MOVE!
llumc- not merely four square wall.
Tnouh tritti picture! hong.anil iflMed;
Hi tne li where affection call,
Filled with ehriaei the kcait J-alli buiSdeU
Hon-! Oowateb the faithful dore.
fcilln- MUb the h.Tcn ilwi u ;
Home i where then-'t nnr to lore.
ll.itnf 1" where there's one U '
jl'itoe"! no! werely roof an d rtmm :
It nwiii Knc Jiinr to endear it.
Home it where the heart r J.luota
Where thtre'e.ftoaie kio'l llj t-riic T i'.
'.Vbat lr home w i;h none to meet.
None to wclccne, none to a-rcet ui ?
I lime If sweet alhl oaiv rwtxt
Vh.n there one we hyrt to meet us.
IF.I.1(I.
She was exquisitely beaatiful, it)
was actually provoking that tterej
. 1 1 .a t. L.ci Kir i.t rrimnru-P '
,r -!.. o.,i,for,
. . . , . r l. ,i :
furebead, and were gaicerea into a
1. iha t nf 'tT hffid
1 a : 1,0. o-at
rro Pin-h a lovelr pink mantled her j
ber
got: cnees, sncn a boiuo jjoiwju
rin mouth, that well bred as
gjje ;
L . I- a r-t n 1 t nfr hirA PA
S S-,.ri.;.tL.V: d
thinking of strawberries
w .
and cream,
have longed for a silver spoon
iritK
which to eat ber.
15ut for all this there wasn't the
least romance connected with her.
Though three-and-twenty. Delicia
had never had a lover. She lived in
a ouiei, farm house in the White
Mountains with Ler father and moth
er ail the year round. She loved
them dearly was happy with them
and her hurre, Joan ot Arc.
Joau was besoiilul, hipb-fpirited ;
and Delicia, who cared neither lor
dancing or flirting, and could neither
Eing nor play, was passionately fond
of horseback riding.
There was a hpirit of pride and
darinjr in ber which made her a su
perb rider, and cacsed the young men
of ite very bare neighborhood to cull
he haufrhty.
The delights of her life were tie
pine scented wood?, the winter land
scapes of ermine snow end glittering
ice, the dreamy sweetness of the nu
tamo orchards.
At twenty-three Delicia bad been
content with an existence lived in
comparative solitude.
Then came a terrible calamity.
Her lather was killed by a ruuaway
horse, and her mother, frail and una
ble to endure the shock, sank sloly,
bot surely, until, one mockingly,
bright, beautiful day, Delicia found
herself entirely alone.
Outsiders then called her cold, for
no one saw her weep. She only
trembled so excessively beside the
open grave that old Aunt Thankful,
who had nun-ed her dead mother,
was obliged to support her to keep
her from falling. Otherwise she was
compared, only her sweet eyes had a
look ia them pitiful to see.
A change had come over Deiicia's
serene life : the dear girl's content
had gone.
With a native courage and reserve
peculiar to Ler she made no com
plaint ; she at-ked Annt Thankful
rather wUbfuliy to stay and keep
house f jr her, and then turned to ber
bijuk3 and horse and maiden medita
tions. But Deiicia's dreams were
troubled now. Life's grief had touch
ed her ; she knew that sorrow was
in the world ; she feared the future.
The strange, sad summer passed
One fine November day, Bjb, the
hired man, led Joan of Arc prancing
to the door, the sidesaddle on her
back.
"I have to go to the village, Miss,
to buy the new milch cow, I'll not
be back till noon. You'll not mind
letting Joan stand with the saddle on
a little till I come?"
"No," said Delicia, absently.
Her beautiful oval cheek was
white ender her velvet cap. There
was a sadness quite unmistakable in
her eyes aa she tamed Joans head
toward the hillroad.
Yet who, to have seen ber beauti
ful, spirited figure loping abng the
tiplauds, would have divined the rare
heart of the heiress ot t neotlands r
She did not,'perbaps, understand her
self, and did not know she bad asked
her own soul : "Am I to be all my
life alone ? Will do one great and
good ever at-k me to be bis dearly
beloved wife ? If not, I shall perish
off the face of the earth."
Yon must have guessed rarely to
have guessed bow deeply ran the
still waters of that idyllic life. You
would not have guessed it from any
' thfbg in ber perfect proud face as she
turned it toward a passing carnage,
The occupants were a blase-looking
man of thirty, perhaps, and a very
young and pretty girl.
A single glance told the story
that the young girl was loving and
unhappy ; that the man for some re a
eon found ber desirable of possession,
He had bard dark eyes that repel!
ed Delicia, yet the sight 01 the two
seated so closely gave her a vague,
paintul feeling of solitude and deso
lation which not long ago was utterly
unknown to ber.
The carriage g!ittercd by, and Joan
lo,)ed softly along the woot'y road,
soundless with a thick carpet of pine
needles.
She made a circuit, and cane ba?k
to the mam road.
Suddenly strange sounds attrac
ber attention. A crash and violent
screams reached ber ear, and as she
rode forward, a strange .sight burst
upon her view.
The carriage bad gone over aa
embankment and was a perfect wreck ;
the horses lay prostrate one of them
killed, the other straggling desperate
ly, bot nnable to rise ; and prone be
neath tte broken vehicle w&s etrercb
td the senseless body of the dark,
handsome man.
Over him bent the girl, screaming
do longer, but sobbing violently.
Delicia slipped from her borse, and
was at her side some moments before
the realized ber presence.
"Wallace ! Wallace ! For Leaven's
sake, speak to me ! Yon cannot you
cannot be dead ! Oh, dear Wallace
see, it is little Alta ! Only speak to
me!"
Then with a despairing cry, the
young girl fell upon bis pulseless
breast.
Then, starting to ber feet to look
abont for belp apparently, she saw
Delicia.
"Oh," she gasped, snatching at Ler
arm, "Look at him 2 see, is be dead ?
Tbe carriage fell upon him, while 1
I am not ban at all. Ob, heavens,
what shall 1 do?"
Tbe white, sti 1 face told Delicia
that tbe man at ber feet would never
breathe again.
Hearing wheels, she sprang back
into the road, and encountered eld
David Green and Lis son, the keepers
of tbe village hotel.
Summoned to view tbe scene they,
disentangled tbe lifeless body, placed
it in tbe carriage, and tamed to De
liciajor farther directions,
"Get a dctor immediately when
you reach the village, Mr. Green. I
will take this young lady home with
tne, and bring ber back to tbe hotel
aa eoon as I can pat Joan to the
Latin. Co&:e, nij dear cfci'd I
Will LlkU IttlU VI JUU. IW liiO I'tvai.,
wbiw faced grrl ; and throwing ber
ridio? skirt iro'e ciosrlr over tori
rin, the Jed J 33a by a thirt-cut j
j through the G-. di, hic'ii to Wheal- j
!Bad3. j
j 15; tbe ay ehe tried to aes.i.jr !
j her coinpaaiju ; bat the tin almost
trau.-ooried with crief. made fUU iu-i
coherent replied mat she could oalj
' ... 1
learn tbal the had been ndin;? nace
the middle of the previous night, that
tht-y were on their war tn Conway,
'that they intended ta lj married
j thero.
! "Were you were yoa," said Pe
jlicia, geutiy, ia inroluatary amazs,
' "running away frora ycer friends?"
I Alia nodded.
"From my brother, Guy Yannevar.
He did no; "l.Ke Mr. Munroe. Yes,
aod we wtre to be
married ajr&ius't
hti will, tad 1 o.v, on
Wallace, Wal
lace
Throwing Joan's bridie crer the
cate post, J'elicia
led ihe trembling
S' lJ
he door. It was locked.
1 tie Key nang in ilb aetrk piace
kiown only to tne iamuy, ur audi
Thanklul Lad at last executea a
P to visita eick neighbor some
n m a rii.Mant 1 ; 1 n r, 11
iua,lcl Ul ""'
not Tet returaea, ur 11 was ci, j
hour till noon
To Deiicia's c3nteraa'.ioa, the un
happy girl eo sooner entered the
warm purlor than she fainted.
With the strength of excitement,
she lifted her in her arms and bjre
her into aa inner room, wtiere placing
her upon a be J, she unfastened her
dress, bathed ber temples and chafed
her Land.
At length Alia Yanncvar again
drew Ler breath.
Fa-sing through the hall to pro
cure a restorative, she saw a men just
in the act of vaulting upon Joan. It
was not Bob, thcugn the saddle Lad
been removed and luy upon the
ground ; it was a mat in a ragged
coat, evidently a tramp.
With a flash ia her Hue eyes, De
licia stepped buck, or.n snatchiag a
silver-mourned revolt, i'roui a etelf,
threw wide tbe hi.il door and fired.
The bridle dropped from the mau's
right baud, and Jan three steps
bevond the gate, stopped.
To Delicia s surprise, the man dis
mounted, and turuu quickly toward
her, lilted his Las.
"I am effectually ttopped, yoong
I&dv. bur. believe me. 1 did not inteud
!to steal your hor.e, and ceruiuly left
j an equivalent, though uov in a sorry
condition.-'
Bewildered still more by the cour
teous words and cultured toue, De
licia turned in the dircctiua the stran
ger pointed with t:H left hand, and
saw within tbe yard a dusty f uggy
ti,nd panting horse.
"1 am trying to ovtriske my young
sister, who has eloped with a sotia
drel," said the man, v.bo was b th
voung and Laadnonis, "and my horse
broke down hopeledy just before I
reached your door. Otherwise in !e-
than an hour I should bave prooibiy
overtaken rov sister beforo she. v.-as
married and her l.!o ruined, bo near
the object of my long and tle?nerate
drive, I could not be balked ct its 00-
ject for want of a horse. 1 knocscd
three times at your door, intending to
beg or hire yours, which I saw, fresh,
standing at the gate, but for Romo
reason I could 6ummoa no living be-
ino- Knowint? that mv borse was
more than equal to yours in value,
though now almost killed by hard
driving, I resolved to take Liai, and
after ovcrtakioe the man who is raa-
niaf away from me, to instantly re
store your property to yoa; but"
with a bitter laugh "you tave euecs-
aally prevented that. 1 th:ni I am
bleeding to death."
His voice closed uictly : tuo o.oou
was spurting frota bis wriiit. lie
6ank upon the step at her feet
Deiicia's cheek grow wime, lor sne
knew tbe danger of that terrible
bleeding. Unless it were stopped tbe
man would in a lew moments be
dead
Springing to the sids cf the now
unresponsive stranger, wco seemeu
unable to utter another word, sne
snatched her handkerchief from ber
pocket, and ty ing it about the wound
ed arm, inserted a sties picsed irom
tbe cround, thus making an effectual
ligature, and to the abatement of her
terror, saw the frightful jets of blood
subside.
The stranger'4 white face, the del
uce of red blood, tbe sudden relief
from spurring terror, tamed Delicia
faint. Tbea she struggled ha'd
against a terrible reeling sensation,
and held ber own
She thought wishfully oi tbe glass
of cordial upon the hall tabic, bat
her feet relused to stir.
Suddenlv steps sounded at tbe
gate. To her inexpressible joy and
thankfulness Aunt Thankful and Bob
aprteared
Delicia explained to tie former,
briefly, though her voice sounded far
away to herself.
"Wounded hurt bleeding awful
ly ! Bob ride for a doctor as fast as
you can go !" cried the old nurse, in
stantly ia her element.
The wounded man was miking
visible efforts to keep from swooning,
but when Aunt Thankful bad admin
istered a cordial an l bathed bia tenv
pies in cold water, he rose and walk
ed weekly into the house where at
her solicitations, be stretched himselt
upon a sofa find then unexpectedly
fainted.
"I don't ia the least understand
who this man is," remarked Aunt
Thankful, steadily applying tbe re
storatives. "But such a ragged coat
and fine shirt I never saw together
before. Wanted to hire a horse uid
be ? What did you shoot him f r
Of all strange actions "
The driving ot the doctor's buggy
into the yard stopped her remarks,
when Delicia returned to Alta Yan
nevar to find her in a wandering de
lirium. Three strange days were
devoted to nursing tbe invalids. A
burning fever made the young girl
unconscious
Aunt Thankful's charge was con
ecious, but very weak and silent. In
deed, be seemed to himself to be ia a
dream balf full of delights, but per
vaded by a great trouble which be
could scarcely name.
The radiantly lovely face' of De
licia, the rustle of her dress, the
sound of her footsteps pervaded bis
consciousness like a blessing, while
Lis desperate quest and misfortune
were only half realised by him in the
bodily weakness and inaction of braia
caused by excessive los3 of blood.
"How long have I been Lere ?"
Delicia sat by him, having taken
Antit Tbankful's place for a tew mo
ments, and started from a momenta
ry absence of thought to find Guy
Yaunevar'8 eyes fixed upon Ler.
"This is the fourth day. Are yon
better ?"
"1 am not sick, only ia a sort of
!ream which I cannot wake myself
from."
"You are very weak."
"It was you I saw when I came
Lere, wasn't it ?"
"It was I who shot," replied Do
licia, blushing.
II II llimWiJjpMMaHBBHBpMQpM
I I remember. Ob, or eister
! Altai" trjing to rise upon his el-
bow.
"Lie down, please. Yoa must not
ezert yourself I hare someihing to
tcil 5 o'j," said Delicia.
"1 tjut-e l-eea here fucr dayi, too
s&j. Good Gad ! what will become
of her
"Prink- this
co flee and
try and be
j quiet.
Alia id sate."
"How can you know J"
"1 bave Ler in my care. Wallace
Munroe is dead accidentally killed."
"And they were not married?"
"No."
"Thank G jd!"
And then be asked :
"Are you sure of this ?"
"Katirtly sure."
He cjuld talk no longer, bat was
visibly beucr in a few hours.
Tee next day, pale, wasted, bat
ttrong m a simple earnestness, he
said to Delicia :
How wonderfully beautifal yoa
are . '
Something in bis eyes kindled hers,
and lor tne nrst time in uer me uo
licia felt within her pure breast the
warmth and sweetness of love.
Half alarmed by ber emotiona and
the growing power ot the beautiful
eyes bent upon her, she rose from Ler
place beside him.
'lea can see Alta to-day, you
know, if she is better. I will go and
fat e "
Alta Yannevar was better in body,
but suffering in mind.
She locked like a living wraith in
one of Deiicia's long white wrappers,
and turned from her brother's kiss
and sat down iu Deiicia's lap like
lired child.
"Oh, if I could die 1 I know von
love me, Guy ; bat you did not love
Wallace. Aud he is dead. Ob, De
licia, you understand yoa are a wo
man. " I loved him!"
Guy Yannevar looked down at the
two figures, buried in tbe great easy
chair, tbe serene woman folding the
suffering child to her bosom, and a
look inexpressible filled his soft dark
eye?. And Delicia, glaocing up, saw
it and knew it was for ber.
I cannot tell yoa how in a few
days those two grew together; but
when Guy Yannevar had told her of
his position as a gentleman and tbe
son of a gentleman, and discarded
his disguise, which had facilitated
his pursuit of Wallace Monroe, the
atmosphere of mystery and suspicion
was entirely dispelled, and as weeks
and months brought their develop
ments and occurrences, Delicia real
ized that the prayer of her secret
heart was granted one great and
good loved her, and had asked her to
be his dearly beloved wife.
All had come to her love, ro
mance, marriage and happiness ; bat
to-day, scarcely less beautiful than of
yore, she will tell you that lew wo
men add to their history the expe
rience of having shot their husbands,
which is hers.
Dtolcl Boouf'i Snake.
A writer in a western paper tells
how be was blasting with gun-powder
some logs. From one of the logs
thus split open crawled an enormous
sement, which was easily killed. The
man who tells the story continues
from bis point as follows: "On
stretching it out I found it to be thirty-
one feet two inches in lengtn ana tne
thickest part of the body measured
twenty-uiae inches in circumference.
It was a different species of Berpent
rom any I had ever seen before. Its
tail was armed with a sDarp pointed
and eurved horn : its body was va
riegated with alternate brown and
dntv vellow stripes, and on close
examination 1 discovered that it had
been totally blind, its eyes seeming to
have turned into a reflectionless, hard,
bone-like substance. This explained
its undecided, hesitating movements
when it first came from the log. A
stra use crease appeared about the
neck iust back of the head, which
found to be caused by a stout t&ong
of leather, about which tte flesh ot
tbe serpent had grown until it bad
sunk almost out of view. Cutiog this
thoncr and removing it. I found at
tached to its under side a copper plate
which had been here-tofore hid
den by the body of tbe snake, and on
one side of wbicn was scratcnea
'D. Boone. April 15. 1199 I split the
loir in two. and near the lower end
of tbe hollow I found where there bad
once been an opening, bat long years
agoit had been closed up with a plug
made cf oak wood, about and over
which the maple had grown until it
was almost concealed. The dead
appearance of tbe small portion visi
ble of tbe oak plug was all that called
my attention to its existence. My
theory of the matter is this: Daniel
Boone many years ago, on the date
recorded on this piece of copper
caught tbe snake, then young and
small, fastened tbe copper plate about
his neck and imprisoned it within the
hollow ot the tree by means of the
oak plug, where his snakesbip had
remained until the day I delivered
him to tbe free air and sunlight
again."
Iteliiteoa M Hone.
Home religion should be as natural
and spontaneous as tbe singing of
birds or tbe perfume of flowers. A
forced and studied manitestation of
it is alike oppressive and useless. Cant
is as out ot place as hypocrisy in the
pulpit It must be, to be of value.lbe
outflowing of hearts full of genuine
kindness and sincerity. Tbe parents
who would bave their homes religion.-!
y attractive must begin with
themselves. What they are, their
homes w ill be pretty sure to be.
Impatient fathers and fretful mothers
will not bave patient and gentle
children. Parents whose religious
life is cold and formal will not, so far
as their snfluence goes, lead their chil
dren to ( e&ire an experimental knowl
edge of Christ. In a word, so much
of tbe happiness of the home and
tbe influence it will exert upon the
future of tbe children who grow up
in it, depends upon tbe kind of relig
ious atmosphere which pervades it,
.hat it Keen's to us no more important
subject can engage the thougts of
Cbristain parents than how to make
home religion lovely and winsome in
the eyes of their little ones. Blessed
is the home in which love to Christ
binds father, mother and children in
a closer bond than merely human
affection !
HoaorlBft- WlekllSe.
Thexton, N. J., February 25. A
large and intelligent representation
of friends of the Bible from all parts
of tbe State met to-day in this city
to take into consideration tbe celebra
tion of tbe five hondredih anniversa
ry of tbe Wickliffe translations of tbe
Bible. It was resolved to hold a
convention in Trenton some time in
September next. Executive and lo
cal committees were appointed to
carry out tbe plans.
Jb ifty thousand dollars have been
collected for the children ot the late
General Hood.
wahixtx' LzmmJ
By Our SpechU Oonwp-Juuwit.
Washington, Feb. 2G, 18S0.
Senator Bayard, who was in Eu
rope last summer and saw Borne of
the powerful armored vessels of tbe
European navivs, recently made tne
remark that, be knew of no defence,
aoless it might be torpedoes, that
would prevent the skips of foreign
powers irom entering any unitea
States port and placing our weaitn
iest cities under contribution. Not
withstanding the millions that bave
recently been expended ' on our navy,
it is a fact well knewn that our en
tire naval force would be powerless
to meet a single ship of the class
which is not uncommon la tbe navie
of England, France, Prussia and
Russia.. . . . .. ...
Torpedoe? may be very effective la
defensive maritime warfare, but they
bave not yet had the thorough test
ing that will enable them to be relied
upon with assurance. Tbe next war
in which ships take part will show
startling novelties in methods and
means. The electric lignt win piay
a prominent part, and it will be very
difficult for the furtive torpedo to
creep np to a floating fortress, with
tbe sea for rods in every direction as
light as day, nd the ship protected
by an outwork of wire." --
Tbe proposed inter-oceanic canai
makes it all the more important that
we should look in time to tbe protec
tiOB of our coast, ine canal com
pleted, there will always be on the
Atlantic or the Pacific side a number
of those iron monsters with which
nothing in our flimsy navy can cope.
Admiral Porter is tbe mveotor 01
marine ram with a sub-marine
beak to which torpedoes are fixed. It
was supposed that this would be a
terribly destructive vessel, but she
has no more speed tnau a ierry-ooar,
and one shot from the heavier guns'of
a first class English vessel would dis
able ber.
Admiral Ammen appeared, last
week, before the naval committee of
the House and advocated tbe con
struction of a number of marine rams,
tbe purpose ot which shall be col
lision only : they are to carry no
guns or torpedoes, but to be built
with a view to irresistabie strengtn,
speed, and facility in maneuvering.
It is estimated that one ot tnese ves
sels, with its steel beak, will sink any
ship with which it can collide, and
while it is eminently probable that
the ram itself will be sunk in the col
lision, still it feels that it can afford
it for the ram is supposed to be
worth onlr balf a million of dollars,
while tne vessel . that it has sent to
tbe ocean bottom has cost at least
$2,000,000. Tbe result of war.whether
on sea or land has ceased to be a
question of physical courage, endur
ance, or skill ; it is becoming every
day more a question of science, of
mathematical and pecuniary iorces,
and if we can successfully oppose
$2,000,000 with $500,000 it will seem
that we bave an advantage 01 iour
to one in defensive maritime warfare.
Admiral Ammen has urged tbe
doption ot this ram for the last
seven years, ana me irum m ui
theories has since bad conclusive and
trairic illustration in the instantane
ous sinking of the Grosser Kurfurst,
the most powerful iron-clad ot tne
Prussian fleet, from a collision in the
English channel. But whatever
may be the means, it is folly to delay
the protective preparation that will
enable us to eit in security amid the
ereat and increasing wealth of our
coast cities. We are so strong on
land that we bave no fear of such
armies as the combined world might
brim? to attack us on our own soil,
but our weakness is at points where
we can be attacked from the sea at
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore. Norfolk. Charleston, New
OriPna and San Francisco. At
these points we are lamentably weak.
.. C. A. S.
liaBKlwg-attpr.
While we lav in " Frederick, Msry
land, a fellow camo in our camp to
sell maps From some expressions
he dropped, it was suspected he was
a rebel sympathizer u not a spy.
The men watched him. and saw him
making diagrams of the forts and es
timates of our forces. These facts
were promptly reported to Captain
John Mix. who in turn reported them
to General John Buford, bis chiet.
Caotain Mix was General Buford's
provost marshal, and when the Gen
eral heard about tbe map peddler he
was very wrothy. Those who knew
the lamented Buford, the best caval
ry officer that was in our army dur
inor the war. will rememoer now
prompt he was to act in such cafes
TurniDc to Captain Mix, Baford
said :
"Examine into this matter careful
ly. Captain, and if yoa find the man
is really a spy take him out and bang
him."
"What, without a trial. General ?"
inquired Mix.
Find out if be is reaiiv a spy, and,
- .... .. .
if eo, hang him at once," replied tbe
stern General.
Mix arrested the man, searched
him, and in his shoes under a false
sole, were found nicely folded dia
grams of our fortifications, estimates
of our forces, and descriptions of tbe
ciuntry. The evidence was over
whelming, and Mix. told tbe man be
must bang bim. The spy went to
bis death quietly enough, seeming to
think it all fair, and that as he was
caught it was his fate to die. Mix
hung him in an orchard to an apple
tree, and when he was quite dead
took tbe papers found on bis person
to Buford. and told bim what be bad
done. Buford looked tbe papers over,
complimented tbe - Captain on his
promptness in disposing of the spy.
"It's all right, Captain," said Bu
ford, "he is dead, now, and won't
spy any more; bat if he bad lived,
and we bad sent him to Washington,
like enough tbey would have promo
ted bim for bis enterprise and sent
him back to ns. -; ;
Next day tbe rebels came from
near and far about Frederick to see
tbe dead spy and sympathize with
each other. They cut small pieces
ot bis cfotbinr off and carried them
home as souvenirs of tbe event No
doubt they treasure them to this day
and exhibit tbem as proofs of lan
see oaroamv. Aeuner lutord nor
Mix ever bad any, trouble about tbe
banging of the man, nor beard of bis
relatives, until long after tbe war,
wben one day, while Mix was in Bal
Umore, he heard a man was looking
tor mm who said be . bad . bung bis
rotter. Ihe Captain looked the
man np, explained the circumstances
(which eeemed to entirely satisfy tbe
brother) and tbey went off aud took
a drink together. . v.
wmm
According to. the Philadelphia
Record, by carelessly forgetting that
ne invented . tne telephone a month
ahead of Bell or Gray, Edison failed
to secure a patent for a device which
to-day would be worth fifteen million
J dollars.
PAH IS LETTER.
(, Frjm nur regular ocrrrfTwnlout.)
Paris, Mar. 4, ISS0.
Tho first receptiou held by M. do
Nreycinet in the splendid saloons of
the Minister des Affaires Etrangeres,
proved remarkably sod nuexpectedly
brilliant. The Corps Diplomatique
was, of course, fully represented, but
in this instance the diplomatists of
Pans had all taken care to bo ac
companied by their wives or other fe
male relatives, while there were also
present, many fair members of tbe
small foreign aristocratic colony still
to be found in Paris.
The Americao element, particularly
noticeable during the regime of M.
Waddiugton, was last uigni conspic
uous by its absence. But, at M.
Grivy's reception, tbe military were
ajtain ia foil force. A Bonapartist
journal of this morning suggests that
their attendance was compulsory ;
but a peremptory order was scarcely
necessary to account for the ompresse-
mect of military men of Republican
opinions to rally round tbe man who
was practically Minister of War dur
ing the most critical moments of the
German war.
A duel took place yesterday on the
Belgian frontier between M. Wad
diugton, son of tbe ex-Minister of
foreign Affairs, and M. Theonhile
Berqaes, ot tbe BcpuljlOue de
Chateau Tliierry. M. Wadaingtoa
considered an article ia this paper of
fensive, and demanded satisfaction of
M. Berques, who accepted the re
sponsibility of it. Tbe seconds met,
and an encounter was arranged. Pis
tols were the arms chosen, tbe dis
tance being thirty paces, and the
combatants bavin? the right of ad
vancing ten steps each. The meeting
took place at five o'clock ia the morn
ing. M. Waddiogton advanced ten
steps, and his bullet wounded bis ad
versary in the breast, but not dan
gerously. M. Barques fired without
advancing, and his bullet did not
take effect. The weapons were re
charged, and there was a second ex-
cbauge of shots, this time without re
sult on either side, althoucrb M.
Waddiogton again used bis riirht of
advancing, receiving as he did so,
his opponents fire. Honor was then
declared to be satisfied.
The fracus of last week continues
to be tbe subject of general conversa
tion, one of tbe combatants, M. Foul.l,
sou ot the late Minister of France,
being one of tbe best known men in
Paris. It is, however, amoDg tbe
things not generally know that, hav
ing had some dispute with bis father,
be lived ia London for several years,
and there engaged in the business of
wine merchant. As to bis adver
sary, tbe gentleman who appears to
bave bitten ou a portion of bis thumb,
bis conduct is strikingly suggestive
of the odd way Frenchmen Lave of
fighting wben they are not restrained
by four seconds and any number of
proces verbaux. M. Sarcey, 10 a
long letter to the Gauloia, with which
be was formerly associated, together
with M. Morel, defeuds tbe character
of his colleague Bgainst tbe imputa
tion which led to the scene ia the
Cafe Ricbe. Ia this commuaicatiou
some interesting facts in the career
of M. Morel are mentioned. During
tbe investment of Paris by the Ger
mans the government was in need of
somebody sufficiently bold and well
informed to undertake the difficult
mission of carrying dispatel es to and
from Tours. M. Morel volunteered,
and was cbosen. He succeeded ia
passing the lines, after running all
kinds of risks, and reached Tours.
But it was on his return journey with
M. Gambetta's dispatches that bis
coorage was put to the greatest test.
ue essayed several disguises, was
captured three times, but by combia
ed tact and daring succeeded in mak
ing bis escape.
In the Original Tunn.
A good story is told of a minister
who was a candidate in a rural dis
trict of North Pennsylvania. He
bad been advised that the display of
more erndition would help him into
the favor of bis bearers. But bis ed
ucation bad been neglected, and it
was only by drawing upoj his knowl
edge of the Welsh tongue, which he
bad been tangbt as a child, that he
hoped to properly impress bis con
gregation. His scheme worked nice
ly. At different points in his sermon
be remarked that Latin, Greek or
Hebrew, as the case might be, was
much more expressive than tbe Eng
lish translation, and then be would
give a few sentences of WelBh. Eve
rything was going along smoothly,
and tbe minister, as he approached
the end of his sermon, thought he
would give them just one more taste
of the dead languages.
"I'm about to read to yon," said
he, "another passage on this subject.
But it is another of those passazes
that have been altered in tbe transla
tion, and I will read it to you in tbe
Chaldaic, in which it was written.
He was about to give tbem a little
more Welsh, wben casting bis eyes
over the congregation, he saw seated
near the door a jolly looking man,
who was holding his Bides tight to
keep from bursting from laughing.
Tbe minister took in tbe situation in
aa instant Here was a man in the
church who understood Welsh, and
who was laughing at the trick that
had been played on the congregation.
But not a feature in tbe minister's
face changed. Fixing his eye straight
upon tbe laughing man, just as tbe
congregation thought be was about
to give tbem the Chaldaic version,
be said again in Welsh : "For God's
sake, my frieud, don't say a word
about this until I have a chance to
talk with you." Tbe congregation
went borne satisfied that they had
listened to one of the most learned
sermons; tbe laughing man never
told the story, and tbe minister was
Boon settled over tbe church, tbe peo
ple believe that a clergyman who
could read tbe Scriptures in balf a
dozen languages was just the man
for them.
Oana-erona Moulds.
Ammonia, especially tbe stronger
kinds, is dangerous, a few drops be
ing enough to injure a person. When
nsed for cleansing purposes it should
be bandied with great care, that the
gas, which is given off freely in a
warm room, be not breathed in Urge
quantities, and do injury to the deli
cate lining of tbe nose and mouth.
Benzine is a liquid, ia tbe handling
of which much caution should be ex
ercised. It is very volatile, and its
vapor, as well'as tbe liquid itself, in
flammable. When employed for re
moving grease, or other staios, from
clothing, gloves, etc , it should never
be nsed at night, nor at any other
time near a fire. Ether is another
dangerous liquid, aod in other tbaa
tbe physician's hands it bad best not
be employed in the household. Al
cohol must alao be used with great
care, especially at nUht. American
Agriculturist.
Acrlraltaral Iln.
" 1
System on a farm is essential to per-1
manent Buccess. Whatever branch j
of farming is rejected should be stack !
to, if only moderately successful. A
man is cjuetantly learning in a bus- j
iaess to which be fives habitual at
tention, aud ibis knowledge is a part
of bis capital, just as much as the
niouev mvested in stock, tools or
buildings. Tbe maa who makes
wheat a leading crop, by studying
to lessen tbe cost of production, bv
experience ia the best methods of i
prepariag the soil, tbe use of manuro j
and the cultivation of tbe crop, ean
raise wheat cheaper than bis neigh
bors, and, though selling it at the!
same price, will realize a profit j
wheu they barely escpo a loss, ui
the other band, the man who is ever
ready to abandon bis usual practice,
in order to follow soraetmug tost
pays exceptionally we'll at the m -
moot sucb as sneep uuaoauury or
hop culture, when mutton, wool or
hops are bringing high prices is
pretty sure to lose money in the long
run, either tcroogn ignorance ot tbe
best methods ia bis unaccustomed oc
cupation or aa unforseen fall in the
price of the products. Such ventures
are ot a speculative nature ana tne
steady going farmer cannot safely
afford to be a speculator. Mural
New Yorker.
A writer in the agricultural de
partment of the Philadelphia 1,'evonl
says that tbe great maprityof the
farmers do not know how much tbey
lose by devoting their entire time to
what they cU the practical part" ot
farmiug, aud neglecting the ornamen
tal. They think many of them
that it will not pay. Tbey are gen
erally mistakea. It will piy hand
somely in pleasure if tbey have any
taste for such work; aDd it tne ia-te
is wantjnir, tbea it ought to be culti
vated. Tbe dullest eye can appreci
ate tbe difference batween a b )u-e
with a wood pile or a biroyard in
front of it, with no shade trees, no
fljwer9andno pleasant, tidy walks
leading: to the" door, no well-kept
driveways, nor hedges nor evergreens,
and one with tbese accessories 10
ra ional pleasures to make glad n it
only the occupants but every other
person who has the oppirvun'uy to
see it. A plea-aut country home is
a public as well as a private pleas
ure, and it is a debatable question
whether tbe public, in iu corporate
cipacity of th8 state, might not wise
ly do something to enc jurage a great
er development; in ine matter 01
homestead adornments.
A correspondent of tbe Geraiaa
town Telegraph, who inquires
whether pasturing his wheat will
damage the crop, is thus answered :
"That depends upon circumstances.
If the growth ia tall or early spring
is too rampant and likely to be troub
led with the fly, it is better to be pas
tured by castle, not by sheep, while
tbe ground is solid enough to bear
tbe weight of the animals without
sinking in too deeply. Sheep, if al
lowed much upnthe wheat, clip it
too chsely aid may injure tbe crown
of tho plant. While we bave never
heard of anv loss being suffered by
judicious pasturing, we have no doubt
that as a rule hi oeaeuciai. me
pbnts may tiller more, and assuredly
grow up tnicker and stronger aid
sttnd the etorni3 batter."
What Ailed tbe Doff.
A very indignatit man leading a
do? stalked into Uncle Eph's hou-jo
yesterday and said:
"Epfa, you black rascal, here syoar
dog; give me back the $3 that I paid
you for it."
"What's de matter wid de dog?"
a iked Epb, calm and uarutlled.
"You warranted bim to hunt chick
ens, didn't vou ?"
"An' don' he?" asked Eph.
"No he isn't worth a cuss at that."
"Did you try de dawg?" asked
Eph, taking his pipe from his mouth
and knocking the ashes from it.
"Certainly I did, and he's a first
class fraud."
"How war de chickeus cooked ?"
"Cooked ?''
"Yes ; was dey biled ?"
"Of course not."
"Did you roast dem ?"
"Why, you old idiot,
alive prairie chickens."
"Dat 'splaios it." said
tbey were
Enh. "I
thought there was suuia' wrong.
You jest cook de chickens aa' jj'b de
dawg half a chance aa' see how he'll
hunt for dem. Folks 'spect to much,"
be added, as tbe gentleman kicked
the dog into the corner, and rushed
ont, "dey 'spect too much from de
culled people. Ef dat maa was fool
eaough to 'spect dat he was gwiae
to get a dwag for free dollars dat
would hunt live chickens he was fool
'nufftobleeb dat we's square in de
middle ob de milleenyum, and ebery
body knows bow big a fool dat am."
Detroit Free rreta.
FROM DETROIT.
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 31. 1ST.
Dr. M. M. Fesner, Fredonia, N. Y.
Dear Sir : Please send me one
bottle of your Blood and Liver Remedy
and Nerve Tonic, and four bottles of your
Improved Court Honey. I find them the
best remedies I have ever tried. Nothing
helped our children when they were re
covering from whooping coimh as your
Couh iloney, and as for colds it certain
ly cures them very quickly. We cinnot
do without your excellent remedies in our
family, as they always help U9 when we
are in pain. Enclosed find X
Yours truly,
Mns. JOHN LUTMAN.
Dr. Tenner's Blood and Liver Rem
edy and Nerve Tonic may well be
called "The conquering hero" of the
times It is the medical triumph of
the age Whoever has "the blues"
should take it, for it regulates aud re
stores tbe disordered system that
gives rise to tbem. It always cures
Biliousness and Liver Complaint,
Jaundice, Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Headaches, Fever and Ague. Spleen
Enlargements, Scrofula, Erysipe
las, Pimples, Blotches and all Skin
Eruptions and Bloop bisorpers ;
Sweiled Limbs and Dropsy ; Sleep
lessness, Impaired Nerves and Ner
vous Debility; Restores flesh and
strength when the system is running
down or going into decline ; cures
Female Weakness aod Chronic
Rheumatism, and relieves Chronic
Bronchitis, and all Lung and Throat
difficulties. It does these things by
striking at tbe root of disease aud re
moving its causes.
Dr Fenuer's Improved Cough
Houey will relieve any cough in one
hour. Try a sample bottle at 10
cents.
Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief cores
any pain, as Tooth-ache, Neuralgia,
Colic or Headache ia 5 to 30 minutes,
and readily relieves Rheumatism,
Kidney Complaint, Diarrboe, etc.
Try a sample bottle at 10'cents.
Dr. Fenner's St. Yitus Doce Spe
cific. 0,'ie b iitle always cures. For
rale b? C. N. Boyd.
I love to sit beneath tbe shade and
quaff tbe pic nic lemonade, and feel
I tbe merry little ant crawl up my
I summer pant leg.
Farm Life.
A writer ia Scribner's Jhnt:ine
asserts that the farmer, baying the
most sane and natural occupation,
ought to Gad life pleasant. lis alone,;
strictly speaking, has a home. Howl
.1 A "1 It rYi .1 " , .. 1-. m r. A t..tA lavi.k 1
out lind. He writes his history cpon
his fields. How many ties, bow many
recourses he has; hU friendship wita
cattle, his team, bis dog, bis trees ;
the patisfactioa in his growing crops,
in iis improved fields ; bis intimacy
witii nature with bird and beast, and
with too quickening elemental forces;
his co-operations with the clouds, sun,
seasons, beat, wiod, rain and frost.
Nothing will take the various social
distempers which the city and artifi
cial lite breed out ot a man like farm
ing like direct and loving contact
with tbe soil. It draws out tbe pri
son. It humbles him, teches him
patience and reverecee, aud restores
the proper tone t bis system. Ciiog
to the farm, make much of it, pot
youreelf iuto it, bestow your bart
and your braia upon it, so that it
shall savor of you and radiate your
virtue after your day's vork is done.
Boh Beds.
There are differences ia opinion ia
regard to the best bads for refreshing
sleep, some parsons advocating soft
and some ha-d beds. Tbe difference
bstweeti theta is that the weight of a
body oa a soft bad presses on a larger
sud.icij tbia u a mi a hard bui, aud
cons- qaently more comfort is enjoy
ed. Hard beds should never bo iriv
ea to little children, aid p.irents who
suppose thai such be is contribute to
health by hardening aod developing
the constitution are surely in error.
Eminent physicians b ;th here and
ia Ei2laud Concur in this cpinioa,
and state thai bard bris have often
proved iajurious to the a a ape of in
tont?. Birds and animals over their
offspring with the softest materials
tbey ciu o'o:aiu, oad als make soft
beds for them ; and the softness of a
bed is not evidene of its beiag ua-whi.lc-some.
Bit if it is not kept
sweet aod eleau by d tily airings aud
f 'eqiinut beatings whether it is bard
or soft is surely injurious to health.
WUy Some People are For.
II is, strings and paper are thrown
into the tire.
Nice handled knives are thrown in
to hot water.
B-ooni3 are never Lung up a::d
ere soon spoiled.
Cioihes are left on tbe line to whip
to pieces ia the wind.
Tubs and barrels are left ia the
fan to dry and full apart.
Dri-d fruits are not taken care of
ia season and become wormy.
Pork spoils for waal of salt, and
beel because the bride wants scald
ing. Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are
k-fc to stand opru and lose their
strength.
Tbe fljur is sifted in a wasteful
nip.mier and the pan is left wilb tbe
doij- b s icking to it.
Potatoes iu tbe cellar grow, and
sprouts arc not removed until the
potatoes become worthless.
Bits of meat, vegetables, bread
and c Id puddings are thrown away,
when ibey might be warmed, steam
ed and served os good as new.
A Leap Year Party o.it Wl
The B'tck Hills rionecr's exorid
urn to a column of rbapsody over a
leap year party :
"Dewdwood is pre-eminently a girl
rua city, a woman-ruled, pettiskirt
governed municipality, end it is not
strange it should be so. Think of a
population more than half voters ;
the men and boys outnumber tbe wo
men and girls at least three to one.
Think of a city, rich, luxurious, me
tropolitan ia its styles and tastes,
with three thousand inhabitants, and
hardly a dozen marriageable belles,
eligible girls. Is it any wonder that
every good-looking married woman
is a feted and toasted social queen,
and that every attractive girl is a
raginjr, roaring belle, and numbers
her masculine scalps by daily scores?
Is it any wonder that the feminine
scepter waves absolute amid our
golden crags and canyons, and that
whatever cur women undertake is
sore to be x grand success?''
T KeinwTe ntnlii.
A3 a substitute for potassium cy
anide ia tbe removal ef stains made
by lunar causiic or silver nitrate, use
the following mixture: 10 gramme
ammonium chloride, 10 grammes
corrosive sublimate, dissolved ia 100
grammes of distilled water, and pre
serve ia a glass stoppered bottle
With this solution tbe black stains
may be removed from linen, woolen
aud cotton goods perfectly and with
out injury. It will al.so remove stains
on the skin, bu alt hough less poison
ous than the cyaaldi-, ic must not be
i forgotten that it is a corrosive poison.
t or the skin it is better to apply tinct
ure cf iodine, or a solution of iodine
or iodide of potassium, fallowed by
strong aqua ammonia It slower it is
safer both to use an l to keep in the
houte.
Weather report a thunder clap.
A woodcutter never fel's a tree
against its will. Hs always axes it
first.
Don't die now if you wan your
relatives 'o see that your grave ia
kept green.
A little girl i-j Norwich, Coan., de
fiued "eu on" "a ruaa wbat wears his
hat on one si.ie."
Stanley has be?ua the ascent cf the
Congo, well armed and equ'pped with
all kiuds of provisions and boats.
The thrifty man will always put
sometbiug away for a rainy day,
even if it is nothing but a stolen um
brella. The Constitution says an Atlanta
girl asked a young man how he liked
Shakespeare. He replied wi;hout a
struggle, 'As You Like It'
A Maud M tiller laughed heartily
at a young haymaker when the yel
low jackets got up bis nankeen trous
ers. But when they got up ber'n,
'twas no jcke.
Wbat pirt of the wheel makes tbe
most noise ? Wfcy, the sp- kes, man,
cf course Detroit Free Pre. No :
tho hob, bub liotfon if. You
are all wrong; the tire, sire.
France ha.s just beeu able, ten years
after the evect, to figure up the cost
to her of tbe Franco German war
It was $3,000 000,000, aside from
losHes to c- rrmeree aod industry.
The San Francisco public library
las pat in electric lights ia placo of
gag. The monthly .bill is reduced
from $25G to $90 and the lights burn
till midnight, while the gas used to be
shut off at 0:r,0.
OLD TE HOUSE.
3
T 1 A N
A SPECIAL.TY
HEAD CiXJA-TtXErtS
FANCY and STAFLE
PIITE TEAS,
RARE and CHOICE
COFFEES.
J.K. JENKIXS,
2S Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
OLD Ti'A HOUSE SPECIALTIES.
Tk! CelEMsl Ezras Gi.u Tea!
Ouiiranteel absolutely pure.
nJm Fee! FlasFionr!
Beat in tho Worhl. Tili First Medal at Kirk
L.xiitiin.
TiJ CelsSritei Siicw Bird Flcur!
For extreme White Brvail and P.trj use.
JsUdEST BTE21
Id 3 unJ 8 b. puck. lift?, rca.lj tr Inking.
Tills Delicious Coffee is t'nrivulcM for In I'd-nM-
ful Aroma.
Yin Fraici fcta'
A . mixture of bare Coffee.
Every Variety Fancy Cheese.
TU Fan Vsnrat Kit) Synj
T3 Largest Vans! cf Iajnrtsl Ta!s!e EkIs-!
TEA. !
THE ONLY HOUSE IN THE CITY THAT KELTS A
FULL LINE OF THE
CELEBRATED
Qaita Grim rit
PIUIE OF TEA.
THE STIW CROP.
YOUNC HYSON,
CUN POWDER, f Per poan-1. 43. 50 o. 10,
IMPERIAL. f t-cuts, l.uu, i.-jj, si.4i.
OOLONG, )
JAPAN IVr pnni'l -I", 5", DO. V) cents. n.l M.OO.
ENCLISH BREAKFAST, rvr p.un.1, 40,
00, SO celllH, l..U, UU'l $'.'J.
i-A reduction of FIVE CENTS per poun.l wUl
b allowed on all oriers ol Fits Fuiim
(if Tea.
-In sendine a wrill'-n onler for Tea. ilon't fail
Iw mention thofuuiiy yta desire, ami price.
-All the Teas qil iteJ alove at rl.uo ier p-iun I
and upwails are the Oaihis (Jkiwj Teas.
If io itttiretl. will pack any of the above or
10 Ib.bowes without extra charge.
Havi jir Km. m vkd ax Is voice or very Fan- v
CT80 1879. F0S3H0SA03L0NJ TEA! 31.33 S3r
KOOD TEAS AT LOW P1UCES !
OVy POWDER -III PER I AL-YOf'NO H Y-SO.V-JAPAN-OULONO
ENGLISH
BREAKFAST,
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N3 REDUCTION BY ANY QUANTITY.
COFFEF !
EAEE AND CHOICE.
THE
CELEBRATED DELMCNIC0
COB'FEE !
Thisdelicinus C"lfi-e Is an'lvii!"-! fir Its il'Mlw;lit-
lul Aroma. It all ntnrr IVHees have t:tl!el to
pl'.ase vou, 'vo this a trial.
THE FANCY
FRENCH COFFEE!
PRICE rF.K POOD 2S CENTS.
tiemtine Mwfta Coj'ee, l'lmtu
tion L'eiilttH Coffee, M'iracaibo Cof
fee, (Htl Hutch Jam Coffee, La
ffuayrn Coffee, Ajruxin toffee,
Costu llica Coffee, I'm llerry Cof
fee, Goden Jiio Coffee,
A PARTIAL LIST OF GOODS
Constantly Arriving.
F. Schumacher's f t Meal, OatOrtiats, Cracked
Wheat and Oraham I- loor.
Mackerel, fe.:ra Mo. 1 ishore Mess, Xo. 1 Shoir
No. 1 Kit, No. i, No. 3 Large, No. 3 -Medium in
au It) kits.
W2UZ2 WHSAT FLCT73.
Clodnnaii Hams, BreakCas; Bieoa and llriod
Beef.
Kenne-l Lard In Pails. 20 lb. 10 lb. S lb. and r. is.
Fresh Lohsters, Salmon, Shrimps ami 1,'yve
Oysters.
Cooked Corned Beef and Preiied Toniruo
PICKELS and TABLE SAUCE.
, Sugar; the host quality cf each grade.
SYRUPS AND MOLASSES.
r i
NEW YORK GOSHEN
j AND
OHIO CREAM CHEESE.
THE LAROE5T ASSORTMENT OF
LAUNDRY AND TOILET SOAPS.
PURE SPICES.
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