The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, April 17, 1879, Image 1

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.