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The Poet and the Noble.

Studies in Russia.
young poet had written most scurril0uss;
poem in which ne had described and ibeled not
only the Empress but also all the grand dukes
and duchesses. Some Que, the censor of the
press, went and told the Empress. 1.-THE man
had better be sent off TO Siberia once he said
sit is not a case for delay" "Oh, no. said the
Empress; wait little but tell the man de-
sire to see him at o'clock TO morrow evening"
When the poor man was told this, he felt as IL
his last hour was come, and that the Emperor
alexander III must intend himself to pronounce
q sentence of eternal exile. He went to the
palace and was shown through all the grand
state-rooms one after another, without seeing
any one, till at last he arrived at small, COM
monplace room at the end OF them all, where
there was single table, with a lamp upon ~,
and here he saw the Empress the Emperor. and
all tho grand dukes and duchesses whom
he had mentioned in his poem How
do you do, sir" said the Emperor.
IT hear you have written O most
beautiful poem, and I have sentfor you that You
may read it aloud to us yourself. and / have in
vited all the grand dukes and duchesses to
come that they may have the pleasure of hear
ing you" Then the poor man Frustrated HIM
self at the Emperor's feet Send me to Siberias
sire, he sail: force me to become soldiers
only do not compel me to read that poem "Oh.
sir you are cruel to refuse me the pleasure, but
you viii not be so ungallant as TO refuse the EIn
press the pleasure Of hearing your verses and
she will ask you herself And the Empress
asked him. When he had finished she said: II
do not think he viii write any more verses about
US again He need not 60 20 Siberia just yet"
A nobleman had entered into a conspiracy
against the Emperor and was sentenced TO
Siberia HiSeyes were bandaged. and he was
put into dark carriage, and for seven days and
nights they travelled on and on, only stopping
to take food At last he felt they must hava
reached Siberia, and, in the utmost anguish, ha
perceived that the carriage stopped, and tina
bandage was taken off his eyes, and--he was ~
his own hofne He had been driven round ana
round St Petersburg the whole time; put Wv
fright quite cured him
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London Trutl


The French are right in making fuss over
the death of Victor Hugo. He was a singular
compound Of genius and gush Often he was
sublime; often he was silly. There are passages
in LES MHserables' equal to anything that has
been written, and there are others beneath any,
thing that has been read His principal fault
was exaggeration Thus. in lies Miserables.
lie spoilt his good bishop by making him carry
benevolence beyond the verge of realty There
is, too, vast amount Of .'highfalutin' in his
plays 1t is but one step from the sublime to
the ridiculous. and he was perpetually overstep-
ping the line. should fancy that his ''Notre
Dame dc Paris ID. his novel that is most likely
to live There is good deal of mere padding in
1t, but it is fairly freely from exaggeratons and
word-pilng The French, however, who are
always caught by q phrase. admired him as much
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Washington Letter.


friend of Mr.. Blaine said to day. ssYou
may be sure that Mr.. Blaine will never ag4in be
q candidate. He believes that his chances are
exhausted. Do you know said he, that he
has a queer belief that there is marked SINH
larity in the career of Henry Clay and his ownl
Early in life both went from their native States
to Kentucky. Both entered public life as mem
bers of their State Legislatures Mr.. Clay was
Speaker of the lower house in Kentucky MIR
Blame filed a similar position in the Maine Leg
islature. Mr.. Clay was member Of Congress
afterwards and served as Speaker sixteen years
Mr. Blaine was also member of the House and
served as its Speaker six years Mr. Clay was
first elected to the Senate from Kentucky
to all vacancy Mr. Blaine was APP
pointed to the Senate, but also TO fill
vacancy. Mr.. Clay resigned his seat
in the Senate TO accept the Secretaryship Of
State from John Quincy Adams. Mr.. Blaine
resigned the senatorship to become Secretary Of
State under Garfield. Mr.. Clay was three times
the candidate for the Wing nomination He was
twice defeated in convention, He was finally
nominated in 1874, but was defeated by James
X. Polk. Mr.. Blaine was beaten twice in the
national convention, nominated in the third ono
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and was defeated by Grover Cleveland. Mr. Ciayh
letter on the Texas question is held to be pare
allel to some of Mr. Blaines letters, The Abo-
litionists in New York, in 1874, threw their vote
to Burney. and thereby gave the State to tie
Democracy. II is claimed that last year, if it
had not been for the votes given 10 ST. John.
Blaine would have carried New York: The vote
OF New York decided the election in favor Of tho
Democrats in 1874 and again in 1884, Mr. Clay
was never candidate after his final defeat. and
it is believed by Mr. Blaines friends that he will
never again be presented to the public as cam
dldate. The parallel between himself and Clay
will probably remain unbroken
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Foot Notes,

EAGLE EYE--Ha ha! West SCARBOROUGH
Mass! Uncle Sans agents know of no postofice
ough But then the card arrived after a little
delay. A puzzler with an eagle eye should not
make this mistake. But twas only a slip Of
the pen. EE.
SOMEBODY furnishes trio of charades this
week, which are dedicated to the puzzers. We
hope the dedcatees will strive to solve them.
DIAMOND GAINsLEY's work is fast becoming
exhausted. We hope d. g. will forward fresh
supply ere long
A difficult octagon by Xoa is placed in the
puzzle department. this week 1t is q good one
il it is hard and we trust al the solvers will try
to answer it.
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Conversion of a Child.

Rev. DR.. G. It. Pentecost.
/ was at this time pastor of a large church in
Boston. Special interest arose among our peo
pie, and ] was holding few extra meetings and
giving some addresses TO the children and young
people. was greatly pleased to see Lucy at
several of the meetings, coming or her own
accord One Monday morning, week so
after this, as was going down to the dining
room, she intercepted me at my study door, /
was surprised to see her down so early. for she
was not usually the first to come down to break
fast. She came toward me with a strange
eagerness | saw by her face and the tears
standing in her eyes that something unusual
had happened to move her. l said, what is it,
cearl"
She made no reply at once in words, but with
q bound she flung her arms around my neck and
began to cry and sob, not as if in sorrow. but
with gladness, hugging and caressing me all the
time
Presently she said. papa. / have got some
thing TO tell you" l at once turned and drew
her with me into the study. And catching her
In my arms she sat on my knees, in the same
chair where few months before she had SO I'M
willingly sat to receive my rebuke and instruc-
ton in righteousness.
NOW tell all about it. DEAR | said to her
well papa, you know how naughty | was
when you talked to me here long time ago
did not forget it. | have been very sorry and
ashamed about it, and have often since prayed
90 God TO make me a better child. Well you
know the little meetings you had with the chill
aren't went to some of Them and resolved
that / would give my heart to Jesus but / did
not Yesterday your sermon in church made me
see wha. great sinner was, and went to bed
very unhappy last night, thinking Of my sins
and wondering if God would forgive me. don't
know how it was, but think God must have
awakened me. 1t was in the night and quite
dark when awoke. thought of my sins. and
then thought OF all you had Taught me about
jesus Then L got out of bed, and knelt beside
It, and gave my heart to Him. and O, am so
happy And have been awake ever since.
waiting for morning to come, so that could tell
yOu.
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going TO sit in magnificent ball costume, with
extra double low neck and short sleeves, and
blonde wig, as Lady Mary Grave.berry, the new
English beauty. And that picture will sell like
smelts, because it is English quite English, you
know And that's the sort of thing am doing
now, and that's how / came to be a professional
heauty1
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We are growing old--how the tn on ght W i'll rise
When glance is backward cast
In some long remembered spot that lies
In the silence of tn past
1t may be the shrine of our early vows,
Or the tomb of early tears;
BUTT seems like far off isle to us.
In the stormy sea of ears.
Oh wide and wild are the waves tn at part
Our stems from its greenness now,
And we miss the Joy of many heart,
And the light of many brow!
For deep DER many stately bark
Have the whelming pillows rolled,
That steered with us from that early mark
Oh, friends, we are growing old
Old in the dimness and the dust
Of our daily tolls and cares
Old in the wrecks Of love and trust
Which our burd ened memory bears.
Each form may wear to the passing gaze
The bloom of lfe's freshness yet
And the beams may brighten our latter days
Which the mornings never met
But oh, the changes we have seen
In the far and winding way!
The graves in our path that have grown green,
And the locks that have grown gray.
The winter still on our own may spare
The sable or the gold;
But we their SHOWS upon brighter hair,
And, friends, are growing old
We have gained the worlds cold wisdom now,
We have learned to pause and fear;
But where are the living founts whose flow
Was JOY of heart to hearl
We have won the wealth of many cline,
And the lore of many page;
But where is the hope that saw in time
But its boundless heritagea
VIII it come again, when the violet wakes,
And the woods their youth renewa
We have stood in the lights of sunny brakes.
When the bloom deep and blue;
And our souls might joy in the springtime then,
But the joy was faint and cold,
For it meier could give us the youth again
Of hearts that are growing old.
Francis Bum.
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A Professional Beauty.
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
AS Jerome moved on, vision of beauty burst
upon his sight. 1t was Flosshilde Juliana Mont
morenci. Her real name was Schmidt, but
Montmorenci was her pet name.
s'Why. Flossie. said Jerome, what swell
you are! What are you doing noww
"Fm professional beauty now, dear boy
IA whatp
"a professional beauty. I sit for photograph
ers for celebrated beauties. To-day for instance,
| sat as a celebrated balet-dancer wore Jet
black wig, with the hair coiled up
on top OF my head, tarletan dress,
tights and dancing slippers. Next week
nv pictures will DO for sale as
Signorina Pillicoddi, of the ballet at La Scala,
Milan and lots of young crushers like you. who
like to decorate their rooms with photographs of
pretty women, will buy copies, and tell their
friends they received them from the fair ballet
/ dancer herself when they were on the continent
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A Christian Gentleman.

Chicago Advance.
Paul was one of those complete men, strong,
massive persistent and untiring, but deicately
sensitive to the finer throbbings of the life about
him. In all the eagerness of his great work.
which led him from land to land, and from con-
tinent to continent, he never forgot to be gen
tleman. In all his abuse and buffetings, in all
his insults and wrongs, he never lost that deli
cate thoughtfulness for the feelings of others
which ever characterized him. Faithful in
rebuke, uncompromising in the proclaiming of
truth he never occasioned an unneeded pain.
His epistles are full of expressions nicely
turned to save the feelings of some one.
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High Days and Holidays.

o. long and tagging hours Of time,
How heavily the hope you mock,
How slow You creep across the clock
When the child waits for you to chime
The year returning in its. prime
Yet all SO glad! yet all so glad,
0. hurrying hours, when age is nigh,
SO breathlessly you sweep along,
So fast your flashing circles throng
By failing sense and dazzled eye,
We scarcely see them as they fly
And all so sadi and all so sadl
Harriet Prescott Spofford. in July Harr
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woman's Works.
By the wav.

BY the wav,
The works of women are symbocal;
We sew, sew. prick our fingers dull our sight,
Producing WHAT A pair of slippers, sir
To put when you're weary or a stool
To stumble over and vex you-"Curse that STOOL"
Or else. at best cushion, where you lean
And sleep and dream of something not,
But would be for your sake. Alas! alas!
This hurts most, this-that after all, we are paid
The worth of our work, perhaps.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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READING FOR THE SABBATH.


As a leaf we fade,
As leaf we die
Yet we are immortal,
You and ].
Our bodies ningle
With mold and elod;
Our souls are single
They go to God.
Why should we travail
To understand
sTis better to trust
To an unseen hand.
Our hearts are wistful
By mold and clod;
But faith is bissful.
And leads 20 God.
William II. Hayne, in Sunday-School Times.
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Working ON the Revised Old Testament.

Uean Of Canterbury, In Culver FOR July.
1t was upon the 30th of June, 1870 that the
company first entered upon their task, and in
tto interval, before they held their last meeting
npon June 90 1884, ten of their number had
passed away. And the rest cannot bnt feel that
kalid portion OF their lives has been spent upon
this great work. They have grown old while
ndeavoring TO give to the English-spaaking race
ne wood OF God in translation represelting,
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THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.

Everything relating to this department must
be addressed to w. Ell. Graffam West Scarbor-
ough, Cumberland county, Maine Original
contributions and answers to each weeks puz-
zles are solicited from ALL
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SHERMAN IN OREGON.
Logan's Election-Future of the Republican
Party--Silver.

Logan's Election-Future of the Republican
Party--Silver.
Interview in Portland Oregonian. June3
The recent victory of Logan in Illinois was
spoken of, and the latter in a manner gently
chided: s'He should not have so antagonized
people" said Senator Sherman, that there could
have been any doubt of the result of the senator
ial contest The Legislature ought to have been
more certainly Republican, and little different
management would have made it so But it
was the greater victory after ALL The admins
tration did not want Logan. but do not think
he will be any more antagonlstic than the rest of
us. We are all for the Republican party every
time
"What is the future of the partyY" was asked.
''Success, almost certain. The administration
couldn't do anything more for us than it is doing,
although the work goes on slowly. / believe
that in the next presidential campaign the Re-
publican party will be found to have as much
strength as it ever had The defeat last fall was
not party defeat. and there are great many
causes which conspired to bring it about. I be-
lieve that the independents will have all come
back to the Republican party before the next cam
paign. George William Curtis, Carl Schurz, and
others, each had his own following, which, taken
altogether was somewhat formidable; then
too, the bankers of New York felt, unadvisedly
l believe, a lack of confidence in Mr. Blaine
But before the present administration is over,
the Republican party will have been united more
closely than ever before
he spoke earnestly in support of his we'll known
policy of imetalism the coinage of gold and
silver upon an equal basis. while in Cal
ifornia." said he, II noticed that the press gen
orally We're in opposition to my views, but the
people, believe were generally with me.
can only reiterate my old doctrine that a silver
dollar should be worth dollar at all times and
in all places, and should always have as much
purchasing power as gold dollar. Of course
silver undergoes constant changes in value but
this is an obstacle believe can be easily over
come. Let the government strike an average
of the price paid for silver during several years
past. and fix this standard price which they
shall pay at all times. Then coin silver dollar
with dollars worth of silver in it, the same as
you DO gold dollar, and you have a standard Of
value that will be accepted by other countries
AS it is now, the silver is bought from day to
day, and as a dollars worth of the metal is not
used in the coming, it begets suspicion
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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL. SATURDAY. JUNE 90 1885,

on account of his dement's as of his merits. He
was good enough. when on his death bed, to an
nounce that he believed in GOO. and this patron
izing recognition of the Almighty by SO great
Frenchman seems to have filled his countrymen
with admiration.
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u ~
!. mark used in printing 2 A genus Of
A fanatical partisan. 5. The forefnger. Jobs.
Primals-An ancient artist. Finals-A poet.
DIAMOND GAINsLEY.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Ind
NO. 1611-oHARADE
Ito eve Linwood with regards.)
"Oh, what a lovely TOTAL night!
Oh, how nice to walk, it is Eve,
BY the FIRST of the LAST, so bright
The cool night air is refreshing
And the twinkling stars are in sight,
The FIRST is so bright, tbs like day.
MARSHALL Ill. SOMEBODY.
NO. 1612-HoUR-G GLASS.
XOXXX
XXOXX
XOX
XOX
XXOXX
XXXOXXX
l. A stop through which melted metal is al
lowed to pass from the trough to the mold. 2.
Together Jobs. g. A unit on dice. 4. letter.
s. A place of bestial debauchery. 6. Weak. Z.
A kind of leaf Centrals-To be silent.
DIAMOND GAINsLEY.
NO. 1613-LETTER ENIGMA.
In State but not in town;
In blue, but not in brown;
In rock, but not in stone; Il
In rnd, but not in bone;
In ale, but not in rum;
In write but not in sum
In arm, but not III leg;
In barrel, but not in key;
In rye, but not in corn;
In bugle but not in horn;
In rink, but not In skate;
e-s In wrath but not in hate;
In deed also In word;
Total names an African bird.
w. SCARBOROUGH Me. UNCLE WILL
NO. 16l4--cHARADE.
(To my friend, Pete.)
Friend Pete-As over this you first
I'll tell you that the last will be
An animal, as sure as fate;
Iotal certainly means to agree.
SOME BODY.
NO. 1615-ENIGMA.
am composed of twenty seven letters
My 7, 8, Ia, Ii is made by bees.
My 20, 49, 10, 16 is low place between hills.
My A. s. 6, 9, 10 is worn out.
My IL, IL, II, is whirled
My 2 10 was an ancient city.
My %, "a, %, q, l6 no person should do it
being sin.
My %, 81 is an abbreviation of country of
the western hemisphere.
My /, IL. 10 Is a vessel
Whole, a request of the puzzle editor
UNCLE WILL.
NO. 1616-sQUARE.
l. A liquor. 2 A girls name. 8. A mineral
A. A matron. DIAMOND GAINsLEY.
NO. 1617-CHARADE.
Ny whole suited to first;
And the freeman proud would not bow
His head, should the first-nextlast past
But come, Dutch and Pete, solve it row.
SOME BODY.
NO 161S-oMISSION PUZZLE.
THE omitted words rhyme, and are formed
from the omission in the last line, which is the
answer to the puzzle
Behold now the lovely new *A*,
The evenings are full of repose;
IT'S the calm, happy June,
The *&*** of strawberry and XXX.
The day is bright and yet ***
The sunniest time OF the year!
Let all things enjoy their lot,
The cav *kA%x * s%S%v is here.
i JEFFERSoNvILLE Ind. CRYSTAL
No. 16l9-oCTAGON.
/. A part of a wheel. q A town of Syria,
Turkey. 3. A small room. 4. Starch modified
by heat. 5. A species of nightshade. 6. A vii
lage of France. Z. A number. XoA.
w. SCARBOROUGH, Me
ANSWERS in three weeks
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A Congressman's Early Career as a Surveyor.
Wasbington Letter.


Washington Letter.
Mr.. Lawer, one of the new Chicago members,
promises to rival Symmes, the new Colorado
member, in being subject for funny stories.
He is a very plain man, and from all the reports
he has less education than almost any one who
was ever elected to Congress. One of his Chi
cago friends here says that early in his career
Lawler had an ambition to become a surveyor.
He secured work under one of the engineers who
was charged with laying out certain lots in the
northern limit of Chicago Lawler was given
work as chairman. He was sent out one
morning by the engineer, TO hunt for former
stake of location forming the extreme corner of
an old survey, Lawler went out and hunted up
the stake, and was successful in finding it He
reported the result of his discoveries to his EN-
ployer, and proved the excessive zeal Of an am
bitious young man by adding, 'afther found the
sthake pulled it up and put it under the bushes
in safe place where will have no throuble in
finding it afther this" This remarkable feat
closed his career as an engineer.
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Puzzles Answered.

By Eagle Eye Walnut Hill Mass. Nos 1884
partially. 1856, 1887, l5S9' 1890 (Eearlyl, 1891
''All in Garden Fair" is awarded Eagle Eye
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ErIing the Bold.

For the largest list of answers this week. we
offer small book called Erling the Bold" by
r, M Ballantyne
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Answers to Puzzles.

No. 1851 Daniel Huntington. 2 The
hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
No. 1856 &c II d IA
P-I K e l. IN
&c TIE r. IA
&c R A M &c
U-N 1T Ar
R--O N L A De
U-N d ER Go
Sc u l. P IN
No. 1886
Full many gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear;
Full many flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness the desert air.
LEBANON, Ind. NINA B.
No 1587-Pal-Mall.
No. 15S8-Blood is thicker than water
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CRYSTAL.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, Ind.

NO. IOIJ-OCTAGON.
/. A part of wheel. 2. A town of Syria,
Turkey. 3. small room. 4. Starch modified
by heat. 5. A species of nightshade. g. A vii
lage of France. T. A number. XoA
w. SCARBOROUGH, Ne
ANSWERS in three weeks.