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Show MOTHER. IFElsover. Death Lay the lilies st her U sweet. feet iMajr they reet upon her bier, She who walked among them here. Gently her fold wneted hands, Smooth the hair In silver hands Oer the brow where lines of care Time hath wrought so geutly fair. Calm and still, no wild alarm Stirs the heart whose sweetest rharm Lies beneath the churchyard sod. 8he hath known the widows God. Weary grew her eyes and dim, Mourning day by day for him, While she watched and waited long For the angel's greeting song. Oft when worn with grief and pain Could we feel her tourh again; It would calm the aching brow; Dut no sigh she heedeth now. When we sink In death's last sleep, Other eyes the watch must keep: O'er her children's dreamless bed. man wolves in complete possession. But the silver was beyond them, out of their reach, and all their trouble and pains profitless. Mad at the thought of being balked, the outlaws took the survivors, the commandant, the teamsters, the soldiers, bound them hand and foot, tied heavy stones to them and tossed them, living, one by one, over Into the dark water. Of all who had laid down to rest in the evening, not one was alive in tbe morning. Fools of blood, trampled grass, half burned wagons, the ashes of expired camp fires, marked the spot, and that was all. Deep down In the etlll, cool water lay the bright silver, and on the surface a swirl here and there told of the alligators fighting over their hideous feaBt. Exactly one year later to the very day another party, camped at the lake. They were troopers returning to easy service In Mexico, after a season of loneliness, hardship and danger on the frontier. The memory of the tragedy enacted there had either been forgotten or given Blight consideration, for In those days lawlessness was but too common to cause especial remark. The troopers picketed their horses among the trees, camp fires were lighted, supper was eaten; there was a restful hour or two given up to smoking, laughter, singing, tbe playing upon guitar and mandolin, and then each man, tired and drowsy, wrapped himself In bis blanket, soon to be eoundly sleeping. All but the sentinels, who kept their steady rounds as tbe solemn night wore on. There was a nearly full moon, that at mldLlfet rested Just north of the zenitA, illuminating with lie mild light tie surface of the open lake, and emphasizing the black shadows under the trees. The sentry whose beat lay nearest the shore chanced to glance carelessly out over the water as he walked slowly along and be saw something there that changed him from a half somnambulist to an Intensely awakened man. The water lay still and quiet as death, and from its wavelees surface the sentinel saw what first Bcemed to be wreaths and strands of gray mist, rising and twirling. In a moment, even as he looked, the shadowy vapors resolved themselves Into the forms of men horrible shapes, with agonizing faces, and arranged themselves in ghastly procession, and, swaying as In a gentle wind, moved swiftly forward toward the camp of the sleeping soldiers. A weird low cry, the shadow of a wall, rose up and chilled the hearer's utmost soul with deadly terror. More from fright than boldness the sentinel fired his carbine at the advancing shades and then ran shrieking Into the woods. The Bleepers, roused up aa one man, saw, heard, and they too fled, into the thickets. The horses plunged and broke the picket ropes. The noise of maddening beasts crashing through the undern growth and the cries of men grew fainter and fainter as all hurried from the horror. Later on In the night a few of the boldest met together, and, with courage somewhat restored, determined to go back and have a second look at the things that had affrighted them. Cautiously they returned within view of the camp. They saw forms moving about hers and there, strangely dimmed in the flickering radiance of the campfires and strangely illumined when in the shadows. Dropping behind bushes and trees they watched breathlessly, not daring to advance. The camp was. story-tellin- g, Other eyes the tears must shed. Dut we would not call her back More to tread life's dusty track. She hath done her life work well. Let the Illy petals tell. TIIE HAUNTED LAKE. In southwest Texas thore Is a lake that bears the reputation of being the most desolate and uncanny pool In the world. The place is a veritable city of It Is a body of water ghosts. of a mile wide and a dosen miles long, lying In the shadows of an almost Impenetrable forest In the bottoms of the Nueces river. In Diniir.ilt The lake is very deep: so deep county. that In many places no procurable line hns ever reached the bottom. Hence, the rumor says there Is no bottom at all. Its shores are absolutely uninhabited, and the boldest wayfarer hesitates to waters even tarry near Its In the broad light of day. It swarms with fish, and Immense alligators dwell there.. Fierce, wild animals slink unmolested through the tanAt night gled growth along the bank. the owl's hoot and the high, plaintive wall of the hungry panther form a fit accompaniment to the ghostly revels of unquiet spirits. That some inexplicable happening takes place on these lonely waters on certain nights Is beyond question. The evil repute has existed for more than a century such sights have been seen snd sounds heard by those bold enough to attempt investigation, that efforts in that line have entirely ceased; the lake Is shunned, and further Inquiry must be made by strangers, for no one knowing the place can be bribed or forced to stay there after nightfall. The lake was the scene of a tragedy over 100 years ago, and from that day to the present It has borne an unhalIn those days there lowed reputation. was a road that skirted its lower end. The road was the single highway connecting Mexico with the mission settlements and the Spanish outposts along the San Antonio river, and further east, in what Is now Texas. and faThe lake was a There was good vored camping place. water there, good grass and abundant shade; a welcome rest spot for those coming from the south over the hot d uplands. Near sandy the close of a September day long ago, a large wagon train slopped to camp for Within the wagons were the night. sacks of silver coin for the payment of To troops In the frontier garrisons. guard this was an armed mounted escort, numerous enough to put at rest all fear of danger. The whole lay down to rest and slept that night, unsupi-cloucareless and negligent But a deadly peril was lurking near at hand, y eager-eyeand of an opportunity. All the way from the Rio Grande the trail of the crawling wagons had been followed by bandits thieves, renegades and murderers they were, cruel as tigers, brave as grizzlies. Every move had been noted, every camping place wntched, every sign of careless confidence eagerly scrutinized by keen eyes that shone with the light of anticipated plunder. On this September night, when the whole camp was resting, the sentinels nodding, even as they stood in the dark shadows of the trees, the robbers made their attack; a fierce yell, a rattling volThe startled ley and a savage rush. escorts sprang up, grasping their eseopetas, and made what resistance they could. There was close desperate fighting all around, and a confusion indescribable. The commandant realized th'.t the fight would soon go against him. so. exhorting his men to stand to the lust, he gathered the teamsters about him and togther they took the sacks of Bllver from Ihe wagons and threw them over into the bottomless depths of the lake. There was barely time, for all resistance was soon overcome, tbe survivors begging for mercy and the hu three-quarte- rs ed long-draw- n, panic-Btricke- n, terror-stricke- Is In New Jersey and the other the lake shore, and "EspantosoNbecam IN TIIE ODD CORNER. Ons a name to be spoken with dread and r near Philadelphia. place to be avoided. It so remains down to this very day. BOMB STRANGE. QUEER AND VrhB the Themes Bee Dry. i CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE. According to Symon'e MeteorologiDAUGHTER IN FRANCE. cal Magazine" the Thames ran dry on the Frnck Mother's filiation! fllffarant from Tha Fa mom Tulip Mania At Ono Tlmo mere than one occasion between was which long 1716, 1114 snd tha American. Nearly Every Family la Holland Had years anterior to the establishment of the Ooo Whoa tha Thaaiee Ran Dry Mme. Marie Therese Diane, bettei many locks on tbs river, which would A Cariom Clilueae Koaaatory. known under the pseudonym of "Th. now render such an event Impossible. Denson, the French novelist and In 1114 there was so great an ebb every writes on the subject ol "Thi "Family Life In America: part of a mother of a family If perhaps a more delicate one in Amerlcr than in France just because then the power of tbe mother Is noi that of an autocrat, because she doei not direct and rule everything herself because there are many things in bet daughter's life which she does not .think herself authorized to prevent and which she has to bear, while exerShe adcising a discreet vigilance. vises without constraining and undei the gravest circumstances she has tc limit herself to an appeal to hei daughter's reason without ever count ing on passive obedience. It Is car talnly simpler to mold, like soft wax, f will that will give itself up without resistance. It Is just this feeling of unlimited authority over her daughter over the good and the wrong she maj do her, of her righteous duty to this utter helplessness, which binds th French mother to her second self whom she has formed without any othei Influences, admitting even girl companions unwillingly, and on her guard beforehand, against the future husbanc who would take her treasure from her These relations are being modified since the Introduction of a certain cosmopolitanism Into our customs but what exists everywhere with us could not be found In America, where the young bird, of either sex, escapes from the maternal wing as soon as its feathers begin to grow. critic, s, d, blood-thirst- ever-watchf- ul ed ft THE GHASTLY PROCESSION. dry-shod- not a link will start Would ye learn the spell? a mother valley sat waters back so that its bed was dry there. a thing which happened again on the And a sacred thing la that old 14th of September, 1716. On this last occasion tbe river "was driven to so In childhood's hour I lingerd near The hallow'd seat with listening ear; low an ebb, says the "Weekly PackAnd gentle words that mother would (Ivs et," "that both above and below tbe To arm-chai- r. lit me to die and teach me to ltve. Bhe told me shame would never bvtlde. With truth for my creed and Clod for my guide; Bhe taught me to lisp my earliest r. Aa I knelt beside that old prayer, arm-chai- I sat and watchd her many a day. When her eyes grew dim, and her locks were gray; And I almost worshipp'd her when she smiled And turn'd from her Bible to bless her child. Tears roll'd on, but the last one sped Idol was shatterd, my earth-sta- r My fled; I learnt how much the heart can bear, 1 r. When saw her die In that old arm-chai- bridge people passed and repassed on the sands, which lay so clearly bare to view that a silver tankard, a sllver-hilte- d sword, a gold ring and several other things were taken up that had been lost there. A Carious Chinos Monastery. High up among the mountains in China stands one of the most curious religious edifices in the world. It la the monastery of Yung feu, where a body of Chinese prleBts live at a s, above their 'Tie past! t Is past! but I gaze on It now height Is to with which correspond supposed With quivering breath and throbbing their superior eminence In sanctlty.The brow: 'T was there she nursed me, 't was there she died fellow-creature- And memory flows with lava tide. Bay It Is folly, and deem me weak. While the scalding drops start down my cheek; But I love It. I love It, and cannot tear My soul from a mother's old arm-chai- r. Dutch gardeners soon disIt was decided that the cane would da stantinople. covered that their soil and climate So, stepping to the green room, the prince paid the actor a few compliment on tbe English part he was playing and begged him to accept the cane, saying it had seldom left him for ten years. He added that he hoped to see the cane with Febvre on the stage. The incident was reported and Febvre spent the following day dismissing a queue of Englishmen who Invaded his lodgings trying to buy the cane. Afterward, when giving private entertainments In London, he repeatedly beard himself identified by tbe remark made in the audience: Hes the one that got the cane." Argonaut Rich In Gama. "Any quail about this neighborhood?" inquired a tourist who was about to register at a Western Texas hotel. "Quail! said the proprietor, with an indulgent smile; "they have got to be a nuisance. The cook complains that she can't throw a piece of toast out of the back window but four or five quails fight to see which one shall get on it." Texas Sifter. MEN OF MARK. Indeed, occupied, but by no mortal occupants. The unearthly visitors moved swiftly about as though busying themselves with camp duties, and, ae the scared watchers yet looked on. the first flush of morning began to mingle with the wan light of the dying moon. Again arose that vague wailing cry. Again the shades marshaled themselves in regular order and moved down silently to the edge of the lake and out upon the water, there to sink out of eight. When tbe demoralized troop had been gathered together again and was well on Its way the men spoke of he occurrence with bated breath and called the place "Espantoso. As the story became known the lake came to bo regarded as accursed, and travelers passed swiftly by, not daring to rest, however weary. Delated wayfarers, chance hunters and fishermen mlded reluctant tales to the sum total of experiences. Strange forms were seen after dusk and whisperings were heard from beneath the water and from unseen Ups In the air. As years passed the experience of the soldiery was undergone by other ramping parties, some strangers who knew not, and others who had heard and believed not AH were one In belief thereafter. It Is also aid that certain persons who were known to have camped there at night were never seen or heard of again. So evil became the name of the place that the road was finally turned away from where in one day as no man rememLOVE It, I love It; bered before, so that men went through and who shall dare and walking, To chide me tor lov-i- n the Thames, both riding that old arm- east of London bridge. In 1158, In conchair? sequence of an earthquake, the River Ive treasured It long Thames, according to "Stowe's Anas a sainted prise, LonI've bedewd It with nals," was dryed uppe, that all ." -same m e over the and walks don tears, might so balm'd It with In 1591 the river was again sighs; over it on T Is hound by a dry that a man could ride thousund bands to horseback near London bridge. In 1687 my heart: a great storm of wind blew down the Not a tie will break, of the Thames and kept the Arm-Chai- r. Ilow Ha Was Identified. On one occasion the prince of Walet wanted to give Frederick Febvre, tbe The Fawont Tulip Mania. noted French actor, some testimonial ol Our first mention of the tulip le in appreciation and consulted his compan- 1539, when Geener, the famous natuion in the box. "I cant buy him someralist, saw one at Augsburg, In Bathing; that would be banal. Do you varia. It had been brought from Conthink he would like to have my cane? well-kno- cactus-covere- Tha Old Gen. Longstreet, the Confederate general, was the guest of the Middlesex club, Doston, on Grant's birthday. Pere Hyaclnthe, the distinguished priest, formerly Abbe Charles Loysou. will marry Laura, daughter of the late Wm. Ducknell, an American. Pere Hyaclnthe Is 68 years old. The prince of Naples, son of the king of Italy, who has juBt quarreled with his father, was not long ago refused by an European princess because of his Inordinate love of garlic. Mr. A. J. Dalfour Is one of the few really good musicians in the house of commons. He follows the movements of the musical world with keen Interest, and la no mean performer on the pianoforte. John W. Clark, a forgotten hero who has just died at Ashley, Pa., was In 1879 a boy of 14 working In a colliery near WUkeBbarre. The roof caved In, burying a large number of miners and' Clark, who could have escaped, rushed back through the falling timbers and rock to warn the other men, and was Imprisoned with them for six days. At the end of that period a rescuing party reached him and some of his companions. Now that Mr. Dana of the New York Sun has started on his annual European trip conjectures are in order aa to what new study he will take up this time. Several years ago he visited Russia and became much interested In the Russian language and customs. Since then he has devoted about two hours dally to the study of Russian. At present he reads about twelve languages. being able to speak many of them fluently. Keep the hens scratching would keep them laying. were specially suited to the plant, and Urey undertook the cultivation with seal. We are told that every man, woman and child in Holland who could obtain a flower-phad a tulip In it About 1635. Under such competition a new and handsome yarlety fetched an enormous sum. The quoted price for a ulb of Admiral Van der Eyck In 1635 was 150, Chllder 160, Viceroy 300, Admiral Llefkins 440, Sempwr Augustus 550 or In one instance 460 cash, a new carriage, a pa'r vf gray horses and tbelr harness. But this was not yet the historic mania. Stock brokers perceived the pubM excitement and saw their way to business. They began to operate" In tulips, exactly as their successors on the Corn Exchange operate In wheat; there was no more connection with horticulture in the one case than with agriculture In the other. They sold bulbs by tbe thousand when all the stock existing of that variety might he reckoned In scores. It Is wonderful that such mad gambling "in futures" lasted for six months, when the first bear" who demanded a settlement must have caused a crash. At the end of that time, however, it duly arrived with a vengeance! So great was the confusion and alarm that the government summoned a conference at Amsterdam, which decreed that all outstanding contracts made before November, 1636, should be void upon payment of 10 per cent. But the judges refused to admit this compromise. They declared the contracts sheer gambling, Illegal under all circumstances. The provincial council at the Hague was instructed to arbitrate. But the champions of law stood firm, and speculators had to settle aa they could. ot monastery consists of several buildings which are set upon the rocks at the entrance of an immense cavern, near the top of a lofty mountain.. These rocks are so precipitous, and1 reach to such a frightful height that it seems impossible for any one to get up to the buildings without tha aid of a balloon. And it is, indeed, a difficult task to climb to those enormous heights. Near the monastery there are steps, cut In the rock, but for most of the journey from the level country beneath the narrow, steep and slippery path leads sometimes through lonely gorges, with high walls of bars rock, and sometimes through thick and dark forests. One of the buildings is supported on tall timbers which, at1 a little distance, look like slender poles, and It might easily be supposed that if one of these should happen to break, the whole house would go tumbling down among the rocks. But the house may be better fastened and strengthened than we think, for the Chinese and Japanese have a way of and making things with bamboo-pole- s sticks and reeds which look quite frail and shaky, but which are really very strong. Hefe the Chinese priests and devotees live year after year, almost out of the world, and certainly high above the greater part of it, and they probably think that by shutting themThe TillMLTm. selves np among these lofty, and alThe largest tree In the Mississippi most lnacceslble crags, they are pervalley, and one of the three largest forming a religious duty of a high order. In spite of the difficulties and dangers of the ascent, the dwellers in the monastery frequently receive visits from travellers. There Is much here to Interest visitors the vast cave to the entrance of which the buildings seem standing guard; the deep ravines down Into which one can look from almost any part of the houses, and the people themselves, those strange ideas of religious duty has led them to pass their lives among the caves and precipices of this desolate and gloomy mountain. etttonwood trees In America, bits been discovered near Evanston. It is 128 feet blgh, and the neighboring trees eem to be pygmies by comparison. It measures thirty feet in circumference and has a diameter of eleven feet By the layers of bark on tbs trunk it Is to be at least 400 years old. If yon supposed Cnly two cottonwood trees are larger. Remarkable Clark. Baron Ferdinand Rothschild possesses an "old grandfather's clock that 30,000. originally cost over The mechanism records the day of the week, month of tbe year, the phases of the moon, and strikes each hour. The quarters are chimed with a different bell, and (a rare thing with these clocks) It has a second hAnd. The rune was made by Wertheimer, and stands fourteen feet high. It was originally the property of Louis XVL A |