A roKrs MAIL.
Four letters and pai' : lhi ono ,ownf
A careless hand, i from my cousin Marr;
Tc.i jiaes long, and full lo uvcrflowin;;
Of beaux, and bell, nd balls, and all things
And thii one i well. I cannot quite discorer
Just what the indefinite writer doea Intend;
He's quite too frankly-cordial for a lover,
And much too lover-like for a friend.
And here a eister jwet telle her fanciea,
Merry readjust as her humor ia;
IV earing a web of many-hued roroancea,
Oiitof tlieaobenwt realities
Ami here is one in marvelous superscription;
1 make it out by guessing at irt .
I Ml the truth wiUiout a pioe of fiction
I tear it open with a CutUTing heart.
Two cabalistic words here greet my vision
Two simple wcnls, expressive and defined,
And yet tucy crush me with their curt pre
cision, Their most polite "Respectfully declined."
I take op tenderly roy little vcrsling.
That I had written with such loving care;
I feel a docs a mother when be nursling
Is called by others neither sweet nor fair.
1 rail against the man who thus decree; it.
And like the world-renowned worm I turn;
"He does not know a poem when he sees it,
Elsewise my genius would be quick discern."
Or else he wanU to crush out my ambition.
To keep from me my due of lame or pelf ;
Or flae, C ! moxt judicious, sage decision.
It may be he writes poetry himself.
If that be true, then may tho muse Cout
him,
And play npon him an unworthy pranks.
May every editor In the country scont him,
Andallhis poems be "declined with thanks."
And now I read again the little verses
I thouhgt so perfect : it must be confessed
This line Is bad, and that oncsurely worse is,
And this thought certainly fa ill-expressed.
It may be that my vanity deceived me;
It may be neither jealousy nor spite
Inspired the critic who so sorely prived me ;
It may be, after all, the man was right.
Charlotta ltrry.
i i
TWO SECRETS.
"You don't mean it, Hetty ?"
Lloyd Sulton,a good-looking, man
Iv young felly, leaning on the half
open field gale, looked earnestly in
tlie face of the young girl on the op
posite Bide of ttie fence.
!?he shrank from meeting his eye
os ehe answered :
4,I am not accustomed to saying
what I don't mean."
He made no answer. Hetty
scratched industriou-ly with a bit of
wild-rose stem upon the trunk of a
beech tree which overshadowed
them. Suddenly she discovered
that she was unconsciously tracing
over the initials "L. 8."id"V. H."
the latter her own cut in the
beech bark. She hastily withdrew
her hand and threw away the rose
Elem.
"Do you remember what you said
to me, Hetty, the day I cut those
letU-rs ?" asked the young man.
'Something foolish, I dare say,"
she answered, with affected careless
ness, 44 You told me you loved me," he
said in a low voice.
Hetty stooped and plucked a sprig
of clover.
"Perhaps I thought so, then,"
she said, intently examing the bloos
souis. "And only discovered your mis
take when this rich popenjay from
the city made his appearance," said
Lloyd, bitterly.
She looked up with a flash in her
dark eyes. She knew very well that
Ehe was doing something unworthy
of her, and lowering herself in
Lloyd's opinion, as well as causing
him pain, and his reproach stung
her.
"I have a right to like or dislike
hom I please," she said, haught
ily. "lie seized an unlucky grasshopper,
which, at that moment, lighted near
his hand, and savagely crushed it to
death. Hetty looked at him in sur
prise. 1 1 was so unlike Lloyd to de
liberately hurt anything.
"You are cruel she said indig
nantly. "Not half so cruel as you. Hetty,
I had no idea you were so heartless
and mercenary."
The words escaped him unawares.
Tletty flushed hotly.
"If that is your opinion of me you
ought to be glad to have found me
out in time." she said.
"Perhaps I ought," ho retorted,
bitterly.
"Ttien I hope you will be satisfi
ed as I am 1''
She gathered up the Bkirt of her
blue lawn dress and turned away.
Lloyd passed through the gate and
walked by her 6ide along the grassy
meadow-path.
"I didn't mean to offend you,
Hetty," he said ia a more sulxiued
tone.
1 am not offended. I dont in
the least care for y our opinion of
me," replied Hetty, biting her lip
and turning away her face that he
intent not pee the tears in her ryes.
They had reached a j.oint where
the pathway branched right und
lelt, and coming along the latter was
a portly, fashionably-dressed, mid
die-aged man, twirling a cane, with
which he was decapitating the tall
weeds and field-daisies. On catch
ing 6ight of Hetty he quickened his
pace.
"Mr. Frisbee will see me home.
I won't trouble you further, Mr.
Sutton," said Hetty, with an air of
creat dignity, as she took a step to
the left.
Now, this leftrh and track was the
most direct and freouented wav to
Hetty's home : but the rieht-hand
pathway, leading along the little
stream and .aider hedge, had ever
been the favorite with herself and
Lloyd.
The young man paused now, and
standing just where the two diverg
ed, Eaid,m a low tone, agitated, yet
full of decision :
"Hetty, decide now, once for all 1
Will you keep on with roe down
this path, or will you go with Mr.
Frisbee on the other ? Choose 1"
She hesitated, and her color went
and came.
"You have no right to speak to
me so."
"I have a right," he replied, firm
ly "the right to know whether the
girl I love is false or true."
Hetty, like Lloyd, was high-spirited,
and his look and tone angered
her.
"G your own way, and I will go
mine ! ehe said, proudly.
And mithout another word she
tamed down the pathway by which
Mr. Frisbee tu approaching.
Lloyd, as he reached the gate,
turned back to look at the two fig- j
ures slowly sauntering along the
green meadow. !
1 coula never cave dreamed it oi
her," he thought "I believed she
loved me. And to cast me off for a
fellow like that, whose greatest re
commendation is his wealth ! Oh,
Hetty, that I should be so mistaken
in youl"
And Mr.Frbbee, as he walked at
Hetty side, admiring her girlish
beauty and her pretty, coqnettish
ways, and thinking how he would
"show off"' his young wifc among
his friends did the thought never
occur to him, as to Lloyd, that this
girl, young enough to be his daugh
ter, could not possibly find in him
anv attraction save his wealth ?
lint poor Hetty, since her father
died bankrupt, " had experienced
enough of poverty's ills, and heard
enough from her mother and Bister
to learn to look upon riches as the
key that could open to her the gold
en stores of life's pleasure.
Lloyd could give her comfort and
commence, but as Mrs. Frisbee ehe
could have an elegant city residence,
carriatre and servants, balls in win
ter and watering-places in summer,
with everything else that she might !
desire.
Not that she was light and frivol
ous, or longed for mere worldly
pleasures ; but, for the time being,
the picture had dazzled her, and in
her present angry and resentful
mood against Loyd, what wonder
that she listened to all that Mr. Fris
bee had to say, and before she reach
ed home had accepted the rich wid
ower's proposal ?
And yet somehow Hetty felt in
lier own heart that this was the
most miserable evening she had
ever spent.
As the davs went by Hetty grew
no happier in the contemplation of
her brilliant prospects. She turned
with a species of loathing from the
man she had promised to marry,
and her heart went out more and
more to the lover whom she had
discarded.
They sometimes met, but he was
distant and proud, and it was not
for her to make advances. So she
decided to let her engagement be
come publicly known, and one day
went over to Mrs. Sutton's and ask
ed Sue Sutton, Lloyd's cousin, to be
her bridesmaid.
"You ought hardly to expect it of
me, Hetty," Sue said, with some
spirit "I think you have treated
Llovd badly."
"How so V
"Because I know he loved you,
and I used to think you loved him.
You certainly did behave in a man
ner to encourage him."
"Perhaps we were mistaken in
fancying that we loved each other."
'lf you were mistaken, Lloyd
wasn't I have never seen a person
so changed and unhappy," said Sue,
with tears in her eyes.
"He didn't appear to be unhappy
last evening, flirting with Josephine
Willis."
4iOh. that was merely put on ! i
She flirted with him and he humor
ed her, as a blind. I know Lloyd
how proud he is, and that he would
never allow anyone to suspect how
he suffers. But when we all came
home from the party w here he had
heard from Mrs. Carter that you
were really engaged to that Mr.
Frisbee oh, Hetty, he looked so
wretchedly, and we heard him walk
ing up and down his room for hours,
and tossing aoout on his bed ! . I'm
certain he couldn't have slept a wink
all night"
"Where is he now ?"' asked Hetty,
a little tremulous.
"I don't know. He went out be
fore breakfast, and I haven't seen
him since. I believe his heart is
broken, and that he will pine away
and die, or perhaps take his own
life," said Sue, with tears in her
eyes. "And he had been looking at
your portrait, Hetty, for I found it
on his table, propped up acainst a
look."
"My portrait ? Why, he sent it
back to me."
"Did he ? Then this must be a
copy. Wait a moment, and I will
get it for you to sec"
She was hardly out of the room,
when Hetty heard a well known
step in the hall, and the next mo
ment Lloyd himself entered. In
stinctively she had drawn back, and
the great book-case screened her
from his view. He did not, howev
er, look around, but throwing him-s-l."
iu a chair, leaned back with clos
ed eyes, and seeing him thus she
was struck with the change ia his
appearance. His face was pale, and
bore unmistakable traces of suffer
ing, repressed by the strong will
which Bhe knew he possessed. But
now, alone as he thought himself,
the strain seemed relaxed. He
bowed his face in his hands and
groaned.
Hetty's heart beat fast and the
tears rushed into her eyes. Oh, if
he would bend from that stubborn
Cridc, she would eive up Mr. Fris
ee, wealth, everything in the world,
for his sake ! But for her to make
advances never !
Lloyd rose from hiseat and walk
ed across the room to the book-case.
Hetty shrank more closely into" her
corner, and the high-backed arm
chair hid her. She heard him rum
maging about behind the books on
the shelves, and then ehe saw his
arm extended to the light, holding
up two glass vials. So near was she
that she distinctly read the labels.
one of which was "Liudanum."
This he thrust into his breast-pocket,
and seizing his hat turned to leave
the room. But at the dor he paus
ed, went back to the table, and
scratching a few hurried lines on a
sheet of paper, left it lying open and
went out
Hetty, alti)ot as pale as her lover,
instantly sprang up, and seizing the
Caper glanced oyer it, murmuring
rokenly as she read :
"Dear Mother : -Can no longer
bear agony seek relief home
tell Johnny tike good care of you
cm lnfnrp von mwt von in"
Hetty was trembling all over; but
now a great light, as if a sudden re- j
sclve, dawned upon her pale face, .
and without a pause she rushed
from the room, crossed the lawn,
and with light, swift steps followed
the retreating figure down the road.
She overtook him just as he turned
the clump of cedars near the stables.
Was it there that be designed to
commit the terrible deed ?
Lloyd turned on hearing her
breathlessly call his name. He look
ed a good deal surprised at seeing
her no longer pale, but flushed and
with disordered curls hanging about
her forehead.
'Oh, Lloyd, don't do it J For my
sake, don't V
"Hettv, what ails you ? Dont do !
what?"'" j
i ou know ; you didn I see me,
but I was in the" room when you
took, the the poison the lauda
num. Oh, Lloyd, dont kill vour-self-don't!"
He looked at her steadily, with a
curious working of his countenance.
W by ehould I not 7 1 ou would
not care, he said, cloom.il v.
"Indeed, indeed I should !" she
sobbed. 0h, Lloyd, I could not
bear it ; it would kill me I"
Her pleading, tearful eyes were
upturned to his. He looked down
into her face for a moment, then took
both her hands in his.
"Hetty, you arc going to be anoth
er mau's wife."
"Never, Lloyd never ! I was
wrong forgivome!"
"You don't mean to say, Hetty"
and bis face lighting all over as
with a flush of new life "you don't
mean to sav that you do really love
me?"
"Yes, I do! I always did love
you. Lloyd., I Wouldn't have told
you but "lor this but lor this horri
ble poison. Give it to me, Lloyd,
that I may feel you arc safe."
He answered by taking her into
his arms. There was no one near to
see them. And then he gave the
deadly vial into her hands, and she
Hung it us fur as she could into the
neighboring pond.
"Life is worth living lor now, net
ty," he said, as with her arm in his,
and her hand clasped m hu own
they walked toward her home. "But
you will never know what pain I
have suffered.''
Most people said Hetty had done
right in choosing Lloyd Sutton, af
ter all ; and Mr. Frisbee indignant
1 weut bank to the city and consol
ed himself by selecting as his wife
some other young and pretty wo
man. His marriage took place about
the same time as Hetty's.
Some three years after this, Mr.
Lloyd Sutton," a comfortable and
happy -looking pater familias,said to
his wife :
"I believe that any man can keep
a secret from his wile ; but no wo
man can keep one from her hus
band." "Don't you, indeed, dear ? Now, I
think just the contrary."
He laughed knowingly.
"Perhaps I can convince you. I've
had a secret from you, Hetty, ever
since we were married."
"Indeed ! Won't you tell it to me,
Lloyd?"
"Why, yes, as I don't sec any rea
son in keeping it longer to myself.
I wouldn't tell you at first, for fear
you should feel mortified in know
ing it. Do you remember when you
pleaded with roc so earnestly not to
take roy life ? Well, tho truth is, 1
hadn't the least idea of swallowing
the laudanum. I merely intended
to use it as a remedy for the pain I
was suffering from a terrible tooth
ache." "Yes," said Mrs. Lloyd Sutton,
demurely, but with an arch glance
of her black eyes, "I knew that all
the while, dear. You see, I read the
note you left on the table, telling
your mother that the pain was such
that you could not wait till to-morrow
to take her to town must go at
once, to see a dentist, and that John
ny would bring her, and you would
meet her there. Then I knew what
the laudanum was for."
Mr. Lloyd opened his eyes very
wide, and gave a low whistle.
"You see, love," resumed his wife,
stealing her arm around his neck,
"I hd no other way of letting you
know how I loved you and regretted
my folly. It saved us both from be
ing very miserable. But" with the
same arch look ''don't you think
now that a woman can keep a secret
from her husband as well as a hus
band from his wife?"
And Lloyd Sutton, kissing his
wife, had the manliness to acknowl
edge himself convinced.
Uro. Gardner on High Iitving.
'When de ole woman used to tell
me dat sartin wo.uen had new silks,
new hats, new close, and new shoes
once a month the y'ar roun', an' we
havin' to lib clus on de same money,
it made me mau. Dat is, it nsed
to. When I saw men dat owed for
deir washin' fitruttin' aroun' like
lords, while I had to work seben
days in a week an' pay my debt?, I
felt like smashin' frew de sidewalk.
But got ober all dis. When I met
a woman who kin dress like a bank
er's wife on de 810 or $12 per week
paid their husbands, I doan' 'low
myself to even fink about it When
I see a man buy in' twenty-cent ci
gars, sportin' a cane and takin'
champaigne, while his children at
home am bar'fut I try to believe
dat it am all right When a lady
with $300 worf of close on axes me
to do a job of whitewashin' in a
parlor wher' de best pictures from
a tea store an' de best cha'r am un
der chattel mortgage, I doan' stop
to wonder who she thinks she am
foolin'.
"Nay burs of mine who owe all de
butchers widin a circle of a mile
kin pa' fo' dollahs fur a libery rig
on Srnday an' I shan't criticize.
Wives may go shoppin' ebery day
in de week an' my ole woman will
keep the cabin jist the same. Since
we quit wonderin' nn' speculatin'
ober dese fings, we feci much bet
ter. Wc know fur a fact jist how
fur we kin make money go. If od
der folks kin lib like lords on a sal
ary ot 4G K) a y'ar, it's a streak of
good luck an' none of our buznese.
My advice to you is to let such fings
pass. Dey are mysteries wid which
we have no biznest, an'dc more you
ponder ober dem de less you will
enjoy what you hab honestly aimed
by hard work an' saved by good
economy. Detroit 'Free Vr-.
Tribute to Mother, .
Children, look in those eyes, listen
to that dear voice, notice the feeling
of even a single touch that is be
stowed upon you by her gentle
hand! Make much of it while you
have that most precious of all gifts,
a loving mother. Bead the unfath
omable love in those eyes, the kind
anxiety of that tone and look, how
ever slight your pain. In after
years you may -have friend fond,
dear friends hut never will you
jnd irentleness lavished unAnvmi
novo fio"in Tho initmrMGihin
which none but a mother bestows,
often do I sigh in my struggles with
the dark, uncaring world, for the
swett, deep security I felt, when of
an evening, nestling in her bosom, I
listened to some quiet talc, suitable
to my age, read in her tender and
untiring voice. Never can I forget
her sweet glance cast npon me when
I appeared asleep ; never her kiss
of peace at night Years hare pass
ed away since wc laid her beside
my father in the old church-yard ;
and still luer voice whispers from
the grare, ami her eves watch over
me, as I visit spots long since hal
lowed to the memory of my mother.
Lord Macaulay.
Indian Fight,
8as FhaScisco, November 7- A
Tucson dispatch of yesterday says :
"Information is just received of a
fight between the hostile Apaches
under chiefs Tar and Dravo and
United States cavalry in Apache
county, in which four Indians were
killed and three women and child
ren captured. The Apaches were
scattered by the engagement, and
are making towards San Carlos
agency."
"The doctor said my wife had con
sumption. Tried 'Lindsey's Blood
Searcher,' and she has better health
than ever." G. II. Hubbard, Hamp
den, Ohio.
In For Life?
f This cell," said the warden, as
we reached 212, "belongs to ono of
the oldest lifers in this prison. I
believe he has been here nigh on to
thirty years, and he bids fair to last
for full twenty more. Hjj is a very
singular man."
"His crime then was murder, of
course?"
. "Yes, Ji-id a strange murder. He
was then young man of thirty-two,
morose, i: not quiet, and no one had
ever heard him use an oath or seen
him display even the smallest vice.
Had he stolen an axe his friends
would haye been amazed; what
could their feelings have been, then,
when he was charged with murder?
One night, with no earthly excuse
for offense, he got out of bed, Talk
ed three miles to the house f a
friend, and called him out and stab
bed him to the heart. He then re
traced his steps to his home, and
returned to bed and slept soundly
until morning, the bloody knife
laying on a chair by his bedside.
He made no effort to conceal his
crime, and when arrested had no
excuse. From the day the constable
put hands on him up to this hour
he has not spoken except when
forced to. I have several times had
to threaten him with the strap to
make him answer ny questions.".
"Does he mate with any one ?"
"No, he comes and goes as if alone
in this great prison. 1 cannot im
agine w hat inducement .fcould be
held out to make him address a
question to a prisoner. He shuns
all of us as if wc were poison.
During all the years he has been
here he has not asked a favor of any
sort."
"Is he ever sick?"
"Once in a while, but he never
complains. He would rather die in
his tracks than ask to see a doctor.
He has fainted away at his work
lench and cried out in the delirium
of fever, but ho has never complain
ed." "What do the prisoners say about
him ?"
"They fear him. I have ' been
told twenty different times that he
would some day rebel, and that he
would have to be shot before he
could be disarmed. I can't say that
he, is plotting, but we keep a sharp
eye on him. He has the eye of a
perfect devil, and he will look at
you in a way that will make your
flesh crawl."
"Can he be insane ?"
j "No; a dozen different doctors
have agreed that he is as sound as
any man. lie is simply a uorn
devil. He was never known lo
laugh or cry. His old mother used
to come here in years gone by be
fore she died and she said she nev
er saw a smile on his lips, or a tear
on his ciieeks, not even in his boy
hood. He is a hater. He hates
himself. He hates everything living
or dead. There is a cauldron of
ugliness boiling within him and
some day it will bubble over. When
that event occurs we will be most
likely forced to kill him in self-defence."
"Has he any relatives?"
"Not that we know of. His lather
was dead before the murder. He
had a mother and a brother, but
when he had been here about five
years the poor old woman went to
her grave. If a man has any heart
in him a mother's heart and tears
can touch it She used to come
here and wring her hands and weep
and sob rnd pray, and this fiend sat
as unmoved us a rock, even refusing
to answer one of her questions.
She was old and wrinkled and
heartbroken the last time she came.
She told him that it was her last
visit, and that she had only two
weeks to live, and the murderer
turned his back on her. The broth
er came here three or four times, re
ceiving the same treatment,' and the
last visit he made came very near
being his last day on earth. Taking
advantage of the momentary ab
sence of the doorman this fiend
grasped his brother's throat, and
was fast choking him to death when
help arrived, fhe brother died
several years ago in Illiiois, and
now the man is alone on earth. No
one asks after him nobody thinks
of him. He is buried alive."
"He never writes to any one ?"
"Never. He has not had a pen in
his hand since entering the prison.
Most of the prisoners manage to
keep posted on outside affairs, but
this man neither knows or cares to
know. I don't believe he knew of
the war long as it lasted. He won't
talk,; he can't or won't read; be
won't permit a prisoner to talk to
him, and as a consequence he hears
no more of the world's doings than
if he vras in a grave. It must be a
horrible feeling for a man to live
this way, and yet he seems to enjoy
it One day is the same as another.
One night is not blacker than an
other. Weeks pass and bring.no
change. Years come and go and
his rouiine is the same. The past
is full of blood the future is a long
unbroken midnight I have won
dered that he did not commit sui
cide." "Has he never tried to escape?"
"Never, and that is why we fear
him. Three different times since he
came here he has had good opportu
nities to take French leave, but he
has refused to go. It wasn't because
he feared recapture and punishment,
for any one will take the one chance
in a hundred on that It was be
cause he hated the world worse than
his prison. Give him another chance
to-day, and he will refuse it As I
told you, he is a Btrange case. He
is half man. hall devil. Kach year
he is growing more like a fiend, and
every time 1 look into his eye I
think it has a more Satanic gleam.
I don't know what the end will be.
but I half expect it will be full of
rebellion, desperation, and blood.
Some d.'y his hate will overpower
all other feelings, and he will pick
up a bar of iron, an axe, or a sledge,
and he will fight us to the death."
Detroit Free Press.
A Uanrnock' Wild Way.
An Illinois exchange feels called
to deliver itself: "His hammock
swung loose at the sport of the wind,"
and turn Died tne iion. J. a. Irwin
on bis head, and but for the appli
cation of St Jacobs Oil, he might
have gone "where the woodbine
twineth." F,veo so dear Beacon as
many others have gone, who failing
to use the Great German Remedy in
time, for their rheumatism and other
dancerous diseases, "have naid the
debt of Nature." Sub is oqr motto.
Clcvetittd, Ohio) Herald.
Whipped Hi v Stepaaugbutr to Death.
AsiEEicus.Ga,, Nov. 10. Ed. Par
tridge, colored, yesterday whipped
his stepdaughter, Belle Holmes, to
death. The flesh was beaten from
the body. The citizens threaten to
lynch him.
New Jersey tries to claim Noah
because he was a New-ark man.
Prof. King at Hnirie.
Prof. Samuel A.King the balloon
ist: whoso air-shin was wrecked in
the Great forest of Wisconsin on I
October 14, and who tramped about
for five days in the wild roes?, .rc"
turncd to his homo a few days ago,
"Well" said he to the Prens reporter
afterword, "I suppo-e -on want to
know something u.i t!i wreck.
Wc had a very plnwti.t night of it
after asce adine from Chicago The
wind was blowing hard . from, the
lake, and when we got into the air
the cooled atmosphere acted eo sud
denly on the baloon that I thought
she would fall again- Wo went Up
about a mile and drifted southwest
erly across the IUit.ois prairie, and
when nijiht fell we saw lights dim-
merintr from small villages without
knowing where we were. The wind
died avvav and the balloon remained
almost stationary in the clouds all
through the night."
Signal-service Officer Hashagan,
my only companion in the balloon,
went to sleep. The car was about
tight fi-ti long by seven feet wide,
and we had very comfortable quar
ters. At the earliest dawn ol the
day I saw that wc were moving
again. Wc descended impercepti
bly until the rope trailed over the
roof of a house, and perhaps demor
alized the chimney. Then be ask
ed where we were, and a farmer who
responded said that we were near
Spring Valley, Wisconsin. We
went up again and passed a valley
which looked like a hole in the
ground. Presently came upon the
most beautful sight I ever saw a
vast field of little hills, rising sud
denly from the green prairie and
crowded at their summits with a
heavy growth of timber. We yelled
down to ask where wc were of a
passing pedestrian, and ho "guess
ed" wc were about 200 miles from
St Paul Minn. The drag rope was
still trailing, and it must have hit
somebody's house. Wc heard a
gunshot, and then the hum of a bul
let close to the balloon. About
noon that day we again asked where
we we were and a man said not
more than eighty miles from St
Paul, but that our course would
take us a little to the South of the
city. I threw out ballast in the
hope of striking a higher current,
and as the earth fell away and be
came a vast plain. I caught my
last glimpse of civilization for five
davs. After two hours in the clouds
ataheightofS.OOOor 10,000 feetjl
descended again, and as the clouds
broke away under us I believe I
said : "Great God, we're in the
wood. Hasahagan, do you see any
house ?" -As far as the eye could
reach it encountered the rolliuir
ocern of trees. A river twisted!
through the forest, and believing we
had traveled northward through
Minnesota, I said "We are on the
Mississippi anyhow." The balloon
descended in the tree-tops, after
climbing a steep hill with an ease
which we appreciated when we car
ried the balloon down afterward.
Finding an opening in the forest,
we split up the balloon and soon
after, began our long tramp to civil
ization. Wc followed the Flambeau
River, eating berries and part of a
hedgehog on the way, and finally
reached Chippewa Falls, seventy
five miles from the balloon's resting
place. You know the rest" PhUti.
Pres..
Xotefl on Farm Stock .
It is nearly time to consider the
winter feeding of farm stock, at least
this ia the month to make all the
plans and get everything in order
lor the cold seiison that will soon be
at hand. The question of winter
feeding in all its bearings is an im
portant one. There is a constant
outgo of fodder, and the problem is
to so govern the expenditure that
the best returns mnv be obtained.
Not only must the animals be4kept,
but they must be kept vctU, that the
opening of the new vear of pastur
age may not find them run down, or
as it is termed "spring poor" Aside
from bringing the stock through in
a healthy and vigorous, condition,
there is the manure to be consider
ed. This should be a good dividend
upon the winter's outlay, and there
fore it should have a place in the
plans for the winter feeding. It
cannot be too strongly 'urged, that
the best manure is made under cov
er. The same system w hich gives
the best protection , and care to the
animals will insure the most satis
factory returns in the manure from
them. Feeding for manure is more
and more to be a leading factor in
the winter keeping of farm animals.
A plenty of the best feed, a free sup
ply of pure water, ' and warm quar
ters, arc three essentials in profitable'
winter farming. This does not mean
that the animals shall be in the
Ktalls and stables all the time, but it
does preclude that out-of-door,
straw-etack feeding when 'the ani
mals must stand in unprotected,
shiverine croups the whole nijzht
' !
through. Sheds and good ones
Will DIIV iUr Ult:iJA!:iVC."V U LLAV UCbfcCl ;
. . ii- f
minnra f hat. Will lw m ifiP in IllCin I
in . ... av- u t.., ,
"? I". r, ::
-not .to mention th ecou y , ,
. j 7...-.-. 1 ,
Tobmyo Smoking Iiailies.
"Asiatic nations" the. London
World, writes, "consider the use of
tobacco as a substitute for intoxi
canrs. It fills the hours of idleness,
when people have nothing better to
do would drink if they could ; not
smoke. It ia a quiet und pleasant
mode of soothing the brain. Wom
en who have traveled in Egypt gen
erally come home confirmed smok
ers and find to their discomfort that
they must keep their new taste very
dark indeed or e)se be looked at
askance by the virtuous of their sex.
IT they dare to smote friend y. ciga
rettes with their male, friends
they will find themselves ranked
among the rapid women who are
dangerous. Now the rjnestion is, by
what process do English women ar
rive at a ' conclusion so strange ?
The Chinese lady smokes from
childhood, and one of the elegances
of her attire id a silken tobacco
Euch. Yet tlie English lady who
arns to smoke when away ' from
her prejudiced little island would be
daring indeed if ehe had a tobacco
pouch slung around her waist with
her fan in Iondon." - - . - ,
Yi??tq.v, Forsyth, Cq:. (l
Gents: -.
I desire, to express to you my
thanks for your wonderful' Hop
Ihtters. . 1 . was troubled-with dys
pepsja for five years prcyiops to
commencingthe use of your Hop
Bitters some six . months ago. : 'My
cure has been wonderful. J anj
j .it tor of the First Methodist Chqroh.
of this placf; an4 - my whole: cqn
gregatioo can testify lo the grea$
virtues of your Bitters.
Very respectful! v, :
. .." IIev. ll. Feiikbek. .
Before the.war--Conrtin.
!feaby Enlightened.
D. R. Locke' (Kasby) tells, in the
Toledo Blade, how he was converted
by Bed path on tho Irish question.
Ktdpath only said, Come with me.
He declined to argue; he merely
showed Mr. Locke a Beries- of pic
tures", of raps and starvation, of des
titution indescribable, of misery Je
yOnd the power of tongue or jkm' Jo
depict' lie counted, in a flvemiles!
drive, five hundred women without
shoes or stocking, walking in the
cold mud. . In Fvrmuy, 'a. tolerably
prosperous village' for Ireland, the
women not only had neither shoes
nor stockings, but they had scarcely
anything to wear. Locke saw evict
ed tenants hungry, barefootcd.bare
legged, and bare beaded women,
and pretty womenat that trudging
along the cold wet road in a drench
ing rain-storm. And next he saw a
flying squadron of loOsoldiers fine
looking fellows, well fed, well moun
ted and well armed with loaded car
bines riding away from the scene
of an eviction. lied path invited
"Nasby into a typical cabin, where
in its single room, 10 feet by ll,with
a hole in the wall for a window, the
wtt earth for a floor, a smoky fire
place in one corner, he introduced
him to its seven occupants. About
the fire three or four children, dress
ed in scanty cotton slips, were hud
dled.. In another corner there was
a brood of chickens, and a pig re
peatedly poked his snout in at a
loose-hanging door. The little hold
ing attached to the cabin had been
improved by three generation of
lamily tenants Irom three shillings
to forty shillings per acre a year. In
America Mr Locke thought the land
for which the tenant pays S10 per
acre rent might sell for 31 per acre!
In another cabin Mr. Locke saw a
led consisting of four pobts driven
into the ground, some stringers cov
ered with rough boards, and on the
boards dry leaves and heather cov
ered by some old potato sacks. This
is the manner of living of the Irish
people, against whom Mr. Gladstone
is employing the "resources of civili
zation.' When Mr. Locke entered
the Emerald Isle he was prejudiced
against the Irish. He says he tried
to convince Mr. Parnell that he was
a demagogue; that the Irish had no
reason for agitation; that Ireland
could only be properly ruled by the
English; and that they ought to be
thankful to the kind Providence
that had given them a superior race
to protect and care for them. After
a few days with Redpath, Locke
was wet, weary and mad. The
day's sights, he says, 4were too hor
rible for talk.' Mr. Locke will not
dispute any more with Parnell.
The Reynolds Monument.
Hon. A. G. Curtain, president of
the Reynolds Monument Association
at the instance of the executive com
mittee has issued the following to
all soldiers who served with General
Reynolds:
At a meeting held at the Union
League in Philadelphia, on the 1st
of Ju'y, 1SS1, the eighteenth anni
versary of the death of General John
Fulton Reynolds at Gettysburg, it
was resolved to form an association
to erect an equestrian statue of that
heroic soldier, ilr J. E. Temple
subscribed twentv-hve thousand dol
lars. 'The Grand Army of the Re
public, the society of the Array of
the Potomac, the Pent - vlvania Re
serves, the Third Uniteu States Ar
tillery, the J"ifih and Fourteenth
United States Infantry, the Associa
tion of Graduates of West Point, the
First, Third and Eleventh Corps
and Bufbrd's Cavalry Division and
other military and civil organiza
tions heartily endorse the proposed
monumert a fitting recognition
of Reynolds' services. : All soldiers
who served with Reynolds are invi
ted to contrihutc.according to their
means. A dollar from every man
who was with Reynolds in his suc
cessive commands, from .the time he
left West Point uutil he fell at Get
tysburg, will abundantly- provide
the sum rexumd. 8end whatever
you can give, be it much or littIe;do
what you crn to secure additional
subscriptions, and forward them to
J. G. Rosengarten, treasurer, No. 532
Walnut-st., Philadelphia, 'who will
promptly acknowledge the receipt.
. nBaaVkWBBBaaWavaBBBBBBpnBB
How She Helped Her Mother. .
"I don't see how I'd t elong
without Mary, nohow,'' Mrs.Blucli
er observed, pausing to wipe the
perspiration from her aped- features
and put another ladle of soft: soap
into her eteaming : gudtt, while her
daughter' voice at the piano could
be distinctly recofrm'zed", floating oat
from the adjoining parlor. "I don't
see how 1 would get along without
that gal, nohow. Always on these
days when I have the tiringest work,
she just picks out her nicest pieces',
like "Sweet rest, by-and-by," "Moth
er's growing old" and sings 'em ' for
me afore she goes out on the lawn
wjth the other voun? folks. Taint
cvt ry uai uu 't; pu
UCl tC SO UlOUghUUI, 1
' XT a C J
km tell you.. Now. most of cm ud
. . . ..
just bane awav .with "Jordon is a
. Wh ,em
np hliza bane, or something ot
that kind, but she ain't none of that
sort. he is a pile ol comfort to me
a pile of conkfort' And Mrs.
Blucher funned herself, vigorously
with a soiled apron, preparatory to
running the clothes throngh the
second water. , ,
Atiootl Word for Colored Men.
We have heard it said, by , not a
few proprietors, that their negro
tenants arc habitually honest and
prompt in payment ol ; their dues,
while the reverse was true of white
renters of the land. This is greatly
to the discredit of white tenants.
We" are told that much progress has
been made in some of the neighbor
ing counties by colored farmers es
tablished upon large plantations,
owned by white men of humane
dispositions, who assist the tenants
with advipe, and, when needed, mon
ey. These colored people form a
colony, work hard, improve their
dwellings, plant fruit tries, aid!
make comfortable sums of cash an-!
nually., Merchants here praise their
honesty, and do not fear to trust
them. Agitata Chronicle. . . . .
Desperate Hetertfr. '
JuesJuv evening Capt. Win. S.
M'Cuskcy' Jjfft I'lnlatklphia ou Cin
cinnati express, having; in charge a
lot of ubout Sl'ty recruitu for the
regular army, whom ho was taken
to San Antonio, Texas. The crowd
was prettyr rough, and while the
train was running at a full speed at
point between Egle and Paoli one
of the men jumped from the win
dow of Jh'e tpter 'closet Ife was
fount Litter iu the night by Con
tjuctor RiiVej of ftn acp oruinpdation.
train whifh followed, antl wpcin ex
amination it was . ascertained that
his arm was sprained and head bad
ly bruised. ,
OTA
'"feihv hi
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HEM
i Ky Baku
LUI.
i ... .r ---. - - r
Hauralgia, Cciaiica, Lumoaga,
Backache, Soreness of tho Chest,
Gout, Quinrj, Sore Throat, Swell
ings er.J Sprains, Burns end
Icatds, General Bodily
; ' Pains,
Tooth, Ear end Headccho, Frosted
.... Foot and Ears, end all other
Pains and Aches.
N Prartim,0.r.rth Sr. 0J
. t.. .imitlr Hi d rhrmp kxf! l
trim miii "r I
with puin cut haw ebn nU Vmw pr-f f u
EOLD BT DEUG013T3 AHD J3EAIX3T
A. VOGELER & .CO., j
fOR S.LK T
. . . C. N. BOYD, '
DBUOCIST
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VHY APE SfCK?iV
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WcmM e&jwl or itrpi-l. unit ;.. I
wmonar huV'ore wi tnio ...
If.'iaf thuuldU expalt'i nmurM.K.
j WILL SURELY CUfiE
iKiDMEY DISEASES,
I LIVER COMPLAINTS,
4l.IT.rn. COSSTirATlOX. miSABT
M nr.iFV.rS. FEU ALE WEK.NI.
jj A.N scayoca IKDF.B,
tjiy ewuiiijfru adieu of Ultse vry.nt ami
fi ratveii: J Ihtir poicir lo ,'jwic tff aiua.
l it-u. .nr,. p.ilinas la and ar!i?
(I Whrlormtattd tilth Pil. Conttlpatien:
Y fftj rriplittaed r disordered KiilBT! j
Ifl Y.hJ dar bmtbm f rdari
$ Vu KlDXF.Y-WOUTtmirfjxtrlr..'tiulA
Af 'ltl j)Utln fry YrrtM" Vara. Intlr
iJnaowiaHupo' jtlu.li iibimbi".-tKii:
llnwIk-iiM. Aiu In UiitfriT.wj--L3
(ntti, t Uw tmalun naU; j j,rejMrU
u ryll . t with dI in :tl-.er trcrra.
H J.t rr or Tot'R Mtt-GGisr. riucz, 41.00
WEILS, ItlCUlBDSOS A Co.,rrop's,
roi mi th ry s r vrnirctwi.
TTTF
ran rai.k t .
C N. BOYD, -
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Pa.
Hop
K yam ro juonr wl
rlt or nl U '
ponrAmttA or fauuruln
tioa : if T-rtt af 4kr- tM
. . i 3B
mm. nil u Hop
Bfttofft
W-rer yoan
vtMnrrrr y "
tool yoar ostnn
Utst or t&ioauUUiuir,
f.Tw u Kidney
dtstr that murL t
av Imm'ii pnr-utf
taU Hop
Bittara.
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nxwwjnanifmw
D. U C
wU AaMQlnt
of lha ttmacHw,
rtroiikemiesii.
Ih n r tor
Tm w1 to
nnd itmm
Hop Stttor
f;j wf if a a au
mriritLtiTr'
Ut It may!
invopur
life It has!
evc h un
ci roCs
. C. N. BOYD, : :
Somerset, Va.
. . THE CREAT .
IWRLrXGTON -liOUrJZ
' tV"Kr oHirr Hnr rutin Thrvf TTirruita Pa
"enircr Traina Irnlly Uitweu Chko,
. Muinn, Council lth:fts (linalil, Un olu. St.
Joseph, Atchimn, Twka ti1 Kansas Oty.
Direct ronoectioiia for oil point in Kan:u,
Nebraska, Colorado. Wyomini. Mi i.tan-i, X.
vada. Sow Mexico, Aitona, li!abo,Ore?un ami
California.
The Shortest, STieeIict nr.d Men Con-.f.Trta.
bio ttoute riaHuinUxil lo r'urt Sroti. l)enion,
IMilas, Hounton, Austi:i. Kun Antocio, Ualt
ton and all point in Texa.
TbC iroequaled indiKmr nt f.ffere.1 tr thi
Line to Travelers nrnl Tons-M. nre ns fcilow:
Tao relebratel Pullman (Iti-wheeK l'uUi
bieoping Car, run only on thin l.iiw. (.'.. ti. &
, y. Palace Drawing-Koom Cais, with Horii.n'a
Ueclinlnir Ilia Irs. No extra rharOT for Scats
In Uoctininv Oiairs. Tlie fanioiw C- ft. A V
Palace DlniiieCar. Honrenu Pm- kinn frm
Otto with Elffmnt HlKh-ltickod Km tun Ke.
volvinir Chair fur the c3Hu.ivo ii' u or flrsi
cl.t9s pansennera.
Steel Track and Pupprii.r Cguipment. Mtn
blned wtth their Great Throuub t n - Arnuit'e
mcnt, makes this. abo-e nil mhi-rs. the forrte
Konte to the South. Soutli-t i tho Va t
Vest.
- Try It, and you wilt tlrvi traveUc? a luxure
inrtcod of iilscomforu
Through Ticket vin XhH CelohmfiHl Line
for aale at alt office In the I'liiicd Suicos mil
Canada.
I All Information nlrnut Itat'- of Fan., t-Iei n
feta' Car AoC"tnmoitlim. 'linm 'Jables, 4o
will bo cbuerfulJ.v ici iv, una n'lt nl t rcr to
any address an ulesrant t'-(. ;rf i f l iiit,l
States. In color, l.y applmnjr t
i s J.O. A. BKA.V.Uiti' ts.-ti in Ai-rn!.
Kerer falla to ears aar kldser dlvain K-1-1 I
aotmert eJso. aumm of tbe btodcler. - Til
loenou
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locnoUaeuea of arliHt, (wetitnotTob aTl I
rxatmalj ia poxtttw care. f. r t-J
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or nniiinf timtrj of both t. . i, iuf to-1 1
not nature or tU kasi gi-Uiy Uenctt, Ll
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(ESTABLISHED 1827.)
Oaa of tba leading Papon cf Wattara
. PcnnsylTanix ;
IS STMilllT MEM.
HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION
OF ANY OHER NEWS
PAPER IN HE
COUNY !
It Will Contain the General Hews
of the Day.
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THE MOUN
TAIN. ftaT-WK are prepartnl to furnieh
on short notice, and at a great re
duction on former prices, all kinda
of .
job yy on k,
uuch af :
LETTUt HEADS,
PILL HEAP,
- ' EXYELtilES,
BrflXESSCARPrt,
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treeta, and depot otb Oraat ui
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WEST AND NORTHWEST
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and ill pouit" in
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arriTe al ud om toe mtat Jliit la"
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