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FANCY GOODS) thriving -western cilii about $1,400; infia) lOSH PETBES, t3 39 5 39 cents "S^T es wlU reoei2 cipes; that "" itroducestaj now. J.'B. caAPTBR XXVII.-(CotfTis«iH».) whv did you not?" he asked, m " ^removed hia top-coat and plaoed it en â-  he followed hw into the re- ganeily np at him, hat 7 ^d woald come without being «* "â- "fetched a sigh, Ut he did not tefl rnat aha had been iu his thonghta aU '^„ and half the night before he only 40^ on a quaintly shaped couch oOTer- "^Tu «,riou8ly wrought velvet which the fireplace, and the fire that bU»ng "^^ «ttu«.uu5 on the tiled here " 3^' Louie, as having drawn the ilfieently embroidered portiere which «d the doorway, she seated herself be- Wy on the little couch. "Now it may .â€" ittst as hard as it wants. You will itay «ot)er Percy, thi3evening, we will aing '^a always likes a little sacred â-  ^Sunday nights, you knowâ€" and alto- ter we w of roe drawn up near rather gloomily luto and crackling He wa. oaminjf «rt 'xlt^^^^ to dine ^ab«roi«lMl«!tthe eit7;ilin a nwt KaT9 him her band, Myinv • 'Qood-night, Percy.^ Holding the Uttle hand tenderly, he look- ed down wutfnlly into her face. "Looie. when I cHne b^k to yon, what do yoQ thuk your answer vm be " And m all truth and tinoerity she an- *wored: "I think, Percy, it nUl be 'Yea.'" OHAPTBR XXVIIL l4Wg after every ooe dw in theheose was •leeping that night, Louie lay wide awake thinking very aameatly and deeply about rercy. The knowledge that he loved her and wished her for his wife had been a great surprise to her she had tpokea truly when â- he told him she had nvftx thought about loving him. Had s!;© been older, more worldly wise, probably she would have thought about it, as it was, the kiea had not entered her head. She had been happy with Percy, liad enjoyed his society and the pleasant intimacy which had grown up be- tween them, and it had never occorred to yon love Percy IbrAa^ her trethfal rfM to «w BBlk- cr'afiMse. "I aonok know, BntmM." abe UMVWed. If ifiuial Asthan'k exaerieae* had I*tii« «zperiaMe of 11 have a very happy litile time as he looked that was to .Percy certainly ought to have been per- l«dT happy sitting there in the exquisitely luhed room, fragrant with flowers, htened and made so cheerful by the blaz- fgre with Louie looking very lovely in ' ijaiuty toilet of white cashmere, to en- aialiira; bat that he -was in anything ihifh spirits was quite evident, and he ' again very heavily It" the sweet, siuiUng face the lofelieat, sweetest one in the torld. â-  1 r looie, '^he said, seriOus y, 1 am going icme Tuesday." ^^ „ n j Going home Oh, Percy, really and ., 1" aaid I^uie, regretfully. â- 'Beally and truly," answered Percy, ,l,^ily '-Last night when I went back to ' hotelfromhere, Ifoond a letterfrommy father ho isn't feeling very well and wants to see me. The ol 1 gentleman has an affection far me, and he t hinks I been away from borne long enough. I „â-  I have not treated him just right â€" ^you he and my grandmother have no one but so I wrote home last ni2;ht that I would „. (or home Tuesday." Ilia time it was Louie that sighed. "I wish that vou did not live in Baltimore, she said wistfully, " I cannot bear kave you go away wo have been such friends, have been so happy together, do not know how much I shall miss hmco iiK*tli« i.p e ii â€" e o ot BMiy irameo, â- he woold hare Known ttat her danghtiBr did not love Percy, that the MBaga she entertained for hlmwvre only thoae of am- oere friendship^ s fHeadahip idiidi woold noTflr under any efavniaataBoea dovdop into anything warmer or daeper hot Mwid had knowledge of that love tA wbidi maniod ia not the beginning but the ooarammation she only knew that her love had ooma aftar mamage, that few wives had besc sa per* f ectly happy as she had been, cooaiqaently it seonsd to her that a love wfaioh began at the altar was tfaelove whiohendnrod timagh life and eternity. Thore is no use arffuing the point we all of us judge tha world and human nature by our own powmal experience. " Would yon be pleased, mamma, if I should marry Percy f oontinoed Lonie "is it your wish that when he comee back to me for my answer I will tell him yea?' A shadow fell over Muriel's (ace. Would it please her ah. she could not telL Still, perhaps, as h» husband said, if an Anthon ..._».. .„..^, ,^^ .„ „..„ „,^,«, wvuuircu Hj should marry an Evringham, the stain of her that his feelings for her were any warm- t 'xxi upon the Anthon name would be in a er than hers for him. measure wiped away. "I like Percy very much, Louie," she an- te and Looia ««it to ^end aa \mxmm «it^ AliiM BtaMwoeai and whflal^tiel e«lwlriMd aona Usdb iriw had Ai«adelsal«lapi iaMt.amrwaad loM letter to Howard Evtiagham. H«a^ only koawa what it oort him to do it atm. .iriien it WM flniriMd. it was a-weU- liS'd^fehis .OR'SjBUSINESa a rst-class stock U available for H PETERS. Toioati GAS FITTING BUS i ve T^estem town oti.O t8 gas works (*att stock and tools ah KINT0SHP8 M iNTJLE BUSDJE oral merchant, in lir population, with 8| sell out thisbranciio out 5S00; at40cent3M| lo for comings A- PETEFM. Torontel I'ercy, Percy turned iiis head away. •You don't know how much I shall nms fcou, Louie," hu murmured. ' But then you can come and see me, can e little tiying trips to New York," she laying cue hand upon his arm. "Real- Percy, it Li selfish in me to want you to jhei-; your grandfather and grandmother mt bo to anxious to see you. and you must lure so many friends in Baltimore. I Jfonder," looking innocently up at him, [•aiat you have remained here so long as you tre." Be cauc^ht his breath, hia handsome face SIOXAL. 'IST.HAS RETURN©! i ojened a Studio, i| s in oil life size. ANEOUS.__ ^| made bv agents, mjlil D KNiVI3^_TWonta__ I -ADDRES3R.H.O0I •onto. Agents waatM T rade work a special- 3 lvingSt^MToronto.| ALvnuTr of Maaoaicaa 3^ nUvingE^iTorooto )rfree illustrated c»B toKYIUE,theJuweief Hid Easter infl.l*.^ itB. By post pre-paiii. B110S„ Voronto^^ )n3 f or 'the AutogisP^ andsome Cards tor 0B» .L, Mattapan,jM»' HOW CARD3, WW rewest designs, sena MSj^ingjIiToronta rvORKING MODBl. e, with lamp com piw- East, TorontO;^^^ :ani)-impbov^ jatalogues free. lurgh. Maryla^d^;! •holesale and retalii" c WILLIAMS, 4 AiOt- fARYCOLLK^S i cau ei)ter frpinww iOF. SMITH, • » lftvdollaM;__gj-=R INCLUDfNoS JN. dealer to K sic. Band MufflO. •" ageSUTorontfc â€" lot, smooth «^ OAKVILLK^J^ Outside ^%J^Sf Mouldings. »«" O DISPOSB Cg5 ef any descri^^ti- uld caU or BendJS )3 and 55 Ku**^ lurance. i^SlSiflS, W. PaMBEBTO'Sli. :«nto. A^entt^^ -BEING ,15^ ing townrf ^fg ^t,the„Und»" house 'i«?»l fEY, Batate "Eare you wondered at it, Louie have foa never guessed the reason of my long stay lete? Oh, Louie, my darling, don't you ^w that I love you j have loved you ever :tliat day I found you there in the I at Schaflhausen, that it is because I lid not leave you that I have lingered llere in New York week after week " Percy's secret was his no longer. He had liiy intended to offer Louie his hand that fay, bat not in the impetuous fashion 1 which he had just told her of hia love her but the pasaionate words had |faafro:n Lis lips before he could check jiiiai. Acrimscu ilush stained Louie's fair face ia looked up at him for a moment in start- A Mirprise, then suddenly the long-lashed lliiisfellurer the brown eyes. "Oil, ir.y darling, ' pleaded Percy bending Ibis head until bis eyes touched Louie's soft lliair, and making a deeperate effort to re- Istain tb.e desire to strain the little figure to Itiis heart, "won't you look up at me and tell pe that you love me and will be my own cious wife " She clasped l»ei- small hands nervously to- gether. I cau't tell you that yetâ€" I do myself -i have never thought Pircy, |M: know [iboatit." "Nevei tiiousht about loving meâ€" oli loiie ';â-  The passionate pain in his voice, the sch- â- w in hia eye-s, went to her heart. Louie *M ao coquette, it afforded her no pleasure ioknow that for love of her a man was suf- â- Â«nng. She looked at him helplessly, as she *»ii. hesitatingly "Hid not know 1 never thought that SOS loved nie, Tercy I thought we woto T«1 irieuils, uli-.i'.st like brothci- and sis- ter.' "Voulikt- luo, Louie?" "Like you, Percy Vou know 1 like you J'*^ thaa any one I have ever met." And Tvoukt it Imj verv hard to love mc?" "^,f Percy .sorrowfully.' *e looked at the handsome face raided so pleadingly to hcr^ and asked herself the ^l^tion. Would it 1x5 a very difficult mat- "olove Percy Kvringham? Perhaps, ^^Mlove him, she was always happy with 7â„¢. she would miss him very much when ' *eut home, vet Yet, deep down in ^esown true heart there was something |*"old her she did not love handsome Percy women sometimes love. Still something in i,/f^F"«ion of her face gave Percy a little iteTK "'f " "' impulsively taking both ,,^"Siahisown: 1 »;n " Siv'e me your answer now, Louie, "ui Ware 'â-  â-  And now he had told her that he loved her, and asked her to marry him, and the plexsaut intimacy, the happy friendship, must be changed it must bither be an in- timacy warmer and closer than it had ever been, or it must be separation she must be either Percy's betrothed wife, or she must be nothing to him. She knew she liked him, there was not a shadow ot doubt in her mind aa to that but did she love him, love him as her mother loved her fach- er Louie asked herself that question and the answer her heart gave her was decided- ly unsatisfactory. Still she liked no one better than she did him, and she had no wish to sadden his life as she iuiew she would do if, when he came back for her answer, she should tell him n». Handsome, graceful Percy, why should she not love him? Perhaps she did, for hia sake she hoped so and then with a great many perplexing, worrying little thoughts, tang- ling themselves in her brain, Louie fell asleep. She was practising the next morning in the music-room when Muriel came in part- ly to listen to an exquisite nocturne â€" one of Chopin's â€" which Louie was playintc, partly because she wanted a little quiet conversa- tion vrith her. Neither Muriel or Arundel had failed to notice Percy's plainly manifested regard for Louie. It had worried Muriel not a little at first, not because she entertained any feel- ings against Percy, she liked him very much indeed, there was a very tender place in her heart for him as far as he was personally concerned she would rather have given her daughter to him than to any young man she had ever met but it seemed to her that it would be such a cruel mockery for him to marry the niece of his father's murderer. She had finally allowed herself to be per- suaded by Arundel's arguments, and had come to think almost as he did. The day previous, when she liad gone into the recep- tion-room and found the two yountr people there alone, she had noticed the flushed, eager look on Percy's face, the troubled ex- Eression in Louie's eyes, and the thought had ashed through her miad that Percy had spoken his love. Obedient to her mother's request, Louie plaved the nocturne through, then sat idly running the fingers cf one hand over the ivory keys; and Muriel gazing intently at the averted face noticed the violet shadows un- der the brown eyes, the little sorrowful look about the curved lips. "Louie " she Eaid, suddenly, "you are sor- ry, are you not, that Percy Evringham 13 go- ing home " â-  1 The fa'r face flushed as the girl an- swGrccl â-  "Yes, minuna, I am very sorry we have been «uch good friends, Percy and I, and 1 shall miss him very much." Muriel was silent a moment, ther she said "Louie, dear, have you tver thought that this intimacy between you and Percy m^ght possibly meai more to him than it does to ^°The small hand fell heavUy up» the keys, which clashed discordantly, the flush deep- ened on the sweet face as Louie answer ed almost wearily. " I never did thiuK so mamma; I thought we always could be friends Uke this, until-yesterday "Ttia iust as I thought." said halfre^eSy to hers^^^then tenderly, "Tell me all about it, cheri^ Louie had raemt to tell her mother had been no thought in her ro"fiSnr.rher beantiS mother-s.e was Z^nic by nature to admit a love which was rmpUctlf.rSiil.«. had n.v» JhJ^kt â- fL-oS'pK^JS'H^^-Kil"" mured nunly, stiaiditfOTwaEd Ipkter. sa^MtoN^ wranged Bossel might have writt«i^ aU sinosri^ • â-  ' â- ;-â- ;."â-  -^ Psrar was vecy taachsarpxised, «lHBpn b^oiebeleftthe house, Mr. Anthoo gave him a kttex^ whioh he desired him to give to his grsadfatter. *«1 did not know yon were acquainted With blm,"hesaid. And Ktv^^ answered quietly "It is many years lince X saw yourgnad- mother or graadfathsr, but I once knew them very welL Yoar grandfather will ezpfam tt all to yoo; perhaps yon will fed diflbreatly toimds us when y. u know italL" And Percy, very moeh mystified, said ear- neatly • ttothing could make mc feel differently toward you, Mr, Antiion," The next morning Percy Evringham went home to Baltimore,his heart filled with hopes which, though, they were not certain, were none the less bright and sweet. of llwn «{ a hUd'fdlaatoriN'ja tsBilv-aaBsa^ had Ua^fcSb? ,. -^ _^ MMbM^iia. At Bttiidha^d^^d kahS told JNnpWtthe. atmtf af his IhtWi^ ataO. and thomrfa^tiialmrhwd bean tsndHr and aaadoiad Hhad not chabfjed to hia Jealiagsai.frieaihbip^aBid ra» whohad^i^ a^i^«^^|w to* #iid iar Mr. and Mrs. Basse! AathoB or his Eva fcr «h«r ^i^l^tw. (TO Ml OOSraXKVBOL) CHAPTER XXIX. swered, speaking slowly and hesitatingly "I should think he would make you happy; I could give to you him without fear, and I know it would please your father." "I would like to please papa," said Louie, wistfully. " Do you know, mamma, it has ' always seemed to me that I have never quite pleased him I have always thought that he did not love me â€" well, as much aa Mr. Brentwood loves Aline, or Orandpa Trowbridge loves you." "Oh, my darling," said Muriel, reproach- fully, "why do you think of such things? It is unjuct to your father it hurts me to hear you talk so he does love you very dearly, Louie. And why should he not love you Are you not his only child " But after Muriel had left her, going into the reception-room to entertain a lady friend who had called, Louie sat there thinking, and mingled with her thoughts of Percy was the wish that she was dearer to her father than she knew full well she was. When late that afternoon Arundel came home he found Muriel waiting for him in the library, her beautiful face very thought- ful. " I have something to tell you, Russel," she said, so earnestly that Arundel, looking down in surprise, saw the shadow in the lus- trous eyes, and folding her in his arms, kissed her until her face flashed and brightened under his caresses. "What is it, my darling " he asked. " Russel, Percy Evringham has asked Louie to marry him." A sudden light flashed into Arundel's eyes. "And she has promised him, has she, that she will be his wife " he said, eagerly. "No, not yet; she is not quite sure wheth- er she loves him well enough." "But she must marry him, ' said Artmdel, his eyes darkening with suppressed excite- mwit. "I have always felt that if yourâ€" our child should marry Percy Evringham's son â€" " He paused abruptly he could not go on and speak his thoughts tell Muriel that it had seemed to him that the marriage would seem a sort of compromise with fate that the retribution he had always feared would come upon hJim through Ixiuieâ€" the child of the man he had wronged so terribly â€" would le warded off; that he would in some way escape the earthly puni3hme!:.t of his sin. " I know what your thoughts are upon the subject," murmured Muriel; "but still I cannot make it seem just right to said Muriel, there mind to keep she had perfect vrants me to will some day be hia witc. said Muriel, for it until 1 back â€" come DacK to you then you Will tell me, darline, won't IW'Y ,-!-'*^' i,rant that your answer will *irl^' ^^^* ^â- â€¢"' '^« better, Percy," she l{^««red, lifting her frank eyes to his »ij '^^'«ti you come back to me again I j ^,*" you whetlier or no I will be your i,_ "» then the conversation was broken by entrance into the room. '^sfcy and Lonie wer« rather silent promise that I That i^ all." ,, u"'^S^v% w^s^o dtareali.e that IhoughtfuUy. It y** "l" u-r little Louie, somebody wanted to •^f^^^'^hought of it her dainty babyg^l^ t^Tmothe" think many times, of course, as aii m j ^^ half sadly of the ^^^^^"'^Jd^ away to ahaU leave thehome^^t ^J^^g*^ ' make homes dreamy way, the future as MvieV, ^•oth Pe tneir own, ""•'.,*" s of something stiU far off :^Twhatdidyoutel^«;I^^fjJ^^; answer did you give um ^^und winkling one of the girl's sunny curia ^^ her finger. ^^ Sn^g^^JSSdgTthe"'!^ time when she, MniielTrowun s been sought in mam^^^ mmnima, I conW .. I gave him no «^^ une^I^ted, that not it was so so^dw. so unexpo- I wi totally o'^P" j**" back here williBgto wait lUjtol "^^'.xx know »er"flo«i^-Sri««gbt.be« wife^'" me. " Muriel, if a higher power than ours has ordained that it has been so, surely it is for some good and wise purpose." The musical voice was smooth and un- broken wonderful powers of 8=lf-control had Aiundel Anthon when he oared to ex- ercise them. " Yes, that is so," munnured Muriel, musingly " and no one believes more im- plicitlv thaa I, that the smallest workings of onr'lives tend to some^eat result. But, Russel, I have been thinking all day that you ought to write to Percy Evringham's grandfather." He started in positive horror; he write to Howard Evringham to the father of the man who had died at his hands Great heaven the thought was horrible. "Muriel, what a strange idea Why should I write to him?" Try as he would, he could not keep his lips from trembling, his voice from break- ing. '• Because, Russel, Per. y wUl tell his n-and -parents about us will tell them, per- haps that he has asked Louie tobehi? wife; and it cannot help but be a great shock and surprise to them both. They would be jus- tified in thinking it very strange if you did uotsenJthem some wordâ€" you knew them so weU oi.ce. Tliey know that you have not for^otten the terrible link which bmda the Anthons and Evringhams together and, besides this, Russel, I will never give my consenii to Louie marrying Percy until 1 know that he is aware that her uncle was his father's murderei." Arundel had never seen before the firm determination npm Muriel's tace that came over It a» she spoke; he felt that ne argu- ment of his could alter her resolve. " And you want me to write and ask Howard Evringham to teU his grancteon that Arundel Anthon kiUed his father, he said, slowly, while bis face whitened until it was perfectly colorless-small wonder oonsider- Lg the terrible rignificaace the words held for hi'" 1 " Muriel you do not know what you are asking me to do." "Tes, Russel, I know that it wdl be no easy task," she said sadly. " K wffl bring bai aU the past, you wUl live over a«in ig the sorrow and pain, just »f yo« f^^. *^* IdghTsiriW "Wo'whei yon told « ,^"0- deTs histoid; •«* yo" '" *^° ' ^°° y°^ '**He^h)oked down at her. What would he not do for sake of that dear fa^? •You wish it, Muriel-yes, Iwdlwnteto Howard Evringham," he said P«oy cams that eveairg, and sfM' d^Mr Louie missed Percy Evringham very much after he had gone she had seen so much cf him that it seemed strange indeed to have a day go by without bringing him to the house. It had been so pleasant to have him run in at any time toM eeremonie, to know that he was wilUng to go anywhere with her, do anything for her she missed the walks and drives they had been accustomed to take together, the songs, in the twilight, the merry conversations, the visits to the theatre, the little suppers at Delmonico'a. Percy had been a charming friend, a most agreeable companion, and b^ore many days had gone by Louie found herself thinking that life with him was very much brighter and pleasanter than life without him. Still she was far from satbfied with her feeling for him. She felt vaguely that the f«nllH»g she had for him, warm and tender as i it was, was not the love of which she had read and heardâ€" -that grand and noble passion which in its time fikd made men and women capable of deeds almost divine, of sacrifices almost superhuman. She found herself wondering if for Percy's sake she could patiently suffer grief and pain, whether for love of him she could give up every- thing. V â-  " For it seems to me that a love which is not capable of suffering and sacrifice is not the love which God meant husband and wife should bear each other," she said to herselt. Dearly as she loved Aline BrentAi'ood, she had not meant to tell her that Percy had asked her to be his wife. It did not seem quite just to him but one morning she had been sitting with Aline in some way it had come out. and Lonie looking dreamily into the fire as she talked, did not notice the death-like pallor that crept over Mine's face, the drawn look that came about her mouth. Ah, sure. Aline Brentwood had suffered patiently for her love's sake. She had made no outward sign of pain bravely she had home the grief which had come so suddenly into her fair young life, and it was no light grief to love as she was by nature capable of loving and to know that love would never meet with any recompense. Fmding, aa she soon had found, that it was not possible to tear her love for Percy Ev- ' ringham out of her heartâ€" so deeply had it rooted itself thereâ€" she buried it as deep as she could and went on with her life, and though the bright sunlight had faded out of that life no one suspected it, not even her own fond parents. "My sorrow shall not sadden any one else," she said to herself. She had never been more admired than she was this season. People said of her, "she is more beautiful than ever," and they Eaid truly. She was more beautiful than she, had ever been. The shadow of sadness in the great dusky eyes, the sorrowful look upon the perfect mouth made the exquisite fa-jc a rare^ fascinating one. It seemed so swange to her when Louie told her the reason she had not liven Percy her answer at once. " How can she help loving him when he loves her as I know so well he does," she thought sorrowfully. Then, ftvingly as though she might have been his sister, she spoke ot him, telling Louie that she had known for a long time that he loved her; and ' Louie listened, her heart growing very ten- der for absent Percy, while Alme pleaded his cause. "I think by the time he comes for my an- swer I shall have discovered that I lov, him very dearly," she said, her face fiushmg soft- ly. And though Aline's heart was aching as it had never ached before, she said, none the less earnestly "I hope you will, dear, for I know he loves 1 you very truly, Louie, and it would mate his I life bitterly sorrowful if you should tell him â-  you could not be his wife." "Aline, if anything should happen to shew me that I did not love Percy as Ithink a wo- man ought to love the man she marries, I could not tell him I would be his wife, though he loves me a thousand times more than he does," said Louie suddenly, her eyes almost black with earnestness. " I would not want you to," answered Aline, "I think a woman who marries a man out of pity does him a greater injustice than she would do if she told him she did not luve him. and so could not be bis wife." B,:t\vccn Christmas and New Year's two letters came to her father, of which Louie kn^w nothiug, though one of them was from Percy Evringham, the other from his grand- father. Howard Evringham wrote a very beauti- ful letter Arundel clenched his teeth to- f ether as he read it, remembering the tem- le scrrow he had cast upon this man whose bread be had eaten, whose hand he had clasped, whose son he had killed. He wrote that he had never cherished any Intter feel- faig towards tiie Anthons, had never held them responsible for Arundel's crime. He had been surprised when Pen^ had toldbim the name of the family whose socirty he had found was so pleasant while he was in New ^TitXi sarfxmad when he tdd him of his love for Bjossel Aathon's danghter, bnt he thonghtthat if the two yonng people loved eaeh vn tiiey need not be parted because Ijkid away amag tiie treasures ot the past, in stnuBf^ and almoat grotesque fonia, are maay aooieat** timepieces." Conning- ly wiooght ware they deftigersohiBeaed thereon rare tiaceries af gold aad silrer, with mnch adornment of priceless geois. In oae, wiihia the body of aa eagle, open- ing across the centre, are seen the wtns, sorolb and flowers, richly engraved on a groond id. nidlo, adorn the dial-plata. This prett;^ banble, when not connected with the girdle by the rins in the centre of the bird 8 back, can stand out bravely upon the strongly developed claws. The Barl of Stafford owned an acoient time-keeper royallv adorned. Jacinths farm- ed the asses, and the cover was set abemt with diamonds on an enamelled border. Think of a "nut watch!"â€" golden aoecn la shape, and at a certain hour hearing frosa its contracted proportions the report ef a diminutive wheel-lock pistol. Still smother fancy was for cockle-shell cases, having them richly chased and elled. Quite an elaborately finished watch in the shape of a duck the case was of sil- ver, the features heavily chased. Openinr the lower part, one finds a silver dial-plate, eneiroled with cjuoh gilt ornamentation ia floriated ssroU-work and angels' heads. Ob small rubies the tiny wheels moved noiseless- ly on in their appointed ways. This was made in the reign of good Queen Bess. Prominently among such relics meotiaa must le made of the silver clock of Charles the First, and given by him on the morning ot his execution (January, 1649) to Sir Tho- mas Herbert. It was a remarkable specimen of the finest handiwork of the times a picture discloses rich tracery upon the bade, rim, and face of this historic timekeeper of scroll-work and elaborately finished foliage. Upon thelaack one sees a large central flower, from which radiate with true artistic touch leaves, buds, and swaying tendrils. It has descended as an heirloom to William Tewa. ly Mitford, Esq. Polos for Beans and Other Climbers. White birches and alders o cOiUmooAjr used for bek.n pales, are about the poorest^ for they last only one reason at the besL and sometimes break off at the surface ot the ground, and let down the beautiful pyramid cf green before the pods aie ripe. White oedav from ths swamps is durable, and the rough bark enables the vines to climb without any help from string" but these are not always a: oessible. lied Cedar is much more widely diatiibuted, and on the whole makes the best bean pole. The wood is as durable aa the White Cedar, and young trees, from whioh polos are made, grow quite stout at the ground, and if wall ;,set, will resist vacy strong winds. A set of these poles will last tor a generation, P^or bean poles all the side branches are trimmed ofl' but for a, support for ornamental climbers, these may be left on. A Cedar, six or eight feet high, with the branches gradually si orttiied front below, upwards, makes an excellent tup- port for ornamental vines. One of these covered with a clematis, or other showy climber, makes a pyramid of great beauty. It is well to prepare a supply of poles ftr beans and other plans betore the work is pressing. He will noi speals bis Father's Name. There is a boy 8 years old whose parents live in White County, Ark. They are high- ly esteemed citizens, and people of decided culture and refinement. The boy has never been heard, nor can he be induced by any means to utter his father's cam?, or address him even indirectly. His strategy is mors than equal to both his parent j and the other members of the family, who have laid all manner of plans to force him into a single utterance of his father's name. Upon oae occasion they planned not to get him any boots until he asked for them like the oth- ers, but this was a failure also, for he went on through the snow with his bare feet just as though he were in calfskin to his knes. He has a profound respect for hia father, and vrill follow him about the farm for a whole day at a time.â€" 5^ Loai^ Glohf. Dmi- ccrei. Wagner's InciTUltjr. Apart from his musical gift, Ilichard Wagner was a man of very common mould. Delmacy of feeling, the gi-ace ol manner which poetry should beget, he had none. A year ago he spent the winter at Palermo, meditating his score of "Partifal," and a great tanquet was given in his honor by ths Sicilian aristocracy at the Villa Tasca. H« came three hours late. He then strolled in with an old felt hat on his head, a battered Scotch cloak on his shoulders, and a cottoa umbrella in hia hand. His hosts, who had waited for three hours, were disgusted, and the incident was so hot- ly discussed in the Italian papers that ths composer's official organ at Bayreuth pub- lished a statement saying, "The maostre felt bound to act as he did, to prevent ths Sicilian nobility from worrying him with more invitations." Advertuing Is America. The prices paid for advertising in the United States may be gathered from ths foUowing fignre»:-The Chicago Trtbunejt is said, for a column a year receives Ztt.W» dols. The New York JSerald receives for its lowest-priced dduma 39,723 dob., and for its highest SlS.OOOdols.; the New Ywk TrOmne for its lowest 29,764 dols., and for its highest 85,648 dols.; and these papOT are Mver at a loss for advertisements to fiU their «olnmns. Their patronage comes ^ot ftom any desire to assist the re^oTf papers, but from business men who find it profitable to a vertise. u i U m 'i IS'H fer 3.:.' I ,ii iM: «. 1 4Sm'«^ 1.*^^^' trk**..,^ -,