She Was Not Much in love. Thov srrrp *nvymg by Ihr Mxashora In the twilight'* purple glow; Listening t> the port, IH-i nmiia Of old ocean'* l>b and flow " I ant tlnnkii*;, lore," ho whispered. "rt i cottage by the *na— Only *e* an<l *ky about u. What a happy lite'twould I*' li you're oyer near mo. darling. I can care tor nothing, ainca Van mv all the world unto ma— I'm aa H >pj aa a prince'" Than hanswered, hcaitating. In their conynraaUon'a lull; "Vaa. my dear, it might be pleasant— Rut I fear it would be dull." Long, Long Ago. Hark t 'tis the ring ut the msrrv txifi* ' Owr the hill* sn.l down thiungh the .Itgis, With the sjxpisi ot the UluJ or tlie L>uiuUng deer, ♦Aaword thev go, ith a ringing cheer— Where the light fivlls vvhiti. Whore the *!*:■* shine hnglitest, Whve tlve unow lies dearrwt. Where the Inst hit,*, kin- tux-:. Over the hills iuni xion u Uirongh the xlolls. last to the nngmg of tlie tinkling bell* " S>ee where tlie flasli of ihe glittering steel follow* the track of the coursing heel. On hvers of giasa, in the dancing light, W here eye* of lover* are sparkling hnght. W here the k-e geo* • strvxngxwt. Where the HHKWI tav> ksigrat, Where the hearts sxat lighten!, w here the eyes shine brightest. there is ti:, track xg the coursing hee. tat by the itaxli xS llte hurun-lust -tee)' 1 hear them *g-un. a* the yrr go |*st. HUthe*xmse and gnv in the w ititet 's M ist The cialtenug :i*n-teiw route un.i ~0, M ith a swirt, light tmot on the glist'ning -i o W here the hmrt i- lx '..ix-t. M here the love L- OIXUNI . W Here the ftitti t new ret, M here the trust is truest, lliey come again, in th,' vx.r\ M-: Anxi vng xtl xfaiys—the xla> - tiut :re |vx-- Vtut the white eottage .Wi* u uuuor the hii. T-.e light in the witslos riutlii.; stil! A- I turn im li i, irvim the gi.i tv N hir; To stvqx anil lixik lor a -Ui--. cur: W bere Uie throng Is tiuokx--: Where the hmrt henta xitiv kml W here the love holds strong! >!. Wia-re the xlays -x-xiu longest— Aa' I'm er again, a- guide to me, Wi# flashing light in that w.ndo-v k.-' i'k. UxN 1 '#e. THE BEST OF IT. "A'EPAK. June 15. " Dt: vn I'titt —When are you coming (War i- in fuii Katlu-r. ihcnii --i t in Lwiuortvivv -irawlx-rrii sju-t right: two dc.ightmi widow.-; lot * of jrir!.- ; and th whole house crying for you. i"onu along hv n-turn mail. 1 m- ant to -ay lIM picnic was day alter to-morrow. 1 shoil Iv at the fctL train to-morrow " Yours, as usual, HAUKV." Philip Norton laughed as lit- read this letter. Il w:is *o lik>- Harry Clark. " llsd Headlong." hi' father u>. d to c.nl him—tin hrightest, handsomest, fellow of his class at Yale, now a coun try do-tor at Cedar.a town in the v • >t ernt. . tof Near England. Having ..>st all his projK'rty bv rash speculation. Miwt his xv jjV s hrra at Cedar, which her father left her. the eider .Mr. Clark ** vnt there to live. :uid one of the iocn physicians being near death with old bge. harry thought it a good place to be. ginwlkat die cuie.d his "medicinal on ns r." being a young man why had no reverence lor the English language, hut made light of it, and used it in his own way as another outlet for the overflow ing fun of his nature. Philip Norton had 1 e.n his chum at eol'eg.. and his friend ever since. 11. w ,u of graver w.'ure, and had gone into the ministry. \Vitla the gifts of k en Intel;. *. r Ldy language and good kok. he found life easy enough, and his first parish was in \ cw York, where, in a si-class ix>ardiiig-house. he* did not - SO much :T IN. lcni apostle A-A TCTN lucky man. But i?>>1 fortune could not hi*. • iru--t and truthful character. I!-- prt3tch*d as -it.irpiy to his fioch ot sinm r- as if lu* had five hundred a year instiw i of ti v thousand, and did a* niti h hard >v irkamong tie-city nut*a-;- a- if he lit'aii. d a mission to the "Digger Indians, and lived in a -lianty in-tead of M.idan Ratal Hi's elaborate • ibbßihau tit. Hi* hnd iust recovered from a seven alUu k of tyjihoid (< \ r. consequent o some of thes'* ex. ursions into the dark plan sof the earth, when Harry 's letter calm . lid was giad cUuUgh to iiotjit Lh invitifion. There were only thre chi dr n in the < ark" family Is-ide- Harry—twin girl* of twelve and a younger boy—and they all loved Philip, asw.,, a- if they w .-re his brother anil sisters instead of his friends. There is something in a sudden journey of piea*i un that is inspiriting, an.l when Mr Norton left tie train at CY-dar he Ah stronger and fetter, in spite of the lon. day's, ride, than f..r many weeks, and ib> n*xr morning dei lar. u him—lf , lU it ready for tlie picnic. though Mr*. Clarke, a motherly soul, aJwavs devot-J to lu r "other lioy." scolded him well fur tin Idea. But l**ing a persistent man. In went his way, and i>y ten o'giock had joiin-d a gay party in' tlte ,-ar thev lia<i chartered for the .by and attached nr Cedar station to the train going to I'at ton. a little village above whose quit, street towered Cray Mountain, their place of destination. The day was a "day in June," fair H* ever poet eele brated. There were fifty pleasant pisipli— pleasant for a picnic, that i—and PLi.iy was put in charge of a Mrs. Boyd. "OIK* of the widows." Harry whisper ed in his ear; a very bright, ugreeabl. woman, with a pleasant face, dressed neatly enough in brown liolland and a black hat—a costume adapted to the oc casion, i>ut not becoming. She was evi dently not vain. A few scuts before them sjit a is-autiful young woman, daintllv dres-ed. though evidently she considered herself in m* urnine: but the shower of soft, fair curl- thatdruoped from the iiaek of her head, the sparkling ornaments of cut jet, the ring> on her little white hantb of pearl and diamond and onyx, all seemed out of keeping with the efnpe on her dress and hat: and when that ro quetti-lily-iooped head-gear wa- laid aside, a triangle l.f cr.i|>e. with the con ventional widow'- ruche about it. pinned on "with diamond and onyx pins, looked a real alwurditv. and ev< ry wmnan in the ear laughed at Van Bovd's attempt to assert her widowhood: for this was the other of the two widows. Yet if she wa* a little absurd, who eared? When one's skin i- tinted with the w arm glovr of pink apple blossoms, v ith lips scarlet a* fresh strawln-rries. great clear blue eves, delicate features, teeth of nearl. and abundant gilded-flax hair falling every where in long loose curls, what does it matter wluU one wears! Van Boyd would have been lovely in brown hoi land and a cheap black hat, though her cousin and sister-in-law was not. Nobody had ever supposed the Hev ereud Philip Norton was susceptible. He liad never given a tenderer glance to any lovely girl in Ilia congregation than to the old woman who swept the crow ing before his church; but he fell in ]ov< * like a schoolboy during the next six hours with Nan Boyd. Courtesy obliged him to attend to the lady placed in his care, and the obligation "was not disagreeable. She was natural, intelli gent, kindly, with an artist's eye for the wonderful scenery alsiut them, and more over a generous woman; for when Philip asked her, as carelessly as lie could put 9 question that thrilled his lips, who the beauty before them was, she answered, , quickly: •• My cousin and sister-in-law —another Mrs. Boyd. Isn't she lovely? ] like to look at her as Idoat ft flower: she is so exquisite."' Mr. Norton assented gravely, and turn ed the conversation. 'His head whirled, his eyes wandered: lie could not talk with any sort of fluency: he was lie witched by the pretty widow. She, however, had her own court to hold. Butterflies never fluttered more thickly about the gay weed that bears their name than the gentlemen of the party about Nan Boyd; for, to tell the truth, this lovely creature was a native co quette. It was as much a matter of course for her to flirt with every man who came near Ler as it is for a rose to lie fragrant; and she liad that charm, sub tler than beauty, which is potent with out but irresistible with it. HKL). JK I T RTZ, Rditor ami Rropriotor. VOLUME XII. It was a prosi<rh in tV.t.u that no Youth over giv\v to manhood therr who had not mlotvil Nan Boyd Her >uui>in \nne was very ditl'cri ut Slu had cvm toCMar m vWt <r)nu Km m lad made up her mind to *i-IcxtWih Boyd as :i permanent victim from the rrovvd nlumt lur, tutd who i'ountl her own fate in Wili'- twin htotlui Janii* I'he j cousins, however. were not married at th< same time Anm- could not !<at< i her father, for her mother had diisl just after In r return from tVdar. but Libre many month" her lather went Lai. ami then- e v to * Jtiu t w < diling at het ion. y home, and a brief iourttey ba. k to Cedar, when Nan. slneo) a ill itealhe' wife, wa> ready to Wi'.i-omt tliem Vnne Boyd found tH> Int. that -In had made a uiisiaki She could not L-hap p\ witli her hu"hand lie wa> ungia > toU" harsh. indtv- dthough he Lad stx-tiied to Iter only reserved and fastidi ous; penurious, at times ill- I tempered. When be died, a year after tin ir marriage, and from the curious ] physical svutpathy common with twins, vYil. dieit too. neither of the widows , w as tu aitbroken Nan from pure livitv of nature, Anne from no -in-- ~f ~ j but rather of relief Since tin > boftl lived at t'edar. there had h .n mueh va>nfusion of names tH'twei u tliem, Vnue Roy il> lioih: but Mi. - vv idovv was i always called Nan bj her old friend*; I aud L-arinf her grandmother's full name of Anne Hart, while her eou-iti was \line alone, then was :l way of es ij., for those who were well informed; the others took their ehanee. As the lovely stliumer day* vv -tit on. I aad Philip Norton wan Ibtoltwl bmc and mon in the sit tple gaieties of I 'niar, whose inliahitat r consoled them i selves for ih< ir kng old winters with 1 plenty of out-door life ami enjoynient in the hrief summer month*, he Lv.-um 'more ;uid more Uvv itched with Nan I lovli. Her beauty stood tin test of -un ' .and air. heal, fatigue and daily observa tion; it vv as as genuine and r-n. as the ' roseate splendor of the mountain amv . whose nink hells illustrated and i.lutui i nated every liili ahout the v illage, and i siione w jtli a light like dawn through the .sigets of the dark VVIHHIS. rheti stie was gra.ehn. genial, kind: !i always ready to get up or to join a party ■ of pleasure; willing to sing jf -juging 1 ■was wanted; to make wreaths for otle r girls—wreaths she i ul.l not vv ear. for the sak. of that tyui ai triangle: she never seemed tired, dull, or iil-dri —i-d in sliort. Mr. Ntirton bettered her an .i. angel, and threw all the strength of his lionest. deep nature into his pa-sion f>>r this lovely Tutu maturx . An unpreju diced olerver—of course a woman — might linve deeri. d the sharp thin voice, llle shallow laugh, the 'em selfishness, of this angel, and -ilspi -ted that this g.n blossom would show r.o ad- jttat■■ truit vrlu n its petals fill; but I'hilin Norton had no such slanderous thought in his | heart. Such external li INN W.LS to him ; only the ejtprt --ion of inward L.iutv 1 Experience might have taught him bet ter. hut he was te-t just now amenable to jexperience—he was in love. lie likeil Mrs. Anne Boyd mueh; as lie tannine 'n-tter aequaiuled with her. her really sweet and tine chxrocti r had its cflect on ; him. and he etyoyed an hour's on versa lion with her—when Nan was not at hand—thoroughly She vv as one „f tin -. people vv ho have that rare ehann, a deli ate and nit*i'>dtou> voice, with wonder ful eoinmami of language, and L nig withal pereeptive. highmimhl aud of deep fee.ing. she vv;vs a most faseinatiug -ouipanion ev • n to a man in love. Harrv ( ark' . t<Hi. Was devoted to Natl Roytf. He had L-cn a ehilciish lover of In r> dur ing liis youthful visits to his grand father's farm at Cedar, and now the tiri , lovt med to have re-awakened. He was at her side everywhere, and if his professional life h:ol b. en anything but that of a beginner, his rraetiee would liave suffered; u> it a-, hi- rivals suf fered Instead, for eit JUT out of the faftiil iarityofoldfriendshiporthemereoapri ■ •f her disposition. Nan elms* to jmrade Marry as lu-r eavalier more ami more f'. e.juetitlv. l'iiilip Norton was plunged in d- "r hv this state of tilings; he eould m>t in ! uonor or deeenev oonie forward as a rival to liis 1,. si friend in that friend's I louse ; his affection for Harry, his s. n„ of tie 'proprieties, ail forliade his ,\- preswing in any wa\ his passion for thi- I •nehnntre.s. Ho keiit away front her harmed circle as far as pos-ibe ; h>" talk 'd much L> Mr> Annie Boyd. 1 - | eausc slit* was Nan's eiiusin. It is well ] ■o be neai the rose if you are not a roe yourself, for there is at le-.st tin- neigh borhood of its bloom and perfume to ittract adorers. Still, lie plunged daiiv j , furtlo r and furtlit r into this gulf of J I hitter-wet pa--ion. till one moonlight night his miiid was s, t .-it rest eoneern- . ing Harry. Tltey sat on the step, ~f tin t south tioor, tired vvitli a long day sorter | U> Ra-dlliish :ind lutek. and the tvvq iittk' I (pris were hanging alwut Uieut. anxious , . nW 'm" r. |.rt of tlm day's enjoy, ment. for to Up-m a pirnic of grovvn t istjp.e vras an unattnini*d paradise, t rie-re had been much whispering l- j tw vfen Ruth and Ka' lid for a f- w na- i nairn; but at la-t Ruth took eourage, arid looking irj> shylv at lu r brother's i dice, sjsike out: "Ifai, dear. Tr> -.ott going to be married?" | " I liope so. ma'am, at son; period of > my < \ istene.-," he answered, gravely. j "Oh, I don't mean that! Arc vou 1 going to, pretty soon?" " Not this week. Miss Inquisitor." , " Hai, you're an awful te —there!" l burst in Rai'he]. out of patience. , "My dear girls, in the words of tin- • r anu nL-d Artemus, ' Why is this thus?' I What has got into your small heads in I that vacant place nature intended for ; brains?'' „ "Why. Jai ksaid Tom (ireen toid him ( you wa re certain sure going t<> be mar- . ried right away to Mrs. Nan Boyd." " Not raueliejrwulated Harry "Oh. Hal, that's slang!" I "Well, what if it js> Slang is tin ) language of the coming man: slang i- j universal word-painting; slang—hut 1 :i wander from the suhjeet. Listen, listen. - ladies gay. and I w ill point a moral ami 1 adorn a tale for your infant minds. I i fell in love over head and ear-and tie „ top of my tallest hair with Nan Boyd v when I was twelve years old and she ua- t ten. I spent my little all in randy and t peanuts tor her svvis t sake; I wrote her r a valentine, and made her a string of iv bird's eggs thns- feet long—a ro-arv o s despair to the gentle hird I robissl; I paid for a tin-type of her sw<i-t fa "vvitli t my last copper and a jai kknife that ! . loveil liken brother: but she refused m< after all, tliougli I implored her to eioin with me in the milk wagon. 10. m tin Yorkshire man said, only t'other end 1 tirst, "She wouldn't have lie, d've .see! ; t for why now. he won't have she?' Tie i moral of all which is, Rachel, don't <-nui> | Tom (ireen too mueh now, le,st he should j t turn and rend you by-and-hy." " I hate Tom (ireen." retorted Rachel. < Harry laughed. But Philip Norton j eould not speak; he fairly trembled vvilli \ % a relief of mind almost painful in its 1 intensity. Harry did not notice his i- L lence, and Ruth went on: "But I should think you would want j I to marry her, Harry." She is awful , pretty." j „ "Oh, Toot! 'awful pretty!' ami you i r talk to me about slang! My dear, youi t glass house will la-eouie fragmentary in v about five minutes if you go on." I "Don't Jrou like her, Harry?" asked c Rachel,always diris-t. "Yes, miss, 1 like her, hut I don't 1 wan't to marry her." <■ " Don't people ever marry when i they don't wan't to?" said Rut li. t "Perhaps they do, ma'am, hut I don't \ consider that I ain people. By Jove! I'd I rather spin ropes out of sea-sand than ; tie myself up that way. Ask the minis- u ter here if he don't agree with me." i Pliilip roused himself from his dream 1 at the appeal, but the question hail to b* t repeated. t "I'd ratlier do anything else. Miss t Ruth." " But wliat it you'd got married by - mistake, just as those people did in tlie 1 THE CENTRE REPORTER. newspapers, for ftm but ivaliv tie v were married vv leii would >i>u ii>- aski-1 luii In I. persist* nt.v "Make tin In-t of it. ..iionii-aliv ansvv i-ml Philip I bid is [hi IN s[ ol SL|I h A mistake, Phil Vii there en divores rsttirta, my friend and pitcher ' Philip * lace darkened " Net for im ll 1 had man iisl Ilex ate " by mistake,' as Raclic! -ays, I would try and make the IN -T i f her Vnytliing rather than di vni'i' . that is uiti hi'isUun and unmanly (s>lli " 111 N ul fni you. par-on' Youhaviii'l forgotten vmir old trick of ac. . pting the j |N islliiin ■ Mak< tin IN si ,i( i; wis the I heme of this distinguished genl li-uian's valiiiictory address, uiy dear-, on that glorious ila\ when lie IN- inn the proud pi*ss. -sor of a shis p-kitl, likx the iutuior ti Brian I ' 1 v nn. on v tile WIK;1V side vva-out *ln pulleii that ovi r the proles -Nir's eyes, ami thereby got all tin honors, while my modest worth went unre \v ardtsl Here the gate svv uitg open. iust in linn lo prevent furtlier hurst of Harry'* elo (Uetii-t and a Isiy vv ith a telegram mine ,up to tie in. Ii was f.>r l'hi.ii iim ot his iiiiist valuiai friends and suppoi bi's in the eiiuri'h was dying, after a brief i. 'l.-ss h must si Vlr N.i tnii rher. was no ib ay pcssiti . , and in the tuoru- i ing, very carl v. Philip vv.-nt. having, -in h adieus a- lie t i iiid for Harry to iii liver, ami carrying with hint a triumph ant -i its. that neither lemur ie>r honesty Iliad - al hi, ip- IK>\V . hi • • uld lei! N.tn I Boyd the aive tliat JNISS ( -S M S! and cvn suuiexl hint, ami sim ,y ~i stringent a passion must comlu'i return. Rut In- b'ttntl his iriend in tin very a.ouies of di ath ; and iu the alniosphere of grief and pain that surrounded him. after the solemnity of death, in the eaic and help of the forlorn family, and the service- of burial, more than a vv n k Massed away iN'fore he eould vv rit* till imjNirtaiit letter, and when it was*once goli hi* eviUl'.igi- laiaal, sUsp. Use rackul and torturisl him. lie nni.il n..- cat or -hs'p. ami on the iViurth day In -at lw fore the IN ginning of his -riinm totally unable to get further than the first sen tence, wailing feverishly ft>r tin- It tt, r to bring him life or death. Rut the inen -agi-was merciful. a sweeter letter, L> his thought, was never written; modest, reticent, Vi ! vv illi a tone of ihs-p f.suiiig. it proiuistal to the hi art fur i ore than it said to the eye, and j.ut him into a state of grateful nip tun that crept into tin delayed sermon, ami made as n-ation in the parish when that precarious dis ci'Ur- was at length finished ami iie liveml. For a few ws'k frs:uent let ters were exchanged, but, at the lady's n ;U* -t, nothing vv a- said of any ti a ■ d engagi-un-nt; sin- ivi-hed, she said, to know a little better tile man tit wholii In r future life must IN Istuml. l'lii.ip had heard t! i! M ikivd l. id not la-en al'ogeth-r devot'-i! to his wife, and nji pri dated at once the us,- and delicacy of her rcservnl i vprissinn of fts-ling in tie matter. In S pteiuU-r he i . ivisl a brief not*. follow ing a long letter, to say that she and le-r cousin hid )>tli IMS-H caliial to < a'ifornia to a sister-in-law's liurrnsl wislditig. Dr. < lark- was to go with tln-in .as i - ori and grvHitusuian t> liis old friend Dr llliieiilgi . and Nan wished Mr Norton t-> k:. ov tliat tiny were going—would I- gone vvln-ii Hi, note reached liitn—in order to a -count fi-r his own letters 1 ing unanswered for their brief stay in Sua Francisco would not permit the mails to b- u*e fui to th' iu. it s-s-nnsi as if fate sjMirtis! with piN>r Philip, for not two days passed before In-, LN>, rn-eiv • d a-amnion to tmv. 1 directly the other w ay ; hi- oniy relative, an aunt in Kuropc, was vi/eil with severe ilitn-ss, and te-.egraphed fur him at one. lie -ailed hv the next - n r. and : um.l Mr- M irne at tin lNiint of death; hut the pit-a.ure of -.n-lng ln-r MV-JIWI to roii-E ln-r and waken ln-r vitality : she gr- w a little IN t tcr w.s-k aft. r vvm-k. hut was -.-nt mth w .ml a- she reixivt--mi. and at last to 1 vpi. It wa- May lo.ir Mr Norton brought lc rbi k to Vvv York: hut by this tinn it had b - n agreed in tin* tew letters that had INS n ps-cived ty him in hi- colli tan I Uan-it ti'oui one pin**** to another, that without any formal nn nouncement of eomwement. Nan shottld IN- ready to marry him at once on hi* re turn. SN, having pr v iou-.y tce gmphtsl ln-r. In- arrived in ( .alar the last of May, late in the afternoon, and instead of go ing to Mr„ t 'iarke's, w-, nt to the litti hotel, and a- -.Hin a- might IN- 1 look , himself to Mrs. Boyd's house. He -tiNid a nioiin nt after b- iiig show n into tic- parlor, hi- heart wildly throb bing with hope and agitation, when the I .iiNir oj-n- d and in vv.i k'-.l \Jr-. Ann- Boyil. She glide.! up to him vv ith a f e. -o full of blushing emotion, he thought -he came to congratulate him. and with th- alMiumliiig affis thm engaged jwsiple ' have for ail tlc ir relatives in prospect, he sL*'psl and ki--.il ln-r fre-h. -vvis-t lis •■*- " How did you know where to find ne ?" she said, bhi-hing " I forgot to tell you in my Vti.rthat I had !>• .[, ]iv ing In-re the past y-ar. Wle-n Nan was married sin- left nu- in charge." "Marriisl!—Nan!" e.-lu-d the gentle man. aghast. s" ( Hi. you must have missed the letter I sent to Nice b lling you all alwiut it She married an Knglisman. liv ing now 1 in 80-ton. and tlu-y went abroad to s<s- ! his friend*." The truth flashed on hint like a stroki of lightning it was Anne with whom he had com -ponded: Anne to whom h<- was engagi-d ; Anne lie vva- e\|wctcd to niarry. Nan was 10-t to him fort y.-r. Ill' turned very p iie, and r a- lied hi band toward th- table for supjstrt. Anm thought In was faint; with tender haste she pushed a chair toward him, gently put him into it. and itouretl a f.-vv drops of cologne troni a lla-k on the table on his he.-nl: tin- fn-sh. delicate perfume imwle him Hhtidiler for year- afterward, lb- -aw in one glance the position liefort him; .me life must lie ruined, hi* or In i s. Tlie moment that passed over liiin. I as lie leaned ha-k. -j, k and faint, con- Si-iIIUS that Annie's eyes were fl\.-d on him anxiously, was long as some placid lifetimes. I bank- to a constant habit ol self-control, the di//y vvliirl of emotion was conquered quickly; the color re turned to his fare; lie said to himself that the life already wast.-d eould find no help in ib-stroying another. Annie wasinnoeent of any intent to harm him. she vva-a woman, tpo; Itoth as a man :unl a Christian minister it w as his duty to protect and honor her. He ]< M>k.-*1 up ' quickly ami smiled. , " Excuse me, dear," lie said, hoarsely. " 1 was very tired." He told thi'truth amino more. Had he iss'tx eapahle of iliS'eit, Anne s liom-st na ture would have detected it; hilt of an untruth he was incapable; and now, as In sat beside her. ami his mind returned to its own haiance. lie involuntarily be gan to weigh the possible ameliorations 1 of his dreadful mistake. Me could mil marry Nan now ; she was hopelessly be yond his reach. One factor of the proh- i lein was forever set aside, ami that the ; greatest. Then lm recalled the letters I that he had received from Anne, what fine and lovely traits of character they disclosed. Here hi- head began to whirl i again; for it seemed impossible to sepa- L rate the vision of Nan lie had built up on 1 that very foundation from the reality j which belonged to Anne. Nan would have thought his love-making cold in deed; but Anne was shy and reticent herself. She could feel, and feel deeply; hut she could not he demonstrative, and slih dn-iulitl demonstration in others. It was quire in accordance with her nature that, after a long, quiqt evening of con versation, Mr. Norton should part from her with one grave kiss on her forehead. Nan would have clung about fis neck, i and put her peach face up to liis for ca- i resses, :is a flower seeks the gun. He knew how it would have been, and for one mad moment sickened with thwart ed passion ; hut Annie never saw it. She trusted him implicitly, and after her pure . prayers fell asleep, like a happy child and dreamed of him and her future home. But what a night awaited him! CENTRE HALL, CENTRE CO., PA., THURSDAY. APRIL 17, 1870. slii'p fled far nvv ay lb had in In Ipi c- CIICI been abl< til pli-crvc Crt 1 Illin-x 111 j leant, and ll solv is! to at 'pt the sttll t linn; but vv In II In- w i* itloue, all tin past came l>Hi k on him like an ariin-d man It was a night ncvi-i to 1" furgotti-u In the morning h- vv i-nt to Mr <'lai k - anil told thclll of hi- i lig.ig" tin lit, and a-ki-d 'tlii-ui to tin quiet wedding next tlav i Thev lo la all surprised, alnl longtalu latctl him vv iill MI II VV anut It and iiu-ei i tv, lavitxhed sin Ii .xiv x- ttnl prni-i on Anm. that In- !'■ .t atuimtl guilty iu a I cpting th" pleasant Wot'iU. t oli-i lolls how liltle they deiigliteti liiin ll.tn v. a- siNin a- tlu-y vv i re alone, piXH-eviled to riiinrgi- on Ainu i linrm " lo tell you the truth, old h .ov. 1 have U-iti mightily niillen with that i lady inv-i .!'; hut -In- ha- In-hav iil iik. a lav nun the pa-t year ! couldn't untie! -lain! it Siittii-huw irotlc i 1 .c it in . mv In-ad vou wt-ii -wi. t on Nun 1 even went >o far a- to fivl sorry for v.m when *he married Dairy tuple- w but a waste of the iiw materialk and nii tlm j time vou w ei'i-cutting in - out vv ith Vmn V nil hut mil heard of that In irviat'i ti Vnne toiil voll 11 w.-t- a nine tlav* wotiih r here, he is l it. fifty, and rich is . t'lii-su* that vv us his i harm Dm at*. : my .old. ilu .it-' Noi mv. - a sliiniiig mark; -he inln i ils oil M nliUll Hart - I ta-li - a* well us lu-r luuue, only the i ' luadaiu loved to viv c, ami Amu- to I s(n nd." Here it flu-licd across l'lii.ip thut In letter- had all IN en liiistuk. uly tuldn -- oil Nut was \uue Hull Boyd, and In Itail thought Tic iiiit.il lielongiul to j Anm Limn tin r*T) fint lIIOW lettersi hail gone wrung, ami in hi-own di-iikt of uieklUUUe* he had lievi-r Used h|s. , but i.vilivl lu-r \nnie a.ways a tend, softening of the moiiosv Latin that wniiivl to express more than the cold sijfi nuim I'lie day alter, the Wishling vi is . . 1 bia'oxi. Very quietly and simply l'h Norton and \ntu- Boyd weremadei-m lb- istuld not help owning that the soft ftills of dark rich -ilk. illuinilinted with i fresh white ros. s on le-r breast and in j ln-r hair, tin- warm color on lip and cheek, the *oft haw i eyew, dai k i .. ur ! u-th hiviw n vv aler'of a forest hi .sik. u the expression of deep I'Ulutimi •> her luis-, made lu r a very alttui'liv• hti ; hill i ven at tile oitor a g llnp-. of b uc, IM-W Tub ring i ye*, floating gmd-iit !-.uir. im-tTabie vv in herv ami swietni—, s,-. ■ ..-.i to tlarxle his eves nmi ivmvirii-t his k u t but he repeihal the dream sternly, ami it fled 11 ul Anne IN n more selfish ami l'h . . li-ss strong and -ensHde. here now w i- | p!ai-e and rismi for a real domestic tragisly. of a!l tr;vg<-di most vital and j a-t dramatic; hut i ach 1* g.ui the m-w life in divot ion to the other, one from ! lov*. one from duty Hut if it vv Vnne who kissed and l'lii.ip >• •t• at . the check. Was she j,*- hapjo ' 111. I giver is mote hie--sl in aii thin.- mi | in tilue l'lii.ip learned to i.v e Anm i- j fully as ln-r heart eould a-k 111 was | mirhtilv assisted, no doubt, by tin , i-nris rof Mrs Da ry mide. who s.~.n r turni d to Aim ri. a. and --■ rhxl In-cw f. in the right of beauty and money lMith.ne a ,i|i'eii of s.x. iety. she did n,,t pr>-t< m! | to ear>- for the -tout, stupid, bru-qui I man ol hu.ine-s who -upplii-d lv r |.nr-'. j hut ran a vv iid eourse of Lilly and fash • n ' y- ar after year, .as only a loveless ami j childless woman . an. Ten years aft- r ; hi- marriage I'hilip met !n-r. tui- i. I rouged, overdressixl. her laugh fa -riini huJlovv. lu-r smile f..r-ed. the ehildislt ringlets waving in soft mockery aU>ut i the worn fa e, anil • ven her -mile me- j lialii. a., ill- in irt revertisl with a' g.ul aj to the wife lie had i: home, a i-aini, sw i-et-foced. znu joUs vvu man. vvitb lovely ehiidr> n elitiriogab,■ u In r. the co.ur of In alth and liapjwness richly glowing on lur clnek, nm! tin .•■ii- and admiration of oil who knew !i< r making a halo al*>ut lu r noble vliar tcr. lie iiW lied to tied rv-lllorsi less In juisitor, hi. own heart, that he had in 11■ ed made the l -t of it in a fuller -en** lltan the pisr allow ance of tin- proverb, thut Vine vv i- a- tar IN -.ond Nan a- tie if beyond tin' clod, and that tin- tl'li failure of hi- life would have te-en tlie rt -ult of the -ucis-s- In- had longed fur ind mis-ed Yet all hi- life he liuL-d tin- sine!! of German cologne.— lLw/>rr' I: i i r Trials of a telegraph Operator. \i w t'-legrapli operator* have to uti d'-rgo n n-ception which borvlcr* on tin tri afment known to college ft-eshtm n u> liaring. The Oy* ru.'or thus d<-critH -i: I'he new man walks into an ofllis- full of -trange fa .*—not a friendly hand t -bake—with nothing to recommend him t hut hi- ability as au operator and hi . iint>licit contidcncv in that ability for lii oiuy encouragement. He atqiroa In 'he manager's desk, anil after tiv or ten minute* the manager comb-seend* to i glan. e upward, and. in a tone full of thunder, bluntly inquire*: "Well. -ir. what is it?" I In- •• freshman" state- hi business, and the manager promise* to •ive him a trial. AceordingJv In- i- a -igned to an instrument and told that lit is to " receive a spivial." J|i- feeling •it this juncture are aliout the some n - those supposed to 1H • i VIM liiliced hv a man who l- :lIHIUI to he hang, d N'i : vously grasping the pen. he Is-gin* t i copv Tin perspiration trickles down hi-hand, which makes that IIL-UIIMT mi ln re to tin- blank ; his pen stiek* fast, tin ink i* the thickest ever encountered, and tln-re is nothing left for him hut to break Casting a guilty glam-e ahout him to *• -• if any one i* liNtking. lie reaches for tin key and explains to tin* sender that lie i :i new man—"please take it steady;" hut thi* only makes matters worse. The -etuliT iN-gin* to •• whoop Yin up." and a- the cold chill* run down his -pinak column the " freshman's" pen initio - ch.-iracti r* upon the blank r- -cmhling tin- Chinese liii-roglyphicii on a tea-lmx. This torture u-u.-uly occupies about halt nn hour, when the welcome " n. in." (no more) falls boothiiigly UIMIII hi* ear. ll'- hreallns a -igh of relief ami look* about him. Behind him stand lialf-a do/en o|e-rators with grinning eount< • nanei s. In a inoin'-nt light liegius to dawn upon the " fpsihtnan"—he i* tin victim of a joke. V gl.-vni-e in another liii'-etioii disclose* the fact that the niost rapid sender iu theoflice hail laa-n tr.-uis mtttlng to him from the columns of a daily paper for the amusement of the "hoys If In-aeeepts the situation as a joke.h' i- initiated; hut if he hci-omi-s angered, he is still a " freshman." A Dog's Bunk A ceo tint. A dog i* a good thing to have around the house, and in >l m 1 v is lietter convinced of thi* fact than the lady proprietor of a certain boarding-linusc on (iratid River street ea-t. not very far from Woodward avenue. It te-cnis that the lady left a five-dollar hill upon the parlor table several days ago. while t*-nif m>rmri 1 y ab sent from the room, and when she re turned the lull had disappeared. After a long and unsttrecs*ful search ii was noticed that tlie dog had a sneaking, hang-dog expression ahout the mouth and did not seem inelined to vv ag his tail a- numerously as usual. SOIIICINMIV sug gested that lie might have swallowed the bill, and then it was remembered that In- had been suspected of that sort of thing before. Aneinetie was administer ed. tint tlie dog only howled and gagged, and Htuhlmmly refused to show the "true inwardness" of his disposition. Another emetic was sent for. and finally tin- missing hill was vomited up with a small tempest of howls and gurgles, and penitential tears. Mrs. X. took the money to a hank and represented that it was soiled and ragged because it had been carried in somebody's pocket for a long time, ami the hank was persuaded to take the hill at a liberal discount upon its original value. Two or three days ago a bill was pi o. | on the floor were the dog could see it, and then everybody left the room, ex pecting when they returned to see the dog and hill consolidated. But lo! tlie bill remained untouched, and the re pentant canine lay curled up in a corner of the room looking w ashamed urnl miserable as any human being would have looked under the circumstances.— Detroit Newt. I OK I III: Wtl Mi FOLKS. I ll* I &•'•! I'lluuo** \ I'lillllfW §W(kr llMltt IU Iftlag to ilitoi slrei Viul ntLt 1* h *l out .to iim l Outtugh U jji* a leave* !t , Hut tiie nir wiu coM. and thr amd *** o k'otn, \ii.t iit it bright fltorr but it il U be arett " tile {•ritiiruae, " How OM-lt-a ion I. \"> line ail mid Iwlf bidden 1 lir, Hut I ll l* b' i het iftil (MtilriiltMl to be, | Jut a itu{de to tM rtotori under u Utw smii n liinidrit |nt*el In, lookm£ aenrv mid *ud. lit I|AC I" Irfchl ar!> Uuie, M hru nil *huid j t* jtlttd j I ltd Ut i|4at tl* nto*tM |iriiut\aae **• bright unl *o &%y , An ! the i|*ht of t elmruied all her oa-itn-vi u to uv , < Ami the priuirMtt* (pk\ e tiumim to th© iljer Imrd 1 IM| C \\ ho lia Ii ut tt *>!• a Mcl uuwiioii '! ; % ttoriiliig I alt frtitt a Faultier. " I icuppttM you're womb-ring whv l! v"j* that tuy nit! ilniii," said Mrs 1 15 , " *x<i 1 must ow ij that its not s i*ry ' •riuuiniiUi. but it vtw.L IUV lif- once, ail that I -'V \vu think, l'ui in iking lun lint 1 in not, indM*i, unit wleu voii In in tin -tors. I think you'll agm vs uii on- Ui it I lias< go,*! reason to value It. llj|i> US it looks I# " 1 liis 44 .is how it lot| peix-.l \\ hi'li w • ttfst catix- out to India, my husband wu s. ut to lu ik. tin- survey of the NIT* liiKt.t i X t . v. .ui. of tht* w ildi-st hits iii id t .titrstl India Mil in* really s* ere. , inl ut tirt. tli<- only w 1it- pwiplr w itliin ioits.or lifts mi..- And urh a tim> a w. I tad id it' If ins husband hadn't ii us >!i. 'tig u.s hi i. and a jH ifiut unroll* of pat ietice a* Wi 11, 1 ih'li'l know I|. I SS In- I'Oli.d luisi* s|< m >t svhut 111- Icul U' i ilo It tstis dr idful si ..rk for him. tx-inn tip souH'tlui. , lot u ss holt- night together, Ita V illjj to tmi tgl! ill til- burning nun. SS hi II till' Si r. gTotlU'l it*i if Wa* uilllosl too liut to toil, h And s for thi- natis r si orkuu it, I ii' vi-r *** ui ha wt —alwat s ■ lug* verytliing ss rung.and nrv< r liking . utvboil) U> put tls. in right. AA'lien tlx •,ss.i* SS us In ing made tllry IXmsl to .j r > ilifrurthoii their h-at in liwkd m lu-it Mr K s. rs< d out wheti i harrow* to thi-tti. tin s actually ntrrinl •it on tin ;t If ids in th's stin- ss ay ' I j mid not hi.i> laughing at It, though it 1 w m terribly pros .-king, tun. And that ' SSUS. Jtt*t till SSUS thf) uil SS'TI- if thill , w-ts rt wrong ss ay (>.f lisjiig anything I rhi-v'd IK- siirr In It mi it out. Ktin our ! 1.-.tthr. or LAt.' who sstus tiiu.li i r th:ui iui.it of tl K tii. i lUtlf "in das I tin! If ggod a i.air of ohl shu antfr-lalwis | *.h.d my liUst.uiul ss as going to thross- ' issas ; and ss ln-n tin m.uu ttuui* in nrtt ! ii' i niug. h<- had j-oitis -iy turnrut tJlftil uitu t-arrlngs. and went nU.ut niiih gmvrly with * l\rt' in ot- ear and' ' Mn i rs' in tin other' ** llossesi-r, ii tin- natis* ttn-n worrii-il ! me, tin- natis i- lut< ssn-ri- lifts time* hits' It ss u> no joke, I ran aaaureyou, ! to lv- asrnki-tnsl in the middle of tin night j t.s the rtsar tf a tiger • loseutttler tin win , |..ss, isr hs an i.. pliant i ra*hing ami i irunifseting through tin- jungie ssitli n ; ti'ii-o- lllse a mail >i li gsiing full gal in |. i it!<> a both, its \\ .! .a* tsooh a* Unit ss-us user, tin ia< k.ul* would **-i ui> a in tling and ss hiiup> ring lik<- M> niuns ft iglUetted fliiUltvtt; nod thetl a dremlful i.-ttii i- hinl, whom name I've tn-s - r found 1 '.si tletljsjM.-. I au*. nolmdy eouid ifi sent one inl enough for it), would break out in a ui >•' ion of tin iUo*t horrible •rit*—iust iik'-foim laals IM iug tiiurdersu] —until the ttolm* fairly itrove tue wild. •• X 11(1 then tin- Jilts' hut Soli's emu ll :!h 111 fill sour*- f. and I no-sln't t*ii you alftlt them. Hut ail llii* while I'm lug- ■ lis ting Uis Ut> . "tine day li I ssililw enough !•- f..re 1 forget ft) tny liusl.tn'l wa* out a usual at lii*. w*.>rk, ami tin- ntire had gone iisss-n to the nthsT native servant a at lie •ther end of the ' eoiniiouml,* a* ss-e call '.lii big im Insure, an. 1 . 1 wa* left alone n the lious. with my in!'* Minnie yon >h r, ss ho sva then jtl-t alu.tlt a Sear old. Its this time 1 hud got os.r nty first bars, and didn't mind a hit lieing !i ft by utyielf: itnhaul. ail the <■.%*< t- windows hiving h.urs .i ri.ss them. 1 tin.light that I WMtnK*wtt(h; but 1 littii anutal '{ ss hat wa* eonting. "I must have lsit ritting os.r my -ssiig lostr!v an hour, with the child ;.!us ing about tie floor in—id.■ lie . ss hen -iiihleiil v lln .id a dull thump overhead, ut )f-tmethirig had fali'tt tipntt the r.Mif, 1 1 didn't think anything of it at the inn. merit, for one s.iort get* tt**d to nil M>rt* j if strange *.iund* in tie- Indian inngle: hut, pn**entlv, I thought I Could Itear a h'.ifv hnathing in the next r'>ni hut . >ne. and then I l* gan to fisl frigliten<*l in ■ arneat. I row as aoftly a* 1 rottld, stul erept to the doorss ay l-tw<* n tin* rooms. Tlti* doorwav wa* only . d by a eurtnin. and gi-ntlv pulling aside tin fold*, i ifs-jN-tl through —ami found my self svithin a few pn.su of the largest panther I had ever *i*.n in my life. "For out ne.ne nt it ss-ns jltst as if I had lit*it frozen Mill", and then tin thought ennie to ne jtt*t a* if aomeltady had ioken it ' The hig cheat!' I Knew that this client would hold mi ne! nty child easily, and that I eon fit j "IS. H eliink of the lid Open to let ||s hre.-ithe. for the overlapping e< ge would save my lingers fis.ui the nanther. In a seeond I had it all clear beiore me: hut had the hrtite not stopptal sln>rt at sight of the curtain. 1 nhouid never have li.nl a chance of trying it. Luckily for me. tin* Indian panther, savage a* ue i* in a terrible coward, and tuspiriou.* a* | uiy detvtive. I've seen one go round ami round a trap for more than half an j hour, hrfiire lie made up lii* inind to spring at the bait. So. while my friend wa* puzzling hi*n*elf over the curtain, i Uid wontlering ss hcther it w a* mennt fi.r 1 a trap <>r tot, I took up Minnie (who, poor little pet, seemed to know- there was something wrong, and never UttTetl a sound)and into tin-. ln-t I crept, making asllttle noise as | could. I was hard Is settled there wlnn I heard tin * sniiT-snifl" of tin- panther, coining right up to w here i lav. and. j through tin* chink tlint I had left open, the hot, foul hreatli eatnc steaming in ipton my face, almost making me sick. It seemed to bring ins heart into my mouth when I heard his great class s scraping the edge of the lid, and trying to lift it up: hut, happily, the eliink sva* too naiTosv for hi* paw io enter. Hut if the paw couldn't, the tongue eoald; and sihiii lie ls-gnn to li, k my lingers, rasping 1 tlfjn so thut I hardly kuess how to l>eae 1 it. Still, the touch of Minnie's little 1 arm around HIS n<-, k siuanl to give tne <-ou rage. " Hut then- was far worm* than this to , come; for the panther suddenly leaped right on top of the chest, and his weight | precd down the In-avy lid upon my j lingers, until tin- pain was *.. terrible j that, unable to stand it any longer, 1 j screamed with all nty might. "The scream was answered |y a shout from just outside, in which 1 rss-ognized my husband's voice. The panther heard it, LI MI, and it sis-nied|to"m-are him, for he made a dasli for tin* window, either for getting or not noticing the iron bars; hut pint as he reached it. there eann* the crack of a rifle, and I 'heard the heavy brute fall suddenly upon the floor. Then all the fright seemed to oonve hack upon tin* nt once, and I fainted outright. " I heard afterward that Mr. It had happened to want some instrentum which lie had left at the house; and, not wishing to trust it in the hands of any of the natives, lie eatnc Inxk for it liimsejf— luckily, just iii time, for the bullet front his rifle killed the panther. Hut, as you si*-, my hand is pretty stiff yet."— David Ker, in Si. Nicholas. The man who 1* prnny*wise and pound foolish, attempt* to wash the sore OK his mule's hind leg, hut lie who knows the ways of the beast, takes him to a] veteri nary surgeon. Ml V 111, FISH I Ml. I'll, SitMrr In Mltlrli <iu.*iau(i * I (llltlll tu J*|MU. I SS us ills ited oil! es euing, SUVIHS writer iii tie- Argonaut, during uis sojourn at a small toss ii not far from kiyolo, tl. old capital of Japan, to accompany some y.ilimi/u (ollli ialtt), who were then traveling with m-, to the neighboring l iver, for the purpose of SS itlli-itsillg the manlier in wliicli . ..rmoraiii* are t-tu ployed in the enti liing of tioh at the wune tittle I wiu informed that a pleas ure tx.ut had aireatly Iteen < ngag*i for the oei asloll. las . epted tin- ItlVltalioil eagerly, and, anlein* being provided, . togetiier ss if ll a guide to show the ss as, we act nut, carefully picking our vs ay along lie narrow |Xath* dis idtng theriia* 1 lie Ids, the myriad* of frogs in tin- water all round u* h't-ping'tip a deafening roar, rendering it alne>*t impossthle to •an y on conversation, while the uu>*i|uito* I were anything but friendly in their de monst rat ions When ss .■ wen- uloUl i live huiidr.-d yards from tin- place w )n-r ! otir t. irw-l'tira (literally ri*>f-lx.ist) ss a asvniting Ue. vs e w i re met hs one of our ' IxMStiinn Itetst ing it lantern, who at nine j turn.-d and i of it. 'lll's (In entering tin In .at, tin- lx.th.lli of which svai comfortahls eoversii svith latum (thick units), user which ssa M.rcad a gay -saslon-d rug, i ssa*agri e al.ly *urpris. il to liiul tuat evi-ryiiiing i- ,uisit. for spending a pleasant evening bail le ■II sell! oil Indole UiS% hosts Ms afl*r-it<ajUaiulaiine w itii tin- people of ilii* la-autiful souutrs hit* taught un that tin s iiesir lose the opjuirtuaity to innkr nterry, and will M-IZ- U(X.n tin* most trifling excuse fi.r organizing a pic ii, ainl thoroughly enjoying tl-iii#l*ia a hen *ueli tde-isure* do not interfere with the strict jierforntMict* ot their public duties Oil the present occasion *ix (/rtvft i (t. male niti'ii ian*) liad !x-en en gag.-d, St lio *at at one side of tin- licit, while we of the other M-X ranged our selv.-s on the mats on the other. Sss-eet ux .it* of variotii kind* ss . re spread out on la. ijUeriai lr.sx *. a* ss e all *<-n.ei! our* s. t i.s into lite most lutufortahle atti luile*. ami the > n In (Imatun-u) ss i I e to.d U. cat oil Afti*r aliout 11ftei-ti tuinutek *■ ulling we roumh-d a l*-nd of tlx* river, when a ntagnili. cut *|a*-ta • lutrst on our si. w ■ l lie to. r ame-arcd to l on tire. Near | 1\ two hundred tithing lmat* were in right At the )xiss of each.andaltai-ix-d to tile end of a j>!e projecting oVi r the a !<*r. ss as a lirazii-r containing burning pine wood, blazing pii*-cof which every *j -. xx ainl tlxn fill Utrs.ugh tlie bar* into the water, thereby multiplying the num ber o! light*, real and reflect*-d. anil a.hl ittg to tin g. ni-ral ffet. Our boa!men lx.ss Ml* red us into the ltudt of the huv et ne. and driving the lawtpole into UielM*d of tlx- ris.-r. mode fa-t tti it. nnd sat down to Miiokc their i-wcro (pipes.). Ka. h of tin-laiat* |a*s, ss,ai from t it to . tweutv coniioranis, w hi. it, when not en g aged n their duty of cat liing li*h. re • n .lined silently |**rcliel on tlx- gunwal aw siting tlx ir maater'a is.tnntands Un bind* sshieli are employial itt this branch of intluotrx are hatched front > gg* olx mined from tlx- el iff* a'ong tlx *hore. ainl 1M ing ax. ustoitxal from tlx- lirst to tin- tamtpany of ttuui. are verv Uuue. Eaeli ha* .a naun gis.n to it. and. on it* ow net making a peculiar sound, ss ill . tder tii water in *> ar. hof tlx* li*h that would, w. re it fn-e. I>- tln-tr natural I prey. Ijnrgv'numhcrsof tlx tit s ere now *ss iitituing ar..utitl tlx IMMU*. Uieir move meat* inntrolhal hv strings attm Ixal to . ritig* arxMtnil their tn* k*. and held in tlx flsltertuen's hand* A\'h*nser a liird spiial a tish attnwtral hs the glare of the tisc.lt seized it ssitli its hill, hut was pn-venUal frotn sw ailowitig it by tlx- ring i. und its ihr<iat Tlx* lislicrtnan tlxn altered a peculiar cry, and gently drew it into the l">at. w here it was funis] to gs. up the prize (keasionaliy the birds ari rew alihal hs In ing (e-nitittai :z swallow a tt-It. In soiue parts of .1 i til i lis g ,U:iri! illc* - ! !i-li are t:iki it iii thi* manner i )tx- oi mx entertainers now hailed the ni-an-st lmat and hargairuai for some of the fresh-caught aiiwwo (fls)t). and Itas ! ing pros itfisl .a griddle for the ttei-a*inn, Itnd hi* j>ur> lia.se brstiletl os. r the kibacAt (lto* holding charcoal fire); and this maib anp nt tit f< tan epii un*. I j.ar -.*>k 11< -srt lis of t hi- dh. ss hi, h tlx .1 -}•- :ut-*c ktxiss so well how to ctM.k. ami dnt not n ghat tlx- .* lie (wine), which was , pass,-ft around pn-tty rapidly, and which sva* kept Ix.t in )s Lin-i/'d-*r* (isorc-lain Vi—*, 1 in which wine is hoatial by le-ing ; plana! in :t k*ttl*- of hoi waUt) hs on<- of Ui<* ftsir singers, who al*o took ran- that tin- bottle tv u tejtlntish'-il as fast as it 'si o emptied. During all this time the ,*< i-sA't had IM* n enlivening tlx- fi ast sv ith songs, a. eoinpiutying tlx mselve* on tin ir ! wiiiii.o ui (guitar*), while in tlx- int* rval ok.**, putt*, and rej*trf kept all in a continual Laughter. Mv Ixwts now j.rojwss.ai to return, gndl he Itotstnien basing blown the remain*, of the tobat i*o out ofth.-tr little pipe*-a* a ! IM.V would blow- a JM-H frotn a JW*a-slioot .r, the )>at was tinntoor'si. and we dropped pnttlv down svitb the stream toward our landing-place; and ju*t a* I was beginning to cast rather t*n<b r glances (probably the effect* of the fish ,>r w lite) in the direction of as >rs pretty si-aPsl opj.ositi- ntc ss . toucbesl tlx pier, and. stepping a*lmre. took our way again through tlx- rice field*, tlx* scene •wlireixsi lis large ntimlM r* of fndaro (tire-die*) tlittitig hitlxa ami thither. < Ititside our hotel we partis! ssith our fair musicians and ret its si to rest, hating sp.ait a most }deasat|t evening. The Mnttlc of lite Nightingale. riiilonx'lia is the classic name of the nightingiifi*. ns our readers are generally awar. Due hotter ill all age* has IMS-II I given t> tliis bird ns a eongster. Tlx* ito ritiatis have not only IM , n the adttiirer* of it* nx'lody. hut some of them have attempted to interpret it* songs, i H'-i-hsten. a liemtan rliap*oili*t. bad a pet niglititigalc. svltose song lie interpret ed a* follows: Zo ro zn m z.o ro zo n> fo ro *o ro zirr hatling! A. re re zc z.c ze vc se v vc vtt; ' oomur lie d/< lioi. lliga ig.a iga iga iga iga ig.a iga. guaia gai criist drio dz.io pi. Of sv hit h all we has eto say i* that we hope that tlx -ong of tlx- bird * more , mel'Mlious than tlx- translation look* | l> )*•. In tlx- year ITto. tlx- rrussian | authorities being in want of money, or j derssl tlx 1 tree* around i 'ologix- to 1..- cut i down and sold. I lie entire city "f Ag . rippinn was alive with terror ai tit j movement: tlx* whole wood sva* filled with nightingales, and tlx- few burghers ' living near tlx*m. though cvtremcly pis.r I ihentsclve*. aetually bought the tree* 1 standing, and thus preserved the woods j for tlx- nightingales, and tlx* nightingale music for the inliiibitrutt* of Cologne.— | American Monthly. l)r. Rabelais* Free Journey. The learned and famous Frenchman, Dr. Rabelais, ottcc found liiin*<*lf itt Mar seiifi-s without money. He wished to travel to Pari*, but could not contrive a way to do so. At last, however, he hit upon a plan. He started one first of April carrying with hint some full phials lane led " Poi son for tin* king ami the lvoyal Family." At the city gates, according to the cus tom in those day*, the traveler sya* searched, and these suspicious-looking isittlcs were found, as he intended. The officials were horrified, and they- prompt ly arrested him and hurried hiiu off as a state prisoner to Paris, thereto he tried for treason Not long after his arrival Rabelais and his bottle* were taken before the judges. Then the doctor, who was very well known as a wit, made a little explana tion. sitowed that the phial* contained nothing hut brick-dust, and was at once released—the court, the accusers, tlx ]ookTs-on, and all Paris convulsed with laughter at tlx: oke. — St. Nicholas. TKHMB: #~.OG a Year, in Advance. A laughable LpUodc. A laughable episode occurred lit thi i city, itt with h the practical joker had the tables turned upon him in tt manner w* e.u-ioning no em! of fun to the parts and in- friends A wrtaln dbctok of K-. n lupitls. aho loses a joke, is tlx* ots lcr ol a line skeleton, set utt iii sui It a manner that by o|M-ning tlie ii<Kr ol tlx- rei-eptn e]e aixl lout liing a spring, tlx- Isms tb ject w ill tsalk forward <-veral sl'*| out of lite doot Among the tiiativ |M-*t and detrittxtila | to study and tboucht nltitli this phyid • tmi Is dully üb|' l*t to. is the frequent intrusion of uppfi-. orange, ami other (ruit seixlei* in the shape of small Imjss 1 he otlxr las whiie in cxc proximity to tlie lI.MII ui tlx < lim'l in w hi- Ii the skeleton I- kept, the giMJti diM tor's reverie wa* broken hy tlx* entnuns* of one ot : tlx-se vouthftil vernier* ssitli a shrill cry " \\ ant to buy any apple* ' Thinking to Irase some S|m>ll at the aj>- p.e sender's eipctis.-, tlx worthy phy*i eiaß suddenly tfit'eW op< li theclos* t door, and lotx lung tlx- spi ing, forth stalk'-d the : skeleton in all hi* IM>!l> tmye-ly. A bas ket wa* instantly dropped to tbe fl.Mir, a half bushel of appfi * rolled Imwl-tstl over the room, ssliile a terriblyareii youth wa* ims-ii disappearing through tlx ofti.-e door with slinli cries. After en joy ing a quiet laugh, lie- phvsfi ian l.u*ie<l himself in picking up ami restoring to tlie basket tlie scattered fruit, expecting the !ad would return in a moment for his stock in trade After a brief interval the physician no tied from the window tiie lad standing in lite Street, ga/.ilig eoeil-lxjUlld at tlx I oftict* d'Mtr. Set ing the lad evinced no disposition to return for liis ha*ket and ' ftuit. the doctor i-arri'ti tile same to the door, which he opened, and calling to the lad, request,-l him to eoluo and get it. Judge of the doctor's surprise w lx-n lie was greeted with the following re sjMtns,-to iii* invitation: "No you don t. "You can't fool me if sou has,- got tour clothes on." Sow it hnppened tiiat n fri*nd of the tthysieian. who i* tall and thin, and not h.esse,! with a sing.'* ounce of superflu ous flesh, was |Mks-ing the ofli. e and lx ard tlx- remark of tlx- lad. and having a*'* rtaitx-d the eau*<- which called it forth, tlx* situation wa* too ludicrous to keep, and the ViuioUs friends etgoy many a laugh at the ilis toi' expense over tlx incident.— Journal. Tobacco Poisoning. Nunx-rtm* and almost etidk**. Jjase b**t tlx-. barge* hnmgiit against tobac co from the mm-w lx-n Jatue* I fi-d the san of oppoit ion in hi* fatuous " coun t rhLt-t ' Hut. although almo-t everv tliing Ita* IK*TI snitl that eouid he said agaiusl tlx- weed, a* consumed in the or dmarv form of smoke, it seems tltat then aie otlx r and new enormities to be alleg ed against it when differently employed. At om-s)K>nlent of the lx>ndoti lAiurtl, writing from Lincoln (Kng.), des-lan** that toluteco i* not uneomtuoolv uwxi in n* ighltorhootl for tlx- purpos- of stopping ping wound* : and lx* giv-* a very strik ing example of tlx-<-(!•-. t* that may folios* front tlx- practice Tlie case wa that of an unfortunate wotmui wito bad infliete,} * wound upon )x-r*eif by kix* king Ix-r x against tlx* slusrp corner of a sewing uia hin.-. A* tlx- bleeding was profu—- I and diftii ult to staun' h, she adoph-d tlx tl> vice which i* familiar in the district, ss .tb this dtff. retx-e, that in*tc<i of ap plying merely a " pinch" f tlx- UIIHSCO, she alii X'd quite a iarge bundle of it to , the wound, lla* ing done so. she had the injured limb tightly Icvndagetl up. and had no -usnicioit w liat< \, r until lite doc i tor arrived that she luul done anything , ( ft- .lisli or raslt. The man of science ae- fnund lx t in a ufost dangerous 'condition, subj's t t-> > distant fainting , ti'.s. and presenting all the symptoms of a , jilt ing person. A* -lx- had no sort of idea . :hat tlx* wound had anything to do ssitli i I her other ailments, the physician might [ have utt. rly faifiti to dis.-ovcr tlx- r<*a c ius- of Ix r suffering- Fortunately be it -i-t,*! tiiK'ti taking off tlx bandage, in s].ite of all tlx- assunuKs* of tbe family that it hatl lx*-n prtsperlv put on. an<i tl .n for tlx* first time tiisoivifnl tlx bundle "f tolex co. which bail in the space of fi-- than an hour infu*<-d a viru lent poison into the blissi anl reduceil tlx* patient to a state fmiu which it was oxim-dingly difl'x ult to noiri-r lx-r. It I is to )• hoped tliat the incident will put > an end itt Lincolnshire, and wherever i els,-it pts* ail*, to tlx* practice of using i t-'iiu. . inst,-a,l of lint for bandage*.— iAmdon (Hot*. ' ' French Fun. Tlie unhappy man ss ho had Iteen run os <T wa# carrietl into the police station, where the surgs>n examined iiint and aaitl: "It"* a mercy tlx- wheel*passed over ' ltitti as rapidly :ss they slid, for if the carriage had iM-n going slots ly there would have Ix-en ni hoj** of hi* recovery —none whatever." ' " IV'v is,-ly," erio the radiant hack man. desirou- of kacking U|> tlii* favora ble opinion a* strongly a* jv>*-il>lc; ' " when I aw tlx* gentleman crossing tlx at reel a little in front of me. Instead of pulling up she horse I just gave him a ' clip with tlx- whip and yelled *(letUp llx-re" and that's liow I saved tlx- gen tleman"* life." A sergeant Ol zouave* had, at the I vat tie of rirxvui*. hi* thigh smashed by a fragment of shell. Well, tns (MMir fellow ," said hi* cap lain. who visited him in hospital, "you must find it pretty loneaotun work, being laid up ere." "(Hi, no. cap-, not at all," was the reply. "I suffer a great deal, and that ' m ike* the time slip by." A prisoner who firmly exi>eeted that lx- would get his desert* and In* *,* nt up for life, is astonished to hear the jury ft* hi-term of imprisonment at two year*. "Two sears only!" he exelainx-d in delight; "alt, then, gentlemen of tlx* jury, mas heaven do likewise unto you a thousand-fold." A Itlind Man'* Sniride. A suicide which, for a displav of cool deliberation on the part of the victim ha never Itcen equnlet!, wvurred at £an<%- ville. Ohio, at an earls hour inthemoni ing. tlienelf-destroyerbeing Mr.Frederii k H'-lhig. a (iertnan. formerly a stone, mason, nnd of later year* a contractor. Als'Ul tlie first of last November Kelbig had made a desperate effort to take hi# life by mean# of a pistol-ball, he being found in hi* stable clotted with b!ol and with hi* ey*. through which the Ivxll had pa*ed, hanging ttut of his face. Through -killftt! medical attendarx*- and patient nursing by tlx* heart-broken wife he re covered hi# * igor. but never hi* sight, l>eing totally blind thereafter. Bang naturally an active man. this life of a blind man lias had the efftvt of still more effectively fixing tlx* idea of self-di**truc lion in his mint! When the family arose in the morning he svas missing, ("pen search being instituted, he was found scal ed on a chair in the cellar, with a bed quilt sv rapped around hi* head, in a life less condition. He bad. with a chair and a quilt in his possession, felt his way to the cellar, then* sevtrod the gas pipe, passed one end up hi* coat sleeve, wrap ped himself in the quilt, pressed his face to tlx* shoulder-opening of the sleeve, crossed his legs, folded hi* hands and quietly awaited the easy death that en sued. • Stillwater's first walking match came off last Sunday evening. A voung man walked out of a front yard,on (loyerniuent hill, just in front of the father of a voung ladv who resided then*. Tlie old man walked with a square-toed movement, and wore No. lti boots. The youtqj tnatt wore a sad and perplexed expression of countenance. No. cards. Stillwater Lumberman. During the year IH7>) there were over 72,000 deaths in New York city. NUMBER 16. A Japanese Fable. Once upou a time, on the slowly *ide o ' a hill near the ws-ilion", there lived crab, thie dav lie found some killed rice, ami set off home with it; but on bis way was spied by a monkey. The mon k > offered to exchange 110- med of a persimmon, the fruit of which lie had nearly finished ewiing. lor the rice. This i Ue crab acrepUxi on condition that tlie monkey lad not injured it with his teeth 'l*lte exchange made. Jocko de voured i lie riee, but the crab pUnud the aood in his garden A long time after ward, the monkey happening hi pa** the Maine sjMjt, was surprised U see a fine tree laden with fruit, and iiis friend the crab sitting on the balcony of a nice new house, admiring his truit tree. The monkey king hungry. l**geixl the crab to allow him to eat some of the fruit. Hut the crab apologised, saying that his friend would he quite welcome to Mine of the fruit, but be could not climb the tree to gather it. The monkey declared his ability to climb if t lie- crab would allow hitu to try; to which the owner of tic tree consented, stipulating that he should revelve half the fruit that was plucked. So up the monkey clambered and ate ar fat a* lie could, selecting the best ftlid ripeiii fruit, tail was too envljf to notice Uie crab, who was Walling patently below. At length the crab, losing pa tience, accused the monkey of Ih ing a kui and deceitful folio* : upon which the monkey got angry , pelted tlie ma>r crab, and lir-'ke his shell. The crab' s friend, j the wasp, coming bv, attack<*l the unifi key ana stung him BO severely that Jocko scampered away fritflitimxl. The wasp sent for his friends Kits' and Mor tar. and. afire due deliis-ratum, tlie* made it up amongst them to punish Jocko. Tle-y arrangeii that Egg should explode if put <>u Uie tire, the w:tep should sting Jocko, and Mortar, placid on the roof, should mil off upon liis head as lie ran out of the door. The next day the monkey la-ing hungry, called at tlie crab'* house to apologise, and lieg aiiotbcr dinner of fruit: bu'. seeing no person in the house, hi- enter'd; and tirsding a nice large egg on a tray. In put it on tin- fire to roast it. as he could not manage raw eggs so well as hard cooked mi's Presently the i-gg exploded violently and unttrrra the not cinder* over Jocko, who ran into the next room howling with pain: but tin* wasp fi w out of a corner and *tutig him *o badly that lie ruslnd out of the Ihium*. frigbt enid and almost mad with pain, when d<>wn dropped the mortar upon hia ln.nl an d killed him Mural —Cunning and greedy people rarely gain much. and ungrateful one* are generally punished in the ciul. Komautic Meeting of Father and Son. Who aay* that the days of romance are ended nxxl* to re*ail the strange history of a Scottish plowman who haa returned to Id* native heath after a long exile. Twenty year* ago a farmer in < trkney hired a young man to do fannwork. The plow man touched the fancy of hi* 1 master's daugiiter. and the p*sull was that in a runaway fashion, and in opi.o sition to the will of the patriarchal r farmer, the two became tuan and wife. ! The old gentleman was furious, and turn id bis ha<-k determinedly on hi* sen : in-law. Tlie young plowman kisaid his wife, left her in lire fatlier'* ann* and *ail<xl for Australia, whence he asm dkaaed to write Ills wife became a mother, and nmained in a state of such w retched suspense that lu*r father began • to rejient of the treatment to which be had subjected hrehobwnd. Effort* were I then made v trare the whereabouts of tlie latter by mean* of advertising in ; colonial papn> and otlierwis*. }, u t *}] to no purpose He had gone to America. ■ Ye.-irs |ia.Md. The grymdson grew up to ; manhood, and, not .iking taruiwoik. i hade ailicu to (.frknev, t<*>k ship laat i \. ir to the United Stain, and after some i knocking nkuit found employment in a mercantile house in Illinois. In the i , course of busini*s he discovered that the gentleman at the head of the firm wa-it i native of fs.x>tland. bailing, indeed, from the same district a- himself. OcvasionaJ li v ings led to more minute inquiries as • to dati-s. names of place*. pi>ron and the like in the old country, and after k ing dx month* in th* establishim nt ! tlie youth found—however wonderful it • may appear—that he was actually *erv ; ing a* a clerk with no other than hi* own t father* The effort of this discovery on i kitli may k left to the imagination of ; the reader. Father and son are now in Scotland. TV man who went away a i'cnniie** p lowboy. but return* rii h. 1 .# is m welcomed with much emotion bv Iti* veneraiile father-in-law, who issti.i hale and hearty, an well as by the w.fr xvlmnt lie left many year* ago in lire j i youth and beauty, but who is now a middle-aged matron. Tried U Sate the Color*. One of the most heroic incident* of the massacre of the British camp n the 1 laireier* of /uiuiamL in Smlh Africa. i related bv a correapondeat of the London /kn/y Sews. It sreiua tliat when all was • over, the ammunition k-iftg exhausted, and nothing remaining for the men to do but to *eil their lives as dearly a* i*- sible. a desjs rate but triumphant effort 1 was made to save the colors from the 1 foe. Melvill, tlie aiUutant of tlie Twenty fourth, and t'ogbili. Sir Hartic l-rer- * aide-de-camp, managed to fight tie ir way through Ui- enemy who was sur rounding them, Melvill fuiv ing torn the 1 ixdors trout the poles and carried tin m off They reached the Buffalo river. ' atmut nine mile* off. in safety, tbinigk 1 closely pursued by the enemy: but in 1 attempting to swim the river kith their horses were Carried away by the stream, and they just succeeded in reaching the 1 opposite bank sil! grasping the ixdors. where they were so exhausted that tliev W'-rc unable to go any further. A vol ' unteer, wlm had bren with them up to this time, with difficulty effected his es cape, k'ing. of course, unable to give them any assistance in their defenceli . condition, and the last he saw of them was that a crowd of the enemy was clos ing round them. Different Replies to a (Question. Statisticians usuallr concern them -1 se'ves with the facta of the past and prrs i ent morethan with tfiespeculation*ofllie future. But in gntlicring its figures this - vear relating to lite condition of work . ingtnen. tlie Massachusetts lalvor bureau lia* gone outside of the k-aten path and given us a specimen of what may he r called psychological statistics. Its of i tii-ers oucstiomxl a ixMisiderable number : of workingmen as to their hone* of *•'- I curing a living txuniietence at the age of I sixty-five, with the follow.'ingresults: " Kvpeet to lay by enough to *up|xrt my ' self alter 1 am •ixty-flve" 25 •* Pnwpeeta an- p>l. and hope to do a0"... 18 . " l)o not expect to lay by enough to upi>ort ; myaelf after I IUU sixtv-flve" 58 i "Aa timea are now, no" 16 i " Not with present |ty" 15 " Expect to die a j*u|ier if three timea last," 4 ( '• Not at my present business" 4 ( "Can just live now on my wages" 5 " No prospect ot anving anything n0w".... 11 " Cannot saxe a dollar" 8 " Do not iiav my way now" 3 " Not by day tabor" 4 I " I.ife insurance and aavinga hanks broke 1 me" 1 , " With present coudition of bnaiueaa, don't want to live to rixty-flve" A Tennessee Terror. I The following emphatic hint is pasted up in a Tennessee liote). The original is done with pen and ink, and neatly elaborated with flourishes: NOTICE. All persons waiting for a train using this room and not eat their nteals will la ; charged tlie same as if they had a pri- . vat room or eat their meals. Luncll Kjvtinti is Not Allowed in this Hotel as i cannot afford to furnish room and fire for folks to rot their Lunch and use my room and fire and be in my paying j guest's way. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The note* of a jail bird are forged "A fellow feeling "—A phrenologist Philadelphia has 90.000 unmarried wo men. On iU laat legs--A chair tilted back ward. Stokers are the most stirring mm <>f the times. A novel esperiment Publishing an author's first novel. The Chicago Timet office has in use six speaking telephones. (Jen. llan*K*k i the wealthiest officer of the United States army. Jumping the rope by the little girls ia another harbinger of spring. W hat class of women are most apt to give lone to society I The k'ilas. " Out of fight out of mind " dore not mean that blind people are lunatics. If. Ckirrllls. tits French playwright, win. died recently, was the authur Of 600 (.lays, tSOof which bad hero put on the stage. CooaltMive evideocv at a recent trial in Kugiaad prov.xl Uiat a girl had be come a mother at the age of twslve year* and one month. Sim* paper napkin* were introduced by n manufacturing lirm in Wisconsin a rear ago. one Koston firm alone ha* •ofil U4MPO of thein, lnc pood reason wliv professional pi-fhutrian* nliouM tie allowed to wiuk j.ouu quarter milre in 3,000 quarter botir* i that, it has a tendency U kill the (Mtlttrian*. The man who ean fare a hurricam without sinking, will sliiver all over when hi* collar button comes out and make* a longitudinal pilgrimage to the interior of one of his boot* A new fancy that will probably " tak*" is to face the skirts of drresy •xistumes with red ailk. under which the lace Laiayeusc is basted, making a very pretty and striking dreas effect. A . hampion pwh-strian make* #20.00(> bx "lie week's work, a cluunpion nv j-rrtcr #sJO. skiwing the su|s iioriy of mind over matter. Pfrtmpa the reporter should throw more sole into his matter. Ti now *l<Hg lw kghways The rohina gayty fkla. Ami IB the umimrd byways The [*Uax> tak* root. Tis now Uie chief musician ltouud the cstag* is the wren; Ta a>* UaU the fruiUoa (X Uw inerry-beerted hen Wake* joy in the buaow of Afhcds Wh* •*!! eggs Home lwrri-n land near tlie ritv of Danixig waa irrigated by sewage from the city. Tlie potato crop grown upoo thi* land averaged 'sixteen and one hall tons to the ai re. This result led the ex pcriun-nter to t*titract with the munici pal authorities <f Hreslau. acity of akrtit two hundred and fifty tltotusano inbabi t.xnts. to remove its sew age dur.ng twel va vear*. and with it Ire inkotis U> irrigate Cc.r hi* own profit akiut three thousand acres of land. ooaa' Wile, make me smr duiiqjing* * 'toogh They are butter than a rnaal for my r*mgh Prey, let them he boikd till k* tbi" td*. H it not till they're heavy ami tough Now I must be off to my plough. And the box* (when the) o hml eoouglt) Muat keep tile flu* off with a bough Wbiie theuM outredrmhauot at -.hatrougV A MUllaer-Heaalor. •• I made a surprising discovery the other day." This was the remark tmule by a buat neas man. a new arrival in lite , •immun ity. to a reporter fur Uie J'rilmne. Bitre for anyUiiag calculated to disturb tire stifling aerenitv of local affairs, the intel ligent news collector wa tuovcl to ask. * xli'W SO?" •• Take a seat and I will tel. you. and thereupon tlie merchant who. by Ure way. is a New Yorker, proceeded a* foltowa: •*1 ran aw at from hotnc when 1 ** !ift*n years old. Thought I was restrain ed at home and needed more scope. 1 was living near lloraellaviiie. Si.: and on mv brat launch for freedom reaibrd Adrian. Mich., a thro quite remote city. This was in IHSI. I believe. I roarrtxl around the town tor two or three day* before I found anvthing to do. Finally, one afternoon. wiUmUt th* lewst idea that anything would txune of it. I dropped into a httie store —a sort of ladies' fur nishing store: Uiat is. Uie stock coMbted of collars and xtff* and Ure and necktie* and thread and yarn and all soch little truck. The store- wa* a small affair— liardiv eight fret wide by pi-rhaps fifteen fret drep. I walked in and accosted a small, thin, white-haired and fair-com piexioQed young man. with an applica tion for employment. I must admit thai the proprietor—for the young man wa the proprietor—did not seem to care much wbcUier 1 went to work for him or not. But afterf little talk, mostly on niv part. Iwa* ' rocag'xi' at $3 per week, with the privii-ge of sleeping in the store." Something in tin; of the re- I tort era fcut uggeted to the narrator to sav tli.it "the jmint of tlw sbiry w as to come." S the yam *n> ctmtinued: "My proprietor did not do a very heavy business, and did not arena to care tnucli either. He belonged to some secret surietv or other, and was con stant Iv called upon by brother member*. (>n these occasion* the proceedings were quite mysterious, and a little sort of a wash-room in the hark j>art of the store was u<ol for consultations. My "hoss* s-emed to be the head ring-master of the .sun-era. and. tltough his store was a small affair. I noticed that the leading men of the rit v sought hi* guidance. He paid little attention to the customers—l had most of the ' waiting on' to do. and nearly all day when not engaged in tlnw —to me—singular conferences, my em plover w.mld stand in the middle of the store thinking, thinking, thinking, while lie kept constantly rapping hi* front teeth with a pencil. He was troubled a great deal with pain in his back, and complained of an affliction of the kidneys. I had only Iwen with the pale-faced young man a few nionlhs when I was prevailed upon to return home, and never cave my casual employer at Adrian a thought till within the past few days. The oilier evening at the hotel I was glancing over the advertising columns of the 7VtV.*fe, wlien among the bank ad vertisements 1 noticed the name ol Jerome B. Chaffee. It jingled familarly in my mind. Where hatl 1 seen or liAtrd tiiat name before? 1 .mild not holp its running through my head. All at once it came to me. Jerome B. Chaffee waa the name of the voting fellow 1 worked for in Adrian. Mich., so long ago. I could hardly believe that my old Michi gan employer and the noted hank presi dent and 1 'uite. 1 States Senator were one and the saute. But as all my time was * then my own (1 had not got into business) I happened into the First National hank one morning and made a few inquiries. . in aliout this style: Anxious Inquirer—ls Jerome B. Chaf fee connected with this bank? Bank Man—lie is. sir. slightly. A. I.—When did he conic to Colorado, and w here from ? B. M. —He came here in 1H57, I think, and lived previously at or near Adrian. Mich. A. I.—ls he of fair complexion—very fair—and is he troubled with kidney complaint? 15. M.—He luts an exceedingly fair complexion and. I believe, is troubled somew hat with chronic disorder of the kidneys. "This was all that I wanted. I waa and am satisfied that my quondam em ployer of long ago was identically the same person who is the richest man and the keenest politician in Colorado. Now. is not tliat a rntlier funny thing, any how?" The reporter, somewhat weary, ad mitted that it wim.—Dmetr (Co/.) Tri bune. A remarkable story is told by the cap tain of the bark Kate Howe, which ar rived at Kerr's wharf yesterday morning from Liverpool, with a cargo of salt. The Kate Howe was laden in Cliarleston during last November with cotton for Liverpool. Just before sailing a cat which belonged on board was missed, and the vessel started on its voyage, and -forty-seven days after the batches were taken off at Liverpool, when, to the sur prise of all on board, the cat crawled slowly forth, presenting a most woe-he gone and emaciated appearance. Pussy had been nudged in between two bales of cotton during the voyage, and h:ul been unable to move or to obtain food >r water during the whole time. The animal's head was flattened, and one of its legs was twisted over its back, and although, after n few days of careful nursing, it re covered its wonted appetite, its forme beauty, it is feared, has departed forever, and a sad and injured appearance has characterized that eat ever since its voy age Itetween the cotton hales.— Ballinwrt American.
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