To a Child, O little child - What mysteries, what pure lovely’ things Wait vet, and rest with calmy fold- ed wings Within thy soul untempted, and undefiled ? What noble song Deep-toned with made seraph-clear, What word of faith to doubt-duled ear in thy ‘heart, through dages long? love hy truth witke the Bleeps unguessed What To mighty deed conquer war and end a nation's woe, loose the chain man go, Unknown within ment's need? To and bid a bond- thee walts the mo- a O unbeguiled, Time runs apace to speed thy fate ful hour. That sleeping rouse to the little thought will power ona day And world through thee, child! g5e52525e525252525¢ 252525252585d085 Lovely Betty. €352525257525:5252 2525252525252525, It caused a nine days wonder among the Twalli am whe n aews got about that Mr. George tersley had left his wife poorly . a ls shake thou people of and ers so jed for that would be obliged lous home, provi to and live economicall house. For leave their small lassed Mr a very neome exha: plantati terived ~a d od expen plain surate, who justify ma: for years pretty th been one, ter's sale Da ssed to with a roomy home her; and most of her now as it apartment in the house “Mother,” e med Al from her little bed, “leave that old sheet, ghosts in this room exorci by human a practical turn. I have alip and sli been very qu thing, not about can that when 1 find some paying work You were a baronet's and have never m ancestry It ought rich snobs. Prin devolve the pes shared haspened open xcla talk! Ther who and and sed Convers sation heard them ie when the place haa let Talk about some We and hore! bat our poverty, better Look gran enough help us g dear old Sir James Affington’s re in your dis course with visitors!” “Never, my dear! replied Battersliey, firmly. “His name only remind people of that scandalous woman who was his third wife. Be. fore now illnatured persons sald she was my own grandmother ~ghame on them!-—and ha made me afraid to talk of relations. She disgraced your great-grandfather’s name forever!" “How interesting! invalid. “Oh, mother, do cheer me up with the awful tale, and so make me forget my aches! She was called lovely Betty, wasn’t she, and became the most talked of woman of her day, the ido! of princes, poets and paint. ers? Began life as a tramp's child, did she not, and ended It as a bar onet’'s wife, after dukes and all sorts had gone mad over her? How came great-grandfather to marry her, mother?” “Because he was sillier than do got of 3 your name 1m Mrs Yo gy exclaimed the the rest” dignantly, but once, Jar She replied Mrs. Battersley, in “I never saw the creature though I heard all about wast getting very stout, losing her beauty, and taking to drink; and she married a foolish man to have a home and behave actly as she liked. Well, she more and more, spent and gambled, | beat him and knocked him about if oxpostulated—and then die week before he did. an inguest and scandal and very,little of the came to my mother, socond wife's daughter! that of three wives, and worst should the title Lady Affington be remem bered.” The mother the daughter free from feeble; and might pass about again. with dingy turned stood he fit was Mri without Affington wads un- last one end: fortune the fair who So t00, the make one to room, and Though quitted the left alone, pain, Alice feared before She was bodily was she that months could be would have to wall paper to to her right, old she lie there at she while on robe many Coming path were wife of as the ft left larg ward the ze, had been her YOQrs. along four chaplain to the chaplain hims naval officer 1 poor Alice some and a you 1g Jay, a his hol which the narrow persons: Mrs, tha m: the brotl} the admire years ago, for had 80 Maria warmly wel and insisted must mother. It was they see her with nice peopie after all, to keep up them in and fini pat SCream OW o dragged nearer ‘Av Ami see you,” oothingly ffice, you know © nirit id And cat againat and hing queer have a noing and things, cou explain away is mice, room Rev wife's with John request, laughed haunting the and fin shake few herry words, of a ghost tapped the warhobe a “Of walls, ally good there is a noise! cried. “It is Miss Maria's b necklace, broken and rattling the cupboard, the dish running away with the in this little old Course ¢ hea about or movement hel Any house will SPOONS, p thease sounds!” that necklace roan res On being assured spoons were for r, Mr. Jay gave a few more raps and humps, and then asked if his brother and son would be allowed upstairs for a minute, The chaplain, no or snsible the old Mr. the inside, the captain and schoolboy, having pulled the wardrobe closer to the window Jay announced that from part of the back seemed to be slid ing down, revealing a gap behind, which was apparently filled with rags, A roll of these rags being pulled out by the achoolboy's daring hand prov. ed to be an ancient and much dis colored pair of corsets, of very large size and extremely heavy; and anoth- er palf then followed, much the same in quality, and with gold coins escap- ing from the patches in which they had been sewn. The ladies screamed and shuddered at these objects, and the quest now became so exciting that the men soon broke down the remainder of the false back which hid the rest of thé treasure. The { rivate hoard bags, Lovely Betty's p bare, In three little the corsets first di nines A of a shabby neck! yet cardboard diamond in the narrow an unframed oll painting, which Cap extricated carefully from its hiding-place picture represented such a BWent of gen hen 1tniocus was laid added to cuvored, were ve many g small silken of a box rings. ry composed contained value: two bundle skirt certain od ting available | Hees, x- | and a | plendid | clogo] space was al : tain Jay 9 i) The } beautiful young woman,’ so | aspect and fair ral ery of admis | first shown, T of the next of face ation greeted It w , evi of ag wo minature One other came t ight: and, packets of letters the dy Af made a great sen imced by ex painted eo! paid a would gladly of Lovely Atel y “high figure sama girl, the finish, several The sale of notorious lu i | a 1 | Angton's portrait ation, it being prono } lp rt to be Wt ever her as nrice fannmpy fancy 1 millionaire and have secured other relies Jetty at a pr howevi I, y» of the Bten-gr portions to the exquisite at-grandmoth- proved ol : nefi «1; and Maria took jewelry ¥ letter advice of the Rev. John +} had } ¥y 4 Prey they had 18t MAKING THERMOMETERS, Which There Is of Difference Instruments in Great Amount them Another a0 on, guide «© in stan tly takes then al ing degre Then thes frames and and their Philad« ITALY'S FINANCIAL STROKE. and each to } SRTOGE low for mark ve put de. off have other fractions uarked iia Record Ted | Her Debt on a 3 34 Per Cent. Basis A Financial Rehabilitation, event of first rank the his. of European public fa the financial rehabilitation of Italy as reg. istered in the conversion of her 4 and 5 per 3% basis OM the { 000,000, only £740,000 were prea nted instead In Januany, were down to 72 and Premier Crispi had admitted { Italian finances in pretty {shape. Step by in little {than twelve years, the work cuperation has proceeded, A 20 per cent. tax on the interest coupon forced a considerable con: version of the 5 per cent. to 4s, The budget was cut ruthlessly. A sun plus began to appear and the king. dom gtopped borrowing. Three years ago Itallan currency reached par of gold. When a few weeks ago the conversion plan was broached German holders of Italian rents began to sell and the purchases were made for Itallan acosunt in pro portion, When the conversion went through the Italian rents were found to be held largely in thelr own country. This feat of rehabilitation was ac complished at a time when European money markets were under heavy pressure.~Bcloctic Magazine, in debts An tory gaccessful rents to a of $1,620, the securi redemption, cont total of | ties for of conversion. 1864, Italian rents on the Paris Bourse that bad more of re were gtep STATE OF PENNSYLVANIL Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. While knocking che 8 Clyde up In a g off bur: old on of Joa nn Township, was wounded by ad without the boy wa mista animal by some hunter or wrether he was shot taking the che not ki John Rider driving along i saw the boy tree H went to and found his and cuts from i tnut treo Auman, the Auman, shot and person who detected a RP B yeur ph of some iether vild for and for 1OWnH the lving gee ken winuts is was and body and the died con cious and EAInIing was along the 1 ! } far from the ugh the no one aut] oritie gation \ecording rad Martin thirty 1 Fahy, Years an employ of the higt Ea evervhody Led and known to , dropped dead ia Mauch Chunk He pre ff his engine to heart failure ended his life One big black bear was killed and another badly crippled in Clinton on the opening day of the Andres Wilson, of ghot and killed a on Rattlesnake Run, ir end of the county, which will steaks for many of his for aOme time come NNnaware and was io along at the statio: had oil road tha HH fust atop up wher County Lock ind the SEASON Haven, bear, upper furnish friends 400-0 4 DO tn foraging killed be- put up a of Far Bruin was caught along the stream fore he had a chance fight Charles Allabach, randaviile, the champion bear hunter of the county, started out Monda loaded for bear. He selected Fernev Run as his battle ground. He espled an old bear and two cubs at a dis tance and endeavored to sneak up to them The old bear saw him coming and he was forced to fire at long range The charge took effect and the was badly wounded judging from the loss of blood, she got away. The cubs also es- sapped While William Hoffa, a boy, was riding on an elevator in a Shamokin livery stable he was caught by a ploce of timber and erished to, death, "or Linn DOAr but John Berger, of Shamokin, did not move when his mother called him to go to work Woeoednesday morning. 8he went to his bedside to awaken him and found him dead, probably from heart disease. While about to say supper table Hillary Epright, a wonlthy farmer who resided near Brownback's Church, Chester Couns ty, fell dead. He eat at the table with his head in his hands after his usual custom before saying grace and his long silence caused his wife to glance at him, grace at his r A fr 2 ¥ Jno. 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