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B. F. BOHWEIER,
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Eklitor and lroprietor.
VOL. XLII.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. W EDNESI ) A Y. MAliCll 7. 1SSS.
NO. li.
Ttn' Autumn f Ihf WurUl.
Y a-: pt Ifi-re th roft,
'I .A!'t lior prwo for nicht,
jm,,. atitTt:t-r' un wbent uo on known,
ih 'I' -Kt Ui.iu's love mod (ent je&rV
A'i-1 ".ft:: h:irt burieil out of alht.
i; .! ro-'" "own of youth;
I I.h u in . il t I.iii" on lovers Hp;
I.;ri.li !'. an. I "Utile, Lapp? ujouiU,
1 , i r y riiif miwr, swrrt time slips,
L'r.i'h i.urrir-s on with full ecllp!
t. -L .rt, -o OliI let not Deftlh
I-'in.l i..y l.4ll ti iwrr ami wine,
o-n. li inirry tor tie jijous fcreatb
T :-:it 'tri :mh! not ot the eurs t) eel in.
H? hi eoid. white mouth to thine!
i j t f. e tlyinir hou ; and yet
I . :;. pure ln-p out direst ileal re,
I. - nr mi t'jriiiir lip 19 st,
1 it ir Vre v e tail in ca,tTerel Cr
uur liesTT may hit the world's heart
L -I.t-r.
ii'-rn ;ti tlie Autumn mouths of Time, . j
I'.rt' re tl:e reut Uew jt:ir can break, 1
S. til i.irle uiT our et nimuM climb, j
in' lit:!' mark our words should make
kt .lUrrv an. I manluM! sake! I
AN AWAKLMNli.
"Will you coins down to oar place
next Monday, Charley, for a couple of
d.ivs' shooting."
"Monday? Yes. Delighted, old
cl'i.p."
1 i.fii tli friend proceeded to settle
details. They would nieet at tbe sta
tion ami go by the 5.30 train, which
would l.ui'l it.etn in comfortable time
f..r dinner.
Now, if Charley West had a weak
ness. It was that lie was prone to be a
l.tlle oblivious alMiut time, and was In
tlie haWc of running his engagements
rat! er tine. Ou the Monday afu-rnoou,
to legulle the lime between luncheon
and the tra:n, ha called on a pretty
woman of his acquaintance, and she
wan so amusing that he stopped until
the last moment, aud then jumped into
a hansom, telling his Jehu to dnvt?
! .ke the devil. Unfortunately his ow u
watch had stopped (he lorgot to wind
11 up the previous night), and how
could he know that his hostess clock
was a quarter of an hour slowl
v lieu he arrived on the platform he
w.ih met ly his servant, who, with a
countenance inexpressive of emotion,
I leasurable or otherwise, informed biiu
Uiat the train had departed, bearing
( "apu Leslie with it. The captain had
lett word that he hoped Mr, Vesr.
wou:d go by the next train, which was
rot until 8.30 and reach 1 at 10.15.
He woull drive the dog-cart over to
meet him it was six miles from the
station,
Uut, having a tolerably happy dispo
s.llou, Charley, atter his rirst outburst
of wr.itti and disgust, took it very
well. He Kot into another hansom,
returned to his club at the West End,
read the papeis, dined lightly, and
took xcelleut care to be la time for
the $.30.
it was a alow truin; it tfnpiJ nt
nearly every station, and arrived at last
thirty -rive minutes late. His friend,
who had had time to recover from his
tirst feeling of resentment at Charley's
inoonsiderateiiess, met him very cor
dially. The do-cart was capacious,
and thev managed to cram in the 8v
aut and hugaue, and went off at a
pai.kinir pice to thecouit. The uiixm
ihoue brightly; the road were exoel
lent. "Jove"T uttered Charley, drawing a
loi.g breath. 'Ilow good everythina
KtveilM. and what a blessing it is to geU
out of I.ond nl"
Tut y diove through a long avenue of
tree-, aiul cau e to a big, old-fashioned
red house w.tli a grt at mere shining
like a mirror :n front of it.
'I expect, 'said tieorge Leslie, that
we shall Did everybody gone to bed;
all my people are tremendously early."
And so it proved. The ti lends re
freshed themselves in the dining-room
tete a-tele, then returned to the suiok-nitf-rooui,
aud the honr of 1 had given
tongue from the stable clock liefore
they thought of turning in. .Leslie
showed Cnarley his room, spacioaci and
tapeftry h ing.and the young gentle
man, having drawn back the curtains
wliicli the housemaid, after the maimer
ot her kind, had hermetically closed.
and thrown one wiudow wile oien,
ret red to bed, to sleep the sleep of the !
just.
lie awoke en sMirsant by hearing his
nam-, t 'hariey ! Chai lej I do wake upl"
It was a pretty feminine voice; aud
Charley was not In the habit of being
Ca'.ied m tlrri fashion.
lie st irte 1 and IooKel up. What he
sun was a slim young lady with a very
pretty liure, in a bine cotton gown,
aiid ti e k of a etiarmiug head with
S iKlcti p'aiU. The fair one was looking i
out of a window aud apostrophizing
ti i ill at the same time.
" It is such a glorious morning, aren't
you a.li.m:ed of yourself, you great
lihe creature, to be Iviug there inissiug
all this lovely sunshine? Do get up.
and come out with me before break
fast." Cliailey is not ?hy, but a very decided
feeling of etiil'ahassuieut cree;s over
J im. He has kuown some rapid young
ladies in his time, but never one who
would have come Into his room to call
liini b-tore ;he had even been intro
duced to him. luit how on earth was
! to it.ttiuate to hn- that she was in
error uhout his ldinti y? ho had
c.led hiui, Charley, tool Leslie's
name was lieorge, and he had uo
brothers. Iu any c.t-se, it was rather a
strong order for a girl to come into a
il.iti's room who w.us not her brother.
t hai ley tur.ed Ins head under the
clothes, and awaited the denouement.
U was tot long in coming.
'"Charley," said the lair one again,
and tins time her voice nid.cated th.it
ker face was turned in his direction;
;f jou don't wake up this instant 1
11 throw a wet spouge at you! ou
arc a !;, piK!"
Then he heard her proceed to the
"asliiug.sUiud, aud dip a sponge iu
4'r, and partly wring it. .Next
foment, with uhusually good aim for
K;rl, It bounced on his head, which
w'8 protected hv lh l,e.l-eitlie-i
-nariey smothered a lauh; it was
bee.
oiniiiD too ridiculous.
"Very wed, then," said the voice.
. eroacn eg; " I shall come and drag
v.otnes uir you."
Now he ruuat act with promptitude.
rajej hiUiV f IntU in.l mil t ha
-o:hei just far enough balk for his as-
io see ins laughing blue eyes.
AL UaOlSel HIOIO.1 ,ri.l,BU In hur
'eer.an expression of stony horror
wnb lDt her r"c,f ' her cheeks dye.1
" cr ni-on, and, uttering an agonized
Kio.in, she turned and fled.
ff.M, :ey Uu',le'l all the time lie wa:
"llng up. He coul.l nnf. hln wnn
h!"n how would meet him at
r"- , Uy Jove, what a pretty
!: was! Would ahe teU
any one, or would she ignore the Inci
dent? lie would take his cue from
her. The family were all assembled in
the IreaV fast . room when be came
down, and he was presented to his host
and hostess; to three nice, fresh-looking
grls; I site's sister, and a fair young
fellow about bis own height and color
ing, as "my cousin Fane. But where
was the fourth, his charming visitant
There was no other place laid at the
table, and breakfast came and went
and she did. cot appear. He heard the
other girls address the cousin as Char
ley, and comprehended that this was
t ie youog ceutleman for whom be had
been mistaken. Still, he did not quite
approve of a girl, such a pretty girl,
too, making f o free with a cousin. "A
brother la all very well," etc It was
evident that no ene knew a syllable
about the event of the morning. Every
time the dior opened Charley looked
toward it, his ees wandering over the
lawn into the garden. He was almost
dist ralnt.
"Have yon any more sisters?" he
asked of Leslie, as they walked together
to the shooting, a little apart from the
fatt er and cousin.
"Xo, only those three," repPd Les
lie. "And quite enough, too."
Charley was completely mystified,
lie did not shoot as straight as usual;
his thoughts were distracted by the
pretty golden-haired creature who had
routed him from bis slumbers. He
could not have dreamed it. .No! there
was the wet sponge on his bed when he
got up.
The shooting was over; he and Leslie
were strolling homeward along the
road, when a smart little village cart
with a trotting pony, and freighted
with two ladies, came toward them.
"This Is our parson's wife," "aid
Leslie, "uch a good sort I must
introduce you to her." And as she,
made a sign to the charioteer, she
pulled up, and Charley saw her com
panion was his fair friend of tha morn
ing. How are you, Mrs. Gray?" cried
Leslie, cheerily. "L-t me introduce
my friend West to you. Mrs. Grey,
ilr. West; Lil, Mr. West,
Lil made the slightest motion of her
head, without meeting Charley's eyes.
Leslie indulged in some gay badinage
with Mrs. Grey, and Charley, though
he felt slightly embarrassed", tried to
make couversaliou with Miss Lil. She
answered yes" or "no," as the occa
sion required, aud never ouca raised
her eyes to his face
"Do coma aud dine to-night. Mrs.
Grey," entreated Leslie. "My mother
would be so awfully pleased. I'll go
home aud get a note from her, if
you thins it necessary."
Mrs. Giey appeared to waver; then
Charley distinctly saw Miss Lil pinch
her friend iu a meaning manner.
"Many thanks; I am so sorry, but I
cannot pwst-ibly manage 't to-night,"
Mrs. Grey answered. "We have so
much to do still for the baziar."
Lil, you young pussl" cried Leslie,
"vhat do you nn b deserting us In
ths way? It IS a very foor 'tni li
mtmt to West be-e. "
We are so busy settling aliout the
baz-ar," replied the young lady.
Well, I suppose you are coming
home some time to-night. Shall 1
walk down and fetch you?''
"Ito!" said Mrs. Grey; but again
West siw the surreptitious pinch, aud
Miss Lil replied hastily:
2o; please don't. Mr. Grey will
see me home. I don't know wheu I
siiall be ready.
The pony was getting impatient.
"We must be off," said Mrs. Grey.
Tommy is in a hurry." And away
thty flew.
"What do you think of our parson's
wife?"' replied Charley. "lty Jove!
wl at a figure, and what a CI her jacktt
was!"
"She's the right sort," said Leslie.
"It would be a ueueed good job if there
were more like her. liring a lot more
of sinners to repentance!" aud he
laughed mern'y.
. "Who is the young lady with her?"
asked Charley trying to speak indiffer
ently. "Oh, that Is Lilian Fane, my cousin,
Charley's sister.
A weight seemed taken from his
friend breast.
"O!" he said, with a gasp of relief.
"Tiresome, capricious monkey !"ex-
etalmed Leslie. She must have taken
it into her head all ot a sudden this
morning to fly off before breakfast down
to Mrs. Grey. It is all rubbish about
the bazaar; it is not to be for another
mouth. Just because I wanted you to
meet her. She is capital company and
siugs divinely. Just like a woman.
Last night she askel me a dozen ques
tions, and waj quite interested about
you, and this morning flies off without
stopping to set eyes on you."
A smile curled Charley's upper lip.
"She is lovely." he said. "It is very
unkind of her."
"Naughty little vixenl" retorted
Leslie.
Iu his heart Cbarlev was secretly
provoked. Leslie's sisters were nice,
cheery, fresh-looking girls, but they
could not hold a candle to Lilian. He
was dying to see her again. He had
never "felt such an Interest in her be
fore. She did not make her appearance
that evening, and the following morn
ing at breakfast she was still absent.
He was piqued. It was simply ridicu
lous for her to go on shunning him on
account or a stupid little contretemps
that might have happened to any one
"I'm airaiu, lie reuiarneu witu
touch of pique, as they were standing
iu the hail, waiting to start on their
shooting exfedltion I'm afraid it Is 1
who am driving Miss Fane out of the
house. "
'llumbugl' returned Capt. Leslie.
"Why should you?"' Then, as a sud
den thought struck him, he turned on
his heel and went into the morning
room
"Mother." he said, "ask Mrs. Grey
to dine to-night, and make Lilian
come back, whether or no."
As Mr. West was a gentleman of in
dependent fortune, aud she had three
daughters, ilrs. Ialie was not alto
gether displeased at the pietty cousin
uaviag absented herself.
"Of course I will ask them, my
dear." she replied; "but they are so
i.wvwirh their bazaar that lam not
at all sure I shall persuade them to
come," . , T
"Jt you dout," observed Leslie,
pointedly. "West will fancy you are
keeping Lil out of the way on purpose,
I am pretty sure he thinks so now."
"George." exclaimed his mother,
Indignantly, "how can you say any-
"WelL take my advise and nave ber
.... m a T ul 14 tf
back to-night;" ana -P- .
parted without giving nis uww"
lime to make a rejoinder.
He bad, however, said quite enough.
Mrs. Leslie forthwith oat on ber bon
net, and went down to tbe rectory.
Sue found Mrs. Grey and Lilian sitting
under a tree together, making a languid
pretense of needlework. Mrs. Leslie
greeted both affectionately. "We par
ticularly want you to come up and
dine with us to-night," she said to the
rectoress; "and this naughty truant
must not remain away any longer,"
smiling sweetly at Lilian.
"Oh. auntie, we aie so busy!" cried
the young lady, plying ber needle vigor
ously. "lou must not quite forget, my
love, that you a re my guest," said ber
aunt, with a certain amount of dignity,
and in a tone that implied reproof.
Lilian understood it and colored
deeply.
"I shall de delighted to dine." Inter
posed Mrs. Grey, hastily. "And you
must blame me for monopolizing so
much of Lilian's time."
"I do not blame any one,' returned
Mrs. Leslie suavely. "But I hope to
see you both at dinner to-night."
So. as Miss Lilian had no desire to
offend her aunt, she overcame her re
pugnance to meeting Mr. West, and to
that gentleman's great delight he bad
the pleasure ot taking ber in to dinner
that same evening. Two or three
neighbors had been iuvlted. But al
though Charley had an Immense fund
ot small talk, and was reputed excel
lent company, he failed altogether In
inspiring any Interest In his fair neigh
bor. She appeared, as she was, thor
oughly uncomfortable, and only re
sponded to his sallies by monosyllables.
It was a glorious moonlight uighl,
and after dinner some of tbe young
people went out into the garden.
Charley watched his opportunity, aud
pounced on Lilian, keeping her engaged
in conversation until they were sepa
rated from the others. Then he said
suddenly, and not without a slight flut
ter at his heart:
"Why will you not speak to me?
Surely it is not my fault that such a
stupid little accident should have
occurred. Why need you bear malice
because I was put In the room tha'
your brother had been occupying?"
In the moonlight he could see the
swift crimson racing through her fair
skin.
"1 I shall never, never get over ill"
she said, putting up her bauds to cover
the flames that were burning her face.
"What can you have thought of me?
If if anv one were to know it, I should
never hold up my bead again."
"1 hope you think I am a gentle
man," cried Charley, Indignantly. "I
suppose you don't imagine that one
word would ever pass my lips on the
subject?"
"Will you swear It?" said the dis
comQtted maiden.
And he swore by all his goods. After
that she became more friendly, lie
had the pleasure of listening to her
divine voice, as her cousin had called
it, and when he left the court he was
madiy in love with ber.
He had up to this time entertained a
rooted aversion to matrimony even
now Im rotsld not anile- uulo up trio
miud to propose to Lilian, Out thought
he would wait aud see how he felt, lie
was delighted to find that the lived in
London, and struck up a tremendous
friendship with her brother, whom he
bade to dinner and many other enter
tainment. Every day atter be was
parted from Lilian h felt worse and
worse; be began even to think that it
was the best thing in the world for a
youug fellow to settle down, aud that
the constant presence of a domestic
angel must make heaven of earth.
So when Lilian returned to Loudon,
Charley, aided and abetted by his
namesake, contrived to see a great deal
of her. He was invited to dine at ber
mother's house, and one evening, when
lie had inveigled ber into the charming
conservatory that led out of the drawing-room,
he, in the midst of pretend
ing to admire a dower, turned suddenly
to her, and, in a voice that was a little
uusteady, exclaimed:
-0, Lilian, can't you see how awfully
in love I am with you?"
"Lilian looked down, she made no
response to his words or to the pressure
of the band which seized hers.
'Don't you care a little bit for me.
darling?" be asked.
Lilian turned away her head.
"Vou have quite forgiven me for
what happened at the court, haven't
you?'' be pleaded unidroitly.
She dragged her hand from his and
turned a lalr of flashing eyes upon
him. "If you dare remind me" she
began.
".No, I won t, I won't," he Inter
rupted her. "But don't you see, darl
iug" aud just the least twinkling of
mischievousuess came Into his blue
eyes "if you feel so dreadfully bad
about it, it would all be put quite
straight by your marrying me? Then
you might throw any number of wet
sponges at me without having any
qualms of conscience afterward. '
This was too mucn. Lilian tore ner-
self from him and rushed into tbe
drawing-room. He followed her.
Mercifully for him, no one else was
there.
"Forgive me, darling, and say that
you do care a little for me," he pleaded,
taking her hand for the third time.
1 I will think about it," sue mur
mured. Think now." be said, kissing her
whether she would or no.
And ultimately, she decided to make
him happy.
Warned While Asleep.
'On Ifia ntcrlit: lmhurff tll battle Ot
i.-....i.irl(.l? jiuir.f i mv rnmruninn had
A. j j j
....... iUl urfciitit- a tii t 1m from thn battle
ground." said Captain Isaac Cooper, a
jolly veteran at i'elham. "We were
nil very tired, so it was no wonder that
as soon as 1 laid down l was last
asleep.
'That night I bad a dream. The
only part ot it that I could remember
the next morning was mar, i naa insi
.nw la llnw m r dmam had me lose
It I could not recall though I tried bard
to recollect. It was a very singular
dream, as after events proved.
MIT. i-Arimn was In the thick of
the battle. We fought very bard. The
roar of the cannon was appifUing and
full nil miinil nn As th battle
UIC1I At-
was growing thicker our standard
bearer suddenly jumped in front and
fell to the grouud dead. At Ue same
time one of the rebs, noticing this,
sprang forward intending to capture
... ,1in I. nt f iu too Quick for him.
fcUC vwv" " -
1 grabbed him and we began to wrestle
for the flag.
"The wrestle was cut short by a can
non ball striking ns, killing the poor
. inif.ntlr and carrvlnff mv lesr
j -
away entirely at the same time. I fell
to tbe ground, stui conscious, uut re
taining my noiu ou ms ui uuu u
nt mv comrades took them from me.
1 . . in. ,.
Then 1 became msemuuie.
OXLT A MATTER OF PRACTICE.
A Man With a Theory for Ileal ins
tbe Roulette Table.
"Come with me and I'll show yon
how to beat roulette," said Mr. Adolpu
Bureau to a reporter.
As Mr. Bureau is a European guide
and claims to have been a croupier at
Monte Carlo, tbe reporter thought his
secret might be good to have in iew
Xork. Application was made to roux
gambling bouses, two of which ware
denied in each case. The outer guards
expressed in pantomime to the re
porter that be was not personally re
garded with suspicion, but that the
discourtesy was Intended to apply only
to bis companion.
"Vou see bow this is," exclaimed
the chagrined croupier, "they won't
give me a chance to beat their gune.
They know me too well."
"How is it," asked tbe reoorter,
that if you have such a wonderful
system, you'll tramp all over Europe
with tourists and be broke two weeks
after you get home? I should think
you'd have broken the batk at Monte
Carlo."
"That's just it. They won't let me
Play there. Vou see, I was employed
there for two years and then dis
charged, 1 was unjustly suspected, it
la true, but that doesn't make any dif
ference."
'Did you ever break any banks in
this country?"
"Yes in San Francisco. Omaha.
Chicago and Xe Orleans. There is
a kind of Free Masonry among these
American gamblers, and I'm black
listed. Every big dealer In the country
has my description, and the little games
ain't worth bothering with. But if I
cau keep my bead this winter I'll break
some of them yet If I have to disguise
myself."
"But this wonderful system of yours,
what is it like?"
"It is no system at all. It is abso
lute certainty,. I go into a strange
place two or three times and play light.
In reality I am not playing at all, but
making a study of the man at- the
wheel. Every dealer has certain pecu
liarities ot motion, and these I must
familiarize myself with. Then, too,
the apparatus must be studied. I must
observe, compare and estimate the ac
tion of the ball to get an idea of the
BtreBgta of dealers' wrist. With these
data once ascertained I keep cases on
the numbers which come out most fre
quently and make a list of those which
do not come ont at alL By practicing
with small bets I prove that I have my
man sized up right, and then I begin
to 'plunge.' Of course. I aways avoid
following a heavy player, and must.
therefore, play under him. It "may
take me a week to learn two dealers'
play, for they always nave a relief at
baud, and even then a third man may
come in and block my game. When I
have measured the strength of a man's
wrist and watched now and where be
lot's gu ef ttm I tail, 1 Can pit, out tie
four most probable winning number.
1 play all four ot these straight, and 1
am right on one of them three times
out of four. Of course I must not win
too often, but sometimes my luck is
such that I keep on bitting it right in
spite ot myself. I won 17,000 in San
Francisco in less than an hour.'
"How did you happen to invent this
scheme?"
"I didn't Invent it. A gambler at
Monte Carlo taught it to me. The
managers there know it well. To show
you that I am ambidextrous, look
here," and, taking a pencil in each
band, he wrote simultaneously in oppo
site directions on a Mieet of paper what
a listener pronounced to be genuine
shorthand.
Well, there was one old fellow at
Monte Carlo who could beat all the
croupiers at roulette but myself. W e
work only four hours at at a time, to
be sure, but it used to make my right
hand tired, and so I learned to use my
left. It was this gilt which puzzled
the old Frenchman. Finally 1 used
my left hand altogether when he was
playing. But one day be beat me, and
after that it was a regular thing, no
matter which hand I used. I was ac
cused of being in league with him and
discharged.''
"How did you find out the system."
"It isn't a system, I tell you. Well.
I went to the old gambler and told him
he had ruined me. He then explained
to me that he had once been a surgeon.
For several years be had been experi
menting in this eye-measurement of
the strength -of a man's wrist, the speed
ot a motion and the exact spot at
which the ball left the hand. I told
one of the managers of Monte Carlo
this, but be wouldn't reinstate me or
even let me play. The old gentle
man and I got a roulette wheel and
practiced until I could read hlfl mo
tions as well as be could mine. We
traveled together for several months
and made much money, often playing
opposite to one another when we struck
a difficult game. If I bad some young
gentleman, whom I could trust, to
teach for three or four months, I could
beat the New York gamblers through
him. It's only a matter ot practice."
Judge Not, a Siory r Fallen Pride.
"Vou must give up all acquaintance
with the Tarsons family," said Miles
Williams to his daughter. "There has
always been a suspicion that one of
them killed their father aud we ought
to shuu them."
Emma's eyes clouded with tears, for
she was secretly betrothed to youug
Alden Parsons and knew it would
break bis heart when she told him
they must separate. There bad always
been a mystery about Mx. Far son's
death, but tbe family had succeeded in
living down most of tbe suspicion.
When Emma met ber lover and told
him of ber father's mandate be said:
'I knew it would come some day, but
I will yet prove to your father that I
am worthy ot his daughter."
I know you will," she cried. "And
you can trust me to say that whatever
comes I will surely love you tbe same."
After mutual embraces and pledges
they parted from each other.
Two years passed away aad the Par
sons family by their upright lives were
fast winning back the good opinions of
the community. Alden Parsons was
earning a handsome income in a great
clothing concern in the same' town
where Erastus Williams was bank
cashier.
Miles Williams, although comforta
bly situated as to pecuniary matters.
continued to pursue in bis mature
years his early habits of Industry, and.
like many a farmer worth double bis
money, be got up at 3 and 4 o'clock
of Summer mornings to drive to town
with early vegetables.
When, therefore, Alden Parsons, on
bia usual walk from the farm to bis
place of business, one morning in June
met Mr. Williams with his horse and
light wagon in tbe suburbs be was not
surprised. He had frequently met him
before, and accosted him respectfully,
receiving a surly nod in return.
"Anything new in town, Mr. Wil
liams?" remarked Alden pleasantly, as
be passed the old farmer.
Mr. Williams hung bis head down
and seemed to conceal his face as he
answered, almost chokingly:
"No, nothing nothing."
Alden hardly noticed the farmer's
peculiar manner, and went on his way.
Wben he arrived at bis desk be soon
found that there was something new
and startling, too. Tbe morning paper
contained a full account of it.
Erastus Williams had been arrested
the previous night on the charge of
stealing the funds of the bank. He
had quietly submitted to the officers
and made a clean breast of bis guilt.
Tbe amount of bis defalcation was
about four thousand pounds and his
father and another well-known citizeD
were his bondsmen to the bank, which,
the paper added, was very likely, owing
to the responsibility of the sureties, to
suffer little loss.
The trial showed that Erastus Wil
liams bad sinned to satisfy the extrava
gance of a silly wife. He did not
make any defence, but through the in
tercession of friends was let off with a
light penalty. To satisfy the bank's
claim, however, bis father's little for
tune was swept away.
Miles Williams was a different mau
after tbe shattering of his idol. And
he was a better man. Now that his
own heart bled for his guilty son, he
was inclined to be more lenient in
judging of others, and especially ot
others the cloud upon whom was not
guilt, but merely the shadow of sus
picion. He could not but notice that young
Alden Parsons was as respectful as
ever when they met; that there was no
trace In Alden's manner of gratifica
tion or gloating over the misfortunes of
tLe man who had treated him so
harshly.
Emma, too, was eveu more devoted
and obedient than ever. Her tender
affection was a pillow of down for the
throbbing head of her venerable
parent.
"Does Alden ever speak to you
now?" asked the father one day of
Emma.
"No, father." she answered, "except
to salute me when we happeu to pass ':
The old man was silent for some
moments, as if reluctant to express
what was struggling in his mind.
"Do you think he likes you yet?" at
length he uttered hesitatingly.
"Ido, father," was the prompt and
deliberate reply.
"Emma," said the parent, more
moved thau she had seen him since
the day that he came In with tbe news
of his son's arrest, "I I am sorry for
the way I treated that boy."
'I don't think be has any bard feel
!H29 on account of it. father," was the
d.guter's soothing answer.
"If you don't, Emma, then you may
consider that what I said to you two
years ago is unsaid," were the father's
closing words, and with this be dropped
the subject.
A moment later the door opened. A
neighbor burst in excitedly.
"Mr. Williams have you heard the
news?" he cried. "Of course you have
not. Vou remember how the body of
Mr. Parsons was fouud in the pond,
aud now Benjamin App'.eby has just
confessed on bis dying bed that he
killed Parsons unintentionally In a dis
pute over some hay at Appleby's house
that same night, and put the body in
tbe pond. As to lUllington, Appleby
says that Billington had nothing to do
with it, but that he Appleby per
suaded Billington that another man
Billington saw on the road that night
must have been Parsons. Appleby is
at the last gasp. If not dead already.
I'm glad the truth is out for Mrs. 1'ar
s. n'ssake."
Emma and Alden met that evening
at the same big corner as two years and
a half before. Emma explained to her
lover her father's change of mind. She
added:
"Alden, you will not have to continue
living down calumny any longer, now
that the truth Is out. There remsins
for our family, now, the more dilllcult
task of living down, not falsehood, but
the truth."
Emma, darling," answered Alden,
as he took her hands, and the old love
shoue undiminished In his frank blue
eyes; "your brother's fault is not yours.
and If there Is to be any living down I
only ask the happy privilege of living
it with you."
In the tenderness and devotion of hit
son-in-law old Mr. Williams finds some
relief and compensation for the terrible
blow which he received through the
guilt of his favorite sou.
lo llornen Have llornc Sense.
A correspondent iu a Chicago journal
thinks tbe intelligence of the horse is
greatly overrated, aud submits tbe re
sult of some of bis observations as fol
lows: "I have seen horses walk around a
post until they bad wound up the bri
dle, and then stand all day with their
heads bowed down to the post, because
they didn't have sense enough to walk
the other way and unwind the bridle,
I have seen them get a foot over the
bridle, wben tied to a ring iu tbe pave
ment, and then go into fits because
they didn't have sense enough to lift
their foot over the bridle again. I
have seen them prance around in a
burning barn, with their tails and
manes on fire, and burn to death be
cause they didn't have sense enough to
come out. Anybody can steal a horse
without any objection from the horse.
A horse will stand and starve or freeze
to death, with nothing between him
and a comfortable stall and plenty of
oats, except an old door that he could
kick down with one foot, or that could
be opened by removing a pin with hu
teeth. It this is a high degree ot intel
ligence, even in a brute, then I am
lacking in that article myseir. com
pared with the dog, tbe elephant, oi
even the parrot, tbe horse seems to me
to be a perfect fool.
Wearlnjr LijrhtSoled Shoes.
I know that it Is contrary to pre
conceived notions, but it is the fact al
the same, that the feet can be kept
warmer in cold weather by wearing t
shoe with a light sole than a thick one
With tbe light sole the foot has I
chance to work, thereby keepiug upi
circulation. This applies, of course,
only to dry weather. When it is wet
and rubbers are necessary. It is best t
wear a single soled shoe Inside. It
the summer the thick sole should Ik
used, for it keeps the beat of th
pavement from striking through to th
feet.
JtOlHCHlLDS TF.IUUBI.E RF,
VKXGK.
How Retribution Once Overtook the
liauk of England No Lauiehin;!
Matter.
Au amusing adventure is related as
having happened to tbe Bank of Eng
land, which had committed the unpard
onable sin of refusing to discount a
large bill drawn by Anselm Rothschild,
of Frankfort, on Nathan Kotbschild,
of London. The bank had haughtily
replied that they discounted only their
own bills, not those of private persons.
but they had to do with one stronger
than the bank.
' 'Private persons!" exclaimed Nathan
when the fact was reported to him.
"I will make these gentlemen see what
kind ot private persons we are,"
Three weeks later Nathan Kotbs
child who had employed tbe interval
in gathering all the JL'j notes he could
procure in England and on tbe conti
nent presented himself at the bank.
He drew from his pocketbook a i'o
note, and they naturally counted out
Ave sovereigns, at the same time look
ing quite astonished that the Baron
ltothscnild should have personally
troubled himeelf for such a trouble
trifle. The baron examined one by one
the coins, and put them in a little can
vas bag; then drawing out another
note a third a tenth a hundredth
be never put the pieces ot gold Into the
bag without scrupulously examining
them, and in some iustances trying
them in the balance, as the law gave
him the right to do.
The first pocketbook being emptiel
aud tbe first bag full, be passed them
to his clerk and received a second, and
thus continued till tbe bank closed.
The baron bad employed seven hours
to change X'21,000, but r he bad also
nine employes of his house engaged in
the same manner, it resulted that the
house of Hothschild bad drawn 210,
000 in gold from the Bank ot England,
aud that be bad so occupied the tellers
that no other person could change a
single note.
Everything which bears the stamp of
eccentricity has always pleased the
English. They were, therefore, the
first day very much amused at the little
pique of Baron Iiothschlld. They
laughed less when they saw him return
the next day, at the opening of the
bank, flanked by bis nine clerks, and
followed this time by drays to carry
away the specie. Thep laughed Dot at
all when the king of bankers said w.tti
ironic simplicity:
"These gentlemen have refused to
pay my bills, I have sworn not to
keep theirs. At their leisure only I
notify them that I have enough to em
ploy them for two months!"
"For two months!"
"Eleven millions In gold drawn from
the Bank of England which they have
never possessed,"
The bank took alarm. There was
something to be done. HoXl morning
notice apoeared in tbe journals that
henceforth the bank would pay Ho'.ns
child's bills tbe same as their own.
He Made a Report.
A citizen of slow step aud melan
choly look entered the Woodbridge
Street Station. Detroit, recently, aud
said he would like to make a report.
"On what?" queried the Sergeant.
'On a matter which happened at my
house an hour ago."
"Very welL"
"I had a loaded revolver lying on a
shelf in the closet," continued the man.
"Got that down?"
"Yes."
'My wife's mother, who has l.-een
living with us for a year past, went into
the closet to look after something."
"Ah! She did? I see!"
"And in pawing around on the shelf
she knocked the revolver to the floor."
"Just like a woman? It was ex
ploded, of course?"
"Yes, sir."
"And the bullet entered her leg?"
"No, sir."
"Her ankle?"
"No. sir."
"Went into her foot, then?"
"No, sir; it never touched her at
all."
"It didn't? "Well, that's very queer.
What did you want to report about
ifr"
"Why, that it never touched her. I
can't understand it."
The Sergeant laid down his pen and
looked at the man a long time. Then
he rose and took him by the arm and
walked him out doors and beaded him
down the street.
"Can't help it," said the man as he
buttoned his coat. "That bullet never
touched her, aud I can walk her down
here to prove it!"
A Chestnut in Tennessee.
"What is this story of 'Dr. Jekyl)
and Mr. Hyde' that everybody is talk
ing about?" asked a well-known man
about town yesterday.
"Well," said the questioned man,
"it is one of Kobert Louis Stevenson's
stories, In which the plot turns on one
remarkable fact. Dr. Jekyll is a re
putable and respectable man, and
highly esteemed by all his friends.
When, however, he takes a certain
drug he becomes a totally different
mau, loses bis good impulses, becomes
vicieus and "
"Yes, I think I can tell what the
stuff is; it's affected me that way."
'This inclination becomes stronger
and stronger to use the drug, and he
indulges more and more "
"Just as I do, precisely."
"The elfects, however, became more
and more lasting, and he finds it more
and more dillicult to become Dr.
Jekyll and easier to be Mr. Hyde.
Finally "
'"O, that's not an uncommon story
at all; I could have written it myself.
They are Jekylls and Hydes, plenty of
them In Nashville, Tell Stevenson to
trot out something novel, something
unusual."
Home.
Boys generally do not really know
what a good thing borne Is to them
until they are deprived of its comforts,
its attractions ana its sacred associ
ations. Many boys, like tbe prodigal
son we read of in the Bible, get tired
of the restraints of home, and think
they are getting too old to be "tied to
their mother's apron-strings" any
longer. But alas, bow many such
have realized, wben they left their
homes and took bold of tbe 'apron-
stiings' of a cola and selfish world.
that after all, as Howard Payne so
beautifully wrote:
Tbre is no place like home."
I'll) HITS WORTH KNOWING.
Historic Men of Memory.
The history of the world bas been
lotted along with the names of those
who have possessed remarkable memo
ries. As far back as the remote pei iods
of antiquity, we are told there lived
men who were famous for their won
derful powers of memory.
it is said of Tnetnlstocle., that he
could call by their came the people of
Athen?, which city then numbered
twenty thousand inhabitants.
George the Third, of England , though
deficient In education, never forgot a
name once heard or a face once seen.
A school teacher of London whose
name was Dawson, possessed a remark
able memory. He could repeat the book
)t Job and the Psalms, and ou a wager
uf t wo hundred pouuds, he related,'
without the aid of a book, spencer's
'Fairie yueen," a poem of nearly four
thousand stanzas of nice lines each.
Parsons, the Greek scholar, could re
;at Milton's "Paradise Lost" back
wards. A monk wl o resided In Moscow in
the fifteenth century, could reeat the
whole of the New Testament.
It has been written of the JJouibon
lhat they never foigeta man's name,
uor bis face, and that this has (wen
ometimes consideied as a true sign of
heir royal natures.
Iloudin was once invited with lus
on, to a gentleman's house to give h
private seance, and as they wt-uC up-
itairs they passed the lil.iary door,
which was partially open, iu that
ungie moment youug Chailes Iloudm
read off the names of twelve volumes
nd recognized the position of two
busts.
The geutlemau. during the seance,
was artfully led by the father to ask
wme questions relating to the library,
nd was astonished by the accuracy of
the magician's answer..
Boone, the blind negro pianist who
as given performances through several
itates, has a must wonderful memory
in connection with his art. From once
aearing it, he was able to play Lizst's
jelebrated "Hungarian Uhapsody"
without missing a note.
Blind Tom also performed similar
Teats.
Mozart, wheu only 13 years old,
played a new opera from one hearing,
which had been compose! expressly to
lest his skill.
A writer, referring to this incident,
ays; "He not only reproduced the
jpera from memory which was a very
lithcult piece without missing a sin
gle note, but ou a second playing,
threw in variations in such a manner
that all who heard him were speechless
with astonishment,"
McKenzie tells us a most interest:ng
atoiy about Carolan, a blind Irish har
per and composer.Jwho once challenged
a famous Italian violinist to a trial of
skill.
The Italian played the fifth concerto
uf Vivaldi ou his violin; then, to the
astoninhraent -of all present , Caroiau,
who had never before heard the con
certo, took his harp and played it
through from beginning to end, with
out missing a note.
feliaved in Two Strokes.
A gentleman sa d to a New York
reiKrter: "I was visiting a friend of
mine in a small country town. I can't
shave myself, and as my face soon
began to look black, 1 went out early
one morning to look for a barber.
After a great search and many inqui
res I was directed to a cottage, on the
Joor of which hung a board with this
sign printed on it: "Easy Shaving,
Fashionable Hair Cutting."
"The only occupant of the room was
a spectacled old man who appeared
more than half blind. I told him what
I wanted. He said he would be ready
In a minute and asked me to take a
seat in the chair. The conlrivxnce
was a stright-backed wcoden affair.
The wood at the back was woru almost
as sharp as a razor's edge. After
waiting some time tbe old man ap
proached me with a towel In his hand.
He jerked mv head over the back or
the chair, almost severi&g my spinal
column, and tucked the rag around my
neck. Then he commenced to lather
me with a brush so hot and hard that
it nearly Bklnned and scalded my face.
It was then that I thought of the easy
shave. I had plenty of time to do this
while he was stropping the razor. This
done he flourished tbe razor before my
frightened gaze. Holding my bead
securely witu his arm, with one bold,
sweeping stroke he scraped from my
ear to my chin.
"I yelled, but I might as well have
been a mute, lie quickly turned to
the other cheek aud repeated the stroke
as though he was proud of it. Then
pinching my nose he tipied my head
back and began bis deadly work on my
neck. It was all over in less time than
it takes to tell it, and it is needless to
say that the shave was a clean one, for
he had taken off the skin as well as tbe
hair. How much do you think he
charged for that operation?"
Don't know."
"Oue penny, aud It was worth it as
au experience. It taught me how to
suffer and be strong."
Not in Good Taste.
Nothing is in worse taste at a ball or
a party than for a lady to make it dim-
cult for a man to leave her. I have one
woman in mind, so bright aud enter
tain in g a person that to chat with ber
for a few moments would redeem any
evening from dullness. She has always
something to say, and she says it un
commonly well; but she has a fault that
is fatal to her complete social success;
she gets bold of the brightest man m
the room and keeps him talking to her.
will he nill be, for the most of the
evening. I have seen a man stand in a
corner with this vivacious and clever
little lady directly in front of bim, as
if on guard, so that only by arttuliv
dodging could be get round her and
away. I have seen such a victim look
wistfully from out bis nook after some
pretty, foolish, thorny rosebud, who
would have only talked nonsense to him
in place of the high discourse on pre
liapbaelite art or positive philosophy,
or the Jut new volume of verse with
which bis clever companion was regal
ing him.
"1 sat, old man, can you lend me a
tenner?" ".No; you remember what
Shakspeare says: A loan oft loses both
itself and friend.' " "Yah! you can
go to a nunnery! I've had enough ot
you,"
. The Thanksgiving turkey in Paris
was eaten without Grevy last year.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
An average of four children a day
are named after President Cleveland
and wife.
The late Meredith Feathering!!, a
Spanish soldier, leaves an estate of 1,
OoO.OOO to heirs in Kentucky.
The Duke of liuccleuch tlis
richest man iu Scotland has an in -come
of 11,500.000 per annum.
Schuyler Co fax is to have a
bron7 statue erected in one of the
squares of the city of Indianapolis.
Austria has decided to put her
naval establishment in condition to
cope with any of the European powers.
An English lady has had a costume'
made by Nicholayall rubv plush and
darkest sable, which cost 1.7GU guineas.
I A recent census puts the total pop
ulation of the Chinese Empire at o92,
000,000. They are piled iu about three
feet deep.
It takes lfRO'i.OOO callous of oil a
year to keep th railways of Great
r.iitain going, and the cost is nearly
Tha report runs that the German
Government has bought an Invention
for Meeting military balloons, and paid
a million marks for it.
A lady of Winnipeg had her pLoto
giaph taken not long a?o and her face
appeared in the negative covered with
Spots. On the following day she was
prostrated with a severe attack of va
rioloid. A 15eiliu doctor is said to have
caught the bacillus that produces can
cer. He has inoculated dogs with the
germ, and is reported to have devel
oped in them tumors of a cancerous
nature.
There is a beautiful uncertainty
about the value of copper ceuts iu
Mexico. la Vera Cruz, for instance,
it takes 101 ot them to make ;1, while
lu Chihuahua ninctv-five will pass
for SI.
Lord Salisbury recently sold his
property between the Thames embank
ment and the strand for $l,0C0,0O0.
By the growth of house property In
London he 13 now one of the richest
men iu England.
Mosquitoes in Chin have a very
-poisonous 6ting. In a Tientsin hos
pital there were at one time this sum
mer a mau with an abscess in his lac a
and another with blood poisoning from
the bite ot the insects.
A paier published at Sauk Center,
Minn., Is successfully running its
presses by the aid of power communi
cated to them by means of a wind
mill. TI is is probably the only in
stance ot the kind iu the country.
A Ushermau at Asbuiy Park, N.
J., picked up a scaled bottle on the
coast containing a map showing where
an aliegtHl treasure is bulled at a place
near Wilmington, Delaware. The dis
covery has aroused a giM.nl deal of cu
i .osily there.
At Uuig Hill, Ohio, Charles
Smith shot a Mini ht-ion iit hi-! carp
pond, and found forty-seven flsh in Its
stomach. From the appearance of the
carp they had just been swallowed and
constituted only one i.iea! for the
bird.
Th cruel punishment of slow
death br hanging :i i as to stand on the
tips of the toes is siiil extensively In
flicted in China. The barbarous cus
tjiu or conferring honors on women
who commit suicide is also continued.
King John of England who was
forced to grant the Magna Chaita,
June 1-j, li'lo, when the great seal was
atllxed thereto lit Kunuemede, a
meadow between Maines and Wind
sor. The original Magna Charta is
preserved iu the Bi it ish' Museum.
A Norwich, (Ajuii., cocker sjiaDiel
that flpent his early days iu a family
of children and had Ins lace washed
regularly will not now, in his old age,
eat breakfast until his face has been
washed. If his toilet is neglected he
sis down and howls loud and long.
Bavaria's late mad King's per
sonal eliects were Foid at Munich re
cently. A pair of scarlet trousers
brought t"ii pounds; a pair of musical
brushes did not sell, U-cause the
"music wouldn't go." The saddest
thing in the collection was the King's
inseparable bed-fellow during the last
four years a stuffed monkey.
A little gill while playing one day
recently on a jK.rch at Walliugford.
Conn., win startled by a large bird
Eying over her head. The bird flew a
short distance away and returned
Hgam and was caught and held by the
child until ber parents, who heaia un
noise, came out and secured it. It
proved to be a full grown partridge,
apparently uuhurt.
In Germany tho average dmatioii
of the hie or gardeners, mariners and
fishermen is filly-eight years; butchers,
fifty-four years; carpenters and brick
layers, forty-nine years; compositors
and lithographers, forty-one years; and
latjorers, thirty-two years. Of the pro
fessions the average lifetime of elergy-"
men is sixty-seven years; teacherB,
lilty-seven year?; liwyers, Dfty-iour
years, aud physicians, forty-nine years.
For years In...... ....s have
leu fouud in such numbers on the
shores of Bautain hike, in Connecticut,
that antiijuai iaus thought that a battle
must have been fought there once,
liecenlly woi kers digging there found
corroboration of the battle theory In
the form of bones of men mingled with
tare Indian weapons. Apparently the
men bad been buried lu a Bitting pos
ture, aud oue grave, by its unusuall
large collection of weaixins. Judicata l
that its occupant had been a chier or
mighty warrior.
In excavating for an addition to a
prison in Salt Luke City recently five
underground cells were found, each
two and one-half feet wide, six feet
long and three feet high, aud wiM"
walls two feet thick, covered with
hard plaster cement. The doors were
gone, but parts of the hinges remained.
There are believed to hi many more
3l the cells at the same place. They
lie supposed to have been reaches,
when In use, by subterranean paths.
Whether their doors were grated or
olid is cot known.
A Minneapolis man ate 000 oys
ters in two hours recently for a bet of
100.
, Fopuiar faith is being nailed to
hypnotism in France, where all kinds
of ailments and icuilai'lties are now
being treated by the mesmerists. The
cure of drunkenness has been at
tempted by what is called sugges
tion." the patient, while "under con
trol," being ordered to abstain from all
intoxicants, and success is said to
lave been achieved.
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