CANADIAN COANTING OAROL,
» A ——————
Down the glassy hillside dashing,
‘While the snowy spray is splashing
And the bracing breeze is blowing through
the maiden’s flowing curls,
‘What a chance there is for “mashing,”
When o'er crusted snow we're crashing,
sweet, bewitching girls!
Down the deep descent so narrow,
Swifter than a flying arrow,
Or a thunderbolt that Jupiter
madly hurlg—
Oh, it thrills us to the marrow,
And we're chipper as a Sparrow
in anger
gay and gleefu! girls!
You may prate about your dancing,
And the pleasure found in prancing
*Round and ‘round with pretty partners |
whe delight in dizzy whirls; t
But for happiness enhancing
And enjoyment most entrancing
There is nothing like toboggamng
plump and pretty girls!
SRO RET
MY WEDDING.
with
How Cupid managed to send Stephen
Barker after me I never could find out;
but that is between themselves and is
none of my business, A man good
enough for Elizabeth and Janet, and all
such ornaments to their sex, to lay his
honest heart at my foolish little feet!
I own that for a day or two the honor
almost turned my head.
Then I began to consider,
loved Norman Strong ever
could remember, and Norman had been
my friend when ne one said a kind
word to me, The case stood thus: I’
was an orphan, left to the care of an
uncle and aunt remarkable for that
kind of propriety that wins our admira-
tion and awakens our hearty desire to
get away from it. I had a small for-
tune of $25,000; that 1s, I was to have
it if I remained unmarried until I was
thirty-five, or, if I marred before, with
my uncle’s approval.
Now, uncle did not approve of Nor-
man. In fact, uncle never approved of
any one that I liked. Bat with
phen Barker disapproval was out of the
question. Stephen was the great man
and the good man of our small town.
To have insinuated that Stephen was
not worthy of a saint, a beauty and an
heiress united, wonld have been a
heresy seriously affecting my uncle's
social and commercial standing.
phen Barker's offer was therefore ac-
cepted, and the next Sunday we walked
to church together.
After this public avowal of our inten-
tions the marriage was considered inev-
itable by every person but me. I must
do myself the to state that 1
never regarded my engagement
phen seriously; it was part of a plan to
secure my happiness and rights. And
as Stephen fully coincided in it, Ido
pot expect censure from any one else.
I think it was no later than the third
night after Stephen had spoken to my
uncle that 1 frankly told him I thought
I ought not to marry him. He asked
me why, and I said: “All my life long,
Stephen, I have been a crushed, unhap-
py girl. I have been afraid to speak,
or laugh, or sing, and no one but Nor-
man Strong ever said a kind word to
me until you came.”
“And you love Norman?'’' he asked
bluntly.
So 1 answered, ‘Yes, I love him, and
he loves me, and when he got the posi-
tion of cashier in your bank, he wanted
to marry me; but cle said we were
neither of us to be trusted w:th
$25,000.”
“So you have $25,000?"
“Papa left me that much; but Uncle !
Miles can keep it until I am thirty-five,
unless I marry to please him, or unless
he is so satisfied of my good sense that
be voluntarily gives it up to me. He
will never do that.”
Stephen was silent a long time, and
then he said, = little sadly: “You are a
good girl to be so honest with me, If
your uncle could be made to give up
your little fortune, do you think yon
could use it wisely?”
“I could—with Norman to help me,”
Then we had a long conversation,
which it is not necessary tor me to re-
peat; it will be understood by what fol-
lows. There was no change apparently |
between Stephen and I. He behaved
exactly as a lover of his age und charac-
ter would be likely to behave. He sent |
aunt presents from his hot-houses, and
he made me presents of pretty jewelry. |
He spent the evenings at Uncle Miles’ |
house, and sometimes we were left |
alone together, and sometimes we went |
out for a walk. Norman came to see i
us pecasionally on a Sunday night, and |
my aunt said he bad really behaved |
with more good sense than she expected. |
7 think she thought that if I married
the banker, it might not be a bad thing
for my Cousin Malvina, who was very
plain, to marry the banker's cashier,
Everything went on with the greatest
propriety. 1 had acnounced my inten.
tion to have an extraordinary trousseau,
and this being a point on which aunt
could feel with me, the next four
months were pleasantly spent in shop-
ping and sewing, Never in our little
town bad there been seen such dozens
of elegantly-trimmed undergarments,
such lingerie, such hosiery, such morn.
ing dresses and evening costumes, such
wonderful boots and slippers and jew-
elry. We held little receptions every
afternoon a month before the wedding,
and my wardrobe was laid ont in the
best bedroom for comment and inspec.
tion.
I had
since 1
Sif
Sta.
jastice
$
LO Stee
my
It was about this time that Stephen
Barker said to my uncle: “I under.
stand Frances has $25,000, 1 wish her
to have it so settled on herself, and for
It is only three miles from
land excellent, and then,
tency, for as soon as the railway Is iin-
What
“I think your offer extremely gener-
ous, Mr, Barker, and of course for such
a purpose I am willing to hand over to
you at once Frances’ fortune, The in-
always,
ia
Your word is sufficient, Mr. Miles.’
[Hall and estate were firmly
and surely made over to Frances Halil-
day, spiuster, for her and her heirs for-
ever I must state here that I opposed
gift of $10,000, and his subsequent out-
lay of $1,000 on furniture: but both
uncle and aunt said that the settlement
was small for a man of his
means, and that it would be affectation
Lo oppose it,
enough
aged the whole affair with such fatherly
kindness and thoughtfulness that I
could not bear to oppose him.
Atlength the wedding-day drew near.
It had been arranged for Wednesday
we were to leave for
New York immediately after the cere-
wony. Cousin Jose, who had prepared
himself to look down on all the world
from the pulpit, was to perform the
This showed in
ry forgiving spirit
os
ceremony,
O08, a
ve t he had
on looked upon me i
with affection, and I had no
1 the }
ated honor. However, he
ting epoch, and
ny
war frre
veniure
x OF GREY a hlark Ant
43 8 present, a Diack onyx
hh was set
|
had
a cross in
0 me
his affections and bis
manse, and I had then re it.
Fos v is
offered iv
ounce before, with
{ used
took it this
It helped to swell t
$
Enis, they cert
and
shaw, First there was the
tate from my father and
1
ang the
worth of
ser, settled
new ijurniture §
had sent to make the old rooms pretty
¥
and comfortable, Uncle gave me a set
of silver and aunt some fine ch na, bot
Ff whan Fy br 2
OL winch gifts [ took care to send to
Stamford before my wedding day. My
cousins and aunts and friends gave me
all sorts of jewelry and pretty personal
Knick-knacks, and carefully
packed in the half dozen trunks which
these |
were already corde
days before th
directed
¢ marriage day.
For Stephen had proposed to send all
my trunks to
ed ax
i
ay
i and two
ir New Y ik hotel two
¥8 before we left in order that we
might have ne
that 1
wanted
» concern about them, and
be have all 1}
L opposed thi
said ‘tit
might sure to
on my arrival,
pian at first, but aunt Was em
inently proper and
wardrobe exeos
my
and a traveling
Fifth-avenus
last day of my maid
Norman Strong called that night and
spirits, He
me every happiness, and was
itentive to Malvina, Aunt
thought his behavoir charming—so un-
selfish—and 1 was also very well satis-
fied with it.
“1 shall call you about 8 o'clock,
Frances,” said my aunt, and I bade
her good-night; “the hairdresser comes
at 8.30.7
I said, “Very well, aunt,” and went
to mv room. The first thing I did was
to pack my wedding dress in as small
compass as possible, and then put on
my traveling costume. This done I sat
down in the dark. About 1 o'clock I
heard the signal I watched for. I went
softly down-stairs, unlocked the back
door and walked out, Norman was
there. We did not speak until we were
outside the grounds,
waited, and we drove rapidly to a main
line about three miles off, Here we
caught the 2 o'clock express, and were
safe in New York and very respectably
married by 10 o'clock. My trunks.
was
wished
remarkably high
pi
very
fast
city.
In the meantime there was trouble
all by ourselves-—we left for that
discovered till near 8 o'clock, and then
Uncle Miles sent word at once to
Stephen Barker, who secluded himself
for that day entirely. My aunt and
cousin’s chagrin and disappointment
were very great; in fact, when 1 con
sidered the amount of condolence and
gossip they would have to endure, I felt
that for all the slights and scorns of my
unloved girlhood I could ery quits,
And I baa got my fortune also, and
Norman and I were so completely hap-
py! Wehad not a pare, for Stephen
bad given him a $500 bill and a month's
holiday, and told us to got all the pleas.
ure we could out of it, We obeyed
him implicitly,
During that month thiogs settled
down a little, I did not expect to be
forgiven all at ence, and I was not; but
then I was in a position not to worry
particularly about it, We retuned very
quietly, after dark ome night, very!
much like two children who have played
truant all day and creep home at night
fall with as little ostentation as possi
But at Stamford Hall everything had |
my comfort. The |
fires were blazing, the gas lighted and |
an excellent supper waiting. The next |
morning Norman went back to his desk |
and Stephen took no more notice of his |
return than if he had never left it.
r’eople who had been speculating about
his losing his position knew in five min- |
would be no change.
one took his tone from |
We were treated very much |
like two children who had been for-
given, and whose fault was not to be |
And every
That was the way the men took it,
They all came
see me, and though I did not give them
all credit for the very kindest of mo- |
I told |
and
Lo |
about my wedding trip,
say the men talked everything over |
with them afterward.
jut what most puzzied everybody
was that Stephen Barker came 80 often
to see us, and was so friendly with Nor- |
man. Some thought it was very mean-
spirited in him, and others remembered
that when he was very young he had
loved my mother dearly, Even
who spoke kindly of him did not give
those
ness he had shown; for he would not |
let me tell any one that it was he him-
self who had planned everything about
my property and my wedding,
“Just let
rE rances, if
ne
We
Hite
them say vou jilted
they please to do so.
will keep
our
Know better, and we
cret unt 1
Aunt
sooner than we expected. When it was
3 5 * 2 ¥ . 3 J "
nele M 8 Cones round,
and uncle both came round
hat Ste much of
consid
hier
cantact
known phien spent so
Miles
having
his time with us, Aunt
ered the advantages of
daughters brought familiarly in
with him, and for their sakes she came
to see me and gave me the |
onciliation,
But as 1
heart “in
vinced me
Halliday h
if her mother,
the love Oe |
mself ou behaved
Norman hb
fool
ever
% 1 Forsrs 4 Vion a ¥ ars anny
ishly about me than Stephen
It for she
every one wust allow thas,
t 2s} > ¥.ob8 2 Pras
itlie plain Ruth SLrong.
(ths preparations that
arriage
v Lave been Lh
* the m
Dear me, 1 thi
id of people he comes in
:
ut I hope Stephen will
iy about ms
was rather
Some women will doubtl
don't believe such men as |
x ist, jut let a gurl, when
a Tan,
ask his advice and help, and
another Sieg .
tiow can men and self-
denying if women don’t give them op
portunities? [ think that is wrong,
and I intend to give Norman
chance to cultivate such noble
ywers she does not hike
wy and
. + ill iy 1 oJ .
to one she will 0nd JHE
pe cluvalrous
every
quali-
Lies
—— A —
Crops 1884 of UU, 8
The wheat crop is placed at 512,763.
900 bushels, valued at $330,861 254,
The average farm price of wheat is 65
cents per bushel, against 01 cents last
December. The December price in
thirteen years has previously been below
$1 per bushel but five times—in 1874,
137%, 1880, 1882 and 1883. The aver.
age in Nebraska is 42 cents, 45 in Kan-
sas, 45 in Dakota, 50 in Minnesota, 55 |
in Towa, 62 in Missouri, 63 in Illino:s.
67 in Indiana, 74 in Michigan, and 75
in Ohio. The average home-grown |
wheat in New England exceeds $1, in |
nia 806, It is 80 cents in Virginia and
83 in Maryland. The price of wheat is
It is said to be low-
period of the present century, Itis a
nating production all over the world
could have no other outcome, These
low prices, however, will soon reduce
the area and relieve over-productions,
The crop of oats this year, like that of
corn, is the largest aggregate ever grown
in this country, The area is largerby a
million acres. The estimated product
is 583,628,000, against 571,802,400 in
1883. The yield per acre as estimated
is 27,04 bushels, In 1883, 28.01
bushels. The average of condi.
tion was not quite so high as in 1883,
The price per bushel is 27.07 cents, a
reduction of 5.03 from the price of the
previous crop, and the lowest price ever
reported except the average of 24.00 in
1878, when the yleld was given at 81.04
per acre, and the aggregate the largest
over made up to that date. The price
was then influenced by the downward
tendency of corn duringa series of good
corn years.
Seones to Mavana,
Many and strange are the sights one
Havana,
places,
Every one smokes and in all
Even the presence of ladies is
no hindrance. Thecigar and cigarettes
are seen everywhere; in parlor, dining-
The
Legro women are inveterate smokers,
and to see one puffing away at a great
black cigar 18 an exceedingly common
In the early morning many ne-
with great baskets
from four to five feet in diameter, fled
vegetables, perched upon their
heads and crying their wares through
the city, The weight of some of these
baskets is tremendous and enough to
make a fair load for an ordinary horse,
The horses and mules, very small in
An ordinary
morning sight is of these little
horses carrying on his back an enor
80 large, in fact,
that nothing of the horse, with the ex
one
ception of his head and tail, are visible,
with oranges or
some other fruit and a great lot of us
which sits the
perambulating fruit
slore. Sometimes the paniers are fiil-
ed with small milk eans, the merchant
naving one for each of his regular
tomers,
+ manner of serving milk is
if the cows into the eit
CUS
Another and quite as com:
the dri
and milking
them to order, as it were, at the cus.
During the
are seldom seen upon the
treets, and If they do make their appear
ance it is always with ar attendant
Il CAITIAgEeS,
{les peremplory
DECOes 11
& i8 probably doe
ing himself, T
f als i day br
o'clock
6 o'clock
bread and butter
YO
in ths
evening, Coflee with
ir fruit 18 served in the bedrooms, hie
ever, immediately upon nising.
The
numerous,
Havana
are
restaurants ir
The many and
large, in fact, the same is true of shops
and stores of all kinds; the ceilings are
very high, and with their floors of mar
ble or tile, they are in appearance and
in fact exceedingly comfortable and
airy. On the sidewalk in front is al.
most always a row of tables, around
each of which is generally clustered a
are
GOOrs
all care, pulling cloutls of smoke from
their cigarettes, and seemingly entirely
absorbed in their light gossip and the
they are variably sipping. Except by
the very lowest classes liquor is used
very sparingly by the Cubans, conse.
usual sight. Coffee is the universal
drink, and great quantities of it are
consumed. The Havana lottery, which
receives the support and protection of
the Spanish government, and 1s, in fact,
a source of considerable revenue there-
to, is a great «vil and must be wiped
out before Cuba can expect prosperity
to dwell within her shores once more,
The drawings occur as often as three
times a month and always at 7 o'clock
in the morning. By 10 o'clock the re-
sult is known, boys with extras rush
about the streets and, for the time be.
ing, it is the ali-absorbing topic of in.
terest and conversation. The tickets
are bought by every one, rich and poor
alike, All are in the hopes of winning
the large prize and thus be saved the
trouble and necessity for further effort
in the securing of their living; and so,
little by little, their money 1s absorbed
by this miserable parasitic concern, and,
if they are poor, they still remain poor;
if rich, they still are no richer, while
the unsatisfied longing still remains
tempting to further foolish ventures,
Hundreds ot men, women and boys
peddle these tickets on the streets,
They receive the small commission of
ten cents for each ticket, and one is so
continually importuned to buy that the
whole affair becomes a great nuisan e
§ : #
Two loaded coal cars on the 24th
broke the cable on the Castle Shannon
Inclined Plane, at Pittsburg, when neat
the top, and crashed down through a
platform at the foot of the incline,
Fritz Belter was killed and two other
men were severely injured,
—The finding and sentence of the
court martial in the case of General
Swain have been approved by the Pres-
ident, They are: *To be suspended
from rank and duty for twelve years and
to forfelt one-half his monthly pay every
month for the same period.” The sen-
tence of the court martial in the case
Colonel Morrow, convicted of triplicat-
ing his pay accounts, was also approved
by the President. He is sentenced to
forfeit all right to advancement in his
grade for the peried of two years,
— Annie Sullivan, wife of the pugil-
ist John I. Sullivan, of Boston, has
sued for a divorce on the grounds of
“cruel and abusive treatment and gross
and confirmed habits of intoxication.’
~Two more ineffectual ballots for
U. 8, Senator were had on the 20th, in
joint convention of the Illinois Legis-
lature, The Repablicans refused
vote, one of thelr number being absent,
The Democrats cast 98 votes for Mor-
rison, and 4 scattering on each ballot.
~The Governor of Kansas has sent
State in reference to the difficulties be-
State and the Union Pacifie
osition from the Union Pacific Com-
pany, in wh chi an agreement is provi-
ded making many important concession
ooking to Stale control of the Kansas
Pacific Railway if the present litigation
is dismissed without prejudice.
the 25th, nomi-
Warren to be Gover
ning Territory.
Edonard
~The President on
yr Of
Ww:
J Beph C auch
Mi, [55
4 } § +3
, died on the 25th
age ofl UY,
atl Lhe
Patterson was not one
- Robert L pan, i
8 House
All Tem -
Represens-
ase on ti
Assem)
his death
stands:
cluding Streeter
nate on tv
Democrats, 112, §
Haines Independent Democrats,
ana
’
Re-
1 4 1
GIUer 0 ¢iect a
10 i 5 & quorum, con-
if the Republican {
sequently ref
hey
i use fo
vole, as tl v election
of the Senator will not take place until
after a successor t¢ Logan is elected,
It was first thought that after the death
ase, {he
rum, bat it 1s understood by leaders on
both sides that such is not the case,
Governor Oglesby on the 26th, signed
an order calling for an election of a
Representative in Whiteside county in
place of Logan, deceased, to take place
March, 21st. It has been agreed to take
no further vote for United States Sena-
tor in the Illinois Legislature before
March, 4th.
~The Prohibitionists of Rhode Is.
land held a State Convention in Provi-
dence on the 26th, and nominated a
ticket headed by George H. Slade for
Governor,
—John Davis on the 26th, relin-
quished the position of First Assistant
Secretary of State, and entered upon
the duties as Associate Justice of the
Jourt of Claims,
~~Two freight trains on the Inter
Colonial Railway, in New Brunswick,
collided on the 26th, near Millstream,
killing two train hands,
-The National Theatre, in Wash-
ington, was destroyed by fire on the
27th. The fire was discovered at
twenty minutes past one o'clock, The
theatre had closed before eleven o'clock
and no ove was in the building except
the engineer, who escaped in his night
clothes. Nothing remains but the
walls, all the contents being destroyed,
with the wardrobe of the Wallack
Company, which had been playing dur
ing the week. The loss is esti
h the proprietor of the theatre at
$100,000,
~A dynamite scare prevails in Nas.
sau, New P'rovideince, and the public
buildings there are guarded day and
night. cause is a report from New
York that a plot had been formed there
to desiroy the Colomal buildings,
Pennsylvania Legislature.
: SENATE.
In the Senate on the 28d, Mr, Osborn
introduned a bill authorizing Phila.
delphia City Councils to revise the Del.
aware wharf lines south of Dickerson
street and north of Ann street, Port
tichmond, in order to prevent wharf
extension at regular intervals. which
would deflect the river channel! towas
the New Jersey shore. [A similar bill
vas introduced in the Hous )
stewart. | Bilis on first reading
cupled the evening, Adjourned
In the denate,
lowing were
nominations re
Trustees of Dar ‘
Boyd. of Danville: B, H. D
Williamsport; Steuben Jenkins
ming; B. H. Throop, Seranto
8, Miner, Honesdale. Gener
tor of R Practice-—E
Shakespeare, of Phifadelphia,
of State Board of Agriculture
Young of Dauphin county,
of Harrisburg
Messrs, Henry
county, Hobert
ampton county.
Pennsylvania Hospital Charles
Boyle of Favette: E. A. Wood,
gheny; W. B. Brown, Erie. Ga
&c., Inspector in Allegheny
Robert M. McKinney. Mr. G1 viy pre-
sented a communication from a «
| mittee of a public meeting at the Pi
delphia Board of Trade rooms,
January, relative
which requires
State or other bor
be given
in constraction oi
ment of their works. The
represent among other th
| putting up of
indicated would
{ of a railroad of a
tand virtually i
i road law. They recomr
bill be confined to cities
| class. The committee «
! Price Wetherill, John Samu
McAuley, Benj. 5. Janney
IL. Buzn leferred to the
Railroads, The
- In
ber of bills were reported
on the 24th, the fol-
among the Executive
ved and contirmned,
Hospital 1). M.
fla
Member
James
Trustees
Hosoital
bert, of Dauphin
Lamberton,
Managers of
unatic
Ot
iia
io property
z , thie
Lions vile
Rec
i
rete
1} f x
nullity
on eee riale
he
dénate, on the §
favorabie manner, the
15th
RT
Seals
CHEESE Were 1na
Greene: Watres,
] Hal
A163
Lhe Senate
. ad
a Board of
define their
supervision
houses in w
Te rT ———
or Vrealment
v 10 amendment,
Allegheny,
the Committ
form i
amendment 1
L671
g1 I tax,
ing the poll
reported fas
on
resoiution
the Constituti
Adjourned,
HOUSE.
a Const ins
LS
jh
410 J
3
a writ for
LE mis &
March 24uh,
3 +3 1}
by the death of
an
¢
&
AcCKawanna co :
to prohibit the adulteration
rugs was favoribly reported
ber of bills were i
death of Representative Falls, o
rence counly, was announc Mi, OD
motion of Mr. Stevenson, a committes
Was appointed to draft resolutions. A
committer of nine was also constituted
| to attend the funeral or the late mem.
ber. The House then adjourned as a
| mark of respect to the memory of the
deceased,
—1In the House on the 24th. the bill
| authorizing the eleclion of township
| school superintendents was passed final-
{ly. House bill making the pay of
| county auditors §3 a day for time neces-
| sarily spent in the performance of their
duly, and their mileage 10 cents per
mile circular, the latter not to be estim.
ated more than once a year, was passe]
| finally. The resolution from the Senate
| protesting to Congress agains the abo-
{ lition of the National Board of Health
{ was concurred in. The House bill to
| provide additional means for the de-
{ struction of the Canada thistle was
| passed finally. The House adjourn,
In the House onthe 25th, the Speaker
announced that he had issued a writ
for an election to be held March 24th to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Revresentative Falls, of Lawrence
county. The bill to change the present
mode of making contracts for the pur.
chase and sale of stocks, certificates,
receipts or other evidences of property
was disc assed at length. Messrs, Hul-
ings, of Venango, and Schoatterly, of
Fayette, opposed the bill and Mr. Bates,
of Crawford, spoke at much length in
its favor. Further consideration of the
bill was postponed. A message was re-
ceived from the Governor approving
the resolution urging upon Congress the
speedy passage of the bill to place wen.
Grant on the retired list. The reading
of the was greeted with ap.
plause, Adjourned.
In the House, on the 26th a number
of bills were introduced and Mr, Meo-
Cullough presented a bill from the
broom manufacturers of Philadelphia,
withdrawing their objections to the ap.
ation for the Pennsylvania Work-
og Home for Blind Men for the reason
that the substantial ground of com.
plaint had been removed by the pro.
discharge of broom hers, ete,
act to provide for the better secur
ity of life and limb in cases of tres in
hotels and other buildi was arvended
on second reading py Stewart,
Philadelphia, to require iron -
to be built on the outside of buildings.
The bill was then laid over, sand the
frit
SATO
Law.