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MDGWAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, AUG. 6, 1889.
NUMBER 38
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The troubles that are cast to ns !
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For woes that rush so fast to us,
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Were not your sphere at last to us.
That sphere of home, which well requites
The loss of these unsexing rights !
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IIOW SHE WON MM.
HT CKC1I.IA L. WniTELY.
Mr. S tools up a pon and Alice took
herself out, prently amazed at liPr employ
er's milliner of ctidinjr the conversation. Stop
ping on tho outer landinpr to collect her be
wildered thoughts, she akod herself:
'Can this lie all ho had to Rny? only to re
prove mo for that miserablo past folly, and in
such a way?'
'What a pair of fools!' cogitated the old
editor in his turn. 'A conpio of ninnies
Jus: ns if I was blind. ITu! ha! she is a sen
sible little thins, and, hy.Tove! she loves tho
boy will enouih to sacrifice her silly littlo
wotnnn heart for his sake, or mine, perhaps,
bless herl l?ut she shan't: I'll not allow it!
Let tho boy win her, and take caro of her,
like a man. If tho rascal don't speak soon,
I'll I'll why, I'll marry her myself. Allen
don't want any of your die awny yonn? ladies
for a wife, to flit t and worry his lifo out.
How well that dear bov of mine knows me;
and the girl well, well, elio will in time.
Ten to one but he is waiting on th lower
stairs to tako her home. Ah. mc! well they
aro voting, and in love. Their sun is bright,
and I tun not the cloud to oiipenre it.
The old man smiled ns ho lit hiscifrar, and
thought of those two youny peoplo very ten
derly ull tho way to his quiet homo.
Mr. S was right. Allen was waitiner
for Alico on the stairs. Doubtless his
thoughtful sire had given him a slight hint
to that effect, and with a coulident 'I am
going with you,' he Iuid her passive hand on
his arm.
Silently they walked along the pleasant
street he in vain tryingto reud the new expres
sion of her sad, averted face. Vresently he
asked, with sooiethiug of his father's abrupt
ness:, 'Alice, when will yon marry mo?'
Her surprise was too great for words. Af
ter a moment she found voice.
'Mr. S . yon forget my station and
yours. You should never speak such words
to one so poor as I, for I will never '
'XoMsense!' he interrupted, 'I love you,
and you love me, and what more is necessa
ry! I have fixed my heart on you, Alice.
We will have a glorious life together. I see
its dawn brightening all around us, even
now. I cuu give you wealth, station, love;
oh! boundless love, that shall take a lifetime
to fathom; and you bless me in return with
vour splendid beauty, perfect truth, and pure
affections a heart all my own: love unsul
lied to sanctify my homo; a companion for
my mature manhood; a mate to share my
dawning fame all this to bo embodied in
tho three sweet words, 'Alice, my wife"
I?ut your father, he will never couseut,'
reminded Alice, while ber heart was repeat
ing the sweet love-picturo ho had drawn.
'My father i3 the best mau in the world,
dear Alice, llefknows your worth, and that
I love you. Ithiuklcaa now find a solu
tion of your changed manner. My father
has been making your acquaintance in his ec
centric way, and, like thousands of others,
you misuuderstood him entirely. Am I not
right V
Alice related the conversation that had
taken place between thntn, and acknowledged
that she had greatly misjudged his kind na
ture, but that Mr. S certainly seemed to
warn her against thinking too kindly of his
laughed.
'My dear old father! it was only his way
of introducing himself to his future daughter.
Doubtless he was recalling his own young
days, and the time when be loved and mar
ried my mother, who was a poor girl, Alice,
but she made his life rich with blessings. She
is dead now, und her memory is the dearest
thing in the world to hint. You will soon
learu to love my father oub father, Alice,
from this hour.'
Thus my friend was betrothed, and lite all
a sparkle with the new hopes growing from
the ashes of old despair. That same evening
Allen walked Into bis father's study, and
eaid, with earnest vo'ce:
'Father, wiib your conseut, Aijc0 Lee has
promised to bo my wifo.'
'Uul, npposo 1 do not consontf
'As my best friend and only parent, yon
will. 1 want her love and compnn;ons'n;p to
perfect my life. 1 mean to write mv name
high, and with Alice by my 6i(n j wj) eVor
bavo a good Pngel as a true pnifi,, foi.FV(,P 1o
keep mr worthy or manhood nilf tbe po8ltion
I would attain. I see by tl iigut ,ln your
eyes that, you think with mn
'Yes, my boy, tuko her, for I am confident
that Alice Lee is worthy of nl that nven vou
can give. I made her Cry t,,9 otllRr (i,iy
poor thing, butt Bir, v0o mnst n(,vor C!Vlse
her to shed a te01" 1 won't, allow it. Some
day, my son, I hope she will love - me with
your truth and confidence, and that is all an
old man can ask of his children. Transplant
her at once from the case to your home; her
busy little fincrers have toiled long cnontrh.
Take her, as soon as you pleaso, and God
bless yon both.'
In just one month from that date I was
her bridesmaid, and six months later, a bride
myself Immediately after we went West to
settle, wh?rn George started a weeklv news
paper, which prospered famously. 1T was
editor, foreman, business clerk, "while I did
the duty of compositor combined with proof
reader. I also looked after the poetry and
light matter, and frequently, in cases of
emergency, doing the locals, and manipula
ting the exchanges. On several occasions I
was obliged to aspire to the editorials, one
of which got mo into trouble, and I was called
to account by an indignant member of the
opposition party, who threatened fearful ven
gennce on the writer of tho obnoxious article
whom he supposed was my innocent husband.
While George was away to the Legislature,
I ran short of editorials. We were too poor
to pay for such things, and so 1 mustered
courage to again write one. Of course I was
quite familiar with my husband's stylo and
way of thinking, so I dashed into tbe sub
ject with pure partisan zeal, and the result
was a triumphant success for our combined
efforts mine in the office and his on the
"stump" elected hispnrtv. since which time
we have prospered svouderfully.
In due time, Mr. Lester was sent to Con
gress; and I believe he is called an eminently
capable and promising man by the peop'e ol
his State. I know him to be a true patriot,
a good husband, and a faithful friend, and
that satisfies me completely.
Alice, as all tho world knows, is the hon
ored wife of Mr. S , the famous Sena
tor from . The brilliant lawyer, ora
tor and statesman, is said to be the coming
leader of his party, and his wife the most
beantiltil woman nt the capital. She is the
pride of society, and shares her hnsbaud's
fume with wonderotis grace. In velvet and
diamonds she reigus a star in the fashionable
world, bnt tho heart of her girlhood remains
unchanged in the midst of tho splendor that
surrounds her." To me Fho is still sweet Al
ice Lee, and in Bilk and calico her nature
will ever be puro and good.
Mrs. S is not, as the wctld goes,
accomplished: but that graceful head of hers
contains a ileal of useful knowledtre, and ev
ery word she utters bespeaks a richly culti
vated mind. Her daiuty white hands have
set up many a column; nor has the slender
fingers forgotten their cunning, as you shall
see.
Alice paid me a long visit last winter. Mr.
Lester, nt the present time, is the proprietor
of a very influential daily paper published in
the city of . I left the office long ago;
children cume to claim my care and, ns
their is no longer any need of ma as a work
er. I am scarcely krown in the establishment.
Well, as I said, Alice ciimo to mako a long
visit we are ulwuys Alice and Mary to
each other, except when society demands
strict etiquette.
Ono evening the business editor called in
as he was passing, iu a perfect fever of anxi
ety and haste, trying his utmost, he said, to
procure two or three extra compositors for a
few hours, for they had just received the
Presieduts message, which must be in typo
by three o'clock. Mr. lloss was determined
that his readers u'uould get tho message in
the moruiug'a issue, besides he wished to get
the start of his rival across the way, whom
he understood, from good authority, wasstill
messageless, although every moment expect
ing the arrival of that important document.
Mr Ilea knew nothing about our printing
ability, and therefore could hardly hope to
find help from Alice, when she said consol
ingly: 'l'erhups Mrs. Lester and I may find an
extra haud in your dire necessity; suppose
we look about, Mary?'
Mr. Ross regarded ber incredulously, and,
with a nod of thanks, bade ns a hurried good
night, and rushed away, intent on finding a
few 'extra bands.'
'Come,' said Alice' gleefully, 'let's go.
It will be such capital fun. just fancy you
and I at our old trade again.'
I assented, delighted with tho schemo,
and, hooded and cloaked, we speedily repaired
to tbe office. The printers were astounded
wbeu we made our dkhi't, and doubly so
when we made known our intentions, and
modestly demundod a case. But I am ortain
tbat after watching us for a few moments, we
gained immeasurably in their good opinion.
The case seemed an old frieud, and in five
miuutes we were as clever as ever, while the
admiring compositors silently applauded our
skill, Alice especially, who used to bost that
no one could rival ber iu the craft.
We all went to work with a will on the
message, determined to get ahead of the oth
er papers. Mr. lloss came in neir midnight,
looking very tired and cross. His brow le
laxcd on beholding fie almost complete form
He instantly turned to the foremam with
words of dclicht ou his lips, but they were
suddenly checked on seeing us bu.iily at
work.
'Good heavens!' be exclaimed in astinUb
ment. 'Mrs, Letter, is it possible? Am I
dreaming, Mrs. S ? I'lease explain,
for I am utterly at a loss.'
'You are not dreaming, Mr. lloss,' laughed
Alice. 'Did you not know that Mrs Lester
and I were capital printers? We graduated
ten years ago, at least I did. I promised
you a haud or two, and bore they are. We
were famous jn our day, and I tbiuk even now
you will find our work correct.'
Too astonished to reply, Mr. lloss sat
down, faintly articulating a number of sup
presBsed thanks for our valuable services
At balf-past one tbe message was ready for
tbe press, and we weut home, as we used to
on these long-ago burry nights, accompanied
by au obliging printer, and so very tired that
we thought the old days were back again,
and husband, home, and children a dreatn
that would vanish with tho light peeping
softly through tho window in the room where
my baby lay. Alice thought of the past,
too, and so our babloa were dearer that night
than ever before.
Tho next morning we read the damp paper
with a new interest. 'Not an error! cried
Alice, nieirly waving the sheet above ber
head. 'I looked to tho proofs last uight, nnd
hero we have perfection. I tell you. Mary,
we are a credit to our profession, and I am
quite proud of our our columns.'
She wrote to her husband as I did to
George an amusing account of the affair.
They commcuded ui highly, and the rival
over the way wondered how Mr. lloss could
have possibly have issued the message so
promptly. It is, and probablv always will,
remain a mistery as to whore te procured bis
two extra hands on that especial occasiou.
'Senator S once gravely abked mo if
Alico cried over the types, as she did that
time when his father kindly warned her of the
imprudence of long walks. She is his darl
ling yet, his home-joy. Iu his wife aud chil
dren the jewels of his beautiful home he
fiuds a secure retreat from tho cares of his
exalted life,
Xow. Maggie, you know the love story of
his youth, and the way in which he won his
charming wife. Alice won the noblest hus
band in the land, and all through her being
a pretty, hard working, and sensible little
printer. And I have kept my promise and
finished my bit of romance.
"lie Died rorMc."
Many interesting narratives and experi
ences are told at Ilenry Ward Ueecher's Fri
day evening prayer meetings. Last week,
ono of tho prominent citizens of Brooklyn
doing business in Wall street, related the fol
lowing. We reproduce tho story as it fell
from his lips:
"Not loug since I found myself at Cincin
nntti, with a little spare time, and I thought
I would improve it in visiting some of tho
Southern battle fields and burial places. I
first proceeded to Nashville. Ou goinj out
to the Soldiers' Cemetery, I observed a man
plauting a flower over a grave. I ap
proached him and asked if bis sou was buried
there:
'No,' was the response.
A son-in-law?'
'No.'
A brother?'
No.'
'A relative?' m
'No.
'Whoso memory then do you chorisb?" I
ventured to ask.
After dolayiug a moment and puttiugdown
a small board which be held in his band he
replied:
'Well, I will tell you. When the war
broke out, I lived in fllinois. I wanted to
enlist, but I was poor and had a large family
of children dependent upon me for daily
bread. Finally, as tho war continued, I was
drafted. No draft, money was given me; I
was unable to procure a substitute, and made
up my miud to go. After I had got every
thing in readiness and was jus, leaving to re
port at tbe conscript camp," a young man
whom I had knowu came to me and said:
'You have a big family to support, whom
your wife cannot support while you are gone;
I will go for you.'
In the battle of Chicamauga tho poor fel
low was dangerously wounded. Owing to
Dratrg's offriiMve demonstrations on Chata
nooga he, along with others, was taken to
the hospital at Nashville. After a lingering
illness he died nnd w:i3 buried there. Ever
since hearing of his death I hav'e been desi
rous of coming to Nashville and seeing that
his remaius were properly buried. Having
sufficient funds. I cnnio on yesterday, nnd
have to-day found the poor fellow's grave.
Ou completing his story the man took up the
small board aud inserted it at tho foot of the
grave. Turning to look nt it I saw this sim
ple inscription, and nothing more: 'He died
for mo."
A CniNKSK Prodicm!.. The Chinese papers
report a curious and touching scene which
lately occuned in the Shanghui mixed courts
A dissolute prodigal, having a chain around
his neck, to which his bands were fast, waa
brought up by his father. Tho parent, a
very respectable-looking man, declared he
could make nothing of the prisoner. He
had tried all means to cure him of his pro
pensity for smoking opium, but without ef
fect If ho gave him money it went in opium;
clothes were also pawned to satisfy his crav
ing. Latterly he had been chaiucd up in a
house to see what effect that would have;
but bis appearance on that occasion was be
cause he hud broke out, and had been picked
up hy a policeman. In fact, the father de
clared that he would be glad if tho Court
would take him in hand und give hi in a severe
punishment. The judge advised hi in to give
his son another trial, aud added that, if after
ono punishment he was still incorrigible, Chi
neso law would permit decapitation on till
conseut of the father.
How to Havk a Clean Garden. Mr. Bu
ren, of Newark, N. J., is noted for having a
clean garden. Ho says:
Any man who will leave his bed at four
o'clock in the morniog, and go forth with bis
hoe, and a willingness to work, need never be
disturbed witU weeds. I have attended to a
business that took the time usually devoted
to the pursuits of life, and still found leisure
for such attention to my ganleu as kept it
free always from all foul-growth.. Of course,
I am not one of the anti-early risers. But if
hu is foud of his bed, and tho Koil is full of
weeds, let him give the garden a Sabbath
year of clover. Thus will he kill tho tares
that the enemy hath sown, and bis garden
come back to onious and lima beans, lettuce,
peas and beets, like a good man to bis work
on Monday morning.
During Mr. Seward's overland journey he
stopped at a hotel in Idaho,,where a rough
looking fellow introduced himself aa follows:
"Is this W. JL Seward?'
'Yes; what do you want?"
I came here to introduce myself and to see
you. I read about William H. Seward.
Vou are not as good looking as I thought yon
was. Mr. Seward I have been admitted into
tbe Union, three times, commencing with
Iowa, and.now want to coma in again with
Wyoming. Good evening Mr. Seward; al
though I am a better-looking man than you
arc, I am very glad to see joo."
Slick to Ilie Plow nnd the Plane.
Don't come to the cily, my boy. Your
chance in tho long run, is ueirei nuie
vou aro. Hundreds, indeed, mako for
tunes here, but tbousanda live wraiiesomo
nnd even suffering lives in tho city.
Clerks have larger salaries uiu lannen,
but then their expense 01 Doarciing,
clothes, nnd amusements are si much
larger, that less is saved at the end of the
vear Then tho temptations of tho city
are so strong and so constant that few
voung men resist them Not many
vounff city clerks, even if they avoid bid
company, are able early i" me to have a
home of their own. A yOng man in
the country, soon after bis tune becomes
bis own. can secure capital eno"gh. with
an economical wife, to set np housekepP"
ing for himself, nnd have a quiet confr
table, and even beautiful little home of
his own One of tho wealthiest men in
Boston, who died a few days since, said
the happiest years of his lifo were passed
when lie was gathering, very slowly, tho
beginnings of his fortune. When he
married be and his wife were worth, cnc
twenty-live cents, and they labored lov
ingly nnd happily together. This was
certainly a very small fortune for two to
commence upon, but they wero worth
hundreds of thousands when they died
gathered by economical labor. The wri
ter knows an excellent young man in
this city who is now nearly thirty. lie
has long been engaged to a young lady
of fine talents and a good temper. It
would be great comfort to both to be mar.,
ried ; but then, bis salary, although quite
large, would not support them in the style
of life to which the young woman has
been accustomed to in her own home.
Besides, the position of clerks is very
uncertain. By the failure of what was
concidercd ono of the strongest houses in
the city, this young man was thrown out
of place and salary for six mouths. Stick
to the plow, then, or some solid, v hole
somo trade. You will then be sure of .a
comfortable living. You can earlier have
a home of your own, and you will be less
exposed to the constant charges in busi
ness which destroy at one blow tho earn
ings of years. American Agricultural.
A couplo of Yankee girls put a bullfrog in
to the hired man's bed to see if they could
get bim to talk. Daniel threw the frog out
of the wiudow and never said a word. Soon
after ho put a bushel of chestnut burrs into
the girls bed, and about tho time he thought
they would make the least shaddow, Dauiel
went to their door and rattled the latch furi
ously. Out went tho light, iu went the girls;
but they didu't stick, though the burrs did.
Calling to them begged them to be quiet; he
ouly wanted to know if they had "seen any
thing of that pesky bullfrog; he'd give two
dollars to find him.
Facetiae.
A race of sculptors the Chip-a-ways.
The Prussian diet Lager beer and pret
zels. Shifting the responsibility Dressing the
baby.
When is a lawyer strongest? When he is
fee-bleat.
The cup that cheers but not inebriates
the buttercup.
What soup would cannibals prefer? The
"broth of a boy."
A favoiito tune of the milkmen Shall we
gather the river?
Matters of moment ought to be described
in a minute manner.
The shnm-.'ocks mostly w jrn in hats nowa
days aro bricks.
Is a man who has made a fool of himself
to be considered a self-iiiade man?
Why is a specimen of handwriting like a
dead pig? Deuuiiso it is dono with the pen.
Woman's rights If she cannot be captain
of a ship, she may always command a smack.
Why is a solfisti friend like tho letter P?
Because, though first iu pity, he is the last
in help.
Why are your eyes like friends separated
by di-tant climes? 'I hey correspond, but
never meet.
It is sngcested that tho Fenian letters
fouud so plentifully in lreluud are uotbiug
but green r's
Squib, speaking financially, says it was the
last camel's hair for Mrs. S. which broke bit
back.
Subjects fo chromos "The Barbor"
after iieard; "The Miners" arter Cole;"
"The Walk Home" after Church.
A man taking bis nap or bis newspaper
comes to about the same thing. He enjoys
io either case his snooze.
Why is a young lady just from boarding
school like a building committee? Because
she is ready to receive proposals.
Sambo, in speaking of the happiness of
married people, said : "Dat ar' 'neuds al
togedder how dey enjoys demselves.
A mean pun for a man to lay hold of a
lady's back hair, and apologize by saying he
(bought he was pulling a beixb knob.
A verdant Cape Codder, upon seeing a loco
motive for the first time, threw up his bands
exclaiming, "By thunder, what a darned
great stove 1"
A new mode of dispersing a mob has been
discovered, said to supersede tbe necessity of
a military force. It is to pass around a con
tribution box.
Woman is composed of 243 bones, 401
muscles, and 30C piua. Fearfully and won
derfully made, and to be handled with care
to avoid scratches
The President recognized the diplomatic
weakness for "dinners," by appointing Part
ridge Minister to Venezuela, and Cofpit
Secretary of Legation to Kussia.
At a recent lecture Professor X stated
that Saturn had a ring six thousand miles
broad. "Be jabers!" exclaimed an Irishman,
who was present, "what a finger be most
have," i
A good tale, ill tqld, is a bad one,. '