NEWS OF THE WEEK |
—A cloud burst near Pantans, Ari-
zona, on the 9th, washed out &ix miles
of railroad track, and damaged a num-
ber of bridges. A freight train was
wrecked and three train men were
severely injured,
~The President on the 11th appoint.
od Moses A. Hopkins, of North Caro-
lina, to be Minister to Liberia; Henry
W. Gilbert, of New York, Consul at
Trieste, and James M. Reese, of New
York, Consul at Three Rivers, Canada.
Rev. Moses A, Hopkins is a Preshyte-
vian Minister. He was born a slave.
-Rey, Henry Ward Beecher has
written a letter favoring the Insertion
of a high-license plank in the platform
of the Republican State Convention of
New York ‘‘Because absolute prohibi-
tion is an absolute impossibility,”
—John IL. Sullivan pitched in an
amateur game of base ball at Cleveland,
Ohio, on the 13th, After the game he
was arrested for violating the Sunday
law, and gave bail in $500 for his ap
pearance,
~General McClellan arrived in Chi
cago on the 12th from the West, and
was entertained by his military and
political friends during the day. In the
evening he was given a reception by
the Chicago survivors of the McClellan
Dragoons and the members of the Na-
tional Veterans’ Association.
—The steamer Sardinian,
among her passengers Archdeacon
Farrar, the eminent English divine,
passed in the St, Lawrence at Rimou-
_8ki on the 13th. Secretary Whitney
and Commissioner Coleman returned
to Washington on the 12th.
Charles Young, E. 8S. Curtis, and
Arthur Wheeler, young men. and mar-
ried, were drowned on the 13th,, at |
Rockland, Massachusetts, by the up-
setting of a boat.
—A violent thunder storm visited |
Canton, Mississippi, and the surround-
ing country on the 12th,
aged. A gin house was struck by
lightning and one man was killed.
~The Secretary of the Grand Monu-
buildings in that city.
of the Grant Monument State
mittee of California, held in San Fran-
cisco on the 12th, Mr. Stanford said
easily.
tribute small amounts for commonplace
monuments, if something was projected
that would
the people, and the amount required
would be forthcoming.”
—The first of the races in the inter
pational contest was sailed on the 14th,
and was won by the Puritan, which
defeated the Genesta by 10 minutes,
19 seconds, corrected time.
was over the New York Yacht Club
outside course,
~The Board of 2
pointed to covsider ‘plans for the con-
struction of the new naval vessels met
on the 14th in Washington.
two weeks,
— exports of beef and pork prod.
ucts during ten months which ended
August 31st, 1885, amcunted in value
641 cotnpared "with the export of the |
corresponding period of 1884. Our ex-
ports of dairy products during the four
months which ended August 31st last |
were valued at $5,280,504, against 87 -
832,619 during the corresponding period |
of last year,
grade near Guilford, Indiana, on the
12th, and the rear section afterwards |
telescoped that attached to the engine.
Nine tramps were imprisoned in a car
loaded with oats, and three of them
perished of suffocation, A passenger
train on the Northwestern Railroad
tumbled down an embankment while
entering St. Paul on the 14th, Several |
passengers were injured, one, a young |
woman, dangerously.
-~A house in Montreal, known as
“Noah’s Ark,” which contains more
than twenty families, has contributed
to the mortality returns ten deaths
from small-pox in one day.
~The Young Men's Democratic
Club, of Brooklyn, on the 14th adopted
resolutions endorsing the Administra.
tion of President Cleveland and pledg-
ing support to the local candidate for
Mayor.
—Captain Albert E. Goodrich, a pio
neer in the navigation of the great lakes
and founder of the Goodrich TAMAR
tation Company, died -on the 14:ih in
Chicago. Daniel Dorsey, proprietor of
Barmum’s Hotel in Baltimore, died the
same day at the age of 74 years, He
married a daughter of David Barnum,
founder of the house, and succeeded to
its charge twenty-one years ago. Col.
Daniel Krebs died on the same day in
Pottsville, So 3 Yours, He ne.
Pottsville under President Buecbanan,
Inspector of Customs at Philadel-
phia under Collector Cake,
«The celebration of the centennial
Sing Portland, East Stroudsburg, |
shenandoah, Pottsville, Bleakleyville,
Allentown, ‘St. Clair, Girardviile and |
other places. Officers were elected as
follows: Moderator, Rey. F. 8, Dob.
Lewis, of St, Clair; Treasurer 8. L.,
Weldman, of Portland, Addresses
were delivered on temperance and
Sunday school work.
tral Railroad tumbled down a 30-fool
15th.
C. Burger, fireman, were killed.
sengers were injured,
ter is T. J.
horseman of Paris, Kentucky,
injuries are supposed to be fatal.
Star, the successor of John Kelly’s or-
gan, appeared in New York, It an-
party concord,
cil of Great Britain.
—The 250th anniversary of the settle.
ment of Hingham, Massachusetts, was
celebrated, with firing of cannon, ring-
Solomon Lincoln,
Secretaries Bayard
Attorney General Garland, were pres
ent. It is understood that the silver ques.
| tion was considered.
—The President on the 15th appoin:
ted the following Customs Collectors:
i John McWilliams, for Providence,
Rhode Island; John S. Hager, for San
{ Francisco; William J. MecKinne, for
| Cuyahoga, Oblo; John Flanagan, for
i Southern Oregon.
—The first State Convention held by
the Prohibitionists of Maryland met on
| the 16th in Baltimore. Henry Taylor,
{ of Baltimore, was nominated for Comp-
troller, and the nomination of a candi
the Executive Committee, The Prohi-
hitionists of Baltimore will hold a con-
vention to nominate candidates for
Sheriff and Register of Wills, and Dis-
i trict and County Conventions candi
i dates for the General Assembly.
—Up to one o'clock on the 16th re.
Wisconsin of their votes on the license
question. Twenty-two carried a $500
| heense, thirty six carried a license of
$200, and in only one town was a $350
| fee adopted. The low license majorit
in Milwaukee is nearly 15,000, “The
| result of the elections throughout the
State 13 a great surprise to brewers, as
| it was not thought that a dozen places
| would adopt the maximum figures.”
—The Aztec Club, composed of offi
| cers of the Mexican war, met on the
| 16th in New York, and adopted the
following: ‘‘Resolived, That the Aztec
{ Club of 1847 records their high admir-
ation for the character and nmortal
| deeds of their Sustrious vice president,
General U. 8, Grant, and their sincere
sorrow at his departure from wus"
Professor Coppee. of Pennsylvania,
read a memorial of the General.
— Comptroller Durham has forward.
ed 10 the Solicitor of the Treasury a
| transcript of the accounts of George
i B. Loring, ex-Commissioner of Agri-
culture, so that suit may be commenced
| for the recovery of about $20.000 of
Government money alleged to
been illegally expended by Loring in
the purchase of seed, etc., for the de-
partment,
—James Whelan, who was appointed
United States Consul at Fort Erie,
i
Canada, several weeks ago, and whose
appointment was reported to be object.
jonable to the Capadian Government
| on account of his prominence as
{ member of the Fenion brotherhood,
| has been recognized Ly the Government
at Ottawa as the representative of the
United States Government at Fort
Erie.
—The State Brewers’ Convention
| met on the 16th, in Harrisburg, Pa. and
| elected the following officers: President,
{| George Graybill, of York; First Vv ice
| President, James A. Green, of Car.
lisle; Second Vice President, C. B.
Adams, Kendall Creek;
Secretary, bd. H. Ettla,
Recording Secretary, W.
Reading; Treasury, J. C.
Bradford.
~The second race in the internation.
al contest took piace on the 6th and
was won by the Puritan. The course
:
*
ilarrisburg;
W. Wunder,
Greenawait,
the Puritan reached the finish 2 min-
utes 9 seconds, actual time, or 1
minute 38 seconds, corrected time,
abead of the Genesta, The race was
perhaps the most closely-contested on
record.
~The Democratic State Convention
of Maryland met on the 16th in Balti.
more, J. Frank Turner, of Talbot,
was nominated Comptroller, and Spens
cer Jones, of Montgomery, for Clerk
of the Court of Appeals, both without
opposition,
Mrs, Webster and Dan’.
Great as Daniel Webster was there
must have been times when he felt that
Mrs. Webster was the biggest of the
two. Some recent reminiscences of the
0, Santa Fe, New
says that although the coun:
to the south of that place is filled
uid efforts size being xinde
ot an
Inala or a Seng 2 captured,”
Indians are working thelr
the San cpm ra
it was not an uncommon thing for him
to take his son aside and observe:
"Fletcher my boy, let us go to Frank-
lin to-morrow, We'll have a good
time and leave the old lady at home.’
How many baleyon experiences in the
lives of married men will this touching
little domestic incident recall, Into
how many conjugal hearts has stolen
the sunshine of that delightful legend,
“Leave the old lady at home,”
~The title of *‘count” san
purchased in Spain for $2.50,
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A BONG,
I wandered by the brookside,
I wandered by the mill—
I could not hear the brook flow,
The noisy wheel was still;
There was no burr of grasshopper,
No chirp of any bird,
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound I heard,
I sat beneath the elm tree,
I watched the long. long shade,
And as [t grew sill longer,
I did not fee! afraid;
For I listened for a fooufall,
I listened for a word—
But the beating of my own heart
‘Was all the sound I heard.
He came nat, no, he came not,
The night came on alone;
The little stars sat one by one
Each on hix golden throne;
The evening air passed by my cheek,
The leaves above were stirred,
But the beating of my own heard
‘Was all the sound I heard.
Fast silent tears ware flowing,
‘When something stood behind;
A hand was on my shoulder,
I knew its touch was kind;
It drew me nearer——nears—
We did not speak one word,
For the beating of our hearts
Was ail the sound we heard.
TR
FATE'S WEAVING,
“I want you to help me in this,
na,’ said Guy Ashton, coaxingly, to his
pretty little sister, Mrs. Lane, “If I
am to go out in a month, for a month
let me have all the enjoyment I can get
out of belng master here, It was a
beastly will, but I ought to be thankful
for my vear of freedom here; and I
am'-—with a frown; “but I’m not go-
ing to let any old uncle, dead or alive,
select a wife for me, So in one month
I make way for the heiress, Miss May
Howard.”
“1 wish you would let me present you
to Miss Howard, Guy,’’ Mrs, Lane said
in love with her. She 18 a perfect darl-
I do wish you were not so contra-
ry and bent on throwing all this wealth
away, just through a whim,
queer will the old man made; but you
That was why he never married,”
“*A strange reason for his wanting to
marry me to the daughter,” Guy said
disgustedly; “and I distinctly decline to
be married to her, 1 have never seen
her, and won't see her until the middle
of September, when I am to give all
things into her fair hands, Now. don't
preach, Mina but {il the old place with
guests as soon as you can, Let my last
month at Sheldon be a merry one You
but no
bores,’
“Any one, Guy?”
“A dozen or so, who will help us get
I am sure
you will be able to bring together
very agreeable little party.”
“1 will try, dear,” said Mrs. Mina,
with a sly glance from under ber long
A
on the grass at her feel, a dissatisfied
frown on his dark face and a bored look
the fertile fields of the Sheldon domain,
Almost eleven months had passed and
the young man had declined even to
but held the property in trust for her.
He had sent her a very frigid and for-
had not replied;
inch.
He would not allow her to manage a
heritance.,
So Mina sent out her invitations, and
When it came |
she was all in a flutter of rapturous ex-
citement,
“I don’t know what will come of it,
but I would do even more to see Guy
herself, having read the letter for the
fourth time. *‘I really do not know
what men would do without a little of
our help sometimes.’
(I have often 80 wondered myself,
reader.)
At the end of a week there were
fourteen guests at Sheldon, each one a
social, literary or musical celebrity,
and certainly a pleasanter or more
informal party never were gathered
together in a rambling country resi.
dence.
“Do you expect any others, Mina?’
her brother asked one morning as he
and she stood watching an animated
contest over croquet on the spacious
lawn.
“One more, a lady,” she answered,
“She is very lovely, but an orphan and
not at all wealthy. 1 want you to see
that she isn't lonely with us, Guy. She
is not acquainted with one of our
”
“Very well, Mina, what is her
name?”
“Miss May--Viola May. Isn't it
pretty?"
“Yes. Isshe fair or dark, Mina?
Has she blue eyes or brown? Is her
nose Grecian or pug? Ls ship —p”
is the earriage, and you may stand here
and see her as she descends from it.”
Mrs. Lane hastened forward, arriving
at the steps as the carriage drew up be.
{ fore them. A moment afterward Guy,
| watching, saw a slight figure in gray
spring lightly out and caught the sound
of a soft laugh, which was echoed by
his sister, The laugh was a very sweet
oue, impulsive and girlish, and full of
a music peculiarly its own, It made
lim anxious for a sight ot the face of
this new guest whose name was unfa.
miliar to him,
jut the face was not turned toward
Lim, The slim graceful, girlish figure
went up the steps with Mina and in at
the great door, and he had seen only
that and eaught a glint of fair hair un-
der a little gray bonnet,
The day was intolerably warm and
{ Miss May did not appear until all had
| gathered in the wide old parlor previous
to the sounding of the dinner-bell.
Guy was standing at a window far
down the room as she came in with Mi-
na, and some unawakened chord in his
| heart vibrated at sight of that flower-
| fair face, surmounted by masses of
| flossy, golden hair, of which the hight
| made a halo, It was the very sweetest
| face he had ever seen, without color,
| save in the crimson of the delicate,
haughty lips, lighted by long-lashed eyes
with impetuosity and sweetness —a face
fair as the dew on a flower, but full
the capabilities that make a woman 80
truly worthy of the reverence love of a
man.
Mina led her to a
| and présented them.
of guests
went
group
Guy for-
{ dark cheek, and a8 his name was men-
| tioned wondered why the beautiful
| face grew suddenly crimson and the
gray eyes fell, Just then the bell rang,
dinuer was announced, and he found
| himself leading Miss May out to the
| quaint old dining ball, with its mas.
ings and the ancient air of comfort and |
we alth,
““I could give it all up wi ithout a pang
i for such a face as the one beside me.’
Guy Wiougtat,
ou around h 14 he
listened to the
Crisp nothing which,
like champagne
bubbles, lingered bat 4 moment, bat 1n
that moment were brilliant with dia-
mond-giitter.
* bis sister sald to lnm when
they were alone a moment just before
“Guy,
the night, some hours
sorry you have pot
It will
separating fot
later, ‘are you not
consented to see Miss Howard?
soon be too late.”
“It 1s too late now,
wered ber. w
Mina” he ane
rith his customary frankness,
“1 have seen a face that will
to beauty in all others; for good or evil,
my fate has come tome, and if I can
teach her heart to lean on me, I
give Miss Howard all Sheldon
a murmur, trusting to my
hand to make a way for me in this wide
world of ours.”
And Mina scarcely suppressed the
! ery of glad surprise that arose to her
lips. An hour later she
very earnestly to Miss May in the lat.
ter's room, and the fair face of the girl
was warm with color.
* ® - * ® *.
wealth and broad lands, but
empty handed man, with energies and
capabilities on which he must depend
for a future. Ile had written to Miss
Howard, and she had replied; in three
| days she would accept her property,
that was all she
note,
Half the guests had gone,
{ Miss May among them. But,
| last evening of her stay, Guy had led
her down to the river, unmoored his |
| skiff, and rowed with her over the sheen |
' of the waters, under the full September |
moon,
How fair, how surpassingly fair, the
bir] looked, trailing her hand in the wa-
ter, a soft white scarf lying lightly on
her golden hair. Was it the moonlight,
or was she white asa spirit sitting there
go silent?”
“You are going away to-morrow?"
She started a little at his question,
but smiled as she answered.
“Yes, I'm going away td-morrow. I
| have had three very pleasant weeks
| for which I must thank Mrs, Lane
| and you.” The last two words very
softly, in a low little voice which may
not have been quite even,
“Nay,” Guy said, resting on his oars
and pushing the hat back from his brow
restiessly with one hand. “I will have
no thanks; those three weeks have been
the happiest of my life, If I was not
to be almost a beggar in three days—no,
I will never be that—but if I was not
to find myself turned from what has al-
ways been my home, and I fancied would
be mine one dav, lL would ask you to let
me make you mistress of Sheldon, I
would ask you to accept the best love
of my beart, which is yours and will be
while I live,”
A light which was not cast by the
moon shone on the face of the girl,now
earnestly and womanly.
“You would offer mp a royal gift,”
she answered steadily. “Do you think
I would prize It less if the broad lands
of Sheldon did not accompany ite”
His fave flushed darkly,
asked her, i
cheerfully labor as shall XI, if you will
let me labor for you.”
She placed her hand in hisand Le laid
his lips upen it.
“With Heaven's help you shall not
regret,” he half whispered, *“‘Ican let
Sheldon go now, 1 have what js far
dearer—your love, Bay it once, my
darling, you love me?”
pered It, her flower-like face bent very
lowly; but he caught the murmur, and
the frail shell of a boat was allowed to
of happiness into the moonbeams or
into the shadows; they did not heed,
It was late when they rowed back to
the landing place and left the boat; la-
ter when they arrived at the house and
found Mrs. Mina in a pretended fever
of anxiety.
“I thought you had met with an ac-
cident,” she said scanning the two con-
scious faces with much inward amuse-
ment. ‘It is very late, and everybody
has gone to bed.”
“1 am glaa you arealone,”” Guy said,
stammering a littla, “I want to tell
you what haus happened, and—and—in
‘Iam so glad,” exclaimed Mina,
springing up impulsively, and giving
Miss May a very sisterly kiss, “Now
everything is all right, and Uncle Shel-
‘s will 18 going to trouble nobody. 1
new it would it would take a woman
a cut the tangled threads, and I did
I regard myself as quite a genius;
and you should both be very grateful to
”
Hon
ve
me,
“What In the wotld are you talking
quite turned your brain,” Guy said, un-
easily. Has sister looked at Miss May,
who colored very guliltily.
* she said,
Viola May Howard, and—and 1
hope you will not love me less, now that
you Know it,
| meeting you in this way, and I wished
to see what sort of a fellow you were,
before I did what J meant to-—signed |
off all claim to Sheldon. But now, if
yOu are angry
; pleading in her gray eves would
have stil] ed his az Rex had there been
in his heart for her; but there was
{ nly love, Uaomi nindful
he bent and kissed her,
“My darling.” he said
ARger nor reproacl
ve from me."
And so Guy and his fair ¥« ung wife
are to li out their peaceful lives
Sheldon, while Mina constantly remin as
then they owe their happi-
ness 10 her harmless plotting,
hie
Any
not
of his sister's
presence
tenderly,
Yaeither ies shall vou
EVE rece
+
ve ai
unclouded
some thin g to do wi
th it.
SR
-
Wesican Motels and Servants,
remain there any
keeping, and can thu
bly and economically as anywhere
the States,
{0 have a saloon or a meat
on the ground floor,
in flats; the houses are usually three
stories high, and the top floor is con- |
gidered the best, Jt will rent for $100
a month, while the second
for $40, When a house is to be let
Mexico the owner sticks an oid
in the window. It isn’t
in
news
ical and understood by the community.
are pretty sure to have several descend-
that the whole family go with the fa-
lations, and they are fed from your {a-
ble and sleep under your roof. The
husband may be a shoemaker or a
saloonkeeper or a hackman, but he lives
where his wife works, There are usu-
ally rooms enough in the house for them
all and the only food they want is
plenty of beans and what is left from
your own table.
Ireland.
On the whole, Ireland is looking up
industrially. She has now 81,284 acres
more ground under cultivation than
she had a year ago, the increase being
largely In flax-fields at the expense of
girvs8 There has been also an increase
in the number of horses and mules of
13,930; of cattle, of 115962 and of
sheep 232,628: while a decrease of 37,
428 pigs is reported. These figures in-
FOOD FC R THOUGHT.
They desphie 1 riches that despair of
them,
One must be poor to know the luxury
of giving.
We wish for more
more of it.
The purest water runs fvom the
in life, rather than
Prefer truth before the maintaining
of an opinion.
Behool houses ar
of fortifications.
Those who hope for uo other life are
dead even for this,
Great truths are generally bought,
not found by chance,
@ the republican line
The first great work is that yourself
may to yourself be true,
No ashes are lighter than incense, and
few things burn out sooner.
The more honesty a man has, the less
he affects the air of a saint.
Darkness, sobitude and remorse are
grim and hateful company
Next to love, sviopathy is the divin.
est passion of the human heart,
Ceremonies differ in every country,
but true politeness is ever the same.
A man’s good breeding is the best
security against other Il man.
Lets,
The best
tas
UIs ge i
people's 1
in.
that
manner of revenging an
mitate the person
Do that which is assigned you, and
you cannot hope too much or dare too
much,
Work is the weapon
who lacks the weapo
umph,
of honor, and he
will never tri.
Keep yourself from envy; it is the
shameful pasgion ip
world,
Men are never
ties they have, bn
by the ad
the
versi.
killed
ut impatience
i ¥
Repentance without
continually pu
mending the leak,
Little drops of
dment is
without
alnen
mping
rain brighten
tle acts of
the
Kindness
! brighten the world.
To make the most of
the least of the evil of li
| philosophy of life
Deliberate with cautio st act with
decision; and yield with graciousness or
oppose with firmuness,
The way to 7 is not to di
wily: iL 13 WO con
F000 an
the
{fe the hes
ane SPAY
Cri t
You
your
abandon rea
un would
must not
pleasures,
Improve the wit 3
:
Ana Lhe ws
i by sad ex;
have bougt
Less time spent in
the duties
and contents
The afflictions of this
umerosus nor t
ireth a rough fie
's vip ae ’ uid
S32rtio
us wealth
100 0
A
t by his 00 LA.
man
A word of kin wken
opped
ness is “seldon
which evend
OWerT.
two handles,
by the handle
{ faith.
Never let the world see thal yo
fond of your own person; a pol te
pever finds time to talk of himself,
If you wish to be as happy as = Xing,
look at those who haven't as much as
you, not at those who have more,
“We must Jearn,)' said the great
Al
is power,"’
oe springs up a fl
Every to morrow has
We can take hold of
¥ wis ga
alia
u are
man
b-
limity into trifles. That
Large as this world is, :
after all, but a mere rostrum on
the immortal mind speaks its piece
Qur alarns are much more numerous
dangers, and we suffer much
an in reality
and
Ow
ity
We see
therefore
much a man has,
hini; did we see
we should rather i
How
vy
ys,
him.
Never fear to bring the
motive to the smallest duty,
most infinite comfort to the
trouble,
Reflection
truth: consider
ties to support reason,
exercise it,
The thunder of great words does not
always betoken a great thought, for
many 8 grand salute is dred with a
blank cartridge.
Seloshness, though refined, is stil]
but selfishness, and refinew.ent ought
never to interfere with doing good in
the world as it exists,
To think kindly one of another is
, to speak kindly of one another is
better, but to act kindly ons toward
another is best of all,
Conceit is an assumption which is to
Nature what paint is to beauly--not
only needless, but a detriment to that
which it is meant to improve,
Never swerve in your conduct from
your honest convictions; decide be-
cause you see reason for "decision, and
then act because you have decided.
What veracity is to speech, fidelity is
to action. As we may safely depend
upon the word of a truthful man, so
we ma Jepend upon the dedogs of a
faithf
oa is sore immious in earch.
ing out bad motives for good actions
when ormed by others} than good
motives for bad actions when perforined
by ourselves.
Whoever looks for » friend without
sfections will never find what be
We love ourselves with all our
faults, and we ought to love our friends
in like manner,
| is an of :
it i» und ina very
that which we commonly see is not a
but a subtle dissimulation to gain the
confidence of others,
The hills of lofty endeavor and
achievement lie around a and Eis
iblimmest
and the
stunllest
is the guide that leads to
facts only as authori-
or as subjects to
EEE