B. F. SCHWEIER, TEE OOSSTiTUTlOI THE TJHOI AID TEE ESTOXOEHEBT 01 THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XL. MIFF LINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA., WEDNESDAY. AFKIL 21, 1SS(3. NO. 17.' Hp Knoweth Best. knows wtt keys In hrU to touch, TWrom to dra the aweetest strain, J,7,ier now of joy's clad song, meloiies made sott by pain. .d isme P-"""" must waIk E, towW vaies of weary way, alUe other in some happier clime, Cpon themouut of joy may stay. in the cranJ ascending song, "oras sweet they all unit c-iaor discord in the strain floats along uills of Uht- rain or joy our harpjtnngs tune, Rrfore a levins father s throne, wt.eet synilihonious song shall rise. 3Jr il O IxrJ, not ours be done." OUT IN TrU: COLD WORLD. It la a glorious morning In early AnriL Flo Brymer is eitting alone in coi zeously -furnished morning-room Iwaltiiiz the advent of Mrs. Fitz-Mau-e Smith. When Flo arrived, that idy was absent at an entertainment; but this morning site has intimatad trough ber maid tliat it is her pleasure hoIJ an interview with her new gov. sness at ten o'clock precisely in her BoruiBg-room. It is talf-past ten; but no Mrs. Fitz jlaurice Smith has as yet put in an ap pearance. Flo is tired of contemplat es tie tables and cabinets crowded rlta brie a lrac; she is equally .weary the photograph of a large stout wo nan much Itslizened with lace adorn ing the gold-fnnged mantelshelf, and which iustinct tells her is the portrait afllrs. Fitz-Maurice Smith. Finally the door handle turns slowly, and Mrs. Fitz-Maurice Smith enters the room. She is a tall and very portly woman Df between forty and fifty. Her com plexion is fiend, her hair of a golden hoe, elaborately dressed, and surmoun ted by an airy cap; her handsare very h;g, very white, and very much bediz ened with diamonds. She is clad in a rich heavily-falling silk overladen with trimming, and she wears on her bhoul Jers a pale-blue Shetland shawl, not for t sake of its warmth, but because the s&Je suits her pinky-white skin. She advances with dignified step to ward Flo, who has risen to meet her, and holds out the tips of two broad white Cngcrs from the folds of her Shetland" shawl, saying, in a slightly nasal tone, and with a decided lisp "Miss Brymer, 1 suppose? I am afraid have kept you waiting; but my little dog had no appetite this morning, for his breakfast, and I have been trying' to coax him to eat a little." Flo triej to repress a smile as she an swers, reseating herself on her low chair and shutting up her pocket-book "I have been busy with my accounts so the time did not seem very long." Mrs. Smith establishes herself in a roomy causeuse, and contemplates her new governess through her double eye-glasses for some moments in silence After a while the scrutiny bacoraes em harrassipg to' Flo, who feels desperately inclined to laugh; so she proceeds to business. "Vou wish to speak to me about the children, I think, Mrs. Smith?'; she asks. "Mrs. Fitz-Maurice Smith,' corrects that lady severely. Flo bows her head in meek accep tance of the rebuke. "Yes; I wish to give you an idea of the general order of things, and a list of the studies to be pursued, which I have drawn up." "I have hitherto made my owa ar rangements about lessons," answers rio, smiling. "If you will kindly enu merate Uie various studies, and say how many hours a day you would like the children to work, I need not trouble you further." "Ah! I see you have been accustom ed to people who, having engaged their governess, consider they have done Uteirduty to ttelr children; but I a"u not of that opinion. I superintend every thing. In this house there is a time for everything and for everything a time." Flo bends her head slightly, and awaits further particulars. "Yoisaw the children, of course, at fie school-room breakfast?" "Yes," assents Flo readily. "Your chief charge will be Cornelia. She is unusually advanced in all her studies, far mare so than most girls of her age. She has however four mas ters drawing, music, German, and Latan so that you need not feel difli dent about undertaking her. Yoot dnty win simply be to prepare her for the different lessons. You may have observed that the dear child is very QilicateV" Mis. Smith pauses. "Jfo." answers Flo honestly; "she made a hearty breakfast this morning. " "I am glad to hear it," responds Mrs. Smith with a frown; "but Cor nelia Is nevertheless extremely delicate so. much so that, unless engaged in oot-of-door exercise, I wish her to lie on her back for the greater part of each day. In a recumbent position she cannot, of course, study without great Inconvenience; consequently it will be Jour duty to read and re-read her les sons for her until she knows them by heart, 'Whilst you are engaged with Cornelia, Dot, Trot, and Tom will walk with their maid." "And what time shall I devote to little ones?" asks Flo, somewhat aghast "Ah, I Live a theory of my own re specting the little ones! I think it a at mistake for small children to be taught en massa; so you will kindly take the little ones fcr an hour each, parately, every day. I have made out a complete list of your duties, and I think i placed it in that cupboard" Pointing majestically to a large black cabinet embellished with much gilding. Flo is beginning to feel amused: she )s still more amused when, having dls otarred a full-sized piece of bristol ward closely covered with extremely o.ack caligraphy. she finds that it con tains full particulars of her work. She hO'ds it at arm's length with both hands wonders vaguely whether Mrs. xitr-Maurice Smith is aware that only tenty-four hours go to make a day. "I am a thoroughly energetic and "ttlhodical woman. continues Mrs complacently, "and you will find that you have there full occupation for every five minutes in the day. You willob ierve that in many instances I have contrived to make the time serve two JPOses-'S P. M. to 6 P. M., you see, orneliaat German; Trot, Dot, and n. needlework. Governess reads drench aloud again, 8-30 P. M. Co J15! calisthenics, questioned meau- on mental arithmetic' " f to is still gazing blankly at her huge 2of cardboard. . Don't you see?" asks Mrs. Smith ""Patiently. "So," answers Flo quietly. "I IMn this list will need a little study. Mrs, Fitr-Maurice Smith." "Ob, perhaps sol I know everybody can't seize an idea as I can. You had better take the card with you, Miss, 13rymer, and please place it on the centre of the mantlepiece; it will act as a remmuer." "Tliank you; yes, it will certainly be as well to have it to refer to," responds Flo, in a tone where self-complacent Mrs. Smith detects no tinge of satire. .men sue rises, and is about to leava me room, when the lady of the houso calls her back. 4 ti 1 r i i . . . . vu, .miss urynier. i,tuinK 1 men tioned in my letter that my children bad most gentle and affectionate dispo sitionsl You must be very lament with them, or I can't answer for the conse quences." "I dare say I shall be able to manage them," answers Flo. somewhat impa tiently; and she is about to retire, when a tall fair-haired girl of eighteen en ters the room. "My daughter. Miss Fitz-Maurice Smithl" announces Mrs. Smith conde scendingly. "Louie, this Is the new governess." Flo smiles, and holds out a hand of friendship. The girl looks so sweet, she cannot surely have inherited the mother's pompous mannerj But Miss Louie seems considerably taken aback by the proffered hand; she shakes it however after a very limp fashion, bestowing at the same time a long cold stare on Flo. "The children are making the most demoniacal noise in the school-room," she observes to her mother, with a dis gusted shrug of her drooping shoulders. Flo waits not for the' command she sees hovering on the lips of Mrs. Smith but; passing swiftly out of the room, mounts to the school-room. Here, as she anticipated, anarchy reigns supreme. It u a lofty well-ventilated room, and the long French window opening out on to a brood iron balcony stands wide open to admit the mild spring sun shine. In the distance, beyond the well-kept flower-beds and more dis tant meadows, lies the sparkling sail dotted English Channel. "What a delightful retreat were it not for these little wretches!" thinks Flo to herself, as she pictures the bare back room in which her poor mother is bound to spend so many sunless hours. There is a lull on her first appear ance, armed with her square yard of cardboard, then a renewed outburst of shouts and yells, broken at length by Tom's voice raised shrill and loud above the rest. "Tyrant, vampire, viperl Three his ses for the governess!" The called for hisses are readily given. "Don't think that I am one of your knock-under milk-and-water misses I" screams Cornelia. "There is nothing like a hornpipe to quiet one's nerves!'' cries Tom. "Yow, yow, yowf" yells Trot, not to be behindhand in the tumult Flo makes no attempt to quell the noise; she simply sits down in a ' low chair by the Open window, and breaks into a hearty laugh. This unprecedented behavior on tUa part of Miss Brymer goes farther in producing silence than any exercise of authority could have gone; the children cease their noise to investigate the phe nomenon; then Flo speaks pleasantly pleasantly enough, but with a little satirical smile. "What a pretty welcome I But your mamma told me you were all sweet children." Cornelia, being the oldest, looks a Uifle ashamed of herself. "I have four masters and a French maid," she announces vaingloriously, "and I hunt twice a week." "Indeed!" responds .Miss Brymer carelessly. "I must have misunder stood your mamma; I thought she said there was something the matter with your spine." "Oh. ma always tells tha governesses that! The truth is I have to lie on my back for my figure. Louie have you seen Louie?" "Yes." "Well, Louie is a splendid figure, only eighteen inches round the waist and as straight as a dart. It was lying on her back did it alL" 'What lying on her back reduced her waist to eighteen incues?" ques tions Flo, laughing. But Cornelia's reply is lost amid the noise of Tom's powerful young lungs; te evidently thinks it Is his turn to be heard. "I say, how long did you stop where you were last?" he demands, planting himself well in front of Flo, with his hands in his knickerbocker-pockets. "About three years," answers Miss Bnmer. "Three years!" repeats Tom, with a whistle of amazement "Well, you needn't think you are going to stop here three years you couldnt do it!" confidently. "The longest we ever had stopped three months, and some stop only a day." "I am afraid you must be very naughty children," says Flo reproach fully. "Well, you see, the fact is there is a grain of wickedness In me every morn ing when I get up, and I have to dance it out," explains Tom, "And wickedness in me, too," Dot hastens to announce. "And me too!" echoes Trot, giving evidence of her degenerate nature by a shrill shriek. "I have kept a list of my governess es " continues Cornelia triumphantly. "I have had forty-seven. Last year we had seventeen, and the year before otilvsix." , One was a nigger quite black," explains Dot "and another had long red curls." "And one slapped me," puU in Trot, with a deeply injured air. 'My dear child, I doa't wonder at ltl" remarks Flo mildly. There is ageneral yeU of disapproval. "You need not think you are going to slap us. mamma would send you away directly if you did." "I should not take the trouble to slap any little gtrL" declares Flo, smil ing, t'lf 1 find you won't be good, 1 Shih! fhTl expect you'll go to-mct-rowl" remarks Tom thoughtfully. "I hope you won't-that is, if you know anything.- interposes ' Coratfiaj, in a complaining tone. "It is such a mfsance having to study by oneself. YoTse? my English master gives me s'uen frTgUUully difficult 1 really want some one to help me. "Then suppose we set to work at onrcV susreesta Flo cheerfully. "Very welL Tom, Dot, and Trot, you naughty children, you know you ought to be out walking. Go to Julia 9t once and be got readyl" atSawildrushof the younger members from the room, and then 1 lo settles down In the glowing sunshine to a long day of drudgery. - It is tha thlrd morning after Flo's installation as governess to Mrs. Fitz Maurice Smith's sweet children. She has requesttd an interview with their august mother for the purpose of in forming that formidable personage that she has decided on retiring from a field whence a few brave and many faint hearts have already been ousted. Flo can hold her own well enough with the children, who, though high spirited and utterly spoiled, are not without their redeeming good points, but she cannot brook the perpetual in solence and interference of their mother Flo has no wish to work in so un profitable a vineyard whilst other fields' lie open to her; consequently she has demanded an interview with her em ployer, and is even now standing firmly grasping the handle of the morning room door. She turns it, aud is about to enter, when, perceiving that Mr. Smith is the only occupant of the apart ment,she makesan excuse aud proceeds to withdraw. She is however quickly recalled. "Here, thingamy-bob! I want some one; you'll do!" Flo rather likes Mr. Smith, though he doe3 usually particularise her as "thingamy -bob" poor man he cannot be expected to remember all the gover nesses' names! so she enters the room and asks 'Is there anything I can do for you?" 'Can you write?" asks Mr. Smith doubtfully. His own corresponding powers are so very limited tkat he nat urally doubts those of others. "Yes," answers Flo, smiling a little. "Then sit down here, like a good what's-your-name. and tell this man I can't meet him on Thursday it's a hunting day." Flo selects a sheet of paper and com plies with the request. She has just nuished her note, when Mrs. Smith enters the room, and looks with some little astonishment from her governess to her husband. "Thingamy-bob has been writing to Tomkins for me. I couldn't wait for you," he explains, and then tramps hurriedly out to where his hors9 is awaiticg him. Mrs. Smith shrugs her shoulders de preciatingly. "Tom shall be so educated that he can write his own letters," she says de cidedly. Flo doubts in her heart whether Tom will grow up a truer man than his father, even though he may be able to write his own letters. "This, I believe, is the hour for Trot's geography-lesson," continues Mrs. Smith somewhat severely; "so perhaps you will be kind enough to say what you have to say quickly, Miss Brymer. ' "I will be as concise as possible, Mri Smith. I " "Fitz-Maurice Smith,' if you pease." "I really beg pardon," says Flo peni tently. - 4 ' Mrs. Smith draws her shawl around her shoulders more closely, with great dignity of action. "I only wished to say," continues Flo, after a moment's pause, "that as soon as you can make arrangements with some other governess, I should lile to leave." For some time Mrs. Smith stares at the girl In ' feigned surprise; then she demands resentfully "What have you to complain of, Miss Brymer? Why do you wish to resign your post?" - "I never care to make complaints," answers Flo, with a somewhat provok ing smile playing around the corners of her mouth. "I merely come to say : (bat I am anxious to leave." "Then allow me to tell you that I consider your conduct disgraceful, and, if you apply tj me for a reference, I shall not fail to expose your discredit able conduct -leaving me without an assignable reason for so doing!" "I shall not. trouble you for a refer ence," replies Flo, her cheeks pink at the insolent tone.adopted. 'Besides," she continues, in an undertone, "I have very good reason for my conduct." "Xame them!" cries Mrs. Smith in stentorian tones, hhe is inexpressibly annoyed to see so good and well-oiled a machine a3 Flo has proved herself dur ing the past two days slipping out of her bands. "You allow me to exercise no author ity over my pupils, and I find it impos sible to Instruct them properly without a certain amount of order and discip line." "Do you imagine, Miss Brymer, that I would allow you or any woman to Ill-treat my treasures?" An Irrepressible smile breaks over Flo's features as she makes answer "I do not think, Mrs. Smith, that your children have bad dispositions. Ill-treatment, I am sure, would be quite unnecessary; but they need to learn the meaning of the word 'obedi ence.'" "Which mean3 a total destruction of theirjoyous innocent naturesl" exclaims the lady excitedly. "No. Miss Brymer if you cannot rule them with love, you sliall never rule them with the rod. You must leave." "Yes," 'answers Flo readily, rising from her chair. "I shall do the very best for the children until you are suit ed." "Of course," ejaculates Mrs. Smith angrily; then she watches Flo trip briskly across the room. "Oh, Mis3 Brymer!" "Yes, Mrs. Fitz-Maurice Smith," answers Flo, pausing at the door. 'You may have heard that I am go ing to give a dance to-morrow even ing." "Yes," says Flo wonderingly. "I shall wish you to appear during the evening." "Wish me to appear'" echoes Flo, with some dim foreboding that she is being callfd on to enact "medium." "Yes, I always' have my governess present at any entertainment that I give; It shows that I keep one." "0!i, I am to come down to morrow evening!"' muses Flo aloud-then she continues, in an annoyed voice, "I would much rather keep in the school rooiiia " Mrs. Smith, unused to such rebellion stares hard. "Did you not hear me say,' she re marks crushingly, "that I choose you to be there?" It is the evening of the dance, and there is a sparkle of mischief in Flo's eyes as she stands putting the finishing touches to her toilette before the oval mirror in her small bed-room. She has arrayed herself in a shimmering while silk robe, a relic of her prosperous days. It is not a dress that she considers quite in keeping with her present position; bat she is annoyed at having to go down at all, and so has decided on a little in nocent revenge. Amidst the laces at her bosom she has placed a bunch of snow-drcps embedded in moss, and a corresponding bunch nestles against her neat brown plaits. Her gloves, fan, and the little high heeled shoes are all by the best makers; and Flo nods at her reflection approvingly. "I doubt somehow if Mrs. Fits-Maurice Smith will appreciate her gover ness this evening," she says, with a wicked little laugh. Then she makes her way to the schoolroom, where Cor nelia and the younger children are awaiting her. "Law I" exclaims that young lady. 'What a swell you are 1" "I really thought you were a lady at first," says Tom, promenading round Flo with evident admiration. "I shouldn't mind kissing you!" "I'm sure ma won't like your dress," continues Cornelia decidedly. Flo smiles as she makes answer, good-humcredly "Since your mamma was kind enough to Invite me to her dance, it would have been a poor compliment to attend it in linsey-woolsey." "I don't say linsey-woolsey, but a black dress, like our other governesses. Why, nobody will know who you are if you dress like that!" "You can relieve their minds by till ing them," answers Flo lightly; and then, without further parley, she leads the way down-stairs to the brilliantly lighted rooms where Mrs. Smith's guests are fast assembling. "Do you see that gentleman with his back to us, talking to Louie?" asks Cornelia, as thev enter the largest apartment, dedicated to dancing. "Yes," answers Flo, with a catch in her breath. It is ridiculous of her, of course men are so much alike in even ing dress but the bend of the head, the quarter-profile, with the drooping dark moustache, utrike her for the moment as being familiar. "He is the greatest catch in the neighborhood; and. If Louie marries him, ma says her utmost ambition will be satisfied." Flo cannot restrain a smile as she asks "What is his name?" But Cornelia finds no time to reply; along-legged youth with an eye-glass and a lisp is soliciting her baud for the coming dance, aud her attention is given to him. Flo stands for a moment, feeling altogether alone; her eyes are still half questlonlngly fixed on Louie and her stalwart cavalier. She is at too great a distance to catch any of their conver sation; but, as the notes of a valse break on the heated air, Lonie rises, and a minute later is whirling past the spot where Flo stands alone and unap preciated. She see's the man's face clearly as Louie's pink tulle train brushes against her skirts, and, after seeing it; she leaves the dancing-room, and, retiring to the dimly-lighted hall, proceeds to hide behind the ample skirts of soma half-dozen chap rani who cuosen thj luxurious lounges ch the hall as a desirable resting-place con veniently handy to the refreshment table. The corner Flo has selected Is very obscure, and. what with the heat, the dlstznt sound of music, and the near buzzing cf the dowagers' tongues, she i3 beginning to experience a sense of drowsiness, when a deep voice saysin accents of surprise close to her ear Yon down in Sunshlre, Miss Brymer! I did not know that you bad friends in this part of the country." Glancing up quickly, she sees a pair of kindly'gray eyes looking with pleased surprise into hers. For a moment Flo's hand Is held in a firm clasp which dees much towards rousing her from her ureams; and she an wers, with a smile and a dash of her old piquancy "I don't think yeu can accuse me of having many friends, or you would not find me sitting out" "All," he-answered with a cheery laugh. ' "you are a stranger in the neighborhood! But I'll soon find you plenty of partners if you wish to dance; only first give me your programme and kt me mark down my own." 'I don't posse a programme, and I am quite sura I am not expected to dance," answers Flo, with a comic little shake of her head. "I am Mrs. Smith's governess." "You are Joking!" says the gentle man, speaking incredulously. "Indeed I am not,'' responds Flo, with what appear like tears in her eyes. "I have been earning my bread for the past three years." He doe3 not laugh at her tragic way of putting it, but answers gravely 'I heard of your father's death, but had no idea that it would make any change in your circumstances. I always thought him wealthy." 'It waslhe old story," answers Flo sadly. "He concealed the real state of his affairs from us, hoping, I suppose, that they would mend; then came the double shock of his death and poverty." 'And your mother?" questions the gentleman, in a low tone. 'Oh, she is living at Waretown with Harry, who has some vague idea that he is going to repair the fortunes of the family by becoming a great doctorl" "And why could you not remain with them?" asks the gentleman, knitting his brows slightly. "Because I am common-place enough to require food and clothing." replies Flo, with an almost bitter ring in her young voice. A flash overspreads the man's face as he recognizes that he had wounded her Flo notes the deepening color, and hastens to heal the hurt her mo mentary Impatience has caused. "I developed a talent for teaching,'? she explains lightly, "just at the right time; and it is really not such very bad work, except in exceptional cases." "And is this an exceptional case?' he questions. Flo gives a laughing but expressive nod. "There is the music striking up for another valse; dance it with me for the sale of 'auld lang syne,"" says the rentletnan pleadingly. Flo rises willingly enough, and lays lit r neatly-gloved hand on his arm. Half an hour later the same gentle man Is holding a few moments' con verse with Miss Fitz-Maurice Smith. "I nearly had a fit just now, Mr. Cole," remarks that young lady. hiding her face telund her fan, as though to conceal her mirthful tendencies. "Indeed! How so?" "Yes, I thought I should have died with laughing. Of course you did not know it; but you were dancing witn our governess." "I am sorry I comported myself so absurdly as to endanger your nervous system," replies Mr. Cole politely. "It was the idea of Miss Brymer's having deluded you into danciug with her that amused me explains Louie, "Why, she has actually got one of the officers from Aldershot now! I must find ma, and tell her to send her up stairs." "Please don't I Introduced Major Fullerton." "Ah, I had forgotten your ltadlcal tendencies!" remarks Miss Smith, with a slight sneer. "I believe you would take off your hat to a nursemaid if you met her in the park." "very likely if she chanced to be pretty " responds Mr. Cole carelessly. It is half-past two o'clock a. m., and tbe guests, with the exception of. two or three gentlemen still lingering about tho billiard-room door, have taken their departure. In the deserted dapclng room sits Mr3. Smith, arrayed in itorge ous robes of trailing ruby velvet Be fore her, with her bands loosely clasped and ber figure drawn to its full height, stands a girl in shimering white silk. Their attitudes are those of judge and criminal; but the girl appears the mote self possessed of the two. "By the very earliest train to-morrow rooming you understand?" Mrs. S;pith is saying. "Or rather this morning," corrects Fio calmly. "Yes, of course, this morning," as sents Mrs. Smith augrily j'and remember that I consider your conduct has been most outrageous and unprecedented." "I am sorry that you don't approvo of my conduct," says Flo, raising her eye-brows slightly; "but I feel no cause for self-reproach." "Xo cause for self-reproach!" ex claims Mrs. Smith, in a voice rendered almost shrill by excitement. "Then allow me to tell you that you have beea tte laughing-stock of the whole room, behaving in such a bold and forward manner. Mrs. Smith rises majestically aud begins to sail across the room. "One moment, Mrs. Smith, If you please," says Flo quietly. "Well?" demands that lady, pausing on her way to the door. I should have resented the words I have been listening to from a lady; as it is, I let them pass. Good evening." "A lady? I am a ladyl I don't know what you mean!" exclaims Mrs. Smith, flushing angrily to the roots of her hair. Flo sinks Into the chair lately occu pied by ber employer, and falls to thiuk icg sadly. A servant comes into the room to ex tinguish the lights; so, with a sigh, half of relief that her freedom is so neara half of regret at the unsatisfactory ending to her engagement, she prepare' to seek her room. She has just reach ed the foot of tbe stairs when a hand Is placed restrainlngly on her arm; and, turning, she meets two earnest eyes. "I am so sorry. It is I who have brought you into all this trouble," says Mr. Cole apologetically. "Oh, no; pray don't distress yourself about that!" answers Flo, smiling back im. . I ahqold tuvvo . been lea rln sJn lii Sny case" "Why did you not hit that great vul gar woman, instead of standinz there meekly to be abused?" he continues Umrrledly. 'Did you hear her horrid remarks then?" Inquires Flo, aghast, and color ing violently, "Yes; and I should have come to the rescue, only I thought I might make matters worse for you." "Tell me," says Flo, and then stops for a moment, but decides to risk the question "tell me did I behave in an extraordinary way?" "Decidedly not," he answers eagerly; then, noting a look of anxiety still ling ering on her features, he continues quietly, "Ilad I beeu ybur brother even 1 coul'i have found no fault with you." Oh, thank you!'' she exclaims ear nestly. "And now good night" Good night," he answers, retaining her hand for a moment. "Your train leaves at 7.45 remember, and be in time." Flo thinks he is merely satirising bis hostess, so she answers, laughing "Never fear I 6hall be in time. Thanks for your kindnessrfhis evening. Mr. Cole; and now good-bye.'' "Good-bye!" he resiwnds, with a mirthful glance which Flo either does not or will not sec. , WcIl, Louie, I mnst say that I think you played your cards very bad ly." remarks Mrs. Smith in an agrieved toae, as she complacently settles her bi03d bracelets over her many-buttoned glivea. "Grass-meadow Is one of the fiiest seats in the county; and, if you lit things slip through'your fingers like tat, how am I ever to get you settled?" "Well, it is of no use scolding, nimma," replies Louie, with a sotne wtoi scornful .laugh. "Mr. Cole is cctamly not in a position to marry me at present, since it seems be has found a "ife. Grass-meadow !s a pleasant hoise to visit, so there Is no sense in qutrrelllng with its new mistress." Of course." answers Mrs. Smith, petishly. "Have I not put on my fattst costume In honor of the bride?" for some moments there is silence between mother and daughter. Then tU sound of wheels is beard. "Is that the carriage?" asks Mrs. Snath, making a languid effort to rise. No," answers Louie, with a quick sluke of her head. "It is only a fly will the new governess" this same net governess being the fourth venture slnee.tlie summary dismissal of Flo. do hope she may suit," remarks M. Smith plaintively. "I wonder how long she will stou?" queries Louie, with moditative satire. It is a great shame of Trotter to be so late," continues Mr?. Smith, con Bu!tTg ber watch. "I shall insist on hu being dismissed because of his urpunctuality." That will niaKe tho seventh coach mW this year," muses Louie. L don't care if it makes the seven tieJil" answers Mrs. Smith hotly, ""four father gives good wages, and vry shouldn't we be well served?" Here comes the carriage at last!" ( exJaims Louie eagerly. "I feel quit keffl to see Mr. Cole's choice." In the ball they encounter the ner governess, a sallow little woman witt curls, who looks meak, (inched, and timid. Mrs. Smith stops just long enough to frighten the new arrival, anJ then proceeds to utter some sharp words to her astoniohel coachman, gteps into her elegant barouche, and is driven to her destination. "Mr. and Mrs. Cole are out," is the footman's civil t nswer, when they at last stand before the massive porch of Gfass-meadow; but on farther ques tioning he believes that his master and mistress are only in the grounds. A few minutes later there is a slight rustle at the most distant window, and tad a lady and gentleman enter the room. WTith a reluctant sigh, Mrs. Smith prepares to criticise the new ar rival. Her eyes open wide and her breath comes more hurriedly than us ual as a slight young girl clad in some simple washing material, and with neatly-braided goldun.brown hair.comcs forward to meet them. "Miss Brymer!" exclaims Mrs. Smith drawing up her dignified form and looking around rather helplessly. "Miss Brymer no longer, but my wife. Mrs. Cole." corrects the gentle man, stepping forward, with au amus ed smile playing round his mouth. "Iudeed !" remarks Mrs. Smith, gathering her scatterred wits once more, and speaking with some asperity, as she shakes hands stillly with Flo. "I suppose yon saw our marriage in the papers?"- remarks Mr. Cole, after an awkward pause, for no one seemed much Inclined to talk. "Oil, no! We had no Idea whom you were bringing home," answers Mrs. Smith p'oiuttdly. "Ah. that reminds me that I must thank you, Mrs. Smith, for having enticed Flo into the neighborhood! We had not met for four years when fate threw us together at your dance. It It was only a renewal of an o'.d friend ship, for during her father's lifetime I have had mauy a good week's shooting at their place. In the meantime Flo and Louie have found a subject to converse upon, for Miss Smith has come to the conclusion that Mrs. Cole will be more useful as friend than foe. Flo has asked, with a met ry smile, for news of Tom, Dot, and Trot, and has been informed iu reply that tha boy still indulges in a diurnal pas seal on the schoolroom table, to the utter confusion of his governess and his own entire satisfac tion. "You might have told me," remarks Mrs, Smith, by way of apology to Flo as she shakes hands before her depar ture. "It would have made all the difference if I had known that you were a lady; it would quite have pre vented any little misunderstanding be tween us.,' "I certainly might," replies Flo, with a quick glance at her husband; "only it never entered Into my head to go about the world proclaiming the fact a haute role." THE PANAMA CAXAL. Brief Account and KMiinaieJ Cost 'of the AVork. The projector ana most active mover in this work has been the indefatigable engineer, M. Da Lesseps. In ISTi) he visited the isthmus and satisfied him elf that the construction of a ship canal across it was quite practicable, lie then returned to Fra ca and formed a stock company to undertake the work, aud to this company the grants of land made by the Colombian governme.it in ibid far- the construction or aanuer- ooeanic canal Tre-, through bis lnlla- cncetransTerrt.-d.r,,ln January 1SS1," a number of engineers and surveyors were sent from France to the isthmus, and the actual work upon the canal was be gun in the following summer. Ie Lesseps ia hl3 report to the com pany in Januajy estimated the probabie total C03t of the work at 512,000,000 francs and the stock of the company was fixed at 000.000,000 francs to give an ample margin for the vurk. The canal, he estimated would be ready for actual operations In 13SS. Tbe plan of the canal contemplated a direct cat from sea to s?a, open to the sky through its entire length, wuh a nominal depth of 2'J 52 feet below the sea-level and a w idth of 72.10 feet at the riAttnm of the ranal. also the excavation of a grand side-basin 3.1 miles long, at about the central voint of the canal to facilitate the passage of ships In either direction. It was estimated that a total excava tion of 143,8SO,000 cubic yards of earth would be required for the digging of the canal proper, and the enlargement of the p.rts at either end sufficiently for the traffic Sinc9 1SS1 the work on the canal has beeu steadily pushed, but the great mortality among the white labor ers has-been a serious drawback to the undertaking. The amount of excava tion necessary has not been found to much exceed Da Lesseps estimate, but the labor and expense of It have been found to be much greater. Already the work has begun to lag from shortness of funds, and in July, 1S55, Da Lesseps endeavored to secura the guarantee of the French govern ment for a new loan of 500.000,000 francs, but It was refused. The reports of tbe great engineer have been made annually, and they have uniformly given an encouraging exhibit of the progress of the work. Until January, 1381. Hie labor of actual excavation proceeded but slowly, so much preparation iu clearing was required. Iu the first four months of 1334 more excavating was done than in all the time previous. Dredges are also now being used for tbe excavating and are found" to lie of much -assistance. Ud to Mav.1333. about 20,000.000 cubic yards of earth, or about one-seventh of the actual digging neeueti, nan been accomplished. Up to that date i0, 000,000, or 350,000, 000 francs, had been expended on the work, M. Da Lesseps, still asserts that if the needed funds can only be furnished tho canal will be ready for the passage of ship3 m lbb3. An Old Gibbet. Ti,oi trris nhicpd on exhibition in the windows of the Windsor Itecord olllce recentlv an old time gibliet. n-i.inh ivns i!n! no bv a nartv of work men near Sandwich the day before. The ancient instrument or punisiinieiii a .nvoroil Tcith rust, but in a cfood state of preservation. It consists of a straight . . . . - , . i i j rod abcut uve ieei in lengui ana ioui riniro of varvin? size. The Tins at the upper end was for the neck and the cen ter ring for the waist. At the lower end were two small rings in which the feet rested. It was formerly the cheer ful custom to place the unfortunate wretch who was ro ie punisneu in mis tiirruxn rhnin his hands and feet, and swing him from some convenient place and leave him rosiarve loueaiuanu rot. It is supposed that this gibbe t was last used about 100 years ago. iiTrri mnl think thn common schools aregood enough,"said Wheeler, who had been asked to contribute to a fund to found a college. "A college education is all right n its way, but It Is all wrong to suppose that an educa tion is a substitute ior Drains, n s au a mistake to educate a fooL" "That is true," replied the solicitor for the f und,"and I have no doubt that your father regrets his mtake, but dislikes to apologize to you for it" iim: PIG FOX ami Woiimtii Who Trtotl Diver ..im iu Training I tie IlinN til ltn-ir l!o:n-i. I-ea linir :rn!i fatu-ii-is say that there is iiii.'rt-u-4-d inti-H-st in the raiding of pigi-oits, iai'tii-ulitrly among the ladies, w li fan- for them at odd moments at Uiiii' :!inl obtain from the sale of the birds roiii. Ier.il ile pin-money. Mr. Iiaukins. of New Jersey, who is one of the lie.-.t-kiiovn piii-oii fanciers of this country, and wliose loft of nearly live hundred birds includes some of; the handsomest and most valuable fti the world, says : Kveiy one of iny birds knows me. ami w hen ever I enter the loft they Hock around. Most Jieople have the idea that pigeons must lie bred in thedark. This is not the c.ise. for it makes them wild. All mine are bred in the light, in glass boxes painted white, aliout six by eight inches in size, and with hay in side for the lie.-d. A curious fact I have noticed aliout pigeons is their loyalty to each other. Let a iairleoii4.-mated and they will never forsake one another while alive. J low long do they live ? Twelve years, ami keep up their full vigor for that Jici-iod. We feed them on Canada -a. wheat, cracked corn and occasionally a little hcm-seed. The weight of a pigeon varies from three or four ounces to several jioimds. The biggest figure I have heard that was paid for a pair of pigeons in this country was live hundred dollars. It was given for a air of carrier pigeons. "Will you tell lue something about the different kinds of pigeons ?"' Dr. McCook. a noted lover of the bird was asked. "Any one having owned pigeons of any kind w ill know what is meant by common jiigi-ons. Tliey are not of any distinct breed or color. There are but very few common pigeons now in w hich some traces of the higher classes ran Hot In detected. At the Mine time I lieve that were a llock of the so-called common pigeons kept entirely to them selves for a nuiulier of years, color markiug anil other characteristics of the higher classes would entirely disaiear and tbe birds would lie more likely to resemble in color and shape thisc they originally came from the Blue Kocks. Next to the common pigeon, perhaiis the liest known, at least by name, is the Homing Antwerp, which is the carrier pigeon, so called. It is the bird known to make long flights. The fan-tails are special favorites. The white ones are the most common and easiest to breed, but tliey are also to 1' had in black, brown, blue, red and yellow. The two latter are rare, and easily bring from ten to thirty dollars :t nh: Fans, with fowl feathers, mottled or checkered are not of milch value. No breed of pigeons has so many varieties and sinV v; ieties as lie iiuiitiier pigeons, nor is lucre a variety so well known tliat is so little understood by pigeon-breeders. Many who own them expect them to "pcrfortii, wltether tin', bin's are given a elm nee or not. Usually tliey are kept with a lot of other birds, and are flown w ith thrni. There are also many tum blers who do not tumble at all. All of the short-fared varieties a re not supposed to lie t'iI'orineis, although 1 have seen some tumble very well. Pouters are the lirst selection of inanv prominent pigeon fanciers, and rarely is this bird entirely abandoned forothor varieties. Mr. licck er, of Ualtimore, who is an enthusiastic breeder ot pouters, lias at present proii-j aiiiy me tiesr nirus oi inai variety in the country. They are somewhat diffi cult to breed, and goxl ones always de mand high prices. Five dollars for a pair of first-class birds would not lie ex travagant in this country, ami iu Eng land pcrhais the same birds w ould bring twice that amount and more. I reinein- ).r I ! i i t Mr Srlicll of Hrooklvn li iil I.., .-I In.. 1 ...... l l I Cf,.. I Oil III: HIU-.TI itt'r iiiimii. Jill dollars for. They can Ik- had in pure white, black, red, yellow and Isaliella."' He KevorsM!. As an adjuncc or a hotel in San Fraii cx ), which shall be nameless, for the reason that everybody knows it parftjet iy well, is "run" a poker game, the equal of which for unlimited heavy bet ting probably cannot be round in the j coiiuny. in a nitio uuui mm i uic billiard rooms nightly meet all the local I veterans of the game. fw of whom are not millionaires or better. It wculd , make the eyes of a member of the now , einer " me stocK tuereou. immortal Thompson Street Poker Club ; A resilient of Atlanta, Ga., died of stand out like pegs in a hat-rack to be-' congestion of the lungs in seven minutes hold ten or fifteen thousand dollars in , ltt a hearty diet of watermelon, notes piled up on its table, as is the case ' Ward, Nev., which cast over50o nearly every evening. votes less than ten years ago, now has The other dav, oue of the heaviest a total population of about fifty, players at this room, an ex-Senator, j A man with wax bIrd3 , miniature pointed out, a dapper-looking young caKe3 haa selling them to the con man on the street and said to a friend. fidmg roughkeepsie people for fly-traps, with a sad sigh: . .... "There goes the biggest robber on re-' This country is drinkin 33 per conj : cent more coffee than tea. Ia lSl "Who is he?" j tQe difference was only 12 per cent. "He's a commercial drummer from j Water ponds In Chili were covered New York. He was introduced to us ; with thin Ice on the 5th inst, indicating fellows about a month ago and played a temperature rarely low for that sec poker three weeks running." tion. "He won eh?" I The Russian eoloLy in McPherson "No he lost You "see," the great county, Dakot3, has sown some ten art in poker is to learn to size up your thousand acres of flax and it promises opponent's play and to read his facial well. expression. This fellow didn't seem to ' After numerous unsatisfactory at play very well, and finally we got on tempts tbe American whitedsli bi4 to tbe fact that every time be was bluff- j been successfully acclimated in Englista in?, he'd smile and look confident, 1 ponds. while whenever he had threes or tetter , a citizen of Akron. O.. won't be- he'd aigu and look frightened, just to coax us to bet, you see." "Old dodge, that" "Exactly, but listen. After we bad dropped tohi3 ways, we went for htm he.vy and won 200 or S300 every night for a week and more. The other night ' we waited uutil beseemed unusually; exultant and wo went for htm ail round. Every time we raised hina he d dig up more coin somehow, and finally 11a iub A uin.& itii i,v,n; luo wi ui the pile. We noticed that he tried des-! , peratciy to force a smile and look hap py, so we all called him. There was thirty-six thousand and odd on the ta- . ble. I had three aces myself." "And then?" "And then the infernal pirate showed down four kings. He had Just-t e versed on us, that was all." KuglUh Universities. I . ... ... , The great English universities opened last autumn with large numbers of new I matnculitions. There are CIO fresh- ' men at Oxford this term, as compared 1 with 570 at the same period last yew. I Bed Table Li.VEN.-This ma, be washed in tepid water with a little powdered borax. Each piece must be washed separately aud quicklv and rinsed ia tepid water. Dry in the shade -Aid iron while sliahtly damp. If , it Is desired slightly stiff, add a little boiled starch to tha rlnsiug water. NEWS IN BRIEF. The annual Income of Queen Vic toria is it, 135,00 J. Bluefish have beeu scarce all along tbe coast this season. There is an aloiau ic iu the British Museum 3,000 years old. Louisiana is assuming prominence as an iron producing state. Bstweea 50.000 and 00,000 annually visit the White Mountains. Gold bullion reaches au aunual product of J4 JO.0O0 in Georgia. Eighty-nine Americans are in at tendance at the Berlin University. Of the twenty-five members of Grant's two cabinets six have died. The crown jewels in the Cathedral atMoscow are valued at i 12,000, 000. Colorado u becoming a large pro ducer of very superior draft horses. A German chemist is said to have discovered an antidote for strlchnine. During the last ten years the popu lation of London has increased 572.00O. Coy 3 as pa;?es are now popular features at weddings in Eastern cities. A bamboo shoal at Fort Moyer. Fla., has grown twenty feet since May 25th. Green and red are most feared by those. most charged with colorblind ness. Four millions of false teeth are manufactured in this country every year. One-fifth of the legal voters of Massachusetts are veterans of the civil war. A mad dog adjourned the District Court at Minden. La., recently, sine die. Geologists say that the coal beds of the earth will be exhausted iu 10,875 years. The number of visitors at the British museum last year was nearly 409,000. Each new recipient of the order of the Garter pays fees to the amount of $5,000. The wheat crop of Colorado will this year amount to nearly 3.000,000 bushels. Twelve Hebrews were converted in London last year at an expensa of 8175,000, Atlantic city is said to use about 500 tons of ice a week at this season of the year. Piute Indians are proving success ful farmers on the Pyramid Reservation in Nevada. Some smart statistician has figured it out that lightning kills 100 French men every year. The number of recruita to be tailed out for lha Russian army and navy thU year is 230,000. In Philadelphia for the last ten year the ratio ot divorces to marriages has been 1 to 34. The weight of the silver In tha " treasury vaults at Washington, is esti mated at 543.700. The people of the United States consume more lemons than those of all others combined. Of the 1,025 voters registered at Walla Walla, Washington Territory, about 400 are women. One hundred and fifty thousauJ vessels in Europe aud North America are engaged in fishing. Paris Is ready with 1200 beds in her cholera hospital if she should un happily need them, The season in London is reported "very gay," though trade and business Is correspondingly dull. Snow-shovel.ng is still a fashion able amusement iu the vicinity of Montezuma, Colorado. A bullet fired at a Georgia man recently, struck his watch chain, and was thus turned aside. A law In New Haven, Conn., pro hibits the display or fireworks before daylight on July Fourth. The city mission of Berlin circu lates no less than 75,000 printed ser mons on Sunday morning. The palace which the city of Mar seiiles presented to Napoleou III ls now ugej M a cholera hospital ,. . ... . , -English capitalists own 2 ,000,000 of lai?a..,n . lieve newspaper reports, aud has started East to see if Gen. Grant is really dead. Worth's black list, just Issued, has the names of 1.200 laieL whn. through vanity, order better dresses than they can afford. In mi,e IIou3e lh ... card3 an(J f In the h f M weje 6 m cards "An old gentleman of 70" was among tbe nineteen residents of Arling ton, Ga., recently arrested for playing baseball in the streets, In the thirty-eight states of tbe j Union there are 2,200 counties. Texas i leads with 151 counties, followed by Georgia with 127. j A colored woman only 37 inches j high, though 27 years old. lives on a Florida plantation. She claims never iu nave ueen sick. A number of Goethe's posthumous writings, released from obscurity by deattl ol hls grana33awiii g,, pubijahej ..,, . , " , , TlTt?" of l3 occe a J??,1?'0' t,e, 1 r,e31,Iency' SAln? 1 8eUiluIlry at tutnut HuJ. Bo3tou Aroostook county manufactured 7.000 tons of starch but year, which as almost three times as much as the 7ear before. This is doing a prett? t business. ! i' li 1. . -
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