- Wm, 0 Omer,
E. B. HAWLEY & CO.,
B. B. Hawley,
PIJIILLSILERS OP
TIE MONTROSE DEMOCRAT,
AND GENERAL JOB PRINTERS;
Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pa.
Orncio—West Sida of Public Avenue
Business Cards.
J. B. & A. 11. MeCOLLITIIf,
ArtiniSini *I [AV Oface over the Bank, lioatznen
pa, Montrose, May 10, 1571. tf
D. W. SEARLE,
T Toracia AT LAW, oMee over the Store of M.
Dessaarr, Ict the Brick Biock,Mor.trose,Se. [eta 6O
w. TV. SMITH,
11.1.111NRT AND CHAIR MANUPACTURERB,—too
et Main etract. Huntraie, Pa. laug. 1. 1869.
M. C. SrITON,
AUCTIONREH.,.d NSURANCIt
got 89Lt Frlandavillle. Pa.
Alll EL Y,
RNITED STATES AUCTIONEER,
Aug. 1, 1569. Address, Brooklyn, Pa
j. C. 117.1E4TWG
CIVIL ENGIN.= a4n Iran Broarron.,
P. U. add 1..... Franklin Fork,.
nuequebanna Co.. Pa.
JOHN GROVES,
*SIIIONABLE TAILOR, Montmee, Ts. Shop over
Chandler's Store. All orders filled In firet-rateetyl!...
Cutting done on short notice. and warranted to St.
4. O. W4IIREN,
TTORNEY A f LAW, Bounty, Back Pay, Pension
sod Euem, on Claims attended to. Ottlps
..,00r below Boyd's dtore,'lliontroap.F's. tAa.14•69
W. A. CROSSMON,
Attorney at Lear, °Mee at the Court House, to the
Commissioner's Office. W. ►. Cnousoa.
Mcatrove, dent. fith- 1871.—ti
MeKESZIE, d• CO
Dealer. In Dry Goode, Clothing, Ladle. and Klemm
dee Shoes. also, agents for the great American
Tea and Coffee Company. [Montrose, Julyl7, "72.]
•
LAW OFFICE.
frT a WATSON. Attnrneys at Law, at the old office
• of Bentley St Fltelt, Moatroon, Pa.
r rirca. [Jaa.ll.ll.l w. w. ••1.4",!.
ABEL TURRELL,
eller in rimy,' Medicines, Chemicals,
Dee staffs. Teas, Spices, Fancy Goods, Jewelry Per.
IMsery, IL., Brick Block, .Montroso, Pa. Established
It IS. [Feb. 1, 183.
S6OT7LL d• DEWITT.
Attorney. at Law and Solicitor. In Bankruptcy. Oates
Yo. 49 Cann StrOC4,oTer 4 41 T., 1 , 191.10nal Bank, Mug.
lountOn , Y. 'WN. 11.8mm:ft
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DR. TV. L. RICHARDSON,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Lander. his pprofesalon•
.emcee to &be citizens of liontroac and vicinity,—
Odlce at hien:alder ne, on the corneresatof Sayre &
Bro.. Fon n dr, fAce.l, 1869.
CHARLES N. STODDARD,
)oolor In Boots and Shoot, Hata and Caps, Leather and
Findings, Main et,et, lot door below Boyd'o Store,
Work mode to order, sad repairing dune neatly.
Montrone Jan. I 1870,.
LEWIS KNOLL,
SHAVING AND HAIR DRESSING.
shop la the new Poetomec building, where he will
be found ready to attend all who may went anything
I. his liee. Montrose Pa. Out. 13. 1669.
DR B. W. DA YTON,
& SURGEON, fenders bte Penises to
the citizens of Great Rend and t iduity. Oillee - el Oia
estdence. opposite Hareem acute. O't Head village.
Sept ot,
DR. D. A. LATHROP,
A en ElXerno Ttmax.x.ll,n, a tie Foot of
etettnut streeC Ca.ll and cousin ts Li ChKonke
the,x4n..
Mon vos, San. 17. —no3— J.
IL BLTRRITT.
Dealer of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods. Crockery, Hard
wale, Iron, Stoves, Drn;.s. 01Is, and Palate, Boots
and Shoes, Ants and Cap•, Fars, Buffalo Cokes, Grip
c-ries. Provisions,
New.llillord, la., Nov, 6, 'l3—tf.
EXCHANGE HOTEL
AL J. HARRINGTON wlehes to Inform thepubllethat
harlng rented the Exchange Hotel In Montrose. he
In now prepared to accommodate the traveling pubHe
In Ilret.elnee !Ole .
Montrose, Aug. 2d, 1.573.
LITTLE' d BLAK ESLER
ATTORSTYS &T LAW. bare removed to their Saw
o➢lbalto the Tarbell nom..
R B. Curs.
tiltu, P. Lrreur.,
Mantrofe.Oct.ls,lM. R. 4 13hat.e.stie.
BILLINGS STRO VD
FIRE AND LIFE lIIBU &ANC E AGENT. AL'
b..lnene attended to promptly, on lair term.. DIU,
firm dour east of the back of Wm. 11. Cooper A Co.
Public renoeddontrose, Pa. r . Aag.1.1869.
J ly 17. 1,4:1.) IttLurros &moan.
D. T. & E. IL CASE,
ItARNRSSAIAREItS..OPk R.FX”..,tee•llg.ht bcoOT.
at loa.e4t cotah prices. nsankete, Rre”t
ket, Whip. sod everythinn PcIlIO 01 "g to a•
chn.per than the cheapen.. Repairing done prompt
ly .d In good etyle.
Mont.nee. Pa.. Oct. tra.
CHARLEY MORRIS
ITATTI BARBER, hos mored his shop to the
nalidiug occupied by E. McKenzie A Co.. where hots
prepam•: to clued kindsof work In his doe,such ns cos.
Iv; switches. puffs, etc. All work done on abort
notice and prices low. Please. call sod see me.
THE PEOPLE'S XARKET.
Pon.r.ro flame. Proprietor.
Freeh and Salted Meet. Hama, Pork. Bologna San
-414.7e, t to.. of !he beat quality, constantly on band, at
price to mit
Mentroee, Pa.. Jan. 14. 1R72.-1T
VALLEY HOUSE,
GAZAT Balm Pa. Illtnated Peat the Erie Railway De
ot b a large and .mmodloni honse, has undergone
p thorough repair. a a Newly tornished rooms sad sleep.
lag •oartmenteysplendld tabler.aud all thlera eomprls
log a stet class hotel. lIENEY ACKEThr,
Sept. lath, 1e73.-tt.. Proprietor.
F. CETIRCIELL,
In.hce of the Peace: office over L. S. Letheim's seine
Great Bend borough, Susquehanna County. Penn's.
Has the rev lumens of the dockets of the late lease
Iteckhoar. deceased. Office hoansfrom 91e 12 O'cloct
and from 1 to d o'clock p. m.
Great Bend,n Oct. rd,1612:
DR W. W. EMITH,
Deurtrr. Itooms at his dwelling, next door north of Dr.
flukey's, on Old Foundry street. where be would be
happy to coo all those in want of Dental Work. Ile
fells nonldent that he con please all. both in quality of
troth and to price. Omen hour. from 9A. x.to 4 T.=.
Montt.... Feb. /1.1874—tf
ED OAR A. TWARELL.
CorsiLLlaLl AT LIT
No. no Broadway. New York City.
attends to all kinds of Attorney Bortnewl. Intd con
duces causes In all the Conti Of both the State arid que
United State,
Felr 11. ma-ly.
BURNS et NICHOLS,
P 61..aR8 In Drugs, Xedlcinee, Chemleale, Dye , -
1 :1116. Paints,oll., Varnish, Liquors, Bpleca.Fanzl
trt.cice. Patelit Medicine., Porfumorvind TolletAt.
:Vrrmscrtption. carefully compounded.—
Brick Block, Mont.rose.Pa.
e, B. licks,. Lams Nunioul.
~e b. it. IST!
.W.M7113
WON PRIXTIXG
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Ax. wHIS OFFICE. CHEAP".
Tim , Wm.
MONTROSE --DEMOCRAM
TWO DOLLARS PER TEAR IN ADVANCE.
VOLUME 31.
P`or some time past the people of Lock Raven
aud Williamsport have been quizzing each oth
er on the relative size of their ladies' feet, and
the following is the latest phase of the discuss
ion.]
Take them up tenderly,
Lift them with care—
Fashioned so tenderly,
A beautifut pair.
Look at those number "twelves."
A sight of themselves I
Made from two ox hides,
The truth, !ball I tell
Made for a young hrid‘
A Williamsport hello '
Touch them not scornfully;
Who has to wear them ;
Po nanght on land or sal,
Under the canopy,
Can we compare them.
Bow were her lather's feet?
How were her mother's feet?
How were her sister's feet?
What had the ruaiden done,
That she should merit it?
Was it a judgment,
Or did she inherit it?
Alas! for the rarity
01 Christain charity—
litatreer than pearls;
Oh I it was pitifur,
To see a whole city full
Of big footed girls.
Ah ! those huge bridal shoes,
Look at their soles!
Lacers like clothes lines
Pass through the
Take them up tenderly,
Lilt them with care—
Fashioned sn slenderly,
A beautiful pair.
If such her slippers
What were her stogas I
Fabrics of leather, like
Two ''Saratogas!"
Droves of horned cattle,
While passing around,
Look at her brogas.
Then paw up the ground!
Bellowing all the while,
Knowing full well,
The leather required
For a Williamsport belle.
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She has a good understanding,
That's morally certain;
Her footing Is proper—
So let's drop the curtain,
And pledge in a bumper,
With proper solemnities
A health to the fair bride's
Pedal extremities.
A DINNER AND A KISS
"I have brought your dinner, father,'
The blacksmith's daughter said,
As she look from her arm the kettle,
And lifted its shining lid.
"There is not any pie or pudding,
So I will give you this."
And upon his toil worn forehead
She left her childhth kiss.
The blacksmith took off his apron,
And dined in happy mond.
Wondering much at the savor
[lid in his huailde fond;
While all about him were visions
Full of prophetic bliss,
Elul he never thought of magic
In his little daughter's kiss.
While she with her kettle swinging,
Merrily tnidged her way,
Stopping at eight of a squirrel,
Catching &Min wild bird's lay;
And I thought how many n shadow
Of life and fate we'd miss,
If always our frugal dinners
Were seasoned with a kiss.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
HIS REWARD.
-o--
BY U. VICKERY DUMONT
-0-
It was desperately hot that afternoon.
Over the yellow waters and gray, lifeless
peaks, over the tangled solitude of West
ern pines, over the blackened stumps
and rude cabins that were the sole pro
claimers of habitation, a level August
sun streamed down relentlessly, danced
on the muddy ripples of the river. fading
to dingy brown the rustling pine leaves,
glared fiendishly through the cabin doors,
and jumped in energetic brains over the
low stretcher upon which Rit Allen lay
dying.
Yes, dying! It has a lonesome sound
at almost any time ; but there in that
vast wilderness, where even . God's own
sweet sunshine seemed perverted, death
took upon itself new horrors. No tender
mother's band rested lovingly on that
pallid face ; no womanly lingers shielded
from the light those dim yet hope-illum
ined eyes ; no sister's voice broke into
sobs at the timid confidence of redemp
tion those boyish tones revealed.
'Charles, old fellow, I'll soon be going
now, but I dare to hope my peace with
God is made. I have only one message,
and then I can go humbly on to the
"many mansions." Old chum, I've de
ceived you all along. My name is no
more flit Allen than yours is. My fath
er died in State's Prison for forgery, and
I myself—your chosen friend and com
panion—bad to cnt the country for shop
lifting I You dida't know that, did you,
Charlie ?"
A single sympathetic "No," expressive
of neither horror nor surprise, from Mar-
Sandals the one real frond his West
ern life had yielded ; then the boyish
voice continued, so saintly that none but
,a loving ear could hear it :
"I thought not, or we'd never be the
friends we are. .I;tut, dear old friend„you
don't know how hard 1 hare tried to live
it down ; how bard I have tried to ler
get that my father was a common forger,
and myself not only a thief, but a into•
enable craven coward, for the hardest
part of it all was that I bad a little sister.
There were only two of _us, and when the
firs; blow of shame fell upon ,ps, instead
Of shielding her, I added tchthe disgrace,
and ,cleared out, leaving her, my poor
little tender-hearted Queenie, to bear the
conseqnences entirely alone. .Perhaps it
was all,foL the best. Somebody adopted
hersoon after, I heard, and took her away
on the continent to be educated; but
,often awl often I have lain *wake and
wondered at my own utter folly, my conL
temptible.cowardice. Aud do you know,
I, Charlie, that in all the lock I have
F and that's been a great deal-1 have flea
-I,er for a moment lost sight of her face as
-I saw it last, nor resigned the hope that
sooner or later I could repair the injury
by taking . her to orriself vigain ? I have
to resigti at now, of course. 1.17 P.reama
POETRY.
FEET OF SIZE,
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MONTROSE, PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1874.
will never be realize 4, but, dear old John
athan, will you tit up all I leave, and
take it to her ? Z don't know her adopt
ed name, and its a big favor to ask of
you, but someway I'm haunted by a pre
sentiment that you'll find her; that you'll
be the medium through which my poor
little sister will learq that I am not whol
ly base. So I'll give you this picture of
her, and I'll trust the old friendship even
to this boundless length—"
A sudden coughing seized him, the
death-deis began to gather upon his pal
lid brow, as Charlie Sandals, bending ov
er, took both nerveless hands in his.
"Trust me, Rip. I promise to find her,
if she is to be found at all.
Something of. trtirtquility stole over the
poor tired tuce,lntotho weuk, tremulous
voice..
"Thank you, old chum! I know you
will. I havn't made my story very plain,
and I only know that she is down East
somewhere, but you never fail in anything,
and I know you won't in this. If you
shouldn't find her,remember I leave every
thing to you; but if you should, tell her I
Again the coughing seized him, the
dews fell thicker upon the white face, the
sunbeams danced fiercer than ever upon
the lowly bed from which, with pain lind
carnal anguish, it t Allen's suul ascended
ba the Greet Tribunal.
Under Lie shadowing pines he found a
resting plitce, bare, brown, flowerless, un
numbered and uncured fur, excepting by
the one earthly friend, who, when all was
over, went to fulfill that death-given mis
sion. Went out with eager hope ' intense
longing to find this Q.leeffie who had been
to his dear friend "the dearest idol he had
known."
Nine months of ceaseless wandering
in Eastern cities ; with a vain endeavor
to lied an older counterpart of the yel
low-haired girl that smiled at him from
poor Ries treasured daguerreotype. In
numerable insertions of varied ad vertise
ments,appeared to Queen is, whose broth
er had left her rive years before ; iunitti
merable disappointments tweting him
on every side, and at last, as the natural
consequence, Charlie began to despair.
A world-wide searsh, with no more
tangible clue than childish picture and a
few bold, baltdistorted filets. Even the
obstinate, undaunted nature begins to
realize the itnbessibility of duch a prose
ender).
"I can't find her ; I may as well give
it up," he thought, as he prominaded the
Ocean House halcony.and stared Willis.
itively al every girl thlt might be any
possibility be the object of his quest. I
cannot find her ;L.toill give it up;' and
then, in the eegor of his resolution. he
knocked against Bob Messenger. who
noticed the accident in his usual airy
style :
"Take care, Sandals. or you'll forego
the honor I have in more for yon. Miss
Mercer. Mr,Sitnials , Mr. Sandals, Mies
Mercer "
A sudden sense of embarrassment on
Mr Sandal's part, the-align-teat blush and
sweetest smile front Miss Mercer. and the
introduction was coinpleu:d. Somebody
Idled B.ib away just then, and Charlie
was left alone with the belle of the sea
son. To tell the truth, at this stage of
the proceedings his delight at the acqui
sition was bv no means intense. She was
wonderfully pretty, and on did a desperate
flirt, but someway his lute nomadic life
had dulled hisappreciation of these qual
ities ; had, to a certain extent., unfitted
him fur the pleasant equality of inter
course those pecnliarities demand ; so
that even while standing in the bewilder
ing juxtaposition of that fair face, he
could find within himself no reason to
thank Bob Messenger for the nnevpect
ed honor he had conferred. Miss Mercer
on the contrary. if she thought of it at
all, would have thanked him sincerely.
Accustomed as she had been to coin- .
pletely universal admiration, she would
have faded to imagine the want of it in
tne man before her, and for her own part
she really admired him ; liked the in inly
firmness of his bronzed face ; the grand
proportions of his Western figure found
an entirely new typo in his self-contain
ed, slightdy hrmitie m inners, and at
twenty Miss Mercer was b 1 5 ,03 enough to
like novelty,
"I like your 'fiend ever so much," she
said to Bob that evening, while live min
utes after the friend himself sauntered
along and accosted him.
"For goodness sake, Bob am I such a
curiosity that I most be trotted out to
every girl that comes along ? Now after
this, I beseech you, don t impose any
morn introductions upon me. I can t
survive them."
Bob's eyes, which had followed Miss
Mercer down the room, were turned up
on him incredulously.
"You ungrateful fellow! Are those
my thanks for introducing you to /a belle
Isabel ? Well, I tell you what-it is, San
dals, you're the first man that ever grum
bled at that cause."
Charlie, glancing carelessly towards
the piano, where, as usual, she was the
centre of an admiring group, took no
further notice of his friend's indignation
than to ask, half absently, "Who is this
Miss Mercer, any way ?"
"Troubling par aristocratic head
about ber pedigree, are you ? Well, 1
can't give the slightest satisfaction, for
nobody knows who she is. She may be
a fugitive of the nobility, perhaps ; she
looks like it, any way, But the story
goes that she was sick in a hospital when
Mrs. Mercer first saw her (that old, wo
man is always bothering around those
places.) A fever or something had so
prostrated her that she hadn't the faint
est remembrance of her past ; couldn't
even tell who she was. When She recov
ered, Mrs. Mercer adopted her, took her
otf to Europe, gave her her own name,
and new to cap the climax is going to ef
fect A union between /a bells and Harry
Mercer, her oldest son. You remember
him, don't you! an ugly looking old fel
low. near forty, I should say ?"
He looked for.an answer, but already
Chilrlie bad started and was standing by
the piano staring fixedly at: Miss Mercer.
A namelesg invalid, adopted by a wealthy
Woman a girt pith golden-yellow hair
and :violet - eyes. Now that 1944
Devoted to the Interests of our Town and County.
more closely, he fancied ho could see the
strongest resemblance to the little !marl
ed damsel that adorned his dressing-case.
It was —it must be Queenfe I"
At last the song was ended, and the
singer stood before him with the inimita
ble grace and confidence only her experi'-
ence could bestow.
"Did I sing that passably. Mr. Sand
als ?"
Had his life depended upon it Charlie
could not have told her how she sang it ;
but he remembered his quest, and de
termined for once to try the gallant.
"Miss Mercer, I am powerless ; but if
words fail, my appreciation is boundless.
Would it be hackneyed to say that you
were a Queen of song ?"
He was a very clumsy diplomaist, for
he dared to hope that that would, arouse
some recollection 4if the old pet name,
cud felt instantly disappo'ntcd at the in
nocence of her frank, violet eyes, the ab
solute unconsciousness of her serio-comic
sigh.
• "0, Mr, Sandals I you've destroyed an
illusion. I hoped you were above flattery
and here you are showering it upon me
the first thing."
"Yes, bit it ceases to be flattery when
add reseed to you."
She laughed in her sweet, half child
ish way. "Flanestly, don't "on think
that repartee has the ring of frequent
repetition ? It only increases your de
linquency, and makes the downfall more
complete. If you and I are to be friends"
—here she stopped, and raised her eyes
with a questioning gesture, which made
Charlie feel like a traitor when he thought
of his former opinion. "If yon and I are
to be friends, please make a basis of hon
esty, and keep it free from all these con
ventional insincerities."
It was the most glaring coquetry, but
Charlie rendered it quite successful by the
vigor of his reply.
,`,lo,2;greed most heartily. I assure you
my side of the contract will be well sup
ported. Any way,
,Miss Mercer, I could
feel predisposed towards you, you remind
me so strongly of my Western chum. Rit
Allen. fle's dead now, poor fellow I but
in point of resemblance you might easily
pass for his sister."
He looked eagerly down at her face,bat
any one could see that only the most ab
stract influenced her reply.
'Did he die West ?"
"Yes, abont ten months ago. rm on a
search now for some of his relatives."
"If it's a money search you'll be sure
to find them," sbe answered, so lightly
that all his newly-awakened hopes had a
sudden downfall.
"Bet it isn't altogether money. It is
something far more romantic—a message
of love to his only sister, of whom fur
the last few years he has lost every trace.
Poor old Rit how earnestly did he wish
me encores."
MI9B M,rcer didn't appear remarkably
interested in this unknown flit, but she
did manav to throw a nameless amount
of sympathy into her voie: and eyes.
"Yon must have. been rein- mach attach
ed to your friend, Mr. SamLis."
Charlie thought or that scorching af
ternoon, of the dying face. of the lonely
\\ - extern grave, and answered, just u trifle
huskily :
I 15.3.3 Very much a.triched to him, al
thongh he w,is a little more than a boy,
ever so mach younger than I am. But
what a bore I am, Miss Mercer I I Tear
you'll go hack on your contract and leave
me as friendless as I was th is afternoon."
She laughed absently. then asked so
frankly that it precluded an impre3sion
of impertinence, "Are you really friend
less, or is that an idle speech ?"
A sort of lonely shadow crossed his
lace. "I think I may safely answer that
lam absolutely friendless. I have scores
of acquaintanc-s, relatives too, perhaps,
but since Rit died I don't suppose I have
one real friend in the world."
Something in his voice or attitude
struck her. and I doubt if she was guilty
of even the shulow of coquetry when
turning her beautiful face towards him,
she answered, very softly : "Yes, after
this you have at least one."
Mier this they really were friends.
For the first time in all those months he
really forgot the main object of this long
recess, forgot Bil's Queenie in the fervor
of his new friendship, or was it a friend
.hip ? Day after day they were almost
constantly together night after night his
dreams were haunted by that face so
dangerously fair, that voice so marvel-
ously sweet. But at last, as is usual in
such cases,
"& discord on tho music fell."
Mre. Mercer became alarmed for the
fruition of her hopes, alarmed at the re
trograde movement her absent Harry was
making, more than ever alarmed that this
Western giant would eventually carry off
the prize.
"I must take you away, dear, if you al
low this affiiir to go on much further,"
she said, while Isabel could only answer
with guilty self-contempt.
"Surely, you're not afraid of me, mam
ma. Harry can take his own part, and'
trust I have sufficient honor to keep any
promise that I really make. Mr. Sandals
is my friend, but I hardly think that be
wishes to be more."
She felt intuitively that it was false,
was sufficiently conscious of her own
merits to know that a fortnight of her
companionship never could result in a
mere calm friendship,but Mrs. Mercer's
eyes and ears were open, and any way, I
think that in the first dawnings of the
inevitable passion every woman will pre
varicate.
"I hope sincerely that he does not,"
Irati Mrs. Mercer's plaintiff' reply, and
then the band in the crowded rooms be.
low.etrnck up the first waltz, and Isabel
a shining miracle of silk and jewels,
went down to meet Charlie on the stairs.
"Hay I claim you for my prdmised
waltz ?"
She glanced around, apd discovered
that her chaperone was almost complete
ly enveloped in a crowd of new, comers,
answered
"No, .but l7t elaitp sou tor a vralk
down the avenue, if it - isn't frightfully
indeeorope for rp, to propose it."
"Dop't spoil the proposition by an
apology, please. phonla have asked
you, only 1 feared a refusal."
,he 'Apr tier scarlet cloak around her
and quoted carelessly,
"His deserts are small
Who fears to put it to the touch
And win or lose it all."
. . .
He on his part answered with sodden,
fierce energy. "If the gift of courage
were to fall upon me, I assure you I would
dare a more important request than the
mere walk of this evening."
Something like a shiver passed over
her, but she answered by neither word or
look, and so they passed on and -on
through the marvellous moonlight. The
music grew fa nter and fainter, the lights
behind them faded in the distance before
they broke the silence.
"Don't you think we had better re
trace ? There will bo a delegation out
after us, if we go on much . further." She
tried to speak carelessly, but although
his answer was npropos of nothing, she
felt within herself that between them
mere badinage was over.
"Do you know that I am becoming
everlastingly tired of this kind of Me ?
This eating, drinking, sleeping, dancing,
flirting. Every morning when I awake
to it, I wonder to myself what sort of
natures were bestowed upon the large
majority that seem to enjoy it so thor
oughly, whether they really do '-njoy it,
whether those empty pleasures become i
part of themselves, or whether they find
them as I do, not only an unmitigated
bore, but almost a disgrace to manhood,"
He looked down at her face, distinct in
the moonlight, and wondered at the sud
den change that passed over it, at the sa
tirical laugh with which she replied :
"l'm afraid your meaning eludes me
but I sincerely hope I am not included
in that indefinite majority. Surely, you
have heard my story often enough to sat
isfy you that, for my part, the reason I
enjoy this life so thoroughly is because I
have tasted, yes drank almost to its dregs
one that was widely different." She leaned
both arms on a bridge they were recross
ing, and continued with the same steady
satire. I never told you my story, did 1?
Well' I won't impose it on you now, but
after this,when dispensing your universal
contempt, remember that I at least have
extenuation, that before the hospital era
where my story begins, I led a life that
makes me lose wealth and everything it
brings, friends, luxury, respect, more than
I do or could love anything else in the
world. People talk of selling themselves
for money, and in the happy enityment
of life count it almost a crime, but I could
sell myself at any time and count it no
sacri fiee ."
To tell the truth they .were both fear
fully excited, but of the two he was far
tho worst, when taking 66th her hands
in his, he said, in a voice as hard and un
natural as her own.
"Isabel Mercer, for God's sake what do
you mean ? Are you realy the perjurer
your words imply, or are you only trying
me ? Are you going to kill my every hope
of happiness, or will you realize my
hones ? will you be my wife ?"
She turned her white face around, and
answered ns calmly as if it were a mere
commonplace remark she uttered :"I
amp perjurer in the eight of God and
man, but I cannot go hack on my word;
I cannot be your wife."
~For mercy sake, then, why did yon"—
his innate manliness stopped him there,
but she finished the sentence.
"Why did I encourage, yon, yon mean ?
Fin sure I don't know. Partly, perhaps,
because I am in myself a mean contemp
tible flirt, because you were my brother's
friend, and I knew it all along'.'
stared at her in powerless surprise,
and Isal)ell continued :
"Yes, really did. From almost the
first I recognized the Jack Ritson in the
Rt Allen of your stories, and I loved you
because yon first loved him.•
The admission was accidental, hut in
the moment of utter amazement he lost
sight of everything, forgot even bade'
Mercer in staring of the „Queenie Ritson
of his search.
"Why did yon not tell me this heforer
he gasped at length, so honestly that Isa
bel involuntary shudders d
"Again. I don't know. I think I meant
to sometime or other ; but won't you ac
knowledge that it was no pleasant ttring
for me to emerge from my romantic mys : .
tenons and pronounce to the waiting
world around me. Isabel Mercer, am
in reality Isabel Ritson, the daughter cf a
convicted felon, a waif and an outeast,
but fur the disinterested kindness of one
women.' I told her my story lung ago,
but your latter revelation I have kept
sacredly to myself, for I cannot tell you
how unfeignedly I have thanked you for
the kindness you have never attempted
to reveal. If it could have done von any
good I would have told you who I was
long ago, but it couldn't. You had giv
en me the message, had told me every
thing—"
He interupted hereagerly, Not every
thing. I never told you that Rit left
twenty thousand dollars as his legacy to
you. I never told you that I myself am
almost•wealthy, that—
She put out both her hands 'and almost
screamed, "Don't tempt me for mercy's
sake 1 0, Charlie, can't yon see that it
isn't all together the money ? Mrs, ger
cer was so kind to me when to one else
cared whether I lived or not. how do I
know what tato she saved me from, and
now, if it Were to kill me, I must do as
she wishes. Keep the money and keep
my love, but I must be true to my word.'
"Be true to yourself, rather,' he an
swered hoarsely. "Be true to your own
womanly nature, whatever comes of it
0, Isabel ! Myidearest, won't "you try?
Won't- you be my • Wife ?" Ho • waited
breathlessly for the answer, which came
at last. - -
'Give me till to-morrow only."
After that they never spoke till the
hotel was reached. Isabel went quietly
np to her own room, a new burden of
thought upon her, looked out at the
quiet beauty of the moon-flooded world
below, at the inlinite'peace above,:looked
.more than all at the shifting panorama
Of her own life ; the weary days of moth
erless childhood, in whirl), she and Jack
bad clupg.to each other for refuge from a
brutal .father's wrath ; the disgracefal
climax, when they were left,tp themselves
alone; the intense darkness which follow
ed the greatest fall—her idol, her only
brother. She thought of All be had beep
FLUTY CTS, EXTRA IF NOT IN ADVANCE.
to her then, thought of all she bad been
to him throUghout his whole life ; re
membered Charlie's word picture of that
Aagnst afternoon one short year before,
rernembeired that lonely Western grave,
and rose up with her resolution taken.
Very calmly she walked into'hlrs. Mer
cer's room, found the old lady bending
over a newspaper, knelt down beside her
in her own peculiar childish fashion, and
smoothed one wrinkled hand in hers.
"Mamma," She half whispered, "would
you be dreadfully disappointed if T said
1 would not marry your son ?"
The paper fell hopelessly between them
Mrs, Mercer grasped an open letter, ar.d.
• answered, to Isabeee infinite surprise :
"You needn't try to break. the news.
I have been trying to understand it for
the last five minutes, and all I can do is
to blame myself for being silly enough
to invite that woman to my house last
winter. She seemed so friendless, and
this is the way she repays me. Marries
my son and leaves you to wear the wil
low l They were kind enough to send me
cards, so you will be spared the necessity
of telling me. Laura Mills isMrs. Hen :
ry Mercer, and you are free to" marry
whom yon like.' She said it half ag
gressively, but by and by the twenty
thousand dollars, the romantic, deyelor
moat of Charlie's quest. Isabel's
gnfail
mg eloquence, to say nothing of a mild
triumph over the delinquent bridegroom,
jointly won her consent.
So when Charlie came down stairs the
next morning half fearful' of his fate, he
found a tiny note awaiting him,
"To-morrow has come, and my an
swer Is yea."
A Nonplussed Life insurance Nireqf •
——o—
A. family named Kemper moved into a
house in our row last week, writes Max
Adlpr, and Benjiimin P. Gunn, the lire
insurance agent, who lives in the same
row, was the first caller. He dropped in
to see if he could take out a policy for
Mr. Kemper. Mrs. Kemper came down
to the parloi to see him.
"I suppose," said Golan, "M'r. Kemper
has no insurance on his life?' .
“No," said Mrs. Kemper. ,
"Noll, I would like to set him to take
out a policy in our company. It is the
safest there is in the world y ; it bas the
largest capital, smallest rates and biggest
dividends.
"Mr. Kemper does not take much in
terest in such things noy,” said Mrs.
Kemper.
"Well, n3adam,but he ought to, an com
mon justice to you. No Wan knows
when he will die, and by paying a rid
ionlonsly' &pall rum now, Mr. Kemper
can leave his family in affluence. I'd like
to hand you for him a few pamphlets
containing statistics upon the sdbject;
may I ?"
"Of course, if you wish to."
"Don't yon think he can be induced to
insure ?" asked Gunn.
"I hardly think ea," replied Ifrs.
Kemper.
"He is in good health. I suppose. Has
he complained lately of being sict.?"
"Not lately."
"May I ask if he has any considerable
wealth ?"
"Net a cent."
"Then of coarse he must insure.,
poor man cao afford to neglect the tit'.
portnnity. I suppose he travels some
times ; goes about in railroad cars and
other dangerous places."
"No, he keeps very quiet."
"Man of steady habits , I suppose.?" •
"Very sten - Ay: l
"He is . 7 nst file an I want,"paid Gunn
"I know / can sell him a
v olley." •
"/ dont think you can, replied Mrs.
Kemper.
"Why ? When will he be home ? Pll
call on him. f don't know any reason
why I shoultlVt insnre him."
"I know," remarked Ira. Ti.
"Why ?"
"#e has been dead twentyeeven years,"
said the widow.
Then Gunn left of a and4en. •o will
not iusure any of the .I.enupeie.
&lady of Washington County is the
mother of a large family of children, and
they are all rather diminutive. A few
days after the birth of the youngest, not
long since, a little niece of the lady called
to see the baby. After looking M. the
tiny spemmen-for a few minutes, the little
girl said, "Aunt Maria, don't you thinkit
would be better to .have less of 'em and
gave 'em b'gger ?"
A Danbury Sunday school scholar be
ing asked what became of men who de.
ceived their fellowmen, promptly ex
plained "They go toEgrope." Of course
he didn't•know, being'inetely a child,that
We contemplated a move that way.
What will not women do for the man
she/oyes:"
Her hand was the first to reach and drag
The }joule from the shelf—
qt is your curse, dear John," she said,
And drank it op herself.
A Detroit woman who had been di
vorced from her first husband, recently
married again. The first husband, to
show that he bore no malice, headed it
party who serenaded the netily-mairied
pair.
•
"Dwellers in crystal palaces shopld re
frain Trom the propulsion of irregalsily
shaped particles of granite formation:Ns
the way in which a California editor pots
the English, proverb about stones and
glass houses.
It was a North Carolina landlord who
posted the notice in his dinning room
that members of the Legislature would
be first seated, and afterward,theFntle
men,
"Think of it, Hr.. Dobbs, the. United
States drinks spoomoo worth of spirits
every year!" Bobba ,(exoitedly)—",How
r Fa; the United Statea l
_ _
.
'Mn* o wbo iw a bulge.
lor; Bays it'i Mighty bard when a man
hhe the repntation of being h hear that
he never geMa there to hag.
THE IVIONT I II . OSB DEMoC IWt
Contains all the Load and General Rena, rearm to
ries, Ana:dates. Miscellaneous 'Beading, Cattespo#
ones, and a rellabla elaaa of adreitilemcn le. '
. • .
One vinare. et of an loch ens ce.)6lreeka. Wens- $l.
I month, $1.23; ropattor„ $2.60; 6 raoallia, $460•
year, $6.60. A liberal dliicount on adrertheinents of
gmter lengtb... I}itaineas Lotals4o ef..a Ilna for drss
iritertlon, and 6 eta. a line each aubsequi-nt trirertion.-.
Marriage" and death., free ;• obituarlea, l 0 car. a Bac'.
NUMBER 15.
•
Tills word Is not remediable for Its ettikonle
her Is its definition more agreeable thhn.l9
eound ; yet there ,is in this world so vast an
amount of what it represepts that I; is quiti
tanneeessary to give Its' , definition of deseribei
the mental process or either the active or pas;
eke
agent In matters where shirking is prat:::
deed. . r
There Is the constitutional shirk, the °tett
atonal shirk. intentional malice aforethought
shirk, and other spepire of the genus which aug
readers can name for tbernselres To the first+
mentioned, it comes natural to avoid the diudg,..
cry ot life, to be otherwise engaged when hard
and dirty work is to be doge, and' to take if
as well undepttood that those who do itegictit
it, but our constitutional ehirk "somehow novae
bad the knack of doing such things:l' 4nd sq
fie dusts the furniture while somebody else doe!
the sweeping; arranges the china closet, but
avoids dishwater; makes boquets but dosen't.
understand wedding flowers; ha Isn't on hand
till the brunt al the bard work Is over, and thei
stands back and lets sometrody stronger, abler
and that understands It better, do the dtrudgery.
The second variety include probably at 0139
time or another every human being old enough
to choose. We all have our momenta of weak;
ness, when, under tlle pressure of afflicting oF
perplexing circumstance we flinch from duty
and leave the burden to be borne by somebody
else. There are many hard, odious, ungrate!
ful tasks to be done, for doing which the only`
reward Is the consciousness of having 0:19
righteous requirements. There arepapylguirtr
NI and wearying labors to be performed front
which It is natural, one should shrink, and
which require the goad and the spur to keep us
constant to the end.
The Intentional, malice-aforethought stark
has Epode up his or her mind that there aro mi . '''•
fain things he or she will and will not act. Efe
Is perfectly .untirbfeecr that be War not born to
do disagreeable work, and determined that bp
will not. Afar off he smells danger, and by a
dexterous flank movement avoids, it. An en:
gagenten't In another dln;ction calla him away,
his feelings overpower him, he would be very
glad, but dozen% see his way clear ; and so be
'gips one , and es his presehce in life 0 of !ink
•
v se to any one, he finally 'lips into LllO grav e
leaving no vacancy behind him. "...
Sometimes Neniesls gots after shirks and liar:
nesses :hem in so tightly that trey cannot chootto
but poll In the tracm . , and they tied out by en.
forced treatment what they [nigh:t:l44i Learned
by philosophy, that the best way id gi;t Suing!
a difficult or unpleasant task Is to plunge brave
ly into the thickest of tie conto3tlind tight it
right through, without stopping to prolide
was of escape. rn this work-a-day world Wit
can't stop to choose what wolike to do; labors
are thrust upon us, want clamers for our help,
the sick and the dyrniippeal torah' and sym!:
kathy there is no other course for any but hlm
wrapped up in self save active, earnest, prompi,
continual responses to whltever calls may coma . ,
for our services.
It is a ham word to speak. Some may lattgll
that It should be, but let them.' Icy hearts are
never kind. It is a word that has choke;
Many an utterance and started many a tear.-. 77
The hand Is clasnedl-the Word Is spoken—w,
part, and are upon the great ocean of time,=
we go, to meet'
may
Glod only knobs: ' ft
May be eocat; It may be never. Take care that
your good-bye is not a cold one; it may be the
last that you can give. 'Ere you can meet your
friend again, death's cold hand may have cloasil
her eyes and chaine'd ter bps forever. And she
may have died thinking thit you loved her not.
Friends crowd onward and giveyou their bang '
ItOrr do you detect in each "good-bye' the 17ie
that lingers there, and how you may bear await
with you the memory of Anse wards many
days: l'i'e moot ottensePaiate. Tear not your..
self away with coldness that defies aU love, but
make your last words linger—giVa the heart fltli
utterance, and it tears; what of ILI Tears are
•
nut unmanly.
The art thou that cornplainest of thy life of.
toil? Complain not. Look up, my wearll
brother; see thy tellow-workmen there,intiodi
eternity i surviving litere, , tllo7 alone . surviving ;
sacred bands of immortals;Celestial bodygnarit
of the empire of mankind... 'To thee heaven,
tiwtpgh mien), is not . unkind ; heaven is kind,
as a noble mother; as that Spartan mother,
saying, while she gave her son his shield, "With
it, my son, or upon it 'Thou, too, khan retitiii
bbine in honor—to thy far - distant borne, ih
hOnor, doubt It net—it - in' the battle Mon
don keep,thY siiiehl I , Thou, in : the eternities.
and deepest 4esill-kingdoms, aro not an alien;
thou everywhere art a denizetil Complain not;
She very Spartans did not complain."' And who
aytihop theebiaggint of 'thy" life of idleness,
complacently sbowest thy bright, gilt equipt
ges, sumptuous
.cushions; appliances for fold:
Ingot the hands to mere sleep? Looking up,
Looking down, around, behind or liefore,dei.
cornett thou if it be not. , ,
any
halo hero, gains , gOii, or wren detilf - Not a yes
'lige of one. In the heavens, in the earth; In
the waters under tho earth is none like unto
thee. One monster ,theta 1s in the world—the
hips man. • . , „
TILE DEEPEST TVE,LL LV Tlp3' WORTJA
About twenty miles . hum Berlin is situatell
of Sperenberg, noted fa the deepest
'well that has ester been sunk.Owingto the
Presence of gypsum in the locility, which is °° t,.
a moderato distance from the Can 6.
.ital, It 6
cured to Government' autblaitics eliaigetif
the mines to'obiain it supnly . 61' :nett sale,Wille
this end in view the sinking of 'Asko/ well
16 feet lu diameter was ccimmeitied some Ave
years ago, and at' the dtipth'4l 280 toe; the .
'was reached. The baing 'was continued td '
s..
further depth of 880 feet, - the diameter of the
bore being reduced to alxiut 18 trines.' The
operations were aubtiequently'pWcuted by tta
'ad of steam, until a depth of 4,106 feet wei sir
tamed. At this point the boring wan Oxca r t. ,
tinned, the borer being still la the salt doposte.
which thus eibibits the enormous thlebteet di
i),007 feet:
Bond dlsappeintment to tbe winds ; taken",
as it ts, and wltti a strong will make It ea naV
what it should be u poindble;
A good rule for da i use-do jot Sitar, duty
each day kid each hour which ought to be dale
in that exact day and that Wu.
A P1:11pSICID ETWIT WXbkIIMUIT UOl3llO
kdverl4ng Rates!
SHIRKEVO.
GOOD BTE.
rim IDLE MAN: