ADVFATIMINEBITeb Adretisementrare Inserted It the rate or $lOO per square for BElst . insertion, and fbr each subsequent _ A libe.al dl6oollnt =lift; airlyeitiriiid vertisements. *.7 _ A space equal to ten lines of this type measures a scßalize. - Business litotietle set endersheed by themselves immediately, alter the local news, will • be charged - ten eents-s line fo : each insertion. • Advertiscuaents should be banded in b gore Monday noon to insure insertion In that week's •aper: Business Otrectom. p UMV;I • -- - AGNEW dr. BUCHANAN. Attorneys at -Law. Third. Street, Beaver ) Penes. oct9-ly Opposite the Argos office. J. 1 1 .trNLAP Attorney at law. OM* In the'Court. noun, Beaver, Pa. All bmslneto vonsuPtli attended to. ,(ntaybVit.l7.. JW. WILIJAMS' Tonsorial Saloon, Beaver, • Pa. Hair Cutting, Dying, Shampooning; executed la the most approval Styles.- An *ay shave and clean towels gnaranteed. rtnip,ll-/Y 'FIR. TILOS. DONESOO. practice his pro .l..,tession in !Solver and surrounding country. Oak° In the Border building, 3d street. Bearer, Pa. sprZ•lvr 4I to J. LAW • &WE—Physician and burgeons I. °lnce, in room formerly occupied, bill. B. P.tn - enue Assessor, 3d Street, Beaver, Pa. sprlG-ly . MlLLER—Physician and burgeon. Office . that formerly occupied by Drs. ildilney Lawrence—Residence. Dr. McNutt's bonne. 415.17 A LL KANO'S OF JOB WORK neatly and cape ditlonaly executed at the Annus office. 0 A. SMALL— Attorney at law, Beaver, PL. . Office in - toe Court House.i dec2S4l TURN B. YOUNG, Attorney atiLaw. Moe and sj residence on Third at., east &the Court Haase. Business promptly attended to. JH. IdcTREHRY, Attorney at Law. Office on. . Third st., below the Court House. AU bud promptly attended to. Jell,' lOU JAMEN H. CUNNINGHAM, Attorney at Law. Office east end of Third street, Beaver. Pa.. mar30:10:1.1 IjENRY MERZ . Manufacturer and Dealer In I 1 Boots. Shoes and Gaiters; Main at. faitp2Etly lISAVER DRUG STORR, Hugo &oarless= Druzgist & Apothecary, Main at. Preacrip• tions careiaLly compounded. (sepftlY NEW BRIGHTOPI. CBAs. COALE, Dealer in paints, oll,glamnalls, pl‘te-glase, looking-glasses, frames, garden And flower-seeds and fancy fowls. Falls street, t;ew Brighton. sep37'7l-Is %VIBE:7.ER a RUMBA M niteturczo of cat ringer', buggies, spring-wmona, buck-wag awl and rebicles of every description, Brid_ge Both practical workmen. Successors tor• re Metz. madly LANGNECILEII„ dealer in Watches, Clocks • .ad Jewelry. Repairing neatly executed, Broadway, near Palle -pt. I W. NIPPERT, Baker a Confectioner"; Ice. • cream. Oysters and Game in season. Balls, Widdings, Sc.. supplied. noyl ;7 Dl. WALLACE, Dealer in Italian d American VV Marble•; Manufactures Monuments, Grave stones d sails at reasonable prices. Railroad et., near uew Depot, New Brighton. iseiffr DON TON RESTAURANT and EATING SA- Loon; meales at all hours; tablesupplied with all the delicacies of the season. Priceslow. Wm. stickland, cog. of Paul and Broadway. my94'7l-1y 4,2 • J. SNELLENBREW, hierchant Tatlors, C 4. Broadway, New Brighton. See adv (op14;ly f NOSS, Photographer. Willson's Bloeit, 11. Broadway. Beet photographs from ro-tonch rd negatives. (sep:tly BEAVER FALLS. (I'M. ROBERTSON, Dealer in the justly cele. braced Domestic Sewing Machine. Ladies call and be convinceiL Main et— B. Falls. (5p.27 TEVENSON W1TT1.91.1, Land ()Mee, 19S Clrenn St., Pittsburgh, and Beavet Falls. Bea ver Co., Pa. s . TEWA HT & SON, Dealers in Yankee No none, ac., Main SL. Beaver sepl3;ly BRIDGE I* ATER. WEINIIAN. 'Manufacture of Boots and. 1.• shoe.. Bridge St.. Bridgewater. (sep27;ly _ I tBA Shady - Side Photograph Gal es. 2d floor, Dunlap's corner, oppoolto toll t?rittge. brulgesvater,Pa. aprlG-ly A — ll - REMA, Bridge street, Bridgewater, l'a. 2 - i.• Dealer In Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks Jewdry and Bllver•Ware, Spectacles, itc. Watch es, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. [febls.7l;l. AANIEL MILLER, Fashionable Tailor. .2ione I / but experienced workmen employed. Shop ' ridge st., Bridgewater, Pa. feb34l;ly. C 111:11T, Dry Goods, Bats, Cape Yarn, Carpets, Oil Cloths and Trimmings. Bridge St., Bridgewater, Pa. b sepla:ly ROCHESTER. wr W. JOHNSON—Deafer in Wall Paper of all kind,; Oil-Cloth: Window Blinds: Trunk* . Satchel*: Ba*kets: Toy Carte; Wagorm; C hein , and Toys of every description. Near De pot UOTS3-Iy. I)ONCASTER I:loUSE.—Davict Wolf Proprie tor. Pro Bono Public°. it. it. Street, near COMM KENNEDY b eo, limccessors to Wm. I Bnecb l = 2 Druggists and Chemists. Pre ziEtions lly compounded at all hoar.. In ne Edam= Met. • sepia, V ILL 8111TH b CO.. Ffr.ncy Dry Goode, No -1 V tons • d Itilliaarp. 2ladiao i it., Dia . r - 'PC • .!• ENRY LAP • • lienraituve et all klada. .B4iitoa at, above lisct. • ' • (aepltly A MIIEL CLELANNYM Prescrip cume earatany 4crivrand•6. Water et., Ro chter. (eepltly PEYERER & ' , Aboltsalo &Ilea' Deal -1.-,er's in Dry GCsoolll,Greierieganotit,Feed.drain, 13 )La stores,fron iti Nan! Cerr Water & James Ma. A I MILLER & CO., Cailtia dors and Builders , . .11 • MI untactuters of Sash, Doors, Shutters k.c. th.al in Lumber Lath 4te. Bashester. (sepiltly COTT, BOYLE & WlLLlAMS,Stiateasara to C. Lnkina &, Co., Dealers in Sawed and Planed I.nmber, Lath & Shingles, s4thester. sp2B:ly TEFFLER & CLABZ, proprietors of Jotmston House. Good accommodations and good sts 'yes. Near R. R. Depot. octl9;ly ALLEGHENY CITY. I lIL.A.t.WINANS,Electrical Pbyalcian; Chr . enic diseases made a sivelldty. Office, 187 Si , ash 1 t, ton avenue. Allegheny City, Ha. *pit ly MISCELLANEOUS. B. SNEAD, Freedom, Beaver county. Pa.. el • dealer in Sawed and Planed Lcxnan of nil Lind.. Flats and Barges built to order. jan9'7l-2y WIN THOR-NlLEY,Mannfaaturer of the Great el Republic Cooking Stove, and Patentee of Por table extension top and centre. Fallston, Pa. V D. CONE, In. D., Late of Darlington, • having removed to New-Brightcn, offers his medical services,. in all Its branches, to the people of the city and surrounding country. Office cot- Ler of Butler and Broadway. sepl.3;ly W. W. SARI iC.E" , !..ticces, , or to Barker S liase!tine,) to.LE.•LE AND RETAIL DEALzv. IN CHROMO -LITHOGRAPHS, F Nar, , tr, or litbogaaphs, fain and Coloral,Pho ,fm,ph, Partout,, Mouleinge and Pietnr I- rim.— or nl' klndn, A 7 Fifth Avenue, [3 door •r: .t 1.::, 4.1 I"lt:•l.urzh, Pa. Dner742;le Homes Still Larger 1'()11. THE MILLION! I:are npp ortunities are now offered for Pec urtng a mild. healrAy. and congenial climate of their value dye years hence. THE NATIONAL REAL EritATE AGENCY has for sale real estate of every description, locat ed In the Middle and Southern State.; traprored Atoek, grain and fruit farms; rice, rojar and rot plantations: timber and minerai lands : and rural residence, and bueiness od.andt• mißa and mill sites.factories,.tc. rite for Land Register containing description, ~.• price and terms of proEtles we have .r nal.. Address—B. CLA Eit CO. 77, National Real Estate Aq rhey 177 a,.,1 *79 !Vilna Avenue, Washington, 1). Agt'ntM Wanted. Wanted immediately, four active, energetic men :) .pct 111 , Agent. for the — NEW^ WHEELER it. ILSON SEWINU MACHINE in Oda county. to ly .uch men rt. can give guod reference as to baracter and ability, and furni.li a Bohei need 'We will pay gourante•el salarie., or fiber ,,f roments.iinn. to proper men. Only such men a. re:lay desert to enter the tontine? need apply. ti N st - fitNER .t CO , No 1411 Wood St . Pitt. ~,: r1:11. Pa. (mar6:l• ASOID QUACKS AND IMPOSTORS No Charge for Advice and Consultation. ",. .1. 11. /o /oft, Graduate of Jeffereon _Wawa! Philadelphia, anthOr of several valuable , rks. can be consulted on all disease!. of the or Urinary Organs. (which he has made an , -speciat study 'either in male or female, no mat- ••r from u hat cause originating or of how long, •tandinq A practice of 30 years enables him to treat disease with success. ('uree gnaranteed. !large. reasonable. 'Those at a distance can for %ar d letters describing symptoms and enclosing r mp - to prepay postage, lend for the Guide lo health, Price 10 cents. 3 B. DYOTT. M. D . Physician and Surgeon, ly] UM Duane St., Sew Yorl. $50,000 Reward ! be distributed to etthsenben, to the AM EFII• ' A WoIiKING PEOPLE In IRS. It Is the on ', workingman'' , Tull?' Monthly; has 16 large ~, A rt pagt-.4 with Illustrations. Ererii Subscriber Gels a Premium, an ing from 15 rents In value to $5 CU in amen- Among the premiums are 2 of tail in -•"' "nh , irk , ': 2 of /:(Ms 10 or /100; MO of LW; 01.10 of Path, Orcan., each; 10 Sewing Ida s.9o each. 50 Arnencan , Watches. $lO each I,,sid,s many thousand or smaller premiums. ZO per year; sent no trial three motths tor... cents. Send for specimen to CAPRON CO.. Box 5. Pittsburgh, Pa. a; r2-3m ivicbssisib PHOTOGRAPHER novOtf New Upholstering Rouse. THEOPUILtiS ROLLER 150 OHIO STREET, ALLEGHENY CITY, PL, liege to notify the trade and public generally that Le - hat , opened the above business with a anti of Parlor Furnittue—as pia specialty. His patent Rererrable Spring .Mattress la manufac tured and for sale by Mtn. tend for Price List. 5-74zu. Vol. 55---No. 24. ALPS INSURANCE COMPANY OF ERIE, PA. WlC** • $250,000 00 Asssets: Oct 9, '7l, 311,948 29 Liabilities, -- - 5,200 Q 0 3.M. 131701A2ax 0. NOBLE, Preside/14J H. W. Woos», 1 nog. E. Goon ' Dl' Hon. 0 Noble, Brie Hon. Geo. B. Hamster, J W Hammond, do Igesdvilie l la. Hon Belden Marvin, do Hon 3 P Vincent, Hlram Daggett, . do Hwy Bawls .do Charles HXeed. elo i G T Churchill do H S Southard, doiCapt J 8 Richards do W B Sterna, do;Richard O'Brian, do H W Noble, do'F H Gibbs, do J Englehart, do John 11 Cochran, do J H. 'Neil, do X Ltartiebb, do W H Abbott, Titarville. Capt D P Dobbins, do Jim Fedi', Titusville. rates and liberal toms. bi a. Lahte r v rr t .: welts Poiides issued at fair Insures against damage Fire. CHAS. Bocheater. Pa.. Dee. IMMEI=I A Word With You ! If you want to hay propertv, If you want to sell property, If you want your house insured, It you want your goodi4Jnmurett. If you want your life /mitred. If you want to insure stillest accident, If you want to lease your ti tine, If you want to hire a house, If you want to buy a farm. If you want to sell a fano. It you want any legal writing done, Do net fall to all at the office of Eberhart £ Munson, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS AND Real Estate Brokers, No. 223 BroadvsyiNfrw-Brign!=, augs-ti Professional Cards. GILBERT L. EBEREfA_RT. Attorney at Law, wtll give prompt attention to collections, wo miring twenties and pensions, buying and selling real estate, etc. Once on Broadway, opposite R.8.L8. Hoopes• Banking House, New Brighton, Beaver Co, Pa. see 4tl JAMB OANZEtON. JOHN Y. NAM CAMERON & MARKS. Attorneys at Law And 'Real Estate Agrontm, Rochester. Will attend promptly to all [meccas entrusted to their care. and have superior facilities for buying and selling real estate. decthly T.J.CINANDLENL, Dentist, l'ttl contin to perform dea l W - `,lmme”"• time In the den l thi pro - fession at Isis °Mee, Beaver stab Roches -4 .4* - -4i'ie bllot 1 1, 644 10 I"2ll,aectriernVr ter . All w ttf: in the best possible mann 4' and the moat reason able terms. The books of the late firm of T. J. CHAND LER A SON are In his huda, where all who have accounts will pleue call immediately and settle the same. TZPeiatierti—sr. ,--:::.- Dr. J. Mar -bm•c--t "Torilldtge --.-,,,_ _ 7, _ KR ef 9 ee9. . ! saillalb mined tthit no Dentist In the ---- .... - ~..,-,:r State shall do ~. . . ----. -- --- - work better or , - cheaper than ' ' ..' he aims it to - 4 1 4 a S t . . its 'eV " .-2._=;;, best nuiterlals mannftctured In the United Stales. Gold and ail ver tiling performed in a style that defies compe tition Satisfaction guaranteed to all operations, or the money returned. Give him a trial. MK: I v Manufacturers. D OV1.1}•If POINT PLANING MILLS, WATER ST., ROCHESTER, PA. HENRY WHITEFIELD, MANUFACTURER OF Sash, Doors,Mouldings,Floor-boards, Wealher,boards, Palings Brack ets, &c., cte. Also, DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF LUM BER, LATH, SHINGLES AND BUILDING TIMBER, Having purchased the the territorial in terest of Mr J. C. Anderson, owner of the several patents covering certain improve ments in the constrz.ction and- joining "•f weatherboards and linings for houses and other buildings, we are the only persons authorized to make and sell the same within the limits of Beaver county. Par ties interested will please observethis. Carpenters' Supplies Constant Kept on Hand. Every manner of Shop-Work made to order. - oet4:lv FA. I,l,saioN Foundry 6z Repair Shop. Having been Engaged In the Foundry Businssa for more than tiirty yeah,-daring which time I have accumulated a variety of useful patterns, be sides constructing model. and tatting out patents fur Linprovetucuts on COOKING - STOVES --and after having - thoroughly tested thee? Im provements, I feel warranted in offering them to the public. PLOWS, The GREAT WESTERN Wu Do Su pertor for this Locality. STOVES , ' Stoves of Different Styles for Heating and Cooking, The Great Republic °oh Ili Stove Hai the beet Record of any Stove ever offered In IT TAKES LESS FUEL, LESS ROOM TO DO MORE WORK, BEST BAKER, mowirrouitAsi„E T II E BEST STOVE IN USE In convection with_the Store T lave got up a Patent EXTENSION TOP, which occupies little room, no additional fuel, and is not liable to wear out, dispen ses with all pipe, can be put on or taken off at any time, and made to sultan stoves of any size or pattern. Fir© Hundred Persons Who have purchased and used the GREAT REPUBLIC COOKING MR, Most of whose names have been publish ed in the Altars, are confidently referred to, to bear witness of its superior merits as a cooking stove. Haying three first class engines on hand. of &boat fifteen horse power capacity, they are offered to the public at reasonable rates. JOHN THORNILNY. COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE SITUATED 1.3 MILE BELOW BEAVER, and having • delightful view of the Ohio river and surrounding country; I mile from R. R. Sta tion; house brick, two stories high. 4 worn*, attic, hall, cellar, porch. etc.; all lobbed; wash-house, smoke-house, well of water at the kitchen door, new barn and stable with cellar. ?flee paling fence in front of property' t an well g ood orchard in besrin condition, grapes. p nibs, tht reg• Val and all kinds of swafret. WI be sold on reasonable tams. A Ply on the premises to the owner, J.ll. G 1111111111111111111.1111.11111111M1111.1.111.1.11ko,„,:ii _ „NI . . t v s • , ' : • : ;sp, _ - , tf • *tidoads. wgrr. WArdi i k , ..< - 4 Ms* Ts • will • .ow". . 5 Mee , • • THE- IV . ' • - ter id, DlSUranee. • P. VINCENT. Vice Pt. Treasurer; axes. Secretary. CTOES: EM ._w. L. BEDLIOJI Beams =nth Pena. this market ALTOGETHER marbil lar*:(;!i)i)cAt.k D nelsgwer _ IMPOR I MB 4S . , • - AND MMq -OF DRY-1100K JOB LOTS FAUN( za.a. EAT 313111 R. DU' A.TIC'TION SALES Nos. 172 all 114, Federal Street, Allegheny CITY. twig-1y Insurance. ROCHESTER Fire Insurance Company. INCORPORATED by the Legislature ot Penn c[ z wa tirsua mm t s. , Yebroary, Office one door east county Pa. awns* Bask. Roebaster. Bearer , People of Bearer county an now bin* that, property Insured against loss or damage by Mr; at fair rates, in • safe and RELIABLE HOME COMPANY, thereby avoiding the expense, trouble acd delay Incident to the adjustment of losses by ectuwatd es located at a distance. WARD 07 DIRICTOILE J. V. X'Donald. George C. Speyerer, Samuel B. Wilson, Leiria Schneider, William Kennedy, John Onetang, WDoniad, B. B. Edgar, U. Camp, Ir., C . B. Beret, DaTi4-14,1m Beery tkelatng. 01'11CLIS OEO. C. SPEY/MEE, Pan'? J. V. li'Dotw.D. V. Pm, t. IL .1. Hirrrsars, lreaa. JOHN GELHEING. Ja., Seel. jyaia, Chas. B. Hurst's INSURANCE AND General Agency Office, NEAR THE DEPOT ROCHESTER, PENNA. Notary Public and C y aneer; FIRE, LIFE, and ACCIDENT INSUR ANCE; "Anchor" and "National" Lines of Ocean Steamers; " Adams " and "Un ion" Express Agent. All ki ads of Insurance at fair rates and liberal tei ms. Real Estate bought and sold. Deeds, Mortgages, Articles, dm_ written ; Depositions and Acknowledge ments taken, &c, &c. Goods and Money forwarded to all parts of the United States and Canada. Passengers booked to and from England, Ireland, Scotland, Franca and Germany. ETNA FIRE INS. CO., Ot Hartford, Coon., Cash assetts......—. ..... .... $6,000,000 " By their fruits ye know them." Losses paid to Jan. 1, 1871....528,000,000 One of the oldest and wealthiest Compa nies in the world. NIAGARA Insurance Co., Or New York Cash assetts, ANDES FIRE INS. CO., Of Cincinnati, Ohio. Cash assails, . ...--. $1,500,000 ENTERPRISE INS. CO., Of Philadelphia. Cash melts over.. LANC.ABTEE Fire Ins. CO. Of Lancaster, Pa. ALPS INSITRAIVCE CO., Of Erie, Penna. Cash capital,. $250,000 HOME LIFE INS. CO, Of New York Cash assets,. Travelers' Life & Accident Insurance Co., Of Hartford, Conn. Cash assetta over 51,500,000. Representing the above Ina class lasseasee Companies, acknowledged to be amongst tile best and most reliable in the world, and Wig cash amital of neatly $16,000,0 x 00, am sa abled take Insumee to any amount desired. Applications promptly attended ro, and Folk:see written • i th out de ,hy aad attar tate, and liberal terms. Looses liberally alluded and proarptly a d. MGT= Tr DAY? By one dafa delay mayons lose the savings of yeara. Denys are , and Illatuteertain; thereforabisure to. day! ger " One today,, to worth two to-owtrrosot.”— Quality, also, Is of the utmost- importance. The low priced. worthless article. ahrays proves the dearest. The above companies are known to be amongst the beet and wealthiest In the world.-- " As ye sow that shall you reap." Grateful for the very liberal pationage already bestowed, I hope—by a stria attention - to a legit imate hialhaus—not only to merit a continuum of the sunk bet a large Increase the presentyear. 11r. ATZPRIN A. CRAW is duly authorized to take applications for Inference and receive the premium for the some a S. B djolaby townsldys. CHA. utritsT, • Rae Depot. Rochester. Ps. ' Rai/Attu/a. - imionwarmiors.—, cinembo RATIN tra m Decembfaill tql3P Vine Pittaborgh. ..... . Cre. Puma _ '~ e~`y Linn. Ant Wa ta • • yne...... o•. Ilynion - rtArioms CA'cam,'• Plymouth— Fort Wayne . Lima. Forest A Crestilasi . Mansfield OnTine Alliance LEiME 111rNo. I day 8, daily exwat su k. wa CLEVKLAND'a ITITSZIOBOIrltAILEOA1). Stat Od a i ly u De l e ayx ep M te dt)aeble wal leave inhale& 111011111 scram. ITATIONL NAIL. MXPOLIACCOX 41010.0. 1 •1 . •••••=•••M•0 *.1.10 ••••• ....• Cleveland. ..... ... 830". o 155rir 405r4 Hudson 911 • 1109 653 Ravenna.. .. .... 1013 383 553 - Alliance. 1105 412 640 Bayard_ ... ........ 1159 444 Wellsville 1 HOPS 600 Pittsburgh t 540 IKO MICK il SWIM. armoire. , Hui. 1 RAP'illriCooll ...--.--..---............- --.........—....... ......- Pitbbarsh........ 680.4 x 115rn Wellsville 81A 515 , 1023 430 Al/Lnce 1125 515 1725A5 Ravenna I.loBro 553 i 815 Hildsoli... , , 1241 RV 1965 903 Cleveland - 155 130 11025 - 1 leavo u l n liiiiiii. -- Bayard ItIO 500 p. in. N.Phllad. Una 7110 p.m. N.Phlla. 8 . &Ipm. I Bayard 4845 a.m.494 p.m. liiVitilinfiiiiiiNT - 1101110 sum smarms'. AcconLitall. itir's Aocom Relish' 1 855 1100 843 ....... Iltem ß6 Vrille 1 , 857 liartim 445 ....... Wellsville i , 815 130 620 ....... Rochester. , 5 Pittsburgh 111040 930 840925 11 820 GOING 1121111.. es•moss. , 1111.An...Exioa.TAccillt ACitiii 1 -------- Pittsburgh 1 68081, 115vit1 415'm Rochter 740 990 530 Wellsv es ille 83:1 820 700 Stenbensi dgeport. ille 1 950 420 MO I Br_ ..... 1 1100 525 I 405 Bellalr 111120 540 1990 MIMS General Rusesyrer and Werat Al J. B. SNEAD Has now in operation a new SAW AND PLANING MILL IN FREEDOM,. PA., Having the latl improved machinery for the anufacture of ll illl IFDIPT -41 0 1 i ll ¢b:‘ t IEI LATH . &C,460. and is now prepared to attend 'to 'tile' building and-repairing of Steamboats, Bates, Flats, &c., &c., Kccpmg constantly ou band a superior quality of Lumber. The tronage of the publicisrespeettbed Alt orders promptly executed. I aug2-ly WILLIAM MILLEN., JACOB TRAX, PLANING MILL. MILLER & TRAX, Mantifacturers and Dealers in Dressed Lumber-, SASH, DOORS, SHUTTERS, SIDING FLOORING, 11OULDINGs, ,tc• Scroll Sawing and Turning ORDERS BY MAIL RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED, AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Mill Opposite the Railroad &a/ion, ROCHESTER, PENN'A. april 19 11; ly Brighton Paper Mills, BEAVER FALLS, PENN'A. Hardware, Glassy Straw. RAG AND CARPET -EL I= o 3E 1 2 1.18 . MANUFACTURED And Sold At Wholesale & Retail to 7 $1,500,000 PITTEMITROH S2V''Rags taken to exchange. $600,000 CARPE 9C" ...$240,000 We are now offering, and will continue to offer through the year, the s ' ' 'LES OF CARPETS the market will prod;-al,-pAtces as at tractive as tho goods. Our stoct — will be larger and choicer this year that ever be- fore. Ali needing CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, SHADES $8,500,000 WARD, ROSE fl COQ, 21 Fifth AvenUe, nuirl2-3m;ebd sep-8m JOHN P. DEAN, HARDWARE CI CT "1" X4II 3EII3EL "Sr • Si Wood Street. TELT2 I . ir13310Va.11.310 BLACSSMITII and CARPENTER TOOLS, RAKES, SCYTHES, SNATIIES, ROES and FORKS ; Meet assortmant of CUTLERY to the city together ;Ott a large and complete assortment of HARDWARE, suitable for the trade• at Onetly Reduced Rates. 1544 m. Beaverit -Pyrnsvisa rs. FT: Wii is fir. - .oondesessedllusis Ts • II GOING MM. al Ul rumors. 000,444 420 4 1 100 00n are 400 6654* 140 000 430rit ore 145 A, 953 515 451 855 990 . 940 1101 Mira 445 790 lI=I iM No .117 Fat Li 0154 i 115 I.l9Dra US 400 535 0:104X 610 910 1190 100 1903.3 Manufacturers. SIDING DONE TO ORDER, PRINTING. MANNILLA, ROOFING, BAILING, Frazier, Metzger & Co.. 82 Third Avenue. rseplgrel Boots and Shoes. FOR 1873. MATTINGS, &., will be well, suited at PITTSBURGH, PA. Wholesale Dealer In IMMI ''' M /aft IMO. 818 14111 'U Ma •50 Ins 910/1 110115 5(51 • 540 COO 155 015,0, .9105i1k 550: :in, July:l6.. ther. you are magnificence ou are saying by moonlight Cher you, are m floor while o show Imo la to -spend a summer whether you are lgar that .10 a poem ; no hAier what you ,Itis nice to do,.leace Off dear.. &How, andlheed g, . pear In , You- at first .to poem, • ounced ,:pathoa. It is not ailsnblitou gra atgreotyped nature. 4 might thrluir to bear upon it am ity orthltsoing With outonce.hattlV warate as the chil dren Woe.; Foss et , e Steveo. it lanoteo =or - is ttirkt .thaiT-I am oeastt to,achwe Christie. p adored her on the 10th. of last When yon paid me the honor °Main my best luau. It is not that I have.neek in_ her sweet, was pie lo amok brbil ere do, "itii: 6. . Parira N 0747 Nit Ns IMlra 1115iN 600 19115 it UT. 1110 115OAN 1105491 SIS 490 455 !WI 5.1116 compligao,..iald COI4IaiSSOCET any vasessilleallge of quarrehmenelp. It, to not : . t, I hays tailed to find my In let (one .feels : forma to _ ia coin the luntive)-Uperfeettuntill tude here our same , green End-1 of-the-Wokld ; meadowy sentlestsieil bucolic:n . os, that a lough] , reibent-. brance eirestroublea tee, Ahose un •blessed ~ , elor hoursi . n I toting ed tb . ,' ilk , In w inery Oneness, Beechen , laing toe inuehat the club about/bre.) nlghta week, now and then, maltreating, tnY pocet at t he:card tale, and mostly following your own, noble plat!, Steven, of tWing_tosOueese &few; scanty drops of enjoyment from that kneaded, smashed, drained out orange called society. :4gaiN le is not— But never mind what . It was not. Let me ectifeern-tnyself. with what it Is. Give cor. Sympathise. I need sympathy 4 moat -cravingly, for the reason that tny,miseryls sometimes troubled With (yes, I own it) wretch ed doubtaas to whether the case he really, as harrowing a, ;one as I, 014 sufferer, suppose. We were so . Lapp* . before she came.. She did not swoop down up on our lamb-like domestic peace at all in the Vulpine way. of the Assyri an. She ego, rather, with the sly, suspielonli*a crawl of `the panther. Will It bean admissible stretching of metaphor to state that;ahe has car ried away, ithln her fierce jaws my entire household comfort. Hardly, I suppose, as she yet retmilim. If she would only go, I should._ not math care what ;the carried off; ,not even were •her departure to leave us fork lees, spoonless, tureenleis. Her name la Ulric% Murdoch. She is an own,-cousin of 'Christie's. I found ber one day in the parlor. havipg hold of both Chrietle's hands. and stating:that shit had hid extreme difficulty in finding End-,:of-the- World. You know what a tittle blonde mannikin dear airtstie is. Weil, o)4 . 3furfloch . erea4 o !re Is of Iseitt=r height; It etturcu that ' los the*, - ode not th ~_„, . ‘ , ' InSuchtitses a dratV . , 1.% .::''' . i Ly, carried. him majestic b . •'" " he ogee's; otatunevithere; is , ~, ~... . , .- wp as certain quadroons. •.. - .I • - - essootek anti hi ` i rti -', 'mei to haveßasbed'fititia` a Madrid balcony, and wears masses of purplish, nightlike hair. Imagine the contrast between my sunny little Christie and this daughter of dark ness. EM As soon as amazement permitted me to recollect anything, 1 recollect ed that Christie had more than once spoken of her cousin Ulrica. During our engagement and marriage this young lady has been abroad. Her return was very unexpected. I think it most probable that as soon as the steamer touched land she had yearn ings after Christie and End-of-the- World. Anyhow, she at once set out in quest of us, not having a scru ple, you may believe, about pounc ing herself invitationless upon our hearthstone. Your disgust will not have reached its lawful climax, Steven, until I have told you that Miss Murdoch arrived in early June. It is today the 16th of July. I wish that I could see your face now. If I could see it, and it were not agape with consternation, we should ab ruptly cease to be friends. From the first she began quietly to take possession of Christie. From the first I felt, so to speak, my mari tal throne tottering. Our initial combat was waged five minutes after our introduction to each other. "Christie," she stated, while near ly smothering the poor child with both arms, and staring her quite out of countenance with those immense, startling eyes—" Christie, my dear, you are not looking at all well." •Christie is looking quite well, I think," was my hurried remark. "The weather has been warm, Miss Murdoch, and perhaps you ileo the merely temporary effects of it." Miss Murdoch turned and made the immense eyes ransack me from trouser's-hem to hair-parting ; she began with my trouser's-hem, as a . mark of contempt. I suppose. "You forget," she snubbed, with much calmness, "that I have not seen Christie in more than a year, and that therefore 1 am an excellent judge of her present appearance." I think I grunted at this; it is hard to tell, however, as we have had so many subsequent passages•at-arms that I have confused one with an other. She generally, on such oc csssions, produces the impression of having come off with victory's most flying colors; some women, you know, are the devil at that sort of thing, Steven. I don't mean that the is ever really in the right; far from it, but she owns a glib tongue and a supple wit, and she has more than once contrived to make it seem as if I had been unjust, not to say aggressive. It is a very singular case, you will agree. Behold the bitterly jealous of a woman. And yet, I assure you, lousy has not the least tin reasons ; • • meat. I simply object to the' incessan nopolization of Christie. She can be i'•• • my wife and the friend of the , nt Ulrica. I will admit; but when Uirica's "friendship" constantly intrudes itself between the sacred relations of man and wife ; when she adviseS Christie in my presence re garding that or this household ar rangement ; when she is calmly des potic about Christie's wesring certain wraps upon certain occasions; when she shows me by a mute imperious ness most keenly irritating, that I am not credible if I call a little cough Christie has been having of late the merest trifle; when I find Christie's and my own opportunities of person al intercourse limited through this woman's presence, to perhaps half the number of w hat they were in the days before her coming; when I see Christlels 'innocent little head, once so sweetly careless of stiff, prim, exactitude in matters domestic, slow ly being filled with all sorts of useless ultra-neat prejudices, oh, Steven! when I see these mid innumerable other signs of what it hasn't a bit become hyperbole to call the trail of the serpent, then Will you not per ceive from depths of aggravation I pronounce this creature's presence In . . . - , — im p... •-i• t -1 - - J. ye .; r it i...r .. fY.i-. ,1' '2/ : _f,f ~ !. .. 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Whether:oe balk • will: or Bet ,what. would the (Pare, Zes_alt-;' of isuch course on my , part?. :. , u 0 :3 7 9u care tn.hearl : k . : ; • , The.augustlJ l rickwouk.l.,PronankY strike an attitude 001088 Per nape; Then, in tontvlbrilling. euellgl/40 make Ristort_tremble for ; htuflaurelsi .poorilttleChriatie : would be, asked sonie.deeply dramatie question, -refal , tive to.stamling by and nif.J.lfec friend-.-herdearest friend e , and, cons;. In—turned .from : 'her. flnore-- :Aral Christie mouth besure ty,:bayp;ti fit of exorbitant crying, eves ifehe did not reach "the rO i krok pathetic „ign3eof complete bysteria. 7 Theo,* oar say that I -shoo Idcommit AWL goes bru talityofadbering tothe hyroto,-of,iny bull. Itt•such a easelolisa. , WOlll4 toe forced. to go.-- and 'Chrlstle.--,A . nwing passed:, throOk nearly ;hugged in zO6 Ai PIA -.fir. , relatlonhawful. fatOwelals.:Wouuk aboutihehotate. for. weeksafterwards looking weeParate martyrdom ,frons each of her sweet amethyst-, eyes. And "Christie,'f I would miserably. ask again and • again, "what, _is the matter. my child ?" "Oh, nothing, Jlasil,", would come the resigned re- Sponse,wh Ile the poor dearle looked as :though she had just burled triplets, *id -lost flesh with as much canna ex traeaganee as thoughshe were Bar num's fat woman. And _at length, rine ,fit of desperate anxiety, I would shout forth "For • Heaven's sake, :let as have back that insupportable brunette in F o nd-of 7 the-Worlo._ Write to her, Christie. - 'Hove not hollow cheek nor glaisy eye' any more than Mr. Tennyson." ! Then the brunette would be sent for, and doubtless throughout the remainder of my wed dedlife I should have- the pleasure' 'of heing.connublelly out •huggeO and out-kissed by Chrlstle'a ursine-man nered adorer. For even. Christie, now the soul of meekness and docili ty, is enough of ,a woman to do some geatiekicking Against, opposition, if once reallyiwteth ~! Under. the,Orcutostances Steven, I have felt myliottif (oozed to drag my mains for a milder inearisof ejection. , After much. thought. I ,concluded that the effort to and such means would give a Machlavel headache. "If she were only a man," I found myself several times Preluding; but always stopped myself with shocked suddenness.- Visions would arise of the stately Klrica on terms of such physical intimacy .toward Christie that the merely Imaginative change of sex occasioned the a light ague. At length an idea dawned upon me, with all thesweetness and light conceivable. I don't for an instant suppose, Steven, that you can guess I -my idea.. It will: produce the gentle :means i of ejection that I desir..., if ,ad ministered in gentle-doses; it will act like en immense irreversible broom slowly sweeping, as with a sweep of fate, the:imperial Ulrica froni my doors. And.she will seem te --- go .of her own accord; wherein, think, lies the delightful kernel of the whole arrangement. Have. younnyehjec tien,io my phrase': S he will seem to go corner own accord." My pen actually loves it. !:.Cc'r;c , f:'t; LL4M". :~: SITU TO MS N FORESTER. Y have confided the idea to a cer tain Mrs, Winkle, a rather silly sort otuttle person, and about our only neighbor *To in the End-of-the 'World), for whegit lust promilonsiYi so to term it, unbandaged my do mestic wound, receiving what slight salvo the lady's sympathy had been able to administer. I made a confi dant of Mrs. Winkle, partially be cause I yearned for some sort of sym pathy, and partially because I de sired to test, us It ware, the real bril liance of the idea. Then, too, I feel certain that Mrs. Winkle has a pro found dislike of the majestic Uirica, and so our neighbor's gossipy tongue is proof against a betrayal of confi dence. The idea seemed first to shock, then to dazzle Mrs. Winkle. In a few moments she had profusely con gratulated me profusely, and called me one of the cleverest men of her acquaintance—a rather dubious com pliment, by the way, as Mrs. Win kle's friends are all End-of-the- Worlditigs, among whom I have,not as yet discovered any striking marks of mind. Are you burning with curiosity to hear what the Idea is, Steven? Then relinquish for a half hour what ele gant idleness engages you, and tell me so. Also, give me your sincere opinion regarding my miserable ease. Make the whole thing about four pages of note-paper, and almost by next mail I promise to send you the answer to my enigma. Meanwhile, old fellow, believe me. dejectedly, yet hopefully. CHAPTER 11. rI WM MISS ICA :‘ I U RDOCK TO HER SISTER, MRS. CHARLES JEE NINGIIAM. Dearest Adelaide—l hear with sur. prise, from your charmingly wel come letter dated at Vienna, that mamma has been forgetful enough not to forward you across the water the accounts of myself which I have ,regularly written her in New York. I was particular to give her instruc tions on this point. As for writing you myself, dearest Adelaide, until you had answered the letter which I sent you immediately on my re turn home that was of course not to be dreamed of. However much I might have wanted to tell you about our dearest Christie, I should have found it impossible to encourage your frightful habits of reckless, ir regular, haphazard correspondence. But this is an old point of disagree ment, and I suppose you are grown quite irreclaimable. Of course, Adelaide, my first ques tion after reaching home last May, and finding mamma quite well, was about Christie. Her engagement had been a bomb shell to me, as you know, and ex plosion had so rapidly followed ex plosion in the matter of her mar riage. Mamma astonished me by her painful ignorance of Christie 's af fairs. She had met this Mr. Basil "eith twice before the wedding tivir p • • e seemed a really nice sort of young m • the wedding bad been very small an pretty; the brk dal pair had gone s •htto a little box somewhere, miles o' •n the country—my Aunt Aurelia c.. d tell me where. Not at all satisfied with mamma's information, I rushed to Aunt Aure- Ha. You know Aunt Aurelia's apa thetic style. 1 blame her for every fAult that dear Christie Possesses. While Uncle Albert was alive her motherhood was not the parody it has since become. And yet, in her way, I think Aunt Aurelia dearly loves Christie. I found our energetic relation on a lounge with a novel, at two o'clock in the afternoon, when, I pounced upon her. I will not enter into the harrowing details of that Interview. Long before its end I had become convinced that. Aunt AI:111311R had let a certain man (heaven knew who and heaven [thew from where) carry Christie away to a certain place which bore the absurd .name End of- the-World. END-OF-THE WORLD, July 16 818 -:4•And da you mevetwrite:to: ethetl"- waned. •—•.- • • It"Wagi - auch Clfrigtleli departure,' 'Aunt 'Aurelia told ne; whire anfilellathig a , yawn emit looking ather novel-es though she would taget:back to it. ; • Very soon after that rmadb:up my mind what to do, Adelaide. Ye u know hour LI ave always loved rig 4 ilueilookii, immise„ , ,sile ikackdiffereut Reflia 14 .5 11 .eir — golue9. aepflutebt,;yeblie-X a'rrt '>..veoneludedll,&t,t4 4Kottidteven overlook , AlutisAnclufP l ool l 4o 60-40 forfivAller Vriting,43. on tidings 4,r er afidcren:epiagertten :and - inv. cip lieu MktH*2%qm oletree-t Ork , the *Mime Ibr this , 'Erld•er Uwe:World, wheraveritmes. ;- ,„Agio Aurel Wit cill!eelJ9Pa I ed - erdered Utterly tintristWorthy . . Be.l fore-long; - however;- I'luiteeetireci Other meaner enlighttnentr I start, ed, Adelaide, with. the - interitActu-sl 'taying ; wwk at the.. utingst. iinXe remained until lllg'slXtctentil duy of ' Addli:l'mila:tit's firVitii frinir iinele‘johir to go and pagi3 the Istuniner in , Wereeeter .18.,ckuky. tatf- 4 , "lawn for oty„liayirw, remain= bgt or iel4l(l6: I'or r co "c ray , rdetieti Ver the'Airc otiarne civil ,Ibtolciegtelitgylesgqieetk ed at theEnd•of-thelWorldPelth, an enormQua awed. . Christie's husband is a slim, effem inate 'indolent, blonde - man, who seems to have invested the idea of marriage with an atmosphere of pos sessorship quite, worthy of an East ern frislia, I don't know what ao palling antentiptial experiences he can possibly tiaverbadp anyhow, his one present aim appears to be the complete, selfish .monopoly or his wife. He , had immured her in this lonely, soCietYtess-place immediate ly after Marriage—Christie ' who draws her spiritual and her bodily nourishment, too, from the social in tercourse of friend and friend! Un murmuringly, I found, she had con- Sented to his MOSS tyranny. Like the cruel boy who seizes the quiVer lug butterfly and holds all its tor mented beauty by one wing for the mere pleasurement of greedy whim , I found Mr. Basil Keith hurting and fretting the delicate nature which he only regards in so far as it may min ister to his own personal delights. Of course, Christie (though she has 'been silly enough to fall fearfully in love with her Jailer) had already be gun to droop under this absurd treat ment. She was literally being mar ried to death. Before I came the awful monotory of his incessant hugs and kisses, kisses and hugs, must have been enough to dethrone the firmest reason. No wonder that I found the poor child looking wretched, and having a horrid little rasping -cough that this encenmte adorer, with all his adoration, had not noticed. ' As for the condition of the domes "tic arrangements, Adelaide, I shrink from describing it. It beggars any effort at. delineation. My lord had objected to Christie's troubling her, self about brooms and dust-pans, even If they did keep only tivo-ser vents; so Christie told me in her meek, sweerivay as soon as I got here. The consequenses had been a household anarchy quite unimagin able. I found the cook's tawjeee ter- Tangent. and the remaining Seetarit evidently convinced that she was one supreme despot of the preniist. The condition of both of these estimable females, in fact, resembled that of horses who have been allowed .to run; wild for a few weeks ou the grassiest kind of indulgences. .When'.widtc,..Adetalde, the State in which I found kiteGed;' pan tries, utensils, bedroom arrange ments, I feel that the whole subject is of much too Mournful a nature fur anything hut the most meagre devel opment. I was resolute in making the old order of things yield place to new. Mr. Basil Keith vainly scowl ed, and sneered, and fumed. With all her saintly gentleness, I managed to infuse enough real spirit into Christie to make her support my work of innovation. That is, she fed her tyrant with perpetual sugar plums of persuasion, and coaxed and wheedled his Warship into gracious ly allowing the re-establishment of decency and neatness. Toward myself his manner is of the sort that thinly veils an intense loathing. For Christie's sake I en dure him; but I assure you he is the -very blackest of black draughts to me. llis one accomplishment ap pears to he - smoking, as far as I have yet made out. He also lounges with decided effect. It seems to be a matter of poignant grief to him that Christie and I should enjoy a half-hour of each other's unadulter ated comneany. A cat watches a mouse with languor compared to his mode of watching us. Of course I am piqued into petting Christie much more on this account. Some times I wonder whether the absurd bully `thinks that I am a man in dis guise. He could not behave with much more jealous mistrust and ner vousness if quite convinced of the fact. I shall continue my visit here, Ad elaide, until possibly September. I know it pleases Christie to have me a great deal inure than she dare tell about, and after all, I fee! quite un exhausted as yet by my numerous skirmishes with Mr. Basil Keith. If the creature takes it - into his head that I shall be turned from the doors, I must go, I suppose—that Is provi ded my expulsion be made a matter of sufficient force. Christie sends her warm love. Give my love to Charles and the dear children. I often think of those days in Venice last winter, awl love ly Grimm, and Como and all. Are you going to repent in the matter of occasionally writing? That even if you are not you will make my present durance among .the stagnation of End-of-the-World a temporary reason for changing your usual style, Is the earnest wish of Your loving sister. ULRICA. CHAPTER, 111. FROM THE AUTHOR. TO HIS FRIE2;I), TITFI READER Tt is a delightful midsutnmer morn ing at End-of-the-world. On Mr. Basil Keith's very pretty vine sha ded piazza Mr. Basil Keith is seated, dividing his attention between a newspaper and a rather impressive meerschaum. His wife has recently bade him .a short farewell, and has started for the village, a distance of perhaps half a mile. "I shah be gone about an hour," she tells him, in her suave, cooing voice. "and if you want anything, Basil dear, you st ask Ulrica forit." fer wanting," scowls Mr. Ty unbecomingly, '' or I 44 r Basil else get It tnyse "But you don't cai . do you, dear?" Chrissi "There are really a few puil that I ought to make, and it is sue, a cool morning. I should have ask ed you to go with me, but I knew that you didn't much care for walk ,ing. 'After that he lets her kiss hini, and she gom down through the little gar den, the sunlight burnishing her beautiful gold hair. It occurs to Basil Keith, while he watches her go, that he has_ rather missed a satirical opportunity in not wanting to know, with, mild won derment, why Ulrica failed to 'ac company her. But his mind is in such a whirled state that tho ern's+, t.., 7 ' Es - • t lan' doe§ mat strike him. a 'a, od d. 'Whirled; becani*itfthelirst'ivOrd of Intelligeifeelrom hit • wife .that , she is going village-ward that morning without Uirk2...he becomes convin ced thathis opportunity has arrived. Tlieldga' must bokdeveloped now or itwoold.be developed . never. Mc: Keith is pmidermg in his own mind bow. sucli-.development can best betrotikht about;And has' pon dered-- for a ' . e6nSiderable "period, wherreertain.sotuldsmake tender as *quit. tipnn -W t • borne from the neighboring parlor. lielodious solindi„ .— Ile glances throne] t he:blidtt French': windovis that 'lead' plavamird: from the par ; Somebody- Is, seated: at the pi ano,..malting Abe rather urinated 'keys do their,hest In the way ;OfMa lik. ' " • • - -• The sornetmd,sir. is --Miss Murdoch. She is - playing very softly—playing like one wink, bas ,merely seated. her self for moment' af the piano, in 'paving thtviugh the 'room; but she docs - - not , either • hear or see Mr. Keith until he is standing at her side there by the piano. , Then she stops playitig most ab ruptly,.startied, amazed. Miameletrin-holv yotufrighten me!" aluxejectdAtes 4 , looking at him with- Rutnuteittuarketlsood nature in her magnilleent. eyes. ' . '• Ile does not make prompt an swer, but shrugs his shoulders with .a brusque incivility. It -is not his design -to develope the Idea too has tily. At length he remarks: "Christie has gone to the village, I see.; You didn't go with her. I was quite astonished at your ab sence." She rises from the piano -stool, queen-lite in her splendid ease. "Did astonishment prevent - you front taking due Advantage of my ablence and *going yourself?" she murmurs, with rapid coolness. He does not care to answer seVere ly. The idea rather forbids this. He nulls at 'his:. yellow moustache and wonders whether it is time to hegiu. lie fails wholly in perceiv ing. why it is not time. He begins: "I thought I would find you in stead;" he half smiles, and enjoy a chat with you.." She looks at him with a kind of painful astonishment, as though cer tain that he is in the pathetic state of one whose mind wanders. But her face very soon changes and a het laugh leaves her lips. ("The ice is broken," thinks Mr. Keith; "and I am' glad of it. She has had her first Shock and has gotten her self pos session again.") "It is nice to hear of your turning over such a new leaf as that,'' she rens him, a little pleasantly, a little He lounges a great deal on the pi ano end. "Women have such, odd convictions now and then," he tries to say with immense meaning. She gathers her dark eyes in puz zled style. Then she smiles interes tedly, and sinks upon the piano stool again. "Aren't you leaping from subject to subject?" she asks him, with her imperial head-heldn trifle .sidewaysand.the limpid dusk of her calm large eyes brought full upon his face; "Am I: , he asks. "I think not. I mean you know. that yOu have On waytf - Wievell 2 '1 ,- 4:Milked you' vast ly." He feels this to be very pointed. He has a conscience-twinge while he speaks it; such as will assail an ordi narily honest man who hints a thorough falsehood. And he does not at all like Miss Murdoch's pla cidity when she hears his statement. ejts,y fdey,el- opulent than lie bad belieired; - : :. , "You never had any reason to dis like me," she softly tells him. (Mentally he groans "tig,h!" Aloud he murmurs: "Indeed no!" at the same time sighing with goad pulmonary, vim. "What an immense sigh!" Then he laughs a little, very faint ly. "Bo you remember what Al fred ue Mussett says about a sigh? I wish I dare tell 5 ou." (Meanwhile, the inward Mr. Bas il Keith is inwardly enclaiming: "By Jove, this is getting nearly as far as I intended to go, and. here the creature hasn't yet looked shocked. Poes she intend looking shocked P Or is cdnceited enough to take what I say for ithe admiration she has been deserving all alone"; The creature leans forward, her red lips divide(' beautifully, one su perb olive arm, bare because of i ts back floated sleeve, curving itself over, the music rack. Basil Keith is only a man. Ile prefers little wo men with yellow hair; he has mar ried a little woman with yellow hair. But beauty is beauty. More over, let it l!ke reitterated, Basil Keith is only a man. "No, I don't remember what Al fred de Musset says about a sigh; do you?" lie draws so much nearer to her sweet, softened queenlines.R. It curs to him that he has never seen_ her under the influence of an emolli ent before. She was so different in her motherly fondlings of Christie. Ile quotes very tenderly there with: "true larme a 'ton prim, c'eat near trim v‘in rire. Avec deux yeax baxards parrot* faime a Paper: Mats to sera vrallagago an monde eat nn battier.' She looks just daintly shocked— that is all. "Your quotation is as much about a tear and a kiss as it-is about a sigh," she gives low voiced criticism. After that he becomes desperate. The Idea must. be developed, at any hazard. He begins to remember again that he prefers blondes to bru nettes, forced into such recollection, possibly,- by a sudden alarm lest Christie shall return before the Idea has received its deserved attention. He has quite recovered from a cer tain odd, giddy feeling.that came over, him while he quoted the French lines, when it seemed, just for a moment, as if her smile wore two rosier rims and her eyes took a richer, diviner fire. Yes, he is desperate now—but an Icicle. "Never mind how apposite my quotation was," he tells her, with a manner so devotional that he expects (and hopes) to see her shrink away from him horror-stricken. "I am satisfied if it hai served the pur pose for which I designed it." Great Heavens! She does not even recoil the ninetieth of an inch. It is the_ very reverse of this. Instead of re.' coiling. "What purpose do you mean?" she cons with floorward eyes. H e i s on the point of rushing. from the room. But the Idea whispers "Courage." He is merely discover ing that rink-a is a very arch-fiend of flirts: this is all. It takes a great deal to shock her, though he believ ed it would take only a little. Very well; now for the most tremendous pressure that the Idea can bring to bear upon its victim. "You are willfully blind if you have not seen the deep love I bear •ou," he groans out, in what ho s_sure is the distnicted basso-pro oeuisite. "I have often tried 'self with the thought ner deceived you; forced to tell and un- my going, asks. Ses fundo to flatter _ nos butmy cold Ms but no; lilric, myself that you must k derstand. I He comes to a dead pause, Merciful Heaven! What mine of • rruption has he discovered? She —yes, there now,is no longer a ves tige of doubt—she likes it! She leans toward him, with smiling lips, and kindling eyes. Shocked? Not she, forsooth. It is horrible. A cold 1618 BEAVER Akll4,4mai prOltabild eTtai.WaibleatiaYlulkhii brd A.rina building on Thiiiteireet-,lW ver, Pa., at $2 per year in advahee. f' .. • • Communications on subjects of %cal or geneg4l infest ttro nepectfully. Lieited.---To insure attention firgrars of this kind must Invariably be eccompa• nicsl Wthe name of the author. Letters end comtnunicationashouldle addres4ed to t - WEYANTI Er. Mr" . '7 — 77 --- r -- r ---- : sweat breaks forth upon the bre* • Of this Mostsingvular lover. '' • • •He feels - hiamif getting niamtPisiy• eryWhete: when .she tiegins to speak: Oh. -Vasil, am afraid you are decelying ine: - ,You cannot niean it. I—l am ki—sciStrangely happy." Mirror on horror! - She is leaning her head upon his ;shoulder. Des. pair is often good at invention. Mr. limps from his seat, Wildly re gardless of the* drooping head. Ho fiegiins to pace° the "floorwith tierce rapidity. "liiritzi,". he cries, 'get us end this at once. ,We tuust-part—tniday—to triorn,w —US So'3ol).aa possible. • But I tell you we must part, foci if I en dure it a single day longer, 'l—l—" (he Imiitates in the selettion of-n ter rifleeousequence)—"l shall ; twonie mad!" The words had • Justleft his lips when a faint- sobbing sound issues from one of the piazzaward Windows. BOth Miss Murdoch and Mr. Keith turn instantaneous eyes in that • • ill r&tion. . Christie! She stands tbere, white, as marble, while the great tears stain her color less cheeks. • With one hand she , clings to the ecte of the winclow. She look 4 bearly powerless to stawl att . i/ , 31 - et• sIO mosoe - -eutvordS, presently, in a voice thatis the weak est of tremors. It seems a little frightful now.-but it will Dot seem softer a while„l am sure. For you - .'are suited to each other; both so clever and all that. I'm glad I hefird. In a little while it will kill me,' you know, and then—then—you two can get mar- ' ried, and—" Sobs choke the re- mai nder ot Christie's santest.lits, pnor, childish, kittenish gotil firmetkness that sheAs and must : always remain. fly this time 'Arica , has : gotten to her side. Basil stands ashen pale and moveless, with both hands be hind him. ` . oo - nie up stairs, Christie," begins her cousin, putting forward ,an arm of su plant But, child as slit: is, she will not be treated like a child just at present, She totters a trifle while straighten ing out her little figure, but the ges ture with which she waves lilriCa away is not at all void .of decision. Then she crosses the room quite firm ly, looking neither to right nor left, and disappears - by a door at its furth er end. lilrica follows directly be hind her. Afler they are both goue Basil Keith thrusts each of his hands pock etward. 'rhen he groans a gigantic groan. Then he excavates both hands from their burial places, throws them rather despairingly and very theatrically above his head, and rushes toward an adjacent lounge, charging at its pillow as though he were horned and wanted to du it a great injury. Supine upon . this lounge lie remains for a very long while, his head being interred, face downward, amid the depths of the cushion. Ile dares not go to Christie with the real truth. How could she pos sibly believe? Would he believe her under like circumstances? that he had never 'followed whither. that delusive will o'-the .wisp.,of an idea was leading him! But hOw could he know of these hor rible results? No; he is the blame less victim of circumstances. "Mr. Keith." Cirica Murdoch's voice! She has entered the room without his hear ing her. He starts up ftom the lounge as if stung. He glares at her. She smiles back, very I.3,eacefully. ~'1100" you, come to tell Ane_ that Christie is dead?" he Wants to know, fiercely sullen of voice. ITlriat laughs a light laugh, whose heartlessness cuts him bladewise. "No, indeed! She is well and very happy." "Happy!" "1 /11, yes, I eßflaftlt.dit And now Miss Murdoch throws back that fine head of hers with the air of an amused empress. "The majority of women make very miserable confi dantas, Mr. Keith. That Mrs. Win kle, to whom- you confided a certain brilliant scheme, is a sad sieve, I am afraid. Anyhow, the lady abused your trust shamefully in ,one in stance." She turns away from his amazed face and seats herserf at the piano. She begins to play little pianissimo morsels of melody. The" seconds make themselves minutes. He has folded his arms and is staring at the carpet. He looks like one who is trying to under stand. Presently she turns and glancei at him across her shoulder, showing an exquisite deerlike grace in the move went. " Why - don't you gu up stairs and see Christie? She has had 'a bad shock, but is quite restored now, and is waiting for you," • The words seem to till him with an electric force. "Do you mean it:"' he cried. Miss Mardoeh has already contin ued her playing, and nods an affirm ative over the piano keys. lle is about to leave the room, when some thought seems to detain him on the threshold. "And you?" he begins tcrmur mer. "You are friends with Chris tie after—after what she saw?" The pianist tossed her head with a s•umptuous, indolent sort of ease. "Christie has been made to see the whole thing in its proper light—how I am the thornin your side, and you were trying to pull me out.. And by the by, you haven't yet succeeded," (finishing the words with a little laugh, and wheeling suddenly round • on the piano stool so that. she faces him.) Even in spite of his great jiiy at the thought of his peace being made with Christie, he cannot but feel ire ful at hervcool, twittering slur here in his own parlor. "Is it possible?" he mutters. Whereupon she is suddenly seized with a kind - of mirthful spasm. For a little while it is a spasm of the mildly risible sort; but at length she appears to lose every, least bond of control and to sway from edge to edge of the piano-stool, with a hand pressed against either side, in a help fess, noisy convulsion. Then comes a little cnange in her condition. She, is quieter able to gasp out exhaustedly. "Send me away if you date. Re fuse to let me stay with dear Chris tie as long as you keep her buried in this eatacomb of End-of-the-World, and I will publish our whole pro ceeding among all your friends and Mine; writeastoryaboutit; wake it into a novel with your real name for the hero, I'll—l'll--." And then more and madder mirth, until Miss Murdoch literally falls from the piano-stool, and is changed into a shrieking heap upon the floor. Meanwhile Mr. Keith stalks frotri_... the room, conscious that though thi3 - ' 4.*- idea'has failed, though the thorn in his side still securely remains, there is one pleasure left to him : That of going upstairs and being reconciled with Christie. • EDGAR FAWCETT., —Au editor wrote a leading article on'the fair sex, in the course of which e said: "Girls of seventeen or tteen are fond of beaus." , When i; the pap wax issued, he was rattler shocked to 'discover an unfortunate typographicseerror had made him say, "Girls of seventeen or eigh- teersttro fond of beam.", II 11 ME
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