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Show look, and when tbs sort ot to mate came up to me and began as a. though agreeable, himself make ! n tti-- while, a month or to, I sai l before I bud not given nun any Glue violets and i at the t.,iurtiis ml. on the encouragement, I glanced again V. .1! tilooru and tiourish was an snap angry not.-there thrill, se--lonely '1 n i. ini- captain and dl bloom and die. T he rose- in his eyes, lie did not like to see And summer iireeies gentl.v aigh. the mate and me together, lliat was Ami soda fountain soon will boom. he object to plain. Blit why should seem And lovers crowd the ice cream room, to caie didn't he as so it long The overcoat will S in pawn. lnt I tried to himself. of me for lawn. The girl will wear the dress some reason for this, but soon gave The dust will lie thick on the road. The bov will kill the harmless toad, the whole thing up as a mystery too to solve. Tho bullfrog sing his dolefui lay, deep for me to attempt The crickets chirp at close of duy, when we were in the One morning The lovers stroll in lonely lanes. South Pacific some one cried out that The organ grinder give you pains, there was a small boat with several The bvcide man will show his leg. lee bow. The busy hen will lay her eg?, people in it in sight on the w Inch in Ve bore away for the boat, In every pond and lake and hay Boats will be seen each pleasant day, a short time was alongside the ship. AH balls and parties will be o'er. Five men and a little boy climbed up And folks will seek the cool seashore. we from the boat to our deck, and liteach day his path will take The sentinel TuETIomk I riTBLIiII- -l AT PERSONS AND THINGS. The prince of Wales is president of mi amateur photographical association. I;f.n IIogan. the reformed pugilist, is in Virginia City, Net'., where he hi holding a successful revival meeting. George Washington, as shown in in steps bronze on the Wall street. ha3 turned black in tho face. sub-treasu- Representative Loiis St. Martin, TIIE OLD MAIL) CAPTAIN. CG. The Chang Chin Cur. the deminister, eats with eliopstieks and mands that boiled rice be served on Miss Van Zvndt, the prima donna, lias been dangerously ill, but at St. has Petersburg, and not at Cannes, as been reported. Win si.ov,', the Boston beautv. who enjoy-- the honor of nvuling Mi-- s Chamberlain in beauty, will spend tho season in London. S , The venerable Louis Kossuth is now in Home on his wav to his chosen homo in Turin, where, it is believed, or at all events Imped, that his sons will maintain him in comfort. A ri,ATiTM wire, too tine to bo seen with the naked eye, is said to have been made in Kurope. It is to be used in tcleseopos, as a substitute for the spider's web usually employed. Woukw N on the Clyde have been greatly irritated by the arrival of more than a hundred Germans from Bremen s of a largo to finish the steamer being built at Glasgow. wood-fitting- very well off now. While deprived of ninc'i of his aneient re eniio lie lias, on the other hand, much less expense, and the faet of his not renewing his former regular reeniie lias led to the eolleelion of far larger oluntarv tribute to him. The pope is thought to tittle Romance Which the Stewardess Told. e nine plate. Mi-- s baby-carriag- of New Orleans, is the only creole in He is a little, grizzled man congress. new-Chines- t boy In every puddle, creek and lake, The base ball man will wield the bat. The farmer wear the big straw hat. The peddler on the street will shout. The sun will knock fat people out. will soon appear, e The There'll lie a houm in lager beer, And picnic will be all the go, It will all be in a month or so. The dc.keof Connaught is said to 1)0 the only member of the royal family who really favors home rule for of - th-- ir UTAH. - MANTI, tit oil so, . lie Anson K. Lakmki:, who died of received in the Bardswell Ferry, Mass,, disaster, leaves an estate of .(),-ooBy the terms of his will $30,000 of tiiis will go at his wife's death to trustees for tho education of native American hoys and girls of Greenfield, Mass. o. From X. Y. Times. I luive been going toseatliese23 said the stewardess of an years, American coastwise steamer, one afternoon recently, as she sat sewing in the cozy ladies cabin of the vessel to and yet I was which she belonged, never wrecked, nor has a ship I have been on lost so much as a spar while I was aboard. Yes, my life has been a very commonplace one. There lias been no romance in any way connected with it; stop though, I did not play a very small part in a romance once. That happened fully 20 years ago, and now it seems like a dream; I sometimes wonder if it wasnt after all a dream. It seems stranger to me The now than it did even then. farand a stewardess paused worthy away look in her eyes showed that she was indulging in retrospection. When I was young I went on sailing vessels instead of steamers, conAbout 20 tinued the stewardess. I was when years ago that was in the I friends some visited young I then a and voyage, country after came to New York to find a ship. The agent I went to told me that I could go as stewardess on a ship bound to Australia. The skipper, said he, is a good man, but lies a regular old maid. I said that I didnt mind old maids, and so it was settled that I was to go with the old maid captain. The next day I went aboard and reported to my new captain who was called Harris. The captain was short and rather slight built, with mildgray eyes, but with a full, heavy black beard, lie seemed about 33 years old. His hands were smalt and delicate, and bis voice was hivli and just a tritle shrill, and he walked up and down the deck with a mincing sort of gait. Thinks I, Captain Harris, if have you wasn't a skipper Oi-tiie wife of President Not t, of made a first rate single youd woman. I Union college, it is said that while her regularly despised him until the first health permitted she made it a duty to storm came on. Then he went on deck know personally every student in each and handled the ship in such a way that I could not but admit that he class, and she never forgot a face or a was the best navigator I had ever name, always recognizing an alumnus, sailed under. Then I began to think and with the greatest animation recall- better of the old maid captain. I neving little incidents of his college days. er saw a captain so considerate of his It was her custom to invite the boys, men. If one of them was the least bit one or two at a time, to take tea and sick the captain would go into the forecastle and attend to him as tenspend an evening with her. derly as any nurse. And when the weather was bad he would not allow A portrait ot Prince Bis- the mates to make the men do any marck speaking was cunningly taken work that wasnt really necessary. during the recent important debate on The mates used to make fun of the tho schnapps monopoly bill in the Ger- captain behind his back for being so of his men, but somehow man reich'tag. While the prince was considerate I thought it was a good trait in him. urging his cause with his accustomed I began to watch the captain closely vehemence the president of tho Berlin and I soon made up my mind that academy, Herr von Werner, was smug- there was a mystery about that man. on a pleasant evening I came on gled in among the members and rapid- Once deck and saw the captain looking at ly sketched Prince Bismarck in the heat the red sunset with tears in his eyes. of oration. Suddenly the prince caught At another time, when I thought lie sight of the artist, and directly he had was on deck. I went into the after-cabifinished his speech made straight for for something. I found him there. llerr von Werner. Various members, V hat do you think ho was doiim? ' T.it'K.-i.iK- E however, neatly lrineo BNmarck on his way till the artist had safely retreated before the prince could catch him. button-hole- d The eontlkt between religion and seeularUm in 1 ranee is dailv growing more acute. One blow after another is struck at the church. The concordat w it h the Vatican is no longer respected. Hvery article of it lias been violated, and it is likely in time to be set aside altogether. M. Jules Ferry dispersed the religious orders when the senate refused to pass an education bill intended to cripple them. Since then the schools have been given into the charge of laymen; the nursing sisters have been banished from nm-- t of the public hospital-; the budget of public worship has been cut down; the salaries of the clergy reduced, and even the fabrics of the churches starved by parsimony. The excuse given for all this is that Chris- tiauity is hostile to the republic. aster about 33 years old.. The captain seemed to lise him, but I thought how much he mu-- t envy his sie and Ihe captain, though, wasstrength. much the smarter man of the two. The male, somehow, seemed to take a fancy to me for, as I said, I was young in those days, lie was always running into the cabin on some pretext to see me. But 1 never encouraged lnm. A oti see I was engaged to P tl,e mate of another mate; and ,11011 mate, poor fellow, was lost at sea a few years afterward. Although the captain didnt seem to care much about me he didnt fancy the mates .taking a liking to me. That used to puzzle me. One pleasant evening w hen I "out on deck I saw the captain, who ; The gave them a warm welcome. tle boy couldn't have been a day over eight years old. He vvass little fellow, with long curly hair. him at once. Capt. Harris took tofellow into the He carried the little after cabin and put him in his own berth, and took him something to eat, while the rescued men were telling us how they came to be in the open boat. They belonged to a barque which was bound to New York, but had sprung aleak and had foundered the day before. The crew left the vessel in two boats just before the vessel went down, but when she did go under she swamped one of the boats, and the captain and seven men were thrown into the water and drowned. The other boat, with the mate in charge, managed to keep alloat until we came up with it. The mate of the wrecked vessel, roughMr. Bradley, was a looking man, but he seemed to have a kind heart. Early in the evening, when he was sitting in the forward cabin with the second mate and myself, he told us that the little boy. who was still in the after cabin with Capt. twice Harris, had been before. The little fellow was the son of a sea captain, and had been going to sea with lus father and mother ever since he was born. About four years before, when the ship on which this family were, was nearing the English Channel, a heavy fog set in. The second mate was in charge of the deck and the captain, with his wife and boy and tbe mate, were at the dinner table. The captains wife happened tothink of something in the galley that she wanted, and she went forward for it. Just then a big steamer loomed up suddenly in the fog, and, without any warning, struck the ship aft and smashed in the cabin. The poor captain was crushed to death, but the mate and the little boy were only imprisoned by the broken timbers. The mate cried out a number of times, but received no answer. He whistles trom could hearv)cc.asiona the steamer for about half an hour. Finally lie made a struggle and succeeded in tearing away enough broken timber to liberate himself. He took the little boy with him, and going on the deck found that the wreck was sinking. The vessel had been deserted by the others, who had probably climbed on board the steamer. The wreck was now nearly even with the water, and the mate made a little raft and launched it. He took the boy and sprang on to the raft, where he lashed himself and the little fellow. Soon afterward the wreck sunk. Next morning it was dear, and the mate and the boy were picked up by a small iron bark bound to Japan. Tbe bark, however, got out ot her course, and was driven ashore on a small island, not far irom the Philippines. The island was inhabited by friendly natives, who took careof the stranded crew, but nearly three years elapsed before any vessel came to the island. They were finally taken off by a which landed them at Bombay. Here the mate was taken sick and sent to the hospital, where he was visited by Mr. Bradley. The latter, who had once been befriended by the boys father, said that the bark he was on was about to sail for New York, and he undertook to deliver the little fellow to his friends. But now the poor boy vvas again on his way to the other side of the world. While 5Ir. Bradley was finishing his account of how he came by the boy, Captain Harris came in from the after cabin and said that the little fellow vvas sleeping nicely. Mr. Bradley began to tell the captain about how the hoy was wrecked the first time. Then thecaptainro.se up pale and trembling and asked the name of the ship. When Mr. Bradley gave the name of the that was run down, and said thatship the boys father vvas Captain Wilson, the skipper staggered back and then rushed into the after cabin as if he had gone mad. We couldnt make out vvliat vvas the matter with him. An hour later I went into the after cabin for something, and I saw the captain leaning over the boy, who was fast asleep. The captain looked up and I noticed that his eyes were red, as if he had been crying hard. Thinks I, Well, well, you are an old maid of a? bright-lookin- g gray-lmire- ship-wrecke- d sea-goin- man-of-wa- r, captain, indeed. The next morning we were becalmed. Near by us lay a big clipper ship, which, toward noon, sent a boat tous. The officer in charge of the clipper's boat said that they were bound for New York, but were and told Mr. Bradley that he and the other men from the iost bark were welcome to come on board and work their passage to the United states. Mr. Bradley jumped at tne chance, and his men being already to stood aft, looking admiringly at the leave our mate who was sitting at the starship, he looked around for the boy. We found the little fellow in board gangway. When the captain the cabin, where he vvas saw me come on deck he gave me a by Capt. Harris. The being petted captain made short-hande- d, rent outcry when Mr. Bradley said that the boy wouid have to goforwith the him. Our skipper begged hard said Mr. that hut Bradley youngster, u would have to take him to his friends. Mr. Bradley was about to lead the youngster out of the cabin, when Capt. Harris fell on his knees and put his arms around the boy. Then he looked up to Mr. Bradley and said: You must not take him. I am lus father! His father! replied Mr. Bradley. What do you mean? Why, I knew at least Capt. Wilson myself. He vvas ten vears older than you, and was a large man into the bargain. Come, let me have the boy! No. no, cried Capt. Harris, pressing the little fellow still closer to him. not be his father, but I am ''' Cli(, a;nl Gr i ae great Kin, read who Weed Used ' to $ v think it of one of the ,Jftt men of tin ? Y'howciet boys together a,. t . . ..jv I had and Dont say youre his the JL lustre 6.r-tui,. t of v.othes in emy, and the " a white to him he"" of his chunis!0a "ntb i Master Thu'rF- -' prl Journeyman him strongly1 re- - ply. And with that Capt. Harris pulled aside the heavy black beard I mentioned. There vvas no doubt about it. The captain had a womans face, and not a bad looking one either. Mr. Bradley started back in astonishment and cried: You dont mean to say you are Capt. Wilsons widow? Thats exactly what lam, said our skipper, lising to her feet and putting her beard baek into place. After my husbands ship had been struck by the steamer I was lilted on hoard of the latter by two of the men. My husband and child were given up for lost, although 1 begged the people to return and search the wreck for them. They would have done this but the steamer could not find the wreck in the fog, and it vvas supposed that she had foundered immediately after we lett her. I went home to my friends. My husband had left very little money, and I found that I would have to work for a living. I didnt care to hire out as a housekeeper or do any other 1 had learned drudgery of that kind. from my husnavigation thoroughly band and was well fitted to take charge of a ship. I went to a ship owner who was an old friend of my husband, and told him just how things stood. Ho thought that under the circumstances I couldnt do better than dress up as a man and go to sea as a captain. He found me a ship, and Ive been a skipper ever since. And now no one is going to take niy boy away from me. That they aint, said good hearted Mr. Bradley, who then kissed the boy and shook hands with us all. In five minutes he and his men were on their way to the big clipper, and our skipper, with her arm around her hoy, vvas leaning against the taffrail waving her hand to them. Now, I understood the captains liking for Mr. Wood, our mate. She was in love with him, and of course she was a little jealous of me. The whole mystery about Capt. Harris, as she called herself, vvas accounted for. One evening some weeks afterward when we were in the Indian Ocean 1 glanced through the after cabin door, and what do you think I saw! There sat our mate, Mr. Wood, by the side of our skipper. She had her beard oil, and I noticed then that she had let her hair grow. In Mr. Wood's lapsat the little boy. She was looking at Mr. Wood, and he vvas talking to theboy as if he had made up lus mind to be very good to him for his mothers sake. Then I knew that it vvas all settled. ten-denl- .A int 'Just before th, byly clerk in e Ge young mac Rat his mother, sne.red Mr. Bradley. Yes, I am his mother! vvas 1 ho have corrtSl he would not profession Imay his the of au actor, y Horn on the Canal. 01'' "ad ?! Still in doubtCmlr' ier h'Vul" a "'low ed him to go ons.Rv.elup judgment diotaif Beck's 11 , advice county of his that be bad a in someR'gimper,-h'- " Jff, ,JUt 1 firm,; ;v like : Joseph, if ot an education,V0ll, R t Si said H, but if you )W much stage, you must niR.ree doll, loss ot two years 0Rg thats termmed the lad, C0Cl studied first scholars of hi Of course, said c smile U:' pi an aim vyitli honors, and drew h d .. a smile, you are car.. by. I I ha was. will tell n here! Joseph Henry, tli'ery po( 1 yCl the Smithsonian face as jn by tls .other or the tide jj " up, he widest influence." ier, whenever smaU an L i we met we u. incident in of his lii-- v a ide An Inconsiderate Oitj On the Russian frox pened that an officer i cards ith a friend. trying to smuggle v - ph 'antv ?Ian jr.Vuon ve got b'll cor Russian empire wither his passport. The ss it deati lum 5 arrested and rr p,.n All right," s Jut officer. afterward the sentinel o Id jMnd. what he was to do ml, ' we go Captain, furious atbu jjvm wt shouted. Why, d Au1 put him! The Captain ?? until the morning, whs JV J. si membering the prisons soldier and said, 'S: v t. The Jew? said tlitaArd th but I hanged him, a F him do What? said the Cap: committed murder!" id him, and the up to the Emperor. I: 1 j! judgmetr-fro'- d , signing so serious a i 1 r 0ou learning how matters no' th that decided peror s without reasoning, obeyed so extraordiarCoa. his superior, was to officer ' paral; that the sakeo!.101' the for duty, oh t0 given the murderous "ent to Siberia, and th to go to the family o, who had so iniquitou- demL - y to'c ' Jthp lr , bun Rich Girls Dying' J Y;) Rich girls really chan Chicago a first-ratfirst-rathusbands, What is tliebookingtoNewYork?" ' ' man a with a queer inquired young con be There are notenoug'an shaped hat on his head and a drawl in his voice, as he stood before the ble young men to go aro. ticket window of an Eastern railroad. the rich girls get them I Seventeen dollars, said the ticket Walter Xe.$ vY' Old not. agent. his r You, mean aw three poun ten, death, settled on e e eh? I j wholesome, mean $17. I dont know anything about your three poun ten. Ticket. you may book me. But t hree poun ten is too deuced much, doncher know; too awfully much. Does that include me luggage? He was informed that his luggage would Lie carried, and started otf to look after it with his one eyeglass elevated toward tho roof of the station house. That chap must be an Englishman, remarked the ticket agent. Englishman, the devil! replied a brakeman, who chanced to be I know that young standing by. codfish. He was horn on acanalboat down here near Joliet, and his dad got rich buying hogs. Chicago Herald. ble girls, all ofthen- iwhich should go to Jiulffc Taney ami the UrrantlBoy. fields in No, Among other traditions of the Government Printing Office at is a story told about a boy sent with some proofslips of an important decision to Chief Justice Taney, lie appeared at the office of the Chief Justice and asked him Is I presume, Taney in? was the dignified reply, you wish to see the Chief Justice of the United States? I dont care a cuss about' him. Ive I am got some proofs for Taney. the Hon. Roger B. Taney. Youre I am not, Taney, arent you? fellow. I am the Hon. Roger B. TaThen the proofs are not for ney. mesyou, and the unceremonious senger would have gone off with them if the Judge had not admitted himself to be Taney simply. Ben: Perley Poore in Boston Budget. Wash-ingto- n husbands jehur j ;n absolutely " m arried, providing tpe T take the name of them died spinsters, ( full in all Chicago a stw.jear i- of the ghb; de himself out for who is considerate do md tare to ask a girl olto tne Mud t wc when the station lusI at than better dally get 'ei7-- :urr often girls very areno f0i worthy -- ; bands. Rich girlsmen. a n by the desirableneeodome. is all done by t Tova Scotia Coalfjj1 of the The extent square miles and ore y.Sl sub'IIiar y'ri of adjoining quantity of availably rml 000,000 tons K'a' r :th , The output bast.jw tons. The area m s about thirty-five jtl- of 1S,',n1irtvt'r.t Wi output Cumberland In and one square miles, tons I , cue 343,000 most of these and therefore mdi,;.r!i la cation with e" ns ir ry . supply that ,find asc2 c(jr )m steam, Breton coal f .at j,, ably with o same characte. coDs-"ability for latte . tinguish the |