IN THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM, " Give me thy dreams,” she said. and I g With empty hands and very poor Watched my fair flowery vision die Upon the temple's marble floor. “ Give joy," she cried. I let joy go, I saw with cold, unclouded eyes ® The crimson of the sunset glow Across the disenchanted skies, “ Give me thy youth,” she said. I gave, And, sudden clouded, died the sun, And on the green monnd of a grave Fell the slow raindrops, one by one. “ Give love," she cried. I gave that, too, “ Give beauty.” Beauty sighed und fled, For what on earth should beauty do When love, who was her life, was dead? She took tlie balm of innocent tears Te hiss upon her altar coal, She took the hopes of all my years, And at the last she took my soul. With heart made empty of delight And hands that held no more things, I questioaed her, "What shall requite ‘he savorof my offerings?" " The gods,’ hand Give guerdon for thy gifts of cost: Wisdom is thine to understand The worth of all that thou hath lost.’ —~{ London Athensum. fair she said, “with ’ The Wester Expres. RANDOLPH, said . BY “71 love hi Esterhall. He was not AMY her, we, moth (ruion a general way, much of a talker. { nsequently, spoke, his words had the weight of | sense and rarity. But Mrs. Esterhall, | the fine old lady who sat erect bef the c excited to consider all this. “The wife of my son, she, ‘‘should bea lady, born ane —n0t one of those girls who | are t lear, sea-coal nr re, was too much Gruion, TIRAVE 114d to fight the world until all gentlene Lrace of ti and unselfishness i wm. No, I car sent! The young man smiled slightl; “ Mother,” said he, dis $ wry hard! the V DOSSesses its until the face h much friction. said Mrs. Esterhall f dis i=. os are g 2 in Humph! ‘No one it LITO] I may mother?”’ Mrs. ‘I have said she. ** Bat t Henry ypendale me Esterhall &! no desire Guy Irving tickets for Carrie Chi has accompany we} be on Our e and Guy fancy of hi for my dan " Ester} must have And in hersecre with an when Miss Chir Crui wnil 31 st taken eave exceedis evening, in a * tO have a ‘one may as well don’t you know?" My dear, you are lookis gaid Mrs. Esterhall, appr wingly. Miss ( hippendale was a sort of ha man camellia japonica~—fair, graceful and serens——with | express iue e cherry-red lips, flax-gold fluffy erimps over her Hg le ¥e -“ hair, deawn in forehead, and an unchangi smile ne 8 perpetually hoverin her lips. She had been cated, and she was destined by parents to make a brilliant mateh. The Chippendales belonged to aristocracy-—that is to say, they had never done any work and had always spent a great deal of money. And Mrs. Esterhall had decided that Car. rie Chippendale was the very wife for her son. If only she could convert Guion to the same opinion. Guion Esterhall was exceedingly courteous to Miss Chippendale that evening, but not a whit more so than mother. The old gf g vighly vighly the he was to his own lady was somewhat disappointed. “But never mind,’ she said to her. self, “one must have patience.” She went shopping the next day, to match a shade of Berlin wool. to buy some lace flounces and to decide on new portieres for her drawing room at Esterhall Manor. At one or two o'clock she experienced, not hunger, but a ladylike sensation that “tired nature’’ needed some sort of ‘sweet restoration.’’ “I will go into Maricotta’s,” thought. Maricotta’s was full, as it generally | was at that time of day; but pres. | ently the old lady succeeded in ob- taining a seat in a curtained angle, | where the waiter took her order for a | chicken-salad and a cup of ten. Just | themshe heard a clear, low volee on | the other side of the drapery, as a party settled themselves at a re-| served 4table—Miss Chippendale’s | soft, well-modulated tones. “Oh, yes, Irving was very fine,’ | said Carrie. ‘Oysters, pleage—g | box-stew for one and fritters for two and three cups of Vienna chocolate, nicely frothed, walter—But all the same, I nearly died of ennui. The old lady is the most dreadful bore you ever knew, and Guy is a regular prig. Handsome, you know, and very talented, of course; but one don’t want to be on full-dress parade as 10 one’s brains the whole time. He isn’t half as nice as Freddie For- tune~only poor Fred hasn't a cent to biess himself with, and papa looks she | i thunderciouds at me whenever he calls, But once I'm married, it—'’ A chorus of well-bred giggling in- terrupted Carrie's words. Mrs. Es- terhall rose hurriedly from her seat, and made sll haste out of the res. taurant. When the waiter came with the chicken-salad and the tea, he found his customer gone. The her friends enjoyed their Vienna much indeed. Mrs. Esterhall decided to return to Carrie Chippen- dale’s graceful treachery had affected her more than she had deemed pos- sible; and, leaving a hastily written note to explain to Guion that she had which reached at branch train for She was traveling alone, as XPress, Junction a last things and follow her the next | There had been a heavy snow-fall, | tempestuous, and the train was run- | ning behind time. At last it came to a full stop. Mrs. Esterhall start- ed from a doze and looked anxiously around her. Ten o'clock! : Some a watch. ‘Why, are due at Clevedon at five minutes before nine !’’ “Yes, I know, sir,”” spoke the offi- “but road all blocked, Western express is overdue | We're waiting here | » signal on,” 1 what's to keep us from wait petulantly inquired gontieman gontieman . f one said, | COn- ductor, we the is ow g 1 VO move ‘*An ap ai ing aii nignt gir—unless the Western heard from." Esterhall ¢ a rittl began to be sredessly back from a head. tly thu i comingto Mrs, Ester. oft, sympath- Yo . res Mi As Ie i] to eat—hbefore | I have home ken sandwiches in my bag,’’ gested the “My aunt in- | ai them, although I dined heartily before leaving home, and I have |OMe nice, oli 14 § pretty girl. sted on my taking pat a little alc of g yoid, strong tea as well. If you | will allow me to prepare it for you—"' Mrs. Esterhall was a genuine tea- | maniac. A new brightness came into her eyes at this suggestion. i You very kind,” said she. | But you will want it yourself?’ No,” smiled the girl. *‘I don’t] care for tea But my kind old sunt | would put the things in. Now] am | glad that she did so.” i In minutes, Mrs. Esterhall had eaten and drunk, and felt in- finitely refreshed. How it happened, she did not pause to question herself, but she presently found herself re- elining comfortably, with her head on a pillow improvised out of the folded blanket shawl that belonged to the young girl; and, mingled with her drowsy reflections, came the soft, low murmdrs of the sweet-faced brunette, who had changed her seat and that of her companion to the one directly back of Mrs, Esterhall, and was talking almost in a whisper. “No, I am not going back; and I do not intend to communicate my ad- dress to any one.’’ “Not even to him?" “‘No, not even to him." “But he loves you, dear.” “Yes; and that is the very reason I am deter nined to create no dissen- sion between him and his friends. Perhaps he will forget me,’ ‘ He will neverdo that.”’ “But at least I shall feel that I are He ive eyed girl, firmly. * I shall love him not have ruined his future.” ‘And all this,” eried the compan fon, '‘out of deference to the whims of an old woman whom you have never seen !'’ ‘Out of deference to his mother, Alice,” gently corrected the first speaker, ** What a quixotic notion !”’ dream- ily mused Mrs. Esterhall, * But she has an excellent idea of duty, this “That is you, all over, Effie!” gaid the friend. ‘ You are always effac- ing yourself in favor of some one else. Here you are giving all your tea and sandwiches to a person you have never heard of, abandoning your seat to a poor little woman with a crying baby, because it is a trifle nearer the stove, and, to cap everything, giving jup the man you love and who loves you, because—"' i ‘* Because it is my duty,” said Ef- fie. ** Please, Alice, don't let us dis- cuss the matter any longer. Itisbe- cause I love Guy that I am willing to sncrifice everything for his sake.” ‘Guy! Bless my soul! Guy!” thought Mrs. Esterhall, sitting sud- denly up. ‘‘But, of course, there are other Guys than mine in the world.” Just then there was a tremble of the frozen ground under them, a roar and rush of lighted cars past them. Express at last!" shouted the choleric gentleman, bobbing up in his seat like an india- Oi “All abo-o-ard!”’ bawled the con- ductor, with a twitch at the bell-rope ; and on moved the train at last, creak- ing and groaning | serpent In pal leaned over the like some Mrs. . y ack of the » n. Esterhall b seat, to- the (ruion said she, between engine, “My dear,” the hat you are speaking of?” ‘is it Esterhall t Ti sould not repress a « . : I thong! byt Ril {| sit by me 1 girl started and os 80. here and I am his mother, and I want to talk to vou.” It was two o'cloe il Station, but was for them, with warmers and abou CO- STRANGE THINGS DO HAPPEN. Was This a Coincidence, or was it Something Still Stranger. i the explanatio of it? % 1 3 i Verai reii- » went to Mr. Paul d Charge n nnors nd sa Warburton, ¢ Warburton he wrote, and but t as well, and in every ticular the story as told will the He wrote Miss Warburton, Cleveland He simply thought up’ a fictitious name and put it on the register, as he had often t the town r wil do it true to facts, why bh Next day when the guest came to pay his bill the cashier looked up the account and said: '' You have been here three days and thire are two ex- tra dinners for your daughterand one for Miss Warbur- ton.” *“ Miss Warburton?’ “Yes, Miss Warburton of Cleve- Is there something wrong?”’ “Two extra dinners is all right, but there's something wrong. How did that name get on the register?’ Idon't know, I'm sure.” ““* Well, I have a certain reason ‘for asking, and I wish you would look it up.” So the clerks were questioned, and Mr. Gores said he wrote down the name, ‘* But how did you happen that name and that address?’’ “I don’t know, I'm sure. [I wrote the first thing that came into my head.” “That's the most extraordinary thing I ever heard in all my life.” They did not venture to ask ques. tions, but he told them any way. “ Miss Warburton of Cleveland was a dear friend of my daughter. She died about three years ago under very sad circumstances. When my son and daughter were with me at dinner the other evening we were talking of her, and I dare say my son and daughter, whom I left up in the par- lor, were talking of her at the very moment that name was written. I'm sure I didn't mention her name in the hearing of any eclork.”’ ““ No.”! said Mr. Gores. came to me." Then they fell to wondering whether it was simply an unexplain- able coincidence or a beautiful case of thought transference.—{Chiea go Record. charged-—one to get “It just Sheboygan, Wis, is the City ; most of ite wees are HIS FAMOUS FRIEND. An Anecdote of the Late George W. Childs. We walked about the renovated Ledger building as we chatted, look- ing at the improvements, when sud- denly we came upon Mr. George W, C. Drexel in close conversation with a visitor. Mr. Childs's eyes opened wide as they rested on the pair, and he whispered : “Here is an interesting character. Let me introduce you.” The visitor rose as we approached and greeted Mr. Childs cordially. He was a fine looking fellow, of good neight, sparely built, but sinewy, strong and lithe, He stood straight as an arrow, with shoulders well back and the airof a Life Guardsman at “attention.’”” His hair was brown and cut with military precision; his eyes pd Well I could see them-—were of a steel gray-blue and very pene- ili iii ans coolness and nerve. His complexion where the sun does not shine often and the climate | mild and somewhat damp. He wore whiskers, but a close-sropped His dress was very of His sOit ulster modern cut which a lon or » : SHOOK mine, mir was We had a few minutes’ conversa. before i as Mr and the ne yayinie on and going mn and into xt I passed Mr. Bidwell IS & Very agri eable Yes He speaks several langus author that | said I. His iar to me, but “Then it name is famil I cannot 10n 11 $14 ARNOCIiN- enrnest NLercess On 10 bu & wi arned 1 I ROFT fl his parts HOW ers 14 i ‘ { S| Post Office Supplies. All the 3.3 {KY} niost post ery 1 balls, an ball 1 k out of its middle. Thusen nduced to start hateend. Formerly as apt as not to begin wit} ding up with a ball unwrap- from t they the wir on an average was wasted. The 65 0%) post offices use up 100 reams of manila paper blanks every day. One of these is put on the out. side of every package of letters sent out from post officers, bearing name of the sending post office, date, &ec. Half a million lead pencils are consumed anngally in Uncle postal service well as quarts of mucilage, 1,500 of ink, 10,000 pounds of bands 12,000 of The alone cost $5:000 every twelve month. For making postmarks 28,000 ink pads and 30,000 pounds of stamping ink per annum are required. Six million cords are used every year for register letter re- ceipts, an expense to the government of $9. O00 every year, 200 a week being needed to replace those which are worn out, broken, or burned out with post offices. —{ Was hington Star. A Terrapin Farm. Sam's ns quarts rubber and pens, wns : ross There is terrapin farm Mobile, Ala., said T. E. Bwift, of Mobile. There are but two of these farms in the United States, the other being in Maryland. The farm is sur- rounded by a high fence, and canals re cut through it with narrow ridges of land between. Every terrapin that is caught off the const is taken there, and fishermen are constantly kept at work hunting for them. he ends of the canals are so secured that it is impossible for the terrapin to escape, and they breed as rapidly on the farm as they do in their native haunts. Several thou sand of them are constantly kept on hand, while from 10,000 to 12,000 dyzen are sold annually at prices from $6 to #10 a dozen, the market being principally in New York and fhiladelphia, from which points the sntire trade of the country is sup vlied. At meal times the sight of thousands of terrapin scrambling up a anique and interesting one {St Jniqu Globe-Democrat., : 4 = % SAAS ——————— muy - STAMP COLLECTORS They Were Not Desired in the Portland PostofMioe. Persons engaged in making collee- tions of postdge stamps should not obtain situations in the postofice, as two subordinate employes in that io- stitution here have just been dis charged on this account, says the Portland Oregonian. For some time complaints have been made that stamps were taken from letters and packages before they were delivered, and at last this became a regular nuisance. It was not possible to find out who was taking the stamps, #0 the matter was put in the hands of an inspector, and after considera- ble trouble he ascertained that a car- rier and a distributor were the prits. owner. Sometimes packages order that the stamps might be ap- Foreign stamps and Co- were the ones chiefly Persons making collections the stamps there was trouble. times letters arrive at the office here with the stamps gone, showing that there are stamp offices who ment ordered the service. their dismissal cscs III sss. Asnirants, {or matier of nhie Some Notable {ejection of nominations bh has not been a sid om Occurrence Mr. EB: mrteenth person on th ipreme sd of confirmation in the John J. Crittenden if Kentucky, nominated Roger Jackson York, Pennsylv Taal ANEeRG i preme Bens w § 4 nominale eS Bench =a These were by John Quincy Adams in 1x28; B Taney of Af see 3 1 RA VArYIianao, * : . Spencer of New by % award Kino f ranma Kang ol lohu M IRE V ide Pennsyls Bradford ilmore, 1852 MIDAVIVANIS tienry Slanbers $ Bominatic un tl nt til, three sit ins thn SGD 20 LL ar, snnsyivania, tinh ehanan, Johnscn, r. Stanbery 44 134 B In6l; yhio, bY M on of ( n of ‘ 3itteas 18668. (Th i vi vy x Indi rested je Loma ¢ i als wr mir. iter, of Mr. Stan- months uname ey General | vd, and nlirmed ist iary until ye man Attor: n Mr. Stan Attors buch Aas wr ing of Masaa- i Hoar of V LLARTES Hornblower f of YY oly paras ¥ fat I OK OOS i185 for positions preine Court SIA - II Fins Come, Will 1t Be Gentle? { May indifference of Gentle spring with the #8 Wers 2 careless is the oid rash Thereis no t it ing Ary inws story, a thrice told ! yf be nd ai Oi be And faking the 1 Be J Just Wf the year when resalls are n une in the wholaround we Serious ordinary want of eare than now ii ler perature anil in- m : phess, rusamatiym is rey ad pr sient and in the most ageravated forms Even inthe pursuit of the season's pleasures, 1% pastimes and sports, there wii be a pro- ligious crop of sprajus and bruises, of lame backs and stiffened limis, of neuralgic affec. lions and sciatic troubles, Men and women will suffer intensely, and only because they iail to be provided with what is known to be the romedy for them all, When it is said th Bt. Jacobs Oil is that remedy, it is only say- ing what thousands know and have pronounced it the best, thousands Taking it year in and year out the coldest hour of ench 24 bours 85 o'clock in the morning ~~ Ulster, Penn The Worst Oase the Doctors Ever Saw Hood's Sarsaparilla Perfectly Cured “(CL 1. Hood & Co. Lowell, Mass. “Dear Sir -l wish to testify to the great value of Hood's Sursapart in. some time 1 had been troubled with sersrala which early Inst winter assumed a very form. Sores A My and hands and ually inereased until ¢ reac to my shou tors sald it was the worst ever saw and incurable. | tried reme. dies but to no avail. A friend recommended / - Hood’s*=*Cures A French Duel. It the French are prone to chal lenge each other ww fight duels on the smallest provocation, they afe al- so prone to bring them to an end with very little tighting. It is credibly related that, on the occasion of a duel between two mem. bers of the chamber of deputies, one of the combatants was taken with a fit of bleeding at the nose just as they came upon the field. “Blood!” exclaimed one of the seo onds of the other man. “Blood has been shed. The honor of my princi- pal has been satisfied.” And the parties and their seconds thereupon gravely left the fleld. nA ss. po 216 Bus, 8S Lbs Oates Prom One Bus, Seed, This remarkable, almost unheard-of, yield La Crosse, Wis, by Frank Winter, of Mone North. ern Oats, carefully tilled and Irrigated same, and believes that in 1864 bs can grow 1rom one bushel of Great Northern Outs three hundred bushels, It's a wonderful oat. Ir vou wits, CUT THIS OUT AND BEXD IT with Sc postage to the above firm you will receive sample packages mammoth farm seed A tana, who planted ons bushel of Great catalogue. A prehistoric human skull uiston, Ala. , in 188), measured ound at An. 54 inclies in How's This! We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for nny cass of Catarrh that caonot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, F.Jd. Caxxxy & Co. e thunders gued. hh ve ki ney for thelast 15 years an 1} fectly honorable in al i , Toledo, O own F.J.Che- sve him per- transactions it any obliga- Ww tion mads by their firm West & Tuvax, Wholcsale Odio, Warpixe, Kixzsax & Manvix, Druggists, Toledo, Onio Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intersally, act. ing directly upon the b ood and mucous su { Testimonials sent frea iedo, olesaie uy ug » re The Hollanders are the greatest fea and coffee drinkers. For Dyspepsia, Indig disorders, use Brown's } Tomic, It rebuilds the Bicsod the muscles. A splendid medic and debilitated persons. and Stomach sre the Best and strengthens § wen ne [or It takes nn gallon pe and of ehessa, 2 8 r ' KNOWLEDGE Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. 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