HOLCOMB & TRL BRAD. -c IINTY e ' - -;" 4,4 !" • "" '—""" •," -= • THURSDAY,. SEPTEMBER 1, 1881 - Bradford Republican, s pooliabed every Thursday at. Towanda. Pa., t . .y ilul.oollß it TRACT, Proprietors. • • Tort/at—lf paid in advance, $l.OO per annum not paid In advance $1.25. To subscribers out of the county; $1,25. Invariably in advance, the addition being made to cover prepayment of postage. Advertising Retest—Sir cents a line for grit turerlien, and Ave cents per line for all anbrr quentinsertions. Heading notice adiertiting ten cents per line. Eight lines constitute a sqruire, and twelve lines an hich, Auditor's notices $2.50. Administritor's and Executor's notices $2.00. Yearly advertising $150.00 per 'column. Tux iltrusixicas is published in the 1 racy, Moore and Nobles Block. st' the corner of Main and Pine streets, ova J. F. Corset's Boot and Shoe store. Its circulation is over 2000. As an advertising medium it is unexcelled in its im mediate Our Clubbiem Terms We will furnish all paying' subscribers for he REPUBLICAN within the county with any of the following publications, until further notice, at the rates given below. The REPUBLICAN $l.OO in addition. Subscribers residing out of the county will be charged 25 cents additional. Now York Weekly Times, Semi-Weekly Times. New York Daily Tribune, Weekly II Semi-Weekly 44 2 New York Daily Evening Post, S 44 16 W ee kly 46 6 4 .• . 1 . St Semi-Weekly 2 New York Weekly World, 1 1 Semi -Weekly Philadelphia Daily Times,.. Philadelphia Weekly Times, Philadelphia Daily Press, .. Philadelphia Weekly Press,. Harper's Magazine,. , Harper's Week1y,...... ..... Harper's 8azar,..:... ....... Scribner's Monthly,.... St. Nicholas, Appleton's Journal, . • 235 with 'steel engraving of 'Dickens.. 3%0 Popular Science Monthly, 4 OD 6 6 " Supplement,.... 2 50 Magazine of American History 400 North American Ileview 4 00 New York Medical Journal, 3 25 American Agricu1turi5t,... . ........... 1 10 Country Gentlemen, 2 10 Mural New Yorker, L 85 Toledo Blade, L6O Littell's Living Age, 7 00 Atlantic Monthly, 3 25 Wide Awake, Babyland,— Lippincott,.. Memoreat.... Godey, Scientific American,. Peterson's Magazine, rho 'Nursery, Farmer's &View Burlington Hawkeyei Ni:w England Journal of Education.. 200 Kendall's Treatise on the Horse 25 arrival and - Departure of Mails arrive, and depart at the Tawanda Poet office as follcfq; Phil., N. T., and Eastern States ... 4:00 A. Ai busbore, Laporte, ...... . • . L. V. walvall from the North . io.t* Sheshequin kc 11:00 New Era, /i.e., Tuesday, Thursday and • Saturday... Asylum, &c., Monday, Vi'edneaday mud Friday Tray. Burlington. kc Leltayaville, Rome, .kc Closed vouch from Erie and NC R Ito 2:30 L. V. , way mail from the 50uth....... 4:35 (Anton, 5 - . c... .. . . 5:00 nerclay.. - 6;30 Closed pouch from Elmira and E It E 10:40 DKPAII7 Canton, slonroeton, /cc Lehigh Valley way mailitouth. Closed Pouch 'Pamirs. Erie and North. . em Central Railroads 10:00 Troy. Burlington, de 10:00 Shealiequitt, kc 12:00 is Barclay 1:00 P. 11 New Era, Tueada.y Thursday and Sat. • nrday 1:00 Asylum, mondiy, Wednesday. and • Friday 1:00 - Leltsysville, Rome. kc 1:00 Bushore, kc —•••. 2:45 Lehigh Valley way mail North 3:45 - New ilrk Phila. and Eastern States. 7:45 ' .9the.e open from 7:00 A. Y. to 7:45 P. X. 2dOney order office open from 800 A. IL to '7:00 P. Y. °dice open on Sunday from 9:00 to 10:00 A. if. P. Powrzz., P. M. EHIGH VALLEY'S, PENNA. AND -4 I NEW YORK RAILROADS. Ai:RANGE:I4EIa DP PASSENGER TRAINS TO TARE EFFECT 31Ay 15, isSO. EASTWARD. 41'4 TiONB reiagara Balls • Buffalo aochestor Lyons - Geneva Ithaca. Auburn Elmira Waverly 'Sayre Athena Milan Mater Eau - nada Wyeauking Standing Stone ituturuertleld . Fronchtown Wyaluaing Laceyville ...... Skinner's Eddy.... SleAboppon Innkliannock LaGrange Falls Junction . .a.Barre.... Ilaucn Chunk Allentown BM.hlebem L'iston .. Ph ...... New York WESTW STATIONS . Sew Bethlehem .... Mauch Chunk.. Wiltes-Harre... L B Jinction Valls rankbannoct . Mehoopany.... Meglyippen alliance' Eddy Laceyville . Wyaluttfug Froichtown Itutuntertielk.. titautlinteStoue Wysanking Ulster Milan Athens Waverly Elmira Owego auburn Ithaca Clone?" Ly0n5,......... liocheter Buffalo Niagara Falls.. 'No. 32 leaves Wyalusing st6:oo, A. X.. French. town CH. Rnmmerileld 6.23, Standing Stone 6.31 WTsanking 6.40. Towanda 6.53. Ulster 7.06, Milan 7:16 Athens 7:25, Sayre 7:40, Waver ly 7:55. arriviitg at Elmira 8:50. No. 31 leaves Shuira 5:45 P. 11., Waverly 6:35; Sayre 6:45. Athens 6:50, Milan 6:59. Ulster 7:08, Towanda Wysauking 7:35; Standing Stone Stuumertield 7:52, Frenclatown 8:02, ugly kV.; at Wysinaing at 5:15. Trains a and 15 run daily. Sleeping cars on trains 8 and 15 between Niagara ran, and Pbila delphia and between Lyons and New York with out changes. Parlor care on _Trains 2 arid 9 between Niagara Falls and Philadelphia ith tint change, and through coach - to and from Rochester via Lyons. • Wll. BTEWM , I3O2I, Supt. &ans. PA /lay 15 1881 kN.Y.IL II _ _ • • GEORGE -OTT, 4 0 lainatal bride I Gruite Win Yi d ra? Prices cheaper than the cbea m3o—tt. WTBOZ PA. . . .. , ~,:.,, _ _,...,..._,.,..„:._,i.,,,:‘,...-,p-,,,,,:-,7-,..-.-,--,,..,,,..'r-,',1%.,;',,V-1'''.4t147.7•,,,°4 "‘-''''... '' '''''''-' '7:;7:;:.-17. --'17.. ''''' :'7l' ' ' :.': '::'::::::::4-.-- - '. ' - '-:. . ' '.. .- . ;:i- . '''. - - . '' : :.. ' . ' ..-.'''' . ', ' : - ''' .' ' ' ''' '-':' '• ': A : . . :::: - . 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Entrsnce on Poplar St.. 1je12,75 MERtOII, RODNEY A. Solicitor of Patents. Particular attention paid to business in. Orphans' Court and to the settlement of estates. Ofice in Moutanye's Sleek _ - 41:419 1/1" 43 PHERSON k YOUNG, (I. McPherson -and /XL • W.I. Young.) Office south side °Mermen Block; fob 1,7$ 1 1 5 65 1 SO 8 00 1 10 3 10 325 3 25 3 25 2 50 . 1 65 . 60 . 325 .250 1 65 2 75 1 GO 1 20 40 i5O OM 1:00 P. 11, 1:W 9:00 a. 111, 9:15 15 9 7 1 3 -- -,-,-- 'P.M; A.M.A.M.IP.M. ...• 2.05' 7.20 ; 7.15 ...; 2.50; 8.25•..t...1 9.20 ...t 5.15110.301.:...1,.... ....6.30 11.30 • I _ I 6.54;11.551 ...18.351 1.181 8.30..... ...' 5.10; 8.05, 1...„ ...; 9.00;10.501 ..." 9.101 1.45; 9.001 3.45 .. 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All tuuineas entrusted to their care will receive prompt attention. oct 26,17 ItirAl3o2: & TIIOIIPSON, ( C. F. Massa E. A. MONipSO4,) Attorneys-at-Law: Spe cial at tention to conveyancing. examination of title and all matter relating to real estate. Collec tions 'promptly remitted. °Bice over. Patch & Tracy's store. marlo-81. 34-ARIES 11. AND JOHN W. CODDING, Attor neys and Connsellors-st-haw. Office in the ercur Block, over C. T. Eirby's Drug Store. July a, 'SO ff. ITIHOEIPSON, W. H. and E. A., Attorneys.at .. 1 .1.4 - w, Towanda, Pa. Mee in Herons Block, over C. T. Kis,by's Drug Store, entrance on Hain street, first stairway north of Post-office. All business promptly attended to. Special atten tion given to claims against the United States for Pensions, Bounties, Patents, etc., and to collections and settlement of decedent's eslates. April 21, ly PHYSICANS AND SURGEONS TOWNSON. T. 8., It.D. Office over Dr. H. C 14, Porters's Drug Store. fob 12,78 NEirroN.Dre.M. N. &F. G. (Moe at Dwelling on liver Street. corner Weston St. itebl2,l•7 ADD. C. S.. ALD., - Office Lt door above old L bank building. on • Main street. Special at tention given to diseases of the throat and langs. ju1y19.78. WOODBICTRIZ. S. M., M.D. Office and rest dente. Main street, north of M.E.Church Medical P.sinitier for_ Pension Drpartreent. lob 22.11 i PANNE, E. D.. 111. D. Office over lionisnye's Store. Ofßee hours from 10 to 12 A. :a. and from 2 to 4 p. Y. Special, attention given to Diseases of the Eye. and Diseases of the Ear. oct 20.77 HOTELS =EMIT HOUSE. Main st.. next corner south • of Bridge street. New house and new firniture throughout. The proprietor has Spared neither pains or expense in making his hotel first-class and respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. Meals at all hours. Terms teasonable. Large Stable attached. mar 8 77 WM. EiMilllT. SECRET SOCIETIES WATKINS POST, NO, CS, 0. A. R. Meets every Saturday evening, at Military Mall. GEO.-V. MIER, Commander.' J. R. EITTFIDGE, Adjutant. feb 7, 7.9 CRYSTAL LODGE, NO. 57. Manta at. E. of P Hall every Monday evening at 7:30. In mance $2,000, Benefits $3.00 per week. Aver age annual cost, 5 years experience, $ll. J. a: KITTRIDGE, Reporter : Jeers WARDSLL, Ja., Dictator- fob 7].78 BII. 4 4DFORD LODGE. N 0.157, I. 0. 0. F. • Meet in Odd Fellow's Hall, every Monday evening st 7 o'clock. WannEN MIA Noble Grand. June 12,75 HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING POST. P. E. No. 32 Second street. All orders will rocoive promo, attention. inns 12,75 EDUC4.TIONAL VYAN, G. W. County 'Superintendent. Office xv days las t Saturday of each month. over Turner & Gordon's Drug Store, Towanda Ps. July 19,75 SUSQUEHANNA. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. The Fall Term of twenty-eight year com mences on Slonday August 22nd, Mil. For cata logue or other information. address or call on the Principal. EDWIN E. QUINLASI, A. M. my 19,78 ' Towanda, PS. • PLUMBER' AND GAS FITTER TITILLLUIS, EDWARD. Practical Plumber V and Gas Fitter. Place of busbies' in Her cur Block nett door to Journal office opposite Public, Square. Plumbing, Gas Fitting, Repair. ng Pumps of all kinds, and all kinds of 'Gearing prom attended to. All wanting work in his ne sliould give him a call. . July 27,77- _ INSURANCE. RUSSELL, O. General Insnrance Agency, Towanda, Pa. Office In Whitcomb's Book Store. July 12,76 NISCELLANBOUS„ nELEVANHOISBE, ELMIRA, N. Y. 0., T. Smith. formerly of the Ward House. Towanda:Pro prietor. This Hotel is. located immediatly opposite the railroad depot, Every pains taken for the comfdrt of guests. july 5,77 130 !OMER, H. J. HOMIZOPAIIIIO PIITEICIAN k Bratozosr. Residence and office just north of Dr. Corbon's gain street. Athens. Ps. - NEW FIRM I NEW STORE NEW GOODS I Ed. Mouillesseaux (Formerly with Hendelmai,) ILkS OPEN'ED . A Jewelry Store 1 OF 1118 OWN lIMil IN PATTOWS BLOCK With Swart; & Gorden7s Store, Main Street,.Towanda, Where ho keeps a FULL ASSOIL:MENT or Go 16: Silver' Watches SWISS AND AMERICAN; CLOCKS ) - SPECTACLES,-ETC . His Stoat is all NEW sod at the FINEST QUALITY, Call and see for yourself. REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY ENGRAVING A SPECIALTY deel6- KENDALL'S SPAITIN CURE Is sure in its effects, mild in its action as it does not blister, yet is penetrating and powerful to I reach every deep seated pain or to remove any bony growth or other enlargements, suck As spavina, splints curbs, callous. spraine,swell. Inge and any lameness and all enlargements of the joints or limbs, or for rheumatism in rash and for any purpose for which a liniment is used for man or beast. It is now known to be the best liniment for man ever tued.acting mild and yet certain in its effects. Send address for Illustrated' Circular whfrh we think gives positive proof of Its virtues. No remedy beta ever snot with such unqualiffed no- Zen to our knowledge. for beast as well a Inau. • Price Al jper bottle. or sir bottles for $5. AN Druggists have it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to any address on receipt of price by the proprtetors.D*. 13, J. HrovALL It Co, Enos burgh 'Falls. Vt. • ' • Sold by all Druggists. • CURES OYSPEPSL HIES =PM :MT 011 CllRESErve'll", ; el. !ism, Dropsy; Ilearriltsease,'B.,- lousness - Nervous debility, etc. rho rest itEEZIZ ittan to Man! 11,0009000 Bottles .777 is Syrup passassa Vaiied • Spa. tie's. It Stimulates the Ptyaline in the Saliva, which converts the Starch and Sugar ofthe ibod into glucose. A dell. Jamey in Ptyssline causes Wind and Souring of the ifbed in the stomach: It the medicine is taken immediately miter eating the fermentation of Shod it pre. vented. It cuts upon the'Lteeri: It arts upon the Kidneys • It Regulate, the Dined& It Purifies the Blood. It Quiets the Nervous System. ~ It ftemotee Digestion. Zt Nourishes, Strengthens and Znaft , It carries off the CM Blood and usa , • nem It the pores of the Skin and inducei y Perspiration. - It neutralizes the hereditary taint, or poison In the blood, which generates Scrofula, Erp sipelas, and all manner of skin diseases and Internal tumors. There are no spirits employed in its mane facture, and it can bo taken by the most deli• sate babe, or by the aged and feeble, oareontil being recuiredin attention to directions. 3 DRUGGISTS SELL IT. 7...aboryttory, 77 West sty st., • Ashland, Schuykill co:. Pa. Dear Sir:—Thin is to certify that your INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP has benefited , more, after a short trial , than all the mecUclue I have used for 15 years Dear Sir:—l have used your excellent INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP for Disease of the Stomach, and it bat proved to be a valuable medicine. • Dear Bir:—l was troubled with Nervous De bility and partial Paralysis, for a ntuntie'r ,of years. and obtained no relief until I used your INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP. a short trial of. which restored me to health. Dear Sir:—My little girl was cured of Intbun. :nation of the race and' Eyes,• by the we of your reliable INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP. A physician had previously failed to afford relief and it was thought that the child could Dot live. Its neck and breast was entirely covered with Scrofulous Sores, which aro now entirely gone. Sure Care for Liver Complaint. Dear Sir:—This la to certify that your INDIAN BLOOD SYRUP hu /effectually relieved no of Liver Complaint and- Dyspepsia. after tho doc _ • ton failed. 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What is the gain? - • When, having reached a audit height, Through barren sweeps of glooniful night, Hoping to see beyond the crest Fair !ands of beauty and of rest, There lies- before, stretched far away Unto the confines of the day, A desolate and shade less plain, - What is the gain? What is the gain ? To sail for months of cold and toil' Across wide Selig. where Winds recoil, Only to gather ■trongth ad rem A lender challenge than. before, And find;when through fogs thick and don The rocky coast at last is won, jtlo haven from the storm-vexed main, What is the gain ? What is the gain? The'raCe is won. we see the light, We conquer where the storm-winds flight; We show the way to those who wait With taint hearts by the walls of fate; Oar banners dutterin the van Of battles fought for thought and man, And ignorance and darkness Wane, This is ithe gain., MAW 4'B BADDISIK BOY t lCatting steamships on the chair, Cutting off the dolly's hair, Cutting papers on the Stair, Cutting capers everywhere, That's Willie. Making "doggies" on the wall. Making mud-pies.in the hall, Making "horselnes" of my shawl, Making trouble ter us all, • , That's Willie. Hammering upon the floor, ghouting. tilt his throat is sore. Making allyoutles batteries roar, All of this and even more, 1 r That's Willie. Soiling all his finest clothes, . Stubbing out his "French-kid" toes Dirty cheeks, and dirty nose, • Caring little where he goes, That's Willie. Ah I my heart Is sore and sad, Thinking of my naughty lad. Other mammas never had, Never had a boy so bad As Willie. Bit when cuddled down to sleep, And his arms around me creep, Asking God his soul to keep, Then in tender love I weep, Then I know I hold too cheap, My. precious Willie. . /toward jr..FtiVer. ;ONR MORE-ONZ xEss. Ten little cigarette's in s wrapper fine, The small boy samples them, and then there aro nine. Nine little cigarettes quickly one by one Get their work in on the Youth. then tbero are none Four bearded doctors sitting 'round the be, , Each with a different' shake to hie teamed head. • • Three big ;diseases waiting to destroy, All bearing Latin Hanes as Icing u the boy. Two undertaken, aatitude iu cye, .Bow low to the doctors as they pass 'em by. One little funeral to the gravvartl tore,' Ono little smoker less—one angel more. One of the breach of P - romise snits which occupy a large share of the time of English juries and are condUcted in such a diverting manner as invariably to produce '"roars of laughter" has- just been tried at the Warwickshire Assize!. The defeiidant was one of the curates of Leamington parish and. the plaintff,- whose, - appropriate name' was Lamb, was a - lady ten years her senior. Many of the letters which poised between them, and" of which, it is asserted, there were several miles, were produced in court. One of them; addressing the lady under a pet, name, contained the fallowing stanza: EDWARD EORS. - During the cross-examination the curate's lawyei asked the plaintiff if she had even, been engaged before "Never," . replied the lady. "What, never?" queried the lawyer; but such an uproar of laughter folloWed that it will never be known whether or not the plaintiff completed the familiar ques tion., It Makes little difference, how ever, for the jury gave her £l.OOO dam-' ages• • . D. 11. DLLs. In Tennessee live. William Nye, his fair daughter Isabel and. Walker Pen dergrast, a , young man of the moun tains, -to-wit, a moonshiner. • bold and brave. As much as be likes whisky, Mr. Nye dosen't favor the moonshine brand—he wants it straight or not at all:. So when young Pendergrast came to his house a-courting, Mr. Nye warned him to keep away. On the 12th instant Pendergrast suddenly appear ed on Sm.-back porch of the Nye house, where Mr. Nye was taking his noonday nod, and pinioned him in his chair. Then Isabel tied her ftither's feet, bands and body , with a rope, her _lover holding a revolver at hie bead, and mounting horses the daring runaways fled to - the mountains. It is under stood that Mr. Nye has organized a par; ty for pursuit, but he gave up the idea in consequence of his son-in-law's des perate Character. _ destEs Itztxx.t Us. A. Baowx: Leos or Am.—Some workmen think themselves 'tired' when they aro only poisoned. They labor in factories— breathe air . without oxygen, and live in an atmosphere of death. They are too often allowed to smoke, and thus add fuel to the flame which is consuming them. They knock off work lired'and listless, when they are merely weaken ed by foul air, and made dull and heavy by an atmosphere charged with disease. They keep the windows shut and close the door on health, while they lilt the gratings of the tomb by breathinglind rebreathirig the poison from their Own and. the floating particles of Mat ter :about them. Open the windows, let in the sunshine and the breeze, stop smoking, and you will soon find that it is the poison of confinement, and not labor, that wearies and tires.--Montreal Herald arid Star. "Ob. fidget, my dear, The socks. I declare, Are Jost my little foot's size; Not too large or too small, • But, taken in all; An agreeible and kindly surprise." MANY bit P'S. • •, Only a,broken violin►.! There it' lay in the intuVa worthless piece of wood, rudely:snapped in torain, with a few loose fragments of string, soundless. voiceless; yet beside it,, as merently as though . bending over a = something hu man that had -died—witk a passionate burst of grief, as for some dearly4oved friend, knelt a little lad, of some thirteen summers. Out from the mud, with tender, Parley's heart was to win this *roman catesaingtonch, he lifted up the shat- for his wife. toted remnants, his tears ' falling the She turned tessera him as the music while thick and fast, his' s li ght frame died, with a quick indraiiing 'of her convulsed with the sobs which would breath. not be repressed. 'Tell me,' she whispered, 'was it.not He made no outcry. bat his face was - i , erfect ?' , - white with the anguish of despair. He . , did not bear it,' he replied. 'I IV" bad lost his all—the friend to stihoin hoithinkin' g but of you.", • „ poured out all his woes; the companion A, vividllasb, 'almost Of 'annoyance, whci, until now, never had, failed him; rose to her brow; but that moment the his second, better, nobler self. young musician, recalled by the thnn- Not many paces distant on the side- daring plaudits of the people, reap walk stood the perpetrator of the -oft- peered. rage, a sort of undefined remorse gnaw- His gime now wandered Over the ing within his. breast. For mere bra- house, finally resting on that: one ox vado he had wrenched from the hands quiaite face. He gave a sudden start. of tho little musician his instrument and Of what, of whom, did it remind him ? broken it 'across his knee, throwing:the For a full moment their eyes met; then, pieces in the mud. with a sudden inspiration, be drew his Realizing dimly that he bad commit- hew, • ted a coward's and a bully's not, betook Whst was he playing ?. was ' ca ffein his poeket a smell coin Sul tossed denie no man had' ever heard before. it toward the boy. It seemed to tell an" unknown story, if 'Take that,' he cried, 'and atop your but one could have interpreted it. It whimpering. You've no business to began in a storm of grief, of passionate play your made in the public streets. anguish and despair, unreasoning, You're a beggar and a nuisance l' hopeless; then following a lull, a rift. in But in an instant, with flashing eyes the clouds, a sudden gleam of sunshine, and head thrown proudly back, the lit- a heavy toiling of weary feet, often torn tie street Arab halting the money and bleeding; bat with that rift of stun back. , shine never quite hidden by the clouds ( you think yon can pay me thus he overhead. no matter how dark •Or dense replied, in frenzied tones. •It is I who th e y ga th ere d ; they came a beret of crwo - yOu a debt I yet win use to wipe triumph, a song (it many, a transpors, out I' of passion, and then peace. . _ They stood one instant looking stea dily into each 'other's eyes—one the senior of the other by some three or fear years, tall and powerful, clad in bioadcloth and fine linen—one a little, shrinking lad, his ragged clothes be spattered with the mud of the streets. At this moment, au open carriage rolled by, bat ihe little girlaeatedwithr in it had; with her quick eyes, discover ed something amiss. She had seen the disdainful return of the rejected coiu; - she had heard the bOy's words; she had marked the traces of a passionate grief upon his fitee; and with a hasty command to the coachman to stop, she called him to her. , 1 'What aro you about to jlo, Miss Selma? questioned the lady : :with her, her governess. 'Nothing naughty, dear Miss 'twin,' she replied; 'This poor boy—see, his violin is broken. lam so sorry for him!' The lad slowly had approached the carriage, in obedience to her command; but there was no light is his face, no eagerness in his step. 'How did this happen ?' asked the little girl. Carl, looked up. Was this an angel who spoke to him T He bad never seen any one half so lovely Her hair float ed about her shotilders in a shower of gold, and resting on it was a white hat, with elong white plume drooping far down ;behind; her eyes were like two purple pansies; - op: her 'cheek was the flush of the sunrise; her lipt were red as the carnation, though they quivered with her unspoken sympathy. The boy held rip the broken pieces of his violin. 'lt was my all I' he said.! 'I shall starve now, but lam glad of that, for I did not love it only that it brought me bread. I`loved it—l loved it because it talked to ine; and with it I was never ' 7 Bfit cab you not buy another ?' 'I have no money, miss.. I can never make enough, since this has gone. I had hoped one day. to buy something better than this, but now the day will never come 1' , A shade of thoughtfulness crejit over the sweet; fair face. •In one little glov ed ' hand she bald a tiny purse, and within it three bright, glittering gold- . pieces shone. They were to purchase a coveted doll; her fond father's birth day gift. She; turned hastily to her governess. 'Please, 'Miss Irwin, do you think papa would be displeased if I do _ not buy thy, doll? No, no—l know he would not I' Then, waiting for no' reply, she preen ed the purse into the boy's bands. 'Go by your violin,' she said. 'No, you must net:retura this as you return ed the, other money; but some day. when zee are a great musician, you shall repay me. Who know! ? you may play at my wedding.' - And with a little, light laugh, as the carriage started forward, the child, with a wave of her baud, disapwared. - The boy stood motionless, wrapt in a sort of ecstasy. No doubt that a veri table angel had visited Mil, crossed his mind. Hid be been dreaming ' ? No; for within his hand lay the dainty purse. Opening it almost with _reverence, the shining piece of gold met his gaze; but something else as well—a . little piece of pasteboard., and upon 'it written a name and-addresii. The lad Pfted it to his lips. 'lt is another debt I owe,' be said softly to himself. - • * * Ten years later, and on a bright star lit night in .January, the New York Academy of Music was filled from pit to dome: The great vitdinisto Herr Carl Beiberg was to appear. He was very young, not twenty-three, the crit. ics said, ind yet he bad reached the zenith of hie fame. A great wave of applause greeted biro as he came for ward to the centre of the- stage. He was tall but alight, with larp, dreaniy eyes, and a month whoae - sensitiveness the blonde musta-die could not wholly bide. With& soft, caressing motion, he drew the bow acrois the strings. Ai; almost human voice of exquisite melody . 'mmed to respond. The house held its I breath to . In one of the lower proscenium boxes sat a „young girl of nineteen. She wore no hat, and in bill' golden hair ihere gleamed a dbunoad star. Sbe., was heiutiftd with a rare loireliness. There io fairer in all 'that crowded as- Semblage. Behind her,. Wining on the back of her °Lair, Was' a - young man wheats gaze of rapt adiniration never withdrew itself—a mai of superb height and breadth of fors:LOW with eyes and hair dark as the nigh—eyes which glowed with feeling as they dwelt upon her Lace, for the hope nearest Fairfax The last note seemed to have no end ing. Its echoes lingered in amelodione hash, and rang iq the of ap plause. The girl in the box tore the violets from her breast, and threw them at Herr , Seiberg's feet. Flowers rained everywhere, bat these only he stooped to gather. These ho held so tightly that their crushed fragrance was waft ed to his asides as he bowed his adsisix. The riling musician was the lion of the hour. Fashionable ladies sought . him out. Invitations to fetes, and re ceptions, and dinners, rained upon him. It was at one of these latter that he awl Miss Laurence met: have pressed your flowers,' he Said to her, in a low voice. . 1 'My flowers ?' she answred, with a blush. i Then she remeribered the violets she so imphlaively had thrown hini. had almost forgotten,' she added. 'What was it, Herr Seiberg, that you played ? It has haunted me ever since.' • 'Some day,' he replied, 'I will tell you., Now yon shall' know only that you were its Inspiration.' Were his words presumption ? She could not answer; 'neither could she know the strange power iwhich ever swayed her in this times presence. 'You do not teach ?' she said to him, one day. 'No.' he answered. 'But if You will be , my pupil , it would be indeed" a pleasure.' 'And your terms'?' HiS face Suited. need no gold,' he responded. t 'lt is only that some day you should hear my story.' . -*• * * * see nothing of you, Selma.' said Fairfax Farley, during :this time. 'Do you forget that I have some claims ?' 'No, I forget nothing,' she said. 'But there was min' ee rather than happinestin her tone. ; . 'Are you not yet ready to give me your answer, dear ?' the man continued. 'Why do you hold me in. suspense'? Why, darling, may I not have the . sweet :promise that I crave 'Did she shudder? If so, it was but momentary, as the sweet young' voice Made answer. . 'Tule,' it said, •you have been very very patient; but be so yet a little lon geri Let me but be sure of myself. It ier only.for this asstinuies, Fairfax, that I wait.' But underneath Fairfax Farley's courteous calm was a seething mael strom; a burning jealousy. Two weeks later, he , waited outside Mies Laurence's home until Herr Bei berg stood 012 the steps, in the moon light. He had been passiiii the even ing With her. The two tied dined at her table. hoar before, Mr. Farley bad made his adieux. • 'Herr Seiberg It was his voice, addressing the young gIUSIOI4II. 'Yes,' he responded, his surprise i showing in. his tone. . have waited for you.' continued Mr. Farley, 'in order to ask Of you a pier. It is a great favor, but money need be no object between as. lam willing to ply you any price, however fabulous; and although I know it' is quite out of your line, I want very flinch that you should play one solo at my wedding.' ' In the moonlight, Herr Seiberg'i face showed a strange pallor. • 'At your wedding l You are to be married ? May I inquired to whom r *Miss Laurence is' my .betrothed. Had pin not heard r Both in question and answer - rang a strained intensity; but the silence that followed bad dumbness more force than either. Then He* Beiberg spoke. _ ' 'To-morrow night. at this bow; you shall have my decWoo,' be said. and Rapidly strode away. • - Before noon. the day following, Bliss Laurence received Herr Seiberg's card. Penciled on it were these wards: 'Pardon my intrusion, and grant me half-hour's interview *lsiah to bid yon farewell.' Farewell ! There was a certain epos. nualb3 Buttering of her heatt , as she dimly realized its purport. What (IA this sudden departure por tend ?" and •by--why did it cause this taint sio.ness , which stole through every pub° and fibre of her being ? - 'Mow Herr fieiberg up, , she said to the servant; then, schooling berself to calm. sat wilting him. On the - threshold of the rOom he paused. "'You salted me once, Miss Lattreme t ' bo began. 'the story my violin told on the night we met. I answered that some time you should know. it worry you_ to hear it now.' `She bowed assent, and motioned , to a chair; but he still stood. 'I must go back many yeari,' he said, 'to the time when I was a HUM hid, foot-sou and friendlesa • Nay not friendless I had one friend—a poci, little piece of wood, with strings mow it; but forgot' that it was wood. In my hours of loneliness:and griei and sadness,- I would talk ' to it, and then by idly drawing my bow across its strings, it would answer me. Ab, no one would have believed it but myself,, but it pointed to me the future--it told me all that I might be— • it whispeied courage—it breathed hope. Well, one , day, strolling through the streets, touching its chords, asking no alms—l never begged—a boy older than I, taller, stronger, a boy richly dressed, and with- a gold chain hanging at his vest; stopped and mocked me. I wak ed In silently. He followed , me, 41:, in au unprepared moment,;snatched my violin. and, snapping it across his knee, threw Win the filth and mud of the street. • was stunned. The magnitude of my loss overwhelmed me. The surging tide of my despair closed in about my , soul. I saw neither- earth nor sky— naught save the shattered, voicAdess wood. Wlkbork L ..Le &ilea -wscriaattli the wanton, Wicked, act, threw me a coin. It roused me from my stupor. I caught and hurled it back. Not thus might he pay the debt I owed to him. 'ln that moment a carriage passed: Seated within was a beautiful child—a little girl. She ordered the coachman to atop. She -had seen something of what had happened: She inquired the cause of my distress. Then, with a tender pity in hereyes, and a voice like music, she put heti parse into my hands and bade no use its contents as I would. "Some day,' she said, 'when you are a greai musician, you shall repay me. Who knows ? you may play at my/wed ding I" The girl's head was towed now. Her bosom rose and fell. Two sparkling tears glimmered on the lashes which swept her cheek. Like a dream it all came back to her; like &Vision, she saw the boyish face uplifted to hem through a mist of tears. .. Herr Seiberg strode to her side. He put his hand within his coat and drew` something forth. Instinctively she knew it to ; be the little purse. - 'lt has never left me,' be said hoarse ly. 'I owe all that I amio you. The gulf between us is as wide now as then. I have never hoped: to cross it. You are the heiress of a rich man. •I, too, have wealth, but that cannot wipe out the past. Let me tell you though what I did. I took your money and bought with Wray, violin. The man who sold it to me bad a kindly face, and when A paid him for it I asked of him a favor. _"The money with which I purchased this was lent to tue,' I said. 'I would like--oh, so very much !—to keep the same gold. Will you. lay it aside for three months, when may redeem it ? I do not know that I can, but I will save every penny I earn, if you will but do this for me.' 'The man smiled an] consented. ' 'He marked the gold' in my sight, and laid it away. Within the time I had re gained possession oft it. It is 'here, Miss Littrence. It seems a trifling sum now to both of us, but , remember that it has made me all that I am. Yet its payment does not pay .'our debt. You said, perhaps I might play at your wedding. Command me, and I obey, even though I thus forswear my second debt to the boy who a second time, in manhood, causes me thedeepest misery my life hail known.' He paused, and held outstretched toward her the opeft purse. -His face was like marble; his eyes shone with a wonderful fire. 'Of what are you \speaking ?' she said, gently. 'Whom am Ito marry 'Last night, he told 'me you were his betrothed.' 'He ? who ?' 'Fah4ax Farley I' 'lt is not true. He has wished , it so, but I did not know my own heart, and asked that ho should wait. I know' it now. 'I know that it can never be. Carl, You spoke of the gulf between us; Is it one that love will 'hot bridge ?' :The next night, Fairfax Farley and Herr Seiberg, met. 'You have decided ?' asked the for mer. "It is impossible Carl replied; 'but since you so kindly have asked me to play at your wedding, 'may I not 'ask you to dance atj mine r 'Ah, you are 'betrothed, then ?' 'Yes.' 'And to whom ?' 'Miss Laurence.' the young musician answered proudly. Two little wards—a name won't* be merged into another identity; but their moment-utterance had canceled his two fold debt—redeemed his boyhood's vows.—Saturday Night; A leafy background, two noble trees, a hammock swigging beneath, and she on whom your heart is fixed lazily swinging in the same, is a very pretty picture, young . man, very pretty, and we do not Warne you for being attract ed by a magneto! such wondrous power. But consider ilyoulmeans will enable you to keep that picture all your days, or whether in the...coming time it will not be . l sopplakted by a chromo of a wornorit, jaded woman frying dough nuts over a hot fad in the middle of a hot summer day. The two pictures are intimately conOcted. -- New Haven Register; , 4 o _ A Doubleßarreled J'o. The other evening. round at MeGov.- ern's ealoou,' the boys Were put,tbg up an elaborate practical joke on some body, and they i nsked old Capt. Skiday, vfllo had jnst happened in, to take a hand. ; 'No, gentlemen,' said that estimable old citizen, decisively, 'you doitot catch" me taking part in any practical jokes. I went out of that business for good over ten , years ago.' • ,! "How was that?' asked the group of beer exterminators.. - Would 'Well, it was in the winter of 1870, may. be 1871. I was living at Daven port, lowa,-and a mannsmerounfi there giving balloon aseenadonii.. One day it was advertised that the Mayor of the town was going up with Adm. Now; the Mayor was a big, fat man always wore a light suit of clothes and a white hat.. Tbia put me in the notion of working off a joke on the people. I got acquainted with the ieronint, and he agreed to assist in the scheme. We then got an old snit of light clothes, and fixed up a dummy, which we filled with sand, so that it weighed' about two hundred pounds, and would, therefore, drop straight and heavy like a man. The ilayof the ascension there were over• thirty thousand people on the ground, and the excitement was very . great, as theie was a high wind blowing at the time. After the balloon got up about a mile, and may be that fir south of the town, they dropped the dummy 'Big sensation then, eh,' - • 'Well, I should say so. But that is just where I" lost- my grip. While the crowd Was shouting aid going wild with horror," I just laid down on the grpund rolled over, and laughed until I was jus • sick.' 411 w -um think tha asewara urcissLi . taken a tumble, too,' suggested the audience. 'But just wait. ~of coarse the crowd made a break out of town to serape up the remains,' and I rutted home to get my fishing tackle, for it struck me that the most healthy thing I could do would be to go fishing for a. day or two. Be fore I left the house, however, I was arrestrd for - murder.'_ `For murder?' 'Exactly. A lot of the boys, accoM panied by . the sheriff, rushed in and col-. laced They claimed that the dum my had fellea on a farmer. and driving his skull clear into the heels of his boote. • . They said that -the ballooned° had. turned- State's evidence; and the chances were I would be hung by a mob before night.' 'That was rough.' 'Well, so I thought. I 'was just scared 1 plum - to 'death, and begged the boys to stand by and protect me. I ponied up $5O for legal expenses, and they hid me in , the garret of a neighbor's house. They kept me there ten blessed days; and there was note day - but_ they struck me for a twenty or, two for contingen cie& One 'night' the whole gang came" around full of beer—on my money,mind you:--and said that they•had concluded, as additiofial precaution, to hide main the hollow of as old i.oak tree about three miles out in the woods. I saw through the whole business then, and drove them out with a club,. It was a goOd square case of the biter bit, I know, but' they never let up calling me 'Dummy Skiddy' after that, until they actually ran me me out of town, and I 'had to - emigrate to this lumping-off place of creation.' and the captain shook hie head with a disgusted air as he paid for his hot Scotch and walked I Out. —Amick Dodd in San Francisco k AM. Swope and Mn.s Swope are barely out of their teens, and yet they have fOund 'time to meet, to court, to love, to marry, to quarrel and to pa 4. The Swopes live at Mendota, 111. I.. When they parted - the wife carried off the baby. The other day thd baby was taken by its mother to_ the court house, the father, snatching" it from the mater nal arms,tried to get to hiscartia' ge,near by. Mother; mothefin-law and quite a number of women performed a wild wardance around the paternal kidnap per, but the kid was napped and placed in the hands of a noise in a neighbor. ing town. Before the child had been in the custody of the nurse twenty-four hours the mother made her appearance and, before the nurse could offer object isne,, she caught up the child, Skipped out. of thdhouss, drove furiously over into her county and arrived safely at her father's house with the little charge. The spunky hiroine is now master of thd situation. Inaganch as both hus ' band and Wife are of wealthy and re spectable families the affair is caning considerable interest for miles around Mendota *The Use of Wealth. There are thousands of rich men who are not skinflints, who have the reputa tion of being so, becaise they . have nev er been known to have done any special good with their money. d. man who is worth $50,000 can do more to inake himself loved and respected by 111/1 with whom he comes in contact by the judi -diens expenditure of $l,OOO in charity than by giving the whole 850,000 after he is dead. It seems as though it would be mighty small consolation to a .mil lionaire to leave money to some charit able purpose after death, and be so con founded dead that he could not see the smiles of happiness that his genervity had created. - Supposes millionikire who has never had a kind word said of him except by fawning hypocrites, who hope to get some of his money, should lay out s' beautiful park, worth 111,000,000, and throw it open free to all, with walks, drives,- lakes, shade and everything. Do not you suppose if he took a drive through it himself and saw thousands of people having a good time, and look ing they love and respect for him, that his heart would be warmed up and that his days would be lengthened? Would not every look of thanks be worth $l,OOO to the man who had so much money that it made him round-shoul dered? Would notho - have mom pleas ure than he would in cutting off oon pone with a lawn-mower?—Peck's Mil waukee Bun. 'i PACTS 42ND FANCIES. r Bitting Ball is horribly ugly. -Au ()Bl eier showed him Olooking-ghust the other day and frighteiml the old mut so that be rushed up to headquarters and sur rendered six times in ten minutes. 'You do not find any flies in the but ter which I put on my table.' said a Boston boarding mistress, proudly. 'No,' replied it boarder, 'it Leto° bong for them.' That boarder rntaiOen im- mediate notice to quit. Which is the greatest nuisance. the Canada thistle, the white daisy or the English sparnreiwas the 'talent subject bbfore an agricultural mist*, and all' agreed that city brass beat thothree noiatneet two to _ When he returned to his seat in the theatre and said he bad just stepped out to see some one, she gravely responded, 'lt must have been the Evil One; and when the young man- asked tit she saw the cloven Soot,' -she turned rip her pretty nose and said, but I smell the clove in breattO The manner in which the isHle.clah young men of the period - cinema the billiard-ball nixed knobs that Auld to them in lien of heads when meeting dies can only be equaled in grace by the , financial secretary of the organ-grinder when he removes his heid•covering for the ptirpose of making an assessment. —Susan B. Anthony: Nobody can &Lipase the average country apothecary for a truly accom dating spirit, and genuine politeness. 'Can you give me a postage stamp? asked a young lady of the pharmacy Send. 'No,' he replied, bending his body at a Chesterfieldisn angle -.and . smiling seductively at the fair fpplicant. '1 can not give you a postage stamp, but mai oeunnak 41711,111111114 He' came to bid her good-bye / and found her weeping, 'Cheer up, du ling,'t he slid tenderly, feeling-for her eyes with his pocket-handkerchief.— 'Cheer up; I am only going to be ab sent for a week.' 'But I can not cheer up,' sobbed the disconsolate maiden, with a • fresh yank at her . tear pump. 'Poor little Gyp got into 'S fight With another. dog to-day and he is nearly chewed up'. , - I'wolrishmen were poring overthe news in one of our city 'rapers, andeoming 4 to the heading "Latest," and izamediate ly following it "Very Latest," one said to the other: "An' sure, Tim, will ye be either explainin' what this means?' - 'Arra, boded,' said Tim, .'an' it's me self that can explain that to ye. Sure the latest is what comes 'in time to be printed, and the very latest is what comes either the paper is oat.' A sense of the fitness of things is in some natures superior to the agitation which either great joy or sorrow *ruses. A Long Island lad who had . visited the watermelon bed once too often came home quite suddenly and after a contest with the 'grim destroyer' which lasted all night, gave up the ghost. A - few days after the fiuseral the artist who was pre- - paring the tombstone asked the bereav ed mother what design from would have _ on it. Tears gushed from hereyes and sobs half choks her as she answered: 'A - w -w-watermelon Smith, Jones and .the editor: Jones rushed into the office of she Weekly Squash vine the other day. There was a wild look in his eye and a copy of the , Squashvine in his band. 'Did you put that piece in here?' he demanded of the editor, pointing with trembling finger to _a paragraph stating that salt scatter ed about the yard would kill fowl.— 'That?' said the editor, inquiringly, stopping in the midst of his editorial 'and layiisg down his - paste brush: 'yes, that is mine—what of it? True, ain't it?' 'Yes, and that is just what is the matter,' said Jones, 'and you may atop my paper right off—do you bear?' 014 yes,-certainly,' said the editar. 'John!' he esped out, stop lorses' paper. Any thing else, Hi. Jones?'. 'Yes, there is something - else!' shrieked Jones, mad dened alba editor's coolness. 'I would like to know what you put such things in your paper for. There is Smith who lives next to me; he got your rascally sheet Saturday night, and . Monday morning, sir, his yard was full of dead hens—my hens, sir! He had salted his vegetable garden, • the villain—sand all owing to that confounded piece of yourn.' Miss Nellie Reed is the name of a young woman of . Georgia who recently acconipained her uncle to Nag's Head. North Carolina's delightful ,resort. Last Wednesday aftzioon she accept ed an invitation froni one O i lier adinir els to go sailing on the sea, The day was pleasant and the young folks enjor:, ed themselves. starting just before sod.' down to 'return to the shore. In - going about the boom struck ,the young man a terrific blow on the head and hurled him into the water. Miss Reed =taut ly seized a boSt-hook and by hanging over the rail; exercising her utmost strength. she was able to bring her corn: panion's body board. Her efforts to restore the young man to conscious ness were not so suooessful, however, and it moored to her that the best thing to do was to sail with all speed for the shore. She had never kindled a boat, but she had watched saikis closely, and in a few minutes the craft was scudding along at lively speed. Many persons would have been appall ed at such a task, especially as it -grew dark - and the wind freshened. A steady run of three-quarters of an hour brought the boat to its landing, and then the plucky Georgia rails delivered her wounded charge into the hands of his friends. The young man has recovered from the blow and the young woman is the gawked of the Nag's Head oom- PM% _ Why dost thou soar. my. love?' Map Celia Thaxter in an exchange. Proba bly it is *tame he has been trying to mount the fiery, untamed bicycle. Ce- Ii . it.will make any Man sore. When a Wirierly man wantedhis pic ture in a heroic attitude, the artist painted Mal in the act of refusing to drink. NO. 14.