The Centre reporter., May 17, 1872, Image 1

1 he Minstrel's Theme.
Wwr* I the fairest little iew*r
That e'er in garden grew ;
Td glow with pride *un and shower
Did I btit bloom for yon I
Were I the ewoeteit bird that aing*
Upon the blossom M tree;
I'd come from far on weary wings,
And warlvle, aye,'to the# J
Were I the gentlest, fragrant breete
That fills the swnmer air;
Td oomo *croa* the goblea seas,
And linger round thy hair I
Alas 1 I'm but a minstrel boy,
Who sing* his life away.
With not a note of hope or joy
In his sad roundelay!
Oh! quicken thou my wasted strains
With thy dark, glancing eye ;
Or bid me seek for distant plains
To ting and fight and disl
44 Be Hood to Yourself."
" Good-bye t good-bye I" the driver said.
As the coach went off in a whirl;
(And the eoachmau bowed hie handsome head;)
" Bo good to yourself— my girl!'
Ah! many a fond good-bye IN-e heard ;
From many an aching heart:
Ami many a friendly fx re well word,
*Vhou strangers came to part;
And I've heard a thousand ruerry quips.
And many a s< n.v-U ss joke.
And manv a fervent prayer from lipa
That all a-iremhle spoke;
And many a hit of good advice
In smooth proverbial phrase;
And many a wish—of little price—
For health and happy dais;
Hut muring how the human soul
(Whate'er the Fates may wilt)
Bull measures by its solf-ooi.trol.
Its greatest good cr ill,—
Of hene.lietiona, I protest,
'Mid many a shining peari,
I like the merry coachman's best -
"Begood to yourself tnygirl!"
Jozx G. Asia.
A STROKE STOUT.
nbctt.
One afternoon, towards the end of Sep
tember, the clocks iu the city of liotidon
struck four, and the daily routine of busi
ness in the bouse of t'umkiu Brothers
came to a close. These events were not
peculiar to that particular day; but a story
must hare a beginning. Tito numerous
clerks closed their ledger*, and stowed
away their papers with farpreater alacrity
then they had shown in bringing them
out some six or seren hours before ; and
as they put on their oTereoats, hats, and
gloves, they be pin to chat with each
other. One had got an order for the
theatre for tno, and another to have
a chop with him somewhere, and then go
thither; others were members of a vo!un
leer corps, and were in a hurry to get oa
their di-guises, and go and be hall-right
turned somewhere. AH bd sonic personal
object, pertaining to lose, war, pleasure,
or dinner, in new ; in short, the striking
of the dock had a magic power, and turn
ed them from mechanical cogs into uien.
One man went up to the head of a de
partment, and from him received papers,
which he put into the bieast-pocket ot his
coat, and thcu walked off without speak
iug to bi* fcllow-dcrks, beyond bidding
good-afternoon to one or another, and as
senting once or twice to the tact of the
weather being fine,
" A mean beggar, that Mapleson.'' said
Jones, as he arranged the Sower in bis but
ton-bde.
" Ah," replied Brown. '• fie dines for
a shilling."
" And inks the rim of his hit."
" Perhaps he is poor," suggested the
charitable Robinson.
" Poor P* cried Jones. "Who isn't?
Millionaires are not commonly found on
clerk's stools, lie ha* his salary, and he
is not married; and yet, he stints, and
never goes anywhere, or does anything." i
" Perhaps he has a rice,"' suggested
Robinson, who always fought "the battle
for the absent.
M Ah ! be may bare, certainly," replied
Jonas the just.
" But it isn't only his tncsnnevv' said
Brown, who had made overtures to Maple
son, which had been met with more polite
ness thin cordiality; ''•be is soconfoundly
stuA up-. Now, cf all pride, I hate a mean
pride."
The unconscious subject of all this div
pi: age uien t walked down Cheapsido to
!*aint Paul's Churchyard, where be stopped
before a bonnet-shop.
"Sfiß there," he muttered; "that is
lucky. liow well it will become her f
He entered, bought the bonnet which
bad taken his fency. amf with the littie
cardboard box in bis hand, started cR in
the direction of Islington. In vain did Han
som cabbies raise their whips, and omnibus
cads cry— "'Ton! Ton!" He walked
evcrv step of the way home.
Home was a parlor on the ground floor
—a bright and coeertul parlor, the orna
ments and furniture of which, though not
cnstly. were in perfect taste. There were
flowers ; there was a piano, open; music
and bookalay about in a comfortable, but
not untidy way. Home was a gtrl of nine
teen, who welcomed him with a smile
called him Harry, and went into actacies
over the bonnet. Home presently was
tea tea treated as a meal, not the mean
ingless supplement late diners under
stand by the term.
" What do you think, Harry V exclaim
ed tbe young lady in the course of the
meal.
"Think TV replied Harry Mapleson, with
his mouth full; "why. I think that il
there were many men of fortune who knew
1 had a sister who could make such an
chovy tojst as this, they would soon carry
her off from me."
h Young men of fortune do not marry
their cook*; the new bonnet is much more
likely to rid you of tne. But what I was
going to say was, we have g >t a goose."
"It isn't you pitsy, and it is not me,"
quoted the brother, turning to the eat.
" Ob, what grammar V
" Tbe verb ' to get' takes an accusative,
Susan. Hot about the goesc. How did
you steal it ? u
"Nohow; it came; together with its
giblets, and balf-a dozen of sherry."
" What! Mr. Anonymous again V
* Yes."
" He is very good," said Harry, a serious
expression coming over his face. " But
there is one thing that I do wish he would
send—his name. I hate mystery."
" But yon like goose," added the sister.
" Well, yes; frankly, I do—sherry like
wise. He says that he is an old friend of
our parent* ; but if he is ashamed to ac
knowledge us now, I had sooner be with
out. his charity. However, it is ungracious
to say so; and after swallowing a twenty
pcund note, it would be absurd to strain
at a goose and giblets. We will cat the
bird on the day set ajrnrt for that purpose
by the church. Shall we invite our fel
low-lodger IV
" Mr. Nithohon ? Oh, certainly!"
When the tea-things were cleared away,
and tbe lamp lit, Su*an Mapleson set to
work upon her brother's buttons and
socks, and while she sewed and darned,
he read a novel aloud to her; equitable
division of labor! -
Just as be had finished chapter, the
closed, and observing that Mr.
Nicholson had come in, and that it would
lie a good plan to give him Lis invitation
at once, Harry Mapleson rose and went
oat, returning presently, followed by the
fellow-lodger, an elderly man with a slight
stoop, who placed his hat and umbrella on
a chair, and came forward to greet Susan,
who took off her thimble to shake bands
with him.
" Have you been to British Museum to
day V' she asked.
Yes, ray dear; yes, as asual; lam a
leech applied bv the publishers to old
books."
A tyro in physiognomy might have pro
nounccd Mr. Nicholson to be intellectual
and benevolent, but it would have taken
''£4 Adept to the art to decipher tbe ex-
Eission which habitually spread over his
tares. There was a weary, hopeless,
a ted look, which told of great suffering,
either mental or physical —probably tbe
former, for the deep tines about his mouth
and eyes were of that character which is
worn by sustained rathe, than spasmodic
action of the muscles. lie was a man
with a terrible because a secret sorrow.
I do not say that you would have gathered
all this on the preaent occasion, for when
he was in tbe society of tbe Maplwus be
tm a different Wp§<
FRED. KURTZ, Editor nml Proprietor,
VOL. V.
Ho promised to dine with them ou
Michaelmas day ; and then Susan gate him
bif greatest treat—some o! Mendelssohn's
music. At hall-oast tcu the |varty btokc
up. lUrrv Mapl.wuii considering that his
sister rose early to get* his Meakfoat for
him, went to hi* room at the top of the
home before eleven. Hut when he got
there, be made no preparations for going
to bod, but put writing materials out on a
table, and drawing from his pocket the
papers.which lie had received from one of
the heads of departments lefore leaving
the office, be sat down to work. It was
three o'clock Isriore his task was accoui•
{dished.
•• A slice of luck this," he said to him
self on turnimj in at last; •• ju>t a* I was
wondering how I should meet those pay
ment* 1 had ovetlooked without cutting
olf sonic little expenss, which would show
Susan that 1 was hard up. 1 get this extra
job of work, which will set uie straight.
What a manager that girl is! lam afraid
she struts herself in dress ami that, though,
which must not be; it shall no be, mt ther,
if 1 can help it." And thinking of her
who was gone, he fell asleep.
{sushi's bedroom eouununicat.-.l with
the parlor, and when her brother and Mr.
Nicholson want up-ataire, >lie {iss*hl into
it, retuniing again soi>u with a quantity
of millinery materia be from which she
{uoceetled to concoct one of those articles
of feminine adotnuieut which fathers and
husbands pay so highly for.
" Poor old Harry !" het thought* ran as
1 her nimble hngers worked, "die thinks
that I do cot see that hi* salary i* too
little lor our expenses, and I durst n >t
remoustrate with bim when he wastes hi*
money upon things I realty do not want;
it would disappent him so! How for
tunate it is that I hare got thi* knack of
nuking things, which secures uie employ
ment at my own home! How little he
thinks that 1 so often follow him into
London, carrying my work to the shop
when it is completed! The ordinary
seamstress' work I tried at first was not
worth w hile, but they pay well for this.
I wish Harry would spcuil a little upon
himself; I durst uot give him a new coat
or hat in return tor h:s mantillas and bon
nets. The idea ol his getting me this Ism
net; how surprised be would lu- to learn
that / mule it
POST.
After the Michaelmas meal, and when
tbey had got their first g!a<*es of sherry
Harry said: M We must drink the health
of Mr. Anonymous, please."
44 Mr. Anonymous," repeated Susan sip
piug.
Mr. Anonymous," echoed Mr. Nichol
son, who drank, and then added: '• Some
relative T'
44 1 don't know," replied Harry. 44 He
is a deed, or rather a succession of deeds,
without a name. He sent us the goose;
he sent us the sherry; he has made u*
more valuable presents. Do you think 1
ougßt to receive benefit* without kuow
ing from whom they come ?
4 -Certainly," said the fellow-lodger.
44 1 tliink you have told me that in one of
bis first letters this unknown professed
himself a lriend of your mother's. Ain I
net correct V'
" Yes. But whv such mvsterv 7"
•'Oh, there are several probable reasons
for t tint: he may be ashamed of not doing
more. You may have substantial claim*
upon him as a trustee of those fund*
which I think you said bad been unwisely
invested ; or be may have a morbid dis
like to being thanked."
•'lt is strauge anyhow," said Harry,
" that our mysterious benefactor should
not have come forward to assist us when
we needed it."
" When you lost you mother?"
" Yes."
" Perhaps," said Susan, "he was not
in England then, and knew nothing about
what bad happened."
"That is Tery likely," said Mr. Nichol
son, •' especially as you were supposed to
be well provided for. Have vou not said
so?"
"Yes," replied Ilarry; "our poor
m>fchcr's little property was in a bank
which broke, but, thank God! she did
not know what had happened. She died
in the belief that her children were be
yond the reach of sordid cares."
"It was about two years ago, I think
you have said ?"
"Yes, two years last August. I was at
college when summoned away to her bed
side, for her illness was sudden and short.
And just as we weie recovering a little
from the shuck, ruin came. If 1 had !>een
alone in the world 1 think I should have
enlisted or emigrated, for I lelt very des
perate ; but fortunately I bad Nw-an to
look after, and that steadied me."
"It was a sad blow, and the cares of
life have fallen upon vou early, my young
friends," said Mr. Nicholson. " But par
don roe for bavin; led the conversation in
to sncb a melancholy channel." he added,
seeing that Su*an had much ado to restrain
her teats. "I do not know how it Lap
pened."
"Oh, Harry and I often talk over old
times; I like it," said Susan. "It would
be a dreadful tiling to avoid speaking of
mamma because she has been taken from
us; it seems to me that those we love are
only really 'lost' when we banish them
frotn our memories."
The old man bowed his head and sighed
deeply.
" Have yon any likeness of her?' he
asked after a pnnse.
" Oh, yes," replied Susan : and she rose
and placed a miniature in his hand, lie
gazed at it in silence for some time, and
then mnrmnred : " How like! "
"Yon knew our mother!" exclaimed
Harry in surprise.
"1 mean how like your sister," said Mr.
Nicholson, handing the miniature to him.
"Oh, yes; there is a strong family re
semblance," said Harry. " But since you
will not have any more sherry, suppose we
go up to your room and smoke a pipe,
while Susan makes tea."
When the old man and the young one
had settled down to the mutual absorp
tion of nicotine, the latter referred again
to the subject of his personal affairs.
The only thing I regret," said he, " is
the way in which my sister is shut np.
It must be a dreadful thing for her, poor
girl, to be alone all day; and it is bad tor
her to be entirely without any companion
of her own sex."
" Have you no relative or friends," asked
Mr. Nicholson.
" Our relatives east ns off many years
ago, on account of a family misfortune.
But there were some friends, who got me
my present appointment, and who would
have taken charge of Susan. We de
clined, because of that family affair; for
Susan thought, and I thought, that it
would perhaps be brought up against her,
if she mixed in the society to which these
friends wonld have introduced her. Of
coarse we did not pat oar refusal upon
tha:', ground ; Susan said that she would
not leave me; and I believe they think
me very wrong and selfish. I am not
quite confident that I am right myself;
and yet the pride which shrinks from
raking np an eld shame can hardly be a
false pride—can it ?"
It is not an easy thing to decide in a
moment the degree of pridjk which every
man onght to allow himselff-to point out
where the Proper ends, and the False
begins—to beat the parish bounds be
tween self-respect and vanity. No wonder
that Mr. Nicholson puffed hard at his
pipe in silence. It was evidently no lack
of interest that held his tongue, however,
for he tamed away his head, and his hand
•hook as though it were palsied. And
prebahlr that Ilarrv did not look for a
reply; he was thinking aloud as mud) as
THE CENTRE REPORTER
talking to the other; and presently he
|eroeiied this, and said with ataugh "A
pleasant sort ol' companion I must be,
with my, sentimental egotism 1 -My ex
' euse is the relief it atl'orda me U> speak
out, aud there ia no one slas uikui w lioni
1 oau inflict the ideaa which sometime*
' plague me ; for, of course, I want Susan
to think me as free from care as a lap dog
And then 1 seem to have known you nil
my life; 1 forget that it is hardly si*
months siuee we lefl the house together
.>ne morning, and both walking city
wards, tell into conversation. Hut I kuow
that you will pardon me."
" There is no need for pardon," said
Mr. Nicholson. " You do me a favor by
; taking me Into your confidence. I am a
' louely old fellow, who has *|Hnt the bet
| ter part of his life away from his country."
"Ah! where?"
" The la*t few years at Simaucas ; before
that, in Pari*; before that, at tlottingen.
1 am little more than a musty old book
worm crawling from library to library ;
living so much in the past, as to have lost
all connection with the present. \ou
have recalled feelings, sympathies, associa
tions, which 1 thought were lost to uie
forever." He jiaused for a while, and
then said abruptly—" How you uiu*t hate
that member of your family who brought
upon it the shame—of which you {wak !"
"0 no, no, 110!" cried Harry. "You
little think But 1 will tell you all
about it so.ue day. I see that you have
finished your pipe; suppose we go down
stairs again."
Sad subjects of conversation did not
crop up agaiu, and the rest •( the evening,
though "musical," was not melancholy."
ri'rru.
tine evening In October, Harry Maple
son came home at the usual time, but not
in his usual state of calm comfiuaure. Hi
,'ace was pale, his eves v\*re spatkliug
with excitement, his forehead was bathed
in perspiration, and he flourished an even
ing paper alsout.
"What ia the matter ?" cried Susan.
"Don't be alatmcd ; it i* good new a.
We can look the world boldly in the face,
my dear; our fat he" was inuoccnt
'• I kuow it; dear mamma aiwaya said
so."
'• Ay, but it is proved! See here. 1
don't thiuk that you ever knew the de
tails of the matter /"
•• No; 4 never wished to dq so.''
" Well, then I will not enter into them
now. It is sufficient for yon to understand
that our father was a man of considerable
talent, who took a high degree at his
university, and wa looked upon as a nsing
man by the political party wlouse came Le
epoosed. Indeed, for some time he was
private secretary to a minister, and it was
only because of his d siring a more cerit'n
income „poii his martiage, that he re
signed that unstable office, and accepted
an appointment which was not dependent
upon one set of men going out of office,
and another coming in. It was a position
of trust, ami large sums of money passed
through his hands. Well, there wa* wrong
doing—embetzlement, downright theft, in
the dejwrtmeiit. Uur tal'-er could not
clear Limsell; his naiue apjxareu to fraud
ulent documents which could not have
been use ! without hi signature—in abort,
he was condemned—sent across the act
lost ; for, from that time our mother could
hear 110 more of him. "1 am innocent,"
he said when tbev parted but what
docs that matter —the disgrace J a the
same. 1 hope to die soon; but if that
blessing is denies! me, I desire to be for
gotten, a* though I had really escaped
from this den of thieves. I will not drag
you and my children any lower. Do not
speak of me to them—never seek for ti
dings of me." Our mother prayed, remon
strated, wept in vain—he was firm, saving
that he knew it was for the beat. That
was eighteen years ago, Susan, when you
were quite a baby, and I so young that
I have only the vaguest remembrance ol
the calamity and change. Well, our father
had ro more to do with tl.at crime than
we infants had ; a man in the suite de
|Kutment forged his name, and etnbczxlcd
the money; be is dying—struck down
with a painful dica*o, which leave* him
in full possession of hia faculties; and in
his terror he has confessed, and be ajqu-al*
to the family of the roan he has wore
than murdered—to w*—for forcivene**!
Here it is—see! Can yoa forgive him,
Susan ? I can t. Forgive him ! I wish
him well and strong, that i might have
my finger* round hi* throat, aud my knee
in his cbc*t, and watch his black sou)
stifling in his black heart! Soul! 1
hope "
" Harry, Harry !"
" Welh well, I forgot myself; don't look
frightened, Susen. It is well that the
wretch has spoken at lat, at all events;
our poor father's memory will be cleared
Irom reproach ; and vou can stay some
times with those good Poynter people, and
see a little society."
Susan was protesting that she was quite
contented and happy under present cir
-1 cumstances. when slit was intertxiptcd by
a knock at the door, nnd the lellow-lodgcr
| entered the room. He too held a news
{per in bis hand ; he, too, wa* evidently
i under the influence ol strong emotion, for
he stood glancing from one to the other
with a strange yearning expression in his
j eyes; twice he<-sayed to speak,and twice
his voice failed bin. #
" You have seen this account in the
1 evening papers and have concluded that
; we belong to the family of the Mr. Maple
son whose ciucl story is told there!" asked
Harry.
The old man nodded.
" You arc right; we are his children.
This sympathy is indeed kind."
" Perhaps you yourself are a connec
tion 7" said Susan, with a woman's pene
tration.
The fellow-hxlgcr at last forced words
to his lips. 14 Yes," lie said, " I—I"
" Look to him, Harry!" ctied Susan;
and if thev had not run forward to support
him, the old roan would have fallen.
They got him into a ehair, bathed his
forehead, gave him sherrv, and he soon
came out of his faint. " I'be emotion wa*
too much for me," he iaid presently. " I
am myself again now. No, no; do not go
for a doctor. lam not ill. It is nothing
but an ovcrdo*c of happiness; a medicine,"
he added, with a sad smile, "that I have
not lieen much accustomed to."
" You were s great friend ef hit, per
haps V asked Harry, who looked puzzled ;
hut Susan glanced rapidly from the youth
ful features of her brother to the time and
care worn face of the other, and a light
flashed upon her.
"Father!" she cried.
"My girl! My children!"
In the course of that evening he told
them all. How that, when a few years of
his sentence expired, he was allowed to
live as a free man w'tbin the boundaries
of the colony; how his book-cralt had
guine I him the situation of librarian to a
wealthy settler, who had a touch of biblio
mania, which it was difficult to gratify
out there; how he nearly died of the
gnawing desire to communicate with his
wife, but fought the battle out with what
he felt to he Self, and conquered ; how at
length, when free to return to Burope, he
bad engaged in certain literary pursuits,
which there is no occasion to specify, but
in which he was eventually so successful,
as to be in receipt of an income far beyond
his wants; how that, hearing of his wife's
death, and certain that his children conld
not recognize him, be had come to Eng
land, and had contrived to obtaiu lodgings
in the same house, and to make their
acquaintance.
"And if it had not been for this happy
confession, wonld you never have told us
who you were, papa ?" aaked Susan.
"After tha trial I bare gone tbieugb," ]
CENTRE llAbb, CENTRE CO., l'A., FRIDAY, MAY 17, 172.
replied her father, " I think I may tK>at,
uever!"
It is felt in certain influential circles
that "something should le doue" lor
" |H>or Ms|iU'oii;" s. iiirthine ia aUo to Ih
duue for his 11 Harry. This vague sn
uouncemeut sounds, t grain, woefully like
"chops lor two!" but I am in a joition
to state that Mr. Maplr*< n will have
pension, ami that Harry will get a uoiiii
nation; ami when it contra to competitive
examiuatiou, within certain limit*, I'll
back him, Mrantimr lather ami *0:1 and
daughter air settling down into their
relation.hip, ami Harry has hern relieved
of a nightmare. It was thia: he faucied
that ]<erhap the man—since dead, by-tbe
bye—who committed the crime his lather
suffered tor, had made liiiu the various
present* he had accepted ; ami one even •
! iug, when the three were together, he
owned that (hi* suspicion made buu
wretched.
" Silly !" cried Suan ; " why, ol course,
Mr. Anouyn ous was pnpa
" I* that a fact, father I"
'• Susan i right, my boy."
A Man In a Itlark Mask.
No. 215 South Niuth street Brooklyn,
is the residence of a wealthy widow, Aire.
Harvey G. I-aw. One uigh icceiitly,
Mrs. Law, who was in d<ep mouruiug,
was sitting with her umirted daughter
and her aou-m-Uw at the dinner-table
talking uliout the deceased relative.
I'lh house was quiet as usual, Wring iu
a retired neighborhood. Mr*. Law nu.l
her daughter though! they were quite by
themselves, when on a sudden the door
! opeued. Tlu-y l. ked up an.l saw the
face of a mau. The face was black.
Mrs. Law's daughter, who saw the man
first, thought it was Peter, the black
servant. She took a piece of st.ak,
which she wus about to cut, but on look
ing again at the .lour, Iwcatue aware that
Peter had not shut the d.Kr, and ha !
not gone nlKUit his buaiuess, but st.c*l
staring fiercely at her and Mr*. Lawfi mi
under hi* big bushy eye brows. She
looked at hitn agaiu, and saw tliat the
man's face was nut black. He wore a
black mask. His eyes glared nt her.
He had OU a red cloak, and w-as dressed
'in the costume of Satan. The young
woman gave a scream and dropped knife
and fork. She wusKpeechle-. with terror*
" M. rev u|xn us," Mii.l Mrs Law, very
j much frightened ; and thinking li< r
daughter would faint away, she had paid
so attention, stiil thinking it was Peter
j who was at the door. Mrs. Law's
i daughter gave another scream.
Mrs. Law looked up, ami saw that it
was n strange man. lie held a revolver
in hi* h.iffil. Hi* red cloak vra* flying
wide open. She even thought she saw
I hi* hoof. The man kept staring fiercely
at the two worneu.
" Mercy upon us." Mr*. Law cried,
rushing from her seat. She thought Hu
man would *hoot. Mrs. Law isa woman
about fifty year* of age. She is delicate i
and rather timid. Her face became
white with terror. She held up lmr
.hands anil cried "Dont shoot." Her
daughter had tainted away • n her chair,
. and threaten to drop on the floor.
The man raised his hand as if to point
i the revolver at Mrs. I*aw, w hen her son
in-law jumped upon him. aud he fled.
He darted through the back door, the
two women after liim. He ran through
the conservatory, jttmjx d over the fence
and escaped. Mt*. laiw's aon-in-law
was sick, and therefore nimble to follow
liioi-
The two women rushed op stair* into
their room. The drawers of one bureau
wen- fount) furred ujx-u and *.
jewels, ami valuables of nil kinds wen
found strewn on the tlotar. Mrs. Law
almost thought her Satanic visitor had
taken nothing, when she discovered that
her late husband's gold watch ami chain,
which she prised beyond anything in
the worlJ, were missing. Something
else was missing—it wns the will of
Harvey O. Law. Mr. Law died onlv
four weeks ago, and left an estate valued
at £IOO,OOO or 8350,000. The coloretl
servant said lie cam - ii|on the thief while
the latter was searching for the will
among the paper*. Hitau quickly pre
sented a pistol at Itis head, mid told liiiu
he would l!ow his brains out if he ut
tered a sound. Thereupon Peter kept
quiet.
A rejKirU'r called nt Mrs. Law's resi
lience. When he rang the bell ho heard
a chain rattle, and the door ws opened
.in inch. The scivant girl took a good
look at liini. as though satisfying herself
that he was not a burglar or rohlier. and
that he wore no red eh >:ik. A ft.r he had
stated that he wonted to see Mr*. Law,
she called another girl, who also took a
good look at him through the aperture.
The chain was still unloosened, and the
reporter could not open the door. The
two girls afb r consulting each other
five minutes, finally concluded to trust
the reporter's appearance and to let hiin
in. 'lho chain foil down and the door
ojiened.
Mrs. Law, who is a very genteel, nice
looking lady, begged the reporter's par
don for not having ordered the servant
girl to admit him at once. " 1 have been
terribly frightened," she said, "that
I have given order* not to wlin t any
man. For several days I have not been
able to make up mv miud to allow n man
to come into the hone. 1 thank God
for hnving spared my life. I felt almost
sure that the man would kill me."
Importer—Do yon snsjiect anybody ?
Mrs. Law—Yes, I do ; but I have no
right to tell my suspicions. 1 may do
them wrong.
Reporter—Could sny one profit by
stealing the will ?
Mrs. Law—No ; not at all, not as the
will now stands. (Thinking a while,
aud with tears in her eyes.) Still, I
think they might lmve waited a little
longer to get me out of the way. It's
just four weeks since my hiiabnud died,
and I wns so sick and so worrh-d—they
might have waited a little longer.
Reporter—Could you recognize the
man ?
Mrs. Law—M"y daughler could. She
con id not stay in the house after this oc
currence. We both of us were kept
awake all night thinking of the frightful
vision, and she lias left the house now,
and is staving with a friend of hers.
Ilcportor—Do you think it wns a pro
fessional burglar ?
Mrs. Law—No ;I am convinced Jthat
he was not n burglar ? He left a great
many valuable* ho might have taken
along just as well as not. I found a rope
in the second story window. I don't
know what lie expected to use it for. I
ain so sorry for the watch. I looked
at it that very same morning, and said to
my daughter: " I woudn't part with
this for the whole world. (Crying.)!
Now I have had to part with it. We
have lived twenty-four years in this
house, and never fiad auy trouble. Oh !
the next thing I can expect is to lose mv
life.
A SHARP LAMB.— Mr. William A. Ford,
of Caroline County, Md., has a pet lamb
that goes rabbit hunting—that is, he
follows the dogs to tlio woods, and when
they strike the trail he follows in pur
suit and seems to enjoy the fun as much
as the hounds tliemsefves. The lamb is
not always successful in keeping up with
his swift-footed companions, ami some
times he is left beliiud and gets lost.
When this occurs he loiters about, stops
at some of the neighbors', und finally
works his way home again.
REPORTS of a probable withdrawal of
the American claims for indirect damages
give satisfaction in England,
■ii - -.f ,y- -a— * - ■
hut to Fat*
This term in medicine, according to
aoine coinprt lieinls thew lijle regimen of
lite, |Ui regard to air, meat, drink, sleep,
watching, motion reat, the |iaaaiotis, reten
tion* aud e*creti<sut. I yeatriri the term
to ratios aud dm king alone. Use natural
constitution of the twljf uf man is such,
that it can easily bearaome changes and
irregularities without much injury. Had
it Ikcu otherwise we should be aliuunt,
constantly put out of order by very slight
cause. This advantage romei from those
wonderful communications ol the in ward
|>art, wheretiy when one part is aHrctrd
another conic* immediately to it* relief.
Thus, when the body 1* too lull, nature
causes evacuation through aoine of the
outlets; aud for thia reason, disease* from
absolute inauitiou are generally uz> e dan
gi-reus than from repletion, unless the Ist
ttr lie excessive; because we iSU more ex
puditioualy diminish than increase the
juices of the body. I'pon the same ae
(\Miut though teui|>ersice be beneficial to
*ll utcn, the ancient phoicaans advise per
sons iu good health, now and then to eat
aud drink more abundantly than iimix!.
Hut of the two, intemperance iu dnnking
U saler than in catiog. If a man be
obliged to tat, brought to avoid all labor
ious work. From aatiely it is not proper
to {si** directly into sharp hunger, nor
Irviin hunger to utiety; neither will it be
safe to tudulge iu absolute rest immediate
ly after excessive labor, nor Middeulv to
tall to hard work after long idleoes* In a
word, all changes in the way of lhiug
should lie made by degrees. The softer
and milder kind* ol'aliment are proper tor
cbtbheu, and for youth the stronger. Uid
{/cople ought to lessou the quantity of
their food, aud increase that of their
drink; but some allowance i# to lie uudc
for custom, especially in cold climates like
ours; for a* in these the apj<rtiie b keener,
so 1* the digestion better |-rforined. Milk
{K>ltage is far more wholtwomo than tta
with bread and butter; and, if made after
ths following manner, ia in many re-pcci*
preferable to milk alone: Ixt equal quan
tities of milk and water be boiled un with
a little <tmeal, which will break the vi
ridity of the milk, aud be at the same
time more easily digested than the latter
in an undiluted state. Hoidcs <at meal 1*
a much warmer nourwh'mut than wheaten
l! >ur and agrees better with weak atcm
acha.
Sew York Dry Hood* Marhtt.
The past week ha* lieeti a quiet oue
in all department*. The inquiry being
very limited. Prices for domestics
have however ruled steady aud an d
--aiux* I* looked for.
in Print* there U a light demand for
light grounds, black and white*.
Brown Sheeting* and rihirtiiigs are
quoted a* firmer.
In Printing Cloths gray, ha* been
sought after. Contracts have lieen made
from fc|c. up to Bjo. for delivery until
January next.
In print* a light trade has bceu done
in Doily Vardeun.
rihawj#—Have becu nearly quiet
In Cvrset Jcatt**l* liaveouly taken
place on a limited scale.
Woolen* Stocks are riot large, and
heavy good* meet with attention. C'as
slmtres and suiting* have improved,
and there is a marked diq-o-iuon to
*|>ecuiat.
roKZiox noon*.
Trade has lieen dull.
Silks are quiet, with alow lie*.
Tnlfetas, jiotigets and grenadine, are
taken rcadi'y.
Linens—liave been dnil during the
week, with a sUght iuiprovwiuciil iu
lailoriug goo I*.
Woolen* —Thebusiness has been en
<*<ll raged by the firmness of home Mid
(••reign wool*, rising tu price from atl
quarters.
In Hhawls the demand for broclio ha*
decreased ; black* and scarlet* sicuiost
In request.
Carpels—Fair trade h doing In Brus
sels.
Laer#-Millinery lace has been active,
hut guipure and Valenciennes liave
Iwon heavy.
Failles as Clerks.
Tlie Secretary ol tbe Treasmy <if the
Fnited States has 107 ladies in his own
office, thirty-three in tbc library, and 12f
engaged iu counting note*. The librarian
is a lady who deserves more than pa*uig
notice. poe<ting ability of a high order
aud culture Iwyond tbc average man or
woman. She was a|>poiiitcd to thin place,
fortnrrly held ty a gentleman drawing a
salary of S-.200. and the salary wa re
duced to the limit of fcmiuim- rrrrntre"
incnt*, which it team wit* then Sl.iiOO,.
Ilmse, however, to$1,4(10coon thereafter,
•mi again • few days Moe toßl,fiOQ. The
a.*i*tant lihrarta.i ha* entire charge of
I lie books niw! perforin* the duties <•! two
desk* lonnctly occupied by two gentlemen
receiving salaries icsjicrtivi ly .>1 $1,4U0
and 91,6(10 per year. This lady's ability
is and' appreciated by the chief
clerk and bead of the division. She a
nlatfveof Justice Story, formerly of the
Supicm* Bench, au<l commands a salary of
S'JUO. The oorreapr>ndeoce of the Sccrcta
ry's office is all copied here by the Indie*
of the bureau. It was tormerly done by
fcntlnW) who received salaries ol I.2UW
81,400, and 81 630 for doing It. There
•we five ladies in the Secretary"* office
holding clerkships of the first class with
alariea of $1.20!) per annum. In the Bu
reau of the t'omptroller ot the Currenry
there are twenty-eight ladies, including
one who receives 81200 per unnum. The
work done bcre ia the same as done by
geiitletnen in other bureau*. One lady
does the correspondence. Another is an
acrountent of acknowledged ability, and
is valued for accuracy and fidelity, and
there is also a stenographer who write* for
the Comptroller. This kind of work is
done in other bureaus by gentlemen with
nalariea raging from 51,200 to 81,8(H) per
jm?
A Republican Bedding.
Nothing could iiave leen more diverting
than the manner in which the bride of Sir
Charles Pilke arrayed herself for the great
event of her life; and as it naher* in a
new style of marriage ceremony it js*#t
ting that our lady readers should kitfif the
detail*. It ia told by a lady, thus : *' M
Shell, the bride, called early one mousing
on nn intimate family friend of mine ami
asked her to go shopping with bee, fir
which my friend consented. When their
shopping bijsmcs* < concluded, bliss
Shell asked her it she conld spare little
further time to accompany her to church,
as she was going to be married that morn
ing. She said she would not keep her
long, as thifc service would be short, and
she would not have to answer any que*
tions. The bride, I may tell you, was
dressed in a waterproof cloak, nun wore a
brown straw list, and these srticfts el
attire she kept on during the whole ol the
ceremony. Immediately the service was
concluded ahe rushed into the vestry to
sign her name in the register, without
even waiting for her husband. As soon
as this was done she seated herself in the
brougham, bid my friend adieu, and told
her that she should be happy to see her
that day fortnight when they returned
lrom their marriage trip, as on that occa
sion they intended to give some of their
friends a Champagne luncheon. The citi
zen and citizmess then drove from the
church to several of the shops, and then to
his house in Sloans street, where the lady
wrote various letters and invitations far
the Champagne luncheon, ate a beefsteak
for her dinner, and then left with her
aristocratic republican husband for the
country to spend the heney-meea.''
A Slurp Set.
Located in New York is an unvrupu
lows gang of nicu who carry ou Uie
counterfeit money, or " sawdust mime,"
realizing froui stupid men all through
the country large auma of money. Iu
connoetion with the sawdust game tWy
have gift concerto, a Ts* Cou|mny, bo
gu* watcbre, oh.-up jewelry, aud uuui
Ik- less otlior afPidrs, all designed to get
money without returning an equivalent
It hn ln-en wondered why the concern
haa not been broken up. The District
Attorney of New York U-lla us why in
the following word* : " I have repeat
illv searched the statuUw of the Htnte
to sec whelh.-r 1 could nut find some
point ou which 1 could ludkt them.
Hitheito 1 have searched in vain ; but I
still hope that, sooner or latei, we may
he aide to bring tire fellows to justice.
Thuy commit no statutable offence. In
the suwduat awindle they are absoluU-ly
and entirely adfe. We cannot ludict
them for fraudulently obtaiuiug money
without rend, ring an equivalent, for
their circular only promises to supply
the dupe with counterfeit currency,
which is worthless, except as a mode to
client somebody else. The buyer there
fore intent!.mullv pays good money for
bad, and he t* in no way wrong, u if he
receive sawdust, which is fully as valu
able um the stuff he wanted to bqy. Teu
years ago, when I was in Albany, the
country was flooded with circulars is
sued by three mine men, promising to
aupply iaiiUitiou gold dollar* of mv-h
exquisite worktaaiinhip aa to bo wholly
utxiiaUuguiahablo from the giuruinc
coin, it was determined to lay a trap
for the swindler-. An expert detective
was engaged, and in a few days the Dis
trict Attorney's office was in possession
of six of the counterfoil gold dollars
■old by this firm. It was thought that a
gins! case had been made out against
the rascals, but when the dollars were
teatod it wax discovered that they were
genuine. The idea, of course, was to
Keud a real dollar to the dni<e, in the
hope that he, believing it to be only a
gtHsl imitation, would immediately order
a large supply. I have no doubt that
theao nan arc advised by aomo of the
very boat lawycrw in thia city, who re
ccivc enormous f.-re for their services. I
cannot Iu any other way account for the
extraordinary dtil! with which tliey car
ry on an entirely fraudulent buainews
without 1.-aring aiiy loophole ofien to at
tack. The fact is, that the law, as at
pireent eoustitnted, is altogether inade
quate to the supprcwaion of this kind of
vice, ami it is outv by constant and re
peatcd expostire that tlie trade of these
men, who fatten upon the stupidity of
the lesser rogure, mo In* destroyed. The
mere-existence of such a gang of con
spirators is e crying evil, aud I should
be most I.tippy to uvf every means at
my ihaptMud to uproot the whole system,
if I could only discover sufficient proof
to warrant au indictment against all or
anv of them."
(suntry Newspaper*.
F. w people appreciate the value of the
village {ic.pern which gather up the new*
ot a conuly ad advoaU* the interests of
u locality. And few underatand the
amoaiit of ability required to edit a.ich s
paper where one man must be editor.
panH* !>• r, iriuter, book keeper and all.
1 muprne how much tlie intstturence of the
roti 11 try would sutler by the Mot ting out
of Uia eomiLry pajwrv. which treat the
immediate iarrnb of ths jieople and
thn* come into immediate contact with
their minds!
The true country editor understand*
that his paper thrives by being intenwdv
local; that it is not by leaned editorials
on terlfl and income tax. but by articles
in favnr of the new railroad, by descrip
tions of the uew factory, by advocacy of
the new budge, that he must succeed.
People look iu his column* not only for
the laWl general news, Imt for the men
tion of every interesting fact, of every
enriou* matter of gossip in liia own coun
tv. And thoa the p-qwr Incomes the re
flector of tlni current events and the pub
lic m-ntirm nt of hi* section. N>*thifR i*
too small to be itomized if onlv it is of
interest* A country editor nd-crtiscd
that lie would insert a list of the name*
of all the people who had joined tbe
chnrcbcs in the ersjntv in a recent revi
vor Which showed tliat he understood
lie propow*! to chrtniele
.very event of interest occurring in his
jurisdiction.
Every intelligent family should give a
cordial" support to Th<- k>ca! ticw|*j>ar.
ft ia one of the great educational influen
enoosr— Wrvrrf* mnf-f/mwe
r.itrart of Beef.
The well-known chornfrt, Dr. Liebig,
first conoentrstesl fhe fbah or cattle
in a small cuinpaa*. to obtain an extract
jof meat, which, when it reached Eng
luml, might lie weakened by thirty timea
it* weight of water, und give a liquid
J baring all the wrntlal qualities of or
dinary beef-tea. This m*w rotamcrciid
i production h.i been Lugoly consumed
,in England and (Jcrtu my. It is uacd iu
the nary, and in distant colonies where
! iood is difficult to obtain : but iu France,
wberc refinement of tuafe ia greater, the
success it not ao general. TLit ia the
manner in whiih it is prepared ; the
I process is ten- simple : After the ani
j mal is killed, ihe meat ia cut very small,
! and steeped in an equal quantity of wa
| ter ; lliis ia boiled for a quarter of an
' hour, when the whole ia thrown into a
I linen cloth, und the liquid which jwsaea
through ia the beef-ten iu ila m-rmal
I state. Then is, bowrrer. too large a
j proportion of water, and some fat,
which would interfere with its keeping.
| The hydraulic press ia applied to the
mas* of meat which is left after the
straining; and thus pressed it forms a
j suTt of cake, which is considered to be
j exhausted of all eatable particle* ; a resi
due which at some future time will
probably lie turned to a naefol purpose.
The liquid ia again heated, and the fat
lieing carefully akimtued off the top. it
is ! loilcd down to one-sixth otf its otigi
| ual volume, and brought to the ronua
: teury of extract, keeping it from all
cmteet with tin air i* a vsfll where a
rwma lit* lH f mad# by mtans of a
i pui ttniatia pump Nothing more ia
■ w lutmg bid to Suit it into jar* hermet
ically closifl, nitl soultd *ifh a leaden
; at ill, to pr.-ai rvist horn worn adulteration.
—Chamberi Journal.
MILKT.—A doctor was called to see a
patient wliesc drink was whisky. Water
was prescribed as the only cure. Pa
tient said tlint it fan otituf tip*question,
he eouid never fltiak it. Milk: was then
proposed, and patient agreed to get well
on milk. Thp doctor was aoon sum
moned again. Near the bed on which
the (ink man luy was a tabic, and on the
table a hirro bowl, and in the bowl was
milk, but flavored strong with whisky.
" What have you bore t said the doc
tor. " Milk, doctor ; Just what yon
ordered." "But there is wliisky in it;
I srncll it." "Well, doctor," sighed
the patient, "there may be whisky in
it, but milk'smv object'
TaWWo Uihisa —There is a gentle
matron in St. Angnstine, Fla., who, if
report lie true, ns it very likely is not, has
so tamed the birds in the grovea and gar
deua of her husband'H farm that tliey
come into the house aud hop upon the
shoulders even of guest* who are strang
ers. None of them have been aaged, but
they have been tamed by the gentle and
fascinating treatment of the lady. If
everybody was so good, how pleasant it
would be, especially fop the bird*.
The Journeyman Printer.
I confess to * strong liking for the
1 Journeyman ITiuter, mv a uurrespon
dent, on penally when be baa been
brought up in a New York Newspaper
office. U ia such a quick- witted person
i that be can take the meaning of a flag
meulary alip of "copy" sooner than
many mu could find nt what a column
of words ia intended to signify ; and be
haa a very keen appreciation of a good
tiling whenever be aeea it. He is no re
►peotor of peraona—not be! lie d* not
hesitate to revile hia cbum, nor to be
disrespectful to Uie foreman, nor to give
the I 'uovertlur" a piece of bit mind, at
the precise instant when be consider*
that bis rights lure been infringed npon.
To be compelled to stand waiting for
copy puts hun in a rage which can only
be ap)ieaaed l<y paying bits the regula
tion price f forty cents pr hour; and
when required to work "over-time." an
extra dollar ia the ultimatum, (lie al
ways gets the dollar.) Hut the straw
that really breaks his patient back is
" bad csroy." At that be swears ; and I
profess I hart seen crabbed manuscript
on a printer's ease, which would have
inspired Uie gentlest auul with intense!
loathing for the creature capable of
clothing a decent thought in such inde
cent garb. The struggle over "fat takes"
is one of the comic sights of a newapa
tier office. No foreman, be he bold as
brew, haa vet been found courageous
enough to show undue favor in the dis
tribution of these peculiar nuggets of
the Printer's mine. The bumptious ad
vertiser who willingly pays a huge price
for the use of a column with only a doz
en types from one end of it to the other,
haa no idea how the prize of "fat matter"
ia gloated over by the eager eyes above
stair*. To the uninitiated, the business
xe*ms must abturb, but etry printer
, knows bow jolly it is to act big qoadtaU
: m a row, and to eouut them afterward as
lire full equivalent of so much solid type.
Hence the printer's joy over "displayed"
announcements ; and hence, too, his
profound admiration for the genius of
an advertiser, who, delighting in the use
of big letters, till* whole pages with ad
verbst-menta of the m >l showy and
costly character.
Paper Car flu els.
The A'diiossf for Jlatltkr thus de
scribes paper car whecla, the material
ot which ia straw-board, in all respect*
the same as U at uaed in the mannfae
tare of pajier boxea, and made of wheat,
rye, or oat straw: The lire ia of atotd,
and, when turned up ready for the flitirg,
i* made taper manic, m that the inside
diameter on the flange is one-eight of an
inch smaller than on the other. Th
body of the wheel ia a paper Mock made
. of straw board, cut into ctrclas thirty in
ches in diameter, pasted together with
orilinarv paste, and consolidated under a
hydraulic premure of about three hun
dred ton* Thi* block after being slowly
dried for nearly two weeks in a dry
bouse, i turned aud fitted ia a common
pattern lathe. Tlie turning tx>! is like
that used for iron, but the weed is about
the same aa is uaed for bras*. This
block, thua turned to fit the tire, ia of
course somewhat larger, in order to in
sure a jierfeet fit A hydraulic prewrare
of about tour hundred tout is then used
to force the Muck into its pUee. The
tire ia heated neatly to the boiling point
of water, thus insuring a perfect bearing
hen eooL When the imner block ia in
the lathe, a suitable horn for a cast iron
hub is bored throngb the centre. Thi*
hub haa a wide flange npon one end.
Covering the whole.d yaob aide of the
wheel an- two aide plate* of Norway iron
boiler plate, which fit against a shoulder
turned in the tire. The hub is forewd ia
after these platoaare in place, the flange,
on it* outer end. of course, holding the
outside phite firmly in its place. Sixteen
I Milts in the outer clge of the plates run
directly through the paper, and hold
everything bat; eight bolts go through
the flange of this bub. securing the
whole, and making the wheel, so far ns
its interior is concerned, water-proof.
The {taper itself ia painted before it goes
into the wheel, and i* perfectly secure
against dampness, even if Uie wheel were
not water-tight
LEABXCNO A S*:BST.-- There I* still
fttimling oloee by Temple liar. in Lon
ilon, an old cbemWi shop. Tb pro
prietor of it in days gone by enjoyed the
monopoly of making citric arid. Mora
favorably eireumatanoed than other
•erect nuumfacturer*. hia was a process
that required noaaamtauco. U< employ
ed no workmen. Experts came to asm
nle and assort and bottle his products.
They never entered the laboratory. The
mystic operations by which he grew rich
were confined to himself. One clay,
having locked the door* and Winded the
windows, sore ma usual of the safety of
his secret, oar chemist wut home to
dinner. A chininov-swoep, or a boy dia
gut fed as such, MIS® in chemistry, was
on the watch. Following the secret
keeper so far on his way toward Charing
Cross as to be snrc he would not return
tits! lar. the aooty philosopher hied
rapidly back to Temple Bar. ascended
the low building, dropped down theflutt
saw all he wanted, and wtunn-d, carry
ing with him the mystery of making
citric acid. The monopoly of the inven
tor was gone. A few months after
rite price of the article ws reduced
four fifths. The poor man wa* heart
broken. and dioa shortly afterward,
ignorant of the trick by which he had
been victimised.
SOLD.— A tobacco-buyer WHO * re
cently figuring in a town not a thousand
milesfrom Amherst. N. H., came across
a man who had sold hit crop for fifteen
cents. The buyer suggested that he had
not got enough, and wanted to took at
hia goods, asking bint if he was bound
by money paid. Finding that be was
legally free to sell npain, ho offered him
five cents a pound more, and would giTc
him a hundred dollars to bind the oar
gain, which the farmer accepted. As
the bnyer was sbont t leave, he in
qnired "who had prerionaly bought the
tobacco. On being informed, he cx
•laiiaed, "Good heavens, tliat is my
partner !"
lUTHnui.—Many persons have lost
tlieir lives lv getting chilled in the pro
cess of bathing ; sometimes by in
to the bnth too soon after eating. No
person sliotild take an v kind of bath soon
er than three hours after a regular meal,
and the room should show a heat of
of Farenheit's thermometer, at abont five
feet above the floor in the middle of the
room, in order to avoid dangerous chills ;
E croons of s feeble circulation should
•ive the room still warmer ; tf there i*
en uncomfortable feeling of eoldneaa to
the body when it oomee out of the wateL - ,
the room is too cold.
IT WAS HOT ALL A DREAM. —A diffident
vouth was paying his addresses to a gay
lass of the country, who had long des
paired of bringing things to a crisis,
lie called one day when ahe waa alone.
After settling the merits of w heather,
the girl said, looking slily into his face :
"I dreamed of you last night," "Did
you ? Why, now 1" " Tea ; I dreamed
that yon kissed me." "Why, now!
What did your mother say?" "Oh, I
dreamed sue wasn't at home." A light
dawned on the yonth's intellect, a sin
gular sound broke the stillness, and in s
few weeks they were married,
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Virtues, like Cessna*, ipse their frag
rance wfaw exposed. - -"... ."
TERMS ; • Two Dollars Year, in Advance.
Flalag fer a Das.
For two months, says Mark Twain,
-peaking of his surly California expert
i euoe, my sola oooupation was avoiding
w-unaintanom, for during that time I
! did not earn a penny, or buy an article
lof any kind, or pay my board. I became
a very adept at "slinking." I slunk
from Lack street to back street I slunk
away from approaching face* that looked
familiar. I slunk to my meals, ato them
humbly and with s mute apology for
every mouthful I robbed my generous
landlady of; and at midnight, after my
wanderings, that were but slinking* away
from cheerfulness and light, I slunk to
my bed. During all this time I had but
one piece of money - a silver ten-cent
piece -and I held to it and would not
upend it on any account, least the con
aeioosnem coming strong upon me that
I was entirely penniless might suggest
suicide. I had pawned everything
but the clothes I had on ; so I dung to
my dune desperately, till it war* smooth
with handling. However, lam forget
ting. I did have one other occupation
liesidea that oi " slinking." It was the
entertaining of a collector (and being
entertained by him) who had in his
! Ii .nd* the Virginia banker's bill for the
I Sto which I had loaned from my school
auto, the "Prodigal." This man used
to mill regularly onae a week and dun
ate, and meUtiak* oftener. He did it
from sheer force of habit, for he knew
lie could get nothing. He would get out
his bill, calculate the interest for me at
5 per cent a month, and show me clear
ly that them WM no attempt at fraud in
it and no mistake*; and then plead and
argue and drivs witn his might for any
sum —any little trifle—even a dollar—
even a half dollar, on account. Then
his duty was accomplished and his con
science free. He immediately dropped
tbe subject there always; got out a eon pi*
of cigars and divided put his feet in the
window, and then we would have a long,
luxurious talk about eveiything and
everybody, and be would- furnish a
world of curious dunning ad vwn tores out
of the ample a tors in his memory. - By
snd by he would clap his hat an his bead
and say briikly:
•' Well, iKiaiaem ia hosiaau—l can't
stay with you always," and was off in a
second. The idea of pining for a dun !
And yet 1 used to long for him to come
and would get unaasv as aay mother if
the day went by with ant his visit, when
I was' expecting him. But he never
collected that bill at hurt or any part of
iL I lived to pay it to the banker my
self.
Hew tfnarrrls Begin.
•• 1 wish that pony was mine," said a
little boy at a window looking down the
rand.
"What would you do with him?"
naked his brother.
" Ride kim ; that's whit I'd do."
" All day long?"
" Tea, from morning till night."
" You'd have to let me ride him some
times."
•• Why would I? Ton'd haws no right,
in bim if be was mine."
"Father would make you let me have
him part of the time."
••No, he wouldn't"
" My chDdren," said the mother, who
now saw that they were beginning to get
ngiy with one another, "let me tell
vou of a quarrel between two boys no
nor older than you are. They '
were going along a road, talking in a
pleasant way, when one of them said,
'I wish I owned aU the pasture land in
the world.' * And I wish I had alt the
cattle in the worid,' said the other.
•What would you do then ?* asked his
friend. * Why, Y should tarn them into
vonr paM-.ir.4anA.* 'Nov you wouldn't,'
was the reply. .'Ten, I would.' 'But I
wouldn't let you. You shouldn't do it'
•1 should.' 1 You shan't.' 'twill.'
And with thai the; wired and pounded
one another like two silly, wieknd boys
a* they were."
The chill re® laughed, but their moth
er said, " You see in what trifles quar
rels often begin. Were yon may wiser
in your half nngiy talk about an imagin
ary pony? If I had not been here,
who knows but you might have been as
silly and wicked as they were ? "
Mechanism of aa Egg.
Every living creature is the product
of an egg. Some are hatched within
the maternal body, and develop* into
their predestined proportions after birth
which is th- beginning of existence with
the mrnnmaiia generaflr. Kggs of fishes
art ordinarily inrabal<-d by solar
warmth. Birds furnish beat arcsasafy
to quicken the germ into life from their
own bodice, with a few exceptions.
Whether a rhinoceros, a hippopotamus,
a giraffe, an elephant or a Sea, their be
ginning is an egg. The germ of the
future being is ted on the fluids bv
which it is surrounded. Out of the al
bumen or the white of a common pal
let's egg, far example, are buiH np a
skeleton ; a nervous system, a heart,
lungs, brain, blood vessels, every muscle,
and the elements of each Individual
feather, while the yolk is a magazine of
food on which the chick is to be nour
ished a short time after it leaves the
shell. To do that, it ia taken into the
body of the bird in the course of incu
bation. Its enveloping membrane is
rloo gated into a tube communicating
with tbe stomach, through which the
nutriment is conducted to where it can
lie used. When that supply is exhaus
ted, then the mother commences a reg
ular system of nourishing and feeding
till grown and matured for providing for
itself.
How It Wu.
"Fat Contributor " professes to know
how it in, and tells it in this WOT : I know
when I have made a success without be
iug told. The " committee " bring their
wives up to the platform and introduce
them to me. borne of the influential
citizens come up and introduce them
selves. The editor takes me warmly by
the hand, and wants to know wtiere the
next number of his paper will reach
me.
If I stay over night with my friend,
the Association President, he invites in
some of the neighbors, and there is a so
cial time in the parlor. Or, if I am at
the hotel the " boys " call around and is
rite me ont to eat oysters, and it is diffi
cult to get away from them sometimes to
go to bod. There an people to see me
off in the morning, and I bear it stated
over and above board that if I should
tome to that town again the hall would
not ba large enough to hold the peo
ple. Little boys on the street are re
spectful.
But when I fail nsbody is to be intro
duced- The editor who in the afternoon'
said he must be sure to see me after the
lecture, slips off home. His paper
doesn't reach me either (unless it reaches
me under the fifth rib). The secretary
hands me the stipulated amount with
frigid politeness, and departs. Aa I
pass along the sidewalk, on my way to
the hotel, I hear some little boy shout
' humbug " in a voiea of startling shrill
ness.
The landlord surveys me with a look
of pity as I enter—he has heard all about
it—and I sneak off to bed as soon aapoe
sible. No one attends me to tbe depot
in the morning to see me off, and I hear
a rude fellow tell another on the platform,
ns I am about to get into the cars, "If
that frsqd eomes to tpwp Sfaig h#T fat
en Mm,"
rseis ana ratine*.
lis i* thyidfaitl.. ma who | isyntant
hu&.dfifc2?i
To be humble or we contrite, it
Ddt Booewwry to lire te ahaamnent. {
Women ur id to bOIBiJBti fo the
pram in the dissemination <4-*i>t.
Chicago k agitated jei*t * |iiMoot over
tbe question : " tHwiki captains
mm ping jut* t"
Wbnt requires mam pkilonopby than
thing* u Ibe J go. ~
Addle Ballon married -s ample, and
in tbe nnptisl lectwe told them M
dlee wre cheaper then dhrnram"
A vim men, bmng asked bow old 1m
wm. rcpHwf, "Imk in fcenUb#*' end be
lag naked how rich be was, laid, "Ism
t not in debt."
At a wedding in roughkasod*. no*
long ego, the parent* of the bridegroom
rltarged the invited guests ninety cento a
bead for supper.
If gkde would have roses for their
ebeeka. they must do a* foe rosea db—
go to sleep with the Hike and get np with
the uioraing^gforite.',"I< "f T ?
Newly Married Daughter—"M*aaa
bow long does the Honeymoon laat fr
PraattoaF Parent—" Until yea aek you*
boaband for money, ay dear."
Tbe acbooi-giria of Versailles, Ky., era
complained of for tying tin kettle* te
cow i toil* and starting tbe athigbted
aniuala on a career of devastation
through the atreeto of the town.
There to near Kooxviile. Team., a spot
Mil t"iiink. t Ik. me> A mma'annifttna
*wb iwiwi (Hfimn WW ajoonui m
and idsip in tbe appellation of tbe
" Heopy Valley," where we are told only
one death baa occurred in twelve years.
Mr. Warner any* that be lately beard
a thin, dyspeptic man. dtoeonraing en
tbe gorenunent of children, sum up bis
reuarke with ** punish em in love I* in
such a ton* that It sounded like "shoot
ecu on the a|iot!"
The Cleveland fy uier yi that aome
of tbe poereet famiUee in that city are
abto to keep goete. They my the latter
will thrive on a board jfenco, while old
hoop ekirto and broken pop-bottles are
: luxurious vieade that afford nourishment
I for many days.
There to acurtous Cbineae proverb
which any*; "In a encumber Add do
not stoop to tie your shoe, and under a
plum tree do not wait to nettle your an
{ eo your hand?' which mean, if you do
I mdie one may Hunk yon are eluding the
; cucumbers or the plums,
"Rat up, daughter, and go to tly
; daughter, for thy daughter's daughter
i baa a daughter." 1 his ia what Richard
| Vciioti,of JrifrraonCounty4ud.,a<4 05
is supposed to say to hi* daughter. He wee
\ lately made great great granflfalhst by
the birth of a daughter. The fathers of
all bis grand-children am still alive.
Detroit to anxious to dweevrr the bey
who showed them bow to imitate rose
wood. Formerly two kind* of paint or
coloring matter were used, but one day
an ingenious youngster mixed them, and
applied them together. He fled in terror
at the approach of the foreman bat left
en admirable imitation of anpowood be
hind Him
A famous English Judge bed a habit
of begging pardon on evwy occasion.
At the dose of tbe sent*, as be wm
about to leave the bench, the officer of
the court retninr ! him thfit be had not
pamed the sentence of death on one of
. the criminals, s* be bad intended. "Dear
1 ma," mid his ordship ; " t really beg
J his pardon Bring him in."
I The amount of torn suffered by coal
i from exposure to weather wewnsiderabi©
l —for greater, indeed, than is generally
known.. Tbe results of recent analyses
! show in aome caeca a total Ism in weight
from this cause amounting to 83.08 per
cent, while the deterioration in quality
for purpose* of fad or gas making
reached a still higher figure.
A Mm Dr. Baur. st Hspoteito, Ohio, et
a raeent local election. sasneflsd. in get
ting in an entering wedge for woman
mift-age. She was escorted to the polls
bv s judge who mid that it wns all right,
and barballot was taken. Then came
another,bai of the bribe of Belial or Wood
hu9; but that was too much tor tbe
judges, and they refused to accept any
more ballot* from women, leaving Mrs.
Saur the only female voter in Ohio.
NO. 20.
BKMM ut J ANA*. —ln MAINFAW of
maimer, the JipUMW mwhaiil cannot
be surpassed. Seated on a neat mat
c i cr< >i l!( •or, elevated ■** two feeftabove
the lerei of the street, bis heels for a
chair, and attired in a eaiiro gown with
flowing sleevea, he estates his tomr
rith a pereuamve WBOS '* .*
winch might be considered synonymous
with, '•Bow are you?" To taw the
price of an article, too my. "/ *O-1*4?"
—••how marh t* Invariably an exor
bitant figure is named, which, if TOO
liare Iwen initiated by a friend, will be
replied >o with well-feigned astonish
meofc The merchant aft onoe responds,
•• How much wiß yon gire ?" Ope
half the price asked will be a reasonable
offer, t*r way of compromise. A pro
found consultation then taken place
among the trader* interested, all of
whom, br this time, wiß hare emptied
their pipe* and risen, some of their num
ber meanwhile shuffling the little balls
of a calculating machine. If your offer
is accepted, acrorrl noda oi beads and a
simultaneous dapping oi hands signify
consent. If rejected, make no more than
a trifling concession, forif by tny chance
TOO arc permitted to leavetbe store witfc
oot a bargain, a messenger will probably
be despatched in hot pursuit, saying,
•• dsn do !" A porter is at once in
structed to deliver the goods.
A PKMSLX Dcxu—Two Mexican ladies
of rank at a reeeat ball at Santa Cm* get
ting into a dispute in regard to. the num
ber of dances due each by A neutral lover,
one of them threw her No. kid glove
into the other's face, and challenged her
to mortal combat. They met the next
morning. The (challenged, having the
choice ot weapons, choee the .abort sword,
and after a few passes her weapon passed
completely through the white sword-srm
of hef antagonist, entirely disabling it.
Frantic with rage and pain the wounded
fury seised a pistol sod dared the other
to "come oa. Macduff." Nothing loath
the other teok her position, the word
was given, end again the challenger was
wounded, her left arm being broken by
the ball of her antagonist. She was car
ried off the field in a swoOn, and the
other more fortunate fair married the
rtuwr belli two hours afterwards.
A FATAL Arrant —A Mrs. Mason,
landlady of the boarding-house at the
east end of the Hoosac Tunnel, expostu
lated with an Irishman for not paying
his board-bill, when he seized a club and
struck her over the head, -inflicting a
fearful wound from which it is doubtful
if she recovers. Her daughter Mary,
aged lb who was present and witnessed
the amault.. was so badly frightened as to
cause her death.
RULBOAD ACCIDENT.— An Occident oc
curred on the Great Western Railway,
thrOe mites west of Suspension Bridge.
Owing to a mistake of a telegraph oper
ator, two freight trains came in collision,
damaging two engines and " von or
eight freight care and their contents.
There was no serious delaV to passen
ger trains.
I* •ran'CANADA PAaiiAKterr Mr. De
Lorme inquired whether it .was the in
tention of the Government to take new
measures for the purpose of placing on a
more satisfactory footing the commercial
relations between the United State# and
Canada. Sir Francis Hmeks said it was
not the intention of the government to
take new measures for doing ho.
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This Is the way the Oedar'Bapids Be
publico* puts ii: " Doa't borjow a news
paper ; nearly all the prevailing epidem
ics are spread in tins waj. If yon don t
want the small-pox take your paper di
reet from the pnblisher."
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grain f