THE STORY OF LIFE. Only th r7ne old try, told In a different romrtlme A smile of gladness, and then Mab of ruin; Sometime a flash of sunlight, again the drift ing rain. 3ornrtlme It seems to borrow from the crlm- oon rn lift hue; PomftlmM bls-k with thunder, then chaugcd - to a brilliant bl ,e; Sometime as fnle as fatans, sometimes at Hearen true. Only the same old story! But, 0, how the chances rln! prophet and priest and peasant, soldier and arbolar and kin?; Sometime the warmest hand-rlasp leaves tn the palm a sting. PonvMmee In the liuh of even, sometimes in the midday strife. Sometimes with dove-like calmness, sometimes with pamions rlfo. V dream it, write it, live It, this weird, wild story of life. Boston Transcript. TUTTING TIIE BABY ASLEEP. BY MRS, M. L. MORRISON. Mrs. Dewry piuisod in the pretty little room to adjust her bonnet before tho mirror, which mirror reflected s fire) lit. white curtained nest, where a bahe alcpt in his pink draped crib, and a young girl eat sewing among the house plants by the window. "You'll have no trouble, Doll," she said for the hundredth time, "if you keep the room quiet. This in hi first nap to-day, aud probably he won't wake until I re turn." Dull nodded, afraid to trust her voice in an atmosphere where sounds were so pregnant of disaster. Mrs. Dewry Rave the bonnet one last criticism and went softly out. Doll was alone with her re sponsibility. This was the first infant in the family since her own babyhood, and she was unprepared for the change. She told herself that she never would have come to Granger to visit her sister if she had anticipated anything like this. What If the cradle should dev lop contents of a colicy or convulsive nature ? In her nerv ousness she dropped her thread. The kitten ran after the spool and brought down the tongs with a clatter like stage thunder. One chubby arm stood upright above the cradle. Doll thrust the kitten out of a door which squeaked with the blood curdling effect of an Irish banshee. Rap! rap! went some one at the inner door. Doll had just lifted the tongs; down they came . now, clattering. Rap! rap! rap! came the thunder. The cradle began to move. "Oh, hush!" whispered poor Doll, ad mitting the guilty party, who proved to be the washwoman, with the clean clothes on her head and an offended face. "Is Mrs. Dewry here?" shouted tho woman, "I've brought them sheets sho accused me of stealing " "Oh, don't! The baby 1" It was too late. The cradle had re solved Itself into a commotion of flying legs and arms. Doll found the baby and began to walk up and down the room, Dinging "Go, go away, washeewoman, go, Come, come, some other day. Mrs. Dewry 's gone !" ( TKen in an authoritative tone " I can't talk to you now. Leave tho clothes and go. " , "Go, go, (to. washeewoman. go ! Auntie iiollie can't talk, talk now." "Well, I want you should tell her I brought them sheets, " pursued the Xan tippe in the dulcet tones of a savage on the war path. "Next time she talks of stealing " For an amiable person, Doll closed the door with considerable emphasis. Sing ing and walking, she tranquilized her small tyrant, and there ensued an inter val of rest. Bang crash tumble clat ter! The bundle of clothes had rolled off a chair into a work basket and filled a china cuspidor with scissors and thread. The cradle resembled a windmill. Poor Doll tugged out the motive power, and with very flushed face continued her vo cal and pedestrian exercises. Half an hour elapsed ore "jocund peace" reigned once again. She had just laid the heavy little head on its pillow when "ring!" went the door bell. Doll shut her lipa together. "That won't wake him if I don't walk around and talk to any one. Sister isn't at home, and I won't be, either. " "Ring!" went the bell with greater em phasis. " I'll try and be perfectly quiet, " thought Doll. "I've read that "that is what the American women need to learn, to be quiet, to just be perfectly still aud rest their nerves. I'll go on with my sewing and pretend I'm not worried. I'll think let me see, I'll think of Ruskin. Why should he have gone mad? I don't sup pose he was ever left with a sleeping baby in a settlement of dancing Indians. Gracious!" , "Ting-ling-ling-ling-ling!" "It must be those boys again after their chicken. They've been here three time nfter the thing, and that's just the wuy they ring. " The cradle began to sway. "Go away?" said Doll, opening the window a little. "I know who you are, uud I don't want to see you. Go right away this minute!" teps pssHed off the porch, and Doll sank back, happy but exhausted. " I didn't breathe again until you came, " fcho declared to her sister. "I never was 60 glad to see you in my life. " "I shouldn't wonder if there were some one in town whom you'll be more glad to see," laughed her brother in law. "I saw Harry Burton on the hotel stops this aft ernoon. " Doll colored happily. At home there was a crowd of young people, her own brothers and sisters and their friends, and Harry had whispered, at parting, "I never can see you alone here. I'm going ovt r to Granger for one quiet evening. " And she knew what happiness would come to her when that "quiet evening" befell. But she had never hoped that he would come so soon. " He'll be here to-night, " predicted Mrs. Dewry with delightful cheerfulness. "Nurse will be back, aud I'll leave baby with her, and James and I will go to the revival. " It was still early when Mrs. Dowry, gloved snd bonneted, rushed Into the lighted parlor where her sister sat dream ing. "Oh, Doll, get your hat, quick! Ilnrry Burton's at church with that Blodgett girl from home. I wouldn't have you miss going for the world! He will thiuk you're staying home for him. " " I'm not I wouldn't. Oh, whore's my shawl?" she cried. Her hands grew suddenly cold j she felt excited. So great was tho shock that, wive for a physical sickness, she felt ex hilarated, as thouBh something good had happened. They hurried across the street. The church was only a short distance from the house. Mr. Dewry was waiting for them outside. "There's such a crowd I'm nfrald you'll not find a seat," he said anxiously. However, an usher guided them tip the thronged, brilliantly lighted aisle to a half filled pew. Doll's ears were ring ing. She felt blind and moved mechan ically. It was not until she was seated that she became conscious of a well known hand holding a hymnal close he side her. She turned quickly j her shawl was brushing the arm of Harry Burton. How white and set his face was, and he made no motion of recognition. "It is because he thinks that I'll be. jealous," thought DolL "I'll show him that I don't care enough to behave in any unusual way. Good evening, Hnrry," she whispered. He turned such a peculiar face toward her that she felt it to be a question. "What surprises you?" she asked. "Didn't you know I was in the city?" He bent his head, but did not speak. She knew that he would not have done so under any circumstances ; his respect for his faith had always held him silent in the house of worship. It was the strangest evening of her life. To be with Harry, and yet to know that ho was with another! There seemed something tragic in finding the hymns for herself with Harry so close. A lump rone in her throat, until she found diffi culty in singing. But gradually the solemnity of the place overcame her sense of individuality, and Bhe forgot, in the enthusiasm of the hour, the ache of her one girlish heart. The last hymn was sung, the vast congregation had risen, and Doll, sud denly recalled to earthly pangs, had turned toward the aisle, when she felt a familiar hand adjusting her shawl. Harry had forgotten that his attentions for the evening should have been given to another. Half his life he had been Doll's escort; the little checked blue shawl was as familiar to him as his own hat, and seemed as natural for him to take caro of. Doll caught a glimpse of liia companion standing awkwardly alone. "You have forgotten Miss Blodgett," she whispered. "But I want to see you. I must see you for a moment, " he answered. "Come over to sister's after you take her home. I'll wait on the porch. " "You haven't an ounce of pride," scolded Mrs. Dewry. "How could I?" replied Doll, with a gentle face. "It's only Harry, and one doesn't feel angry at anything after such a meeting. " x She had not long to wait before a tall, dark form appeared at the gate. "Why don't you come in?" asked Doll in surprise. "Dp you want me to? May I?" "May you! Why, of course! How itrangely you act und speak!" " Why shouldn't I, after you've ordered me off the premises once to-day ?" Doll gave a little cry and ran down tho steps toward him. ' Oh, Harry Burton you don't you can't mean that it was you who rang the bell this afternoon?" "You told me that you knew who it was, " he replied. Mrs. Dewry woke her sleepy husband. " J ust listen, " she gasped. " What can those two be laughing about? Doll don't thiuk of waking the baby now. " But, good sister that she was, she was awake when Doll paused at her door, and came out in the hall to be kissed and confided in, "It's all settled," whispered Doll. "We're to bo married the last of next month, and I'm to go home at once to Get ready. " " But what is the object of such haste ? " Doll stifled a laugh. "Harry says he wants me away from here as soon as possible. He's afraid Til ruin my temper putting the baby to deep. They Go la at (he Rear. Swift & Co., the great Chicago dressed meat concern, have built a now slaughter house at the Union Stock Yards In Chi cago, which is a marked novelty in struct ures of this sort. Instead of receiving tho cattle on the ground floor they are driven to the roof of a four story build ing by means of a long incline. On this roof there are 24 large pens, with a ca pacity for accommodating 1,000 head of cattlo at one time. The roof is laid with block pavement and is made perfectly tight by the use of tar and cement. Tho slaughtering is done upon the upper floor, the various steps in 'the dressing of tho meat taking the carcass downward until it reaches the ground floor cooled and ready for shipment. As to Looking Oue In the Eye. There is an old theory that a man is not to be trusted who will not look oue straight in tho eye. Yet this power of habit depends far more upon the amount of self esteem or natural courage which one possesses than upon guilt or inno cence. A rascal may be either shame faced or brazen. One of the latter sort could look the recording angel in the face without the quiver of an eyelash while committing the most atrocious crime, Harper's Bazar. "How did you get along with Miss Green ?" "Why, I said nothing and she talked; at tho end of tho conversation sho announced that we were engaged. " t'liegende Blatter. MAN AND WIFE ARE TWO. JUDGE ARNOLD SHATTERS THE OLD MARRIAGE LAW. A Derision f Interest The Men anil Women Are United, bnt They Are Slot Wtldrd as of OldAn American Deris Ion Similar to English Procedure. If the opinion of Judge Arnold, of the court of common pleas No. 4 of Pennsyl vania, is correct, tho old idea that man and wife are one is likely to be over thrown in our jurisprudence. In an opin ion just handed down the judge, in treat ing upon the rights existing between hus band and wife under tho marriage law, takes occasion to distinctly throw down the old Idea In the following words : "The plaintiff claims witness' fees for his wife, the defendant objects; and hence the appeal. The question is new, because the law admitting husband and wife to testify for but not against each othpr is ' new. But in the few cases in which a party may be excluded from testifying his wife is also excluded. This Is not because of any supposed unity of husband and wife, for it is manifest that as witnesses they are two iu number, but because of their identity of interest and the policy of the law. A husband joined for conformity in a suit by hU wife prior to the married person's property act of June 3, 1887, can not re cover witness' fees, liecause he is a jwirty. No one who is a party can have witness' fees, whether he has an interest in tho suit or not. "The law now regards the unity of husband and wife as an obsolete legal fic tion, and it has accommodated itself to that fact. The old rule of law that on a gift to a man and his wife and a third lrson, tho man and wife together took only half the" property, auil the third person took the other half, is abolished by the modern legislation In regard to married persons. Each takes a third now. Statute laws recognize thnt hus band and wife aro two persons in sub stantial matters. Tho act of June 8, 18H7, recognizes tho cust )ms and habits of the people, and dechues these customs to Ixj lawful. The common law was the cus tomnry law of the people, declared by the judges. It was the lest statesmanship, tho faculty to observe what was needed and then to grant it. "There was a time when husband and wife were one in the eye of the law. The husband on marriage took all his wife's horses, cattle, sheep, and oxou. Hi could chastisu her moderately, suy the books but if he does it now he will be pun ished as a wife beater. A wife was a helpmate indeed. Sho spun yarn, wove cloth, made frocks and breeches, and was generally merged into her husband's pocket, if not into his person. Women who bring out the spinning wheels of their ancestors, or buy them if they have them not, exhibit a badgo of woman's Ixindage. Now husband and wife wear clothes mado and bought in stores. In olden time there were no bazaars and grand depots and establishments of smaller size in which all that is worn by man or woman can be bought. "Formerly married women were under an actual disability to buy goods and make contracts ; now they are not, except that the law of this State, in its transition state, still puts the burden on tho store keeper to prove and for judges and juries to decide that the articles sold by him to women were necessary for her, overlook ing the fact that the best judge of what is necessary for a woman, sound in mind, body and estate, is herself. Her disa bility in this respect is changed into a privilege to get and keep all she can, with an immunity from liability except for necessaries. The next legislation will change this, no doubt, as it has been changed in England and nearly all the States. "As there is no policy of law violated by allowing witness fees to a wife in a suit by her husband if she is a material wit ness, we think the allowance of her fees by the Prothonotary is proper in this case. Whether she was a material wit ness is a question for the taxing officer to determino. The affidavit of a party that a witness is material is not con clusive, but it may be overcome by proof. The materiality of testimony is always open to inquiry. Appeal dis missed. " Gladstone Wisdom. Here Is a message from Mr. Gladstone to young men: "Be sure that everyone of you has his place and vocation on this earth, and that it rests with you to find it. Do not believe those who too lightly say nothing succeeds like success. Effort honest, manful, humble effort suc ceeds by its reflected action, especially in youth, better than success; which, in deed, too easily won and too early gained, not seldom serves, like winning tho first throw of the dice, to blind and stupefy. Bo thorough in all you do. Work on ward and work upward, and may the blessing of the Most High sootho your cares, clear your vision, and crown your labors. " A New .TCaop Fable. A chicken only a few days old found nn earth worm fat, crinkly, and Bhin iug, and much longer than himself. After spending a long time and tiring himself all out in running about to find a corner where ho could enjoy his prize alono, but continually tripped up by stepping upon his wriggling victim, ho at last stepped upon it once tx ofteu, broke it in two, and had the greater part of it snapped up by another chicken. Haw fabula docet a reasonable amount of wealth is tetter than too much. The artistic and fashionable Mtne. Lierre (Lady Granville), dressmaker and milliner, of London, thus speaks of her American patrons: "They are easy to please, pay their bills promptly, and never dispute prices j in short, they are my boat customers. " Oscar Wild has not abandoned esthetl cism entirely, it seems, as he dines now in a white room with a shelf upon the wall and no furniture except tho tablo and chairs, while the drawing room has settees with high white backs and sage given cushions. PIANOS PI HI ORGANS J. SALTZER'S With many years experience in buying and selling musical instruments and sewing machines I can guarantee to my customers the best in the markets Pianos and Organs purchased of me, can be relied upon. If anything get. out of order, it can easily be corrected, and a great deal of annoyance saved. Instructions given to all purchasers of Sewing Machines, how to operate them successfully. The STECK PIANO is the best made. Its tone is surpassed by none. You make no mistake if you buy a Steck. We hae also the ESTEY and the STARR PIANOS, And The ESTEY, MILLER and UNITED STATES ORGANS. We sell Pianos from $250 to $600, and Organs from $75 to $175. In Sewing Machines we can Tr, JI1 We sell the best Sewing Mach ine made for $19.50. F. galizer, BlQQmsburgfJ Pa CLOSING OUT GOLD PENS AND PEN CILS AT COST, at J Gk WELZES.5 "Bring"" Your Watch, work to J. EYES FITTED FOR GLASSES FREE OF CHARGE-AT J.G.WELLS, COLUMBIAN 3UILDING. DEALER IN Foreign and Domestic WINES AND LIQUORS. Bloomsburq. Pa. A CITY LUXURY. Just as the city looks to the country for most of the luxuries used on its tables, so the country must turn to the city for those conven iences which are justly termed luxuries for the hard-working house wife. Gty housekeepers have learned to realize that to save time Is to lengthen life. is one of the best known city luxuries and each time a cake is used an hour is saved. On floors, tables and painted work it acts like a charm. For scouring pots, pans and metals it has no equal. IF YOUR STOREKEEPER DOES NOT KEEP IT YOU SHOULD INSIST UPON HIS DOING SO, as it always gi.es satisfaction and its immense sale all over the United States makes it an almost necessary article to any well-supplied store. Everything shines after its use, and even the . children delight in usinjr it in their attempts to help around the house. IIItlTf t iiini give you the Celebrated "WHITE" 1 t, 1,1 1 I J g NEW DOMESTIC, The ROYAL ST. JOHN, The STANDARD ROTARY And the NEW HOME. Clock, ani Jewelry G. WELLS. PSlIlf.' Spring days are at hand and premonitions of Mrarm weather brin with them a desire for cooling dishes. We shall keep Ice Cream of many flavors from now on, and will serve it in our parlors day or night. Families and parties sup plied. Get our prices. The Cafe is open, and the kitchen is in charge of an ex perienced cook. Catering for parties, lodges, weddings, etc, a specialty. Fresh bread and cakes daily in the bakery. M. M PHILLIPS & SON. Proprietors of "PHILLIPS' CAFE." Bloomsburg, Pa. KESTY & HOFFMAN, We repair Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Threshers, Harvesters. Mowers and all kinds of machinery. WE HANDLE STEAM PIPE FITTINGS, VALVES, STEAM GAUGES. And all kinds of Repairs. PIPE CUT TO OUDER. AGENTS IJOR Garfield Injector Co., Garfield Doublo Jot Icjector, Automatic and Locomotive Injector. All work done by us is guaranteed to give satisfaction, and aU work in our line will be promptly attended to SHOPS 6th and CENTRE STREETS. 0LLEGE BUSINESS MAKES THE LIVING. Practlcnl bunlness training Is the mostTvliut part of education. The luxuries of knowledge limy be acquired at convenience. TlionniKli training, attractively (riven, la the atronif point, of this mcIiooI. i;oniM-U'ut faculty; ample facu lties, llest system of Bootc-lceepltiflr, Shorthand, bill iieHk) Ptuiuansblp and Tvpe writing. For both aoxeg, inter at any time. Writ for particulars. O. I.KWIS BALDWIN,) ., Maysiyr. A. W. Moss, Principals M'Killip Bro's. Photographers. Only the best work done. Fin est effects in light, and shade; neg at ives re touched and modeled for sup erior finish. Copying, view ing and life size crayons. Over H.J. Clark & Son's store. BLOOMSBURG. Rupture We the Mndfiinlifned, are en- . wreiy curat or uupture by Dr. .T. 11. MYl'l( mi St., I'lilla. 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