Each shining cord was made with skill, And woven with such grace, That none would dream he meant to kill, In such a royal place; The beauty of that bright bazar No one could ever fear, Its mirrors caught the morning star, That glistened crystal-clear. Its swinging lamps were globes of dew, Enkindled by the dawn, And when the morning breezes blew Across the velvet lawn, The shining lamps swung to and fro. Enravishing the eye, Till garbed in light-robes, all aglow, Was every flower and fly. But when the lights began to wane, As sea-tides slowly ebb, I heard the minor notes of pain Issuing from a web; And as my cautious feet drew nigh, I heard the dying song Of one deluded, wayward fly That watched the lamps too long. THE LATE DR. ELLIOTT COUES. C. C. MARBLE. [Illustration: Sketch of Dr. Coues.] The subject of this sketch, whose death occurred on Christmas, 1899, at Baltimore, Md., was one of the few men who have become famous both in physical and psychical science. He had long been recognized as one of the leading naturalists of America, and of late years had acquired equal distinction as a philosopher. Early in April last Dr. Coues supplied us with the material for a sketch of his life, to which we are indebted chiefly for what this article contains. He was born in Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 9, 1842, and was the son of Samuel Elliott Coues and Charlotte Haven Ladd Coues. His father was the author of several scientific treatises which anticipated some of the more modern views of physics, astronomy, and geology; so that young Coues would seem to have inherited his bent of mind towards study and research. The name is of Norman French origin. Dr. Coues' father was a friend of Franklin Pierce, and early in the presidency of the latter received from him an appointment in the United States patent office, which he held nearly to his death in July, 1867. The family moved to Washington in 1833 and Dr. Coues had always been a resident of that city, excepting during the years he served in the West and South as an army officer or engaged in scientific explorations. As a boy he was educated under Jesuit influences at the seminary now known as Gonzaga College. In 1857 he entered a Baptist college, now Columbian University, where he graduated in 1861 in the academic department, and in 1863 in the medical department of that institution. To the degrees of A. B., A. M., Ph. D., and M. D., conferred by this college, his riper scholarship added titles enough to fill a page from learned societies all over the world.