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 WF n'SfP^'^s^^tfes:.. •-s«wH4jfti,^ â- 9x:rsr "^a"^t3W«£3!'" " «a!r ::-"3«W'"'??£T4Fi^^ ue by Ita u* long •Undins IT faith In M* ^E, tas*(lMr laetae to uy RIFT AND SPaAY, OB, LOVE AND VENGEANCE AMONG THE SMUGGLCaS- Thk Mo!« FAacarATrso Ockas RoMAtrrK Since thi Days or COOFEB ^D MaBTA-VT. CHAPTER XXr.â€" (CojrrufiTKD.) " One pen â€" one iuk â€" one paper. I will bring him all up I, myself. Let me â€" oh, let me " " Why, he's ont of his mind " said Bow- line. "Look how he shakes and how white he looks. One would think, mates, he had hid somethiiitc down below that he was afraid some of U3 would see." Captain Mocquet laughed hysterically. " So â€" no 1 not hide something â€" ha ha I see him all below â€" pen, et ink, et paper.^ All is well. I bring him. I feel much well- er now. Ah, mes braves, I buy the Rift. Tout beinâ€" ha, ha, ha I I bring him up â€" ha, ha, ha Petite briiliante, A 1 air mignon, riu3 belle amant«, Tu no ciains pc-rjonDe I bring him. Wait, Ha, ha I bring him. wait, wait " Captain Mocquet descended the Latch- way, which he had himself opened, and Dolan and the crew of the Rift looked at each otJier in surprise at the amount of strange emotion exhibited by the Frenchman and the lugubrious attempts he had mnde at merriment. " I say," whispered Bowline to one next him, "these Frenchmen, I don't think, are quite right in their wits when anything goes a little wrong with them." "I should think not." " Here he is " cried Captain Mocquet, ap- pearing on the deck with a rush that made Dolan start two steps backward. In his bands he had writing materials, which he eagerly placed on the capstan. "Here he is. I shall write one order. There One hundred thousand francs. He is done, and liberty and the Rift is mine â€"eh?" "Yes," said Dolan, as he took the order, " as soon as we have the money, for this." "The money?" ' ' Yes you don't suppose that we are go- ing to let you and the Riit go, just for this bit of paper, do you " Captain Mocquet had not supposed so and he bowed and smiled as he replied " It is well â€" so, so. I will stay on the Rift, and the cabin â€" the chief cabin â€" will be mine, and no one will come to him. That is arrange â€" eh, Capitaine Dolan " " That's fair," said Martin. Captain Mocquet turned and made a low bDW to Martin, who then said " But how are we to get the money " ' ' I will go to Havre and get it for you all,' said Dolan. "And then?" " Why, then I will divide it among you;" " But if we separate, all of us, to-morrow night, how are we to get the division made, mates I should like to know " " I will meet you on the Common Hard, at Tortsmouth. " said Dolan, " on this day week, or anywhere you like to name." "Now, mates," added Martin, " I don't half like that way of doing tilings. We can't spare our captain and I, for one, don't want to go to the Common Hard at Portsmouth. 1 don't see the harm of stay- ing here another week in the cavern, and I think tlie best person to go and get the money is Mocquet himself." " Mocquet " said Dolan. ' ' For he's a Frenchman and can get on better than you or any of us would. I think we ought to go on to Havre and send him on shore to get the money He will then, on doming back with it, be all right, and we can get landed on the'English coast and give him up the Rift. He can bring two or three Frenchmen on board with him, just to hold the cutter in hand, and then the whob affair wijl be right and ship-shape. " Ay, aj%" cried the crew " that's it." " And so," said Dolan, sneeringly, "you think you would get Mocquet back again if you let him set his foot on shore." ' ' I will answer for him. " " " Vou, Martin " "Yes, Captain Dolan, I will answer for him with my share of the plunder ^nd profit and with my life. Mates will you take my word for it ' You all know me " " Ay, ay," shouted the men " that will do.' " Yery well," said Dolan, bitterly " do what you please." " And we will take care of the order for t'ac hundred thousand francs," said Martin. " ?:h, mates " " Yes, yes That's it." " Oh, my gallant crew I" sighed Dolan. " Do you doubt me Perish the thought Wc will have no doubt of each other. Cap- tain Mocquet, when we are off Havre, can and will easily write another order for the inoncy, and rather than this should be a bone of contention among us, let it perish. There There I" I Captain Dolan di-ew from his pocket a slip of paper, and in a moment, holding it in the flame of one of the lanterns, he consumed it â-  tera I and it flared into tinder. " Oh, indeed " muttered Martin. " And now, my men," added Dolan, "as that is all arranged and settled, and as we juite understand each other about that little piece of business, let us look to our own af- s. Is all the cargo shipped " Ay, sir 1 Ay, ay " Pclan then blew a long, low note upon a Then Dolan â€" ^jost as the lart Ufibt hissed in the water, into which it was tnrdst as a ready extingaisher. went out â€" dropped by a rope from the deck of the Rift, into the foremost boat and took the tiller-ropes in his hands. " Ptdl away " he said. Six oars dipped into the water at once and the boat shot slowly out into the bay. One rower only was in each of the other boats to give help in their progress, as they were all in a line. ' The sea cavern was in the charge of four of the crew and the re- mainder lolled about in the boats among the contraland goods that had been taken from the Coiuette. And so, right out into the little bay, went Dolan with his last venture of the Rift^ â€" half piratical and half smuggling as that ven- ture was â€" and the boats palled for the pro- montory to the east of the bay. CHAPTER XXIL SCPBISED VENUE Officers. BT THE Re- That night in the channel was what sea- men call " dirty." In addition to a precari- ous kind of puffy wind, that succeeded, at times, to be quite undecided as to what point of the compass it would blow from, there was at times a cold, scattering mist, and the darkness was as profound as the most enthusiastic smuggler could wish it to be. By the wash of the sea, as the tide was coming in â€" and made sort of circular rush into the little bay â€" ^the progress of the boats from the cavern was good, until the promontory was rounded, and then they found themselves in a chopping, uncertain sea, that rendered their movements difficult. About a mile ahead of them â€" not above six or eight feet from the surface of the water â€" burned a solitary light, which had the faculty of presenting different colors to the observation of those at sea at intervals. The fact was, that this light was inclosed in a lantern, the four sides of which had each a different colored glass â€" red, blue, yellow and a very pale green. The lantern was mounted on a buoy, which was allowed to drift out into the sea at the end of a tow-line. It was one only a signal to the smugglers' boats. " Keep in," said Dolan in a low voice. "You see the light?" "Ay, ay." " Starboard oars, easier there That will do. Now, give way That is over." Dolan meant that the boat had got round the promontory sufficiently to be sheltered considerably by it but the other boats were still, so to speak, outside, and exposed to the full wash of the channel sea. A very few minutes though, sufficed to bring them into the smoother water and then, as the parti-colored lantern bobbed up and down on the waves, the boats in line â€" there were four of them â€" like some black serpent â€" made their way to the beach. That was the beach on which those sham fisherman's cottages were situated, and where Mrs. Wagner affected, at times, to keep house for Dolan, under the name of Mrs. Dolan. Then Captain Dolan took from his pocket a little tin case, and from that a coiled-up match, which he refolded into the length of about ten inches, and then lighting; the end he held it up and waved it to and fro. Rapidly, then, the parti-colorhd lantei^ was drawn through the water by its guide- rope and extinguished on the beach. "All's right," said Dolan as he threw the remains of the match into the sea. " Easy, my men â€" easy." He bent low to the teller-ropes and kept his eyes fixed on the shore. He was steer- ing finely. With a grating sound the keel of the boat touched the light shingle and the sand on the beach and then Dolan threw aside the tiller-ropes and sprang into the sea. " Bless my heart and life I" said a voice. " Is that you, my dear sir " " Mr. SulHes " said Dolan. " Hush â€" oil, don't, my dear sir â€" oh hush Call me Brown, Smith or Tompkins but, good gracious not Suff â€" hem I was nearly saying it myself. You don't know what a job I have had." " Indeed '" said Dolan, as a few steps of wading brought him on to the beach. " Yes, Mr. Dolan 1 1 beg your pardon â€" I believe you have a partiality for being called captain â€" Captain Dolan, I mean. You would hardly believe what a bother I have had." "What about?" " Why, my dear sir â€" bless my life â€" of course to put the Preventives on the wrong scent. I think I may take upon myself to say that they are about five miles off, chas- ing a cask, with an old sail to it and a Ian- He â€" he That was my invention. Captain Dolan Y'ou take a cask, about a thirty-six gallon, then you â€" â- " " Another, Mr. Sufflesâ€" " " Hushâ€" hush !â€" Smith." " Well, then. Smith. Now to business." " Hum Much of cargo " "Excellent." " How much Money is so very scarce, I was in doubt " Mr. Soffias, in » word, time u life or death to ul Will yoa take theM four boat loads of contraband for £500 or not 7 Yoa tecnr 7ak«n tost me. Yoa haye 'dealt wi^ me Ia«j|iiMlF^iiM» never repwted "Seyfanrirand^" ' JVm Inmdndjni-U^3 "No." .. "VerywelL Digmonse." "Yea, sir." Captain Dolan started as this " yea air." was said in a strange, snuffling kind of t6ne quite close to him. "Digmouse," added Mr. Suffles, "get ready." "Yea, sir." " What an odd fellow and what an odd name " said Dolan. â-  " Yes, but invaluable. He is the derk of the church." "Indeed." " Oh, yes but we all smuggle down here and do the best we can. It's in the air, Mr. â€" I beg pardon â€" Captain Dolan, and I be- lieve that if the Chancellor of the Exchequer were to come and live here for a year, he would try to cheat the revenue BCHne dark night. Oh, here we are now t" Creaking down to the beach came some half dozen light carts, each drawn by a strong, young, active horse and driven by a boy. The active scene that now ensned was, or would have been, quite a sight to see, could any eyes but those accustomed to the work have penetrated the gloom in which it was all conducted. Not a light was permitted to be seen, but the process of unloading the boats and load- ing the liffht carts was conducted with a ra- pidity and skill only to be acquired by prac- tice. " Now, Mr. Suffles," said Dolan, " the money." " You are so sharp, my dear friend. There it is." " One, two, three, four, fiveâ€" hundred pound notes." " Yes. Digmouse." " Yea, sir." " Does he never say anything but Yea, sir " said Dolan. " Very seldom." A kind of yell â€" a half scroara, half yell â€" at this moment burst from the lips of some one a considerable distance off, and it warn faintly echoed by Mr. Suffles, as he said Digmouse! The Philis- into the. water and the fifth boa* that fol- lowed in tiie wake of tbaae bdanging to the Rift neared Dolan. In imeit, owii^ to the slackened speed of Dolan's boat the odiera b^ista timber to spread aronnd it in a kind of half cinde. The fifth boat neared rapidly. Then Do- lan stood np in the stem of his boat and cried.ont: " We give in I No ill-usage and we give "Thatwilldo/' said a voice from the fifth boat. " Ship your oars, yon rascals." Dolan en nni^ the round object he had in his band on ItoKcd the fifili boat. " Take care of that," he said. " What is it r " Divide it among you." There was then a terrific explosion â€" a broad sheet of flame, for a moment, lit np the water â€" and then all was darkness. The fifth boat was gone I A wailing, sob- bing cryâ€" then a shriek. Then all was stiU. (to be CONmnTED.) Words Well Used. Some expressions are so happy that they stick in the memory like burrs. They are epigrams bom like bubbles, and sometimes hardly longer lived than bubbles, but never- theless as truly forms of art as are those laboriously evolved in the closet. Some one said of Thoreau, " He experi- enced nature as most people experience reli- gion." What could give one a more em- phatic impression of Uie man's strange per- sonality Rufus Cboate was constantly throwing off apparently careless utterances which held the germs of genius. In speaking of John Quincy Adam's relentlessness as a debater. he said, " He had an instinct for the jugu- lar vein and the carotid artery as unernng as that of any carnivorous animal." Of a lawyer who was as contentious as he was dull-witted, he declared, "He is a bull dog with confused ideas." The courts once demanded that heshoudl find a precedent for a course of action he had proposed. " I will look, your Honor," he returned, with his peculiar courtesy of manner, " and endeavor to find a precedent, if you require it, though it seems to be a pity that the court should lose the honor of being the first to establish so just a rule." Of an ugly artist who had painted a por. trait of himself he declared, "It is a. flagrant likeness." His casual criticisms were full of meaning. After looking through a vol- ume of " Poetry of the East," he said, â€" " The Oriental seems to be amply com- petent to metaphysics, wonderfully compe- tent to poetry, scarcely competent to vir- tue, and utterly incorrT}etent to liberty." This was expressio :reated as a fine art, but those of us who arts not geniuses might Captain Dolan, that really Ivor whistle he took froin his pocket and a if I could, or ought to, come down at all to- -ance commotion immediately ensued in ' night to make you an offer, only I saw the d about the sea cavern. There was the signal on the corner of the rock, and I said making of pulley blocks and the flapping to myself. 'No, no,' says I, if I can offer canvas, and then :i wild rush of cold air ever so little to Captain Dolan for from the open â-  venture, it is my duty to go and offer Hem!" " Is that aU " *nie 'nowling and roaring iv in the sea cavern. The canvas covering of the narrow, jagged atrance to that mysterious place had been e.moved and the wind and the waves came without let or hmdrance. The Rift, al- ioug'n well secured, felt the influence of i and air and pitched for a few moments ivily at her moorings. j The laden boats washed to and fro and in I ome instances fouled each other, and most ' the torches and lanterns were at once ex- his it,' "My dear sir " " Very good. ' Five hundred pounds. "What?" " Five hundred pounds." " Fiveâ€" Oh, Lord !â€" hundredâ€" good gra- cious 1â€" pounds. Ob, dear oh, dear 1" " Too much " "My dear Captain Dolan! Really flow! Bless my life Oh oh Too much, in- ngnished. The roar and the hiss of the ' deed! "Ha Absurd Five-^hnndredâ€" in the bay came far more plainly upon -pounds Ch-^di â€" ch Five â€" " e ears of all in the sea cavern, and millions- •â-  " Very good, Mr. Suffles. If the ven- little particles of spray filled toe air. " Silence all, now," said Dolan. There was a profound sort of hush in the ivem, which seemed to be only the abode if the wind and the water. " All lights out " Every lantern and torch was extinguished. tnre don t suit you, I will go to sea with it again, and we will find somebody on the Suffolk coast to take it I know its valueâ€" you don't. Good night. Now, my men, push off 1" " Stop stop 1 you are so very precipi- tate." A Startling Fact- I knew a man who married a sweet and lovely girl. She was very devoted to him, and when she discovered his dissipated habits, she endeuvored to shield him. When he stayed out at night, she would send the servants to bed, while she waited and watch- ed for him and then, in her night-dress and a pair of slippers on her feet, she would glide down very gently and let him in. One night he came home late. The serv- ants were in bed. The house had a front door, then a marble vestibule, and then an inner door. She opened the one, stepped upon the cold marble, and opened the outer door. The drunken husband entered, seiz- ed her by the shoulders, swung her rpund, opened the inner door, quickly passed through, and locked it before his wife could enter. She would not speak or cry out, lest she should disgrace her husband before the servants. In the morning she was found with her night-dress drawn under her feet, crouching in the corner, almost chilled to death. On her death-bed she told her father all about it, or the circumstances would never have been known. There is much that is never known, as well as a vast amount of misery and degradation that does crop out, and which is startling in its reality. " Digmouse tines " " The what " cried Dolan. " Lost. Found, I mean. Give me back the notes â€" at once â€" quick The Philis- tines^good gracious! â€" quick â€" the notes." Dolan uttered a brutal kind of laugh and sprang forward to the boats. " " Push offâ€" push off " he cried. " To sea to sea at once, or all are lost " __ " Hold " cried a loud voice. " We fir©.] make it a finer art'than we" do if a single man stirs. Now, on, my preven- tives." " The lieutenant,' gasped Aft. Suffles, and he fell flat on to the beach. " Push off " said Dolan. The boats' keels grated on the beach. There was a rush of footsteps and the tem- porary flare of a lantern, which went out again in a moment, and then sonie one flung his arms round Dolan as he was about to jump into the boat. " You are my prisoner " "No." " Yes. Oh, God " Dolan had plunged a long, double-bladed poinard into the back of the man and then he vaulted into the boat. " Fire " cried a voice. " Stoop " roared Dolan. There was a rattling discharge of pistols, the flash of which lighted up the faces of a strong party of preventive seamen, headed by a lieutenant in full uniform, who were on the beach. The crews of the Rift's boats made no hindrance of that discharge of bul- lets, but pushed off to sea, and got all clear of the beach, just as the preventive men made a rush forward with their diawn cut- lasses. ' Never mind, " said the lieutenant. ' The Nancy is in the offing." "Oh, indeed," said Dolan, "then that will be all the worse for the Nancy â€" that is aU.. Pull away " "Aye, aye, sir." The common danger seemed to have com- pletely, for the moment, restored the author- ity of Dolan and his crew treated him with an amount of respect they were far from ac- cording to him in the sea cavern. They felt and knew the advantage, in moments of dan ger, of having one airecting head. Rapidly the boats left the beach, on which now a number of lights began to show themselves and then Dolan said, in a deep, low voice " Pull for the bay, but not at once for the cavern. Coast the cliff, and keep a good lookout. How many are we " "Four sir." " One, two, three, four^what's that?" " What, sir " " Five. There are five of ua." In the deep gloom â€" a gloom in which the four boats of the smugglers looked like the backs of four huge bhu;k fish in the sea â€" those who were in Dolan's boat saw, or fan- cied they saw, astern of the fourth boat, yet another, which kept regular pace with them at about twenty yards' distance. " The Nancy 1" he said. " Well, that's cool," said Bowline. " And clever," said Dolan. " She is watching us and, if she had not been seen, the secret of the sea-cavern would not have been worth a farthing by the morning. We should have a frigate from the station in the bay." " What's to be done?" " Pull slack. It's a small boat." " Ten oars " " Ah so much." " If it's the Nancy, sir and lying down in her may be a dozen well-armed men," " Hum We shall see. They must go." " Yes they must go." It was evident that a kind of shudder of excitement had passed among the crew of Dolan's boat, for the oars were at that mo- ment not dipped in unison, and one man made a false stroke entirely. Dolan was stooping, and busily unlocking the locker in the stem of the boat. " Take the helm " he said. " I am busy, and shall be busier." " Ay, ay, sir." ' From the locker Dolan took a round sub- stance about the size of a twelve-pound shot. It was carefully wrapped in brown paper, which he tow off in slips, till he came to one portion of the rotmd substance, from which projected a short piece which, to the learned m such matters, would have suggested the idea of the fusee of a shelL "PnlleaiV." The men only li^tly dipped thw oan Tit Jiifeilee -«f the Ihtiooi. " AU Iftatamt SkaU mU Bim il*$Md.-â€"Ftm.7t: JT. MtuU :-•• W» tktlt fmmi »«/• ih$ n^"Mvi Amtkttmt. â- T fc. A. MOUOBOV, lOBoaro. Euth'B ^»d Jubilee wfll comt Jerat caU the Nations Home ^uUt dbaU win it» vid-ning way. â„¢ •" V P«P»«." 'neathiteSSy, (Bom) :-By sad bye-by sad bye. Chokdb :â€"An the earth shaU call Him Ki^ AU the Univeiae wiU rinr ' With His pniMa, we â- Â£ sinr HaUdqji^ Earth is tree, and Christ it Kinr. nien. " The JTountoiiu OoK brimg Pum r War. and Woe, and Wrang, shalletMs • By and byeâ€" by and bye. Earthâ€" redeemed from Sin's daik doom- Shall Uke Eden's Bowen blotHn, ,w .â- *"" *•" ransomed, ahont for toy (Amk) :â€" By and byeâ€" by and bye. Chords â€" Then ahaU " WvuK' be ahom rf wings. With the wealth " .iiMoafi«e" brines By and byeâ€" by and bye. And titTQu^hout Earth'a wide domain, Chriat, wiAout a rival, leisn And the ranaomed, about for Joy Bai$)â€" By and byeâ€" l^ and bye. Chords :â€" Then ahall come, that Day, foietoid By each aainted seer of old By and bye â€" by and bvo. When all men shall brothers be. And the World'a mat Heartâ€" Set freeâ€" Shouts for Joy, earth's Jubilee. (Ba«*)-By and byeâ€" by and bye. Chords :â€" The Breton's Fn^. BT R. A. ORRieHTON. [The Breton mariner offers up a beautiful prayer when he puts to sea. It is this: " Keep me, my God, my boat is so small and Thy ocean is so wide." On to the other side my Journey lies. Appalled I I gaze upon an angry aea Higb overhead are no propitious sides, while waves are sporting with my boat and me Alone, I brave the tempest and its strife. Alone, to guide through billows my frail bark â-  Alone, to trust my all, my dearest life, ' Alone, amid the waves, a desert dtrk. My sight quite fails to scan the vaat expanse. Nor will the helm my nerveless arm obey My helplessness each terror does enhance As in their mi ht against me they array. Still madly on through wares, my little craft. Groans dismally, as gallantly she strives My aching eyes keep looking fore and aft Until submerged, alas I Hope in me dies. The raging forces will not brook control, Ko skill of mine can niake my heart feel brav^ The w^onders of the sei apall my soul, As yawns its depths, a veritable grave. " Keep me, my God," I cry in my affright. Send Thy good angel soon to take the helm No compass have I here, no lamp alight And rushing waters will my boat oer'whebn. " Out of the depths " ascends the solemn prayer, " Keep me, my God " It Thou art by my side Though waves like mountains rise up everywhere, I'll bide in peace, though on Thy ocean wide. " Keep me, my God," surge on thou angry aea, .\nd thunder storms majestic o'er it ride, Safely throuirh all shall pass my boat with me Guided by Thee upon " Thy ocean wide." Profitable Beading. The most valuable books are not not in- variably 'approached with pleasure. On the exterior they may be rough, like the bark of the cinnamon tree, but there is an intense sweetness and aromatic flavor within, (fne has to learn to like them, and he is best able to secure the taste by chewing nntil the rich savor is developed in the mouth. " Do not mind what you read," said Ed. Sher- brooks "form a habit oi reading and the reading of better books will come when yon have a habit of reading the inferior." Though very common,this is not altogether sound advice. Too many people, begmning with trashy literature, which requires no thought, acquire a positive distaste for what- ever is solid and serious. The habit of read- ing worthless and airy books has disqualified them for enjoying what is better. It would be better to begin with what is really valu- able and chew away upon it until we reach the inner sweetness, and this will require much less tim^ and effort' than to read up through quannires of trash and mud. To Preserve the Sight. 1. Do not read or sew with insufficient light. 2. Neverreadnor study with light coming directly from the front. 3. Never read nor sew in the twilight. t. Never read nor work in a stooping pos- ture â€" sit erect. 5. Never read when lying down â€" this is very trying to the eyes. 6. Hold the book from which you read from 12 to 15 inches from your eyes, and keep the page perpendicular to the line of sight. 7. Never read nor write before brei^ast, by candle-light nor gas-light to weariness. 8. Never play tricks with tiie eyes, as squinting or filing them. 9. Do not read small print in street or rail- road cars while in motion. 10. When engaged in prolonged study, if the eyes becomepainful, rest them frequently by looking at distant objects. '-r^ She Hadn't Done Bad. Mrs. B. (who, though still young, has been three times married) Oh, if I were a man, I would make a name for myself Tom (who is number three) Strikes me Sa*ve done pretty well as it is, my dear, da is the third yon have made. The Three Angels. BT MAUDE h. RADFORD. Three angels hovered in the air, And to each other spake " Three visits to mortals," said they, " We immortals will make." -» » • A proud lady sat by her harp. And sang a lovely time Of sweet-smelling flowers, and birds. And the lovely month of June. And the angels murmured down from Heaven, "To you talents rich and rare are given." A strong man in the forest, plied A bright axe manfully. Felling many a tough bush, and Many a noble tree. And the angels whispered down from Heaven, " Unto j-ou the gift of strength is given." A pretty, simple, village maid. With eyes of heavenly hlue. Thought, as she hummed a little time,. Of her lover so true. And the angels whispered down from Heaven " Unto you the gift of love is given." â-  And these woi-ds came to the maid from above. The best of God's gifts is the gift of love. What is Earth? 'The following epigrammatic and singular lines are a complete answer to the question:] What is earth. Sexton A place to dig graves. What is earth. Rich Man A place to work slaves. What is earth. Gray Beard A place to grow old. What is earth, Miser. A place to dig gold. What is earth, School Boy A place for my play. What is earth, Maiden? A place to be gay. What Seamstress A place A good place is earth, where I weep. What is earth. Sluggard? to sleep. What is earth, Soldier A place for a battle. What is earth, Herdsman A place to raise cattle. What is earth, W^idow? A place of true sorrow. What is earth, Tradesman I'll tell you to-morrow. What is earth, Sick man 'Tia nothing tome. What is earth, sailor My home ia on I the sea. What is earth, Statesman A place to ' win fame. What is earth. Author I'll write there my name. I What is earth. Monarch For my realm 'tis given. V/bat is earth. Christian The gateway to Heaven. Poetry and Prose. It is ten o'clock p. m. Adalbert takes leave of Emma, the object of his affection, to whom he is engaged to be married. Emma â€" " Fare thee well, darling of my soul, and when thou gazest on the moon, remember that she who loves thee more than words can tell, also gazes upon yon distant orb and thinks of thee and tnee alone." Five minutes later " I say, maw, what has become of them cold baked beans that was left over from dinner I feel as empty as abarreL" He that sympathizes in all the happineas of others enjoys the safest happiness, and he that is warned by tba tciHy m otiten has at- tained aba aoondeet wiadom.