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He 9pent little time in boasting, however, being too busy in his effort to make the whole world wash itself clean with Duke's Kimolia, as he called his soap, and to force every laundress to use hisKonia,a powder whose detergent , qualities were well known. Peter did not know the meaning of these words, bit tuey sounded well. He had paid a literary Bohemian ten dollars to invent him something sonorous. The latter had turned to a Greek-English diction- : ary, and found these undei the head of ' 'soap.' Peter was pleased and so was the Bohemian—with the ten dollars j and a doz?u cakes of the soap thrown in. The soap itself was good. The aim of an exjien soap boiler is to recon cile solidity of sirncture with a large | volume of inclosed water. Some of them increased the weight of the com pound by the addition of extraneous matter, but Peter was honest and left out the dirt. His sale of Kimolia was great, and so was the profit. Besides a son, Peter had a fair daughter, aud, next to his soap factory and his shekels, 113 loved her. And Millicent—her mother, now ueail and gone, had picked up the name from an English society novel—was quire a lova ble person. She was good looking,fair ly educated and put on a good style, j Through her school acquaintance and her father's money she went 'into a very lespectable set, and as she looked well, dressed well and talked w ell, had plenty of pocket money aud a prospect - ■ ive portion of some size, and a present tongue of her own, if needed, they for bore to turn up their noses at soap. , At first those who were poor aud proud I _aud proud poverty is frequently inso lent—uudertook to snub her a little ; but 3he gave snub for snub, and then, leaning against the valualle pile of soap bars, defied tbem. Whether be i cause of her manners or her father's money, she had many masculine ad mirers. Chief among these was Myn dert van Stopel, the great operator in Wall street, whose huge fortune was built up of the wrecks of railway and other corporations. He had met her at Long Branch the summer before, and thought, to use his own words, that she had a 'heap of go in her.' Mi ndert , though ho prided himself on his noble I Dutch ancestry—the fiist of his fore fathers was Cornelia Pietersie, with no Van at all—thought more of slaughter ing the bears in 'the Street.' And he had slaughtered them to some purpose, lie was foity years old, short, stout and red faced, with loud voice and ob structive manners—everything but the imaginaty, shrewd looking man of af fairs. He had begun as a boy in a bro ker's office, rose to be a clerk, went from there to the curb stone and then to a seat in the Exchange, ad his wealth was very far up in the millions, lie had been too busy to think tC mar riage, but lie had a remarkably last horse, and why should he not buy a wife ? Millicent rather rebuffed his advances, but be knew the value of money and bided his time. There was a rival in the field, Myn dert did not know it, though if he had MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10., 1880. known lie would have despised such a competitor. This was Frank Moore, the general inuua/ei employed by the firm, who was highly valued because be was faithful, tiuatworthy and knew all about the work. He bad a good salary and a slight commission on the sales of the Kouia, which he had in vented. Prudent, though not parsi monious, Frank had managed to save some money, and had .8-20,000 saved in bond and mortgage, beside over #2,000 in bank waiting for a good investment. A very good match he might Hope to make, but to think of marrying Milli cent and a handsome fortune seemed preposterous. MUlicent did not think so. Frank, who came and went a familiar visitor to the house and a great crony of Phil ip, had known her since she was a lit tle girl, and in this case at least famil iarity did not breed contempt. The two had a very good understanding with one another and the senior Duke, for a time was not well inforrmed in the premises. But such things will leak out, and at last the elder Duke heard of it. Ho bubbled up like the compound in one of the kettles and in terviewed his daughter on the matter. 'See here. Milly,' lie said, 'l'm not angry ; but 1 want you and Moore to stop your philandering nonsense. You ought to make a bettor match. Mooie is a very nice young fellow, I own, I'd find it hard to replace him in the facto ry. But I dont want him for a son-in law. You ought to look for some one higher.' 'Higher, papa. Do you want me to be married by a son of Anak. Frank's six foot and an inch.' 'Stuff ! you know what I mean. Don't talk that way to me. There is Van Stopel, who is half crazy after you. Do you mean to give up millions for nothing ?' 'Not quite nothing, papa. Frank has over twenty-two thousand dollars.' 'Twenty-two thousand fiddlesticks I Why ! Van Stopel could settle a hun dred thousand dollars on you for pin money, and never miss it. You must seud Moore about his business.' Millicent shook tier head. 'What ! You woulda't be married without my consent '' 'Oh, no, papa ! I never will ; but when lam married I intend to have my own consent. I have to live with the man, you know, and you don't. As for Van Stopel—well, 'a woman may uot marry with her grandfa ther !' ' 'Grandfather ! \V hat are you talk ing about ? Van is only forty. Y'ounger than I am ; aud I am in the prime of life.' 'Excuse me, he is too old for me.' 'You are an ungrateful, disobedient 'No, indeed, lam not, papa. I shall ■ not wed with any one against your will —not even Frauk. So don't scold, you dear old bear. Just consider—Mrs. Livingston,'she gives a treat'—a grand party next mouth, and I have to go. And I declare I haven't a dress that I haven't worn a half a dozen times—al most.' 'That means you want a check. llow much is it now ?' 'Oh 1 I'll be so economical, papa. Two hundred and fifty will do.' 'Two hundred and fifty ! That's economical, is it i Well, you shall have the money. I'll send Moore with it. No, I won't ; he must keep away. \ r ou shall haye the money, but not Moore. When he can settle a hundred thousand on you I'll give my consent and not before ; and I mean to tell him so. I'll haye a serious talk with that young man.' 'You're not angry with him, papa, because ho has fallen in love with me ?' 'No, that shows good taste ; but he must have that hundred thousand dol lars.' 'I think pipe. I would like that hun dred thousand dollars and Moore,' she added, archly. 'Ffph !' said her father, explosively, and wended out to the office. When Moore came in with a gluwing account of a large sale of Konia he cut him short. 'Never mind that,' he said, 'I have something to say to you.' And he said it in away so decided that Frank trembled iu his boots. Then he wound up with— ' You're very useful here and I don't care to lose you. I'll put 25 per cent on your salary ; but I won't have you turning Milly's head. She has prom ised not to have you unless I consent, and I have told her that I never will consent until you are able to settle a hundred thousand dollars on her. And I'll keep my word. That's all there is about it. I'll drop the subject and do you drop her.' Poor Frank went out with different spirits thau he had when he came in. A hundred thousand dollars 1 Van Stopel called that evening, and, to his great delight,found not only that A PAPER ITjU THE HOME CIRCLE. Millicent was at home, but was dis posed to be gracious. In general she avoided him ou some pietext or was freezing polite, but now she was pleas ant and chatty. They were alone to gether, the father having gone to what ho termed the 'library,' but which was in fact, his smoking room ; for having quite mastered the article 'Soap' in the Encyclopedia, he never troubled the dust-covered books. After the weatlu er and such customary topics had been discussed Millicent suddenly broke out with 'Oh ! Mr. Van Stopel, I was reading about stocks in the paper to-day. Do explain to me what they do in Wall street, and how they make and lose so much money. Ido not understand it at all.' Here was a subject on which Van Stopel could not only talk, but talk well. And he did. He explained all about puts and calls and options and margins, buyers' ten days and sellers' five, so clearly that his fair interlocu tor did not understand it. But she did not say so. T should like to speculate myself. I have $250, and 1 should like to dou ble it, just for the fun of the thing.' "Miss Duke, you are very fortunate, for just now there is the greatest—that is, I think I know of a stock that will surely 'I mean probably) rise to a high er—a bet ler figure shortly ; and if you intrust your little venture to me, I promise that you shall much more than double it.' 'Oh, thank y>u ! Y'ou are so kind. But then you know that I want to deal with a broker myself. That would be charming. If you could tell me how to manage that 1 Could you, now ?' And she beamed on him a bewitching smile that fairly subjugated the great •bull,' and tipped his horns with rapt ure. lie smiled in return, hesitated— and the man who hesitates, surrenders. 'There are several stocks that are down, he said, that may go. I should recommend the 8., S. and W.' 'B., S. and W, ?' ' Y'es—the Bai field, St. Bamaby and Waukeeehaw railroad. It is standing j now at 9.' 'How am I to go about it, please !' lie told her. 'Dear me ! I shall never remember all that. Please to wiite it all down for me, will you ?' Van Stopel, still under the fascina tion, took out iis pencil aud wrote, while Millicent sat by expectant. She was at his shoulder, her breath fanned his temples, and he could scarely write legibly, but be persevered. 'Oh. thank you so much.' 'Now,' said he, 'I have shown you two ways. You can either buy at ten days, or you can buy outright. I should recommend the latter. You see your margin will be ten per cent, on tha par value, which is 100, and not on the selling price, which is nine. Now, if you buy at ten days, you can only get, s*ty about twenty-two .shares, for you must keep some back'to fill up your margin in case it falls.' 'Fill up rav margin !' 'Y'es ; I have explained that on the paper. But if you buy outright you will get tweiity-seyen shares, for you will have no margin to fill and your profits will be more. If yon were to put ten thousand dollars or more into the transaction it would be different. Then a responsible broker, able to car ry the amount either by his own means or through credit, would treat the stock, which has kept uniform price so long, as favorably as he would a div idend paying stock, and give you a con tract at 5, and possibly at 3 per cent. With your small amount, boy the stock out right. I'll recommend you to a re sponsible broker ; but be is one I nev er do business with—a good and honor able man, though ; but you must promise that yon won't tell him or any one else that I sent you.' 'I promise that J won't I reathe it— not even to father.' Millicent played the piano for him | she played fairly; she sang for him—she i sang well. Van Stopel was in the sev | enth heaven, and was on the verge of proposing right then and there, but he lacked courage. He left, however, in an ecstacy of de'ight,but it did not last long. He was meditating one of bis great strokes of finance, aud that soon resumed possession of him to the exclu sion of everything else. The next day, while the elder Duke was at the factory, Frank was at the house, a note having been brought him. Milly met him, beaming. 'Frank,' she cried, 'do you want a SIOO,OOO ?' 'Do I, Milly ? Don't I, the worst kind.' And he told her what her fath er had said. 'He said the same to me, Frank. Can you realize on that mortgage of yours?' 'No, I can't, because I have. It was all paid up last week, and I'm locking around for a new investment in one lump if I can.' A long conversation ensued, and Milly gave her views with great energy and decision. Frank demurred, but finally half gave way. 'Has any one given you information that makes you so confident V 'I promised not to tell.' 'May be old Van Stope ' 'Ask me no more questions.' 'Uin I it is a great risk after all. .Sup pose it were to keep going down ?' 'l've written on this paper what you are to do then. In fact, here are your whole directions.' 'But how do you know—how did you learn ?' 'Ask me no more questions.' Well, but ' 'Don't but mo, Frank. We're not married, aud I'm your master now. Take two hundred and fifty from me, and put it in the pool.' The Barfield, St. Baruaby and Waw keesliuw was one of these railroads be gan when everything was at a paper value, that ran from Bar field, which was next to nowhere, to Wawkeeshaw, which was about the same kind of place, with a branch to St. Barnaby,an out of the way spot. It was a hundred miles long with its branch. Other rail ways fought it and refused connection ; it was heavily mortgaged ; its expenses a little overbalanced its receipts at times, and it had stood at 9, nominal at that for two years. Nobody wanted it, in fact, at any price. That it would ever rise seemed improbable if not im possible, and two days after Moore had secured a contract at 5 per cent, and bought at 9, buyer ten days, the stock figured at 8. Some one had found out the purchase and was bearing. He had to fill up and he grew frightened. He couldn't sleep well. Milly whose little balance of fifty was drawn on as she in sisted it should be, was sanguine. She did not believe in Van Stoppel as a lov er, but she had great confidence in him as an operator in stocks. It leaked out that all the leading bro kers had contracts on hand to deliver large amounts of stock, and the bears went to work. But suddenly it was known that all the shares, barring a hundred or so, were locked up. Then came a startling rumor, as the stock went up twenty, thirty, forty .anything you please, that Van Stoppel was be hind tht scenes "pulling the strings. Wall street raved. It was a coiner. Now a corner is a two-edged sword, and keen as a razor, unless managed dexteriously it cuts both ways. A gang of brokers in the face of ruin are like bucks at bay. They are dangerous. But Van Stoppel was master of his art. lie did not desire to luin anybody, if the result was to destroy his profits. With a noble magnanimity not proper ly appreciated by this evil generation he compromised at 50. His gains only amounted to a few millions. Toe street breathed easier. Moore, who did the same thing—had to in fact, for when the lion roars and the eateries—breath ed very fast with astouishment. The day after all was over, Peter Duke came into the counting room,and examined the letters of the morning. Suddenly he tapped his bell, aud sent for Mr. Moore, but the manager had gone to Wall street. 'What takes him there? Send him in when he comes," and at the word Mooie entered. 'Oh, you're here, are you ? I have a letter here from Jenk ins. llow did the last invoice of fat turn out V 'Lovely, sir ; lovely. Everything is lovely, and the goose ' 'What is the matter with you, Moore? You seem excited.' 'Do I ? So I am.' The old soap boiler turned his chair around, and gazed on the young man who went on with IDS talk. •Didn't you say, sir, that I could have Miss Milicent whenever I was able to settle SIOO,OOO on her ?' 'Of course 'I did, but stop nonsense and go into business.' 'That's just what I say, papa,' said Milly, who came in as he spoke, 'stop nonsense and go to business.' 'What do you want ?' Frank thrust the bank book in the old man's hand. Mr. Duke opened it and looked up in astonishment. •Park Bank 1 a hundred and eighty odd thousand ! Why, where did you get it ?' 'Bought 8., S. and W.—buyer 10, and so on.' 'Gambling in stocks, and the firm's money going through your hands !' 'I beg your pardon, Mr. Duke, but 1 used my own money. I never was in the Street before,and I shan't go again.' And then he told the story of his ven ture, and the great stroke of the great operator. 'But how did you know ? Did ho take you in ?' 'No, but,'—he was going to say— •Milly took him in,' but he didn't, lie merely added, 'I had a hint fromMiliy.' Duke whistled, and then he laughed. [Gentle reader, sir or madam, don't interrupt me by asserting that Milly's trick was bad and the whole set were plunderers. lam telling a story, not discussing a question of morals.] 'You'll keep your promise ?' inquired Moore, anxiously. 'My daughter shall never marry the manager of a soap works.' I 'But you said exclaimed the Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance. couple. 4 ()f course I said, and I say now. you are discharged as manager.' Frank's countenance fell, and Milly looked reproach. 4 I can't get along very well without you, and I'll compromise,' said Duke, with a twinkle in his eye. 'Philip haa one-fourth interest in the corcern. I'll let you have another fourth the day you settle that hundred thousand on Milly. She shan't marry a mere manager ; but I have no objection to a partner in the firm as a son-in-law.' —.V. Y. Star. WAVES OP DEATH. Six Men Killed and Sixteen Hurt On an Ocean Steamer The Vessel Suddenly Covered With an Avalanche of Water. The ocean steamer Westernland, of the Ited Star lins, swung Into her pier at Jersey City the other afternoon after a twelve days' voyage from Antwerp. Her decks were crushed in,her staunch sides wrenched aud strained, brokeu beams of steel and plauks of oak proti ti ded their jagged ends on every side. The first glance suggested a story of stress and storm ; of suffering and dis aster. Disaster and suffering the ves sel had encountered, but the story that was to be told was not the ordiuary one of raging winds and mountainous waves that storm-beaten ships bring wnn them. The winds had uot given her warning, the waters had not lashed themselves to threatening C ry, hut when all seemed calm a single wave had risen up from the sea a:;d Clashed down upon the steamer's deck, leaving behind it as it surged away more thau a score of mangled bodies, dead or dy ing or sorely wounded, lying amid a mass of tangled wreckage. It was on November 20 that the Westemland, the staunchest of the Red Star fleet, sailed out of Antwerp with sixty-nine cabin and 074 steerage pass engers and t wenty-t wo officers and men. A heavy fog in the River Scheldt caused the loss of a day, but after that the weather was favo* able and the voyage continued prosperous until Saturday last, November 27. At noon on that day Second Officer Ehoff, as he relates, went 011 watch and found the sky clear, a fresh bieizs blowing and a model ale sea. The members of the crew were busied about their various tasks, and several of the steerage pass engers were lounj. ing about the deck. The cabin passengers were nearly all below. While standing 0:1 the main bridge the second officer suddenly saw an enormous wave on the starboard bow. The next instant another simi lar wave was seen on the port side. Joining each other at right angles the two waves swept toward the \ s-el. The united mass of water rose higher than the lower yards of the foremast. In a momeut it crashed down upon the deck of the steamer and swept it fiom bow to stem, carrying everything be fore it. The turtle-back deck was crus' r> 1 to splinters. The steel beams supp it were broken off like pipe-st. as. The stanchions were bent and tv\ ~>ied and beaten down to the forecastle deck. Everywhere lay masses of broken planks and beams aud woodwork, iky ing crushed in the wreckage were twenty-two steerage passengers and members of the crew. As soon as the first moment of panic had passed orders were given by Cap tain Handle,who was on the after-deck, to aid the injured, and the crew promptly obeyed. Four of the seamen were found to have been k'lled. Max Frank, a steerage pissenger, had his abdomen cut open and his skull frac tured. lie died the next morning. Gabriel Levaderi, another steerage passenger, wass apparently but slightly bruised. He bad, however, sustained internal injuries which caused his death five hours after Frank expired. The others injured were suffering from broken legs and arms and Dainful bruises. They were at once taken to the intermediate cabin, which was fit ted up as a hospital, and carefully at tended to until port was reached by the ship's surgeon and Dr. Felix Cohen, of New York, who was a passenger on board. A steward who was just coming out of a closet under the turtle back lost the tips of two fingers in a curious manner. The door opened forward and was held open by a catch over the top. The steward put his left-band on the after door post just as the big sea came along, carrying off the door, the door, which caught the ends of the fingers that projected beyond the door post, shaving thein off as with a knife. The officers of the vessel, one and all, say that they never knew of an occa sion when two such fugitive waves came together in weath°r such a* that which prevailed at the time ot the ac cident. — Subscribe for the Journal. NO. 41) NEWSPAPER LAWS If subscriber* order the aiscotitliMi:tti<>:i newspa|eiti. the puollshctl iuhj toi.tin;e send them until nil arrears;:is me pram. If subscribers or et i<> t <l.r their newspapers from the o. % are sent they are held responsible inn Ft: \ settled the'hill* anil ordered llietn di- "ont.ru-.M. If subscribers move tooth i piuc v. It hunt lii forintuu the publisher, and the now-papers are sent to the former place, they aic i<^,oiibll)le. t ADVERTISING RAT Efl. 1 wk. l mo. I 3tnos. tintos. 1 yea' 1 square * 2 <>o s4ot| fsoo t; 'sa rrs ts 4i*l 0 001 KH>o r.to 18 0< 14 •• 700 1000 la oo at; to tops 1 14 10 00 ir> 00 1 25 00 4") on To Ml One. Inch makes a square. Administrators and Executors' Notices jriJSh. Transient adver tisements and locals 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for ejpb addition al Insertion* PULLING HEMP. "You may talk about mad elephants let loose, or circus tigers on the ram page," said a man frotn Western Mich igan, "but they are no comparison to a crowd of angry and excited men hun gering for your death. Four years ago 1 came into possession of three or four pieces of property in Southern Indiana, and I went down to look them ovtr. At Jasper I concluded to get a saddle horse. One morning, almost before any body in the town was astir, and while I was taking a beforc-breakfast walk, a stranger came along astride of a fine animal, and to my query as to whether lie wanted to sell he returned a ready affirmative. It was a soirel horse spot ted with white, and one to be recogniz ed and indentified on sight by any one who had ever seen him before. The price asked was sl2s,and though I beat the man down to SIOO he told such a straight story that I could haye 110 sus picious of him. lie claimed to be a res ident of Vincennes, and to have pur chased the horse in New Albany. • "I was congratulated by the villagers on my purchase, and soon after break fast set off for the south. After pio ceeding about teu miles I turned to the left, and had gone about three miles when a band of horsemen, about a doz en strong, came riding from the oppo site direction at a gallop. The instant we met they surrounded me. Some had revolvers and some guns,and I was menaced on all sides. I was astonish ed, of course, half believing I had fall en in with a band of robbers, but they quickly gave me to understand to the contrary. The horse under me had been stolen the previous night, or at an early hour in the morning, and the owner was among those who surround ed me. It didn't strike me that I look ed like a horse thief, but those men were mad and excited, and they had me out of the saddle in a minute. Of course I protested, telling them who I was and where I could lie indentified, but as they hustled me under a tree and began to noose a rope the owner of the nag slapped rae across the face and re plied : 44 4 Shut up 1 You are the scoundrel, and denials will be of no avail ! We'll choke the breath out of you iu abcut half a minute !' "1 hey were going to bang an inno cent man, and you can wager that I did some of the most vigorous kicking of my life. While they were noosing me ana running the free, end over a limb, I kept up my chiu music, and one of the crowd became half convinced that 1 was telling the truth. He began toarguo that it wouldn't take'long to prove or disprove my story, but he was too late. Five or six men walked off with the rope, and up I went. They let me hang for a few seconds and then lowered me, but only to repeat the dose twice more. By that time they had cooled off a bit, and my friend persuad ed them that they could just as well finish the hanging at .1 ;sper. I had fainted dead away,and when they pour ed whisky down my throat and revived me it seemed as if my neck was two feet long. There was a deal of growl ing over the job not being finished then and there, but they finally put me on a horse and started for Jasper. "The chap of whom I had purchased the animal, and who was, of course,the real thief, was so elated over the sale that he forgot himself and remained in Jasper to get drunk. He was speedily found in a saloon, and he made no pre tense of innocence. I thought they would tear bim to pieces then and there* but after beating him to a state of in sensibility he was carried off into the country a coupleof miles and left hang ing beside the highway. I got back S9O of my money, and as it was hauded to me by the leader he said ; 44 'Stranger, we beg pardon for stretching your neck, but next time you buy a hoss in this State be a leetle careful to buy of the real owner.' " Detroit Free Press. At the Wedding Breakfast. Bride's little brother to bridegroom- Did it hurt you much when she did it V Bridegroom —What hurt me ? Bride's L. B.—The hook. Did it go in your lipt Bridegroom—l don't know what you mean, Johnnie. Bride's Mother—Leave the table this instant, Johnnie. Bride's L. B.—What for ? I only wanted to know if it hurt him. You said Sis had fished a long time but she'd hooked him at last, and I wanted to know if— Bride's L. B. is yanked out of his chair ana hurried from the room, and the bridegroom becomes meditative. SIOO A WEEK. Ladies or gentlemen desiring pleasant profit able employment write at once. We want you to handle an article 01 domestic use that RECO MENDS ITSELF to everyone at sight. STAPLE AS FLOUK. 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