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Our pills care it whila Otlw-r do Ui-t. t.'arlfr's I.ittlo I.iver Pilla are -very Fmall an.1 Vf-ry easy to fcsto. Oi.o or two pilU make a il.wn. T!i.-y are R'ricily vet-:talle aii'i tl.j nut gnpo or Ir--. but ly tli.-ir tmlo action pleaeaH who im-tlteui in vi ilM i-.-iUm : tun fur f 1. SohX t,y tlruieta everywboru, or -ut by maiL BARTER MEDIOINE CO.. New ITorfc. m. SMALL DGSE. SMALL PRICE i OILS ! OILS ! The Atlantic Hefiniiig Co., or Pittsburg, l'u., make a specialty of tnanuJ:icturin for the uonies tio traile the finest brands of niuniiiiiitinti; and Lukioaiin Oils, Naphtha and Gasoline That pan be IDE FROM PETROLEUnl. We challenge comparison with every known proiluct of petrol eum. If you wish the most Most : Unifoiili : Satisfactory : Oils in the market ask for ours. ATLANTIC REFINING CO, PI i r.sBI'Kii KKtT., riTTSJiUHO, I'A. fu-t !;.-lyr. H ALL S h Am The prat popularity of tliis y.reparat ion. 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Buckingham' Dye ran TBI WHISKERS Colors them brown or black, as desired, and Is the best dye. because it is harmless; produces a permanent natural color; ami, beiwr a sinifie preparation, is more cod tuient of application than any other. raaPARXD bt K. P. HALI, & CO, Nashua, N. H. Bold by all Dealers in Mediciixa., AnodV lIBJirMT ANY OTH STRICTLY v' Vov FAaNLILY Use. Iroi)cd on so-ar sulleriiuf children love to take It Every Mother hould have it in the house, it ouitk.lv relieve and cures all aches ami nniiis, athma, bronchitis, l-oIiIs, coiiKhs, ! cat.irth. cuts, chaps, chilblains, cone, cnoiera mot bits, earache, he-i.hiche. hooping couh, I iurtammalion. la giippe, laments, munips, i iniisciilar soreness, tieurattjia, nervous head ache rhcuniatism. tmes, l.urns. oi mat!.. sprains. -.lin-s. swel liiii;. stifl : joints. sxre throat, sore linif. bmthaciie. tonsilitis and wind colic. OrK'iii.ite.l in i-io by the late Ir. A. Johnson. Family physician. Its ttietit and exicllriice have satin"ed cver-bo.lv tor nearly a century. All who line it arc amazed at its wondertul jouer. It is safe. s.ithinjr. sati-fvinv: s.tv sick sensitive sufferr rs. 1 serl Internaland ExternaL Ttf rv.-t.rn ritmniure and iiiir. uott.-on every lttla. 111.! l-Ami.til.-t fr-. S.lrt evrrybrn. I'r h. .V. biA utk-A, s-ou. i. a. Johnson e.... Hitu. aIama. IT'S t- ' 1T..III.1M mtti.R at ibort aA'iea IB tbe - rv rr-i i a n i IT I fiTTTIkl A I ' I .Iher ir-t ( I- o-r-e. i T..W. "DICK, f uriT k Tiir. OLD H:RTKORI) FIRBIWKCBGim'. l)IMMKN:tl BI'SlNiS -:enr.nr . .1 my "t. I 111 2?1 ri plenty m ! CAI.CE.nP lilraors C'CKKn : no kpK- k irw. ln (.aATkOtv 6l kvhu DAWN ANJ DEATH PAWN. Time after time, a iuvt ry divine, "1 Ik.- uauieless nu.i-vi' of l.le d iivn. we see lie.iiutr uT -hi-avt n and miili&u uileuily, A li h t...cij -o etilic and ntiiii.e line, No stllii st s use ti.uid iii:U iiu i nia. k the liue V. l.t-u .be i.rnt (.-learu of I ieakmt,' oay.st.-l. fr. e Kveti lrotn the night luelf, shall come to Ik.- Mor.- l:iau a paler :iark. where faintl.- shine The sia.ra ol bev. il Uul c.eaier ami uii.re clear, Hloniy a thousand tbimrs come forth lo Slt'l.t, Ana i. ruis and tints half hidden, far and near. Melt f iom ray shadow into amber liht. i li Ii om its eter-swediuj et: tains are i orn The full-Hushed splendors of the perfect morn. HEATH. Even thus some day. insensibly and slow As prows Ibal radiauce, mayhap we shall see That time l-i merged luto eternity; Kven while tte watcaea aud wailed come to kiiow That hate died what they call death bo lo w i'.tssed from ihe earth painless aud peace lull ., As nu n lie down to sleep and wake to be What I hey were yo'terd.iv, while all tbiiitrs show l'aimliar roun 1 them. Only with that morn Shall on us bi'eaU a tulier duisciou ues, u. h M-iisrui Ueeiei- lit.- an 1 lirhl oe liorn, i in usi wilii j .y in -IT iblc po tess Tin- sou. iiuiuort il. now to hold its way, ' L nta -iUim. lod tuus. throuRb l.od s r.s,.len deal day. Stuart Sterne, in Century. .TOBY PAID JUS FAKE. And Won a Home and a Friend at tho S.tni3 1 iui j. The stout ship Falcon, leanine; jral latilly t the wind, was making lier way down the cl aniiel, S. miu I f.r Aiin-rii-a- The sails had Imv-ii r.-.-l". I, I in- cables ciiiltsl, ainl e very i iiiiif ma le iiuy ior the niynt. t'a . lOis.rx. jdeuseil, as an old sailor altvays is lien his vessel is well away front he ilano-t-rs of the laud, and UKlUiiio- jixk! j. ogress under a steady wind, paee.l to and fro on his iiiarL:-r deck, jrriifliy htiiiiuiiii'r a little sung; the greater part of which was lost in his thick, bushy Ward, tltotio-lt now and then you mirht have caught some wirds, as "The sea is the dace for me, my lads," or "A lively ship and a w illiuj crew." (.'apt. Essex's little sonp was inter rupted ty a sudden commotion in the forward part of the vessel. There was a sound of loud, aujrry talking, a hasty scuiiliiij of feet, followed by the frightened souhinjr of a child. "Hello!" exclaimed (."apt- Essex, "what is the meaning of that row?" . "A stowaway, sir," answered one of the men from Irelow. "A stowaway ou my ship!" prowled the captain. "l!riu- the rascal here! We'll fiv.; him a taste of the rope's end first, and then but what is thai?" "The stowaway, sir," was the re sponse as two of the crew approached, ieadino- between them a very small and very rag-ired 1mv. T he anfrer in the captain's face pave place to a look of astonishment, min ified with pity, as his eyes rested npn;i the fcl'iveriiijf form of the intruder. Hut he maintained the sternness of his Tone as he addressed the boy. "Well," said he, 'what are you doing hero" "X -nothing, sir," was the trerubliinj reply. " ln are yon and where did you ..ome from? Speak up, now! Xo non sense!" I'm .loV.y Job Oliver, sir," said the hoy, between sobs, which he vainly en deavored to choke down. "I live iu London ly the docks, sir." hat are you doing here, then?" "1 I hid away down below, aud aud they found me. 1 wasn't doing anything. 1 didn't touch a thi ;. I thought they wouldn't mind. I'm not very big, you see, and I don't weig-h much." lie broke down with a gasp and pressed his fciuall, grimy tists into his streaming eyes. '1 hen, as the captain remained silent, but continued to gaze at hitn with a tremendous trown, he made a brave etfort to go on with his story. "1 haven't any mother or father, you sec, and 1 have to earn my own living. Every liudy says: 'lie's too small. What's he good for?' aud they don't take me, though I am strong. 1 can lift a trunk a little one. 1 can run errands very last, but every lody says: Oh, he's toj ragged and loo dirty." If 1 could get jobs, you see, I could get me a new suit of clothes, but every body don't want me, aud " Here a fresh storm of &obs shook the small frame. "Kutyou haven't told me yet what you are doing on this ship?" said the captain, preserving his severity with an effort. "The ship was going to America," answered the boy. "Everybody is rich in America. Ever3'lxly wants you there, you see. Tom Dixey went there, and he maites a loud of inouej." "Thai's all very well," responded the captain, "but people w ho go to A meri ca pay for their pass ge, and to hide away so as lo go without paying- is just the same as stealing so much money. Evidently the boy had never taken that view of the question. lie looked up at the captain's stern face with a i ightoned and startled expression. Then he began a hurried search in the pockets of his ragged jacket. From one he drew forth two coppers, from another a silver sixpence and from a third a shilling, much battered, chipped autl defaced. These beheld out toward l he captain. "T his is ail I've got now. I earned the KixiM-nce aud the two pennies the shilling a gentlemau gave me. It's broken, but it is goid silver, all the same." "And what am I to do with these?" as'icd the captain. . "To pay my fare," replied the boy. "It's 'most enough. I think. I will earn the rest soon when I get over there." The gtHitl captain could maintain his irravitv no lo'ivrer. A smile light- up his rugged leuiure as lie said, Uindly: "There, there. Jolty, keep your mon ey, my boy. You are an houest little .ellow, after all. You shull stay with me on the Fal con, aud we will make a .tan of you." Ail day long the gotttl ship labored with the mountainous waves, leaping aud plunging till it seemed as though ... itraioog, crcauiiig masts must come out of her. ISut she was a stanch, well-built craft, an.l had passed sa ely through many a worse tem- I'?st- With the fall of the night the gale in cre ised iu violence. The sails had been reduced to the heavy lower can vas, just sufficient to slea l.y the ves sel. The captain remained on deck, taking a position near the rail, where he could keep an eye on the rigging. Xear him. sheltered by the bulwarks, sat litilt; .loby on a coil of rope. Suddenly, just as the captain was shouting an order through h strumpet, a va-l billow st t-mtd to r.n-1 m of th glo t:u an I b ;ar dtwii up n the ship. 1 1 strn .-k til-; vess el's side with an aw ful roar, throwing tuns of water on Ihe deck. Kefore he con I 1 save himself the captain was lifted from his feet aud Hung overboard into the sea. Altuost at the same instant a small figure was seen to leap upon the rail, clmg there it moment, ami ther. leap outward into the darkness ami disap pear. "Man overlstard!" The territde cry rang alove the roar of the tempest. For a moment all was panic and contusion. Then, mi lor the mate's eommaml. the ship was rounded to. with her head tit the wind, aud a boat ordered to lie lowered. "Xo use," said one of the men to the male, who stood by the rail near where the captain had fallen over l'.oard. "We could never tiud them in t he da time, let alone such a night as this." "I am afraid not," answered th.' mate sadly. "lor old man! 1'oor boy! Hark! What was thai?" "Falcon, ahoy!" The shout came long and strong from the darkness, not twenty yards, from where the ship lay. "The captain!" cried a dozen glad voices. "I!e!ay your jaw there, ye luhlwrs! Tail on thai line and haul us aboard, or we ll be adrift." Eine! Us! U hat could he mean? Hit the mate had already discovered a cu rious thing a light but strong rope, fastened to a ring in the bulwark and extending outward in the darkness to ward the sot whence the captain's voice proceeded. It was drawn tight, as if some heavy burden were towing at the end of it. In an instant sturdy arms were pull ing at it w ith a will. "1 hen a stout rope was 1 twered, and up it like a iiioiney scramhie-1 Jolty, followed more slowly by ("apt. Essex. T hen a great cheer went up, drown ing the roar of the storm itself, as the crew gathered a I .out the dripping forms of the captain and his little friend. A few words served to ex plain what bail happened. J ty. with Ins eye on tho captain, had seen him carried overboard. He knew tiiat one end of the coil of light, though strong rope upon which he sat was secure! t t the bulwark, for he had tied the knot himself that very day. Without pausing to think of his own danger, be tttok the free end of the rope between his teeth and was in the water nearly as sot.n as the captain lillUbclf. Though he could swim like a duck, he was borne helplessly uiohg on the crest of the waves almost into li e arms of (.'apt. Essex, w ho caught hi.u as he was sweeping by. The captain fastened the line about Is. th of I heir Itotlies, and partly swimming and part ly towed by the ship t hey had managed to keep their heads altove the water until the I'jlcon was hove to. The stona blew itself out during the night, aud the next morning dawned clear and cum. Ail the lore noon Jolty was observed to lie very grave and silent, as if he were pon ler ing some iuiporlaut question. Finally he presented himself before the cap tain i:i the cabin. "Well, my boy," said the captain, "w hat can 1 do for yon?" "A man's life is worth a go id deal of money, isn't it?" asked Joby, twirling his cap nervously as he spoke. "Xot a b y tike me, but a grown man." "Yes, of course, my lad," replied the captain. "A man's life is supposed to be the most valuable of his posses sions." "Well, then," said Joby, twirling his cap still more nervously, "they say I saved your life last night- 1 don't say it was much, you see. Any fellow who could swim could do the same thing, only I happeuetl to do it" - "Yes, you certainly did it, Joby. And w hat then? ' "You see you see," stammered Joby, "I I thought that would pay for my passage. Then it wouldn't be steal ing, you kbow." Joby could not make out why the captain's honest eyes should suddenly grow moist, nor why the captain's right arm almost squeezed the breath out of his small Intdy, nor yet why the captaiu's voice should be so husky as he said: "Joby, my lad, while old Tom Essex's hulk holds together, and a single timber of him lloats, you shall never want for a berth or be w ithout a friend. " London Tid -Hits. Tha lllrttory ol un Hilar Ish Canal. There is a canal in Eu-'land which cost eighty thousand pounds to con struct, ami was recently sold for one hundred pounds. It is known as the Stort Navigation, and dates from the reign of Ccorge III. Iu 17.'! a linn of brewers obtained it for tifteen thou sand pounds, as they found that w hen their malt was carried quietly by canal a Miving in value was effected, as against the transit in trains, the dif ference being considered about equal to the rent of a malt-house. The pres ent proprietor had Itcen fora long time iu the service of the firm, and the nav igation of the eaual was handed over to him for one hundred pounds, as a token of e:deent, by his employers. Il sroiiracl-ii; Mudy. The case of the holiest Irish servant who could never understand why his master perpetually required him to wash his chaise, since he went direct ly out ami muddied it up again, is par alleled by an actual reply by a dull boy to an examiner in a French school. The pupil had passed a wretched ex amination iu French history. "What do you mean by this?" asked the instructor. "Why dou't you study jour history?''. "Whafsthe use?" drawled the pupil; "they're never going to get it fin ished. They're making it now!" Ilos tou Herald. HOW DIFFc.RE.NT Wt WOULD BE. How diflVrcut we Would all of us Le Could we know of Ihe future awattinf To sever the ties That at I r..-scat om prise The life thai our hopes are erealiug- llow many a word Would reu.Aiu uubeard. How many a sentence unspoken, v How tuauy a thought Would re ma n una roughs How many a promise unbroken. How tuauy a heart Would its feeiiu.'s impart And hold taem ua louder in keeping. Hut Mould wladlv express Tb; lov-4 we rep, ess Till the spirit forever is sleeping. How m my an act W n would u retract, How many a selfish emotion Tojoyiu'ily bear W xaliou and care With patience and loving devotion. How different we Would all of us be Could we look o'er Cue graves of tne morrow. Could mi Loii Irom the light T t the lutttiiie uibt. From the joy to the lnlluite sorrow. -ChlTord HowurJ, iu I. a lies Home Journal. IH.OWNE'S COUliTSIJIP. Why He Didn't Mirry the Olrl of Hi Choice. The girl 1 am going to tell you about is rather pretty and her name is Edith. Sue has dark hair and her eyes are blue ami she dresses well. She has been graduated from a seminary of good re pute, mill her disposition is amiable to a degree- which more than a year ago brought all the you men of the ueigh Itorhood at her feet. I think she won a tenuis championship in singles some where last yeai, but 1 am not certain alkiut that. What 1 can recall among her mosl pronounced accomplish tueuls I will pul down here iater on. I met her so long a time ago that I have forgot ten Ihe circumstances of oar meeting, but 1 guess they were of the ordinary sort. I live two ilooi s from her house, and Idrop iu to see her aud Mrs. Iturke at least once a week. Even her mar riage, which hurt me so much at the lime, did not separate us for very long, and I think I have lived lo forget my first rash determination n?ver to look upon her face again. I called the night of the wedding and have beeu calling regularly ever since. I am beginning to b.-ln-ve thai it w as a gtxxl thing alter all that she didn't marry me. W'nat I want lo led audit won't take l.uig t.t tell it iu my dry fashion is the story ol oltl Hrovv tie's courtship. 1 ma i. e my living by keeping the cash ace. tints of a big .Market street whole sale house, aud Urowne is the man whose 1.1-s; is next to mine in the counting-room. Our salary is about the same, and. although he is two years J'oim.'er than I ntu, I being fifty one now. we both have held the same po-iiions for twenty years. Ilrowne weighs more than two huudred pounds, and I weigh a trifle less. Mrs. EurUe, w ho was Edith's mother, came to me this summer and had quite u long tall: with me about her personal allau-s, rshe saiil that her late hus band's estate was pretty much en tangled, and thai to keep her present establishment ou Arch street going she would have lit rent some of her hand some rooms in the house to boarders, of couise, she didn't want to do that, and, of course, 1 deprecated the plan, but iu the end it turned out that we both bad to give in. Old llrow ne rented the second story front room the day after 1 told hitu about it. He had He -u living amy up town, and he was glad to get a little nearer to the otlice, Itesides en joy ing all the social prestige which geographical conditions could give him. He moved into the rooms with a dozen trunks and a wealth of bric-a-brac, which, to my luuitl, did not become his age. Mrs. Kurke was glad to accept the reference to me which he gave her, and Edith smiled upon him wheu she gave him his night key. I thought a good deal of Edith, and every night or two we played cards in her mother's room. Sue ami 1 played partners against young ISob Smith and Mrs. llurke. We were pretty evenly matched, too, for Hob played a stilf game of whist, aud I well, you may remember that 1 was one of the l'en teeo.t club's pri..- team last fall. Eililh an.l I won most of the games, though, for Hob was too iulerually lazy ever to do iiuylhiug well. And he never seemed to mind il it he lost. The reseiice of old Ilrowne annoyed me a great deal, and 1 don't mind say ing so. A lnu t a week atter he took his rooms there I found him occupying my seat at the w hist table when 1 called. He was tumbling the cards in his awk ward I ash ion, aud Edith was laughing at him Hob was engaged in giving an imitation of me telling a war story, anil even Mrs. Hurlce was approving lie ridiculous proceedings. I coughed, aud thai slopped the game, but 1 was uncomfortable all the evening. Hob had the good sense to apologize, but old Hrowne simply tittered for an hour over what he seemed to consider a gooil joke on me. Afi.t r that all my affairs seemed to go wrong, and I began to seriously consider whether 1 shouldn't rent every room in Mrs. Hurke's house myself. I w us art u. illy contemplating this prop osition one night in my own apart ments, smoking my last bowl of to bacco l he w hile, when the colored girl who w aits ou the door said that a man had called to see me. I have few callers, and I thought it might be Mr. l'hi,ps, whom I had invited to come to see me more than a month ago. With this idea in mind I told the girl to delay the man below stairs fora moment while I slipped into other clothes. Then the door opened, and old Hrowne came ambling in. I was disgusted on the instant, but I man aged lo conceal my real feelings and invited him to be seated. lie looked all around him to see if I was alone, set his hat on the Moor and then ac cepted my invitation with a kind of sigh. "Thank you," he said, "I only want i see you for a moment." , I offered him a pipe, and he declined it. I told biin my cigars were out- "11 doesn't make any difference," he said. ' I'd rather not smoke. I came here to ask you some . things about the Hurkes.' The Lord only knows how I looked at him as he hesitated for a moment - "I have seen enough of them," he weul on, "to believe ll.at they are per fectly responsible people-Aotherwise I would not have taken lodging there. Y'ou and I are old frieuds, and you will take away even the blight doubt there is in my mind. Are they perfectly re spectable?" Somehow or other I managed to nod my head, but his presumption was par alyzing me. Thank you again. he proceeded. "The reason that I asked you is that I am going to marry Edith." It took me a couple of minutes to master my emotions, but I am proud to say I did it My reply was cool al most chilly. "Indeed!" I said. "Ilaa she accepted you?" "Xo, because I haven't proposed yet. I have giveu the matter a good deal of thought, but before I took so serious a step iu my life I wanted some such wise old head as yours to advise me. Now I am happy, and we'll get married at once." ""He shook hands with me, and the old idiot didn't notice that 1 failed to re spond. At the door I mauaged to ask him this question: "W hat makes you believe she'll have you?" He seemed astonished. "Have me!" he repeated. "Why. she's been after me ever since she knew me. I'll settle it to-morrow evening." As he turned the stairs I noticed that he had on a suit of new clothes, a white vest and a red necktie. He said some thing about feeling like a schoolboy, and I rushed back to my room more a rT routed than I had ever been in my life. I can always think best wheu I am in bed, and so I undressed and got under covers very quickly. When 1 had thought diligently for an hour 1 turned over and said this to myself: "The old fat beast The idea of her marryiug him! I'll propose myself to her to-morrow morning. She has been expecting it. I know, for a long time." I didn't sleep very well, and arose a little after seven o'clock. It took me an hour to dress myself, and, having no appetite for breakfast, I only drank a cup of strong coffee. I then walked nearly a mile before 1 decided what to say, and was barely satisfied with the result. Edith was the sort of a girl to be particular about such things, and I wanted to please her fancy. Mrs. Hurke came to the door and was just as much surprised to see me as I thought she would be. "It was verv good of you to come so soon," she said, "and I didn't think you knew it yet- "Knew wht-tr' said I. She pulled me inside the hall and looked at me, half smiling and half tearful. "Didn't you come to er congratu late anybody?" Then 1 sat down on the hatrack and shook mv head. I felt that it was all over and that old Hrowne had won, and never in my life did 1 suffer so much misery in so small a space of time. "Then," said Mrs Hurke, "I am glad to lie able to inform you myself. Edith and H tb are engaged to be married." I arose and sat down again. 1 thought of many things, but only one 6enter.ee struggled through my lips. "Dttes does old Browne know about it?" I askeo. "Oh, yes; but it won't interest him. He fore he went down town this morn ing he told ine that he would have to give up his room on account of the sun shining in it too brightly in the morn ing. 1 am going to turn the whole house, now, over to Edith." H ii. Cramer, in Philadelphia Times. LANGUAGE OF ANTS. The Obvious Fart of C ommunlcatloa Ile tweni the 1 n e t . It is no longer necessary to prove the existence of language among insects. W hat is now of interest is to find out, if w-- can, the extent aud limits of their language, and the ideas and inferences lo which it gives rise. It is still a ques tion however, in what way communi cation is opened and kept up. Is it by rubbing the antenuie together? The movements of the insects make this seem reasonable, yet a professor in nat ural history in I'russia recently stated that ants are provided with a sound ing apparatus resembling that of the wasp, by means of which faint sounds suited to the cars of ants are produced. This remains to be proved How is it that these small creatures can venture far from the net, distances that are relatively enormous, and never hesitate about the road to take when they wish to retrace their steps? Learned men who have studied the matter attribute the power to the formic acid given out by the insect as it travels, so that it finds its way in ex actly the same way that a fox or a dog does. "One day." says M. Levallois. "I fol lowed an ant for a long time. She was far from the ant-hill, and seemed to have no intention of soon returning. "In the middle of the path she came upon the dead body of a good-sized snail. She first walked all around it, then climbed upon the ngiy creature's back, crawled all over it, and after this thotough examination, instead of going on, immediately returned to the nest "When half-way home 6he met one of her companions. In an instant they had touched or rubbed antenna? with great animation, and she was pursuing her course. The same performance took place when she met a second and a third, and as soon as she had left them they quickly turned toward the spot where the snail lay. "The first ant soon entered the nest, and I lost sight of her; but doubtless she continued her work of informing and exciting the rest, for a long- line of ants immediately came out and set forth for the prey. Ten minutes after ward the snail was entirely covered with the yellow swarm, and by even ing not a traee of it remained." Youth's Companion. PITH AND POINT. There is no habit of more fungus-like growth than that of melancholy. Marion II aria mi No facitt y of man has made such blunders in its development as the re ligious. No wonder; it is the greatest of all. Theodore Parker. Evil, once manfully fronted, ceases to lie evil; there is generous battle-hope in place of dead, passive misery; the . evil itself has become a kind of good. Carlyle. I was educated to regard liberty as an evil; I have learned to regard it as a good. That Is a formula which suffi-. cicntly explains all the changes of my political convictions. Gladstone. ; . ' . - -. - t . - - WHtN JIMMY COMES. When Jimmy comes from school, at four, J-e-r-u-s-a-l-o to- bow tiunajs begin To w tiirl and buzz, and bang and spin. And trwhten up Irom roof to floor; 1 be dog that all day looir bas lam Upon tbe back torch w bis laiL And leaps and barks and begs again Tbe last scrap m tbe dinner-pail. When Jimmy comes from school. Tbe cupboard -latches clink a tune. And mother from ber knitting stirs To tell a huupry boy of hers That supper a id be rt ady soon. And then a slab of pie be takes, A cooky, and a quince or two. And fur the Lreezy barnyard breaks, V here everything cries: -How d y do. When Jimmy comes Irom school. Tbe rooster on tbe garden fence struts up and down, and crow a and crows. As if be noma, or thinks be knows. He. too. Is of some cousevi ueuce; Tbe guineas join the chorus, too, Aud Just Lesiae tbe window sill Tbe red bird, swinging out of view. On bis light perch ta-gins to trill. When Jimmy comes from school W hen Jimmy comes from school, take cars! Our hearts begin to throb and viuaks W'llh me and joy, avnd every acne Is gone, be I ore we are aaare. 1 be earth takes ou a richer hue, A softer light falls on the Mowers. And overhead a brurbler blae Seems bent above this world of ours. When Jimmy comes from school! James S. Matthews, in Ldio' Home Joui MARK'S MOTIIEIMX-LAW. A Story with a Moral for Married Men. "Confound her!" cried Mark Howell, bursting into the parlor where Mr. Ward, his married sister, then ou a visit to him, was bitting, quietly sew ing. "Confound her, bhe'e always in terfering!" His sister knew well enough of whom he was speaking. He was speaking of his mother-in-law, also on a visit at the How-ells'. "Mark," said Mrs. Ward, looking up, "you ought to be ashamed of yourself. I am older than you. I have been, in some respects, a molher lo you; and. therefore. I speak plainly. And 1 must say that 1 think you -alk scandalously of your mother-in-law." "Why can't she mind her own busi ness?" he said, wrathfully. "Here she's been talking May over about the new nurse for Johnnie. The one I like, I'm told, won't do at all: and it's all, I do believe, because the girl's young, and has pretty manners. Instead, they're to have some sour old thing as prim as a drill sergeant and as u'jlv as a Chinese idol" "I confess I am on the side of your mother-in-law." his sister answered, quietly. "The girl you fancied was en tirely unfit to he put over Johnnie. He'd wind her round his finger. And 1 don't believe she cares for anything but dress and admiration." This rather staggered Mark, who had been accustomed to regard his sis ter as the perfection of wisdom, espe cially in housewifely natters. lie looked blank, for a moment, but soon rallied. "That is not all She has persuaded May to put long stockings on Johnnie, when there's nothing prettier than to see his fat chubby legs." "Nor anything more unhealthy. I pity the poor little legs on a cold day." "Unhealthy! Half the children in town go barelegged." "And the consequence is" that half those who go barelegged catch colds and fevers from which some nevrr re cover. You are fond of your bay mare. Mark; but you are careful in a sharp wind to have a horsecover put on her; while you never think of covering up poor Johnnie's legs, no matter how bit ter the day. Do you suppose your child is stronger than your horse?" "Hat it hardens him," said Mark, a little staggered, nevertheless. "Why wouldn't exposure harden your mare? No, Mark, you're wrong in both cases, and your mother-in-law is right." Mark bit his mustache and growled: "Hut a fellow doesn't like anybody in terfering between himself and wife, you see. May's mother is very nice, generally, I admit; but let her keep to her own affairs." "Hut are not these her own affairs? Jol.-.inie is her grandchild She natur ally wants him to be well brought up, and be healthy; and so in advising your wife about a nurse, and persuading her to cover Johnnie's legs, she is only keeping within the strict line of her duty. You ought to be thankful that there is somebody with greater experi ence than May, to tell her what to do. Xo young mother can learn everything at once. Itesides, Mrs. ltarker has never, so far as 1 have seen, forced her opinions on May. Has she?" "No," said Mark. "She doesn't nag, if that's what you mean. Hut she talks May over." "And naturally. Come. Mark, be fair. Look at the subject without prejudice" "I do." "Not entirely, I think. For example, in both these instances Mrs. Harker only advised what was best Now I have been here a fortnight and I have never known her to advise May wrong. More than that, she hardly ever gives advice at all unless she is first asked for it" 'It's not only in these two things; it is in plenty ot others," retorted Mark, going back to the old ground as ob stinate people do. "She always takes a different side from me, snd always gets May to go with her and against me. Confound her!" "Now, Mark, don't be silly. Don't quarrel with May, too. and for no bet ter reason than that she is led, in many things, by her mother. Isn't it natural? 1 often think how unjust men are to mothers-in-law, as a class. You took May from a home where she had lived for nineteen years, and in which the great authority in all mat ters, not only on dress aud health, but everything, was her mother. She looked up to and lielieved in her mother, as all good children should. You and I looked np to our mother, and I hope Johnnie will look up to his. Now, though all families hold to the same general principles of morality, though all believe it is wrong to lie, or steal, or covet a neighbor's goods, there is the very greatest diversity of opinions - between different families on the minor points of life. This is natural. It is natural, too, that a daughter should hold the same views as her moth er about these things, and that, even after marriage, the iufluence of the home atmosphere should hang about her. Why, you yourself, on some of these very points, cling more obstinate ly to the traditions of our family than May does to hers." "Hut," said Mark, stubbornly, wife ought to adapt herself to ber hus band's tastes." "Well, even if we grant that, we must give her time. She can't undo the work of nineteen years in a few months, or even a year or two. In matters that involve no question of right or wrong it is generally w ise for a wife to yield to her husband, if he in sists on it But to insist on minor things too much is neither wise nor fair. There ought to be mutual con cessions; for matrimony, like every thing else in life, is a matter of give and take. But it is absurd to expert a wife to remodel her whole character in a couple of years. The influence of her mother, of her own family trad n ions, cannot be shakeu off so easily; and a husband is wrong to expect it- Yet this is what you mean, wheu you say that May always goes against vou and takes her mother's aide." "So she does." "As a fact, she does not," replied Mrs. Ward, stoutly, looking him reso lutely in the face, "and you know she doesn't You are angry, or you would not say it May sometimes goes agaiust you. and with her mother; but she much more often follows your taste, eveu when it is more than an open question. And what does it matter, after all? For I am talking of things indifferent in themselves. A man ought to be too much of a man to want to tyrannize over his wife in little things of that kind" Mark began, by this time, to realize that he had tbe worst of tbe argument, so he made no reply, but stroked his mustache a favorite trick with his kind in similar circumstances. "The truth is," said his sister, laugh ingly, taking up her sewing again, which ehe had laid down in the heat of discussion, "you are jealous. That's the whole story. You want to monopolize every look, and word, and action, and even thought, of May's. You want to be master, to the minutest detail. You are like must young hus bands in this, however; and I will not be too hard on you. It is this very jealousy that is at the bottom of the general dislike on the part of new husbands towards mothers-in-law. You lords of creation, even in matters which ought to be left entirely to the women, fret and champ the bit, when a woman comes in the nick of lime to take things in hand. You fret and champ the more, when the woman is the one most fit to interfere a mother-in-law. You don't like to play second fiddle," with two or three merry shakes of the head, "even when it is necessary you should. You resent in terference, and would resent it from anybody, only you make the mother-in-law the scape-goat" "Well." said Mark, who had recov ered his temper by this time, and who had the good sense to acknowledge, at least to himself, that he was in the wrong, "a woman, they say, will al ways have the last word. So I let you have it" "What a blessing, though," retorted Mrs. Ward, with another gay laugh, and another shake of the head. 'That it's a sister, iu this case, who will have tbe lasc word, and not a mother-in-law!" Woman's Journal. INTRODUCING A LECTURER. Aa Engltah Custom Which Mlehl Ms Bet ter Iloaaof-esI In tho tirtavrh. One of those English customs which would be more honored in the breach than in the observance is that of pre senting a lecturer to the audience by a chairman. This unnecessary presidiug officer, having read up on the subject, "rises to say a few words of introduc tion." and sometimes 'anticipates some of the lecturer's best points. In an English village a loquacious .squire and a garrulous rector Ixtth in troduced a lecturer, and their "few words" occupied nearly all the time which had been allotted to the lec ture. The lecturer, however, was equal to the occasion. He spoke about twenty minutes, and then, looking at his watch, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I must now leave that I may catch my train, but I will ask your permission before I de part to suggest for your consideration an occurrence which took place on board a small American vesseh "The captain, the mate, and a pas senger dined together., A roly-poly pud ding was placed on the table, and the captain said to the passenger: "'Stranger, do you like ends?' "Xo.' " Oh. don't yer? Ma and my mate does;' and the captain cut the pudding in two, giving one end to the mate and appropriating tbe other." The audi ence saw the point, and heartily ap plauded. An Englishman, a temperance lec turer, was invited to speak on total ab stinence. Being nobody in particular, he was placed last on the list of speak ers. The chairman also introduced sev eral speakers whose names were not on the list, and tbe audience were tired out, when he said: "Mr. Bailey will now give us his address." "My address," said Mr. Bailey, ris ing, "is 45. Loughborough Park, Brix ton Road, and I wish you all good night" Youth's Companion. PEOPLE. . A win of Mrs. Burnett, w ho is said to have lieen the original of "Little I ird Fauntleroy," is to enter Harvard uni versity next fall. Kii iiAKit Malcolm Johnston, "who ranks with Joel Chandler Harris and Thomas Nelson Page as a southern story writer, says that he is satisfied to make two thousand dollars a year w ith his pen. Miw. Tf URT, of Rome. Italy, the mother of Marion Crawford, is said to be the oldest American resident iu the Eternal city. She was living there with her first husband. Thomas Craw ford, the sculptor, when Hawthorne wrote "The Marble Faun." in which Mr. Crawford, his identity lightly veiled, figures conspicuously. Lorii RosK.iiKlir has liecome a milk man, one of the most extensive in Ixm don, but he does not have his name on his milk wagons, as Lord Kayleigh does, preferring to carry on the trade under the name of his managers. Two other peers w ho turn an honest penny the same way are Lonls Londonderry, retail coal, and Portsmouth, fruit .and garden truck. , . " aa rau bt-. ' i' i i
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