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To teach her then the Talua of Ma graca Ilia aun. in pride and aairar, bid hta face The flower felt the change in wild amaze And lonaed in aorrow for her lorer'a ae; A palni rain -drop fe;l with audden freak Upon her cheek. The aun, aoon tiring of his lord It mood. freptHl out lo a -e f yet her acorn aha rued; lia iw the tt-ar hi watched the wooinK wind Float w, away and leave the flower un- kln.l. And h.-ard with fitajtlen'd heart her Toice entrrat Ilis ,ar Ion aweet. But still, to prove ker tjiiick reientanca true II. Meeted hia heart with resolution new And aank bebiud the world without ona sign. And Ifit her tlit-re in cold and dark to pine; Though thought tu oitru of the sweet pala lace l;f!HiM'd liiit grace. l'l wilh the day lit-row hia loe to creet, Autl lav hi love and p:nlon at her feet. tlut, a! No tfiiUrr lace rt turned bla Hiiiiie Willi welromtii love, aud sweet reproach lire w iii.c Naught, save one leaf tns faithful zephyr cave To mirk hor crava. NOT A CONTRACT. Some years iO I visited aa insane asylum iu one f tl:e Eastera Sjtates. wiiicu was under the cuarse of a nieui cal sentleman vhotn for couventeuce I will call Dr. Cliiytou. 1 will nut locate the institution, be' ciyise as the facta I have to relate are still Ire1 m the memories of many, the parties interested might be caused some annoyance If general public at tentiou should be directed especia'ly to them. As I was belnj shown through tt9 cotumo'-.'iju establishment and beauti ful grounds by some of the attendants, part of the time accompanied by Ir. Claytou himself, 1 witnessed many curiout iitiit-ws of human nature, espe cially insane human nature. On being transferred from one de partment to another, my attendants frequently became changed, as the dif ferent keepers took charge of me f r the truie, and on one of these occasions I bad a long and very Interesting con versation with one of the latter a slender, handsome. Intelligent gentle man of thirty-live, with black hair, bright eyes, and very prepossessing features whose easy tlow of language, fascinating manners, and unusual fa miliarity with every topic introduced, was really so edifying that X soon be came convinced of bis being no ordi nary personage, aud thought it not un likely that he was the general superin tendent, haviu? full charge of the in stitution in Ir. Clayton's absence. I hinted as much to him, and he smiled and did not deny it, which, fully con firmed me iu the shrewdness of my conjecture. As 1 left this gentleman's depart ment, he accompanied me to the door (where I a;atn met Dr. Clayton), bowed me out with a smile, shook hands with me, excnsed himself from accompanying me further, saying he would now leave me in the doctor's charge, and ended by cordially Inviting me to call again. I see ycu have been in good hands," remarked Dr. Clayton, with a peculiar smile, "and no doubt have been highly entertained?" "I have. Indeed!" I answered. 'I suppose the gentleman is your second self here? lie is certainly one of the most intelligent persons I have ever met. lie is evidently a man of splen did education, and seems to be well Informed on every topic. It was not introduced to him, aud should Like to know his name. "That la Henry Eckerly," replied the doctor, "a graduate of one of the leading universities of Eug'.aui!. Have you never heard of him betore;" I cannot say that I have." I an swered; "but 1 readily perceived, in the first few minutes of conversation with him, that he 13 a refined and brilliant scholar, and is besides a man of marked ability." "yes," smiled the doctor, "he Is one of the most remarkable patients I have ever had in this institution.' "Patient?" I exclaimed in surprise; "what do you mean by that, doctor? You don't preteud to tell me that the man Is insane?" "That Is just what I do tell yon," returned the doctor, and thereby hangs a tale. You look lucreduloual'' be smiled. "As sharp people as you and I are have been deceived before now; and when you have Unlshed your rounds, if you will come into my pri vate office, I will relate you the story, which. If it prove nothing else, will demonstrate bow closely the line of insanity cau run parallel to that of rea son." An hour later I was taking a glass of wine wilh the genial doctor iu bis private office, fully prepared to listen to the followicg curious narrative, which I give as nearly as possible iu his own language. "Some ten years ago." began Dr. Clayton. "Henry Eckerly was brought to this institution and put under my charge, the statement being that, on one subject, at least, bis mind was un sound. "His peculiar aberration was to the effect that he was an Euglish lawyer of great note, who bad been authorized to find out the belrs of a large estate and put them in possession of a vast amount of accumulated property a fancy which he was able to surround with such pLau.Hiblllties that more than one persou hud become a dupe to bis assertions and forgeries of different kinds, and bad first and last paid hi in considerable sums of money before the Cheat bad been detected. "For these vagaries and misdemean ors, not to call them worse crimes, be had been put on trial in a court of jus tice, and his inaauity having been clearly proved, be had been sent to an insane asylum instead of a prison. "After being under my charge for more than a year, he seemed to have entirely recovered his reason, and was permitted by an order of court to be set at liberty. "For two or three years subsequently I heard nothing concerning him; and be himself, as with thotisauds of others, might have finally passed from my recollection, had it not been for some curious incidents which I am now going to relate. "Soma years ago I bad occasion to visit a small village .called Scaibor-onjh. "I put up at the only inn In the place, where my business detained me for several days. "I had a letter of introduction to a gentleman whom I will call by the name of Maxwell; and, soon after pre senting it, I became on terms of so much intimacy with him, that he re lated several things of importance con nected with his family. "Among tbers be stated that, though fairly well-to-do in this world's goods, be believed himself on the point of becoming Immensely wealthy. "An English ancestor of bis. . one Conrad Maxwell, bad died some fifty years ago, leaving a large estate, worth something l:ke a million of pounds sterling; and as this estate bad de scended directly to a son, who had re cent ly died without Issue, be was next In succession. "A celebra el English lawyer, who bad been employed to discover the heirs-at-Iaw, had traced the matter directly to himself, and bad come over here with letters of recommendation from some) of the English nobility. "This professional gentleman, whose name was Etiert Du Harry, had not only made bis acquaintance and in formed him of bis good fortune, but bad rendered himself so fascinating to his only daughter, that she had become deeply attached to blm; a mutual pas sion bad sprung up between them, and the twain were soon to become one, when the family would all start to gether on the wedding tour of the groom and bride. "And this reminds me. by the way', concluded Mr. MaxwelL that I have a wedding invitation for yourself, doc tor. Excuse me for not sending it in the regular way; but my wire and self thought I bad better ask you person ally if you could honor us with your company?" " Ka!ly, I answered, you are very kind and very flattering, but I am afraid I shall be debarred the pleasure of being present, as I expect to leave tswn soon within a week at the farth est. " 'And it Is only a week from this day,' said Mr. Maxwell, pointing to the caul. "Pray, do remain over and be present If you possibly can. "I considered the matter seriously for a few moments, and then told him 1 would do myself the honor of being present. 'Strange things happen sometimes. In which we have prepared ourselves to be actors without any provision on our part. There seems in many cases ti be a fate that goes before and prepares the way for a strange denouement. "I found that this newly discovered good fortune of the Maxwells, and this wedding of the daughter to the distinguished English lawyer, who bad come to apprise them of their vast hereditary estate, bad created no little excitement In the villarge of Scarbor ough, and was the talk of the time every one having something to say on the matter, and a few pretending to rejoice while many were filled with feelings of envy. "As I said before, though the night fixed for the wedding would somewhat delay my departure, I bad resolved to be present; and though I had Intended to be ou lime, yet a slight accident, which bad happened that day to inv horse while rid:ng out, had so delayed me that when I reached the crowded mansion the ceremony bad ' already begun. "As I entered the room and pushed my way forward, so as to get a close view of the happy pair, who were al ready standing up before the Episcopal clergyman, who bad been brought from a neighboring city to read the solemn service, the latter was in the act of saying: 'Into this holy estate these two per sons present come now to bs joined. If any man can stow just cause why they may not lawfully ba joined together, let blm now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.' "The minister bad just reached this point, and bad come to a slight pause, when, perhaps by some peculiar mag netic force, the bridegroom, whose features from the first glance seemed to be familiar to me, suddenly looked up and fixed bis eyes upon mine. I instantly started, and a strange thrill went through me. "Could it be possible that, in the per son now before me, known to all pres ent as Egbert Du Barry, I behold my former patient, Henry Eckerly? "The start which he gave on seeing me, also confirmed me in the beliet of there being somethiug wrong, and 1 recalled all the incidents of his peculiar insanity. "Yes, it was undoubtedly tne same person, and Providence bad, perhaps. brought me here to save a wormy family, and a beautiful young lady from a wretched entanglement. "While I stood thinking, hesitating. and fairly trembling with the great secret, the clergyman bad already pro ceeded with the following solemn words: ! I require and charge you both, as you will answer at the dreadful Day of Judgment, when the secret of all hearts .hall be disclosed, that u eitner of you know any impediment why ye may not be lawfully joined together in matrimony ye do now confess it.' " II old r I now suddenly exciaimeu. I forbid the ritel' 'The words came forth at that sol emn time, and in that solemn place, with terrible effect. "Everybody started and grew sud denly pale, and every eye of the whole assembly was turned snarpiy, lnuuu iugly, and almost wildly upon me. " 'This is a gross deception I' I pro ceeded; 'this man is not named Egbert I Du Barry, but Henry Eckerly, the ' well known lunatic, wno. soma years . ago, was a patiant in an Insane asylum, I sent thither by an order of the court, instead of to a common prison for ! criminal acts, similar to what be has recently beej committing. I a thunderbolt from a cloudless sky the bomb bursting in an unprepared assembly, aa earthquake shaking an unwarned Tillage, and you can have some idea or tne wuu conster nation which my language produced. The bride shrieked and fainted, the groom sprung from her side and grap Jri at mv throat, and there were loud cries aud confusion, as It Bedlam bad been let loose. . 1 "But the end was gain a, tne man ( nininwed. the familr was saved. though fearfully crest-fallen and morti-, field; lor mere was reauy iw and the lunatic himself has , just edined you with a long, and Inter esting, and William conwnauuu. "Weill weUI welll" was my wm- meut. Truth Is lndeea strange uju fiction." And when I left Dr. Clayton, it was in a deeply reflective mood on the strange human life. and curious puaoea w Work done out of season Is lH done. TXi MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 25, A Jealooa Ilnsband; or. On the Brink of Despair. Gerald ine Cieve was a dancer at the Shakespeare Theatre and about her throne she had gathered all the rich young men in town, for she loved ad miration. Her flirtations, if they can be called such, were perfectly harmless and her husband, who was very much In love with her, allowed her to receive ber share of homage as long as it was respectful. Of the attentions of Mr. Duncan Middleworth, however, Jonas Cleve bad decided objections, and whenever Ue ratline accepted flowers from that young man there was a quarrel. For some reason or other the husband was insanely Jealous of Middleworth and took no pains to conceal the fact from bis wife. One night as the danseuse bowed to the applause which greeted ber efforts and the flowers fell about ber in show ers of perfume, there lay at ber feet a wreath of while rosebuds tied with a snowy ribbon. A pretty little actress, who stood leaning azainst the wing waiting for ber part to begin, ran forward and placed it, like a crown, on Geraldine's hair, and at the moment a second b'jrst of applause rose from the crow ded house. Ten minutes later, when Jonas came behind the scenes to escort his wife home for Geraldine only danced the one pas to-night he glanced earnestly at the floral trophies that were heaped in a basket, ready to be carried to the second floor lodging where Mrs. Cleve brightened her rooms wi:h the fragrant blossoms. "Who threw that wreath?" be asked, with a sudden impulse of curiosity, as be saw it lying on the top. Geraldine did not answer; she was busy tyinz on her veil. Jonas picked It up aud examined the card fastened to It. "Duncan Middleworth." As quick as lightning the young bus baud tore the wreath in twain, threw It on the floor, and set bis heel on it. Jonas!" Geraldine cried, half angry, half frightened. "I told you I would have no more of such nonsense," be said in a voice almost suffocated with rage. "If you ever accept so much as a bud that comes from his hand again" "Well, what then!" she stid de fiantly. But bis whole voice and manner bad changed. Are you ready to go home?" be asked, quietly. "Because it is growing late." But Geraldine could not forget the white heat of anger that bad blazed in bis brief glance. "It's too absurd," she thought. "I will not rive way to his unreasoning jealousy." Mr. Duncan MiJdle worth sat in a proscenium box the next evening and tossed an exquisite basket of japouicas at Geraldine Cleve's feet wheu the mo ment of ovation ume, She stooped herself to pick it up wiJi an arch, gratiued smile and a slight motion of her bead towards the box, and as she turned away she met ber husband's stern, reproachful eye. Her first impulse was to drop the basket again, ber second to brave it out. "What have I done?" she asked her self, half Indignantly; and as she went off the stage she carried the flower bas ket in her hand. Jonas Cleve, however, did not make his appearance as usual hi her dressing room when she was ready to depart, but, instead, an old one-eyed carpenter, who served about the theatre, stood waiting. "Where's Mr. Cleve, Griffith?" "He said I was to see you home, ma'am?" -He is angry about the flower bas ket," she thought. "Weil, let blm sulk!" But Jonas was hot at home when she reached their modest lodgings aud Geraldine was surprised at the sudden sinking of her own heart. "lie will be home soon," she com forted herself by saying. As she took the basket of japomcas out of its tissue-paper wrappings some thing glittered in the gaslight. It was a diamond ring, fastened to the han dle. . This will never do," said Geral dine, half glad that her husband was not there to see the shining gaud.' "I must send it back to-morrow. Jonas was right after alL I will receive no more flowers from Duncan Middle worth." And then she sat down, all In her silvery and tissue robes, to wait pa tiently for ber husband's return. But be did not. come, The clock struck twelve one two and still no familiar footstep sounded on the stairs. And then an awful doubt crept into her mind. She bad set his will and wishes at defiance! Had he left her for ever? It was only during an instant that she harbored the possibility, but that one second made her heart cold as ice. - And when the next day's sun dawned. -lurid and cheerless, and she sat alone, cowering over the smoulder ing fire, she would have given half a lifetime to be able to live over the last evening once more. - " "Why did I touch the basket." she asked herself passionately, "when he wished me not? Oh, surely I have de served this anguish, this terrible doubt, for pandering to my own base vanity. If be would only come back again, but" She dared not say to herself. "If he should never come back!" The day crept by, and she still sat huddled up in aheap, pallid and sick at heart, wilh no energy for anything. She had sent back tne diamond ring promptly, as an insult which she would not for a moment brook. But, alas! It was too late now. The dawn was again gathering sadly about her when the door suddenly opened and a tall figure entered. - -Gerry! Why, what, the matter?" "Jonas'" . She sprang into his arms with an hys terical shriek. The sudden revulsion of feeling was too great a shock. VI have torn it all to pieces, Jonas. I never want to see it again," she cried. Torn what to pieces? I dont under stand you, child." The horrid, odious basket of japoui cas?" On. I remember now, my darling," with a tender pressure ot the hand. "How. shall 1 thank you for your re gard for my wishes!" "But, Jonas, why Old you leave me without a word?" she asked breath- l1 , , . "Didnt Griffith give you the letter?" Tout letter? No!" . "Then he was half drunk, as usual. oasTSTsnas-ai vnas-in I suppose. 1 was telegraphed from Albany by my employer to bring him up some valuable papers from the of fice, and bad taken the midnight train without an instant's delay. I had no time to see you, but I sent you a line by Griffith, with directions to see you home." "He escorted me home, but he never spoke about a letter," said Geraldine. bursting into tears. "The old villain! But I hope you were not uneasy, dearest?" "Oh, Jonas, I was miserable. I I feared you had ceased to love met" sobbed the young wife. As if that were possible, darling!" But Geraldine had received a lesson, nevertheless a lesson which she always remembered. Bob and the Pite'a Head, i Bob, or "Dumpy," as Uie miners all called him, was oue of those fellows who were never abashed at anything. Let him once make up his mind to do a thing and be would go through with it, "If it took a rib." as be said. lie was a rotund but strongly built little bald pated bachelor, a jolly son or the West , with more circumference than height. Dumpy aud several of his brother miners, took their meals at a private boarding bouse, the mistress of which merited more renown for ber grinding economy than humane, motherly cater ing to the palates of her boarders. One Monday morning this excellent land lady cooked a Large pig's bead with out removing the ears or the eyes. At noon, this savory dish appeared before the miners for the. first time. Dumpy and bis companions seemed to Imbibe a sudden fear of trichina, for their ap petites quarantined against meat forth with. Three times a day for a whole week that ghastly, staring head gracing (?) the center of the table on a huge plat ter, gazed at the men. Boys," said Dumpy one day at the table, "shan't I help yer plates to some oi the bead?" On all declining his offer, he re marked: uYer appertltes must be on the wane, pards. Er maybe yer tryln' fur to purify yer systems to jine the Adventists who're a-preachin' up at the Fork." This suggestion provoked a hearty laugh, and at the mines it was told again, and thz'embryo Adventists' were targets for alL Dumpy soon regretted having made his friends the butt of every joke, like the pig's bead, they were soon stale. He suddenly formed a resolve to banish the objectionable bead and turn the joke elsewhere. Monday, Dumpy walked in to dinner and before the boarders and the land lady, be addressed the venerably cooked, defunct pig's head as follows: "How do yer do, sir! I ought to know yer; yer face looks familiar; but dang my taller er I kin call yer name." The head vanished, and Bob bad a vote of thanks and free cigars for a full month. Itosy C'liects After A Shopping lour. "Kitty, I am glad to see yeu looking yourself again. What have you been doing to regain your rosy cheeks aud bright eyes?" said a husband to bis wife, on bis return from business last evening. ".Ned, I have been shopping, and I am going to tell you all about my rosy cheeks, bright eyes aud my shopping tour. You think I am looking charm ing, yet the moment I mentioned stop plug to you your countenance changed, and you looked at me as though shop ping was a mild form of crime. Now don't think that shopping means buying for many women have not a dollar in their purse when they go shopping. But no woman ever goeson such a tour without getting rosy cheeks and bright eyes. This Is the excitement, fresh air, and the change Is what causes women to ap pear so pink and charming afterward." 'But have women the assurance to go through the stores taking up the time of saleswomen and buying noth ing?" asked the husband. Oh, they don't take up much time. They simply look about, examine the new materials and occasionally ask the price or an article and sometimes get samples." "Do all who ask for samples procure them?" was asxed. " Weil, the clerks use discrimination about that. They soon find out the shoppers who visit their stores day after day without purchasing. When any of . this class ask for samples the clerks answer, "it Is too late in the day to cut ! samples," or they have some other plausible excuse ready, if the clerk is convinced that you really Intend mak ing a purchase he is usually patient and obliging. But there is frequently as much excitement and pleasure whether you buy or not." The Beginning or Printing. It is probable that the earliest Im pressions were taken by a mallet and planer (a smooth faced block of wood used for leveling the type before print ing), as proof slips now often are, or by a brush, in the Chinese manner; but presses were soon Invented for the pur pose. There are engravings represent ing the press as It existed about 1520. It was large enough to print two folio pages, and for this two pulls were re quired. The force was applied by a simple screw and lever. About 1020 Blaeuw, of Amsterdam, produced a greitly improved press, which, with little alteration, continued in use for more than a century and a half. The press upon which Benjamin Franklin worked in London, in 1725, is pre served in the patent office at Washing ton. It is a clumsy structure, almost entirely of wood, known as the Ramage press, of which many were still in use more than a century later. Iron was subsequently used ror some of the parts until the beginning of the present cen tury. Great Effect of Drainage- Experiments conducted at the Ex periment station at Union town, Ala., according to a bulletin recently Issued, show that the averaee yield of corn on drained land was 30.64 bushels to the acre. The average yield without drain age was 21.02 bushels per acre. Drain age therefore caused an lncrase of 02.4 per cent. There was neither ex cessive rainfall nor drought during the season. There are In the Sunday schools of the Christian world 16,447.990 scholars. L.&2.167 teachers, making a grand total of 18.400.157. mercury plumb-bob has lately been made. It consists of a small steel rod. bored out and filled with mercury to give weight. m zrosoeiczst or nz lati. Tipping the Tables; Or, How Arthur Told Hia Love. They bad been entertaining them selves with tipping a table. It was la the days that people amused themselves with Plancbette. "Lilian," .said Wilton's persuasive voice, "come and have a try before we are called to tea." She went as meek as an angel and sat down by blm. 'Ask something anything no mat ter bow triviaL "Will mother go to ckurch to-morrow?" the girl asked. The pencil moved more quickly. "The truth," said Plancbette. A shout of laughter from the chil dren. "Planchette's cracked," said Dick. "Of course she answers what is in one's mind as she did to Arthur. What's 'the truth' got to do with mother going to church That answer couldnt have been lu Lil's mind." The Church the truth, don't you see, Dick?" cried the children, laugh ing. "Be quiet bold your tongue, Dick!" said Wilton, with a touch of sharpness. "Ask something else, Lilian." Oh, no; I can't!" said the girl, trembling. "Let me leave off." Not yet. Give me the pencil I'll see what Planchette would like. .Now, Planchette, you gave a very irrelevant answer before please be more explicit. Is Lilian to leave off?" Say yes," said the girl. "I do want to leave oni" But Plancbette would not be dicta ted to; with a vigor that made ber start aside she wrote rapidly: "Wretched, deceilful girL" Then she stopped as If to take breath, then wrote in a series of violent jerks, all across the paper: 'Arthur." Lilian started up, crimson and wild eyed. Planchette, as If delighted with what she bad done, took charge and raced all across the table. The children screamed, Mabel cried "Hushl" and Plancbette, with a screech, ran over the edge of the table and lay prone ou the floor. That's Lilian's doing," said Wilton to MabeL "1 never got anything like that. But where is she?" "She ran out ot the room," said Daisy. "I'll find her," said Arthur hastily, and was out of the room like a flash. She was iu the library, with ber bead bui lad in an armchair, weeping. He put a strong arm round Lilian and lifted ber she did not resist, it is true and when be had done that he did not seem to think it bis duty to re move his arm, but drew it around ber more closely. Then be said "Lilian, darling!" with apparently no meaning, for he added nothing else. Lilian only cried the more, with her pretty bead pressed against his coat. 'Hush, dearest don't cryl'" whis pered the young man. "Oh, bow wicked I have been!" said Lilian, trying to leave oft crying. "You're very good now, anyhow," said be, stooping to kiss the tears away. "So you have a little bit of love for me, Lilian?" 'Yes, Arthurl" very meekly. Then why did you break my heart this morning?" "Because I was a wretch. I I al ways cared for you." "Did you, darling? Oh, Lillian, you'd have spared me many a heartache if you'd been more frank. Did I worry you too much?" "No, it wasn't you it was the others. They were always telling me I ought to encourage you, and that I'd no heart to stub you as I did and I got so sick of it all I couldn't be sure eometimes whether I bated you or not. But I was so miserable to-day and then that horrid Planchette" "She wasn't horrid at alL Lilian, I want you to forgive me something." She ventured an upward glance; she thought she could have forgiven him for a cold-blooded murder. 'Plancbette was all my doing," said the culprit, with smiling impenitence. "I couldn't make you say one thing or another, and I couldn't help fancying you were not indifferent and I thought it would all be in your mind and so Are you very angry, my Lilian?" She looked down and colored, and shook her head. But as they were married at Easter, he must have been forgiven. A Coquette's Conquest; or. Through Winding Ways. TIow well I remember the day Philip Darcy came back from Europe, where be bad been studying, and bung out his modest little lawyer's shingle. He bad very little money in the world, but It was not very long before rich clients began to flock In and be made a hand some Income. Before he went away Philip bad been very fond of little Mary Gordon, and we all thought be would marry ber when he returned. Perhaps be might have if he had sot fallen under the pell of the most adroit coquette in town, Isabel Marwood, who soon won blm away front the old object of his adoration. For once this haughty beauty, who had trampled on so many hearts, lost her own and fell desperately in love with the man she had only tried to flirt with at first. At last Philip Darcy made up his mind that he would call on Isabel and ask ber to be bis wife. He had settled iu his mind that he loved Mary Gor don only as a sister. He found his divinity on the night In question playing with a pug dog in the drawing-room a horrid little cur he always disliked. she gave blm one look and was frightened. With all her wit and arti fices she sought to put off the fateful moment, but she could not. With the wild impetuosity of his nature when deeply In earnest and excited, confi dent, too, that the blessed consumma tion was at hand, he caught her in his ardent embrace, gave ber one impas sioned kiss, and then asked ber to be bis wife to bless him beyond all blessing that man had ever known. He was going on with a picture of hia love, when she broke from him and turned and faced him. Never mind the words she spoke. She rejected him she scorned him she wondered at his daring and at his self-conceit. But he did not stop to bear her through. The iron had en tered his soul; and in those first few moments be had seen what manner of woman he had loved. He rushed out into the night It, was night every where to him the rushed forth as utterly mad as ever man was. Where should he go what should be do to subdue the fire that consumed him? In other years Philip Darcy had been beset by one evil habit the love of strong drink. But he had conquered It nobly heroically conquered it; and since the day on which he entered the office of the aged jurist who bad been bis first legal tutor be had not touched the, to blm, fatal cup. Blindly, recklessly, caring for noth ing, his life a chaos, he plunged on, and. without thought without pre meditation he turned lntoa gorgeously furnished and brilliantly-lighted sa loon, where a merry. Jovial crew were holding high wassaill Towards room ing two of his companions helped him borne. Towards noon, on the follow ing day, be awoke and sat up. It was a considerable time before be could remember; but memory served blm after a time, and it ail came back to bim. What was life to him now? The blow had been terrible . There is no need that we should ex pose the sadness, the sorrow, the dread calamity aud the downward, down ward course ot the next twelve months! For one whole year Philip Darcy drank fearfully. The tears and prayers of bis friends bad no effect to restrain him; no shame, no suffering, no degradation startled him from the road to utter ruin. Late one evening as Philip was wan dering the streets, not very badly off, a friend took his arm and carried him home. As they entered the small reception room they beard voices in the drawing-room beyond. One was that of the hostess; the other, Isabel Mar wood's. Darcy knew it in an Instant, and, having heard bis owu name spoken by the lady ot the house, be grasped the arm ot his friend and held him still, Aud in a moment more he beard Isabel Marwood sieak these words they were burned into his brain and be could not forget them: "Yes, I re jected bim. And wasn't It a fortunate thing for me that I did so? Heavens! what a life for a wife to live! Yet I pity him. I do certainly pity him.' Philip threw his friend's arm from him and rushed from the house, and daylight found blm walking, not the streets, but a quiet, secluded cross road away out in the country. She she pitied bim! She had been fortunate in rejecting bim! "Heavens! what a life for a wife to live!" As he kept repeating the words over and over to himself a great horror for his present life rose within bim. He resolved to be strong again, and sought the shelter of bis friend Archy Gor don's bouse. And thus it came to pass that Mary Gordon became Philip Darcy '3 nurse, for be was very 111 almost at death's door as a result of the course he had pursued; and but for the tender, watchful, tireless care of Mary he might never have arisen from bis couch of suffering. And now, as the couch of suffering became a couch of blessing, he knew which was the true love and which the false. Before be bad become strong enough to leave the house the play mate of his childhood, the friend and companion of bis youth, his deeply and truly beloved Mary, bad promised that if be lived and needed ber she would never leave him more. Another thing happened while Philip was an inmate of Archie Gor don's dwelling as acceptable as it was unexpected. A man whose paper his father had Indorsed for several thousands, and which be the father had been obliged to honor, had been away to the land of gold, and bad gained a new fortune; and be bad now come to make the son full restitution for all that the father bad lost on his account. So when Philip and Mary were mar ried there was a snug sum of money in the bank for a rainy day. Two years passed and a man came out in society with a '-grand splurge." Arnold Fits Warren, be called his name. lie carried things with a high band and cut a wide swath. Isabel Marwood fell Into the trap at last. Arnold FiU Warren must have be lieved she bad money or be never would have bothered bimftelf with marrying her. At all events, be pro posed and was accepted, and the mar riage speedily followed. just one week later an officer made his appearance with a writ and took Aruold Warren's (the "Fltz" bad been a mere fancy of the moment) splendid equipage for debt. And a few days after that, while Isabel's husband lay in the drawing-room, aruna. anotner officer came with a warrant and took the man himself. Isabel Marwood never saw her hus band again, but she occasionally saw Philip Darcy, and she saw his happy, blooming wife; aud the time came when she looked upon bis bright-eyed. beautiful children, and thus knowing, the years crept upon her apace. W hat her thonghts what ber feelings who shall say? The ABC ot Drink. A is the Alcohol deathlike its grip, B is the Beginner who "just takes a sip. C the Companion who urges bim on. ! D for the Demon of drink which is born. E the Endeavor be makes to resist. F for the Friends (?) wbo-so loudly insist. G for the guilt which be afterwards ' ieeis. H for the horrors that hang at his heels. I bis intention to drink not at alU J for Jeering that follows bis fall. K is his knowledge that be Is a slave. L for the Liquors bis appetites crave. M the convivial Meeting so gay, N Is the "No" which be tries bard to say. O for the Orgies which then come to pass, P for the Pride which he drowns in bis glass. i Q the Quarrels that nightly abound, li for the Kuln that hovers around. S for the Sights which his vision ' bedims, T for the Trembling that seizes bis limbs. I TJ bis Usefulness, killed in the slnms, V is the Vagrant he swiftly becomes. t W the Waning of life nearly done, X bis Extinction, regarded by none. Youth of the nation, such weakness ness Is crime; Zealously turn from the tempter in time. i Above all things we should have a care to keep the body from disease, the i soul from ignorance and the country from sedition. . Jersey City has a man who re turned to the owner $520 found In a second-hand lounge. 1SSS. MAKlilAOiS IX ITALY. Many Formalities Attend and trie Bride's Dower is Indispensable. "Marriages in Italy." said a traveler who had just returned from a tour up the Mediterranean to a reporter, "are unlike ours in every particular. The ceremony there Is performed only In the church. After two lovers have be come engaged the parents of the bride repair to the dignitary, who corres ponds to the mayor In this country. The bride and bridegroom here, in writing and in the presence of at least half a dozen witnessses, signify their intention of marrying. The date or the wedding is then designated, but the event Is not allowed to take place within three months. Immediately af ter departing from the mayor's office, the friends of the contracting parties are notified in person of the proposed nuptials, and in some instances not only Is it advertised in the newspapers, but written notices are posted on every second post of the town. "The mayor, on the other hand, di rects bis clerks to send a notification of the intention to all the churches in the city and viciuity. This done, the names and ages of the couple are en tered in a big book which the priest keeps for that purpose. No one Is mar ried by the clergyman who has not signified bis or her intention three mouths before. As soon as a couple enters the church the reverend gentle man In charge examines the book in person. If be fails to discover a reg ister of the intention he refuses to jein the anxious pair. Every woman who marries is entitled to a dower. Her parents must confer this upon ber. For the most part the bridegrooms expect this dower, aud my attention was called to several who bad refused to take the bride without it. The value ot the dower depends entirely upon the financial status of the girl's parents. The poorer ones generally furnish in a complete manner the dwelling In which the couple intends to Live. The father of the girl , some few weeks prior to the wedding, prepares In writing the dower list. It is a most ludicrous document sometimes, but more particularly when It minutely describes the number of forks, knives, spoons, dishes, chairs and other household paraphernalia which the bridegroom's father-in-law is willing to bestow upon the smliten pair. Of course there are Instances where the bride's father, owing to ex treme poverty, lias been unable to give a dower, but these are real love af fairs." "Cannot the bridegrosm present the trousseau?" "Yes, be can; but as far as I could ascertain there were certain restric tions. The newly married couple never go on a honeymoon, the universal cus tom being to allow them to remain at home for eight days. At the expira tion of that time the cards are sent out. Then there is merry-making. There are lew cases of eloimeuts." "Does not this compulsory dower prevent many marriages!"' "Yes. it does. Still there are pure love affairs even In Italy, and a w.ui doesn't expect a dower from the rela tives of a poor orphan whom be loves. In this country but few Italians regard their country's custom. Some believe in the wisdom of receiving the mayor's and church's approbation, but as a general rule the dower aud festivities are entirely disregarded." flic Montenegrins as Immigrants. The Montenegrins are entering the field as emigrants. Whether the crop or flea powder (that is their staple article of ex(iort) has failed, or whether the fleas that cause the demand for It have diminished is not clear, but cer tain it is that the people of the moun tain principality are Inclined to leave their rocks In such numbers as to cause Prince Nicholas to fear a day when he shall no longer have a man left to gov ern. Perhaps the Montenegrins will be putting In an appearance Ira Castle Garden one of these days. They are all in favor of allowing women as large a sphere as she wants, if so be that she will only work in it. It was one of them to whom a traveler, observing the women hoeing a field with hoes but two feet In the handle, said: "Why do you make the women work with such tools as that?" "Because it makes the men's backs ache, "answered the free born son of the Black mountain. "But does It not make the women's backs ache, too?" "Oh, they get used to it." Neither or Nit her. The pronunciation ot the word neither" Is very generally considered to be a matter ot tiste. Most diction aries give both pronunciations, but good speakers invariably give the long e sound, although the long 1 sound is generally supposed to have no more serious objection than being somewhat affected, and Is a pronunciation often adopted by clergymen, especially Epis copalians. It is, however. Incorrect, as its origin will show. It is well known that the German pronunciation of el is loDg, as der Felnd, the enemy, while the English rule is to pronounce the diphthong as long e as receive. The long e sound was invariably given in neither until the reign of George I, ot England. Being of the House of Hanover, and speaking English indif ferently, he gave the German pronun ciation to the diphthong. Court para sites thought it proper to ape the King and his pronunciation spread. Few people know this origin, and hence the general mistake. The Pate of a. Tombstone. Nothing goes on in an unlnterruped career in this world, however, and even gravestones come now and then to strange uses. In a village in Maine, for instance, a farmer having waxed in fortune until be was able to replace the slate gravestone in his family burial lot by marble ones, was too thrifty to throw the old slabs away. He there fore utilized them as door stones, so that all visitors to the kitchen and dairy trod upon inscriptions gradually fading away, which, with scriptural phrase and the cheerful overseeing of triangular vlsaged cherubs, recorded the names, the virtues, and the ulti mately taking off of the forefathers of the thrifty farmer. Counting our chickens before they are hatched would not be so bad did we first candle the eggs. It is a good idea to have a stand or table especially for the evening papers In the dining-room. Kdltor fid Proprietor. NO. IS. NEWS IN Mil EF. Darwin's life has reached a sals of 1G,0U0 In England. The founder of the Adams Express Company, Alvin Adams, started bit career as an office boy iu a Boston hotel. W. W. Corcoran, the philanthro pist millionaire, who died recently, was born in Washington, Nov. 27, 1793. A prisoner in the Ohio Peniten tiary fighting with a guard, said be would die before he would yield. Ha died. The centennial of Washington's inauguration iu New York as Presi dent, occurs April lS'J. It will be duly celebrated. A movement has been started in Boston to provide a memorial building in honor of the memory of the late Wendell Phillips. The venerable John G. Whittier, the Quaker poet has a lingering fond ness for the trade he learned as a boy, that of shoemaking. No foreign Jews are allowed to settle In Jerusalem. Jewish visitors are only allowed to stop thirty days. Lady Morell Mackenzie, in addi tion to the India shawl she receutly received from the queen, has several valuable gifts from the German royal family. Washington was a distinguished colonel lu the aimy at twenty-two, early In public affairs commander of the forces at forty-three, and Presi dent at fifty-seven. Denver has in It more men worth over $500,000 than any other city in the United States, except New Voik aud Philadelphia. They all made their fortunes out of mining. Napoleon at twenty-live com manded the Army of Italy. At thirty he was not only one of tiie most illustrious generals of all lime, but oue of the great law-givers of the world. At forty-six be saw Waterloo. With the mercury at 37 degrees below at Eagle Uock, Idaho, a locomo tive taking water from a tank, the flow of which could not be stopped, was frozen instantly in a bed of ice extend ing three car lengths and to the tops ot the rails. It is said that George Gould does not spend over Ji.000 a year on clothes. He is very modest in his taste aud al ways selects good, plain cloth, but is very particular regarding the fit. Ills younger brother ICdwiu is more or a dude. In order to try the extent to which a tragic actress Is moved by the whirl of stage passion, Sarah Beru hardt's pulse was once tested at the wings Immediately after a scene of great Intensity. It ticked as regularly and normally as an eight day clock. Jonathan Edwards acquired early renown as the greatest metaphysician in America and as unsuipasned by any oue in Europe. He commenced the reading of Latin when six years old. At ten he wrote a remarkable pajier upon the immortality of the soul. At the opts of thirteen he en tered Yale College, where he gradu ated four years later. Madame Munkacsy, wife of the painter, has been so impressed by her husband's glowlnt; accounts of America that she has made up her mind to pay this country a visit at the earliest op lortunlty. In the meantime she Is paying particular attention to Ameri can visitors In Fan, to whom she ex tends an open-handed hospitality. Madame Munkacsy was the widow of a wealthy Austrian baron wheu she married the Hungarian painter. The die of the Goddess of Liberty used on our coins was llrst cut by Mr. Spencer, the inventor of the Sjiencer lathe. He cut a medallion of Mrs, Washington, wife of General Wash ington, and some of the first issue of coins were struck with ber portrait. U hen General Washington first saw them be was much displeased, and re quested that the fiirure be ehanged. Mr, Silencer then placed a cap ou the head, altered the features a little, and called it the Goddess of Liberty. It has been used ever since then without material alteration. The Royal Botauic Garden of Cal cutta has completed the llrst century of its existence. It practically estab lished the now flourishing tea industry of that country. The Directors were the first to grow iiotatoes in India. and they imported the chinchona tree from South America, and made India one of the great quinine-producing countries of the world. From the West Indies they bought the best va rieties of sugar cane, while systematic and successful experiments were made In the garden with fiar, hemp, tobacco, India rubber, tapioca, cocoa, coffee, vanilla, ipecacuanua aud many other valuable products. In Morocco the bastinado Is used on the slightest provocation. Not long ago the keeper of the prison there was asked by au American traveller, whom for some reason be was anxious to please, what the punishment of the bas tinado was like. The answer was that he should see for himself. In a few minutes a man was brought in, fast ened to the floor face downward and Urnbly beaten upon the upturned soles of his bare feet. The screams and en treaties of the poor wretch were so heartrending that our countryman in terfered and bejrged for tnt-rcy, when the punishment was immediately stopped. "What has this man done?" said be to thenUlcer. "Nothing," was the reply, "Then what are you whip ping him for?" was the amazed ques tion, which was answered in a tone of equal astonishment, "Why, didn't you ask to see a man bastinadoed?" They had gone into the street, seized a passer-by, and severely whipped an In offensive man merely to gratify the curiosity of an amiable foreigner. In the large plains known as the Llandeea, in southwestern France, which are almost always flooded, the peoyle are in the habit of using stilts. The latter are not held in the hands, but are firmly strapped to the sides ot the lrg. The person wearing thm carries a long pule to balanre himself aud aid blm in walking. This pole ha i usually a cross-piece at one end, so that, by putting It at a slant on the ground behind him, the "stllter" can sit down on it and rest. It is a com mon occurrence to see meu and women perched in this exalted position, while the sheep they are tending wander about the plain. They wear their stilts all day long, putting them on when they go out lu the morninr. and taking them off only on returning LUU1B L UlftUbt I. Jv..
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