Witt nkv wm ray n 1 li-i-, t i .1 s -b B. F. SCHWEIER, TUB 0053TITUTI0I TEE UIIOI-lID TEE EIIOSOIKEIT OP TEE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XXXIX. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. "WEDNESDAY. APRIL S, 1SS5. NO. 15. vsr-oi www in id in it I 11 11 fv?i fvf I ill. Pi M il II. H5 vyr xrvr vsy WirE A!D I. . ' ! ul"n m-T htrt j.iwtiii :oinit; w"mit; tfik-i Ibe wr:u.t blessing; r herds- :b:1" ''"' UM coma, D.- tiat may t Jri ; .'boi rs sLa.i Rroet us yet, f10i-L.i; ;u.iy tw weary; s. tti L-art l b tby horn., '"; i ihu bw? tby piliuw, j."" Jrtt, :.s meet tbiue as oft "g tttth billow. :u. n, .u tr.r happy heart, .i'cr tLc lve hatU won it; p-ci-j t!,;w ou my loyal breast V it-1 Jt ;h 'U b.-t done it; "a ' " ir biix'in shall change, -..j : wintrv weather, Ujc'wi- ;i: -. w! :an.e grave tDI K 1HE -UISTXETOE-eOCGU. ';:r,ifleas Is an ancient rani- k-c tfii with a gray weather-beaten fro-.: ami i'-i-!1' "'J stacks; it is full of d Jtv ! ; tij lC'ar Js and odd little Ei's and eli and has a number of r&jt,,ii!.i at the top in which the it rt" anil t!ie w;nd wake so many curious gist's a: night that the servants firmly bt;-vr :!;eiu to le haunted. I do not a& a of the report though; and i i ,vr t! u'nl h.nise dearly, for it is my t ite, as it has been the home of my alvr zran-.ilattier, ana gooaness ouiy hu.v niany more Westbounies befjie rue. I do Dot think any of ray brothers and js-ers except Frank share my loving miration tor tne dsar, quaiut old flux; hut then he and I are always ot oaeruiiid. Frank is my elder by two tears; he is two-aud-twenty now, and k in LoiAm, reading for the Bar. I am ure ht? will make a great man some of Uifse days he u so cleer, so patient, id rw !uie, o ralm, and, withal, so full irftLcrcyiir.il lti severance, that I think C :2 be a strange thing if he does not iWue fortune Then, to-5, he has another motive for otkibg h-.ides his natural desire for fcivaricenicut; we are far from rich, and he kEovrs that father has enough to do tc kc-p Liin in London and Uarry at and that the sooner he can tta;iKa!a himself the better for Harry. beiLS onlf a toy of fcfletn, must long te a t'Li'ien on father's hands. I aiu iSraid that I am not impartial in my iitxs; fur, though I love all my broth ers nii'l Si5 is clcar'y, I certainly prefer Frar.it to il;irry. Fiark is my darling, cv best teluved companion and couti oisT; te bas ln the playmate of my diidiixJ. t:e dcai- friend and adviser of lty Ti Uth; and It is but natural, I tfiirk. tf a: he snould be foremost in my Counts. Ai.j lc cer'.aiuly is this evening, as 1 Qiy rounds through the old bouse, with Fio fur my companion. Flo is niy sister, next in ajre to me a tall, strik-iHf-lookiug cirl of eighteen, with well forn ed .Varures and large limpid blue T.y e.i es, a ningularly delicate complex &k, aril a small graceful head, thick coiled with soft brown hair. I su; : o.-e I had better say at once ttat ni" own personal appearance is qa:: a t-oiifst to Flo's. 1 am rather eaii.w:;!i STMie what irregular features, irr"f haul e.es, and a mass of dark hw drwn oart from a low broad fore tell 1 aic jiist "passable" no more, t e Fio ; decidedly the beauty of the fcai'.y. and resembles my mother, who uied three years ago, leaving me, then lurry seventeen, to be the mistress of tie Louse and the ' 'little mother" of the j( ar-p-r oi'es. iSA-i Harry, there is Gertie, a slim grioi twelve, full of innocent vivacity til mirth, and the spoilt pet and dar aLZ of u- all. There is a knock at the cbiir, and Susan, our housemaid .enters, her bare arms :-t earning, and something m.ire t! an a suspicion of soap-suds upon tie tand which she extends holding a c'r p.aoei carefully between two folds of her a;iR.n. w MUh. nle.i-e. Miss Marion," she say, "ere I a letter as has just come by tleaJterno.iu post, and Itobert gave it to me to hring to you at once! You'll plfi-e excuse my hands, miss 1 were Kaslixj down the stairs." vt co;ir, bns.in thank you," i 7, aiid turn to Flo, as the door closes on the pirl. crying, "Why. Flo, it's from Frank: What can he want to ntf aV.it, 1 wonder!1" '"tVi: the letter and se," suggests T.n i w- ca'ly. And so I do, and read is fo"o-,vi: ''-It dearest Marion, I know such oiever l::t'e housekeeper as yon can jver be taken by surprise, so 1 am bnojg Yauaau down with me to ts;!)urnelfa.s. You remember my aier asked him to visit us when he jaft saw him in town, so when I met a:jhaa yesterday I persuaded him to Kbi. the invitation for this next fort night. We shall start by the 4 30 train, m H to he with you by 7 o'clock. Love to my father, Flo, and Gertie. ueve Le ever your affectionate Brother, "Frank." . "k a'.lV" asks Flo, when I con clude. "Yes, and quite enough too!" say I ri crossly, I am afraid. "The JWts room hasn't been used for ffiouthimj how it is to be properly rw OU such short not iiv I rjint full. J wish Mr. Vaughau had been in Tim- buctoo jes-,., day, instead of where he Wt Frank:-' j"'jy- Marion." Flo says laughingly. don't ij. oui quiet, capauie woman at all t tike Ion? to light a fire; and you riw it s quite a charity to bring this Co?:"1''1'' frI!o'' here to spend his Frv?1''3- Hou't you remember , s te'linff us that he hadn't a sin re.ahve m llnglaiid? So of course jj3 ho tobje hut bachelor's lodg- IureaiPBr,'" I answer peni- ' 11 W ls very selfish of me. I tuiUKT;; of the eIlra tnuble Vm lw, i ' aLd L,,t of Pr Yaughan 's 1'ft- 1 Wl11 teU Susan 10 uKnt ilj ,'!c'a-T' antl I can see how it is go- tt,Sc'f 'wlien Wd have finished fWs,E? the house." reork with a will at Fiank's & . 7 Vll,en tl,at finished, run 10 vf "Id school-room. It is a of .L , ": .v-i"niishedroomat the end hat aen we elder ones were little, ' grew oiaer ""d into a school-room. ! uen we Erew older, was fife' : I. grw dusk, and I look ttl"V 3 of F1 and Gertie to h.e,to,4n. Presently, Flo. who tii;n -..r0"11'1 o hurry over any 'unteers to finish the room and beTiatletoe. I gladly accept the ar-1 u uasii way to look after percent of Jr. l a ug nan's roora. The fir Is burning brightly when I enter, and tilings look coay and : coniforuoie enough. "What a comfort it is." I soliloquy ' "that the carpet and curtains are red! i A room f uinuhe-i in crimson can never j look very cold or cheerless. I wonder I what sort of man this Mr. Yaughan is. He must be nice, 1 think, or Frauk would not like him so much. I wonder if he will admire Flo? She is so pretty, I don't think he can help it. But then I believe Herbert Vaughan is poor and I dont think Flo ought to marry a poor man. It would break her heart to be always pinching and economizing and trying to make one shilling go as far as two," And so, having tidied things here and there, I trip down-stairs again, and meet my father in the hall "Well, little woman," he says, as I stand on tiptoe to relieve him of bis heavy great-coat, "any feigns of tea?" "I'll go and make it now, father, while you are warming your hands." "Freseutly we are all saated round the early tea-tahle. chatting iiaily of the morrow which is to bnu us Harry and Frank. And then I teil father of Mr. Yaughan 's visit, and he says "I am very glad he is coming, Mar ion; be has no home, poor fellow, and Uiere is no season in which that is missed so sorely as at Christuiastide," "And he really has no relative living, lather?" I ask. "I believe he has one," is the answer, "but she Is only an old great-aunt who habitually resides in France." I am very tired when I go to bed ; and when I fall asleep I dream that I am sailiiig, with my brother Frank and Herbert Yaughan, over a sea fair and smooth as glass; but presently the boat upsets, and I am struggling in the water, and trying to save myself by clinging with both hands to the great mistletoe bough which Flo has bung up this evening; and suddenly its leafy sprays change Into the dorsal fin of a great dolphin, on which, in mermaid fashion, I am riding and here my dream becomes confused, and I remem ber no more. The morning was dark and lowering; some sncw had fallen in the night, and the dull gray of the sky promised more. Nevertheless I felt bright and cheery as I dressed quickly and hurried down stairs, I met my father coming out of his room as I descended, and, putting my hand upon bis arm, detained him a moment to say "Good morning,'' and to ask if he thought there would be more snow. His face grew grave as he an swered that he feared there would, and that, if so, Frank and his friend would have an uncomfortable journey. wear. It was'a dress which Frank had j admired the last time he had been with I r v i -iMna- .w.n.wi ..-v, ... t ..v. .... i.i us. I put it ou, and turned to peep at myself in the glass. Yes, certainly Frank's taste was excellent. The soft sweeping folds of black cashmere, re? he veil here and there by crimson bows, did really become me . I fastened my simple white collar with a knot of crimson velvet, and placed a similar but smaller bow amongst the dark coil of my hair. And then I peeped again into the mirror, and thought must I confess it? that I had never looked so well before, I had just turned from the glas-, when Fio entered the room, dressed in a rich purple, which harmonized well with her clear complexion and bright brown hair. "Why, Marion, how nice you look!" she exclaimed. "Mr. Yaughan must needs admire you, if he has eyes to "I did not dress for Mr. Vaughan, but for Frank," 1 said, provoked that her careless words should have nude me" blush, as 1 knew they had. "But they will soon be here, so I will go and take a last look at their rooms." ' I stayed a moment to arrange the lit- j .le bouquet of ivy and chrysanthemums j n hich decked the writing-table, and lien ha-stened down-stairs. I found my tle then lather, Flo, and Gertie in the drawing room, all engaged in reading. I imi tated their example at least to the ex tent of taking up a book-but I could not Ox my attention on the printed page before me. They were orty minute behind their time now. I could bear it no longer. Father," I cried and the voice seemed uulike mine, it was so strained and harsh "why dont they come?" My father laid down bis book and glanced at the clock on the mantelpiece. As he did so the door opened, and our servant Itobert entered abruptly, a wild scared look upon hts face. "I beg your pardon, sir," ho said, "but there's been aslight accident upon the line about ten miles above the sta tion, and I thought you might like to come back with me. The night has cleared greatly, sir. and the snow has almost ceased." White as death, my father rose and followed the servant to the door. I think, tn his stupor of fear and grief, he would have gone forth into the bit ter cold without extra clothing of any kind, but that I followed him, and in sisted on his putting on his great-coat and muffler. Thank Heaven, I could still think for others, though I could not for myself! Then I went back to the drawing room to watch and wait and endure, for, alas, women can only suffer, whilst men can act! Gertie was crying quietly; Flo, her white face drawn and haggard, sat staring straight before her, with a loot ot passive endurance aud stony calm in her large blue eyes. . Almost an hour passed thus. I had counted the ticks of the clock I had shivered at every one of Gertie's long drawn sobs 1 had started at every chance sound I had battled with my misery till it had grown intolerable. 1 rose, and passed swiftly from the room, down the hall, and into the o.d school room. The Are was burning brightly in the grate, and now and then a cheerful light leaped up and chased the flickering shadows on the walL I would not ap proach the fire it was too gay aua bright to suit ni7 sombre mood but, drawing a stool into the centre of the room, I sat down upon it rnd hid my face in my hands. I cannot tell how long I had sat thus, when I heard the door open, me tramp of men's feet in the hall, and the buzz of voices, amongst which I recogn.zed Frank's. I tried to rise and hurry towards tbe door, but the sudden revul sion of feeling was too much lor me, and mv over-strained nerves gave way. I made a few blind, stumbling steps for ward and fell fainting to the floor. When my senses came back to me, at length, there came with them the con sciousness that Fio was supporting my head upon her arm, and that inn knelt beside me, his anxious eyes flxed upon my face. I put my arm about bis neck, and drew him towards me, ex claiming "Oh, thank Heaven, you are safe. aeari ive were so tnghtened." He bent his head to kiss me, and then i saw mat mere nad been more specta tors of the scene than I had imagined. The tall figure of a man was retreating rrora the door, and I turned quickly to i to ana wnispcrea "Who i that?" "Only Mr. Vaughan. dear." she an swered. "He was very kind, and would not return to the drawing room until he heard you were better." Only Mr. YaughanI I was so pro- voKea mat l straiehtway jumped up, and, exclaiming. "Come we have been idling here long enough," made a few steps towards the door Frank, looking not a little astonished at my sudden change of manner, hast ened to offer me his arm, and so we reached the drawing-room. As we en tered, I became conscious of a tall stal wart figure standing lieside my father's cnair. ot course it was only Air. Yaughan, an 1, for the life of me. I could not raise my eyes whea my brother introduced him. but was glad to take refuge behind the tea-urn and concen trate my attention upon the tea-cups and sugar-basin. 1 tried if I could catch a glimpse of bis face and draw my con elusions accordingly, uertamly my evil star was in the ascendant to-night! He was looking at rue looking me full in the face! I felt myself crimson to the very roots of my hair as my eyes fell before the keen searching glance of nis nngiit aarK-gray orbs. This little Incident put the finishing strode io niy discomfiture. .During the rest of the night I distinguished myself oy a protouud silence. Oh, how grateful I felt when Frank, pity ing my weary looks, proosed that Flo and 1 should be permitted to retire! I could have hugged him for very thank- ruiness. ben 1 was away from the scrutinizing glances of those bright gray eyes, my self-possession returned. ana "U'.ctiard was lninselr again." "Come into mv room, Flo," I pleaded "the fire is quite good still; and tell me how they escaped. Recollect, I've not heard one word about it, and I m dying to know, "From fear of such a catastrophe as your death," said i lo, laughing, "I sup pose l m bound to satisfy your curios ity." She took a low chair beside the fire and shook out the rich folds of royal purple which became her so well. "To begin, then," she said, "the ac cideut, it appears, was of the most trivial description. I believe it was oc- j casioned by a small stone which lay con cealed unuer me snow upon me une at Z irl ov?rtum mto a r!V'?; ,Z ? " JrJ jured, and they not dangerously "And how was it that you all came into the school-room?" I asked, turn ing towards the fire that Flo might not see my face. "Oh, that was an accident!" she an swered. "You might have lain there for an hour, you poor little Marion .only for Mr. Vaughan." "Mr. Yaughan again I I begin to hate that man." "Frank volunteered to show him to trs room, and they left the drawing room together. The candle was blown out by a draught just as they reached the school-room door, and Frank came back to re light it, leaving Mr. Vaughan ic the corridor. He got tired of wait ing, I suppose, and tried to make his way farther by laying his hand on what he supposed to be the wall. It was the school-room door he touched, and it gave way before his hand, making him stumble forward into the room. Before he had recovered his balance, his toot struck against something . on the floor; and by the light of the candle, which had faiif ted ,p yl whiirtl , ' well j ms It rauk brought just then, he saw that He raised you up.and Frank ran in for me.'' had the prudence to conceal my face from Flo. She would I.ave made more than one arch jest upon the changes which I felt pass over it .... v,.. ' L, a , fln(. wkinff ,(, F, mu31ugiyafter a 8nor? pause "not exactly handsome, but a : - i i I . t. : V. . I very uisiiiiguisuieu-iuo&iug; aim iio uw 1 such honest, handsome eyes. I don't thmk I have ever seen a face that I liked better. It is so frank and truth ful, aud gives you the impression that its owner is sound to the core. Do you know, Marion, I should like Herbert Yaughan immensely for a brother-in- l lawl" I turned upon her with scarlet cheeks and flashing eyes. "Flo. bow dare you say such a thing? I hate that man!" 'And why, my dear?" asked Flo, quite amused by my indignant outburst. "Why should you hate him? I'm sure he admires you very much; be scarcely took his eyes off you the whole night." "I wish jou wouldn't talk so absurdly, Flo," I burst out hotly. "I'm not the only person who is stared at; It's well known that young Mordaunt of the Grange pays little heed to his prayers when you are in church." It was Flo's turn to blush now; but she did not re-ient my hasty speech, and only said gently "I'm afraid I must have vexed you with my nonsense, Marion; but I did not intend it. dear. Forgive me," She bent forward to kiss me. The kind action melted me, and I hid my face m her lap and burst into passionate weeping. Flo waited for a while till my wild sobs had partially ceased; and then she said softly "What is it, Marion? Tell me, little sister. " And I told her all my terrible agony or suspense, tbe manner in which it h id weakened my nerves, my bitter mortifi cation about the fainting-fit which had fo lowed, augmented by the fact of Mr. Vaughan 's having witnessed it, and the keen searching glance of his dark eyes which completed my discomfiture. "1 do so hate doing anything conspic uous." I complained. "I cant bear the idea of facing that Mr. Vaughan in the morning." Flo comforted me sweetly and kindly. "You could not help fainting," she said; "and there was no need to fear that Mr. Vaughan would think it done for effect It was far too genuine for that, besides occurring in a place so se cluded that no one desirous of attract ing notice would have chosen it. The fact Is," she added, "you are nervous and unstrung, and want rest. You will take a brighter view of things in gen eral, and Mr. Vaughan in particular, to-morrow morning. And now, as the fire is almost out, suppose we say 'Good night.' " Christinas Day dawned bright and beautiful, with a clear blue frosty sky above, and a carpet of virgin white be neath. I found, on awaking, that Flo had been a true prophetess when she pre dicted that I should take a brighter view of things after I had rested and re freshed myself by sleep. I was in the pleasantest of moods as 1 dressed like a mist before the sun all my ill humor bad vanished with the darkness I even sang softly to myself as 1 fastened my cutis and collar, aud hastened down stairs to see after the breakfast. I had just finished my share of the prepara tions, and meditating all the while whether it would not be well to sound tbe gong, when a film, springing step sounded behind me, and I knew by some sort of instinct that Herbert Vaughan was in the room. A rush of shy timidity came over me, aud so great was my desire to run away that I could scarcely command myselt so far as to turn towards him. When I did so how ever I felt reassured; nis out-stretched hand was so frankly extended, his voice was so pleasant and kindly as he said "May I follow the old custom. Miss Westbourne, '-y wishing you a merry Christmas and many happy returns?" "Thank you," I answered simply as I gave him my hand. "I wish you the same, Mr. Vaughan." 1 had summoned courage to look up as I spoke; and I saw a sudden pain cloud the brightness of his wonderful gray eyes; and then I understood that, as my father had said, Christmas was the saddest time of all the year for those who had neither home nor friends; and I felt a sudden pity for tbe lonely man. I think be must have seen my thought in my face, for he smiled pleasantly, and slightly pressed tbe hand he held as he murmured . "Thank you." I bad forgotten myself In my pity for him; but that slight pressure brought the hot blushes ta my cheeks. I hastily released my hand; and just then, lo both my embarrassment and my relief, Flo entered. The day passed very pleasantly. After the late dinner, we gathered, as we had always done, abcut the drawing-room fire, whilst Flo played soft sacred melo dies and old carols, accompanying them with a sweet bird-like voice, to which Frank trolled out a deep second and Gertie contributed a clear childish alto. Once, on looking up while a sweet hmn was being sung. I saw Herbert Vaughan 's eves gluten, and ready tears sprang into my own. I bowed my head immedi ately, but yet I fancy those bright lu minous eyes bad detected my emotion for lie bent his tall form to whisper "So you too, Miss Westbourne, feel the charm of that simple air? Your sister's voice is singularly sweet; it re minds me of my mother's." 'You remember your motl er then, Mr. Vaughan?" I said, raising my eyes to his, no longer ashamed tht he should see the tears hanging on tneir lashes. "Yes." he answered gently, "I was nearly fourteen when she died old enough to miss her very sorely, espe cially us I had never kr.own a father." "I can sympathize with you," I said, "for I too have lost a mother lost her just when I had learned ti prize her most." My voice fait red and my lips trembled as I s;oke. Was it only my fincy, or did Herbert Vaughan. as he bade me "Good night." reaily bold my hand long and lingering ly, as though he were loath to part with it? The days passed very pleasantly for all of us during the next week. Ger tie's party went off with great eclat, and the mistletoe-bough was in immense request. On the morning after New Year's Day great excitemeut prevailed at the breakfast-table. Robert bad announced that tbe ice upon the pond in the plan tation was strong enough to bear a skat-ing-party. and Harry was wild to set off, whilst Frank was scarcely less en thusiastic It was arranged that the skating- party, consisting of Mr. Vaughan, t rank, Harry, t lo, and Gerue. should start immediately, leaving me to follow at my leisure. I saw them off, and then j turned to my housekeeping, getting through it as quickly as possible, and set off through tbe snow-covered plan tation. I had not gone far when It occurred to me that I could see the party long before reaching the pond, by mounting a high bank to tbe left. The decision was no sooner come to than it was car ried out Up I sprang, aud looked in the direction of the pond, smiling as 1 did so. I had forgotten tbeslipperiness of the bank, which was covered with a mixture of ice and snow. I moved suddenly, and fell backward off my perch to tbe ground. My tumble seemed at first bat a slight misfortune, but, when I had contrived to rise, I found it more serious than I had imagined, as in the fall I had sprained my ankle, and could not walk without great pain. 1 sat down upon a stone and began rather ruefully to speculate upon the best method of reaching home. I had not had time to devise any plan for my return, when a swift step came round a bend in the walk, and Herbert Vaughan stood be fore me. "Has anything happened. Miss West bourne?" be exclaimed. "Is it possible that you can have met with any acci dent? You look so pale!" He could not have accused me of looking pate a moment afterwards; for, at his words, the hot blood filled my cheeks with burning blushes, though I tried to answer carelessly. "I have slipped and sprained ray ankle a little," 1 said, with an attempt at a laugh, which was, I fear, an igno minious failure. "It is not much of t sprain, but it prevents my walking without pain; so I was just considering how I should get back to tbe bouse." "There is but one way of managing it, Miss Westbourne, "he said "you must let me carry you." . "Oh, no. no!" The words burst involuntarily from my lips, and I would have given much to recall them when I saw the grave pained expression in Herbert Vaughan 's eyes. "It would be too much trouble," I faltered, hanging my head to conceal my crimson cheeks. "I'm afraid I'm dreadfully heavy." "If that is your only objection, he said and I could feel, though not see, that he was smiling "you must permit me to set it aside." He stooped as he spoke, and in an other moment I was clasped in his strong arms, and he was bearing me steadily towards the house. The motion extorted from me a low moan of pain. I shut my eyes and let my head fall heavily upon his shoulder. Did my fancy play me false, or did I really hear him murmur something which sounded marvellously like "My poor dailiuif," and feel his moutached lip pressed upon the heavy bri.ls of my hir? I knew not. I only know that I hid my faco, and that neither spoke to the other un til we had reached the housa, and ho had laid me gently down upon a sofa in the breakfast-parlor. Then i gathered up courage to falter out my thanks, and to raise my eyes again to his faee. It was so set and white that I exclaimed in terror "Oh, Mr. Vaughan, I ail afraid you have exerted yourself too much! I am so very, very sorry!" "I am quite well, thank you," he said, with a strange smile, as he left the room. My sprain proved to be anything but ser ou, and in three days I was able to walk about again. But those three days bad changed me from a happy light hearted girl to a sad aud sorrowful one, for I knew that I loved Herbert Vaughan. yet feared that I had given my heart unsought to one who would never return my lovo. Since that well remembered day he had studiously avoided me. Stiil I hid my breaking heart as best I might, and laughed and jested as of old, and none knew the pain I suffered or the tears i shed ia I secret. ! . But one morning my cup of misery overflowed. Herbert Vaughan an j nounced that he was going away that I he would leave od the following day. Going away! I felt a coid shudder pas) over me, and, knowing that uiy fact was ashy pale, I glanced up in quick affright to make sure that no one wu o'.scrving me, and met the eyes of Her bert Vaughan fixed upon me, with a look so strange that I dropped my cwb in confusion, and the t'ight color flew back into my cheeks. Was it joy that shone in those luminous eyes? It looked strangely like it. That day was like some palnfu! dream to me, and I was glad to steal away at twilight to the old school-room to ease my heart with weeping. 1 took my old seat and buried my fiice in my hands, whilst bitter scalding drops fell through my Interlacing fingers, huadenly an impatient hand was laid upon the lock, the door opened, and a light springing step crossed the floor. That light foot could belong to no one but Flo. She came softly to here I sat and knelt down beside me, putting her arm tenderly about me in sweet, uns;oken sympathy. The gentle touch unsealed the fountains of my sorrow. "Oh, Flo, Flo," I cried, gasping aud sobbiug in my wild grief, "he is goin? awayl Going, and I may never see him again! And, oh, I love him so dearly! Oh, Flo, what shall I do?" The arm that encircled me drew me closer. That strong yearning pressure was not Flo's! Ah, could it be possi ble that 1 bad made a mistake that my unset n confidant was Frank? I dropped my Lauds in sudden terror, and lifted my tearful eyes, to meet tbe earnest. lovinj.teuder gaze of Herbert Vaughanl My fcrst impulse was to fly; but hii strong arm held me close, and then I k lew that Ilejbert loved me, and had 1 red me from the first, but his hon orable nat nre had prompted biin to con ceal his affection, for he was poor, aud would not ask the girl he loved to share his poverty. But that morning he had received a letter Informing him of the death of his old great-aunt, bis only relative, who had made him her heir, aud had left him something more than eight hundred a year quite surhcient for us with our quiet tastes. And so he dried my tears, and it was a very happy face which smiled at me from the mirror when I went up to don for the evening the simple black dress in which, Herbert told me, I first caught his fancy and won bis heart. It is a year ago that all this chanced, and Herbert and I wedded lovers of six months' date now are goiug dowu again to Westbourneleas to spend our Christmas-tide and to congratulate Flo upon her approaching marriage. For Flo is engaged now to Charlie Mor daunt, aud they will make, I think, a very happy couple almost as happy perhaps as Herbert and L And, as I think this, I raise my eyes, aud they meet my husband's dear, woudeiful dark-gray orbs, beaming with love and truth, and he says laughingly "A inuy for your thoughts, dear." And, when I tell him, he puts his arm about me and draws me towards him as he says " Who would not be happy with such a dear little wife as mine?" ttooit Cleaning. Itismuchbettertoclearoueanartment at a time rather than to have the whole bouse stirred up in confusion all at once Then, in case of casualties or unexpected company, there is a chance to be comfortable. There is nothing more disagreeable than to have a bouse all in commotion, carpets up and cur tains down, and everything in disorder, and there is no need of it. It is bad enough to have one room disarranged at a time, but that is far preferable to having it stirred up from garret to cellar, and things brought into contact that were never neighbors before. When tbe mud is well dried up, and the warm May air and bright sun waims tbe at mosphere, you can finish your house cleaning with ease. Get your white washing all done up, stoves cleaned, but not set away never do that. There are plenty of damp, cold days all through the snn.nier mouths when fires are indispensable for comfort and health, and it is very unpleasant to have the whole family huddled around tbe kitchen cook-stove in order to get warm. It is a most preposterous fash ion, this custom of taking down the stoves as oon as the warm weather comes on, and common sense would dic tate the folly of such a thing if one would only stop to think how mauy rainy, damp days come during all the summer months. A l.ttle fire would change the atmosphere of a room, and prevent mildew gatherings on tbe walls, and be conducive to health and com fort generally. In house cleaning, never lay ont more work than you can accomplish with ease before dinner it is as long as a person ever ought to devote to such hard work, and by judiciously following this rule you can get through with as much work as if you had scrubbed a whole day and was sick the following days to pay for it. Another thing, a woman should never do the whitewashing or nail down carpets or re paper the walls; it is not their work, and it is far cheaper for a man to either hire it done or to do it himself than it is to pay doctors' bills, not to take in account the suffering and pain that is almost sure to follow such labor for a woman. It is wobth remembering that when a man decpaira of getting good weight at his butcher's he can get all the wait he wants by dropping in at the barber's on Saturday stent. Hundreds of v.omeu all over ttit country are sufferers from neuralgia U. such an extent, in many cases, as tc find life a burden. The following ex tract gives one solution as to the cause: "There is no recognized reason why of late years neuralgia of the face and scalp should have increased so much in the leuiale sex as compared with out own. There is no doubt that it is one of tbe most common of female mal adies one of the uiost fill and difficult of treatment. It is also a cause of much mental depression, aud leads more often to habit of intemper ance than any other. This growing prevalence of neuralgia nmy to some extent be referred to the effects of cold upon the terminal brandies of the nerves distributed to the skin, aud th reiison why men are less subject to it than women may, to a great extent, 1 think, 1 explained by the much greatei protection afforded by the nvnle in which the former cover their heads when they are in the open air. It may be observed that the surface Tf the head which is actually covered in man is at least three times that which fash ion alloys to a woman; indeed, the points of contact between the hat oi bonnet and the head in the latter are so irregular as practically to destroy any protection which might otherwise be afforded. If I were to report to the journals a case of facial neuralgia cured on the pnuciple of protecting the lat- erial and frontal surface of the face as well as the suj-erior part of the scalp ' it might excite a certain amount -'. ridicule. I can assure yoii, however, that my p.tient considers that her case , ought to be reported; for she says that, t rannot. lo much for ueuralma ..., ,,..,u fr,r ....iir-alui-.' cannot uo mucn tor neuralgia, With our nrescnutions. we ouffht to OD- ; ' - . " . . .-. fashion when we find it prejudice alth and productive of suffering." pose to health The Purchase ot llicln. "It is surprising," says a pharma cist, "to see how savin? Some Deoule are m the purchase of medicines, the' mint v of which is. of course, indisoen - able to their efficacy. Some people will take a prescription from one shop to another, pricing it as they go, aud finally get the prescription filled where t they can get it filled cheapest. They ignore the fact that the best and purest of drugs are really the cheaiest in the end for the person taking the medicine." for' -' "Has this been a good season apothecaries.' ' was asKei. It has been a fair season. The prevalent diseases have been acute, waited ou him thither. And he U: -"1W(?U"? remarkably numer and in many cases have carried off the "This river has been a terror to many; tughout Connecticut, three hav patients before they have had time to ea, the thoughts of it have also fright-' l"Sn caubt near Lynn re take much medicine; but as compared . emsl me. But now methinks I stand with other business that of the Urug- easy; my foot is fixed upon that on Since the holidays the attendance gists is not bad. Dullness of general which the feet of the priests that bore; at he London theatres ha-i been very trade does, however, affect the phar- the Ark of the Covenant stood where . Ii'o, and several have not met current inacist, for many people indulge iu''ael went over Jon'an. (Josh. 3; 17.) ( expenses. medicines, as it were as luxuries. , The waters indeed are to the palate bit- -Paris photographers now produce When they are finally prosperous they imagine ttiey have ailments, even if they have not got them, aud they pamiier tbe Imaginary ailment with p' Js and potions. When they are hard up they have something else to think of, and need all their money for neces saries. Yes, druggists aud doctors are just as interested as anybody in "seeing times good." Bttttl. of Flower. Among the features of the carnival at Nice this year was the Battle of Flowers, which took place on Friday, February 13, and was repeated on the following Monday. Fiecisely at 2 o'clock on tbe day first named the gun at the chateau gave the signal for begin ning the hostilities, and by '4 o'clock the battle had really liegun. Vehicles richly decorated with flowers, fruits, ribbons, straw and other decorative ma terial paraded the Corso aud bouquets fell thick as hail upon the crowds, which extended in a thick mass from one end of tbe course to the other. The people on foot responded with vigor to the at- tacks of the riders, many of them hav ing provided themsrlves witi large baa- kets full of small bouquets, in the man-' he ceased to be seen of them, ufacture of which a whole army of j But glorious It was to see how the florists had been engaged during the open region was filled with horses and whole of the preceding day and night. 1 chariots, with trumpeters and pipers, There was a constant shower of violets, with singers and players on stringed iu mimosas, lilacs, pinks, anemones, roses, strunienta, to welcome the pilgrims as and, in fact, every (lower to be found they went up, ana followed oue another in bloom at the season in that porliou in at the beautiful gate of the city. or t ranee. Some of the vehicles were remarka bly pretty, and among the roost notice- ) able was a victoria entirely hidden with scarlet pinks, even the wheels being covered with these flowers. Anothei vehicle was a cart covered with verduie aud vegetables and occupied by three pretiy peasant girls, who threw leeks, carrots, cauliflowers and even lame cab- bages as well as flowers among the peo- pie. There was, of course, a great va- nety of costumes and the battle was a scene of animation aud beauty. ; Ih. nan A remarkable incident in a factional fight involving about fifty of the lead- ing citizens of Pulaski county. Mo.. occurred recently. Eight prominent citizens living near Dixon were indict- ' ed for lynching an alleged roMier named Hildebrand at Hancock inlS72. The indictments were the result f an old feud, the testimony showing that Hildebrand was taken from his cell, hanged to a tree, cut down and buried ' bvthe mob. The men were tried at ';''w' Wavnesville last week and acquitted. ) Turkish legations in that city and Hardly bad the verdict been announced, Ilome i?ud ,h.as nUu" f"1 ,eanJ when a letter was receive,! from New co"c er?,,nK the diTO.ons of York stating that the man who was "ther Capital. He dresses like D Orsay supposed to have been lvnched was in nd ers as many Jewel as the Shah; that city, alive and well! It was ad- has gorgeous equipages and astonishes dressed to W. H. Murphv, attorney. I!? re?ch cfplUl wlth hi-aJl?pl?' Dixon. Mo., and read as iollows: ! A! "?hI he cllD9 eeremoniallj to the "In looking over the papersof March 5 I policed an article referring to the supposed murder ly Judge Lynch In Pulaski county in 175 A a an named McClarney called with uie in reference to the matter and said that he was tbe Hildebrand referred to. He went from St. Louis to Dixon, and from thence to Hancock. He was arrested for a rob bery of which he was innocent, taken out, hong up a number of times and finally cut down. It was snppo ed that he was dead and his body thrown in a ravine. He recovered and left the neck State, though the wounds in his did not befl for many days. " The let ter bears every evidence of being genu ine. A if ax died in New J. ntey, at the age of 101 yean and three mouth, on Fri day. He voted at nil tbe Presidential elections since Jefferson, and gave np tobacco at ninety-nine, coming to the conclusion that it waa injurious. A strong deooction of the leaves and stems of tomato plants is said to be deadly to caterpillars, lice and other enemies 'of vegetation without being njonoua to the plants. Oft F.Torta Book. The late Chief Ju nice Chapman of Massachusetts loved to talk of the two great men of that Commonwealth,Dan iei Webster and Rufus Choate, for whom he had an unbounded admiration and who honored him with their friend ship In his visits to Boston he had many opportunities! of seeing them quite intimately, and it was his greatest de light to be in their company and enjoy their conversation. Both Mr. Web ster and Mr. Choate were wonderful talkers, and when they had such a lis-1 tener as Judge Chapman, they talked , their best. Both were of New England. birth and training, and had the Eng-i land reverence for the Bible. Mr. Webster was pever weary of discours-J ing of tne book of Job, of which he would talk by tbe hour, analyzing its! construction with all the skill he would give to a great legal argument, and then launching off into Quotations of its. poetry, which he thought unequaled in ! William Harrington, who died in all ancient literature. So much was he j Abbeville, La., was alleged to be 109 captivated with the snbject that he often . years old. said, quite io earnest, that he wished. A noble London clubman recently he had time to write a commentary on expelled was indebted ili'M) for "bran the book of Job. And then, as a minia- dies and sod:vi." ture reflection of the Bible, he would . ln Paris the nnmW of ronl vim I talk of the New England Primer with me tenaerness or one alluding to mai wuicn uaa oeen very aear w mm in uis xf, fT." , Q a de devourilll? in d,anvlll ian- Jlt..aaa ....n,.,. tiw w.-..!M. r.c i!,r,1in anrf f rim in them uii oru. after Uie fatieue of m prolonj?e(, case iff the courts, he would rest and! refrMn D!8 wearieU Drain by reading his1 fur,. ..th,r lia .,i. ! j ,v at jn E ,isL mersllure an,i ' -..s... ...... n ,a in ih. riii.io n-rita VuV "... . " .i ""V.r" . 7-".. ui me wveiiieeniu ceukurv sj ih iub upon gamo me lor a livin? u and dr4ma,lst9. On the former, j JT , f ' , ' g' nig favon!e wnltnsan,vtfl'E0l? Lf..;jt t,..(.ciM,m..J ,?.uf fK'oter2i times the area of the knoii often said to Judge Chapman that the ' t l"?V " l,le nown most beautiful passage in the English . c"l-neasures of the world, language was at the close of Pilgrim's ! . 1 VT0 daughters of the King of Se Proirress the soliloouv of Standfast den were dangerously ill a few veeks "''en he is in the river of death. And. : then he would take the boot in hand, aud read with his flexible a id powerful an eiglit-leggi calf is among the stock voice the immortal passage. To save ' owned by a Chester, X. J., man. our readers the. necessiiy of turning to' Tlie population of the city of Brook the volume, we quoted it here: j y now is ooO.ihjo, the increase being "When Mr. Standfast had thus set at the rate of about IT imn u var things in order, and the time being, come for him to haste away, he also went down to the river Now there river, wherefore Mr. Standfast, when he' ' was about ha f wav in. stood awhile a, iu, oiwu a 1 1 1 17 " talked to his companions that Had wr. anu io me stomacD coid; yet menu tne colors worn by the subjects iu inougni oi wuat i am going to, and or the conduct that waits for me on the other side, doth lie as a glowiug coal at my heart. I see myself now at the end ot my journey; m - V.iU.-U.y At euded. I am going to see that head which was crowued with thorns, and that face which was spit upon for me. 1 have formerly lived by heresay and faith; but now I go where I ?hall live by sight, and shall be with him whose company I delight myself. I have loved to hear my Lord spoken of and ie print of his a hprAvur I havi) Mn t)ia shoe in the earth, there I have coveted to set my foot, too. His name has been In Venezuela the official residence to me as a civet box; yea, sweeter than j of the President is called, in part irai al rfumes. His voice to me has been tation of our White House, the "Yel most sweet, and his countenance 1 have more desired than they that have most desired the light of the sun. His Word I did use to gather for my food, and for antidotes against my fainlings. He has held me, aud hath kept me f roui mine iniquities; yea, my steps hath he strengthened in his way." Now while be was thus in discourse, his countenance changed, his strong man bowed under him, aud after be had sd "Take me. for I come unto thee. Th. ri-Ktin. Ismail, ei-Khedive, pervades Paris, has a yacht with a floating harem in the Mediterranean, and wallows in wealth an, luxury. He is described as an unc- tuous, rotund pwrson. with several chins, educated in the refinement of occidental dissipation, notwithstanding his faith, a connoiseur of rare wines and versed in the ultimate mysteries of dinner. The calamities of his land vex ! him little, and he is doubtless very glad i to have traded off bis troublesome vice- 'T1 -"I aJ0lf TT' Wl D V"' 'Tl 13 b"ndil!,t.ly ""'IT P"eJ. that he may contemplate with ell",??,tf lls the land w,"cl1 h,i U,utf.n olJ fitn '"led with such a strong and steady hand. He has half a million a year for himself, with a household fund of nearly a mil lion, together with a pension of a couple of hundred thousand for his father. He was partly educated in Paris at i. . " - .m belief as Bob Ingersoll or a Roman augur, and laughs impartia'ly at all the religions andall the prophets Moham- med included, lie has four wives aud cisely enumerated; but with all these with much eclat. , . Thut are telling of a Missouri man who has twelve ballets in his body. He must have been in the Confederate. have taken him all apart for muoh lees inducement than that. . ... . . Rolled gold is made by casting an ingot of brass, and while this is still hot pouring upon it a thin layer of gold iiin-r ThA irw whn at, l.i i. r,..i between steel rollers until a long thin ribbon is produced, of which the pro portion of gold and brass ia the same an of the ingot. Tbe percentage of gold ia reduced aa low aa two and three per rent. This rolled gold is used in mak- ing cheap bracelets and watch chain, and coetfbut little more thaa brass. Ik wean from on to tan jean, NEWS IN BRIEF. Milch Texas corn goes o Mexico. There are 1.500,000 s'aves in Bra 'l. The public debt of Canada is fii-w,-,41t. The tshah of Persia f.reakf.ists at noon and dines at 9 P. M. Bombay hu.-tbands cut off their wives' noses for punishment. Princess Beatrice is a tolerably 8 amateur photographer, The Empress of Austria has th finest trained horses In the world, Connecticut towns are being swept by pneumonia and typhoid fever, it is stated. Massachusetts almost alwavs choo- ses her Governors from the legal pro fession. iive solely by their wits is said to be fa p-diy increasing. , T. of .,., pniov I : fonie or a,w.(pu.) a year irom property w V'!.' I tne Horse Capturing Asuoci- t'on has asked the Nebraska I'isla- ture for incorporation, Astoria, III., has a soldier of the War of 1812 wao is 93 years old and saws wood fr a livm. j u u mMtfd tIiat there ar. 4() m I . r-.l'ul um iue are , ,, r-siuuiiueu mat mere are .ww ,... : -.. ,. . .... .. . , . ora c.iy uia:. nepena ca n an-Hi;-! piusiiMiiiiij. A freak of nature in the form of Xhe minimlII11 staill,ard of ,iej ht for recruit3 f th g Mei by tIie Ge w Miulsller "atr'wI .8taSe improvement rstittrxunir lion TKamn s. ....) i V.' J "-"i.iaie.i m oau . , . i .., , tne "nrst impressiou," which Is U3U illy ."lasting." Another petrified forest Is reDorti to have ben discovered bv a twv of explorers m th dweettrraso Hila, uouiaua. "Aunt" Easter Barnes, a colored woman, who died in Butts coimty.Ga. , recently, is reported to have been 111 years old. Madrid is described as the dullest :V:,pitaI in Europe this winter, and even I lie customary court festivities did not . take P10 low House." The care of Arizona's criminals and insane costs the Territory, it is as serted, more than one half of her run ning excuses. In Portland, Me.. 004 boys have voluntarily signed the triple pledge against intoxicating liquors, tobacco, and profanity. Beginning in April a lightning ex press train is to run between Londoa and Paris, reducing the present time several hours. The excessive smoking of cigar ettes is ascntied as the cause of a sixteen-year-old Ashury Park, N. J., boy having become insane. Russia ia one or the great tea drinking countries of the world. It consumes, it is asserted, 80 per cent, more tea than England. "Old Sorrell," the famous horse rid den by Stonewall Jackson, and from which he was shot, has arrived at the New Orleans Exhibition. Stockton, CaL, now has a curfew cell, which rings at 9.10 o'clock every evening,at which time all children must go home or be arrested. The linnet, by stripping the buds from fruit trees in California, have ex cited cries for their extermination among paiers of that State. The Bible mentions 620 places in Palestine west of Jordan, and 430 have been identified, VV2 by the staff of tha Palestine exploration fund. A man near Gainsville, Ga., is said to have male a profit of a little over $2i.K) from 109 common bens the past year, but in what way is not stated. Out ot 150.(100 Germans who in the course of last year became liable to mil itary service.cousiderably less than one-and-a-half per cent., it is said, were il liteiate. Philadelphia pressed bricks are to be used in the construction of the new Court House at Gainesville, Ga.. ten car loads of them having arrived there recently. Ottawa, 111., has forty-four sa'oons, at a license of $5011 each, amounting to iJ-2,000 for the city, and being a loon to every 2i)0 men, women and children in the town. Wolves still abound in France, Qver 20.0o0 was naid in bounties last .,r , nn; fl" , v ,.,. , were attacked and killed by wolves dur- lug the year. A Providence, R. I., physician has returned as cause of death, in the case a nni.iuhpri ri. if,.f ma oi a uauy ne nail ueen called to attend. au(j jt9 al:thor An electric light company, at Rah- X- J- is reported to have a force " ucu ciikk uu caj-i uueuus maiaro exected to "solve the problem of a portable electric light." . , . ... -AK'maralic famine says the New " TtU'jrmn. will result if the war in Soudan is carried on very much lon ger, the price of the article already hav ing more than doubled. The grass in Willamette valley. Oregon, according to papers from that region, is as green as in May, while only R few weeks ago the same ground waa covered with snow to a depth of two feet.
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