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E Five yearevnfter, Arthur 135;"va . standing watehiug the silent, dark-eyed, pi no map which eat on the gray “ steps of he Trinita di Monte in Rome. While he stood and looked, e tell, grace- , In! women dressed in mourning came Her eyes filled with tears, and she clung to him tenderly as if she would not have him go; but. she only said: “ Well. Arthur, let Beatrice stay where she is, and whenever you look at ,hesnthiqk of me, if you will} When Arthur went on the marrow than the merry guests were assembled for the wedding. the wlxite-robed bride was gone; but. in her room was found a note for Arllmr Leroy. which read : 3 “Arthur, forgive me. I have not memttodeceive you. How it has all come about I hnrdly know any better than yourself. But true it is that when you read this I shall be the wife of mother. Farewell, and may your noble hegrt flnd forgetfnlness of ALMA.” g ‘ , u T}: (‘ Tl tell yt Beatrh door w H j poor ‘ H , S IUD. light t soft, 11 room, lace ‘1 ing a , u Th1 " I believe I have given all the orders, Slum. just as you wished. The little "jbrery is already arranged with the last little bracket and statue in place; the lining-room and kitchen with china, sil- ver, linen and superb old»fashioned sideboard, just as you directed, have everythin in place. And your roomâ€" y how I wis flyou could go and see itâ€"is beautiful. here can be no greater harmony than the blending blue-and- gold‘furnishings of that room." “ You are very good, Arthur.” ” "Thanks, Alma; but not half so good . as you in.loving me so tenderly and {‘ loyally. But I was bothered about one Wweet. " , “ at was it '1’" ’ “ Your writing-desk. It is such a gem. 1 don’t believe you can ever write anything but poetry at it. I could not . get a place in the library for it to suit ‘ me. This light was too sharp, and that ‘ light too dull. I fancied it neededa‘ loft, mellow light, so I set it in your room, and will leave you toarrsngea , {lilacs {or it. I flatter myself that every- ' (2 else will please you." ‘ .“The pictures 1” “ They are all hung. I can hardly tell you now where each one is. The Beatrice Oenci I hung over the library door which enters to your room. ” ' “ Why, what made you give it such a poor lace as that ?” “ or just one little reason of my own. Her great, sad, sufl‘ering, patient eyes ' are du licates of your own. So I have hung t there as a sign to me that the 'door beneath it opens to a place wherein the goddess of my life presides; also ’ that when the door is shut, your face . shall still look down upon me, and fol- low me with mourniul and guardiul tenderness." Alina stood stin'iiiiifi‘ifié‘ "door closed behind him, then she clasped her hands and cried : “ Who am I? What am I? that I ahggld deceive such a man." This last no law t'h'a'i hEIiid not hear. But he went out busy and happy with thoqghm ‘of 13in- )‘v‘eddjgg giay._ ' He took both rhiéfalender white hands in pitting, and said: “ Remember, we are to be promptly It the church at four. Good-by, sweet, till then.” “IBnt tomorrow you will become all the reality my life shall ever know or wish, for to-morrow, when the priest has had his service and the witnesses’ have written their names, and your dainty finger has a new ring upon it, I shall set you down in the pretty gold- end-blue room where Beatrice keeps and. Then you shall dismiss or re- in the historical sentinel as you please, for you shall fill all my to-morrowa with yo_u_r own. s west sell. " ,“ Though your love and fancy, Arthur, make my eyes today as luminous as Payohe’s, perhaps toomorrow those that love me most may forget or wish to for- et that 1 ever existed; for who can de- mine now whether Psyche, the very idol of all poets, was a reality or a dream.” The Guard Above the Heart. { m wâ€"v " m Inter Hill.” Hahn to tho m mm, M] the union; dqâ€" flov the clicking of the whoa! War- the hours May. Languwy the autumn wind Buntne groonwood lanes; ham the field um reupen sing. Binding up the shaves; And I memory o'er my mind As a spell in out-- The mill will never grind With the water that is put. May not than lutâ€" The mm cannot grind . With “to: flat is past. Work while yet the daylight ehlnen, Men of thought end will ; Never does the stresmlet gllde Unless by the mill; Wait not till to-morrow's sun Beams upon your wey. All (hot you cm cell your own Lies in thisâ€"toâ€"dey. Power, intellect end heelth Take the leuon to yourself, Loving heart end true a Golden you: no fleeting by ; Youth in passing. too. Strive to nuke the moat of life. Lou no hnppy dey ; Time will never bring you back Ohnnoee swept “my. Leave no tender word nouid. Love while love shell lutâ€" The will will never grind With the wzter that is put. HD. 0. 11' OulIum. The man who Is going (30‘ world {ache coal miner. He is with his wife in Scotland. She has become famous and rich, and is back at her old home. Often when the days are fair, a tall, queenly woman is driven slowly through a certain street, and from her open phaeton looks up curious- ly, reverent! , tenderly to the windows of a house w iioh have not been opened for ten years. Tue blinds are covered with dust. The curtains, and all the prett blneonnd-gold furnishings are crnm ling under the immovable shadow within. But the old love is onlv a memory now, covered with years. The rainbow-tinted aspirations which ere set within it once have given pi e to the solid colors of a calm, smoot life withoutâ€"Potter‘s American M My, Ffire years have rolled the dusty wheels over that and day when Arthur and Alma meg 39d peg-ted In Rome. ‘ ‘ Wait a moment, please, ” he resumed; “ for the sake of Alma which was, her little room, which my love made for her, shall never be opened while I live. She cast the shadow upon it; I shall never lift it. To-morrow I shall be married to Miss Bruce. She is an artist too." The hand upon his arm trembled, and the queenly women at his side grew deadly pale, and swayed slightly for- ward as they walked. He drew the hand more securely through his arm and add- ed: “ Will you pause at the di Spagne, or shall I see you to your hotel ?" “ We will go on, if you please. Thanks for your kindness.” Then, after a pause, she said: “ You have been frank and just, Arthur. ~The tendereet are the cruelest. I don’t know how it is but we have both proved it. May God forgive us both, and bless you slwuys. " ' She started as he callea her name. He had not done so before. She laid her hand upon his arm, and said in a low, tender voice, as her eyes filled with tears: “ Arthur I” “ God bless you, Arthur," she said; “ I do not deserve as much as you ao- eord ?” “For the old Iove's sake, for the grgud and beautiful Alma ”â€" _ -_â€" ..vu "us On 1.1va All. She was in doubt as to his moaning. Was he ppm- posehy obscure? Was be talking ofp the 01 love? She took it for, granted in Rome as an emblem of the guard which you had taught me to set upon my heart. At last I have found one pair of eyes more luminous among the shadows than are those of Beatrice or Psyche. On to-morrow the picture above my door and the guard above my heart will be taken down and the light of'the new eyes will enter in.” “Yon are forgiven. But I do not forget. Everything which I put into your room is there of. untouched. From that day no this our the doors have been locked; the long curtains at the windows are drawn down, the blinds are closed, and a deep shadow rests upon all within. 80 the doors, and windows, and-curtains arecloged about the memo- 7.. v _- â€"' _v_v rig in my heart. The shadew rested t ere also along time. But to-morrow it will be lifted. The Beatrice I brought with me. IAput it elgove n_1y‘ floor here 3.. n___- _ “ Your good wishes, Arthur, are grate- ful to me, and I shall be only tooglad to avail myself of your valuable sugges- tions, ifâ€"if I may only know that I am fox-31:811.” en kind.” he paused; but the announcement of the death of the man who had robbed Arthur Leroy of his bride drew no com- ment from his set lips. She had long ago taught him to endure surprises in silence. “ Then I came here to study; to learn, fit I can, the dream-toil of an artist’s 6- n ' “ In which calling you have my best wishes for your success, and my services always at your command,” he said, with unfelgned sincerity. She saw clearly enough that the steel was still in this man's soul. She had placed it there, and she resolved to pluck it out at once. “But you never told me I was an artist." “ I never knew till”- “ Nor did I know it myself,” said she, interrupting him, "till Mr. Russell’s death two years ago, when I was left almost without means or resources of “ You did not haw; t5 film artist; you wggp always pne_by natmjefif _ ‘81:; Feii ihB'Emé 13%;? E‘fififfi' was easy for her woman's wit to parry it by 531mg vyjth her old, naivete of manner : ,77,, ,V_-__ _vâ€" â€"-- .vwvvvw VI muuuvl o 7 “ Well, you see the influence of your taste has had its influenza on me. I haxejurngq artfiqt myqelt.” now to the l’fizzi di Spagnu. Won't you 'oin me, and tell me how you are and ow you have been ?” He walked beside her as she started off, saying : “ Thanks. As to how I am nowâ€"well ; ho! I pqubéqoâ€"gl have forgotten." “ Yes," she mii in a voioo $QO had a perceptible quiver ; “ but I have found none to suit my purpose. I am going now to the l’mzzi di Spams. Won't “ Arthur 1" she exclaimed, in sur- Eriasr holding out her white, slender an The blood receded from his face and left it white as marble. The old life and the old pain surged back. He took the the hand she extended, and said in a cold, cruel voice : “ Mrs. Buaael, I am glad to meet you here; 113 searcln_of_a model, too ?" Bhe almond hurrie fly at .the nuns $111111) which his own eyes were scruti- Arh‘hur was pursuing his artistic studies st Rome, and was searching for a model. The woman beside him was upon e similsr mission. She, however, seemed to find none among the group to suit her, and she started to go. As she turned, their glances met. Arthur and Alma were face to face. Her eyes were sadder than ever, and her garb was weeds of mourning. .‘ Ali‘khl I" n‘nn A‘ll‘n‘.mnl' :m n..-â€" “he Alexander 11., of Busaiu, born in April, 1818, possesses the revanne from the immense crown domains equalto 810,000,000 a year. Alfonso XII., of Spain, born in November. 1857,1333 a civil list of $2,000,000. Oacar IL, 0' Sweden. born January. 1829, has a civil list of $888,380 from Sweden, and 894,- 445 from Norway. He also has an annu- ity of 883 830, voted many years ago to Carl XIV. Bernadette), and his one. censors on he throne of Sweden; the total is $416,108. Tbe president of the Swiss republic, who has only a male year term, re- ‘ Victoria, queen of England, born in Ma , 1819, has a civil list of 81,925,000, wit $300,000 more from the duchy of Lancaster. Thus her annual income is $2,225,000 a year. To her children and to the Duke of Edinburgh is a further sum of 8880.000. making a total of 83.- 105.000 to British royalty. George 1., king of Greece, born in December, 1845, has a civil list of 8260,- 000 a ear. Humburt, of Italy, born in 1844, as not accepted the large civil list (83,250,000) granted to his late father. William III., king of the Netherlands, born in February, 1819, hasasala of 8250.000, with an addi- tion of he I as much more for members of the royal family. He and the king of Wurtemburg are believed to be the richest sovereigns in Europe. The whole grants to Louis I. of Portugal, born in 1828, and his family amount to ; 8660.000. ‘ .--â€"â€"-.â€".vu-° “xyru, wnau W “Tl'erâ€"grand dukes of Meckle'nubui'g- Strelitz, Reuse-Schleiz, and Reuse- Greiz, absolutely own most of the states which they govern. ‘ w -- ~wâ€"v vkulb"uuvuu' QLLU.‘ 000; of Saxe-Altenburg, 8107.250; of Waldeck, $183,674; of Lippe, 850.000; of Schwarzburg~Sondershausen. 8110,- 000 ; of Schnumbnrg-Lippe, $125,000. _ T139 grand dukes of Mecklenbum- The civil listflréfi the grand duke of Oldenburg is $125,000 ; of Brunswick, $250,000; of 8316 Weimar, $210,000; of Snxe-Weiningen, 890,000; of Anhalt, $145,000 ;nof Sa‘xg-Cgburg-thjha, 8110.- Ann A D Ludwig 11., king of Bavaria, born in August. 1845, has a civil list of 81,878,- 365. Karl 1., king of Wurtemburg, born in March, 1828, has a civil list of $391,685, with an additional annual grant of $1,857,355 for the other mem- bers of the royal Iamily. Albert 1., king of Saxony. born April, 1828, has a civil list of $635,000. with an additional $127,650 a year for the princess and princesses. This little grant may be ‘ Justiflable, as in 1830 the reigning mon- arch surrendered his domains to become the property of the state. SOME GRAND DUKEQ. The grand duke of Baden has a civil list of $374,655 for himself and the mem- bers of his family. The hereditary landed property of this dynasty, valued at 820,830,000, has been made over to the state. The grand duke 01 Madden- burg-Schwerin, who claims to be the only European sovereign of Slavonic origin, pretends that he can trace his descent to Genserio, king of the Van- dals, who conquered Spain in the fifth century, and going over to Africa took Carthage in 436 B. C. In his full title he styles himself " Prince of the Van- dals." He has no civil list, but is abso- lute owner of one-fifth of the whole area of the lili utian duchy which he governs. e grand duke of Hesse, son-in-law of Queen Victoria, has a civil list of $828,710 for the support, of him. self or his near relations, and his little court at Damstadt. Napoleon 111., had the largest civil list in the world. It amounted to 85,- 000,000 a year, in addition to which he received the income of the ~crown do- mains, amounting to 82,400,000, and the free possession of a number of palaces, parks, forests and mansions, kept at the expense of the state. His total income reached the sum of 87,800,000. Never- theless the debts of the imperial civil list were stated in 1867 to amount to $16,000,000. William I., born in March, 1797, re- ceives no salary as German emperor. His annual salary as king of Prussia is 83,079,760. Most of the expenditure of the royal family and the court is de- frayed out of the sovereign’s immense private property: ._J_2-i ‘I” A 1" 7, _ __ 'v-,vva Marshal MacMnhon,,president of the French republic, has an annual salary of 8120, 000, with an extra 860, 000 for house- keeping expenses. President Thiers had the same salary, with 877,560 for house- keeping. 7 ' Christian IX., king of Denmark, born in A til, 1818, has a civil list of 500,000 rigs alerts, or $227,775. His oldest son hagran gm‘lggl a_ll_oyvance of $38,388. Francis Joseph, emgeror of Austria and king of Hun my, om in August, 1830. has a oivi lisb'ms his salary is gegerallz pgljecppf $4.§5Q,QOO a year. ' Leopo'ld 11., 11mg br'Bé'lgihin”. 1:6}; in April, 1885, has a civil gist of $660,000 a The Salarie- Allewod to the Pete-tutu of Innu- In this country, (says a Philadelphia paper where the Executive is consider- ed to e “paeain rich ” on a salary of 850,000 a year, w th the White House as a general and the Soldiera' Home as a summer residence, there may be some natural curiosity regarding the pecuni- ary allowance paid to foreign potantatea. It is to be remembered. however, that the majority of these rulers also possess inherited property, real and personal, of considerable va no, and that the re- spective rulers are also allowed magnifi- cent palacee chateau: and rural resi- dences, repaired and furnished out of public revenue. Taking most of our figures from “ Frederick Morton's Year Book,” a very reliable work, revised after official returns, and now in its Ill- teenth year, we shall proceed with the potentatea: EMPEROR, KING, szsmnn'r. NOTED SOVEREIGNB. Part of the edge of the cone of Mount Vesuvius has given my and Pro]. Pal- republic, mm is having a sort 0 retaining wall term, to- l of ashes built. wolves, ti ers, ete,, are found in masses in diluvia soils; oxen in peat bogs and marl pits; one six feet high and nine ‘ feet long was found in the isle of Man, in marl, covered with sand, then peat and then the vegetable soil; rhinocerosee are,fonnd in every part of Europe and in the Arctic circle; the hippopotamus is found in England, France and Ger- many. Elephants, and animals much larger than elephants (called mammoths) have been found in Europe, America and Siberia; one. found near Abingdon, now at Oxford, England, is sixteen feet high, and its bones are mixed up with those of other large animals; another was found in Siberia in the ice, quite perfect-in its flesh, skin, hair and eyes, with a long mane and tail of. still" black bristles; others have been found in Hudson’s bay. The gigantic mastodon is found in North America and Siberia. ‘ The gigantic tapir, twelve feet high and 1 eighteen feet long. has been found in difl‘erent arts of Europe. Whales are found in ssex, in London clay and Bath limestone. A but has been found in limestone, opossums in slate; guinea pigs, rabbits, rats and beavers in limestone; the sloth, one fourteen feet long, in South Ameri- oa, and in limestone caves; bears, dogs, foxes and wolves in diluvisl soils and eaves; hyenss and tigers in limestone caves and marl; the teeth of horses, elephants, rhinoceroses, _hyeuas, bears, He sits'down at the phonograph, fixes a double mouth-piece to it and summons one of his assistants, while another places himself at an organ in the corner. They sing in two parts. As the sonar- ons music rises and fills the long apart-_ ment, one gazes musingly yet With a secret thrill. It is like assistmg at some strange, new rite-a martial chant of re- joicing in the greatness of a new era full of sublime promise and the dissipation of mysteries. “Still, I shall blow up somebody yet,” he says, laughing. “lam con- sidering the idea of fixing a. wire, con- necting. with a battery, that knocks over evirybpdyjhat touqhes _the gatefi’ In spite of the fact that the motive of his retreat to Menlo Park was in good part to escape them, numerous visitors arrive. It is the Mecca of a continuous pilgrimage of scientists, reporters for the journals, and curiosity-hunters. Yesterday a troop of one hundred and seventy-five persons brought by a gem tleman who had asked the privilege of presenting a few friendsâ€"to morrowa special train of visitors from Boston is announced. He receives all afi‘ably, submitting himself and his inventions to be gazed at without reserve. One wonders, next to his phonograph, at his ; good_h_u_mor. ‘ â€"vv â€"'-'-â€"v~. a- UMV‘V "UL“ wruvavl, to carry on the business of pure scien- tific research on such a scale. His whole great establishment is occupied, not in manufacturing, nor primarily in projects for profitable returnsâ€"though these followâ€"but in new reflections, new com- binations, in meeting from nature inch by inch the domain she would have kept lndden. He comes in the morning and reads his letters. He overlooks his men and the experiments of his assistants. The element of hazard enters into these somewhat. There are a great number in progressâ€"the action of chemicals ‘ upon various substances or upon each other, or the phenomena of substances subjected to the various forces at com- mand. Strips of ivory, for instance, in a certain oil in six weeks become trans- parent. A globule of mercu in water, then with a little potassium ded, takes 3 various shapes for the opposite poles of i the battery, retires coquettishly or is attracted, forms in whirlpools, changes color, or becomes immobile. There is no use at once for these results, but they are recorded in voluminous note-books. When the proper time comes they are borne in mind ; some one of them may form the connecting link in the chain of an invaluable discovery. Then perhaps he tests for the thousandth time his car- bon telephone for new pcriections, and then goes on carrying forward a step each of the works in progress, or becomes wholly engrossed, according to his mood, in one. The following is from an article in Scribner entitled “A night with Edi- son :” 'fhere is nowhere such another ingenious mind, but there is also no- where such a worker. When in search of some special object he allows himself absolutely no rest. At Newark he mounted to the loft of his factory with five men, on the occasion of the appar- ent failure of the printing-machine he had taken a contract to furnish, and dc- clared he would never come down till it worked. It took sixty hours of continu- ous labor, but it worked, and then he slept for thirty. The routine of his day is a routine of grand processes and cuno~ bling ideas. Nowhere else probably would such a day be possible. There ere not fortunes. if there were capacity, 1 Animal Remains In Queer Places. Lord Litton receives 8125.000 3 your salary an 860,000101- " allowances," as Viceroy of India. The duke of Morl- borou 11 gets 8100.000 as lord lieutenant of Ire and. The earl 0! Bulletin had 850,000 as Viceroy of Canada. There Is no lnowin who! in the salary or income 0! A v] Hamid. and; ten of Turkey, born September-.1842. The civil list of Abdul Aziz, who was almost his immediate predecessor. varied from 84,557,580 in 1868 to 85,351,020 in 1875, but it has been calculated on 00d authority that in the latter years 0 his reign, which closed in May, 1876, Abdul Aztz spent 822,500,000 3 year. It is not user tl‘m't apnouut jupt now: _ _ - ‘ There ia‘ 316‘ Edison at Work. .t is the In describing a dinner at tlm anltan'n palace, Mr. Drew Gay writes: “And now comes the critical moment for yfm if you are resent at this least. as a stranger. on will havo placed your meat on your plate, and be we ally cutting it up. when suddenl a more than ordinarily juicy moral will he pushed into your month by npair of very many fingers. You must not reL sent '5. It is a token of loving kind- ness, a sign; that you are respected, eo- toemod. loved. Eat it; you an a favored mortal.” This world may be only a cathartic pill, that some sun in the solar eyeteE may, in future ages, take a notion to swallow, and yet this {no dme dot at all alleviate the pangs cans by the knowl- edge that we have a number of seventy» five-cent mounts on our books, to col- lect each one of which will cost three dollars’ worth of shoe-leather.-â€"- Wind- ing Leader. A letter from abroad says :. To the visitor frem America there is a marvel- lous exposition of taste and industry in gardening, ornamental and useful, on about Paris. The least bit of a yard in turned into a shaded retreat. There are no barren back yards. ‘ That Brooklyn girl who “has lived fourteen years without any sort of nonr- iahment,” would not [)9 an economical girlmmarry. Her up etite is sure to return some day, an it will take a whole boarding-house to hold her.â€" Detroit Free he“. “How are the stairs '1’" said the iady to the house agent; “not etee , I hope? “Steep, madam, I ehoul say not. ilt’e the easiest staircase I ever sawin my life. Why, it’s uneasy that when you’re going up you’d swear you were going down." Can you tell why a watch is an image of modesty ? We will save time by tell- ing you why. It always holds its hands before its face, and however good its works may be, it is always running itself down. The time of the year has come when the pretty arter- snake crawls out of the hollow bacfi-log to the domestic hearth, and makes the house a little too warm for the timid occupants. “That parrot of mine is a wonderful bir ,” said Smithors; “he cries ‘sto thief I’ so naturally that every time hear it I always stop. What are you laughing at, any way ?" One archivist of Antwerp has discov- ered a bill of sale of September let, 1547, for twenty-two bottles of petro- leum, at that early date imported into the city. Of 8,434 doctors whose deaths have been announced in the London Lance: during the last ten years, the ages of 2,. 684 were given ; average age at death, 68.6 yea”. “Is this air-tight?" inquired a man in a hardware store, as he examined a stove. “No, sir, ” replied the clexk; “air never gets tight. up He lost a cus- tamer. Balmy sleep, Tired naturo'q sweet restorerâ€" Don’t amount to much, If you happen to bank with a anorer. Mr. John M. Tramwell. of Lafay- ette, 611., has made a pair of sleeve. buttons, each button smaller than a dime, and containing 100 pieces 0! 77A-\ “ I declare, it beats awl, " as the shoe- maker said the first time he need a sew- ing machine. -Rome Sentinel. Milk is nutritious, but the chap who drinks a half ga‘lon o! it must feel com- pletely cowed down. Some one ought to invent a sewing mmhine to collect rents, mend manners and repair family breaches. in a. driving rein and 316}. 3 'vvv-etâ€"Egi'r his back. Ifanything will reduce a full-grown fat man it is a well- directed bank fail- Cork trees hear an edible acorn re~ gambling our chestnut. Dr. Carver’s rifle brought him in an income of $60,0001mt year. Bad-fitting shoes make come on horse's feet, the same as on people. Be careful how on indorse drafts especially the drums t of a chimney. Oysters have a language of, their own. and clams stow. stain. Singing joy’u triumph in I sled remun- In hmeat time. And now the autumn of our lives. inflow. Approachesâ€"spring end summer ell heve fled Tho' still of love'e bright setting sun the gleam Ia glorious an the! which that lit our dumm- In harvest time. In mm» the. ' I not my Ion when 'nuth the evening Mom The corn swoyed to Ind rm. whnn 'mld tho u m . Th'e wind moaned softly, when tin reaper! 'Twsn than my love wu Ipokan , md 'twu then I raped love‘a golden harvest in the glen. The nightingOJe walled forth but low, sweet Thet e'en the wow-white my wail might hide Its bending head beneath the smaller: tideâ€" ln have“ time. The thrnllng or the long-tots now ma hushed ‘Neuh Anunshlue bflght the row no louse: blushed ; And day was ended, far beyond the bill The rospor'l long grow “tutor and was sun ”I": The echoes of the deep glen would prolong-â€" In haunt “me. And bflghtor than the golden sheaves. he: hm Stayed downmrd 0 ’er 3 nook no purely lair We IDmye seep may a‘ poor borne out Items of Interest. Springs of fresh water ri In huvost um.