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VOLUME XXI.
TT II. MYERS
ATTORSET-iT-LlW,
Kaayaaraa, fa..
-)(Hca la CollonaJa Row. oa Ccatra (treat.
GEO. M. READE,
ATTOKNE
IET1TLAW,
Eiixsiiria,
-Omce on feotre (treat, cur hi. a
M. D. KITTELL,
Attorney-ot.jaw,
EBENSBCKO, PA.
Office Armory Funding;, opp. Court H oasa.
SEEHIFFS SALES
TJY VIRTPE OT Sf.MlKY WRITS of Alimt
Fierrt eariat and 1b. LcpVH. Iul out ol
the ourt of Im-ui a.on Plea, of t.'ambrla county
and to me direrred. there will be exposed to Pubt
lie Sale, at the Mansion House. In Johnstown, on
Satumay the 4th d ol June. 17. attne o'clock
r. the foiiowinw Kl E-tiUe. to wit : '
All the rlicht, title and Interest of William Cos
ter, of. In and to all that certulo plees or parcel ol
land lyin and ocinn sitnated la Klchlanl uwn
(hlp Cambria ouonty. Pa., IxiundeJ and described
as follows, vli: Bsulnnina at a white walnut
thence due south 77 l erches to a chnatnut oak
tbenca dua west 41 perches to a pot. thence due'
south WH perches to a l.icut. thence h land now
or lata tbe property ol I. P. Storm due won l-o
pen-he to a maple, then -e south 7i de;rces west
Vj penhes to a post, thence by land ot Jacob Kelir
hard d Je nort h m parches le a cheatnut oak. thence
ty land ol Iald KIok due east 4.) perches to a
, .nii-u mi, turnce due north 'U perches to a
Spanish oak thence by lmt of r'atrlck Keel an due
ea.t lol pare haa to the place of beirlnn'nir, contain
; Ina; p.a acres strict measure. haln there in erect-
e.l i i wo story plank houao and frame barn, now
i In the oceui.ancy of W llliam i'aster.
; AI.st AH tbe r'arhl, title and Interest of Will
lain Custer, of. In and to all that certain tract or
pan-el of land situated In Ktchland uwnhl
I amlirla county Pa bounded and described as
follows, in : heal no ma- at a wlnut corner ot Mar
tin Custer, thence north U d-a-rees east srji; per-
chs to stnncs. thence hy land of Samuel Klroarr
I south dcxrevs went 7 perches to stones, thence
by original tract nt which this t a part, south 3
drure.s .! pen-hes to stones, thence by
land ol Marin l'uicr. east 11 and jen-hea
. t- the l.i.' of beKlanino;. eontainloa Sa acres and
1C Pen-nn. Taken In eiecution and to be sold at
the suit of S.imuel C. Ream.
i AI-M-AII the right, title and Interest ot John
1 Buraet, of. in and to all that certain lot ol around
situ.ttoil In Coopers. llo ti'iroutrh. Cambria cuun
I ty. Pa., bounded and de-crlhed a ful'ows eta
I Having- an alley an the north, lot of Iund Brand
; Ima-eroa tbe south. at:d fronting- on Main street
on (ne east, ana others on the west, having these
1 on erected a tao (lory trame house and other out
bull linif, now lo t he occupancy of Richard Will
; lama. Taken tn eierution and to be sold at the
. suit of Elixa J. Couick. A: rax ol 1 B. 'ohick.
deceased.
I AU"t All the right, title ard Interest of W II-
( lia u S Pait-run. of. In and to all that certain
two lots of ruud xltuated In the Towanhlp of
St.nysreck. Camhrta county. Pa., boun l-l and
de.cribed is f. low. ix : minting on the l e.lf..rJ
Pike on the south, and running bark lo at alley
oa the north, oljoinmg lot of Cambria Iron Co.
1 on the ea-t. and street on the we-t. Taken
In execution and to be ld at the suit of Maria
; Walaud.
ALSO All the right, title and Interest of J. W.
1 Kelghard. i.f. la and to all that certain piece or
parcel of gr. uud situated tn Jackson township.
I'ambria c.iuntT. Pa . tund,l and described as
roliwwa. wis . adjoining- land of Catuhri Iron Co.
on the ee.il and south on the west by land ut Ed.
ward Horner and on the north by William Iow
ney. containing o acre, more or les, atxiut J
acres cieated. having Cx rcon erected a two story
frame h. nse ao l ir:me h.rn, now In the?cupsn
cy of J. W . Keighar I. T'krn in ere-ution aud to
be sold at the u.t ol Jacob Reighard.
SHEEIPFS SALES:
BY VI KTIE or Sundry Writs of Pfaricn-trai tea I
l.nu.d out ol the Court of Common Pleas, of
ainhna c.iun'y. and to me directed there will be '
eti-.se.l to I'u I. lie Sale at the Court House in Et. '
en.l.urg. on Monday, the (th day or June Its', at ,
tine o Cock r. m . the loliuwing Real Estat). to
wit.- All the right, title and interest ot lohn '
Wagner, deceaaoil. with notice to Wm. It. Sechler,
K-..,an.l t ranrls Waner, Executor's ol said John ;
Wag ner dw-eased.
Re. 1 "f. n and to all that certain li t of '
ground situated In the Borough ol Chest Springs, '
aoitirte county. Pa., fronting feet on Economy
street, and extending back 130 feet to ao alley
a If. i ring lot of Preoenok Hart, en the southwest I
and lot ol John Wagner, dee'd in the northeast. '
e. 3. Alao Of. In and to all that certain '
lot oi ground sltua'ed In tie Borough ot I'hesl :
Springs Cambria county. Pa , fronting !0 feet on !
Et-on mv treet. and extending back lJu feet to j
an alley a. 1. lining other lot of John Wagner, de.
ceased, on toe touiu west and lot of 1. C. Little on '
ttie northeast.
Se. S Aijio Of. In and tn all tfat certain '
lot ol around situate) In the Borough of Chct ;
Springs. Camhri i ct nnty. Pa., fronting fto feet on
Economv street, an-1 extending back VM teet to an I
alley adjoining an alley on the southwest and lot I
of John I ngle on the northeast.
. 4 Aiso( it, in sn l .to all that certain
lot ol ground signaled In the Borough ol Cl eat
Springs, Caa hna county. Pa., fntntlng fV feet on
Columt a street and extending back 1JO leet loan '
allev adjoinltig an alley on the southwest and lot
! of Airs. Soiihia Hurd on the northeast, bavtnsr
J thereon erected a two story frame houe, frame '
staMe anil other ouibntldiugs, now in the cci-
I pam-y ot J. r.athin ! ugia.e. Taken In execo- '
tion and to ! s Id s the property of John Wag- j
, ner dec d with notice lo the said executor's of de :
cedent
.. 5. Atsrw All the right, title and Interct
nf John W agner. dcc'.l and tkkki timisi ol. I i '
and to all 1h.it certain lot ol ground situated In ;
the Borongh of Chest Spnnr. Cml'ria coun:y, i
Pa., Nunt-d and 1.scrit-cd as follows, that Is to t
, say 'ronting on Washington stree" o- the north-
west tvi feet, thence extending hack at right an-
, Kles 1-.4 l(-et on tt.e northeast to an al'ev on the ',
' southeast, then along said alley fto feet to line of
lot ot the s-id Ercdrick Hart on tbe southwest,
' or l'jo leet to the place ot beginning. !eini( one ;
full sued lot as laid out In an extension ol said '
Borough and known as I t o. la., having there.. n
erected a J1, story tram house. Dot oow occupied.
s. . Also tf. In and to all that certain 1
piece or i arc. I r land situated In the Borougb of ;
! t hest Springs. Cambria county. Pa. rmnting 2P
. feet on 1 iirirt street, aoioining property of A man- i
ila C. i onrad. Samuel 'amp and others, contain-
- ng about one acre.
1 a. 7 .Vtao All the right, title and Interest ;
cf John Wa.ntr. riee'd. and ot James I.ltzifiger. .'
tii.ii t!sit. of. In and to S certain lots of ;
r round siluated In the Borugh ot t'heal Springs. '
amhrle county. Pa Inn. ting 10 feet on Wash- ,
Ingtoe street, extending hack l.n teet adjoining 1
I other lots ol James I.itilnceron the east, and lot -cf
Margaret Trexler on the west.
i . .-Aio All the right, tltlesnd Interest :
ol .l.iha Wagner, dee'd. and ol Amanda C. Con
rad ard Thaitduts Conrad her husband, tkkkb
thut. o'. IB end to that cerfsln r.lee or lot i f
ground situated in the Borcoiah oft hest Spring,
t an- hria. cue ty . Pa. . frontir g I so c et on TarrifT '
street acd exteodira bark 'J.'M feet m re er less to '
1 an alley and known on the general r lot of said
Borough as lots ' I. Z S, It. 15 aad lt. having
i there, n eteeted a two story frame houae and small
I stable, bow la the iccopancy ct Thaddlus Conrad ,
and wue. Taken In e ecu Hon and to he (old as
1 the property ol Jchn Warner, dcr'd. with notice
1 to tr-a said .vera tor's and Tmsa tath. and to
, be sold at the suit of Harriet P. Eiotd. John Y.
Tibtitt aad Alyla Eians, admr'sol Thomas J.
I.Pvd decea.se-1. (
Al All tbe right. t1t1 and I nterest of Mich !
ael 11 iggtna. el. IB and to all that certali. i-lece or j
lot ol grnur d sit aatrd In OallitsiB Borough. Cam I
bria con ntv. Pa, bianded aad described as follows.
via : Beginning at a roet at tbe enathea-t corner j
ot cemetery lot and alley, tbenre sooth bi degrees
and mirntes we-t 117 teet to a poet, thence I
north DO degrees and 10 minute, west IT" 4 10 teet
to a post at rotrer ot lot at I atrirk Cojle. along
land of lavid W att. 1h nee north 33 degrees and 1
flu m Irnm rest lis leet to a net. en line of Sam- j
art .1owery'( Isrd.eu r lst of l atri- k 'oyle'( J
land. Iherce eonth i degrees and 44 minute east j
to a limi til a-li feet to cemetery lot. alorg lot ol
Saa url M'wery I her re sccth 24 degrees and ft
Biiau'ea west f7 It et to a lost al eg cemetery lot,
thence sooth degrees 4 mlnates eat 1 ft feet to
a pr.'t. Iheplo-e ct begincirg, cnlainl-t V7
r-.rehea .,f lard, taken IneleciltloB a t.l
ai.,1 to fe sold at li e tult ol Annla O'Neill and
Rabert t 'Weill.
AIX All tbe rtghtL llt!e and Interest of Will
lam S ole. of. la ar.ii to all that certain piece or
parrel ol land situate. I IB Carrull townsh'p. Cam
I ria couotv. Pa., rounded 'Jnd described as fol
lows : Adjuiaina lands of James Cain on the
p..rth. laid el t asper Wolf on the south, land of
W illiam :prlrger on the east and land ot Angus
tine Yost on the aesf. containing ahont Stsi acre
more or Irra. atout ITS srres ot wbtcb are clearel
and the balance ol the Und Is well t'mbered. hae
Irg tlerson erected a frame barn rd otte oul
luildings. now in tn ocupancy of Wtl'iana Cole.
Taken .a esecutiuo and lota sold at the suit ot
W illiam J. Buck.
A IX) All thi r'gbt. title BBd Interest of Ceo.
W t'lSBtser l::ia Jare HBr.er acd I hl.lp F.
Menner. l. IB sad tr all tbat certain pleca or i ar
rel of land eitusitd In Aoan s tiwnsr.lp. "ambria
ooety la.. Iioeded (d described as :ollos.
vis- .diclBlr lands ot William peored ob the
east O.ifgel-SB.b erthe eissf.latd of William
t uster .b the north, and by land of others on the
sooth ciBtalniog M acres nere er less, having
tbertt n etc t.d a tao (trry r:rk boeand trame
I sro bow IB the orrepsrey ot Otorge W t tenner.
1 skca ir ti er.fi soil to re sola st tbs suit ol
Alired Asfcton. Eq.. sad ot bera.
t i: it m soi" s a 1. 1:.
One-third af tfs utrKse money tn b paid
L.n le iri.eity is kno.-l.ed dewn aud tbe ra
auaiBica tao tblrds on cflrmatton ot tbe ds d.
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'B IS A PHKBMAN WHOM TSJ TBCTH MAKES PBBK, AND ALL ARK ELATK8 BKSIDK.1
EBEKSBUKG, PA..
THE WASHERWOMAN'S FBIXXD,
In a very humble cot.
Iu a rather quiet -pot.
In the suds and in the soap,
Wot ked a woman I .H of hope;
WorUiri;;, singing, all alone,
In .- .rt of undertone,
44 i ti a Saviour for a friend,
1 will keep me to the end."
Sometime happening along,
I had heard tho semi-song.
And I often used to suille.
More iu sympathy than galls,
But I never said a word
Ia regard to what I hear!.
As she sang about her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Kot in sorrow nor in glee
Working all day long was she.
As her childru three or four,
Played around her on the floor:
But in monotones the song
Bhe was humming all day long,
With a Saviour for a friend,
lie will keep me to the end.-
It's a song I do not sing.
For I 6Carce believe a thing
Of the stories that are told
Of the miracles of old ;
But I know that her belief
Is the anodyne of grief.
And will always be a friend
That will keep her to the end.
Just a trifle loneson.i she.
Just as poor as poor could be.
But her spirits always rose).
Like the bubbles in the clothes,
And though widowed and alone,
Cheered her with th monotone.
Of a Saviour and a friend
Who will keep her to the end.
I have seen her rub and scrub
On the washboard In the tub.
While the baby, sopped in suds.
Rolled and tumbled in the cuds,
Or was paddling In the pools
With old scissors stuck in spools,
She still humming of her friend
Who would keep her to the end.
Flu man hopes and human creeds
Have their root in human needs.
And I would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's lip
Any song that she can sing.
Any hope that songs can bring ;
For the woman has a friend
Who will keep her to the end.
Ctica Press.
DISAPPOINTED.
Hush. Beverley never meant to marry.
HehaJ been of that way ff thi-ikingfor
ten year.- r more now, and In; was at
pre.-ont six-uiid-tliirty.
ll:s t.i.-tr. Mr. VaWtlno. was
therefore quit? safe in counting so
confM'-iitlv upon his port. mi of the
Bevr-rloy property t,'iii to hr two
littlo l.-oys, uiic of '.hoi;i wts bis bach
elor um l.-'s codchild ii::-l fri.)ri:.
Huo'i Beverley had no ;i;ii!y objoc
tion t !it thus (iu::tii:!r. Only he
Sometimes wUhe-l'tshe tfou'il m' make
her anticipations hi visiblo. it would be
In better taMe to veil them iik.io.
However. poorClura had nlwavs been
rather worldly. And with thi- re!kvtion
Beverley folded that lady la-t letter
and walked down tho ft,:u--i ot the
little Tyrolean inn, where he w;w tem
porarily stopping in hi-J wanderings,
and out upon th covcbtl balcony,
which cnrim..-! :;led a view of the quaint
ly plot urov ne villar." street.
He had b.-en fitting thero with a
meditative cigar so:ue little tltiio when
hurried footsteps roused hiru from
his reverie, and he saw a 6lender slip cf
a girl, very young, and looking very
frightened and white, hastily accost
the landlord and speak to him.
The man gave some reply, and the
girl turned quickly, almost "running up
the street. Mine host sauntered into
the house and presently re-emerged.
A bad business a tad business!'
shaking his head. " That lady Is
very ill."
44 The mother cf that young girl?"
asked Beverley, puttirg two and two
together.
44 Vc-t ; they've been here somo weeks.
Thi4 mother's been going riipMly. Bud
business i.;td business ! Tl.e girl, Kr
thi-ig! did not seem to f.tr anything
serious. Guess t here isn't much money,
either," eoii.'luded theman, evidently on
hi.- own interests intent.
' W ho arc they Americans?" queried
BeVCfl.-y
Yes hey were country women of his,
or. r:it;.er. the young girl v.-;i. for in the
cour.-e d the night, very ta l.lenly. the
mother, v.ti.ise iiaiue wns regi-tered
upo!, ii.::,- Lo-t'.s IxiokS, Mis. l. ibert
Yentiior. N- .' York," passed away, leav
ing l.-T il l .i t-r alone.
li.-.erlev no; learn of the doath
untii the next morning.
II w ;i- ! : tti r h is roomwhen, in the
h.ail he ev e e upon the landlord und his
wife. t..:ki: : in slightly luai'teJ vol-i-s.
au l vi'if'i . xjiressive shrugs of the"
S'lOuldel'-.
A i.eigt.i.r:ng door stood open, and
a t-tark forii covered with a- sheet,
within, told the tale. Nearihe bei a-at
the. young girl of ye.-terd.-iy niotion-le-s.
with clasped hands and a rigid
face.
44 There's no money to do anything
with,'' said the landlord, with another
shrug of the shoulders, to l;-vei ley.
44 Good h-iivens!" the latter Monti ap
palled; ' don't let that stand in the
w:-.y. I U do anything that is to Le
dot'.e."
The landlord made a sign to the
girl in-ide the room, and before Bever
ley could divine his purpose, she stood
before them.
Tii is gentleman says ho will pay
everything for you," announced the
man; 44 there's something left on tho
bill, too," he added in a lower tone.
Beverly looked at the girl with a
sudden deep pity. She stood tall and
Straight in her shabby black dress.
Thank you." she said. No muscle of
ber face moved.
Poor child ! She Is stunned,"
thought Beverley.
Ou the iie-a day all that was mortal of
Mrs. Ventnor was laid to rest ia the
littlo gr vcyanl with its fantastic Iron
crosses and grotesque beaded wreaths
hanging on thu same, at the end of the
Tillage st reet. thousands of miles from
her native land.
The rdender girl, who now turned
away from the new-made mound, had
been familiar with the make-shifts of
genteel poverty ever since she had
grown from childhood Into womanhood.
She had not spoken a word as she
walked liackto the house, and Beverley
knew not how to broach the question
of her plans and movements for the
future.
At length he spoke to the landlady:
You mut rouse her from her leth
argy. A young girl like that ean't stay
on here alone in this strange Inn. You
must a-k her whether she has no friends
to whom she cau write and whom she
cun acquaint with her condition."
But when the girl was spoken to she
answered: "No. There is no one
no one."
Beverley went out upon . the balcony
and smoked another meditative cigar,
in sight of the blue Tyrolean hills, and
came to a decisioc.
Clara Valentine was living In Tarts
since her husband's death, and she had
the means to give this girl a home.
No sooner thought of than done.
Beverley had himself announced to Miss
Ventnor, and in a few kind words oJTerod
hsr his 6ister's protection.
" I am goins to Paris myself to-mor
J
FRIDAY, MAY 27, ISS7.
row. If you will be readv I will taka
you directly to my sister's home."
. . . . e
. " Well, this is about the most utterly
preposterous thing I ever heard of In
my life! And Hugh, of all men, to be
mixed up in anything of the kind."
This was Mrs. Valentine's first excla
mation when left alone after her broth
er's arrival with Lucille Ventnor.
He had telegraphed to his sister In
order to take the first edge off her sur
prise. :ind then, when Lue'lle had been
conducted to her room, had stated the
case t: icily.
Someone else might have taken charge
of tli- j.irl, she said with irritation.
44 Who?" inquired Beverley. She Is
absolutely alone In the world, poor
child ! And she was there penniless
among strangers."
" Good heavens. Hugh ! What If she
were? Do you think it was mak'ng her
lot easier to compromise the girl?"
Compromise her? What do you
mean?"
"Of course itls compromising to her
to have brought her here with you."
" She is about twenty yers younger
than I, Clara, and it is unworthy of you,
to bring in any such word or thought
in connection with her or me."
" Come." headded, you have a better
heart than you want to show, Clara.
Drop a little of your worldliness and be
kind to this poor child. She needs
kindness sorely. I'm going back to
(Vermany to-morrow, and I shall leave
her here with you."
Mrs. Valentine knew better than to
make any further demur, but the irrita
tion remained.
" To come all the way here Just to
bring that girl, and start off again the
next day ! And then he is indignant be
cause I call it compromising. That a
man of the world like Hugh sliould in-du'-re
in anything so crazily quixotic."
Nevertheless, she was not, in her way,
unkind to Lucille. She was even, ao- '
cording to her lights, very generous to
her, presenting herwith a mourning out
fit to take the place of the poor child's
scant and rusty black.
" She is very pretty," she said to
herself, the first time that the girl ap
peared in one of these plain, neatly-fitting
gowns very. I wonder if Hugh
noticed it?"
Upon the whole she was just as well
plea-'ed that Hugh had gone back to
Germany.
Lucille hnd bogged, from tho first day,
to be allowed to take charge of the little
boys, and, as tho latter took to her very
kindly, there was bo objection to her
doing so.
And gradually fjhe pleaded to have
sundry other dutu assigned her. until
Mrs. Vrtk'iitir.e had perfereo to ac
knowledge that sho was most willing,
most anxious not V ,it the bread of
charity, and, that which was certainly
ni t the least good thing about her, con
siderably UoC-fiil to herself.
The littlo Parisian household had,
therefore, settled down upon a calm and
comfortable basis when Ileverloy, with
the suddenness which usirtllv eiiarac
terb.cd his movements, reap t ared.
He never came to Paris at this season
of the year, and Mrs. Valentine reminded
him of tho fact with tomo sharp
ness. " Oh, I thought I would try it." he
saM carelessly. And he remained on
without tiny deSnito purpose that Mrs.
Valentine could soe, day alter day and
wefk after -.veek.
Mrs. Valentine's temper begr.n to grow
very uncertain as time went by. Her
brother (lid not, perhaps, notice the
fact, but others did, and Lucillo chief
among the number.
One day the gathering storm broke
loose. B-verley was sitting u::eoncein
e Ily in his sifter's pretty boudoir when
the latter asked him how much longer
he thought he should keep Miss Vent-
nor.
" Why," queried Beverley, looking
up quickly, has sho 6hown any desire
to go ?"
" She? NoT cried Mrs. Valentino, im
patiently. "But you don't expect the
girl to go on living in perpetuity this
way, do you? I understand, of course,
that you thought we might give her a
home until other arrangements could
be made for her. She must have some
one friend or relation some kith
or kin to whom she can turn for protec
tion !"
"She has no one, Clara," said Bev
erley coldiy, " and you know it. She is
earning her living with you, as tho poor
girl would have to do elsewhere. Y'ou
need a nursery-governess for the
boys "
" Let her be nursery-governess some
where else !" cried Mrs. Valentine.
44 You have taken a dislike to Miss
Ventnor, Clara," said her brother slowly.
"Why?"
" It is you who have taken an unac
countable liking to her. I believe you're
in love with the girl !"
" Clara!"
Beverley's face contained a not of
warning. He had turned pale. But
Mrs. Valentine's prudence had forsaken
her.
Yes, indeed, I do think 6o. Blanche
Conway is forgotten at last, it seems."
The words were scarcely spoken be
fore Mrs. Valentine could have bitten
her tongue out for uttering them.
She was frightened and sorry. It was
a very sore spot in her brother's mem
ory that she had touched. She was
going to make such blundering amends
as 6he could when the portiere was
hastily drawn aside, and they both saw
Lucille Ventnor on the threshold.
" 1 have heard every word," the girl
began. Then- was not a vestige of color
in her face, but her voice was steadv, and
her gaze brave and direct. " I did not
mean to ; but I was going through the
next room, and I stopped before I knew
it. Forgive me, and let me go. You
have been very, very kind to me. I
shall never forget it. But I must not
be the cause of misunderstanding. I
see now that I should not have stayed
so long."
She paused suddenly and put her
hand to her head.
4 Never mind, child never mind,
said Mrs. Valentine soothingly.
But Beverley said very quietly:
" Enough, Clara. Let Miss Ventnor
do as she thinks lit."
And Lucill turned and left the room.
" Pornaps it is just as well that she
did hear," Mrs. Valentine retleeted when
her brother, too, had gone, leaving her
alone. 44 If I can only get her awav
quietly now, and lefore anything hap
pens ! Of course it would be extremely
trying to have Hugh at this late day
marrying an obscure and penniless girl
twenty years his junior."
Meanwhile Beverley had gone to the
ante-room which led Into his little
nephews' school-room, and taking a book
sat down in the window.
A very short time passed before
Lueilie came hastily through.
She started on seeing him, and made a
motion as though to escape. Her eyes
were red with weeping.
Beverley quickly laid a firm detaining
hand ujon her arm.
" 1 don't want you to go. Miss
entnor. I want you to stay as my
wife."
The words were spoken. For a min
ute they both looked in silence into each
other's eyes.
"Ob, no, nor cried Lucille then.
" That can't be. Let me go !"
But Beverley, In that one moment,
had learned her secret too. He smiled
and gently took her hand.
My child, I have loved you from
the very first, since you looked at me
with those pathetic eyes the day your
mother died. M poor lout lamb, left
81. SO and
alone in this bleak world 1 Do I Mem
too old for you, Lucille? Believe me
dear, I will cherish you as the apple of
mv eye."
Vhat other fond nonsense he whis
pered over the dark head pillowed on his
breast it behooves us not to know.
Presently he said :
There is one thing more, Lucille.
You heard my sister mention a woman's
name. Y'ou have doubtless beard her
say, too, that I never meant to marrv.
Perhaps the two things are connected In
your mind. I did love that woman
long years ago, dear. But she was un
worthy. It was a deep wound. I thought
it would never heal but it is obliterated
now gone forgotten since the day
when I found my poor little girl alone
in that Tyrolean inn ! Is all clear to you
now, Lucille mine?".
In words Beverley had no reply, but
beseemed to wish for none, her eyes
spoke.
Suddenly, blushing rosy red, she dis
engaged herself from the strong encir
cling arm.
Oh, what will Mrs. Valentine say?"
she murmured. She will be so
so "
Disappointed?" supplemented Bev
erley. 44 Poor Clara 1 I'm afraid so ;"
and he laughed. " But she is excellent
at bottom. She will get over it.
dear."
THEIR SIN FOLLOWED THEM.
A Romantic Story of Krone and Shame.
Many years ago the president of one
of the New lork railroads had a very
clever pnvato secretary, who also, in
his turn, lecame a raUroad president.
He had a wife and three children.
IIis patron and employer Lad a wife,
who is a sister to one of "the richest men
in America and in the -world. The
secretary met her and the twain were
as flax and flame. They cast all honor
and duty aside for one another, and
away they went together.
She bt-ing immensely wealthy, and
he being what may be called rich, they
doubtless thought that they could defy
the conventionalities. They wandered
to Japan, Egypt, Greece, Russia, seek
ing, in the excitement of change, relief
from self-reproach. The woman, think
ing that time had wiped out memory,
returned.
bhe had beauty, a great name, immense-wealth;
society shonld receive
her. She dropped the role of penitent,
ceased to leave cards where she dreaded
they would not be returned, and com
meueed the formation of a new social
circle. Mie had a box at the opera,
costly turnouts, gorgeous entertain
ments. But before the season was half over
she iir.d to admit that something besides
money is needed to obtain a sure footing
in New Y'ork society.
Her plan had proven a failure. Sue
determined to make another. She did;
she made two or three in p.s manv of
our leading cities, always with the same
result.
Then she determined to go to Taris.
She furnished a handsome apartment,
paid her respects at tho American lega
tion, returned the call of the minister's
wife, attended church assiduously.
They w. ro erecting a new church for
the American colony. Sho went to Dr.
Morgan, presented" many letters, told
him her desire to obtain a proper pres
entation in the society of the colony,
and offered him a donation to his church
of 100,000 franca if he would assist
her.
The worthy doctor personallr pre
sented her to several ladies "of his
flock. One of these returned her call
The Sunday following the magdalen
made a return call. After her departure
an old friend of the hostess whispered :
"Is it possible you receive Mrs. So-and-so
here? Don't you know," etc.,
etc.
In less than a week the whole society
of the American colony wa3 closed to
her, and the church lost a donation.
Still she remained in Taris where
else could she go? and her gay and
withered lover, accompanied by his two
daughters, came to share her apart
ments and her solitude.
A few months ago he left her for a
business trip to this country. He died
a few days back on I113 return voyage,
at a smalltown on the South coast of
England, with not a friend near him.
Mi ro lonely than a widow slie has been
for years; what is sho now? Exchange.
"All Quiet Along the I'otomao."
"While visiting the beautiful little
town of Buena Vista, some time ago,
1 turn blent on some reminiscences of
the brilliant genius who wrote, "All
Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night."
Poor Thad. Oliver! Bright, fascin
ating, brilliant and dis ipated. He
could make the iiu.st speech of anv
man at the bar. He was better half
drunk than his brethren were in their
coolest moments. His puns, his epi
grams and jokes, to say nothing of his
sweet little poems, were quoted by a
large circle of enthusiastic friends. But
he lived out his days before he had
time to fulfil the promise of hia youth.
I can well imagine how that sensitive
soul was moved to formulate that grand
poem as he stood pieket at some lonely
post beside the dark Potomac Kiver,
while
The stars up above with their glittering
eyes
Keep guard, for tho army is sleeping.
He had no accurate notion of the
value of his work, and the scrawl was
passed from one to another of his com
rades, and around the camp fire they
read and commented upon it. They
were true critics. One of his comrades
told me that he had been moved to tears
by the lines:
There Is only the 6ound of the lone sen
try's tread,
As he tramps from tho rock to the
fountain.
And he thin'.s of the two on the low
trundle bed.
In the cot far away on tho mountai-..
And when the battle -was over, w' en
poor Thad. had been roughly saluted by
the grim messenger, and lay in an :-.n-known
grave on a battle-scarred sL pe
among the Virginia hills, then the
literati read and wondered.
First ono and then another of the
sweet singers of the earth were credited
with this masterpiece of pootrv. And
thera lay the author, unheeding the
wrangliug and tho conflicting criticisms
of those who wisely Bat themselves in
tho seat of judgment.
Hark ! Was it the night wind that rushed
through the trees?
Was't the moonbeams so wondrouslv
flashing? J
It looked like a musket. Ha ! Mary
good-by !"
And the Lifeblood was ebbing and
splashing.
All quiet along the Potomac to-night ;
No sound save the rush of the river ;
While soft falls the dew on the face of
the dead.
The picket's off duty forever!
, Atlanta Constitution.
postage per year. In advance.
NUMBER 19.
SOME WALL STEEET TEEMS;
"Puts." "Call a.44 - Spreads" and - Straddles.44-
These Invent i.ine t Mr. Russell
Sage Clearly ha plained.
Kussell Sage inve ded " puts," "calls, "
"spreads" and "straddles." He be
gan dealing in them when he first came
to Wall street In 1M51, after his with
drawal from Congress, and he has been
dealing in thorn ever since; and the
Stock markets of the world have taken
up this ingenious speculative device of
Mr. Sage's and --too ; privileges are just
as well known on ti e Continental bourses
to-day an I in the London market as they
are here, and th y are iargely dealt in.
London declares that the nomencla
ture, Si far as "spreads" and "strad
dles " are concerned, is not refined, and
calls them differently, but what tiiey deal
in are American stock privileges just the
same.
"And what are 'puts,' "calls,
'spreads' and 'straddles'?" asked the
writer when he first went down on Wall
street.
" Well." said the CDnfldentlal clerk of
BusFell Sage, of whom the question was
asked, "I'll tell you if you promise
never to mention the poetical subject
again. It requires pretty deft wording
to make the thing clear, so It Is not an
exhilarating subject, to talk on.
" You hear a great deals about puts '
and 'calls,' but I v- tura to say there
are 50,000,000 people In the United States
who do not know what they are, nor
what the meaning ia of the word priv
ileges." "Now a 'privilege' Is a contract by
which the maker of It, Kussell Sago,
S. V. White, Jay QoulJ or Harvey Ken
nedy, engages to purchase from the
holder in the one case, or sell t the
bolder in the other case, a number of
shares of some specified stock, at a cer
tain price, at any time within a certa.n
period at the option of the holder. Got
that?"
" A call ' Is a privilege bought of the
maker, at a certain price, and the owner
of it is privileged to call for a certain
amount of stock at a given price, within
thirty, sixty or ninety days, four or six
months.
" If a man holds a put," he has the
right to deliver to the maker of the
privilege a stock at a certain agreed
price within a certain number of days.
Clear? No. Well, let's try once more.
" Suppose Western Union Is selling at
70. A man wants a sixty-day put ' on
It at C6, because he believes the stock Is
going down. He gives Mr. Sage, Mr.
White, Mr. Kennedy or Mr. Gould 1 per
cent on the amount of stock he wants to
deal in.
"A hundred shares is usual, and 1 per
cent is $100. He receives in return a
slip of paper signed by either one or the
other of these gentlemen. Then if
Western Union goes below CG within
sixty days, he may buy it for whatever
it is selling for below that price, and
put' it to ttie maker of the privilege at
the price agreed on, CO. and receive a
check lor $0,000. The holder makes the
difference.
"An. you understand.
" If Telegraph does not go below 65,
the holder is out his $100.
" The call ' business operates exactly
In the opposite way. A man buys the
privilege of calling Western Union at
75, when It is selling at 70. If It sells
above 75, you can call on the maker of
the privilege for a hundred shares at 75,
and the hundred shares are thus bought
by the holder for $7,5ou, and he turns
around and sells it at 80 if the stock is
Belling there, and pockets the differ
ence." "What about 'spreads and 'strad
dles'?" "A 'straddle' is a 'put' and 'call'
combine 1. The holder of tr.e may 4 put'
stock to the maker of the privilege or
call ' for it.
" S' raddles ' come high, because
there is money In them whichever way
the market may go. If the market does
not g 1 at all, but stands still, why the
male r is in the money he has been paid
for the privilege, usually about 3 per
cent., or 00.
" A 'spread ' is also a 'put'and 'call
combine.'., but there is this difference, a
sir.'t.l'.ile' is made at tho m-.iket. That
is to s -.y the junker o? the privilege takes
the r..-k that the stock in question does
not move to any extent from the price
at which it Is selling when the privilege
is told.
"In a 'spread the maker has more
leeway. If Western Union is selling at
70, to go back to the old Illustration, the
maker of the privilege sells a 4 spread '
say at f-7 and 80. If it goes below G7,
the h lder can put' the stock and make
the difference, and if it goes above HO,
the holder can call ' it at that price and
reap the profits. But so long as tho
price of the stock keeps within those
points, the maker ot the privilege is
safe.
" To put it in ano'.her way, the holder
of a straddle ' will make if the market
for the stock he is dealing in moves at
all. The holder of a ' spread ' doesn't
make anything until the market moves
past certain limits.
"There is one thing more, the maker
of a privilege only receives the money
for vtuch he 6ells the privilege, while
the holder may make thousands or
nothing. N. Y. Mail and Express.
Advantages of esvlng When Tonne.
Suppose a man begins life with eco
nomical habit-, and by rigid s-lf-denial
accumn'ates $10,000 by the time he is
23. This sum will hav increased to a
competency when ho desires to be free
from the cares of business, and he can
then, and indeed for years before, have
the pleasure of laying out his money
freely and without fear in gratifying his
tastes or doing good.
But if he is incline! to humor his
tastes when young to buy we will say
expensive furniture or to mingle too
freely in society, so that he never saves
at all until he is five and forty what
good will $10,000 o him then? It is, of
course, good in itself, but as the founda
tion of a competency such a sum Is whol
ly inadequate. It would amount to only
$-10,000 at 65, and not to a competency
till 1 -ng after threesc ire and ten.
On-4 dollar at 21 is worth $120 at 90,
and 100 spent in foolery and finery be
fore iivo and twenty is simply $3,000
thrown away from that provision which
should be made for the time when work
muse be a burden. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Electricity In Horse Taming;.
Electricity has been put to a new use
In France.
General Boulnnger has recently or
dered the trial of a method of inducing
vicious and restless horses to staud.
quietly while being snod.
The method is u.e to the knowledge
and iug nuiiy of M. leCat i'.viw Place,
and is said to have proved eminently
successful. The a; rangem- nt merely
consists of an induction coil, a dry bat
tery and an arrangement for giving "
shock of graduated intensity to the ani
mal under treatment."
The n.ost vicious horses which could
be found in the cavalry school at Sau
inur subsided into quietne;6 upon the
the application of this device.
Diamond Expectations.
A geologist, who has studied up the
subject, says that diamonds in plenty
will yet be found in Georgia, in a belt
that he locates between Atlanta and
the Savannah River, about one hun
dred miles in length and from ten to
thirty miles in breadth.
Advertising Kates,
The larva and reliable etrcnlatlen oi the C
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APPETIZERS.
Just as Well.
" My dear," said Mrs. Genfiing, ad
dressing hor husband at the break
fast table, "lam going to dLscharf n
the hired girl, for she does not do t..
please me."
"Well, I hope you won't diwhar
her until we get another girl to take -r
place."
" Yes, I will; and youll we that
we get along just as well. I at
going to do her work myself. No
don't you say a word for I'm poire
to do it."
Mr. Geneing said nothing, for,
tell the truth, the economical ide ;
pleased him, but the next morning h."
could not see his wife get wj and make
fires, so he made them.
Then he brought water, and milked
the cow, in fact discharged nearly all
the duties of the hired girl.
" My dear," Gensing's wife said a
few days later, " I told you that
we could get along just as well
without a hired girl. TA hat's the use
of wasting money?
"Now we are getting along just as
well as can be without a word of
complaint. You have never given me
credit for what I can do.
" Sav, George, before yon go down
town I wish you would bring in
some wood and a couple of bucket?
of water, and, if you are not in too
much of a hurry you may wipe the
dishes for me." Arkansaw Traveler.
Ifla Pretension Taken Down.
A professor in a New Y'ork medical
college called the attention of his class
to a man who had applied for medical
advice.
" Now, gentlemen, said the pro
fessor, "will you be kind enough to
look at this patient closely, and see if
you ran tell what is really the matter
with him. Lsook at his eyes, the thape
of his head, the expression of hia
features.
" You detect nothing, and I do not
wonder nt it, for, gentlemen, let me
assure you that it requires many vears
of actual exix'rience. It takes, the eye
of the practiced physician to detect nt a
glance tho malady of the p-tt?-ut.
" I urn no more acquainted with this
man than you are, vet r.s soon as I
looked at him I saw that he was a deaf
mute."
Tho students indulged in exclama
tions of ad miration. As soon as these
had subsided the supposed deaf mute
open d his month and spoke:
"I say, boss, I hope yon will excuse
me, but it's my brother who is deaf and
dumb. He is outside waiting to know
if he shall come in. Shall I fetch
him in?"
Adjusting An Incompatibility.
An nnusual advertisement appears
in a Vienna newspaper.
"A respectable married couple, of
whom the husband is 110 dancer, de
sire to make the acquaintance of an
equally respectable couple where the
wife is no dancer, in order to visit balls
in company.
What could be more practical than
this way of adjusting a flight incom
patibility? The two couples supposing tn
agreement to be come to will attend
an evening party; there will be mutual
exchanges of husbands and wives for
a few hours; the dancers will dance
and the non-dancers will chat, and
so there will be satisfaction all
round.
The arrangement looks a charming
one. Pall Mall Gazette.
It Wonld Keep tlie Court Bnay.
A comical case was recently brought
before the Pro1 ate C urt in this district.
A petit on wus 1 referred to the court
to put a worn. m under a conservator, on
the ground that she proposed marrying a
worthless feilow, who was In pursuit of
a Utile money she had saved. It does
dot appear that she was of unsound
mind except In th: particular direc
tion. Unluckily the suit was withdrawn, and
we shall never know whether a court of
probate can I e put to any such useful pur
pose a? the petitioners claimed. It It is
to place every one under a conservator
Who designs marrying foolishly it will
certainly be a very busy tribunal
Litchfield (Conn.) Enquirer.
Potent 1'oker.
A pleasant party of four young men
were on their way from a visit to the
city.
In " knoc king around," as they
termed it, there had been a com
minf.Ing of funds to such an extent
that when they came to take an nccount
of stock it was found impossible to
fisccitaia the indebtedness existing
between each one of the party and the
other three.
As an easy solution of the difficulty
they r.crreed to divide equally all. tho
available funds r.nd then start in even
on a c. a tiir of poker.
YViieii the four yonng men reached
Jamestown one of them had all the
money. Jamestown Journal.
A Striking; Resemblance.
"Wife: " Can you tell me, my dear,
why a widower is like a young
baby?" J
Husband: " H m er because
because "
Wife: " The first six months he cries
a great deal, the second 6ix months he
begins to take notice, and he always
experiences great difficulty in getting
safely through his second summer."
Life.
Correct.
Teacher: " Miss Sinnico, please parse
the sentence, Adolphus married
Caroline." "
Miss S.: "Well, 'Adolphus' is a
noun, because it is the name of a.
thing; ' married ' is a conjunction,
because it joins Adolphus and Caro
line, and ''Caroline ' is a verb, 'cause
it governs the noun."
Heavenly MUk.
Mfss Fussanfeather drank a glass
of milk at Mrs. Crimsonbeak's last
evening.
When asked her opinion she said it
was just heavenlv.
She explained to her ma when
she got home that she said so
because it was so blue. Yonkers
Statesman.
A Considerate Hook Agent.
Book agents are " proverbially
" cheeky," but the agent who had a
fight with Dr. Nail, sfter getting
well ' done up " by the doctor,
called in the latter to bind up his
wounds. Memphis Times.