Fhe Centre Hemocvat, ——————— Harold's Fault and Ww roucht Him to- Little Harold Duncan was as bright ® boy of thisten as one could wish to wa Li fact. it wae oftem remarked bat a Boe ook g boy he was, and what churn ng wanoers he had. He gmemed a it lv gentleman by nature; and yet, among the children he was pot a favorite, Why ! Because of ene great blemish in his character,— at it geonter fur, in his or soy one’s, thao ih always reslzed, He was an un matigated tease, Be was the only boy, amoog five si tere, and at home, and the youngest. Els parents felt very tender of their Gy, aad could scarcely see auytbing in him &0 correc. The sisters we.e oll considerably older than he except ome littke Flory was only one year cbetr, mad his chief playmate. Beiog prwsessud of 8 q ick lemper and keen sanseof justice, she was just the materiul for teasing; amd she got it. or child! Her life was a bur- den 0 her. It did no good to appeal ve usher, or mother or older sisters. She only received reproof for iwmpa- tience and evil Lemper. Harold was ouly in fun, tid, Yes, even more; he was aetually Bell up to ber as an example of plewant, sunny disposition. He was always happy sod eontented. Why shouldn't he be when nothing was al- lowed t: cross his will? So blind are we! Or the day on which we make his | & q .sinlance, important things are at | haut. Master Harold Duncan and pis sister Florey (that last needs to be | written a little smaller) are to give a party. To go back a little: Away down in Now York lived cousin Milly, young lady of sixteen, whe was com- ing to make them a visit, She was a | great favorite with all the family; =o Harold conjured up in his busy brain the idea of giving a party that he might show off his city cousin to “the bas.” No other boy had such a beaatifal cousin, he was sure. [He even assented quite graciously when | Florry pleaded for the girls to be in- vited, although he usually pretended — at home - to hold a very low opinion of girls, The “idea” found favor with his mother and sisters, as moat of his ideas did; and now the preparations were all made. Cousin Milly had been with them two weeks: Jowvely in form and feature and | dress, she was mre lovely in charac ter and masnvers, No one gould meet | Ter with ut pleasure, ard po one ald live with ber more thsa two weeks without loving her, It bad been a fortnight of mingled Pitter and sweet to Harold. He had tried bard to be on his good bebavior; but somehow, seemed fated to bring a sorry look into cousin Milly's sweet eyes so often; He had spent every spare minute by her side, drink ing in her every word and smile and motion with almost worship, and yet he bad a feeling that sh« didn’t quite dpprove of him. She never laughed when he pulled Florry’s hair, or ridiculed her nose, or called her ‘a wasp” beeause of her quick temper, or ‘a sonflower’ because of her round face aud yellow hair. No: such thing ver made Cousin Miily laugh; but she wou d draw the little girl up to her, and kiss her with f amiles, or comfort her the sweetest with the good old-fashioned maxiom *Hwdeome he who handsome does.” The very Sanday evening b fore when she was reading to the children she had suddenly laid her book and given them a little talk about a cer: win verse in the Bible which said : | #Lst this mind be in you which was | also in Christ Jesus.” Harold won- dered why she did it. Sarely he was « good bey; be had heard his mother my 10. She must have meant Florry. | 8 mehow that last bit of comfort didn’t satis’y him. Now the party | was coming off; and he meant to put | in master strokes and force his cousin to sdmire him, At the appointed hour the children assembled in the parlor, and Cousin Milly was begged sage in end help entertain thei o Ieowas 8 prod mament for Hamld. De the time his coosin had Been in the room balf an hour, every Bay and girl was her willing slave. He brought the cousin emversition as ofien as possibl just to show that he had an ownership in har which none of them could elaim, Alo, he put forth his best eff rts appear well in her eyes, and felt that thes time he was measurably success fal, To be sure his ruling passion to Lamar 8m one wonld oyercome him once in a while, but it happeoed to belo ways that his cousin didn’t wolice, shy was } i | i 3 i 5 Dé 18 All went thas woll until refresh ments wore served. While the hap py children wer eating their candies sod nuts, Cousin Milly sli from the room for a few minutes. When she pr turned she found a little girl close by thedoor, crying sofily to herself while A gentle 1 y : lozenges Horry gave me “ts bam! Cousin Milly turned reproachfull to Harold whose back was toward her. Just at that minute he slyly reached out his fost and gave the leg of the chair a little pull. The girl who was about sitting down on it sab, | of course, on the floor, bamping her head on the chair. Master Harold sprang forward with great show of gallantry, to help her ap, at the same time giving » wink and a grin at the boys. His arm was suddenly caught. He looked upto meet cousin Milly's blaz- ing eyes, as she exclaimed, with = ring to her voice that he had never heard before: Harold Duncan, I am ashamed of you! Harold stammered out something about “only in fun,” and tried to walk away; but she held him tightly, and answered: “I think it is fiendish to find fun in the suffering and unhappi ness of others! Go sit down on that chair, sud stay there, while these chil’ dren finish their candies in peace, which he did, in such humilation as he hod never felt before in his life. he was glad when, not long after his guests departed. He crept upstairs and—big boy as he thought himself— cried himself to sleep. Nor did he come down the next morning to see Cousin Milly off for her home, but her. She has probably the finest col- lection of dolls in the world, and the is constantly adding to her stock, Her dolls ravge in size from the smallest to several that are nearly as large as their owner. Two of them cost thou- sands of dollars apiece. Every summer Mrs, Sharpless and her child go abroad, and the latest Parisian inventions in the doll line are purchased. The dresses for the largest and most expensive dolls are made in Paris by Worth. They are pertect fits, and costs more than the average American girl, even in fash. ionable society, pays for her dresses. ® The dolls’ wardrobes of Miss Sharp- less are wonders. Each of the favor. ite dolls has half a dozen miniature Saratoga trunks filled with dresses and other clothes. The underware of the dolls is made of the best of lace and the finest of silk, They have the latest style of shoes and wear the new- est shade of hosiery. All of them have hair, not of cornsilk, but gen. uine, and the heir is dressed accord: ing to the existing fashion. Miss May takes down and puts up the hairs, and when she gives a dolls’ party as she occasionally does at her home in this city, the doilies hair is arranged by regular hair-dressers eu~ gaged for that purpose. At her home in New York May has dolls’ houses, watched her ruefully from the window. carriages, and a regular doll's estab- left, and place it to the left of Milly into hia | In spite of the anger he felt at her, he could not help loving her, sud won- dered why it was that he could pot get on with her, or with the boys and fiela (especially the girld) at school Vhy was it boys?—S8.5. Times. A MOTHER CLINGS TO HER CHILD —— | A thrilling scene occurred in & baby case in court at Butler, Pa. a few days since, bison married pretty Catherine Monks ever Lwo years ago. as others have and other little matters and thea sepa rated. The court ordered the child to be given into the custody of the father, bat the obdurate Catherine de | fied the authorities and fled to Kan. For siding | two | sas City wi'h the bave. her in stealing the child her brothers and a neighbor were sent to jail, but released on bond after having induced Mrs. Harbison to return after an absence of seven months. Daring ise progress of the trial the court in | structed the husband to take the baby, | but the mother firmly grasped it, de’ | claring that she woa her d et " 8 at Bho ; ond Fat jer dia than | = oy om escaped alive. |give it up. The Sheriff was ordered | goo the proprietor, to assist, but without avail, the excite’ ment running high in favor of the mother. She frantically clutched it, aod still refusing was sent to jail, a were her two brothers and Wendel Hickey. The mother says she wi defend her child with her life, ‘ i | { delphis, jomped from — ABI A CHINESE TABLE ETIQUETTE As soon as the guests are seated on small, low tables ase brosght to each On the one immediately in front ’ Of him the guest finds seven little cover- | ed bowls. On the second table will be five other bowls. The third, a very | small table, should hold three bowls. Take up the chopsticks with the right hand, remove the cover of the rice bowl with the same, transier it to Lhe Lhe Then remove the cover of the rice bowl table. hean soup and place it on the ver. Next take up the rice th he right haod, pass it to the left, and eat two mouthfuls with the chop- sticks, and then drink once from the soup bow. And s0 on with the other dishes—npever omiting to eat rice b tween each mouthful of meat fish and ( r Wil vegetables, unlgss you forget, which is | your mouth and which is your right band, or become so giddy thst cannot tell your left hand from a chop’ stick or your rice bowl from your third table.— Chicago Tribune — —_— THE RICHEST CHILD, ——— The richest child in America May Sharpless and is nine years old. She is estimated to be worth §9,000,- 000 in her own name and right, ae. cording to a correspondent to the Philadelphia Times. Her is ex-Gov. Abbet, of New Jersey, Even her guardian finds it hard work to keep track of all the wealth that flows into pretty little May's coffers, Before she is of age, if nothing hap- pens, she will be enormously wealthy, and the man who secures her heart will become the husband of probably the richest woman on the conlinent | ten years hence. May Sharpless is the daughter of | a late member of the famous dry -goods | house of Arnold, Constable & Cb, | Sharpless was the resident member | of the firm in Paris where he died, | His daoghter was born abroad. She speaks French and English fluently | and is rapidly acquiring a thoroogh knowledge of German. She learns very rapidly and is very fond of the stage. Her youthful talent has ex- hibited itself me re than once ln tab leaux and private theatricals, Two summers ago she was at Sea Grit, a fashionable resort on the Jer ping fi Tg governess, were given, and May made a big bit in several sentimental parts, May's bis trionic talent is hard to restrain, a she wants to on the stage at t J TAP Muy Sherplew's dolls Bat that are the wonder of all who know ia Young Farmer Har | They quarreled | done about the baby | you ] guardian | lishment, Her dolls’ parties are well worth witnessing. She invites girl friends to bring their best dolls, and the reception is modelled exactly af- ter receptions in high life. Eograved invitations have been the dolls were brought in | V saped behind, and corsets; bustles land the usual female parapheroalia | made up the costumes As most of the do ! when wound up the scene in the pars lor as they moved around, using their fans and bottles of smelling sols was | decidedly realistic. — oY A— ELEVEN LIVES LOST Monday morning & few minuls | before 8 o'clock the Muandine Hotel, | a three-story brick building at Rock { dale, Texas, was found to be on fire, | and according 10 those who were Lrst on the gro oe it was all on fire at | once. Inside were thirteen souls, only Dr. W. A. pulled wut of the burning building with i" bair and beard singea off and wise badly burned, leaving him his wife snd four children, Was V behind who perished, Pemberton Pieres firm of George IL Zeigler, of the burning | building and was killed DM. Ola man of Dallas representing the fir of Fanponr & ( of Galvest th yr tha rr present ng Phila in OH 4 0.4 the mats, two and ssmetimer three | uped badly singed. | The mystery about the thing is that 30 many sh ald have perished when none were higher up than the second story, and there were galleries and | exits on the sides of the building. | No one was heard to call Or scream {all dying without a cry for tho zh a great crowd quickly gather od and exhausted every effort to al ford a reseae, The remains of have been recovered fi the but they are unrecoguizable. great pall rests over Rockdale | every business pl closed Pier ¢ is the only wich ™ | C he Pr. 3 i several m rains, A and Mr. Ie ACE n Bos . dent of Rockdale he Mundioe H at $8,000, and was T. B. Kemp, whose store part of the building, was | burned out. His loss was $5,000; in surance $3,000 Joseph Rowland’s | building was crashed by the falling | walls of the hotel, but his stock was | saved. though badly damaged. He is fully insured D. M. Oldham one of thesurvivors | who oecupied the extreme Southeast room on the second story, says he | was awakened by a roaring crackling |sound. He thought that a storm was | raging and that the window blinds | were being torn down. He soon detected smoke and arose | and went to the door and opened it lonly wide enough to see the flames in the hall, Hastily closing the door he | went to the window, threw his clothing | out on the wide veranda surroundin | the Sonth and East sides of the —— story, aud from there to the ground, and then followed by sliding down | one of the supports of the veranda, | Almost immediately after reaching | the ground he saw a man supposed to | be Pemberton Pierce, rash oat on the | veranda all in flames and leap to the ground, striking on his head and be ing instantly killed. Those known to have perished are : Mrs. W. A. Brooks, wife of the proprietor of the hotel, and her four sons: 4, 0, 9, and 15 years, respective ly; J. F. Briscoe, wife and two little children and Isaac Crown, The orgip of the fire ia as yet a subject of conjecture. —— —————— WT AIO———— Mr. Pullman's brandy costs 810 a a qoart. We wish he would drink ootes liquor and put bettcr soap io in sleeping care. Imi bs NII Twelve of the thirty Republi. can members of the U States Sen- ate will be delegates to the Chicago Convention, valued N gee WAS for 81, occu ned a insured i - | sent on several of these occasions, and | carriages | by their mistresses. They wore wraps | their dresses were cut low in front and | consequently increased power to with | stand the shock of a collision, | scoping is hardly possible in a Is could walk { tion with i be readily rec completely i THE MERITS OF THE CAR VESTIBULE Speaking of the injunction in favor of the Pullmen company, restraining the Wagner people from the use of the vestibule attachment, a promi nent railroad wan said the other day: “The vestibule attachment is one of the most important improvements of the age tow «rd the perfecidon of ab- solute comfort in passenger car con- struction, Several yerrs ago, when the dining car was introduced and the practice of preparing and serving meals ov railway trains insugurated, it was found that timid people, espec- ially ladies and invalids, experienced great dfficulty in passing fro.a their seats in the sleeper to the dining car when the train was runing at a high rate of speed. The open platforms which they feared to attempt passage in fine weather and which in wind or storm, or both, was impassable to people with delicate coustitutions. If the dining car system was to be = success, this objection must be over- come, and the Pullman people themselves the task of bridging the chasm. ln order to sccomplish this idea of the vestibule, and in bringiog | it into successful usage the railway | companies, as well as their patrons, find that the original difficulty but that a great many other marked | advantages have been secured in the | introduction of the vestibule Ove striking feature is the additional strength sreated and distributed over the entire train by the close fitting of the coaches to one another ond the Tele well the al | ne from irames { drive ead ly wed nt rain, simple fact that the steel rest the force which wou The c equippe i vestibule ear into another. er mos ch Lhe f the train sre end wh ne ugited | factors will genized as a ber i Cy eficial result he steadiness but is ’ ticeahle at o aril wirstibhle t . : cep ’ ‘ ‘ rin read or write in the « dertake to The vestibules, beside berths s¢ who, having wdinary car, un do #0 in & vestibule Lrain protecting il ft 3 Th i 0 passing } #0 of the train, serve storm doors (0 a residence, sudden drafts an ord Ai is prominent froma s is the deadening of th the purpose ol and pre which the § al. 4 vent the f LH Car pening i a WAVE CIES ars “ nt, | made | a @ f the ’ 4 } OF S88 Wile conversation ! IL IN ANY Way by the rapid revolu . over the ratle, #5 thal may he carried on wit siraining the voice. | The constra builded wiser t! BOO i in al tors CATS A eed aholishing many pelly aot opances that beset the rail way traveler, even on the best €quip- — A A— TERRIBLE AFFAIR. A { A very distressing affair irred at Williamsport Sunday afternoon on the river, g their by drowning, the Jack of the case | being about as | ws: Y lay at} | noon Fred Rall, Harry Rall, George Staib, Frank post, James Hagan, Bevd Gainter and Rober: 1 | boys rangiog from ten lo hileen ¥ { of age, crossed over i island | nearly opposite the foot of Locust | street, on the boom sticks that reach {to that point, Their object In to the island was to kill ground m low About three o'clock they started for home, retarning as chey went, on the boom s:icks; when about thirty feet from the shore Robert Riedy slipped aod fell into the river, but, catching bold of the boom stick, suce ed i getting upon it again, Afier go a short distance further, a 4 : was with him lamped into Lhe walters directly alter this youog Rie ly stops od with one of his feat 100 A hole two hova lost lives ealer 2 Wl iy. eR 71 ie going i r i inl y p ’ » was plunged into the river again, A YOUNG HERO, Bavd Qainter, one of bis compan. jones, had a switch in his hand and held it out to him to take hold of, but be was two far away, and fostesd of moving toward the boom stick was getting farther oft. Seeing that Rie dy, who was unable to swim, Was in danger of drowning, young Guinter jumped in and swam to him. By this time Riedy wos sinking for the third time, Brave little Gainter sue- ceeded in getting his friend's above the wates, but as Riedy bad fastened his arms him, the sisale opus him was too much snd both to the bottom of the river. RECOVERY OF THE BODIES between the cars formed a gulf over | end they evolved and developed the | witnessed the drowning, and throw ing off come of his clothing, s*am oul | ty where the boys had gone down, He, however, alter diving several times, | failed to find the bodies, After twen’ tv Ly thirty minutes hal els sed John ! Burkhart su Ir bouies to the surfree, The body of Boyd Guinter was tuken to the home | of his parents, No 234 Lycoming street {and that of Robert Riedy to the vn’ { dertaking establisnment of John GG. | Fronhiser, Third street, below Hep’ (burn. Before it was taken there ef ceeded in bringin | otherwise, LO secure a return | but all failed, | made with young Guinter at his home, Dr. it saw that the work was useless, BONS OF WELL KNOWN to life, CITIZENS, Boyd Guiater, one of the aboxs un’ | fortunate boys, was between thirteen | | and fourteen years of age, and was | the oldest son of Prothonotary Johan | | L. Gaioter. Tue other boy, Robert | | Riedy. was between fifteen and sixteen | years of age, and was the oldest son | | house painter | residing at No 441] | Elmira street, | Mr. and Mrs Riedy | | were away {rom home at the time of | the sad affair, dn a visit to friends in both forts were made, through rolling and | E. B. Campbell arrived while | hie is going on, out he immediately | co— Ex- Governor Hoyt thinks that Pre- {ident Cleveland wili be re-elected. { That Is very geueral opinion of per- sous who choose to say what they think, cy ——— - A 8ft murmur is breathed ioto the | enrs of a delightful world, It is said | that Beaator Allison, Favorite Son of | lows, thinks of taking to himself a {a wife- “Tis better to have a good | wife than to have the Presidency — i {and the Istter is somewhat harder | get. to — A A—— CRIPPLED BY A KISS, Similar effiris were | A little boy a cripple, was | wneeled past a Centre avenue being store, | when a gentleman who noticed the (uufortunate child, said: That Intle | boy's misfortune is the resalt of a kiss. | When he was a baby his sister, on | coming into the house, went up be’ | bind the high chair in which he was sealed, sod catching bis bead sudden: ly, gave it a turn and kissed him. The | * » . : | shock injured his spine, aad he is go- ing through thew 1 a ecrippe for set | of Mr. Caspar Riedy, a well kuown lite [Bay City (Mich) Tribune. —— ——— BREAKING THE BROOKS LAW. : M. R. Moore, of McKe be ad BN ay iby | 1] , of ] esport, whe the Nippenose Valley, and returned st | 4 heen making trips iv the interest | a late hour last SBouday night. has | oot only been completely overcome | 3 : made by decay in the boom stick, and | A aan by the osm of Jon Casey" - COURTSHIP IN ZULULAND i W. F. Pood says io Woman: When a young Zulu galus his ‘gum rieg"” | which 1s a ring worn upon the crown of the head, and is obtained by per- | forming scme deed of walor, or by special gift of the King, sod which stamps him a man as guished from a “boy, "sy his first duty married, and if he has not SAry COws LO pure hase 8 Wile, he must tal kraal and tl When he has chosen th was Known Lo mmence op en aistin £8 10 get he neces. : om, he makes his intent [ SOME eneaies sles) e e aay, 1 § £1 | i Aammiivy. AD they ys ht Ug W r was braised ra's nw ae ney sending a mesenge coming. } fesenis Bleed aud xssagal to the family, wh £ 10 a Cire le He them, and presently the Iady dr $n i #q i} 188 Of the lads Dear BUSLs an ars, attended by riends aboul hi own age - him over for some lime and floally requests him, through her he looks brother t not being etiquette | speak to him direei), to rise and turn | | round sod rovod, dis playing bis pro snning fire of | +4 rt Is der a rt 8 the » disreel t y ut | 1 is ents the rl pee eject: she, keep awards him | gain and retires evous 4 Py friends of log a Hal 8ilond { a or natler ken ob, will | arse there are hut such a husband w yald i more | exceptions fiod a difficulty in provar bg | | | - THADDEUS STEVENS, » : OF Slavery presented itself to him in the form of ronaway slaves, perhaps sore and bleeding, pursued by & mas ! tor and these slaves imploring the | | great advocate W speak for them in | Bat he did not wait to be| If » slave was arrestel with- ledge, it was his invariable | forward aud voluoteer | is a tradition to] gz that he seldom | court. | eked in his know role in come | his defense; and it | this day in Gettyshur | fatled Wo secure the rel There is a story : tive. 00 in his pocket for the purchase of | books. and on hic way through Mary- | | land being besought by a despairing | woman to § {hand, who was in trath the son | her master~‘Are y {well your own flesh and blood? The master replied; I mast have money and Joho is choap at 8300. He booght John, gave him free papers, and [eame home 10 Ge Wysburg without his | new books. - H J. Thumma of Camberland, ing the ten first days of May while on Peter's mountain, Dauphin county, Pa, killed twelve soaker OF four different species, consi ting of seven black soakes measuring 43 feet 6 inches; two 00 4 feet 6 inches; one rattlesnake, three feet 10 inches and had 11 rattles; two blow- ing vipers) 8 ioches Oa the 13th and 1 dur. | default of bail was committed to {and a paragon of sivie, | swollen and rofl. ese of the fagi- | current there | ULIOD Was of his starting for Baltimore with £3. | yrevent the sale of her hus | of § ou not ashamed 0 | 1888, | | of a distillery at that place, and tak- ing orders for liquor by the jog' was arrested under the provisions of the Brooks bill, on Friday last, sod in the Mercer jail. It would be well enough for « | hotel keepers and all others interested tL» have a copy of the Brooks bill oa baud and carefully study its provisions, and follow them to the letter in order Tiat 11st 1 ii i ers, 10 #avVe f Dues, and save value ble time which may heve to be spent in money in the shape « ollering in Lhe « suty jail, WE WHAL = wi 0 sO ol ered by any ga fh y One these canes, but was 3 imitation, aod American girls many Now, however, in Lond ble Cimpii’ g 4 ana 0, blessings prepar ed The tall sianis notice. with }eerbohm Tree has cess of Wales walks Mrs intro” duced a stouning Pompadour where it lo ks appropriate and chic, the Masarguise we with a jeweld head , watch Boston girls creeping into tie Canewearing ustom. — Botton Herald. — i— : Tarioca Cara Custard —Soak five desertspoonsiu? of tapioca in one lint of cold water for five hovrs. Boil a quart of milk simply to the fomm, lohfier: add at oned the tapioca wi pinch of salt then add grads of three eggs Q piul of One stirring coosiantly Tarn out into howl snd stir gentiy into the cooling the whises of § heats "froth. Flavor jemon yrange sherbet and eet s In tiffen. A bot pioea pudding, which i 100s, 18 made hy soakis same quantity { tapioca in three pints of milk; let it wand in a warm place, not hot enough to eoock it, antil the grains are quile [hen beat up the volke of four eggs with a nbif pint of sugar and the grated rind of a lemon with all the juiee, if 1 pot & very large Put in a pan, which it fills prin " cane p i f nio ' De Gallifet, carries It will be : t 1 L§ 1 Gl gars RuBiD, five minnies A mixture e egus wilh ' & r aside s 4 be # nh a i. 1 1a 1% Qelic oe r the RE LN | to the top, and bake 1a a quick oven, antil the top is quite a brown crust; serve hot, on A — THE LIQUOR QUESTION M. E. CHURCH IN THE I—— After a long discussion of sews ral days ia the general conference of the 8. E. church, now in in session in New York city, the following resoui- pass d and ordered to be olaced in the disoiplise of 1588 We are uoslierabiy opposed 10 the spactment of laws that propose, by | license, AX ar vtherwmse, fo I'v gu- late the drink traffic, ‘because they paovide for its eoatiauance and stford fin proteetioan NRRILAL MR TAVRgEes. We hold thai, the peoper atitude of christians thward this traffic is one of GUOOI Promising opposition, stud while we do not presume Lo dictate to our people as to their political affiliation, j we do express tha opinion that they | should wot permit themselves to be eotrolled by party organizations | that are mavaged io the interests of the liquor eraflic. We advise the members of our church 10 gid in the enforcement of such laws as do not legalize or indorse the manufacture and sale of intoxicanis (0 be used as beverage; and this end we favor he organization of lnw-and-order " cticable. im FAR i i |
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