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SI.60 and postage per year in jcwanco.
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or foricfv, J communu-ttton$ designed to call ulttn
tion to any muttter of limit r 4 or individual tnterrm-
avuif be paia jot at adprrti$tmrnti .
Job 1 uktiho of all kinds neatly and exred!-
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tt.
rrnrK, vrOLUME XXIV.
E BENS 1 SURG; PA:. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19..ISS0.
, "' to ,tior-
NUMBER 3(5.
VJSib lull jp ijL m
i
Opcnc Wednesday, Sept. 3.
USE BARGAINS
-IN-
Dress Goods,
vliuh we wi.-h to send every
'.i r S--ailos. Write to us aaJ
I liU u? your ncctld.
Fifty stvlps nearly nll-wool
y sifrifo uitiuirs, 30 inches
. lot vf tlouMe-wiilth cush-
e, tow culurin":, ui;i.lo sc-
fjr us, wiily Hoe. u yurJ
.11-wool funey ytrij'O.-, in
,e new spring sluult-s, ZG
tj wide, regular 5e. jrooJs
sly ayaril.
1 piiif nil-wool mixture
-( iu. wi.lc, a yd.
1 1'1 of all-wool stripe tri
. choice coUrins. .'t) inches
i, 4 a yard.
-e hundred jdeces, everyone
in culrinrs ordt-sins ;
tri..j, i hecks and cross
: i;i.-hiiieio weight cloth,
i iri.
U't uf'iill-wool 50 in. side
t suitings, Tue. quality at
yard.
xher, hxch, all-wool
-r' u-i-ht stripe suitings,
a yard.
i-er iroodi up to the finest
-;. wade in foreign countries
";dy for us, our stock is
n:nier silks of every de-
'':iL'n ln very large varieties.
" to our Mail Order De
e;.t. 1 HOME & CO.,
"'-Vdl PKNN AVE.,
IJSBURGH, PA.
s cry
. "I :j 1M.,M, so urt.Ht
.'..-. tu Ciivn TMa T.
1 I KAN TH.
ur '"u.utrd circular to
;;Rf.t. Jir., A; Co.,
"Hi la DELPHI A.
V- V.1T '"' I"1-1""-!. eo.. I wi.
'l""""'"'1 full
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HE PEOPLE'S STORE,
FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA.
EE: PITTSBURG: EXPOSITION
..riie Exposition excursion rates on all the railroads to Flttsbura will induce a
"use; "f u ,rt vl!,lt our crtv- The managers of the Pittsbur exposition are aiak
'.tfry i-iTni't to make ItintereeCIng, entertaining and Instructive, and In every way
-r til fie piitronane of toe thousands who wttl come to sen it.
.a,,., to do our part by having a nhow there. It will be principally of CAItl'ETS.
,.:tiiM y represents one ( the many department lo our lame establishment, we
, jou to outre and ssee or storerooms. on Fifth Avenue, tbe lamest and finest In the
;i,r)"ii wul see the very-finest and bent Dress Goods of all kinds. Cloaks, Wraps.
Vk.t i t every discriptkon, in the new stiles for Fall and vVlnter wear for Ladies
i.a LliiUteu. Shawls of all kinds, and the latest fashions tn Ladles' and Misses'
a ;.itif tv IVpartmeot, with all the new and nobby styles of flats and Bonnets Is
;'- rit nnrth ieeii)ij in Itself.
("rvthin in the way at Kail Under wfar. Itiloves IIoiery and Trmramaa as well,
.is u.nukrt. Flannel. Comfort. Table LlnerM, Kheetinus and Ilousekeeplnn goods,
( p:!it upou piles of tbe Dent. You are Invited to call and see nur store whether
:n to purvtune or nut. No puahiUK or borlnit to buy, polite and courteous treat
icduuiv ons price.
CAMPBELL & DICK.
NO MORE OF THIS!
Ilulrr Sh" unWn worn unoomfnrt&hl tiicht,
will olutu aiip otT tli f-t. To retiMil
tius evil Ui
"COLCnESTER" R'J3ER CO.
crr a huo tiio intUo tf the her I line J with
ru..tirr. Tins eliiii-H t t:ie stit-o and intruu
tijf L i i . t m -1- t:o:n inrf- c TT.
a!l fr the ulrheater '
ADHESIVE COUNTERS"
au.ll cucau wa.k. run or J'ux.p lu laem.
ROBERT EVANS,
UNDERTAKER,
ASH MASITACTIKKK Of
an 1 dealer In all kln.li ot ITK-MTfRK,
eA lull Una al Cukiu always on haod.-
Bodies Embalmed
WHKS KEUf IKED.
Apt S3 1
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AGENCY.
HKE INSURANCE AT COST. It'LJt'ltS
ISM'KI) IN OOUI) KtUAKLK COMPA
MtS AT VCKV LWEST KATtS.
STEAMSHIP TICKETS SOLD AND;iUATS
ISJSTEI) PAYABLE IN ALOHAKTS
OF EL KOPE.
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February It, lswo.-ly.
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FENCE!
DIAUK OF
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ER
A particle la applied Into earb bmIMIs an.l la
aral'le. Prlre fco enU at Itruairtt t br mall
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LUMBER IS ADVANCING.
SAW-MILLS, STEAM EXGIN'RS,
Ml 1 N ( 1 LK Ml I.LS .HAYPKtbSES.Ac.
"" want a rirai-flaaa MAW MILI,
pead lorCataloua aad f icial prtea to lalrotlau
la jour ix'Ik i t.,
A. H. CiKUfAK, (I.lBilIr-, TocB, Pa.
OlCPlTX 8 MPt.ES Fan
'UOaLH I Writ, r...
. .. a. MVTT.Nn V ork t nr
"J"1 """'; il -ia.1. r,eatl7 eie cuted at this
Kin. Due u a uul.
THE DOVE SONG.
With Modern Improvements.
I"m Urert ! sinf ng to my love
That RiiC 1 lUe a roe.
A pliatt'uuit; iarl, a turtle dove,
A bturtUat tlitl4s in Ht-nvi-a atMVC,
The falru.-l Huwur luiil blows;
Tbut be li like a lny la spring,
A luscious carami 1,
A hiimmniK lir 1 uKin th winir,
A:il evi-ry i.tlu r turuiu y J thing
Thjt lovers kuow mj wriL
So. now Id earnet. not In jest
With i-uriilntj viuM- I ear
Th;it she is hlv my Suuiluy vest.
Tlie one that tin auJ ;jiis me beat,
As dth my Stella fair.
Sometimes I tell my only Game
That to niy fuiuy .ihe
la like a well j!ay.l base ball parae
Such joys goes iursrins through my framo
Wtcu her 1 cLiuicu to seo.
Or (Ne I tell my JatTodlL
Who :iys .-iln.'s mine alone,
Sue"a like a new u-n il.ilr bill.
It Rlve mu ui-h a tla.lsomo thrili
To huvo her for my own.
it. 11 TitUerinifton, in West Shore.
THE WKO.VG LETTKR.
How My Friend Got Out of a
Very Bad Predicament.
One evening last winter as I was
walking up and down tho platform at
tUo Lyons railway station, waiting for
tho departure of tho southern express,
some ono tapped me on tho shoulder.
I turned and saw my friend Jaojuos.
"Whcro are you goin?'' Lo aakbd
"To Nice," I replied.
"So am I. My wife is there."
"Ciood, we w ill po on together."
Wo continued walking up and down
tho platform, talkinj; at).ut ono thin
an 1 another. As we passed bef.iru tho
mail-car I aaid to Jucfjues: "What a
hard life those postal-clerks lead.
They must bo in a terrible atato when
they arrive at Marseilles."
"Yes," replied Jacques, "they aro
completely used up. I can npeak froia
experience, for I onco rodu two hun
dred miles with them."
"You have travwied in a mail-car!
What for?"
"I well tell you. It's a curious story
and ono that concerns my iuarria?n."
Wo took our places, the tinal was
jriven. and th train start-d. Tken
Jai-rjues told me tho followia story:
"At that certain e;Kjch a cx-rtain
Monde countess whom you know for I
aspect tht you wero a little in love
w.th her yourself had loen a widow
for two years, and it was almost de
cided that she- was to bevonio my wifo.
"At the time when my story begins it
was autumn, an.1 the counters was at
her couutry-houso in the Var. We w rote
to ecLi other nearly every day I, in
order to tell her that I adored her; she,
to occupy her leisure and pi ve mo er
rands to do. for I was then in l'aris. At
tho same time let th.-.o who have not
done likewise cast tho f.r.t stone I
waslrrakin otT with another sweet
heart. That one was not a countess.
Mil- was a brunette, and lived in Nor
mandy. Poor Louise! Iaonere.peet
she resembles the countess 0t,e g'avo
tue no end of errand to lo.
"One morning tne jKner broujrbt me
two letters and two lists of thins to
p.-t. Happily. I could Cll both orders
at tho Louvre. I ato my breakfast and
w role my replies ono very fervent for
the counters; the other, calm and rxl,
for Louise. Then I started for tho
louvre. I selected the samples re
quested, put them into th uns.-uled en
velopes, closed both, letters, and placed
the in in my pocket. As I was coming
out of the Louvre I met our friend
Maxime, who was driving tn bis way to
the liois. Ho took mo alon w ith him,
bean to tell me some of his stories,
and I bad quite forgotten my two let
ters, when a branch post-ollico at tho
corner luckily refreshed my memory.
"Maxime pulled up his horse. I pot
down, bought somo poeta je-stampa,
slipped the countess' letter into tho
box, and while putting the stamp on
the-other letter, I thought I felt somo
samples of cloth inste-ad of some pieces
of silk that it ouht to conluin. A cold
perspiration poured down my face. I
opened tho envelopo. My boy, I had
made a mistake. My letter to Louise
had pone to the Var, and, as you may
imagine, it was simply tho breaking o2
of my marriage.
"Thero was no time to weigh tho
probabilities. 1 told Maximo to con
tinue, bis drive alono, an i went back
into tho o&ico to try to undo my stupid
blunder.
"I'erhaps 3-ou think that was an easy
matter. The clerk looked at me ask
ance, asked mo all sorts of questions,
and '(favu mo a sermon on the disad
vantages of absent-inindedne-ss. I have
not much patience, and I presently (fot
anry and se-nt tho cle.-k about his busi
ness. "I .rememlK-rcd that I had . an ac
quaintance who held an important inani
tion in the post-ollico department. J
jumped into a cab and went to the head
otIic When I j'ot there, I found that
my friend was absent on business con
nected with tho row building. Once
there, it took me half an hour to Mud
him. We returned to the head ofli'-e,
where 1 obtained a letter from the min
ister's Hcoretary that would open all tha.
post-oHioo baj,'s und boxes throughout
tho country. Hut when 1 pot buck to
the branch po.st-of.ice, it was fire-forty,
and I saw the mail-wagon atarting oil.
My letter was, of course, in that a;na.
"I told my cabman to follow the
wagn. When we reached the ce ntral
otVfo at tho Tuileriei, I showed my
ministerial paper. They said to me,
very politely:
" "Wrll, sir. we have three-quarters
of an hour to sort two or three hundred
thousand letters that go to all parts of
the world. You will readily under
stand that it would be impossible to find
your in that lot. The la-st thing for
you to do is to jo to tho tuail-car at tho
station. As you have a ministerial
order, the clerks there will find your
letter for you.
I got, into the cab and KWted for tUe
station. As soon us I arrived 1 went to
the car. Tin- clerks wanted to send iu,j
to Jericuo, litit 1 insisted, and showed
my authorization. The head-clerk, j
thinking probably that I was a detect-
ive, said to mo: Well, sir, get in. Wo j
will try and arrange your matter after
we start. Hut fur tho niomeut I can not
Jo any thing.'
"I got into tho car, which was already
half full of sa. ks, and they had only (
lgun to arrive. They came from all 1
sides, and sometimes it took two men
to raise one of the bags. The car w as
soon full to the tp. and the five clerks j
al.d U.j'aeil d.l Uot aUiNV VS here to J
squeeze ourselves. And we expected to
find a letter in all that mess. 1 was losing
courage, but there was nothing to be
said. If tho countess received tho let
ter destined for Louise, I should be done
for. 1 was very much ln love, and it was,
moreover, a very fine marriage.- .
"Finally all the sacks had arrived- I
crouched inW a corner where I nearly
stifled between dirty leather, pouches
that had traveled all orer Europe. All
I could see were tho lamps in tho top
of tho car and the numerous pigeon
holes for the letters. Suddenly I felt
tho wheels revolve. We bad started.
The head clerk came to me and asked
what 1 wanted. ' I explained to him
that I wished to (ret a letter addressed
to the Chateau of lieilious, near Harjols,
Var.
' "In that case it belongs to the Lyons
division. We sort these letters after
leaving Dijon. Until we arrive there,
all you can do is to wait.'
"I will shorten tho tale of my misery.
At ten in the morning I arrived at Saint
Maximo station. It is at that station
that tho post-office bag for Harjols is
left, and my letter had not yet been
found! Just at the moment when tbe
train slackened speed tho reason vras'ex
plained. Tho clerks, seeing "what im
portance I attached to the unlucky let
ter, concluded that it must be registered,
and so they bad not looked for it in the
ordinary mail.
"There was nothing to be said, for the
train bad already stopped. The sack
for Harjols was thrown out on the plat
form. I followed it, for I was deter
mined to have my letter.
"I got into tho open wagon that was
to convey the mail and myself the only
passengers to Harjols. How it rained!
With my cane, white waistcoat, and tall
hat. you can imagine how I looked.
The driver told me that it was about six
teen miles from Saint Maxime to Harjols..
We di lift say much toeach other on the
way I was too busy witii my reflections.
We crossed deserted spots, anl I was
separated from my It-ttor nly by tio
hard board on which I was seated. I
could have strangled or bribed tho
driver, but I had not strength enoujli
left for the first operation; as to the sec
ond. I had only a few loqU In my pocket,
and if I had suborned tho driver, I
should not have had money enough to
got back to Taris without bupf in.
"At last we arrives! at Karjols, a
prwtly little village, combining a thoa
anl inhabitants. I ww.s 01 the pwint of
going the post-off.ee to ask for my
letter, when a thought came to my
mind. What will they Kay when they
see a gentleman coming from Paris in a
pouring rain, with a cane for his only
piece of baggage, and presentincra min-
isterial or ler for a letter addreed to
Countess X., well known throughout
tho neijhWhood? The 6tory would
soon spread all over tne place and tho
countess would be sure to bear it.
"I decMo'l to re more diplomatic. An
hour afterward, w hen the country letter
carrier left the village of Harjols to go to
the cbateuu, I overtook him, as if by
clianni, an 1 asked him the way to the
countess's residence.
"I am going there,' bo replied; 'if
you liku to come along wiili me, do so;
it is nine miles.'
"Nine miles! My patent-loather
shwes trembled at this announcement.
Nevertheless. I started along through
the mui We stopped at each inn and I
invited my companion to refresh him
self. He kept up well until the fourth
village .n his route, but after that he
was tipsy. As we passed along by a
ditch, apparently by accident, I tripped
him up, and ho rolled over into tho
opening, which was about three feet
deej. To jump in after him. under pro
tense of helping him out, open his box,
secun my letter, and stuff it into my
Iockct was the work of a minute. Toget
my man outof the Jitcb was not so easy.
Just as I was succeeding in my task I
heard a noise of rolling wheels along
the road. I turned around. The rain
bad ceased and the countess was, com
ing along in her pony wagon.
'How sho recognized mo in the state
I was in, I do not know yet. Hut sho
did recognize me, and her stupefaction
was equal to my embarrassment, for I
bad intended to return to l'aria without
saying a word.
" 'Weill' she cried; 'what is the
matter? How did you got into buch a
pl.ghtr
"It was the moment when a man
should, if ever, exercise a little imagin
ation. 'I o you believe in presentiments?' I
said to her in a voice made thick by a
frightful cold in tin head: 'yesterday,
at the very moment when I went to put
a letter for you into the post-ottten, I
distinct ly heard my name pronounefKl
I y 3'ou in an agonized tone. J thought
it was one of those mysterious warn
ings, of which I know so many ex
amples, and. seized with terror. I
started at once for yourcliaU-au w ithout
fiurnin to my bouse. I love you so
much. Amelia.'
" 'I saw her lx autiful eyes moisten.
As for mine, the cold in my bead filled
t hem with tears that were uot fvignttL
Amelia asked inu to take a seat beside
her, and wo drove to tho chateau. This
prjf of love had touehod her, and
when we arrived before th dor, she
had pronounced th famous 'yvs that
she had hesitated U utter for six
months. - -
"And that is -Ijour I caino to h
m:jrrl d." -Translated forthe Argoaaat,
from the French of Leon do Tinsuaa.
Nat In a IMcaaina- M4. -
"1M you mi 1 'pose- anybody woabl b
torry if I should kill myself?" aj.-d
she. .
"There's one i-rson who weuld be
quke h ippy over it," replied her prac
tical fri-nd.
"Who's that?"
"The coroner."
"Then I won't do it," said the obsti
nate woman. Chicago (.lobu.
In a. f'nw'a Sloinitrh.
In the stomach of a cow v.-TiiehTwa
0:1' -heri , at Washington Coiirt-lfoii.se,
O.. the following 'articles were found:
Several nails two and Hint' inches
Ion', screws,' brass rails, carpet l.-vVs
and a muni r of small s'ones. ' 'J-'.--was
fully a qnurt Of these artkles in
the cow's stomach. Thor oow ' wsj ap
parently ir. pood health lfore U-ing
butchered-.
t:rauua lj ltoiliair.
1 ie iimril ,li law formerly prcscritd
boning where theculpnl had commit td
a o. me 1 i-xtrciw ly revolting in its nat
ure. The last in rsim Li. si. tT..,-.1.. . . i. i ..
boiling iu liagUnl Kouse, cook to 1
the Hk.Lm.'I uf l:, li- li r u ... .-. 1 I
s i.ed aeciitevli pvraous.
. - - " - . 7V- I
1
A SUMMER MEMORY.
A dusty roadway, downward leading.
Thr. .iik'ii paat'ires, where the cattle feeding
Wade deep iu d:i!ses white an.l yellow,
Tbat toss their star in sunlight mellow.
A inaM, w hose lijs are rod as cherries,
Iu tan rt fcu-rties rickins- berries.
Frin under BL-rxwa-boniM't irlanciDfr
Set Cupid's irubllas madly dancing.
And while my footsteps slowly waraler
To lower sweeps, the hill sride yond-r
Seems with a briirhtir plwry burning.
And woos my eyes to coustunt turuuii;.
A winfl ptist In the reedy hollow.
Where through the swifts each other follow,
And to my new-formed nh replying,
A kerolacl in the aiatauce tlyinK. '
I pause resile the linTin river. - "
Wh. re tall flairs in the ripples shiver.
And hear a blucktiinl's nierry calling,
Down frum the upland pasture falling.
My pntnway leads where silver ljeechea
ithimmer alotij.' the meadow retches.
Yet, by ome unseen inu'ic holdeo.
My heart cliufe-s to the liiil .side polden.
For theri in sunlight ha7e ahe liiu.'vrs,
The kerchief llutters from her Uuijers,
And swift the upland w ay retracing,
fcove's subtle vision I am chasing.
Ah, surely they are evil-u.inded.
Who say that Fortune's eyes are blinded.
For brighter fclance. or look more Speaking,
Will never answer any seeking.
And In the radiant Auru.t weather.
We two walk down the pa'h together,
And eire no heed to ull the sinking,
Along the upland pasture rinsing.
Thomas S. Collier, in Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican. COURTSHIP IN ENGLAND.
Love Marriages Not Hare In tho
Mother Country.
The Queen Herself an f Example 1'riuce.s
Loniu of Walea Itroken Eurace
meoti Doing Away of Clans
IMatinetiooa.
Virginia M. Craw ford, the sister of Sir
Charles Dilko and .Mrs. Ashton Hiike,
writes aa fellows, w the Phila4e!pLi;i
Press:
As I am generally credited, and right
ly, with the possession of advanced
views on political and social matters, 1
fool that 1 ought to confess at the outbel
that I am almost a conservative in mat
rimonial qaestion. I bwlievo in car
riage as a fundamental basis of society;
I lieJiuve ln tke dusirability of love
marriages, til I even venture to feeliove
ln tha happineascf the great majority of
unions isntered into under the p resent
inuah- abused marriarn system.
W'e Lave no lack in England by way
of example of love marriages in tho
highest rank of life, whore the tempta
tions to the marriage do conve-uaiKsi
are even greater than elsew here. That
'Jueen Victoria herself married for lovo
is an csiablished historical fact, and
moat of her daughters are supposed to
bate followed Ler example. Hut wo
need not go further back than last sea
son, when tho marriage of Princess
Louis: of Wales to the Duke of Fifo
waa celebrated. It ia an open secret
that the young Princess bad been in
lovo w ith tho Karl for years, and for his
Rake had declined to entertain tho pro
TKjsals of any foreign royal suitor, and
although ia this case the pretensions of
tho detrimental wore backed up by a
- ducal coronet and SUSO.OOO a year he was
none the less a detrimental in the eyes
of several members of the royal family,
who steadily opposed the match. Hut
the whole sympathies of the Nation wero
on the side of the future Princess KoyaL
w-ho has w illingly sacrificed a great part
of her royal honors lor the sake of the
man she loves, and who may now bo
seen shopping in Hond street unattended
or driving with her husband in happy
tete-a-tete, much like any other young
lady of her ago.
The Knglish law, unlike that of
France, is not framed in such a way as
to encourago mercenary unions. Pa
rental consent with us is not a sine qua
non, and although an irate father may
disinherit his son or daughter ho can
not legally prevent them from marrying
whom they please. Even in cases
whe.ro ono or other of the contracting
parties being under age they have re
course to a runaway marriage at a reg
istrar's office, and make a false declara
tion of age in order to obviate tho ne
cessity of producing the father's consent,
even then the parents redress is but a
meager one. They can have their re
bellious son or daughter condemned to
a short term of imprisonment for falso
Swearing, but in no caso can the mar
riage I- annulled. On the other band,
a class of titled aristocracy, backed up
by the rights of primogeniture, is un
doubtedly a direct incentiro towards
worldly marriages by creating a limited
numlxT of exceptionally good "partis,"
for whom ambitious mothers angle dex
terously on behalf of their daughters, or,
worse still, for whom scheming damsels
angle for themselves.
In England a man almost invariably
asks the girl herself to marry hiiu be
fore appealing to her father for hi con
sent. When once the engagement is an
accomplished fact the lovers are allowed
ample opportunities for making each
other's further acquaintance. .The whole
family co-ope rau in giving them a wide
l-rth, and they may spend tours every
day aiono : in each other's company,
wither in the bouse or walking or riding
togother, as tho -case may be. Such
liberty, which would make a French
mother's hair stand on end. Is perfectly
"comma il fauf in 'England. The
young couplo even travel and pay visits
in each other's com puny, tho flanceo ao- .
eomiwnicd by her maid, if she iboull
"happen to 1k poaosscd of that append
age, but oltwiur still quite without a
chaporon.
This freedom of social intercoursa
ought to .le a good safeguard against
girls ignorant ly linking their fortunes
with one whom it U impossible for them
to love, were it not thai to throw over
tho man she- is engaged to U regarded
by society as so unpardfuable a crimo.
It secans to 1 onl v just daw ning on
people's Luiuda that, a small scandal be -fort
nwriago. is preferable . to a big
scandal After marriage. ;,, A. charming
novelist. Sir Henry Cunningham, yhosO
delightful 6kctehe5,oJir4iin India aro
. widely road. ia juat published a, clever
novel alxjut Iondon society, "Tbe llcsi
'oIs. ir'iiehbepialiestlie heroin;
Olivia, deliberately jilt the ricn young
roan to whom she is Jwtrothed. His
iew ia that society ought to help a girl
out of the wretched dilemma in which
shw is' plated, when she discovers that
her engagement is a mistake, instead of
rendering it, as at present, almost Im
tossiblo to' retrieve a false step before
it is too late. I am bound to say that,
while strongly deprecating rash and
La sty betrothals, I feci great sympathy
for Sir Henry's view, which, if generally
adopted, might be the means of avert
ing many a domestic tragedy. The
time of engagement ought to be a pe
riod of mutual probation, and mar
riage should only ensue if the experi
ment has been so far satisfactory to both
parties.
Considering bow rich a country En
gland Is, it is extraordinary how poor
most English women are I mean, in
their own right In France hardly a
peasant girl marries without a dot;
hero, even well-to-do fathers seem to
expect to marry off their daughters
without giving thern a penny. This is
principally the result of the time-honored
English custom of making an
eldest son tho principal heir a protess
which Ls mainly accomplished at tho
expense of tho your.g man's sisters.
From tho purely sentimental point of
view, it is 110 doubt gratifying to a girl
to bo selected entirely fur what she is,
and not for what she brings, but I fancy
that after marriage tho gratification
soon fades away before tho practical
necessity of asking her husband for
every shilling sLu requires. Tome, as
an ardent believer in woman's rights
and woman's independence, the idea is
quite odi.ius, and it seems to me a little
short of monstrous that a rich man who,
in dying, bequeaths say 4o,ooo to each
of his sons, should consider his daugh
ters ampiy provided for with iio.ouo
apiece. Fortunately, in this as in many
other things, public opinion is under
going a change; and I trust that before
many years have passed an equal di
vision of property between brothers and
sisters alike will becomo the rule in
stead of being the rare exception.
Another point in recent social de
velopment which bears f avorably on the
marriago question in England is tho
rapid breaking down of class distinc
tions and the conseq uent extension of
tho field of possible matrimonial choice.
The aristocracy and the county families
inter-marry freely nowadays with the
professional and upper middle classes.
Thus, ouly a few .weeks ago, the eldest
daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, Lady
Mary Howard, bestowed her band and
heart on Prof. Murra the clever young
tirerk professor at Glasgow University!
Such a union seme twenty or thirty
years ago would bavo been regarded as
a positive mes-alliance, but nowidavs
it is sensibly accepted as a perfectly
suitable matrimonial arrangement
Somo discussion has recently taken
place as to the proper ago at which girls
should marry. Ono of the weekly jour
nals requested its readers to state what
in their opinion was tho bfst marrying
age, and of all the answers receivod
the vast majority fixed on twenty-five as
the t suitable age, while none men
tioned a figure lower than twenty-o:ie.
As I myself was married within acouplo
of months of leaving tho school-room,
I should not like to bo too severe on
early marriages, but I feel sure that
there is a growing feeling in English
society against allowing girls to make
their linal choice too early in life. It is
qr.l'.e the exception for girls in god
society to m:.rry before they are eight
een, although tho Marchioness of Staf
ford and future Duchess of Suthcrlanl
entered into the bonds of wedlock on
Ler seventeenth birlLJay, and many
parents objoct to their daughters marry
ing till they are over twenty. For my
part, it seems to me that it is a que
tion impossible to settle by a fixed ruio.
There are plenty of girls regarding whon'
it would be very difficult to bring for
ward any tangible reason either physi
cal or moral to prevent thorn marrying
while still iu thoir teens; on tho othei
band, there aroalarge number of English
giris many more, I fancy, than in
America wbo remain curiously girlish
and undeveloped until long after their
school jears aro passed. Under such
circumstances mothers ought certainly
to defer tho marriage question until
their daughters aro twenty-three or
twenty-four.
JEFFERSON'S GRANDCHILD
Living In llamiilc Cireuiastances and Re
fiuted a 1'eiiaian.
In Georgetown, D. C, in a bumble
cottage w hich routs for twenty dollars a
month, lives tho only surviving grand
child of Thomas Jeilerson.'says the New
York Sun. Her nauio is Mrs. Septimia
Randolph Mciklc-haiii, widow of David
S. Meiklebtim, long since dead. She is
in her seventy-sixth year, a cultured,
aiaiahle, venerable old lady, with two
daughters and ono si in her house
hold. A luxuriant growth of curl3
silvery-white hair surrounds her face,
which bears a striking resemblance to
that of her illustrious grandfather.
Her descent from him is direct and
clear. Horn January 3, 1S14, under her
grandfather's roof at Montfcello, Va.,
sho is the daughter of Jefferson's favor
ite' child and hou.se keeper, Martha, who
married Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.,
afterward Governor of Virginia, by
whom she loro twelve children, all of
whom are dead except tho eleventh
child and seventh daughter, the present
Mrs. Meiklebam. the only living repre
sentative of Jefferson of to removes
since her sister, Virginia Jefferson Kan
doll h Ttist, died in ls'J. Mrs. Meikle
bam is infirm by reason of advanced age.
Her son, a m an of artistic temperament,
now in niiddie life, earns scarcely
enough for self-su;
.port.
Of
her tivo
daughters, Vith of whom tro middle-
aged, the younger. Miss Esther A.
Meikl'-ham, lnjrii while her pareuts
wero sojourning in Scotland, is em
ployed in the Patent Office as . clerk at
a salary of 1,000 a year, w biio the other
has charge of lue homteke-ping. Ke
peated attempts by influential legis
lators to secure for Mr. Mniklehara a
moderate pension have resulted only ln
failure. In tho Forty-seventh arid
Forty-eighth Congresses Representative
W. E. liobiuson, of New York, intro
duced a bill to pay her 5.ooU a year,
subsequently amended to $2,500. Con
gress, .however, refused to pass the
measure on the ground that its enact
ment would set a dangerous precedent
for other claims less meritorious for
civil pensions. '-. "
a . . Tlie Late- -,.-"
j .fttlc-oat.
,0, . Ktticoat is straight from
aris is uptrimmed. It is simply a
J"J'il -shaped skirt that looks as if it
were made of leopard skin, but it is in
reality a brocaded silk "representing the
skin of the wild lieast. It is pleasantly
w arm to wear and Las a barbaric look
delightful to the smart girl who likes
lolmagino that sho can have a sweet
heart bravo enough to go out and kill
wild animals, the skins of which sho
may use to keep her pretty sell warm!
Women to-day are j;ist as fond of think
ing tbat men aro bravo and capable of
manly sports as they used to bo sure of
it before the dude, the monocle and the
abaintiio cocktail wero ia vogue. .
EVERY DAY.
O thoi;nnd thanl less tasks of every day
Which a.-o renewed Willi every ristr.g sun!
O ri:n:y burclet s rar-ie-1 en 0':r ryy
Cut !i life' weary pilirritnage Is ,1'jne I
D Jt. ,jo aua Uuju a ehcerlul, kindly to:;e
Gives r.o new strength to plJ life's narrow
I at !i.
And tiled hearts and minds are by it ahow n
Wh.it pkusantne- 'Death common cares it
hath.
It seoms as If we waste oor present Ptreneh
Ia tiresome walk throaga coiniuon-plaee
rout Tie ;
If bnt cur steps wer? placed in one great length
Whut far eg countries would our eyes have
tee-; ;
But we'd have found thtit ther'1 as well as here
Man walks through triuing round ol l.Ule
tliiti-s.
And If ambition's whisper charm his ear
lis lupou s lost iu tasks that duty brings.
The glory of the martyr's holy crown
Siicits no reueetlou on the toiler's brow.
Nor hero's dear-loiifcht nurnc or sveet renown
l.en 1 luster to tho rorxjuered cares of now.
For salience, thL-n, to uies-t t1!: cci:.i.i lo-,
Tin ti!:y. vexing cares and 'rets we pr.iy.
So itronif and hnr:i!il.--heirte,l we may go
Tu bull..- witii 1 lie loes ol every day i
"-Eva 1!; st, in Detroit Free PreaS.
A Il'EG'KLESS MOOD.
Why Mrs. Dtinstan Mourned a Do
parted. Husbaud.
"There is a limit to even the most pa
tient forbearance. I teH you, Zoe, lean
riot and wiM not end u re this state of
things any longer." If you loved me
you would not defy my wishes as you
do."
Speaking thus, Earle Punstan
turned and faced his young w ife with a
look of sudden and etf-m determination
written on every line of his handsome
features.
Hut all unheeding this, Zoe flashed
her dark eyes upon him derisively,
while a short, low laugh of mocking
defiance rippled musically from her
scarlet lips.
"If I loved you!" she echoed, scorn
fully. "Well, perhaps yon are right in
saying that. I have offn wondered at
the strange whim which led mo to ac
cept you instead of "
"Of Fred Hammond, why don't you
say?'' ho finished, with a bitter sneor,
as Zoe paused, a trifle shocked at ber
own temerity. "Yon can't deny tbat
it was bis name which was on your lips,
as it is evidently his imago which fills
your heart. Fred Hammond, tho fas
cinating Lothario, whose attentions to
you last night made you tho talk of tho
rooms, who was an old lover of yours,
us everybody knows, and whom you
would doubtless be willing enough to
marry now wero you i-gain free to undv
the errors of the past- Can you deny it,
Zoe?''
"I shall deny nothing," sh" flashed
out, in a while beatof passionate scorn,
ber large, dark eyes blazing, and her
very lips blanched to the hue of a snow
drift. "You h.ive drawn a fascinating
picture of what might havo been, and it
is a thousand picks that it never can
be realiz'-d. How cruol you are to r.;
miud mo that I am not free to undo tho
past!"
"I'.y heaven, then, you shall x;" ln
retorted, desperately. "From this hetir
you shull not be troubled with ruy pres
ence, iior your actions trammeled by
my 'tyranny,' as you arc; pleased to
term my consideration for my good
name. I am going to leave you for
ever, Zoe, and as soon as the law per
mits, you w ill retrain your freedom, and
marry the umn you lovo. This is all
that is left me to do for your happiness,
but it is still something. Thank Clod
that I know the truth at last! If I had
known it sooner, how much sorrow
might have been spared us both!''
Lie stopped, his voico growing husky
and broken toward the last, cast one
lingering, passionate look upon tho
young wifo he bad loved so well, turned
away from her without another word,
and then was gone!
lione! Zoo, listening to tho echo of
his footsteps down the hall, down tho
broad, shallow stairs, awoke at last
from the tranco which had held her
since the first word of that terrible
speech fell on her ears.
Like 0110 awakening from some deep,
strange sleep, she suddenly roused her
self and staggered toward the door,
holding out her arms with a gesture of
passionate anguish and entreaty.
"Earlo, Eaiie! come back!"' she cried.
'I did not mean it. You drove me wild
with your cruel suspicions. 1 love no
ono want no 0110 but you! I I Oh,
(JodP as the great front door IkjIow
swung to with a heavy crash "ho is
gone goiio forevori"'
Tho wild, yearning voice, intense
with tho agony of a breaking heart,
whoso sound, even at first, had scarcely
gone farther than tho white, rigid lips
through which it passe-d. suddenly
failed died into silence and Zoo Lun
stan, the deserted wifo, sunk down upon
the carpet like one stricken by a mortal
blow.
'.Yeeks passed before she knew any
tlung more of that terrible day.
Hrain lover had seized upon her, and
it seemed many times as though her
life must pay the forfeit of her share in
its reckless folly.
Hut at last sho crept back to life,
though for months she was only the
shaluw of her former self.
Hrilliant and bewitching, with tho
effervescent sparkle of champagne in
her lovely eyes, and flushing, rounded
cheeks, and dainty, scarlet lips had
been Zoe Hunstan before that ill-fated
day. Heautiful sho was yet, but that
sparkling brilliancy was gouev, and a
deathless, sorrow looked out f ' -
marvelous dark eye? ", . ""'"
had ensnared so in- ' vn ho"e ery
.... . . , any hearts.
hen she wr. ' , ,
it, they .i; rong enough to bear
tll,, ,'1 1 . iior every thing; how
when r UU"1 40 Cui1 bcr nuand
j iaey discovered ber stricken
tl", f that almost fatal shock; how
Vy bad searched vainly for him every-
here, only' to learn, at last, that ho
bad sailed for Europe on tbe very day
that ho bad left his wifo and borne;
how, a littlo later, tho world had been
startled by the news of an awful dis
aster the noblo ship on which ho bad
taken passago Lai been wrecked in
mid-ocean, and Earlo Dunstan's name
was among tbe iiat of those who were
known to be lost
Zoo listened to the awful tale in piti
ful silence. Her lovely faco grew a
6hade paler and sadder than betore, if
that wero possible, and sho sat for
awhilo with Ler dark eyes staring
straight before her, and both sxtall,
white hands clasped tightly over her
heart
Ho had forsaken her forever, and sho
could never havo Leied to look on, his
deaf lace aaia. Now the lonely, re
morseless sea would hide it from all
other eyes as well a hers. After all,
perhaps, she would rather have it so.
Hut three years passed ai.ay, and
Zoe. aft'.r a long period of mourning
and seclusion, onco more began to
mingle with tho world.
Again she was mentioned in society
as "tho loautiful Mrs. Dunstan," and
again her eager admirers and suitors
thronged around her.
Among them was, and over had been,
Fred Hammond, the handsome, dashing
fellow whose admiration for her in the
past had led to that fatal quarrel.
To him sho was always colder than to
any other man in tho whole circle of
acquaintance, yet her coldness did not
daunt him from trying again and again
to win the love ho had vainly sought
before her marriage.
"You must learn to look kindly on
my suit hi time," he urged onco more,
after many failures. "Ho is gone, and
it is foolish, nay, it is terribly wrong,
to waste your whole 1 i f - - i;i useless
mourning for hi:n. Oh, Mrs. Dunstan
Zoe. dear Zoe try to forget try to
care a little for one who ha.s lovelyouso
long and faithfully as I."
Zoe sighed wearily.
llo'.v often she bad told him the same
old story that sho never could forgot
tho one she had loved and lost
Hut she was on the eve of starting on
a long journey throughout Europe and
the East with some old friends Mr.
and Tvlrs. Sej-motir and perhaps this
would put ?. final end to tho annoyance.
"You aro asking still in vain, Mr.
Hammond,'' sho answered, calmly,
with the usual touch of coldness in her
voice. "And it must ever Lo in vain,
were you to ask the question every day
to tho end of our natural lives. I havo
no love to give to you I never bad. I
loved Earlo Dunstan only, and I shall
never forget, him or coa-o to love his
memory. I Hut hero comes Mrs.
Seymour; let us say no more- about it.
Only this you have my final, irrevoc
able answer. Never taeiition lovo to
me again!"
"Ah, my dear Zoo," murmured Mrs.
Seymour, half-reproach f ully, as Fred
Hammond bowed himself away with a
white, despairing face, "I'm afraid you
are really doing a foolish tiling. I
hearl enough to know that you refused
that poor fellow for the hliieth tbuo,
and he absolutely worships you. Don't
you really think that you havo mourned
poor Eurlo long enough'.' It can never
bring him l ack, ou know," she adJed,
gently.
"No. it con do nothing but prove tho
love lie doubted when be left me,"
sighed Zoe, drearily. "Hut that man"
and her dark eyes turned, with a flush
of scorn, toward Fred Hammond's dis
tant, retreating form "why, his pro
fessions of love but seem like sacrilege
tome! It was on his account that wo
bad that fatal q'ltrrel which drove my
husband 1.1 ins uoatti. No, no, dear Mrs.
Seymour, no living love much less his
shall ever take the place of my poor
Earle's memory!"
For months the little party of tourists
wandered about the oil World, and at
length found themselves iu oik; of tho
famed picture galleries of an ItaliuRi
city.
As they strolled slowly along, stop
ping now and then to examina sorn
work of striking merit, Mr. Dunstan,
happening to turn abruptly, came face
to face with a handsome, noble-looking
man, whose proud, stern face and sad,
blue eyes cliamred at sight of her, as
though sho had been a ghost.
And sho? She grew so deathly white
and faint that Mrs. Seymour, who stool
near and saw it all, thinking her about
to fall, hastily passed her arm around
Zoe's slender waist.
P.ut t h'j young widow did not faint;
tho v ry strength of her emotion re
vived her and kept her up.
"Earle!" she gasped, in a strained, un
natural voice. "Oh, is it you? 1 I
thought yo 1 dead!"
"Did you?'' be retorted, with tho old
bitterness, mingled now with a sad
pathos indescribable. "Oh, no, I havo
merely been dead to you. I left you for
your own happiness, you remember.
And you you bavo secured it, I sup
pose? The law would not refuse a de
serted wifo her freedom and the right 10
marry again. Hy the way" glancing
about him with a proud disdain 111 bis
blue eyes "shall I havo tho honor "'
"Earle!" broke in Zoe, proudly.
"There is no other never has been, and
never will be. I mourned you at dead
for years, for 1 believed you lost at sea
with tho rest who went down on that
doomed ship. It was a mistake. Oh,
the joy "
llcr sweet voice wavered, and again.
Mrs. Seymour thought she was going to
faint. Hut this time Karle Dunstan
took his wife by tho arm and led her
still farther from the small crowd, w ho
had not perceived tho littlu drama go
ing on so near them.
"And you have never married, be
lieving mo dead all theso years?" ho
asked, bis low, deep voice tiled with
wondering tenderness. "Oh, Zoe, for
give me forgive mo, my darling! Hut
I never knew that you thought me dead,
dear. I was rescued frem tha wreck,
but was ill and senseless for long weeks
afterward. I did not know tbat I was,
reported lost, but I should not havo
cared. I thought you would, seek your
freedom in time, and so I havo wandered
about asking no questions, and only
trying to forget. And oh. Zoo, you did
love me, your husband, instead "
'Well, if you had beard her re fuse a
certain C.e''ems,n. -is f li " milled
Mrs. Seymour, whom they had rejoined,
"you would never doubt that fact again,
Earlo Dunstan."
"God helping nie, I never will, Mrs.
Seymour," he answered, fervently.
"Hut you bad some apparent cause
to doubt me then. Earle." added Zoo;
and then, with passionate earnest
ness: "Ood helping mo you never bhall
again." Family Story Paper.
That Which Is In a Name.
Oeneral Sherman is looking Into a
show, window. Out conies the proprietor
and says: "liu do you do, Oeiu-ral?"
"Very well, sir; but I don't remember
you." "General," says the proprietor,
as the General tells it, "I made your
shirts." "Ah!" tsays the Ooneral, "I am
happy to meet you." Tiien comes up
an old friend of the General and intro
duces tbe two. "General, let mo make
you acquainted with Major Sebum."
"Ah:' says the General, with a now
light to bis oars and understanding.
-Peddler-"Huy this pistol, sir?
"What should 1 do with a pistol?"
Good heavens, man. do Vou want io
UVe foievei'V luegecae L.u-r.
IP