j., ,,ilrin s I reeniiiii i i'iiOI lihril Weekly at tfMl B. 4-AMBKIA ., FES SS.., JAK ti. II ASM)., ,e.l firrulatien, - 1,200 Miiirrllinn Kales. tret '"M - J.' j v -n n vi' . n.iKi II r't pal.1 within 3 months. I.T5 ,1,, ii nl pvi.1 within 6 ruonthi. ml ou "' i,, ti n. t paid within the year., a 25 T ,,.,,,5) refl.liriK out?trte of the county 1i,o j.l !l'.inl .er year will be charged to m no event will the above term.' he Je " .,,, n.l those who don i consult tlielr .err-' ' ty pavm in a.lvaiico muxl not ex " '"'he ela-'e'd on the same tootlUK as those who "rt iletthi' Ht!Tirily understood true; "".'-titue r..rr.l. i. , r..r voir paper helore you Mop Jt. ir stop ,',t Vine but seaiawiiies no otnerwiso. '" . .raiawa life l too snort. 1 t-e a i D REX EL'S IMPROVED EMULSION OF HJ4E. NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL WITH CHEMICALLY PURE HYPOPHOSPHITES OF LIME AND SODA. FOR CONSUMPTION. BRONCHITIS. COUGHS, . COLDS, ASTHMA. SCROFULA, .SKIN DISEASES. NERVOUS DISEASES, . DISEASES OF CHILDREN, .WHOOPING COUGH. ANAEMIA. . eTARHH. . GENERAL DEBILITY, ETC. ETC piisTs'p.aM? preparation cures by Its nutritive jivl jSt-rtivc vN,1-lcr- I s a rue emulsion. not a iiinc -. ih r jsilv liiecsted, tiuicklyissunilateti. j.s its w-ni'lfiliil action on Wood, tissue Hi urre by a mt marted improvemeut from !fDiti'$ EnL-ioi of Cod Liver Oil Is especially wrlLCJ " " - i a:d-Tot!.I ni-i sw lim.:-. vJaimul.ir cniunjcmrnu, ! li.ti :fif w .-r: tii- ot chililhood. Kfr dys- 1 'V "Il'-i --.ts, it a irf- t cure. ' ' nT'' E-i,n!s:in of 0d Liver Oil the very I -in nit i t t 'i tr ..nh, colt Is, bronchitis. t-' up, urvu'tt-. -rc and lii:rtlinff throat, hoarse ti , k. : i r-r in t h r--.ir . s-'frnrss ot chest and all t.vr uritJt' !. ii i' ihh .! .itul diseased conditions .-I U.C t:.i -at. l;:t' 'ii i ch t. Lira-f? Hutlr?, DO cents per bottle. Sold by iruit3 ur:u-TA.l.y, or ut to any address on re- S'-lLE F PROPRIETORS, Winkeimann & Brown Drug Co. BALTIMORE. MO. U. S. A "NO MORE DOCTORS FOR ME I TV ai'l I was coiisunititivo. sent rn t F.of U, t IJ in" Pi Keep tiiet. no exeite- B-r.t, AiA no tennis. Just thinx l it. Uii!av I found a httlrt lww.k called 'Guido t- I ( . r 1 1 . " i v Ms. 1'inl.liaiti, and in it I ,iL.i it nii.it ailr.l me. So 1 tip'l to. r. - t a Invi Iv r.-T.iv, t..ld me jut ivltat to j, and I nil in S-!.-i:iiid t h now." lliE.PiNKHAM'ScvocS?ub fmq it-r; :i t!in weakiiesves ami ailments i-i-sj . i.t with the sex. and restoies ter- fc--t h-u.tli. All I'm.-;) si 11 it a a standard arti cle, it lit ir in til. in form of Tills or L- J'-h i -ii i,'. i.ii i .f Sl.tai. r ilia mil- ( Kidney Complaints, :'.-t-t. t! I '.iittTxHiiM Ir.s no rival. -Mrv i'u Kli itn fi.-. ly answers letters ot !E';;ary. Krit vise t-tntp fur reply. i-r I. Pinknam Med. Co., Lynn, Mail. From Pole to Pole 4nH Himr-AHII IJk V.an drmnnatnunl ta I cure f ,r mi &:m of the hiuad. The Harpooner's Story. JJrJ.r.l, June J, 1SH3. r-.T. C. ATIB X Co- Tw.-ntv V(ar i?f I "m tM-pooor la li e Nurth I'ai-'iri.- hm rtv of uw w and myi- lf n-pre laid up with "Tirry. Our todii-s i-re t.l.uttrd, Kumnwoll.-n K4 t.-r,li:,it Wth I.JOHI-, Jmriiif blutches all f-r,3 urlatb nir.l r.ittin. Tak It '-'V w w-r l.r. t;y l..!ly off. All onr .'l d.-strrvwl. out the (: had a n.-jnia d..z.-n bottlca nf AlIR'l mrkiLL ar.J rive m that. We recov- "r u s-4t Ly any t!i.r tr.atm.nt for Scurvy, 1 1 eo a ir .i d. il cf it. S.-pin no nin a: y ur A;iniiiaoi.f y.j'ir fiu-aparilla b-in f "1. r Hrrt, 1 ih..ui(!.'t j .u ui'htUi know of The TroOOr f inprlAn.n. ".iami'a.'jiij a tr..A v lvec. -J- Aria i v. i - TK. J ';r ..r;.,:u w fcav9 auitioned f?T"''J"r vara, dunn? which time we "'to l:v to team. Beistf undr eanraa f 1 tim bri-Bi,;i nn m h. i t. !..! In this -i-r trr rlill-... i i..i '1''tIa'' 1 i a.!-. :m- to vnniilvu. a. tw, . ,.f i:i.-h made my aorea r;r nj :, . , n 1 I khi ii..w quite well. I-riKr. ,, T. K. Hones, T:j rr, ( u0 Mounted Jikemn- . fyers Sarsapar7a I CLiTTVirr.tjf-hJv "ffcrtive blood-pnrifier. riwli. ata the poiaona ol 1 Coutaioua JUlaeaae kj- -' Jtia. PRrrmrD bt "' r- Ayer i o., Lowell, M 8"J Ly ;l I 'nitrgi.u : Prtoe t J a i Uiti.ei fur FOR ARTISTIC OB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. v' fl-'n '""'"Mark obtained, and all l'Mr M-',r.l!,".0Dt"si'e U. S. Patent Office. I"t- fr. .n, u"- in 1i tituelhau thuee t j- ...ii. .in. U. . - 'r " -"r I.hoto.. w ith l...-rlrv- ....'" :f l'a'-iifihle or not. free of r...t ."linift i,y " -m fi!; II. 'Hi liat-nt i .M-r-.ird i i 'Ol'tnin I'atnits.'" witb t(" ill our St -ir ..... t C.:SNOW&cO. - r-ient Office. Washington. 0. & IVti . ;.,'V, ,SA"-i-v in to ell a enolee line anil S K Ir ll !! I. L rkl.Y. I. A k V or M M1S IMIMAMKNT ul In if Mill M K ! It '-,N' iv i. "I I i iS J'iMs t., KM'I.NNKKx nt.V. . ' '."Kl IVKN IK lib JulnratiCi.lEiicliIcr,H.Y. " i or trrmi to 5), j With" (Sed o ? cent .l..:-ps lor M'S. Pinkhnm "V bnutitjl 88 -?) iliush jtod bcea. entillsil 4 "SOIPE TO HtUIH ht0 ETIf!L)ETTE." 3 Nrpntiinsa ttvwmecf taiiiable informalion. Jf It mi hvj mi) tae yours. Illl II j fill H Bm ii 111 11 lil JAS. C. HASSON. Ed. tor and VOLUME XXVIIT. Constipation -v JJPmantla prompt treatment. Tho re sults of noglect may be serious. Avoid all harsh ami drastic purgatives, the tendency of which is to weaken tha riowels. The best remedy Is Ayer's I'ills. Being purely vegetable, their action is prompt and their effect always beneficial. They are an admirable Liver and After-dinner pill, and every where endorsed by the profession. t "Ayer's Tills aro hijhlv and univer sally spoken of by the 'rx-nple. al)ut liere. I make daily use of them in my practice." lr. I. E. Fowler, Bridge Iort, Conn. " I ran rcmmmoml Ayer's Tills above all others, having long proved their value as a cathartic for tnvself ana family." J. T. Hess, Leiths ille, Pa. " For several years Ayer's Tills have been used in my family. We find them an i. Effective Remedy for constipation and indigestion, and are never without them in tho house." Moses Greuier, Lowell, Masti. "I havo nsed Ayer's Tills, for liver troubles and indigestion, during mauy j-ears, and have always found tlieni prompt and etliri.-nt in their action." L. K. Smith, L'tiosi, X. V. " I suffered from constipation which assumed such an olisiiuate form that I feared it would cause a stoppage of the bowels. Two lioxes of Ayer's Tills ef fected a complete cure." -w-D. Burke, Saco, Me. " I have used Ayer's Tills for the past thirty years and consider them an iu valtiublo family mediciue. I know of no ln-ttir remedy f..r liver troubles, and have always found t hem a prompt; cure for dyspepsia." James Quiuu, yt) Middle St., Hartford, t'oiiu. " Having been troubled with eostive ness, which .seems inevitable with per sons of sedentary habits, I have tried Ayer's Tills, hoping for relief. I am Rlad to sav that they have served me belter than any other mediciue. I arrive at this conclusion only after a faithful trial of then-merits." Samuel T. Jones, Oak St., l'.osluii. Mass. Ayer's Pills, fltKI'AKKIl BT Dr. J. C. Ayer St Co.. Lowell, Masr . Sold by All Dealtire la Mediciue- CARTER'S Kittle V. H S PILLS. Pick TTpa-dacbo and Tr-livaU lbo trouble fncf dr-nt to a bilioua etato of tlie nyptcro. bucIa ad Xizziness, Ixau-sea, lrowBiuei, DistreaH aftft patnjr. Vain iu tue 1-i 1. A:c Vbilo tUnirxnoaA reiLarkubltt euccess Una beeu (ibovo in cuxixxg Heartache, yft Cartr tattlo Livrr PITI9 arO equally v-i;iitUleinC'oiifltir3tjon.currnRud pre-Tt-ntut" t!iiaannf-vin7Ciiaipliurit.wbilo tbey also C rTcr lull (usnnifrsm innwouU' awmuiaieiaa Ji-r aod ruuiitto tiie bowels. von ii tbey only j AeTiethpy w.nl J healmostrrimlesito tnone wbo nnVr from tii8dWres.sinR complaint; bntfortn-Jiitc-ly theirffio1iiCimdieii noteucl hereindthose) whooncetry tUoui will frnil theso little pills valn elilo In sociany ways thot they will not bo wit lice to do without tbem. Bnt after allaickheau) : 3b the liann of no many lives that here is vfcere we make our frreat buadt. Our pills cure it while Othera itonot. C.-.rter'a Little Liver TOls are very small and very easy to taka. Ot.o or two pilla make dnse. 'Xt.1 y tre strictly vetretablo and do not gripe or pur'o. but by Uirir pentlo action please all who urcttiem. In vialsst 2S cents : tive for $L Sokl Ly tlrujsta everywhere, or a.nt by mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO., New Fork. VJ ALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE aB,. "V;etable HALL Sh air EENEWER.' The great popularity of this preparation, after its test of inany years, should be an assurance, even to the most skeptical, that It is really meritorious. Those who have used Hall's H air Rk.newkr know that it does all that is clainieiL It causes new growth of hair on bald Y,(,fi,U provided the hair follicles are not dead, which is seldom the case: restores nntnml color to irrav or faded hairr pre serves the scalp healthful and clear of dandrutf; prevents the hair falling off or changing color; keeps It soft, pliant, lus trous, and causes it to grow long and thick. Hall's Haik Rfnkwfr produces Its effects by the healthful influence of Its vegetable Ingredients, which invigorate ami rejuvenate. It is not a dye, and is a delightful article for toilet ue. t'on t aininjr no alcohol, it does not evap orate (juii klv and drv up tho natural toll, leaving the "hair harsh and brittle, ss da other preparations. Buckingham's Dye FOR TBI WHISKERS Colors them brown or black, as desired, and U the best dye, because it Is harmless ; produces a permanent natural color; and, being a single preparation, is more con- . renient of application than any other. -FKSFABSD BT B. P. HALL & CO., Nashua, N. H.' gold bj all Dealers in Medic!. I IIP g -tilUM- 11' I m JsSaa. UiWLNI STRICTLY For FJITTJY XJe. lirotiped On sti'ar stllJlriIl? children love to take it- Every Mother sliould have it iu the house, it ouickly Telieves anel cures all acbea and pains, asthma, bronchitis, colds, couphs. c:ilarth, cuts, chaps, cbill kiios. oolic. cholera iiinibus, earache, headache, hooping couth, inflammation, la grippe, lameness, mumps, muscular soreness, tuurnlpia, nervous head ache rheumatism, bites, burns, bruises, strains. sirains. stin. swelliugs. stifl joints, sore throat, ore liinvs. liKitluiclic. tonsilitis nd wind colic. Originated in isio by the late lr. A. Johnson, Family physician. lis fnetit and eacclleuce have satisfied evervhcKlv for ne.irlv n centuryj AH who use it ore amazed ol ils wonderful power. It is safe, soothing, satislvinir; mi any Pick, Sensitive sufferers. I'sed Intcrnaland External. Tha Hoetor's sitrnatorw and Uln-vtiima on every bnctle. Ill''il Pamphlet frvot. Hol'l eTerywhere. frw-e. SI CIS. Garfield Teas; Cures Sick Headache I . : ! It- ACHE Proprietor. PROOICAL. I'rer.li ailjMis I wove in the spring-time f the lu-it-hl and b. autiful flowers; I sir c uim iier.;rls all the season, Itti n-iiii' la. hiiii.3 I ;r:Lil,ei' .1 ;l:e f.iir blooms of summer, Al v art uas as li-ht as were they; 1 t. oi sin I. r no iiiurri.'-ul my pleasure Mil; LI pass uway I c:trol'.lil the r.onirs tf m chiltlhood. Nor 1'no.leil a bn al out age: I tpa-slioneil no shadow how could I' None darkened the pae. I lived i:i the Uini'iljin of laughter, A fVorili subjin-t at court; 1 .ir lined the brim cup of sweet pleasure Si et of report. At last I awoke: it was winter, Mv steps were unsteady and slow; The Kingdom of laughter deserted, la-hoed with woe. j A waste I did travel, npfo'.lowed 1 1 v pitiless ghosts of ihe past; 1 sunk in the storm, and this darkness oon overcast. I said iu lav bittermost sorrow: "I phicUcd all the fair blooms away, I 1- f . none to prosper aud ripen, Hay after day. And now the Ion? winter Is frrottng. My heart is an hungered and cold; The ashes of roses are drifting Over uie, old " Chicago Record. AN OLD MAID'S MONEY. vVhy She Didn't Leave Nephdw. It to Her Aunt Jane was angry. There was a jiei-uiiar emphasis in the motion of the emclict int'ille she was punchinc into iln hob.'S of a piooe of worsted work, in.! a jerk iu the rooking of l;cr rbair i!i;il spkc vofumesto those acituuinted with Aunt Jane's peculiarities of tem-iu-r. It was early in the forenoou and "vneiallv the estimable luaitlen lad' '.v;is bustling alsjut hee hatulsume lioitse al this hour, and making the f.ervunts lives a burden for the day. Hut on this particular morning they washed dishes and swept rooms in peace. The spasms of anger grew more violent and frequent, till finally the. worsted work was made into a ball, tossed to a corner of the room, ami Aunt Jane burst into a fit of weep ing. She was still sobbing1 when the door was opened and a pale little blonde cami' into the room'. Looking at Miss Jane Montgomery for a moment, with a lip curled contemptuously, she sud denly drew over her face, like a mask, uti expression of tender sympathy, and rushing across the room knelt lieside the weeping lady. ' "Dear Miss Jane." she said, anxiously, "what can le the matter?" Aunt Jane everybody called Miss Montgomery Aunt Jane sat erect with a start, , her eyes snapping; and her voice sharp. "Tom is gone!" T.one?" . "Yes, he's pone! We had a fearful quarrel, and he would have his. own way; so 1 told him to go, and never see my i:tee again." "Would have his. own way!" echoed the little blonile. "Yes, he will marry Mary Hill, and he. won't marry you! I've done, with him., lie ha-s f5,OO0 his mother left him, let him try living on that, aud see bow hi tikes il lifter, living here;" and ?!'s . .lane's sols broke out again. "To loioU of that boy's flying in my face in ,u:il way, after being like roy own son or twenty years." "He is ti wicked, ungrateful man, said Miss Julia, energetically. "He is nothing of the kind,' snapped Aunt-Jane. Julia was somewhat startled, but said: ' "To marry against your wish is un grateful." - " - "Why shouldn't he marry the girl he loves?" cried the inconsistent spiuster. "I'm an old fool." I've sent him away, and I'll never see him again." It seems as if Aunt Jane was right in hor' conclusions. The stately house echoed no more the ringing voice and light step of Totn, the nephew and dar ling of nis maiden aunt. If Aunt Jane had been alone Tom would doubtless have been bunted up and recalleil; but Julia kept the auger .alive. "She was flatterer in chief in Aunt Jane's court, and she made her 'cooing voice and soft step almost a ne cessity in Tom's absence. Miss Jane was very rich, and hail no relative but Tom. If she could lie persuaded to make a wilt, who knew but friends might have legacies. Miss Julia fanned the flume of u rath, not oienly. but in covert, sly, remarks, that kept the sore ran tiling. Aunt. Jane did not guess how Tom wondered over her olnlurale silence, and she fretted aud worried and grew gray er and more wrinkled. Two years told upon face and figure, and from a dark-haired, vi.veni.-Ji old maid, she al tered to a white haired, whining old woman. Hue of her friends, remarking thoughtlessly upon this change of ap pearance, jaid: "Yon have changed so much I scarce ly knew you." A luminous idea struck Aunt Jane. Tom Montgomery in these two j ears ,had sv tiled down into a pretty, com fortable house, made home by a gentle wife and a crowing baby. He hail in vested his little fortune in a partner ship in a dry goods house and was making money To his house one cold December evening came an old woman, dressed shabbily, and asked for the proprietor. "Not at home," the servant saiiL "I will wait, if he will come in so.. n. " A sweet-faced lady opened the door of a cheery sitting-room. "Will you walk in here and wait? Mr. Montgomery will soon be in." The old lady came in feebly. "You are tired," Mrs. Montgomery said, kindl. ""Sit here by the tire. It is very cold." "Very cold. Is that your baby?" The mother turned down a little the snowy sheets of a pretty cradle and showed the dimpled cheeks of the sleeping child. "Yes, this is luy little girL" "What is her name?" jn"is an awfully ugly name." ' "It is not very pretty, tut she is named for an aunt of Mr. Montgom ery's, of whom he is very fond." "Thinks he'll leave her her money, thought the obi lady, but she did not speak, for a door opened in the hall and a firm step crossed tothe sitting- rootn. ' . . Rosy, panting, cold and beaming was Tom as he came in, kissed his wife, . . i- - 'HI IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TKCTH KBENSliUKG. PA., FRIDAY. APRIL G. 1S94. chucked the baby under the chin, and skinned off his overcoat before he saw the old lady. She tltought she was altered by trouble and age, by her poor dress and deep bonnet, but Tom gave one stride to her and caught her in his strong arms. "Aunt Jane! Aunt Jane!" he fairly shouted. "Mary, this is Aunt Jane." They had her bounet and shawl off; they had her in an easy chair by the fire, and had sent for supper before she could gasp out. "Tom, I've lost all my money." "You don't say so!" "livery cent. Will yon turn me out as I turned 3-011 out two years ago?" "Muchly!" was Tom's mysterious re ply. "Mary, is there a fire iu the spare room?" "I think the back attic is good enough for a penniless old maid." said Aunt Jane. "Did you put me in the back attic when my parents left me alone in the world?" "Humph!" "If you will light the gas. Tern," said Mrs. Montgomery, "I will put fresh sheets and towels in the spare room." Tom rushed upstairs, and Mary, with an apology, went after him. Then Aunt Jane did the meanest of all mean things she crept softly alter them, and. finding they were iu the back second-story room with the door open, she crouched down on the stairs and listened. Tom was making the fire anil Mary, moving in her ipaiet, swift way, was putt ng clean linen on the bed. "Ain't it jolly?" Tom said, enthusi astically. "Making a fire?" Mary asked, saucily. "Na I say, darling," s-itting down on the floor as the idea struck him, "I never asked you if you would like to have Aunt Jane here." "Don't le a goose, Tom." "Hut, seriously, now, wPl it bother you? I suppose I could get her a room in some stunning, tip-top boarding house, more like her own home than our bird cage, but "Welt?" Mary said1, intensely grave. "It would te so lonesome. She has a quick temper, I know, but 6he is so kind, and she does love me." "Toor thing!" said Mary. "I wonder if she is very jioor." "She won't know it while we have a home or a cent, will she. Mollie?" "Of course not. Tom. And if you dare to talk about a boarding-house a;ain I'll stop your allowance of mince pies." "Mary, you're an angel!" cried Tom, springing up. "My fire is out again! I'm awfully glad we called the baby Jane, Mollie." "Tom, make that fire!" Aaid Mary, severely, "or your aunt won't get to Ited to-night. I am sorry it is not finer, for I know her own rooms must have lieen very handsome, i'll get my own rocking-chair; it Is the easiest one in the house; and I'll hang the photograph of baby over the mantel piece. Jt will make it look home-like." "That's a dear girl. Make her feel at home, Mollie. She won't care mi much al-out her fine house if we make her feel at home here. 1 1 you could let her putter round the house a lillie and feel herself of importance. Mollie, it would delight her." "She can boss the whole machinery! Hut, Tom, I had no idea she was so old." "Nor I," said Tom, ruefully. "I won der if fretting turned her hair so white." "Tom! Tom!" This voice was at the door, and Annt Jane' stood there, with tears running down her cheeks. "I am a miserable old woman, Tom!" "Why, auntie," said Tom. cheerily, "don't cry. Come in and see how cozy Mollie has made your room." "I know it, Tom. I've been sorry a thousand times I would not see her. But you should have come back tome," she said, reproachfully. "But I wrote aud wrote, and you never answered." "Wrote to me?" "Of course." "I never saw the letters. That viper Julia must have destroyed them." " here is Julia?" "Gone home. The day that 1 told her I had lost my money she packed op and left me. Tom, I don't deserve it, after doubting you; but will you for give me for testing your love?" ' "Testing my love?" "Yes, my dear boy. I meant to talk to your wife and 3'ou as somebody else, but yon knew me too soon. But, Tom, that was ail fudge." "What was all fudge?" "About the money." "Oh." said Tom, dryly. "You haven't lost any?" "Not a cent. Now, Tom, don't set your face that way. Come back to your old home and bring your darling wife and baby. Do, Tom!" "Aunt Jane," said Tom, solemnly, "I'll come home on one condition." "What is that?" "That you here solemnly promise me never to leave me one cent of your money." "I won't leave you anything but a lock of my hair." She kept her word. For ten years the family lived happily together. Then they carried Aunt Jane to her last resting place, and, her will being opened, her money was found to be equally divided among Tom's children. N. Y. News. i THE ARTIST'S CORNER. Gkeek sculptors often used eyes of ; glass or crystal in the faces of their statues. ' The oldest existing statue is one of wood, admirably modeled, colored and with eyes of crystal. It is' of a man named Ka-em-ke, an Egyptian, and dating from about B. C.JUHHJ. TnE early representations of Christ in painting were purposely devoid of all attraction; in the eighth century Adrian I. decreed that! Christ should be represented as beautiful as possible. Is the Vatican at Rome there is a' marble statue with natural eyelashes,' the only one with this peculiarity in the world. It represents Ariadne bleeping on the island of, Naxos at the( moment she was deserted by Theseus.; Is modeling the horse for his eques-j trian statue of Gen. Grant, for the! Union League club, of Brooklyn, the" sculptor, Wi'liain Ordway Partridge,' has had casts made from a living charger kept at his country home in - Milton, Mass., where he is at work- MAKES FREE AMD ALL ABE SLATES BESIDE." THE MAGPIE'S JSEST. How John Found His Sweetheart Had Been True. There stood in Berkshire, England,' far out upon a quiet country road, a lit tle inn, which the wooden sign swing ing at the door declared to be known as "The Magpie's Nest." It had been thus named because of the number of magpies in the neigh borhood. And straight before the door stood an oak tree a century old, among whose uppermost branches, year in and year out. always hung a magpie's nest, to which the country people believed that the same old magpies returned regularly. No very elegant entertainment was offered at the Magpie's Nest for either man or beast, but its patrons thought the ale good, aud then it was served to them by the most charming, rosy cheeked little baruiaid, who wore a cap with bright ribbous, aud had a waist that could have been spanned by two hands a well-behaved little maid also, who resented too much freedom by a box on the ear, and who was known by the rector of the parish to have been the best girl in his Sabbath school. So, though she was a poor orphan, and had only her little meed of wages, Betty might have married many a stout young farmer. However, she refused them all. and kept on with her duties at the Magpie's Nest until the son of her master, coming home from India, -where he had served as a soldier for several years, fell in love with her, and offered her his hand aud heart. Betty diil not prove unkind. The innkeeping father was willing enough tft secure his handy Betty for a permauent as sistant, and, amid the chattering of the magpies, Betty and Johu exchanged their vows under the uest-hung oak tree one bright afternoon, aud Johu put upon her finger a thick silver ring, which he had obtained abroad, per haps by purchase, perhaps by gift, perhaps as soldiers obtain mauy things in time of war. It wis not a costly gift to our eyes it would not be a beautiful one but Betty valued it highly. She kept it polished to perfection, and wore it with great pride on high days and hol idays; but though she loved John and looked forward to her wedding day with joy. she would not alter the bright coquettish manner which had , always belonged to her. She joked with the farmers, flung them back repartee for repartee, and even gave Lliem those bright glances which John the soldier thought should ouly be given to himself. So John grew jeal ous, and. being a moody son of man, said nothing about it It never entered Bett3-'s mind that the ver3' mauner which had once en chanted John should now lTcrid him, and she herself grew angry with her lover for his scowls and sulkiness. Therefore, when a young Frenchman . from Marseilles, black-eyed, black haired aud as polite in his manners as Frenchmen usually are, chanced, in the course of a business journey, to stop at "the Magpie's Nest," she felt that he would be really a fine example for surly John Leaf, and was amiable to him to a degree that might have made a less jeal ous man angry. ' Then, indeed, John Leaf spoke out, and Betty discovered the secret of his ill temper. Her pride being flattered thereby.she forgave him, and retired on Saturday night with the firm intention of winning back John's smiles on the luorrosv, her holiday, when she would go to church in her best at tire and charm his heart from him over again as he walked by her side. What woman ever had any design on a man's heart, ever, desired to win from him' any favor or any gift, that she did not bethink her of all her finest Before Betty slept she took from her trunk her Scotch plaid dress, her fringed shawl, her bl de-ribboned cap, her Sun day shoes and her silvr ring, and "hav ing given the latter an extra polish, laid them where they would meet her : eyes the first thing next morning. Johu Leaf, sulking iu his room under' the garret eaves, had not thought of this. Those slow natures do not for get aud forgive in a hurry, any more than they do anything else. The morning sun, shining aslant against the inn's wall, aroused Betty with his first rays. She rubbed her eyes, opened them, put her fat little feet out upon the floor, knelt down and said her simple prayer aud then flew to the glass. It was only a crooked thing, with a flaw in it, and a rough oaken frame, but it was sufficient to make her happ3-. She braided her hair, put on her cap, buttoned her dress, tied about her throat the gay neck ribbon, laced her shoes geometrically, and then looked for her ring. It was gone. Betty sat down and wept bitterly. All the country people of that day were, supei-stitious. The ring had disap peared in a most mysterious way, for her door was bolted and her window high from the ground, and she firmly believed that the loss portended some great evil. Meanwhile at the bar of the inn a little scene was going on. The French man had asked for a glass of ale and John, who was always tapster on Sun day mornings, had drawn it for him, when, as their hands almost met in the act. he saw upon the little finger of his customer a thick silver ring, the very counterpart of that which he had given to his Betty. "You've a pretty ring, monseer," he said, with a sort of catching of the breath. "Ma3' I ask where you got it?" "Ah, but, certainly," said the French man. "One does not boast, but a pret ty girl gave me that. Yes, and a kiss also." John turned as pale as his florid face could turn. He maie no answer, but inarched straight out of the tap-room and into Betty's kitchen. She stood near the door in her holi day dress, with her white cotton gloves on. The magpies were chattering over head, and afar the church bells were ringing. "You are going to church with me, John?" she- asked, softly and with a smile. - -- "That depends," said John Leaf. Tbeu he walked straight up to her and looked full into her honest eyes. ".You don't look like a cheat," he said; "but who knows a woman? Take off your gloves, Betty. . She obeyed. v ' . ''Where's your ring," he asked, Betty burst into tears. ' "It's lost, John, she said- "I can find it nowhere. ' I . Keei 81. SO and "You haven't looked on monseer' s finger, then," said John. "You poor fool, to give it to him and think I shouldn't know it!" "Oh, I'll swear I never did!" sohled Betti'. "I give your ring to anyone else! Why. John" But he puhed her from him with his rough hand, and would hear no word from her; and the next daj- he left the inn and enlisted once more, aud was sent away again to India. And lU-tly left the inn also and took service with a farmer's wife hard by; and whatever the magpies chattered about, it was no more of the love making that they heard when John and Bettj- sat to gether lieueath the old oak tree. Five years went by. At last John re ceived a letter from England, telling him that his father was dead, and had left all his little possessions to his only son. John Leaf's fighting days were over, in au3' case, and he was on the invalid list for life. He had fought as desper ate men do, hail lieen commended ami promoted, and had some medals and ribbons to show and lioast of as com pensations for a wooden leg. So he went home again and settled down as proorietor of the "Magpie's Nest," and was a sort of hero among his neighbors, but he was ver3' lonel3 Men do not quite forget in five years. He could still see Betty's buxom form flitting aliout the kitchen in imagination, nnd when the magpies chattered ill their nests, he could fancy that he sat with her still under the oak branches. Then he grew wroth with the magpies, who seemed to mock him. and ordered his little serving boy to tear the nests down. In vain the lad pleaded for the birds. In vain he declared that, even if the new nests went, the old one iu the top most branches should be left "lor luck." "If the old magpies that built that find it gone, the3''ll peck some one's eyes out in the night time," said the boy. "It's been known to be done often." But John Leaf, the soldier, had cast away his country's suiierstiti..ms. "Til have those magpies chattering about my ears no more," he said. "I.'p, and leave not a nest of them all. Some of the noisy devils will take possession of that old rag if it is left hanginc." So the boy obeyed. He planted a ladder against the tree and then swung out upon the branches. Thv.re was a grievous noise; and doubtless to this day old magpies tell their children of that massacre of the iunoeents at the great oak tree. But there were no birJs to chatter and scream iu that great rag of a nest which the lad's hand clutched at last. He came down with the relic in his hand, and stood before his master with a grin. "Eh, master! ma3' I have all I found in the old nest?" he asked. "If it's not a magpie's egg." said John Leaf. "It's better than that," said the lad. "It's a silver ring." "Let me see it," cried John Leaf, and snatched it from his hand It was the ring with which he had plighted his troth to Betty under the old oak, and lie knew now that the magpies had stolen it, and that the Frenchman wore only one that re sembled it. The first thing that John did was to call himself hard names: "A jealous fool!" "A suspicious brute!" Heaven knows what else. Then he melted, and all by himself iu the bit of woods be yond the house shed tears, and vowed to find Betty if she still lived on earth. Where he went, of whom he inquired, matters not; but one day when the sun was setting in the west he ojiened a little cottage gate to which he had lieen directed aud saw, at her knitting, un der a vine-covered porch, his !:etty. not changed one single bit. And she? She looked at him and did not know him. with his thin, sallow face and his womlen leg. "What may you be wanting, sir?" she asked. And he said: "Betty!" A nd she cried out: " Why, it's Job n Leaf!" .Then he sat down on a bench close by her side. "You know I never had many words to spend on anything, Betty," he said. "I'll come to the point at once. 1 know now that you were true and no cheat, and that you never gave my ring to monseer. 1 found it or mv lud did, for I'm not very good at climbicg now in the old magpie's nest in the oak top.!' "And so, Betty," said John, "if 3-011 11 overlook the past, and let bygones be b3'gones, I'll be a happ3 man." "I owe you no grudge," said Betty! ' "And bygones are b3'gones, John Leaf. " "But you'll let things be as the3' were, Betty?" said Johu. "You'll be my sweetheart again?" She laughed. "Don't 3-ou know?" 6he said. "Why. look there." He looked. Through the gatecame a foreign-looking man, with a silver ring upon his finger, who led by his hand a toddling child. "Why, it's monseer," said John. "You see," said Bett3 "I weht to him to ask hitn how he came by his ring, and he proved it was none of mine. It has a name and a date on it that mine never had. And he was kind to me, and 3'ou had beeu cruel. And so we have been married three years, eh, Louis? And this is our boy." "1 had better go home. I think." said John Leaf. "One is always punished for being a fool. But this is your ring. Will you have it Betty?" "Tray, keep it for your sweetheart," said Betty. "You'll find one soon, no doubt" But John Leaf never found one again, and the ring found in the magpie's nest was buried with him when he died- N. Y. Kews IN FASHION'S TRAIN. Beeti.te's wing green is a fashionable shade. Tire newest invitation cards are quite liliputian. FoCR-Bt'TTON gloves are the maximum for ordinary wear. The newest shoes for dancing are of gold or silver tinsel. Ik you have st3Ie you make your pur chases in "shops," not "stores." The newest flower holders take the form of a thistle or a water lily. A recent bride, her maid of honor and the pages wore Venetian costumes. . Old rose and dim blue blend admira bly and the combination is becoming to nearly everyone, blonde and brunette. postage per year In advance. NUMBER 14. A HOME MISSIONARY. How Polly's Hopes of Doing Great Things Were Realized. Tolly longed to 1 helpfuL She had dreamed ever since she was a little tot in piiiafor.-s of being a missionary on "the burning plains of India,' like Harriet Newell; of going to nurrse wounded soioiers fighting in a grand cause, like Florence Nightingale; of leading a great crusade agaiu.st wrong, like Frances Willard. But there seemed little probability that these dreams would be realized. At the age of sixteen she was just plain Tolly Hopkins, with a snub nose aud freckles. Not that she was an un'y Ifirl; by no means. She was as fresh and wholexime as a peach that has ripened iu a sunny garden- Her figure w as good, her teeth were white and even, anil her hair, though it was undeniably re.!, was rich and abun dant. But T0II3- was flissal.slied with the likeness reflected ley her little looking-glass. She adored great black flashing ej-es, and raven locks, and pallor, and classical features. Nolmjy would ever take her for a heroin-, she was sure. She was, in her own estima tion, much better fitted to be a milk maid. But Tolly suddenly began to look less in the gla--s and more at her duty as daughter and sister. She bad be-u to the village circulating-lihrar-. one day, and was returning through the one long slri-ct of Bakcrville. oil her ay to the little red cottage where "the Hopkinses" livcL She had "The Wide, Wide World" in her ban. I. and was reaoing its first pages with the same interest that girls used to feel forty years ago iu the fascinating story. ir'uJdeuly she heard her pa tronymic pronounced by an unfamiliar voice. "Hopkins?" said another voice. "Yes," was the replj', "George Hop kins. He's a limb, tin' no mistake. I shouldn't lie at nil surprised if he was concerned in that p-t olliee business." There was a chestnut tree on the other side of the wull that skirled the street, and soiuelxMly was looking for nuts, unaware that the conversation was lieing overheard. Tolly's heart seemed to stop Wating for an instant, then to go plunging on as if it w.iuld st-lfocate. ln-r. Tliat posl ollice business! W-ll she knew to what the gosiip referred. The post oilii-e had been robbed not loeg licf.tro of an insignificant sum live or ten ifol lan and it was current lj reported that certain boys were implicated in t he atfair. There were Ijovs in Bakerville. as in all villages, who had the reputation of being scamps and scalawags tioys who robbed watermelon p:ttei?cs, luilke.l cows on the sly, stoned the w indows of vacant hoU:.es.atid frightened lone wom en out of their seven senses. Tolly bad never dreamed that George was one of of these; she did not now lielieve it; jet where there is much smoke there must bj some tire. George inns, have lieen assoc iutiug with companions that he would Ik" ashamed of if he were fonnd with them. lie must have secrels from his sister and mother. How far he had gone in forbidden paths Tolly had no means of guessing. She could not con fide her trouble to h-r mother, for she. poorlailv! was an invalid from heart trouble, and hail to Ik guarded from all excitement. All that I have written flashed through the girl's mind in the moment after hearing her brother's name pro "nouneed x the unknown nutters, she hurried home, her lxmk forgotten, her mind full of a new and terrible fear. Tolly had a stanch and wise friend, one of her teachers in the high s.-iiool. Miss Weymouth. To her she went with her trouble, the next day. School was over, and Miss Weymouth pro posed a walk. "We can talk as we go along," she said "The fresh air will help us to a wise conclusion. One is always a little more sane under the open sky. I think." It was a crisp Novemlier day, with nothing dreary in its aspect. The grass was still lush anil green, here and there a Iwlated buttercup showed a golden disk, blue astcrsstill clustered by the old Iichcned walls the chicka dees were calling cheerily in the grove that the friends approached, and a partridge whirred suddenly as they passed iu among the oaks aud ever greens. "I am glad 3-ou have waked up," said the teacher, suddenly. " 'Waked up!'" echoed Tolly. "Yes, from -our dreams of far-away exploits, of missionary ing, and preach ing, and nursing imaginary heroes." "Don't you lielieve it is a noble thing to lie a missionary?" "Oh! 3-es. by all means; but not nec essarily a foreign missionary. The home "field has its claims, too; pressing claims, in many instances." "You mean there is work for me to do at home," said Tolly. Then she told Miss Weymouth all she hail heard. "George needs a sister," said the laiH', looking iutentlj- into Tolly's anx ious face. "Tell me. Miss Weymouth, what lean do?" "Fascinate him. Make home so bright, so beautiful, that it will eclipse every other place. Has he any special tastes?" - "He likes chess, but it's the pokiest game, I thiuk-r-I never have patience to play i.; and he used to lie alwii3-s fussing with his flute till I mail" so much fnn of it that he gave it up. He likes animals, too; he would bring home every miserable cur that hap pens to follow him. if I would let him. lie seems to have a taste for misery in general. You should see the gamins he used to pick up and make friends of! Oh' I fear his tastes are notver- high." "Well, you must try to get bold of him through his tastes, and then refine them-if lLe3' need refining. So far, you have not told me anything very terrible. I should think him a kind hearted boy who is so lonesome and strange at licnne that he has gone out side for companionship." When TollV reached home, she found George" in -possession of the sttt.ng rooint surrounded by a group of boys whom she could not altogether ap orove the whole party srao.ang etg areUes. She was greatly annoyed, but she wisely hid her feelings and b,gan ft once playing the part of the smiling courteous hostess. IgnorinR tho un The lam and nlsaoie elrrnlat1.. the Ota K,A " eoninenea t to the i.Tcrar.." evDaideraiiou cf atrertiser aboH laTvr win I inserted at the kllowii, K.w rates : I lorn. 3 time M 1 inch, 3 month............ .. ii 1 loeh. month. .".'...".'."."" 3.M I iDek I year , a Inehee. oaontba...... .... lit locoes, I Tear ................. ."'."I., in M 3 toeles. Ibobui .. . (, e locoes. I Jear S W ftiiomo.l mntu, "..".""I lo te S eulumn.C SBoatAa...... u mt i poluma. I year .(W Iruiuoia. 6 dohUji.... ...... -j 1 rolnsoB. I jear..... T.( BastDeas item, first Insertlnn. H". per lis llllistufnt losrtKn. e. er le AamiBistmtor s an tleotor Not Sees. t2 H". A Otlitor's Notees ......... ........... J'tTiy and atmilar Notiors s"w ir-KeK'latioo or Ts-e-rjins ol any eorp rm tlon or society and onnaount-atlons design, d to call attention u any matter ot limlteil or ndt Ti.loal Interest most t-e aid lor as advert isntenta. Bia.k and Jot Printing l nil kinds neatly and eieijlousiy ei era ted at the lowest Tice. And don'tyoo loncet it. comW.l hea. Is. the llnt'rn lied sieH-. the soil.tl linen, and not overclenn bunds and faces, she got out the ph,.-..-graphs that her I'ncle Gt-orire had sen; her from Germany- and Duly, and U fore she kneyv it had entered upon a very interesting lecture aK.ut cathe drals bridges. towers. Truins. etc. Then came her album of famous men and women, and the boy-?-, li.ten.sl and looked till dull eyes brightened, and heavy brows took on a new l.w,k of gen tleness and intelligence. The cigarettes disappeared one by one, hats an.l caps' were doffed, and many a f-haiuc-faccd glance was cast on hands and feel un fit for the surroundings and for the young lady's company. When the entertainment was over the Kiys showed very plainly, though somewhat uncouthly. their plrasnre and gratitude. Then a bright nieu Hashed through Tolly's brain. "How would 3'ou liUe to form your selves into a club and meet here once a week, for the present, at least?" That would lie jolly!" was the sense of the meeting. Jim Allbright remarked, his face get ting nil as he spoke, that "it would K a good deal of trouble for Miss Toilv." "But I w ish you to j.ay me," she re plied. Tolly ran np to her room and brought down her little y riting-ilesk. She s.tt down and wrote out rapidly an auti cigarette pledge: then she called tho boys around her. "I wish you to pay me by signing this pledge," she said. "George will sign lirst;" and she rose, giving her scat to her brother. As George had not formed the smok ing habit, nnd was already ashamed that h;s sister had seen him with ;i cigarette iu his mouth. he readily wrote his name. His example as load, r was powerful with the others, and of the four, all signed except Al t arter, who didn't fee! sure that he wished "no be led by the nose by a girL" When Tolly found herself alone frhe sat down to reflect. "I must have help," she thought- I wonder if Clara and Maud wouldn't like to come over and assist me in re ceiving when the club ini-t? An.i we might have chocolate ami some simple cakes; and there ought to 1-e Imsii.s f,,, the Ikivs to take home. I w ill go out. collecting this very afternoon. I kimw of ado.'.-u families who have plenty of U mk that would help these Imvs, H ing in the corners of their 1-ookea'es and of 110 11 e to anylxHly." Tolly dry s-d himself in her newblu. gown and jacket, put a jaunty little bat atop of the bronze braids w it li. .n'. looking too long in the mirror, an ! started out to find her girl feieuds. No--had not walked far before she met them fas to faee. 'Good'" ealhsl out Clara. "We wore just on our way to 3-011 r house. Wear- going uver to Johustown to-niorn.w . on the nine o'clock train, and we wr.nt you to go with us. We will h:tv. luncheon together, and no end of fu 1 in the aftern-on, and get home by tap per time. Yon know Tom Hons i. clerk in Mann .t Ma! ley's. We'll t-alt on him. ami he will treat Us to lol-ster salad and things if he can get off an 1 he generally can." The blood ruslusl to Tolly's cheeks. Clara nicaut innocently enough, an 1 Toily herself Would not. perhaps. .1 week ago. have hesitated overmuch at the liToposal; but her anxiety f. r George and her plans for him and h'.s friends had already- worked a eh a 11 Le slie knew instantly that a higher self had awakened in her. antagonist ie t such an outing as that planned for the morrow; but she uttered no criticism, only told the girls, as they walked along, of the new- club, and of her need of their help. "I think." she said, "that if you w i'.l come, prettily dressed, and chat with the Uiys and one of y-.u jvour the chocolate, it will Ik just sideii li.l' " Then she went on to tell ali-'tiT tin 1 looks tliat she hoped to get. aud elide 1 by saying: "lloyv jolly- it would lie if we could subscribe for two or three papers an.l magazines just for the club!" "Why," said Maud, "our trip to-morrow, if we take it, will cost us a dollar anil a half apiece; that would make, in cluding Tolly, four dollars and lif.y cents! Clara, let's give it up an I stib scrilte a dollar and a half apiece to tin literatuie fund." So it was decided; and all three went rummaging through the book collect ions at Clara s and Maud's for spare volumes that could lie devoted to t lit" service of lbo boys. That first club meetingyvas an event ful occasion. No unblacked shoes nor uncombed hair, no Soiled hands nor 11:1 carisl for nails, appeared. There wer. some honest blushes always a goo-1 sign when the "mi-mlers" were pre sented to the young ladies yvho had come to help entertain them, and in." e than one resolution made to v.-..rk hai l and save money for new sti.ii-s or h.;:s or coats r whatever was mot i:ee:lc-I to make the j-oung fellows presentable oil terms of self-respect-Mi Weymouth, yvho had come to spenii t he evening with Mrs. Hopkins, peeped in when the affair was iu full swing. "I shall never forget that picture." she said; "those bright, winning giris giving all their attention, exerting ail their charm, to help and strengthen boys yvho had already leguu to dri;t, fclowl3' downward."' "lloyv things grow!" said Tolly, rather obscurely-, as the last ly 'de parted, book in hand. . 'line would think our club had beeu orgauize.l f.-r months." "It was just immense!" sai 1 Geiwge. "A thousand times Wtter than stoning windows on the sly or supping oil stolen chickens." he added. Hut the last remark was made sotfo voce. Mary F. Butts, in D -'. Magazine. She SMike from :crlence. Fond Mother Now- look here. George! I want 3-011 to break ofT with that girl. She is very- pretty and all that, but I know her too well t waat 3'ou to risk your life and happiness by marrying her. Why she knows no more alsiut housekeeping than I do alxiiit Greek not a bit! George Perhaps not; but she can learn. Mother After marriage is rather late for that, George. George--But you said yourself that 3-011 did not know a thing about house keeping until after yon were married. Mother Very true, George and your poor father died of dyspep ia tw cuty years ago. Boston Globe. T o it
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