A Very Rank Tow. "You love Lcr, llngh ?" ' More than my life, YiA.1 TLoti. man. vhv don't you tell "No, Will, I never w ill tell her so Never, never, never," Ilatrb u ai - wnriJi Raid Kturtini? from his chair ond nseinff the room. "Come, come, Hugh, don't give mi m. dramatic rehearsal, no--, but Kit down here and tell me what's the trnnl.le " Ea d ill Lawrence Hugh's most intimate friend andj justbe be?t-bearted fellow in the1 world. With almost womanly ten- i derness he passed his arm around: Hugh ttnd drew Lim down beside1 "No, Will; although I love Care St Clair, I shall never tell her so. j Net even if by so do'Dff I wm her. Hut that is not likely. I can : ltar tLe ringing laugh now that: would greet my love making, see tLe ; mocking cun w j-.uuu... . curl o cer proua nps. i , was not far away wben Ous Howard made a fool of himself." "tJus Howard and you are very different persons, Hugh, and I think you would meet a very different rc cption " "He is handsome, rich, nad cf one of the oldest families in our State, and " "A vain, conceited, brainless fop. I honor Miss St. Clair for the way in which she sent him forth. He would have understood no other re ception." lie is only one of the very many b'. c I ft 5 woe ly her micherics to la jgh a , and cast aside their hearts, as lit tlj worthless baubles. She has no L r.rt. She cannot have, or surely si.e would have given her love, or sympathy at least to my cousin Paul dear, murdered Taul so true, so noble, so loving ! He was worth the purest woman's love. Will, my Lov, standing over Paul's lifeless farm, I swore I would never tell Clare my love. Ah, then, when my grief was above all other feeling, 1 thought itwould not be hard. I must get away from here, Will; far away where I shall never hear her name and never see her. Sis months have passed since I stood by Paul's c )flin, and made that vow, and in stead of banishing her from my heart I love her, I love her-" "Hugh! I have heard it whispered that Paul's death was no accident; yet I do not credit it. Why will you?" "Why, because he wrote me of his Live, aud said: 'If I cannot win Clare, I shall have nothing to live for. I cannot, I will not live with out her.' I feel sure he went to her ; told her of his love ; was rejected : nnd in his agony " Xo.nouo.' Paul Hey wood never intended that terrible crime, I know ; and vou know how fond he was ol L Jilting. He went forth for that pur pose, and It was by a sudden and unexpected discharge of his gun that he was killed. Now do not charge Miss St. Clair with his death. She never trilled with Paul, I fell confi dent." "Then, why did she exclaim : 'Oh, I might Lave saved Lira from this !' cs she stood beside him ? She dream vd not that I was near." "I know not, Hugh. De this as it :aay, I do not think you should feel thus toward Miss Sl Clair. She is wonderfully beautiful; and men will love her. If she has not yet learned to love any of them, I cannot for my life, see w hy you, of all men should feel bad about it, particularly, so long as she does not refuse you." "Would to heaven I could think as you, Will ! If I could believe that Clare had nothing to do with my cousin's sad end well I might be happier. Hut my oath is recorded on Ligh, and " "There, never mind about that, but tell me, how long have you known Miss St. Clair ?" "rer since she was twelve, and I was a youth of fifteen. We were iuite devoted to each other for about six weeks, while spending our vaca tion it the village of P , she visiting her unclo ; J mine. See, here is a little trinket she gave me then," Hugh eaid taking from Lis pocket book a little golden heart and holding it up. And I teased and worried auntie until she gave me from Lcr cLatelain a little gold anchor. I gave it to Clare, and told Lcr all my Lopes were in Ler, and that as long as I kept Lcr heart she must never give it to another. She said she would nev rr want to. Oh, she was an earnest, true little love then." "Well?" "Well we parted, I going back to college, she to school. 1 used to write to her through a cousin of hers, and Ehe would answer such dear, sweet little letters! Then after a half dozen or so passed between us, she said she could write no more ; that Ler mother Faid it would inter fere with Ler 6tudies, and she was to young to think of a lover. " 'IJut though I shall write no more, you may be 6urc I'm thinking if you too much, 1 guess," she wrote. "There were beautiful girls all r.round mc nearer my own age. Soon I imagined myself desperately in love with the sirtcr of mv most intimate friend, and so little Clare was forgjtten. I think this news must have reached Ler. When we met again which was not for four years she was a young lady of six teen, very beautiful, and surrounded by many admirers. She treated me With the most perfect indifference. I never ceuld cave ueiievea lour vears could Lave changed any one as it did Clare once so candid, artless, and loving ; then a Heartless little co oucttc. I did not linger near Ler long. Again after an abscence ol three years in Europe, I mother six months ago, just before Paul s death. Then it was that I grew to love Ler. Oh, how I've watched for her 1 Eager. Famishing for one look, to tell even of remeniberance of the old times ! Put now this must Boon end. I will vtoss tbe ocean again, never to re turn! Now you Lave my story, Will, and we will never speak of this again Come, let us go out for a walk!" "All right, Hugh. But I must ex press my opinion Erst on this subject. end then, if you wish, henceforth and forever, bold my tongue. If Clare t. Clair is a heartless coquette, I think you taught her the first lesson." The friends took op their bats and sauntered down town. Jiugn was very silent, onlr replving to Will's remarks in monosyllables. "I've turned the current, I think. ly giving Lim a glance at Limself," ul said. "Clare St. Clair, when will you be content with this cruel gams vou are playing f I've just seen poor Harrv Carrington. I should think you Lad a lesson severe enoueh in Paul's death. Po yoa wish another to die for love of you f" "Cora, stop. How can vou? How dare you say each dreadful words to me? Were yon cot my cousin, and dearest friend, 1 could not forgive it Uh, girl, l wish I Lad a heart, might Lave won it Pear, Paul' I loved him as I floulJ a brother if I'd Wen blewd with one. iDut Cora, Paul never told we that 'belovedme. I rr refused 1 . l nn i. i i ea if i. o t 1 1 - - n-iiii i ...... ..kari it! ' ti t. i - cnrrr.iir fLir !m, w w Lis friendship. I : Lare 0DV onc to reproach c.j-. L,f(- f min-vt fcnre kent hia near ! !, Aav. lie wanted me U po jont rij;n!,' I foar he ta:Lt fpeat ,i .nrs I drca ded to Lear, and so 'cxcnIcj mTse!t Cora, you vm. t be- licve me. VAZiii ire Mil I i-n in tie it. world was aeci.ie He had promised t3 & e n:e t a : evening." And the beautiful, heartier, cruoi girl, as her discarded lover cal'.ed her, dropped her hesd and r.-ept bit terly. "Forgive me. Care. 1 do n.'t be lievc you. I wish others knew .f this Hugh Walworth jar::cu!arSv. Havejou sren much ef him "ste'v?" -N ves I have seen him t-f'.rn. , Lut j,e on,r bow lle ..ts rl.Tf. ar;,roactcd"me never sp;k?n a word ! t0 mc since Paul's death. I relieve he hates me." ' Clare. I'm secret. Will go.r to Laurence tell vou a -mv Wi'd now. said, we are engaged, dear," Cora with a beautiful Hush mounting her fair fce, ' he told mc that Hugh loved you that his heart was break ing for that love but that he had beard the story about Paul, and by his sido had solemnly sworn never to tell vou of that love." "Paler and paler the beautiful face grew. So stnl and cold she sat, that vum in ui:. Buguv-.. '" r. .'""? "". and chiding in turn, she managed to bring something like a life-gluw to the soft cheek. And then the beau tiful couette" sobbed : "For this I've been waiting for years, and now to hear that it will never, never come ? Oh, Cora, be cause I've been loving Hugh ever -iitco I was a little girl I've had no heart for any one else." "There, dear, don't grieve. It will surely end all right. Hugh was not himself when he made that rash vow. He must, he wil1, break it," Cora said soothingly. "Vou do not know Lim. He never will," Clare said sadly. "We shall see," answered the gen tle cousin. And so she went away to Gnd her Will, and ith him set her wise little head to work to find some plan to secure the Lappines3 of their friends. They parted to meet again the next afternoon, when both would have had more time to work out a plan. Hut while these lovers are worrying their minds and hearts, Providence had taken care of the case. Hugh, determined to fly from the cirl he loved so dearlv, had fixed upon the hour of departure. Then an irresistible yearning came otcr him to see her once more, lie start ed off toward her home, a beautiful country seat, two miles from W . He thought, perhaps, he might meet her, or, hovering near, he might watch her at the window near the porch, or wandering amid the trees and flowers. Put he was doomed to disappointment. After lingering un til near twilight, and failing to catch a glimpse of Clare, Hugh called a bov who was working in the garden and inquired if .Miss St. Clair was home. "No, sir. She went out for a drive. I hope she will be back soon, for the road is in an awlul state, loom workmen cut it up dreadful this after naon, and it is dangerous traveling now," the boy answered. Hugh started off at a rrpid gait, for what he scarcely knew himself. He had gone possibly a quarter of a mile, when he saw a light suspended in the road as a warnnigof a danger ous place. Almost directly after came the sound of horse's hoofs. Another instant, and the terriCed an imal came flying madly on, on to the very danger whose warning signal had frightened him. A few seconds more, and it would be too late to save her. Hugh pprang forward in the center of the road before the crazed sued. With all his strength he sprang forward, grasped its head, and suc ceeded in stopping for an instant its mad career. "Stand back for. heaven's sake! He will kill vou. Hugh !" cried Clare, as she sprang from her seat. She was saved ; and away, more furiously than ever, the horso flew, dashing Hugh to the ground with a violent blow. "Saved! Thank God !" Clare heard him whisper, as, pale and bleeding, he lay lifeless before her. Down on the ground beside him Clare sank piilowicg his head in her lap, and entreating him to open his eyes, to speak to her. " "Oh, I have caused this! To save me he will die. Hugh, dear Hus:h, open your eyes. Speak to me. Lis ten to me." Slowly the eyelids raised, the pale lips tried in vain to speak. "See, see, Hugh. Look. Here is your anchor. I've worn it every hour since you gave it to me. Hugh, I never trifled with Paul. Oh, be lieve me, Hugh. Don't die. Try to live," she cried. And then as his eyes closed again, and the head sack heavier in her arms, forgetting all, everything, but her love for Lim, she pressed her lips to those so pale and cold, crying : "Oh, Hugh, my darling, you will never know Low I have loved you so long. If you die, I shall die too." Again and again she pressed Ler lips to Lis. Surely the Land she had clasped gave back a gentle pressure. "Ves, yes. he lives!" she cried. I must get help. Put how can I leave you His eyes opened again, and with a pleading look were raised to hers. Voices reached her ear, footsteps were coming. "Thank God. Help is near, Hugh. You will live. Try to for " She did not finish the sentence. She remembered then what Cora had told her. "Yes I must live now," he whisper ed, clasping closer he hand. TLe frightened horse, with the remnants of the phaeton, carried quickly Lome the news. Mr. St. Clair, with two of the men, started to hunt for Clare. Hugh's injuries, although quite severe, proved to be not of a danger ous character. A week afterwards he was able to be sitting on Mr. St. Clair's porch with Clare beside Lim. "Mr Walivorth, in all probability yoa saved this reckless little girl's life; for just the same thing over again, I fear," said Mr. St. Clair, coming op. "No, sir. He saved my life be cause he wanted me for himself, and and" "I am waiting your permission to can Clare nunc, sir Jlngh said, clasping Ler hand and apprcacuing the old gentleman, who c!a?ped Hugh's and exclaimed: Ilavo Ler? Yes certainly yon j lauljShalL I am delighted to have some ', noble 1 one take her off my hands. She is i more than I canholJ. The wildest. nioxt rerk!e?s little piece. Hut the trccst, inert loving ilatigbtcr that ever Ucsscd a frth.r' he.rt." i ----- -- - r. ' Ami si 4m'M iitiirb wain onus ; rpjsolve. I'm no' (sure that Li oft'.a was broken. Hut I'm ccnbident thai t fare st. t .a.r was jrvei: v MuaM ! tvkb. Lis love, although I v"t r ! member ever l.av;:'..c fcearsi b.'. tte t. ndrt to!;:? bT' n tM t V ; Lit of i ? be did - ; snd will l'u: C hrir;V lve.l. i l.r .J it s tw .oe w :id : sn a m rr V n it m tit it. r v.vnv kiv Oh. they';: reverie tri'.v- "lJ'''.r 1 avea't Wra ivv4i!:ase.i a n.-mr How ei t! ev Vn' arv thing e! r : S4i l or.e. ; of weddin-r card, n.er mr'tf just as happy a; though they had known each other for years," said another. Impossible !" cried tho first. "lUh! nothinc is impossible," per sisted number two. "There is liar- rv Oak and his wile aro not they a happy couple !" "The happiest I ever knew. Hut i "Vou grant that they are happy 7 Well, thev were not acquainted at : all." i "You jest." ,:, n,i .hn .r0 marr;(i unless an Lour passed m cacU otb if.r'n K,lr ptv eou d be ca ed aeoua nt- ance." "lleirolLeJ in launcv by luoir l parents "No. ibeir each other!" parents never saw "It is some quibble." "It is aj.-olcma truth. Listen and I will tell vou all auout it. .Miss Atkinson was Mrs. Oak's maiden name Miss Annie Atkinson was a very pretty girl, a brunette, a dash of wine red in her cheeks and two cherries for lips great, long fringed eyes, such as only brunett3 have, you know, deep and clear as some dark rock spring, and as soft as vel vet. "Jerome Holly fell in love with her. Vou have seen him a faith less looking blonde man a flirt and an exquisite now. Then something quite wonderful in both lines. He had broken ever so many hearts, and had a foppish way of boasting of his conquests that would have been con temptible in a girl. In a man it was worse. Put the women rather liked it, I suppose, for he was a favorite with them. They were mad enough with Annie Atkinson to have eaten her when rumor had tho two en gaged. "Ihey were engaged in earnest, and were quite a romantic pair of lovers for a while, but a greater beauty in tho shape of an heiress dawned upon Jerome's acquaintance, and he jilted Annie. It was a very cold, cruel sort of a thing, and made quite a talk in the little place where it happened, and, of course, her own sex showed verv little mercy to Annie. It was not pleasant for her to stop at L and see her old lover riding and driving about with his heiress, and Annie mado up her miad to leave the eitv and go with some friends to California. She had no parents, poor girl, and there was no one to advise Ler, and she obeyed her first impulse. "They were the Punns, who af terwards became so rich, you know, who were going. They were not prosperous then. On the whole it was a heart broken, disappointed lot, not very jolly, of course and they had a dull time of it waiting for the Goldfinch to start. "Some accident dalaycd her, and the passengers were all at a little ho tel, fuming and fretting over the do lay ; and to make it worse, some spiteful body or other sent the paper with the announcement of Jerome's wedding in it to Annie while they were there. "It was given to her at breakfast, and it so happened being late, and the hotel being carried on on the independent plan that the Punns and Annie were alone at the table with tbe exception cf a tall, sad looking fellow, who looked as though he were contemplating suicide. "Perhaps they forgot that Lc wat there. I suppose so, for when Mrs. Punn's quick wit had jumped at the mcaniBg or tbat underscored para graph in the paper Annie had just opened, she said, in that sharp way of her's, impatient and half angry : '"Annie, Annie, Annie! I'm sure by your face that you are going to take it to heait. Pine and fret and drop into the grave for a worthless fellow like that! Pie an old maid tor him! Good gracious! how stupid girls are !' "And then Annie looked at her in a cold way, with a sneer on her lip, and said, very quietly: " "I shan't break my heart, Mrs. Punn ; and as for being an old maid, I'll marrv the first man who asks me.' " 'Oh, don't say r.W,' said Mrs. Punn. 'That would be as bad as the other. Make a choice, of course; the Lrst one mignt be a rascal or a "T tell you I will marry the Erst man who asks me to be his wife,' said Annie, 'no more matter what he is or who he is. I say it solemnly. As for love, I've done with it; but no one shall sav I broke mv heart and died an old maid for the sake of that man.' "And then both women stopped, for the stranger at the end of the long table had arisen and was coming toward them. "He looked at Annie, and she look ed at him. Tbe stranger then spoke. " 'Pid yoa mean what you said just now, madam he asked. "And Annie answered : " 'It is rn impertinent question for a stranger to ask. Put 1 did.' " 'Solemnly V asked the man. " 'Yes,' said Annie. " 'Then I offer my heart and hand,' said the stranger. 'Will you have me?' "Annie looked at Lim, examined him in a half an instant from head to foot, paused for another instant, and then said " 'Yes.' " Give me your hand upon it,' said the stranger, and she did. " 'Mv name is Harry Oak,' said the stranger; "I am pretty well known here better in Loston. May I ask whom I have tbe pleasure of addressing;' "And she told Lim. "Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were very much alarmed and shocked; but j Annie was of age, and her own mis-1 tress, and they were only friends, not relations, "Bat Punn made every effort to Gnd out what people knenr of Harry Oak, and discovered nothing of dis- credit. Indeed, it seemed as though he were a good match for Annie." JuU lU tU ,.nr wr . unm.-ned to lb. w.rl. 'i arrrr ore .. ..t on KrJ the lWJ5a,b m a. U-r Ik ri.r uwu u ; i s-v 1 liet. ti:b ll" l':nn, oat n Mrih;;t h r kisl. ..5 . plVJ(P. b 'f Uiirjf. A i bu! d f.VW V v'd (vw!, t ,V( ,.s V asd Vd .vt b W ?!-:.-d nd ?riv ri"' erd 1 lV f.rv-1 w er Ovi.-i. Uv.-j. Me mrte4 fT tt-y ' 4 nV,e -m n W ed .i.r.s (: in. l c;r fc.M.e Wv.n V..f-n .s;; ;r led v Ti e vdd.t p?1 of U w a. st a J eroive r ad vlif d r.i !hv th r.irr Mcd lUnry OaI. W ?e prvCVrvd. d he aaptv I im, trvv Inert, dobiles a xery tw'wrraWe p?r ; b;l Nrf.xv they reached C!i f.ra.a. thry were wueU the gyol Ward, and quit deve'ed t. e h oihor. and never, ainoe tbe aun r.o. did it shije en two whomeiivta have lvn more even in their time, cr who hav known fewer sorrow a. They certainly love eah other dearlv, and are happier than many whose ; ship was long and ardent." court "Yet, when they were married they were absolutely not even ae SquaiMances. and I haven't a doubt," said the narrator, lighting his rlgar, "that if marriage were actually a lottery, and the names of wives and husbands were drawn from a wheel, and the drawings abided by, there would be just as much matrimonial bliss, and just as many quarrels and divorces, and no more, than there are now, when people think they choose for themselves." Trry tilrln." A correspondent ol tho Cincinnati Enquirer writes from Washington: "Treasury irirls," be it known arc not all young; in fact, some of them, no doubt, have children as old as vour correspondent, while many are yet in the full bloom of girlhood, and more have entered the cypress hung portals of old maidenhood, or have worn, or still wear, the widow's wei'ds. Still according to re festive correspondent, all ladies engaged in tho Treasury department are "girls," even though they be grayhaired mat rons and mothers of families. As I have said "Treasury girls" are not all cither young or pretty, as is gen erally supposed, and in looking over tho "sea of faces" I have discovered but few who look as though their owners consider life as a great flirta tion made up of little flirtations; on the contrary, the majority of the faces belonging to the "Treasury girls" bear the impress of an earn est purpose earnestly pursued, while many are evidently shadowed by sorrow or disappointment ; in fact, the ladies who are engaged in the Treasury department are only a small detachment of tho great army of women who End themselves depend ent upon their own resources, and have, as is natural, sought out the best place they could command. The average "treasury girl" docs not go to work in silk and lace, according to the popular idea, but, on the contra ry, wears a loose sack nnd overdress of some light wash goods over a worsted skirt, and, by way of taking all romance out of the matter, carries a little lunch done up in a paper or pinned up in a red napkin. Neither do all "Treasury girls" preserve the lines of beauty in form or lace ; on the contrary, they are thin, angular, and perpendicular women among them, and there are some who are burdened with flesh ; most certainly there are many who evidently did not win their positions by means of personal beauty. A Famous lleiwl-TYaitvr. Robert Thompson, the famous head-waiter of the Grand Union at Saratoga, has recently died. A cor respondent says of Lim : He died of consumption, within sight and hear ing of tbat great dining room over which he Lad presided for eight years, and stood at the portal until a fortnight before his death. He was a Maryland negro, full blood, who married Jane Brent, of Canandaigua, a fugitive slave from the environs of Washington, like himself. He leaves his wife and daughter with about $50,000 in money and property. His son-in-law is a graduate of Harvard University, and has an $1,800 clerk ship in the treasury. The power of this negro was in his business knowl edge and philanthropy He loved his race with a perfect knowledge of its weakness and childishness, he grew himself sterner and soberer as be realized its profligacy and pursuit of idle political honors; he was him self a public orator, and had been in the city councils of Washington, but he disliked office-seeking and odice. Commanding 200 able-bodied black men, who were under his personal drill fifteen hours out of the twenty four, he was inflexible, steadfast and kept perfect work with perfect impar tiality. He raised up other head waiters and sent them over the coun try to civilize other hotels, his last essay of this kind having been Ran dolph, whom he made head-waiter at Long Branch, and who is now to take command of the great palace hotel at San Francisco. Thompson's power was partly in his social knowl edge of the hotel frequenters. He could guess a man's importance un der Lis dress, and Le knew who was going to arrive and what rank they required. AH the table attendants of tbe Grand Union wear a string of crape and a black rosette. Stone rannon Balls. The Moniteur de VArmce savs: "Some workmen occupied at the Chateau oi Uonda, in Normandy, have just found some cannon balls of granite, probably thrown by the English wben that castle was taken by them, in 1417. Those spheres were found, as might be supposed, vry defective projectiles, as thev were made on the spot or in quarries, and the exact weight could not be correctly judged : the centre of grav ity was, besides, not always in the middle. Consequently neither the range nor the aim could be always calculated with precision. They were for tbat reason fired from a great ele vation. In 1429 a Etone cannon ball, discharged from the tower of Notre Pame, at Orleans, killed the Earl of Salisbury on tbe opposite side of the Loire. Some of these piojectiles used during one memorable occasion are still preserved in the same city ; two of them measure over thirteen inches in diameter, and their weight exceeds 200 pounds. The journal of the siege of that battle relates, in fact, that on the 1st of Pecember, 1423, the fcnglish buteuet threw against the town balls weighing near ly 200 pounds. On the 29th of Janu ary, 1429, Lancelot de Lile, who commanded the English, Lad Lis hand carried off by a stone shot from the wall" V-!inn w ill t,o bo over and the ivoun to k rr Idititiittr weir ,f lit 1 liehcw, -Atinf l'ioks And POti Uvin, and ! JTrpHf ijr f,t m jon of hftfd !udy, tU drlUhlfitl xW( 'f the ' ...... i I.a rnt.iVnd hi) i ...... .. ..;. i . .. ,.t ihov- i!) Wi l ti Uilk of the i ho.lrooi vij-or rf body aid mind. t-l khTuI bap.iticn, nnd peneral ' frelinjr f Miipi! UM inie l f ; niAirjr t'-e tvis'iVm bfcom ill '?!.-!p . rvrsV'-oie lhe epp'eli'l V l.?.;?e..:t t4s At l , w h'Tp ''' ;iUrv iS-Miv wh ic- .otv their iid e- nt t Mody w ith $ fxvUttt voRientment and a dtire to vep.v . h?? portion iu !!. wiil f.nd t'e Nisjpnian rnnui rolled (o ttiMiv baxk. and what ; wo;k. w ill tvv : v.re and profit, i Thvce en the upon the term ; their i-tudip 'tlioiicht, to bo ta and at fir?t poomed like n-. a s.MH oe m plea i U rr land w ho rti'.or wiih in. lid- reiioo to and permit their constantly reverting to bvcone hour of pleasure, instead lot being occupied wiih the duties be fore them, will grow more nnu more dissatisfied. Tune will hang heavi ly on their hands, the lessons will nrova ini-ks of seeiiiinsrlv endless diilicukies aud tho very pathway to aud from school become- a dreary walk. The sossion will finally close and the record such sehoolars have made will bring the blush of shame to their own cheeks and mako heir parents and friends hang their heads in sorrow. To such there win ne neither promotion nor the prospect of advancement, and they win prooaoiy always remain dullards. To the scholar who welcomes the opening hour of the school term with avowed gratification, and at once nlaees himself en rapport with . Lis studies, the school room will become a nlace of real eniovmcnt. Difficul ties may press about such an one, and though ho or she maybe pros trated with tho weight of work, they will eventually, like the fabled An t:eue, spring up again with increased strength to grapple more earnestly with tho task that will sooner or later succumb to such endeavors. This has been the experience of those who have trodden the same road on which the youth of to-day are glee fully following. Honors come not to thoso who will not diligently seek them. Failure has been ihe com mon lot of mankind, and wc are-assured that " 'Tis not in mortals to command success," yet wc can de serve it, and this should bo every schoolar's aim. Therefore look not mournfully into the past, for it is gone, nor idly plan what you will do, for the future is not yours, but wisely improve the present, for that and-that alone is yours. IltiyliiK A Ilrltle. Two young men one of them re sided in the northern part of this county, and tbe other in tbe southern part of Steel county were each enamored with the same young lady. The aflections of the lady were about equally divided between the two. Hard words and blows failed to set tle the difficulty. As a last resort, the Freeborn county man agreed to relinquish all his right and title to the lair damsel for the sum of $100 The other chap couldn't see it. Free born county showed a willingness to do the fair thing by they offering to give $1C0 and take the disputed property himself. Steele county scorned the offer. Our man raised tho bid to $125, which was not ac cepted; $150 failed to reach him; but, when the bid was raised to $IG0, it proved to bo too much for his cupidi- ', and with eagerness he cried out. "Take her." At this time the ex pectant bride stood looking on, an indifferent spectator, apparently car ing not whether her Freeborn or Steel county came out ahead. The winning man gave his note for $1C0, with the bride's father as iudorser, and the marriage took place without any unnecessary delay. And now we understand the parties propose to resist the payment of the note, on the ground of "no value received." Standard, Minn. A Strange Morj from I lie Sea. A private letter received in Shef field from one of the crew of the iron ship Glance, of London, which ar rived in the Thames from Adelaide lately, gives intelligence of a terrible event which recently occurred at sea. lhe Glance passed an out-bound ves sel, bearing tho name of Jesse Os borne, and was hailed by tho captain of the latter ship, who reported that one of his crew hud gone mad; that for five davs the maniac had station ed himself aloft, and nothing could induce him to return to the de:'k. The taptain further reported that the madman had armed himself with a largo chisel, with which he was cut ting the ropes, and that tho boat swain had tried to bring him down. The maniac, however, threw a block at the boatswain, knocking him on the deck and breaking him arm and leg. As a matter of safety to his vessel and crew, tho captain of the Jesse Osborne considered that it was necessary to shoot the maniac, and after some consultation that course was decided upon. The crew and afficcrs of the Glance were requested to be present as witnesses, and in their presence the man was shot.with a revolver. In consequence of the way in which he moved about tbe rigging three shots had to be fired before he was fataliy injured. He fell dead on deck, and his body was eventually thrown overboard. Lon don Time. A riRbling Editor. A thoughtless young man from Massachusetts went out into Potta wattamie county not lorg ago to start a paper, and in order to tickle the fancy of the inhabitants, of whose temper he was ignorant, be publish ed the following in his first issue: "The fighting editor is at home at all hours of the day and night, ready, willing and anxious to receive all visitors who have grievances. He carries two revolvers, a sling shot, a pair of brass knuckles, a bowie knife as long as a cross cut saw, a razor in each boot, an eel-skin blud geon, and a bottle of poison !" Pottawattamie thought it was a challenge, and all day long they dropped in ; single, in pairs, in threes, and ia squads and platoons.. Every soul of them whipped the editor, and the last man, who came in about seven p. m., had to sweep him up in the middle of the floor and paste him together with putty, in order t get a kick at Lim. The paper only is sued the initial number. Uurlinrjlon llaulccy. A Boston murderer, io consequence of bis poor health, wants Lis execu tion delayed. When ten men will carefully lay down their lives for a woman, only one will carrv her a scuttle of coal. Too many women wf fair culture and intelliceneo gradually loao after iiiarrlajro their interest in intellectual thiiurtaud rease to grow mentally. Tho caii.' of thi aro various, but mar ehiellr bo found in a too great aluiiritiiiMi of iho unud ia domestic nn.! maiornnl cares, ana in too pr.doaged and wearying household dutiea. bunging as they must both mental and phvaloal exhaustion. The lo which everr woman sustains w ho tlma ceases to grow Intellectual- Iv. i alwava verr rreat. ami liuuband and children are, in their measure, partaker of tho los.. Ivrferrinir to this subject, in a re cent number of 7''ie lhntschohl, Mrs. Julia C. Herr. who alwnv writes dourly and well no matter w hat tho t heme she touches, mr: "The woman who, iu tho early : day of her married life, lowers the stsiiidiinl she hud set up for hersed iu her cirlhood. will hod it very dillicult to rainn it again. If she loses the habit of reading, if she loses her quick, bright interest in whatever is iroinjr on iu the world of science and literuture. aud art. in the philanthro pise aud educational movements of the day, and in all the wide circles of human thought and human Hlo. sne is not likely to find it again. But some day s'iie will wake up to find hpr own children far in advance of her, and her influence over them waning rapidly. I do not mean, in the least, that she needs to keep pace with them in their studies, thougn even to do tbat is a good thing for bolh. She need not begin studying Greek verbs because her boys are fitting for college.' I refer simply to tbe ceneral tone and habit of her Iiie to the atmosphere which surrounds her. and which she linds congenial, I refer to tho habit of drouth, with out which a man or a woman will degenerate, just as surely as the trers degenerates when it ceases to grow. It may live a long time but mere life is something Quito distinct from healthy growth. "Something is surely wrong in the plan of that life from which intellect ual and spiritual culture is crowded out. The man who comes in from his store, his farm, night after night, to find his house in nice order, an viting supner waiting for him, ln- his children clean and well-clothed, but his wife so tired that she would go straight to bed if she could Alas! she cannot, because, as I have said, there is her work-basket full to over flowing may make up his mind that there is a mistake somewhere. I am making no plea for idleness, no plea for mere pleasure-seeking. Every wife, high or low, rich or poor, in palace or in cottage, should strive to be a 'help-meet' to her husband. But being a helpmeet does not mean be ing a drudge. It does not mean working like a galley-slave for one's board and clothing poor clothing, too, very often, li doe3 not mean the sacrifice of all of a woman' tastes, aud the loss of all her bloom and freshness. And more than all, it does not mean a rude awakening from all the happy dreams that were hers when she placed her hand in that of the man she loved, and went out into the world with him. Some husbands and wives are so busy tbat they have no time to love each other, no time for the interchange of the small, s?rect courtesies, without which wedded life is like tho salt that hus lost its savor." From the Microscope ttlie Wood-pile. The other day a Petroit father pur cbasecd a microscope for his son, a boy of ten, patted the lad on the shoulder, and said to him: "My son, take this microscope, and go out and study the beauties of na ture." The boy left all the other amuse ments for that, and he took such great interest and improved so rapid ly, that at the tea table, to which sev eral visitors sat down with the fami ly, he felt that he must make some remarks. Turning to a lady he in quired : "Pid you ever look at cheese through a microscope ?" "I don't think I ever did," she pleasantly remarked. "Well, you just ought to see the things crawl " "John J John !" exclaimed the fath er shaking his head at the boy across the table. John subdued for a minute or two, and when hia mother passed the cheese around every body said, "No, thank vou." Pretty soon the young student, desiring to mollify his father, asked : "Father, did you ever look at a toad through a microscope?" "I will talk with you after sup per," replied the parent, scowling at the boy. John was rather disappointed at his failure to arouse enthusiasm, and just as the strawberries were being passed around, he remarked : "Well, you just ought to look at a strawberry onoe through a micro scope ! They just look like warts, they do, and you thins you see bugs running " "Jawn !" said his mother. "Boy !" warned his father. "Well, they look wors'a flies'; heads !" protested the boy, who im agined they doubted his veracity, "for flies " "Hoy !" said his father, mak ing a motion lor Jonn to leave tne table. John left, and as soon as it was convenient for him to do so, the fath er escorted him to tLe wash room in the basement, bounced bim around and said : "My son, gimme that there micro scope, and you take the axe and go out and study the beauties of tbe wood pile!" If that boy continues to feel the way he docs at present, he will be come a bank robber instead of a nat uralist. Detroit Free Press. A Wild Hoy taasbt. A gentleman from Marcos, Texas, tells of the capture of a wild boy a few miles from that place. The boy was first discovered wallowing in a pond of shallow water, and when ap proached he broke like a quarter horse, running about a mile before he c juld be overtaken by men on ponies. Biding up near, the boy wa3 lassoed, wben a fierce contest ensued, the strange being striking, kicking, and lunging about in the most fearful manner, and apparently being fright ened almost to dtath. Finally he was overpowered, tied and taken to the house of the man who first dis covered him. His body was cover ed with Lair about four inches long, and from size and appearance Le is supposed to be about twelve years old. He is unable to talk, but pos sesses reasoning power, and now fol lows Lis captor about like a dog. The only time that a boy has an idea of reforming and becoming good is when he is treed among the cher ries by a lank farmer and a couple of me:t:ns. I JVVw Adorrtiscmenfa. JOHN R BLYMYER, DEALER IN Hardware, Iron, oils, Tho following is a partial Est of goods ia Stock: C irpenter's Tools, Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron". A Jzes, Ac, Black mnilh'a Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, Ac Saddlery Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles, Ilames, Buckles, Rings, Bits and Tools. Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, Spoons and Razors, the largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a full stock. White Lead, Colored Paints for inside and outside painting, Paints in oil, all colors, Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Pryer, Walnut Stains, Ac. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal Oil always on hand. Our stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large nnd comprises very elegant styles. Pitston's Circular, Muley and Cross Cut Saws. Mill Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lined Kettles. Handles of all kinds. siiovkliW, ?sAji:fj, iiAisra, Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Picks, Scythes, SneatLs, Sledges, Mason Hammers, Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking Glasses, Wash Boards, Clothe3 Wringers, Meal Sieves, Poor Mats, Baskets, Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope Mop Sticks, Traps, Meeiyaras, ieai tuners aui oiuuers, i races, u Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Pust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur ry Combs and Cards, Poor Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Ac, Ac, The fact is. I keep everything thatbelongs to the Hardware trade. I deal exclusively in this kind of goods aud give my whole atttention to it. Per sons who are building, or any one in need of anything in my line, w ill Gnd it to their advantage to give me a call. I will always give a reasonable credit to responsiblo persons. I thank my old customers for their patronage, and hope this season to make many new ones. Poa't forget the place so, 3, -r- a - TT' - April 8 '74. UK, FOLLANSBEE 6 COjfj. & ( HolrMl ! Have now onvcol Merc h a n t Ta ilo rs , Ami lanu factnrers ol Gent's, Youth's and Boys, Faslsmai Iflin ail m 121 Wood Sheet, corner Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH. prl. UEYSTOXE lil.M.Xt! EOOMS, 203 Liberty Street, I'ltlnburgli. rn., W. II. SIXrSOX, Proprietor. meals aJTall nouns. WTK ANSI EXT CUSTOM SOLICITED. :p 13 New Hrm!1 : NEW GOODS! LOW PEICES! , , 4-lIavin5 purchased the Intercut of Jles.'ra C F. Ehoads & Kro's., In the grocery bu?ir.e?, we j respectfully announce to the puUIc that we will continue the business at tho oM stand, ( o. 2, ISaer's liloc k. ) In addition to a full line of groceries (frc?h and j of best qualities), ! GLASSWARE, QUEENS WA RE, ! FLOUR, GRAIN, j I I & MILL FEED, We will make a specialty of S A. L T Carbon Oil, Land Plaster, CALCINED PLASTIB, FREDERICK AND CLEVELAND WHITE LI ME, Cumberland Lime, G-UANO, PHOSPHATES, &c, Wehvc a large warehouse andlfcu house near ' the Depot, and will furnish Country Merchants ; and Farmers storage room at reasonaWe rates. j W. F. ALTFATHER & Co. j l SOMERSET, PA. ' March 3d, 1975. ' ' I IMPORTANT TO ALL: Protection of your Family from poverty, and In ' ease of sudden death your estate In. in bankrupt. ' ev: or in event of a loos life a competency lur your olil are. can be secured if yoa now avail yourself of the Deeennlal Dividend plan furnished by the NEW JERSEY The only Company that can or do Issue I Kind of policies, the most liberal ana I theafcove fair In Iu Divisions of anv In the world. Those who wish to avail themselves of its many benefits can have the necessary documents furnish ed I hem lo till out, and additional and imporant information, by applying by letter or in person to F. E. GOODELL, AOER ANCH OFFICE, 88 Fourth Arc, Pittsburg, Pa. A respoBSible person Is wanted in this and ad joining counties to present the aboev plan of ln suranoe'to the public, to .whom a permanent and desirable posiUonwlll be "given. Address as above. iHtteUaiieoitH. Nails, Glass, Paints,jNEW GOOD &C, &a. all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints, r - C2 "T t rri-f?- ' JOIIX F. BLYMYER. ! A Larc'e and Complete Assortment cf ! .'cods fr Fall and Winter "Wear. They have a corr-i-Ic-to a?s.Ttment o! 5:csm 0? co !.. IrVIt Skirls, JJkues, And Felt over Sho( ; Vioxhnis; Boots and Shoss, HATS AND CAPS, GLOVES. zC j Underclothing1 for Mea a:i.l Woiscd 1 A Iartre a.-?Ttmer.t J S E J I V it -. i ? QUEEFSSWARE, Carpets, Oil Cloths, &c. A large stock of fine an. I roarso I IZy ihc Barrel or Sack I Prices as Low as Possib'e. c. & G. II0LDERBAU3I, Somerset, Pa. Oct. 30. NEW SCHKLI, it WII.SO.V wmiU inTorm thfir frlcnls and the pulili? icecerally. lhat the have opened ; st"ra at Ct II ii iz: T T , on the line of the P. W. 4t 15 15. K.. and now ofror hirsute a a (jct-cral Stock i-f .Mt-.-vhuaiizc, cod isti:is of PRY GOODS, CLOTHING, QUE EN'S W A R E, HARDWARE, HATS & CAPS, ROOTS !c SHOES. Ac., Ac., Ac., All ot which wil! he soil sheap r.r CASH or ex-cb-'.nffcd !'rorluce. W,"I Kl I.mnNrpf 3'd ki?id., Ho.p-p..lrs. CroiM-Tios, Li.irU, Staves, c, AUo. Vo.l, llut ter. Eg, M-A.IX.E CUOAR, Fiaeon, Grain of all kind. Furs. Phwp-Pelts. and Ucoxwr.x. for which we will pay lhe highest prices in Cash or Oiwls. SALT AND FISH. rtlwar nit hand. Give us a call andt!.r p. nvinced that we intend to tlo business and cannot b? under sciiell.v wilsox. sold. WIRE & VOUXG, BUTCHERS AND DEALERS, Wholesale ami 5'elail, FEESH MEATS, ALL KIXDS, SUCH AS - :ef, tozk, mutton, veal, lamb. s.vrs.vnE, ruDEixo, bologna AND LARD, CUR OWN RENDERING. Market days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, ar-1 S ttur- i days. niarlO'Ti STEVENSON & CARTfEIC-HT, M.mufacturers of Galvanized Iron Cornices, I v. iimiow an-i iftor nca.-is. nri:ii. i urn- nun-, " ney Oaps. Ventiinlors. nn-! ail kind.nl (jaivamx-l ed Iron (rn.iniental Work. Tin Kxihiia. S:mut- : ; inr. aud ail klruU of Joi V, rit pr.u-.p!iy attend-! i ed to. i ! Xo. 15S ffVtleral Allegheny City, Pa. may Jliscclldncon. J. VY. PATTON. C.O.HUn-ST THE NEW FlnM CF IT Xo. 1, IJacr's IJIccfc, are nnw In rv?i;.t ,-f a jtivk of mAf u the prt-oi.t tun ..f the tx-..;.lo. 1'un !.ac,Vw lotbelat tn l:ys nnd t.m-a the .Itcli.-. Iirli-i'S ol St:i'l-an-l l..mctl-. tln'V an- r"u t orlor 5jHx-i.il in.lmvrueur: tu ail ir "w.m: if evry ue-r(( ti.n in twh vari'-!va,-i;i' fc'Un.l jtnTwlicro e!i in t w:i, i' ::';r: -;r' -i . cr.l a.-i.-t.rti:--nr. Th;-v r,tn . .-. t . liitlr large u.'jfi'r'iutut " f CALICOES, Bleached ami Ui:'.:- ., ' c j v -. GINGHAMS, SHIIlTi:,;;. BOYS AND ITEMS' m:avy PAXT $TCM in I'otlmuHlc. Dowhh an:l Irish Jeans, SaiineK CasM'iiieres DlittSS GOODS, in Plain and Corded Al.r.ccus, Pcp iins, Cashmsrts, French Kerrinoes, S.c, STAPLE it FANCY NOTIONS. HATS & CJTPS,, BOCT3 SHOES, TOBACCO AND CIGA3S, Tls-5 L. ;..-.- .r-.iuoi:; -f Carpeth! and Oil Cloths ever hr iu'iit t.. t'-wri. A ti-;.--k..f iiti.i-s w;:r?. Iict'-ruihi-.l f-i So up t.i !-- r:in--j i:i - nit-nr.m !- it-.-l fi. !. r ;swr.a:iy :t-.:: call fpj:u tli .-L ii ; ,:;it il . :.-.' !. -M jc.t. niimvN.N-,,. Ki'fixn aykn! 1 MV...-H H -! a rd . .rli.-t N-p-,-. I'!!:-- .t ':ii;!iiif.j t-- iru.irirjTff pure, in i--... .r l-i. : VAT K 1IM SHS. Hi- t-.-m:.-.. i, rc pr.- .i r I'lT (li- !t. :!!- Hi', il, t. 'I . I 't I . r.r .. . v . in a l-w days. T r:i: !. ii: I .-un -.-r:.i m. I. 1-!-ati .!i"v..-.-. iiv.-r t-.-m.l.':n. j-.iipii.ui-.n .f ih. l.'-.irt. srri'-'nrrs. .. :. -. s i,t tli- l!:i.!-!.-r .-n; I ki I- fii-va n. r.il .K-iiiil-v .....1 .1-,....- . ' -.. . . i!y tu hi" tr-.ttim nt." Ail 1. tiers cntaii:!.. -i ' 1 r riawp pr .:;:;.-.! ji, -v. .. I. j :- Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. We wor.M TTK-t rr?prtfrtlly arnMitve t frioii'ls' an i tli pul.l i icr-ncniliy. In lhe twti Tkiriiyi.t SoiiR-rti th.it wo iiava tjHae t i uur NewSiurj oa jrAlX CROSS STREE1 And in addition to o full line of the best C'onfeoiionerie-i, Xotion--, Tobaccos, Cigars, Ac, We win o.!rTr. at an tlmo J, ta rtrply aur cus tomer iib. tliO REST QUALITY O V FAMILY FLOUK, CORX-21EAL, OATS, SHELLED C'OA'A", oa ts D conx cnor, ehax, xiDDLixns And -.-;ry:h:i.i p lrt.iiuir. t uicut at ilu P.-.-l 1- LOWEST F01IELE PRICES. roi: CASH OiYZl Ali'j, a selected suk o: OIus.T.irc; St,no-ar.irf, V,'-.ipnw"jre, liru. 't aI k::vU, aud STA-TIOIillt: Which we wi!l sell as cheap as the chcnpc.i. P1p:ip cull, cvimlne otsr ir-i- of ail k!nd. be sati.-nc-l Ir-io yuur own ju-laiuent. Don"t f rct where we stny ry;.UN CKOSS Street, Poroersa. Fa O - U'.i. Ayer's Sarsaparilla i( . a ' ti. V'tt?' v, ars r.-,V, a . .-antivvr..-.:i!. in:ri:i: ;i- irttif, a:: I ytfuinv 1 .-!- : -m:irk;ui!i: cuiv-. S.j miU a-t i ;' 1 U'm tiriul to cliiUiTn. an-1 t : a- to c!livt'.i:i!!y -nrj.' ".t ti: .: nipt ions of tin; LIikkI. f:u Ii a tuo i- : .' . aii'l yj)Ui!iii contaminati'ii;. laipurhii -. or tlk-aN.'S that have I-rkfiJ i:: tV-' ;.-.; . for years w"n yi M to ttii- p'.iv-.n'u1 dote, an l ii-;i: ;o.ir. Ilea vs.aA, :'x-: cure, many of whieh r.rt p:iML!v know;:, of Scroti i la. an 1 all M-ryi'ulous U- . -. I'lrers, Irruptions an-1 truidr.-oH-rs of the !;in. Tumors. I;!:ti !i". JtoiN, I'iiiiplcs. I'ust iiles. Son-. St. Antlionv'.s i-'ire. I' : llrv.i.-e-l:s, lYttl Salt Kilt-Mill, S:lu Hoatl, Itilitrworin. aii l ;ii.tt:.;: forations of t!i 1'Utus, Stomat-Ii, ami Iaver. It also -.im m-i.-:- :. plaiats, to v.hi, h it v.-oul 1 not st i :i j a'!y a'bpte-I. sii' li a- Dropsy, 1 y -.p-t-sia, I'its, Ni'iiraljria, Heart lis :,. IVnialo Yeak!ts. Debility. i I.t'iieorrlia'a, when they are raaah- - .t-ti.'-is of the serofuloin poison ". I: i-t an excellent re-R rer of !;e::Ui v.: I strength ia the Spring. J'-y r :'.. i:. ll. ' apjx'tiio atvl vi-jor of the iitiv crj. r.i. il ('i-sipi'cj the depre--.-ion atul li-t'i"-' I-'"-C'torof the $eaon. Even v. here .10 .:i-i.:-'.' r appe.ns, people t ! hetler. a:. 1 live lo:i---r. for f!e.ir.-in the hi. .!. TL- y -i-ia ti: on with sxii-j'Ycl vi:.'1-!- sa ! a t:'jv le... 1 1 Lie. PP. r PAR ED ST Dr.J.C.AYER&CO., Lows!!, Mass., Vrn-iral a:id Analjtr.l IhcmUili. DLi3 ET ALL DUCGGIiTi EVEKYWUEfi- i mm mm ki nun I
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