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U'ME IX.
KBENSHUKG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1S7G.
NUMNKIi 50.
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S,,7 --Otif-th rl of the piirt hroe
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JS THP "BEST."
";re. fri.m pure tntterials-
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and Sheep Pelts
iNTij).
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A i. t ' ,n'P-nd all cwl.er
JUS iLTi'TT'' '' in K-aelia.n-
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at.j,w
1876. 1876.
eii!enii!al Yeas
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w eiettiliv coll itvJ Hiol cot.di'iiaeil hioI
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ill ,i Journal replete wil n intei ft kit ren-llnr
ami '-t-e t hat eaii'iot all In plena.-. Tl-'-"i-ni.
rola , F-. nnt lai and O I Kej.ort.o H eWir..
I.r Ili'PATCH are m.e up with ifrt-iit inn-, ni.'l
are a I wtt a lull a:i'l rt-lnttile. while to llsCntie
M tik. l r-port efjual at ienti..n i ifiveti. I'he
W kkki.Y llPtTt:M la furit'ai.-il tosii.gle anli
serll.eii at 1 SO a eiir. or In ttlil i of ten at l.rti,
witn a pMi et frHtii to . he pm ty f. ttii.rf up the
lltiti. I ta the i-l.eH" t paper in A m.-rit-.i. Ita
ize ami tip- atnoimt of te.toii.ir in .tier it (riven
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PuhlistiL-ra Daii.t Acn Wekki.t Imspatch.
Fif i h avenue. Pittaiiuw. Pa-
FIBST PRIZE AT TIK.VKA FXTOKITIOX, lfT3-
II . It O 8 E X STEEL,
Manufacturer i.f superior
Union Crop LEATHER,
AXD DKlLEIt ITt
BAHK, HIDES, AM) I LASTEHFKS IIAIIl,
,JOItXSTUX, JM.
4 000 cor.ls of Oik nntl Hemlock Hark wanted.
Cioli p ii'l on delivery at the Tannery.
Jan 7. 174 -ly.
rpAVKKN STAN I FOIL KENT.
JL T'ie well I.M-ateil T:iv-
ei! T:iV-
ern S'nn.l and Iiwellini
lelon-inir to tl;u undcr-ii
known aa fht? " urtiti
.Ifuate on 'I unnel 11.11. in llallit
lin lowntil.ip. "n ml.ria county alamt a qimrter f
a m:le (rotn fjallitrin Stal ion. ia offered torrent
on lair tcrinti Pof-"-e-iioti will he uiven on the
first .lav of March. lS7i. This Mouse ha. all the
ne-.-e.trv aecuni.Ml:. iotn required hy law. n-h aa
riM.rn.4. l al.liii-. ft.-.; ali-o a never failiiu sprinR
will of the purest w iier on the promises. Writ
ten aiii.llf.it in.ia will t promptly an-were-l. and
iteims apccilicil.
uliich will he moderate.
MP 'II A LL Mc. ORRIS.
Tunnel Hill. Jan. 7, !7.-if.
STRAY SHEEP. Carne into t!ie
etn li)nreof .lie .iil.aeri l r. ill le:irfi.-l.l
townthip on np hImhii the 1st day of llccemhep laat.
two Mark an l one white sheep Uoul whi'-li are
wet ht-ra and t he ot her an ewe. The owner Is noti
fied to come forwur I. prove proe-r y. pay charge
and take I In-ill away; lath, r in winch, they will
be distMised of as the law .liree's.
Ml H A KL I). WILL.
Clearfield Twp,. Jan. 7. l-!79.-3t
NOTICE is Ihtc'iv iriven tliat on
file "Htll liny f Deeetiilier. IX".". T pnr
cl.aaad at I'ollector f sale one yoke ox'-n fold as
thnp oerf rt.f .lOHfrH HrROiiiiin.nnillliat I have
left the stmieln his ..sesfion ilurlnic my pleasure
All ersons are hereby cautioned ajrilnat inier
fertuK with paid oxen. F.J liCK(KM.V.
NOTICE Alt tl.e Hoipifliiil.i r in -tiitnrp.
O-aala. f -ntlv owtieil liv
A. P. IlAM'i.Tor are row In my pos.ssinn All
pertoni are forbidden to meddle with the S'tne.
T. V. AllAMS
Chest Spr!i.(i, Cambria Co l' . Dc. 18, 1S75.
A LEXANDER TAIT. M. IX,
lh-trlwn Miriiiia.
Cawkom.town. pa
0"Jc reoentlTvoiipt4 by M.J. Iltick. M. I.
In rmr if nl.n liuck'a atorp. Nlirbf nlla may
be tau at Hr. Ifuck,- r8iUuw 140-X,5-J
Tn3 MrJi'E7-tr:iTE3S.
Ono cold, raw morning in Febru
ary, IJyr.i Du Pcystor, a detective, re-ocl-eil
the intelligence of a fearful
det-i of eiinie Avhioh liad been com
initte.i during the sil -it hours of the
flight just departel. The aount of
the deed was read by a boarder while
the deteeliA-e quietly sipped his eofTee,
and the mm re:n i-k ; I as he put the
1-sli er on the chair beside him :
"There's an rthe ;ntry. for the book
of mystei ies. lam villinif to bet ono
hundred dolhirs that the proverbial
aeumen of our bv,t leteetiAes will fail
to discover the iierpetrator of tlie
crime on Cherry street. Gentlemen,"
and here the speaker fixed his eyes on
Du Teyster, "entlem?n, just think of
It! A vill: i i enters the abo le of a
I oor pc.vi.i woman, whose only child
is a mute, five years I 1. lie comes to
do a bloody deed, and his stru vjles
with the widow- evidently frightens the
child, who runs avray, and is found in
the attic amon;' a lot of ras. The
murder committed, the man takes
his departure. The wi 1 w's meagre
savings are untouched, her bureau
and stands unridel. Nothing has
been taken save life. That man, who
ever he is, laughs at the detecti.es,
and dares them to hunt him down
and tell why he took the life of a poor
Be.-.in? woman. I d dare, fntle
nen, that murder in this case wiil not
out."
The man's words, directed at Du
Teyster, did not eli -it a s entence in
reply. The I -stetive itiiue I to si )
his cofTec with an air tint s-t m ; 1 to
say to them in, "l'ou caa't make me
deliver an opinion."
The other b Jir lei s, mo'e communi
cative than the man hunter, discussed
the case until a general conchnioa
was reached, to wit : That the mur
derer of the nee lie-woman would for
ever remain u:i lis overed. The first
speaker felt prou 1 of the conclusion
reached, and passed the cigars aroua 1
before the company left the table.
"I avouM surest that we watch the
developments in this cas;;," he said to
the company at lare. "It will su:T; -e
to amine our curiosity, as well as to
stimulate research into the myste
rious." Byrd Du Peyster walked from the
dining-room to his little chamber on
the second floor, where he picket.! u;
hat and cune and immediately left the
house.
I To walked straight to the unpre
tentious frame bi"'ldin on Cherry
6treet, wherein the murder of the
niht before had been committed. He
found a swarm of the denizens of th it
quarter in front of the house, but two
policemen stationed at the door kept
them from rushing up stairs to the
6ecne of the tragedy.
The detective, after pushing his way
through the crowd, easily obtained
admittance, and entered the death
chamber, Avhere he found a surgeon,
two iKliee captains, and a neivspaicr
reporter. The surgeon was examin
ing the victim's wouu 1, which con
sisted of a knife thrust in the left
breast. T ie keen steol ha 1 penetra
ted the left ventri'-le of the heart, ren
dering death instantaneous. Uut
there were evidences of a struggle in
the room. A chair which had seem
ingly been thrown backward was
broken, and ieces of woman'j work
lay about the room.
Mrs. Nolan, the victim, was a wo
man about live-and-thirty years of
age. Her husband ha i been d vvd
near six years, and her mute son, Hen
ry, was a posthumous chill. She
was a woman against whose fair name
nothing had over been alleged, and
she plied the nolle industriously
night and day that her little family
should not want for the blessings that
she, despite her iioverty, enjoyed.
Her unfortunate son was the 1oac of her
life, and all of her motherly affection
was centered uion him. A mute from
his birth, Mrs. Nolan could not expect
to hear him sieak her name, and the
neighbors said that she longed for the
time when he might go to the proper
school and learn to write, that they
might converse together.
Byrd !u Peyster, the detective exam
ined the ai-artment without obtaining
any clew to the murder, and the evi
dence of the denizens of the neighbor
hood did not enlighten him to a satis
factory degree. A man Avas seen to enter
Mrs. Nolan's hou?e atiout eleven
o'clock on the night of the crime. The
Avitness to this Avas a man named
John Starry, who di 1 not In-ar a very
goo 1 reputation for Aera.-ity, and his
Avoid did not go far with the detective.
No one knew of any enemies that the
Avfl'lW J.rfiSSCr-He.1, vldl" tli cilCUIP
stances of tho crime r!r:irly prsed
that bojty was not the mut-uerer's ob
ject. For perhaps the first lime in his de
tective lire, the liulo Hugumot was
completely at fan it. He returned to
his room, and, with a cigar between
his teeth, threw hi nself upon a couch.
Thoro he oonjctu xl, and buUt theo
ries, Avhii h he .lest royed, till he lit ft
second cigar, and watched the smoke
float ccilhvgAA-ard aad A aaLh like his
Ideas. ,
For one hour ha dH not rise, ani he
loolie-iliteadozijpanor la cjm
were half 3hut ; but he was far from
aaleep.
All at onco ho sprang from the
couch.
"It is my only hope!" he cried. "It
may take years but I can do nothing
else. Something tells me that tho
dumb boy knows his mother's slayer,
and he must be educated till he can
write. I will do this, or, rather, haA'o
tt done. The great aim of my life now
is the discovery of the murderer of
Martha Nolan. The dumbshall speak,
and it shall not be my fault if the
dumb boy's words do not hang him."
Du Peyster left his room somewhat
excite 1, and learned that Mrs. N
lan's son wa6 already the ward of tae
city.
"I want that boy," the detective
said to the commissioner of public
charity. "I am interested in his case,
and will furnish him with a teacher
who has had twenty year experience
teaching the deaf and dumb. Sir,
that boy has a mission to perform,
and in my hands only can he it
fj. i it."
The commissioner listened with pa
tience to the detective, an 1 the result
of the interview was that Henry No
lan was ?daced under the curj of a
new guar Han.
HaAing a-complis'ied his object, Du
Teyster placed the 'ittle mute In tte
care of a lady who had lately retired
from the position of teaeV-r in a school
for the deaf f-.n 1 dumb. This la iy was
the detectiA'r's f.iend, and she prom
ised to bestow great care upon th: boy
committed to her charge.
The boy rr a b ight little fello-r
for one so u.i'-.i tu m'. ly situated, and
took quite readily t his change of life.
The detectiA-e visited him quite often
and b i'i ;it him many toys that
helped to xrand his min 1.
After all II"nry N olan might not be
able to throw any light upon his
mother's murder; for he may have
been f lightened from the room by the
murderer's first appearance. Du Tey
ster thou ?ht of this, but did not de
spair, and told his tutor to prosecute
her task with vigor.
By and by it was discovered that the
boy possessed a remarkable memory
that he seemed to forget nothing
p.nd the detective, Avhen told this, ex
claimed :
"That boy is going to hang the man
who killed his mother!"
. At the end of a j-ear Henry Nolan
had male some progress in th?, to
him, silent language; he hm mas
tered the alphabet and was in the easy
Avords.
"With what impatience Du Teysfer
watched his progress, the reader may
imagine, as the detective's whole V'e
seemed centered upor. th object alrea
dy mentioned. Mt anA hile he had not
abated his search for the murderer;
but his hunt had gone unrewarded,
and without the I oy's advancement he
seemed as far from su jee3 as ho was
at the dis ivery of the crime.
It was lVe in the Fall that the
mute's teaclier to! 1 the dotectiA'e that
he was learning to wiite. Du Tey
6er's heart leaned in his bo9om, and
he could not control his excitement.
Naturally he Avas a calm man ; but at
certain times, since the murder on
Cherry street, he had acted like an
other person, and his BUteriors had
noticed a change in him. From the
chief and every member of the force
he had scrupulously kept all informa
tion concerning the whereabouts of
Henry Nolan. If his great undertak
ing should fail, his associates should
not laugh at him, should it succec 1,
he would laugh at them, for they had
long since given oAcr the hunt for the
murderer.
That he might talk with his charge,
the ke-n little Huguenot had learned
the mute's alphabet, and thus mate
rially helped the teache: ia Henry's
education. By and by the bay brou ?h
him specimens of his first attempt at
writing, and Du Peyster brought a
magnificent little engine, with cars at
tached, to the house.
One night he entered tho house and
discovered that Miss Fu"ley had
stepped out for a few moments, leav
ing the boy alone. The present jus"
spoiren of had stimulated the mute's
ambition, and heshoA-ed the detective
some fair coi ies. Then, with hu
heart in his throat, Du TeyFter began
to qu-'Siion him about that one terriM
nigh: i t his history. Atthesecond.ques
lion in which was siel led his mother'
name, the boy started, and the detee
live saw that he was recalling event
connected with her. He seemed to b
wakening from a dream, but was ut
able to put his thoughts together, a
Du Feyster said :
"I must wait awhile. The boy knov .
something. It Avill pay mo to wait !'
And so another year rolled awa
and Henry Nolan avju eight years ol
But Avhen the detective ag
thought of questioning the boy.
malarious disease interfered and
saw the mute hoveling between 1
aa i death.
For weeks the boy syfN-red, and t'
detective saw that in v.e end
would sain the ietory. The attend
ing physician told him that medical
skill could not save Lis protege; and
he felt his hopes one by one fly away.
In a small room aat Byrd Du Toy
stcr and Nettie Tluiiey. Un a ueI at
their side lay the pc.le emaciated
form of Henry Nol&n. A strange light
sparkled in his eyes, and he looked
like a person very near the gates of
death. And they were not far aAA-ay;
for he knew that he would never sea
the dawn of another day.
At last his eyes became fastened on
the detective, who, seeing the st:ange
stare, rose to his foet and looked down
upon the suTerer.
This action seemed to satisfy tho
mute, and the next moment he was
spoiling with his fingers:
"I will tell noAv,"his fingers said, and
in a hasty voice the detecti'e sum
moned Nettie to his si le.
"It is coming, Nettie -coming ct
last!'' he excaimed, and tho iir
watched the mute's skeleton tinges
as they said :
"A tall man did it. I saw him be
fore I ran away. lie had a red mark
over his right cyo, like a scar. He
turned the light down before ho struck
mother, and knocked her from the
chair. This is all I know."
With the last word falling from h!s
fingers, the mute sank back exhaust
ed, and Du rcy&ter looked at tho
teacher.
'Toor boy! he's told enough!" he
said, "Y'hat i e has said is sufilciciit
to hang a certain man in this city."
"What do you mean, Byrd?" cried
Nettie nurley, grasping the detec
tive's arm. Do you know anything
about the man with the scar?" -
"Do I know anything about him,
Nettio? indeed I do!"
"What, Byrd tell me!"
"Not now, girl. Lect 119 attend to
Little Silence. See how weak he is.
Why, I do not think he is living!"
Henry Nolan did look like a dead
child; but he sullenly roused him
93! f, aad his Cnjcis bojaa to spell
again.
"Good by! Iam going to hear and
talk now!" he sai 1.
Then the heal fell back again, and
Du Peyster, who lowered his head,
heard the list throb of the mute's
heart 1
It was nine o'clock in the morning
of tho next day when Byrd Du Teyster
entered one of the large pharmacies of
the city. Approaching a clerk he re
marked that he wished to see Turoyl
Smiley on private business, and was
ehoivn to the elegantly furnished count
ing room.
The apartment was occupied by one
man who was Turoyl Smiley, the ncad
of the well-knoAvn firm of Smiley,
Bi i lgeman & Co.
"To whom am I indebted for this
a isit?" asked the lord ot the counting
room, turning from the Herald to sur
vey his visitor from head to foot.
"To Byrd Du Peyster, a detective,"
replied the caller, quietly dropi ing
unasked into a chair. "Well, Mr. Du
Peyster, what can I do for you.''
asked the pharmaceutist turning
slightly i ale. "Have my clerks sold
poison again?"
"They avc not, to my knowle Igo,"
was the v.octie"8 reply. "Mr. Smi
ley, I want to know why you entered
Martha Nolan's hou3. one night three
years ago and basely uxk her life."
The next moment the paper fell
from the druggi 's hands, and he
was on his feet looking more like
ghost than man.
"Martha Nolan did you ssy?" he
gasped.
"ies, sir. You killed her I"
"Who told your"
"The only witness to the deed -her
dumb boy. I Avant to know why you
did it.'"
For tho space of a minute there was
rilence la the counting-room. At the
end of that time the druggist dropped
into his chair, and said :
"She knew me in Ohio knew my
crime committed there. I was afraid
of her -kneAV that she would not takt
my money, anl so I di I tho deed that
night. I write you my confession."
The druggist wheeled his chair rnd
opened his writing-desk.
"I knew that it would come to this,"
he murmured. "I had almost forgot
ten her boy!"
Byrd Du rc3ster saw him open
the desk, but did not watch him
closely.
All at onco something touched his
arm. He started, and saw the drug
gist's hand clutching a vial, while his
face had assumed a color almost inde
scribable. The detective sprang to his
feet and sounded an alarm.
A moment later seA-eial white-faced
clerks entered the counting-room, and
hastened to the head of the firm, from
whose nerveless hands the half-empty
vial of prussic acid had fallen.
The tragedy avus finished, for Turoyl
Smiley was dead !
O.n his desk lay his brief but terrible
corlcssion.Avhich startled ail Avho read
it in the evening apeis.
Byrd Du PoakUt at onco became
cognized as a great detective ; but
is career was brief. Ke i3 dead noAV,
nd, strange to say, not one who was
personally interested in the fate of
'Martha Nolan is living to-day.
The detectiA-e, prior to the mute's
death-bed communication, had not
gusectod the auicido, but had rooeat-
ly encountered him, and noticed the
scar over his eye.
Du IVster'a waiting, and NeM it
Hurley's toiling, tad avenged
mother's death.
out' or It F.AC II.
FOUNDED ON FACT.
Josaie McDonald whs hard at wmk at
the wnslituli, tine flay, tslien licr In lie m-h
Ff runs came rushing int.. 1 Le room, ciyiwg
It if l.ia heart wtmM break.
"Daddy'll die up tliei.-,' he obbt A ;
"they cun't get him d mn."
! Hp where? exclaimed .Tesaie.
' wriiiKintt the Miap ofl her hand ami wipitig
them in lici ajiKiti.
'On tlio top of lite, frfctoty chimney ; ili
rpe hiist slipped .i.n, mid iliej cn"i K-t
up another, and the liddeis are nlt.-o
Klioll."
Ji-Kftie nVw out t.f the house and tan 1i
the f.a.t if ilit- new factory chimney, rcuitd
which a crowd .if w-oikmeii were nallieitd
in loud diarussioii. On the lop of th..
chimney M.md Angii Mo Don 1.1. fur be
lioi.il tlie reach ..f In lp to all -.pjie.u a.ice.
When ilie htayiiiy was taken tl..w n, I.e. the
J tnoKt ekil'Tul of the woiknieii, had been left
, to do anie last hit of work. By a -ti:tiiie.
arcidet.t the rope by which he was io let
j liiniKelfd.mil had slipped and fallen lit re
it lay in a ht-ap.
.less... covcitd her eyes with her hands.
"L-ld, help tne !" kIic ptayid from tlie
depths of her anxious heait. A sudden
thought cam- aa Hie answer Io liet prayer.
'Angus," she eallt-d, "utuavtl your
fttocking, man, and tie a hit of .noitai to
the jam, ami let it down to me."
Oil" came one of Angus' l.iue socks, knit
ted . if the liest of yarn, spun liv .Jessie liet-
I wdf. He raveled it out, titdoti I lie liio.lar,
' ami h t il down t the iout,.l.
...t..,.cdKi ...io tent ,or a llllll Ol
t un .. I. t 1 . r a m
fctout twine. 1 he end of the twine she
.. . . , r , .i.e
tieo to the end of the yam.
... , J
vtow, draw the yam up slowly." she
. , , J r j em
nnm. .Vtiyus lOII.MVeU tier C I It CI 1. 'tis, a!i(l
as the yam went hiohei and higher, she h t
out more rill it m.ee t u-ni., f...... ,l,u I... II i
. , , , . ......
ht-rhands. hat steatly hands I Lev wet.
J -
iiotanchtigof ,etxvine,.r.l.o,pi.of,hf
i twine o,d. tipping , ,f the hall. If she had
been nifjollii.c a chillies" line, she could not
have done it moie quietly. At last. Anus
called out, 'Allr.ght, I have cl the twine;
now, what are you C".i'g do?"
"I'irt tin the rope." called Jessie.
Th ere was not a sound among the crowd;
ou could have hea-d a pi n drop as, with
breathless in te it si, they watchtd Jessie at
her wot k.
he tied llero and the twine together
as firmly aa any sailor could have d'-tu-. J
Eager eyes watched it ascend hiht i,
higher, higher, nnlil Angus ealhd out,
"All right, l'A-e got the ropt ; stand from
under !"'
lie wecured the rope, came down hand
over hand, and ah ! one can't tell about !
such things! The woikmen ci i. d like,,. i',.a,r...,......t. i..t Ii iL ir ,i...
childien, and pressed round Aliens and
Jessie wilh woidsof praise ai.tl .-im-ction.
Then some tine wiser than the lest haul,
"Lei Iht'iii go home alone." And in the
kitchen the husband am wife and child
knelt, ami thanked tiod that their hearth
was not made desolate !
A Game or Cards and Its Cossr-Qut-.NCEs.
A paj er printed in Litchfield,
Kentucky, nanates the follow int.' : A ge i
tlenian and his wife who reside in this
county, went a short time since Io isit a
neighbor, ith intention to stay alt i ig'i:.
After supper the host prt-posed a j;a .e of
cattla to his guest. Io which the laiier as
sented, and they mt down to play. The
wife of I he visitor, being it hgiously in
clined, raised a remonstrance acaiust the
gani, but this was disiegatdt-d by the
hilshand. She then 1m came much t-x cited
and threatened to l.uiu the caids if they
continued to play. At last her husband
turned to her and said: "If you don't
want to fee tne play and can't In-have
yourself, just get jour lioimet and co home
at once." She took him at his wotd, and
all that night her l-mely pillow- was wet
with tears of l.ii ter anjjnish, called forth
t hy the know ledge of her hiibandr wicked-
Hess. Next morning tlie husband. Avho in
J the meantime had heen musing his wrath,
I went home and told his wife that she had
! discracetl him and nhe could pack her
. traps and leave linn forever. Kemon.
i st ranee was in vain, and t-he sotiowfully
depaiten. That nighl the husband le'hen
to his widowed heri -to think. Hot tosltep.
j Visions of the past happiness and .egret
for his hasty xj'tilsion of his companion
; passed lhtoui.il his mind. Piesenlly he
j lieanl a gent le tap at the d.M.r. "Come in."'
I said he. The door tpntd and hin wife
stoHl upon the threshold. "Betsy," said
I he, "rthat aie you dome. tlda tifie
j o' .light?" "Oli, tiolhing," said she.
j "Make me some coflee." said I.e. Tl,U
she pr. c.edtd to do will, nnue than usual
alac i y and nothing more was said ..f
their dUamecim-nt. Now a deck t.f r.mts
a.ion stne n.amei-pit c- in 4i1.1r1.ome, ami
eveiy ittthl. afier the supjar dishes are
clear, d away, ll at hil .-u d 1.1 d w ife sil
I down to n cheerful ganio of "old nlctliji."
I The young n.an with a flower in his
coat is ti. marry the young lady who is in
tLwhuhit of tu:yi:ig "the id )nh I
Itoiiifmfic Sitii t ij ('.., $,tt-.s.
Tl.e Kn -ptrsH F.uj., it,, n. .!f-. u : k. i
of two li nii..c.e. j-e vn. .,!., t ,.tM ,.
Va'eoti.ie de ( I, mat. ! . ;.. il..:. ei.,.,
licli. to many tl.e I'tit t-. dt aii.Ti. im.t.t.
li:tt:dsoti.e. led snnl ..or. l.t- .di'v two
points ..i. wlnt-1. l:e ! . t t d w.-ie g.sul
haiks -tnd youth. Tl.i pro v. d inMitlici.-nt
to k t p llicm toect ,-i . Tl.e pi it ci- we:. I
on tin. Mt-X't-att ixtd.ti--t ; H i- pn- css
Maid at I tm.e. I. d a s.,..; !i. I.r.-, a". I i .it
I. in. l ti Ii tiet, which I,,. .;,.) i,.. t.,., .H
tf'i.hh- to answer. When he ittuMi d she
went to I!. est to tu. t t liitn. I'm ,e :..J
already t.uti d to I'aiis. She nn in-d hi-u
thoie, t.uly to liod thai he l.atl 1. ft f.-r his
ch.Hiau. I!e wi.de I hence his first li-tlt-i-to
her. after an aliseiice of two years. It
was coitraist d of llie.-M' tourl.in ..;ds :
'.Al.td.iiue What have yoU d-.iic with
my hirts? I dot.'t lind them in tl.e ur
morie.'''' When the two finally mot in Paris, it was
ot.ly to separate. Tl.e Put-ce I., fan a
1 sc- ndaloits life. The PiiitcesK stud f.r a
st-j riiali.in. Ii t.v.k he. set en yt at s to gain
it. Tl.e F.eiifli Jaw- d.as n..t. ..ccuize
di voice, so that neither a.ty c Mild h-capy
many acain. rvti. jifn-r il.c tepnratioH de
Cttrp I. ad tx.-n (h t-r.-t d. Ptif meanwhile
the Ihiii.tas Imd fallen in l..e with Piinci;
(Jeoiee Biht-se-.. of Nh.ldavi.i, W:.larl.ia,
ami was li..in,d t. many him. Having ll e
will, she f in.. 1 the way. A very tiet..u
way it was. Mi,. n,.,id Io Di.sdeti and
hatl h 1st If liatuihliz.-tl as a Saxon. Then
she e.ot an ahsohitetlivoit-e fioiti a Dit-stleti
conit. There w as no ohstacle to her ei il
inai iinpe. ..iiti,. ,,f Fiai.ce. But a it li
ui.us tlitlicuhy lemainetl. The Catholic
church lepudiaf en di voice. The P..
w.-nld not sain t ion a lemat i iaye. The
Piincessde l!e.tiifl. t tuonf tt ct-ivetl I he new a
calmly, aljiuttl liotuauisui foilhntth, and
joinetl the jict k cinnch. The (Jicek priest
j I,,,. , !.,: ... ...
. j i i , .
s;ll(, ,ll,.,J ,.,.,r.m the it. a mace
L..- r . . ... ,
I mi lien for hn, tioti.h.l the emit tor of
' .. i. . i ,-
. IJvSI;is w,,id cive hiscilcct. That
potentate had the car-e laid l.tfoie him,
atid made no . l.j. tl 1.01. - Bveiyihiny was
j , e,al. sis Tar as Hitssiati laws s.t.rl Gl. t k
. , ,,, . , .r,
l at Iodic niies wt-ie e. nct i tied. The re-
i:,,! ,
, '...' f. . .,
it J.t toe ailachian l. ati.-n in 1'atis.
The Iiiissian iniuislt r allei.thtl ti e ceie
inoi.y antl signtd ii. e conMuci. Aid jet
the Piincess Ciht-sco is si'Il the Pi ir. cess
I'cauil'it tin. i.l in Fiance. Fu i.cli law tii'd
Cathohc law C'v h-r one hii-h n d ; the
rret-k chinch and tl.e test of Kiin'i"- c'Ae
her anolher. She is the wife of two iti.-.i.
I Icr laisil i.. ill l".:n re is m ion. SI.e
u t), 1IllM.,.lU i(. f... h.n-x. and :-..
In-, it is said, exit, iditt d fiom any other
-iAil.Zr-d ct-unliy t. hith she v.n f.ee.
llt-r (list liiivhai d can tnke ost-.-vii.i of
their t wo child en. even if t he hitter shot! id
wish to remain with their liinll.t r. If slot
has any childit-u hy her M-ta-i.-tl htisliat d.
. ia. ..... ... ...1, aw.'... ... i i.i- ii.'ii.r- ...
il,.,.. ..II I... I. ...II. L-........ - e
cotnts sholild gtaut thi ui the l.itU-l n: Ji:c,
it would niaKe I hem illeil imate and inca
pable of inhei ittng any pail of iht-ir in :li
ei's iinn.t list- foi I une. Finally, if Aiailatne
IL H. should ever tit cide to j,, l-;.ck It. the
first B.. the sectind wouhl Ik- lit lplt sa. So
this wife has the choice, in piai.ee, of two
husband. Ptsibly jailyandty is inlio-
j duct d upon the boil i t Fuioh'. Chicago
Tribune.
IIowa Hot Woiiks. In t tt.pt ; iinr a tub
tf washing wafer for his mother Iheie i-s
not tine boy in a hundred who ill descend
to the feeble artifice of a pail ami tl.pp r.
Neither the protest of his mother nor the
weitht of the watei inl itnidalt-s a le.y. It
is a higher and x i...hl.-i thine Io strain
than to save the iriizaid. He takes the
tub by the handles, and l.uiti" it ch.se Io
his lavly. waddles foiwaitt. lie has t
move wilh the greatest care t k t-p ti e
water, which attains svavhin.. m..iien,
from ov.-t H"W intr on to hi-t clothes. The
swashing iucieaes wilh eveiy movement
until a little spl.tshes oil to him. 1 !:i n he
seta th;t uli down ami picks it up ailaiii
and ran ies il at the full leimth of hisanns.
sttnthllintf his 'egs a"i",l it in ..t.T. r lhat
he n ay advaiut-, antl yo-in; f.nwai.l an ineli
at a t in-, while the co .Is sw.l! up i;. hit-A'-ms
and neck, his faeo 'ui ns put -le aid
his spine faiily rr.icks. It S painful j,ro
Uiess eveiy step i a s'r.in am' a pai..,
but there is uthiii g-i..lle ahoiil it. Fven
if he should lose his I .a la i re in c'esrrt.d.
itiCthe st.aip. which he is likely to do. snd
in falliiiif catch tlie en! ire c Mi'e.ita f lU
tub over liis -isoi. sill he has the pioud
satisfaction of feline: th u the disaster was
met in doinc his full duty as a boy.
Tx a lecture in Kt nshe. n "He Gii
Yon L. v." Hrother lluntly pats: -lie
d.oi.ld l.,ve her :nd let hi- hoe f.,i 1 ei !
1 known. Tf a tn.ti an is lov.-t! sl-e wnnis i-
j , ,,e kr,.VJ, . r,ill llS ,,ie
' Kul HlIII1,, Jt)iH ,M , .u (U ,i
v,r..sene . xnlos.o.,. she , apt t.. it Pete the
I ytm,te ;,f a,j ,,,,,,. it, L,jvilr Ms
, 1(.'icitv. esiaeiallv if .1...... 1..
, - .-- 1 - - - - .-
er giil w ho had 1 1 it 1 1 tt, et him.
"Wnt don't men swtarwheti hty ate
alone?" asks Tal.nace. Did Mr. Tahn;.,e
eve r lay around the fence cn cts ;m tl k.t
j , ip fa,,WP ,,;cV. faub! Ut ?
Wht did ihl ui. buy ?