-4 t 1 B. F. ROHWE1ER, THE CONSTITUTION THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMEXT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIIJ. MIFFJJNTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS, 1SS9. NO. 3D. MtjKUIs I!5K, .U It at a C oil of II. 7o,uo0, represents a larse expenditure of money for the philanthropic purpose of Improving the breed of horses. But, as large aud expensive iurtrs have bwn provided for ttie took makers, one of the objects may be to improve the l.rce . cf men by giving tbera object lessons in the folly of gambling. Foolish Skipper Charles T. Rogers, who umlei took to cns t lie broad At lantic In an eighteen-foot ljuat, mailt a lucky escape with his life alter thirty e.ght days of privation and suffering. When it is considered that a man en gaged in such an undertaking is prac ticall in the position .f a shipwrecked manner who has escaped the general catastrophe iu a ship's boat, the fool hartliucss of the Ventura becomes lnaii- A iksike to save a conditional sub scription by the city of Knoxviile to the new Fast Tennessee Railroad was the primal cause of the recent disas trous accideut ut Flat Creek, on th.s newly constructed line of track. The railway company has saved Knoxville's subscription of fJ-g.-i.iMjO, but in attain ing that end the lives and limbs of val ued citizens have leen sacrificed. There shouM be searching investigation if this allatr. M.i:t'E engineers and constructors 'n the Kastern coast would doubtless iike to look at the machinery of the cruiser Charlestow n, with which the Pa itio coast mechanics have been pot tering for several months with dubious results. Her latest trial trip was inter mitted, after a two-hours run, by the fltppn.il of an eccentric. It Is costing the contractors a pretty suih to learn how to put together a iu trine engine; but if thev should get another similar job fiom I'ncle Sam they may be ena bled to do l etter work by reason of their costly experience with the Charles ton's luacliiucxv. Tiik savings banks returns Tor New York tate show that there were nearly $-J4,nm i.tioO more due depositors ou the 1st if July, ls.S;, than there were on tlie same date of 1SSS, and that the average, amount due each depositor was 5.".si. These figures, no doubt, may lw taken as an illustration of what is be : ng done in other States, and such a icalthy increase of deposits Is a cheer ng sin. It has been said that no man ho owns a foot of land Is likely ever lo become an Anarchist; and it is equally true that every man who has a dollar put away is prompted to array hitnselr on the side of the conservative forces of the Republic. An Ani'ikni' "oiv fh m. TrV w.ird Kennedy, employed on the Sam uels' faun, iu Windsor, Conn., lias unearthed in one or the fields an ancient silver com bearing the colonial stamp of Massachusetts. It Is brijjht and the d.ite and Inscription are as plain as ever. I u one side is the n t me "Massachu setts," with a tree In the centre, and on the other "New England, VI" 'shillings). "Ti e com is one of the rarest of the colonial pieces. At the t ine it was struck the colonists had but little coin, because they had to send l eir money to England to buy supplies. Trade was carried on by barter, wam pum, Indian corn and even bullets being frequently the mediums of ex change. Finally, tn ltkV.2, the Massa chusetts Legislature authorized the coining of Pine Tree shillings, like that lound by Keuuedy." I N view of the fact that the people or Great I'.ntain are discussing at this late dav the qui stum of establishing a Court of Cumin. 1 Appeal, it has proba bly oecuried to many persons that iu this country we are apt to go to the other extreme - that suersedes, writs of error and new trials for munlereis lend to lioseu the grip of justice and to lead the criminal element to lelieve that human life may be taken with im punity. Three years have passed since Mr. Weeks, of Brooklyn, was shot and killed in his house by a burglar, and aitht ugh his murderer litis been twice convicted he still lives, awaiting the final action of the Court of Appeals. Might not swift punish 1 ent iu his case have deterred the murderer of Grocer Lucas from committing a deed which the law would seed ly avenue? Xfw Voi:k has slatted with a com mittee of Finance for the World's Fair of ls!tj which Is fully capable of ear ning it ou successfully, and as the tin tubers have accepted service w th a hearty spirit, the success of the enter prise seemed almost assured. If the selection of the site can be made to the general satisfact on of the members of the Finance Committee and the public, every other difficulty, including that of raining the necessary money, appears to be easily surmountable. There is a K'Xd deal of talk of erecting perma nent bui'dings and maintaining a per manent exhibition. It would simplify matters to abandon this idea at once, and it ought to be abandoned, for the experence of the Crysta' Palace and of the Philadelphia Permanent Exhibi tion sufti.'ieutly demonstrated that ne ther exh bitors nor the public care for a permanent or continuous exhibi tion. The fxpense toexhibitors if they undertake to freshen up their displays from time to time is prohibitory, while, if they neglect to do so, the exhibition loses all charms for the public. Illus trations iu a small way may te found iu tl e small attendance at permanent free museums, a'though the collection iu these If brought together for a short season ouly wou'd draw crowds to ex auiiue them. If the Idea of perma nence should be abandoned, there would be less trouble about choosing a site, aud the estimate or cost coull be reduced. r . . "hey Tke a Sunday Trip to the Park. "I tMnk wei z up to the park to morrow," said Mr. Bowser the other Saturday evening as be Uuislmd his cigar. "But won't it b? dreadful crowded?" I quer ed. "There you got You are alway ie.nly to oppose anything I suggest." I atu not opposing you, ouly you knotv that thebjats are always crowded ou Sunday, and tliat one is apt to meet with man lawless characters. I have heard you nay that the pl.ice was in possession of a mob all dav Sunday." "Never! Ou the contrary, I have always boasted of how orderly it, was. I guarantee that you can gj up there alone ami stay all day aud you will b treated like a queen.7 'Well, ir you think we bal best go, who " "Or course I do. I think a little trip ou the water will do us all g.d. aud at the island we will seek some sylvan retreat and enjoy the beauties of the surroundings." "And you you won't get mad?" "Mrs. Bowser, what do you mean?" "If things do not go right you won't scold and blame everything on me?" "Have you gone mad? When did I ever bUiue you? If you suspect that you are getting softening of the brain let me know and I'll Lave a medical examination.'' After dinner next day nai made a start, I think Mr. Bowser started with the firm detenu n itron to keep Ins good nature at every hazard, but I something occurred almost iminuli ately to upset him. The street car was ! j.i:nb-f nil and running over, but it i stopped and we wedged our way in. j In the squeeze some oue stepped ou Mr. I Bowser's Corn, some oue else knocked his plug hat off, aud a third person was heard to remark that if lie weighed a ton he would charter a special car when he wanted to ride. This put Mr. Bow ser in trim to say to the conductor: "Ioes tlie mimager or this line thnk we are a lot of hogs that we can be Iacked iu an old car this way ?" "Iout kuo, sir." "Then you'd better find out! It's au Insult 011 decent people, and I for one don't proio-e to submit to it!" "Thaz ri, olefel'r!" shouted a half-druuk-ti man from the front of the car. "(ioin, Md bay window!'' added a second. "Ten to one on old Bowser." yelled a man from the rear platform: V.i liuallv irot dowu to the boat. It was black with humanity, aud I didn't want lo go, but Mr. Bowser elbowed people right and left aud 1 followed. After being crowded, pushed, jammed, spi-czel aud knocked about for t.'U minutes 1 got a chair which a drunken ina'i h id just falleu off. aud Mr. Bow ser found standing room beside me. "1 told you 1 thought the lioats would be crowded." 1 remarked as soon as 1 could get my breath. 'Well, that shows all you know about it. There's no crowd on this boat. She could carry as 111 my attain." "But what a rough set of peoplel" "No rougher thau we are. You simply want to Und fault and make me uncomfortable." .lust at that moment a tough came up, aud looked Mr. Bowser over from crown lo heel, and then said: " You look like the bloke who threw mud at me little sister last Ma v." "Sir! You are mistakeu!" replied Mr. Bowser. "What 'er you doin' with all that stoile on?" demaude I the tough, as he brought his arm around and gave Mr. Bowser's hat a '"swat" wlnc.i sent it tlytng to the de k. Mr. Bowser grabbed I1I111 aud there would have lieeu a tiht ha 1 not a uiiui ber of nieu I rerfered. When the hat was recoveielit had a slioulderlilade and three rius broken, aud 111 the brief clinch, the tough h:i I toiu away Mr Bowser's necktie. "I am sorry we came," I said as I got a chanc to speak to him. "You know I told you I thougiit it would be very unpleasant." "Y'es, of course you are very rorry! You can't bear to sea me enjoying, my self! I wasn't awara that anything un pleasant had occurred." In getting off the boat a" the island some one steped ou my dress-skirt and iieai ly tore it off, while Mr. ltowiier's bat was crushed down over his eyes and some one picket! bis cigar-case out. of his coat-tail iMicket. We finally tot out of tlie crowd and wand red away until we reached a sliady spot, and tlieu it did seem as if we might take s .me comfort, I beg in to express my suiypathy for Mr. .Bowser, when he turned on me with: "When I want to be condoled with I'll let you know. Thus far we have h ei a real good time, and I dou't wan. to hear any more kicking about it," "This is the sylvan retreat you s:ke of, I suppose? ' I remarked as I looked around and saw cigar stubs, playing cards, pretzels, beer, bottle corks an 1 a 111-ty old cork-screw lying 011 the grass. 1 1.3 didn't say. lie was going to, u hen a couple of young men came that way and stopped and asked Mr. Bow ser for a match to light their clay pipes. lie didn t have auy, ami oue of tueiii s id: "Well, yer needn't be so crusty about it. W e are just as goo-l as you are. I "And a blamed sight better, .1 uu. added the other. "I've seen th s old buuuee up here every Sunday this suui- inei , and he's always Ua t a different woinau with hlml He's up to snuff aud don't vou forget it." 1 Mr. Bowser jumped up, but both of them pded ou to buu aud 1 screamed and brought assistance. They sp it lin coat up the back, tote his collar off and tore three buttons off bis vest, aud as they went away they threatened to come back aud tinisii him off. "Mr. Bowser," I sail, after the crowd had started, "hadn't we better go liouie?" "No, ma'am, we hadn't! I came up here to enjoy myself, and I'm bound to do so." 1 coaxed and argued, but he w is ole. stiuate, aud pretty soou something else happeued. A gang of five or six meu came along riie for mischief, and one of them halted before Mr. Bowser aud inquired: ... , . "Shay, ole feU I lost a dollar here about au hour ao, aud you picked it up." "You are mistaken, sir." "Course he did," put in a secoud tough, "and he's got to give it up!" "I haven't seen anything of your dol larl' hotly replied Mr. Bowser, ami the gaug was ma1""? threats, when I ran lor help. , . . ,. , Before I got back they bad robed Mr. Bowser on the grass, taken all his change away, and cuffed him about until bm presented a alaigt. Then the police in m who bad come too late advised him: "Say. old man. you'd better go home. You've hart live or six rows within vq hour, and I sua 11 have to run you in if you don t leave. You are evidently a de-perate character." Mr. Bowser beckone-l to me and led the way to the boat. On the way dowu he was pointed out as Sullivan and Kil raiu, and every lady bad a gibe at him. At the wharf he hired a hack to take us home, and not one word would he sak to me all the way up. U'lie i we finally got into th. house be locked the door of the sitting-room and sat down in front of me and said: "Mrs. Biwser. look at me!" "Yes. it's awfuL I was afraid it would turn out this way." 'Aud yet nothing would do but you must go!" "Why, I didn't want to go one step!' "Take care! You are to blame for this whole business! 1 have borne aud borne, but the worm has finally turned at last. Make out a list of what furni ture you want to keep and let us settle on the amount of the alimony." We didn't settle, however. ITe felt better next day, and 1 don't think he will refer to the matter again unless I bring It up. Doing Men's Jobs. It is always int -resting to see bow a woinau does a man's work. There is a slat oil the earden fence, and the woman wiio owns the fence thinks that she will fix it. She gets a ha nuier, and a saw, ami some nail-i. and some old gloves, and fastens up the house for fear a tramp may come aloug wh le she is out. Then she looks up tlie street and down the street, to see it anybody is in sight, and then she clnubs bravely over the wall, and catches her skirt in a sharp rock, and pulls down half a hundred stones after her, and springs to avoid them. She steps ou a slick, aud thinks it is a snake, and screams, aud scares the hens half to death, aud some of them run under the wood shed, and some of them ily up on the roof of the barn, and some of them scoot over the fence into Johnson's yard. Johnson's dog pulls out their tad, feathers, aud a feud springs up be tween the two families w hich will ex tend to the third and fourth genera tion! of the tribe. The woman gets the pail ing in posi tion, and holds it at the bottom W.lU her knee while s.ie ualis it at the top. Auy tool can drive a nail! Why, of course. She lifts the hammer and strikes with a will. Ttie nail tunn dex terously to one side, to avoid the blow, and the wouiau's thutiib-iiail turns blacK. because it was iu the way when the bauimer fell. .iud because she didn't happen to take it out of the way. She has lo go back to the house to get some arnica and some camphor, aud by the time t iey have been applied, a d that thumb has stopiel aching, the tin peddler calls, and wants to give her five cents for the rags she has been idiisJTiously saving -t a year, and which she lias felt ail ulom; It was such au economical thing to do. By ttie time the peddler has gone, the m Ulster calls to talk to her about mis sion work iu China, aud by the time he has departed there is a boy to sell blueberries, and a woman with the "History of the Johnstown Horror," and by that time it is noon. After dinner the woman starts out once more to fix that palling. She takes some more nail', and f els de termined to conquer. S le pounds aud pounds, and the nails all go in skewing and break off, aud at last the hammer dies oil from the handl-, and it lakes half au hour lo put It ou ag t'u, aud all the nails she has brought with her to wedge it in place. Then she applies herself to business once more, aud attacks the pa. ling Willi renewed vigor. She nails it this time, and stands back to survey her woik. Somehow it doesn't look just ng.it, aud she discovers that she has put it ou wrong end up. Sue will take it oil. That is easier said than done, Wheu a woman does a thing she does it to stay done, and I ef ore she can get all these broken, and crooked, hud skewed nails out, t ie pal ing is spl t into kiudliug-wood, and the rails to which it is nailed look as if they had been suh,ected to a fusillade from a gaitiing-guu. And as the List nail gives way before her frantic endeavors, she lets go, or r.ither the palling lets go, so suddenly, that she loses her ba ance aud falls backward into U14 ditch which some enterprising devotee of thorough drain age has excavated, and she wrenchej her back, and tears her dress, aud wets bo th of her feet, ami -crushes her hat, and scrambles out, just as Mrs. Jones, with whom she is at swords' point, rides by with company from the city, and laughs at her predicament. Then that woman is mad, and hhe s'i. ksa piece of wood iu that fence, and vows it may stay there, for what she cares, t il the crack of doom. Then she gathers up her toots aud goes home. Next tune when there is a fence to be mended, she will g ve the carpenter half a dollar for au hour's work, aud leel that she is saving money. . The Deceptive Hand-Baif. 'Would you mind going Into Silk & Sattecn's store w.th me a few mo ments, dear?' asked Mrs. Y'ounglove, sweetly, of her husband the other alteruoon after they had started out for a hatf-tioliday. 'I just want to get a few little things only what I can carry in my hand-bag.' The hand-ba was such a fl.it, diminutive affair, seemingly capable of holding so very little, tliat Y'ounglove cheerfully complied with his wife's re quest. When they emerged from the store, two hours and a halt Liter, the liand contained: Two yards orange ribbon, 1 yanl dress lining, 4 yards Torchon lace, 1 card hooks and eyes, 3 spools sewing silk, 1 spool twist, 1 spool basting thread, a card pearl buttons, 3 yar Is cardinal ribbon, 3 handkerchiefs, 1 pair kid gloves, 1 yard tulle, f yard nain sook, 2 pairs hose, 2 patters of pins, 1 cut-steel buckle, 1 yard watered ribbon, 3 fancy-work oruameuts, 1 skein em uroidery silk, 1 pair dr-ss shields, 3 yards Hamburg, 1 yard insertion, 1 box button-fasteners, I box hair-pins, 1 pair hosiery supporters, 1 hair net. There, dear,' said Mrs. Y'ounglove, sweetly, as they came out; 'you see I kept my word, ami got only what I could carry in my hand-bag. You were a dear good boy to go In with me at all, and I wouldn't have asked you if I'd been a regular shopping round; I know how men dislike shopping.' Avoid an angry man for awhiv nialiuus man forever. Emma Oran's Mistake. And this is your final answer?" - It is, sir." Farewell, then; and may your life I e one of uialloy d happiness! May cu n?ver know what it Is to have high lnies crushed, to love dearly and vaiul.l" And biwing low, Rbyde Darran turned and strode down th- beauh, his face w hite aud ghastly with the great woe tugging at his heart. At last the dream was over, and the litne he had cherished of making Emma Oran his bride was dead. "Oh,. be cried, as he walked the sands in mad haste," "she 1-ved me wed till this Eugeue Eyre came to Sea view with bis city airs and honeyed words. He it is who has turaed her love to scorn. And to-morrow she will be his bride. This is hard, hard to bear, as I know his great uu worthi ness;"' And the strong man groaned aloud. After a while, when he had grown more calm, he said; "1 have nothing to bind me to this place now; father and mother sleep in the old church-yard, aud I will go abroad and study my glorious art, and strive to forget this." And wheu on the morrow the old church bell rang out its summons for the bridal paity, Khyde Darran, a sad aud grief-bowed man. entered a car riage aud was whirled away toward the metuqiolis. Three years have been numbered with the inighiy past. It is a bitterly coll January evening. From the frowninir sky the thick snow is falling, and the tempestuous wind howls disma'ly through the city streets. Iu the pale, sad-faced woman who cowers over the feeble fire, and bus ly plies her needle, in a wretched garret iu New Y'ork, one would scarcely recog nize the proud and beautilal maiden who had scorned the true love of Kiiytle l'arran so short a lime ago. Y'et she it is. Want and sorrow have blotted out the haughty look from those inagiiillceir. eyes, aud the smile of hcoru is gone fiom her lips. Too late she learned that she had discarded gold for dross;for he whom she man led proved to be a mere adveut 11 er, who descried her when she had 1 een a year his wife, taking with iinu the fortune she inherited at her fa tier's death, and leaving her aloue aud nearly peuniiess, with a balie scarcely two weeks old. A few mouths later she learned of his suici ie, 111 a gambling den, where he had iceu tleeced bv some of bis com panions. Without the courage to face poverty after he had once eujoyed the comfoii.sof wealth, he put a pistol to his ear and ended his life. Soon after this tragic occurrence, the young widow's child died; then life seemed a bitter mockery, and she prayed that she, too might die. But her life was iared; aud an humbled, sorrowing woman, she strove to gain a living by needle-work, earn lug a beauty pittance, for her employers were harsh, cold-hearted men. "At last the work is done," she sighed, wearily, as she laid it aside, "and 1 must hasten out with it, for I have not tasted ftod since morning." And wrapping a th n shawl about her. she hurried out into the night and storm. While waiting for her pay in the shop of her employer, she suddeuly became interested in the conversation passing between him aud a customer. She felt her heart beat quicker as she heard Kiiyde Darraii's naiuj pronounced coupled with the warmest praises of bis genius aud skill as au artist; that he had wou a high name and princely fortune 111 the city, aud ou the morrow would lead to the altar one of the weal thiest ladies iu tiie land. More like oue iu a dream she re ceived her pay and passed out, almost uuiiiiu llul of the cold aud storm. What a iowcr these word had to stir that woman's heart, and bring back memories of the time when she had dt arly loved Khyde, and to show her that that love was far from being dead. Occupied with these thoughts she beetled no: whither she went, and at List discovered tliat she had lost her way. And a startling discovery it was, for the storm grew more furious as the hours went by, aud the woman, being so thinly clad, was nearly benumbed w ith the Cold. But she struggled resolutely on. At last, however, nearly exhausted, she sat down to rest ou a step somewhat shel tered from the chill blast, and then all was blank, till site awoke and found herfelf lying on a downy couch, sur round -d by countless luxuries which we.ith alone cm procure, while a well-known face bent over her, and the j .yous impassioned voice of Rhyde Dar i.'ii cried: "Thank God, the crisis la past, my darling, an I you will livel" Ami he tenderly kissed her. 'then crlei t..e bewildered woman: "Do 1 dream? Can it be that yon forgive me? Can it be that Still you love me as hi the olden time, after what lias iassed between us?" "I can and do forgive you, deal Einiiia," he answered. "I love you at iuthsseoli days, knowing the severe trials through w hich you have passed, aud if you will be my wife, I shall be the happiest of men." Keadiii the truth of his words In his In n. st 1 r vvu eyes, ..nd leebly saying that find was far too good to her, she ;laced her hand iu his. Then it was that he told her of his wanderings in Italy, and his vain ef forts to forget her; of his return and 1 mg search tor her, on bearing of her sorrows, and how he had at last found her ou the steps of his own residenoe, nearly frozen to death, and of his great fear that she would not survive the se vere illness that followed. Aud when she asked him of the wed dim; of which she had heard, be told her the story was false. So joy looked out of the blue eyes of the woman once more; and when her health was restored there was a merry bridal, aud a happier pair than t e ncii and talented artist and his lovely wife cannot be found in the land. The Nickel Trap. The automatic weighing, electric, and lifting machines and otner devices for getiiug the public to drop nickels in a slot seem to be as popular as ever, and the company owning them is making a barrel ot money every day. The best patrons of the weighing machines, ac cording to a collecting afieut, are actors and actresses. Many of the latter in sist ou being weighed at the ferry every night on their way home and often induce their escort to give up two or three nickels so that tiiere can be iu mistake. When Ho Comes BT SC3AS COOLIDGE. II I were totil that I must the to-morrow Ttiut the next sun Wlileh sinks sUtmld bear me past all fear and sorrow For anv one: All the Jlpht foulit, all the short Journey through. What should I do? I do not think that I should shrink or (alter, Hut just t:o 1.11 Doing my work, inir seek tochane, nor alter Audit that is tone. Itut rise and in..e. and luve and smile and pray For one more day. And lyin down at niuht for a last sleeping. Say in That ear Which hearkens ever: -Lord, within Thy keep ing, Ht.w should I fear? And when to-morrow hrins Thee nearer still, lo Thou Thy will." I miht not sleep for awe : but eai'ef ul. tender. My soul would he All the niiiht long; and when the morning splendor Flashed o'er the skv. I think that 1 could smile euuld calmly nay, It is His day." But If a wondrou hand from the blue yonder Held out a sen. II. On which uiv life was wr t. and I with w-jnder lteheM unroll To a long centui v" emi its mvstlcclue. What should I do? What could I do. o blessed Huide and Master, Oiher than tins- Still to go on as now. not slower, taster. Nor fear to nils The road, although so very lmc it be, y hile led by'Thee? Step after step. feelinpThee close beside me. Although unseen ; Through thorns, thr.-uuli flowers, whether the tempest hide Thee. Or heavens serene Assured Thy taitlilulness eauuot betray Nor love decay. Let me keep on. abidine and unfearfng I by w ill always. Through a lon century's nj.e fruition, Or a short day's; Thou canst n..t come too soon ; and I can wait II Thou come late. MY FATHER'S DESTROYER. It was a soft, balmy evening in June. The full moon shed a Hood of meilow light over every stick and stone, until old, familiar objects shone with a mauic beauty, and tlie sleeping earth became a very paradise of loveliness. Now and then some wakelul bird broke into a subdued twitter of joy, and a gentle breath of wiud just stirred the leaves into languid, fnful rustling; all else was hushed aud still. Suddenly the clang of the bell ia the old church tower broke upon the silence. It was striking the hour, and solemnly tolled out twelve; but 1 could not think of sleep, lor the blood coursed through my veins with all the wild joy of a happy passion. On that veiy eve 1 had held beautiful Viva Ia: May in my arms, and heard her whis pered confession of love. I must think and think, before 1 could sleep, must, calm my ecstacy of bliss; tliat was all I could see clearly. I turned asuie into the garden. There, seated 'neath a rose-embowered arbor, I rehearsed again and agaiu the scenes of that happy evening. Again 1 felt my sweet love tremble in my arms. j aud again I heard the murmured words, I Ves. I . love you. Seldom" Oh, the 1 thrill of joji that tilled my heart at the I remembrance! 1 hen I fell to dreaming of the future. Having won my peerless Viva's love. I feared no optiosiliou. We were equals In position and wealth, and our parents were on most frieudly terms. 1 was just planning a bridal trip to Kurojie, when an uncanny feeling that some one was near woke me fioiu my blissful dreams. Mechanically I directed my gUuce to a large syriuga bush that stood optiosite the arbor. Something peculiar about its shadow caught my attention. Breathless, I gazed intently at it. Yes, there was a man standing there. He evidently had not seen me, shaded as I was in the arbor, but was listening for any suspicious sound before making a stealthy advance upon the house. My lirst impulse was to order him off the premises, but relit cling that he was most probably a burglar, and well armed, 1 kept silent. Five, ten minutes passed away lief ore my neighbor stirred. Then he silently stepped out Into the gravelled walk. His lace was distinctly revealed in the bright moonlight. iJark hair, blue eyes, long nose, scar on right cneek,' I noted us I made a rapid survey of his features. 'Good, 1 think I sha.l know you if ever I see you again, my fine fellow. Hut what ou earth do you want? Vou are no com mon housebreaker,' lor his whole ap pearance was totally different from that of a thief. Even as I thought this, l e quietly vanished up the walk. "Felt slippers, I suppose; be knows bis business,' I soliloquized, as I matle a rapid detour across garden and lawn to the front door. It was unlocked, and the hall lamp was burning brightly, though the church bell had struck three. At the sound of my step, my father appeared in the door of his study, which opened directly off the hall. 'Is the back of the house fastened up, father?' I askeJ, at the saute time lock ing the front door behind me. "Tes. I suppose so, Seldon; w hy do yon ask?' be replieJ. 'Because I sw a man hiding in the shrubbery as I came in,' 1 answered. 'Did you see him plainly ' What did be look like'r" queried my father with some agitation. 'Yes, I saw his face in the moouliitht. He had dark hair, blue eyes, a long nose, and a scar ou the right cheek. He did not look like a burglar, but more like a professional man. say a lawyer,' 1 concluded. 'But let us go over the house together, aud make sure that the fastenings are all secure.' Silently we made the circuit of the doors, and saw that each one was safely locked and bolted. As we returned to his study, father remarked: I wished to consult you to-night upon an affair of much importance, but it is too late now. However. I shall slip a paper under the door of your room which I wish you to look over before you come down in the morning, as I want your opinion on the matter as soon as possible. It is not quite pre pared yet.' 'If you intend to sit up later, let me stay with you, 1 said anxiously. 'That fellow whom I saw may make some at tempt against the house to-night." No, go to bed, my bjy,' father an swered calmly. 'As long as my lamp is burning no burglar will attack us. I have some more writing to do, and your presence would ouly disturb me. If I am later than usual In rising in the morning, don't let them disturb me. I lost a good deal of sleep with that last ! fever patient, and would like to get a little extra rest, tiood night.' All right,' 1 rephed. Good night.' My father was a physician with an extensive practice, and siDce my mot. 1 er's death he had kept very irregular hours; so I thought nothing of his re quest that he should not be disturbed on that particul ir morning. If I had but known why be asked! Once iu my room, I rapul'y prepared to retire. I did think, two or three times, of our mysterious trespasser, but having rven with my own eyes that all the fastenings were secured, appre hended no danger from that quarter. It must have lieen ten o'clock in the morning when I awoke, for the sun was shining broadly in at my w indow. I rose lazily upon oue elbow aud glaueed out at the summer sunshine. Suddenly I rememlere i the paper of which my father had spoken, aud looked to se if it were under the door. Yes, there it was. 'What can it be?' I thought, and sprang out of bed to get it. Throwing 011 my dressing gown, I sank into an easy chair, and prepared with much curiosity to read this mysterious docu ment. It was written in back baud, wholly different from my father's fiowug character, and was dated six mouths previous, but bore no addre-s. It was as follows: 'When 1 was a young man, I entered a lawyer's otlice. While there, I chanced to be the only person in the otlice one day, when a well-dressed stranger en tered. 'Where is Mr. Smith?' he asked. 'Smith was my employer's name. 'He has none to Spriuglield, I an swered, 'and will not be back till to morrow. Can I do anything for you?' 'Well, no. You see Mr. Smith gave me this check the other day, and I now owe him eight dollars for making out some legal pajiers. It is after banking hours, and 1 am about to leave the city for some mouths, so it struck me that I Mould pay Mr. mith with his own check, as 1 have nut little change, and hate to leave small bills standing. But as he is not here, 1 suppose the matter will have to rest. And lie turued as if to go. 'L-t me see the check. Perhaps 1 can cash it lor you,' 1 interrupted, as his hand was 011 '.he door-knob. 'lie liuii'led it to me without a word. It was for tell dollars, and bore my employer's signature. 1 could have sworn to the writing, for I hail seen it olteu betore. The upshot of the mat ter was that I took the check, gave the stranger two dollars iu change, au 1 promised to pay Mr. Smith the remain ing eight dollars. 'As luck would have it, a fellow- clerk, named Will Howe, entered as the stranger left, aud said to me: 'Would it trouble you to let me have a ten? 1 promised to meet a little bill to-niht, and forgot all about it till just now. . '.No, I am sorry to say that I can't,' I returned, 'unless a check ou old Smith will do.' 'That will do a- well as the gold. Thanks I'll do as much for you some time.' 'The next morning Will came up to my desk aud said: 'Do you know that check you cave me l.ist night was a forged oue? "What is this?' he continued, drawing out a sheet of paper from the pile tliat lay at my elbow. 'On it were a number of imitations of Mr. Smith's signature ot varying degrees of excellence, iuteruiiuglexl with sciaps of my own w riting. 1 sank back lu my chair, utterly bewildered. This matter must be looked into,' said Will, sternly, as he started toward the door with the tell-tale sheet of paper lu his hand. 'The fear of publicity gave me Kwer to move. Stop!' I cried excitedly. 'My mother has heart disease. She must not have the shock of knowing tliat I am ac cused of this this.' 'Forgery,' added Will, coldly. 'After some conversation I agreed to iay fifty dollars to Will if he would keep the matter quiet. "To this day 1 have never known how that sheet of par came on my desk, and 1 swear that my hand never touched it, nor put a 'U-uiark ou it. Sniitn's signature and my writing alike we e cleverly forged. To resume my story: 'From that time forth I was in Will's power. He lias never ceased to dog 111 v footsteps and dem.uid heavy sums ot hush money. Once 1 did not hear from him for over live years. I had left Mr. Smith's otlice, and begun prac tice as a physician. I was successful. My persecutor had disappeared, and 1 ventured to liojie he was dead. It was then 1 marrn-d. Hut before my honey moon was over. Will came back an 1 demanded moie money. My wife was a delicate, fragile little tiling, and 1 dreaded tor her sake the dlsclosuie that would follow the lefusal of Will's de mand, so 1 paid lii 111 what he asked. "I had ever lived iu dread tli.it some day he would yet reveal my secret. Ou, how I have suffered, and yet I am in nocent! Many,. many plans have 1 laid to rescue myself lrom this tharldoui. but dared not risk a failure that would kill my wife an 1 blast my reputation. But now my dear love is gone and our boy is well provided for. I shall not suffer much louder. I have thought of a safe plan ' Here the writing chainlet! abruptly to my father's usual hand, and con tinued thus: To-day I received an intimation that I must have two thousand dollars for Will tj-mght. It was he whom you saw in the shrubbery. This determines me to do what 1 have so long intended depart from a life that contains so much misery. Be culm, my son, and real carefully the lest of this letter. For the sake of uiy reputation and your future, I shall take care that my death shall have tlie appearance of a murder; but I charge you to produce this con fession if au iunocent person lie iu dan ger of being convicted for my murder. .Let no man, no matter how low, suffer as I have suffered for another's c ime. LiHiAK L. Ballantvne.' I had just finished this startling com munication when Green, my father's valet, rapped at the door. 'Mr. Seldon, Mr. Seldon!' he cried. 'There's a man come for the doctor to go to a life and death case, but 1 can't make him hear me when I knock. I'm afraid he is ilL' Hastily concealing the confession, I spiai.g to the door and ran down stairs. The door of father s room was locked, anl no answer came to my repeated entreaties to be allowed to enter. 'Bring an axe, Green,' 1 said un steadily. 'We must force the door.' By this time ail the servants had gathered in the hall, but as the door gave way to the blows of Green's axe, they all sprang back as if afraid to look within. With faltering step I crossed the threshold. A strange odor of chloroform j-er-vaued the room. Upon the lied lay something. Was it my father? An other step took me past the table, and I siw a pool of dark red blood ou the carpet at my leet. 1 could bear no more. Staggering out into the hall. I managed to staui- mer 'Send for the police,' wheu 1 fed In a swoon. When 1 recovered consciousness 1 was lying in my own room, and p.or Ureeu was beuding over me, applying restoratives as well as his trembling hands would permit. The sight of his white face brought back that still fig ure mullled iu the lJ-clothes, and that horrible pool of blood. "They think they'll catch the mur derer soon, Mr. Seldon,' said Green, by way of cousolatioti. 'A policeman saw a man come out of the yard early this morning, aud collared him; but the fellow got away. He aw him plainly, though, and the description Is all over the country by this time.' 'What did the man look like?' I asked, w ith a queer teeling at my heart. What if it were my father's prosecu tor? 'He had a scar on his lace, a long nose, and dart; hair,' Green replied promptly. Yes, it was h-; I at once resolved that if suspicion coukl be thrown upon him 1 would do all iu my power to have him convicted. Was lie not virtually my father's murderer? "Send the policeman who saw him up to me. Green,' 1 said. '1 want to as him a few questions.' The officer's account of the man he saw tallied exactly with tlie appeal ance of the fellow w ho Was hiding behind the syringa bush. 'Here is fifty dollars,' I said to the loliceinan, 'and I will pay live hundred to the man who arrests the scoundrel and 1 rins him to the jail.' All that day 1 was in a fever of ex citement. 1 reuieuiU-r but two inci dents. One was that the doctors re IKirtcd that my lather had been chloro formed and then staboed. Good!' 1 thought. 'X11 one w ill ever think he killed himself. That scoundrel shall swing et.' Tlie other incident was a loving, sym pathetic note fiom my sweet Viva. 1 dashed off some kind of a reply, then waited waited. At nine o'clock that night came the Welcome nes, The murderer is caught. 'When will thev bring him in?' 1 asked. 'On the eleven o'clock train, was the reply. When the news came that he was safely lodged iu jail, my overstrained nerves gae wav, and 1 reeled upstairs to my room staggeruu; like a drunken man. Throwing myself on the lied without undressing, I tried to think, but all iu vain. My thoughts would not obey me, aud 1 soon tell into a heavy ideep. Iu the morning I was awakened by Green. 'Here is a note for you, Mr. Seldon, he said, 'and the messenger savs it is very Important, so I brought it up at once. ' 'All right. Green,' I replied, ami tore open the envelope. It contained a half sheet of pH'r ou which was written a few words to the effect that I was wanted at the jail im mediately, and 1 lost no time in I "elat ing myself thither. In Kplie of Gieeu's urgent request that 1 would take a cup of coffee before I went. The prisoner wants to see you,' said the ollicer iu charge, and conducted mo at once to his cell. To my surprise, he retired and left me entirely along with my father's destroyer. I recognized him at onee as the man whom I had seen iu the gar den. He began abruptly: "1 did not kill ur lather, lie 00111 mitte 1 suicide liecause I have certain paiers which prove hi in to be a former. 1 had couie to your house the night lie lore last to receive some money, au I saw li 1 111 stab himself, ."vial 1 tell mv sto y and produce my evidence?' Too astounded to answer, I sal. silent. Alter a moment's pause the man coiannie.1: 'Or do you prefer to help mo break jail and to pay Inc. live hundred dollars to give vou tnose papers and leave tne couutij ? At la t I found my tongue. 'What, pay you live hundred dollars mote for hounding my iior father t 1 his death?' So he told xou his little crime, did he?' the wretch said wi h.a dialolieal smile. 'Good! vou at least know ol your own knowledge that I have the paiers of wliicn you Hjieak, and can judge, what would lie the effect if 1 were to produce them.' I. ike a Hash I saw myself the sou of a proven forger! Thought of my lather's reputation blasted, ay doubly blasted, for the suspicion o. suicide ivoul 1 rest upon his name. I tiioiul.t of uiy proud Viva and the paia it wouid cause her to know that her lover was nve!oied 111 such a disgrace. I thought of all the-e things, and I .elded. I. ike my unhappv lath r le lore nie, I was a mora! cotvard. 'I accept vour terms,' I s.u.l iioai ely. 'How can 1 h' lp vou to es ape?' A gleam of triumph shot from the fellow 's eyes as lit; leplied: "1 thought you would see it that way. t ail ou me again to-morrow, and bring a Couple of hue stee. s.iws so that 1 can cut tlie bars. Mail tins letter for me. ! and there will be help wailing 011 the outside. When things quiet down a little after my escape, I'll send y.ni word where to meet me with the money, and will give you those papers then.' 1 put the letter in my pocket and left the cell. Ou the way nouie I had but one thought, one wish. I longed to rest with my father. 1 must help his persecutor escajie. Oh, tliat I were dead before 1 did suen a deed! But 1 was spared the crime to which my cowardice bad consented. That night a fearful storm raged over toe city, and the jail was struck t light ning. On.y one man was injured, and lie was killed instantly. That man w a" my father's destroyer. He had fal.en by Heaven's veiig-auc-. Americana and Money. The American is constantly accused by Eurojieans of worshipping the "al mighty dollar," and great was my curiosity to judge for imst-if of the jus tice of this charge. Alter calm obser vation of the ways of men in America, I came to tlie conclusion that the dollar was certainly not only the unit of the monetary s stem, but that it was als 1 t lie unit of tiie ujetr.cal system. How ever, I soon saw that, if the dollar wad coveted aud held in gieat respect, it wai not so much for itself as for the luxury it was the key to; 111 other words, that avarice was a vice alaiost unknown 111 the land. There is a lavishness in the American's way of expending his money that redeems his trick of taking off his bat to it whenever he sees iu Maj O UtlU NEWS IN BUIEF. M. Eiffel, whose name has been fxalted by his great tower, is fifty--ven years ol I. His real name is said to be liomckhauseu, and hib reasons for Changing it are unknown. Something new in these automatic Vendors is reported from Germany, w here machine has beeu introduced, tuat sells art.cles at six pfennigs a price for which there is no single coin. It Is operated by inserting a ten pfen nigs iu cliauge together with the pur chase. A new work on "Ila'f a (.'entury of Music in Kuglaud" diaw the Inter esting contrast lietweeu tlie time when laird Chesterfield warned hi oi itgui'st liemg a fidd'.er, even iu the amateur sense, an 1 the present, when a I'rince of the royal blood is the most note i amateur 111 ICngland. It is announced that M. Court on, a chemist, produced recently at the sil ling ot the French Academy of Science! a seali tl envelope containing a desci 1. -tion of an appaiatns by means of wh ch objects may Is' seen at vast distances, the vibrations of light being transmit ted through a w iie. A singular craft is at Newport, 11. I. It is a 3"i fo it cedar three-masted rocker-keel boat, ai d is the cult in which Us owner. Captain Sltieuui, an l his wife came to tlos country a leu m .nths ago, after being wrecked at B.ilaiiquilla lu Angus:, l-sti. 1 here is a whistling well at l.ogan county, Kansas, which wiuii- people ot appioai hlng stouns from tl to 12 h mis in advau e. It i l i". btt deep, ai d sends out a .strong 1111 lent of an , hu h as it escapes through ti e apei'iir 1 about the fUinp, whistles In a lo d, llute-liketoneth.it isdistnctly aiidd.. to every person 111 the toaiiship. A n.'Vel service was he'd rec-utlv bv the congregat ion s.iie.11 all.-1". ilid.-h, of t.hang., N. .1. It wasth- c.eisecia 1 1011 of a sci oil of the book of la- in presented ttl the coligrejal ion. T i scroll is written ih' hIv bv land, 111 lleurew, upon p.u cniii.'i.t, anl is Is inches iu w dt h .to I .hit .ii t.s-t hi length. It contains lie.1 enl.ie l'eii.a tench. The luggage of all travelers cross, ing the Sw iss 1 1 01 it a-r into Germ my .1 being subjected. 11 Is lepol'.ed, to a rig. .I'ous inciiisil on at the hands of tl. German Custom olli. ia s a measure ot Which the German papers arc complain ing as iuj uriug t i.-i many 's own mieresti by driving foreign passengers to av ii Germany altogether, and to travel t and fioui Switzerland only ly way ol Fiance, Austria au I It il. A leinarkalile s!ght was t itnessed at the lialley depot, l ass t 'oiiutv. Mo., leeently. The sun was getting lo when a train pulled in, and the engim liegaii to let till' steam. As s .tin as re. leased the steam I" g, hi to bu m, and it, a short time a complete rainbow coulil be seen a few feet above the engine, and reaching to the ground on eithel side. It was a lieaut iful sight, and le uiained as long as the engineer released steam from the engine. A reporter of the Columbus ('ia, r.itfjutrer knows of two hog that ail colililUled tobacco cheweis. They In can the habit scral months ago, anl! since have U-en putting tin lat rapidly "At first the poikcs did not ii i ar t relish the weed, but soon thev it callll Veiy fond of it, and imw they se. ni t be rlectlv Inlsei able when their ow ih i neglects to give them their daiiy allow, ance of tobacco. " A man woo has been woikiti country towns in K.t-t New Jersey wnj the old swindle ol selling hlleg d golij rings and making pusejits of golj watches began I 1 1 1 .ess from his buggj III Believilie le.ihtlv. Af'el he ha. I gotten well und i way some peisou n tne crowd cut i i:e tiaces of Ins harness and when the lellow attempted tin trick ol til iv ng suddenly away hii horse stalled, but left the buggy Ihv hind. The man was coiuiielled to ro tund the money to his victims, auij finally slunk out of town dragging hu buggy al ler him. A despatch from (jniou. West Vir ginia, says: While John Alle was w.u k. ing o the road, lu Wmf distict, he dug una Lot ! le t hree b et I -! .w t he sin face. The bottle contained a rude m.ip o) t hat sect Ion of t he count) y and a pie. t oi paichuieiil tlated lg, on winch if was set forth that a "tieasuie ol g"Itl Was bulled at Cold Spring, m ar Balmy Johnson's cabm. ' The dl-coveiy soo h"came known, and, the locality of the o.d-tline cabin hav.ng been p untei) nit, many peisoiis having lieen Uiegii.i there day and night lu tlie h'ie of linding the money. I. Lichtenstein &. Son, dry gnodi dealers 111 New Volk, leeently receiv. cj a letter fiom .s iu i iaiicisco, signe-j "II. P.. I tanner. A' ' umiist i a! or,'' say. ing that J.V ilKJ h id U-en l-i .eathed !fl an employ e of t he i.im i.ained 'ilat. lie," and asking that her luil name a .) ad .less be sent to Ma;.or l'ond. of .iq Fiaucisco. The money wan lift by a 'aiitorma'i, lately deceased, who tw .-ais ago bought goods fiom the hi m. He was wailed upon b. "Ilatiie," ainl, according to the lei-ier, liecame v-tj no nil smitten w.th her. M"ih, 1-1 lilenstein Conclu led ' hat Miss H tt. tie -M n.Zesheiiiier was the young wo. man wanted, and have wiilun .M.ioi l'ond, enclosing her name and addie-s, an I also a copy ol Iiauuei's li t er. A remitter of the .Sun quotes Miss Mm sheiuier as sa ing: "I tlou't kii. any thing about this .'sari I i au' :s. o a 1 m er. I'd uke to see the i'iil i'1 t;oie I put any tiust in the stoiy." A girl tramp, wearing male attire, was attested in Cincinnati recently os suspicion of Ix-ing a ciook. At tl, station house she told this story of her life". "I came here fiom 1 iilianapoi.i on a fteight train. Ko .e all the way on the bumpers. I've been a tiampf I two years, working when 1 had to. and begging a living w. en it was p is-il.le. 1 never had a home and never lived lu a hous. My father was a horse trader and peddlei, and tiaveled 1 over t Im country iu a wagon with my mo h-i and myself. I suppose I was born in a wagon, as I never knew wiiat it was tu live in a house. While on ttie road I took lo wearing men's clothes for con venience, and have kept it up evei since. About two years ago, near Vm C lines, my mother died from old age. 'My father sold his out fit to pay nm doctor's bill, and soou died himself. I was left aloue aud had to strike out for myseif. So I've lieen tramping ever since. I 've no relatives in the world that I know of, and nobody else that caies for me. I like the !!: I lead and intei d to keep at it. I got iu th: morning on the train, and, leaving u at the yards, started out to get some, thing to eat or do. A stable man of fered me a job driving a team, but I was 'fraid they'd find nieouU" """"""" - j-Jf'''.'-..'i).'!,,i . rj - - ' "' - - - U:..' ,. . ii V -ii 4' m mn m i' i- i r r. if i ' il rt.- afH-llii ii i tii in' r i to nir