n VOL. XXXIX. XTECr 1TIOX. My hoi Is that 1UU lire m:, tend 1 tat wron-ht ,hy pu mit ', t I. 7? ' fa!1--"'nit Justice bles ; With IU,veant Home's dirino caress SnV. o'1!,""81 wbere r twin Jhaund ..l,e E-ernal SuMae,', shriue: The transient lost for ever mine I ' fin 60,11 8 baii'l Temple sUuda. On height or the oelt Lai landi, 1u"lus" My loveJ ones bectoa. And that .-learn. I more than evanescent dream, The heavenly tilths aw what they seem. Youth's crowning grace restored to me, All Lifu Ideals' grandly free, i ouud with my Immortality t That which no language can reveal Bids yearning heart and spirit feeL God s bent-diction raise and heal! - HOW JEKTIS HIDE niS FORTUNE T V Q it ratiirro. - . r . ..uiiii iu jjuuuou auer a rive 3 c absence in Australia, when, walk ing along the strand, wondering at the vunugu mat, naa tasen place, and chill w "y io sirange laces around me hear J myself hailed bv nm . ,!?.Iell? ViSors. b-v 1 that's wonder- vAauur a uuefry voice. "Jervis mv dear ftMlnu-T" t or,....-.,.. . auonci ed when I perceived who it was that uuu recognized me in spite of my sus jurat lace ana heavy beard. "I'm de lighted to see yon again;" and we shook t-acn oiner cordially by the hand. Jervis and I had bwn sfhnnifoii We were great chums. He helped me with my exereises, and I fought his uatues anu our intimacy aid not end w uu our senooldavs. Jervis elected to be That he was well oualiG! for Hia nnC fession there is no doubt; but he was too auuaent or his own powers, too re tiring in disposition to make his way in the world; and when I left England he was uoing dui little business, and had to put up with a shabby, dingy cilice in a narrow street. "You're not encased? No that's right Then you'll coire and dine with me seven sharp," said Jervis, after we had exchanged a few sentences of mstion and answer. He gave me his address "Adelphi Terrace." "By Jove. Jervis, your looking up la trie world I ' was my remark. "Yes," he returned "come and I went and saw, and was considerab ly astonished. The door on the ground floor was standing open, and I caught a glimpse of handsomely furnished of fices. As the traveller I first narrated my adventures, and then I asked Jervis by what stroke of good luck he had man aged to mount the ladder of fortune so rapidly. "There is quite a romance connec ted with my changed circumstances," replied Jervis. "Light a fresh cigar, old fellow, and you shall hear, If it will not bore you." I assured him of the great interest I should feel in bearing of his success, and following his advice, I lighted an other cigar and prepared to listen. "It was soon after you left England, he began; "I had got some little work to do connected with a railroad m the North-work that would carry me over a year, at any rate, and that, I hored, micht lead to something more. One day I was very busy getting out some estimates, when a knock come at my ofioedoor. It was a hesitating kno as of me fearf al of intruding. " 'Come in 1' I cried, somewhat tes tilyfor I w;ts annoyed at being inter "PidtSnedandayoungman .ZZi- he was a handsome young fel foSiut two or three and twenty nL frankly JaSS to Imgby whAe could gain an do anything n had no friends, no give reference. .,,Ia3ved. CguptonrProfeBsion,can do,' as Slittle enough; but "I knew that the honest . there was somethmg about ItwMPf Jrind than my "JrCd I could get through clerk Tarker ana i g d none n. fortonatey. "l! eDgaged tins short of ? 'Vas the name be Henry G"nS. copy letters and - -in he was so much more Velia: than Parker that I ntablePeI" rood deal out weekly SVeconflaence Uiofsix JLjentsthan Mahout biffl0LS Z office Bort firt entered the ou -ntprM V" 4. f im- tn send off by"" Green .PStandhaddesd ' 1 Xty $S ia Uie office e S of the .fP0" went out. 6 atfcopied td see neither ; tinSlbeU .t there; but, " under tMurtbe dr fcrgesize. brood 3 pre -' 1S . . fr leavin? Motion.' t was J"3 ; He 4 , ft thU Im W'fn S. repot vr. i.)vj" ..fart as aesignms fnn t.t: affair passed from my rnTnT' Bna the you? ShatatheonlT""?'1 relations who thought it worth wh o notice the poor ttwgShKrehSl lor instance, Lady Blake ffS, iwntmeacard for h-r lZ3 nwVr" i . w?nl. . sometimes . "U1W Uttll. ies not. head to --- l uOK it mto m go. --i1'4 mucl aWt dancintr ?nii M ltUn2 alone lu a recess wa "hi lug the dancers as they whirls and listening to the wLtl S. K m attention was attracted beluu looked a;in.OJO lUrnea ner head' and "I was not vain enough to imaffinn there was anything ahn,,t me A fnVn,T: . ""''"foome one else, t:rc''!?.e-rouo hw invol- Z3,sovtty 'ojely. Her Ki nren Dool. which v :au me inoughtas thev ' u r i. m.,uu strange- j x uaa. iue impression of hav ing seen her before. A .),. proaching my recess again, I heard the gentleman she was with say, 'I win io you immediately.' "I am sorry to trouble you she re turned, 'bat I should 1m ed. I will sit llPrfl till Vf-Hl Kltnrn 1 As he went away she came tow ards tiie recess, and sat down hv ma ie the color rise in her cheeks, and she seemed to struggle for courage or self command: but. after a nmmmt. f in decision, she turned towards me. " 'I have the pleasure of addressing Mr. Jervis, the architect. hv r nntv she asked in a tremulous voice. l bowed in acknowledgement. " 'I must apologise for speakinjr to you,' she began again 'but I have a motive. llavevou not in vour em ployment a gentleman of the name of liuch Giaham?' Hugh Graham?' I rereated. Vo I am not acquainted with anv one of that name. Xo? Ah, then I fear I have been wrougly informed.' she said, turnmz away her head with a sigh, while an expression of distress and disappoint ment stole over her sweet countenance As 1 caught that view of her features I at once recognized the f ace. She w; the original of the photograph I had seen in the desk of my junior clerk. " 'Stay!' I exclaimed. I have a gen tleman in my office who calls himself Henry Green. I know nothing of him; it may be a feigned name, perhaps. He is tall, has light brown hair and a moustache, and lias a habit, when he is impatient, of jerking his head brick so,' and I imitated a familiar gesture of Green's. A smile fitted across my companion's face for a moment, but the thoughtful, anxious expression soon returned " 'It 13 he, she said. ' hat I wanted to tell you is that he has an enemy who will, if he finds out where he is, no doubt try to poison your mind against him. But, if yoa should receive any letters or hear any reports do not be lieve them. He is Innocent; but te has been very, very, unfortunate. You will not forsake him, will you' "I would have promised far more than she required, with those soft ear nest, wistful eyes looking into mine. I gave her the promise that I would not forsake Green, or rather Graham, as I shall henceforth call him, unless I my self proved him unworthv. I was about to add more, uut sue nasiny piaceu uer finger on her lip, and I saw her late partner approaching. '1 am sorry to say 1 can l uii-j t. . r ' T , 1. na l,n itnywnere, jiiss r -aaer, uo o came up. " 'Oh, never mind, thank you,' she exclaimed, as she rose; 'it is very stupid of me not to remember where I laid it,' and, taking his arm, she walked olf with a sl:guc inclination oi iuo ucau towards me. "The little deceiver! She had sent off her cavalier on a fools errand that she might have an opportunity 01 speaking to me. l speeauy i-it aim icnuuw home. ... . , "A very few weess nau pas.rcu, w v.e.u I received an anoymous letter. J.iie -r,tar thnnzht it his duty to warn me that 1 had taken into my office a man of infamous character, and to put me on mj guard against him so the letter ran. I scarcely knew what effect this miuht have had upon me a few weeks Tviouslv. but a pair of dark brown eve3 seemed looking into mine, and 1 beard again the pleadmjr voice whisper, vouwllf not forsake him, will your"' and I felt very much inclined to dis credit anything that could be said against one who had so love y an advo cate I thought the best plan was to be perfectly open r u called Granam raw i"j v- Sacel the letter in his hand. Ho iurned deadly pale as he read it. tU'. -Good heavens!' he exclaimed' 'My suspicions are true, thenl The i traitor Sorgotten to disguise his hand! I owe you more than I can tell you, sir, ?eIwin-metbis-and yet hew to lor iuu'. z. Hr.tvn ti.o ZtZZBB. his hands eloping the back of a chair m frout cS him. 'I need scarcely as what . .nintend totake after the re 8tP? of ?hat Tprecions document,' he re celpJ ? last Praising his head proudly. ??S Selul for what you u L S done for me; I cannot ex ototnSt me further in the fa olacffifonniaveno present means of rebuttmg. trnstvou?' said " ut.W what! think of L AW-. dowimenU as you call it K?SffSS& thye letter in here goe?' ' . it the lire. L'JL'SX: Graham's eyes, and. forward he grasped my hand, exclainied. . , about tnat, liJd 1 And now, if you please, get replied. Ana hernUl SMMa Mut; the original must be in the rtor's hands to-night.' contractor s u ,onaily to receive 'f,C0?Ptten-bVUey made no im similt u-S me; forewarned, fore SSatrie proverb in this "nStone morning he entered my AtLhr.ir,t!y. evidently In great per rWnofmmd.t..askfor a week's tnrbation ot d t0 veryincon- bohday.. iJfrandl told him so. venient ju". , ' lf lTy llUt at Uie neeXpresseu Bmatterof came tu"D "r: ,i, n him. and so tn him. and so more than 1116 VI " . itm a.u - a t r rd u itn " .n if ce had to throw up he nau3"'!' W9 situat'on, mnst g0 u " tint, if have to provide a aub must; hut, u i "f remember it Is stitute in Jou5 .roWn doing. no-rt MIFFLINTOWN, day I found it necessary to go to Scot- uu to see alter the stations and other work on the line; I considered my plans were not effectively carried out. The following afternoon I reached the place where I intended to begin my examina tion. I put np at a small inn in the neighborhood, and walked out toward the railway just to announce ?ny pres ence. As I was returnii:? iong the mgu road whom should 1 niaet, face to face but Hugh Graham He looked lamt, weary, and travel worn. I do not know to which of us the cieetin was the greater surprise. "l am thankful to have met you!' " "iuineu, almost before we had time to greet each other. Tor Heaven's o.ci.ume with me; I am going to Ileatherburn. " 'You cannot go to Ileatherburn or anywhere else in that plight,' 1 said. ioine in with me and have dinner, and rest awhile. "He would have objected, but I in sisted, and almost dragged him in with M. I found on questioning him that his money had fallen short only bringing him as far as Dumfries, and that he bad walked thirty miles that day without food. He still insisted that it was absolutely necessary he snouia get on to Heatherburn that evening, reiterating his eutreaties that I would accompany him. To this I conw-nted. "Fortunately I was able to procure a gig: in winch we drove the five inter vening mile3 in the cool of the evenine Leaving the giz at a sort of a shantv close by, Graham, with rapid step, led the way through a gate in the palings or a gentleman's park, and. cutting straight across the green-sward liko one familiar with the locality, he made for the front door of a large old fashioned mansion. When the door was opened, in an swer to the peal of the bell, the gray haired man servant started back in alarm Gude save us, Sir. Hugh!' he ex claimed. "Hugh seamed scarcely to hear or ee him. "We entered a roomy bedchamber. Stretched on the bed, evidently in the last agonies, was a man oulya few years older than Hugh; by his side sat a gray haired old man, his head bowed down on his bands. There were two other persons in the room, apparently the clergyman and the doctor. "llie old man lifted his head at the noise caused by our entrance, and. starting up, an expression of fierce an ger taking the place of sorrow, he stretched out his arm to forbid the nearer approach of my companion. 'liegone!' he cried, in a harsh, broken voice. 'Wretch Cain! What do you here, disturbing the bed of death. "Without attending to this objurga tion, Hngh strode up to the side of the led. Tercival Graham,' he said sol emnly, by your belief in Him before whom you will shortly appear by your liopj of salvation speak at last! I con jure you to declare who fired that fatal shot!' "A spasm convulsed the face of the dying man. "'Mercy mercy!' he gasped, in hol low accents. 'I did itl But, as Heaven is my witness, I had no intention of injuring Walter!' " 'Then what induced you to cast the odium of such a crime upon me V " 'Because I hated you, Hugh Gra ham!' he almost shrieked. 'I hated you because you were lttcr and nobler and handsomer than myself, and, more than all, because Alice 1 raser loved you.' " -And for that reason you would have hunted me to the death? Heaven forgive youl' said Hugh. "The sick man fell back, exhausted by the exertions he had made. Xot for that only,' he muttered. 'When Walter died you stood between me and the lands and title.' "At first the old man stool as if stunned he seemed scarcely able to comprehend what ho had heard; but he clenched his hands, and, stretching them upwards, he cried, '.Now may Heaven's curse ' " 'Hush!' said the clergyman, laying his hand on his friend's shoulder. " 'Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord; I will repay." llather let us pray.' "Sir William Graham and his son Hugh knelt side by side, while the clergyman recited the prayers for the dyinir. "Uy-and-by I saw the doctor quietly lay on the bed the arm be had been holding, and make a sign to the clergy man, who stopped for a moment, and then offered a fervent thanksgiving that the truth had been revealed. "Sir Wrilham turned round, opening his arms to his newly-found son; and as they were clasped in a close embrace I stole from the room. "Before long a servant came with a note from young Mr. Graham. He begged I would remain all night. ."'Mr. Macdonald, who I found had been tutor in the family, and now re-i maiued as chaplain, made inquiries about Hugh, and the origin of our ac quaintance. I told him the whole story, and in my turn begged for in formation as to the events that hail led to the situation in which I had found the heir of Ileatherburn. The follow ing are the facts he related to me. "Sir William Graham had, it seems two sons, Walter and Hugh. The for mer was a sickly, puny lad, never good for much peevish too, and fretful in temper, always a fine, generous-hearted mt'.Dly fellow. " 'the bovs were just growing up Into young men, when a brother of Sir Wil liam s died m India, leaving his only son to the care of the Baronet. Ter cival was just the same age as Waller, but proved a great contrast iu parson and disposition. His mother muse have had Indian blood in her veins, for be was swarthy in complexion, though not otherwise ill-looking. " 'Ho soon wormed himself into Sir William's affection and confidence by subserviency and 11 ittery, so skillfully assumed and administered that I am not surprised that the simple old man was deceived. And over Walter's mind also he managed to gain great influ ence. 'In reality there was strong affec tion between Walter and Hugh: I be lieve from my heart that Hugh would have laid down his life for his brother; but, like all healthy, high-spirited lads, he had little sympathy for weakness. He used to laugh at Walter and Walter often retorted ill-temperedly. It all amounted to nothing, but I fouad that these little squabbles between the two brothers were retailed to Sir William in an exaggerated form, till at last my eld friend decided that Hugh should travel on the Continent for a year un der my tutorship. "When we returned Hugh had Urown from the mere youth to the etan, I aA JnnVeA nldnr than Hi brother JUNIATA COUNTY. Hugh was more lenient toward his brother on his return, but one day Walter had shown the white feather on some sporting excursion, and Hugh exclaimed. "Upon my word. alter. you'll never be a manl It's a pity I'm not the elder; I'd have upheld the honor of the Graliam better than you willever do." " 'As this sieei:li escaped my impet uous pupil, I caught the glitter of his cousin's eye, and it was not long before Sir William spoke to me. lamenting that envy of his brother's prospects should have taken such hold of Hugh's mind. I attempted to undeceive him but in vain. " 'It was at this tirae that a Colonel Fraser purchased an estate in the neighborhood of Ileatherburn. Ihe eldest daughter, Alice, was a sweet, lovely girl, and I bslieve lialf the young fellows in this part oi the county lost their hearts to her; but it wa3 soon evi dent that Hugh wa3 the fortunate one, though there wa3 no absolute engage nient between them. " 'I was sitting In this room one day, eii2a;ed with a book, when I heard a commotion iu the hall outside; I heard the heavy tramp of feet, anl then screams from the servants. 1 rushed out. There lay Walter Graham, dead his fair skin and bright hair bedabbled with blood. Sir William had thrown himself on tho corpse of his son, and was raving like a mad man. l'urcival held a gun in his ban'!, which he was show ing to those near to lnm. "'It was Hugh's; and a Glengarry cap that was picked up on the spot whence it was supposed the fatal shot was fired was also Hugh's. The game keeper suited that he had seen Mr. ilugli go out with bis gun; Mr. Walter and Mr. Fercivalhad gone out together some little time before, and Mr. liugu a3ked what direction they had taken. " 'Perclval said, in continuation, that Hugh had in fact joined them; that the two brothers began to quarrel and that 11 U2li had used threatening language to Walter Walter retorting by declar ing that he would insist upon his being banished from the house. . " "'Fearful of consequence, I dragg' ed Walter away," he continued; "but we had not gone many yards before a report was heard, and Walter fell dead, shot through the brain. I was kneeling In agonv over the body when my uncle came up; what followed I need not describe. I pointed out the dlrec tlou whence the shot had been fired I could only say 'Hugh.' My uncle darted off in that direction; 1 presently heard his voice raised in tones of vio lence, and when he returned be seemed half mad, as you see him now. By this time the game-keeper, hearing the shot had joined us, and together we bore Walter home," and ho pointed to the body; as he did so, he caught my eyes fixed upon him, and would have slunk away, but I held him by the arm. " ' "Where is Hugh?" 1 asked stern iy. " 'At the sound of the name Sir Wil ham burst forth into a torrent of iin preoptions that made my blood run cold Truly at that moment he was mad, and knew not what he said. I found after wards that, thoroughly believing Hugh to be the murderer of his brother, he had driven him away, lorbidding him ever to appear again in his presence more. "'I mourned deeply for both the brothers, but more especially Tor Hugh knowing wnat he would have to suffer. I sought by every means to trace him. but in vain; I never heard of him again till he suddenly made his appearance here to-night.' such was Mr. Macdon- aid's story. "In the morning, after breakfast, Hugh joined us. He was very pale from recent emotion, but his counte nance expressed the Joy he felt In' the restoration of his father's affection and In the establishment of his innocence. He in his turn inquired what bad taken place that fatal day, and Mr. Macdon ald had to repeat to him what he had told me. '"The villain!' Hugh exclaimed. 'I had left my gun and cap in the ha!l,and he must have taken them, as I could not find them when I was going out. I never Joined poor Walter. Xot a word passed between u I heard a shot as I was hastening to join them, for Walter handled a gnu so awkwardly that I was always afraid he would do himself some mischief. What followed you know. My oaths, my protestations, wee not beiieved; branded with the crime of murder, I was driven away. I knew not which way to turn, nor what to do; but at last I determined to go up to London aud wait there till the truth came out, as I believed it would. "'I suppose at tho time' I had "to scold you so dreadfully for your mis takes, you had heard of your cousin's illness?' I said. " 'Yes, the servant who had travelled with Mr. Macdonald and me,' replied Hugh, smiling, 'met me one day in London, and after that came to me several times, and kept me informed of what was going on at home. He Is ac quainted with Miss Fraser's maid, I believe that is how he gained his in formation.' "Apropos of Miss Fraser, I have something to tell yoa, I said. I then related my adventure at Lady Blake's party. I had not told him before, for I thought it was sheer cruelty to help to nourish a hopeless passion. "Hugh's cheeks glowed like a girl's the tears sprang to his eyes. 'Heaven bless my darling Alice!' he cried. "In spite of Hugh's entreaties, I could not wait to be presented to Sir William that morning; I could nut pro long my stay, for business was pressing As I left Ueathcroum, the old servants of the bouse assembled iu the hall-.- the word had gone rourd that it was I who had befriended Mr. Hugh in his adver sity. They came up, eager to shake hands with me, and wish me God speed. 'It was about six months after this that, on entering my office one morning I fouud Hugh Graham's card on my desk, with an invitation to dinner for the next day at the hotel at which he was staying. I went, and there I found Hugh and h:s wife they had just re turned from their wedding tour. I cannot say more thau that Alice Gra ham was as lovely as Alice Frasor had bea. "I twos in the following year that Sir William Graham died. His health had baen broken down by the suffering he had undergone, but the latter days of his life were male happy by the de votion of his sm and daughter-in-law. The house at Hsatharburn was an old rambling place, and badly situated; it was full of painful associations loo. Mr Hugh determined to have it pulled dowuj aud a new mansion built on a better sight. I was the architect chosen for the work. That was the beginning wf my improved fortunes. Heather- PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER .28. 1SS5. burn House made my name known. Sir Hugh is member for his native coun ty now, and never loses an opportunity of throwing a commission in my way. So here I am! By-the-by. comedown to the house to-morrow night; there Is to be a debate in which Sir Hugh is sure to speak and I will introduce you after wards." "With all my heart," I answered. "What a lucky fellow you are Jervis!" "Well, I cast my bread upbu the waters, you see, aud found it after many days." he returned. Facts Concerning Itreama. A French physician. Dr. Delannay, tells some interesting fact about dreams. These are embodied in a communica tion to the Societo de Bitlogie of Fiiris. It is well known, when a person is lying down, the blood flows most easily to the brain. That is why some of the ancient philosophers worked ont their thoughts iu bed. Certain modern thinkers have imitated this queer method of industry. Daring sleep, so long as the head m laid low, dreams take the placo of cohe rent thoughts. There are, however, different sorts of dreams; and Dr. Delannay 'a purpose, in his original communication, is t'j ehow that the manner of lying br'ns on a particular kind of dream. Thin, according to this investigator, uneasy and disagreeable dreams accompany lying npon the back. This fact is ex plained by the connection which i? known to exist between tho orgaps a' sensation and the posterior part of th brain. The mo3i general method of lying, perhaps, is on the right side; and tin. appears to be also tho most natural method, for many persons object tr lying npon the side of tho heart, which, it has been ruoie than oneo asserted, should have free action daring sleep. Nevertheless, Dr. DJaunay's state ments hardly harmonize with this opin ion. When one sleeps on the right side, that is to 6ay, upon the right eida of tho brain, one's dreams have marked and rather unpleasant characteristics. These characteristics, however, are es sentially those which enter into the popular definition of dreams. One's dreams are then apt to bo illogical, ab surd, childish, uncertain, incoherent, full of viyacity and exaggeration. Dreams which come from sleeping on the right side are, in short, simple de ceptions. They bring to mind very old and faint remembrances, and they are often accompanied by nightmares. Dr. Delannay points ont that sleeper frequently composo verses or rhythmi cal language while they are lying on the right side. This verse though at times correct enough, is absolutely with out sense. The moral faculties are then at work, but the intellectual faculties are absent. On the other baud, when a person slumbers on his left brain, Lis Jream.i are not only less absurd, but they may also be intelligent. They are, as a rnlo concerned with recent things, not with reminiscences. And, since the faculty of articulated language is found in the left side, the words nttereJ daring such dreams are frequently comprehensible. THO Dandelion crate. Dandelion parties are the prevailing croze jnst now. This is perLapa as harmless as any of tho crazss. and, as it opens rare possibilities for real use fulness, we hope it will spread to the west. The dandelion party is simply an assemblage of young ladles and gen tlemen who dig np dandelion plants with knives and store them in baskets. Or course there ia an iufiuity of pretty little details. Tho baskets mny show the good taste of the young ladies or tho depth of their papa's purses. They may be decked with gay ribbons or trimmed with rich laces, or if a yonng widow be of the party wo suppose ht-r basket may be set oil with mourning goods. The knives, of coarse, tuny range from tho common table knife to a blade with golden handle relieved by diamonds. Bat the main business of tho party is to dig np dandelions, end herein lies the possibility of its usefulness. If a man haye at once a handsome daughter and a lawn overran with dandelions he is likely to encourage the yonng folks in the new craze. If hia lawn ba cliotca wiih thistles or mullein stalks or "Jim- sou" weeds, it is all the same, sinca in ,' all likelihood the young persons corn- ! posing the party know very httlo nnd ) care much less what they dig np so long as it is play and not work. To tho farmer who wants his potato- patch hoed this cmz) suggests an eco nomical means, but he must bo direful to conceal his real pui poses; aud it is not utterly impossible that if onr mayor wonid bestir himself in tho right direo he might organize dandelion parties for the cleaning of ou; streets and alleys. It to a Tonnct of Fire. Train 60C of the Iron Mountain road that'arrived at the Union Depot at 7 a. m., on Oct. 8th, had a narrow escape about 1L40 the night before that would have resulted in the loss of many lives if the train had been fifteen minutes later. It was between 1 redericktown and Marquand, 104 miles from St. Louis, when the train containing cue baggagecar, two coaches, and one sleep er, was rounding a short curve. The engineer, named uoy.e, observed ttat bridge 872, which he was about to p;u3 through, about 150 feet in length, wa3 wrapped in one sheet of flames. To stop his train, Boyle saw was impossible at so short a distance, ana the only alternative was to go through the bridge on the track, or go through the small stream that flowed below. The dash was made safely tbrouh the flames, and then a stop was effected. The train hands all lent a helping hand, and the flames were extinguished, but not be fore a large portion had been eatea away by the fire. The passengers on board the train did not learn how near they were to death, as they lay stretch ed out in sleep. As stated by the train men in charge, il ' the tram baa been only about fifteen minutes behind time in reaching this bridge, the fire would have burned into the supports, and, as it would be impossible for the engineer to stop his train, all on board would have perished In a horrible death, either by fire, water or in a collision. Upon being notified that she wai ju dicially separated from her husband, a .North-Country lady said to a Iii-ud that she felt "quite unmanned." A hodebx novel has the following passage "With one hand he held tho beautiful golden head ab07s the chill ing waves, and with the other called loudly foe assistance." The lille Lawyer. It was a capital hit and well deliv ered, full between the eyes. It sent the recipient, a gaudily-dressed fop, spin ning into the gutter, much to the detri ment of the fine apparel, and served him right for insulting an unprotected girl, whose hurried steps and timid manner betrayed her uneasiness at being alone on the street at such an hour. Having done his duty in the premises. and waiting to see the bespattered cox comb pick himself up gracefully and sink away abashed and cowed, Ned Ar mour turned to see what bad become of his protege. She stood trembling, as thought fright had arrested her steps. Her pale face, on which the light of a neighboring lamp chanced to fall, was of surpassing beauty; and Xed being a knight as gal lant as brave, begged permission to see her safe home. In a sweet, gent'o voice, with u slightly foreign tinge, she accepted tne offer, aud the two walked on together for the most part silently. "Will you not come in, sir?" said the girl stopping at the door of a plain-looking house. "My father, I am sure, will wish to thank you for the kind service you have rendered. He is an invalid, and it wa3 an errand to procure him some neces saries that took me out to-night. Xed accepted the invitation, and that was the beginning ot his acquaintance with M. Bertrand and his charming daughter Marie, Ned Armour was the junior of a law Crni of which his uncle, Mr. Banting, was the head. He had little love for the profession, but had entered it to please his uncle, to whom he owed everything, his rearing included. It is safe to say that after tne adventure lust related he spent two evenings in the society of Marie and her father to one passed with Coke and Blackstone. M. Beit rand was an old soldier of the Srst empire, who, with the fall of his chief, had lost all; and driven into exile wiih his infant child, he had wandered from country to country in the hope to mend his fortune. Now, his daughter and himself had no other dependance than the earnings cf the former, who turned to tho best account her profi ciency in music by giving private les sons. Ned would gladly have assisted his friends from his own purse, had ho known how to do so without giviug of fense to the proud old soldier. "I've been thinking of a wife for you," said Ned's uncie one morning, as the two sat together in the senior's privat3 ollice." "So have I," replied Ned. "Ahem I returned the uncle. "I've picked one out for you," he continued. "I've picked cue out for myself," said Ned, "that is, provided I can obtain her consent." ''The deuce you have!" exclaimed the head of the firm, who had always regarded the question as cue within his own exclusive jurisdiction. There is no knowing to what a pitch the discussion would have reached but Tor the entrance of two gentlemen, who came to consult Mr. Banting, A Frenchman, a stranger, it seems, had died suddenly while on a visit to the city some years before, leaving a large sum of money. One of the two gentlemen present had ben appointed trustee of the fund, and the other chtinied to be next of kin to the deceas ed, whose cousin he asserted him to be. "The deceased spoke of having a brother," said the trust?, "in search of whom he was traveling." "les, his brother Antoine," said the other, "who absconded from this coun try years ago, and cf whoce death I have ample proofs." Ihe papers were submltedto Mr. I Banting, who promised to examine them and give his opinion next day, at which time, if everything was regular. the money was to ba turned over to the claimant. It wasn't often that Ned paid much attention to the business of the ollice; but the mention of certain names dur ing tl'.c colloquy caused him to prick up his ears while eemin;ly busy wiih the morning paper; and, live minutes later he was running at full speed to the house of his friends the Bertrans. At the appointed hbur next morning the same two gentlemen came to hear Mr. Banting's decision. Ned, as be fore, had the morning imjier before him but kept a sharp ear turned. "These papers appear to be all right," observed Mr. Banting. "I have scru tinized them carefully and Dud nothing wanting." ''Then it only remains to pay over the money, I suppose," said the heir expectant, rubbing his hands. "Nothing more," replied Mr. Baut ing. The trustee produced his accounts, showing the sum on hand, which had been largely enhanced by accruing interest, and was beginning to draw a check for tho amount, when Ned Armour threw .".bide his taper and strode forward. "Don't be toe fasti" he exclaimed. It was the first time Ned had ever interfered in a business consultation, and his untie looked up surprised. "Why, what do you know about it?" asked the hitter. "I've a witness In my private room I think you'd better examine before proceeding further," answered Ned. "Wait a moment and I'll bring him." Ned stepped out and returned im mediately, escorting an infirm old man, whose eyes Hashed as it fell on the cowering countenance of the would-be heir. "Te'l these gentlemen who you are," said Ned, "though one of them doesn't seem to need the information." 'I am Antoine Bertrand," replied the old man, proudly, "the brother and heir of him on whose fortune this base wretch seeks to lay his lawless grasp. It was this villian, when the star of my illustrious chief went down at Water loo,who,through perjury and falsehood, drove me into exile, and received as tho reward of his perfldy.my entire wealth. The proofs he now presents are as false those l.e manufactured then, but I have documents here which will leave no doubt as to my right." The false heir did not remain to see inspected the packet of papers which the old man presented. Suffice it to say, they were found in all respects correct Marie Bertrand was now a match for the wealthiest man in the laud, and when Ned told his uncle that it was she whem he had picked out for a wife the old gentleman didnt object; neither did Marie nor her father; and Ned Armour lived for many years the happiest of husbands. The higher form of life often come bam exercising the higher faculties. liMDitamy la Africa. A late traveler ia Congo says; giving the surplus baggage to a native one will always appear when wanted we hastened forward and entered the town of Ishore just as the sun was veiling its face behind the forest line stretching across the western sky. No new feat ures were marked in the town; the same narrow lanes, same mud huts, same general appearance. A few points of difference may be noted. They par take more of the Yournba color a brown rather than black. They take on more of the energetic spirit of the Ilouras than the Guinea nations to the west of them. We find a comfortable hut m which to pass the night and to which we are welcomed with true hospitality. This is rendered more intense by a small dash of tobacco. A good evening meal is served and we throw ourselves down upon a couch of skins, aud with Out chie whe.e we can reach him with a word, we fall off to sleep and dream. The first sun opens our eyes in the morning, and to a novel scene. Ont chie gives a short laugh, a cross between a choke and a sneeze, and be sees me with open eyes and attempts to apolo gize for the freshness of the morning custom. It seems two or three members of the family had occupied the room with us and were now engaged in the morning ablution. Standing iu a large English bath pan. some three feet in diameter, was an African Focahontas, enveloped iu a cream lather of soap from bead to foot. A servant was washing her down, aud with soft native sponges made from the shavings of an elastic bark he left her dry and polished as a black marble statue. A full morning bath is a daily neces sity in Afnca if health and comfort is a desideratum, and the 3 p. m, bath in some portions of Guinea is an obser vance seldom departed from except by the lower classes. Our turn comes next, aud at a word from Outchie, Pocahon tas and her attendants vanish, and two servants put me through the same re freshing ordeal, finishing with the lime juice bath. This fits the skin for per forming its proper functions during the trying hours of an African mid day. "Do you want your hair dressed?" asked a larber on Broadway a day or two ago after he had finished shaving his customer. "Yes, of course," said the customer. "You wiil excuse me for asking," said the barber, "but I suppose you know the style ha3 changed now, so that the barbering business ain't what it was by 800 per cent. Our swell cus tomers don't have their hair dressed at all. They simply run a comb through it. make a hidf-way part, and let it lie as it will. It looks kinder careless and distinguished, you know, and not as though gotten up for the occasion. A few uf our customers have their hair brushed dry ami parted accurately, but they are in the very small minority. As for oil we no longer keep it in the shop, though we have a little grease con stautly on baud for the old-fash toned customers who like it. As near as I car. understand from what our swell cus tomers say, they hate to smell as if they'd come from a barber shop A eood many club men who come here lust have the razor passed over the face once, and do not have bay rum pat ou the c-hin or on the hair. It looks pretty well, too, to my mind, because oplc wear their hair shmt now, and if the hair is cut short aud allowed to grow as it will, it is apt to cive the appearance of the head a belt-r outline than if the hair is oiled and plastered down solidly. "It is the same way with men who wear beards. Only a few yeara ago cus- toniers always had a littie something put ou their beards to make them stay right, and they took kindly to a spray of perfume after the work was done. Nothing of that sort goes now, how ever. Beards are usually trimmed close and brushed dry. It's a big difference from what it was when I went into the business. At that lime customers kept bottles of lavender water at the shop, used grease, cosmetics, and color ing matter, insisted on being shaved clore to the chin, and when they went out of the shop and walked abroad any body knew where they'd been if he didn't come within ten feet of them. Any man could be a barber Nowadays; out it took an artist to arrive at any eminence in his profession when I start ed in." Tva and Tobacco n Alaska. While descending the Yukon says a recent writer, many natives visited our lfoatirg palaca of lcg3 la their canoes and offered us for sale small birch-bark baskets full of stunned huckleberries, the one common begging being for either tea or tobacco. "Chyt chy chy!" we heard from morning till night. A person wholly unfamiliar with the word, and having no interpreter, might think as he invaded this laud that is was a native methoi of salutation. a sort of "Good day, sir!" "Welcome!"' or their equivalent, but it isn't anything of the sort. It is the Itussian for tea. and you hear the Indians begging for it far beyond where the Russians them selves had ever been tradiug on the nver. As this commodity first sought the river in the hands of the liusslan tra ders at nearly both ends of the great stream (for the Yukon river, over 2,C00 miles long, heads within twenty or thirty miles of the Pacific ocean), it is very likely that the Indians knew no ether name for it, and as they cultiva ted its taste, they also appropriated its Itussian name. With tea and tobacco for trading material, a traveler may journey anywhere in Alaska and the British northwest territory, ar.d as long as it lasts he will be supplied with the current coin of the realm. Iotae After the first day of July, 1S35 the rates of postage in the United States became lower than in any country under the postal system. At that time the rate was 2 cents for each ounce or fraction thereof, instead of a half ounce as at present. "Mr wife, said an old gentleman in the hotel reading-room, "bought her last dress 20 years ago." "Bjen an in valid since then?" inquired a baldhead el man. "No." "Been making it over ever since?" inquired another lis tener. ''No, never needed it" "Most have been made cnt of good cloth. Of Mnm it was TVi T ttnk- lika a man who would bny a cheap dress tc bnry his wife ia?" NO. 44. NKWS IX CHIEF- Mdwaukee is now 50 years old. Brooklyn is threatened with a water famine. Dakota expects to receive 100,000 immigrants this year. Mortgage is from the French, meaning "death grips." The anti-cigarette law of New Jer sey has proved a failure. Three savings banks have failed in Erie, Fa., inside ot a year. In the eye of the California law staring at a lady is an offense. Only 50 per cent, of the children in New York city attend school. New York claims to have more than a thousand female speculators. Onlv two children have been born in the White House since it waj built. Caron Tennyson on April 6 cele brated tho seventy-sixth anniversary of his birth. The report of recent gold discover ies in the central part of Wyoming is confirmed. Sixty thousand books and pamph lets have been published by Congress since luG. In four squares of the city of Alle gheny, Fa., fifteen wife-beaters have been found. Unusual activity is said to have been prevailing lately in the Russian uock yards. A white camel is an odd object that serves as a nine days' wonder at the London Zoo. Krupp is at present chiefly manu facturing guns for China, Turkey, Japan and Egypt. Statistics show that the population of Ireland has decreased 3,200,000 in forty-five years. There are six or eight consulships in China to be filled, which pay salaries or 13,500 and 55,000. A street in San Bernardino Is so over-grown with sunflowers as to ob struct travel along it. No Wagner parlor or sleeping cars will be run into Canada during the prevalence of the smallpox. Dr. Hierme Eetsof, an eminent oculist, says that the common electric light produces color blindness. One-franc stamps of the Republic of 1S13 are exceedingly scarce. They now bring i 10 each in Paris. Wheat has been grown upon lands in the Red River Valley for forty years in succession without manure. Every defaulter and thief striving to reach Canada by way of Chicago is arrested and detained in that city. Congressman Holman does not be lieve that the Indians in the United States number more than 210.000. Tho amount annually paid to the teachers of the United States is$G0, UOo.OuO, an average of about 1 100 apiece. The thirty-eight States of the Union contain 2,2uO counties. Texas leads with 151, and Georgia follows with 127. Sixteen hundred doves were recent ly bagged by sportsmen in a single day in the rice fields of West Wateree, S. C. The numbef of emigrants who left Irish ports in 18So was 108,916, an in crease of 19,050 as compared with 1SS2. The oldest court house in the Mis sissippi Valley has just been torn down. It stood in the town of St. Genevieve. Mo. Peter the Great's boots, the original model of the "Wellingtons" are still exhibited as curiosities at St. Peters burg. Five million pounds of dynamite are used annually for blasting purposes in tho territory west of the Missouri river. It is said the Cape Cod cranberry crop this year will be about 23,000 bar rels, or 10,000 less than last year's pro duct. With an eye to future riots, the Cleveland Police Board have distribut ed two hundred revolvers among the ponce. The Government is now buvincr silver bullion at such a rate that the value of the silver dollar is only 83 cents. The oldest apothecary shop in Ber lin will celebrate in 133d its 400th anni versary. The shop was recently sold . -j i fr u tor s j,uuu,iaiv. The office continues to seek the man at Calhoun, Ga., where there is a vacant marsbalsbip (J120 per annum) but no takers. Eveiy one, rich and poor, in Japan take3 a dip at least once a day in a cal- dron of hot water. The rich bathe be fore dinner and at bed-time. At a recent public execution at Helena, Ark., railroads ran excursion trains from the towns In the vicinity and sold 0,000 round trip tickets. In 1SC0 Wayne county, Pa., had eighteen tanneries in operation. As the bark disappeared the number dwindled until now there are but six. Ninety-four years have elapsed since old Philip Ginter stumbled over a piece of anthracite coal. Last year 3 1,000,'JOO tons were mined In Pennsyl vania. In the number of book3 published, Germany is said to lead, haying during l.-3 printed more works than the United States and Great Britain com bined. In Georgia carp ponds are very numerous, each county having on an average about twenty-two. The total number in the State is about three thousand. A vessel which arrived at New York a few days ago reports having, while off the coast, passed through great shoals of mackerel, extending over a distance of Gfty miles. It is noticed that as a result of tree culture birds are becoming quite numer ous in parts of Dakota. In Kingsbury and some other counties quails are making their appearance. Postage stamps are of a far more recent origin than many people imagine. Great Britain was the first country to issue them, and in 1340 a prepaid en velope made its appearance. A machine, which it is claimed does as much work as forty-eight men could by band, is U3ed at Durham, N. C, and turns out cigarettes at the rate of two hundred per minute. In Chester county. Pa., there is a remarkable black cat which supports itself by catching fish in the mill pond. Sue dives Into the water, clear out of sight, and rarely misses her prey. A population as great as that of Philadelphia was living in less than 20.01)0 tenement houses in New York at the close ot last year. The extreme of the density of population in that city is TOO per acre. I .V "it go happenea umt. If t
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