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lie.
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' AND
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Suits rando to order at abort notice
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i Conner's Gelatine. Tanloca. Saee. Arrow Boot
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Main
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. June5,ly,87.
V
JS R..SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
OsAi.vns in
PIANOS,
By the following well known makers.'
Chickcring,
Knabc,
Weber,
Hullet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of tho
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices, uo not buy a piano bo
fore getting our prices.
,o.
Catalogue and Price Lists
On'npiilioatloii,
Bepu-wtf.
SLiLECT STORY.
MISS S0HWEING0LD'8 DRAWING
BOOM. II0VV A OI.RVtfll AMI'.IIICAN Olllf. tANA(
EI TO JIAKK IIRH COUnTRSY" TO
1JUKKN ,VIOT01llA 11Y l'KOXV.
Pointlni' to a letter which nho had
just received, the Countess of Boledov
or said to net "eldest eon : 'This Irom
Mrs. Browncsmith, of Baltimore, close
ly erfneerns you, Went worth.'1
"llow, pray I inquired Jjord Wor-
riddn.
"6ho asks mo to prcsont'atoneof tho
next Drawing-rooms a Miss Sohwein
lolil, daughtor of Senator Schwomgold,
a Jtilcarro millionaire. tho dim is
oomina over hero to join her father in
tho Sonlh of Franco, and they aro very
anxious to have her presented at our
court, in order to give her an cntreo at
various Continental capitals which she
is about to -visit with her fattier. I
don't know tho naino of Sohwcingold
myself, but Mrs. Browncsmith tells mo
that the daughter will havo a fortuno
of $2,000,00(3, and assures me that eio
is an amiable and ladyliko girl and
tbat'shn is considered very beautiful
over there. If I undertake to chaper
on hur eho will, of course, stay with us,
as Mrs. Brownesmith tells me that she
has no friends at present in London.
Now;, perhaps, yon see your intcrost iu
tho matter."
Lord Worridoti understood his moth
er well onough. Hp, however, remain
ed silent, thinking how his debts were
at that moment in course of settlement
by tho Earl of Boledover for the third
timo within seven j oars : wondering
how ho was Boine to live for the future
on tho terms to which ho had recently
bound himself; and speculating on the
possibility of matrimony being a toler
able sta'o of existence when vweetened
by the consolations of $2,000,000.
You will bear m mind, wont-
worth,'' pursued his mother, "that
you havo now exhausted your father d
means as well as his patience, and also
that you aro 32 years of age, and con
sequently, if you over intend to marry,
can not put it off much longer.1'
1 know all Hint, mother, lint 1
don't soo bow 'you can expect mo to
undertake to marrv a nirl 1 havo never
seen, and nevejr heard of till two min
utes ago.
"I don t expect it. lint i wish you
lo underbuild thU : I do not cliooso
to chaperon American heiresses for tho
general benefit of society, and boforo I
take this Miss bcliwciDtrolu up 1 de
sire to know whether, supposing she
turns out to bo a presentable girl, you
will promise to do your best."
J.ord Worridoti stuck Bis hands deep
into his poskets and walked to the win
dow, absorbed in thought.
"Two million dollars is a big sum,'
he muttered.
"It i, Wentwortb. There1 aro few
men. in London iu your position who
would bo so fo.jlish as to think twice
about accepting such a chance.''
"Well," said Lord Worriddn, after a
few minutes' silence, "I will do my
best. If the Yank does not turn oat
to bo a downright repulsive specimen
of Jier sex, she shall becotno your
daught' r in-law, provided sho herself
has no objection. '
Overjoyed at this declaration, Lady
Boledover sat down, without loss of
time, and penned tho following roply
to her American lriend :
Dear Mrs. Brownesmith : You do
me great honor iu giving me an op
portunity of tciving Miss Sohweingold,
of whom l had heard the most Halter
ing reports before your letter informed
me that sho was a friend of yours. I
enclose part'culars of tho Drawing
rooms available, and if MUs Sohwein
gold will let mo know which dato sho
selects I will ruako tho necessary ar
rangements. It would be well that her
dress should be ordered without delay,
and I think that sho can not do better
than to go to Madame Claribel, of
whom I and you also, if I remember
rightly havo always had tho most
satisfactory experience. Should Miss
Schweingold approvo of that, let her
send me measurements and general in
structions at onco and I will myself
give the orders.
I gather from your letter that Miss
Schweingold has uo friends in Lotidon
at present. If that bo so, 1 shall ex
pect ber to make our house her home
during' hor stay, ard trust that you will
convey as much to her for me. etc.
In duo course thero arrived JUrs.
Browncsmith's and Miss Sthweingold'B
acknowledgements and thanks for this
charming letter, together with a
lengthy mtmoranduin, containing mul
titudinous measurements of Miss
Sohweiugold's .figure, a pattern of one
ot Miss Sohweiugold's bodies and elab
orate instructions as to material and
oolor, which wcro promptly transmit
ted to Madamo Claribel. Duo nolilija
tion was also given to the Lord Cham
berlain of Lady lsoledover s desiro to
prtsent Miss Schweingold to her most
gracious' Majesty. No sooner were
these steps taken than rumors of tho ap
proaching debut of tho American belle
and heiress ldrMiss Schweingold was
already known to fame in both these
characters spread rapidly through so
ciety. Tho immediate result was a ro
markable accession of popularity to
Lady Bolodover. Invitations of all
kinds and from all quarters showered
in upon her ladyship. Sho was be
sieged by oallers. Peoplo who had
not spoken to hor for years suddenly
assumed tho air of intimato friends.
People whom she had nover spoken to
iu her life becamo inordinately anxious
for hor acquaintance. All whiob Lady
Boledover, possessing a considerable
knowledge of the world, easily appreci
atcd at its true value and treated ao
oordingly. She had taken clmrgo of
the heiress, as she had frankly avowed,
for tho benotU of her own family, and
she was determined that, so far as sho
was able, she would keep the youug
lady safe in Boledover IIouso until
Lord Worridou had oxhaustod his pow
ers of fascination.
CHAPTER II.
From ihe first,' oircurastances con
spirt d to favor tho Countess' amiable
plans, Mies Schweingold had crossed
tho Atlautio in company with a party
of friends whom sho left at Liverpool,
wbeiieo sho was to have traveled on to
London, accompanied only by her maid
On tho morning, however, on which
Bh'j was oxpected, tho following tele
gram, beating tho Liverpool postmark,
was handed to Lady lioledover t
Obliged to dismiss my maid sudden
ly. Will explain when I soo you. Can
you si iiit to moet mo at luiston 1
Schweingold.
" If ou had better go to tho station
yourself, Wontworth," said Lady Bolo
dover (o hor son. "lake Watkins
with you and say that tf I had not becu
feeling indisposed myself I should cor-
tiiilly lfavo oomp. I will find hor an
othfr maid."
Lord Worrldon went accordingly,
thinking, like his mother, that no time
should bo lost in opening tho attaok,
He 'was by no means disappointed with
tho lyoung lady, who- proved to be a
periccl specimen ol blondo American
beauty, though 'somewhat taller and
more robust than rumor bad led mm
to expect. It was also quickly evident
both to his lordship and his mother
that, in spitool Mrs lirownesmith s lav-
orable report, tho heiress' speech and
marlncrs wero conspicuously American,
"So you'ro Lord Worridon, ard yout"
sho said, shaking his lordship's hand
cordially, as eoon'ai ho introduced him-
selfH "Glid to seo you, sir."
Lbrd Wonldon returned tho coTiph-
ilicnt, nnd hoped that Miss Schwoin-
gold had had a pleasant voyage.
"I'retty well,' was tho answer. "It
was awfully rough at starting, and I
was 'sick, I can ti it you : but I a ion got
over that. Hope your mother's well,sir.'
Lord Worridon thought tho free-and-
easy stylo of tho fair' Republican rather
a pleasant contrast to tho oonsirainoi
tono.of the Old World society. It was
more what ho was accustomed to in
tho other sex, nnd by tho timo they
had "drivon to their distillation ho was
on ho best possible terms with his
companion. Lady Boledover was a I
liltld taken aback by her first conver-
sation with her guest but she too, was
disposed to make considerable allow-
ancol for tho heiress to 2,000,000.
"I don't know who this Elias K.
Schweingold can be," observed hor;
ladyship. "Somo German navvy who
has picked up a fortuno at tho mines, I
should think: Thank heavon, wo aro
not likely to seo muoh of him. The
girl herself will improve, Wentworth.
I can seo that sho is quick and lmila-
tive. Sho is pretty enough to cover
many faults of style, and American
girls! aro not judged by tho same stand
ard as our own.
"Yes, I think' sho will do in time,"
Lord Wot ridon observed.
"No doubt. And, yon seo, sho will
not go out-much here.' Sho told you,
I suppose,'" that hor father is very ill,
and that she may bo telegraphed for to
join bitn at any minute. That hap-
pons) most iortunately, as 1 can now
refuse all iuyitatioi)9 by her own do
sire." And her ladyship did so, to tho in
tense disgust of tho largo number of
experienced society anglers who had
beou' carefully grouud-baiting Bole
dover House oyer since Miss Schwein
gold's approaching visit got wind. It
was perfectly true that Elias K.
Schweingold was at this moment lying
dangerously ill at Cannes, but a ma
licious world refused lo believo it and
persisted iu ascribing tho heiress' so--
elusion to tho most sordid motives on
tho part ol her hostess. X his impres
sion decpentd when it was seen that
Miss Schweingold onco or twico ac
companied Lady Boledover to enter
tainments like theatres and concerts,
where there was little or no oppoitunity
of introducing her to strangers, and
that Lord Worridon was her devoted
attendant on all these occasions.
This is not tho place to describe tho
figure which Miss Schwtingold made
ou her presentation. Abler pens have,
in their proper sphere, dono full justice
to tho subject, it is enough to sa
that no ono was more nniyersally ac
mired than the American beauty ; that,
thanks partly to her native grace, part
ly to Lady Uoledovcr s careful instruc
tions, Bho'acquilted herself to perfec
tion in the trying ordoal, and that her
charms ot tace, hgtire and deportment
oven won tho notice of royalty itself.
Immediately after tho coremony, in
deed, Lady Boledovor found horself
tho recipient of certain flattering inti
mations from exalted quarters, fn the
laceiot which it was quite impossible
fur her to attempt to bido her dislin
guished protegee any longer.
CHAPTER III.
Happily for the success of her lady
ship's schemes Lord Worridon had
been making excellent use of tho week
or more during which bo had enjoyed
a monopoly of Miss sohweingold s ho
citly. Tho task of making love to tho
heiress bad proved a much more con
genial ono than his lordship had ex
pocted, aud having a natural aputiuio
.that way when he was in tho humor he
felt that matters had now advanced far
enough to risk bringing them to a
crisis. Accordingly, ou a hint from
his mother, ho seized a convenient op
portunity tho day after the drawing
room nnd made tho fair American a
formal offer of his heart aud prospects
Ho was hardly prepared for the con
fusion which his declaration appeared
to causo the young lady. Miss ochweln
gold, blushing crimaom, hid her laco
in her handkerchief, coughed, stammer
ed and seemed for a time quite unablo
to speak.
'You mustn't. Lord Worridon, sho
aid, presently. "You really don't
know mo yet.
"Don't know you yctl cxolaimed
his lordt-hip. "Oh, Milly, what moro
need 1 know than that 1 lovo you irom
tho bottom of my heart T Think not
that any obstaclo could alter my do-
votiou
(,rM, .ln't r,nl1r iiinnn It nnw I"
said the heiress, reooveriug hot self-
possession slightly, "You wouldn't
liko mo tho same, would you, if I hadn't
got a wholo pile of monoy T
"Dearest, do not suggest such n
thing. Indeed, it is youfrclf alone
that I love."
"I wiah it wero truo," said Miss
Sohwcingold, n little sadly. "There,
1 dont know what to say, aud that a a
fact. I never expected this. Let mu
go and think about it."
And so saying, Miss Sohwcingold
roso and hurried from thu room, in
spite of his lordship's efforts to detain
her.
"She ca'd sho wished it was true,"
mused Lord Worridon. "Hang it,
that ought to bo good enough. But
sho thinks I'm after tho coin. I wish
I had pitchtd it a bit stronger on that
head. Perhaps I had better just write
her a littlo note.' nnd accordingly ho
sal down and did so.
Apparently tho note clenched tho
business. Miss bchweingoUl did not
reappear that day, pleading indispo
ahion i hut on tho following morning
soon after sho came down, sho gave
hor suitor an opportunity of a tete-a-tete,
from which ho emerged an on-
gaged man. In a couplo of hours
Lady Bolodover, in a elate of raptur
ous satisfaction, had taken steps to
havo tho news Of tho engagement dif
fused to all whom it might concern.
Here, Indeed, was luck, worridon
was only lust in time. That same
aftornoon a telegram arrived for Mies
Sohweingold. Tho Senator's illness
had takon a most alarming turn, and
his dangbter was summoned to Cannes
at onco. It was too Into lo start that
day, but arrangements were at onco
mado for her to leavo on tho following
morning. Lady Boledover, of course,
directly suggested that Lord Worrldon
should escort his hnancoe, and secured
at tho samo timo a traveling compan-
ion of maturo yeara, for tho sake of
propriety. Miss Sohweingold seemed
strangely undesirous ot her lover's
company, but on Lady Bolodover rep-
resenting tho extreme desirability of
his lordship seeing Mr. Sohweingold
before the worst hippened tho young
lady was obliged to givo in. Tho
truth was, of oourse, that the Countess
was extremely anxious that her son
should keep his prize in sight now that
he had secured it.
Tho wholo party, accordingly, loft
London ou tho following morning. On
tho journey Lord Worridon perceived,
that bis tinanoeo was aoutely distressed
at tbe sad interruption ot her stay id
London. She sat for most of tbe, time
in a corner of tho carnage and for tbe
greater part she remained silent : occa-
sionally, however, she cava wav to
hysterical outbursts, half of grief, half
of laughter. It was quite a relief to
his lordship when they at last reached
Cannes and learned, as they did direct-
ly they arrived at Mr. Schweingold a
hotel, that the crisis was passed and
that the eminent millionaire waB in a
fair way towards recovery.
Jjord Worridon, of oourse, put np at
tho same hotel. Ho had not been there
very 1 ng before bo received a message
that Miss Schweingold would liko to
seo him, and in a few moments ho 'was
iu a private room wailing for the heir
ess, isut, to ins great surprise it was
not .Miss Schweingold, but another
hdy who presently entered a lady,
young, pretty, prettier, if possible,
than Miss Schweingold, but darker and
somowbat more delicate, and also un-
mistdkibly American.
"1, beg your pardon, Lord worridon,"
she said, coming at onco to the point
with tho directness, of her nation, "but
I havo to offer you and your family a
very humblu apology. I am Miss
Schweingold, daughtor of Senator Elias
it. aohweingold.
Lord Worridon gazed at tho fair
speaker in blank amazement. .
"You, madam 1 ho gasped as soon
as ho could bud bis tongue. "Why,
what the "
"Allow mo to explain, my Lord, and
believe mo that I ,am most ashamed to
have to make snob an explanation to
you personally. When I lauded at
Liverpool a fortnight ago from tho
Etruria I at once received a telegram
informing mo that, my father was
seriously ill and requesting mo to come
on direct to him here. What was I
to do T AU tho arrangements had been
made for my presentation, and it was
moat important that I should bo pre
sented beforo starling on our Conti
nents tour. Ono of my friends sug
gested that I should travel on here
alone, and send my maid, Clara Flind
ers, who was about my own ago and
size aud a singularly lady-like girl, to
personato me in London. Had I been
allowed timo to reflect I should havo
seen the impropriety of so doing as
stroijgly as I do now. But I hid no
time, and 1 was also most glad ot an
opportunity of escaping tho ridiculous
luss ot the drawing-room which i had
always hated, but which 1 knew papa
would insist on my going through
sooner or later. Accordingly, it was
arranged that Clara should go ou to
London in my name, and the rest you
know.
"Aud do you moan to tell me," cried
Lord Worridon, in whoso breast
humiliation, disappointment, and rago
wero struggling lor tho mastery, "that
you have allowed Ltdy Boledover! to
chaperon your maid, havo-allowed your
maid to bo presented to the Queen at a
drawing-room, and havo actually per
mitted her lo engage herself his
lordship's tonguo.shrank from the men
tion ot this last horror.
"Pleaso do me the justioe to boliove
that I never foresaw or dreamed of tho
last result," said tho lady. "Bat now
that tho thing is done I trust that I
may look to your lordship to keep tho
thiug seoret. You will seo my reason
tor this request, should the true facts
become known, not only am I in the
position of not having been to court,
but I foar there will bo very little
chaucu of my being able to get pre
sented norcaiter. "
"Then upon my word," said Lord
Worridon, whoso rago and mortifica
tiou had got the bitter of his senso of
politeness, "I declino to pledge-myself
to anything ot me kind. 1 rather ro
gaid it as a duty to expose such an
audacious imposture
"Your lordship will remember that
you stand at present engaged to marry
Miss Clara Flinders. Boforo you finally
rotuso my request let mo remind you
that your pronuso was mado indepen
dently of tho girl's rank or fortuue,
Uoro is a letter whioh Clara has given
me, and'which I can hardly think vour
lorusiup wouiu cure to uavo roau in
court of justice. Listen :
1.1 1 , i
"Mt Own Swkkt One. For I feci
you aro mine nnd initio alone in the
agitation of telling you ray lovo I fear
1 may not havo repudiated with the
warmth it metlti-d your Buggestion
that sordid motives might havo intluen
ced my feelings toward you. For heav
en s sake, dearest, do not allow nuy
such base suspicion ot mo to mar mv
eternal haplness. lsoliovo mo, my dar
ling, I lovo and adoro you for what I
havo seen lu yourself, not tor any
worldly wealth which you may ever
possess. I swear that if you stood be
foro mo this moment a beggar my lovo
tor you would remain unchanged and
1 should still ask you, as 1 do now, to
becomo my wlte. :
"Yours unalterably, Wentworth." I
On reflection Lord Worridon con.
eluded that bo had better como to terms
with the heiress, and tho ttuo faots res
pecting Mibs Schwelpgold's presenta
tion have cctiKqucnlly remained in
darkness until this moment. London
Truth.
TfrK COLtJBIAli, VOl XXII NO 23
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL LU, NO 11
Bhe Married tho Brother,
A BTRANUK CASK THAT HAS JUST II KEN
11ROUOIIT TO I.lnllT IN MARYLAND
A romarkablo romanco of real lifo
has just como to light in Westminister
uounty, Maryland. It is as follows:
Twenty-two years ago Edmund Davies
waa a young man in his twentieth
year. Ha had a younger brother, just
eighteen. His naino was Frank, and
ho wasan exact doublo of Edmund.
It was early in 18Gt that Edmund Da-
vies began paying attention to Pnnnio
Forbes, tho young daughter of a neigh
boring farmer. Tho brothers wero
very muoh attached to, each other, and
Frabk also was a frequent visitor to tho
Forbes farm dwelling. Tho girl often
took tho ono for the other, aud somo
time afterwards agreed upon a signal
with Edmund, bo tnat sho could readily
know to whom sho was talking. Tho
neighbors could not identify tbo
brothers and they wero known only
and referred to ag the Davies boys.
It was tho girl that suggested to 1'A-
mund that when ho came to her ho waslo
uso tho Latin word "idem" (tho same).
Timo passed and after a courtship of
six or seven months Edmund .proposed
marriage. i annio accepted and asked
him whether ho did not havo some
mark on bis hand or arm by which she
could readily distinguish him in caso of
nuuueii ueaiu-or serious ucciuuui. .liu
told the girl that on his next visit ho
won d disclose a mark by which she
woujd recognize him in any case. Ed
mund wont homo and mooting bis
younger brother ho entrusted his secret
to htm.
Frank in his innermost heart, too,
loved Fannie Forbes and theconfession
of his brother, stirred his jealousy. Ho
proposed a trip to Baltimore, persuading-Edmund
to dispatch a messenger
to his sweetheart that they had gone to
Monumental City for tho special pur
pose'ot having a tattoo mark placed
betWoen tbe first and second finger of
his right handl While in Baltimore
thoy met an old friend of their father,
Captain Aker, of tho ocean steamer
Franklin. The captain said ho would
Bail tho next day for Australia- and
was Vory solicitious'that the namosako
of his decoased friend should accom
pany him. It was Edmund. Ho hesi
tated. Tho captain told him of the
pleasures of tho trip and the fine coun
try to which ho would sail, and being
urged by Frank ho yielded "to the in-
tluences and consented. That evening
he wrote, a farewell letter to his iutond
ed wife, bidding her to await his com
ing, and that ho was hopeful in tho-
'distant oountry. "Remember idem"
were' ttie la9t words. Tho noxt morn
ing, Friday, August 24, tho Franklin
started on tho trip. Now, Frank had
an opon bold, and bo improved tbo timo
wonderfully well. His firet work was
to read tho letter. The word "idem"
seemed to puzzle him, but he remem
bered hearing bis brother uso it when
approaching the girl, and bo hit upon
tho correct meaning at once. Next he
had his right hand tattooed, no
would marry the girl he loved, ho
thought, and assumed tho name .of Ed
mund,
His return alone caused some talk,
but when tho mail brought tho weekly
newspaper .announcing tho departure
of ono of the, Davies boys of Carroll
oounty for Australia in tho Franklin,
all wad well. Thenceforth Frank was
known as Edmund. Even though ho
gave tho oorreot word signal, H annie
Forbes seemed to doubt his identity,
but after the marriage had boon post
poned for a month Bhe felt assured he
was Edmund and they wero married.
The union was a happv ono. Years
went by and they prosperod, and by
strict economy saved a good amount of
money. Ten years after they had been
married the husband was in Baltimore
and there aoertained that his brother
bad died in Australia and had willed
all of his earnings to Frank. This
knowledge the husband impaitod to
his wife. The woirtan never know un
til tbo day before ho died that her hus-
and was b rank Davies. lint she had
loved him just as dearly as if he' had
een iuimuud and torgave btm trceiy.
Ho died apparently happy.
Social Entertainments at the Capital.
Social entertainment in Washing
ton differs from that-of any other city
in tho country, on aocount ot mo cos
mopolitan charaoter of the peoplo who
reside in tho Capitol City, and tho in
terest that is shown in all they say and
do. In no city aro there bo many ele
ments that can be combined to inako
the social features of lifo brilliant and
pleasant. Every stato sends her repre
sentative men and women, all nations
send theirs. And whilo tho title of
Ambassador is not heard among tho
diplomats, it makes no difforenco in the
personnel of ministers, who must bo mon
of tho highest charaoter to sustain the
dignity of their couutrles. Ministers
who have distinguished themselves in
tho diplomatic service of this country
have beon promoted to the titlo of Am
bassador, and trausfered to places less
pleasing to them than tho republio of
America. Whilo the absurd idea that
foreign ministers to this great repub
lia represent the person of their sover
eign obtains, great injustice will be dono
to them and also to our representatives
abroad. The representatives ot the
very smallest kingdom outranks an
American minister iu diplomatic cour
tesy at foreign courts, beoauso this is a
republic, whilo they must sustain roy-
:..!.- i .i "
uiivy uu uiaui-r nuw lunuucbimu mu
kingdom,
Foreign ministers, however, after
ooming hero are not long in recogniz
ing (bo importance of our country, and
iu uo sense under-rato us either social
ly or politically, Their dutios are very
light, and they really havo littlo else to
J 1 . . ! .1 . l r
uu uui to enjoy mo mierciiange oi
courtesy iu society. Mrs. Gen' I Lo
gan, in The American Maaazine
jor June.
&OMKUODY pooled, A youog man
failed to receivo an invitation to n sur-
piiso party to whioh many that he
know wero cnociallv invited. Ho
brooded over it a while and then stole
a march on all tho othcra by inviting
tho young lady in whosn honor the
party was, to go with him to tho thea
tre. Moi knowing ot any olhir on
gBgcmenl sho gladly ncocpted, and
after the jierformonce ho suggested
luucn, thereby making the other party
Kept wumng icr nur return, meraii
, ouo of surprise. Boston Times.
Throe Very Old Women.
Aunt Matilda Ritoy, having com
pleted hor 120 years of ago, cotKlntios
spry nnd active Sho resides with
Henry MoAtce. llnnhtown A'y.
llicoril.
In liKli-'dfi, cays a writer in tho St.
Louis Ololic-J)emocrat, I was at tho
mouth of Red Rivor, on tbo ram Samp
son of tho Mississippi squadron in tho
capacity of "Surgeon s Steward in
chrirge." In that capacity, and whilo
catonng for tho ward-room mess, 1 had
occasion to go ashoro frequently, nnd
naturally enough I found plenty of
practice among thoblaoks of theFrarik
tin cstato on tho east bank of tho Miss
Issllipi River. I well recollect on sev
eral occasion's of Boeing an olt negress
at tho quartern, nnd on ento ing into
conversation with her I foundrherloto
intolllgont and quite spry, and asked
horl
"Aunty, how old nro yout"
"Doctah, I Is 140 years old."
"Aro you sure of that, aunty!"
"Yes, Bir, I is. I was a grand
mother during tho Revolutionary
War."
To lest tho matter 1 asked hor somo
questions about matters conneotod
with tho Revolutionary struggle, and
I found nil of hpr nnswors to bo cor
rect, whioh made me believo that sho
was not much out of tbo way. Shu
gave me another genuine surprise, how
over, when, pointing to another ox
slave, sho mado this query:
"Dootah, docs yon Bee dat gait"
"Yes, Aunty, I do." I answered.
"Well, Doclab, dat gal is 120 years
old. I nussed her when sho was a
babe."
Now hero nro two instances of long
evity that, I think, aro unparallolcd in
any record of history. In all my in
tnrrpgations I could got no contradic
tions from her, aud I camo to tho con
clusion sho was about right.
Both women wero active and in
good health, and bid fair lo last atloast
another decade. I left tho "Missipsippl
squadron at tho clojo of tho war, and
tho last I saw of them thoy wcro tak
ing care of the house they lived in and
pioaninnics of other nogro women
that wcro toddling around.
Drank Like a Fish.
Tho following is said to have beon
an nblual ocourance ono day last week
at tho house of a certain western sena
tor, says a Washington letter, whose
littlo' daughter is known for her bright
ness and precocious ways. Senator
B , of Kentucky(both tho senators
names begin with B, and you may
therefore tako your choice), strolled in,
in tho course of an aftornoon reception
given by tho wife of his western
colleague, and presently escorted
another lady to the refreshment table,
where a largo bowl of lemonade tho
hostess belongs to the Blue Ribbon
army was provided for the thirsty
visitors. In the act of raising tho
glass to his lips and' looking as if ho
wore preparing to swallow a do?o of
medicine, the Konluckian Mt tho host
ess' littlo girl cling to His coat tail,
while at tbo samo limo sho mado an
iraportunato request to bo allowed to
look jon while ho imbibed the cooling
liquid.
"1 don't quito understand," said tho
puzz(ed senator. "May I inquire, my
dear,- why you aro so interested in tho
matter!"
"Ob, yes," cried tho child promptly,
"I want to see you drink, beoauso
mamma sayB you do it like a fish."'
American and Herman Universities.
Too averago ago of tbo American
college studout at, graduation is cer
tainly not greater than that of tho Ger
man studont at 'leaving his university.
Tho American student is, however, not
only a better 'educated man, in tho best
sense of that word, than tho German
student at a corresponding age, but tho
average American college graduate,
who has not yet entered upon auy pro
fessional study whatever, eitlinr in law,
medicine, theology, or science, but who
has spent thrco years at an academy of
tho grado of Andover, Exeter, or East
hampton, and four years at any of tho
loading colleges of Now Eugland, is,
by any fair tost to bo instituted by a
committee of Btitish Europjan educa
tional experts, a better educated man
thanitbo avorago German student who
has completed both his gymnasium and
his university studies. Rev. Henry
Loomis, in The American Magazine
'for June.
How Daniel Boone Died.
A Kentucky newspaper 70 years old,
just found among some old papers,
gives tho following account of, tho
death of Daniol Bjone: "As ho .lived
he died, with his gun iu his hand.
Wo are informed by a gont'oman di
rect from Boone's settlement on tho
Missouri that early last mooth OjI.
Boone rodo a deer lick and seated him
self within n blind raised to conceal
him from tho game: that whilo sitting
thus coDcealed, with his trusty rillo iu
his hand, pointed toward tho lick, tho
muzzlo resting on a lug, his tace to tho
breech of his gun, bis ritlo cock
ed, his finger on tho trigger, ono oyo
shut, tho other looking along tho barrel"
through the sights in this position,
without a strugglo or motion, and ot
course without pain, ho breathed out
his last so gently that when bo was
found next day by his friends, although
stiff and oold, holookid as if nliv, with
bis gun in his hand just in tho act oi
nring.'
Ponds' Extract is used in Iho house
hold of tho President as well as that of
tho humblett citizen, Members of tho
ai my and tho navy, iho Bar and tho
IScuch, tho pulpit and tho press all
ranks and classes of people have sent
tlioir personal experunco and lhauks
lor tbo last lorty years, until their let
tors havo filled volumes, testifying to
tho wonerful cures of all kinds of Pain
and Inflammation, effected by Pond's
Extract. .-lfoic( mutations.
The Remarkable Cures.
Which havo been affected by Hood's
Saraaparilla aro sullieient proof that
this medicine el es pomss peculiar cur-
ativo power. In tbo severest cases ot
scrofula or salt rheum, whou other pre
parations had been powciless, tho uso
of Hood's Sarasaparilla has brought
about tbo happiest results, Tho case
of Miss Sarah C. Whitlier, of Lowell,
Mass., who suffered tcribly from scro
tum sores; that ol (Jharles A. Huberts,
of But Wilson, N. Y, who had thir
teou abscesses on his fnco and neck;
that of WillioDuff, of Walpole, Mass.,
who had hip dlfeoaso and ccroiuia so
bad that physicians said bo could not
recover, aro a fow of tho many instan
ces in which wonderful cures wcro
effected by this medicine.
I havo told you of tho Spauiatd who
alwajaput on his ppecwcles when
about to eat ohe rrie, that they might
look bigger and moro templing. Iu
liko manner I inako tho most of my en
joyments; and tlioiii. li I do not east my
pj es away f rem iry trouble s. I pack
them In as little coinpuss as I can for
myself, and never lit them auuoy
oilier?. Exchange.