. -. V--VY .Mm-' . "r""- - , . .see-.&v t; -v ,,..,...... --s-. . :. ' ,
The Samcrse
I I f I II V "
r fnnm T-m . tt tt - ti n
TeiWofPut
1 II mm II Villi Ell I 1 II II IV IV S
PuMlKhed efry WediM-sdnl
imt annum. Iiid ! Ivanl
w ill lnvariaht be chanred.
K.uhrriJa will be dtH
arrearage a 1' P-
tct notify a ien mihacTflKsra 1(
mm will held repoDit.lc
th
Snberrihcf removing (ram on-
other shoit pive .w the nune-if the frr.ei
11 ih-fprw' office. a-iiv I
i . . . . i
The Smenitri Ukrajii
1 1 or.ev
. OoNX"
0-(XSXR HUS..
attkm;v
fr i
r" ATI' KV-AT .MH'.
iffio- in B-tf-U- B)- li
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I AnNtYAT
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(tllX R. SxrT,
ATOKXEY-.-T
AW.
t-muTHet. I-
KrKR.
AlTiiKNKY-AT
Kneret. t
4 II.
S. KMI KV
ATTllKNKY Al
ftiret. T
TIMN'T.
TTRNEY ATI
ptITTS.
ATTOKNEY
iner. P.
i
OHiee in Steret founty Hani-.
II.
I .AKK.
ATTOKNEY-A'i
4m 4 Pa
Will .riiee in Komeret aim
ti . All uine entniteil t" h
inmiit atiition.
iiininf cou
will n-e'
i
J
A. It. t oftwrn-
fWYhHffW Kri'l'KI..
fr . H. Kl m
liiierm't, i'a
All b lne elitnl.-1i-d to th-ll
i-eilil and imnetiially attend
Main '' Ktiwt, oilte .Mumin
ure will
i. mh'-
i hiiH-k.
AY
ft. 11. KOONTZ.
ATTilKNKY Al I.
ert, !..
wn'rive imnit4 attention hi' entn;-ti
to hir in s.inn'r and a'' J ig eoutMi
fli n lYIntlng lloue how, n. ie theC
Hiw
INMS MKYKKS,
ATTOKNEY-AT I.
!
erwt. Pi.
ate d' Ii
A !! bnfiie entrnnti'd t" li
atb d"l to ai'h pnaiiptin' and t
,Hi .am l'n Stn-et. next door to.
t o' More.
ItV. ':
J
HIN (. KIMMKI..
ATToRNKY-AT-l.AV
Sntiet, la..
Vill aUelid t" all tiuilie elltnirt
ii im-rwl and adj' lining naintie.
!K and-fidelity. fhee IHI Main
aove Kiher Hook Htore.
ih iriiitrt-
t
:
J
AM1 L. 1'l tiH.
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
rm-t. Pa.
Kntra ru
le. rti.-n
r-iH.i to with pnnnH"' fil"4
A. J. 4-I.IMiKN. - "i
V J AITtiKNEYK-AT-I AV
la.
AH Wint- nunrtcd i 'nr viik will tte
ir.Mti.llv mid tttithftittv atleiHltl t-. Utr1iii
um-ir in ..mne(. !. nnl and -1)"ur itmn-
rwim'tymp ui1 imveyaiKiiiR
II
KXKY. V. StilKLl..
ATTORN EY-AT I.A
r-mi-f-t. Pa.
Himntv and pi-niiim Agent. 4 flie- inlamnnah
Itha V
;t.i.kxtink hay,
I ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I
t. Pa. i
Alio ln.li rin Real Kut ate. Will atl4 d to all I
IriiMne. etitni?leii to hip rare with pniituei I
ami tiili-nty.
Joiix ii. i iil,
ATToii.N
EY-ATI
AW.
H.Miii rVt, Pa.
Will unmilillv aflewf u all miii
Mi lit . Niimi nHmnn nn iUiiraiJ..
tniMti-d
nit- in Mulnlmali nlnex.
I)
U. 11. S. KIMMKLl,
Ti-nder bin tinrfeiional wrvlfen to the i
tJ s.imtiw.1 and vielliltv. I ni- lirolil
mgaged he can liaind at hi ottiee ii Ml
KtKt of IMiunoltd.
1)
1t.Il. ItKl'HAKKH
Tend lib pnl.al aerviee to thi titm-lm
a" iik and vieiimv. otneeln remigneeoti
Xlaia rtnet e4 of InaUMaHi.
D
It. YVM. KAl't'H
Tendeni hb profennhMial mrieea to lif I'itiwiw
nf SinnTtat and vieiuily. OBiee ill IK Ofl.oc
Rnilding. I
r
I)
R. V. RlH tiH,
UoMEOpATUH PHYHHIAN ANT RiEN.
Tender- hb m n leen to the people if niiieri
and vicinity, tall in town and counry prompt
l attendi-d to. an lie found al oflce day or
niiriit, nniei' profiiiiriially engageil. ofliiv on
HiihiaMt tHinier of liiatnond, ovi-r Kwemarr'a
Hliia- r.ire.
Dlt. J. M. litHTllKR.
rrg tf .. )
PHYSPTAX ANlt HI RHEoN.
Hue located jierihancntly In Somer, for tlie
practie,' ot hb proU Ion. ofliee mi Main atrint,
in tvar ol lnu; Wore.
DU.J.S. M MII.LKX,
trtfaii ja Aaiafra.)
I liivii. xf'ial attenlhai to the preeervathai of
Ithe naitinil liH-lh, Artiliewl nen iiiMTtcd. All
'irnlli gtwraiiteitl u-itaetory. titllce In Baer
jlilia k. uptair.
'iit.jnix hii.i,
XJ liKNTIST.
i nthc upstair- in fnik & tVi-rll Kkirk.
DR. VM. ttil.I.lNS.
MINTIST.
1 ofliee In Kncptn-rV HWk ii-ftalr. white he
hii lie tiHind al all timen pri'iiarvil in do all kimb
it aurk miHi a tillnic. ntmlatinr. eilrwcting,
v. Artificial teeth of all kilub and uf the la-4
luatcrial Una-rted. All work rmrantee.1.
J)K.J.
K.M1LLKK
' 1 inn-nmitetitly lrttd (n Berlin ftr . pmc
ot Itl wrfwii. ttflirt; oMMite liarUn
!Krl"-tnrir Ktore.
1HAKU; HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Al'vc H,aey' Wore.)
Latwat Styles, and Lowest Prcee.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
.omersei, ra.
1
Somcm't Cotnitv liank.
EsTAHLISHt.D 1C7.)
C. J. HARRISON. M. J. PRITTS,
PRVIlirNT. fAMtlKKI
lei'tioli made in all part of the t'uited Stall
j CHARGES MODERATE.
1 AMiti. m Uhiiii" fit tknd HiimtT Xl'tia -rail Im i-
ntiiMlriittl tv draft mi Nta S'ork In anviini.
i .itt'i-iinnit tuadc with irnurtiit. I. K Hoi id -
(k.Ih Mirl (Mtld. Mmiry and valuablfx K-ml
ly-:u'o Ine'xildV ctl orated aaftt with m Sr
ki 4 ) ale ftm unit- ! k.
; ACC0U2TTS SCLICITZD.
U All Ugal Ilolidayn lH rved.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
SOMERSET, PA.
PlK.ll, SllKlLHS. t'ARKlAI.E-s
hPRlNii WAtiONM. BITK WAlKBiS.
ANTt RASTERS AND WESTERN WORK
Kumbbedon Short Staice.
Fainting Done on Short Tin.
Mr work b made out of 7nyWa Snmani a'nwf,
.' and the Iraa aatf frl, Hubauntialy
' iVararueti-d. Neatly Flnbhed, and
W arranted to give batbfartion.
tapley Oalj FifjtCkis Torfcnen.
Ibefiairing of AU Hindi' in Hy Line Done on
Khun Notice, pricra REASONABLE, and
All Work Warranted.
(tall and Examine aiy Stock, and Learn Prieea.
I do Wagon-work, and furnbh Selvea Wind
V tlK krairnbrr the place, and call la.
CURTIS K. GROVE,
(Eat of Court lliaue,)
' HOMERSEX PA.
.. ' M L UN;1 ' ' - i",wM,v;:,.
II 4T T Tv i v -V -nTT -Tl Ni "if- 'II 1 I T W T E I C II " :- -h .!,-'. m.:!.
f in in u u m (i u r-r . r u a ?,;-
,he X,arrhj III . ,
j
The Narrow Esrapl
n - u
neepaner munieiinil beiilth n-rueiie
i oi ine (vun exieriviu ki. .m.a
f.n v i.i,; l
-.t.T lwler. f i.iuHi, Va: had f a nViJr J
t , Kinai prnoa thnxnrta the , wm-v iirai
, neiKi itinieinraii
n-nef. hilt nothing ai.rtv. Ijtw Jatiua- he eall.i
' ""-d Kennedy. rf R.md,iiS. Y .wlf.
id, after an eaaminatitw : Mr awler y i
'.'fMI"" '." lbr ''la-Met. We "nil! p trr
i t A vv'l-.s KtVoklTK MKSlKf.
ii J!, 1 "ltin." A t- davn lt
hitU;wto.i.
Dnlhrn. .Vru. irA
I .-T Ttie day aftep fame hoiiii
;k'n,M,,y "w ha the aton at hi orti.-v
au.1 they areniftieientlr f.imii.ll,L t.i intirv tl..
. . ri m i . a v i . r. k
euum that kt:SK) S FA YOHliE KKiiEDV
hi. iV. '","" ft.e in t e MwldtT. In
""T iuention i tit i-AVtiklTK
i.V J J ,llni of rtnaniatMU.
aut.iued eertitli ate t.-ll. iuoan .r' :
The
lAl.n.., Maw.. AilT,
li.lt lilKKHHIIrV til
Mr
Peter I..U i... J
c ,. ., r Jl "eveutwii yeuntanil tnonreln
, P"' for flftei u. and in all the nr be lia lie. ii
. """" ana ti-ta eitiien of thi loan and
mu..iii,,tv H,. hu. ,,.! m,lrrlT.mic ,nw u,
"ur kiiowlt-dxe hir nwt ,4 the lime. Ihii now
ewim. iu alM j jn M,,wr,.,lt i,nlih.
j haki.ii. Hhoax. it i,k-nt.
W a hottk-; nix f..r All driamrt..
! 1 -" ' niK a mere motler. u-inimrarilv,
I i in. Imt by ita alterative actum nunnieo trie
wood, reiVom a bealtlilul eotioitimi to the di.
: eal oreanH, and een diMilvf and eannen the
eniKi,in of gravel and mime frcmi the kldnevn
ami bladder. The ttwtimoiiv of hundredk who
have tieen eured bv it votiehes for this.
s .i 'ii nuif in in nin
ItllIOUSXKf
Mhv be properly teniwd an aflei'tioli of the liver,
tni ean lie tbonanrhlv eureil by the grand regu
iaK uf the liver aud biliary organs.
TKSTIMONIALS.
""
I.MwhcwTi virtim lurtie atM.vv fr yarw. anil
aftt-r trinp variirti rvintiiift, mv ttulv nicitw wa
in she ue rf hlMMd.XS I.I VKK KKit 1.AT0K.
lih lHvrr fniU-tl to rclirvr nt in VI htur. and
1 -to a-Mirv tlj MiHTiiip fmm'the aiNiv tbttt
tht tul(i ? irntttly rvlW- hy it uh I
fee mM'lt. tftil ttrr my lnle family.
"J. M'. KI I.I.MAN.
I ' , Selma, AUhama."
V have t4cd Its virtf personally, and know
hat tor I)yrtjnn-ia. HilioUfiu ami Tbrolttiinif
lad'hf, it in Hit mfljctiif! tin world ever
w. Wt havt trii-d forty athvr rvnit-ditfH U-lore
1MM)NS UVKK RK-.I LAToR. hut nom trf
m m iravt nnMUvthan tmjorry ivliff : bttt the
-inilator not only rtrlicvtt, but curvd uk" Ed.
BILIOUS COLIC.
"SIMMONS I.IVKR RE'il'LAToR et'FKti nie
oa i -aw of long standing Bilioi h four after all
I uti-r meilieiueii failed. I think It one of the
j,li.,0l-.leverued. T. J. l.ANTER.
pi-tervbnrg, a.
Pnynreri bf
2ELIN A CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price tl.
J. H.
nle Proprietor.
jnll-'viyr.
& WARD
Mt'1f5ll To
laiUii 5t Ik-os.
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
rirrsBvisGU, ia.
SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886.
NEW GOODS
IVZEY SAT SFECIALTISS
F.ttiLrtxtU rp, Lnrrn, MiUtttfry, WkU rW. Jfuintf
krrrtthf, Urrm Trimmiuir, limtrry, UUirr, tr
win, .VrtVia nvf Mrimt t wh rwrnr, In fant1
nmtl thihlrrm' fWAimj, try (tuttt
Iutim, 2-pttfr, Mrtrritil 4 off
Ktmi M FASrY U'OMk'.
Gents FflniisMii Goofls, k, k
Your Patrwnagt Ii Respectfully Solicited.
-Orden. by Mail attendeil to with PromptiK
and IM'iauch.
ALL READY
' FOR
SPRIHGfBADE
MOST COMPLETE STOCK
WE HAVE EVER
SHOWN.
t'llored Silk at Hie. and A.; uiiixpinhil value.
mr Ihr. t il.nvrt snrahn are the bent. Priutiil I u
dia HllL.-. tetm t,. ;.v. (Tic-ked and Striped Sum
mer Silk-, ". tit J.V.; n fliniry, wih buying,
t-hei-keil LHlii.inu Sllka. at fl.UU. Iilack Silk", ab
mliiiely lt values at F to TV. Itlaek Surah
Silk. nil bargaina. Rhadamen, Armureii,
Silk ;fi naline. lw price for Brocade aud
Plain Velvitn.
11ELEGANTI N0VELTIES1I
In Imimncd Vi Dn-w Fahricx, from 81.00 up.
Kachmyr stiMime, the beit plain a.Mil material at
rJc. a yarl. t'heviigK, HomenpunK, Houclcn.
t'liahis al" Hi Spring coloring. Hiasiery 1'nder
weur, M.il Silk. I.yle and Onion.
Ielieff anl Miive Wrai and Suits Jerveya,
coat baels, att.WI
Iju unain from ll.Oua pair Pi Aner. Curtain
MateriaU of all kinds. Enihroidcrien. Imc. White
iNb. ,"-emi kcr. crut ckahn. Saline'. Per
wle. Ci.!i.
We nbu; a iqa-cialty of best and flue lmdn.
No TR-H.
ofR Mail Oltl.KR IiEPARTMENT n-mb
ample aid infuraiatum.
JOS. HORNE & CO.
IteLtil Htorea,
PtBH A rem, Pltlsbartb, P.
6amtte.
isixilSs&i
fioln
. . .... ... i
heLant. Bu4 far circular.
X. Jr. SC Co,
ke. an.
piw iToR-s XtriCK.
Eetaf) of Ihud,. Phillijti, der'd. late of fpper
i Turki-xtnt Tapvime KCo.. Pa.
l.ett'1 lenanenury he above eatate having
been rranitil to the und rdgwd by the proper
ambitity. n.arr b berelfiven to all perailn
Iclitit to aat naale tuna. Immediate paenent
awl U having elaintxgaiiM th aan will
piwij thetn iinly anlhWimlrd llemetit
on Praay. June Hi.. Ilihe late reaidenca of
aaid d
, la I oper limtevtoia Townhip.
I'r.stf i k 1'riiLi.ieri.
Ex.-emori larl Phtlllmii, dee'd.
. f
i : vYfj A SOMERSET, PA., JUNE 16, 188u. V IHU.h. nu. i?s. j
PfRKLY VEfiETAULE.
HORNE
BALTISi
f I BY RlCHAKD MAIS V I
Fair an- the dower and The children
: .. , : t .
iUle nm(U In fairer ;
t , " ""-"' " t tha
.-vi .
mincemiuinri pnnip. riffl inetrain mat
urentiea it i im
.rf
nrv" " Iuem yet writ, but the meaning
ntit niaKtercd the metre.
Never a daisy that en wa. but a mytery (uideth
thetruwin;
NVOT riTer that flown, but a majenty srepten
the flowing ;
than he did enfold htm ;
Nor erer a pniphet loretelln, but a mightier seer
hath foretold him.
H k of the canvawthat thmlat, the painter in
elnted aud hidden :
Into the statue that breathea, the taatl of the
aeulitor b bidden ;
iidiT the joy that b felt, lie the Infinite taauea of
feeling ;
downing the glory revealed, la the glory that
enen the revealing.
ireaT he nnibib of being. Imt that whteh la
w.tmicd b gtvater :
i'art the create and beheld, but varter the Inward
ereator ;
Ihu-k of the KHind bnaKb tlie idlenee. Uaek of the
gift KandF the giving ;
lack of the hand that receive!", thrill the aenaltive
nerve of reeeiving.
paee b nothing to Hpirit. the deed b outdone by
the doing ;
The heart of the wooer b warm, but warmer the
heart of the wooing ;
nd up from the pita w here thcue uhlver, and up
from the height where thoae ahine.
Twin voice and shadow! swim rtarward, and the
ewenev of life b divine.
HOPELESS LOVE.
It wan miilniirht. All the lulls were
ringing:. The chimes, were full of joy and
re-echeI to a pnat distance ; their hra--n
vtiices steailily (rained in volume, and
the liell-riiip're, proud of their rivilepit
of annntincini; to the laithfxil the most
lN-.tutiful fi-stival of the year, mmtiht to
outrival each other in the spirit with
which they accomplished the work.
Young itiris in handsome attire, and all
la-jntrlauded, were hum iiiK to church in
joyful bunds. They took their places at
the further end, behind the youth and
old men. Their red Ixxlice, their blue
or heckcrod itticoat, their long tresses
fallinir In-low the waist, and inter)luited
witli multicolored ribbons all formed a
straiip'ly effective pitlure. And merri
ment, the merriment of youth, frank as
the frvahncHH of their complexions, hone
in every face. All the tapers were light
ed. It was indeed the tireat Iay, the
day tluit the Man tiod, who suffered for
the triumph of truth, and who died for
our redemption, arose from the dead.
Therefore it was the day of universal
joy, the day of foiyiveness of injuries, the
day that every one ln-conies kind ; for it
was the fcitst of truth and of Christian
love and pewe entered into tlie souls of
all. ,
" Ohrist is arisen I" cries the priest,
"."truly lie is arisen !" reply the faith
ful. And cverylssK kuwen. ''
It V in Little Russia. I had been
only
vo months in the country, and con-
seinctiy knew very little of the customs,
:er of certain ecnliarities in the
mam- of the Little Russians, which
dixtiutr ished them from the jsipnlations
of the -ntral provinces. In Little Russia
they more frank in their ways, anil
much terrier on joyful occasionsthan we
other K wiians are. Women have neither
the pn lery nor affectation of prudery
our Muovite wtimen have. Therefore I
felt quit, surprised hen the daughter of
my lux the t'osack levica, came to nie
with tit, paschal kiw.
"Chrlt is arisen!" she said.
" Tru he is arisen !" I resjionded, re
turtiiiijrter kiss.
Rut as! had purchased a little presene
for her "lister jrift a very nuslest littlt
present,5 tothiiu; more than a little gold
rinj;, t dipped it upon her finger and
put an Ester evV in her hand.
" S-e uy little hostess," I exclaimed ;
" here i in Easter ejf a red ejrg and
here is a-ing for a souvenir."
She loed at the ring. She seemed to
lie surpriwd, dumlt-stricken, and only af
ter a loni uinute she asketl :
" Is it r,
l goin .
" Pure :
"But t
me"
"So th
ld,r I rerliel.
n why dc4 thou give it to
thou uiavst
reiiK'inlK'r nie
when I am
jone away."
" But a
ii:d gold riii. "
I Ism?
k it exprejwly for thee keep
it as a iaif'iiir ot my graiiiuoe tor me
hospitaliA-f have enjoyed at thy house."
" Well il it is that way, I am very
I i r .1
thankful to thee, young gentleman."
And the Uft me, that she might adore
the holt imapes.
The priest, preceded by the deacon,
who carried in his hand a huge taticr,
decorttiil with bright-ixdorcd riblsins
imsstil through the aisU-s. The priest
paused la-fore the images to pertorni the
iiix'n!i tvremony ; then, turning to the
faithfij, who at his approach scjiarated
into gf dips, he swung his censer, and sa
luted (lem with :
"(hist is arisen!"
Andall the groups, one after the other,
resHiuled :
" Trly be is arisen V
Tliepriest's candle was decked with a
great is inquet of flowers. Tlie Easter
iiymia rolled out in a burst of joy.
"(Irist is arisen! IVath by His death
is vaituishcd, and to them that were in
the Uiuli hath He given life! Let the
heavcis praise Him with joyful praises
let all Hie earth lie joyful let all the uni
verse, visible- and invisible, tvlebrate thia
great ditV. Christ has arisen from the
Uml (., joy eternal!"
Ma was over, and the liells began
to sw ing. The Kaster cakes were bless
ed. " Wilt thou come to eat the Easter
cakes with us, or wilt thou go tothe
prii-st's hiaise?" asked Marianna, as I
was leaving the church.
At thy house, my pretty child. Thou
knowest I like not to eat with those
whom I know little of."
Half an hour later I was seated at the
table in the house of my excellent host,
the Comtek Levies, and the tamily repast
was merry indeed.
Day licgan to tlawn, and (he sky prom
ised us lovely spring day. Xobody
thought of sleep. Mariana proposed to
me to go with her to the village, where
site wanted to give some of her girl
frientls an Easter greeting- We thus
made at least a doaen visits, in company,
and then, instead of. returning to the
In hb, we took onr way toward a rather
remote farm, w bene her eliler nietcr re
sided.
The road we took, which followed the
banks of the Denn, was uiarvt'loaly
jiirturesqne. It was a little path, w hich
Mimetiiues nkirt-il rirh ami U-autiful
fielilx, and aniiH'tiiiu'x In4 itxelfin wiml-
"" .....-.n. ..r
ww a..nning their youthful pirb of
onng. The acacia hail as yet only a lew
tvew, while the chestnut and the syca-
re, much more precocious, were al- i
rly strutting in their ojwlent green !
r. as if proud of the vigor of their
saJL Tlie hawthorne, which grows here ;
am other trees, not in hedges, as it is
maiktodoin more civilized countries,
was V covered with a snow of flowers
that fted to us long breaths of perfume.
All tli 1 leant iful savage nature spoke to
the sotiLind seemed to promise unutter
able joyl
At last 'tie sun rose. It was magical !
It daintil, gilded the hawthorne blos
soms, the tfjiks and branches of the trees
and tlung r.y light upon their foliage.
And the sana roseate gleams sparkled in
the clear-blui waters of the river, which
flowed all caliS-v at our feet.
A charm thntl cannot explain came
slowly over me.My sensibilities seemed
strangely inteusiftii ; I thought tlutt my
perceptions had leeome more delicate
more subtle than tley had lieen before!
Perhaps it was the br.mtiful but sleepless
night that had excited my nerves ;-I.lan-cied
so at the time ; but be that as it
may, I know that nevi r again during my
life did the sight of a fair landscai un
der the rising sun fill me with such emo
tion. I felt like one about to weep.
Then I looked at that beautiful young
woman, who, during two long months,
had ministered to me with such loving
care and kindness, lest I should feel lone
ly at being so far away from my own
home. She lieained with roseate health
and youth, with goodness and frankness.
In her, and in the splendid atvnery that
seemed to make a background for her
picture, there was summed up for nie all
the greatest and mightiest jKietry of na
ture. We walked on slowly without speaking
to one another. I do not know if the
morning air had intoxicated me, but I
felt a lassitude that I could scarcely strive
against.
" I feel tired, Mariana," I said to her ;
" let us rest here moment ; thou madest
nie ntn about a little too much in the vil
lage." " Then let us sit iliiwn, my young gen
tleman," she answered.
Mariana had tine jsntliar grace her
sweet sjieech. She did not, lierhaiw, ex
press herself with the elegance of the city
women ; but the admirable tone of her
voice a voice low, deep, melodious ami
caressing lent a great charm to all that
she aaid,
We seated ourselves nam the tmnk of
a tree that had been recently rut down
She was not much inclined to chat that
ilay. In order tolmake her talk, I asked
her all aorta of questions at random. I
even asked her about her hnshand, who
had long been absent on military duty,
never suspecting in giving this turn to the
conversation I was venturing upon dan
gemus ground.
" When dost thou expect thy husband
to return 7" I asked.
" I do not know," she answered me, " if
he will soon return. He wrote to me
that he would not be long away ; but it
is now six months or more since I got
that letter, and I have not lu'ani arty fur
ther news of him."
"Thou must fee! lonely at home. Were
you living long together liefore he went
away 7"
" Three weeks only."
'"And thou must have cried for him
a great deal when he went to join the
service?"
She smiled.
How can It concern thee to know?"
she replied.
" Was it any harm to ask thee V
" Xo," she answered, after moment's
reflection, " It was not any harm. But
dost thou wish me to answer thee very
frankly to tell thee the w hole truth V
" " Certainly, or else do not answer nie
at all."
Well, then, I w ill say to thee that I
did not cry when he went away. I did
not love him. I was married to him
against my will."
" And now thou dost not love anyone,"
I asked, with real interest.
" Yes, I do," she returned, with a
smile.
"And may I know whom thou
lovest r
" Thou mayst."
" Then who T'
" I love this ring."
And she held up liefore my eyes the
little gold ring I had given her at the
morning service.
" But there is no sense in loving a ring
an inanimate obje-t that cannot sak
to thee that cannot tell thee one wish of
the heart V
Mariana blushed, but made no answer.
And as she rcnuiincd silent a long time,
I said :
" Whv dost thou sav nothing? Is
it l?cause thou hast suddenly liecome
dumb T
" Xo," she answered sweetly, " I have
not become dumb, but I think it is better
that I should lie silent, for I am very
much afraid that all this talk would lead
us to nothing good.'
44 Perhaps thou art right," I answered,
a little dixapiNiintcd. Then rising,
said :
" Let us walk on let us go to thy
sister's."
" Yery well, let us go, my young gentle
man," she responded, with a little sadness
in her voice.
-
We had another verst and a half to
walk liefore reaching the farm. For some
moments we proceeded in silence occu
pied w ith our thoughts.
We came to a little grove of birch trees
Suddenly Mariana turned toward me,
and looking me full in the face, said,
with a, blush :
1 wonld like I would like so nich
to tell thee, but I could never dare to ell
stjll, hon must know it J must tell
thf&i, because if I do not tell thee I think
I should die. Let . us sit down here,
she continued, in a scarcely audible
voice.
We sat down. She seemed violently
agitated.
"This is how it is, my young gentle
man," she said, very gently, and trem
bling all over as she spoke. : "I love
thee ; it can only cause thee pain and me
much torment ; bat, for sure, and no mat- j
ter what happens, I will never give up
this little ring which thou didst give to
me."
I could not find a word in answer ; I
held my peace, totally vanquished by
the innocence of her avowal. We both
felt ill at ease for awhile, but n a guh
of tenderness overcame our etnliarrass
tneut, and a long kiss made our - liim
dumb. ;
Then she rose up, all joyous. We
anise and followed the road to the farm.
She walked close to me, singing her mer
riest songs, and looking at me from .time
to time with her beautiful, caressing
eyes.
She seemed quite happy at having con
fided in me, and at knowing that our
hearts understood each other.
At the farm-house we pamed a delight
ful day. We took boat-ride on the
Desna. Mariana, sitting by me, bathed
me with her warm breath, and I could
not inspire enough of it so sweet it was.
It was almost midnight when we
thought of returning home. The sky w as
pure, the night was lukewarm one of
those splendid April nights that are full
of spring perfumes. The full moon flotal
ed us with light. t
When we again came to the little w ood
of birch trees where I had received her
tirxt confession, 1 proposed to halt a little
while.
" But why T she asked, with a serious
tai-e ; " we are not yet tired ; it is not
more than a quarter of an hour since we
left the farm."
" Couie, Mariana, do let us sit down,
just for a minute."
" But w hat for?"
" Just to please me."
Yery well, we shall sit down."
" Who w as it that told me this morn
ing, in this very place, that thou didst
love me?"
" It was I myself who told thee so."
And suddenly, with unexpected quick
ness, she rose and retreated from me.
"Why go away from me? What art
thou afraid of?" 1
l es, indeed, lam atraul, my young
gentleman ; see how I tremble !"
" And hast thou such fear of me?"
" I do not know I swear to thee I do
not know ; but see,I love thee too much
I want to run away from thee."
" And w hither wilt thou run V
" Anywhere right before me."
" If thou lovest nie, Mariana, confess at
least thou hust a strange way of show ing
it."
" I swear to thee I have my owij Vay
of loving!" she cried, in a voice so insin
uatingly sweet that one would have given
her his very soul.
" Mariana !" .
" Torment me not, my little dove ; do
not make nie suffer. Even' (lav the
(toot! tiod gives me to live I will thank
thee and bow mvself to the earth before
thee."
" Calm thyself, Mariana never will I
torment thee ;'I promise it. To-morrow
I shall go away in onler that thou shalt
not have to avoid me."
" In very truth ?'
" I promise thee."
" Then take back thy ring !"
She slipied it gently from her finger,
placed it on my lips, gave me a long,
sweet kiss, and ran away, crying, through
the woods.
I kept my promise I tlearted next
day. Trnimliftrd from tht French hy the
.Yew Orlmn Titnr-Inti(icrirl.
, '
Popular Science.
The simplest way in which to measure
the rate of plant growth is to mark lines
with jet black India ink oii roots growing
on wet filter paer. There will be found
to lie marked variations of growth, ven
when all necessary conditions are seem
ingly the same. Perhaps these dewnd
on inheritance.
Mahogany and other rare antl valuable
wikmIh are dug up from muck beds on the
estate of Captain J. C. Patterson, at Pen-
sai-ola, Fla. Prof. Yon Filkenhater, of
Xorway, who has examined this wood
mine, states that the woods referred to
are suitable for furnitureand the speci
mens that have been examined are fully
5,000 years old.
The ornamental Pisonia grandis of
Austrailia has seeds like an elongated
liarley corn, which are covered with a
very -sticky gum. This adheres to the
legs and1' feathers of winged creatures
that come in contact with it, and makes
the plant a natural bird-catcher, no less
than a hundred hints having been known
to lie captured by one tree alone in Vic
toria.
The quantity of txiison conveyed in
the fangs of venomous snakes apicars to
be very small, but of very fiowerful qual
ity. Dr. Vincent Richards, of Bengal,
mentions a krait which quickly killed
three men and aeriouslyMisoned a fourth
bv bites given in rapid succession. He
estimated that the reptile carried eight
grains of liquid venom in its taiison
glands, which are smallerthan those of
the cobra.
Every living, active part of a plant
contains a certain amount of water. Fmm
many juicy parts ninety per cent, of wa
ter can be exdled by drying; many
greent leaves hold from seventy-five to
eighty, while from seeds which we call
"dry," it is sometimes passible to drive
off almut ten per cent Part of this wa
ter is so intimately combined with the
plant structure, that, if it is once expell
ed, it cannot be again taken up so as to
restore the plant to its former condition,
A most remarkable instance of the ex
tension of the geographical distribution
of a species is found by Mr. J. J. Walker,
of the British navy, in a certain beauti
tifnl butterfly. Starting from its original
home on the American continent, where
it is oalnmon from the Hudson Bay ter
ritory to the estuary of the Rio de la
Platta, this butterfly has been spreading,
under our observation, into very remote
regions. Crossing 3,2o0 miles of ocean to
the Sandwich Islands, it rapidly ami
rsteadily continued its course over
the whole breadth of tjie Paci.
and far into the, MJay arr.b,ipe.)agQ, To
the. aomb, and west hi has appeared in
New Zealand Australia. Eastward it has
reached the West Indies, the Azores, and
within the last ten years has even made
its advent in the British Isles.
Commissioner of Deeds for all the
States, Mr. 6. E. Reardon, Baltimore, Md.,
writes that be suffered for a long time
with rheumatism which yielded to no
treatment until he applied Hf. Jacobs Oil.
Xo foundation is so amI but U t
heaven may be imagined in its' bottom.
Many of these Senators have peculiar
habits of amusing themselves while they
sit in the chamlier. Senator Hoar Is al
ways swinging a bunch of keys, and he
seems to be uneasy w hen he does not
have them in his liands. Ingalls has two
pairs of glasses for his eyes, tine is alpair
of sjiectacles which I judge are for near
sightedness, and the other is a pair of
gold eyegUuwes which he uses to read by.
Ingalls is very fond of playing with these
eyeglasses. He holds them up by the
black string with which they are fasten
ed, and twirls them around between his
thumb and finger holding his elbow on
the arm of the chair while he looks
about the Senate. Senator Mitchell is a
great letter-writer, and his desk is always
covered with papers. He scribbles away
all day, ami he seems never to have an
idle moment. He never sits still, and
bobs from one seat to another, carrying
laughter with him, and bringing a broad
grin across the jaws of every Senator he
meets by his good stories. .Mahone is
another man who moves alsmt the Sen
ate a good deal. His walk is a sort of
strut, and the atmosphere alsmt him
seems permeated with the won! " game'"
He has a way of throwing back his head
and waving his long lieard w ith a defiant
air. He often pulls his lieanl, grasping a
whole handful at the chin, and twisting
the hair slowly as he goes downward the
full foot of its length. He affects some
eccentricities of dress. He is noted for
dress. He is noted for wearing clothes of
the finest quality, aud he occasionally
has nifties on his fine linen shirts. He
wears his vest unbuttoned very often,and
his coat is cut in the shape of a bell w ith
skirts full enough for hips twice bis size.
x As I sit here now it is curious to watch
the actions of some of these Senators.
Cullum, of Illinois, is playing with a
string, and Dolph, of Ihvgon, is tapping
his knees with his spectacles. Eli Sauls
bury, as tall as Jack's bean-stalk, is walk
ing aliout the chamber w ith his lnunls in
his pockets, and Senator t Seorge of Mis
sissippi, has one of the ends of his gold
spectacles frame in his right ear. and he
is using this as an ear-pick. Henry B.
Payne is picking his teeth with his knife,
and as I look in I note that another Sen
ator, w ho has been jierformiiig the same
oieration upon his molars, has taken
the blade out of his teeth and is cleaning
his Jeeth and is cleaning his finger nails
with it. Theknife isoftcnused asa tooth
pick by Senators, and a half hour rarely
paw- when one or more may not be seen
touching their teeth with the cold steel
of the penknife.
Evarts, when he laughs, looks very
much like the American engleon a broad
grin. I have noted that Senator Hoar
reails a great deal in the Senate Chamber
and that the luniks often cover several
different languages. Vnrp in the (Irrelrmd
Isxulrr.
A Bit of History.
It was to certain survivors of the ill
fated expedition of Narva to Florida
that the world was indebted for its first
information as to New Mexico. Xarvax,
w ith a few hundred Spanish followers,
landed at Tampa Bay, Florida, in l.'il'S.
His exerience with the country and the
natives did not encourage him to make
pmtracted stay in that region ; indeed, it
became a question with him soon how to
escape from it as liest he might with
those of his followers who had survived
ngiiting. Hunger ami uisease. iv ith in
finite difficulty the Spanianls constructed
rude lsiats and attempted to coast along
the ttulf until they should reach the
Spanish settlements of Mexico. One of
these boats was commanded by a Spanish
cavalier of renown, Alvar Xunex Caliesa
tie Vara, who became the first explorer
of New Mexico. His laiat was cast ashore
with one other on a low island off the
coast of Louisiana. Of the Spanianls
thus shipwrecked a few only survived
the exjaisure and hunger which ensued,
among them. Vaca, w ho, with three or
four others, gained the mainland, and,
after varied experiences with the Indian
triln-s, wandered into Xew Mexico, be
came acquainted w ith the natives of this
Territory (who seem to have been of a
much superior onler to those of the titilf
and Texan region) and finally emerged
into Mexico and reached the town of
Cttlican in 1587, alsmt eighty years after
his shipwreck. Vaca lived familiarly
with more than one of the native tribes
of Xew Mexico, and his account of them
and the climate and productions of the
country leaves no doubt as to his having
been within the present boundaries of the
Territory for several years, and there are
those in the Territory now w ho liear his
name and claim to Ih? his descendants.
From the Let Vega (Irent Swithireii.
How Postage Stamps are Made.
Tlie design of the stamp is engraved on
steel, and, in the printing, plates are used
on which 200 stamps have been engraved.
Two men are kept busy at work covering
these with colored inks and passing them
to a man and girl who are equally busy
printing them with large rolling hand
presses. Three of these little squads are
employed all the time. After the small
sheets of paper, containing 200 printed
stauqis have dried enough, they are sent
into another room, and gummed. . The
gum used for this purpose is a peculiar
romM)sition, made of the powder of dried
potatoes and other vegetables, mixed
with water. After having been again
dried, this time on little racks fanned by
steam power for alsmt an hour, they are
put between sheets of pasteboanl, and
pressed in hydraulic presses capable of
applying weight of 2,000 tons. The
next thing is to cut the sheets in two,
each sheet, of course, when cut, contain
ing 100 stamps. This is done by a girl
with a large pair of shears, cutting by
hand being preferred to that by machine
ery, which would destroy too many
stamps. They are hefl passed to another
quad tf workers, who perforate the paper
. ... . - . . i
Del ween uie stamps, exi iney are
pressed once more, and then packed and
labeled and stowed away to be sent out
to the various offices when ordered. If a
single stamp is torn or in any way muti
lated, the whole sheet of 100 stamps is
burned.. Not less than 500,000 are said to
be burned every week from this cause.
The greatest care is taken in coonting the
sheets of stamps to prevent pilfering by
the employees ; and it is said that, during
the past twenty yean, not a single stamp
has been lost in this way. During the
process, of manufacturing the sheets are
counted eleven times. "
" No, I didn't lose that leg in the war,"
replied a stranger yesterday, as he leaned
np against the cold wall of the post -office.
" I used to claim that my leg was shot off
at the battle of Antietam, but one day
something hapencd to cure me of lying.
I was stumping along the highway iu
Ohio, and stopped at a farm house to beg
for dinner.
" ' Where did you lose that leg ? asked
the woman.
"'At Gettysburg
"'Sit down till I call my husband.'
" He came in from the barn, and I was
asked where my regiment was stationed
in the Iwttle.
" ' In the cemetery,' I replied
"'Oh! Well, my son Bill was in the
cemetery, too. I'll call him in.'
" Bill soon came in, and he wanted to
know w hat particular grave stone I took
shelter behind. I said it was a Scotch
granite monument.
"'th, grunted Bill 'My brother was
behind just such a stone, ami I'll call him
in.'
" Bob came in, and he swore a mighty
oath that he was there alone. He sort o
preempted that monument and remem
bered the inscription to a won I. Howev
er, to give me the benefit of the doubt, I
was asked to name my company and reg
iment. "'Company B, Fifth Ohio,' I pnunptlv
answered.
"'Oh! Brother Jim was in that com
pany ; I'll call him in.'
"Jim came in, bank a square look at
me anil remarked :
"'Stranger, our regiment wasn't within
200 miles of (Jettysburg during the war ! '
"'I said the twenty-fifth Of course the
Fifth wasn't there.'
"'Oh! IU call in my bnithcr Aamn ;
he was in the Twenty-fifth."
" Aamn came in, called me a wotalcn
legged liar, and I was pitched over the
fence into the road. They've got this
war business down so fine that you can't
go around playing naits on the country
any more, and the best way is to ow n
right up that you got drunk and got in
the wav of a locomotive."
One Puritan Brute.
In a Massachusetts town, less than six
ty years ago, in a public school the pun
ishment sometimes surpassed in severity
any illustrations yet given in Notes and
Queries, with one or two exivptions. We
state as fucts only w hat we saw with our
own eyes. As in the Mayhew Svhil,
hoys were sometimes required to tis- a
crack, bend over and phu-e the forefinger
upon another crack, and then, w ith ti.e
body tense in every nerve, the in;iti-r
would come slowly along, give a tremen
dous blow with his cowhide, and w ith
the short jackeL worn then, it hurt ! He
bnke a ruler acmss the hm k of a Isiy's
hand. More than once he drew Intck his
clenched fist and, striking from his nhoiil
der, knocked boys nearly as large as him
self flat to the lliair; and one of these
boys, now an old man, is still living. He
took one boy by the heels, and slinging
him round in a cin-le, brought his head
(this was by accident) against a lox stove
in the middle of the ftiior, and for a time
the hoy was deprived of all sense or mo
tion, until a physician came and relieved
him. With what was called a crow or
crowstick of wisal, he went at some Ibiv
who had misread some wonl in the Xew
Testament. Tlie boy darted down under
one of the desks and crawled from one
to another, now and then catching a
blow, until he got near the dis.r, when
the master caught him by the collar and
threw him out into the street, and forbid
any boy to give the sufferer his oven-oat
or cap, though it was a cold w inter's day.
tn one occasion he whipped a laiy w ith
a cowhide, at intervals t hn High most of a
forenoon, in onler to make him hold out
at arm's length a heavy book. The girls
in the school, many of them women
grown, used to weep and shriek, and cov
er their heads with their aprons to shut
out the horrid sights. This day, the boy's
sister, early in the w hipping, stood and
cried out, "Hold it out, John; hold it
out!" but later exclaimed, with her
strong English accent, "Don't you hold
it out, John, if he kills you !"
The master's ilesk was a high one, and
stood on a platform. One day he called
out a boy, made him take off bis jacket,
fastened his arms round the legs of the
desk, and stood ami whipied him until
the bloisi ran down and one could place
one's fingers in the places in the fleshy
iwirt of the ann made by the instrument
of torture. We saw the punishment, the
blood, the shirt rutin ribbons and the
gashes. These facts and we might add
to them were not a rt of the history
of slavery nor are they extracted from
" Uncle Tom's Cabin," but they mrum-d
in Massachusetts free schools, and were
substantially without rebuke. The mas
ter was sometimes prosecuted at the law.
The father of the writer, a leading lawyer
at the liar, defended him, anil he was al
ways acquitted. He paid the doctor's
bills in the last case, and gave the boy's
mother a load of wood, fur he was her
only son and she was a poor widow. He
was in many resiiects an excellent teach
er; he kept the school for many years,
and gave it up at tlie last from ill health,
much to the regret of tlie community.
He was a Christian by profession, kejt
tip family prayers, but there were some
who thought chiefly the boys that he
was at times unduly severe in the inflic
tion of punishment. Boiion Trnnfrrijil.
French Fun.
In time of need :
" WelL old fellow, it's all settled. I am
going to lie married in two months. You
will be one of the witnesses, I hope?"
" Count on me. I never desert a friend
in misfortnne."
They we rv speaking of Central Africa :
Do those eannllials ever come to Par
is?" Inquired Mr. Pruilehomme (if the
explorer.
" "Sometimes,"
But what ilo they live on while they
are here?" .
"Oh, they bring some canned meat
with them, I strppose."
Ex-Congressman Weaver, Post Oftit
Department, Washington, D. C considers
Red Star Cough Cure a remarkable reme
dial agent. It contains no dangerous nar
cotics and costs butt jrenty-fi ve cents.
Scorn not thy fellow creatures ; there is
some spark of good yet left in every man,
even though he is lying in the veriest
mire.
As I ran, I kept my eyes fixed on
Brown, who wa acting in a singular
manner. After every few seconds his
head would lisapieur Wncath the water
in which he stood, then it would apj'ar
again. He seemed to l stropping vio
lently. As I approached him he threw
up bis hands and cried out, in aovnts
that haunt me still: "For heaven's sake,
Lieutenant, quick, and help me!" I dash
ed out to him through water up to my
waist.
" What is it ? What has hold .f ymi
I exclaimed.
" It's a big oyster, or a big clam," he
gnained. I was wading here, and stci
ped into it, I expect. Its shell closed
gripped uiy ankle and to save my life I
can't get away and the tide will soon le
over our heads here '. " he added with
something almost like a sob. He luid
been struggling here for fifteen or twenty
minutes.
1 had heard of the triili-imt ii;,, ur
monster clam, of this roost and itistanllv
realized the danger of his situation.
"Courage, old fellow!" I said. " I'll
stick by you. lien-, hold this iall!c and
the hatchet."
I then ducked down under t lie water,
and with my bunds felt alsmt his font.
The huge niolluk had what might lie well
termed a death-grip on him. The crea
ture's shell was several feet lonz, and of
proportionate breadth, and the weight of
the shell fish must lime liecii at least :ini)
pounds. The creature was attached to
the coral rock by a grisly bvssus as thick
as my arm. Raising myself, I got breath,
then seizing the paddle, thrust the shaft
of it Is'tween the converging edges of the
two valves of the shell, anil usinu it asa
lever, attempted to pry the she'll apart.
But I could tint open it. lin-sn. tmi,
ducking dtiwn, seized Imld with his
hands and pulled w ith all lii strength,
but exerting all our wer, we .nuld md
release the monster's hold. .Vain and
again I threw my w hole weight on the
shaft of the uldle and at length broke it.
By this time the water was up to my
shoulders when I stood Fully realiz
ing that w hatever I did must U- ilnue in
a few minutes more, else the (mnr fellow
would drown, I snatched the hatchet
from Brown's hand, and diving, tried to
cut under the shell, to break Hie crea
ture's anchorage on the nsk. With
might and main I cut and hacked then
rose an instant for breath then down
and tit it again. But it seemed us though
I could not cut through the tough muscle.
Fistr times I dived and with frantic haste
cut at those tough byswi.
" It stirs!" at length Brow n cried. brac
ing his weight njain his free foot and
lifting at it.
Then, with a final blow the hysstis was
severed, and the buoyancy of the water
aiding us, we dragged the great iiiollusk
still fast to Brown's ankle back to
higher ground on the reef. Here the wa
ter was waist-deep, however, and I look
ed anxiously around for Mac, in the laka
toi. To my inexpressible joy, he was
close at hand, and la-tween us, we lifted
Brown, w ith his now captured raptor, in
to the canoe. Even then we cou'd not,
both of us together, pry tlie Va!es of the
shell apart enough to release Brown's
font, till with a knife we had reached in
and completely divided the tridaii-na
sawing asunder the hinge muscles, at the
liase of the bivalve. It was tm'y a gigan
tic clam ; and asa poetic retribution uhiii
it for this attempt on the life of niie of
our party, we ate a irtion of its flesh for
our supper, but found it rather tough.
Brown's ankle was severely bruised
and wrenched, and he stiffened for many
a day from the vice-like grip of the huge
moltlLsk. Yuiith'n f 'oitifMininn.
Bill Nye on Jeff Davis.
I see that Mr. Jefferson I hi vis. w ho has
recently entered the lecture field, sjtys
that there could have lani no nobler
cause for which to die, no opia.rtunity
more glorious for a proud and honorable
death, than that afforded the Confederate
soldier who eioiicil the cause of the
South twenty years ago. Looking at it
in that way, I ask, in all candor, why ti I
not Mr. Davis improve that glorious oje
IM.rtunity ? Feeling that way alsmt if,
why did he not remove his polonaise and
die like a mini? Why did he let such
a chance go by, in onler that he might
enter the lecture field and crowd out bet
ter men, and then die of old age, w hen
he could have hung his hoop-skirt on a
tree and died in a way that would have
endeared him to everv Southern heart.
I agree with the lamented A. Wanl,
that "it WOlllll have been SO", in Mr It...
vis' ,.a ket if he had never la-en ls.ni,"
but after lie was Isirn and it was t.ai late ,
to consider his nih act, he should have!
died as young as jaissible. With charac- j
teristie tardiness, however, he allowed i
himself to grow up, and then w ith the j
full knowledge, us he now admits, that
the war of the reU-llion afforded a beau- i r"',u machine si...,, ir ti.e ,.n
tiful opportunity for a man who vearned i I'"'"l' oince of this sex continue, and
to tlie in a nent ami attractive wav, he i ,!'' -'lrl'' a,,''l,""v rmja-ti-itcy sutli
f....lel iv tl... m,l.l..n , ..ni ,..' . ' icnt, there is no reason to doubt that :inv
tinned to destroy the high prii-ed gnai'r
ies of the destiondent Sniith
Tl...eo iu ...ri.ilnl. i:,l,. in il.n.ff.,;
of men. which, taken at the flood. lead !
.... to f..ri,i... ,..! f- Ti,.,;- ;
ed it when he neglected to make a funer
al tableau of himself.
A Bully Beaten.
The English Sjiarrow is a bully, and is !
ready to mil away the moment hi an- !
j tagonist shows a disposition to stand his j
ground, j saw mis .lemoustrausl yesier- j secure your gn-atei value lietlier in tln
tlay morning. A pt Wee flycatcher, the j home, office, or shop,
first of the season at least the first I i
have seen Oil season torched his tiny i s'timental writer says "a I why Is
self on a 'lead limb of an oak. An En- j ,i"k h '"" 'u '"other to h.-avrn."
gllsh sparrow, who had been quarreling I IIvt,.v ,,ft " a "'" binds her
with himself and the rest of the world j l" tm' ,,""!' ,"'n "i'"-t ,h ing''
since sunrise, made a rash at the little i m,t '"king -j"s or do a little simp
fly catcher. There was a scuffle in the j I""-'-
air, a general shaking up, a chirp ttiut
sounded like a s-inal. I upial nf i
course, that the fly-catcher had the worst
of the riot, and I pits.' him. He is tut .
bigger than your thumb, and I ex,a-teil i
41 una kin. .IrSv.rtl J...t ..f li.v.nni, TIliVu -
M
were a scuffle, a squeal, and then rapid j ,. i
, . . ", . ; . Mv hVer was so fearfully disordered
pursuit, but It was the sjwrrow that had! ',',,,. , ,, , , " ..,.
. -, , .u u . l r i. i 'and I felt so feeble and languid that I
turned tail, and the fly-catcher followed; , . , . . ... T - ,
.,... .... ,. ; scaree.v took intere in anvthing. Trw-.l
him, popping htsb.II as if it were a whip. - wirl,.srt n-hef
iwn . I .1 L.
1 lie siatrrow weni iiwrr uir inne, aim.
a' . . , . , ,!
tne ny-caicncr m.irneii in nin rn-ii an-, i
sat there as unconivrnedly as if not
, . '
had happened. j
TV. .. , 11 1..- In.. ,1,m ulr.h ).t ; I
very much like the pdaw stamp he .
often gets stuck on a letter.
.-.''! tT
;-p:i;:i. . .--ll'V
ii: .'.!) r
.1.. lh,..j of .
my i hurt h.
"I knew Iter lir-t tnnyi'iiiii.'iil, U-ju-tiful.
gay, ftil I of spirit and vigor. i,e
married, and had fmir fiiildretk. 11. -r
husband died and left her pcnni'iTs. she
taught schiail, she )ntinted, she sewed;
she gave herself scarcely time to cat or
sleep. Every thought was for her children,
to edttrate them, to give them the :iie.
chiime which their father would have
I done.
j "She stlcceei led ; sent the Imivs ti col
lege and the girls to sclnail. When thev
'. came home, pretty, refined girls, and
j strong young men, ahrea-t with a!! the
: taste and ideas of the times,' she was a
j worn-out, common place woman. They
j had their ow n pursuits and cn!iiianinns.
j She lingered with them two or three
j years and then died of some sudden fail
l ure in the brain. The slua k woke them
t t.. ,1 iKiiiA-hLiKii,Mn nf tlw. fmtl, Tt..,v
I hung over her, as she lav nnitinseious, in
an ngonv of grief. 1 lie
t son. as
held her iu his arms, cried :
"'You have lai n a good mother to
I us.
" Her face colon"! again, her eve
kin-
dlisl into a smile, and she whispered.
"You never said so la-fore, John.' Then
the light went out and she was gone.
Mow many men and women sticriiice
their own hope and aiuliitioti. tin ir
strength, their very life itc!f to t!cir
children, who n-c-ive it as a matter nt'
course, and Ih-.tih !' a e:in-ss, a won!
gratitude itl uimmi to for all th.ii hasla-'-n
given them. I'.oxs, when vnii mine Ui. k
from io!iege, liou't eou-iih-r tint mur on
ly relation to your father is to "git a
much money us the governor will vtaii-!."
Iik at his gray hair, his iinit rtain siep,
his dim eves, and remember in whn-i
service be has grown old. You ran in -er
pay him the de. ... '' ' ' '.
acknowledge if U-fon .w
Fools and Their Mon
It is really singn'.;r what a craze son
iHnp',e have to find some way in whiri.
to get rid of their money. You see that '
in Xew York more than in any other citv
in the country. This throw ing away of
cash by the voting sncieU ieop!e add
greatly to the sum of tinhappiuess and
frequently brings the young men mtn
trouble. Barry Wall, the king of dudes,
is an example. Me has got awav il.n.n
iu the scale now. so that you f'rciUeutS
hear of him in singular escapades. K.ist
horses, the card table, and il'qipunt wo
men have eaten up a large foiirtune for
him. and were it iioftliat he has s
qualities alsmt him that keep Lis
relative, w ho an- still rich, ready to pro
vide for his wains, he would -uin U- be
yond the pule of the society in which he
ha Ix-cn so lorg a curious and noti.rioiis
figure. Frequently he is heard of being
in trouble with hiscomianioi,s. A storv
is going the rounds now that recently at
the gaming table a friend of his quit ow
ing him ssot). The brother dude gave
him .1 i lin k on his Cither for the ainouiit.
The oliIgelitieman.it is said, rt fused to
nt-ognize the draft, and Mr. Wall is imu
to bring suit for the recmerv if the mon
ey. Of course it will lie settled before
coming to the courts, but if it could go to
the jury the exposure of tlie methisls
and practices of the young swel's nf ',.
York siaiety would lie very interesting
and instructive reading.
Good Advice to Girls.
Women an- o sharply taking rank in
all the avenues nf labor that the girl of
the next is-riml is sun' to ! on a level
with the man in all his opportunities.
This enlarging the Imunilaries of woman
is of recent date, but is as if bv iii.ij.-ii-that
she has tilled in the tielils, and as
she stands aggrossive'y before the la-t
barriers we have a bit of counsel to give
the girls w ho w ill soon come along as re
inforcements.' f has ceased to Ik-a sur
prise that women niariag" business enter
prises. From the thri'tv h"-siip.rt
factory in Wait ham to the immense renti
er industrv in Chicago, women nrc to be
found shaping successful enterprise, and
; handling intricate tinan. i;t! ai-d business
details w ith all the Confidence and sang
froid of the most adept of males, so that
in no counting room, office, or "tore is
she ineligible, and to but a verv few of
the shop or work rooms. This much se
cured, the promise fiir usefulness, is in
any direction that her talent or ability
may seek, with confidence that tle sex
lines in America will only Is- drawn at
manual lalsir.
The introduction of physics and chem
istry into our mmmon and high school
-Indies, joined in by the children and
youths of laith scm-, is the step by w hiell
the girl may go into higher mathematii-.
and her-', with her intuit ive iove for de
tail and trivial divergencies. -he may ho
trained into the most intricate problem
and la graduated to survey, draught, en
gineer, or invent, and thus bei ome a more
valuable aid in scientific and fis hniea!
affairs. That in fabric designs and other
similar art work girls have a h culi.ir val
ue is confessed. Then why imt in arciii-
I !"',"raI ',"""''",il! :!"''-''"-
Vnl
f hen-, whv not fill a nliiis- with the
mechanical engineer and so bring thi
iainstaking business within her reach'.'
It L not so clear cut that the irl, now -
iuiHirtai:t in liijit me hauice.l work, will
not in the future fie found in our engine
aviaatioti si
mav chmwr will not b,-
available.
Tins, then,
r!, is ..ur conn-! :
It' vi.ur
''"'" r il '""" "in r, acquaint ;
nr
our lf I'" interests. Why aim
existence as an ai-ndagt;'.' Why ju t
Is- as vital and ims.rta;it as your broth
er? Marriage is a Imrnl. but making a
match .sight not to ! the life work of
any woman. Aciiuii yourself romia ti-ttt
to master yiair father's or your hit-lin.r
business, and the discipline of study and
of work will la y.mr higluwt d. light slid
" Where are you going a fast, .!.
man? demanded John Smith. " Home.
! sir, home; don't detain tne. I have just
brought my wife a new hat, and I must
! deliver it liefore the fashion change."
. , ,
until I used Parkers Tnni
, which cflert-
- . , , , . .
eiia i-. null., i.i . i .-- .-. .-
t ro a, .11 .
It is believed that dueling in France :
almost as dangerous a basehail in Amer
ica.
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