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WASFIHINGTON GOSSIP AT TRE GRIDIRON CLUB PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT RELAXES. SAVING GRACE OF HUMOR Discovery of Great Diamond Stirs Up Interest in Our Own Precious Stones-Federal Roads Again -Alaska's Needs. ASHINGTON.There are few pub cl men who can so completely relax and throw off the cares of office as Presid Theodore Roosevelt. There is no place in which he can do this so absolutely as at a dinner of the famous Gridiron club, of Washington. When he enters the banquet hall of that dining club he leaves the burdens of office behind him and enters into the spirit of the occasion with a zest that is inspiring to the whole gathering, and which does him immense pod physically and mentally.

At the last annual dinner of the club Mr. Roosevelt sat down at the beginning of the banquet and never left till the final song had been sung and the dinner brought to an end. The has a keen appreciation of wit and humor, and enjoys as thoroughly travesties and burlesques on national affairs and on subjects in which he is personally interested as he does the Gridiron roasting of other men, parties and events. His laughter on these occasions is contagious. He is constantly on the qui vive for the climax of an act or a joke, and bursts into a shout of laughter when it is reached.

The president is just as happy in his after-dinner speeches as he is in his public utterances on subjects that are dear to his heart and significant of his administration. At the recent dinner he enjoyed hugely a burlesque on a presidential inauguration which included the appearance of a rough rider parade and the introduction of a cabinet whose memabers were represented as standing for various policies and foibles pf his own. It is this happy faculty of relaxation that keeps the president in good trim and well balanced for the consideration of the serious problems of his administration and for the burdens of his office. At least once a year he makes it a point to accept an invitation to a banquet of this noted newspaper correspondents' dining club. The Real Mr.

Bryan. NOTHER distinS tinguished Amerih can citizen who enjoys the license of a Gridiron dinner is William Jennings Bryan, the great leader of radi a i democracy. One of the hard and fast rules of the Gridiron club is that "reporters are never present" at its dinners. Under this rule the utmost freedom of speech is enjoyed by public men who gather about the banquet board. Mr.

Bryan was also a guest at the recent dinner of the club, and he availed himself of the privilege of talking as he pleased, much to the edification and entertainment of the gathering. In his short address Mr. Bryan revealed a new and delightful element of his character. He demonstrated that he, as well as Mr. Roosevelt, possesses the saving grace of humor.

He can be witty and satirical and enter into the spirit of Gridiron fun with an abandon and freedom that is truly delightful. His charm of eloquence adds greatly to his after dinner efforts, and he leaves the impression of broad-mindedness and human sympathy. The charge of fanaticism and charlatanism could never rest against William Jennings Bryan were he understood as the men understand him who are fortunate enough to meet him in the hour of his relaxation, and when he can enter into heart to heart relation: with his audience. Mr. Bryan, on his recent visit to Washington, made an extended call at the white and found that he and President Roosevelt had a great many ideas and ideals in common.

His reception was agenerous one by the president, and Mr. Bryan expressed himself as delighted with his interview. The president was equally well pleased, and enjoyed his conversation with the distinguished democratic leader, Mr. Bryan found so much in Mr. Roosevelt's policies to admire that he facetiously remarked before he left Washington that he believed he would have to advocate a double standard plat-, form that would accommodate both parties.

i ems Found in United States. HE discovery of the largest diamond in i the world in South Africa has created a new interest in the production of precious stones. A bulletin of the United States geological survey just issued contains some interesting data regarding the precious stones produced in the nited States. While the world production was less in 1904 than in 1903. in the United States the year was one of great eventfulness and prosperity for the precious stone industry.

There are no diamonds produced in this country, but so many are purchased and worn that the condition of the trade is of great interest to many Americans. The value of the diamonds cut in the United States at the present time is greater than the value of those imported during many previous years. uring 1904 new gem wee made in southern California. ed eent blue and white topaz, weighing more than a pound apiece. There were betyls from three to six inches long, and cr.eot more inches in aiameter, varying in color from a pale green to a deep sea green.

A rare variety of rose colored beryl was also found, and axinite, a gem mineral, not known until lately in good crystals in this country. Magnificent red, green and yellow tourmalines were found in abundance in San Diego county. Crystals of tourmalines which are very large and beautiful, but have little value, were found for the first time last year near Rumford Falls. Me. Turquoise has been mined with some success at various places in New Mexico, Arizona.

Nevada and California. The semi-precious stone peridot, olivine, or chrysolite, as it is variously known, has been found in great quantities in Arizona. Thousands of beautiful gems were cut from this mineral and extensively sold throughout the United States. Government Roads for Alaska. HERE was a time early in the history of the government when the building of national roads by federal aid was a great issue.

The development of steam railroads checked this improvement, but after a lapse of three-quarters oi a century the idea is revived with a great deal of earnestness, and is advocated for application in the far off territory of Alaska. Mr. C. W. Purington spent five months in Alaska last year investigating for the United States geological survey the cost and methods of gold placer mining in the territory.

In studying the conditions in our northern possessions he was impressed with the present inadequate means of communication between the different parts of the territory. Gold mining is conducted in the interior of Alaska in the face of difficulties of transportation which seem hardly credible. His investigation of what has been done by the Canadian government concerning railroad construction in that part of the continent indicates that road building on an extensive scale in the northern latitudes is entirely feasible. and can be accomplished at moderate cost. He indorses the recommendation made by A.

H. Brooks, geologist in charge of the Alaska mineral resources, that an appropriation of $1,000,000 be spent for wagon roads in Alaska. This sum he believes would build 900 miles of road through parts of the country which would be most assisted by their construction. In the vicinity of Dawson, in the Yukon territory of Canada, standard highways have been constructed at a cost of from $1,500 to $3,300 a mile. The annual maintenance of such a road costs $350 a mile.

The average cost of construction for sled or winter trail in this territory is from $250 to $300 a mile. Such trails can be maintained for about $21 a year. Previous to the construction of the wagon road the cost of transportation per 1.000 pounds, a distance of 12 miles, was seven dollars. The same amount of merchandise is now transported the same distance for one dollar. The benefit that government roads would be to Alaska is very apparent from this experience in the Yukon territory.

Photographs of Cyclone Phenomena. FFICIALS of the United States weather bureau in this city have a very interesting collection of photographs exhibiting cyclone phenom- ena. There is ab- solute photographic proof that it is possible for straws and feathers to be driven into board fences, trees and other tough materials. There appears to be full warrant for the story that is often told as a joke that in some sections of the country winds are so fierce that they blow the feathers off chickens and other luckless birds. When some of the cyclonic yarns of the west are laughed at by the scoffers, the weather bureau can produce authenticated photographs to back up wonderful statements.

From these records it appears that under the influence of a cyclone straws and feathers have buried themselves for a considerable distance in the bark of trees and sides of frame buildings; that splinters of wood have penetrated sections of steel and that at least one chicken was stripped of the greater part of his feathers. Mr. Calvert. private secretarX to Prof. Moore, chief of the weather.iureau.

has charge of these photographic proofs of cyclonic freaks, and relates some interesting stories of the effect of windstorms. He says that in a tornado up in Wisconsin two horses were tied side by side in a stable situated only a short distance from the house of the owner. The farmer and his family took to the cyclone cellar at the first- sign of danger. The house and stable were carried away by the winds. Cne of the horses was lifted up bodily into the air and deposited on all fours in the midst of the farmer and his family in the cellar.

The other horse was not touched, and not a hair of its body was ruffled. Rakes Child from Death in Cistern. crossing the wooden cover of a cistern in pursuit of her pet dog, Mildred, seven years old, daughter of Jacob Greenhaur. Greenwood street and McDaniel avenue, Evanston, fell into the cistern and was with difficulty rescued by her father. who drew her out with a rake.

The cistern contained about three feet of water and a temporary cover had been placed over the mouth until a pump could be put in. Wealthiest lMan in England. The young heir to the duke of Westminster, if he Ilves, will be one of the wealthiest men in Great Britain. His income will be more than a million and a quarter dollars a year. He will inherit, aomng other possessions, 30,000 acres, including 600 acres of the most valuable land in the West end of London, which, as years go on and leases fall in, increases constantly in value.

There are also 29,400 acres waiting for him in the country. ALL HORSES HATE CAMELS. Circus Man Tells About the Singular Antipathies of Certain Animals. Smoking a clay pipe, the circus actor sat in the winter training quarters. Under his supervision a thin boy was learning to ride erect on a quiet horse with a broad, flat back, says the Philadelphia Bulletin.

"In some towns they won't let us show," said the man. "unless we have no camels with us. Camels are a serious drawback to shows. Horses are so much afraid of them that lots of towns won't let a camel enter their gates. "'A horse won't go near a piece of ground a camel has stood on.

The very smell of a camel in the air will make a horse tremble and sweat. And this fear isn't only found occasionally in a horse here and there. It is found in every horse all over the world. Queer, isn't it? I often wonder why it is. Cattle hate dogs in the same way.

and cats hate dogs so. too. Here, though, we can account for the hatred. Dogs in primitive times fed on cattle, no doubt, and even to-day, here and there, they kill and feed on kittens. "Horses love dogs.

I'm sure I don't know why. Dogs fear no animals but pumas and leopards. You can take a dog up to a lion's or a tiger's cage and he will show no fear. but take him up to the cage of a puma or a leopard and he will tremble and moan and slink away out of sight. "All very puzzling, isn't it?" JAPAN'S CIVILIZATION.

Formerly Called Barbarians. But the People Have Won a Different Title. When the war began, whatever was the opinion of travelers, and those specially informed, the world in general regarded the Japanese as oriental barbarians. The judgment was based on plausible reasoning. says the New York Globe.

As the present year is only the thirty-seventh of the Meiji era, and as before Meiji Japan, practically untouched by western influence, was as she had been for 1,000 years, it was impossible for Japanese regeneration to be genuine. However fair the semblance of civilization, it was only veneer, we were told; a mere aping, which should not deceive. In the stress of war, it was predicted, the oriental would cast aside his assumed occidental garb and reveal himself in his true character-as cowardly and cruel, a torturer of prisoners, a murderer of women and children, and a mutilator of the dead. Whether the Japanese are to win the war or not, they have effectively exploded this theory in regard to themselves. If they are barbarians, many nations esteeming themselves civilized may profitably go to school to them.

WHAT MAKES SKY BLUE? Various Scientific Theories Are Advanced to Account for the Phenomenon. The sky has long been a puzzle to physicists. There are two mysteries to explain about it-its reflection of light and its color, says the Success Magazine. The old view was that the blue of the sky was due simply to atmospheric oxygen. Oxygen has a faint blue tint.

and the idea was that several miles of the gas, even when diluted, as it is in the air. would have a brignt blue color. But this did not account for the intense illumination of the sky, and of recent years Tyndall's "dust theory," or some modification of it, has been generally accepted. This regards the blue color as an optical effect, like the color of very thin smoke. due to excessively fine particles floating in the air, which would also account for the large proportion of reflected light from the sky.

Recent calculations by Proa. Spring, of Liege, Belgium, however, indicate that the dust in the air is not sufficient in amount, nor finely enough divided, to support this explanation, and he rejects it for this and other reasons. He has gone back to the old oxygen theory, and accounts for the general illumination of the sky on the hypothesis, first advanced by Hagenbach. that intermingled layers of different density, in the atmosphere, give it the power of reflecting light. SMART MEETS SMARTER.

Thought He Knew How to Keep an Umbrella, But It Got Away. Into the Jersey City station of the Pennsylvania railroad sauntered a portly man. He wore a chesty look and carried an the New York Times. Advancing to one of the benches, he pulled a chain and padlock from his pocket, ran one end of the chain through the open handle, and made the umbreila fast to the seat. Then he said to a man sitting there: "I've traveled all over this country for five years, and I know a thing or Then he walked away.

The man who sat there got up. He had a check suit and a smooth cheek. He stepped up to the umbrella. pulled a file froni his pocket, rubbed it to and fro across one of the links in the chain for a few minutes, loosening the umbrella. Then he said to another man: "If the feller who is smarter than chain lightnin' comes back after his parasol.

tell him the chap you saw a-walkin' off with it never was off the farm afore." The First Phonograph. The first words reproduced and uttered by a phonograph are naturally a matter of historical interest. When Edison was at work on his first phonograph many weeks were consumed in experiment. It is said that when the talking machine was first discovered it was as much a surprise to its inventor as to the world. The Wizard was working on some- telephone receivers and was led to put a piece of tinfoil on a cylinder.

It recorded sound, and Edison was convinced that the human voice could be recorded and produced. When the time came to make an actuel test Edison, with his mind on mechanical details, absent-mindedly tested his contrivance with the familix.r phrase: "Mary had a little lamb." Tte verse was the first record taken by tie machine. An Americag Quarry of Prehistoric Bones Being Some Account of the Giant Reptile Rema'ns of the Laramie Plains and Como Bluffs, Wyoming. UROPEAN palaeontologists consider themselves fortunate if they find two or three bones or a few teeth of the gigantic land reptiles of the Oolitic and Wealden epochs for which Sir Richard Owen years ago proposed the excellent name of dinosaurs (that is to say. terrible lizards), and the discovery of a considerable portion of an associated skeleton in a condition fit for mounting, like the one from the Oxford clay, near Peterborough, England, recently set up in the Natural History museum at South Kensington.

is a unique event. Their American cowortiers, on the other hand, suffer from an embarras de richesses in the matter of such remains, so that more or less nearly complete, articulated skeletons of these saurian monsters are far from uncommon in our museums. Previous American discoveries of these remains have, however, been put altogether in the shade by the extraordinary "finds" which have been made during the last few years in the Oolitic of Jurassic strata of the Laramie plains in Albany county, south-central Wyoming. The first discovery of these remains was accidental, an explorer in 1897 coming across a rude hut which had.i been constructed by the shepherds out of the bones of these extinct reptiles. Subsequent exploration of this "great dinosaur quarry" showed that what THE "LONG-LIMBED" DINOSAUR RE STORED-SIXTY-EIGHT TO SEVENTY FEET LONG.

appeared to be dark boulders dotting the surface of the ground were really dinosaur bones. Some ten miles distant, at Como bluffs, was discovered another "dinosaur cemetery," equally rich in these wonderful remains. Originally the "dinosaur quarry" and Como bluffs must have been connected by the stratum which has been called the "dinosaur bed," but this has long since been denuded away, leaving an open stretch of plain. The strata have, however, been thrown into huge folds, and here and there a remnant or "qutcrop" of the dinosaur-bed, which is about 170 feet in thickness, is met with in riding across the plain. At the foot of the bluffs the remains of the dinosaurs lie at intervals of from 20 to 100 feet apart, and it is but rarely that an entire skeleton is discovered.

In the Bone-Cabin quarry, on the other hand, as shown in the diagram on another page. the bones lie thickly crowded, perfect skeletons of the limbs, like the one figured above, being far from uncommon; AT IN BONE CABIN QUARRY. while remains of the giant herbivorous forms, measuring fully 60 feet in length, are mingled with the smaller carnivorous types which made them their prey. A feature of these remains is the number of complete specimens of the skeleton of the tail, a phenomenon which Prof Osborn explains by the firmness with which the bones of this portion of the skeleton are held together by tendons. Not the least remarhable feature about these tails of the giant herbivorous forms are certain marks on the bones evidently made by the teeth of the earnivorous types: and Prof.

Osborn suggests in the Century Magazine that the carnivorous species were in the habit of picking the boues of their herbivorous relatives precisely in the same manner as a condor now cleans the backbone of a horse. The bluffs. according to Osborn, appear to represent the neighborhood of an ancient shore-line, such as is depicted in the restoration of the brontosaur. The Bone-Cabin quarry, on the other hand, is more likely the area of an ancient river bar. the shallow waters of which arrested the more or less decomposing careases of the dinosaurs and other reptiles as they were slowly floated down stream.

The giant herbivorous forms, such as the brontosaur and the diplodocus. habitually walked on all fours, and they may perhaps have at times waded deep in the water, whence their long necks would have enabled them to browse with ease on the rank herbage fringing the banks. With creatures of between 60 and 70 feet in length, it is obvious that some lightening of the bones of the skeleton must be imperative. as otherwise the vast bult: would break down or be immovable by its own weight. This has been 'accomplished by hollowing out the interior -f the verebrae by means of large carities, by compressing their lower portion in an hour-glass shape, and by supporting the slender upper part by means of buttresses on the T-iron principle.

The result of this is that a dinosaur verebra weighed only about half as much as that of a whale of the same approximate dimensions (in which there is obviously no need for lightness); and it has been further ascertained that while the skeleton of a 74-foot whale weighs 17.920 pounds, that of a giant dinosaur of the same approximate size did not probably exceed 10,000 pounds. That these dinosaurs were essentially land animals is demonstrated with certainty by this lightening of their skeletons; but the old idea that they were sluggish and slow-moving creatures is not countenanced by Prof. Osborn. The spoonlike teeth, which in some instances were confined to the front of the jaws, indicated that, unlike the English iguanodon of the SussexWealden. they swallowed their food without mastication.

Mingled with the larger bones of the giant dinosaurs are those of the smaller carnivorous species, together with others pertaining to a third group, the armored dinosaurs, taking their name from the plates and spines of bone by which they were protected. Of the flesh-eating dinosaurs there were two distinct types-a smaller and a larger. The former, thinks Prof. Osborn, may have preyed on the contemporary lizard-birds, allied to or identical with the well-known European archaeopteryx. The larger kind, on the other hand.

appear to have attacked and killed the giant herbivorous species, or, at all events, preyed on their dead carcasees, as is attested by the aforesaid tail-verebrae, which not only show the grooves made by their teeth, but have actually had their summits bitten off. Armed with sharp and serrated teeth like those of the sabertoothed tiger on a small scale, the carnivorous dinosaurs habitually walked on their hind limbs, and were thus admirably adapted to throw themselves on their unprotected giant relations, which, it is suggested, they may have gripped in the first instance by the long and slender throat. Nearly all these American types of dinosaurs are represented in Europe, where they were first named and described. As already mentioned, the English species are in many cases known only by a few bones or teeth so that it is frequently very difficult to know the exact nature of their relationship to the American forms. Nor is it always as easy to ascertain what are the proper names of some of the English species, since names have been given on the evidence of a single tooth or a single bone which may perhaps have belonged to the same species.

If, however, more specimens approaching the completeness of the above-mentioned skeleton from Peterborough recently F'et up in the Natural History museum be we may in time he asked to de'ermine which teeth should be associated with which bones. Much it has been found possible to do already in this from the evidence of the complete American skeletons, but more remains to be accomplished. In spite of scattered state of their remains, it however. quite evident that the Ens lish dinosaurs were in no wise inferior in point of size to their American cousins. POSTAL CARDS AS NEWS.

The Pictured Pasteboards Are Put to a New Use in the British Isles. Through the enterprise of a newsdealer a new use has been found f-1 the ubiquitous postal card. When the recent attack of the Baltic fleet upon the Hull trawlers was the news of tht day this man had an inspiration which he lost no time in putting into efifet, reports a London paper. Within 24 hours after the damaged vessel had returned to port, printing machine, were running hundreds of thousands of pictorial post cards illustrating the effect of the Russian shells upon the vessels and the fishermen. Street, venders were soon out with huge packets of these cards, which they disposed of in no time.

Every stationer's shop in the country soon received its share of these cards, though owing to the great demand they were a week behind the news. Within a few days more than 1.00i0,00i of these cards had been disposed of. Such incidents being. as they are, of general interest, are veritable gold mines to the dealers. Royal visits always make sales for these cards.

When the king and queen of Portugal made their recent visit to England they were met at every turn by the all pervasive post card bearing pictures of them. Some $25,000 was netted during the tour from the sale of these cards. It is needless to say that the success of most cards demands that they shall be on sale when the subjects which they depict are at high. water mark of interestThe Bride's Roses By EMMA GARRISON JONES I HIS grand and ancient temple, which was built in the far-gone days of the old British regime, stands amid the low-lying hills that encircle the swift-flowing Rappahannock, with the dim spires of Fredericksburg shining in the distance, and the everlasting pines, for which Virginia is so noted, standing in thick files on either hand. Centuries upon centuries have expended their storms upon the massive walls, and yet they stand, mute yet most eloquent monuments of the strength and durability of old-time architecture.

One can even yet discover some traces of the old altar stones and tle tablets whereon the names of the dead and gone vestrymen are recorded; and the pew, once occupied by Washington and his relatives, is still reverently pointed out to every sight-seer who turns out of the beaten Laoroughfare of travel to have a look at this sacred and venerable pile. "But the bride's rose, have you seen that?" questioned our guide, as we were making our way out over the crumbing heaps of motar. "The bride's rose? Why, no, what is it?" Our guide was a woman, a gray and gnunt old creature, who lives in a little hut near at hand, and earns an honest penny now and then by showing travelers over the ruins old Potomac church. She turned oack on the instant, shaking her gray head slowly from side to side. 'Ah, you must see the bride's rose," she said: "come along!" We followed her back, over heaps of debris, under the crumbling arches of Si.

lt8 HE COMES AND PUTS A GLITTERING RING ON LADY BEATRICE'S FINGER. the old English temple bats and ghost-moths hurtling in our very eyes. and the hush of the falling twilight all about us. Through the main: aisle; out at the great arched door, down the fallen steps into a little courtyard. The old woman stooped down and parted the rank, luxurious growth that covered the ruins at our feet.

"There it is," she said; "look!" We stooped down, and, looking closely, saw amid the rank grass a great cluster of scarlet roses. The shrub upon which they bloomed seemed to be small and stunted in its growth, but the flowers were a marvel of perfect loveliness, so large, so fine, so delicate in tint and texture, more like the cultivated bloom of a hot-house than the wild growth of the fields. "Stop! You wouldn't touch 'em?" cried the old creature, in utter terror, as we put out our hand to cull one of the perfect flowers. "Don't, for heaven's sake! It is the bride's rose. red with blood, and presently the bride herself will come and gather them.

She comes every night and gathers them, and every 'morning they bloom again afresh. Don't touch 'em!" We drew back with an involuntary shudder, and the old woman rose to her feet, letting the rank, grasses close around the shining, blood-red blossoms. "Come," she said, in a sort of awed whisper. "You've seen the rose; let's be going. The dark will be upon us in a twinkling now, and the bride walks at dark! We mustn't be here when she comes! Hark, that's her voice now! Don't you hear? She always comes a-singing, so her lover will know when to meet her.

Don't you hear?" With her skeleton finger uplifted and her hollow eyes fixed on mine. the old creature stood and listened. A faint. sweet murmur. that might have been the echo of distant song, or the soft pulsing of the summer air.

thrilled the twilight silence. "Don't you hear?" she cried, in ter ror. "Come away!" And half in awe myself. as I looked back at, the gray ruins over which the summer darkness was falling, I fo! lowed her across the green copse. through the moaning pine-ridge and up HOW THE TEACHER TAUGHT An Example of the Original View of Things a Child May Take.

In their efforts to teach children, parents are often surprised by the original views which the youngsters take. and by their presentation of views which, while they may be but partial, are at least correct and discriminating so far as they go, says-Edwin J. Prindle. in St. Nicholas.

It occurred to a father, who noticed a carpenter hammering upon the roof of a distant house, that he would give his little son (eight years old) a lesson in physics, by calling attention to the fact that the blows of the hammer could be seen before the sound made by them could be heard, and explaining that the difference in time between the seeing of the blows and the hearing of th noise was due to the fact thatlight travels much faster than sound. He sought to introduce the subject by "'ing the boy if he derstood w' yoas that he could see the hammF.i. he could hear the noise of was astonished to rec it's to the low doorway of her little hut. There was a light within, and we could see her daughter busy preparing our evening meal. The old woman sat down upon the stone sill, and wiped the perspiration from her brow.

"We've run a risk." she said; "if we'd ha' lingered another half hour 'twould ha' been the last o' us. No one ever lives as once sets eyes upon the bride. One man was foolhardy endugh to try it long ago; he waited and watched to see the bride come, and he was never heard cf again." "She must be a terrible bride, then," I answered, sitting down beside her: "won't you tell me about her? Tell me the story from beginning to end. There is a story, isn't there?" "Oh, yes, I've told it hundreds o' times in my day. Listen, and you shall hear it.

It all happened centuries ago, when the old church yonder was just a building. "A great gentleman come across the sea from England-Lord Stewart by name. He lived in a great house down among the hills below there, and had no end o' servants, and dishes o' gold and silver to eat out of, and fine carriages to ride in, and his daughter was the grandest lady in the whole country, and the handsomest. She had a skin like the snow, and cheeks like primroses, and eyes like stars, and she wore gowns o' the finest silk ever wove. "Well, Lord Stewart meant to mai her to some great man who was to come across from England; but the Lady Beatrice, that was her name, what should she do but fall in love with head architect, who was building the old church down yonder.

"He was a fine ycung fellow, but ihe come o' the people, and wasn't over rich, and he daren't show himself at Lord Stewart's great house; so every evening at twilight the Lady Beatrice she comes down to the church to meet him, anr. they walks up and down, a talking their love, till idnight stars were a shining overhead. "Lord Stewart he knows nothing about it, and he sends to England for the fine gentleman to come over and marry his daughter. And he comes, and puts a glittering ring on Lady Beatrice's finger, and the wedding day is fixed, and wedding finery a making up--white silks and satins, and laces, such as never wGa seen afore under the sun. "And Lady Beatrice is afraid to say a word, but she goes on meeting her lover.

Every evening at twilight she goes down to the church, and if he isn't there she falls to singing in her soft, sweet voice, and he hears her, and comes, and they walk up and down together. "But at last the wedding day comes, and the wedding feast is cooked, and all the grand wedding guests invited. And the wedding finery is all in readiness, and Lord Stewart commands his daughter to get ready for the marriage. And she dare not disobey, or open her mouth to tell him a word about the man she loves. So she sits white and still like a ghost, while they robe her in the white silks and laces, and jewels, and then they lead her down the great stairway, and put her in tbe waiting carriage, and the grand wedding party drives down to the new church.

They are to be married there, the very first marriage before the new altar. "A groom gallops ahead, to bid the head architect have the bells in readiness to ring for the wedding, and he goes up on the dizzy steeple, in a great hurry, to see for himself that all is right. He has heard nothing of the marriage, and has no dream that Iady Beatrice is to be the bride. "But presently he looks down, just as the grand party comes dashing up, and he sees Lady Beatrice come walking up the steps, all in her white silks and laces, with her white veil flowing to her feet, and she a leaning on the arm of the fine English gentleman. All in a minute it flashes through his mind, what is a going to be-that Lady Beatrice has played him false, and has come to church to be made another man's lWide.

"He grows blind and sick, and reels where he stands, and presently he falls headlong down from the dizzy steeple. He strikes the flagstones in the. court- "9 yard. right at Lady Beatrice's feet, as she comes sweeping up on her bridegroom's arm. "She sees him, and knows him, anrd falls on her knees beside him, with an awful cry.

The blood stains her white marriage robes, and the white roses in her hair fall out, and lay dabbled in a pool of red blood. "They raise her up, and carry her off, but the wedding does not go on. for the poor lady lies in a swoon, and that night she dies, a calling on her dead lover's name. "The next day, when the men came to wash away the bloodstains from the flagstones where the poor architect fell, they find that Lady Beatrice's bridal roses have taken root, and are growing betwixt the flagstones in the courtyard, and instead of being white, they are blood red. "That's the story of the bride's roses: And for h.indreds and hundreds of years they have grown and bloomed in that same spot; and every night, as surely as the dark falls, the poor.

broken-hearted lady comes a singing. with her white laces. and her long marriage veil a trailing and rustling, and she stoops down and gathers the red roses; but when the next morning comes they are blooming again as fresh as ever. Winter or sumtler the bride's roses never Home Journal. because my eyes are nearer to the hammer than my ears." A WESTLAND Cornme away, come away, away, From th'e prisoning of town Andl tl- tiat' and frown, To the reaches of plain and the wind and the rain, th- un idown.

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