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Tenderness.

Not unto every heart is Gods good gift
OF simple tenderness allowed; we meet
With love in many fashions when we lift
First to our lips life's waters bitter-sweet.
Love comes upon us with restless power
OF curbless passion, and with headstrong
will
It plays around like Aprirs breeze and
shower.
Or calmly flows rapid stream and still.
1t comes with blessedness unto the heart
That welcomes it Alright, or, bitter fate!
II wrings the bosom with so fierce q smart,
That love, we cry, is crueer than hate.
And then, ah me, when love has ceased to
Our broken hearts cry out for tenderness.
We long for tenderness like that which hung
About u.s. lying on our mothers breast!
A selfish feeling, that no pen or tongue
Can praise Alright, since silence sings It best,
A love, as far removed from passions heat .
As from the chillncss Of its dying fire;
A love to lean on when the falling feet
Begin to totter, and the eyes to tire.
In youths bright heydey hottest love we
seek,
The reddest rose we grasp-but when it
dies
God grant the latter blossoms, violets meek,
May spring for US beneath life's Autumn
skies
God grant some loving one be near to bless
Our weary way with simple tenderness.
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Hawaiian Names.

The following names of our pro-
posed new citizens were TO be found
few years ago OIL the taxpayers list at
Honolulu:
NJ. Scissors, Tho Thief, the Wan
deriug Ghost. The Fool. The Man
Who Washes lis Dimplcs, Mrs.
Oyster, The Tired Lizard. The llus-
band of Kaneia Ga male deity). The
Great Kettle, The First NOse, The
Atlantic Ocean, The Stomach, Poor
Pussy, Mrs. Turkey, The Tenth
Heaven.
The same names are bestowed i'll.
discriminatory upon males and fc-
males. A man living upon Bertania
street, Honolulu, is called The Pretty
Woman (Wahine Maikai); a male in
liant was lately chri,tcned Mrs. Tomp-
kins; one little girl is named Samson
(Kamckona), another the Man; Susan
(kukena) is a boy, so are Polly
Sarah, Jane Peter, and Henry Ann. A
pretty little maid has been named by
her fond parents The Pig Sty (llalc
Pua). A relative hints at luxury in
the diet of the coming man, calling tho
boy The Rat Eater (Kamea Oil Ole).
An old servant in DR.. Wrigh's
family, at Kohala, caused her grand
child TO be baptized in the church The
Doctor (Kauka). This, as ia the case
with all the other names here men.
toned, is the only designation. BY
way of compliment to the early ply
sicians, many children were named
after their drugs, as Joseph Squllls,
Miss Rhubarb. The Emetic. Names
of uncomplimentary purport are will
lingly borne by their owners, while
others convey q pleasing and graceful
sentiment, among the latter The Arch
of Heaven (ka Pia LAMB, The River
VI 1Nit's"t Nh" Ia i@u'"), A"S
Delicate Wreath (ka Lei ma ka Lib
The Rev. DR. COan of Hawaii pos
sesses the love of his flock. One
morning a child was presented for
baptism, whose name was given by
the parents, Mikia. The ceremony
finished. the parents assured the doc
tor that they had namel the baby for
him. "But my name is not Michael" )"
said the doctor, srpposiug Mlkia to be
aimed thereai. awe always hear your
wife call you misia," answered the
mother. She had mistaken Mrs. Coan
familiar ''my dear for her husbands
proper 2ppelI2ion;z[B B ,ston Gazette.
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once saw drove of the small
black ants moving. perhaps 10 better
quarters. The distance was some l50
yards Most all which came from the
old home carried some of the house,
hold goods. Some had eggs, some
had what might have answered for
their bacon or meat; some had one
thing and some had another. sat
and watched them closely for over au
hour. | noticed that every time two
met in the way they would hold their
heads together as if greeting each
other, and no matter how often the
meeting took place this same thing
occurred, as though short chat were
necessary,
To prove more about it, killed one
who was on his way. Others being
eyc-witnesses to the murder, went
with speed, and with every ant they
met this talking took place as before.
But instead of a pleasant greeting, it
was sad news they had to communi-
cate. know it was sad news, for
every ant that these parties met hastily
turned back aud fed on another
cour.c, as much as TO say, "for the
kings sake and for your safety do
not go there, for have seen q mon
stcr, Just behind. that is able TO de-
stroy us all at one blow. saw him
kill one of our family. do not
know how many more are killed" So
the news spread, and it was true.
How was the news communicated if
not by speech?-[ Magazine of Nat.
ural History.
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Sailor Lads and American Shipping

How does it happen that there has
been no protest from American moth
ers against the threatened revival of
American shippimg9 For a whole
generation there has been nothing in
the nature of maritime allurement to
tempt any reasonable American lad to
leave his warm bed, shin down the
water-pipc from the second-atory win
dow, and HE him away to a life on
the bouncing deop. For generation
the American mother has lost very
little sleep over her sailor son, and he
has been content to stay at home, or
or thereabouts, and find some more
lucrative job than seafaring. Her
Safeguard now is the comparative
scarcity of sails. The romance has
gone out of the marine profession,
and only the business end of it is left.
The New-Englander with brine in his
blood sniiis at steamers, and is liable
to speak of even the great Atlantic
liners as f'foating restaurants" which
call not 50 much for sea captains as
for men who can keep a hotel. Such
is his scprnful attitude; a mistaken
one, but often sincere enough to keep
him ashore. - Harper's Weekly.
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think how the hours spent with her
had grown part of his life.
HIS friends had begun to comment
upon "Bachelor jacks" infatuation,
and be never even tried TO hide il. 10
Young Strange he even confided his
'foolishnessn-when in the mood. lie
had introduced the young man to his
divinity and often wondered at His
lack of enthusiasm OH the subject.
Ned Strange was in that period of
cynicism common to the youth and he
laughed scornfully over the fact of
cold Marley's being in love!' What
could such a grave and reverned
seignor see in little, simple innocent
girl. lie (Sirange) thought it wrong
TO bring up girl like that.
This was at first, but by Inc linc
Sophie had made her debut. creating
Guitc furor with her charming face,
Young Strange silently succumbed.
and, though he never admitted it, in
his heart he was one Of Sophic's
lovers.
One day Strange was sitting in the
Bradley's parlor waiting, when Marley
came in. His grave face and a rest
lcssness in his manner told that some
thing was "up." lie flung himself
down on the sofa and began at once.
''Ned, you and l have always been
friends, have we not? did you a
service once; want something from
you IN return" He laughed some
what constrainedly. you've known
from the first that | loved Sophie
Bradley. told you when l brought
you here, old man. Yes, know Pm
too old and serious, but it's just this
| love her so that | must know my
fate. Whatever she decides | shall
accept without word. If she should
care only Heaven knows what it would
mean to me! If not-well, God help
me! Ned, will you-tcll her for me?
I'm a coward, man, when think Of
this" and he ran hand to his gray
hairs. 81 have no right 10 ask her,
but-Oh, you can plead my cause.
Tell her 10 younger man could love
her as-I-do. Ned, will you d.
thiss1
The younger man had grown livid.
lie did not look up, but he muttcred
hoarsely, eyes"
just then they heard Sophie singing
as She came in from the hall. Jack
csc I'D iYo the back room.
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BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
BY l.. W. KING.

lie wondered as he rang the front
door bell what Sophie would be like.
lie had met Belle Bradley on Esd
street that morning, and had stopped.
to speak to her at the door of large
shop. As he lifted his hat and bale
her au revoir she said; "Oh, Sophie.
tho little sister you know, is home
from school for good now. Come in
this afternoon and l will introduce
you TO our 'baby n" She laughed,
and then he laughed, thinking a little
girl in short frocks an odd prciense
for his calling SO soon again.
He was pretty good-looking fell
low, as men go; big and athletic, but
a trillc old; not blasc youth, but really
getting on in ears.
We'll, when he rang the Bradlcys'
door bell that afternoon, as said, he
wondered what little Sophie would be
like. He was fond of children.
He was shown to the wcll-knowu
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Rleaclliny SnOnges.

The bleaching of sponges is either
done by an acid process, which some-
what wcakens the fiber, or by lather-
ing them with soap and hanging
thcm in the sun for several days,
which is much the preferable way.
The chief test of sponge's quality is
by feeling of the surface-soft ones
being preferable-and by attempting
to tear tear as it is almost i'm
possible 10 tear a good one with the
hands. Every portion of the sponge
is used-the fine soft ones for the bath
tho small ones to the druggist and
hospilal-hundred of thousands of
all shapes and sizes to the
furniture makers, and carriage
makers, and cane and umbrella makers
who use them for the gluing and ine
vanishing even the little Clip
pings and scraps so TO the makers of
liquid shoe polish for the little swab,
that the bla ckening is laid on with.
The paper factories, distillers and
breweries also find use for sponges,
and all the year round tho process of
fishing, cleaning and sorting goes on,
while abundant nature tries to supply
the deficit made by these fierce inroads
yet every year the finer varieties are
growing scarcer, and society formed
this year to ask for protective legisla-
ton shows the drift of better opinion.
One of the varieties particularly priced
is known as "roller," since it grows
on stick or slender projection and
rolls around in the tide. -[washpg-
! ton Star.
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SHE Said, aud there was such a pretty
flush IN her checks, and such an odd
light in her blue eyes. She sat down
near the window and seemed TO be
waiting for something.
lie crossed the room to her side.
lie noticed how quickly she drew her
breath.
'sSophie, / have something to tell
you, may l!'
Surely" she said, her eyes fastened
on her fingers playing nervously with
the folds of her dress.
''Dear, want to talk of love-a
mans love that has been growing
until now it is too strong for silence.
Since that night when you wore my
flowers to your first ball | have
thought only of you"
He did not notice how her fingers
grew still aud the red faded out of
her cheeks as she slirank away from
him.
"Sophic, do you love me, and will
YOU be my wife?'
Silc'.rc for a minute, and he could
not understand the way she looked at
him. Then, as she turned away and
covered her fuce with her hands, lie
thought ii joy and lost all foar of a
refusal.
"Sophie"-
81 think" she interrupted, llesitat-
ingly, "that-there-is some one
else'--
"Oh. you mean Old MarleY?" he
laughed. s'I always suspected it, but
don't suppose he ever means to tell
You So"
Conc moment" she said suddenly.
going TO the door of that back room.
Gently, but imperatively, she called
''Mr. Marleyl" and before she had
got back to Strange's side Jack ap-
peared in the doorway.
Ned grew white and clenched his
hands. Then the girl spoke in a clear
voice:
"Mr. Marley, wish you to hear.
This-gentleman-has just asked inc
TO marry him-himself-do you un-
derstand?"
Strange tried 10 stop her, and his
eyes fell before one coutcmptuous
look in Marley's.
"This is my answer, Mr.. Strange.
You have done me an honor which it
is impossible for nc to accept
since am going to-marry-sOme
one else"
Both men started. At length Strange
laughed snecringly.
$50, you've tricked us both2 May
we know the successful rival?"
She blushed then, but bravcly look ed
at them both and went bravely over to
the man at the door.
"Jack, if he will have me- she said
simply, slipping her hand into his.
"Sophie"-
"Yes, Jack was there behind the
curtain. heard you-and you're moi
bit old; you're,-well, just the dear
est man in the worldln
When she rcappcarcd from the EN-.
brace of those big. strong arms
Strange was gone.-[New York Re
! corder.
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shadows made the bright carpet and
pretty furnishings look more attractive
than ever. As he glanced toward the
window he saw seated there, busilv
plying her needle and unhcedimg all
else, little, slim, fairShaired girl,
with serious blue eyes and such soft,
white hands that he could not help
noticing them.
His first idea wa, 10 retreat; his
second to cough aud await the result.
The girl started, listened aud stopped
sewing. lie coughcd again, timidly,
and then she looked at him.
AS she rose she blushed beautiful
crimson from the pretty throat right
up to her forehead, whereon lay soft
golden curls.
81 beg pardon" he stammered,
quite as much embarrassed as this
damsel whom he had stumbled upon.
"But IL came to see Miss Bradley.
My name is Marley--Jack Marley
Pm really awfuIly sorry disturbed
YOU"
His contrition was so real, and he
looked so miserable that the girl
smiled--a smile that slowly parted the
red lips and lurkcd in her ClimpIcs.
When she smiled like that, Jack
smiled too, and after that the '.mauyais
honte" of the meeting was over.
81 have heard of you," she told him
naively, 'from my sister. You know
am-er-Sophie."
"Really. Why, thought, he stam-
mercd, "I-that is-you have got on
long dresses, haven't you?"
She laughed merrily. "Did you
think l was a little girl? Well. I'm
not big, and Fin not very wise, but
Pm quite grown up, assure you. Oh,
am afraid Belle forgot you were
coming. She went out in the carriage
with mamma. Will you wait for her,
or?"-
"Thank you. I'll wait if | may"
lie hasiened to say; ''if it won't dis
turb you'll"
"Not at ALL" she assured him, as
she sank iuto the depths of a big
chair. where she looked smaller than
ever.
Somehow every now and then q
sense of age oppressed him in contrast
to her youth and girlishness, and made
him more uncomfortable in the
thought than he had ever been before.
After ten minutes he knew sho was
glad TO be at homo, though it had
been sorrow TO leave the school
where she had been very happy.
"leally spoiled" she said. "You
see l was SO little, and they made q
pct of me-" she laughed in a bright
shy way.
There came the sound of opening
doors and women's voices. The tete-
a-tete was interrupted. Jack Marley
rose and shook hands with Miss Brad.
ley.
At the end of the season Jack hat
seen great deal of Sophie. He wa
always a welcome visitor at hel
mothers house, and as he looked bacl
over the days which had passed sine,
their first meeting it worried him /,
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proved The. ffts.hfcr of lis vase by
throwing il violently OH the stone
floor, then taking out his hammer,
beat it into the former shape. Instead
of bestowing reward, tie emperor
ordered him 10 be put TO death, alleg.
ing that such discovery would dim
inish the value OF precious metals.
The story is probably apocryphal, as
perhaps is that other of six malleable
glass mirrors sent from the Shah of
Persia TO Spain ia 1910, but both are
indications that the subject of glass
tcmporing has long engaged the atten-
lion of inventors. During the last
half century much progress has been
made in tempering glass, and, when
desired, it is now made much tougher
than the glass makers of former
times were able to produce. So there
is 10 reason TO doubt that malleble
glass is among the possibilities of the
near future. = American Carpet and
Upholstery Trade.
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A Good Long Rest.

Little Girl wish there wasn't 60
ing to be any Columbian Exposition at
Chicago.
Little Boy-Why?
Little Girl-'Cause the teachers keep
talking about what it's for, and keep
us studyin' bout Columbus till I'm
jus tired am sick of him.
Little Boy-lt won't last very long,
and we won't have to study about him
again for four hundred years,-[Good
News.
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"Pop," said a Philadelphia lad,
whose father is an officer in the mill
tia. "did you ever see battle?" NO,
my SON "But didn't YOU ever see
any real nghtlng?" "Yes, my son;
some years ago / umpired game OF
baseball. y
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-21

He-Miss Sharpgirl, do you look
favorably upon my suit?
She-Ccrtainly; it fits you besuti'
fully. -CTexas Siftings.
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MaIleabIc GIass a Possibility.

Among tho stories which have
1oated down TO us from antiquity is
one told by Tacilus as occurring in
the reign of Tiberius, An artiiiccr. it
is said, discovered the art of temper
ing glass so as to render it malleablc,
and made Il large vase which lie took
to the court aud exhibited before the
empercF aexpectiug to receive al hand
some s.s~ ~tsi'' .,his ingenuity. He
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-21

sense than himself, wrote Fielding.
Euripides set the fashion when he ex-
claimed: 81 hate learned woman.
"You have married a beauty; so much
the worse for YOU" sympathizes an
Italian with his brother, and Yoru-
baS, the African, corroborates the
truth Of the assertion, declaring, @He
who marries beauty marries trouble"
"A brilliant daughter makes brittle
Wife" chimes in a Dutchman. "a
handsome woman is either vain or
silly" whispers an unknown some
body, while too indulgent German
husband, who evidently has married
spoiled beauty and been worsted in
many conjugal controversy, informs
Us plaintively, "A handsome woman
is always right" There is one COM
:ort in all this for womankind, how
ever; as civilization advances, mems
words become kindlier toward women,
and the degree Of a countrY's civiliza-
tion may be told by reading it's
proverbs on this subject
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More Parsees committed suicide in
Bombay, India, last year than mem-
bers Of any Other religious sect.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-04-21

The famous French national song
had singular origin. Early in 1892,
during the first French revolution, a
column Of volunteers was about leav-
ing Strasburg, and the Mayor gave
them a banquet, and asked a young
officer named Rouget de Lisle to COM
pose a song in their honor He con-
scnted, and in the course of a single
night produced the song and the tune
to which it is sung. 1t was received
with great enthusiasm, ;woa by its
means the column was Increased
from 600 to 1000. 1t was soon sung
by the whole army of the north, but
was still unknown in Paris. In July
the youth of Marseiles were sum
moned to Paris, and they came sing
ing this hymn. The Parisians were
electrified, and they gave it the name
OF the "Marseillaise, which it has
borne ever since 1t is sung with true
French enthusiasm on every inspiring
occasion.
The following is a translation of
the hymn:
THE MARsEILLEs HYMN
Ye sons Of France awake to glory
Hark, bark, what myrlads bid you r;se'
Your children, wives, arr grandsires
Behold their tears and hear their cries,
Shall hateful tyrants, mischief oree1ing,
With ,reling hosts, rufiian band,
Alright aud desolate the land,
While liberty and peace lie bieeding2
To arms to arms ye brave
The aveugiuy word unsheathC
March on march on all hearts resolved
On victory or death
Nov now. the dangerous storm is rolling,
Which treacherous kings Confederate
raise;
The dogs OF war let loose are bowling,
And. To- our fields and cities blaze,
And shall we basely view the ruin,
While lswless force, with guilty stride,
Spreads deso'ation far and wide,
With crimes and blood his hands inorn-
ing?
ia.'with luxury and pride surrounding,
The bold, insatiate despOts dare
Their thirst Of gold and POWER un 0ounSed--
To mete and vend the light and air.
/ Like beasts Of burden would they load us,
Like gods would bid their slaves adorci
! But man is man, and who Is moref
/ Then shall they longer lash and Eoad ust
! 80 Liberty, can man resign thee,
4 Once having felt thy generous fame3
/ Oan dungeons. bolts. or bars cOnhne thee,
! Or whips thy noble spirit tamef
/ Too long the world has wept, bcwailing.
! That Falsehood's dagger tyrants Weld,
| But Freedom is cur sword and shield,
| And all their arts are unavailIng
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Literature fairly brlstles with ag-
gressiyc proverbs on women as sweet
hearts and wives. To mothers, the
cpigram makers are kinder; 1t seems
fair to suppose therefore, that they
belong to the class who have found
love, before or after marriage, a fail
ure. "A deaf husband and a blind
wife are always a happy couple, "
writes sarcastic Dane. But that is
hardly more severe on marriage than
Shakspeare's declaration, "A young
man married is man that's marred,"
which may have inspired Bacon's
words, "He that hath a wife and chill
dren hath given hostages to fortune,
for they are impediments to great en-
terprises, either Of virtue or mis-
chief And to these sentiments the
Dutchman mods sagaciously: Whose
is tired of happy days let him take a
wife" Few of the proyerb makers
believe in the prudent wife men,
toned in the Bible One says, All
are good maids, but whence come the
bad wives?" another declares posi-
lively, "A man without a wife Is a
man without care" That Hanging
and wiving go by destiny" all the
proverb-makers agree. "In buying
horses and taking a wife shut your
eyes and commend your soul to Cod"
says the Italian, piously and resign
edly. The pugnacious German, how
ever, IS not disposed to submit his
fate without a protest, for he urges:
"ln choosing a wife, two heads are
not enough while the Portuguese
agrees with his Italian neighbor, say
ing; Every man sings as he has the
gift, and marries as he has the luck.
Intellect and beauty in women
seemed alike undesirable to some of
these disappointed gentlemen. There
is nothing a man Of good sense breads
In a wife so much aS her having mora
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At the end of the season Jack had
seen great deal of Sophie. He was
always a welcome visitor at her
mothers house, and as he looked back
over the days which had passed since
their first meeting it worried him TO