- flf SIT eitsi B. F. SOHWEIER, ' THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XLIV. MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY '26. 1890. NO. 10. aepi WOOL FE.;nr.u:v it net making a veryt jold-weather record, but it is an 1m- irovement ou January. Onething tote .haukful for la tlie fai t that tberw have teen uu uiu.iiiii;3 iu una ni uun ci iie country due to skating oa th.n re. England has a pretty goxl case as .gainst Poitugal in claims upon Afrv : n b rntory, and the news that tlie ioverutneut Is willing to biibuilt its ase t the arbitration of tlie powers of iuiope is, theief- re, piobnbly true. It vould be a ru licit more ;raeelul way to .l.laiu i-ou:ro'. of the desirable parU of lait A f nca by common consent tbau y "bull-dozing" such an Inferior ower as Portugal. I r is proposed to establish an Art roinunssiou in Boston to pass judg ufiit on designs and sites for tublic uotiuiufiits, memorials and other votks ot art. Tliat Is not a bad scheme, i.i.l in; y uve the City from adding to l.t- museum of monstrosities which d natured people without any taste iav forced upou a long suffering pub ic Where such a Commission is most ieede-1, however. Is in Wa-hiugton to reveut the purchase by the Govern Lrul f pieteutious pictures that artists Miu.ot sell e'sewhere. The pi"isit!on of Postmaster Gen :al Wan uuaker to gve gold medals :o jt most eilicieut railway postal clerks mil rtru ulj have the effect ot encour ig'.t: these n.ru to improve and at the nine tune to directly improve the postal civic). Iiiavtry uie.it way tt-e ex. clVm-e of the s-tal service ileends ip ii the men who handle the mails on Jib trams, and the awarding of god ne ;!als to the cleiks ln excel, espec ally if tlie ui'd.iU are accepted as ev. lences of enVieuey wheu it comes to unking promotions, the fleet will un pirstioiiab'y lie l-euel'.cial. Ji i;r. Lilly, of Kentucky, testifies Wore a Legislative committee that in .l ree counties of that Slate he raunot jim1 court except at the risk of his life. There are on'y a few school houses in . e legion, no churches, and, the iuhab JanLs, being ill vi. led iuto clans and tac tions, go almnt armed ready to kill ;hnr foe-. There is nothing new, lot ncasioi.al reports of the vendettas in .tituted by these lawless people reach ;. . Ii.-.l communities, but the Gover nor of Kentucky and the l-eglslalure jught to join hai.di to put an end tc .hi stato of affairs, even though it .!.. Id cost a year's revenue tc Jo it. A r. r it k ric stoty comes from Be; jrnier, Alabam. wheie a convention ol vloiel eoile, after discussing Seuatoi butler's Negro Kimgratiou bill, adopted in address approving the bili. They u: ' We want to go back to our owu :oui;tiy. where we belong. We know that it will be belter for the coloted peopl , and we hope that it will beueCt the white people. We know that we tro a great political trouble here. W are torry but cannot help lu" Some missionaries ought to go to Bessemer ind explain to these people that the; tre mistaken. There is no need foi them to leave this country at all, but Iheie is no need for more to'erance on the part of their white nciglil-ois. II tuybody is tol seat Into exile it should l thot-e who deny eqi.al rights aud iu-txe to other pe ple, and, vh., oi Unit account, are out of piece on the An erican continent. Tiik joung Iuke of Orleans, who is nuking such a stir lu I'aris by his sud den invasion of llmt city contrary t law is. so far as we can recall, tlu tint :f the Oi leant princes, descendants el Louis Phillip?, to make a fool of him self for his ill-conceived entry iulc I'aris, iu defiance of the decree of the French Government forbidding hiiu tc reside In France, is a piece of folly, in asmuch as it is iinpsib'.e to lead loan (t. J. or useful result. It could not b iug him anything of more conse quence than uotoriety. It is by chance rather than by goo J management that he escaped making hiuisrlf ridiculous, which would have been an uupar doii.ible offence among the belter clas: of Frenchmen. The other des endants of Louts Pliil-lippe-the Pi nice de Join v. tie, the l)u li'Aua.ale, the luc de Montpensier, the Count de !'aii; and their chi drei have shown good 9-n e; the I'uc d Aumale esiH-c:a!Iy, who is a gallai t anc ilistit'Kuis! e l general, an abld slate mm and man of sound iiuliltuent, A Jericho should be found in which th': young man can tairy till his bearl L grown. A rirr.MAN traveilt-r just returned t rerliu from We t Africa take -jure different view of Afrlc.n f'avery Iron that commonly entertained. He say; that the slaves in the n 3.,; the comment, at 1. ast, are as we.I oCi d)iwluroonl by iU courage and tu ts their masters an. i have no desire ''(pity. In one case of a novel of tliis change their condition. Slave ant . tl" said that the authoress wrote master at, sleep, labor and enjoy them it anonymous' y when she was a girl of selves together ou such terms ol Is, and oa eoofessin it yea" after k , . , . to her nuddle-ageJ husband be equality that on mt,:ht l ve for week. I msriaK confidently in a village without beii.g able to de-( u tpom no m-ilon mind. A c da who are in I otulage aud who ar nnrr critical sense . would have de free. A prociania.ioa of emanclpa- tested In iW audacity tbe very note of tlon would not be welcome to Ihest laves, and were their freedom pur chased for them they would simply con tinue in voluntary servitude. This de- acrintlnn mnU in n measure. lru enough or certain parU or West Afiu a where th. s ave T. ver with his chains 1 where the s.ave-Ti.ver w.th ins ci aia . and scourge are uukuown, but we l'v, it on the word of niwsiiouaries who tea- t-fy to the things their owu eyes liavt een, that the evils ot the Arab slave trade ,a the regions about the gr a. lakes of Central Afrca are beyond tin power of exaggeration are lu fact on!j a little less deplorable than the imqut- tous rum traffic carried ou by Chris tiaa naUons in Afaica. WOMEN WHO WRITE. Changes Thit Have Taken piac In Fifty Years. M.n years ago a lauy's en'ranca In to li eiature was hailed either w.lh a Mot id coinp Iment or a cold sue -r. Xo such reception is given her nowadays. In p is' gent rations Jane Austen and Miss E ijiewortn. Fa-iuy Uuiny and Mum Martiueatt ha I shown I hat in everal kinds of tict 0:1 women could do t least as well as men. In the case ot Mis Ao-ten's stories it is doub fnl wi ether they have ever been surpassed as faithful reflections of English inl!-dle-class Me. Anthony T.o11om, a few years ago, essayed to draw English so ciety exact'y as it is; but though he at tained a fair measure ot success, it is very doubtful whether "Pride and Prejudice' and the rest will not li-e after "Barchester Towers" aud in like are forgotten. Then, while no analyst of human na ture so keen as Thackeray, and no lit erary caricaturist so full of genlui as Pickens has ever emerged from the racks of women writers, it Is certain that with the exception of those gre it nov-lists George Eliot had a truer in sight Into humanity and a nobler touch than any male writer of the last half century. Sue would certainly stand third to Thackeray and Dickens, while so in i would place her second among tlie three. In poetry the last fifty years have shown women standing on tlie very step of the throne where Ihj lau reate sits. No poeleiS .f the proceed ing ages ever struck as deep and true a note as Mrs. Browning in her "Aurora I-eign" and her shorter p ems works of which any mile writer of our day might be proud. The success of tbe sex in our time, nowever, must not be measured by cre.it names alone. The characteristic of this age is the immense amoun. of excellent and honest literary work done not by scores or hundreds, but by thou san Is of ladies in Eagland, France, an-.', above all Amer ca. In preceeding centur.es half the human race was in tentionally rep.e sed. Women were told that to mind babies, cook dinners or nieud stockings was their natural avoca'ion, and exceptions like Anna Sew aid or Hannah More w ere hailed as prodliries. Now nobody deuies to a daughter the light to pen. pap r and ink, and if she can begin by earning a few guineas for an essay or a story in a magazine the fact is treat el as a mat ter of course. The women of England and America have at present no uovelist with the literay power of George Eliot, but they liave at least half a dozeu who ma7 be classed In the second rank. Xor is this blank iu the first class peculiar to wo men ; there is now no male novelist lu England or the United States who en joy the uncontested supremacy of S.-olt, Dickens and Thackeray in his generation. The fact is that in th s, as in other kinds of 1 terature, the gen era' standard has risen, and there s ems no giants because there are so many who are above the midd e height It is sometimes said by those who re gard fiction as frivolous that it is all very well for fie ladies of literature to write for storiei which bei to while a pa-tsiug hour, but that sterner work must come from men. This, however, is a plea that will hardly hold water lu the lace of a fact like "U i:ln Tom's Cabin." SUvery had exlsd for gen erations in the United S a'es.a id many meu had grappled with it in speech and essay, story and poem; but Mrs. Har riet lieecher-Stowe was the first writer who I rou jht the facts and feelings home to every heart and hearth iu the I'd ted States. She fo ce.l every man and woman to confess that, as a Christ ian, Uncle Tom himself a chattel slave took the highest rank, ar d this vindication of humanity aud nobleness under a b ack skin was the greatest blow ever struck at slavery in America. It ma le all the thoughtful Christians iu the North Abolitio lists in ir-iw-i,.ie. and cave to the tight for the Uiu- u. when it came, n fervor which t':ie uieie- ly political las ies could never rouse. Ileie, then, it was a woman who wrote a book that was not onl a novel, dui a great ohtical force. JTo-'Iay we see a corresponding phenomenon. A slory which is not merely a story, which pro vokes thou.ht an I keeps itself alive be yond the seas hi, which rouses contro versy a'.d ex:ites contradiction Is "ll-ioert Els nere" a work from a w maus pen. When, with male rivals intluence iHihtlci and religion as Mrs Heecher-Siowe and Mrs. Humphrey Ward have done by the sincerity and earnestne-s of their tone? Of course, there is a s-a-ny side to this new development of our btera'ure. A few w tin-ti take advantage of their sex to write tales that are not true, u healthy and n t p ire. They draw c ir e pi tures of men's smoking rooms and i lubi as if they kne all abjut them. They revel xu Latin aud French cpio-alions so netirne iui&n9llel, an I aUv s dragged iu by the liead and s!hiI lers riiey delUut Ut libertinism, an t call U liberty. They level in allu sioin la ealiiii;, drinking and midnight dissij ai.on. Tliey are, for the most part, aitpi ciealures, neither men njr wotn n -queer things la petticoat , with a ui.nl id ta--te for tlie society f disso I i' - b icbelors. We may happily Iguore tu. b.H)ks. Oilier novels written by young women are i Sjactionabl? bj u fie.r sins agaiu t de.ica -y are due to 1 -n- ir.i nee. V oeii an unmtrried girl who has a i lacity and geulus attempts to de s.iile love she is sometimes bolder in h -r colorii g than any man or woman w ho has bad experience of life.- She ' - i lisMAriiTirfl niwnuiiiv buas,uuj Those laults ot iemnme iiiera- ture. nowever, are inevitable Incidents of Immaturity. Yoani poets are jut as foolish, and so are young male novel- it s The main point stands that as a story piofesses to reureseut life as it is, all the v u,ore3se9 cf the day axe at a J ..ntage. Few women ever a - a to wnat mav be callel afull knowl- ot uto. While unmarried, or If marTled early and happily. "'."J jitUeof the grim Xyarch Jt jeli to unknown to them pVuse niery see life as observers rather ln;tn M actors. The wonder is that tcey do so well, and the explanation m that Intuition aad Inspiration com m their aid. George Eliot could never have mixed with peasants at the ale house, yet In "Silas Marner" she re ports their talk to tlie life; and her auc t otieer in"Middlemarch" is depicted a r she liad been baying horses from btiu for years. We see. tlierefore, the gain to the world of the new movemtnt which has calle I to the service of man the literary faculties of a sex that from a lew facts can draw inferences boldly and peuetiate at a glance mysteries which men have puzzled over for years. V. r. Star. Understood French Only by On Ear. Hon. Erastus Gurlev was In SL Paul recently, aud, as usual, proceeded to make bis presence felt. He arrived about 10 am., and, for a change dropp ed iuto a caf for dinner. The ole quious waiter bad ju-t flicked a bit of line irom Mr. Gurley's coat collar. wuen Air. uurley opened out on him: "Yes," he said. tlanciusr at the menu, "yon may bring me some eggs blu htng like Aurora " "ii-g pardon, sir," explained the waiter, "it's not on the bill." "Isn't, eh? What's this s?uts a 1' aurore?" "Oh. yes." reulled the vounir man blushing aud shifting somewhat un easily. "And I feel just like bavin; some breechei in the royal fashion, with vel vet sauce. The waiter turned, red white and blue. "Got him again," chuckled G ury. " Well, I suppose you call it culottes a la royale, sauce veloute." "Oh, that! Yes, sir; yes. sir." and the waiter briskly rattled the cutlery around Mr. Goarley's plate, as though ne would lain drowu Mr. Ourley's voice. "Be sure rou -rinz a stew of cox' Christians." "Now you are joking," mildly expos tulated the waiter, with a sickly smile. "Not a bit of it, man. See here, on your bill: C ompote de bons cbretiana." O ah ug.i," ciilned the waiter. "And don't forget the fountains of love," "Tlie ah beg pardon. " "Kight here ou your menu putts d' amour." 'Well, well,' and the accompanying grin wai ghastly. "And a moulhful of ladies." 'En?" Uouchee des dam s quick, help J glass of water dash it in his face!" But Mr. Gurley was too late. Hit waiter was in a dead swoon, almost calalepUc fit, from wli ch he never re covered until along In the afternoon. As Mr. Gurley went out Le inquired of the cashier if the waiters there uuJer stool French. "Only by ear," answerel the light niug change artiste; "whlcli ear, 1 couldn't inform yon." Won His Bet. A remarkably quick dresser has been found by the Washington Star. He lives at a club at the capital, and the SUir siwaks of him as Mr. Noodles, an aliai very likely. He had an engage ment w ith a few friends the other night aud when they called they were amazed to tind him attired in a business suit, instead of an evening dress. They took him to task for not being ready, when he remarked: "It doesn't matter a particle. I can dress for the cotillion la five minutes." They all laughed at his boa-t, not kuoAing that he had pre pared to do some quick dressing, and soon a wager was male that he coul l not appear lu full diets in two minutes. "Watches were drawn and amid the scoffs of Ins companions he left tht room. With four tee u jumps he reached his bedroom on the third lloor of the clu . 15 -fore he had got there he bad pulled oil his frock coat aud had un done the blue puff tie under which was already carefully adjusted an ordinary dress cravat. He had already on a dress vest, and, seating himself hastily upon a chslr, pulled off his pantaloons, euealh which was disclosed a pair ol uress trousers. With another inot;on lie s!ip;J into a dress coat that wa.- huug over the footboard of the bed, aud, wilh fourteen more jumps, he reached once agaiu the drawing-rooms on the Gist lloor, completely attired for the festivity In view. He had been absent preclsdy fifty seconds." The Minister's Mistake. I hard a story the other day about a mistake made by a prominent divine whose name is as well known i'i Brook lyn as that of Dr. Talmage. The rev erend gentleman bail occasion to spend a few days iu a suburban town ou the line of the Iong Island road. lie went to the dr pot to take th9 Ira n for thii city, an J there met a member f hi congregation, a lady well Vnowii ii: s.icial circles Here, iiie lady li.i l a valise and a small package which resLe-1 ou the floor of the waiting room. Be sides tliem weie several small crocks ol preserves. As the train came i.i the gallant divine took t ie valise an 1 pack age and pres-rve an-l p'aced them in the seat he had found for the lady, aud then occupied the seat In front. At one of the stations mi agent came iu and displayed a despatch notifying him that tlie preserve bad been stolen and the thief was on b j.ird the train. The reverend gentleman was naturally much confused. lie explaii.eJ that be thought they belonged to tbe lady, while she in turn thought they belonged to him. There was con siderable laughing on board the train when the facts became known. Tlie reverend gentleman paid the expressace back on the preserves which he had un intentiona'ly stolen. A Word In Time. Parents are frequently impitient with children because they do not un derstand matters, or quickly compre hend some b nt or si ijn given at a spec ial moment. A lad ouce complaiue i of her little girl, wti happened to be especially stupid at the wrong moment. An old geutleman r bilked her. saying: "If you bad learned as much in every two years of your life as she lias, you would be a wise woman by this time." Tuis remark set her to thinking, an I shs never complained afterward be cause ber chihl was not able 1 1 compre hend as quickly as she di 1. Ths child was probably as smart as its moth r was at that az. and nothing more could be required. It was a wor J litly spoken, ai.d It bo:e good fruit. The Ch'nese are reported Lining in swarms on the ljwtr coast of California. A Little. bo little made me glad, fur I was young: F lorn era. a suuitet, books, a frieud or two. Gray sklrs with scanty sunshine pisreing throoch How little made me (lad wbea I was young. So tittle makes me happy, now I'm old; Your hand in mine dear heart, here by the lire. The children growu nt our heart's desire Horn little makes us have when we're old. And yet between tlif Utile then and now. What worlds or life aud thought, and feeliac keen! What spiritual depths and heights unseen. Ah uie! between ILe little then aud now. For thiDgs seem micuty hen we're young Then we lush ouwaid through the changing years. Testing Ibe gamut of all smiles and tears. Till uiitUljr tbiiigsseein little; we are told. 1.ETKI13UTI0N. It is nece-sary t anticipate our story. The fo. lowing little incident is the keynote t j all that is lo follow; k we have no hesiiatioL iu asking the smallest oss:b e attention, w h.le we endeavor to descrlbs a scene which has, of course, occuned over and over aga:u, and will keep on occurring to tlie end of lime. Tbe eugagemt nt bet wee u Lily Payne and Bertie Uichaidsou was ertaiuly no e ret. All the world acknowledgi d it. atal though, of course, every indi vidual member of that great faction had something or other to say, not quite complimentary to one or the cther of the principal people in question, still, it was pretiy unanimously agree I that both might have done much worsi. The worst part of the business, how ever, was that it was absolutely neces sary that soma time must elaise befoie the marriage could actually take place. Here was a very fair sample of the truth of the saying that evils usually ac:omiany what the w orld calls a 'long engagement. When the young people first spoke of love, all was couleur da rose. Not a day passed without dreams of everlast ing affection. Bertie never conside.ed the day happily spent unless be had au opiiortuu ly of a whlsjier with his fair one; and Lily used to boant that she iuvariably 'cried her eyes out' when something or other prevented their usual daily tete-a-tete. B-at it was impossible that this kind of thing should last forever. They bjth love 1 oue another very dearly, of course. But Bertie, iu the course ot a year or so, used to delight Lu magnify ing the smallest grievance, and began to be horribly discontented with what he called 'the exigencies of -fate;' while Lily, charmingly interesting in an un usual pallor, dear girl, felt much vexed that everything was not turning out as well as it bltould, and accord ingly displayed ju.-t the least possible amount of temper. Bertie pretended to be jealous, while Lily obstinately determined to try the bleb and mighty line. There had been a ball In Bloomsiiry Square, to which, of course, both the young people were luvtted. Lily fool ishly thought that a little harmless flirtation would instanUy bring her de voted oue to her feet; aud just for the sake of an experiment, she, for the first time, had the courage to attempt this very hazardous expedient tor patching up all past quar rels, and as a means for understanding oue another better In the future. The ball took. place. Lily was radi ant and acted ber part to perfecuoiu Bertie, doubly indignant, ou account of a little quiet bantering be received iu the cou to of the evening from his companions, left the room in certainly not an enviable frame of mind. The next day they met: and Bertie, who bad steeled himself for the attack, began the conversation as folio wa: 'Well, I really don't think, Ltly, that you acted quite considerately last eve ning. You may be tired of being con tinually chaffed about '.young Klcbard sou.' but I hardly thiuk It looks well to attempt a downright flirtation in my presence.' Lily pretended to be entirely dlscon certed; aud, playing wilh tbe fringe of a sofa cushion winch was conveniently near, she answered, without the shtdow )f hesitation: 'Well, and what can it signify to you? signify to me! said Bertie, hardly able lo control liimself. 'Why. wiiat can you be thinking about? Do you mean to say that every one In the njoin last night did not know as well as pos sible that we were engaged? Aud yet iu the face of all this you dance regieat edlv with another man, and make youx-M-lf as conspicuous as possible.' 'My dear boy, repeated Lily, smoothing down ber fair hair, and looking quite wicked in ber quiet com placency, 'now don't lose your temper! Nex', let me tell you, once for all, that I l ever have been, aud never Intend to .e, tied lo the boltonhole of your coat. I enjoyed myself thoroughly last eye ing, and I am not going to turn myself inio a staid, eas -going piece of ma chinery for yoa or any one else. I advise y. u, theieiore, to out your m- digi ation into yjur pocket, and to be- n ive yourse.f, tor once, like a rational being.' 'Lily, this is not the way to talk to ne. 1 am afraid you have forgotten ail our haripy days, and are quite de termined to annoyuie as much as ever you can.' 'All 1 ask of you is t be consistent, and not to put yourself out at trifles.' It is not a trifle,' said Bertie, 'and what is more, I will not allow it.' 'Allow it, indeed!' readied tbe young lady, in tbe slightest pusslble tone ot sarcasm. I am not aware that I have ever couseuied to be at the beck and call of Mr. Herbert Ilichcirdson. ' Do you mean to say, Lily, that you want our engagement to come to an end? 'That matter I leave you to decide yours.df. I can't help your bad temper, but 1 am detei mined that I will not have it vented on me. Very well.' said Bertie. 1 have no wish to bind you to a promise which you are evidently anxious to break. M:ss Payne, I have tlie honor to w.sa you a very goad-morning.' He seiztd his hat and stick as be spoke and walked indignantly eut of the house. A-id so the lovers parted. Both knew as well as possible tLey were equally in uie wroug, and yet neither of them had :he couiace to v ut pride out of sight, and Live iu so much as to secure au inevitable reconciliation. Bertie ground his teeth, and walked Ceicely away, angry with himself, and miserable at the c-onsequeuces of this Utile scene. Lily rushed off lo the pikuo, and pretended to sing; but the tears started to her eyes, aud she was c impelled to retire to her own room. and to isoie herself with hopes that ail j woulu eventual y be right. But Bertie Richardson never came again. He was determined be was not iu the wrong, and waited in vaiu for the flag of truce to be held out from the enemy. But it never was; and why? Simply because the enemy's tactics were precisely the same as his own. And so time wore on. The mat ter was discussed everywhere, anl it was eventually decided that the en gagement had been broken off. Twenty five years have passed away, aud it is hardly possible to recognize, in the pale, care-worn face of Mrs. Neal, any of the features of the bright, fair girl tint played witii tha heart of her lover after a certain ball. Poor worn in! she never forgot that unfortunats day, since then she has drained tier cup of sorrow, and has been but roughly treated In ber quiet journey iu this life. An il'-j jdged mar riage Dr-t taught her what real sjrrow was, aud tlie de.it i o a worthless hus band sjou persuaded the po .r creature that hard work alone would drive the wolf from lr r door. Nevertheless, she kept her heal above water, but it was a hard mailer to do it. l detly and unostcutaliously she struggled ou; a id assisted, as she was, by tiie warm aJcction and disin tereatel assistance of a daughter whom alio almost worshipp d, the pretty widow earned the g.od opinion and sincere respect of all with whom she came in daily contact. Mrs. Neal often thought of what had passed, and what might have been, and was now, mora than ever, forcibly re minded of lertain leve pat-sages ol her own, wheu site found she was cotn- lelled to give advice on the same sub ject to ber pietty daughter Elhel. 3iy darling child,' said tlie Kina- bearted woman, 'you must not, re illy. vex yourself about nothing. 1 ou may be quite sure he will bj here to-morrow. aud theu ail will be Well. Or, at a y rate, he will s. nd a note to the pretty bird whom he professes to love so dearly.' But Ethel Neal could not help cry ing; and now, for the first time, beau to think wliii', a difference there was, as regards position, between Arthur Mesham a id herself, aud hardly dare 1 to leflect on the probability that all his warmly-declared love was, after all. a mere shadow, and that she was but the toy of a high-spirited young fellow whom she really loved with all the strength of ber young heart. The poor child looked into her moth er's face through the tears that would rush, despite all her efforts, to her eye-v. 'Do you think, mother, he can really have forgotten me so soon, after all he has said all he has promised? If I imagined he was really false to uie, mother dearest, 1 really could not eu du.e the pain. I should die.' Mrs. Neal was silent. Again she thought of her own springtime of love, and again reassured herself that young hearts were not so easily broken. But sue could not bear to see her pittly dauglaer in such distress, and so, de spite her Inward conviction that Ar thur Mesham was a worthless youug man, she endeavored to coinfoit her daughter as best the could, aud an swered veiy gently: 'lie will come to-morrow, Ethel dear.' Ethel resumed her work, and tried not to distress her mother with all her little private sorrows. She was hard at work painting photographs, having been employed thus for some time past by a celebrated artist, who took an in terest in the poor, fatherless girl, and always did his best to keep her well employed. 'I was too eager in looking forward to t he bright future, I suppose,' raid Ethel, mournfully. '1 had quite made up my mind to have you always with us, mother, aud began to think that this dreary work for veiy existeii-e would come to an end. It is very hard u be poor, is it noli" Mrs. Neal gave a deep sigh. A truer answer to Libel's question could not have been Riven. 'But I must not disturb vou with my foolish fancies, must l'r" sail Elhel. 'You have got to liuish your embroid ery, and I must work hard ;.t these faces, which I am bound to make ever so pretty, and fascinating, no mailer what features they possess. I wonder if the owners ever think or the poor artist wheu they distribute their glori fied faces among their appreciative friends Perhaps you are right, an l maybe he will come. Anyhow, we must both work for our supier. Aud so the fair child prattled on She couquere 1 her sorrow, au 1 for her mother's hake she still .d the sob-1. At every step up the staircase of tlKjir dingy lodgings ber heart gave a gr. a beat, and a thrill shot through he- sen sitive frame. But Aithur Mesham never kept his word. I Meanwhile, Arthur Mesham, gor geously aiiuea in a uressiug-goivu oi the most delicate blue, was toasting bis slippered feet at a liie w hich burned brightly in his wel -furnidied chaiu beis, anxiously ex ecting the arrival of his lather, aud the receipt of his quar terly allowance. The old gentleman eventually ar rived, certainly not lu an enviable frame of mind. Things bad evidently not gone well in the city. Mr. Mesham, seuior, impressad this tact strongly on his sou, as he handed him the long-expected check, and seized ou the occa sion for reading the lazy rascal, as l.e called him, a lesson. 'The fact is, Arthur.' sai 1 tli9 old gentleman, 1 am quite tired of per suading you to abandon the idle, list less life you are leading, and of im pressing ou you the necessity of set tling down iuto some line or olher. You won't work, I know; but do you ever intend to be marrie 'Sucti an idea lias never entered my bead,' replied the indolent son. 'You see,' said the old gentleman, 'th s kind of thing can't go on forever. Business is not as good as it was, and I tell you, fairly, that my affairs are by no means in a prosperous condition. My credit's low, and the dogs of tradesmen are getting suspicious. Do you see?' 'Perfectly, my dear father; but I am totally unable to suggest any possible remedy.' Old Mr. Mesham put on a very s rl ous countenance, and. whispering quietly In bis son's ear, said: 'Make up to Miss Lloyd.' What on earth for?' "Can't you guess?' replied old Mr. Mesham, eagerly, as he twitched his son's arm with a knowing lock. 'She's as rich as Croesus!' 'Hang it! I can't quite stand Miss Lloyd. Her skin is as brown as a gypsy's; ber figure would disgrace a milk woman, aud ber voice Is as harsh as an owl's. And are you quite sure abojit her riches? She has heaps of br ihe s unt ust-rs, anl lh father, I uiu qiiiie certain, is not in over-prosp l ons circunistmces. But, of course, you know b.-stw' 'My dear boy, for goodness sake don't jump at conclusions. Coufo-iu 1 her fatherl Who's t lkiug about him? Don't you know she has a rich o.d bachelor uncle who dotes upon her, and has sworn to !e ive her every farth ing he made I y sheep-raising in Aus tralia?' 'And what will bs the sum total?' raid Arthur. 4 A rauce of a good many thousands will be required, I tan Re surd you, before it will be at all iosi ble to n like the fair Miss Lloyd iu any way palatable.' 'She certainly won't have les-i than Cly thousand pounds. Now wi 1 you make up to her?' '1 should think I would. I'd make up to a Jezebel lor half the amount.' The 11 man persuaded the young exquisite to reii lor himself vny ai liactive, prepara ory to making a polite call on tlie wealtnv Miss Lloyd, mid left h:s son's chambers highly delighted witn his scheme. Just as Arthur Mesham was sum moning up all his energies to ri-e from his louii'jiug-chair, his eye fell upon a little pink note wh c i occupied a prominent po iliou ou his dressing table. 'By Jingo!' said the young man to himself. 'Ethel's pathetic appeal. That must be destroyed at once.' In a few moments the note was buriied to ashes in the grate. 'What a mad in fatuation that was w.th the por;rait painter! I real'y believe she was weak enough to inagiue that I was deeply in loe with her. And, after all, there was a time when her pret'y blue ey s and fair curls in de more than an ordi nary impression on- me. But the at tachment was dangerous. It is far better to give it up. Beside, I have another game to play.' Arthur Mesham was by no means a ba l-looking young fellow, and was not long lu makinz a decided impression on Ihe helres. Of course, she imagined she was loved for herself alone; aud it is hardly necessary to state she was i i'hly flattered at the exuataant at tention of a man whose in uie was in every Kin's mouth. Arthur soon conimuuicated the joyful intelligence that all. was air mei to his world-min.led old father, who ins antly rushed off to ra se the necessary 1 unds to enable his hopeful sou to get through the preliminary part of the b isiness with cieJ.t to himself mid family. Miss Lloyd had also to make a e'ean breast of her intentions to the uncle none other than our old rnend Bertie Richardson, still a bachelor from whom bhe had such great exfiectatious. The kind-hearted gentleman laid a-ide his book directly bis uieca entered, and welcomed her w ith all his usual affection. 'What will you say, uncle, when I tell you that I have something of the graalest consequence to communicate to you?' 'Siiy, my dear? Why, that I am sin cerely gla.l, so long as it is something which will lead to your ultimate happi ness.' 'Vou have guessed it before I bad tiirn to tell. The fact is, I am going to be married. ' 'Indeed!' said Unc'e Richardson; "and who is the happy man?' 'Mr. Me3hain. ' 'Whatl the good-looking young fel low that has turned all the girls' heads. Well, I trust he will m ke you a very good liubb.md.' 'Then you do consent, uncle?' 'Of course, my dear. Though, pro vided both your father and mother are agreed, I don't see that 1 have much to do with the matter.' 'Uncle!' 'Weil, I suppo e,' said the old fel low, smiling, 'you want a little re mouibiauce, so I will trudge out and look about me a bit. I will be at your wedding, of course; but as the time is very short Letweeu this anl then, 1 very much doubt whether I shall bee you before the eventful day.' Miss Lloyd's eyes brightened up con siderably at the mention of a wedding present. Unfortunately, in this res speot, she took after her languid lover, and was inclined to be just a little bit wot Idly. And then, a wedding present from Uncle Richardson was surd to be Fotuetliiue quite out of the common. With these reflections, she said good by, and left her uncle to decide udoii a suitable wedding gift. I wonder what girls really do like?' thought Uncle Richardson, as lie wan dered down street, vainly eudeavori ig to make up his mind as to a suitable present in fulfilment of his promise. Of course, her trousseau will be super excellent, and if it were not, it would never do for a stupid oi l lellow like myself to try my hand at an liivett ini'iit iu millinery. 1 suppose, after all, lint jewelry would be the most accept able. At any rate, there is less chance of my being cheated, and if no better reason could bd brought forwa d. I ran cons ile myself with tlie thought that I am investing capital, rather than throwing it to the dogs.' Accoid ugly lu o .eJ his way to oue of the most biill.aut and tXieiisive shops lu town, aud tinally settle 1 upon a magnificent oval-shaped locket, set with pink arl3 and diamonds. But the purchase v. as not qu le complete. Over j ursuadeJ by his friend, the jew eler, be found Unit It was absolutely necessary, in order to enhance the value of the present in bis niece's eyes, to undergo au operation, which, up to this time, be had carefully avoided. In a word, be was informed be must really have his likeness taken lu order that it might b? inserted at the back of the locket. In vain he protested, aud vowed that he could not submit to the indignity of being posed and tormented by au ex citable foreigner. It was all to no pur pose, and no one. perhaps, was more sur. rised than himself, when he found himself In the fashionable studio of aa eminent protographer. As he was standing with both banJs in his pockets, wait ng the approach of the artlst-in chief, and pretending to be interested in the various likenesses around him, tlie soun 1 of a very sweet voice fell upon his ear. 'Poor Ethel Is very unwell to-day, I am sorry to say; but she begged me to bring Uie portraits she has been engaged on for the last few weeks, in order that you might not be disappointed, and that she mlgho not lose her character for punctuality. I think she will be a little stronger in a few days, and then if you can give ber some further em pi yment, I assure you it will be a char itable act on. Uncle Richardson turned suddenly round, and a saw a pale-faced woman, dressed very neatly, but still poorly, who bad just deposited a package of niwjy-co!o:e I puolograp'.is ou ihe lat'i a:il was waiting earnestly for s nit kii.d word in answer to the delicate ap lieal she ha I made in her own behalf at well as her daughter's. 'What! God bless my foul!" cried t'ie old gentleman 'it can't be; and y it I could never mistake that face! Are you not Liiy l'ayne?' LUv l'ayne, Indeed! What a life t m t e m -nt ou of that name recalled! Their old love, their happii e-s, their castle3 iu the air, their foolish quarrel all then rushed I ack to the memory iu an iustant. And tl en he th ught of bis journey out to that distant land far away; and of all his toil, and how it was rewardei; of his simple, aimless life, and then of her to whom his old lit art warmed again as he saw ber f-tiinding before him, bearing only too plainly traces on her thin face of pri vation anl anxious care. Keep up, Lily; keep up, my darling; don't give way!' pleaded th old man, as he placed the poor woman iii a chair, in a half-falnting condition. 'Why, after all, you look 'exactly as you used long aio.' Mrs. Neal mournfully shook her head. 'Not quite. Bertie,' she answered. 'I was a willful girl wheu you left me, years ao; but 1 ain a poor widow now. I have had a harl time ot it, Bertie, God knows; but, after all, His will le done!' 'Ie 's get out of this horr'd place,' .sai.l the old gent If man. I want to have a regular good talk with you.' 'And so you area widow, eh?' he went on, as they walked toward Mrs. Neal's lodgings. 'Well, what's to prevent? Suppose we make believe a'.d forget all about the past. I've lieeii an old bachelor all my life, ami had made up my mind to die one. But things have altered now. Shall we re new the old bargain aud get married?' The old color flushed iu Mrs. Neal's face, which lighted up with ths old j smile again. But I have a daughter, Bertie!' 'Bless ber darliutr heart; and what care 1? I can't marry you both, that's quite certain. But I can support you both. No more photographs, or any of that trash. We will tind the little one a husband; anl, meanwhile, she shall be our own ve y dear child.' 'God bless jou, Bertie!' said Lily, through her tears. 'Vou always hail a kind, good heart. Well, we'll talk it over to-night-.' And so they did. Never had such laughter lieen heard to echo from the little, dingy lodgiugs whlcli contained that evening three of the happiest hearts iu Loudon. They all sat up until an unheard-of hour, and did not separate before they had concocted what they were pleased to call 'an enormous plan. V Miss Lloyd, the heiress we beg par don Mrs, Arthur Mesham was sit ting in state all smiles anl orange blossoms, in a magnificent drawing room, receiving the congratulations of her friends. The ceremony was over, and nothing remained but that ridicu lous farce called the wedding breakfast, a Latch of very illogical speeches and a hasty departure for the Continent. '.t was very strange that Uncle Richardson was not at church!' said tie bride's father to that elegant young lady. '1 can't quite make it out, after bis having promised so faith fully he would le present.' 'You don't mean to say he is not here?' said the bride, with an undis guised agitatio'i. 'Arthur, darling, w hat can have become of uncle?' 'My dearest, I haven't the faintest idea. Perhaps he overslept himself,' suggested the exquisite, with an ele gant drawl. Two minutes afterward there came a loud knock at the door. Every one started. 'My Uncle Richardson!' ejaculated tlie bride, putting her hand to her heart theoretically. Her mrm.se wa", however, incorrect. Nobody entered the room but a jmjw dered footman, who made his way to tlie bride, win handed her a jewel-case aud a letter. Her hand trembled er ceptibly as she tore it open, and liei voice certainly shook as she read at follows: 'My Dkkakst Niece: Here's something pretty to put around yuin neck a bridal present which I send with my very best love, and every hie that your man ied life will be most pleasurable.' IIow beautiful!' whispered all the bridesmaids. 'Did any one ever se such a lovely locket? Oh, what a lucky gii) you aie to have such a kind olu uncle!' Mrs. Mesham smiled genteelly, am' continued: 'I should certainly have been with you this morning, had not circum stances occurred which rendered my presence absolutely impossible. The fact Is, my dear giil, I have followed jour example, and got married myself.' The late Miss Lloyd, heiress, drop I ed the letter with a faint scream; and Mr. Aithur Mesham turned suddenly p ile, and looked as if he were going to faint. Read on, my dear child, iou must have made a mistake,' whispered her mother. She did read ou, and as follows: 'I have found out Lily I'ayuf, a girl whom I knew and loved long before you were lorn. 1 am sorry that we could not have arranged in time for Eiliel Neal tt.at is Lily 'schild, and now my adopted daughter to be oua of your briJesmalds. I hope to see you soon, aud to introduce you tj my wife and her pretty girl. Your affectionate uncle, H. KlCHAltDSON'.' The whole party looked at one an other with blank astonishment, anj then gazed on the biide, who was no heiress after all. The exquisite Mr. Arthur Mesham was certainly not in a comforable frame of mind.- 'Why couldn't tl at detestable letter have come two hours earlier?thought he. So Ethel Neal was to be the inherit ress of Mr. UicharJsou's vast wealth; the girl whom Arthur had treated with scorn only two shoit mouths be fore! Retribution comes to us all, sxner or later. It came to Arthur Mesham on his wedding morning, and, perhaps, served him right. Engines. use kerosene to remove the s?a!es which form on the iuside of bo: -ers. The oil is poured iuto an eiu,.ty boiler and the water turned o . Tne oil, floating on the water, comes in contact with the scales before the water does. Foboivexess is rarely perfect, except in the breasts of those who have Buffered. NEWS IN BRIEF. It cost 5100,000 a year to keep Cec ral Park, New Vo-k. The land iriginally cost the city d,00i).0 0, yud s now esiimat d to Le worth ;10J 00J,- 100. George W. Childs, of the rhiladel jhia Leilyer, has lately added 32J clocks o the number he had on hand, and he 8 now the possessor of over 1100 tick ack t me pieces, which he keeps in a -oom set aside for that purpose. A sponge eight feet lu circurnfer nce is on exhibition at a store In New Vork. This is hardly remarkable, lowever. We have often seen ionges. .aryingin size from five feet ei lit nches to six feet in height, walking ih ng the streit. A chaini io lshlp emblem recently ires nte 1 to a New York chess player A'as a chessboard of solid silver, with nlaid gold f . r each alternate bqu ire. full set cf chessmen whicli accm xinied the lioard was ma le of steilmg .ilver. In sinking artesian wells in the Desert of Sahara, water biarlng strats lave been reached at a depth of 230 "eet, at which a steady flow of about ,000 gallons per inuiu'e h is been ol -.allied. This water is brackish and inilt for drinking, lint it answers very .veil for iirigatiou. A novel flower has been found at .he Isthmus or Tehuantepec. This lo. al chameleon has a faculty of hanging its colors d .ring the day. In .he morning it is white, when the sun s at its zenith it is red. and at night it s blue. The red, white and blue flower rows on a tree about the s ze of the uiva tree, and only at noon does It 4ie out auy perfume. A little town up iu Northern New lintlaii.l is said to have only one real rteil resident (all the others are ei'.hei lown with the grip or getting over au it ack of it.) and ha is anoet genaiian, rtho insists on going to his place ol ba-iness twice every day. and win: lever wears an overcoat, no mallei huw severe tlie weather is. Chicago's great Auditorium co .t f2,70 t,000. Under its roof is a theatre cspab'e of seating 7,'KMJ people, a large hotel, a recitation hall, a banquettina hall, and other rooms. There are 10, 000 electric lights in the bull. ling, served ly 'J.'iO miles of electric w ne, and there aie 25 miles of g is and walei pits, 21 pumping engines, and 13 ele vators. Living within two and a half milei of MallaiHiisette, Mass., where all were born, are niue brothers and sister; named Holies, who r.nue iu age froit 'J to bS years. Altogether there wer twelve children, but three died, one al the age of 02, another at the age of (0, and the third when ho was 2". The mother lived to le a nonagenarian. The father died In his 5slb year. The new catalogue of Yale College give the estimated annual exjienses ol the studen'3 there as follows: The low est amount nece.-s.iry to meet all regu lar charges is set at $330; the most lib eral Is f 1,030; while the avelage is Jii'io. These sums do not take into accotiui the income which an industrious stu dent may deiive either from work oi from scholarships. The biggest edible oysters in the world are found at Port Lincoln, ii South Australia. They are as large a: a dinner plate, and the sauie shape. They are sometimes more than a tool icross the shell, and the oyster fits his shell so well he does not leave luuct margin. It is a new sensation, when nieud asks you to lunch at Adelaide, tc have one oy ster set before you fiiei lr butt r or egg aud bread crumbs. Fish charms have been met will, among many nations. The li-.li c.illec the bullhead is used by some of tin Russian peasants as a charm agaius lever. Many kinds of lish have twe hard bones just within the sides of thi head, and one species, the uiaigre, hai these bones laizer In proportion thai most others. These two bones, callec colic stones, are regarded to jNisses; medicinal virtues. They were mouiitec in gold and hung round the neck. The trials of the new submarine boat Ie (y in note at Toulon are l-eimi continue 1 under the supervision of Ad miral Duperre. The Gymnote hai passed throug l all the tests to which she has been subjected with ix'rfecl success. On oue occa ion she wen' about tin ee-quai ters of a mile undei water, ami she dived under tlie iioii clads at anchor with the greatest ease The ktisci" permits the commanding! officer to distinguish objects on the sur face of the sea for a wide radius whil the vessel is at a considerable depth. A :emarkable escape w as ma le re cently by au (Jmaha man. lie was in toxicated aud took a seat on the rail way t' ack as a motor 'rain was ap proaching. The engineer fortunately saw the man anl uppliid the brakes, but, owing to the sili, pery condition ol ihe tracks, the train did not Btop untl It struck him. "Th guard pas-1 ovei Ii in, gnndlu his head into t tie d!it but the wheels did not touch him. 1I was so tightly wedged in lie! wee i thi guard and t' e axle that it was neces sary to remove the bolts and take oC the guard lief ore he could be ex t Hea ted. He was 1 ttle injured." Stanley's exfiedition has cost 1' M, 000 thus far, and additional exp nee? will biing the total to S1..0,uiio. A; he has brought little or no ivory to the coast, this sum will le clean outlay with no immediate return. The first sum was jaised by subscriptions il England, and the rest will doubtless be raised in the same way. The maict. to the coast cost bOO lives, Stanley start ing with 1.5' 0 and reaching the sea wilh 7o0. The march from the moult of the Arwirni to the Wadelai co t from 300 to 40'J lives lu Stanley's party. In all, therelore, he has lost alnjul 1,000 men under his command or pr tection. The native tribes througl. which he forced his way lost no lev, and probably more, so that the tup h.u cos at least 2,0 X) lives. 27ie Stud of L tn'u trfx. Professor Lowell fay: What i urge is that nt invidious distinction be nude, as some times lif-ei to be and sometimes is, be tween the ancient aud the modem tc the disadvantage of the latter, bu' thai students should be encouraged to take the course lu modem languages as be ing quite as good i.i point of discipline is any other if pursued w ilh the saint thoroughness an 1 to the same end; and jthat end, as I have said, shouid be lit. I eiature, in whicli alone language at tains to a full consciousness ol its ower I tnd the joyous exercise of it. It is only j through literature that w e become com iplete men, for theie, and there only, can we learn what man is and w hat man oi ay be. For it is nothing elsj than the autobiography of uiankiud.
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