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IIE. OULD I be sure that when you smile So sweetly up at me 'Twns not a worni k . an s wickcu wite From which my soul should flee; Could I be sure 1 lint all v ti 11 r LJZf L" Your dainty form, your radiant face, 'Bore, in their loveliness, no trace Of nrtlul coquetry; Could I be sure that, day by day, Your thou k1is on me were bent; That, were I near or far away. Your life with mine was blent; Could I be sure that through the years. iYour faith would cling 'mid fortune's jeers, Nor diacontent, nor doubts, nor fears Be in your bosom pent; Could I be sure that in your eyes Naught but the truth could shine, And only woman's love arise To gaze from them in mine; Could 'I be sure that tongue or pen 'Might never err in praising when You were the subject, then why, then I'd be your valentine. SHE. If I could know that your soft words of praise Touching my eyes and hair ."Were not culled from some poet's tender lays And used but as a snare; 'If I could know you really had a heart, And that you'd find it out if Cupid's dart Should penetrate unto that callous part And stick and quiver there; If I could know that men sometimes were not, Despite the stories told, Quite such a desperately wicked lot, Sinful, conceited, bold; If I could know that you, for instance, would Make some small effort to be fairly good And treat me as in decency you should When I grow wan and old; If I could know that you would always be The oak unto my vine; That you'd repay my trust with constancy Be just and wise, in fine; If I could know you were a man of men, And that no mortal tongue nor meddling pen Might make you cease to love me, then why, then I'd be your valentine. MY VALENTINE. Y valentine wasn't ia beautiful card with (some pretty lines written on it in gilt letters. A valentine does not always mean that, but it sometimes m e a n s, and that is a really true valentine, a person who promises on the Uth of February to be your sweetheart and friend and to protect and love you through all the year, ai:d this is the promise Fred gave to me, which I accepted very willingly, for I had known him a long time. Indeed, I think I was one of his very first friends when he was a wee ball of a baby, and a vciy good baby he was, too, crowing nnd playing with his fat little fingers all day long, never crying except when he was made to wait too long for his dinner. Then I knew him afterward, when he was 7 years old and had his firt pair of trousers and stcrtod to school, and I thought he was very much of a -nan to be only 7, as I watched him walk down the street with his hands in his tickets. His cheeks were so red and his eyes as bright as buttons, but never so bright as when he came homo and found cranberry pie for dinner; then there would be a great shout of "Hurrah for mother, hurrah for cranberry pie!" For of all good things to eat I think he liked cranberry juo best, so the mother put her wits to work and thought of all the things that could make a cranberry pie better, and nobody in the world, he thought, could make such pies as she did. But it was four years ago when I came to know him best when on the saddest of 11 St. Valentine's days lie pledged his faith to be my brave and true valentine ell his life and sealed the promise with a kis3. A great sorrow had como at this time into Ins home, and the good kind father was taken away by a fenrfiil accident, leaving my little valentine and his mother very sad and troubled and without protection or support in the large city. "Do not cry, mother dear," he said, putting his arms tenderly about her and choking back his own sobs. "I love you and I will work hard for you as father did. And although he was not yet 10 years old lie accepted the care of his mother as a solemn and tender charge, and his faithfulness ever since has proven to mo what a noble, manly heart a very mall boy can have. A friend of his father's took him into his store as errand boy, and, besides, evry evening you could see his shining face on the street corners and hear Iiis c lieery oico crying evening papersTimes, Star and Pos I." but though he worked Lard, and always cheerfully, his earnings were not enough for them both, and the mother had to work hard, too, and the days were often long and sad for her, only when Fred came home at nights with Iiis pay: "Hello! little mother," and a warm hug, her face would brighten into a smile and she would forget how Had and tired she was. Delight Tul long evenings they had together around the (Ire, when the tea things had been cleared away and the books brought out, for the lessons were kept p at home now that he could no longer go to school, on account of his work at the store, and he used to declare that they were the best part of the whole day, and his mother the very nicest teacher in the world. When the cold weather came the little mother was very anxious about her boy, but he was as brave as ever, never acknowledging how, half-frozen, he had been trudging through the snow with his paper, until one colder day than usuü he came home shivering, his face as white as tho sncw, with a bright red spot burn

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ing in each cheek. All that night he tossed and tumbled and moaned, ind by morning he did not know the frightened mother bending over him and Talked indistinctb about a lot of things she could not understand. When the doctor eame he said it was a fever, and I knew that meant my little valentine would have a long, weary struggle for the life which so many hod learned to love and which would leave his mother so desolate if it were taken from her. You may be sure he had the best of care, for his friends were filled with sorrow to see him suffer and felt anxious to relieve the mother, who never left his side, and even the good St. Valentino himself watched over him sometimes, I think, at my particular request, and perhaps that is the reason one bricht day. when Christmas had come and gone and we were all standing by his bed almost dreading what might happen next, lie opened his tired eyes and said "Little Mother," very slowly and in a voice so changed and weak you could not have recognized it as the one you hnjl heard crying papers on the street corners. The tears even cam? into the doctor's eyes as he heard him speak, and I cried as if he were going to die instead of get well, my dear little valentine, so pale and helpless. It was a long time before he would as much as sit up, because you know it is a great deal easier to go down a hill than it is to climb up again, and he had to creep along very slowly, being so weak, so it was not until St. Valentine's Day that he could stand at the window ami watch the school children as they went by, with their heads held close together over mysterious envelopes addressed in unfamiliar handwriting. "I had forgotten it was St. Valentine's Day," he said aloud, though there was no one in the room. "I'm afraid I haven't been a very good valentine all this time, but I love her more than ever, and she knows I couldn't help being siek, it was so cold." "Here is a present from your valentine, my dear," said his mother, appearing at the door with a magnificent cranberry pie made in the shape of a heart, with "To my valentine" on it in letters fe.rmed of foaming white of egg that stood up like snowy peaks on a bed of crimson berries, "and best of all the doctor says he thinks one piece, if it is not too large, will make you quite a man again." His eyes brightened and then the tears came into them as he threw h'n arms about her and said: "I haven't been a very good valentine, mother dear, but I would like to try over again this year, if she will let me; but do you think she knows how much I love her, little mother?" Yes, I was quite sure I knew how much he loved me and I loved him even more than he loved me, so the happy vows were trade again and sealed with many kisses, and have never been broken once, as I know very well, for he is my valentine and I am his mother. Detroit Free Press. ST. VALENTINE'S DAY.

How It Was Celebrated Years Ago nntl How To-day. For more than three thousand years it has been usual for young people to indulge in sports of a peculiar kind in the middle of February, some faint shadow of which still survives. We are assured that nothing lasts so long as an amusing custom. Accounts differ concerning the origin of St. Valentine's Day. In the earlier ages of Home February was the last month of the year, and for that reason it was much devoted to the service of the gods. The Latin verb februare means to purify and to expiate, and hence this month was called by the ancient Kornaus Februarius. or the month of purification. The old Kornaus doubtless felt at the end of the year very much as we do, nnd snid themselves: "Let us clear off old scores, m-ike up for neglected duties and start afresh." Tho most singular religious festival was held on the 15th of February in a place called the Lupercal, where llomulus and Remits were supposed to have been nurtured by the she-wolf. There was a grove neur by. in which there was an altar to Lupereiis. the god of fertility, and heneo the festival was called the Lupercalia. In most of the religious celebrations of the Kornaus there was a great deal of jollity and merriment, and perhaps no festival was celebrated with bo much boisterous fun as this. Young men, half covered with goatskins, ran about the city, striking all tho women they met with thongs of goatskin.. As time went on, and the gods were held in less reverence, the Lupercalia beciimo more riotous and the whole people gavo themselves up to extravagant festivity. But what of St. Valentine? How did his name become connected with a pagan festival? This is a point upon which " commentators differ." St. Valentine, according to the old Christian records, was an eminent bishop, or presbyter, who lived in tho reign of the Kniperor Claudius, about the year 27. He is described as a man of great talents and greater benevolence, who, after a life of zeal nnd good works, obtained "the crown of martyrdom." He was beheaded at Borne during one of the last periods of persecution. The day dedicated to the memory of this eminent saint was the 14th of February, upon which for a thousand years the people of Koine had been accustomed to prepare for the Lupercalia. Presents of gloves, jewelry, llowers, sweetmeats, sandal.-, and garters licw about in all directions, and the young men and maidens were full of expectation. Now, tho fathers of the church were

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wise 1a their generation. They fonrjQ that they could not prevent the sport of the Lupercalia. so they did the next best thing they purified and permitted them. The ancient indecencies and riotous burlesques of the heathen festival were abolished, and in their stead were practiced tho innocent gayeties of St. Valentine's Day. This at least is the best explanation that can now be given of tho peculiar usages to which we are accustomed on tho festival consecrated to the memory of a beloved bishop and a Christian martyr.

HEARTS ARE UPPERMOST. They Play an Important Part in the Decoration of Valentines. Hearts, it is needless to say, play an important part in the decoration of this year's valentines as they have ever since the manufacture of love-tokens first beor?.- 44. M -HOT'. came a recognized and established business. In every possible form and fashion' j they are introduced; in every possible key the 'hange are rung upon them; in the high tragedy and low comedy of love alike tjiey figure. A valentine calendar, with a vivid red heart by way of a cover, is something of a novel!-. Pleasantly suggestive are the lines inscribed upon it: "Although this heart hut pasteboard be ! There beats a warmer one for thee." A bright set of "comics" have fuzzy darkies heads looking out of banjos, sweet potatoes and watermelons the various artices that one associates with Southern pickaninnies. A magnolia blossom belonging to this series bears upon its back this verse, a trille oversentimental, perhaps; but fortunately people who give and receive valentines aren't hypercritical: See what a dusky center This fair magnolia shows, Though 'tis the sweetest blossom That in the Southland grows; Would that I thus within thy heartAs thou art e'er in mine Fnthioiiod amid its sweetness were ! fairest Valentine! Decline of the Valentino. In oMcn days Saint Valentine Sought every heart to please. And put in every happy line Such tender word., as those: 'The roso is red, the violet's blue; Honey is sweet and so are you." The welcome missives then exchanged All told of earthly bliss. And for the faithful were arranged Such pretty things as this: "If you love- me as I love you. No knife can cut our love in two." But lovers were untruo betimes And as a reprimand Saint Valentine some little rhymes About like this one planned: "False heart! I cannot call you mine; You shall not be my valentine." Then things wo t on from bad to worse Alas! till, by and by. Sarcastic ouplets, blunt and terse, Like this one met the eye: "You've got a phiz so fearful plain 'Twill sidetrack any gravel train!" Now pictures awful to behold Accompany the lines. Ami happy truths like this are told In comic (V) valentines: "Your face would a chimpanzee shockIt's warranted to stop a clock!" Where are we drifting! Who can say? Unless these paper foes Put comic y't) valentines away They'll by and by inclose With every valentine they writo A great big chunk of dynamite. It is pointed out that the ccntui plant is a good indicator of climate, as it often llowers in fifteen years in warm latitudes, and may exceed one hundred before Uoweilng in greenhouses of cool countries. Joan of Are w.is undoubtedly the victim of insane hallucinations. Her "voices" were to her the most absoluta realities.

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Four HiindrcJ People Perish b!y. ONLY TWENTY SAVED. Cut Down by the British Steamer Crathie. Awful Panic Knsiies-Tlie Ill-Fatcci JJont Sinks a Pew Momenta After the Crash Passengers Caught in a Trap hy the Inrush of Water The North Sea the Place, Farly Wednesday Morning the Time, cf Oiu of the Most Frightful of Maritime Disasters. The North OJcrm.in Lloyd steamer I'ibe. C:ipt. von (iosscl, from Iremen Wednesday for New York via ."'outhnmpfoii. wis sunk in collision with the British steamer Ciathie, bound from Ilotterdam for Aberdeen. There were about 40-') persons on the Libe, -10 of whom were passengers, otlieers and crew and a number of the cattlemen who were returni to the I'nited States. Twenty-two survivors of the wreck have been landed, and a few others may slill be nlloat in a lifeboat. All the others were lost. The disaster occurred before daylight Wednesday mcrnin? at a point soiue thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. The Kibe was steaming at her usual rate of speed and keeping the ordinary lookouts. The night was dark, but there was no s:ale. Suddenly the forward lookout on the Llbe reported that the lights of "1 jSSiegSZzJZ

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a tt earner were close aboard over the port bow. He fore the course of the Llbe could be changed the approaching steamer struck her just abaft the engine-room, going through her plates as though they were paste-board and sticking her nose almost completely through the hull of the I'!be. Fur a time the Crathie held the Llbe on h'.T nose, but then her engines were reversed, and she backed out of the aperture she had made. As she did so the water rushed into the F.! he in a torrent and siie began immediately to settle. The officer in charge at once saw tint she was doomed, and gave orders to clear away the lifeboats. Three of the boats were lowered, but one of them capsized, nnd it is thought that all occupants were drowned. No Chance for Saloon Passengers. As soon as the Crathie backed away the inrushing water Hooded the aft of the engine-room so quickly that nobody below decks on that part of the ship had an opportunity to escape. The shock of the collision was comparatively slight in viev of the damage done, but this is explained by the fact that it was a direct, cutti ig blow. Nearly nil the passengers were asleep at the time, but many of them were awakened by the shock, slight as it was. They could hear the rmh of the rapid inllowing water, and with cries of terror sought to make Mieir way to the upper dock. The steamer being loaded by the stern, water naturally rushed aft, and this allowed many of the passenngers forward to reach the deck. In the case of the saloon passengers, however, the result was fatal. As they rushed from their staterooms into the saloon they were met by the torrent, against whieh it was impossible for them lo make headway. They were caught up and swept aft toward the cockpit, whore they were probably drowned before the ship foundered. Altogether about fifty of the passengers reached the leck, where the wildest eonfusion existed. Wild rushes were made for the boats, but the terrible excitement prevailing impeded the efforts of those who were trying to clear them away. Many heartrending; scenes were witnessed between parents and children in SCKNK OF TUE IUSASTEK. Where the F.lhe, on her wav from r.remon to Southampton, wa-; struck by tho Crathie, troin lloUenUn.i 5;:r Alienleen. Lowesioit-n'iu;g iort wlirro tho survivors were Iiimleil. the few moments preceding the sinking of the vessel. Meanwhile the cry was raised on the doomed vessel for the women nnd children to go over to the other side of the steamer, away from the pott side, in which was the great f.np'ng hole caused by the Crathie. The half fainting wo-

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men and te-or-str:cken children harried to the starboard side, lint they haV scarcely reached the boats when the huge Yespel lifted her Ikjws high in the air, and then tlowly and silently sank, stern foremost, beneath the waves, taking with her her human freight. Uarely twenty minutes elapsed between the collision and the sinking of tho steam r. A heavy ?oa was running and the wind, whieh was from the cast-south-easr. was bitterly eold. It is said tho Crathie looked only to her own safety, and steamed to Maas Louis. Holland, in only slightly damaged condition. Sufferings of Survivors. The small boat containing the survivors tooed ahout until 11 o'clock in the morning. Several vessels were sighted in the meantime, but they made no reply to the signals that were set for them. The survivors were nearly frozen, having hardly any clothing, and their suffering was ii.tep.se. Lvcntuaüy the fishing smack Wild Flower saw the signals and bore down on the boat. In a short time the survivors were taken aboard of her, where everything possible was done for their comfort. There being a difference of opinion as to the number of boats that were launched, the agent of the company employed a steamer to proceed from Lowestoft to the sene of the wreck and search for any of the survivors that may ho afloat. The (Icrnian vie consul purchased a quantity of clothing for the survivors and did everything in his power to relieve their distress. The rescued are now at the sailors' home at Lowestoft and the Suffolk Hotel at that place. Pas -cngers Were Panic-Strickcn. The account of the disaster published by the London Daily Graphic says that the otlieers of the Llbe were unable to calm the excited steerage passengers after the collision. It is known that three boats were launched. One of them

was swamped before anybody entered ' it. The other two boats got away, each containing about twenty persons. Anna Uoecker, a passenger from Southampton, laid in the bottom of the boat which rescued her, partly immersed by water for Jive hours. Not a complaint was made by her. J; eUVbV The North Herman Lloyd steamship Kibe was built in tJhisgow in 1SS1 and has been running since its construction in the regular North Corinna Lloyd service between New York and 1 Ironien by way of Southampton, although it was for a time in the North (leniitin Lloyd service between New York ami the Mediterranean. The Kibe was a lirst-cbiss steamship of over -l.oUO gross tonnage; it was commanded by Capt. von (Joessel nnd had a full and ellicient crew aboard. The steamship had accommodation for 120 tirst-elass cabin passengers, l."0 second cabin passengers, and steerage passengers. The vessel was built by he Fairfield? and was considered a stan.di and good sea boat. It was four masted, bad r.(H M indicated horse-power, which gave it a speed of from WU to 17 knotsan hour, and it had two smokestacks. Its watcrline length was 41S feet, its beam was forty-four feet, and the depth of its hold was thirty-six feet live inches. MUST FIGHT THEM ALL. ?.Iexico Finos the Central American States Arc United Against Her. A telegrain fri.ni (luat'-Tnala verities ihe rumors that the confederation of the Central American republics has bei n formed. Minister Aries of Honduras, Minister Ciumez of Nicaragua, and Kstcpinas of m:x. .tost: m. kf.txa iiaimmos. San Salvador have individually offered the co-operation of their countries to tauatemala. In the event of war with Mexico, Central America will stand united to repel any invasion fron Mexie. The Costa Kica Minister arrived soon after the meeting with President ltarrios of tiuatemala, and is of the same mind as the others of the Central American republics. The war cloud hangs heavy ovr Mexico to-day. It looks as though Mexi has no recourse left but to declare war against the federation of Central America. (Jen. Darrios, President of the Itepullic of (iuatemala. is about years of age. He assisted, when but IS years of age, in the revolution that founded the liberal principles in lauatemala. Since Ilten he has been closely identified with the histoiy of the country, and in was made its President. During his tciu of ollice the city of (Suatetnala has been connected with the Paeitie Ocean by railway. The outcome of the trouble between his country and Mexico U boi:ig anxiously awaited. Dickens aflhnis that "all Rood enda can be worked out by good means. Those that cannot are bad; and may bo considered so at otico nnd left ulon

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Mexico und (c.iatciiiuln. The ( Guatemala ii lovcrnment evidently appreciate the folly of w itlistandi'liJ Mexico. Chit-ago Post. There is clearly e. noel .if any other titan an amb-able solution of this controversy, in spite of the p;- sent excitement nnd the occasional talk of war.--New York Sun. As long a- labor and it employer fight to the death in tie United State, it is grimly incongruou : for the United States to bo playing the part of a pea-omakc: ia foreign lands. Chicago Times. There is nothing in th" situation that cannot be settled easily and promptly by arbitration, i '. r.a tenia la can afford to withdraw its tnp and Mexico can do the same. -Chicago Tribune. Th" almost certain conflict will not be half so much talked about, as tin Ch'neseJanpanese troubles u iles it should bappen that little Cuatcmaki. lik.' littlo Japan, should make havoe of big Mexico. Kansas City Star. Unles i Cuaicmala submits to Mexico's demands. President Diaz declares it must take the oonsequeners. Theve. ;ii view of th condition .f ::'fair in both countriers. are likely t prove disastrous to (.uaiemai.i. Philad -Iphia L.-dger. The Mexicans have a fairly drilled army. Their military academy is not to b" despised. Dia:: k::ows, nevertheless, that war would he a eotiy luxury whil-j national debt is j.re-ii.' prodie-tive industries to th. ir knees. - 'hi. -ago Herald. The Canal Hill. It g es withov.t s.i.Mng thif the United States is i:i--re interested than any other country i.i the :.;; l t"'.:t of this waterway. Lit liana j- lis News. If the canal a:: i' completed under thi-; plan it will 1 i" imi c n-o advantage t the commerce of this cuntry and of tie world. N w Y'-r.i WorM. If th United State; ;an get tho Nietiragua Can:;l w.-il ;hd safely constructed fur seventy millions of dollars, ibe wrk is worth the i.cney. Kansas City Star. If tie- Unite.1 States keep oti guaranteeing the bonds of cr;orations somebody will have to guarantee the bonds of the Uniied States. P.ut that Nicaragua bill will never pass the House of Keproscntative.. Chicago Times. Many a busimss man with a big bank M'-i-.ie.jit and comparatively unlimited credit has I.e. n brought to grief by signing !; Tin1 Uni'.-d States has the cü.ii rn' in utit-.M. amount, but if it goes into the n-.Te-eTiranteehig business it will pr-.l ably have the obligations to meet. This ;s i ;-t what the Senate has voted To ... ia th. Nicaragua canal mattcr. D:ivci;;.-rt Democrat. The New French Ministry. A n. w ministry has been formed i'l I'rance. but there is t o certainty lb it some of the nn rubers w..nt get away during the night. St. Louis Kepubli-'. Premier Kiboi's cabinet has withstood the first onslaught, and seems to Im a much surprised as everybody else. llaltimoro American. M. ItiUit is France's litest cabinet make,. Jf he fails there are several thousand more political carpenters who are willing to undertake the job. Syracuse Post. The cabinet which has been fonn.tl by M. I Ii hot is the ihirty-tift h that has undertaken to carry on the government of France since the establishment of the third republic. Philadelphia Inquirer. As a whole the ministry consists of moderates and is likely to encounter the same unrelenting hostility from ibe radical and socialists that caused Dupuy's defear. I Baltimore Sun. Korean AlTairs. Ill 1 Korea thought of it in time she might have whipp-tl China herself, liut by declaring her i n depend c:i v she is compensated in part for her thoughtlessness. New York Advertiser. Th' king of Korea has formally declared the independence of hi country. This is the result of the Japanese invasion at which Secretary Cieshani demurred ns making unjust war on Korea. Ilnffalo Kxpross. Another Chinese fish story lias been e. plo.led. The two generals who were reportod by Li Hung Chang as having died heroically at Port Arthur have turned up vale and sound at Pekiu. Leu.vi'.'o Courier-Journal. The Chinese have great confidence in winter as an ally against Japan as w '11 as in the delays of diplomacy. I tut the indications are that laoth will f .il them. While the Chinese interpose delays i'l negotiating a peace Japan's armies will march ui!i Pekiu. llxch.inge. I.ivine; Pictures. The trump who slept in the Astor bei will now be engaged :is a living ;: lure. St. Paul News-Kecord. The New York movement against th living pictures is not understood to hav any reference to Li Hung Chang. tlrar.d Ilapids Democrat. The announcement that the Now Yorkpolice will inspect the liing pictures i Well calculated to make 1 rot her l'arkl.urst laugh right out loud. IJosteu HrH. The police of New York City w ho are required to c.lit living pictures and umpire foot -ball games are likely to have almost as much responsibility as those w h are supervising the police. Washington Star. Hypnotism tinl Crime, The hypnotic business is getting inor alarming daily. Indianapolis Sentinel. Having reached the era of hypnolic crime we ought also to have a bit of hy;notie justice now and t en. Philadelphia Inquirer. Murderous insanity is the influence cf one's own cussedness. Hypnotism js tin evil borrowed from some one else. Hue is as dangorou as the other and in nine cases out of ten they do not deserve to be considered by any intelligent jury. -Kansas City Times. The Uoeky Mountains won first called Montagues de Pierres llrilliantes, "Mountains of Sparkling Stones;" then came Montagues I loch discs, and finally the designation now in common use. Tho lndi tns called them T': Crest of the World." The father of Talma, the great actor, was a dentist, and intended his son fot the same business. The latter showed no enthusiasm for fill lug teeth, and soon deserted hli employment for tho stage.

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