion of everything else.”â€"â€"N. Y. Tribune. An Iuaianu court has} decided that unless a woman is pleased winh her photographs aha need not pay for them. If, says a. crusty bachelor etiitor, this is: law the photo- graphers in that State may as well obscure their cameras at once. Their vocation is gone. When n. bride in China knows that she is to bo martial] she must evince by word and manner the deepesh melancholy, and she gains commendation and repute if her Iamentstions are poatical. At the dinner given on Friday evening by Mrs. Stanford at Washington to [sixteen of the Senator’s friends hot-house straw- berries; were served that cost $3 a. dozen. Mrs. Humphrey “’ard has paid heavily for“RobertElsmere” in the way of ill- hcalth. She has suffered badly from insomnia. There am about 70,000 lawmakers in Normandy, and in all France there are nearly 200,000 women engaged in this in- duatry. Mme. Lavroffsky, a. celebrated Ruasian cheas player. 15 said. to have amassed 3. for- tune by her proficiency in the game. Two Conan lmiies, who are the first to set font on American soil, are r 3w en route from San Franciaco to Washington. The 10211:} birthday of Mrs. Lydia XVM- son, of Leicester, Maw, was celebrated a. few days ago. The Empress of Austria is attended by a. woman physician. The Czerina of Russia. prefers English books to those of any other language. Cut off the top of an old leg boot or top boot, out out a piece of the right size, line l it with woollen and you will have the best ‘ kind of a holder for fiatiron- and stove were ‘ â€"better and safer than old cloth holders. An All-Round Kisser. A story is told of a. young lady who kisssd a. baby held in her father’s arms; then, in a. moment of temporary insanity or abstraction, she stood on tiptoe and kissed the papa. Realizing instantly What a. dreadful thing she had done, she Wheeled around and kissed the baby‘s momma, who was standing near, and retired in good order. Her satirical eister squelched the poor young woman as they left the house by asking her if she didn’t want to go back and finish by kissing the hired girl. Interestlng Social Statistics. Have you any idea how many miles a dancing girl gets over in a single evening ? I don’t mean a more or less wallflower, or one who site out he: dancesâ€"alone or otherwise 7 but a. real lover of waltz- ing, who dances everything from the beginning to end, and looks almost as fresh at the end of the evening as she did at the beginning. Some men has been attending several dances with s. pedometer in his pocket, and he finds that the average distance traversed during an evening of twenty-two dances is 135‘ miles! If any girl of one’s acquaintance was asked to go an equally long walk, she would just say it was impossible, at least I know I should, but somehow when one has a pleasant partner, good music and a. good floor in a. wellilighted room, one scarcely stops to consider how much ground one has got over. The average length of one waltz is half a. mile, whilst 9.- polku isthree-qusrters, end even tho lancers are e quarter of a mile long. I am going to try and remem- ber these figures~though I am a. fearful hand at anything; of that sortâ€"~50 as to entertain my future partners, when I find they are tnlknbout-the-weethor men, with only the music, the floor and the dresses for variety. 4 flew»: Notes About “‘amen The Princess of Wales is 45. Empresu Frefierick is to go to Kiel next month. . Tartan hose for ladies in wool or spun silk appear to be coming into favor for wearing with dark gowns. This year fashion, which in general favors tall, slight figures, seems more thoughtful of those of her votaries who are gifted with a. certain amount of emban- point. Some of the newesh jerseys have watered silk revere and cuffs, or a. width of soft silk coming from beneath the arm on the right side, tapering into 9. point and fastened at the waist on the left side. Stripes and pekina of all styles are in vogue, garments falling in longlines, redin- gates of sober outline, all tending to give length to the figure, and to conceal or attenuate any excess of stoutness. Amngnificent ballflressia of pale, sil- very green satin, with long court train lined with old-rose satin, and trimmed with a bordering of Alaska. sable, above which are deep arabesques of silver, gold and white embroidery. The front of the skirt is almost solid with the same em- broidery. The pe'tticoats for this season are very tempting. One in black-striped satin and moire had horizontal stripes between the moire, while another had bands of black lace lot in, with colored ribbons run through the lace. The flannel petticoats are made with fall fiounoes, elaborately embroidered. The divicied muffis a. nevelty, and fle- rives its principal merit from that fact, as it is neither very useful not very orna- mental, resembling two cuffs, gathered at the edge to show a. contrasting lining. through which the bends pass, connected with a. large bow and ends, which orna- ments: the centre. A. Maine historian says that in old times the fine ladies; of Eastport, then a. gay, flourishing town, used to acquire beautiful oomplexions by sleeping wi$h their heads out of the Windows in foggy weather. Briefs for the Intellect. Boiled starch makes an excellent paste. W'hen flat irons become rusty blacken them with stove polish and rub well with a. dry brush. Use charcoal to broil with. The flames close the pores quickly and make the meat very tender. Silver can be kept bright for months by being placed in an air-tight case wimh a. good sized piece of camphor gum. Orange pee], when thoroughly dried or baked, is a. capital thing for lighting the fires. It burns fiercely and gives out an intense heat. For ink spots on floors rub with sum} wet with water and oil of vitriol, and after- ward rinse with peatline water. Windows can be cleansed in water and the frost entirely removed by using a gill of alcohol to a pint of hot water. Clean quickly and wipe dry with a warm Chamois akin. Large quantities of vegetables should not be stored in a cellar under the house. They will vitiate the air of the whole house and cause sickness. Bettar have a. root cellar or store them in a. pit. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. The Dearest They Must Have. They Often Are. Fashions of a Day. m -....- “momma”..- facturers in our line. hnclose 2-cent stamp \Vagos $3 per day. Permanent position. No poamls answered. Money advanced for wages sdveztising,ecc. Centennial Manufacturing 00.,Clncinnati, Ohio. ’ THE flfifiK’S BEST ERIEME‘J Dealér (looking the boy way-“Yea, madam. Step right back to the rubber counter.” Dot-ing Mother (inclined to be facetious â€"“ Have you any toys thm my boy won’t belikqu to break in three minutes ‘3 *’ ' “ Conductér (apologetically)â€"The dry, wintry air takes out the dampness and loosens ’em so they move too easy. They’re ighter’n wax in summer. wiwmm'mmm Passenger (shivering)â€"I wish to gracious car windows were made so no woman could get them open. Deprive the vegetable world of moisture and in pales, withers and dies; the whole earth becomes parchefl, and desolation par- vades the landscape. Deprive the hummfi system of pure blood and health is im- possible, disease inevitable. The skit; becomes charged with repulsive humors, thelunga loaded with foreign secretions, fevers ensue, and. unless sysadin arrested, death follows. Renew to healthy action thalivcr, the great blood-purifying gland, with Dr‘ Picsce's Golden Medical Did- covery, and health flows through eVery avenue, restoring every organ to vigor. All druggiats. ' 1’ A n Unsuccessful Eavesdrnpper. First; Boyâ€"H I hid under the sofa {he other evening to listen to what young Smith would say to my sister.” Second Boyâ€"“ What did he say ? ” First Boyâ€"- ” He only talked about religion and kicked me about twenty times on the head.” Eiecond Boyâ€"" He knew you were there, I guess." First Boyâ€"“ I'm afraid he suspected it.” that ceturrh will in time wear out. The theory is false. Mon try to believe is because it wouhl be pleasant if true, bub it is not, as all know. Do not let an acute attack of cold in the head remain unsu' dued. It is liable to develop into catnrrh. You can rid yourself of the cold and avoid all chance of catarrh by using Dr. Sagn’a Caatarh Remcdy. If already afliified vi"; Jvnursafl of this troublesome disease speedily by the same moans. All druggista. Interesting Letter from Richard Talbot from Japan. Mr. Richard Talbot was for fully fifteen years boss of the weaving room in the Dundas Cotton Factory. When he left he went to the Lybster Cotton Mills at Mer- ritton,where he remained about three years, and since then he has been overs great part of the world as traveller for an Eng- lish firm. He spent considerable time in Spain and France, and now he is in Japan. The other day his brother, who works i3~ the Cotton Factory here, received a latte from him from Osaka, Japan. We have been permitted to glance through it, and have found it so interesting that we con- dense it for our readers. The letter is dated Dec. 17th, 1888, and says the writer, after passing thirty days in Yokohama and twenty days in Tokio (the capital), had arrived at Osaka, Japan, 380 miles from Tokio, where he had been ten days. He found in Japan an agreeable climate and an interesting people. Referring to his journey thither from California, he says two Chinamen, returning home, died on board. The doctor seemed jubilant, as he received $20 each for embalming the bodies of the Celestials. The passage on the Pacific was very rough. While t 'ivel- ling from Tokio to Osaka by steamer l y had a splendid view of the sacred and very‘ high mountain, Fujihama. It is cone- shaped, built by volcanic action, has a crater at the top, but inactive. It is one of the sights of the world. The top and sides for a long way down are covered with ever- lasting snows, and its appearance, while grand and majestic, is pleasing to the eye. Thousands, says Mr. Talbot, come and make their devotions to this mountain. He likewise visited Buddhist and Shinto tem- ples, and saw the wooden god of trouble and grief. He saw the people rub parts of the god’s body and then with their hand rub themselves on the corresponding por- tion of their own body. Nose, ears, face, in fact every protuberance originally on the god, had been rubbed smooth by the people who had come to be cured in this way of their bodily and mental ailments. The description of an Osaka temple is interesting. At the far end is the collection box, grated over to prevent people from getting the money thrown into it again, and it is as large as a“ temperance plat- form.” Priests were inside making every- thing right for those who threw their money in. Mr. Talbot was impressed with much that was beautiful in the Buddha and Shinto religions, and he says they inculcate a veneration for ancestors, for national heroes, and that under it children always respect their parents, a ,1 infants are carried about in the fresh air and cared for in a remarkable manner. Politeness is racy of the country. Boots must be pulled off when entering a house, and the waiters bow nearly to the ground. Refinement and politeness, says the letter writer, about these people surpasses any- thing he had seen in Europe. Brief references are made to the worship of the sun and the signification of the symbols used by the Japs in their religious exercises, and the interesting letter closed.â€"Du72dus Standard. _ “ Yes, but all hope of wealth is gone. My phvsicisn has ordered me to live in Souther California. Pipes never burst there.” In Bard Luck. Motherâ€"â€"Whnt is the matter, my son? Adult Sonâ€"â€"It’s all up; no use struggling against fate. I’m bound to land in tho pour- house. “You! Why, my son, you are a pluniberf’ Every woman has a chance of “ cat-chin a. husband,” but it is conceded that young ladies between 20 and 25 years of age are more likely to draw the matrimonial prizes. However, it is not an unusual thing to hear of the marriage of a. lady who has passe-Ll the three-quarter century mark. Yet, how can a woman, week, dispirited, ener. vated and tormented by disease common t her sex, hope to become a happy wife and mother? Of course she cannot; yet by the. magic aid of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite I’re. aoription all these obstacles are S'Wept away. - As a .powerful, invigorating td'nic, Dr. Pierce’a Favorite Prescription imparts strength to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages, in particular. For overworked, “ worn-out,” “run-down,” debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmskers, eeamstresses, “shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women gene- rally, it is the greatest earthly boon, btiog unequalled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. Peculiarities of Car Windows! A DUNDASI'I‘E’S TRAVELS. A Lady’s Chances of Marrying. Do Not Think for a. Moment; E) G} 33 I. 6 89 Thu Life current. Sized Him Up. We wish a. few men to sell our goods by sample to the Wholesale and m- tsfll uzade. {largest manu-