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APRIL 2
TfRi-WEEKLY EDITION.
FORGIETFULNESS.
In the toll of the day, in the dreams of the
night,
In the goldelf glow when the sun goes down,
In the morning sunbeams shining bright,
One thought like a phantom follows me,
And over the face of the col4, gray lea,
The rustling leaflets, sore and brown,
Whisper a story of sad regret,
And murmursoftly, "Forget, forget."
For the orosses that come in this work-a-day
world
Cast a shadow lark o'er the lives of all,
And we sooner win that crown empearled,
When we bravely. bid our sorrowa go,
Checking the hot tears' oeaseless flow.
Cheering some heart that seems to fall
If those who smile should frown and fret,
This heart of ours could never forget.
And 'tie wrong in this life, which is short at
the best,
To be grieving here, when there's work to do;
For the soul that lives il the land of rest,
Is happier there than here in life,
And knows that for us in the world's great
str.fe
'Tie better far if the tears are few,
And we know eagh night, when the sun has
set,
There is one day less that we need forget.
Love After Marriage.
"And at one time, cousin Pay, you de
clared you would never, never marry
himi"
"Of course, I have not married him be
cause I was In love with him," said Pay
Winthrope, with a light laugh.
Effi Gray, her cousin, sat opposite to
her, secretly envious of all this splendor,
the two being seated in a gold and dun
colored boudoir, hung with silk draperlet,
and richly carpeted.
"Well, then," replied Effie, "why on
earth did you marry him I"
"Because I was poor and he is rich.
Because I was tired of giving music les
souns, and he offered me all this."
"Fay, you are a heartless coquette I"
cried out Effie Gray.
"No I am not," said Fay, with a little
shake of the golden curls. "Yon would
do the same thing yourself, E.lie, If you
had a chance-you know you would."
And as Fay's laugh rang out a sweet
defiant chime, she little suspected that her
silly words had another auditor than Efile
Gray-that the door leading into the rich
merchant's study was ajar, and that her
husband had heard every syllable she
spoke.
'1'wti,' A'3-ca.I Winthrove wa a not a
young man. Previously he had never
cared mnch about the idea of marriage,
and the flame burned all the deeper and
mre tender from the fact that the Rabicon
of middle age was passed before lie al
lowed himself to fall in love and marry the
doll of his heart. He had looked on Fav
Merriam as little less than an angel, and
now
"I should ha ve known this before," lie
said to himself, with white ashen face dnd
trembling limbs. "I ought to have known
that spring and autumn were unsuited
So she has married me for my money! She
shall have It, the dear child!"
No one ever knew the anguish of Roul
this man endured for the next few hours
at one moment bitterly regretting lie had
learned the miserable truth, that le might
have gone on blindly in the belief that his
beautiful young wife entertained an affec
tion for him, armd the next instant crying
out that it were better to know the truth,
even though it pierced him like a two
edged sword.
lie had bestowed upon her the whole
wealth of his heart, as we have said, the
flame burning all the more deeply in that
it was mellowed by age.
But his conclusion was that lie had made
a terrible mistake in offering his love to
this young girl-that Pay should never
know the pang her cruel words had cost
him-that he would do his duty, and migh t
not his young and lovely wile in time learn
to look upon him less coldly?
"Fay," said he that evening, "I have
tickets for the opera. Would you liko to
go, dear?" --
"N~o, thank you,"' said kay, listlessly,
"1 don't think I care about it."
"Thea we will remain at home, and you
shall talk to me," he said.
"I am tired of talking," p~ettishly re.
torted Fay. "[ really wish you would let
me enjoy myself In my own wamy once in a
while."
"Do I annoy you, Fay?:) asked Thhlward
Winthropoe with an inexp~licable quiver in
his voice. - '
"Awfulhy; I am just in the middle o''
delightful story, and I can't be imeorrupa
ed."
"Very well, I will nmot repeat the
offense, I assure you, 'lihe replied quickly.
Aft er this a subtle and sudden change
came over Edward Winthro's whoie
-life. Hie was courteous and attentive
as ever to his young wife, but Fz~y felt
that all the heurt and soul were out of the
courtesies. Tro Fay Winthrope, her huis
band's love was as fixed a fo' in her mind
as were the stars in tihe' firmanent above
her bead, and a cold chili crept over her
heart 'when she fully realized that it was
some. how slipping away from her.
"Edwarj," said she, one evening, sit
ting opposite to her husband, "have I
offe pded you ?"
lHe glanced up carelessly fronm the open
book.
"Offended me, Fay? Why, what has
-put such a ridiculous idea mnto your head,
cr huid? Of course you haTe not affided
4 ~2thought your muanner was some
rent ot- late," faltered the yong
wife, bending her head closely over her
embroidery.
"One can't expect to keep up the honey- I
moon style always," said the merchant in
differently.
They tell us that life Is full of antitheses;
and certainly love Is the strongest com
plexity in life. For, as Fay's belief
strengthened that her husband was ceas
Ing to worship her after the idolatrous
fashion carried out through the first weeks
of her married life, she began to fall in
love with the man she had married for
money.
A few weeks only had elapsed when a
crisis in the merchant's business rendered
it iihperatively nece-sary that Mr. Win- i
thrope should go to Charleston for two or
three months.
Poor Fay stood aghast as her husband
mentioned his intentions to her in the t
same cool, matter-of-fact way in which he a
might have criticised the book he now c
held in his hand.
"To South Corolina I" she gasped. P
"Oh, Edward!" t
"My dear child, the journey wi'1 be a
mere bagatelle. One need not mind travel J
nowadays. I shall not be later than Janu
ary in returning. V
"3ut--I may go with you?" she said, a
timidly.
"Youl Don't think of It, my dear. My t
travel will necessarily be too rapid to en- b
cumber myself with a lady companion. I
must go and come with the greatest r
speed."
Fay sat silent with a blur before her
eyes, and a sickening sensation at her
heart. 1le cured no more for the society
that had once been so dear to him.
"Oh, what have I done to forfeit the ]
love he once poured out so fondly on my C
life I" she said to herself time after time.
It was a pleasant October twilight when a
the merchant wrapped in his overcoat, and
his traveling cap pulled down over his eyes, v
paced up and down the deck of the I
steamer Nautilus, heedless of the tumult i
of weighing anchor. Through the (usk
he tried vainly to catch one more glimpse V
of the spires of the city that held his young t
wife.
"She will be happy enough without
me," he told himself bitterly. "She bade
me adieu without a tear, and It may be I
that my continued absence may teach her I
to think less coldly of me. Dear little 0
Pay! my prayers may reach you even
there." .
A tear dropped on Mr. Whathrope's i
state-room he was infinitely surprised to
find that it was not empty. A lady sat
there with a veiled face and drooping head.
Edward Winthrope paused in surprise- t
the figare rose up, and threw aside the
veil, revealing the starry blue eyes and
pale face of Fay herself !
"Forgive me, Edward I" she sobbed,
throwing herself into his arms, "I could
not let you go alone. When I thought of
your being, perhaps ill, among strangers,
I thought I should go mad. Hate me if
you will, but I love you, my husband-I
love you so that I cannot live without
you 1',
And she burst into a flood of tears.
"Ay. sweet spring bloasom-my love
my wifel Evermore, as now, closo-close
to my heart will I keep thee."
And that was all he said. But Fay Win
thrope had learned the secret of love.
schools in 0Old 11omo.
At seven years of age the Roman boys
studied Greek and Latin grammar together.
The sons of centurions went to school at 5
A., M., with their satchels and counting
tables alung over their shoulders, and stud
led ih schoolrooms on the ground floor,
whore they were so well and thoroughly
f logge'd that their howls arousedI the ndigh
hors at very unseasonaole hours. Martial
and other satirists spoke of their cries and
blubberings as one of the chief nuisances I
of the early morning hors, almost as great<
a pest to late risers as our street cries, in I
fact. The masters were gicat disciplina
rins, and esteemed corporal punishment I
one of the chief means of inducting that<
precious boon, knowledge, into dull heads. 1
if ahboy pronounced a single syllable wrong
he was beaten black and blue, and his
body so covered with weals and welts that I
it resembled a patch work coverlet or a
coat of many colors. The anicients believed
that boys were naturally vicious, andt rc
quiredl taming. So great a teacher as Plato
laid down the axiom that " A boy was tile
most ferocious of animals." Others, like
Quintilian, protested against undue flog
ging. Pictures found in flerculaneum
showed that the English system of flogging
ayp likewise in vogue ; also that in some
ol''Ia, both sexes were together, although
JVall e ation of girls was comparatively
Lk Sd. In the higher social circle girns
were taught music and dancing and other
fashionable branches, as nowadays. School
books were as cheap as with us lifty years
ago. A textbook with 7100 verses could b)e
had in three separate editions for eighty,
thirty, and even as low as eight cents.
Tuition was very cheap, less tihan a cent a
day. Theli boys had holidays in March and
December and a long vacaltIon in the sumf
meor, from Juno 24 to October 19, a great
part of which was spent with~ thetr parents
at Roman Newports and Uoney Islands.
At fourteen they were put int'o high schools,
wvhere they studied rhetoric, poetry, and
belles lettres generally, their previous
ciforts having been confined to reading,
writing, and arithmetic, with Greek and
Latin grammar and verses. The younger
children were taught their letters and
numerals by umeans oh smnalls ivory blocks,
as at the Dresent day. 'T'he pay of a
teacher was $80 a year, about i00 times
less than flint of a ballet dancer.
Working Is the acquiring of knowl
ment,
Hiumiliky is the mother of content
ment,
Candid thoughts are always valu
abla.
"Lattie ike."'
In the corner of a crossroads grave yard,
n Iowa, there is a small white head-stonm
n wie is carved "Little Ike." I nevei
new the boy this stone connemorates
Put I know his father. I got acquaintec
n this wise: We (friend and self) were it
own in the chicken season of '72.
The shooting in those (ays was excellent
Ye had left Noah Springs in the curl)
corning, with the intention of beating th<
leids on both sides of the road as far al
he next village, distance from Noal
1priogs, some eight or ten miles. It wai
, hot August day, and the fun of shootinj
vas somewhat tempered by the fact tha
ve must carry our own game. A sports
ian with a few dozen chickens seoretet
bout his person may be quite proud o
is trophies, but he Is not quite comfort
ble.
The set of a shooting coat well loaded I
ot agreeable. At twilight, tired with thi
ramp in tangled grass, and the jar of get
ing over fences, we whistled to the dogs
nd took the roajI for the village. We lia
hickens In our pockets and chickens o
ti inics.
The evening was still and hot, and w<
lodded silently on toward supper aml(
ed.
Faintly ahead of us In the road we coulk
ear a wagon moving slowly. We haile<
:, and it stopped and waited for us. I
roved to bb a wagon loaded with.wheat
ud drawn by oxen, going to market. Wi
sked pernussion to ride.
The old man who was driving told tu
0 *get on." We did so, taking seats a
is side on the bags of grain. We di<
ot feel like conversing, and nothing wa
aid for sonic time, until finally the mai
amarked:
"I didn't used to drive oxen."
Then, after an interval of some minute
.e continued:
"I used to have the best pair of horse
n the country."
Feeling that something ought to be said
encouraged him by asking how the changi
ane about.
He whacked the near ox, and gave I
rief word of exhortation to the off one
nd continued:
"Little Ike had something the matte:
vith his eye ; something seemed to bi
rowing on the Inside and crowding hi
ye out; and so mother and me allowec
liat he must be took to Chicago to see thi
loctor. It was right in haying, and liar
est coming on, and labor scarce, 'hit
ook little Ike and started. Put up at thi
;agle tavern, right opposite the depot
iver been in Clucago i" V
We nodded assent and he resumed:
"Found the doctor in the morning an(
,e looked at Little ike a long time and asket
iiii and me questions. Asked me if I wai
farmer, and did I own my farm. 11
aid he (lid not know whether it was bes
D do anything.
Took me into his back office, away fron
sittle Ike, and said if nothing was don
something WAR ( 1. It " 3Z.6 .1..,l
hen. I understood him to say there wa
ne chance in ten of his living. I asket
im what lie would charge, and then .
nok Little Ike and went back to the tav
rn.
.1 Could not tell him what, the docto
aid, I couldn't bear to think of his dying
nu I couldn't bear to think of his beimi
iurt. We took the train and came home
wanted to aee what mother would s ay
Yheat was ready to cut and help wo
carce, and I had no money. But w
alked it over after Little Ike went t
leep, and the next day I sold my tean
aot a little girl to come and tend to thinge
ad Little Ike, me and mother started fe
Thicago.
I don't blame the doctor, lie done th
test ho could, and tried to comfort mothei
Phat was on Tuesday, a year ago. If Ik
maal a lived he'd a betn ten years old. N~ex
lay after we stafted for home, me an
Atte--"
Here the sad man coughed, andl made
ide remark to the oxen, andl resumed:
"We hind to put his coflin forrard 1:
he car with the trunks. I have to droe
on off home. I go this way dlown to th
nill."
We shook hands with the old man, sni
clumsy word or two, ansi turned up th
'inlge street.
.Aiexandetar ii.
Alexander II., the late Czar of Russir
ias made Sub-Lieutenant of the Imnperhi
luard when fourteen years old1. One da;
to happened to cross when in full unitori
no of the halls of time palace where th,
uighest dignmtaries of the realm weic as
embled. As he entered they rose ani
>owed. This mark of respect, from t2i
'Ilest soldilerS in the empire flattered tih
ioy's vanity. In lis glee lie repeatetl,
>ssed through the room, expeminig thi
amne recognition of tile courthi ra. Th
atter took iio further notice. Vexed ia
vhat lie considleredl a breach of etiqueti
he young Grand Duke complained to i
atheor of the treatment lie had r ceived
Niichmolas took him by the hand anmd he,
min to the hall. "'These mn whom ye
vant to hioinor you," lie said, ''are the me
(ou should honor, You should regard an
nark of respeLct they paly you as an excet
>f kindness. What you nave done sihow
hint you are too young to wear the opat
ettes of an oiicer. I dep'rive you of thmem.
Alhl entreaties were ini valin. Alexandt
Was degraded in the presence of the assen
ly ; to be miade, however, Colonel in th
Lrenadiers of the Guard at, the age of sia
een. Although lhe then led a jo3 ouis lift
me began to be subject to these hits
nelanchmoly which are characteristic of thr
amily of the Rtomaiolis. The Prim
ilorouski, a chmamiberlain attached to hi
ecrson, relates that he would somtetlim<
remnain f or weeks without, utterinig a wori
Traveling was suggested as a icemedy it
thiis mioroseness, but, as this seemeud to hav
rio ellect marriage wits priescrib~ed. TI
romance of this marriage is too well know
to needh relating. The happiness oif t
youple, however, caine to an uiitimel
md. Religion carried to the extreme<
bilgotry was the original cause of the el
trangement, betweeni thme Imperial pair.I
upito of her Protestant birth and educato
blarle Alexandrovna showed all along
strong inclination to the rites of thme Gree
Dhiurchi. Bhe found a charm im Its dev<
lonal exercises and lifeless cereinonic
which had never dawned upon the E~mpero
1-Ir apartments beccameo a chapel. 'Tl:
riumber of hours she daily spent before tIl
"Sacred Images" Increased to a more an
neo serious extent. T'hat a nun's Iij
was by no means calculated to please
brilliant. and plasunre-loving husband I
needless to add. It was at this epoch that
the Princess Catharine Dolgorouki made
her oppearance at court. It was like the
rising of a new star. In her presence the C<
Emperor seemed to forget everyone else. i
Her social success at court and the constant si
homage paid to her by her sovereign could n'
not fall, finally, honest as she was at heart, ti
to intoxicate her. Imperceptibly the ti
young girl fell In love, not with the "I
splendor or power of the Emperor, but 1U
with the chivalrous appearance of the man. 11
Yet, she resorted to all expedients to break r<
off an intimacy which she saw co'dd only q
end in dishonor. and for months she re at
fused to receive the visits of her sovereign. 01
She lived in tears. The Princess Dolgo- II
rouki Volcano, her sister. in-law, with el
whom she lived, not wishin to cover with ti
her good name the fall of the girl who had (
been intrusted to her care, In a stormy in- i:
terview forbade the Emperor her house. d
The Czar withdrew, On tie morrow lie ti
forwarded to the Princess hisportrait with P
the autographic legend, "To the woman I b,
respect the most." Time went on. But C4
one day Catherine left her brother's roof d
and took up her residence in a small and n
modest house on the Quai Atiglais. In el
- that spot for many years the Russian au- iE
tocrat almost daily sought oblivion from a
the pre-occupation of State affairs. 0
ils nephew, who has become notorious ti
for his connection with the American *
Fanny Lear, after robbing the chapel of n
his mother and being arrested for it ex
clanied, '"The Czar will punish me, but ji
will be the only one of the family whose ft
heart will bleed at being obliged to (o so." iC
Quick temper is a traditional characteristic c
of the family of the liomanolis Alexander ti
possessed it in a very eminent degree, but, 0
unlike his brother Constantine, he always s
tried to atone by greater kindness foi- any
of his outbursts. 01
Whenever the truth could reach his oJ
ears, the late Alexander never failed to re- It'
dress the wrongs done by his representa- a'
Lives. His severity toward oflfiers who t
had betrayed their trust should have coi- ii
mended him to the people. One niorniig
some years ago, the Czar, who had started d
for a walk in the Jardin d'Ete wit.h his 8
favoilte dog Milrod, was accosted by an
o.d woman. Not recognizing him, she g
asked whether lie was employed in the P
Winter Palace. "Yes," answered the Czar,
"what can I do for you ?"
Then the old woman told hini that a
long time before she had lent a largo suni
to a high functionary in the palace, and LI
she could not get him to pay her. She st
was in extreme poverty, she said, and the sj
sunm would be a god-send to her In the b,
present circumstances.
The Emperor inquired for the officer's r
name and promised her that he would use
his influence to have the cla.m settled. n
Appointment was given her by his Iipe- it
rial Majesty for the morrow at noon at o
the sanie place where they were standing, IL
if the gentleman failed to pay his debt w
before that. -.
I Returning to the paLq; \h 1p i ,
edged his indebtedness but pleaded lack n
of money. His Majesty gave him the a
money out of his own pocket, telling hiiim e
to go at once and settle With his needy ti
creaitor.
Next morning, however, the Czar was a
surprised to see the woman punctual to o
r the eventual appointment. He first in- g
agined she had conic to express her thanks,
but lie soon learned tliat she had received e
s nothing. The Czar frowned and ordered a
e her to follow him to the valace. lie was I
> in a state of great excitement. lie walked r
so fast that the pow- lady could hardly V
keep step with him. When she saw sere- i
r ants, soldiers, generals, every one bow a
most humbly to her guide she was stupi- c
u fled. The guards were about stopping her, t
but the Czar made a sign, and no further L:
e hinderance was put upon her stepping into e
t the imperial apanrtmients. 'The functionaryv
Il was summionedl.
"What does this mean ?" saidi the Ein- i
a peror. "You llave ntot paid this woman. 1
What have you done with the money I I
s gave you ?"
'('lie oflicer made such a piteous face that e
e the Czar's anger alniost gave place to a g
desire to laugh.
l ''Well, your Majesty," replied (lie man,
c "on my way honie I was assailen by so i
niany credlitors that I hadt nothing left for t
this woman. How the jackals had learned
I had the money I know not; but the fact i
is that they knew it and toreed me to sur- s
,rendier it."
1 The Czar accepted thie excuse, paid the
V 01(1 lady, and issued a ukase to thie effect
that the privileges which noblemen enjoyed
Sas regards the dlebts they had contracted
-should be0 abolished. More than one Court
I icr who hadt hitherto violated the most -
e solemii engagemeiits with men of the peo- -
a p)1e was severely ruinished by Alex inder
V for not complying with his orders.
e
His. First Expeorieince iiu an Ele~viao.
s Hie was a member of a Te'xas mili tuiry<
.company, anil of course visitedi Galveston I
I to p~artlcipate in thie Mardi Gras festivities.
.i On reaching the city ho repaired to the<
a Tlrcmont, and feeling dlusty and worn outi
y with his long, weairy ride, conicludled to
s brush up and put on a clean collar, etc.
a lIe aisked (lie immnaculate clerk who pire
sided over (lie (destmnation of Mardi (Ir:sia
visitors andi assiinedl themi to their resp~ect
r lye rooms, if he could get a roo~m in which
-to wash and oveirhaul lis toilet. A roomn<
e was selected, and thie clerk be-aming with
-deep admniratlin up n the soldierly-looking
-, young man, directed himn where to go. Il
I w's pointed to the elevator, and stepiping I
e inside, (lie condluctor of thait instit~ion I
e caosed the door. It was (lie first experience a
a of (lie younig soldier with the mysterious
-a and lestivye elevator, and lie thought lie was
i. coimfortably inidie (lie room assigned to
r him. He0 commiaenced to) disrobe, and -vas a
e hooking aroumd for soap anid w ater when I
e (lie elevator suddenmly sitartedl on its upward i
n tillp. T1hie young man, never experiencing
e anything of the kind before, was stard ed,
y and hurriedly throwing open the door
1 iiumpedl froim thie elevator and land~edl in
i. tihe hall, to the very great-aonishmienit of
i (lhe waiters and others ntear b~y. iec was
,en diahabi lle, and to make matters miore
a unpicasani, thie elevator glided out of reach, <
k and thie cond~uictor, tickled half to deatha,
-forgot to lower it. Explanations were I
a made and a couple of umbrellas procuredl
.and~ hc~ld over (lie young man to hide him
*e fromi view unatil (lie elev.ator was lowered.<
*o ie step~pedl in, donned lis clothes and i
d mentally swore never to get, inside an ole
e vator again. It is said the umbr~iella scene
it in the hall was very solemn and impres- I
a sive.
Al Mygienio Hint.
We wish to direct attention to a point
)inected with the management of chil
eon, apparently trivial, perhaps, at fist
ght, but which we are persuaded is of
) suall importance In certain constitu
inal condiions. We refer to the prac.
De, very c.utanon among children, of
veping with their heads buried beneath
at bed-clothes, to the exclusion of such
inited suppliy of fresh air as even a close
>om might afforel. Even if we do not go
iite so far as Dr. Moccormack,'who as
rts that phthisio never arises from any
,her cause than breathing "pre-breathed
r," and that it will be produced by this
atie in persons free front any horedi
ry taint, there can be no doubt that the
ost certain way to insure the develop
ent of this and of other catching mala
es8 in subjects having a constitutional
ndency thereto, 18 to perait the ro
Mated respiration of air already vitiated
( passage through the lungs. When we
miider that to fulill the beat con
itions of health a thousand cubic feet of
,w air should be supplied every hour to
ich person, we shall see how inadequate
our average indoor winter atmosphere
its best, and how important it 5s that
very available atom of oxygen should be
tien advantage of. To let a child sleep
ith its face under an inpervious thick
,ss of bed-covering, is to reduce the in
rehange of air to a minimnuw, anu sub
ct it to an atmosphere of very few cubic
et, loaded With carbonic acid and organ
exhalations froi its own body, and be
nuing more vitiated with every respira
on. We are convinced tiat many instances
delicate health are due to this circuni
ance; and weaie, at all events, sure that
e have seen marked improvement in sev
at cases from simply directing the mother
' nurse to see that the bed-clothes were so
-ranged that the child's nose and niouth
least should be exposed. It is needless
add that if popular prejudice can be so
,r overcome as to have a small lire in the
irsery grate, and an upper window sash
rawn down, if only a quarter of an inch,
as to naiatain a conifortable tempera
ire while promoting ventilation, still
'eater benolt will be derived from the
an we have indicated.
'he Nnnsrr.u Suap eon Bridge.
Ia 1848,Charlee Eliet, a brilliant, rather
ian a profound, engineer, built the first
ispunsion bridge over the Niagara, on the
to of the present railroad bridge. The
idge was for cairiages and loot passon.
era. The towers were of wood, and the
Jadway was only about six feet in width,
ast wide enough for one team. Mir. EIiI
i the beginning had oflered a reward of $C
i the Irst person who should get a string
ver the river. The next wtudy day v
rge iUnIbor of boys assembled on the bank
'iih kites, and before night one of thei,
tomiau J. Walsh, then a boy of J 3 years
4d" WAWV1'1A kit on the Canada side
. nrom11iseu lumwatu, I>y
leans of this string largur cordsthen ropek
ad then iron cables, sniall at lirst, Dut in.
reatsing in size, were drawn across, until
ie large cables were thus stretened.
Tlis structure served as a most excellent
uxiliary in the consruction of the pr-s
ut bruige. This was built by Americai
reat enguicer, John 6. Htoebling, and hau
Iwiays been considered one of the greatest
f his woi ks. It was oonmeneci in 18m2
mid the firSt, locouotive crossed it in 1864'
he iron basket now hangiug under thei
:ilroad track near tue American end o
ie bridge was first used uy Mr. Eliot, and
i it the lirst person who ever crossed ,he
haim uhve, aut of his own will, was cross
i over. There is an old Indian traditiou
bat a resisting chief was once carried Lc
lu opposite ride by a large bald-heaped
agle, who- swooped down on the grea
rurrior, as he lay amibushed on the grouind.
uid bore himn over. Ladies have crosser
i this basket. The suspension bridge by
Irock's mnument was built in 1856 oy T.,
.bem ret. Thle ice jain in 1866i tore the guy
romi the rocks to wihich they were fasten.
d, aind before they were repliaced a terrfnt
sic broke the roadway, severed the sux
enders, and fet, the structure dJangling ii
he air. T1'he niew suspenisioni bridlge as i
called, was built, In 18t8, the cable:
cing carried over in the winter con the ici
ridge. Its length is over l,2010 feet, or
uii quarter of a mile, from outside to eut
de of die towers, and is the longest eus
unsion bridge in tine world."
A Saivinig of Trmnsportationa.
"idik iibout your- *man mecn," said ok~
'ioneer Skindelrson at Phli IMcthoverni'i
al1o0n the other night, "'thme tighiest, close
st, far seeing calculating old skinflint
ver ieed was old1 K laniskatter the nmini
uiperintenideiit who died iup at Ghold liii
ecently.''
"Was, elh ?" encouragely renmarked
ustomter, who was feeding P'hil's bul
log wijth petrifled sandwiches fronm 'th<
unch tmable.
"Yes, sir-ree;hme was just, pizen, he was
loser thani the bark of a tree. Whien hi
vas ruimmig the hornet mine up at Vir
iia hie used to skulk around the level
hisguised as a mule tender, juir to pip
if time meni wuio didn't, keep nairdi at, it, b<
s to dhock 'em the next Satuidaiy."
'"Why thme dern cuss!",
"Bitt wait, lie actually encouraged
trill runner to tell a long story one dai
vimile taey were waiting for sonie machmn
ry to be rep~aired, aterward dlocked tim
nmaun half a daiy, and ail thme fellows tha
ieard it, four bits apiece for stopping t
aulgh. 1ie chiarged cine man ten cents foi
iiigle gi in.''
"Great (lush I"*
'"Thant's nothiin" Jimi Briirgs, who wa.
Up on the L<( (I when the o(1 mniser died
aid that aibouit an hoir before Klammikat~tel
innded in his checks lie sent for the doct-or
and says lie, 'D~oc, give us thle straighi
business. Is there any sh~ow for ime ?"
".Nary show,' says the (doctor; 'you']
triko bed ronk uilore night.'
'Then,' says old Klamiskatter. 'I wan
Qome 01 you fellows to carry ine up to tha
ep of Mount Davidson rightim off. If I cai
ight oul Iron' there, it, will save my soul
near mtile of tramnsportation.'
''And did they do it ?" asked a man wh<
ind waked up over the stove.
"Wall, no," replied the narrator, sinm
>iy. "'Tho boys took bimi over, put hms
mn the cage, and let hinm down to the low
at level of ilie llornet, instead. The;
aid that they guessed he had made a littl<
nistaae about, the dutictiion, somehow. Ti
he best, of their judgment, his soul wai
roimr the other way I"
The Uarnival.
The prineple istreet in Rome Is tue Oorso.
It runs from the north gate about duo
south through the heart of the modern
part' of the city; Is straight, quite wide,
nearly a mile in length, and lined with
shops. hotels, and palaces. Here, as
everybody knows, Is the fountain- head and
focus of the Carnival. On either side of
the street, from the lowest story to the
very roof,are innumerable verandas and bal
conies of all sizes and shapes, all trimmed
with gayest color,-bright red, 'bright
green, crimson and gold; decorated with
festoons of leaves and flowers; streamers
floating out in the liveliest hues. In
front of the churches temporary stands
have been erected; and these, as well as
scafToldings to new buildings, have been
transformed into gorgeous temples, radiant
with crimson, silver, and gold. The door
ways of the shops, too, have been barricad
ed and hung v'ith curtains, ready for of
fensive and defensive warfare. Each day,
long befoie the hour, the multitude assem
ble. Carriages, drawn by horses with gai
ly-compatrisoned trappings, are slowly
passing upl) and down the street in two
long unbroken lines, often brought to a
standstill by the surging crowd pressing
their way on foot in every direction. 'The
finer equipages are lined with white cam
brie for protection. Every cross street is
pouring in its spectators by hundreds;
whilo soldiers, in bright uniform and fully
armed, compel all vehicles to enter the
Corso at one or the other extrenitv. At
two o'clock the reelry of the Carnival be
gins. What an ainiated picture! From
pavement to chimney every door, window,
veranda, and balcony is alive with bright
faces and active forms. Woman
takes special delight in a scene like this;
and, wherever you look, there her eyes
are laughing, dancing, and sparkling like
glistening diamonds. It is a time of gen
cial license, and men and women have ar
rayed themselves, uider the protection of
the mask, in every wild, droll, quaint
style ot' dress. One describes in the close
umiis, of variegated brightness a ludicrous
caticature on every nationality, every
trade and profession; while niany costuues
are a combimation of the grotesque and ri
diculous, witlmut, any attempt at personiil
cation. Tle signal given, the sportive
warfare begins. Doors, windows, bal
conies, carriages, are all provided with
bushels of sugar-pluns called "confetti,"
baskets of little bouquets, and iiniuimiera
ble hiight paper sireamers attached to a
marble ball. Pedestrians carry large bags
of this amtmunition striapled across their
shoulders. Ar.d everybody throws these
white sugair-plums, which prove to be a
miserable counterfeit of earth covered with
linte, at everybody else, whether high or
low, near or far. Here two passing car
riages are engaged in an affray; there a
storm of balls atid flowers rages between
two opposite windows. The crowd be
low are incessantly pelted from above, and
they, fighting at a great disadvantage,
niil", 1hbz,-tmnil(ed scoops. The Pass of
Thermopyw seemns to be in flont o a large
restaurant, whiiere a close line of cotiba
tants in the kng balcony render the pas
sage a desiperate undertaking by hurling
dIown confetti in broadsides, as if the fate
of Joic lepende(t upin their heroic resis
tance, deluging the crowd, below until they
are white as millers. Men and boys are
shouting "Con fettel" '"Confeti" Every
earriage is followed by half a score or more
of ragged urchins, ready to snatch ainy
stray ioIt(uiet that may fall under the
horses' feet or among the wheels. All
kinds of languages are heard in this Babel.
There are pretty ItlIatan girls with graceful
waists, bright-colored headdresses, dark,
passionatc Oyes, laughing faces, and free,
gialln, goodbhumored figures, There are
English and American ladies and gt.L
n entering into the sport as heattily as
the nobest Ilomnan of them all. But, in
the mnidut of all this tuitnult, and abandon
inent, so contagious anid irresistible in anll
its lashaing amnd munthite variety, thiei-e is
heard thte booni of the cannona, and reluc
tantly hostilities cease and peace is restored.
Carriages inuneiantely turn out of the Cor
so into side- streets; soldiers thrust, back
the crowd on the nar-row aidewaiks; the
vast, miultitudes wait in eager expectation
for a few ninutes; whein, at, either end of
thme street, is heard the blast, of the bugle
the signal icr the races, .in old1 tinics,
beautiiul, sleek Bar-bary st~eeds, fleet am
the wind, sped riderlessthmrougth the Corso;
but, now oniy six coiiinoplace, scraggy,
bomny old horses, covered with jtngltng
chainis, and sharp-pointed stars and .ti
gles of gilt, mnetal, canite- through the ye
citerous crowd. 'That closes the sport of
thme day. in the evening there are balls,
lott-eie, fairs, andi illutnitnations on the
piazzas. Day after (lay for nearly two
weeks the-c fooler-ies are repeated with
little variation. A fter the fourthl (liy coni
fetti are iio longer- hrowi,-only flowers.
Thle la.st, (liy is usually regarded as the
Ibest of all. Th'le famncy dr-esses appear ini
greater- variety and richer iiiateial; the
bouqluets are lariger, and iatny of thmeim oh
beautiful, natural flowers. Blit the last,
night is the cliinax of this gay, wild revel
ing as dark-wiinged night, begins to draw
lihen sable antle over thme iEternal City, the
Conoc, with its dark, suirginig imass of hmu
manuiity, presenits, in the iim light of the
mioonl, ai ttratige wierdi spectacle. Suid
dlenly little higas shIne foirtti, miillions hn
imunber; thme crowded street is all ablaze;
every window, and halcony, andi~ street
corner is illunminated as with a uniiver-se of
bright, twinkling stars. Now conmes the
last, gay mmadnes of the Carnival, attain
lng to suuh am light of glittering color,
swarming life, antd frohicksomte uproar,
that, its ieiiory will mnever fade. Every.
body is exp~ected to carry a little canidle or
a per, and~ keep it, ligated, whdle he aw
earnaestly endeavors to extuinuih all tiu
lights arounid luam. As soon as your light,
expires, you mire taunted with the cry,
"oeinza moccolol senza moccolol" (withoul
a light!) TVhe fun waxes fast, and~ furiomi
duiran this hour's wantonness. Meni in
groupmjs, puishmiing, i-caching, scenfhaug, t(
t p~ut out somec solitry taper lhen1 aloft;
women strethinig half- -way out
of balconies in sonic eager attemplt to rn.
taliate; the miomnent, oh victory and triumph
suddenly tunied into dlefeat, and ikimcub
by a ippIng handkerchief swung fromn
above. biuch genuIne hearty laughter,
and real child-like muerriment I Delicious
-Colorauano s iw 1,ho ,arigest, bulaior
Sproducer in the world.
-anlan'e backers made $112,000 01
ShIm In Engmand.
Earniesmaies alone makes life eternl
Alexander III.
All eyes are now turned on the man in
whose hands the destinies of Itussia has
been placed. The late Czar brought up
his children with far more indulgence than
was ever shown toward himself, and Alex
ander Alexandrovitz, his eldest surviving
son, received a separate establishment and
a very handsome income when he married
the second of the three beautiful daughters
of the King of Denmark in 1866. The
Anitchkoy Palace stinds close to a bridge
of the same name in the Perspective New
sky, a lively part of the city, and about a
mile and a half from the Winter Palace,
though the wide spaces and immense
length of the public buildings which lie
between them make the distance appear
much less. It looks far better fitted for
the einjoyments of family life than the
huge er% ction inhabited by the Emperor.
All reports speak highly of the domestic
virtues and private happiness of the new
Czar and his wife and of their unaffected
kindness to the poor. The man who will
now be known as Alexander IMl. is hardly
so tall as his father was in his beat days,
but he must qtill be nearly, if not quito,six
feet in bight, and is remarkably deep
chested and broad-shouldered, with all the
appearance of great strength. ills light.
gray eyes resemble those of his mother's
relations at Hesse-Darnstadt more than
his father, who had the dark-blue eyes.
(such as the French call blue-black) which
are to be seen in the pictures of Alexander
I., Paul, Peter the Great and several other
imombers of the House of R9nmanoff. In
figure and general style he is also like his
uncle, the late Grand Duke of Hesse
Darmstadt. A small mouth, with extreme
ly good teeth, which he only shows when
he laughs, is his best featuro; his hair is
auburn and his complexion very fai. In
St. Petersburg he usually appears most
correctly attired in uniform; but when en
joying a honday among his wife's relations,
he may be seen in a very loose wahfliedsuit
of shepher l's plaid, a black tie, a white
nat and with neither gloves, ring nor
watch. That he has been no carpet soldier
is evident from the marks of frost bites on
the third and fourth lingers of his left hand
and a slight scar on his temple, where a
bullet grazed his head in one of the battles
in the Turkish war. He is very popular
il Copenhagen, wlhere he and the Princess
Dagmar, as she is still fondly called by the
haues, walk about the town together In
the nost unceremonious manner and are
always ready to take their part in any popu
ear entertainment during the long visits
wh ch they periodically pay at her fa'her's
court. it also speaks well for him that he
is supposed to require no extra amusement
there, but, to be perfectly happy, leading
a simple life with his wife, and children,
roaming about in the park and speud:ng
quiet evenings in the castle. In the sum
mar of 1876 the whole Danish royal family,
incluling tho King and Queen of Orecce,
were entertained for six weeks at his
palaces in St. Petersburg and Czarco-Selo.
i'ie Prince's study in the Anitchkov
A 414%.,u &Po -~ .
and globes and well fille {Uook6sais, 'W
which historical works in all languages
predominate. That lie is a reader is shown
by the p le of newspapers which he collects
at the different stations when on a railway
journey to perseu on the road, and he has
taken personal interest In the publication
of the State correspondence in Russia.
Some yoars ago he wrote himself to the
hairs of La liarpe, who was tutor to the
1niperor Alexander 1., to ask for the loan
ol any letters from his great-uncle to La
Uarpe which might happen to be still in
their hands.
Wlhother justly or not, the new Czar had
the credit of being a very obstinate, capri
cious, bad-tempered boy, and it was un
doubtedly a great shock to his future sub
jects when the unexpected death of his
elder brother placed hini next to the throne.
TIhey had always been playfellows and
greatly attached to each othier, and when
b~ut Len and eleven .years old were brought
to the deathbed of the Emzperor Nicholas,
in 1855, to receive their grand-father's
blessmng and a few words of, advece. As
might be expected at their age and on such
an occas~oni thbey both shed many tears.
That, the present Czarovitz married the
Prtmcess Da~gaa (whoe, on her re baptism
into the Easern Church received the names
of Mary ?"edorovnu) at the special request
ohf the dyimg youth to wvhomt she wa~s be
trothed is wwll knowvn; and though the re
quest seemed haruly natural the older
br'other' pr'obably remiembered that she was
not, without ambition, and had thought
much of the position which she would sonie
(lay occupy, and which, in his uinselinsh
love, lie strove to secure for her in the only
p .ssible way. TIne Czarevna has four beau
itul children-the eldest, Nicholas, a fine
boy of twelve; the second~, George, about
ntine, who buars a striking resemblance to
the early pictures of Alexander II.; and
t wo nuchi younger ones, Xenia and Michael.
She hats aecomnpanied her husband 5:> all'
p~arts of Eurotpean Russia, and has gain'.d
tihe affection of the people, particularly of
tie Poies. it the winter at the Anttohkov
Palace she has an anniual Christmas tres,
but it is nioL, invariably the children of the
notulos who are invited, but a number from
tue mocst squcalid homtes in St. Petersburg,
recommended by seine of tihe metmbers of
the boclety Ier the relief of diistress, andi
these are always sent away 'witi a good
st~ock of warm clothing, as well as the cus
tomnary presents. Such very contradietory
stories are told of the Prince'battitude wit~h
regard to politics that one-half at least of
themi must Cc invented; and as a man of
thirty-live seldom holds the same views
ttant he atid at twentv-five the probability
ia that his ideas have changed considerably
(turing the last tea years. ills manner is
abrupt amnd want. cordhiality; he is a care
less, though hot a great talker, and as a
younger iman was known to give way to
verny unbecotinag diaplay's of temper. He
hats great p~owers of endurance, and can
tire out most, ordinary people; but field
sports and aimuisemnonts are enly secondary
objects with ham. Ho is a diligent, attend
ant at the muietings of the imperial coun
cils, wvi ere lie has long had a place.
Alexanider II. has been a good deal
troubled at different, times with the vagaries
of his sons and~ nieptiews, particularly with
the young Princes of Leuchtenberg, but,
whether wisely or not, he has yielded on
several occasions to thme pressure of his heir,
as In thme case of ?M. Valouleff, who was
dismissed in 1801 itom lia post of Minister!
of thme Interior, or. cbhged to resign, hav
ing incurred the ill-wilt of the Czare'witch,
who at tltat date was utadoubte'.y an..up
holder of the old autocracy, as opposed to
the more liberal views of his father and of
Mi. Valouleff.
