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VOL. XII. NO. 51. TIONESTA, PA., MAKCH 10, 1880.
$1.50 Per Annum.
Tlie Sifting of Peter,
A roi-K-Koxo.
" jlnhnl'i, 5 ilnn hath dc.nii-jd to have yon,
that ho limy silt you hh wheat." Hi. Luke
xxii. 31. .
Jn St. Ijiiku'N (ioFpid we are told
How Piter in the days of old
Win Bitted;
And now, though sk intervene,
Sin I the -icnc, while time and set iw
Are hliiltrd.
Siiti. n dcsiiTH us, (lout and miihI',
As vl.ivil, to nil! ii", and wo all
Are tempted ;
Not one, howo er it'eh or great,
In ly hi s'.ntion or cetitle
Kxemptcd.
tw hoitf-o !ii palely Kn u di d is
1 1 : t 1 e, hy Millie device I hi,
( 'mi eit(l';
No hunt hath armor so complete
But he enn pierce with arrows Iliol
1 1 si i-ci.ter. .
For nil lit hint the cock will crow
Who hi in- the wan. ing voice, lint go
Unheeding;
Till tlnitie and nioio they have den'cd
The Mini ot Sorrows, crucified
And bleeding.
due hii k ol thul pule, culTi-ring Incu
Will mnke us Icol the deep disgrace
Ol wi'iikiiec;
W. mI'hII huKilU-d till tho strength
Ol Bell-conceit he chanid at length
To liiw kilo.".
V ouihIh ol the mini, thin gh heniutl,
y ili mdie,
Tlifciedilutiirg hcbis rcimiiti, and nmkH
t'ni.h union ;
, l."t iniiiH-eiTP return- no more;
Wiia.e n t .at e eiebeloie
Trni Hre sum.
H t i.i l-h mhiIp, lliiouL'ti li xt and Ileal,
lilHI' III III tllMlf i 111.(1 il-'i"it
il hi- ctrniini i
Ai.ilc- i n-ic.ie. sti.l ol the divine
V i hiii then , lie tn. earth supine
No Ii-iil'i l. "
li. If. l.oig'Uow,tn Ilirp r'$ Mug itint.
Tht Rcmar.ce of a Water-Co!or.
Pretty Marin I,awrenoe sat in the ele
gantly furnisln (I library, dividing her
attentions between the book fhs had in
one lmnrt"kni-Tnt' Fju'fpitJy little kitten.
in her Inn. which playfully toyed with
the trimming on her drs?, wlien licr
father entciTd. havine returned from his
oflice intent on gettina the cream of the
daycJiews berore dinner was Kerrea by
a hatv pennniner of the daily papers.
"By the way. Mai if." he said, rather
absent-mindedly, as he settlid into a
"targe eaycli:iir, " there's a little package
on t4fi tablo in the hall which the ex
pressmnn leit at the ollice to-dav."
" For me. did you say, pa? Why, I'm
not expecting nnythjng by express."'
The matter wiw ouickly bettled by
Marie going into the hall and' returning
with a package about an inch and a hall
tbu-k and perhnps a loot by a loot ana a
half square. There could be no mistake
nbout it. tor there were the name and
address as plain as could be. The small
red label showed that it hud come from
New York.
I don't see what it is or whom it is
from," she said, as she laid it down to go
.in pursuit ot something with which to
cut the binding com ana wrapper.
A moment later she held at arms1
lci.gth a little landscape done in water
colors and enclosed in an artistic gold
leaf frame.
She was not long iu recognizing the
locality, however, hum which it was
sketched, for it was perfectly famLiar
to her, being tho old mill in the town
where she spent ti portion of every sum
mer. Yes, there was tho pond stretch
ins back till it vas lost in the distance;
and the little stream as it crossed the
road way under the sinirle-arehcd stone
bridge seemed truo to nature. How
often had she visited that old mill, made
dear to her perhaps by jirlhood's mem
ories! But who. was the artist that had
painted it, and why had it been sent to
iier?
Sum enough, among her long list of
acquaintances there was not a single
avlist.
In the )qyer right-hand corner there
was a cipher which had escaped her
scrutiny, and which on closer examina
tion took the form of "J. II."
Mr. Lawrence regarded the picture
for a minute, and as he handed it back
to his daughter lie said that whoever
tho author ot it was lie was farirom be
ing a noviiv, for such blending of light
and shade was rarely seen.
The remainder of the household were
taken into the library alter dinner to
look tit the picture, and many were the
utterances in admiration of it, and
many were the surmises us to why it
had been so unexpectedly sent to Marie.
. Tho mother said that probably it would
be explained in eood time. And sure
enough, for the next morning's mail
brought a letter for Miss Lawrence
which piU'Ually cleared up he mystery.
" And so Jerome Hart is a i artist and
strive to enter into com pondence
with me, does he!" and Marie stamped
her pretty foot in an impetuous manner
and threw the letter to her motl or.
Mrs. Lawrence road it slowly, .nd as
she returned it to the envelope she
abked her daughter if she had any idea
who Mr. Hart was.
" Not tho faintest, only that the letter
says he is an artist and has his studio at
No. 155 - street. New York," came the
response, "and he must be as poor in
judgment as such people generally arc
in pocket to send me a picture one nay,
followed by a letter on tho next, saying
that lie has hud a desire for some time to
know me, aud trunts that I will keep
t he sketch, which of course menns to
start a correspondence with the fellow
by writing a note ol Rcoppuihcc, sue
continued, showing her disnleastire as
much in her expression as in her speech.
lo be Bure," Mrs. Jiiiwrence sain.
' it was a peculiar way of seeking an
acquaintanceship which must ot course
follow should the picture be kept," and
she quickly decided that it must be re
turned. So the next exoress to .New
York bore the package which had
created the admiration nnd at Inst tho
displeasure of the family. A letter
written by Mrs. Lawrence was placed
within the package, in which she briefly
but concisely stated that she could not
fori a moment think of her daughter
keeping tho wa4er-color without the ac
quaintance, by legitimate means, of its
painter. Surely, Mr Hart's letter was
on its face honest in purpose, but there
was no alternative; the rules of eti
quette must not be disregarded, or the
lovely Marie mieht become connected
with a vagabond adventurer.
Months passed, but the circumstance
would not free itselt from Marie's mind,
and her father nnd mother had spoken
of it more than once.
'One day the mail brought a letter to
Miss Lawrence from Margery Lovejoy,
a clear trienrt, who summered at the
same rural town with her, and who,
womanlike, pretended to bo a regular
correspondent; but it was only vhen
site had some bit of news of a social na
ture to communicate that she ever
wrote.
"Do you know, Marie," wrote Miss
Lovejby, " that I have found out the
name and all about the youne gentle
man with tho tine, manly face and lovely
physique who stopped at Dixon's
up at Grosvenordale for a week last
summer. You will remember him, and
how we used to drive our heads almost
crazy with wondering why he took such
long walks every day, always carrying
a porttolio under his arm. There is one
thing which you will certainly remem
ber, and that is that you did nothing
but rave over him, and when he caught
your eye one afternoon, as we passed
him while out strolling, you declared
that you knew you could love him with
just-a little urging. Well, I won't keep
you in suspense any longer. A short
time ago I wont t; New York to visit
my aunt Julia, nnd ono evening cousin
Tom took me to the theater, where
almost the first face I noticed was that
of our or your admiration of last
summer. After making sure that there
was no mistake, I asked Tom if he knew
who theTyounsr gentleman was, point
ing him out in an unobserved way with
my fan, and he said it was young Hart
Jerome Hart, he believed and that
lie was the young man whose water
color 'pairitings were exciting the ad
miration of e very one who saw them,
agists and connoisseurs alike. When
my cousin saw that my interest was not
mere curiosity he told me that Mr.
Hart wai received everywhere, not be
causo he was a person of wealth or
family, but because ho was a person of
rare refinement and marked genius.
Everybody said that his fame would be
worla-wide in a few years."
M.trie could not deny that she had
thought of the young gentleman daily
since her country sojourn so much so,
in fact, that she fancied that hfr heart
bad becomed steeled against any one
ehe, although the subject of her grow
ing nffection was unknown by name.
When she read the name her heart gave
a iump. Yes, it was the same person
who sent her the picture a lew months
previous. To think that it was the one
whose image was so impressed upon her
heart.
For days her brain was i n a whirl, and
her agony wa intense.
" Oil !" cried she, " why were we so
hasty in decidinsr to return Mr. Hart's
picture and letter P Ho is gone from me
forever. I shall never know him."
She kept her grief to herself, not car
ing to tell her parents, and tried hard to
hide her sorrow, and to appear in her
accustomed joyous spirit; but it was of
no use : she could never forget the young
artist, and could never forgive herself
or her mother lor tneir iiasts in giving
moDiietv its nroDer accord.
rour years jaier marie, at wie usee 01
twenty-two, tound herself the wife of a
T 1 1 . - . . 1 - .1
moderately well-to-ao country physician .
She had married Dr. Ostrander, not bo
much that she had any love for hini. but
that it was the desire of her father, who
had from an early period doted on the
union of the Ostrander and Lawrence
families, the doctor's father having been
a college chum of Mr. Lawrence, and
they had become more and more at
tached after leaving college, their homes
being favorably situated for such friend
ship. Six months before her betrothal all
the New York dailies and journals de
voted to art had contained lensrthy
notices of the departure of Jerome Hart
for Europe, where lie had gone to reside
in furtherance of his profession, nnd
where his ability would be accorded the
attention it so richly deserved.
Marie made the physician a good wifo
considering her regard for hiin ceased
with admiration, and they were con
tented and happy. His practice whs
quite extensive, and he had accumulated
some property during the three years
lie had been there, having wedded Marie
a year after entering into the active
duties ol his profession. It was with ;
tender hands that she nursed him dur-
ing a lingering summer fever, but the
disease seemed to ballle the skill of his j
attendants, and just as the sun was
sinking in the west on a sultry August
nlterncon his soul took night to the bet
ter world, and Marie was a widow.
A few months were spent in the set
tlement of the estate, and when a pur
chaser for the .little house had been
found, Mrs. Ostrander, not caring tore
tain it, returned to her old home.
Even the luxuriant abiding place of
her youth seemed to have lost ifca
charms, and Bhe daily grew paler, until,
by the advice of her physician, her
parents and friends, she decided to take
a foreign trip, in hopes that a change
of climate and scene would rally her to
her old self.
So in the early epring it was decided
thatshe should go abroad witli Mr. and
Mrs. Ijovejoy. who were to spend a
vedr and a naif in travel.
The little party spenta month in visit
ing places of interest in England nhd
Scotland, and then went to Norway and
Sweden; and it was not till the winter
season that they arrived in Paris, at
that time being in its gayest attire.
Mrs. Ostrander eained considerable, and
the hist letter from Mrs. Lovejoy to
Margery said that they had great hopps
of bringing her around to the bright
and robust woman that they had so
wished for.
Among the few Parisians whom Mr.
Lovejoy had letters of introduction to
was M. Meunier, an exceedingly refined
gentleman and a pleasai.t acquaint
ance. Several times he had told them
of the royal academy exhibition, nnd
explained to them that it was there that
the best artists of all Europe entered
their productions for prize competition,
and so great was the strife thnt who
ever was fortunate enougli to take even
a second or third prize his star was as
cending to the zenith of notoriety,
and when a first prize was awarded
an artist it gave him . rank witli
the leaders of the various de
partments. M. Meunier bad promised
to take them to the gallery on the very
first opportunity when others than
members of t lie society were admitted.
At last, on a pleasant afternoon, his liv
eried establishment drew up in front of
their stopping place, and a minute later
the three Americans were in high glee,
for their benefactor had brought the in
formation that the salon would be
thrown open on the morrow, but
through tho kindness of a friend, a
member of the academy, he had obtained
permission to take his friends there on
that afternoon, and he would call at
three for them. To be thus favored
seemed to have a noticeable efl'ect on
the whole party, and it is almost need
less to say they were in readiness some
minutes before the time appointed for
the start. Marie gave several expres
sions of her enjoyment during her drive
to the gallery, and by the time the build
ing was reached slie was the happiest of
the party.
An hour or more was spent in the de
partments of sculpture and drawing, nnd
nearly an hour in tho grand gallery
where the paintings were exhibited. It
was understood that this was but a fly
ing visit; they would give a day to each
of the departments later in the season.
It was getting lato in the afternoon
when M. Meunier suggested that they
should go to the water-color department
Ifls favorite room, he expressed it.
Marie was beginning to show signs of
fatigue, but ot course she would oblige
him.
Alter the pictures on one side of the
room had been hurriedly examined, and
the party finding they would be late for
dinner unless they made haste, M. Meu
nier proposed to cross to the opposite
side to boo a famous picture, and then
they would depart.
' Why, what is tho matter with
Marie? See, she is ill!" came the quick
words from Mrs. Lovejoy, who was the
first to notice her blanched face as she
stood like a monument with eyes riveted
on the picture which their escort had
taken them to see the picture of a
country mill with its pond at the side
nnd a single arched bridge spanning the
s'.ream as it crossed the roadway as if in
a hurry to get away from the ponderous
wheel which but a moment before had
made use of it. Marie would have fallen
to the floor had not the two gentlemen
made haste in supporting her.
A few minutes later she was assisted
. the carriage, and the driver was told
to lose no time in reaching the hotel, a
mile distant. On the way Mrs. Ostrander
came out of her swoon sufficiently to
realize that her friends were deeply dis
tressed about her.
" It was only a sudden attack of a
heart trouble, sou.eth ing she was sub
ject to," she said.
She was taken to her apartment im
mediately on arriving at the hotel, and
lier friends who had accompanied her
up-stairs, fearing that she was going to
to be seriously ill, were told to have no
tilarm. "'No, it was unnecessary to call
a physician," she said. Mrs. Lnvejoy
remained with her until midnight, wheu
her Datient fell into a sound sleep. -
The next morning Marie was a trifle
late at breakfast, and when she came
down it was noticed that her face which
had begun to have some color in it, was
still quite pale, but she appeared quite
cheerful, and inquired after their friend,
but made no allusion to the occurrence
of the day before.
Early that afternoon lie called to in
quire after the health of Mrs. Ostrander,
and she went alone to their private re
ception room to Be him, her com
panions being absent on a shopping trip
He was delighted to find her able to
see him, and hopwl she had fully re
covered. Had lie kept them too long at
the academy?
Mrs. Ost rander assured him that such
was not the cose, and when asked if she
enjoyed the visit, aside from her illness,
she replied that until they went to the
water-color department it had been very
pleasant. She then, in answer to a
second interrogation, told him that the
sight of the picture of the oid mill
brought up an unpleasant remembrance
which, Bhe was frank lo say, was in a
measure the cause of her fainting.
" How peculiar." said he. " that that
picture of all should tend to make one
ill. On the contrary that was the most
noted work of art in the entire collec
tion. Why," he continued, " that is the
masterpiece of Hart, the eminent water
color artist, who was taking all Europe
bv storm bv his brush. It had taken
the grand prize, and its value in itself
was a fortune. Had she never heard of
Jerome Hart? He was an American,"
he believed."
" I have heard of him," she replied
faintly, and then she asked to be ex
cused as she was afraid that she was
going to have a headache, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lovejoy coming in at that moment
relieved the gentleman of embarrass
merit. Is it destiny?" Marie murmured, as
he threw herself upon the sofa in htr
room, and gave wny to the tears which J
she had kept from the gaze of Mr. ;
Meunier during a pnrt ot their short in
terview by only the greatest exertion.
She took her tea and breakfast with
out going down, and when Mrs. Love
joy came to her room for the third or
fourth time she was assured that It was
only a headache, nnd tliat she would be
down in time for lunch at noon.
That afternoon she thought she did
not feel well enough to go out with Mr.
nnd Mrs. Lovejoy, and consequently
they started alone.
As soon as they had departed Maj'ie
hastened to her room and dressed for
going out, and in less than a half hour
she entered a cab, which was in waiting
r- i. i s i i i u e
im iiri, iinvniK "ecu uruereu uy one; in i
the hotel attendants, and drove off
alone, going direct to the academy
She crowded her way through the
immense throng until she stood before
the picture of the old mill. Yes, there
was the same cipher before her that she
had seen six years before. To be sure
it wa not the same picture, but tlm
same scene in larger form and more
minute in detail and Jinish; but it was
the same to her.
As she stood there it had another in
tent admirer, she thought, although the
surging column of people at her back
made general expressions of comment
as they passed it. It was a gentleman,
she could see without raising her eyes,
nnd when she did look up she found that
his gaze was not directed on the picture
but at her.
"At last!" were the only words lie
spoke, as he grasped both her hands in
his.
Mrs. Ostrander had an escort on her
homeward ride, and before he had left
the hotel it had all been explained.
How he had seen her at the little village
of Grosvenordale, and from the time he
had caught her glance when passing her
on the way back to his boarding place,
from a short sketching trip, he had a
longing for her acquaintance, and had
finished up the very sketch of that day,
and learning her name and address from
the Dixons before his departure the
next day, he had taken the liberty of
sending tier the water-color, although
with the conviction that it was just a
trifle improper, but he couldn't help it.
For a couple of days his suspense was
agonizing, and when the picture came
back accompanied by the freezing letter
he was almost broken-hearted. From
that time he had loved her!
Conveniently removed from Paris, in
a suburban district, is now a charming
villa, where Jerome Hart, justly called
the (treatest water-color artist in the
world, and his wife live the happiest of
mortals. In tho richly furnished drawing-room
of the house hangs a picture
of the old mill, but not the one from the
royal academy. It is a smaller one, and
Marie Hart thinks she likes it better.
Annual Assay of United States Coins.
The Philadelphia liecord tells how the
annual assay of United States coins
struck oft' at the various mints during
the year was made in the mint in that
city under direction of the special com
mission appointed by the President:
The coins tested were the representa
tives of all those ispued during the year.
From each delivery made by the coiners
in the several mints to the treasury a
certain number are taken indiscrimi
nately from the mass, sealed up in en-1
veiopes in the presence of the nssayer
and treasurer and deposited in a box
named a "pyke." This box has two
locks to it, and each of the officers
named above carries a key. It can only
be opened in the presence of the officials
named. At the end of the year these
boxes are forwarded to Philadelphia
from the other mints and opf ned in the
presence of the assay commission by the
director of the mint. Each of the coins
in the boxes is carefully weighed, and
any dimiaution from the standard
weight carefully noted. There is al
ways a tolerance allowed in the weight
of the coins, which varies from one
fourth to one grain on each piece (the
smaller tolerance on gold and the larger
on silver).
After the weight of t he single pieces is
ascertained the commission lias a certain
number of single pieces assayed separ
ately of all denominations from the dif
ferent mints to ascertain if the fineness
thereof conforms to the standard of the
law, which is one-thousandth on gold
and one and one-half one-thousandth on
silver. Any deviation in fineness from
the legal standard established by law is
noted. The coins are then melted in a
mass and assayed, for the purpose of
learning whether the fineness of the
mass conforms to the standard. There
have been but two cases in the history
of the government where any deviation
has been found, and in both enses it
was mere accident.
Anv willful attempt to debase the
coinage or belittle the standard weight
would be discovered bv the commission
and reported to the President. The
punishment for such an offense would
be imprisonment and disqualification
from ever holding oflice in the United
States.
After the standard fineness and weight
have been tested the commission exam
ines the difterent weight and balances,
and the balances not only in the receipt
of bullion but in their operations lrom
one office to another. All the weighing
is done bv a pound Troy weight, which
is in the possession of the mint in this
city. This weight was produced by our
United States minister in London in
1827. It is the standard of all the Troy
weights in the country.
" Is there anv mail for meP" said she
to the handsome Ike. "Certainly,"
Baidhe. " Where?" said she. "Here,"
said lie, with open arms. " lhat s my
funeral," sang the maid. Friends are
invited to attend without further no
tice. So much for what the maid made
by getting the male mail. Yonkers Oa
ztlic.
Thirty-tour years of oonatantly-increatting
use liuve established a reputation for l)r,
Hull's Couuh Syrup second to no similar pre
paration. It relieves instantly and eures sil
eoughs, colds, U.
tixf.lt Tones.
H. M. Stanley brought home from
Africa the skulls of two animals called
" sokos," which had been eaten by an
nflable chief with whom he hobnobbed
one day, and Prof. Huxley at once
pronounced them to bo human. But
Central America lias now come forward
with the susmetu, and so far as sub
scriptions o at present this animal
would appear to come as near ourselves
n the soko, for the other natives of its
forests whom we call men and women
call the susmetu human.
The German minister at Washington
has recently inquired, on behalf of his
government, for exact information as to
the process by which the signal service
bureau so promptly collects at the w.-t
department the meteorological reports
from all parts of the United States an
extent of territory greater than Europe
and so rapidly drafts and publishes
them upon the printed daily weather
map. This is n high compliment to
"old probabilities" and his ftaff. It
is understood that Germany proposes to
take n step forward in meteorological
observations ; and all the assistance at
Hie hands of the war department has
been cheerfully given
When Washington was on his way to
Red Bank just 100 years ago he sleptone
night at Chew's Landing, a village
which is also in JNew Jersey. JNext
morning he was surprised to find that
half the inhabitants had tormed them
selves into a delegation to ask of him a
contribution toward a new Jpjscopal
church. He not only gave the contri
bution but signed the church book, and
so did Carrollof Carrollton. The book
has been religiously preserved in the
vestry, and every governor of New Jer
sey has for many years given something
to keep tho building in order. Now,
however, it is to be torn down and a
commonplace brick church erected.
Some remarkable statements were
made by a prominent physician before
the class of the college of physicians
and surgeons at Buffalo the other day.
He announced that one-fifth of all man
kind die of consumption alone, and one
third of all from the ravages of tuber
cles upon the bodily organs, including
the lungs. Comparing this mortality
with that from yellow fever during the
epidemic of 1678, he said that it "would
require 450 years of such epidemics of
yellow fever to equal the devastation
wrought by consumption in a single
generation in this country alone, and
750 years of such work to equal the mor
tality caused by tubercles in one genera
tion in this country." These state
menta lire nnnnl liner, but thev are made
by a man who has devoted the study of
a life-time to the subject.
Dr.Willard Parker, an eminent physi
cian and surgeon of New York, regards
our system of caring for the insane as
idically wrong, lhe institutions are
too large, loo much care and responsi-
bihtv are placed upon one man. It is a
physical impossibility for him to con
sult the peculiarities of each of several
mndred patients whose cases diner
entirely from one another. Each case
should be distinctly studied. He lias.
lesidcs, to superintend nnd manage the
nstitulion and the grounds, to be
irmer, treasurer, etc. "As well ex
pect the captain of oiie. of our large
steamers to act also as stoker and ccok."
riie buildings are too magnificent.
Thev should be inexpensive, so that
when the. wards become saturated wun
disease they may be destroyed and
others erected. Some occupation should
be provided adapted to the patients'
onditions. Dr. i'arker maintains mat
n sanity
is
as
be.
not diminishing in this
under proper treatment it
country,
ought to
Minnie Kurell's light with a burglar
n her room deserves to be immortalized.
She is a slight g'rl only eighteen years
of age, and tends her father's bakery in
New York. She was awakened nt an
early hour in the morning by a man
standing over her bed. and was told by
the burglar that if she screamed lie
would kill her. Nothing daunted Min
me screamed and at once struck the
burglar in the face with all her might.
Quite a tussle now ensued, the burglar
trying to escape from Minnie s grasp,
and she trvmz to hold mm until ner
father and the workmen from b;low
could come to her assistance. But the
robber broke away from her and made
Ins exit from a window, not, however.
until Minnie had recognized him as John
Oates, a resident ot the next mock
When the police came thev tound Min
nie's bureau ransacked and all her best
clothes gone; but fortunately they met
a man named Kogers in the street carry-
men bundle of female wearing apparel
and arrested him. The clothing proved
to be Minnie's. They next went In
search of Oates and found him at a wake
next door to the bakery, coolly smoking
his pipe and condoling with the rie
reaved family. Minnie gets her heroism
from her mother, who is deau. She
used to tell Minnie always to fight when
6he got in trouble; and the old lady
acted upon this principle, Tor she her
self used to take a club to all who came
to the bakery und didn't conduct them
selves with propriety.
A young man named E mer .Sever
ance, who was working at Smith &
Carter's camp, at Princeton, Minn., bet
one of his companions a quarter that he
could place a dipper ot cold water on
the stove and hold his finger in the dip
per until the water began to boil. The
wagir was acc;pted. Severance held
his linger in the dipper quite awhile,
but was obliged to withdraw it before the
water had reached a boiling point, hence
he lost his bet. On examination it was
found that the finger was complete,)
cooked : it pained Severance so that he
wus obliged to quit work and come to
town for medical treatment. The prob
ability whs that the finger would havt
Ij be amputated.
Kisses.
Little child, when twilight shadows
Close tho western gates ot gold,
Then those loving arms ot mother's
Tenderly about thee fold.
Over lip, and cheek, end loreaead,
Like a shower caresses fall;
For a mother's kiss at twilight
Is the sweetest kits ot all.
Pretty maiden at the gateway,
Shy, sweet face and downcast eyes,
Two white, trembling hands imprisoned,
How the golden moment flies!
Lips that softly press thy forehead,
All the rosy blushes call ;
For a lover's kiss at twilight
Is the iondest kiss ol all.
Happy wife, thy noble husband,
More than half a lovei yet
For those sunny hours ot wooing
Are too sweet to soon forget
On thy smiling lips uplifted,
Full ot love his kisses tall,
For a husband's kiss at parting
Is the dearest kiss of all.
Weary mother, little children
With their dimpled bands so fair,
Passing over cheek and forehead,
Soothe away all pain and care.
Load yonr doubting heart to heaven,
Where no dreary shadows tail,
For the kiss of sinless childhood
Is the purest kiss of all.
Roe Harlwick Thorpe, in Frte Prtst.
ITgHS OF INTEREST.
Flatterv is like cologne water,'
sniffed at, not swallowed. ZWun
Traveller. "v-
The man who got hurt by stopping
suddenly said it was the result of his
bringing up.
The vice-president of the New York
elevated railway states that the company
employs 25,000 men, and there are nearly
2,000 applications for the first vacancy.
The telephone is only about two years
old, but some of the jokes about it Bound
as though ,they were ragged when tho
pyramids were young. Burlington
Uawktye.
Ex-Governor Shepherd of Washington
has a silver mine at Chihuahua, Mexico,
that yields $3,000,000 a year with no
apparatus except the old lime arastras
and mule.
Mark Twain has furnished parents
with a valuable recipe for bringing up
boys: "Take 'em by the hair of the
I - l, 1 Aft 1 .... 4 .
Iiair, ue says, ami you re pretty ouiu
to raise 'cm."
"Stony Batter," the little log house
near Mercersburg, Pa., where President
Buchanan was bom, is still standing.
" The Latin school " which lie attended
is also intact
France has just been able, ten years
after the event, to figure up the cost to
Ikt ol the Franco-German war. It was
$3 000,000.000. aside from losses to com
merce and industry.
The San Francisco public library lias
nut in electric lights in place of gas.
Tho monthly bill is reduced from .$250 to
$'.) and the lights burn till midnight.
while the gas used to be shut oti nt :J0.
"There's something about your
daughter," Mr. Waughop said, reflec
tively, "there's something about your
daughter" "Yes," said old Mr. Tiiis
tlepod. " there is. I had noticed it my-
selt. It conies t-viv y evening about
eight o'clock, and it doesn't getaway
usually till about two o'elocs. And
some of these nights I am going to lift it
all the way from tt c front parlor to th?
side gate and see what there is in it."
One Hundred and Eighteen Years Old.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Washington now claims, besides other
things, to have the oldest man in
America as one of its residents. The
oldest man is a colored man, Shadrnch
Nugent by name, a Mar lander by birth,
but for over sixty years a resident of
Washington. He claims to have been
born about 1762, and that he is now over
1 1H years old. Many of them in this
section at least claim to have been at
times servants of Georie Washington.
Nugent makes no such claim, though he
says he often saw George Washington,
nnd that lie has shaken hands witli every
President that this country has had from
Washington down. Whether he is It
years old or not is not known to any
thing like a certainty, but he has docu
ments from many of the oldest and best
known citizens certifying that they had
known him from forty to sixty years..
The gentleman who says he lias known
Nugent for sixty years says he was at
least forty years of age when he came to
this city, and that lie may have been
much older. This gentleman's letter was
written several years ago, which makes
the proof tolerably clear that he is over
100 years, lie drove a cart lor ineiaiiier
of the Hon. W. W. Corcoran, our phil
anthropist and banker, when Mr. Cor
coran, tiie father, was but a young man.
This is important in view of the fact
that W. W. Corcoran recently cele
brated his eighty-second birthday. He
lias records of his birth and other papers
referring to the same incidentally, which
have been copied from the court records
at Frederick, Md , showing undoubtedly
that he is nearly that age. He lit into '
the revolutionary war as a body servant
of Lieutenant Groff, whocommanded an
independent artillery company which
was organized about Frederick. In 1812
be saw the public buildinns in this city
burned by the British, though he, like
many others, viewed the burning from
a point in tne ad joining woods, feveral
miles distant. He is yet able to walk
about the citv, usin a cane. Although
he has lost the sight of his left eye, he
can still read his Bible, which is his
strongest hold. His lies. 1th, as a rule, is
good and always ha been. His teeih
are as sound as they iver were, while
his hair is now as straight as a white
roan's and enow white, but very thin.