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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
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n ten boys under 10 year, age. June - to septem
Der 8 Study "''G2'D MSNT fs@E i fe"ioa -
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Delaware. Lnckawunna and Western r. r.
stations In New York foot OF Barclay and Christophsl
SHORTEST LINE. yE>TIBILED TRAINS.
PULLMAN COACHES.

Direct route to NEwARh, BLQoMFlLLD. MoNrSLAIR
THE ORANGES, summit, B,ra ds.lilc. BasAny
Ridge Madison. Morr.,t9Tn pas,ae; Pat,rso Boon:
PXrCONG Hack.u;t9wn, SCHooLEY's MOUNTAIN,
Wilmington PHILLIP>BUliI. EA>l0N. WATER
GAP STROUD> Re-. Pocono Mountains, >CRAN.
TON PlTTsrON. wILkEsBAlRE. NANTlCOkE.
HiMroX, 0AtOiiD N0iWiCH, waterViile. UfiCN.
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BATH, DANsNILLE, EUFFAIO and all points
WE>r' NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST:
600 A. w. FFAl.9 UTICA ana osWEGo tx.
with train for Chicago. arriving 9a5 a. M. next
morning.
.,2O A. VI. -BINGHAMTON NAIL Stops at principal
100 p. M.-sCRANTON. BINGHAMTON. and Eli
MIIA IMPRESS. Pullman parlor cars.
4,1O +. M.-SCRANrON. wILk ESYARRE ami PLYM.
1880 p. VI. Daiy).-Bt FFAL0 LIMITED EXPRESS.
iunan >lcepcr>. Arrives At rs a.
300 y. VI. (bny,.-BuFFAIo, UTICA and oSwEG0
EAPKi>s. Pullman >lccper>.
TiCKETS and PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS at -
Murray.st 800 Broadway. Tickets ferry stations.
-sj and Broadway 80 West l25thst l35 Columbus.
,9c %cw,York: 1893 Washington S. 726 Fulton u. aud
"A broadway. Brooklyn. Time tables, giving full In.
fofmlton a all stations. -
check baggage from hotel residence 10 destination
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Excuse mo. | was thinking and TIN
That / have an idea.
To which the King replies:


Never mind.
We trust you none the less.
Side by side with the development Of the Daduni-
manian story the poem traces, In the history ol Inc
Kings daughter, who figures the captive Princess
Of the old fairy tale here revived the growth OF IN"
soul into the perfect emancipation OF impaNslohen
poesy. To make this contamination plain was Will
out doubt the writer's hardest task. and he did not
in the end really succeed The thread OF his thought
Is not altogether lost but II does not OF noeh reveal
the connection between the changes OF the poem :
SYMBOLISM In other words the structure OF The work
Is imperfect, the argument lacks lucdity by addng
a commentary the author acknowledged this himself
The impression leaves is the more dissatiNfylns
because the lines flow easily and gracefully. ana the
dction Is pleasing. The poem SAYS the iniroductoh'
was Lord Lytton's "hSOrite creauOn,'
and though conceived twenty-one years ago
and written down in 1874, he worked
over and polished it pretty constantly up to
very nearly his last days. The result Of this care Is
seen in finished skilf yersifcation, and occasionally
there are passages where enthusiasm has warmed the
lines into almost passionate movement, as In the
description of Demcters wrahm descent into iades.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
WEST SHORE RAILROAD.

IN. 4. 4. " IL H. kh 20, I'ssteD
Train leaves wrst l2dst station, New.York. as fol-
lows and Is mntfes earlier from IT, franklin ST., N IL.
$50 A. M:-Daiiy for Newbgrg Kingston Aitay'
daily cNceet Sunday, west OF Coeymans Jc =. -,
715 A. NJ. Daily for Albany. except sunday Montreal
$50 A. NJ. -Daily for Albany Uuca, Syracuse no ne,.
Buffalo. Niagara Falls, Detroit Chicago; eAeeps
saturday for Toronto. -.
1883 A. M.-Daiiy, except Sunday for Albany anu
o SssHg g,n suS syrt tSF n nca SYRACUSE
Rochester, Buffalo Niagara Falls. Toronto, petfo'@
Chicago. ST. Louis. ...
$50 I. M.-paly. except Sunday. for Newburs Albany
saratoga and Montreal
Sis =. M.-Daiy Tor Albany Utica Syracuse, Roches
buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto Detroit chicago
st. Louis.
MAYERSTRAw LOCALS; eaS ,,s:io T; NJ an
NEWBURli LOCALS. $50. 40 :l5 A. NJ. 'l:la, 4Sv'
80. II 80, III AS L. NJ. ..
Sleeping Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto "
4 rtt Chicago all through trains. ,...
Daily. For tickets time tables. parot and sleeping
car Information apply Offices: Brook
Ign. 1888 washingtcn.st 726 tglton:st, Annex once
foot OF Fuonst. New-York City, 271, llS Joy ,.oI
s42 Broadway. l4S Howery, VI East ltth'st. o. We"
A-'1' c. e. LAMBERT. General Passenger Agent
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READING
IN RAILROAD SYSTEM
Anthrncite Coal exclusively nsurng Cleanliness
and COmf0rt.)
Time Table in effect May IL, 1898.

IEHlCH VALLEY DIVISION.
FAST EXPRESS TRAINS leave station foot OF Lib,rty.
FOR BUFFALO. ROCHESTER, NIAGARA
FALLS. TORONTO AND CHICAGO. S15. 1880
siNbiYs. PgliSsn Buffet Parior cars on day trains.
and Pullman Bullet sleeping Car, night trains.
FOR wILKEsBARRE, llTIsTON AND SCRANTON
SID II 80 a ~; y 80 GO p No Sundays except
FOR louisville Is a. m. l. 80, 3:45 p. ~.
Fok HEADING AHD HARRISBURG SIS. II 20
FOR EAsToX' BETjLTHEM. ALLENTOWX. AND
"a 55 co. 90 D. No. sunday SG 90 SIS.
10 80 II 80 a. m G 90, S 90 p. M.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29

TIE IOsIsBlKt:,
BAR TfiRBOR, MAINE.
Opcn from June 2S to september IS.
a DESCRIPTIVE circular sent application Address IN,
Manager until the oprnin" ~ tnc SEASON. J. ALBERT
III TIER car, Hotel Brunswick. Boston Mao, mir.
Iiucr Win h.. 40 Cambridge 5thalc and 33d. st
Nav ~ 10 Jui. g. both Inclusive. To- engagement of
room, AZ tho Ieuisburg.l VI. l.. BALCI Proprietor.
TIIOt SAND ISLAND HOUSE,
ALEAAN DEIA RAf. II TX ST LAWRENCE.
NEW-NOI.K,
ODcn June Icth. Finest fishing and boating. Three
orchestral Concert daily Send Tor term, and illustrated
Catalogue
J. D. WISTAE Manager. Hotel Brunswick. N. Y.
"a SEUKY PARK. y. j."
THE VICTORIA"
Family hotel. fronting ocean all modern
superior table appointments fourteenth season Now
oIs,n. Term, modcIat, aud reduced untl July Ist
HOTEL ALBION,
IL Asbury Park. y. J.
18th Table and appointments the best, g.
a day, IS 10 si2 per week. music.
Open early IN June .
{. II. PEMBERTON.
,PRING LAKE BEACH. y. j..
- Ocean House"
Mrs. u. T. DEvINE.
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L, ASTMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE PoughSeepse N; Y
II all ThOrOlgh instruction ia Bookkeeping
Bsnking Commercial Law. Pcnuanshp. Correspondence
Ar ithnec &C.; Tel giephy Sic o2rply, Tyuewrtns -
business men supplied with comp ten; assistants on short
notice charge Tor situations furnished send for cstge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
CENTRAL RAILROAD Of NEW. JERSEY

An,hrncitc Coal used cxcu-yeIy. insurIns Cleanliness
and COmiOrf.l
-Four Tracks. Protected by Automatic Block signal
system. Trims leave station foot Of Liberty ~.
Time Table In effect May -, 1898.
For Reading at I 90. > 90, - A. NJ. co. 1 30.
2:l5 90. 90 g. 80 -. NJ, i2iS nght except
8 30 . 90 r. NJ, II - ntelt
For iarriSeurg a. 90 o9. 5 :i5 A. NJ, 100, 80.
For Pottsyie at 90 s 90 s:i5 A. NJ. 100. 30
sundays il 80 A. H.. 90 5 30 90 r ~. I II Is
night
except Saturday night SUNDAYS, rs A. NJ. 90 r. NJ,
I. ~ midnight.
For Enston. Bethlehem Allentown. Mauch Chunk. &C..
town p. NJ. Sundays, t:30. 7:I5 A. NJ. 90 5 80 p ~
For wlkesSarrs pttst%n and Scranton. sA5 A. NJ.
Pleasant, 80 $ Is II 80 4; NJ. 80 80 90 80
S al oS STnday 90 eT''pi o'e"" Grove and A'bury
For Lakewood, Toms River Barnegat Park and Borue.
CAT, 1 80; 10 A. NJ. 80. 80 T. NJ.
For Atlantic City, Vineland and Brdgeton, 80 A. NJ.
! 80 T.. NJ.
For Monmouth Reac.. sca.risht and HIGHLAND Beach
$3.50. SlS, II 80 A. NJ 80 400. 4 40 p. NJ. Sun.
SANDY HOOK ROUTE.
FOR LONG BRANCH. OCEAN GROVE. ETC.
FROM PIER s. y. r.. FOOT RECToR-sT
FOR Atlantic Highlands Highland Beach Seabright
Monmouth Beach and Long Branch at 80 10 rs A. VI.
Il 100 r. saturdays, 3i5. 800 4. NJ. Sundays, 80
A. NJ, 90 l.. NJ.
For Eiberon. Ocean oroye Asbury Park and Point
Pleasant 10 rs A. NJ. Il 200 4. NJ Saturdays, 3:45 p VI.
Sundays. except Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, 90
A.. NJ.
FOR Lakewood. Toms River and Barnegat, $50 A. N.
100 7. NJ. Saturcays. 3;ia +. NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29

\VILTISToN SEMINARY rrepares iovs f,r aly gSi-
w Ce or scientific school New Laboratories wLf ti'trca
plant. An Building, heated by steam. la. term opens
''i %ddd' ciS Rev wM GALLAGHER. Principal Eashamp
tom, Mass.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

Neediework AS an Accomplishment
Before the Trojan war the women I
Sldon were famous for their embroldei,,
later the Greek women carried tins -
to such perfection that their WORK ~
aled the finest paintings Embrolaelss. !.
garments, wrought by the skillful nans'
OF the Anglo-Saxon ladies, were
teemed SO precious in all parts OF En'9s
that they were called, by distinction, ~
glicum opus. At that period oraamsu y
81 needlework was considered the ~
desirable accomplishment which wr
or even q princess could possess : WV
ans Work.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22
Her Plan.

oeth nes were seated on the hotel piazza to.
se1ner, ana to tell the truth she found hin,
very dull Suddenly she was seized With y; >,
Georgep" on'a'h' MT NC
1.-Two miles,"
hours" anu oack In twv
Couldn't II Well, guess I con,a ,.,,
do it in an hour" 'ouio' can
Really Well, | don't bel;ev. :. ~,
now s oud a % oox OF candy that you can't start
IA dnu oe nack here in an hour.n
pazar VI course he had to go.-Harper',
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

!. A violent eruption of Moun, w..
lie predicted. VI mount Vesuvius
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

sec ta and 81 i, the trouble credited to in
ing h aan ,ungl can be avoided bv bax.
growths .. vigorous plants, Veal
by fungon te d much more readily overcome
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

cellar ehu,' h iruit or vegetables are stored in
yentiia,;a NC careful to give them amnla
without ' pais;n ms can be accomplished
by hav;r raising y the temperature too hieh
having IL open during the niobt sn
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

it costs , t5oe aI shows by experiment tb.,
grain vii; ~ u 70 produce 100 ponds o ~
The a sa WIN lambs, and $3.OS to u nrod,, OF
same same aan graiu with pigs of about u the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-22

bIe nei, we take into consideration what
tb o'e eog well-ordered creamerv y; Mna AZ
ah I community, it is hard to feel sh 70 20
fra ,t !; toward badly-ordered one n" TIL
gushing nuisance Vie second dis
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-11-04
LOYAL MOORS.
belief In tho "Divine Right" of the Sultan
of Morocco.

81 am the caliph of the Lord; ! am
the captain and commander of the
Faithful the chosen one of the Prophets
am the King of kings; | am Prince
in paradise; then obey me without
murmur, as my camels do"
This is the magnificent pretension of
the sultan of Morocco. and it is gcner-
ally allowed. 1t is refreshing to find
country where not only has the divine
right never been contested, but where
as yet it has not even been questioned.
Now and again pretender to the
throne has turned up, and the annals
of Morocco are red WITH stories of civil
wars. But the pretender has never
been a revolutionist; he has always
based his contention upon having Il
more divine right and the alleged pos
session of a more generous and direct
flow Of the blood of the prophet in his
veins.
The loyalty Of the people toward the
monarch partakes Of the nature of ado
ration. When the battle is fought and
won, and the soldiers who have fallen
sorely wounded are brought off the
field and placed in circle around the
white pavilion in which the mysterious
monarch leves, as unapproachable and
invisible in his camp as in his court,
then, 1t is said. the dread sultan walks
up and down among them, smiling
with silent pity upon their agony; and
they, the poor ignorant Kabyles of the
valleys, and the nomad horsemen from
the desert, cry out until the cries give
place to the rattle of death, allah
ibark amer Seedna" Good prolong the
days of our Lord"). And this too is the
cry of the malefactor as he goes toward
death or mutilation, and these are the
words of the disgraced vizir who, when
for purposes of political necessity he
must disappear or be effaced, takes the
cup of poisoned tea from the hands of
his gracious sultan.
The mantle Of the Prophet of Medina
that he wears must indeed be broad
and ample, for IL is called upon to cover
a multitude of sins-that is, viewed
from our standpoint--but the Moors
believe that, try as he may, the sultan
can do no wrong. He is like the saint
! saw in TanRier who spends his entire
time in drinking gin and whisky. One
might think that this saint was drink
ing an undue quantity of strong wa
ters, but such is not the case; at least
it has never appeared to the Moors in
this light, for he is such holy man,
they say, that the moment the strong
waters came in contact with his per-
son they lose all their fiery qualities,
and become innocent mares milk
Stephen Bonsal, in Century.
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THE GRAVE OF HIGHLAND MARY.
Where Rests the Remains of the Sweet
haart nj Uurna

where Rests the Remains of the Sweet
heart Of Burns.
The pilgrims in Burns-land will find
no shrines more touchingly, pathetic
ally impressive than those associated
with that most famous heroine of mod
ern poetry, the Highland Mary Of
Burns sweetest and tenderest stanzas
Fifteen miles up the coast from ''auld
Ayr is Ardrossan and her birthplace
in the hut of Il common sailor. From
the narrow street we look across the
Firth and beyond Dunoon to the heights
of the west highlands, where she grew
to young womanhood. In the port of
Cantire, behind ABRAMS mountain
isle" we find the site Of the poor abode
where she spent the last summer of her
short life in preparation for her ex
pected wedding with Burns. At Coils
field we see the great rambling, white
pillared mansion where she was EN-
ployed when the poet first saw
and loved her; and about il we
wander by wood and stream amid
the scenes where she loitered
with her lover, and where, after zone
day of parting love" the pair tore
themselves asunder' never to meet
more. by Alloway's haunted kirk"
we find a memento of that parting
the Bible Burns gave her that day, and
upon which their vows were said, and
the tress of her shining hair which she
gave to him. Here, also, is her spin
ning-wheel. Near the church of THE
Holy Fair" at Mauchline is the somber
old house of Hamilton, of which she
was some time an inmate, where she
and the bard often met and where, ac-
cording to his niece, Miss Pegg, his
mother saw Mary and noted the pleas
ing description and incidents which
Miss Begg has heard the mother re-
peat. At Greenoclx, in dingy side
street, was the humble dwelling of
Mary's paternal aunt-wife to Peter
Mcpherson, a ship carpenter-where
Mary, stopping on her way to a new
place of service, found her brother
stricken with contagious fever brave
ly nursed him to convalescence and
then succumbed to his malady-merci-
fully saved by the fever from dying OF
a broken heart.
Not far away is the spot where the
heroic girl is laid in death. 1t is in
the burial plot of her uncle, in the
west kirlsyard, near Crawford street.
A pathway, beaten in the turf by the
feet of many visitors, leads to and ends
at her grave. All about it is so pitiably
different from the scenes she loved in
life-the heather-clad slopes OF her
highland home, the WOODLAND braes
and brooks where she fingered in dali
lance with her poet-lover. scont
foliage Is about her, few birds may
warble above her here. She lies BIZ the
wall; narrow and noisy streets closely
invest the Enclosures the cir - aEllied
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-11-04

u coai-man. Haven't told you the re-
suit of these mixed gatherings"
but he waltzes so we'll, said Belle.
''IIe puts in coal very well, too"
''Mr. Fclter introdHced him." cried
Lillian. 'Have it out with him."
" intend to-"
''If he is a specimen goldman, the
order is very nice,' said Belle.
That evening the girls met Mr.. Cor
don at dinner party, and observed the
attention and interest that he com
mandcd when conversing. 1t was evi.
dent that he had Travelled extensively,
and had met with strange adventures.
"He is quite mysterious person" :"
Belle remarked TO Mr.. Felter at the
first opportunity. Papa is quite irate
with you"
They were partners in the dance that
followed the dinner and could talk con-
fidentially.
"How SOP"
why, your friend came to our house
this morning and put in coal"
Felter laughed out.
''0h! he is very independent. He is
obliged to live in the open air-the re-
suit of over-study. He combines pleas
ure with profit, and as this climate
suits him, he sells coal and, stays here
all the year round. However, he is
rapidly recovering, and no doubt will
resume his profession very soon. Sam
Gordon is brilliant scholar, and gem
tleman."
"And dancer"
81 see him coming this way"
"Yes, promised him this waltz"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-11-04
Lecend Of the Foreet-Mc-Not.

Everybody knows the pretty little
forget.me-not, and likes the flower more
perhaps because of its name than its
beauty. How was it so called? The
Germans account for it by quite pa
thetic romance. 1t seems that once
upon time knight and lady were
walking by the bank of the Danube
when the latter asked her gallant
gay to pluck for her tiny blue flower
which she saw growing in the stream.
No sooner said than done, but the
knight, overbalancipg, fell into the
river, and owing to the slippery nature
of the bank and the weight Of his own
armor, was carried away by the tor
rent, AS he threw the flowers ashore
to his lady he cried out with his last
breath: "Vergiss mein nicht" Forget
me mott" And ever since the flower has
been looked on as an emblem of fidel-
ity.- Philadelphia Times.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1893-11-04
HOUSE BOATS IN ENGLAND.

Many Aro Euravagantiy Fitted ora,
Though Economy is Easily Possible.
The house boat is comparatively
recent invention, and, being unpatl
ented, its multiplication and improve
ment go on yearly, until now some of
them are veritablc floating palaces,
and n prince might envy the London
sybarites who live in this style upon
the river" during the season. Lovers
of fast yacht sailing will, perhaps, fail
to see much TO admire or desire in the
commodous and slow proceeding house
boat, but the seeker for genuine en-
p)yment and luxury will find more
comfort Ito the square inch" aboard
one than on the swiftest-speeding
and most perfectly appointed yacht.
An average Thames house boat
may I've twenty, thirty or forty
feet long "over ALL" as yachtmen
say, and is drawn like canal boat by
horses plodding ,long towpath by
the river Smallsized house boats are
draw by hand, which requires some
skill on the part Of the substitute for
equine labor, and also are propelled by
polling. The boat itself is u sort Of
barge, large fat boat upon which is
constructed the ''house," a cabin OF
several apartments, comprising, nc.
cording to the dimensions Of the house
boat, one or two sleepingrooms, n din
ing saloon aud sitting-rOom, kitchen,
bath and necessary offices and rooted
90 nd hn oil A t,rhf .,f
steps leads fIpm the forward deck up
on to the fiat top or roof" of this one
storied house and here, as on an upper
deck, sheltered by gay, multi
colorcd awning, the passengers sit and
amusc themselves variously, reading,
chatting, sewing, sketching, singing,
as pleases individual fancy.
Some of those Thames house boats
cost pretty penny" and are fitted up
with every elegance and luxury that
fastidious aud extravagant taste can
require and modern art and ingenuity
supply; yet, "houseboating" Is not
necessarily an expensive luxury. A
renovated old canal boat or barge, with
the hold planled over, is sometimes
made to do duty as house boat. Upon
the body of the boat long room, some
fifteen or twenty by seven or eight
feet, is built, allowing passagcways of
about two feet each side, so that
the coxswain may pass safely from
bow TO stern of the boat. Lock-
ers which also serve as seats are built
around the inside. In the center the
dining table, with folding leaves, is
secured to the flooring, and at either
end Of the cabin on saloon are contrived
staterooIns of moderate size, with
hinged berths, wire frames for wash
stands, and square, cushioned seats,
which are lockers in disguise. When
the house is built and the roof timed
the whole boat is painted a glossy
white or some attractive light color,
her name lettered in bright colors
across the stern, and the national col
ors run up the towpole, which rises
about five feet above the roof,-Frank
Lcslie's Monthly.