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IRE STREET. EBESSBDBG.
,r- rTO ll tm.wn and lonn eMahliahed Shaving
--, tiMu,wMTitt, rn Centre atreet. op-
e,.V livery mal.le olO Hara. Imvla at Kuth-
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ilO- ' JfjY,-.SH,5.,N.':- AIU Cl ITINti AND
6o .WI.Mi Unne in the i,eateat and uiutt
,e. . Tl 1 yaanner. Clean Towels a fi eetalty.
nic j ts4l waited on at their reMdencea.
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JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and
VOLUME XXYI.
couuiix. ",J " i -
FABRICS OF IHF SEISM.
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Uioxviis. Whipo.r.Is. llhick Cheviot. Cas
i f suiting, made up hi a;H-s
simercs ami ev
. Cutaways ami
lini- tf Spring
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HIS Eleventh Ave.. LTlll)Y, PA-
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a comfcrfabiu
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SSCAI'SB IT AUE1HV (OVITi THE F.AKTH,
Send for illastruted circular to
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433 "Witlimt S-itroot
PHILADELPHIA.
1,300
BUSHELS
OF
POTATOES
O. W. I1RAMI11.K, Fair Ix, ITe.it ro.
Mil, says :
With WOO pounds of Powell'i (.rrrn
ItK Krrtlllzrr fur Polaloea, uu 1;.;
acres of land, he raised bushels
traootli, KX'I aized jHJtatoes. When
quantity of Fertilizer and quality ol
land Is considered, this is largest crop
of potatoes ever raisetl In the world.
Why not raise bit; eropa of potatoes
We can tell you lioxr to do It, and Uuw
to prevent Potato ltot kikI ltll(ht.
fceud 5 two-cent .tamps for Uook
Of li 1'iities.
W. S. PoTeil 5c Co.,
Chemical Fertilizer Manufacturers,
Baltimore, Aid.
F. X. FEES'
Shaving Parlor,
Centre Street, Near Jail.
.The underalKDad dealrea to Inform th. pub
lie that he taa opened a ahavlDK parlor on Cen
t re (Meet. Dear the tall, where the barberlng bu
fnea la all Its branche-i wilt be carried on In th
luture. KverytbtDK neat anil clean.
Your pairunaKe aoUcited.
f. X. FEES.
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GONE BY
Tnere's a rusty old sword
hanging up ty the
diKir,
That a youth of the patriot army onee wore:
And a broken oll ftpinninK-wnevi
under it (
stands.
That onee whirled 'neath a patriot maiden's
fair hands.
The sword has prown dull with the wear of the
years.
And a" cobweb alone on the spindle appears;
Hut the blade it was blue and the wheel it was
spry.
When Washington fought in a summer pone by.
Sv.-eet Hetty sat turning the wheel In the sun,
la a sad-eolon d nuwn, as demure as a nun.
When Hiram rami' in at the white wieket-srati?
l:y the laveuiler-lH-d. to discover his fate.
She looked at the sky and she blushed rosy
red.
And she stooped for a sprit; from the lavender
bed; For she knew very well by the lttfht in his eye,
Yoiiiiif Hiram came woointf the summer pone
by.
He spoke of the rot In the woodland's embrace.
With windows that waited to frame her swi-t
face
In a t r.ip'e of roses, and where to the end
Their lives anil their pleasures would jieacefully
blend.
Hut swiftly .she turned with her cheeks In a
llaine:
Why speak ye of peaeo or of pleasure for
shame!
While others l'ii forth for our country to die"'
Said the pal riot maid in that summer pone by.
There is bloodshed and famine abroad in the
land:
;.,-t you a - word and troop to command.
"Tiaeu i:ne the roui;re.-s proclaimed we
t rr frf1:
(jo li t lor the roe pirdled eott.i.-e and me:"
lie .i ut. v. i'h a sol r-".v -llinir uji in his lliro.it.
Ami l. i-1 iv, u li r-spri:-' she had dropjM-d in his
co-it;
And she watched him from sipht with a smile
and a sirli,
'Mid the ro.--s and pinks of the cummer pone
by
No mi ssa:-e, no li tter, nnd deep lay the snow.
It will ci me. llwuiL-h," she said, when tt.ecro-
-ii i s blot.-."
No let?, r. t o :;;i -s.iL-e. and sunshine and rains
11 1 sniei.ioi.' d the r .- to hedpes and lanes.
She sat at h r wheel with the t- ars droppinp
down.
And a lax emit r-sprip In the breast cf hi-r
pou II.
When they told her how bravely a soldier could
die.
And brought her his sword in summer pone
by.
Ar.d laid her pale Hps In a kiss to the Made;
1 itaxe thee inv dearest, my country V she
said.
"And I die for his s.ic!" and she suddenly
pn s.-.ed
The bloodthirsty blade ti her beautiful breast,
tireen lietli her ;-raxe u the hillside afar:
AImixi- it each i:i -ht haiips aliimitinus star;
Am! the lavi nder : rexv in tin- pardi n -N d niph.
As it I'rew In tie- ,'ew of a summer pone by.
Mniiia Jrxim., in N. 12. Magazine.
THE OliACLE.
A Somber Prophecy and How It
Was Vcriflod.
I h;iv never Wlli'veil nmeli in f.r-tuiio-tfUiii;.'.
or inii'.nistry, or unythir;;
of that Uintl: 1'iit xvlu-n my txvo lcar
cousins. Amy :in.i Dully, v. ho were 1
vi.ut iK-liex-ors, uracil tnt to with
them to I'atima i'atima was tht- last
iix- jiroji'.ietess I cotiM not refuse
tliesu. I fe'.t that they, or one of them,
hail a rip'ht to know what there was to
In known alout my future, lx-causo I
was (,'uiiij,' to marry one of them.
Itoth were delightful pirls Amy a
lovely blonde. Dolly n. sparklinp; bru
nette. Each had fifty thousand dollars,
and each, I think I may sa3-, was quite
ready to marry me. I only hesitated
between them because 1 could not War
to gratify one at the expense of the
other; and. in spite of their amiabilitj-, I
had seen unmistakable siyns of a little
rivalry ltetween them.
We went all together to I'at ima's. and
I t'Kk my stand lefiire hi-r, exactly
equi-distaiit from a cousin on either
hand I was not pintf to t;ive I'atima a
lead if I r .:.ld help it. The prophetess
was a plain woman of alxnit thirty, and
she liHiked rather sour when I insistetl
on Initli the younjj latlies liein' present.
However, she went to work and droned
out some details of my past life, "-ivine;
special attention to my smoking habits
I knew smelted of cigars and my
debts: which latter information she
miirht just as well have kept to herself.
At last she could not shirk the question
of my matrimonial future any lonjrcr.
She cast pu..led glances, first at Amy,
then at Dolly lxth were looking at me
with sweet affection. She turned to
me; I jrently took a hand of each and
pressed it alTeetionately. Katima sighed
and ef;tvx- it uj.
"You are loved," she said in a deep
tunc, by txvo In-autiful women (the
o-irls looked pleased); one is fair (Amy
blushed, the other is dark (Dolly col
ored). You love lnith in a measure (I
pressed the txvo hands), and" l-'atima
paused.
Well, which is it to l-?" I asked.
She lc:it over my hand. "I see a
double line, onee broken. I see a wed
iline;. and a death, and a wedding-; and
the time for all this is short. You will
wed one; but let the other endure: the
joy f the one will 1 destroyed with
her life in a little space, and the other
sh;ill 1h- satisfied. 1 have spoken. The
cliarpe is one dollar."
"JJut stop," I cried. "Which is to
marry ne first?"
The lines say naup-ht as to that.
One you will marry, ami she must die;
and the other follows."
Hut hanir it.' is there no way out of
this?"
She knitted her brows and looked
aoaiu. "Aye. if you will; but that vray
lies a red hand a hand dyed as though
in blood. Ah, 'tLs a woman causes it!"
The yirls shivered, ami I hastily flunjf
doxvn the dollar and went out, consid
erably impressed, in pjte of my skepti
cism, with the soinlnT prophecy. My
cousins were rather silent on the way
home and met all my somewhat forced
attempts at making fun of Katima with
coldness; Iwith were distant in their
manner to me and not over-eordial to
one another. I daresay this lK-havior
was natural enough. for, if I'atima .poke
trui', one of them was doomed to early
death. leaving" her rival triumphant;
and this doom was only to le averted
if I committed a murder. Was I to
murder one nf them? Horrid thought!
Ilefore many days were over I wished
heartily that we had never leen to Kat
ima' s. No more pleasant talks tete-a-tete,
now with Amy, now with Dolly!
They tnth avoided me sedulously. On
the other hand they tegan to show al
most exaggerated affection for one an
other; they were never apart, and
treated one another with the most lov
ing, almost anxious friendship. In
fact, I should have found my stay in
the house very dull had not Mrs. tlirdle
stone, a pretty little widow with gTeat
hazel eyes and a mass of auburn curls,
consoled me a little.
I soou found out the meaning of the
A FREEMAN 'WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FKF.E AND ALL ABE SLAVES BFSIUE.'
EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY. JUNE 17. 1S92.
girl's changed leliavlor.
I was smoking iu the study one morn
ing, when I heard thein talking in the
veranda outside.
"My thirling," Amy was saying, "why
think any more of such nonsense? I
know yon love him. Accept my willing,
willing sacrifice, and lie happy with
hiin; he loves you."
"My sweet Dolly, j-ou are tio, too
generous. 1 think Katima's story all
nonsense, anil, just for that reason, I
cannot, will not, purchase happiness
at the cost of your misery. I resign
him but what do I sav? It is vou he
loves."
"I'm sure it's yon, Dolly," resumed
Amy. "He "s always looking at you. I
wouldn't say so if 1 didn't believe it;
and how you can pay any attention to
that stuff, I don't know."'
"You're quite wrong. Amy. He all
but told me it was you. It's absurd of
you to pretend not to know it."
Something followed I did not hear;
then th' toneof the voices changed, and
Amy said, with the sound of a choked
I sole
"You're a horrid girl; you want me to
die, and then you'll marry IS-H-ltob."
"I thought you loved me," sobln'd
Dolly, in reply; "and now you're plan
ning my death. I hate you. Amy."
Lunch was a somiIht meal that day.
The girls would speak neither to me
nor toon.' another; only Mrs. (mile
stone tried to keep up the conversation.
It was ju-t as 1;;.1 all day: they snapped
at one another :md they iiapicd at the
little widow, and. worst of all. they
snapped at me until really the horrid
thought that had struck lie,' be fori'
would have seemed less horrid if only I
could have relied on the clliciency of
the bloodhounds of justice: but the o
liee happened to arrest a murderer
altiut then he walked into the station,
and that stayed my fell imaginings.
IVsi.lcs, I shoiiM not have known which
to murder any more than I ha. I knoxxii
which to marry.
In very loxv spirits. I started on a
solitary walk next afternoon, thinking
I would come to a definite conclusion.
I arrived at no such thiny. I knew
they would lnith refuse me as matters
stood, and, although justly incensed. I
knew I should Xiot have the nerve to
take the alternative fate olTcrcd. The
rain came down, and 1 turned to go
home To my surprise, I met Mrs.
milestone.
"Why have you ventured out such a
day as this'.'"
"Oh, I h;nl some shopping to do."
"Could not I have done it for you?"
"Indeed, no," she ansxvcrcil. with V
laugh and a blush.
"Or one of the servants?"
''No; servants chatter so."
"It's a secret, then?''
"Well, yes, it is from vou, anvhoxx-,
Mr. Thompson."
"Dnl you get what you wanted?"
"Yes; I have it here."
I noticed she was carrying a fair
sized parcel wrapjied in tissue paper.
"Oh. let me take it for you?"
"Will you le very careful? I don't
know what I should do if it came to
grief."
I promised to guard it like my life,
and we walked on. Presently the rain
stoppfd. the sun came out. and we
lengthened our walk. She wa.s very
kind and sympathetic, and at last 1
told her the whole story. Nothing
could lie nicer than the way she spoke,
and I iM'came quite engrossed iti our
conversation. It lasted up to the very
door, and we paused in front of the
house, while she stopped to say a last
word, pressing my hand and telling me
"how grieved, how very -"
At this point a butcher-liny came
along, carrying a basket. The Ixiy ran
against Mrs. ( lirdlestonc's parcel. There
was a sound of breaking glass. I
dropped the thing, but not ln-fore my
hand was covered with blood as I
thougjit.
"Oh, oh. oh!" I cried; "my hand's cut
to bits."
The widow looked at-it.
"I must stanch the blood!" I cried.
"Nonsense, Mr. Thompson. It's not
bload: it's it's well, it's my hair
wash!" and .slic blushed very becom
ingly. "Hair-wash!"
"Yes," she murmured; "my hair is "
"Woman, don't hesitate at such a
moment!"
"Well, pale red; and that dries a
lovely auburn."
Her hair might have leen blue for all
I cared. She was a charming woman,
and hnd rescued me from a fearful
temptation and one of my cousins from
an early death. I prerxased to her on
the sjot.
Then I went in ami told my cousins.
They lcared up and rushed into one
another's arms, exclaiming, in furious
tones: "The old cat!"
We were married in a month. I have
no word to say against my wife; only it
is a fact that she had nothing but one
thousand dollars a year, which ceased
on re-marriage. Each of the girls had,
as I said, fifty thousand dollars.
So my visit to Katima cost me ex
actly fifty thousand and one dollars.
I think tlie laxv should In' impartially
administerctL. and all such persons put
in prison. St. James' tiazette.
JUDGE A MAN BY HIS NOSE.
The Way m, Chtaaco Merchant Kattiinatr
(hararter.
"That was an interesting nnd true
little item that the Tribune reprinted
from some horse breeder's paper telling
the character and disposition of a horse
by his mse," said an old State street
merchant; "but let me tell you that I
can pick out a stingy, small-minded
man or one that is liln-ral, big-minded,
etc., quicker by a glance at n.-scs than
mist any man can the extremes in
horses. Nine out of every ten men who
have a concave nose, and particularly if.
it's small, tire stingy or intensely sel
fish and narrow-minded and mean, and
it wouldn't Ik- necessary for Juu to have
but precious little to do with em, espe
cially in a business way, in order to
find it out.
"When you see a large or pood-sized
nose that is convex in build, and espe
cially if it lias more or less of an intima
tion of the Roman school alxmt it as
architects would say you can depend
that its possessor is a lileral, broad-minde-'
follow, and usually, ttx, schol
arly. 1 guess I've cleared close onto
one million dollars during the twenty
years that I've been running a store in
Chicago, and half of that I owe to hav
ing alxvays made a point of reading
people by their noses. And what I've
said applies to women jtut as much as
to ixicu."
LOUIE'S TRIALS.
A Leaf from tho Memories of Early
Childhood.
I could not have leen more than five
years old at the time, and I was spend
ing a fortnight with my grandmother.
I liked to Ik; there. She was an un
demonstrative but most tender-hearted
old lady; and I have liecn told since
that I was her pet among the twenty
children who called her "tJrandtna."
Ivut there were no young people for me
to play with. Our only small neigh
bors were wild, noisy, ill-bred children;
and I was forbidden even to talk over
the fence to them. The elderly servant
who took charge of me was constantly
"nagging" me on this subject. "Don't
you speak to those Kissams. Louie,"
she would say, sharply; or, " see you
near the Kissam's fence, and I mean to
tell your grandma." All this made me
very miserable, and I think dear old
granny found it out; for one day. 'in
the twilight hour, when it was her
sweet custom to let me sit with her in
the "I Slack-wain nt parlor," as the
piaint room fronting the rorrl was
called, she took me tin her lap and said,
in a cheery t- me:
"I think my little girl is tired of old
pc-ij,!c; i-.n"t she? Well, now, do you
see th:;t white h: u:e across the street?
It has b.en closet I all summer, you
know. b;-euu'-c the family arc away: but
to-niorrox-. they are coming home, and
1 here are three nice little children for
vou to piay x uu. j
i liunvr my arms nroumi grant una s
neck autl hugged her for very joy! And
all that evening', and after 1 was in "x-d
even, 1 kept picturing; the delight of
having those chl! lrcn t piay with, er
hapsto xisit. hoxv my ! dis to. with
out any f.-aroT r:iinrs or rebuke from
Mari:i. Karly the next day we s:;v the
family arrive. Two carriage lo::d:.. and
a great van lull of furniture, trns.ks,
etc.. and the windows of the large
beautiful house were Hung op -n ::nd
there was a general air of cheerful
st.'tivity. The sain- afternoon Mrs.
Kolaerts. the children's uu ther. ran
across to see grandma. She xvas n
beautiful young woman, dressed in the
height of that day's fashion large
crinoline, a ihiunced blue and white
mtisliii ami lloxving sleeves, :t:id her
brigiit broxvu hair was loojicd in what
they called "Madonna" braids. I could
hare g.iz -d ::t h--r lorcver. And
xxle.-n she s;.id: "Oji. i-, this Nell's little
girl?" and t-x.k me o:i her l;:p regard
less of her crisp muslins and kissed me,
and :.:iid 1 must come the very next day
to see the children, the conquest xvas
complete.
W ell, my anxiety for the "nexl tiny"
to come kept i:le awake long ln-yond
the hour Maria was alxvays telling me
no , liitlc girl ever i."l to sit up."
and in the morning I lore with unheard
of patience her rasping way of curling
inv hair. I used to !re;.d that ordeal.
Maria's hands were like iut meg graters,
and she twisted and turned my head
ulout as she curled the hair over a
stick as though I xvas trying to be re
bellious; and every little while the
stick wouldn't come through the curl
she made it so tight! While this per
formance, was going on she gave me
various warnings for the day's behavior.
"I'll tell you just unr thing," she
wound up with: "don't you tl.ir? meddle
with a thing you see. They've brought
l-:iutiful tilings from Kurope, anil
you'll never le let over there again for
a tninntt." (here the stick was dragged
out of a curl; but I Ik are it silently) "if
you so much as hurt one single bit of
anything. You med ile, meddle, med
dle the "hull time: and if "'' laecn your
grandma I'd never her let you go there
at all. She'tl ought to know you'll do
some mischief."
Tears Maria did not see sprang into
my eyes. No one had ever made me
feel myself such a disagreeable child!
I wondered if Mrs. Roberts would dis
like me so much. Hut very saori grand
ma came into the room antl told Maria
it was time she took me across the road.
adding, in her kindest way: "I know
my little girl will Ik; gooti, and I am
sure she will In very happy."
Maria sniffed when xve were alone
again, and, as we crossed the road, ex
pressed her disapprobation by jerking
ine from time to time, ami telling me
to "walk straighter"ar "keep my-hands
still," or "not try to act so silly."
At last I was within the door of the
fine house in a wide hall full of stat
uary, pictures, etc.; some not as yet
placed, others having leen there since
Mrs. Uolacrt's childhood, but all my at
tention was centered on the staircase,
down which three rosy little girls in
white dresses, with long curls flying,
ami an air of delightful freedom, came
rushing to welcome me. Antl we were
friends at once that is, directly the
door hat! closed on Maria; and by the
time they had taken me upstairs to a
big, sunshiny nursery, where a Krench
U'Miisin white cap and large apron sat
sewing, we knew each other's names
anil had decided first t. "play dolls."'
Children of to-day cannot appreciate
what a genuine French doll with a
trousseau was to the American child of
that period. When I saxv the three
dolls belonging to Dora, Addy and Nell
their wonderful clothes like a 'Teal
person's" their hats, shos,dres.ses, un
derwear their trunks with lids all
the outfit of a lady of fashion I nearly
screamed with delight! And what a
morning we had! We sat on the floor
ami played house; we made several
days of it in order to put the dolls into
their dainty beds, to take them up and
wash and dress them. We walked
them up and down the balcony
in order to put their out-of-door
garments on. They called on each
other; they gave parties; they
sat down to dinner at the most
delightful little table with rcul food in
the dishes, which the good-natured
Krench nurse procured; and they fell
ill and had to have a doctor (Nell in her
brother's hat and coat), and altogether
created for me a paradise. While we
played. Rosalie, the bonue, sat in the
window sewing, Itxkingon at us good
naturedly, and now and then speaking
in French to the children. She had a
high workbasket at her side, full of all
kinds of sswing material; and the only
time slie was cross was when Addy
wanted to "rummage" it for some
thing. 1 think it must have been nearly noon
when Mrs. Kolaerts came in to say the
children's uncle from Danbury was
downstairs.
"They will only be gone a few min
utes, Iouie. dear," she said, sweetly;
'you wvn't miud.':
I
' i IBS
81. SO and
And she gave Rosalie
the same time altout a
So 1 found myself alone
excitetl frame of mind,
ly: but I couldn't play
until mv new friend?
some order at
rtom upstairs.
I was in an
Not at all lone
with the dolls
return; so I
roamed restlessly alaout the room,
panning near the fascinating work
basket at last. At this moment I can
see just how it looked. The shining
bronze nccdlecase, the "racks" of
thread, the laobbins all the imple
ments for the needle of that day and
just on top was a large roll of tape.
Alas anil alas for Maria's warnings, I
tot ale it up. t ill-Tied it around and around
and. yielding to some impulse, I ean't
say what. I poked my finger through
the center ami out ran the tape!
1 held the circle remaining in f.laee
in my hand, fairly stiff with fright!
HTn-'f had I done. And. poor baby that
I xvas. I picked up the wavy strip I had
pushed out and sat down o:i the iloor,
winding anil txviating aud turning, try
ing to put it back into the middle again!
I laclievcd I had done some irreparable
injury, and my tears fell fasU-r and
faster while all Maria's taunts came
back! No unless I got that taie
rolled in stgain. surely never would I
see my litt le playmates again! And oh,
tl'.e wretchedness of knowing for cer
tain wh::t M.iri.i would s::y. Sudde:;y
I heard a step on tie- stairs and, ci-i l
with fright. I spran,r to my feet. To
this day I can't t:ll how it happened
that I made a bolt f..r a .h,r to the left
of the wind-iv, o;vened it, and, seeing a
narrow iligl.t of r tail's, dashed up them,
still clinging to tie- unlucky tape! My
one thought was t lii,!-' until got that
roll in place again: unit up 1 went,
along:! rather dark hall and into what
I knew later was the attic.
There, for a moment, I stood panting
and bexvihlcreil. There was light
enough fr-u:i txvo or three windows.
:::id I - aw ;: l :rge place. iu-::;iy full of
trunk .. furniture, etc., soi.,e !d. some
Hew. A tad secretary stood near one
of the window and lachind this I took
refuge, sitting down near the dusty
panes of glass and lu ginningonce more,
but xvith very shaky little lingers, to
roll the strip of tape back in its
place. It f"ulilu't go, tif course; and
so. wretched as only a little
chihl can lac over a lnarrox-cd trouble
that seems to her young ignorance ter
ribly real. I leaned my head against the
framework of the windoxv sobbing and
crying my heart out! After such a love
ly morning! Ami now never again
would I see my little friends! And
Maria would "nag" xxorse than ever
and tdi oh well, since that day sad
hours and real troubles have come into
my life, as they must into all who live
in the field of trial;" but I question
if ever the future It aoketl so miserable
as it did while I sat there with the
tamrled tap' in my little hands and felt
that all my new happiness xvas at an
end! P.ut what a blessing it is that
children worn out with any worry or
excitement, fall into dreamless sleep!
A roll of carpeting was near by. With
out lacing conscious of it. my head
drooped, and presently I waa away off
in the land of Nod.
I must tell you during the hour 1 slept
what was going on below.
In a few moments after my flight up
stairs the children came buck. Nat
urally a search for me followed; then
Rosalie and Mr. Rolacrts, were called.
They flee it led I had gone home, and
Rosalie was sent flying over to bring
me back. Of course dear grandma was
av.rmed; and while I slumbered iu
happv forgetfulness of my trouble a
search was going fan in all directions
for the missing child. It was Addy, I
laclieve. who from the gartlen saw some
thing which haoked as if it lui'jht lae I in
the windoxv of the attic; anil so my first
conscious moment was axvakening in
the aftcrntaou to find half a dozen pct
ple leaning over me. talking, laughing,
crying together; and I sat up lacwildered,
but called out:
tlil;i't infiin to do it.'" and clutched
the tape. I felt sure I wa.s to lae brought
to task by all combined, especially as
Maria's steely glance was the first which
met mine.
At this day, when anyone who re
calls the time wishes to tcazc me, they
will say:
" Yii d M n't mfin to do 7." It has be
come a family by-word.
Well, f f course I explained as well as
I could what had happened, holding up
the tape grimy with my tears and the
dust of the windoxv; and just then no
tine laughed. They saw the pathetic,
sitle of it all, I suppose, liven Maria's
sharp tongue was silent.
What comfort there xx-as in the wav I
was taken home. And when the next
day Mrs. Kolaerts ran across with a
real Krench doll for me, I felt as though
I could lear even to have Maria do her
harshest with the curling stick if l
had my new treasure in my arms mean
while.
"Do you know," I heard Mrs. Eolacrt,s
say to grandma, "this is a capital hanee
to make it all up xvith Nell? I'll write
her to-night. I never uiiwcvraVxxL why
she felt hurt w ith me.''
Grandma was silent for a moment, her
knitting needle pressed against her low
er lip. Then she saiiL, gravel v:
"Well, M avian. I will tell you. When
Nell was left a widow she wrote you,
asking your influence in securing; a
position for her. You never an
swered" "I norrr heard a word of the kind!" she
exclaimed and then the txvo older peo
ple talked in lower tones; but later I
learned that ray motherland Mrs. Rob
erts had once been dear friends, but had
drifted apart; and through iny "bor
rowed trouble" I now rejoice to 6ay
they met again, "forgot antl forgave;"
and I am telling ybu this bit of the past
in the library of the White House,
where my brother Dick Addy'B hufv
band is the beloved and honored m:'
ter. Lucy C. Lillie, in N. Y. Indepcr.de
ent. '
OF A LITERARY NATURE.,
The proportion of Anglo-Saxon words
in the English llible is ninety-seven per
cent, of the whole.
The first Russian newspaper was
published in 170:t. Peter the (Jreat took
a personal part in its editorial com
position and in correcting proofs.
Pp.of. KfEXEX. of Ix-yden, Holland,
died recently at the age of sixty-three,
lie was one of the most eminent of the
destructive school of IJiblical critics.
The story was told at the Whittier
celebration that when the poet asked a
farmer to whom he had lent a volume
of Plato hoxv he liked it, "First rate."
said the farmer. "I see he's got some
of iny ideas."
postage per year In aivance.
THAT BROTHER OF MINE.
Who is it comes iu hUe H u liirlwirid.
Ami cios s l!.e il nt K ith a sl.iin.
And. Iffor.- I: l:.'s t ilieii !: hat ofT.
1'ulls tr.:t .or s I. rend ;ni,l some jam''
Who i . it tS-.n !e'li s so 1.
As he w tirl.s iit s, .tar t.in-:i - of t vc-n.-Th:it
xvill s.-n-l his Uiie u into clouU;tnd''
Why. of course, n s ili.it lirnllier of nunc.
Who is it that. v.h. n I ;itn xvi-nry.
Has uluuxs :i hole i:i hi., coat,
A button to s.-'.v on in a hurry,
A Silll to lie !.!!. f..r .. li;.o
Who is it th.it 1.. c p. in n. y basket
His niarbh s i io:.: 1. shine hue.
And xje-ets, ci, i. 'spi. s, il, th. p to tlivl th.-ni1'
Xo oil'' else l ut tll.lt brother of mill''.
Who is it tint tijat.a. s :,l,ut softly
Wli'-nex-er 1 r i sii r in pain
And is rvi rv i;;;:i,.te I.,r -i ttii.e
And x :i-.!li:i .. b,-:ei si-iittiiu: strain''
Who is ii ih -.. h .: h. is tr . :n'
To ! j i .t :.s ill - I . e
Is a!xv:ij s t:;.-! : m'.:;.' :io:- :
My brother, of tours.-- l-. 's the tn.in
Who is it I M r it':, r li e. v by Me
Wl.i a in i.ecti of ri true, liom-st friend.
Who is it that 1 sh .'.! ta:- . sel.y
IVlil-Ii his bo ll.si I h ,s Come to end:
And v.l;-u lie i . t -I- tr. in He- ,.M home.
And I l.ei:-' for eliinpse of e;::,sliiiie.
Whom, then, ilo you t!.ia!; 1 sh..il send f.,r
Why. of course, for h -. 1 r .tli.-r of tniii -.
A -in s I., l'n.ii, iiit;., l I lous. k. ei:ti.
ADAM IIOLroMirs WILL.
A Deed of Ki..lno.?s nnd VTliat
Cavr.o ol It.
Adam Holcotiih v. as dead ;.t l..-t--dead
after seventy years of nioiiey
getl ing. aii.l t !i- grave had !o-e.l over
him. He had i:o cUMr. n. f. .r he had
led a single life, induced, so it xvas said,
though not hing w as certainly known.
by a:i early
.n
l-npjaoii
tlllelit xx liieli ha. I
warped his nature, and
a solitary and scllish 1
Mamm. in :.h me.
Adam 11.. let-ml. was tl
made him lea l
le. givi-tl up to
d. and as
itioli he
vet
had
in (one k neiv xx hat
1-1..
luatle of his l;e:iey.
Three tlax's after the funeral, the
nexl -of h in an i l --': I ie he irs - or col
lected in the .!:;.e,,f the lawyer, who
was the custodian of thev. iil and pri
vate papers of the lleeea J il. They
were few in numlaers for th.' family
was not a large one. There xxere but
three, and these three may 1m- briefly
flescril '.!.
Kirst cam.- .lames Jloh-omb
of t he .1 :;si i. ;i x ; in. so! !i
man. ;;11 his thoughts cent
hin'e-elf and Lis i.xvn fain"
a nephexv
-.. xxorldly
red 11 J m all
x ! : heal
lie-.', r been lc'lo'.yn to ge.e ; lf;riy :r
any eiiarit :il .le .i:rpos. .
Next t ain - H.-.rvey II
of the lust-named, and :
age. IK- w::s tall, thin a:
belonged to the legal
which he had managed
siderablt money, though
xx a . none of the le.-st.
sidered triekv. willing
.1.
Us..,
i1 ., nit 1 h same
e' a:i nlar. 1 !-
l'i- l -ssi. m. in
to pick tip eon
Li., reputatii .n
He xx a s con -to
undertake
any cause, however disreputable, for
money. He was married and had a
family, for whom he provided in a
grudging manner. lie t., had
nourished sanguine hopes i f landing
himself much better off aft er his uncle's
death.
Last came a young man. presenting a
strong contrast to the other txvo. He
was of light complexion, brown hair,
clear blue eyes, antl an attractive face.
He xvas barely twenty-five years ..f age.
very plainly elrcssed. anil with a mtadest
manner which prepossessed one in his
favor. Ho was the sou of old Adam
Holeomb's youngest sister, who hail
married a paor minister, and her son.
Alfretl iravx-s. was studying medicine,
for which he had a decided predilection.
I Sut he had laecn cramped by narrow
means, ami was even noxv teaching in a
country school, hoping to obtain enough
by this means to pay for his college
course. He had applied to each of his
two relatives present for a small tem
porary loan, to help him complete his
studies, but without effect. He had
taecii curtly refused by laoth.
He had come here to-day, as a matter
of form, without the slightest expecta
tion of benefiting by the xx ill of his
late relative, lie had known him but
slightly, antl never received any encour
agement i-.jaoTi which he could build a
hope. Yet if he could but receive a leg
acy of even three hundred dollars, he
thought, it would help him materially.
That was the amount which he had
vainly sought to borrow of the mer
chant and lawyer, now present with
him at the reading of Adam Holeomb's
last xx ill ami testament.
The merchant ami lawyer conversed
while xx; iliig i"-r S.jtiiiv ISrief.
"Have you any idea, c msin. how
much the old gt nth-man had accumu
lated?" a- lvi d .lames Iloteoinb.
"I hnve heard it estimated at txvo
hundred Mid fifty thousand dollars!"
was the rt ply.
"That is a large sum. I hope he Las
not laecn unjust enough to squander any
of it on charitable s. K-ict it s."
"I ho;ae not. That would lie a great
piece of in just ice to Lis relations."
"He never dropied anything to you
al-on' the tlisjaositi.nl he intended to
make of his property, did he?"
"Not he! He xvas a close man, very,"
aid the other. "I once tried to worm
something out of him, but didn't get
much sat isf act ion."
" hat did he say?"
"He said that he thought taf endow
ing an asylum for f raols and lunatics,
antl that I could tell whether I was
likely to le laenefited by his so doing."
"Ho! ho!" laughed James, shaking
his capacious sides; "he got you there,
ch?"
"I don't see it, "said the lawyer.sourly.
"You don't appreciate the joke, ch?"
"It was a foolish piece of imperti
nence. However, everybody knoxvs
what the old man was. and 1 let it pass.
If it had laecn anyone else, I would have
given them as gtwul as they sent."
"ltut you were afraid it would spoil
your chances, eh?"
As to that, I have no idea. There is
no question that wc ought to be joint
heirs."
"True," returned James. "That
would give one hundred and twenty
five thousand apiece. That would sat
isfy me."
"How about Alfred's chances?"
queried the lawyer, glancing sharply to
that part of the office where the young
man was quietly seated.
"Oh, he'll getnothing," said the mer
chant, contemptuously. "He laelotigs
to a beggarly stock, and a laeggar he'll
remain to the end of his days, tioiug
to be a doctor, I hear."
"Well, I wish him joy of his profes
sion, if he ever gets in it, which is some
what doubtful. He wanted to laorrow
three huudred dollars of me the other
dav."
-Atlvei'tir-iin? IfiitfPs;.
Ti e Urvt at-.I rt 1 ut eirt u i f i. I. t l tl r i t te .
biua i i niAt r u, u.entit it t. tleim i K
rtibalilcrttii u i I miirrlfMia til.i r fit:.' ' be
mert. d at the lel.t w ll.iz lew tin t;
1 loeb. s timer ( l.M
1 inch, 3 uitintti' 2.M
I iD-h, 8 moDthr .
1 inch i year .'
2 turtle. U mialithal ' "1
2lnre,l year .t. 00
S Irvrben. tuontni . O
a lurhen 1 x ear I'iU
(4 coIoujo. 6 in initial..... l.uw
i column. ini.ntb tj
e dumn, t yea' :VOQ
; culuuin, 4 uumtli. 4i
I column, I year ... 74.0
Hulne Item. brt lnr t-n. l(k-. -er Ho.
uiaieiuent lner:ut.. ! j.er l'nc
Administrator ' and Kltcju-i .otlee . fl.i
A a Jitor'n N ti.si a.uo
Stray and similar Notice 1 M
ar-iae.lut lonai or .r.acc-diiif i I i-uir et"Hir
tlen or i-i n.-iv nr 1 -. niuiui r ati-.i.. trm.Lti) to
rail attei.ti. n l'i any n:. iter it In.i'ttl r Ir.cll
vidua I l tile' eat lnu-l be j a it! I i in iln rt. cement
Hook ar.il Job l-rintin of all ialnrn ullj and
eiruiuuior exttt-Mtrtl at ll.e It-weat tuci. And
don't yon lorieet it.
"And of me. Did you h t him have it?"
"Not I. I've enough to doxxithmv
money xvilhout giving it axxav. Of
course he'd never have repaid it."
'Nn. 1 si;pjy.se not. The C aol Hess Of
some people is refreshing.'"
"Well. I take it for granted oi l Adam
xvas miH-h t.ao shrewd to lavish any of
his money ..n siv li a fello-.v."
"Tru -t liii.i f r that."
The young Mia'l xvas cngag-sl in re-id-ing
a v ilume ht had taken up, and did
not he -r this conversation.
It ,.-.. . interrupted by the entrance of
Mr. ISrief. P.. .1 Ii t he merehen i and the
lnwvr greeted him v. it 1 1 deference ami
eortliali' v. :.t a man w hose xx or.e. might
bring tl,.'i:i prosit r.ty or tie ;. j.o.nt
ment. Al f red Orax-.'s rose in a quiet,
gent iema u 1 y matiTter, and 'noxvtd xxith
the coiirt -sy xx hi.-h xx : . habitual to
him.
"(ieiitletiu-n." the attorn- .'' "-aid. "I
hol.l in my hand t lie xxi',1 of xmr late
relative. I xx ill at onee proceed to read
it."
Of course his vx or.ls comma ruled in
stant attenl ion. All Kent forward tw
li -.:!.
Aft, r'he usual forruu! i. came the fol
low ; ;' it
"I giv. ! p-.eatli to my nephexv,
.l:.:a. Jloleoiii'.. the : urn of thou
sand d liar- to be held iu tie. I for his
c hih -re n.
"To i.r. i: -phew. Ifenry Ih.l'ornb, 1
1:1 i- ; ' the '.'.'in ! f-e thousand
tlol! ,rs t.. I- h. ld in tru-I for his chil
tii t-n. t ise s..!i' it-.- : ne income shall
Mit'i::- II;. I- applied.
"To o.ily ! ; u : 1 1 1 i ": 1 1 " nephew,
Alfred Craves, I give the e-:i of txvo
thon-a: ! .1 Mars to be :. ;: -r ; -rial ed to
his ,o, :, use ;;s !., may see hi.
"I st t aside t he sirn i I 1 .-. o hundred
1hoiis:,i,il dollars to .', ; ! i- !i a public
IP .re ry in !..; nat ive t.- -i. (p. tarter
to t.e ;:; e ed to t ' e tfei t i'ii of a
suitable l.r.l.i'tig a: d t'e- r- a.aind.-r to
eon -t it ul . a l'ujid. of x hi. 1- income
only !.:.!! '. einplox'eil forth purchase
of bo-,!;-.."
Here the notary made a pa its.. The
merchant and lawyer sat with looks of
blank disappointment al. 'larger, which
they ma le no ; -ttempt to conceal.
II had no ri 'lit t defr.-ee ! his rela
tives in thi , way. " la'itt'-re.'i .'nines.
"It i. .: lai -ral-ie in i p"- it ion." said
Henry I! ,!nn-:!. "to put a . ...T xxith
such a ::i 'yardlx' -um."
"j'or my -rt. 1 :.m quit-- r t'eficd."
sa i 1 '. a ; o i:, g ma'i. "I h.. e received
lie a -i 1 ep.-e1 -d."
' h. x : it '.x ilt be a gr. at thing for
., heggar like x "i," aid dames, .-.arcas-ti.-aily.
"I i.iii not a beggar." r-turned the
young man. proudly.
"I tent lemen," sail the l..',vver, "I
have not finished r.-a. ti.e xxiih
"My faithf'd . ! 1 . '. :- -1 .... x'.,o is
noxv somewhat lu'.o't i. ! tr.i ' ee. f lay
I.ephex' s v. i 1 b" xvillii.g to I home,
and treat indulgently lor 'I. sa.o- . f
the ma-t.-r to ,-. hoi;, he v. . ,.;t sh,-.l."
'That's c,vol'." ej'U-.ilate.i .lain-'-.. "As
for i:i,v I don't choose ti 1 hot In-red
with t he d ig."
"iSi-.t." said the lawyer, "since your
uncle has given you a legacy, are you
not willing to incur this alight care and
expense?"
"I must absolutely refuse. Mrs. JIol
comb docs not like dogs, nor 1. More
over, my uncle has tr.-ated me too
scurvily for me-to inconvenience ,,iy
self much on his account."
"Then, xxi'.l you take 'dm?" askivd
the solicitor, t timing to t he lawyer.
"Not I." said he. shru-'g'.ag his
shoulders. "The dog may starve for
aught I care."
"Antl you, sir?" turning V Alfred
Craves.
"I xx ill a -sume the rharge of S. dpio,"
said All 'red raves. "It is:i li.-'!i' ac
knoxx ledgment for my uiieb 's le','acy."
"You mav find him troublesome."
"That xx ill make no difference. W hile
he lives, he shall be comfortably cared
f. .r."
"What a model nephexv:" said the
merchant, sarca-d ieaUy.
"ttood young man:" .-aid the other
relative, xvith a sneer.
"Oentlemen." said the attorney. "J
will uoxx' read the codicil."
The two older men haoked at each
other in surprise, which changed intn
rage and dismay as they listened
"To that one of my nephews who
shall agree to take charge of my dog,
lacing yet unacquainted xx ith this pro
vision of n-y xxill, I bequeath tiie resi
due of my property, amounting, as near
as 1 can estimate, to one hundred
thousand tl- "liars."
"You knew of this!" exclaimed the
elder men. turning wrathful fuc. to
wards Alfred -raves.
"Not a word." said the young man.
"I am as much astonished us vou can
be."
"No one knew of it except myself,"
said the attorney. "I congratulate yon,
Mr. Oravcs, on your large accession of
wealth."
"I receive it gratefully. I trust 1
shall make a good of it," said the
young man.
"I hope now to repay my parents for
the sacrifices they have made iu my be
half." "If I had but known." said the mer
chant, with bitter regret. "I have
thrown axvay a fortune."
"And I," chimed in the lawyer, rue
fully. Hut there xvas no help for it. The
deetl was done. The txvo disappointed
men left the house, feeling anyti.ing
but grateful to the uncle who they per
suaded themselves had cruelly wronge 1
them.
Hut there was a modest little home
that xvas mad.' glad by the news of Al
fred's gtaod fortune, antl in his hand-s
the money has brought a laicising xx-itli
it, for it has been made a fount;. ;n of
good deeds and charitable influences.
Home Ciueen.
Queer Oyster Uoata.
Hug-eyes, the characteristic craft of
the Chesapeake, have crept down to in'
North Carolina coast, wheic they are
used by oystermcu. The bug-eye is a
long, narroxv lnaat. sharjaened at laoth
ends and marvclously sxvift and stanch.
Sometimes it is made like a canoe, of
tree trirnks hollowed and clamped to
gether sitle by side. Cambridge, Md.,
has a formidable fleet of bug-eyes en
gaged in oyster catching, st une of them
lacing large lnaats capable of carrying a
considerable cargo. Their masts are
absurdly rakish; so much so, indeed,
that the stranger, tail first seeing a bug
eye, can scarcely laclieve that the masts
are set at their pr per angle.
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