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la rklih"l Weekly at
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BY JAMTS ti. IIASMLT,
ur:ntc l ' ' ' ' " P-'C.
11' lmte hi' ri Vi : '. u'i.i,f r cf it- a
itlila f I I ll t. d n ilii il lr li e IiimI .. .
MdriMtion ol kiIm mim i. , t )r a v err will ta
terled at the lolli wiig low later:
men, 3 tiDM . .
a monidi.....
6 months......
1 year ........
8 month 8
1 year
6 uontlit.
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svnsi RtrTios rates.
(MMfT. i Tr. raafi to adranea . 11.60
,lo tiiKilt.1'! 'thtntinnnh. tM
S do lfnoiiialdwttblnUiejear.. 1 A
a-w-To orrn reaidmit outalde of tha county
o,u .i.nti..ni i-"' r"' h C"",J to
VTT "n" ev-nt will tna ahoT term b de
itaJ. I irom. and th..ewoo don i ooB'Olt tnair
.ww t-ter.t. t.T paying in advance mum not
Z-t m ta cl-"l the " notln m mora who
J,J t(),, tart ! dUUnctly understood from
!i ocl'n 8 Biooths
isi ' month....
Tr as.e
" s mouths. r
- J Tu'Og
liuainrfs item,, first Inaartlua ice. per line ; tick
f ul.eueni maertlon fx?. (r line.
Adratritvtraw.r s and Tclxecator's Nf Jse J 59
ABUiur' lotine .... aotf
StraT and Haiilar Nutlref 1 40
t ItMtWWifliw or procrt&xnq of any corj.oratxou
or aoctvt . -J rOMmiunfiAiu rftnTn fo cti .rfrn
Iwn 0 mattrr oj timttrd or tTid ividu i tfmen
atu! t fHujot at advert urmrali.
Job I eirtisb ol all kltidn neitl; and circi.
ooly exeeated at lowest i.rlcea . Iwo't rcg lorre
U.
JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor.
is is rutiua wiom ihi toth miik rsu, isb all ark blatks buidb.1
CI. CO and postage per year in advance.
o, L rorwar-x
-ray n.ryoori ai er before yoo atop It. If atop ' VYIT TTATV YYTV
smart Nona (Mil .-lawK d merwie. I UJjUiUll .V.X1.V .
4
E13ENSI5URG. PA., FRIDAY. MAY 23, 1590.
NUMBER 17.
4 M gcan" 1" tou aliort.
1114 4KvJw
& B.
An Advantageous Trade
It la t' uir alv.tiuiite to tralo with u.
Ton Bl nut tiav thouvht (to hereti.forn.
But br are a frw iluts for your coni!d
?ratlon :
The asitoitincnti in thn fiftv-two di-part
nenta of ts lare htur- is thr Iari.-ft.
The n'll't ie- arc the rwi.t, a w hani!e
10 low km If. t' l.shy i itttl ard
Tse pru-rf-t ar.. riliab. Just and low est
ilwsya th. liwri.t
Wiw.mt yini to tu.'d us to a strict ac
rountlnj for all !hi. rl.i'uis.
;ilks.
At i i-fur-i '.'I inch, ex'ra qaalitv Plack
3roGr.in lr. - S"lc You may think It
strargn that wt- claim thm Sl'fc arn rquai
n q.ial,t t.. n,,,t 1 13 and fi 23 ones.
Jut 0011 p.ir.. tli.-m .
tl TSrraU
lfK) P Ciil..ri1 ni?nci Silk, the
mw an.i ni""1 p ipu;r wav in all ti
inw SDn-i j r r .r V. claim hn ln'rn- !
J0 VaiUf r h. -;.,-ci.l barcain la f 1.23 I
N?ryapi. t . . r a -ampv of it alio.
Coioiii! m k Caslinr, 40 Inchea
eld, Ir ' i( 1 . v r i k.'- f colors, at 73 cent.
lolJar q :i .il .
100 plwos 41! inch Colored Mohair, th
Jcxt dei: flirlc at prnt 30 cwnta
yard. A" oinr. and Brav ami hrown
ixturvs N h,.tt..r .ild auywhere at
3 CVOts.
If Inti r, vtci at ail in Silk, write for a j
kiupia i t .Mir spi-cial vain- inch li.ack
oratw at 73 cMit. Ve had to hnv a very
rg k t to lie them to m-ll a thm pr'i-",
ot will .!! you a. many or a few yard as
00 like.
Catalogue f-ee. Mall order business
;!yeo very best attention.
30GGS&BUHL,
11") to 110 Fe.lcralSt.
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'LAUELFHIA.
H R FSH I KG
MACHINES
A SI KV1ALTY
mania .n.rll
. B. FARQUAR CO- Limited.
j!'.1 ' I Peon.rlTaoi, Aartcnltoral
5.. ...'.. W-rk., liKK. PA.
fa 1
i iJU.-.ini.
iMmrmi by ao.jr...m p.
I 'll,., HiSi.ruoa it.. Naw York
rj J.1 1 I?V ' Amarleaa aw.,aH.a. lo
f W. DTCK. Attornkt-at-Uw
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n a4callaanoa a veeialty. 10-14.-11
, . ..,i,.,i. rmnortiKal nd p.nwrt
a KMIINi; KNfilNLSVi'.K
!"'. Munr . Mrhlne. , li.r llsviw.. nj
ai i for 11 1 k
..n i.r.l I Oil. I.
THE PEOPLE'S STORE,
:fiftii avenue, pittsburg, pa.
SULKS. - SILKS. - SILKS.
f Payou want anythin In Silk? r' th'p!ace n-l now' yonr tiraft.
ALLfu.KSi RH, erery desirable tilr 5ic rd. A superior quality, otrer .0 dir
ferent htii", 7.c
Color km C.nos Uhains, ."0e. ?3c n1 f 1 no.
SvrtN Kh akumf.s. ti')-. d Ji.oo.
Plain Imi- nr iWuni. SOi. 73. ami f t 0).
Clan r tuTN M ittm. fr Mi-- tl o-i n 1 '.'5.
Choi' V Tkimmin.i ahd Combination S.ILK3. la S'rips. Piaids. Moires. Persians nd
Brocadrs. from 50i- li. n.i.-
Day u nr a n' Hi.vck Sik DkE?s o' a f- ?r.ls rr flllni up 7
A our la-k Sii.k arr. miarntHe.l. It anvthlnir happ?us we II make it good. t e
. -1.. .1. . ... .... . .liT.n lt.miI nrl4.
t,i-.., f,.r .,,.. in Hiac-it Sliks 73j to t.'.OO a'yard. Tbe favorites ate tl 0J and '
f 1 23.
TuivMiNii Velvets. 40 different ehadfs.
PLIIMU.s. all ciili.rsi and qualities
8 iK Kim-hkp Vei.vet;:kns 30'. ;. and 87'.;e.
Tbtoiu"! 'r wtMi roiiilucti'd Maiiinii Urtdartm.iut you can get aaraplt? an I se what
on nt. I n'.is promptly fi Mfd
'Son. k -T'loikh hv iiorupti'd thU -pac to tell you atout Silk. rrantr we
ba tli- U:. t Prnw ILmhIs. Sul"s and Wraps. Carpet and Curtaia Department all very
eompleto. Vomv and tee u- or write for what you want.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
LUMBER IS ADVANCING.
SAW-MILLS, STKAM EN fi INKS,
SHINULK MlUiS. HAY fKtSStJi. a.c
If you want a 'lrt-r la i.W JIIL1,
ftn.l lor i:italiune .adp-il price to lotrudtic
In yuur etio to
A. U , r A K 1 1 V K . ( LI mlte.i; . Y utk . Pa.
LILLY
ItlSUn&HCE&STE&MSHIP
AGENCY.
MKE INSLKAM'K AT riT. P'I.H"ll
ISl'K.K IMIOllll KELIAKI.F (MMPA
MKSATVLKY MlnEsr KITES.
steamship ri-Kr:rs sold asi dkato
ISST KH 1'AVAKI.tlM AlL;rAKlS
K EfKOPE.
f. II. IInlln, -t pr o 1 1 1 ,
LILLY. CAMBKIACO.. PA.
Kebruary H, la -U. ly.
ROBERT EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
ASDMANI'V UlfKEK UK
and dralerlnall kin.. - .t rfK.MTt-'KK,
A tall Uae ol t'arkeu alwayt on ban..-l
Bodies Embalmed
HKS KtUt'Ilitl.
Apt SO 89
SOLID
FENCE!
ji me or
EXPANDED METAL
cvr rntraSf u soketkikg hew.
For RrsioCNrca. CuCMrs. Crvrrimea. FRws
CAROIN& lu ArtMW. Winaaw Guardis TretllMa.
lrr-rroor PI.AS11U1T LATH, DOOtt MATS
Ar. Write for Illustrated Catalogue: mailed tree
CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO
ll Water M-, tltltitu-Kh. Pa.
Hardwara Ilea Icra lu Utvc name ot this paper
kUTM NTUF.IT, PITTaBl RU. P..
! the art rolleira of Kuiioaii Offlrai, where all
tha hraobeinl aromrilrte liunnrm adueatioa are
tauirht by Actual Hufinria I'r.e'lce. The only
Riamuar irusa I'nu. of I be Inter-State Kuai
rea Practice Aciaiioa ol America." lhe.lu
dent laanm btxili krapiDv and nuatai.it bf en
vaalna In buiine.a tranaact'.ooa. Praetlcal (ifnoo
Work and Hankina; ara epevaltlea. In.liatdaal
laatracuona Ironi w a. ai. tu 4 p. m. aa.1 rmm T t
10 r. a. Tte I eit adrantaart la Shor'baoJ and
Typewriting the hlaheat apeed In tbe aborteat
time. S.n.1 for catalne-n
4'all aa4 are Iha iiadiali at wnrk
w bra aa al.lt Ike t.a paltleai. la.
Ian alaaia arlfaaia.
J AMrJS l LAKK WILLI Alt' A. M..
Preeiaeat.
- CATAPraH
EL Y'S
rrnw d it v hVror iV7oa
t'lraaara laie
Kaaal Panafra
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Allays Palaa ad
laflaiuiuai .
Meal. a.r.nU tfj
aael Smell.
IJl ' tJA.i
Try the Cure-HAY' ER
A parrieia la aplla. Into eaea Beetrlta asj la
BKreaaMa. prtra ao rent at Imniiiti ; br mail
rletre.. u a La. LLY iiK it Wajren St.
aw York.
NATURE'S
CURE FOU
A B l LIABLE KK1KDI
far Mr a K I
er Tar,l4 Llaar.
C0flST!?T10n,
ainaaa N.aalarhe,
iMtlitiau,
Tarraal, IVrrrraeeat
Saltei Apriiit
It la canal B U arrrcfa
Itta cati ib ita actt a
It I paUtesble ta tbe
. It eaa b rella4
upon to rare, and It ear
r y aiaurtae, a. by oatraa"
laa. aatara. Do tot take
.1.leot paraatlaea joar-
elraa or all.w vonr fhu.
CNy.;'.-'af.,
dreo to take tbam, alwaaa
ue thta elraant pba'r
nacaattral preparation,
which hta haao Ivr more
thaa hirty yaara a pohlic
taTortte. s.,u a.
vtwlt 1 W a. 1
A5ai
3YSPEFSIA.
rvrrvrhtra.
it zitics.iei'j ij" -a1"1
Steel
QUEER.
Oo travel the round world far and near,
Tbroutfh shade and aunshiue of a weary year.
When tho ky Is dark, or when 'tis ch ar.
When the wtnda are still or U10 storms appear.
In the frj-h of aprluir or the autumn sere,
Y'ou will alwuya Rnd as you do here.
A boat ot thing a that axo aiwaya queer.
The people are queer, the lew and high.
Queer la thilr pait as they hurry by.
Queer In their mucin r Mini an." tshy.
Qu.-er In the glance if the hauithty eye.
"Ail people are queer b-nrata theaky.?
As the Qur.Uer uid. but thee and L
And thee la a Utt:, or pretty rughr
Queer Is the dude with parted hair
Attar of roses and ir.-a.st- of bear.
And often the tailor's blank despair
Nursmir his cane for a constant care.
Learning ty elTort to lisp and swear.
Drifting away fr.ua a mother's prayer
The cap and bell of a fool to wear.
Queer that the rirfht will sometimes fall.
Seeming to stray fr ra the narro-x trail.
Wlitle the w ronr ewe. ps on :th iH-mlini; saiL
Caiohinif the breath of the passing gale:
That vice should w iuh in the turnimr scale
More than honor and truth in mail.
'Tl queer as the use ot a cornel' tail I
Queer are the games the children play.
Queer are the prayers the people say.
Queer are the dreams that have parsed away
The forms of beauty to molderini; clay
The hope that vanish, the law's iVlay,
The mses of Juno that bloom lu May
All queer as an honest vote to day.
Hut queerer still. It la Tory plain.
Is the greed that thrives on a brother's bane:
The queerest of all in the world wide train,
Slrantfe as the Joy that Is born of pain.
Or the son.; of the bird in the summer rain.
That men will wear f'T the irreed of irain
The curse anu the branded brow of Cain.
Denj. F. Legpett, lu Troy (X. Y) Time
HER CUHI0SITY.
The Mortify In gr Situation Into
Which, It Led Mrs. Pry am.
Mrs. Prj-am v. as a slave to hor curios
ity. She was always wanting- to know
thing- it did nt concern her to know.
Sho bjj-nt much time In useless won
derinys alniut this and shout that. She
wondered what her ni'ijjhlMjrs had in tho
bundles she saw them carrying home.
She wonJYred what they had for dinner
"and how much their clothes cost, how
much Mr. Smith's salary wa a y ar and
whether or not the Ilrowns had paid for
their handsome furniture.
Mrs. 1'ryam was a'.so a woman of ideas.
She had an idea that Mr. and Mrs, Jones
didn't live happily together. She didn't
know, but she "rather thoupht that tho
Greens were behind with their rent and
that the Blacks lived beyond their
means.
The arrival of a straneer In the neijjh
tHrhHl pave Mrs 1'ryam rich fnd for
wonderment, and she speot much of her
time wondering w bo he w as, w hero ho
came from, w hero bo was goir.if, what
he wanted and if he had a family. If
nothing1 definite could be learned she
was apt to fancy that he wu a fugitive
from justico.
It follows from a'.l this that Mrs.
Pry am was not a popular woman and
that her neighbors d.d not take her into
their fullest confidence.
A larvo and hamlsomo bouse across
tho street from Mrs. IVyam's having
become vacant, Mrs. Iryam began won
dering who its next occupants would be,
and when after a low ais-ks tho house
was rented by a strange family Mrs.
I'ryam gave herself up to wondering
about her new neighbors.
It was not many days hf fore sho knew
that the name of the family was Marcy
and that its members were Mr. and Mrs.
Marvy, an elderly couple, and their four
sons and daughters, all of whom were
grown to manhood and womanhood.
When she called, which she did before
the family had been two weeks in the
Louse, Mrs. Pry am found the Marcys to
he agreeable people and a pleasant addi
tion to the society of the neighborhood.
ther jiiHipln foriii-d the same opinion
of the Marcys and it was not long before
they became decidedly popular.
They were a kindly, cordial and intel
ligent family, as even suspicious Mrs.
I'ryam admitted, and it was some time
before she found any thing to criticise
in their daily life, although eh found
much to wonder about.
"I wonder," she said one day to a
neighbor, "why the Marcys always keep
the shutters of that pleasant little scc-ond-story
room in the west w ing of the
house closed?"
'I never noticed that the shutters
were not kept open," was the reply.
'"Haven't you?'' said Mrs. I'ryam, in a
tone of surprise. "Why, I noticed it the
first day they moved in, and I couldn't
help thinking ita little strange. When
the I'eroys lived there Mrs. i'orcy used
that room for a lit tie sitting-room of her
own, and I'vo heard her sny that sho
thought it was the plcasantest room in
the house. I should think tho Marcys
would need it, large as their family is.
It looks so odd to see tho shutters of
that room always closed and the others
always open even to the attic shutters.
They've never been open since the Mar
cys took the house. Isn't it strange?'
Mrs. Pryam had found so many natur
al things "strange that she could not
arouse her neighbor's interest in the
very remarkable circumstance that a
certain window was not used as she
thought it ought to be.
But as the win ks passed there was op
portunity for Mrs. l'rram'a wonder to
yrow, for the blinds of that window were
atill always closed.
"I've seen little streaks of light
itreaming through at night sometimes,
Mrs. I'ry am said one day to her bus
band. Well, what if you have, my dear?"
he said, laughingly. "Do you supposo
the Marcys are another triW of Benders,
and that they entice strangera into that
room and murder them?"
"You know I don't, replied Mrs.
Pryam, reproachfully. "1 simply won
der why they don't make any use of
such a desirable room as that when I've
heard Mrs. Marcy 6ay that they were
really crowded for room, large as the
hou.so is."
When the Marcys had lived about six
months in their new home they gave a
large party to which all their neighbors
were invited. The invitation gave Mrs.
Pryam great satisfaction. "Iv often
wondered." said she, "if they bad the
upstairs rooms as handsomely furnished
as those down-stairs, and now I shall
have a chance to find out.
The Pyrams were late in arriving at
the party, and as tho parlors were al
ready filled with guest, Mr. Pryam
ound that she could "look around a lit
tle upatairs" before goingdown after she
had taken off her wraps. Sho peeped
alyly into thrte or four rooms, mentally
ron.n.entinir on their appearance, and
while doinir so bt gan to wonder and
winder" w hat iherv could K in the) rvoia
with the closed, shutters.
She knew the exact location of the
room, and had taken a step or two t
ward i. when Mr. Pryam stepped from
the gentlemen's dressing-room and in
terfered with her plans. But she had
not abandoned her purpose. All the
evening she was on the watch for a
chance to satisfy her curiosity. She had
purposely left her handkerchief in the
ladies dressing-room, and when she
could do so without attracting attention
she slipped out of the parlor and went
upstairs.
All the upper rooms and halls were
deserted. The door of the room with
the closed shutters was shut, while
all the other dir on that floor were
open wide, a fact that increased Mrs.
Pryam's curiosity.
"There can't be any harm in just peep
ing into the room," she argued, "and I
would really like to know what there is
in it. I'll just take one peep in anyhow."
She turned the knob, the door was not
locked, and as it partly opened Mrs.
I'ryam heard some one coming hurried
ly up the stairs. There was no time to
escape from the narrow passage In which
she found herself and. fearing detection,
she stepped quickly into the room,
dosed tho door softly Ix-hind her. and
found herself in total darkness. A
moment later, to her unspeakable dis
may, she heard the door of the room
locksl by some one on the outside.
Iler curiosity now gave place to a feel
ing of alarm.
What was she to do? How could she
escape? She stood still in the darkness
asking herself these questions. Sho
dared not cry out and bring shame and
disgrace on herself by confessing to
what lengths her curiosity had led her.
She began groping her way around the
room with outstretched hands until she
touched the mantel, and tho next mo
ment her band rested on a box of
matches.
She struck a match and held it be
tween her thun.b and finger, and as tho
little flame for one brief instant li 'bted
up the room Mrs. I'ryam gave utterance
to an ear-piercing scream and ran
wiMly around the room, upsettingchairs
and tables in the darkness, and wildly
crying out:
"Help! be'p! I.et me out' Iet me out
Murder! Help! Will no one let me out of
this horrible room?
Some one was about to sing in the
parlor below, and there was the usual
hush of oxpe-ctation, which was broken
by Mrs. Pryam's creams.
Mr. Marcy ran quickly upstairs fol
lowed by many of the guests, and as the
screams still continued with increased
shrillness it was easy to discover w hence
they came.
Mr. Marcy unlocked the door on which
Mrs. I'ryam was beating with her
clencbed nsts. Sne staggered Jrom the
room w ith a pallid face, and fell into her
husband's arm, crying out: "Oh, James,
take me away from this horrible house:
There's been murder done in that room!"
Mr. Marcy and his guests stared in
amazement for a moment, then the host,
with a half-suppressed smik-, stepp.nl
into the room, lighted the pas. and
touching an artificial skeletan hanging
from a hook in the wall near the mantel,
he said:
"Perhaps this is what frightened you,
Mrs. Pryam."
On shelves around the room were jars
filled w ith liquids of various sorts, and
with specimens of snakes, toads, lizards
and other animals preserved in alcohol,
while on tables and stands were the in
struments one often sees in chemical
laboratories. A strong odor of choro
idal pervaded the room. Half a dozen
skulls were on the mantel, and great
owls and eagles, dead years before,
looked down from the top of cases filled
with queer-hxiking instruments.
Turning to his surprised guest Mr.
Marcy said: "Some of yoa may know
that I was for many years a practising
physician, and I have always been
greatly interested in natural history
and in scientific pursuits of various
kinds. I have for a numler of weeks
been making some interesting ithemical
experiments in my little lalioratory
which has been kept dark all the time
for that purjioso, or I might have had it
ojien be-fore for the amusement of my
friends w ho care to see the specimens I
have here.
"It occurred to me a few moments ago
that I had neglected to lock the door of
the room, and I thought I ought to do
so to save some of the ladies from open
ing the door by mistake and receiving
just such a shock as Mrs. I'ryam has
had, so I ran upstairs and locked the
door, not knowing that I had been too
late in taking this precaution, and I
must beg Mrs. Pryam's pardon for my
carelessness in leaving the door un
locked." Although Mr. Marcy mada this ex
planation in a bland and smiling man
ner, there was a quiet sarcasm in his
words he could not conceal, and which
was not lost upon his hearers. Mrs.
Pryam made matters uri for herself
by saying, half hysterically:
"I I just wanted to so what was in
the room. That, was alL I have so
often wondered "
Her deeply-chagrined husband led her
from the hall, and in a few moments
they were on their homeward way.
The lesson proved to bo a wholesome
one for Mrs. Pryam, and when a few
months later she and her husband
moved to another town sho left much
of her curiosity behind her, and wisely
concluded to give her attention wholly
to her own affairs. Youth's Companion.
Why the Barber Pole Is Striped.
Anciently barbers performed minor
operations in surgery, particularly
bleeding. To assist in this operation
tbe patient would grasp a staff or pole
which was always kept by the barber
surgeons. To this staff was tied the
tape used in bandaging tLe patient's
arm. When not in uso tho pole was
hung outside as a tign of the duties per
formed within. Later the identical
pole used by patients was not exhibited
as a sign, but instead a painted pole
was placed beside the doorway. At first
surgeons' poles were painted red and
white striped, while tnose of mere bar
bers were required to be white and blue.
This law was enforced in England up to
XT'A St. Louis Republic,
Likely ta Inaplre) CoouOeara.
Customer How much?
DruffXiat Seventy-five cents. y the
way, I wish you would tell mo, next
time you happen in. w hether this helps
your bronchitis or not. I filled the
same prescription last week for a man
whoso corns were, troublia tim. Chi
cago Triliuao.
ASPIRATION.
"Within the meadow ot Time's book
Let my son be the lauhimr brook
That sinus aloss its silver way
As 'twere a dryad gone astray.
Seeking by music's balm to bless
The Lunger ! its lor-.eliiicss.
Lt all my lints like ripple run.
Forever mirroring the auu;
Gay as the lu-'!:t l-p of a leaf,
Vcmarred by any trust of prief :
Swe.-t as the soft S m:'.i w ind that blows
Its tender love-sonp to the rifte ;
Clean-cut and perfect as a gem
Set in a Suit au diadem.
So. Inter, if my rhymes be read
By maid or youth, it may lie paid:
His was a sleud. r r.-c-l w hose notes
Were fa.-hiuiied in the birdV aiim throats ;
Their jovuus cadences and scet
He made his melodies repeat.
No melancholy strain he knew;
His skies were always bright and blue.
Llie seemed for him to tlip along
As smoothly as hi. limpid s.iLj,',
WLich. in its prace. ah.l .imp'" art;
Kchoes the iriadne? in his heart.
-Frank Dempster Sherman, in Harper'sBazar.
BY A TURX OF THE KEY.
The
Neat Way in Which Madgre
Captured tho Robbers.
'Well! Good-bye, Madge, and take
care of yourself; the gig is alongside, so
1 sujejose I must be off: but I wish to
goodness you had let me chuck the
whole thing over when I spoke about it
this morning; I hate leaving you all by
yourself. Well, at any rate, I shan't be
late."
So spoke Bertie Hepburn, the owner
of the yacht Cormorant, as smart a
schooner as ever flew the white ensign,
to his wife, who was standing rather
disconsolately at the door of the main
cabin, while her husband struggled into
a huge oilskin-coat, preparatory to go
ing ashore.
it was a wild night, dark as pitch, the
rain was falling in torrents, and an icy
wind, blowing straight from the
Apennines, did not make matters more
comfortable. The Cormorant had leen
weather-bound in the harlor of Port
Krcole, an unimportant town about
eighty miles north of Civita Vecchia,
for nearly a week; there was absolutely
nothing to lie seen there; but the harbor
was a good one. and the weather outside
was decidedly "dirty."
They had been cruising for alwut
three months in the Mediterranean, and
meant to prolong the cruise till spring.
Bertie Hepburn was a man who, happy
and contented everywhere, was never so
happy as on Iniard his own yacht, and
he was more fortunate than many yacht
owners in one resject, inasmuch as his
w ife, pretty, charming Madge Hepburn,
was as devoted to a seafaring life as he
was himself.
She had not even grumbled over their
forced detention at Fort Ercole, as so
many women would have done, and it
was she who bad insisted on Bertie
keeping his engagement to dine with
the Vice-Consul on Christmas Kve. That
unfortunate gentleman, whose life,
passed among a pe-ople with whom he
had nothing in common, w as one round
of dull routine, was delighted To wel
come the owner of any s.ray yaeht
driven by stress of weather into the
snug haven or 1'ort Krcole, and, on the
arrival of the Corrnoraat, had come on
board in state to bid them to a dinner
at the t-habby house dignified by the
iiaiut? of Her Britannic Majesty's Vico
Coiisulate. Madge had sent an excuse,
a perfectly true one, that a bad cold
prevented her coming ashore in such
weather, but she would not hear of her
husband also throwing over his en
gagement. "I shall be all right, Bertie," she
said. "I have no end of letters to write,
and you won't be late." There was an
uiter absence of joviality about the
meal, and she got through it as quickly
as possible, much to the secret joy of
the steward, who had his own plaiii for
his evening's amusement on baud.
"If you please, ma'am," said he, as he
cleared the things away, "I should like
to go ashore this evening, if you. have
no objection."
"Oh! no, certainly you are welcome to
go."
"If you pleae. ma'am," said hermnil
five minutes afterward, "the captain
says there are great doings in the ca
thedral to-night, and ho will take me
ashore to have a look at them if you
don't want me."
"Xo, you can go by all means, Inne."
said her mistress; "but I'm afraid you'll
get very wet landing."
Their departure in the dingbe-y five
minutes after seemed to leave the yacht
wonderfully quiet. There was not a
sound to be heard but the drip of the
-ain on deck and the moaning of the
a ind in the rigging. The sailors were
all snug in the foc'sle, but no sound of
voices came from thence, and the good
ship Cormorant might have been a dere
lict as far as any life on board was con
cerned. Madge Hepburn, who was both im
pressionable and imaginative, was im
pressed by the stillness in spite of her
self. "We must keep eacti other com
pany, Cheviot," said she to the big black-and-tan
sheep-dog who lay asleep on the
cabin floor, but he refused absolutely to
enter into conversation; his manner
showed decidedly that he did not wish
to be disturbed, and, as his mistress
would not desist, he got up sulkily,
stretched himself half a dozen times,
and slowly and heavily lurched out of
the cabin, and up the companion, while
a thump overhead a minute later told
Mrs. Hepburn he preferred tbe cold and
wet on deck to her society. The still
ness seemed more remarkable now
Cheviot had left her, and she had not
noticed before how chilly the cabin bad
grown; had the steward been on board
she would have had the stove relighted,
but 6he did not care to disturb the sail
ors; she could settle to nothing;
the letters were not to be
thought of; she ransacked the book
shelves but she seemed to have read
every thing, and was not in the mood to
re-read even Rider Haggard or Rhoda
Broughton.
"Thank goodness," said she, "there
goes four bells; there is no good sitting
in this cold, gloomy cabin any longer.
I shall be off to bed."
Her cabin w as, indeed, a pretty nest
for such a pretty bird; on its fluted
hangings twined roses and forget-me-nots,
while laughing cuplds peeped from
among the flowers; all w as dainty and
delicate, but somehow to-night it did
not seem cheerful; the lamp was not
burning so brightly as usual, and, once
safe in her pretty berth, Madge could
not see to read as she had intended.
- She trie to sWp, but never felt ruore
wide awake, and now 6lx bells are
struck, aalkho rt-Hects with joy tLut ia
an hour at latest her husband will 1h
back. All is wrapped in stillness. No
sound falls on her ear but the "wash of
the wave" on the yacht's side at her
head, and the drip, drip of the rain on
deck. But stay! that surely is a louder
sound than the water that ripples so
close to her. It is too mufl'.ed tobeoars;
all the bame there is a distinct splash,
and a sort of jar on the ship's side.
Madge sits up to listen, ami her sense of
hearing sor-ms to become pretoriiatural
ly sharpened; she hears a footstep, soft
as velvet, on the deck, right overhead.
That is not the way Be tie vould come
on loard, let alone the party who, heal
ed by the captain, had gone ashore.
Now she hears more footsteps and
then oh! what is that going on? There
coin'-s a low, de p grow 1 from Cheviot, a
growl that ends in an odd kind of gurgle,
and a noise of something heavy falling.
Light steps seem to cross the deck
and come down the companion, and
through the keyhole of her door shines
the faintest glimmer of light; in one
moment she is out of her berth and at
her d.sjr alas: it has got no key, and
those in the yacht, whoever they are,
have got her at their, mercy.
For a few miiut.-s the poor child feels
utterly confused, an 1 then all of a sud
den her senses return to her; she rolls
herself in a long, dark Injat-cloak that
is l.angingon a hook, puts out her light,
and cautiously for her life depends on
it opens the door and looks oul
There is a little bit of passage be
tween her and the main cabin, from
which comes a dim light: a faint clash
of metal can lw heard, but neither voice
nor sound.
Tho companion-ladder is between the
two cabins and the passage is nearly
pi'ch dark, while there is always the
friendly shelter of one or two unused
cabin doors.
Shall she wait in br cabin, perhaps
to be caught like a rat in a trap: or
shall she crawl along the passage, make
a dash for the companion, and get on
tleek somehow to give the alarm to the
sailors? Siie elects to attempt the lat
U r.
Three steps and she is crouching at
the foot of the stair, and can see into
the saloon. On the floor, with his back
to the door, one man kneels, and she
sees him filling an empty bag with all
tiie ya.-ht's silver. The door of Bertie's
dresr,ing-r.Kjiu is open, and another
lnetle-browed and brawny Italian
rutlian lias his hands on a heap of sove
reigns, the broken cash-box being on
the floor at his feet. A third man is in
the main cabin. Be is standing beside
an open drawer, his head partly turned
away from the door, but M ridge feels he
is the great-st danger, and that at any
moment he may look round.
As she stands there nor eye falls on
the strong key that is in the lock of
the main cabin door. She can almost
touch it. If she did but re ach it coul 1
she Kick them in before they could stop
her? Above alL. would the key turn?
She knos nothing about its locking
powers, and it might easily be rusty.
But Madgi. Hepburn is no coward, and
the fighting blood of a wild border
strain runs hotly in her veins. As she
made up her mind she acted.
Concealment was now of no use; she
sprang at the door, and as she did so
the third man turned and saw her. Two
steps and he was across the room, but
one second had sullieed for Madge. The
door banged to; the key was stilT,
indeed, but terror gave her fingers a
strength she did not know they pos
sessed, and before the burglar actually
touched the door handle the bolt shot
home. A volley of Italian oaths and a
blow v.-hieh all but km-cked a panel out
of The door followed, but Madge seemed
as if she bad w ings to her feet. She
fi:w on d"ck, and now? What is that
vV;--h fttlls on her esrs but the blessed
' .aid of oars? But alas! What is that
biai-k form that at the same moment
.--lie sees stretched on the deck, and
what is the dark stream that stains its
surface? She does noi know. Her eyes
are dim: her senses fail her. and when
Bertie ll'-pburn jumps on board the
fi r-t thing ho ss is his pretty Madcre
in a ui-ai faitit at. his feet lying across
tin- lift less body of poor Cheviot.
The noise the tltree ruCans make in
the cabin soon Tires him tho clew to
what has hapi-ned. and before poor
Madge has recovered her senses a free
fight has taken place,. and if the Italian
gentlemen were a good deal knocked
about by the English sailors, they de
served double us much as they got, and
the Vice-ConsuJ made it his business to
see they pot is in the long run.
In some mysterious manner these sea
robbers had discovered that the owner
and a good tijany of the crew of the
Corinorant Had gone ashore, and they
thought they would have it all their
own way oa board. The last thing that
they looked for was that a mere girl
should "up and bar the door" in tiir
faces. TUe Queen. '. .
'A LITTLE NONSENSE."-
A Common Cause. Briggs "Won
der what possessed him to jump iato the
river?" Braggs "There was a wuman at
tho bottom of it, I believe." Terro
Haute Express.
Western Visitor "Just add some
stewed tomatoes to my order. Boston
Waiter "I suppose you mean tomah
toes." Western Visitor "Well, maybe
I do, and while you are about it bring
mo some fried pofiAtoes." American.
Little Brother- "Mr. Poseyboy,
won't you go and stand before the
window?" Poseyboy "Certainly, my
little man, but why?" Little Brother
"Oh, ma says she can see through you.
I want to see if I can." Burlington
Free Press.
Physician (to Mrs. Colonel Blood, of
Kentucky) "How did your husband
pass the night. Mrs. Blood?" Mrs.
Blood "He seemed quite comfortable,
sir, and asked for water several times.
I'hysician (with a grave look) "H'm
still fiighty." Boston Beacon.
. Mose "Farewell, farewelL O faith
less one; dis heart am yoah's no more!
Chloe "Git out! pit out! yo' silly chump;
yo'see datopen door?" "I leab yo' now;
wif darkened brow I seek der midnight's
biacb expanse!" "Well, go; but watch
da d s terrier he might catch on
pants!" Texas Sifting.
yo
Young Husband (inspecting a pair
of newly-mended stockings) "Why,
this darn " Young Wife (inter rupb
ing) "Oh, Charles! Please don't swear
about it. Don't use such language. 1
did the best I knew. Oh, boo-hoo! boo
hoo!" Young Husband (comforting the
distressed) "Why, Myrtie love, what's
the matter? I only started to 6ay this
darning was simply superb." Drake's
Magazine. . .
MY LOVE SEWED ON.
My love sewed on and hhe stitched my heart
Into each gleaming fold ;
She sat w here the sun !;,.nf on her hair.
Changing its brow n to fmld.
And htiil ahe ev.ed with sutn and sraili
Making her w.ttlii dies, the U.
My l'jve sewed on and bbe btiU-Led my heart
Iuto efteh t.ny seam;
Red lips, w hile brow nnd happy eyoa
Were valied m tho ten lor J i -iiju.
And still as she sewe.1 ie f-'.r.q and smiled,
Maku.g a robe for a little child.
J!y U -e ifwi-d on. and her tears f, ;i fast
On the gathers hi r ne die pressed
I lay rear .y in a cold, whit.; s". . p.
With :ny 1 atis cross. i 1..., pr, at
How cou: 1 !; love w ::h ..-r !' id 1.. bowed
Know n.at I ki.ew she v. - . uiaku.irn y t-hroud?
M.;ry A. I :;.'.. n, in America.
LEGENDS OF IOWA.
Origination and Character of West
ern Folk-Lore.
Tha "Iiiio Trro 0. ulnif of Kork to
Conceal a i.irl 1'ursued by Savages
Saved by a TIiuikI. r-ltott Suieide
of l:ilian Lovers.
LiOgonds will originate wherever men
and women may huppm to congregate,
it is, howevi r, s u.i u hat startling t
learn that legends exist in countless
numbers among the people of the West
ern Stares. I'ortions of Illinois and
Iowa, which fifty years a?o were a wil
derness or a prairie w aste, to-day teem
'.. i'.h roru.iriiie stories, an ' fores of vb
jects with whi.-li are connected strange
adventures or incidents are pointed out
to the traveler w'-o has the fortune of
lining across one of those- most indis
I "nsahle members of Western society,
an old settler.
It has horn said that legends refh-ct
the character of a people, and if such is
the case, the early Western settlers
must have ln-cn sturdy men who saw
go .d in every thing, artd "i po.i-d all
s'ri.-tly vt.lgar sup'-rsi : t im.; f r the
great maj iritv of t hoi r legend jrr stories
contain morals and psjetic inspirations
of the highest order. They are free
from the dross .f superstition found in
'lie tales of Kiiglatid, Cn-n'-my and
France; they do not br.-atho the r. .man
tle but misleading spirit of occultness
w hich pervades the fables of the Orient;
nor do they in any way resemble the
w.ird,. uninspired sagas of the Nurse
peasant-y.
The legends of th" West are as sturdy,
as independent and as forcible as the
men who created tle-m, and for this
teasoii. if no otlier, deserve more than
passing mention.
What could, for instance, Tiv more
poetic than the s'-iry of the "Lone
Tree," which w:.s related to the writer
not long ago by one oi : he oldest settlers
of Eastern low.? The tale or. to
-peak moro properly, the legend is
b;.s"d on an 'us tree, fur many years
he only one standinsr within a radius
iT t ight or nine miles. How di i the
t ree come there That the unsoph.sti
cated pioneers could not ev plain; so
tlioy resorted to invention, ar:d pave
currency to a story w hich will live long
after they have been forgotten. Early
in the year 1S40, so the report goes,
soon after the so-called Blackhawk
Purchase had ueen consummated, a
young couple emigrated from Xew York
State to the West. The man (Bill
Brewster was his. name) was open
hearted, hospitable and courageous.
ai.il his wife was a representative
American w oman of the middle class,
industrious, kind and faithful. After
their arrival in Iowa the two young
people went out "prospecting"' (look:r.p
for suitable laud) every day. and finally
-. civ-hed a tract of fat prairie land w hi.-li
promised to yield rich crops. Here
they decided to take up their abode,
and tho woman, relieved of all anxiety
ind worry, then and there gave birth
to a son, and at the same i..omeut to
commemorate the event an oak sap
ling sprang up which was over after
rard called the "Lone T-ee." The sap
ling, in course of time, became a stout
.as tree, and stood for niary years in
:t- isolated positi-.il, a mystery to the
uninitiated, an object of never-ceasing
"..riosity to the old settlers, uitd a mon
ument of interest to the student of
American life and niam.ers. until a van-
lal cut it dow n,
Scai'Coly less
four or fie years airo.
interesting is a bit of
b'geti 1-iry talk current in tiie region of 1
:.he Wyoming Hills ta chain of mound- 1
like elevations locn ted on the western
shore of the Mississippi river, 1etween
the towns of Davenport and Miiscaiine,
ia.). These hills were once upon a time
in- mi ciii.g-',; lac- of thoUsLudi of In
.1.1:1s, and h'.:udi-ds.of th- ir deal were
buried in gigantic mounds cor.i.Ln:cted
on the crests of tho elevations. When
he white settlers first appeared they
received a coid. wel -ome from the red
men who wanucred through the country
which was oin e tle-ir ow n, but h i ! l-en
ceded to the United Stales C.overnment
by their chii-fs. The savagts carried
vengeance iu their hearts and murder in
their eyes; snl many a la.ld agricultur
ist,, who hid braved the hardships of
pioneer life to acquire some land for his
family, never returned from his Corn
field, and the wailing and lamentations
f widowed women and fatherless chil
lren were echoed froul ouc farm to tho
other almost every week. One of these
men went out one Sunday morning to
collect Lis cattle. He ascend'-d one of
the sloping hills, nt noth ing the form
of an ladian who was concealed among
he tall noils growing 011 tho summit,
"he settler's foot never crossed tiie
ihresboldof his home again. He was
riu-Uy murdered by his hidden
foe- "and his body thrown into the
waters of tho Mississippi. His
.vife, growing anxious about his
--.i-lfare, at noon sent out her littlis
! agh'er to hasten l.t r father's return.
I ho child, inured to danger, undertook
'.he task, but had not proceeded far
when sho noticed a red man 011 the, hill,
and, turning around, one behird hr.
(is'-upe seemed impossible; b it just at
1h.1t moment a crevice largo ( rough to
conceal her oy ned in the side of the
h.ll. She sou,;Lt the refuge thus provi
dentially ulT'-red, and as soon as she
concealed herself the opening elost-d,
and to her startled i;;ut was revealed a
cavern of largo dimensions, of whica
sh was the only occupant. Not until
the following evening did the crevice
open again. TLe girl, almost fmiahc-d
by this time, crept out of her hiding
place, and. seeing that all danger was
past, ran home, where sho related her
strange story to a number of neighbors
who had mot at the cabin to solve the
mystery of her disappearance. Subse
quent search failed to reveal a cavern
anywhere near where tho girl had been
6-j a-iraculouily bawd, tut it would,
nevertheless, bo a dangerous thing
to doubt the veracity of this tale
in the presence of the few survivors
of those stirring times; nnd popular
taste has applied to tne hill, which will
sooner or later bo made famous by this
story, the not very euphonic but very
significant name of "Providence Hole."
This pretty piece of fiction, the writer
is constrained to add, has a prototype in
a (i.-rman story, but it is doubtful
whether the p.-ople who repeated it on
the banks of the Mississippi fifty years
ago were aware of the existence of the
Ten-.o-.lc fable. It is safe to claim tho
story of Providence Hole as a purely
Western production, which, when prop
erly embellished, will bo entitled to
rank with tho highest specimens of folk
lore. Another and scarcely Pss interesting
instance of providential interference
with the affairs of lu.-u has many be
lievers among the good fo!ks inhabit
ing the bottom lands of t he Cellar near
its confluence witn the Iowa river. Ia
tiie early days of Iow a this part of the
territory was inhabited by a wild, des
pi rae class of people, who lived on
what they could steal from more indus
trious noirhbors. Horse stea!: :v w as
tl:.- fa-.onto pursuit of the male portion
of this community, and many enterpris
ing men saw tio; fruits of their toil de
stroyed for want of live-stock which dis
appeared at the most in. - pport une times.
Horse thieve in those days expected no
mercy when they had t! o n.l-f. .rt ; no to
fall into the hands of 1 he settlors; and
when one bright June morning in tho
year 1S40 nine of them were caught
by a detachment of outraged farmers,
they prepared themselves to meet death
with bold faces. The gatig was con
ducted to a huge oak tree o'l tli" brinks
of tho Cedar river, whose n ino branches
invited the settlers to fini-h their work
of vengeance. n man after the ether
was supplied with a her,. pen nook-tie,
and arrant tr.ei.ts wen- ma le to s.-nd
t hem 10 k 1 tig bun come at t tie same in
stant. The signal was pi ten. A fierce
s'-.-ko of ligiitr.ing and a deafening
roar of thunder follow-d Cue command
which was to eud the earthly xioi-m-o
of nine )i imian lM-it-.gs. jli.'iit holies
dangled in the air. 'l ie- tiini u was lying
on the pioiin-'.. saved by the light 'ling
which had i.pne.l the branch on which
be was liangiug fri"o t' e tr ink of tho
tree. It was a I. ::":io. fP the man,
after recovering from his stupor, proved
h :s innocence to t tie sai i-tac lion of the
"viilar.ts." The l-v!it thieves had
met their fate, but Providence inter
fered in a way that eo.,id not be mis-
Uil.ie.-so-., 1 t.i saw the life of ti)-' guilt
less. The t ,-.-e liiulc f.'u.ois l,v ibis in
cul. nt is still standing - at least it was
two years ico.tini tne strange t.alo
here related nas become ;i treasured leg
end, among tne ol.l aet tiers or tho
vicinl! ,. hi h is no lor-ger tin- hidintr-
.'is
ipera be
.t a veri'alde
Ivb-n in'.u-.i.i 1 by prosperous and in
telligent farmers.
A toun:i b g. 1. 1 'had it origin in th.t
pn sen! c;iy ol .M ,. sc., : iie-, . no n in t!h
t-.ii-Jy u.i-.s as ill. .tin. , p ..'i-.1.. la This
tow n is b..ilt on many 1:111s h;.-h over
look t he Mi.- issippi i h , or. In toe days
preceding tie- settlement of Iowa by
whites, the vicinity of Muscarine is said
to have been tho lav iri l-.-sort for I n
dian lovers, who pa-seii ma uy li .--s 011
the tlol lo biuil's thitkiiillg ot J i.. ai.i-C-llS
!i:ey ui- ired. Ill cost, '
h-ai unless p.t-t Mm- hnd nos ,
but once upon a time an Indian rtarrior
fell in love with the beu-utii.i: daughter
of a mighty chief, il.s teudi r o .i.. ,-s
were 'ci proeiiLed by the copper-;oiiir d
charuser. but her father would n..-, listen
to the pleadings of tha- obscure lover.
Thero was no war ar the time, a-td coii
seijueritly tho ambitious brave had. no
op;ortunity to distinguish himself, and
win the apple of hi.s eye by deeds of
bravery, which seems to have been tho
ot.iy way in which- the t-U-.-r. parent
might have been moved. Iilo-tx-ment
was out of question, as the oountry
w.'.s inhabited by faithful followers of
the chief wiio would have "toma
hawked" tiie venturesome youth had ho
at i. iupted to run away with tne girl.
Life became unbearable, a:il to end
their BuiTcrin.rs the couple o nel u.l'.-d
to end their ei-tcnce. As sum uj tho
lovers had forn-ed this desperate reso
lution they made their way toward the
river, where they found a catiK'. Chant
ing a death sorg i.iul exchanging senti
ments of undyir-g love, they floated down
tho river until they came- to t tie bluffs
already referred to. Here they dis
embarked, ascended one Of tho
steep hills,, and, embracing each
other, threw themselves into the quiet
river below. The incident was indus
triously Ji.:us.- d by tho few- white
families then living in that neighbor
hood, who forthwith named the once
picturesque bluff "Lover's Leap." An
other vers. on of tho adventure here re
corded is not q uite as romantic. In it
the love-I'jrn bravo and his devoted girl
are described as a very ordinary w'aito
couple who ended a life of disappoint
ment by drowning themselves. This
matter-of-fact account of tho tragedy
may Ixj the true one, but tho rising
generation is inclined to put faith in
the Iudian tradition, which, as has
already been stated, originated riot
with the red men, but with the early
white settlers.
To repeat stories like tho foregoing
without the least attempt at embellish
ment may detract from their literary
rrerit; but th object of the w riter has
Wen to prove that the American people
are just as p.x-tio in their concept ion of
strange phenomena as those of Europe,
stud that has in a measure been accom
plished. Some day, thero can be no
doubt, an author born with the gift of
portraying the thoughts and feelings of
tho "common people" will collect these
American legends, and present tliein to
the world as the most finished specimens
of folk-lore to be found anywhere. O.
W. Wr ippiert, ia Journal of American,
Folk-Loro.
She VViiii1el Ilia Heart.
Asa confis-tioner's w ife at Buda-Pcsth
was cutting tissue-paper with a sharp
pointed knife, a young mau, a friend,
bent over her to kiss her. She lifted
her hand in defense, and before she
was aware of it the knife had wounded
the young man to the heart. He died
almost immediately.
An Kxtravngtnt ."-lulne lac
They are telling of a Maino man who
asked two boys to carry a half a cord of
Wood from tho sidewalk up a flight of
stairs to his ofiic-.s and wh -n th-y had
finished the task handed o-io of tl " l is
one con, with instruct : .r-.s t "I'l.iuo
it" between t.m. That niur.'s purgrt
tory uiiuii t-i be a l-tig freeze.
ell
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