::v &-, THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1S90. 18 r i $ & and the proofs seem to me sufficient. Proofs? you yourself shall furnish one." This was a kind of challenge, and the younr man accepted it. His eyes were fixed on his adversary. "What then?" V "When you find," said his father, with de liberation, "two people wandering from town to town, without any visible means of subsist ence, you naturally wonder how they man age to live. Very well. But now, if you discover they have a pretty knack of falling in with this or that rich young gentleman and allowing him to pay for them on all oc casions, isn't the mystery partlv solved? I am informed that these two people andyour self have been in the habit, for a eonsidera ble time back, ft" dining together in the evening iudeed I have the name -of the restaurant; now I wish to ask you this ques tion point-blank: Is It not the fact that in every" case you have paid?" Vincent did not answer; he was not think ing of himself at all; nor yet of the point blank question that had been put to him. A terrible wave of bewilderment bad passed over hi in; his heart seemed to bare within it but one piteous cry "Maisrie Maisrie why were jou driving with thatstranger?" and all the world grew black with a hor ror of doubt and despair. He thought of that young man driving along the King's road in Brighton; was there another paying for those two now? bad they another friend now to accomp.mv them every evening? And Maisrie? But all this wild agony lasted only a moment. He cast this palsy of the bra iu behind him. His better self rose confident and triumphant though there was still a strange look left in his eyes. "Paid?" he said, with a kind of scornful impatience. "Who paid? Oh, I did mostly. What about that? That is noth ing a few shillings I lound it plcasanter not to have to settle bills before a young lady; and o course she did not know who paid; I made an arrangement " "An arrangement bv which you gave those people their dinner for nothing for months and mouths!" "And what then?" For Vincent had entirely recovered his sei. -command; he aSected to regard this story that had been told him as quite un worthy of serious attention. It was his father who was grouing exasperated. "Have you taken leave o: your senses?" Mr. Harris demanded. "Is it nothing that you yourself have shown this old man to be a pauper, getting hit. dinner on charity every evening? And what better was the girl? She must have knownl Do you im agine she was not aware of his receiving money for bogus books that he never meant to publish, and of his inveigling soft headed Scotchmen I suppose there must be one here and there into giving him a loan because of his sham patriotism? And these are the people you have . chosen to consort with all this time; and this is the girl you would bring into your family you would introduce to your friends as your wife! But you cannot be so mad! You may pretend indifference; you coniiOt be indifferent. You may con rider it fine and heroic to disbelieve the clearest evidence; the world, on the other hand, isapttosay that it is only a fool and an idiot who keeps his eyes shut and walks into a trap olindiolded. And and I do think, when you begin to reflect, that your own common sense will come to your aid." He turned to the mantelpiece, and took from it some papers. "I have given you," he continued, "the Eum and substance of the iuauiries I have made, in this country and in America. I can show you here still lurther details; but belore allowing you to examine these com munications, I must exact a promise that they shall be treated as in strictest confi dence." "Thank you," said Vincent, "I will not trouble you. I can guess at the kind of creature who would accept such a task, and at his interpretation of auy lacts that might come across him." Then he rose. "And is this the important business on which you sent for me?" he asked, but quite civilly. "You do not think it is important?" the other demanded. "But at least you have been warned. You have been advised to ieep your eyes open. You have been shown what kind of people they are who have got hold ot you: it is for you yourself to say whether you will be any longer their dupe." "Very well' said theyoung man; and he rose and took up his hat and cane. "Oh, by the wa, I presume you have come to an end o. your inquiries? Because, if not, I would advise your spy your detective, or whatever he is not to come prowling to any restaurant or keyhole when I am along with my frieuds, or he might find things become very unpleasant for him. Good morning!" So this was the end of the interview; and Harland Harris shortly thereafter made off for the Athenaeum Club, well satisfied that his narrative had produced a far deeper im pression than the young man would acknowl edge. And in truth it had. When Vincent left the house, and walked away to the solitary little rooms in Mayfair, his face was no longer scornlul; it was serious and troubled; for there was much for him to ponder over. Not about Maisrie. He put Maisrie aside. For one thing, be was a little vexed and angry with her at the moment quite unreasonably, as he. strove to convince liimsclt; nevertheless, he would rather not think about her just then; and, indeed, there was no occasion, for the idea that she could be the participator iu any fraud or series of frauds was simply not a thinkable thing. He knew better than that; and was content. Maisrie driving with a stranger perhaps that was not so well done of her; but Maisrie as a skillful and accomplished professioual swindler? then you might expect to see the stars fall from their places in the midnight ky. But as regards the old man, that was "very different; aud he could not deny that there were certain points in the story just told him which were corroborated by his own knowledge. He knejv, for example, that George Bethune had got money lor one book which, as circumstances would have it, was sot produced and published; he knew that those dinners at the restaurant were paid for hy himseli; he knew that he had heard Mr. Bethune speak 01 Cadzow as belonging to his family; and lie had to confess that he could not find Craig-Boyston in the index of his guide-book. Aud yet he could not give up this splendid old man all at once. He could not believe him to be a mean and era ty messier. burely bis passionate admiration ot the old Scotch ballads was genuine enough. Surely it was not to im pose on any one that old George Bethune sang r loud the tones of his vouth as he walked along through the crowded streets of London. I here was a grandeur in his very presence, a dignity in his demeanor, that was lar from the artful complaisance of a schemer. Then his undaunted courage Ills proud spirit and above all, the tender and tfiectiouatc guardianship he bestowed on his granddaughter; Vincent could not forset all these things. Ho, nor could he lorrtt how he had enjoyed George Bethune's society on these many aud pleasant even ings; and how he had learned more and more to respect niic, his heroic fortitude, his generous enthusiasms, and even at times his innocent vanity. He had had a hard liic, this old mau; and yet he bore no enmity. He had had many trials and mis fortunes, many hones disappointed; yet his temper was not soured. But the conclusive iroof, after all, was the character of Maisrie lerself her noble sweetness, her refine ment, her sympathy, her quick gratitude for the smallest of xindne&ses: could such a beuuti'ul human flower have grown up under the fostering care of an unscrupulous vagabond and knave. " hen he got to bis rooms, the first thing lie did but with no very definite purpose was to take up his copy of Black's Guide to Scotland. It was a recent edition; he had got it so that he might trace out that long wandering of which old George Bethune and Maisrie had spoken so often. And mechanically he turned to the index with which be had 'been confronted in his father's library, and mechanically he glanced at the successive columns. But what was this? why here was Craiij-Boys-tonl His eyes were not deceiving him; lor he at once referred to the page Indicated, and lound Craig-Tlovston described asa dis- . . . . . ." 77 - -w.... -.--. ... . nctlu the neighborhood ot Loch Lomond I thougb, of course, he could find no trace of it on the map. So he had jumped to con clusions all too prematurely? He had al lowed that unknown enemy of his that dark and malignant creature in the back ground too facile a triumph? He began to be ashamed of himself. ''Stand fast, Craig-Boystonl" had not been his motto, as it was that ot the proud old man whom he had injured by listening to those childish tales. He returned to the index, and sought for Balloray. Well, there was no Balloray; but then Balloray was a private house; and private houses, unless of historical Interest, are seldom mentioned in guide books. And then again he bethought him: why the old ballad! the 'Bonnie Mill Dams o' Bal loray:' surely that was sufficient evidence of there "being such a place? He could al most hear Georee Bethune's voice 38 he re called the opening lines There were twa sisters lived in a bower: Balloray, O Balloray: The youngest o' ihem, O sbe was a flower! By the bonnle mill dams o' Balloray. There came a 'squire frae ont the west, .Balloray. O Balloray: Be lo'ed them baith. bnt tho vonncest best, By the bonnie mill dams o' Balloray.' "Why, what a fool be had been, to be dis concerted by an index and that the index of some old and obsolete editionl He prose cuted his researches. He turned to Cadzow. Yes, here was Cadzow: Cadzow Castle and Cadzow Forest; and undoubtedly these were the property of the Duke of Hamilton. But might there not be some other property of the same name, as a sort ot appanage of Balloray? It was no unusual thing, in Scot land or anywhere else, lor two places to have tbe same name; and in this instance it was the more important one, the ducal one, that would naturally figure in the guide book. He seemed to see old George Bethune regarding him, with something of a haughty look on his face, as though he would say, "Of what next will you accuse me?' Well, all this was very fine and brave; it was a manful struggle with certain phan toms; and he was trying to cheat himself into an elation of confidences But ever aud anon there came to him a consciousnesss of something behind; something inexplicable; and his thoughts would wander back to Brighton. Fugitive lines of that terrible poem of Heine's would come into his brain Zu Tafel sassen froh die Gast! und wie ich nach dem Brautpaar schaut O Wehl mein Liebschen war die Braut He began to imagine for himself what those three bad been doing this morn ing. The weather being so fine, no doubt Mr. Bethune had laid aside his books for the time being, aud he and Maisrie would be ready to go out by half past 10 or 11. Would their new iriend call for them, or would there be some place of appointment down in the King's road? He could see them walk out the West Pier. The old man with the firm set figure and tbe flow ing white locks would probably be thinking but little of what was going on aronnd him; as likely as not he would be singing gayly to himself about the pier, o' Leith and Berwick Law, and 'leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.' Yes, and so far those two others would Deleft to themselves; they could talk as they chose eyes meeting eyes. And what had the bumpkin squire to say? On, horses and hounds the county balls tbe famous bin ol port to be opened at Christmas. Christmas was coming near now; might there not be an invitation to the two world-wanderers fc come and be hos pitably entertained at the big country bouse and introdnced to friends? And Maisrie would she think twice? would she reluse? The old man wouldconsent to anything that promised him present com ort; he accepted favors with a sort of royal complacency; it would matter little to him so long as the fire was bright, the wine good, the company cheerful, and himselt allowed a fine latitude of oration. But Maisrie ? It was nearly 4 o'clock now. That pre vious afternoon at Brighton had been a time of misery; and loue into the night he had been kept awake by dull and brooding speculation, varied by bitter self-reproach. All the same he felt' himself irresistibly drawn thither again; whatever was happen ing down there by the seaside, he wanted to know; his imaginings were a more cruel torture than anything his eyes could tell him. And perhaps he added to himself, with an ominous darkening of the brows perhaps there might be a chance of his meeting this rival of his face to face, the better to measure him, and learn what both of them had to expect. He caught the 4:30 express at Victoria, and got whirled away down. But be did not go to Mrs. Ellison's house, nor yet to the Bedford Hotel, at which his Iriend Mus selburgh was staying; he went to the Bris tol, so as to keep himself a little out of ob servation. He was lucky enough to get a bedroom; and that was all he required; he did not even wait to look at it; be left the hotel and went wandering down the Marine Parade, which was now a mass of darkness lit up by innumerable points of yellow fire. Whither away then? If only he knew the street in which they had taken lodgings he could soon find out their daily habits, himself (remaining unseen, hut he bad uothing peyond a vague recollection that they had spoken of some hill behind tbe town. However, Brighton, though now crown a big place, has a few leading thoroughfares in which everybody who is but a casual visitor is sure to be encountered sooner or later; and in this particular in stance it was a good deal sooner than he could have dreamed of. He was walking along the seaward side of the parade, with but a casual glance now and again at this or that passer-by, when suddenly, on the other side, at tbe corner of German Place, three figures came under the glare of a gas-lamp, and these he instantly recognized. Occasionally as they went on they became indistinguishable in the dusk; then again a gas-lamp would bring them into vivid reliel the tall and slim young girl, the square-set old man with the pic turesque white hair, the young man with the yellow cover-coat. They were talking together, and walking quickly, for the night was cold. "Yes," said Vincent to himself, in the bitterness of his heart, "lam displaced and superseded now. Without much difficulty, either. Quickly done. And no doubt he is taking them along to some restaurant. He will hear about the rocks and dales of Scot land about tbe ballads and songs perbaps he had subscribed for the new book. Then they will ask him to go borne with them acain; and Maisrie will take out her violin; and perhaps perhaps sbe will sing 'C'etait ,une Iregate, mon joli ccour de rose' oh, yes, perbaps sue will sing tnat lor mm, or any other of the Canadian songs, except the one. Surely, surelv, Maisrie will not sing 'La Claire Fontaine?' " And then, again he said to himself, with his eyes fixed on those three, but most of all on the young girl who walked with so ligbt and joyous a step "Ah, I have sufiered to-day, you do not know how much, in repelling insinuations brought against you, aud in silencing my own doubts; but what do you care? One restaurant is as good as another; one friend as good as another: let the absent expect to be forgotten, when it is a woman who is asked to remember. La Claire Fontaine? why not La Claire Fontaine, for him as well ai anyone else? All that past com panionship has gone by; here is a new Iriend to be welcomed with smiles and graces. Andas for the old man what does it matter to him so long as there is someone to settle up the tavern score?" Hay, his madness of jealousy overmas tered him altogether. When they got down to Fast street, they did not at once go into the restaurant, for it was yet somewhat early; they began to examine the windows of one or two ol the shops, and tbe trinkets displaved there. And again and again Vincent was on tbe point ot going up to his enemy, aud saying "Well, why don't you buy her something? If you haven't got money, I will lend it to you!" Surely this would suffice to provoke a quarrel? to be settled uext morning, out on the downs, and not by any accident or trick ot foU, but by a fair stand-up trial of strength, those two lacing each other, with clenched fists and set mouths. The young man in tbe cover-coat-wks looking at some Austrian garnets: little did -he know what wild beast was within springing distance of him. At length they left the shops and leisure- It Ktrnllftd Jtlonptn thftiTfalmn rxtunrftnt J -j - -p. ... - . . and entered. Vincent gaveithea time to J get settled and then followed. He did not wish to interfere with them; he merely wished to see. And when he went upstairs to the room on the first floor it was with no abashment; he did notslink, he walked reso lutely, to a small unoccupied table at the further end, but he was some way from them; perchance he might be able to observe with out being noticed. The waiter came to him. "Anythiugl" was his order; gall aud worm wood' there were likeiy to be in any dish that might be brought Wine? oh yes, a flask of Chianti why not a flask of Chianti? one might fill a glass and send a message to a laithless friend a message to recall her to herself for a moment Ton who are sit ting there, will you not drink to the health of all fals? lovers you who are sitting there in snch joyful company toi qui as le ccsur gail He could see them well enough. There was champagne on the table; that was not of George Bethune's ordering; the booby from the swedes and mangold was clearly play ing the part of host And what was sue saying to him in return? What form did her thanks take? Jenepuisrien donner qu mon csjur en mariage; that was easily said; and might mean no more than it tneant in bygone days. Women could so readily pour out, to any chance newcomer, their petit vin blanc of gratitude. But suddenly he became aware of some movement at the table away along there; and quickly he lowered bis book. Then he knew he did not see that someone was coming down the long room. He breathed hard, with a sort of fear aud it was not the tear of any man; he wished he had not come into this place; could he not even now es cape? "Vincent 1" The voice thrilled through him; he looked up; and here was .Maisrie iiethune regard ing him regarding him with those eyes so beautiful, so shining, so tender, and re proachful! "Did vou not see us? Why should you avoid us?" The tone in which Bhe spoke pierced his very heart; but still but still there was that stranger at the table yonder. "I thought you were otherwise engaged," said he. "I did not wish to intrude." "You are unkind." Then sbe stood tor a moment uncertain. It was a brave thing for this girl to walk down a long room to address a young man, knowing that more than one pair of eyes would be turned towards her; and here she was standing without visible aim or errand. "Won't you come to our table. Vincent?" she asked hesitatingly. And then he noticed her embarrassment; and be felt he wonld be a craven hound not to come to her rescue, whatever the quarrel between them. J "Oh, yes, certainly, if I may," hut with no sort of gladness in bis consent; and then he bade the waiter fetch the things along. She led the way. When he reached the table he shook bands with George Bethune, who appeared more surprised than pleased. Then Maisrie made a feeble little kind of introduction as between tbe young men: Vincent who had not caught the other's name bowed stiffly, and took the seat that had been brought for him. And then, see ing that it was on Maisrie that all the re sponsibility of this new arrangement had fallen, he forced himself to talk making apologies for disturbing them, explaining how it was be came to be in Brighton, and begcing Maisrie not to take any trouble about him; it was only too kind of her to allow him to join them. And yet it was very awkward, despite Maisrie's assiduous little attentions, und her timid efforts to ptopitiate evervbodv. The lresh-complexioned young gentleman stared at the intruder; grew sullen when be observed Maisrie's small kindnesses: and eventually turned to resume bis conversa tion with Mr. Bethune, which had been interrupted. Vincent, who had been ready, on tbe smallest provocation, to break forth in flame and lury, became contemptuous; be would take no heed of this person; nay, he would make use of tbe opportunity to chow to anyone who might choose to listen on what terms he was with Maisrie. "Where are you living Maisrie?" said he, and yet still with a certain stiffness. She gave him the number iu German Place. "Then we are neighors, or something near it," he said. "I am at the Bristol the Bristol Hotel." "Oh, really," she made answer. "I thought you had an aunt living in Brighton the lady who came to see us at Henley." "Ob, can you remember things as long ago as Henley?" said he. "I did not think a woman's memory could go so far back as that A week a day I thought that was about as much as she could remember." For a moment she was silent, and wound ed; but she was top proud to betray anything to those other two, and sbe resumed her conversation with Vincent, though with a trifle more ol dignity and reserve. As for him, he knew not what to do or say. He could perceive, he could not but perceive, that Maisrie was trying to be kitpitohim; and he felt himself a sort of renegade; but all the same there was that other sitting at the table there was an alien presence and all things were somehow awry. And yet why should he despise that stranger? Iu the bucolic dandy he could see himself, as he himself was seen, by certain of bis friends. This other dupe, his successor, had a countrified complexion and a steely blue eye, be wore a horseshoe pin in diamonds, and bad a bit of stepbanotis in his button hole; but these points of difference were not of much account And the old man tbe old man with the grand air and the oracu lar speech; no wonder he thought himself entitled to call himself Lord Bethune; but why had he chosen to abate bis rank and style? Oh, yes, a striking presence enough a magnificent presence with which to. cozen shopkeepers! For indeed this young man's mind was all unhinged. He had bad a hard fight of it all day; and perhaps if Maisrie bad known she would .have made allowances. What she did see was-that her well meant invitation had been a mistake. Sbe strove her best to remove this embarrassment; she tried to make tbe conversation general; and in some slight measure she succeeded; but always there-was an obvious restraiut; there were dark silences and difficult pauses; aud, on the part ol the young men, a sullen and dangerous antagonism that might at any moment leap forth with a sudden tongue of flame a retort an insult This hapless entertainment came to an end at last; and, asincent had expected, while Maisrie was putting on her cloak, their new friend stepped aside and paid the hill the bill lor three, that is. And the next step? An invitation that the generous" host should go along to the rooms in Ger man Place? There would be tobacco, and Scotch whisky, and reminiscences ol travel, and dissertations on literary aud philo sophical subjects and perbaps Maisrie would play lor him "The Flowers o' the Forest," or sing for him "Isabeau s'y promeue." Perhaps the bucolic soul was penetrable by fine melody. There would whisky and soda at any rate, and a blazing fire. And as a matter of fact, when the four of them paused for a second at the door of the restaurant, the new acquaintance did re ceive that invitation Irom George Bethune himself. But he declined. "Thanks, awfully," said be, "but I can't to-night Fact is, there's a big billiard match on this evening, and I've backed my man for 20, and I may want to hedge a bit if he isn't in his best form. Some other evening, If you'll allow me. But to-morrow morning what are you goiug to do to morrow morning? You ca't stay indoors whil the weather is so fine; you must leave your work until the wet comes. So I dare say I shall find you somewhere along the lront about 11 to-morrow; and if I don't, wby, then, I'll come along to German Place and drag you out For who ever knew such a glorious December? quite warm in the sun primroses and violets all a-growing and a-blowing in the baskets. Good night to youl good night, Miss Bethunel mind you bring you grandfather along to-morrow morning; or I'll have to come and drag you both out;' good night good nightl" and tbeu with a brief nod to yincent, which wag frigidly returned, he departed. "You are going our way, Vincent?" Mais rie said, timidly. "Oh, yes," He made answer, as they set out.together. . . UMJ ., - . - .To be Continued Next Sunday, j THE ALLEY SKETCHES A Rondeau bv tbe Kbymsler Inspired by a bprisr of Clover, EESOET OP BEOKEH-DOWK HOBSES. Fate of a Fire Department Steed- and an ' Old Street Car Male. EEFOEJI BI A PAINED LANDLOED rwMTTEN FOX THE SIS PATCH. NO. 5. HE Bhymster is suffering from an attack of poetising. Under the con. jointinfluences oi the moon and this afflic tion he last night produced the lollowinir r rondeau, to a -A J bunch of very jy sickly clover in tne window across the al ley. Who the owner of t h e clover is we do Scenting a Sprig of Clover, not know, but we suspect she is a colored lady, who lately moved in there: A Sprig: of Clover. In dust and gloom across tbe way A bunch of clover blooms to-day Tbat late where fragrant breezes sped In sun-silt meadows raised Its bead Or lapt in star-born dewdrops lay I 8ome wayside stroller, city-bred. Awhile fro in echoing pavements led. Keeps this poor sprig, as token gay, in dnst and glooml Throngh meadows, where the breezes stray, Tbe nodding clover blooms for aye; My neighbor's leaves may soon be dead, Bnt obi their lives are hallowed: Tbe sun shall smile above their clay In dnst and gloom! We are patient of disposition and fore bearing in temperament We have heard unmoved the mighty rehearsals of the sheet iron band at one end of Our Alley; the nocturnal practices of our Teutonic neigh bor on tbe cornet have caused no loss of equanimity; we have even inhaled as a metier d'etre tbe garlicky odors from our Italian cotemporary's kitchen; but we do most energetically protest against and demur to tbe prevalent impression of a number of cabbies tbat our street is a stable and the pavements stalls. THE SOUKCE OP WOE. The presence of five and forty horses of various stages of useiulness placed at incon venient intervals along tbe alley pavement is discouraging to pedestrianism as well as deteriorating in its influence to the longev ity ot our not too substantial sidewalks. We are not prepared to assert that the use of the pavements as a stable can be laid at tbe teet ot the presumable owners of the equines, for lack of space in Our Alley has transformed several structures, which would otherwise naturally be used only for horses ot uncertain ancestry, into refuges for stalled mankind. It happened some months ago that a horse which had performed invaluable service for our municipality while connected with the fire bureau was turned adrift While medi tating on the ingratitude of republics, be wandered into Our Alley and took up bis abode. He brought with him a battered pessimistic dispusition and the inalienable prerogative of a fire department horse, the right to stand on the pavements. Begard less of the stern enactments against restric tions to inter-highway commerce, he incul cated this right to the other equines. As a result, unless the pedestrian uses the middle ot the alley; it is difficult to accomplish either ingress or egress so iar asOur Alley is concerned. A2T ABOBTIVE EFFOBT. Tbe poet first discovered this animal's mischief-breeding disposition, and pur chased htm at a maximum of value lor a minimum of worth. He immediately sold tbe animal for a trifling consideration to a milkman who lived several blocks away. The horse the next day saw a fire engine pass, and forgetlul of the precious lacteal fluid be was hauling went toward the fire also. Whether he reached it or not is un determined; 'tis certain, however, that neither tbe milk nor the wagon ever reached tbe customers ot tbe dairyman, and tbe latter now threatens to sue for damages. The horse, however, returned to Onr Alley with a broken shatt and a lame leg drag ging behind. His dignity had evidently been offended by the fact that the mutations ot time and municipal ingratitude should seek to relegate bis battered but lofty spirit to the menial occupations ot a draught horse. He is still here, a seer for what be has witnessed, a lord chamberlain in his re spect for precedent Our horses and mules are fond of noc turnal vocalism; they are troubled with in somnia. We are perforce also. About 5:30 or 5:45 o'clock (we do not care about 15 minutes) the horses begin to arrive in Our Alley worn out lrom a day's hauling of dirt or garbage. Their owners turn the hose upon them, which only serves to deepen the pessimism which finds utterance later on. Alter this aqueous operation a scant peck of bran is given each aud the owners depart probably hoping that some misguided thief Mtr &4M Jnspi ed oy a Fire Alarm. will steal one ol the animals before morn ing. Such, alas, has never proven the case and the genus equine is an integral and self assertive portion of the autonomy of Our Alley. A ONE-EYED ABISTOOBAT. Hard by our lodgings sojourns a mule oi haughty hybrid ancestry. He does not rec ognize the more plebeian horsps who stand near him, although to-day they are equal on the leveling plane of misfortune. His sole companion was formerly a brindle pup who had immigrated to our street Poor fellow! The dread ukase of the Department nf Pub lic Safety found him without a muzzle and tbe Fallmaster found his inanimate body shortly alter. Old "Epictctus," for so we christened the inulo, may.have a one-sided view of the world, due to the cruel crack of a driver's whip, which darkened forever his left eye when he hauled an overloaded street car;, but wbaterer influence may have been ex erted he was outwardly calm under adver sity until .the death ot his only companion, the dog. , AN AVENGING BLOW. After that he developed an implacable hatred against mankind for which nothing but a bullet ever proved a remedy. He bit and kicked at everybody and we were about to kill him when-one day cur hearts soft ened. ' Epictetus' JhocloM foot came in con-'' 1 f5w J irivoO ll ljfs, m, - 7.4r - v c5 K'm &J8. lJm,W,iYM,fl tact with tbe pursy stomach of onr land lord. It was witnessed by every one on the alley who pays unwilliug tribute to tbe ancust majesty nf that penonage. In tbat ono blow all the indignities which our p'oeketbsoks and pride had been subjected to duringjSeveral years seemed avenged. We were delighted, bnt we are not so ex uberant in our expressions of joy now. ' sv.vffl N sWcl In Ticklina the Landlord. During his first impulse of rage our laud lord declared tbat he would coerce an ex odus irom Our Alley of such magnitude that the Bad Lands would seemteemine with life in comparison. He did not do that, bnt the next day one score of hitching posts added to the diversity of our land scape and there is now no possibilitv of the horses living anywhere but on tbe sidewalk. We now use rubber boots and deodorizers while we wish some modern Hercules with a penchant for Augean stable cleaning would serve his apprenticeship in our midst Phixosophee and Bhtmstkb. To be concluded next week. PAPEE FEOM WOOD. The Iintet Proce Which Is Mow Bains Used Sacc09fiillr Id Europe. Newcastle, England. Chronicle. An entirely new method of reducing wood to pulp has lately been introduced, and is now being worked at a factory in tbe out skirts of Dieppe. Tbe pulp made by the new process does not require, as is the case witb most wood pulps, to be mixed with rags, but paper equaling in texture, strength and appearance that made from linen rags can be produced direct from it. Tbe manufacture is a simple one. White wood in sufficient quantities being un obtainable in the neighborhood the timber is imported from Sweden, IS orwav or Fin land, in round loss, from 2 toi 6 feet in length, and 3 to 12 inches in diameter. Women are employed to strip the bark and clean the outside of the logs, which are afterward cut into flat pieces of about 2) inches in thickness. The knots are, as tar possible, bored out by machinery, but any remaining are cut out by hand. Next the wood is fed into a cutting ma chine, which rapidly chops it up into pieces of about half an inch in length, tbe iragments as cut being carried by a band to the top of the boiling house. The boilers are of iron, but are coated with lead to pro tect the iron from the action of the sulphur ous acids which play an important part in the operation. Having been filled with wood a liquid containing bisulphate or mag nesia is run in in sufficient quantity to rover the wood, and the boiler closed. When the boiling process, which is done with steam and varies from ten to 12 hours is finished, the steam is blown off, and the pulp forced through a valve at the bottom of the boiler into a tank with a perforated .bottom, to allow all liquid to drain oft. The incrustaticgand foreign substances in the wood having been dissolved by tbe boil ing process, the mass 'is now a soft white pulp, consisting of wood fiber. After being washed, this is ready for papermaking, and for facility of transport is lormed into lumps of rough thick paper, containing about 50 per cent of water, and somewhat resembling the lumps of terra alba used in the manu facture of china. In the process the-'chemic-als a solution of bisulphate of magnesia are prepared by leading tbegases from burn ing sulphur over magnesite, water being ad mitted at the same time. The magnesite carbonate of magnesia is a kind of Btone which is found in large quantities in Greece, and imported from that country, while the sulphur comes lrom Sicily. THE FIRST OIX WELLS. How tho Dlonnd Builders Gathered tbe Golden Grense In PenniTlviinla. Petroleum was sought and used iu North America perhaps as early as anywhere else in the world, since itVas collected in many places and in large,quantity by that myste rious people or peoples whom we know as "The Mound Builders." When, in 1859, 1 went to Titusville, like thousands of others, called there by the Drake oil well, I noticed that the bottom lands on Oil creek, below the town, and where covered with a mag nificent forest of hemlock trees, were pitted in a peculiar way; that is, the surface was occupied by a series of contiguous depres sions 10 or" 15 feet in diameter, add from 1 to 3 feet in depth. These were circular and symmetrical, in tbat respect differing from the pits formed by uprooted trees. Inquiring the cause, a bystander an swered my question by taking me to his well. As it chanced, this well was sunk in one of the pits before referred to. It was carried to the depth of about 25 feet in tbe earth when the rock was reached and the drilling begun". Throughout this depth it followed the course of an old well, which had beeu cribbed up with timber, and in it was a ladder such as was commonly used in the copper mines of Lake Superior by per haps the same people who worked the oil wells. This ladder was a portion of a small tree, of which the trunk was thickly set with branches. These were cut off four or five inches from the trnuknnd thus formed steps by which the well-owner could go down and gather the oil as it accumulated on the surface of the water, just us was dene by the old oil producers on the banks of the Caspian und the Irrawaddy. Some ot the trees which grew over the pits which marked the sites of nil wells were three and even lour feet in 'diameter, thus proviijr that the wells had been abandoned at les$t 400 or 500 years ago. At Fnniskilfcn, Canada, and ut Mecca and Grafton, Ohi(,,Ii found similar ancient oil wells. : iC HIS IDEA OF SHAKESPEAEE. TlioGrcnt Forrext Once Put His Estimate Very High Indre.l. Dr. Kane quotes a very forcible utterance of Forrest, tbe great actor, in a letter to the Washington Post "Once, during a con verwtionrwith him at New Orleans," ,says the Doctor, "I noticed his man packing trunks for Galveston. Joe McCardle was just putting a copy of Shakespeare' away, when Forrest said: " 'Joe, don't put up tbat volume of Shakespeare; I want to read it on the road.' " 'What? Do vou read Shakesneare at your time of h e?' I asked. " 'Bead it?' he replied, 'I read it every day. Shakespeare was a greater man than Jesus Christ' Forrest the doctor says, was a very singu lar man. Beneath his rugeed, stern man ner, which, perhaps, "the rude blows and buffets of the world had given him, there was a deep well of natural tenderness. The simnle utterance of the word "Cordelia," as King Lear kneels by the body of his dead daughter, seemed to bubble up from his very heart. There was something in the subdued pathos of his utterance of the line 'Her voice was ever so.t, ceutle and low,' which went straight to the heart Very Probable. New York Herald. 1 He I wonder will Gabriel's trump be a bower or an ace. , Bhe I fancy you will find it the deuce.: . i ii "inirlf n "TiriinrJMM TRAVELING IN JAPAN. Tbe Railroads Give Cheaper Biding Than tbe Steamboats. SCENES IN THE CURIOUS CARS. Cholera is Epidemic, bat the Authorities Are iqual to It Kow. HEACTH OF THE J1NKICKISUA MEN rCOnEESrOKDENCE OF THE DISPATCH.! TOKIO, August 28. Eighteen years ago the first railway in Japan the short line ol 18 miles between Tokio and Yokohama was completed. To-day Japan has over 1,000 miles of railway, and one of the most important roads for tourists, the line to Nikko, where the finest scenery in Japan is to be found, was completed only a few weeks ago. These 1,000 miles of railroad have cost tbe Government and the private capitalists, who own a few of the lines, about $30,000,000, and the net annual profit is between 4 and 5 per cent. The peculiar difficulties against which railway builders have to contend iu this country were illustrated by the fact that hardly had the NikKo road beeu opened to the traveling public, when considerable por tions of the roadbed and some of the bridges were washed away by one of those violent rain storms, which occur in Japan almost weekly during tbe summer months, so that for several days tourists had to resort once more to jinrisishas and the crazv rafts on which the rivers are crossed in fioodtime with the aid ol a rope and the current ENTHUSIASTIC ON BAILEOADS. On tbe principal lines especially that which connects the two capitals, Tokio and Kioto tbe cars are usually as crowded as on any line in America or Europe, and much more so than in Italy or Spain. What increases this popularity is tne tact that the difference in expense is as great as the differ ence in time. To travel with a jinrikisha (or manpower carriage) in the country usually requires two runners, which makes the expense 5 or 6 cents or more a. mile, while the railwav fares are only 3 cents a mile first class, 2 cents second and 1 cent third class. Seven-eighths of all the Japan ese travel third class, some of the wealthier natives and most foreigners take second, but tbe first class seems to be, as in some parts of Europe, reserved for princes, tools and a few American and English families. Unless one desires unlimited elbow room or a chance to lie down to sleep there is no reason whv anyone should take first class, which, as in Germanv and France, differs from the second chiefly in the color of the seat cushions. Japanese cars are a curious mixture of American and European styles, and it cannot be said that they are at all comfortable.' In one respect the seats in tbe third-class cars are the best because, tbough simple wooden benches witb a board to lean against, they allow tbe passengers to look straight backward, while the first aud second-class seats, tbough more comlortabie in having cushions, are all arranged alone the sides of tbe car so that one can never look forward without losing all support for the back. INSIDE XHE CABS., Some of the cars have doors at both ends so that you can walk through them; in others the smokers are separated from the none-smokers by a partition; and others again are divided into several sections, in such a way that you can look through the whole car, but with separate doors on tbe side for each section. There is neither a bell rope nor a water tank in tbe cars, but at tbe stations there is usually a large over flowing basin ot water to wash the bunds in and a fountain, or a, covered bucket of drinking water; and a glas3 of chipped artificial ice can always be bought at the car windows. Each class has a separate waiting room at tbe stations, aud in the first and second class room there is usually a table well sup plied with Japanese newspapers, as well as one or two foreign papers published in English. Occasionally at Tokio one may see a newsboy, though these useful individ uals are not as numerous as one might imagine from the fact that 650 periodicals are published in the Empire. Brats checks are given for the baggage, and tbe ticket has to be shown and puncbed before step ping on the platform, and at the end of the journey it is collected at the gate. Ten years ago mostof the engineers were foreign ers, aud the ticket sellers were Chinese (who are employed in all the banks); but at present the railway service is entirely in the hands of the Japanese. ENGLISH VEBT COMMON. English has become the official foreign language in JuDan. Tbe designation is always printed on the tickets in English, as well as in Japanese, and on the reverse side we read: "Issued Subject to the Bailway Begulations." The cars "are marked in English, first, second and third class, while the mile posts and signs of level and grad ing are only in English. Tbe time-tables also are printed in English, and so are cer tain notices inside the cars regarding tbe objectionable habits of standing on plat forms, putting the feet on seats, spitting on tbe floor, etc, which areforbidded on threat of a fine. Within the last two weeks, however, two disquieting notices have been placed in the cars iu Japanese only. One of them gives the cheerful advice that any person attacked by cholera should at once notify the con ductor. Tbe other notice contains half a dozen bits of advice regarding the preven tion of cholera. That these hints are timely may be inferre'd from the fact that tbe daily number of cases in Yokohama has risen to about 20, in Nagasaki to 50, in Tokio to 60. and iu Osaka to 160, etc., with tbe whole warm month of September to be heard from yet However, the Japanese authorities have learned much regarding the treatment of cholera and precautionary measures. TVABM FOB THE DOCTOBS. Only a few days ago a Tokio physician was fined $10 and his license revoked tor three months because he had neglected to report to'tfie police a case of cholera1 under his care, and with the present methods of sani tary control it is not likely that Japan will have another epidemic like that of 1857, during which 80,000 died in Tokio alone in 'the month of August, or even like that of 1886, when there were over 100,000 latal cases throughout tbe empire. N If some of tbe Japanese cars have sepa rate compartments for non-smokers, this is a mere concession to foreigners; for Japanese women are almost as invariably addicted to the use ot tohucco as tbe men, and one of the ruo.st novel sights to be witnessed in these cars is tbat of a women young or old taking a smoke. Japanese pipes, as used by both men and women, are not as large as a thimble about the size of a Chinese opium pipe, and hold about as much tobacco as makes a pinch of snuff. The woman fills and lights her pipe, takes three or four whiffs and then knocks the howl against her wooden shoes or clogs so that the glowing ashes fall in a lump on the floor. She immediately refills the pipe, but does not relight it with a match. She tries to pick up the of glowing ashes with the pipe bowl, which requires skill and prac tice. But altera few attempts she gener ally succeeds, whereupon she has three or four more more whifis; and this process is repeated several times before the pipe and pouch are put away to rest for an hour. THE JAP WBESTLEES. On the train 1 saw four huge fellows who would be regarded as veritable giants even in, in America. While here amonir the Japanese they seem to he actual Brabdigua- I8 giaps. 'lbey are professional wrestlers, and s they are abnormally fat, wear kimonos and have their hai? done up in an olil- tash!o"bed feminine sort of way they look very much like stout old women, an Illusion which ouly adds to their apparent mam moth size.' Oce imagines that tnese men must come from", some province in Japan; uz where giants are ft specialty aud. ordinary folks larger than elsewhere; but as a matter of fact tbey come Irom all parts of the Empire, and wherever a man grows up very full and stout he becomes a wrestler as a matter of course. The appetite or these men is as big as their bodies, and it is an exhibition in itself to see them eating. There are no eating stations along Japanese railwavs, and as the dining car stage of evolution has not yet been reached, it is the custom to take along lunches in boxes. At the stations one can get a bargain for 5 cents. It Is a pot with a cup on top and a pint of hot tea inside. It all goes lor the nickel. STEAM SAVIOATION. Steam navigation is quite as recent an in novation as railroads, notwithstanding the fact tbat the empire consists entirely of islands, and that the Japanese were noted many centuries ago as daring and sucressiul navigators. But when Japan, in 1636, ex pelled the Catholic missionaries from fear that religious conversion might be followed by military invasion, and shut itself up like a clam, tbe Government at the same time issued an edict that no Japanese should be allowed to leave bis country under penalty of death, aud that ail sea-worthy vessels must be destroyed, leaving only the small coasting junks with a single sail. Bnt now Japan has creditable vessels not very differ ent from those we are familiar witb. A mo nopoly has put rates absurdly high. Bates are nearly twice the railroad rates. In the management of one steamer I no ticed a method which suggested Yankeeism, pure and simple. When 1 bought my ticket I was asked whether I wished ray meals in foreign or Japanese style. As I wanted to see how the natives eat on a steamer I naturally chose the latter the more will ingly as I had been told that S2 extra would be charged for foreign meals. When the bell rang I went to the dining room, ex pecting to squat on a mat and have my own little table three inches high, laden with bowls of soup, rice, fi-.Ii and meat cut into small slices so that it could be eaten with chopsticks; and opposite me a kneeling girl waiting to fill up the rice bowl as often as emptied, and to bear remarks on her per sonal appearance. A MABE OP CIVILIZATION. But I found nothing of the sort There was a regular foreign table. This being the "Japanese" edition of tbe dinner, I was very curious. to know what the "loreign" version would be like. On comparing uotes witb tbe other foreigners, who bad paid $2 extra for their meals, I found that they had exactly the same things with this difference, however, that they had to wait for tbe second table. Obviously these Oriental Yankees are making rapid progress in civilization. Most tourists, if they were asked what struck tbem at first as the most unique street sirht in Japan, would reply "the jinricki shas." Yet you would look in vain for these vehicles in photographs or pictures that are more than 20 years old; for, oddly enongh, the "rickshaw" is almost as new a thing in Japan as the railroad and telegraph, having beeu fi-st introduced in 1867, and it is even said that the first specimens were made in San Francisco. LIKE AMEBICAN CABBTS. In the matter of charges these men are incorrigible, though there is a fixed legal tariff. For my first ride in Yokohama, from tbe dock to the hotel, I gave my runner 10 cents. It was only a few blocks, but he looked at it and asked in a tone of mingled surprise and reproach, "ten cents?" He wanted 20 but did not get it, as I bad been forewarned; and I discovered afterward tbat the proper fare was 4 cents. The cheapest way is to hire one by tbe day at 75 cents or by the month at $10, as resident foreign ers do. It bas often been said that these runners die young from lune and heart diseases, but this does not agree with medical testimony, which is that brisk daily exercise is abso lutely necessary to health in this climate, and as a matter of tact these runners are the most vigorous and healthy looking of all the Japanese, althongb some of them do work which would kill a foreigner in a (exr days. I have had one runner take me over 40 miles of difficult road in one day, with a broiling sun overhead, so that even I felt uncomfortable on my seat and under my umbrella. It may seem cruel to make men toil thus like horses; but they would rather do it than starve. In fact they quarrel among themselves for tbe privilege of null ing you; and this eases one's conscience. Henbt T. Finck. JfATUEE'S SWEETEST MUSIC. Tbe Rev. Di-Pjirker' Idens of Xlnmor and Its EfTi-cis on HnmnnltT Newcastle, England, Chronicle. The Bev. Dr. Parker, of the City Temple, London, in a recent lecture said he deplored the fact tbat some men had no sense of humor whatever. Such men were arithmet ical, prosaic, and too serious to be really enthusiastic about anything. Their's was a seriousness that was mere woodenness. Tbe man who never laughed never really cried. Nearly all great preachers had been humor ists. Luther had bis broad jokes. Whit field laughed with a will. Some of the wittiest things ever uttered were spoken by John Wesley. Even .Mr. Spurgeon's grim Calvinism could not stifle his merriest jokes. Henry Ward Beecber's grandson said: "I like to go to meeting, because I like to hear grandpa's little jokes." With regard to pulpit humor, Dr. Parker pointed out that there was a buffoonery which ail wise men should fiown upon the rude, clumsy clownish joking worthy only of contempt, not on the high ground of its irreverence, hut on the low ground of simple imbecility and indecency. On the other hand, there was a refined humor, which no more burdened the discourse than the dew burdened the rose bud on which it glis tened. As to laughter, the whole universe was full nf it When the universe was sympathetically interpreted, what was laughter, rational and timely, but a species of music? Was not laughter another name for gladness? Was there no gladness in the sunny universe? It was not mere joking "that elicited laughter. There was a laughter born of reason, inspired by thanklulness, chastened by the ever-present melancholy in whose gray climate all human life had lived. Commerce would do its sbopkeeping better i f it laughed heartily, now and then. The house would be more of a home if its inmates were more cheerful. MUSIC FOB THE MASSES. How tbe Experiment Heine Made In Alle gheny TnltP In England. Newcastle, England, Chronicle. Sir. Thomas Stamp Alder successfully carried out another of his open-air concerts for the masses of the people last night Tbe place chosen was Maiden street, Scotswood road, and tbe great gathering of people from that thickly populated quarter ol the city consisted of the very class which it is desfted to entertain. The band was the Newcastle Military Band, under tbe con ductorsbip of Mr. B. Smith, and tbe audi ence testified its delight by round after round of applause. The programme consisted mainly of pieces with which most people are familiar, the most popular item being, to judge from the rapturous ap plause bestowed upon its performance, the song, 'Home, Sweet Home," the solo being exquisitely rendered on the clarionet by the conductor's talented son. Master E. Smith. Prof. Oliphant was in attendance with his Punch and Judy show, including his won derful trained dog Toby. The story of the domestic troubles of this ill-matched couple was enacted for tbe especial amusement of tbe children, and the performance was wit nessed with the greatest delight by a numer ous assemblage of youngsters. Mr. Alder was in attendance, and superintended the arraugements. Didn't Know His Patient. FbarraaeentlcalEra. v "To be taken alter each meal," read Im- pecune, as the doctor left the prescription: "I shouldn't .think one dose a day would l.i. . r-ii---. i.. - GOSi-EL OF ECONOMY. It Hay be a Good Thing to be a Little Short on Provisions. HIKTS ON EEDUCIKG EXPENSES. The Preacher, the Doctor and the Wifa Are Tery Easy Victims. PEEPS BEHIXD SOCIETY'S CUETA1NS IWBITTOT JOB THI DISPATCK.1 In nearly every part of our country comes the cry in one sad chorus that the crops are short Fruits are very scarce, grain is like ly to be much dearer, and loaves of bread will either be less in size or larger in price. This is to be a hard winter, in some respects, for ordinary people. It Is more than likely that the rich monopolist will try to corner the poor man's bread and "grind his face," irrespective of the woe that is pronounced against such people. Now, while It may be a tact tbat the very poor cannot practice much more in the line of economy than they do, there is a class, or rather, there are classes, of people who can. To them will my remarks be especially addressed. It has been said that the French nation can live on what the American people waste. This can hardly be true, but it contains enough of truth to set the people thinking whether or no there is not some plan of economizing in household expenses. One of the best inducements to practice economy, it seems to me, is tbat we may be better enabled to help those in actual want One year's shortage is not likely to affect us materially, but it may teach a lesson worth learning. ''The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof." It is well to remember this fact How can a family with a fair in come economize so as to meet existing cir cumstances? There are bo many little ex travagances that can be curtailed without serious injury that it is difficult to select those which can be best dispensed with. Where to Cnt Down. Suppose we begin with the church. Your pastor gets 51,000 a year. Of course he is worthy of his hire, but as his example in economizing would be a benefit to others, and as he is used to self-denial, might he not worry along with say, 800? Of course he might argue that he only just exists as it is, aud that to live in such times on $200 less would be an impossibility. Bemiud him ot the fact that the early preachers never bothered about their food and raiment Tell him that a certain good man was fed by the ravens, and that he must have faith to believe that his bread will be certain and his water sure, especially the latter. Yon can empbasize (hat point. If be argues tbat his "day and genera tion" may be shortened by lack of physical sustenance, inlorm him of the fact that he will become more useful by practicing self denial for a few years, than if he spends a long life of inertia. A short life and a use ful one is better than a long one devoid ot usefulness. Follow this plan and yon will save 20 per cent of your contributions to the church. If you can do this and sing I love Thy kingdom. Lord. The honse of Thine abode. The cburcb onr blest Redeemer bought, Witb bl3 own precious blood. while you may not be enabled to prevent some people from questioning your sincer ity, as to the love, etc., so long as you have a clear conscience (and it doesn't take much to clear some people's conscience) you will have achieved one success in the line of economy. . Doctors and Domestic. Then there is the doctor. Now, doctors do not usually sue for their fees. It is not considered to be in accord with, with, what is that? Etiquette? No, that's not it Usage? No. Well, it is not good form. Here is another opportunity to practice economy. You can keep a doctor waiting any length of time for his lees. In a few years a good season may come, and if he should die in the meantime, it will be a good tbiug for his heirs when you do pay. a bird in tbe band is worth two in the bnb, and you might as well have the bird as the doctor. Another good way for men of moderate means to economize would be to dispense with tbe domestic. Tne wife can bear a lit tle more of tbe burden. Sbe promised to be faithful in times of prosperity and adversity. Not only is there a golden opportunity to test her faith, but the saving would be con siderable. Taking into account wages, wear and tear, and tbe provisions sbe necessarily consumed, the aggregate would be consider able. Of course tbe wife would feel it to be deprived of her help, but it would inculcate the grand principle of economy. A penny saved is a penny earned, und if the poor woman should stagger and fall beneath the burden, tombstones are quite reasonable in price, if the design be not too elaborate. Another point is apt to be overlooked iu times of stringency. The clothing of the wife and children need not be so expensive. Of course, it will be necessary lor the head ot the family to appear suitably clad. Some one must uphold the dignity of tbe bouse, even if the times 3re tottering. Who so ap propriate as he who'makes the living by the sweat ot his brow or the whirl ot his massive brain? A good standing in tbe world is es sential. The wife can plead ill health as au excuse for appearing seldom in society. Possibly sbe may have no occasion to plav the hypocrite in this matter, especially if the domestic be dispensed with, but it sbe indeed, that she may be enabled to play the role permanently. See how beautifully the whole scheme works? ' , Treit the (incer Coallr. I think it will pay to keep on good terms with the grocer. These men have formed a society for mutual protection, and I under stand they place men of questionable finan cial standing on the black list This you cannot afford. Keep as square as possible witb the grocer. A Mastering and autbori tive way will gain you a little longer credit perbaps, but be sure to study the leading characteristics of the man you are dealing with. Now, in conclusion, as we preachers Bay (in tbe middle of the sermon), supposing the worst comes to the worst, and it is abso lutely necesJary, the head of tbe family might substitute for bis Henry Clays and flora del fumas a cigar of a somewhat cheaper grade. He might possibly dis pense with his Bordeaux7 and Burgundy and substitute tbe native' product of the y new At least he could supply ois rieeds with these things. Instead of going to the theater three nights in the week try to get along with two. The odd night might be spent in accompanying the wife to prayer meeting. I know some of my readers, "es pecially mv clerical brethren, " will marvel at my familiarity will all these worldly things, but in early life it was my misor tune to be connected with the editorial pro fession. Of course the reformation is com plete, but these old, familiar scenes will present themselves occasionally to tbe retro spective mind. .. Behind tne Cm tain. Ah! what a thing this human nature isl Behind the curtains, iu the greenroom of lile, there is much that will not bear the light of day. I can see no difference be tween the drunkard who squanders half of what he earns, while his wife and children live in rags and tatters, and tbe well-dressed club man, whose weary wi e rocks her child to sleep in meanly tnrnished rooms, while he luxuriates in clover. Happy the horns where husband and wife shall work together to overcome present difficulties, bearing each other's burdens royally and loyally, . neiping otners wnere tney can. . jf g Jv "'-LHB WUyjTXTC.rjBQS?) Liie&.ii.. -&a&faM -. g&4&&S3B
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