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IntH.ns or proceed! rut ol aor eorit ra tion or society and coniajnni-atlonft defnaca.d to call attention to any matter ul limited ur indl vidoal tnterot hum I paid Uir r advrrtmuienis. rfaa.k and Job t-rintlna of ail kinds neatly and esejiouriy excelled at the lowest prices. Aad don tyoa lorxet it. (- !-- ww w w - , - AM . ft. . I. I.: : ,l.rllpil Hair , , I r .! t..-r .. ... f I VI . ( i,. I II Inn " tuolill.a I r.'i , ,,,.t r i. w.it-Oi i tuobtha. w i f l 1 -fttti)ll lite )l . ir.i.to.a ttt1de of tli county . nl l r )"l ") ' - CttMaeit u .ill the al-ove terms ha rte-u-1 tiie wtiu don I 6onuh ttt-r , M i-avll. in .hlir BlUni uot nx r. , h lIIUK tio ( .innufiiy uu.lerftloo.) mo i 'v ... .-a-t JAS. C. H ASSON. Editor and Proprietor. "BK IS A VKKKMAN WHOM THE TRCTH MAKES FREE AND ALL ABE ELATES BESIDE,' 8I.SO and postage per year in advance. ,ir imi-er before you stop It. If stop VOLUME XXVIII. -...re Mil itlaW EUENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY IS, 1S1M. wia -l,,e to short. NUMI5EK -20. r 'ft' :I I cj I'll ' 1 1 ill M Cy u il w 4 43' W fi HUH .ill f. II MM. A QjlLiK RELIEF FOR EVERY TYPE OF ;Afo:.AL Points Respecting HEADACHE. , I I J wry hevLirh"; i-s a n tavfr the crau- t- ill inrv.-s .r KPsr p Sf.tiiC ilwiu with Koir- . Al.lSti. 4lifn chil.ircn suft'.-r ith h'-.id .irhf, or .inv cue rl'.rr .ir th.it tn.it t it. w--: KiU kai ink, III.- Im vt r-l.ir:K t-Vi-r -! rt il IS ll'. Ml; , won- 1 .tiill jui. k. in artiou. ,! ii. ,rt K i... Hi! ill t y. m u!i.iI I r, r!-.. ! i r .vnl.iritv Oi iHiti).- inl- r a ' ! i l!ii r tile til to t Jini lur x- KOPF LINE CURES 'IMV3US DEBILITY. MCaGU HACi:Ht. NfftVOUS PrtOSm.TiOH, MftMtAi. WOhit. OiGCSIlVt AllMf NTS, fllPITlTiCM. WCAK ClNCOLTIO, 4lC0hoLt; ;'Hin t m.-s. amo L4. K0PFAL.INE v. : . ! I . 111 r-. M-ri, i.i:i: :i I , r.:i ir . I - "i-. h li'-'c nervt s :.i t ;. i'ricf s cent-. : v .: - . .. i .! i . -r ' nt l. any atl i-v ... Kti.l-i ' I : " " SOLf P.OMtETa.S. VMINKELMANN & BROWN DRUG CO. BALTIMORE. Ma.. U. S. A. 1 "NO MORE DOCTORS FOB KE! TV.pv ! w s roniiiiiptivf. pent t r'..t:iU. I 'M in" tt kei rpiiet. no eirite fti'i.r, ji ! no tfiinls. Jut lliink of it. r.e !. v I f'.-ni'l t li.tl Ix-x.k cal!l 4iniIa I.i li tii,' l v Mis. I' tikliam, ami in it I foiii..i ...tt ".n it aiti-il S 1 wr.'-le to l-r. ; ; t a !..-.. -:y n-.l'-. told jit what to !. ani I ai:i iu .T:i-inlid lia.l t tt now. lyOIALPSNKHAFiVScra foi':-rs a 1 t!ir- WPaknessrs ami :iil:n-lil9 I i-va . nt witli tlic st-x, and restores er- fr. t ii-i t:i. Al! I'iaj.-:st f.t 1! it as sfnmlaril artl rlr. i-r !.t I v mail, in frm of Fills or La IrliZn. i'!i v (!; f'i l.i1. 1'f tiie .hi.- i f KMiiry Comj.lainta, -r -T. n iiit'oitliil l as no rival. Mr. l';i.;.u,i f:a ly answiTs letters ot Ld a E. Pinkh.wn Mad. Co., Lynn, Mill. From Pole to Pole Atr'4 S.k.pkii i.A baa rit-mnrmtrHtt-d ilm fpr . 1 . f. I. r nil dina of tiie bkod. The Harpooner's Story. C Ateh & i.. Tw.Mty y.ara at" 1 . t.rr.. . r sn N..r;li l'ai ui.-, hru ri.- r. ...f . r..w :t:,.j -(.,f U t.r,. u;, --uh urt-y. I. .r ;-..l..w. ribi..al.-.l.Kiiniawoll.o t-.-tb , Miri blotches all tw ,,.r i ,,..-,th ,.., j r,.:t..Q. T.tke it tv Urj ue w - re pr.-lty badly oil'. Ail out t--- .11. n j.j, -uiaiiy d-nUi-ved. but th -.'i a hal . 1..UL.I0 d..z-n bottlarsi'f .VllB'l "'.i'-l a a:.l i:ae u. tbat. We recov- r it .! , r 1 11..11 1 t.a vcr ai'oo ma t T i ' v itny i-tl'i rtri'aliru'litforcurvy, ' t ..1 dal ff 11. .finic n. nieu . r A.rii ti.ar.f yinr rwaparlli tx-mg r . r: , I 'hoiiffl.t you o.'Kht to know of t a.i v.-u Ui? fa.n. -I!-' y yours. aLPU T. WlSOiTS. ar 1 Tho Trooper's .xperienoe. i' J S. A frUa , ) March . rff. Ik.. I t-i i., - Aiku tt i '. Unt!'inn : I have i 1 Utiy i vi." ft lue of - ; ..r W e Lave t;t.iinrd r v(ar, du -niif LicS titue w v " 1- t o . H-.v' untUr caovsi fu hi & ii .. rr-rjr.t on t.v i clletl in tht :rv !, i -u,, I hw.l l!.oA4 ri for ' l i , H u -im, , .1 t itt? your Hrufci :-a , : ,,f h u. vie my sorM 3 -; ; i ,,;. ;; , t l u,., MlW quit.? Hell. Ayer's Sarsaparilla ''' V-r..utrldv '(TiTtii-e bloo-1 pnriflsr. ' '.i.rft vradi.-Mtra the polaona oC ' M r i.rj , aiid Coiitag-lwua jjl.nan rP.mRED T t)i r .V, "o., Ixuvell, M t y ail 1 ru2iu r Price fl ; a. a buius 1 iot as. Or.j i . fOR ARTISTIC iOB PRINTING TRY THE FREEMAN. tL ". 1 M-l Mark ohtainmi. and all fk!r'i'" '"'" I' "' fur Moderate F-r. r.n ,J .'' 'r-r ' Opposite U. S. latent Otfice. r-u..,t " "r- i-.tint iu let- time than tho-e i-b,n.t.,n. "'"'"' ''- 'T photo., with dVrrlp- r.ir.K i.'i ,'""- ,f latent sl.te or not. free of 4 p. -r iii'l due till pnti ut i- erured. t JB. .J.nf0r'',''t ' ""w "' "'am I'ateiits.-' with '. , " ''"'bt- in your Mate, county, o" Ir---. Adilre-, C.A.SNOW&CO. opposite Patent Otf.ce. Washington. D. C ' A:V v','";SA, Ki rN aecntrline Lin.i'i . !--U SUM K and l-.Hl'i Mi. j, J . "'.H A I. sai.ahN i.r li.M.MLS. hu,, W'IKI.Y. fKKM ANKNT and Htji. ';IHl..NS to IHHIII MKN. I, J'.,' 1,1 ' '-d.NlS to HMMNNKKN. MliHrO' II.hhIHiKV tHVEN lr lK r" t Kin ler terms te ittHawks Karser? Co., Eocliester.N. Y. r if 11 V hi;,.,r. . I.;.- : -stamp f"l rrpiy. (Sntf ti ?-rrl '.li-nni tor iiirs. Hmi-hani bcauiifui KR .no- iil:i.ir.-.:pd book. n!:tlri (.LiPE ij HtsLin :-o fhouetie." 1 It contains a V'lm? oi ainab!9 Information. 3 ItiVs if-s ;t-itl miK ie jjui CARTER'S i 1VER PILLS. ORE !ck Ceadarbe and rt lievnall tbe troubles Incf der.t tn a l.ilioua state of the bu"ii. such as I'iziiiH-ss, Kauses. Dron-siuma. Distress after catn;,;. I'aia iu tue tiula, &c Wliila tLcirmook reiuurliablb Bucctxw baa hoaa ahuu u iu curing Heaaache. ypt Cartor'a Little Uvwr Pilta are equally viUilble iu Constipatiou. ciir.ng and pre venting tliisaunoyinpcoLUplauit. hila thy aUo rf)rrerli.liJi14.,rllr-i-Hof tbew.mun Uumulate tba liver and regulate tUe tiowela. tcu it tney ouiy cured ArlielliOT Tronl.l be almost priceiesii to those who fcnfisrr f mm thM!iBtn.--sii;,' complaint; butfortu catoly tbeirnojuesaduea nuteuu hero,auii tbosa .oou.try thumitill had tbeae lntlo pilliali nlilrtiu inany wayathat tliHy will not le wil liuf tu do without them, liut after altsick headl Ik tlm lan cf fo many that bora la whera Wi"!,ak6iiur prcKt boast. Our pillacureit whila ottifrs di uot t'ail. r'a L-ttio Liver Fillaaro rery small anU vrry j.-y to Lik. Ot.o or two pilla taakea doAe. Ti. ai ptriclly vi-i'tatlo and do uot K'ipo or I'!ir'. l ut 1 y U.i ir tie action ploaaaalt who nii-:a. In vi.iMat .'fxuta ; Jivnf.ir fl. 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L s, JnMbO. A- 10, Boou. 1S fo i tries wnueo at short bamo la the OLD RELIABLE 1 ETNA" nil tr t'irat I'laas esBiaaisiia. rr. W. DICK, pttrnT rou the OIL. 13 HAUTFOIU) FIRB INSURANCE COMT IHIM M KNUEH BlfSlNKSS 1794. Konshura. July "t. 188-J. ! cniiCHR- M ami Tumor CURED : no kf re?. lm UuArtau A ulm SICK HEAD ACHE "OUT OF SCHOOL." The dock stril:ea i.u in mv parlor. With us of ( uu.l livery cbime; There arc voU.es and merry laUJblur, And 1 kiinw tii.it 11. . is the tiu-e h 11 three 1 tile to; isb jau. le, Los- lasl a for ibe day aie o'er. Will run up the oi l ouk staircase And iu at my ofieo door. Their fond little arm 1 are round ma; S.,f l 11 s to my ou arc pressed; Two t r flit lull I u 'l.ing fates Vv ith mi rrn'ot smiles are dressed. lij; Oil ' 14 So b.d U.ld t Jar ( Lit, As it luv-i airatust my ouu Aud the fuxir It. lie h -art, 4ud tender, 'iiius utters its childish moan: "O i. v.hy. mamma, do vou send me Where thu hours are all so loug? I try so hard uith the lessons, liut I always pet them wrong. At home, unti you, 1 am bapp,-. But there 1 must keep the rule. V. hen I am a crcat grown lady, I never will go to school " Oh, how shall I tell my baby. With her sheaf of irolden hair. With the soul through her bright eyes shilling. So free from sorrow and care. That mv lessons are only louger. And sterner and strict t the rule That we w ho are j?reat tronu ladies. We in vcr are "out of school." M. E. Van Uuyne, In H irper's Bazar. A LOVER'S QUARREL. The Story of a Jealous Olri and Her Lesson. "Ihm't touch me or speak to me," said Nina Wilbur, as her betrothed hus band. Aslitou Craijf. came up the bteps. of the low verauda of the "Faruier'n Ke.-L" , "Oh. I mean it. I am not one who does not know wheu she has been in sulted." "Nina, you do not know anything yi-L," said Ash ton. "When I have told you " "Told me?" sai.1 Nina. "Well. I scarcely need telliny. You invito me to tin races, and when j-ou ar. almost there leave inj alone here uutil they are over." "I left you to save a life," said Ash ton. "The pirl was not thrown out," said Nina "It was well enough for you to stop the horses and carry her in when she pretouded to laint, but to send me a note telling me to stop where I was until you came for ine. and stay all this while why. as 1 said, it is au o lie rise beyond forgiveness." "As I said, you know nothing-about it." said young1 Crai;?. "If the had been killed there were plenty to lake care of her beside her escort, whom the people told the laudlady was uot hurt, though he was thrown out. "Oh, I've been nearly w ild with mor tification, and that (rood old soul igno rant, of course, but so sympathetic how she has pitied me!" 'You don't seem the sort to be used so, miss," she said. Tin poiutf to p;ive you her very words, plain as they were, and so impressive. 'You don't know men folks vet, my dear, she said. 'VVhen you are my ape you will, to your cost. That tral that was run awav with is one of the sort that come to the races in crowds. When they tret their eyes on a well-dressed young- man they don't take 'em on in a hurry. She came to quick enough once she got things the way she liked 'em, and he's becu with her ou the grand stand all this time, while you've been cool ine your heels here, my dear.' That's what she an experienced old grandmother told me." "lUessed old lady," sa d Ashton, "and you accept her views?" Why, as she said, if all had been riirht you'd have sent home one to briug me over, instead of telling me to stay here," said Nina, "and she said things like that often happened, only usually the parties 'were all much i.f a much ness;' of course 1 don't know exactly what ..lie means by that," faltered Nina. "Exactly!" "Not exactly but it is evident that a few hours' intercourse with an ex perienced old lady like that is a liberal education for a respectable jrirl." "Well, you prefer this version to any I can olTer," said Ashton, coldly. "Oh, yon cannot f-.lip out of it like that," said Nina. "I hope you have had some lunch," Ashton said, ignoring1 her remanc. ' Sue made me take some salt clam soup and a miserable piece of pie," said Nina. "if I hail had my nur.-e with me I should have paid my bill and rome home, but I was not prepared for this insultiuif conduct." Ashton walked away and paid the bill, and soon the vehicle in which they were to return was ready. Uut all the way home he kept perfect silence, and made uo attemp-t either to explain anything or seek forgiveness. Nina was vistin;? an aunt, and at the door of this lady's residence he paused, assisted her to alifrht and drove away with a very polite bow, never once looking1 back, as she saw plainly. y this time she, beine a woman, was nearly mad to hear from his lips what had happened to listen to some story which roipht g'ive her a chance to foreive him. Ileal ly, it seemed impossible, when she thoueht the matter quietly over. that Ashton could have played so low and shabby a trick. The old woman had influenced her stranjrely. At best it was very wronjj of him very unkind but if he had only confessed the truth and pleaded and offered excuses at least she would have been able to play a dig nified part Now she felt that she had neither spoken nor behaved as a lady should no, not kindly, as one should even to a friend. fc.he should have listened to him be fore she burst out into that tirade, and she entered her aunt's house with such a face that that lady cried: "Why, what's the matter where is Mr. Craiff why didn't he come in? I've a lovely hiph tea ready. Why, Nina, I believe you've quarreled with him." "IVm't speak of Mr. Craijr," said Nina; "he is the most contemptible creature I wish i had never seen ''"-" ... i And then she burst into tears and was forced to tell the story her ver sion of it. of course. She meant it to be the true one, but in the case of a quarrel, people are apt to make the best story for themselves, in very self-defense. We were very near the race course," she said, '-whao a carriage clashed past ua the gen tie in an was thrown and the lady was in danger. Ashton made me i. light and go into a little country hotel by the roadside then dashed on. and, somehow, I cannot tell how, stopped the horses. The trirl was not thrown, and I saw Ashton take her iu his arms and carry her up the steps of au elegant hotel not far away. Later he sent me a note, tilling me not to coin -s over on any account, but to stay where I was until he came for me. He came, after thi races were over, and made ueither explanation nor apology." "Why, that seems impossible, Nina,'' said her aunt "What did you say?" "Well, I was not very amiable," said Nina. "Uut could you expect that?" The auut shook her head. "ileshoul.l have explained," she said. Nina could not bring herself to tell her auut hat the old landlady had sugpestei. or that she had actually re peated her words to Ashton. It all seemed so low and coarse, now that she thought it over. "I suppose he forgot me." she said. "In that ease," said her aunt, "never forgive him; I would not." And Nina went to her room in tears, and. during the wakeful night, resolved to return Ashtou's riugou the morrow, which she did by express, with a scorn ful word or two written upon the most elegant note paper in her possession. After this she told her auut that she would go home at once; and tiiat lady, who, though delighted to entertain a niece who wis iu a cheerful mood, had an aversion to tears and low spirits, agreed that it was perhaps the best tiling she could do under the circum stances to go home to her dear mamma, who would give her the best advice pos sible. I'.xir Nina! As, her journey over, she walked up the garden path leading to the door of her buburbau home, how heavy was hor heart. Mie beyan to realize w hat the old minister and her grandfather meant by saying "all is vanity." She had Wen so proud of Ashton and of her engagement to him, aud she was ashamed to tell her friends that all was over, and then the heartbreak of it! Now that there was no troine back, she felt that she could forgive him al most anything And just as she came to this there was a suwden rush of sis ters down the path, a kissing and em bracing and incoherent cries of: "Oh! she's ever so much better; there's not the least reason to be anxious. We knew you'd come at once. liut, oh! how pule you are. And don't you feel proud of Ashtou?" Nina simply stared at them. "What has happened?" she cried. "Shedoesu't know." cried the younger sister. "Ma made Ashtou promise not to tell her until this morning." sai I theeldest. 'Hut wnal uia ne say to make 3-ou come?" said the third sister. "Oh! you ought to be proud of him; but for him it is terrible to think liow we might be grieving now," said the mid lie sister. "You know Cousin Rodney came to ask ma to go to the races with him," said the eldest sister. "And we made her go," said the youngest. "And he didn't understand tht horses," sad the middle sister. "It was a new team." "We'll never speak to him airain." said all three together. And they ran away. "Oh, good heavens! Was that mother? Was liodney driving her?" panted Nina. "How noble; he inever told he kept his promise," said the elder sister. "Yes. dear, an l Rodney's head was cut open. "Served him right,' cried the chorus. "And ma fainted away, and the doc tors thought her dead." They all began to cry. " hen Ashton brought her home we all shrieked," said the youngest. "But she is quite well only we make her lie down, j-ou know, and she'll be so glad we were not frightened." "Ashtoa is the noblest creature," chorused the sisters, and Nina, turning as red as she had been pale before, burst into tears. "And I am the meanest," she con fesse I. "I tlid not know whom he had rescued, and I quarreled with him for staving away all day, and sent him back his ring this morning." "fih," groaned the chorus, "I don't Wlieve he will ever forgive you, and you do not deserve it!" Rut just then, looking tip, whom did they see entering at the gate but Ash ton Craig. Anil the look he gave them convinced them that he was not in a very angry mood. Indeed, when poor Nina turned her tear-filled eyes toward him anil held out her trembling hands it was impos sible for him not to melt outright, aud the sisters knew that the best thing to be done was to leave the two together, which they did. And shortly after Nina and Ashton knelt beside tiic mother's couch, hand in hand, and on Nina's finger shone once more her en gagement ring. "Don't cr3; I'm perfectly well, ami only ashamed of having fainted from fright." the mother said. Kut Nina could not have given a name to all the emotions that mingled n her bosom and sent such a shower of shin ing tears down her smooth cheeks. Only she knew that she was at once ashamed and comforted, and that for the first time since their engagement she fuily realized how well she loved her betrothed husband and how glad she was that she was soon to be his wiie Kansas City Times. The Way of the World. See that man? He is broke. He was not always so. lie used to hold his head high in the air and as far above his fellow m?n as he possibly could. He doesn't do so now, because he hasn't pot the wherewith. The people with whom he used to associate still know huu, but their greetings are not as warm and cordial as they used to be. You rna3" have mouey ti-day and you will have friends. When the former go the latter soon follow. If the lat ter go first they will invariably hate the former in their possession. The moral of this is, not to speculate. Buf falo Times. A 1 1 -1 In ? Term. "Why do you use such peculiar terms?" asked a lawyer's wife of her husband, who had returned worn out by his day's labors. "I don't see how you can have been working all day like a horse." "Well, my dear," he replied, "I've been drawing a conveyance all lay; and if that isn't working like a horse, what is?"' TIIE WESTERN EXPRESS. Why Its Delay Caused a Happy Marriages "I love her, mother," said Guion Es teriiall. He was not, in a general way. much of a talker. Consequently, wheu he spoke, his words had the weight of sense aud rarity. But Mrs. Esterhall, the fine old lady who sat erect before the clear, sea-coal fire, was too much excited to consider all this. "The wife of my son, (Juion," said she, "should be a lady, born aud bred not one of those girls w ho have had to fight the world uutil all gentleness, grace and unselfishness are ground out of them. No, 1 can never give my con sent!" The young man smiled slightly. "Mother," said he, "the diamond it self hardly possesses its true financial value until tho facets are ground with much friction." "Humph!" said Mrs. EsterhalL "No one is talking of diamonds." "I may bring her to sue you, mother?" Mrs. Ksterhall shook her head. "I have uo desire to receive her," said 6he. "But, Liuy. here are the tickets for Henry Irving to-night. Carrie Chip petidale has promised to accompany me of course, you will be on hand at half-past seven to be our escort?" "If you wish it, mother." The old lady smiled to herself when Guion was gone. "A lit lie management," she thought, "a little judicious firmness, and Guy will get over this boyish fancy of his. The idea of a shop girl for my daughter-in-lawfor Mrs. Guion Esterhall! 1 thiuk the lad must have taken leave of his senses!" Aud in her secret heart she rejoiced with au exceeding great rejoicing when Miss Chippeudaie arrived that evening, in a pale-blue moire gown, cut decol lete, with a glittering neck luce around her perfect white throat, and a bunch of hothouse roses in her cors pe. "If we are to have a private box," said Miss Chippendale, buttoning the se euteeuth button of her rlove, "one may as well go in full dress, don't you kuow?" "My dear, you are looking lovely," said Mrs. Lsterhall, approvingly. Miss Chippendale n as a sort of hu man catnelua japouica fair, graceful and serene with big, expressionless blue eyes, cherry-red lips, llax-gold hai-, drawn in HulTy c-tiinps over her forehead, and an unchanging society smile perpetually hovering around her lips. She had been highly educated, and she was destined by her parents to make a brilliant match. The Chippen dales belonged to the aristocracy that is to say, they had never done any work a. id had always spent a great deal of money. Aud Mrs. Esterhall had decided that Carrie Chippendale was the very wi.e for her son. &he went shopping the next daj-, to match a shade of Berlin wool, to buy some lace llounces and to dec-hie on new portieres for her drawing-room down at Esterhall manor. At one or two o'clock site experienced, not hunger, but a lady-like sensation that "tired nature" needed some sort of "sweet restoration." "I will go into Maricotta's," she thought- Maricotta's was full, as it generally was at that time of day; but presently the old lady succeeded in obtaining a seat iu a curtained angle, where the waiter took her order for a chicken salad and a cup of tea. Just then she heard a clear, low voice on the other side of the drapery, as a party settled them selves to a table Miss Chippendale's soft, well-modulated tones. "Oh, yes, Irving was very fine," said Carrie. "Oysters, please a box-stew for one and fritters for two and three cups of Vienna chocolate, nicely frothed, waiter but all the same. I nearly died of ennui. The old lady is the most dreadful bore you ever knew, and Guy U a regular prig. Handsome, you know, and very talented, of course; but one don't want to be on full-dress parade as to cue's brains the whole time. He isn't half as nice as I-'reddic Fortune ouly Kor dear Fred hasn't a cent to bless himself with, and papa looks thtiudereloud i at me whenever he calls. But once I'm married, it " A chorus of well-bred giggling inter rupted t a rrie's "words. Mrs. Esterhall rose hurriiHlly from her seat, geasped her gloves anil eyeglasses and made all haste out of the restaurant. When the waiter came with the chicken-salad and the tea he found his customer gone. The unconscious Miss Chippen dale and her friends enjoyed their Vi enna chocolate and oyster fritters very much indeed. Mrs. Esterhall decided to return to the manor at once. Carrie Chippen dale's grace. ul treachery had affected her more than she had deemed possi ble; and, leaving a hastily written note: to explain to Guion that she had al tercel her plans, she took the late ex press, which reached Clevedon Junc tion at nine, there connecting with a branch train for Esterhall statiou. She was traveling alone, as her maid re mained to pack up the last things and follow her the next day. '1 here had been a heavy snow-fall, the night had settled down dark and tempestuous, and the train was run nin g behind time. At last it came to a full stop. Mrs. Esterhall started from a doze and looked anxiously around her. "Ten o'clock!" some oue said, con sulting a watch. "Why, conductor, we are due at Clevedon at live minutes be fore nine!'' "Yes, 1 know, sir," spoke the official, "but the road is all blocked, and the vestern express isoverdue at this point. We're waiting here for the signal to move on. " "And what's to keep us from waiting all night?"' petulantly inquired the old gentleman. "Nothing, sir unless the western express i; heard from." Mrs. Esterhall began to be a little frightened. "Conductor," said she, "is there any danrer of a collision?" "No. ma'ain not as long as we're on this si I.- '-f the switch " "Isn't there a dining car attached to this train?" "No, ma'am this isn't the throueh express, but I hope we shall not be de tained here much louger," the conduc tor cheerfully added. Slowly the minutes dragged them selves tiv. gradually lengthening into hours. The passengers gathered in knots and whispered. One or two of Cue more adveuturous spirits got out. peered into the darkness, flecked only by the driven snow, and then pot in agaiu, with the customary uncompli mentary comments on the railway mauaifi'iuent Mrs. Esterhall was ner vous and unaccustomed to travel. She began to cry softly behind her veil. "Ah," she thought, "if ever I live to pet safe home again, I'll stay there. I'll never tempt Providence more, on these night roads." Across the aisle two young girls were seated the one pale-faced and rather plain, as Mrs. Esterhall had already noticed by the light of the cluster of lamps ucder which they were seated; the other a brilliant young brunette, with soft hazel eyes, peachy cheeks, and wavy dark-brown hair, brushed carelessly back from a low, broad fore head. Presently the latter rose, and. comiug to Mrs. Esterhall's side, asked in a soft, sympathetic voice: "Are you ill, madam?" "N no," stammered the old lady, quite forgetful of her society dignity. "Ouly I am so faint and wear-. I ex pected to dine at home, long before this hour; and I took almost nothing to eat before I started." "I have some nice, homemade chicken sandwiches iu my bag," suggested the pretty girl. "My aunt insisted on my taking them, although 1 dined heartdy before leaving home; and I have a little alcohol lamp with every convenience for making a good, strong cup of tea as welL If you will allow me to prepare it for you" Mrs. Esterhall was a genuine tea maniac A new brightness came into her eyes at this suggestion. "You are very kind," said she. "But you will want it yourself." "No," smiled the girL "I don't care for tea. But my kind old aunt would put the things in. Now I am glad that she did so." In five minutes Mrs. Esterhall had eaten and drunk aud felt infinitely re freshed. How it hapKMied she did not pause to question herself, but she pres ently found herself reclining comfort ably, with her head on a pillow impro vised out of the folded blanket shawl that belonged to the young trirl; and, mingled with her drowsy reflections, came the soft, low murmurs of the sweet-eyed brunette, who had changed her seat and that of her companion to the one directly back of Mrs. Ester hall, and was talking almost in a whisper. "No, I am not going back; and I do not intend to communicate my address to anyone." "Not even to him?" "No, not even to him. "But he loves you, dear." "Yes; and that is the very reason 1 am determined to create no dissension between him and his friends. Perhaps he will forget me." "He will never do that" "But at least I shall feel that I have done my duty," said the hazel-eyed girl, firmly. "I shall love him to the end of his days, but I shall not have ruiued his future." "And all this," cried the companion, "out of deference to the whims of an old woman whom you have never seen!" "Out of deference to his mother, Alice," gently corrected the first speaker. "What a quixotic notion!" dreamily mused Mrs. Esterhall. "But she has an excellent idea of duty, this dark-eyed little girl!" "That is you. all over, F.flie! ' said the frien.l. "You are alwaysettaciiig your self in favor of some one else. Here you are giving all your tea and sand wiches to a H-rson you have never heard of, abandoning your seat to a poor little woman with a crying baby, because it is a trifle nearer the stove, and, to cap everything, giving up the man you love and w ho loves you, be cause " "Because it is my duty," said Effie. "Please, Alice, don't let us discuss the matter any longer. It is because I love Guy that 1 am willing to sacrifice every thing for his sake." "Guy! Bless my soul! Guy!" thought Mrs. Esterhall, sitting suddenly up. "liut, of course, there are other Guys thau miue in tho world." Just iheti theie was a tremble of the frozen ground under them, a roar and rush of lighted cars past them. "The western express at last!" shout ed the choleric old gentleman, bobbing up in his seat like an india-rubber balL "All abo-o-ard!" bawled the conduc tor, with a twitch at the bell-rope; and on moved the train at last, creaking and groaning like some monster ser pent in pain. Mrs. Esterhall leaned over the back of the seat, toward the hazel-eyed girl. 'My dear." said she, between the throbs of the engine, "is it Guion Es terhall that j-ou are speaking of?" The girl started and colored. She could not repress a cry of surprise. Yes, I thought so. Come over here and sit by me. I am his mother, aud I want to talk to you." It was two o'clock in the morning when they reached Esterhall station, but the covered sleigh was waiting for them, with hot soapslone foot-warmers and about half a ton of fur robes and wrappings. And Effie Dallas stepped into the luxurious conveyance with Mrs. Esterhall. for the old lady had insisted on taking Eflie home with her to the manor. "She is such a contrast in every way to that selfish, cold-hearted Chippen dale, giri," said Mrs. Esterhall. "I'll telegraph to Guion at once. Really, it does seem as if there was a special providence in our train being kept so long waiting for the western express to pass." As if there is not a "fpecial provi dence" in everything that happensiu this wo -Id of ours! Amy Randolph, in N. ". Ledger. The Comita Iiant. On the western prairie is found what is called the eompas plant, which is of great value to travelers. The long leaves at the base of itsftem arc placed, not flat, as in plants pc-ucrally, but in a vertical position, and present their edges north and south. The peculiar propensity of the plant is attributed to fa-t that both surfaces of its leaves dis play an equal receptivity for light whereas the upper surfaces of the leaves of most plants are more sensi tive to light than the lower): the leaves thus assume a vertical position, and point north and south. Travelers on dark nights are said to feel the edges of the leaves to ascertain the point of the compass. - - STORY OF A STORY. A Lost Manuscript and How It Was Reproduced. The lot of a manuscript reader for a great magazine soon pets to be as joy less as that of a "taster" for a tea-importing house. He hews all zest for literature, while at the s. rue time an almost painfully acute sensitiveness to literary flavor Kisix-sses him. He can not help detecting the most exquisite fragrances aud aromas of the author's art, but it is too often with the feeling of the victim of rose-fever w ho is coui Ielled to pass through a garden iu full bloom. It was somewhat remarkable, there fore, that Paysou Dewey, reader for the Midlaud Maaziue, should have slipped into his pocket the uiuuiiscript of a story he had been reading, with the intention of taking it ho.ue and sharing his enjoyment of it with his wife and niece. If it huti not la-en a unique as well as delightful story, Mr. Ilcwev would certainly not have thus departed from hi-, Usual cu- toiu of leav ing the shop behind him when his work for the day was done. For lie had reached the point where the coii.cn tioual story, no matu-r how cleverly done, only nauseated In in. I if course he could pronounce upon it, as a prof.s sional critic, without theh:st personal bias; but for himself he would have en joyed flinging every story of a certain popular ty po into the tire. Here was a tale, however, completely and decidedly W KnrV It was told w ithotit dialect, and, what is still ino-e remarkable, without dialogue. The characters did not jump up, bow, squeak and retire as their strings v ore pulled. Indeed, there were but two characters iu the story and these were never allowed to ap-oar, either siutrly or together, w itlo.u'. the personal ciiap eronage of the author. Their st. irv was told lor them in the sweetest, sim plest, quaintest way; and finally tliev were sent away, haud iu hand, as un Hli'ectslly happy as two Arcadian lov ers, 'ihen the author bowed to the reader, presented hiiu with a tail-piece, and retired w ithout even ;iviug his full name, liut the iuitials were I hose .f a young and very popular story-writer, and Paysou iK-wey, Irom his interior relations with the sauctum, knew that the story was written by this man. Ou the way from the matraine orlice to .Mr. Jjewey s Home, the manuscript was losL I It was useless to speculate how it happened. Looking u t the staiu of spilt milk fills nobody's thimble. There is precious little satisfaction iti these retroactive iiuagininirs. What comfort can it be to a man, who has fallen and broken his leg, to have a series of snap shot photographs of the curve he de scrilred in falling? Yet people always try to assuage their feelings in this way, w hen they have experienced a dis aster. Fayson Dewey did. He spent the whole evening speculatimr, with his wife and his niece, Yida, how that manuscriot could have gotten out i f his pocket. Perhaps it was pulled out? Perhaps it slipped out? Perhaps it weut through? no. that could not Ik-; there was no hole iu the Docket, md manuscripts, presumably, have attained no mastery over the fourth dimension of space. The conclusion of the w hole matter was. after alL that the manu script was l.rsL Y hou Fayson Dewey went back to tie Midland ofiice in the moruiug. he had to tell the editor iu chief that he had lost the manuscript of Ihe story, "All in a Nuthe I."' Of course, the ediloT looked grave and vexed. "There are just two things to leloue, Dewey," he said, "and I will leave you to do them bo tli. Firt, advertise in all the evening papers and agaiu to-morrow morning (it ought to have been done this morning), for the story. OlTer as tempting a reward for its return as as you care to pay. The other thing is to write to the autiior. Tell him frankly that you have lost his manu script Ask him if he has another copy, or a rough draft, and then oii.-r provided the story is uot found within a week to stand the c-xiicnse of hav ing another iopy made lor us." None of the advertisements brought the lost manuscript, whioh was a pity, for they cost Paysou Dowey six hard earned dol ars. In two days a decided ly wralhy letter came ironithc autiior: Mil. Pavshs i'twtv. luar Sir: I must Ik permitted to .sa that o ir tan Ic .su. s 1 1 iw i 'usable, ucd six-ms likely 1o lost toe U.c olu r loss of one of my best pr.iduct oas. I should have a rouh draft of the stor f so:jilii re, but cannot tind it You. or th - Miulaa-i Ma.'aiue. must bear the rc.-.ixicsibilily W hat do you propose to do ataiut 11 r" "What do I propose to do. Jane-?" asked Mr. Dewey of his wife, pathet ically. "Pay him what the Midland would have given for the story." replied Mrs. Dewey, promptly, "and let that end the matter. You can wear your old suit all summer to olTct the loss and I will make over uiy dresses and Imnin-t, and none of us w ill go to the seaside, as we proposed." Mr. Dewey sighed from the bottom of his waistcoat, but he wrote a letter, nevertheless, oiTeriug to pay for the story at the Midland's "special rates," or terms for solicited matter of high grade. This would be. alxiut two hun dred dollars. In due time caine the reply: M ncy is the least satisfactory equivalent you could offer. 1 really cannot ull .rJ to losc this unique story. You mibl either l.nJ it or reproduce it." Mrs. Dewey's eyes flashed when her husband read to her this petulant and unreasonable note. "Very well!" she criexL "We will reproduce it at least. I wilL And it will not be the first story I have written, either. Now. Payson, I wai.t you to give me as fully and deGnitely as possible, a sketch of the motif, incidents aud characters of "All in a Nut -hell. The story struck you so forcibly that you must le able to remember a good deal of it in out line. Give me an idea, too. of the method of treatment, style. atmjs phere, etc Cudgel your brains, and then 1 will cudgel mine." Payson Dewey did cu.Ig.l his brains, lie was able to give his wife a reason ably :idonato idea of the plot, method oi treatment and style of cotnpo:.iiiou of "All in a Nutshell:" but the charac ters of the story ba filed him especial ly the girl. He t ied for a long time to give his wife some e-oncretc idea of this central fijrure and the exquisitely sympathetic way in which she had been treated. AU at once, how-over, a Hash of revelation and surprise lighted Mr. Dewey's face, and Lc exclaimed: "I declare! Come to think of it. she was exactly like our Yida looked like iier, talked like her. thought like her, acted l'ke- her, aud had the sa-ne sweet, helpful, generous di-iosii ion. coualiined with au idealizing and .c-t-icid way of looking at thiu.'s. If .m can only make a vivid, characteristic picture of Yida, you w ill .siual or sur pass the author's delineation of his heroiue. " "Hush!" .whispered Mrs. Dewey. "Yida is iu the diniug-rooiu setting the table for break fasL" " What of it?" demanded Mr. Dewey. "She ought to Ih thaukful to get into litorature--especially un,! r the au-piccs of t wo as brilliant writers as wiil is represented iu "All iu a N.ttsheli'. " Aud he nudged his wife slyly. The fact is, Mr. Dewey had Mich uuUMiud.-d coulideuce iu his U tter half that if she had announced her intention of re juvenating the moon, he would have joyfully aud unhesitatingly indorsed her ability to do so. 1 he scheme of re prodticiinr "All in a Nutshell. " even verbatim et literatim (or practically so already Ix-gan to look entir.-ly fcasil.le, and Mr. iK-wey's spirits r.-se accord in!' I y. Sweet little Yida lcney! Shewasen tirely tim-oiix-ious of ln-iii j- put into a story; andyet she womb-red sometimes, dtiriui- those days in which her an:ij was airotiiing ever the reincurnat ion of Mr. s heroine, why the keen gray eyes followed her every ti ovetm-nt vi closely, and why for hours Mrs. llewey would keep Iier talking uKiut a thousand r-.mantic things which had never lcfore leeu disoussed U-tnrrn them. At h-nsrth the story was completed, and . ne evening, when Yida had gone to siuiriu,r school. Mrs. iMwev read it. w ith palpitating eagerness, to her hus band. "".lane!" cried Mr. IK-wey. w lu-u li!s wife's voice had died tremulously awav upon the last s liable of the reproduc tion, "your woman's intuit ion has made you al-solutely ciarvovant! Why. you have reproduced the storv so faithfully that I could have said, did 1 Hot 1. iioxv the circumstances, that you had found and were r-aditi the original manu script!"' Mr. Dewey was so fluted, so rejoiced, tlialhe lia.k hiswiTe in his arms aud lu gged her: an iui.u!-.c ac tion which called up ivmini -icticcs that were euough iu themselves to eota-M-nsate her for all the pangs of author ship. It was a daring thing to do perhaps not altogether ethically excusable: but Payson Dewey, instead of send in? the reproduction to the auilu r of "Ail in a Nutshell." reported favorably u.on the story to the assistant editor of the Mid land, who. in the absouce- of his chief ui. ti a summer vacation trip. r.al ti e manuscript new to him liked it also, and passed it on to Ik put iu type. 1 bet the perfidious Mr. Dewe-y wrote to the author that his lost manuscript had beeu discovered, accepted, and would appear in due time in the Midland Magazine It w as Xovemler t-fore the story ap-p-are-d. 'Ihe author read it, as he habitually read his oven productions, with entire satisfaction aud a degree of plcaiuie quite consonant with au after-dinner cigar. Indeed. "All in a Nutshell" proved to le more gratifying to him than lie had expected. "Marion is exquisitely sketched," he said to himself. "1 knew while I was writing the story that without distinct purose, iw-rhnps I was painting my ideal of maidenhood the uirl 1 should like to marry, if I could ever find her Gad!" he ex claimed, running down the page, "what a touch that is! It really doesn't ms-iu possible that I could have put it quite so neatly and to the manner l..rn," w ith my merely theoretical knowledge of women." A second reading of the story plunged the famous young man into a still more skeptical admiration of himself. "What a lucky thing it was that the iiiiu Dewey K-rsevered until he found the hist manuscript," he e-ricd. "This is really Ihe Ik's I thiug I ever did liii pictureof Marion. Confound it. though! did 1 do it? I coul.ln't have known some of these things about girls unless 1 dreamed them. However, I'll settle it I'll find that first draft, if it's under this roof. I am l-.un.i to know w hefti er I really do know what I teem to know about women or not!" Alut a week fter the appearance of "All in a Nutshell'" in the Midland Magazine, Payson Dewey received this note from the author of "All iu a Nut shell": Mv Hr.tB Ma Pewit-I h:ive found th original draft of "All in a Nutfthcil." auil liav Inz comparv.l It with the story as it ai i-ar-! iu the November Mld;an i, find that tin-two re ftenjhic each other al-mt us rlov.ii a- i an-r nowsbirin m a theater ri-s-ii.t.i-s J-:utTs..u's Immortal pirturo of a winter n.,-ht. vh.- i r ri-i-rodured my fl.ry has done it ii:b a cu-ii r haud. and I cou-ratuia-e myself and -mi, uti kuou n Colialairalor. Now 1 Uiu tnal l!- d. tinca'orof tl.e improved Mariim h-.d a ijioM', br thin.', l ropinguitoi.s nsi 1 for the ..i ly piclurc. auu 1 f-uud ttr-rive j, ou tl-e tr aci, rv ot .Lu!i ou haw ln?i u u:lfy. t.n?y en t- con dition tuiit you tell me wfco rewrote '-.Ml in a XutshilL," and who furnished the f.rTraii .f M iriou. I aiii iaear:i-sL lfyoutio u..t uiaL-j a i Ivan breast of il. I will hol l you liable !..r &11 Ihe penalties ai.d rv-irihulions of literary forery. Yours expectantly. "I declare! Who would have thought it," exclaimed Mrs. Dewey, when eight mouths later the famous young story writer had askisl an 1 received K-rmis-sion t wed Mr. Dewey's lovelv iiic--o and ward. "Yida is so happy. t-K and so t-urinus t-i know how it all cam- alamt! It seems she never read my story in the Midland, or erhaps she might have gness-d." "Your story?" cried Mr. Payson. "Certainly," replied hi- wife. -om-plaecntly. "Ilocs the pearl still (K-l uig to the oyster w hen aniy-r wmelxaiy has fouatd it and polished it Into a gem?" James i;uckhatu, in Spriuglield (Mass.) Republican. FROM MANY SOURCES. Akvku ans are the l-st pi'-nmen in the world, and the British come next. Wii.lt tobacco, said to Ik- equal to the real Havana, has l-ccii found grow ing iu Texas. Is proMrtion to the-ir size spiders are scve-u times stronger than lions. A Vanm.k's exjK-ctatiou of life, is generally greater than aGeruiau'sor an Englishman's. Thk part ef the human IhkIj- least susceptible to touch is U-tweeu the shoulder blades just over the spine. A KikiT of cassava that measures seven feet in length and a sweat pota to twenty inches in circumference are two products from the farm of 11. A. Lusk, near St- Andrew's Bay, 11a.