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VOLUME XXXI.
EBENSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST (3, 1807.
NUMB EH: JO.
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REQUISITE OfMm
C0i5TRUCTIOl
CLVlAtf. OfO.
(u'.M.iu.:t t !wy art limcult U cure
1 tu. !r jiativnia. !'alni''8
Vlrr I'OllipuUlHl hll3 JtT-
ii.ii..i.tly .i.r4 i toist
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ti iVr llm-ii It.
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rwi. pei
I wjj rniKiimptivn. int tarn X
-i,Uii an to ktu quiet. I'd ezctte
no trimts. Jt think f t it
uf m. I'liikham, an.l iu it I
" t hit il..l U I
,U"J 1 ' fl'inlld health now."
kr,w'"ti-i:x.auil restore. pr-j"uj-tr
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A HAiw SHAVE WITH."
SAPOLIO
r THE PKOPER THING FOR HOUSE-CLEANING.
RHEUMATISM m NEURALGIA
" rnmp i puti oiiihhiii.i tuv . ., 1. .1.1
sml to mi". K01 tli.-p .i iniiM i, ,.
liTi-il li Ii ritirnitfin i.f lhe tit mii .l. '..i :
.I'M-tor falllitif to ntri' in I h:;. u...- i .
nearly four bottlt of Hi'' uuiiiii.i ,,n i .. .
frt--from tlii" inmpl. Jul, I n i;r i. iu
t you." . ba II Lewis. niiii iii.it;..-.
Paine's
Celery Compound
"I have Ui-ii preatly artllileil ultli ai'tita
rln-iiiii.ill-.iii. an. I iiiiilil flii'l no n li. t until I
nsi-il rallies t-li-ry nii.iiti.l. After iiMtif
six lutt li s i.r 1 hi-, iiii-illi liie I am n.iw run il of
rtieulii.it ! trmiliUo "
SAMfKi. lliTiiniON. So. fornlsh. N. II.
Effects Lasting Cures.
P:ilti.-'--i 'Hi ry nil ri 1 lia- a-rfiiniit-l many
ot her ruri-s as marvelous ari tlies.. - -opi-s ol
letters wnl to any aiMretM. Pleasant to take,
does not illsturb. hut al.ls illiri si Ion. iiikI entire
ly v.-jT.-UiSle; a i hlM ran take It. What's tlirt
use of siirt.-r'ntc longer Willi rheiiuiallsni or
Ueuraltflit?
1IIMMM nvCV y-'strr H'tahlrr I D m n r P I-iri"! mxm Zjartaletl Food are limllhy,
"'mum urcz ,hl.n ab0lh hll tavpv. Umrtu. It it UnrtptaUd.
DENTISTRY !
Ihm't Viol know iliat ymi ran have llui'-e
(iei-;i veit anil nlli ll-i ve leelli reslneil to a
In-all hy roiiililiuti at a
Xcry Moderate Cost ?
I"ii'l villi klmw that Iran dn your ilen-
tal w in k a ureal ileal .-tied per lluii vou can
yet It iliine elsewhere?
Dnii't ymi know ilitti It is a very rtanifer
riiis tiling In take L'Llui ofurui. -Other or
haiiu liinn (ias?
If vou diiii't knuw, cmiie to niv ollirH aini
I w ill tit iniitisirate lu ,Voil the truth of the
alxive.
Odontunder !
This i ihe (uilv saff anaeslhrtic known
tn-lay l lhe ilenial rtft - 1 have
llie exclusive i ii;lt of Khf nsluiru. Teeth
exiracieil pusitivety wlUmut pain.
Teelli tilled with irnlil. $1 ami up.
Teeth tilled with alloy. -'5 rents and U
cents.' .
Teeth tilled with Silver, 2". cents and 5)
retils.
Teeth cleaned. 2a cents aud 5o rents.
Teeth exiracieil, .'.1 cenls.
.tLI t KilWXS AS I.OV ASIVai.
Gold Filling, Crown and ,
Bridge Work a Specialty
Feelini? conliilent that loth prices and
wmk will prove saiisfactorv. I solicit your
palroiiaife. - ,
Dr. Richards,
si K(;r. iirsiTisi.
Julian St., Ebensburg.
Mm T. isw;
Is stamped in cne best watch
cases made. It is the trade
mark of the Keystone Watch
Ca ;e Company, of Philadelphia,
th oldest, largest and best
known factory in the world
1500 employees,capacity2000
cases daily. Its products are
soid by all jewelers. It makes
the celebrated Jas. Boss Filled
Watch Cases, now fitted with
the only bow (ring) which can
not be pulled off the case the
A WATCH CASE OPENER SEKT FBEE.
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PAHIINU MUMtNlb.
Three minute! Aye. the fateful clock.
v Uh nieamroi movement net-ma to mock
My hopta and prayers.
And what 1 hope 1 do not know;
1 feel my spirits sinking low
With e ik la of fears.
Three minutes! Vi'ill no iuer restrain
The twind that counts them, and agwin
My peare reatore?
I plead in vain; they will not stay;
1 hey puss, alas! away, away,
Korevermorc!
Three minutes, and the end will be!
I'll vainly 1ok that face to see
1 now lx-hold.
Yet I thetse moments' memories will,
leep in my heart, t huugh ood or ill,
t'ore'er enfold.
l'jo.J-l.y! Whut fut ore time may bring
of isiiii. or Juy, or anythlnK.
W e -uniiot U 11.
We know that truth, at last, shall reign.
And tjo.1 shall make His purpose plain.
And all be well.
italtimore American.
A Clever Little Uloman.
TIfe rai!t was ilashiii- against the
hospital siiiil..v one alteriioon in
Marrli when 1 made my rounds. I left
Maria to the last, as 1 felt that on a
lira i y lav like this slie vsould be uioie
than tier rlai! of a chut.
I haJ not sat beside her for live min
utes before 1 founil that she was in a
hi'lilv-sli unir t-ondilion, her eyes were
so bright. h r skin ilry. and her pulses
ipuivei iiif,' with their rapid beats.
After a tew . 1. linoi. places, 1 snid:
"What is it, Mal ta? What is the mat
ter to-day? Vou have no new pain
1.0 fresh lr-iuble".'"
"No monsieur," she answered, "it is
that I cannot still my thoughts to-day
is lhe anniersar " ami she stopped.
lier beautiful gray eyes were full of
tears, and she was trviug'liard to e.xer-ci.-e
self control.
"Tell inc." 1 tnid, "all about the an
il i ersary."
"It was 12 years ag-o to-day since I
met my husband, Jean I-iuivuin," sW
beo-an eajrerly, "and our meeting was
1 sliautfu one indeed! 1 was iu search
of u clever former whom the police be
lieved to be a woman and 1 hud to 0
to Kiviera in search of her. I had been
in the Hospital of St. Jacipics to see a
man whom I thought could f.'ive me in
formation, and it occurred to me sud
denly that the dress of u Sister of Mercy
would be a pkJ dij.'uir,e, 1 left Taris
in time to reach -Marorilles early one
lovely iJiornin?-, mid f-'u"fcr to the house
of a friend I chunked juy clothes, and
scartely rcco-nizeil myself as I looked
in the reut c; lass at the railw ay station.
.No hair could be seen, and the larjre
ci.llai and winded cap ,rae nie ijuile a
different expressi.m. I had Ixniht a
sinal bar, exactly like those t he sisters
carry, to hold tle things I needed, and
I had my papers sew 11 inside u dress I
wore. 1 was ounr then and the cases
that interested me occupied nie so en
tirely tlint 1 became sleepless and suf
fered at linn's from siuldeii faint ness,
which would lie Micfrrded by violent
pains in my head. To alleviate these
troubles I carried always u bottle of
ether and a tiny phial of chloroform,
Imth w rapped for safety in a square of
jewelers' cotton."
"Ah, I see!" interrupted I. "Your
former found them, and used them to
stupefy you!"
"1'ardoii, monsieur." she returned,
"my tale is lietter than thnt! At Mar
seilles I j.'ot jnt a compartment
xv hem e several pen !! descended, and
a nan, who was Its rolu occupant, tried
to prevent my entrance. if uncon
sciously; but 1 looked :ry.-iy at him
and (StU in. He then placed his arms on
the doorway and blocked the windovv
mitil Ihe train le.t the station ; then he
threw himself ou the seat ill the corner
farthest from me 011 lhe opposite side,
am) llMir oil the lare;e cloak lie was
wearing.
"To my surprise ami horror, I saw
he was partly dressed ax a woman, and
he look from beneath the scut a halike
Ihoe iu vv In. h workmen carry their
tools and quietly continued his toilet.
Naturally I watched him. He wa-s small
and slight, and very fair, and when he
took off his coat and waistcoat, collar
and tie, I saw a jM-cut scar beneath the
left ear jioiiitr rijrht under his chin.
"I knew him instantly; he was Dru
ette. the man whom 1 In licved safely iu
prison at Toulon, who was the iiint-t in
genious and cruel of a paiitf of thieves
who had infested l'aris for three years,
and who had been cluverly captured
three months before. The captor had
received 5.000 francs, and now he vva
at larjre- arain, and here before me iu
this narrow compart men t. He stopped
his toilet, and said to me, in the quiet,
clear voice which I knew to be one tif
his characteristics:
"My Bister, I am rmuijiijf for my life.
My life is dear to me. ami nc thing- sliall
stand iu the way of my fieedom do
you understand? Nothing!'
"As he said this he took fior.i his bag
a larg-e, sharp knife, such as shoemakers
use, aud Ia.d it on the seat beside him.
.Judpe, inoiiHieiir, how I felt. Thought
is quick, aud my brain had traveled far
ill lhe few minutes of the journey. Here
was Durette: if only I could capti.re
him the reward would make my dear
invalid mother rich for the rest of her
life! I would try, I wouid think; I
wotild not quail. I'.tit first I must act!
I shrank into my corner at his words
and trembled, aud let the tears fill my
eyes as I looked up appcalinly at
him.
" "Fear not, flear sister," he said iuock
injrly ; if you do as I tsay.you have noth
ing to dread. I shall quit the train at
Toulon, and you must talk to me as if
I were coming, home to my family,
and you had made acquaintance with
me at Lyons.'
"Of course I promised, and he went
011 arranpinfr himself. His hair was
short, ami lie put 011 n black wom
an's vvijr and earrinps in his ears; he had
.-'' ;-' - -- - 1 r!? waist, and
this he let down, then he made me fas
ten a white chemisette, aud he put on
a bodice, which I laced. Judg-e how I
was thinking', monsieur! My handi
trembled w ith excitement, for the trail
was 1 ushin ou, and it is barely oik
hour between Maiseillcs and Toulon
He talked I suppose he was ylad tc
speak uain after his sol. lary imprison
ment he reassured me kindly, anc
said he would not harm me if I obeyec
him. ami lie maue lue vow ou the cros?
1 wore that 1 would say no word till lit
was out of sio-ht.
"'And 1 shall watch your train
away, my tister, he added.
"After I hud lini&hed dri-SKin him.
I went back to my seat, aud then 1
laughed. He looked furious, and asked
me why I was such a fool. I said his
face was a fair woman's, and his hail
a dark one's, and he would be noticed
directly. He scowled at me, ami said
'Idiot! but at the same time he brought
from his bag1 a bottle of dye and a
brush, and began to color his hands.
The stuff would not run, and he shook
the bottle violently, but it came in
lumps. T want some spirit,' he said,
viciously, a'ld he swore oh, monsieur,
so awfully.
"1 trembled really this time, for it
was so fearful to Ik; shut up with sinJi
a wretch! Then an inspiration came
to me, and 1 said: 'See, 1 have mi cog
nac, but 1 take a medicine sometimes
which is a spirit,' ami 1 poured some ol
the el her into his bottle and shook it.
It ran beautifully, became a clear
brow 11 liquid; he scarcely looked a
'thank you, but rapidly painted his
hands, iisin' his left as cleverly as his
rig-ht; then he tried his face and
then I laughed ag-ain, this time will,
jov . for I had regained my courage,
and 1 felt I should capture him.
"'Why do you laugh now? he said,
fiercely.
" TJecause you are making- your
cheeks loo dark, our eyelids are vv hite.
and you have left a rim aiouml )uui
lips,' 1 said, iu as steady a voice as 1
could command.
""Good heavens! he exclaimed, and
then he said to me: 'Take this brush
and paint me.
"I took it. ami pretended to tremble
as I touched his face.
"'Fool!' he shrieked. 'I will iut
hint you see how- ihe train rushes
lose 110 time!'
" 'ISien, monsieur,' I replied; 'you
must do as I tell jou, then." I caught
up his cloak and put it around him, us
a baiber puts his cloth, and, telling
him to shut his eves, I began to pstii-t
the lids The next moment I trans
ferred the brush lo my left hand, and
with my right I look out the stopper
from the chloroform bottle, aud pouted
half the contents on the wadding that
had been around it. llappilv.it wasa
large piex-e, and, dropping the brush, 1
pressed it suddenly over his nose uud
mouth, and saturated it with tl.e ether.
"'lhe suddenness of the action took
him so much by surprise t hat lore nc s c
oud he vv as quite quiet, fUid I tlashed the
bottle of dye right at us eyes as he
opened them, still prrrMiig the pad over
his nose. He was hlluded for the mo
ment, hisarms were tangled in the cloak,
and if only the chloroform did its work,
ami I could hold him down! The agony
of those few Seconds will never be
iTaccd. He tried to reaeh the knife,
monsieur, but I kicked it olT lhe- seal
away, just as I perceived that his fran
tic efforts were in-coining fainter; and
one more violent struggle 011 my part
1 ept the wadding in jts place, and he
succumbed; his head dropped back,
and his aims fell iowerlcssly beside
him.
"I hail no know lcdg; of the action of
anaesthetics, and now a dread ossessed
me lest I had killed him. I rememliered
hav iiighcartl somcw here t hut ali-lit peo
ple of quick brains were specially sus
leplible to these influences, ami 1
thought perhaps I should only take a
dead body into Toulon.
"He liaiked so ghastly with the streaks
of paint 011 his livid skin. I placed my
hand ou his heart, and felt his wrist
most thankful was 1 to find a pulsation.
Then I seated myself 011 the floor, keeping-
my fingers on his, wrist and having
in my lap the bottle of chloroform to
s.iir 011 the pad if I felt his pulses
quicken too much.
"I have had many - trying1 journeys,
but never another to match this. I tun
not cruel by nut lire," and sitting there
during- the quarter of au hour of the
jourue'V that remained, 1 wondered how
I could have acted as I drd it seemed us
if I could not In' Mart-a, l-cclerc.
"At length the t la in pluckcned, an.l
then drew up at the platform for exam
ining tickets. Two guards opened the
door, and I jumped up and rushed from
the carriage; and iu my excitement, 1
shrieked: "Durette! Durette!"
" 'What of Durette?" exclaimed a tal'
11. an, who udvauced from the carriage
behind.
"'He is there it Js fie! ) naid, ami
fainted in the arms of the inuu beside
me'. I remen J.iered 110 more till I awoke
iu the room of the superintendent. I
found the chief of the station, some to
licemen and the tall man standing
around me.
" "This is Jean 1 .011 vain, warder of the
prison at Toulon, said the stqierin
tntdent. "Durette escaped from him.
jesterday, ami he was clever enough to
suspect he would return to Toulon, but
he ilid not look for him dressed as a
woman.
" "Nor did I expect to find him caught
by a woman, said the deep voice of Jeau
Louvain. And that was how I met my
husband." X. Y. Weekly.
Urdu Mmiii(l) I'tmril led.
Mr. A. II. Thayer, an artist,-believes
he; has discovered that the light color
of the tinder parts of birds and small
niamuiats serves to conceal them from
their enemies. At a recent meeting' of
the American Ornithologists' union he
proved by exeriments that an object
nearly of the color of the ground, like
a potato, is very - .cotuepieuous when
placed a few inches above the soil and
viewed from a little distance. Ilut
when the under side is painted white
ami gradually shaded iuto the coior ol
the upper part, tlie object disappears
by blending' with the ground; the.
whiteness beneath counteracts the ef
fect of the shadow of the body.
t olor line In llrlliah Aw tar.
With all England's condemnation of
the sin ial tlisad vantages to which the
e-olored race is subjected in the United
States, she is friving- abundant evidence
of being- imbued with radical preju
dices that are every bit as Mrong-.
Thus, the volunteer reirimeiits of the
great universities have declined to ad
mit to their ranks students of Iudian
or of African origin, and a number ol
other volunteer and militia corps. Including-
the Inns of Court - ba tail ion.
composed of members of the legal pro
fession, bare followed suit.
COURIERS BACK NUMBERS.
o Loaurr Any eel to (ia Through
Ku rove with 'litem.
TL'p to times within ttie memory of
living men, almost no one of means
tlTtvelcd Ihnough Europe without a
courier. ISefore railroads weie built
and leftre good guide books were print
ed, he was almost indispensable. His
tribe survives, writes Herbert Luce in
Ij'oing Abroad, but iu greatly dimin
ished numbers. To the self-reliant
traveler he' is of 110 use whatever. In
deed, he is frequently a positive in
cumbrance, and worse. To my inind,
one of the great pleasures of travel is
in learning to travel by myself. There
is satisfaction, pleasure aud education
in planning routes', dei-ipheriiig time
tables, making bargains, learning by
observation the lay of the laud.
The time nray have been w hen a cour
ier could- save a traveler more than his
cost. Most certainly that is mrt the case
now. On the contrary, us he get.s a per
centage on every purchase lus party
makes (which, of course, comes out of
the purchaser in increased- price), and
as it is often for his interest to advise
the more costly route, the more cost!v
hotel, or the more costly excursion, he
cuts up much more than his wages,
while saving positively not hi 11 ir. Kean
declares that n a two. weeks' trip in
southern Spain, which he made side by
side with a couple having a courier, he
invariably reached he hotel first, got
better rooms, saw all the sights to an
good advantage: yet the courier was
of his kind an expert. The fact is that
travel has become fo general, tourist
companies, railroads a ntt land lords have
so well :tudiied its need. books are so
plentiful. tlKit you couldn't very well
get off the trae-k orhavea mishap if you
t ried.
OUR FIRST POSTAGE STAMPS.
-Jo.h llllllnica " t-at her W mm the Flrat
I'urrlimrr, Jaat tr'lflr er. lira.
"Fifty years age in July, ls-17
I'ncle Sam issued his first ixudage
stamps," writes Faiuiie Mack Ixthrop
iu Indies' Home Journal. "In Eng
land, seven years before, Itowlaud
Hill, 'father of the peuuy post," intro
duced the 'sticking plasters," ua the
stamps were contemptuously, called.
John M. Niles, our iotua6t-r-eiicral
at that time, tried heroically, but in
vain, to move congress to authorize
stamps for t his country. His successor
Cave Johnson, was more fortunate, and
the bill desired was approved on March
3, 1.S47, the stamps not l-ing issued
however, till August, though the liuit
apjiointed was July 1. Only two value
of the new stamps were introduced in
lli a five and ten-cent stamp.' bear
ing, respectively, the jMi-rtrait e.f Fiank
lin iu a bronze tint aud Washington in
black.
"The first purchaser of stamps in the
Fluted States was Henry Shaw, tht
father of Henry heeler Shaw (liettei
known as 'Josh Billings, the humor
ist . Mr. Shaw was in the podmaster
gciieral's oflice on August 0. 1SJ7, wher
Mr. Johnson ente-red with the printei
from whom he had just receive"d 5 heel
of the new stamps. Mr. Johiuson pa.se
a heet to Mr. Shaw for inspection
After giving the stais a hasty glanc
Mr. Shaw, perhaps with an cyo to fu
ture fame. tMik out his wallet, counted
out 15 cents ami purrluised one of eacl
vaiiety. The 'live' he Kept as a curi
osity, the 'ten he presented to tiov
Hriggs hs an appropriate gift.
A QUAINT EIT OF GERMANY.
Hriilaa Jual Out of llerlla llrnarka.
l.le fur lu Old I'ukUhin.
The Spreewahl is the subject of a
paer in Century. The writer sajis:
Strange, indeed, that so near 1'eilin s.
old-time and curious a oii-iuiiniu
could have remained reasonably iiiicon
tairiinated by the hordes of picnickers
The Spreewahl is too m ar a great cap
ital for foreigners to hear much of it
The museums and palaces of r.erliu, the
palaces of I'otsdam. ubsoib all the
spare energy of foreign visitors. And
for convenient out High Is it is a litth
too far for most burghers of llerliu
Some have, country places in ar:d neai
the Spreewahl. M.;ny visit it occasion
ally. It is a favorite place f.ir i-e'oph
from Dresden anil l.e!jsic who can give
several days to exploring its watery
labyrinths. Kscially for the teaching
guild is it a favorite resort. Every vil
lage has its i'.ins, aud at l"urg. where
Yendish services are held iu the old
church anil the costume remains tht
most antique, there are several famous
taverns. One is the bleachery where
Frederick the tlreat eatabltshed a ci I
ony of dyers and weavers, w ho have dis
appeared, although the art is still prac
ticed by private means for personal use
iu niauy farin.iouses. Hut the fine
green, orange, pink and lilac headdress
es and the turquoise, gray and yellow
skirts are now bought at Cot t bus rtf in
Berlin.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
The Roxburghe (England) Press are
spending nearly SaO.OoO ou their new
'edition of Dickens.
A bright little newspaper, the Indian
Guide, is published at the Shoshoue
(Wyo.) agency, the editors, printers
and all 'the rest beiug full-blooded red
skin M.
The electric railway . in Cairo,
Egypt, is about 20 miles long. Afore
thau Goo miles of Ainericau iron and
copper wire have been used for this
line.
The cries of sea birds, especially sea
gulls, are very valuable as fog signals.
These birds cluster on the ililTs aud
coasts, and their cries warn boatmen
that they are near the land.
The reason why so many Fritish
rivers are called Avon is said to be that
the term is a. Welsh word, meaning
river, aud the Word should be pro
nounced with the "A" short, A v-on.
Bank of England notes are - made
from new white linen cuttings never
from anything that has been worn. So
carefully is the paper prepared that
even the' number of dips into the pulp
made by eae-h workman is registered
on a dial by machinery.
The Wlater la Earone.
While England enjoys such a mild
winter, other eourtries are not so for
tuuate. Southern Russia. has not known
SAilongand bitter a spell of cold weather
for ten years, while Florence has experi
enced the heaviest; snowfall recorded
for seven years past.
LOVti'S SHELTERING WAY. H
3
BY MATTY C. MASH.
MAKY WIN SUiW hurried a little a
she climbed into the ten-thirty
accommodation train from New Ko
ehelle to New York. The aei-ommo-datioii
trains were always crowded;
and she wanted very much to get a seat
011 the side of the car iron which she
could catch a glimpse of her house,
where her babies were. She had al
most uiisseti the train lingering over
goenl-by kisses and baby love-making.
She was doing a very bold thing. For
the first time iu the four years of her
married life', she was undertaking some
thing without consulting her husluind
about it. But it was for his sake to
save hint from terrible anxiety; and to
do thut she would dare anything.
The tears stood in her eyes -at the
thought of his shoulders, already
stooped under their burden of care, and
his lace so crossed with lines that told
as plainly as did the scantily covered
crown from which the curly, boyish
crop of brown hair had slipped how
hard had been, and was, his tight up the
stream of fortune.
And his shabby coat and frayed linen!
lavid rarely got any new clothes, and
when he did he went to a cheap tailor
who did not fit him very well. He wus
a little man. Mary used to think if he
h.ud been a few inches taller he would
have cured more for dress. But she
was wrong about that. David wiu, very
modest and not wonderfully clever;
Out he knew it would have to be u coat
as beautiful as Joseph's to make him
more respected at his oflice or more
loved at home. All beyond those two
places was nothing to him.
But Mary loveii him. She more than
loved him. She put him on a edestal
aud crowned him with glory and hon
or. She broke the alabaster box of her
whole being's adoration at his fce-l;
und she would have died for him gladly.
Mary wun a 1-trge, fair woman, who,
richly and fashionably dressed, would
have looked like a duchess. As it was.
iu her simple, home-made gowns aud
l-todest bonnet, she only looked like a
very beautiful mother, which is more
than souie duchesses do.
A conventional looking young curate
and a handsome, large-featured man of
ia. with u deep mourning baud 011 his
hat, sat iu the seat directly iu front of
Mary. The elder man had his little
daughter, dressed in mourning, on his
knee, uud he and the curate laughed
aud chatted with thw little girl to
amuse her.
"There Is a newly "made widower,
thought Mary; "and he doesn't seem to
mind much. 1 wonder if David would
(she had almost said "will") cure so
hi lie."
Suddenly the older man turned to the
curate, and Mary saw his face drawn
in an agony of grief.
"Did ou ever bury anyone you loved
desperately?" he asked,.
The curate answered with appropri
ate courtesy: "No, 1 have been very
fortuuute. I have always thought, how
ever, that the ouly wise way to face,
such a grief would be philosophically,
knowing it was (iod's will that it
should e-orue to all.""
"Vou have never buried anyone you
loved d -sjerately. Wheu you come to
do that you will not be thinking 01 phi
losophy." said the other.
And then they spoke of other things.
Mary pulled dow u her vail to hide her
wet cheeks.
"T'oor David! lie will mind; he will
uot forget righf away." she thought.
A half-hour later, Mary stood in a
clean, bare little room, high up on the
top Uoor f a quiet boarding-house ou
a side street. A young doctor with
wide-awake, intelligent face was talk
ing to her.
"Ves, .Mrs. Kobinsou," he said, gravely.-
"the operatiou is imperative; it is
ihe only way to save your life. If it
succeeels. you will become a perfectly
strong wvxiuau; if it fails, you'll be
spared Vh.pMM of a lingering death, for
vou'll not turive the operation mere
than a half hour at tht must. J put the
use plainly to you. Vou must know
all the circumstances, all the risks, that
vou may de-vide wisely."
"1 have dee-ided," she answered,
steadily.
"Very well. I will have the nurses
here in a little while, ud the other doc
tors will meet lue here Bt a quarter be
lore two. 1 have spoken to them about
it. I was only wailing for a final word
from you to complete all the arrange
ments." He bade Mary "Good morning, and
left her ulone. J m
Mary was naturally rather a coward,
esiieVially about little things. Spiders,
worms aud snakes, even very small
ones, made her almost faint; and she
was afraid tolr&vel alone, or to sleep in
a room by herself. But her pulse was
very steady now. It seemed to her to
say: "David, DaVid, David, as it beat.
She walked over to the wiudow and
looked dow n at the people coming und
going utitdie street. It seemed to her
that she lwd entirely lost her personal
ity. She liod-really become this Mrs.
Itobiusoii -she had told the doctor and
the Itoarding-house keeper she- was.
She was of vital importance to iiottody
about her. To the doe-tor and nurses she
was a "case," and there were mauy
"cases" like her in the city. The hos
pitals were full of people who were
going to die soon, weredyiugeveu now.
As she thought of it the black iill of
death seemed to settle over her and all
she saw. and smother her.
. "My husliand iny husband! she
gatqied; "can 1 bear it without you?''
Presently she sat down at a little
table, and wrote a letter to him. She
put his full aildress with careful clear
ness on tb envelope. Then she wrote
a note to the doctor, iuclosiug her
husband's letter in it.
She hail nerevt bought of dyingalone.
lu tne lieein tliougbts sne naol had ot
death, David had always been there to
hold her hand. But now she was liable,
even likely, to die alone. Poor Mary!
"Alone" meant to her "w ithout David."
"Mrs. Bobinsou," said Dr. Ellis, when
the assistaut surgeons aud uurses had
come, "I feel it due to myself to ask
that you repeat before these geutle
men what you said in regard to your
understanding of the risk you run iu
undergoing tins operation.
"1 know that I may die, but I wih to
undergo the ok ration."
She sM.ke slowly, with quiet dignity.
"There is no one whom vou wish in
see. no one who should be consulted ""
"No one."
She drew from under her pillow the
letter she had written, and handed it to
Dr. Ellis. "When the issue i f tu.
I cration is quite clear, 1 wi., vou to
open ami rcail this, she said.
She lav quietly w hi Jet hey jui t the ether
mask over her white face, not strug
gling against it as some people ,K..
Only once she sat up suddenly and
looked alMiiit her with wide oi-'neves.
stretching out her arms an.l sav in J :
"Oh. if you will onlv let me lie i:iiiv
husband's arms I w ill U-ar an v I hiii"! "'
And then she lost coiisci,i,i,-s
It was half-past three when a breath
less messenger, rushing into Mr. Wins
low's down-town office, handed him a
note from Dr. Ellis:
-IVar Sir: Your wife lues ju. ,:,. r.
Kone an operation. I haverv.-iv r. a . i,
to hutte it will l.e a sur,, s-f ,.',. -x ,
inclosed note fr..m Mrs. Vi:.M.,w wiM.x
plain to you why I have hut n..w tn.'.. v u
aware of w hat has U en d..f. ,t y .
eerely juurs. J. How K Kl.l.is '
The other note read thus:
-Iear Dr. Kills: I have not toid y..u my
ri-al Lame, for 1 dil i.ot wish iv hus
hjtnd to have the pain and .nviit,-" f
tle lpatii.K this opcj-uliou nor I lie suit, r.i.:
of seeing me surfer 11: an.l 1 tli..i((.t.t tial
if you knew 1 liad a husiMti.d .,u w.,u;.i u
ilkel to oojei t to taking so mu. h u-i-,.
sil.illty without havn-K l.m, t.. shaii 11
If all Kutl Well you l.e-ed ia.l Mem h ill lhe
lii.K,!d note-. If 1 sii.ail.i ji. o.l l,ii
Ke'hliy. MAKY WIN.S1.11U '
"My iNtrliriK Husl.ai.J; v tMXx. u .,
SJ KJjJ. so tender. true to Hie. acl V..U
have made lue so happy alveds. that 1
nave wanted some wa to sh..w v...i how
Krateful 1 am there has u.A.r i. 111 any
way I .e lore, l-iu i.ow tn. re is a way. I iiux.k
the dear tailirr you have tau-l.t 111, to
love ai.u have hcli-ed nie to try 1,. sre 1
have Ue.ii strong ehous'ti to save- jou'a
ercal cleat I , iilll.
"When ou set this, my love, my heart's
dear, u.ai on, I shall lr ijuj.e u.r.-ni,
wun a .e-ry bad operation, w In. n l4.,
been hai.i. over me for 1110:. tls 1
ktivW 1 undergo it 04- die. au.d .-i u
'' al home 1 ioul.1 i.ol o.i.e iti
he-re UIn. but the uoe-lor said I c.-u.d
hot wai. any i.er. so 1 cam.- u, t-ja ,
"J1 s good nurse: she w.ii take are
of tne iliiidtiu while 1 aiu av.ay Aieti t
trie) beauurul?
' cioJ 1. less ou. my husband, my l,.ve.
The three iluctors- stood w ipihg'ihcir
gleaming instruuienls. talking 10 h..li
whispers eif the operation. A while
tapped nurse was uiipiniiing the sl..-eis
and pudiliug from the iei at ii:g table.
At the side ef the bed while Man
lay, another doctor and another white
capped nurse stood wulching l..r the
lirst signs of her returuiiig conscious
ness. She lay heavily and with mus
cles relaxed, with closed eves, breath
ing laWriously, aud white as the linen
on Ii.t bed.
Ihtvid pushed ojien the door with un
steady hand, and came across the r 0111
to the bed. Without a word he dropped
on his knees in a grief-stricken heap at
the lie-ilsiile.
Dr. Ellis put his hand on his thunl
der, and he looked up. with aiiguish
ladeu eyes, that pitifully pleaded fur a
wold of hojie.
"She will do well," wild the din tor, in
a cheery whisiier. "The operation wa
a success far leyoiid our cx jn-ctat ion-.
But it is iuqiortant for her to come
out of the ether quietly. iK.n'l juu
think, Mr. Witislow, it would lie a good
plan for you to stand here at the f..t
of the bed. w here she can sec vou w hen
she first opens her eyes? Then she will
forge-t entirely all the iain of her sep
aration from juu, and everything will
be quite nice anil comfortable."
David rose, dumbly elxi!ien t . and
stood where the doctor directed, de
vouring with his eves the pair, tieauti
ful face lving amid the thick brow u
braids.
"Now, Mrs. W'iiislaw, is the pillow
right?" asked Dr. Kills. Irving to
rouse her. "Won't you let me try to
raise vou up a little?"
It si en.isl hours to Davl iiefore
Mary, with a deep sigh, lifted her heavy
white lids. A moment her half-conscious
eyes rested on the doctor, who
was speaking to her, and then she
looked at David. She tried to n.al e
the nerveless lips imnf - failed on-c.
and then slowly, painfully, she said:
"IarIiiiK. I love- jou!
"She's all right now," said Dr. Ellis,
io a tone of relief.
Iu a few moments all the iUh tors hail
gone, leaving David and a nurse to
watch Mary.
"She's doing splendidly now. sir."
said the nurse, moved by the trouble in
David's face to speak to him. "There
is not a bit nn.re danger."
But David did not believe that. The
shadow of the ten idle ossibilitv of his
wife's d ing had fatleu across his ht-ai 1.
ainl it would take more than words to
lift it.
As the doctors went down the steps
of the boarding house one said:
"And yet we are taught that women
are not brave."
"Oh, yes. they are brave, or the world
would soon lw ileK.pulated." said the
newly-fledged doctor who had admin
istered the ether. "But er Dr. Ellis,
now what do you think of that scheme
of mine for removing the vermiform
appendix in infants, and iloii.e; away
forever with chances of appendicit is?"
"A great scheme anil a great schemer,
doctor," answered Ellis. laughing
good-nut uredl v. "When you find a
mother with a subject to try. consider
nie at your service gratis for the opera
tion." And the doctors went their several
ways. X. Y. Independent.
A I'uarriil Heaeoa.
The French lens which throws elec
tric rays lot miles to seaward and
which was pa rt of lhe French govern
ment's exhibit at t lie lun.bian cx
ositiiHi is to lie placed in the P-arrwga't
(X. J.) lighthouse, where it will I the
most pow erf ul beacon ou tlie American
coast.
I-et the Is (.run In.
The Gauls, to make handles for their
stone axes, cleft the branch of a tree,
placed the stone in it, ami left it till
the wound in the wood had been com
pletely healed.
So rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English of
to-day l-eiars no more rvemblance t
the F.liiML-h of l.Ooo years ago thau it
does to German.
"It always, flies to my head!" ex-
clalmpd the mm with a I aid ra". "s
he brushed oS the troullsoxnc insect.
BUSINESS VlU.billUUto.
How Vallim. Have lliirnnrbril I pea
Oue V x.l krr', I rade.
1 lie annals of commerce are i.ot en
tirely wiihoiit a spice of remade.
I lo re i a i,!tie 1 i t 1 .I.ot iv e justice Uiat
savors ,.f Uu. novelist's ait in ti.e- way
the .-M.;.er is son., tin., s .,.;!. tl ;u l.,..i
ness nlalwiis. In an article ci.lnicd
-Made in Japan." tl.e paU Ma.ll..ne
.-hows how lat.ol.s have en.roa. i.ld
upon 01 e another's busi,.,.ss. at.-l
reajM-d for a time a rich harvtst. oniv
lo s,-.- the same 1.,. 1,. s cinph ve.1 l.v a
rnal p. ..,,.e. ,.,1 . i..,, , u s.;j,.J
::si.ie w l.iie the tla.le slipped f rem their
hands int., the keeping of another ha-
tio.
Ill old time, the Hutch, by ttTt J -1 .r! i I; g
l.rg :i.-h dav. iii.ik j food protit out of
imitations ,.f thin.-.- por.-.'.ai:,. and
present ,1... Iint.-h product b.came.s
tablished in the mat kets of the w orid
as Delft ware.
Put. the Dutchman was- 1,0 more se
c'He in his pr-.-Tiial.:,- t raeie than had
be. n I '.-.. cesM.r. tl.e Chinaman,
lie 1 1 1 i.-! : s I . ,H.-i t .k to ,,,,v in.. , he
Du:,h l attort-s. .1 ;.,-i;'p .ltery
iiin.-h , -heap, r. an.l the i.orth of Film
land iK.-ai,,,- h.-a.i.piarlers lor the Delft
china.
Al'.i"!,. however, the .- p. , . T h.l s bee 11
SH.ile.l. Of l.te til .h.,:,i:, ... I 1,, ..le
.n-iii-e.. s masiers .
111. il,.' the ):,; ,..
t l lie art t f repro-
I'.-t 1,1.. .1 it: P. "-
an.!, an.! h:lv. !.. 1 i.cr..a h i n th
ii. 'iiinu i..i,e n,oi,ot...i;..,i i,v :r;ir-
!ish poller. 1 !,.- Japanese 'pr.w'lloT is
finer an.l -tr.,, L,, r .,, ,j a(. ( h(u,,.
r than the be -t l"i -iish ware, au.i
Jajian is provi.ii!.- the markets with
L"":U w,;, , were originally a Chinese
inonoH!v .
GOT RID OF THE CATS.
I'laa f a Vm V ..rk. laadlurd
tit Kill II!. Premise, of vrrnadrre
The inhabitants. of a r..w of linellat
houses iu the llaileni ilist'ii.-T of .New
'"" ha.e tot a loiii.' time past been
I'rcatl.v am .-. b.v no. tui n:.l 1 ul 1 lmr-use-s,
savs the Pittsbitrt-l, Disj.at,-;,. Jn
d-sp,-i:,ii.,,, j. 1. .us ,.f l-o'so.ong an,l
shit.it 1 1 'g i i n- .ii-.-u-s,n. p. 11 the ow her
f tl.e Pal-, who i.-s,.ie. in one of thi Ul,
and M as :t .t-. -:,!-idiiig mail. i: ler
i'Mi:cd t :..! j 1 .1 i.. iter pl .11. nod have
some -(..it at the same time. Placing
tv-.. tias en . it l..-r s'nh- 1 f the ; .1!, -. -:'.ls
a.ljoiiiiiii.' I; s il.-.ts, J,,. ;.tta. lied
wires t.. the li..j-. i.ial.i tig a w re 1 -on-uvttioli
v.itli an t-lisrtiie bell in lo
c. liar. . leti a li i-i.v leli':e the
bait, le 11:1- qui.-l,'y on tl.e .-1--i.e
ainl put lhe i;i:arrv int.. a ba-r. a't
t ives v. . I e t HI I 1 1 .. er lu t he S. P. C.
. a". I l:.!.i-n awav 1.1 bat. h.-s of from
lhtee 1.1 t.-.i cv, , . l.ie-ht. h. 1; als-.ut
T" . f :!.- i.:w.!,i-i:;,--.!v,:;,!vrs hid
I -'en t ra ..s tci : . .) .1. ilus vv.. v . 1 he st rain
1 II tl.e o, i. tv J KVIsl too severe, atid
tl.e lar.diord wa t. 11 to .lo h s owu
cxci 1 t i..-i in f i ; 1 u re.
li.s t'r-- i.'.-a v.a- to elect -i-i te the
u.iltiaN. but I.e !...i, mi I ba: t If apji-! t
tus t.e.-.-ssarv v. : si tai vv hat t.. 1 elaie
orate. lit ail. he J . h t he si 11 , 1 T V. ;,
of iasertinir ia a barrel a t i.U- c. i
nes t.-il with a i-as jet. The t at wa-i!tojM-d
in. the li.l was shut .low ,1
tl.e i'as was fumed 011 an.l the iliivel
of the dead vvat'oii was t.il.l by tele
pl.. tie 1.1 t all.
"I hi in i:' bin .rlut. "I is now i-leansl jf
-at.s. ami the slumla-rs of the sles-ers
iu tlie tlals are no 1. i.ger ilist ut 1-e-l.
THE MOST POPULAR WOMAN.
lll Vadl.ua'. I'r.ak. uril li. I Via a.
ti e r , nt.tl Iui..iijuh, triaraDtr.
Nil woman is more cl.t-sclv or f.-n.
a-s. iat.sl whh Ihe while huu-e than
Ik'liv Ma.'ison, wiites ( HiToi.i li.v,
ar.l of "When Dolly Madison saved the
1..!.. tat ion if llivlcpt lidelice," ill Ku
dos' Home Journal. During' thct'rhl
Vears that her hnsl aiil a-cupied the
isii..iii of ...ut ii of state ind.-r
.1 ctT.-t -,ti"s a. i im 1; i-t r.i I i. -n she v w a!-
iii. -l as f rts iii-ut I v called upon t !
the honors' at the n-cepti.Mis and h-iee-a
the presi.lent's lions,, as iu her ow ti
In me. where su- t-nt.i taui.-d in a i:r
li'litful aiul si.iii.t uotis luaniicr. She
was. therefore, fully prepared for the
tliilics 1hat devolved upon her as inis
t rcsss of tht' vilntr licust iis.n ttiet-l.-i--tioii
of Mr. Madis.-'li 1t t he pi t-sjj, t,t-y .
In the graceful and skillful pcr.orta-aiii-e
of her i!eli.-aie task she s'..ine.
the admiration of t-v t 1 v one. ami a. It, .1
to the pojiularilv she h i. I alie.idv w..:i
both fe.r herself and her husband.
Through the .leiit influence of ln-t
p.ers..iiul charms, to which were added
l frank ami or.iial manner, a sue.:
ingenuous tletueanor. ami the happv
fai iilt.v of adapting herself tothevi-vs
of those ai'ont her. she re i.lilv ln-i-.,u-'
a feneral favi.tite. II. ii.it- l.er it':i
at the white Iiuhst was .-..n. licle.1 sht
was the most popular woman in the
Fniteil States.
HISTORICAL GLEANINGS.
The population of Boston in iht
spring of 1TT5 w as about IT.o.m.
The i-'pu!a1 ion of irgiiiia was. in
rated as To.oou. double that of
Maryland, the next must populous col
on v.
In the short reign of Edward VI. of
England' the Protestant book t f 1 ;m
litoii pra.vcr was established, and a
Protestant confession was prcj ared
und iuqiose'd uoii the church hv au
thority. Thomas Jefferson was averse lotitles
of honor, ami maintained in ofi'.t ial sta
tion and at home a severe ri ui.li. an
simplicity. The later vears of l.is life
v. ere ilt-voted. iu a great measure, to
the establishment if the Fi.iversity of
irginia. an instit ut ion in which he Iook
a great and just pride.
A terrible arraignment f Daniel
AVeltster for his "Compromise Pj-cti ii"
(March 7. 1.VM is contained in Whit
tier's Mtem "lchahod." Years liter
Whittier relented, and his old admira
tion, mingled with keen regret, was
brought out in "The 1-ost tccasio::."
jterhaps the noblest tribute ever paid
to the great orator.
Edward Everett was lorn in Dor
chester. Mass., April II, lTi4. He en
tered Harvard college at the age of 1.1.
nd was graduated with the highest
honors. Tie was settled in Boston as
pastor of the Brattle street church, and
very soon attracted great attention bv
his scholarly discourses. In 1-1'4 he de
livered an oration lefore the Phi IU.-ta
Kapta siK-iety. of Harvard, and the ex-
asjon was ilistiuguished by tlie pn s
ence of Ijtfayette. and the eirator's ref
erence to the nation's guest v. as a
peciaily happy.
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