THE "OUT OF DATE" COUPLE. Wo ro "bo oo of date," thojr my. Nod and I ; Wo lovo In nn old fiwhlnnixl wnjr, Ijong rlnon sm by. Bn m-n I nm hlr helpmnte truo In evM-ythlnu, Ami I wiill, I will own to yon Ho la my king. Wo nvl in no romitnttn wiy 'Twlit "glow anil gloom." Bo wood mo on winter day And In n room. Tot, through llfo'n hours of rtrrrs and fttorm, Whim srtfs bofill, Lovo koj.t our rmnll homo corner warm, And nil wan Wi-ll. Nod think no woman llko hl wlfo Hot li t that paw; Prrhnpn wo Tlow tho dnal life Through roaoato glftm; Evon If tho pronpoot bo not bright. Wo hold It tru Th hem-tent burden may grow light When rhaivd by two. Cpon tho glided acroll of fnmo, Emhlieomid fair, 1 cannot hopo to road tho name I proudly ln-nr: But, happy In thotr PTrn flow, Tho yrnrr glldo by. Wo nro behind tho tune, wo know, Ned and I. -Chambers' Journal. THE WILL. I know this tall yoniiR man who was Ofilloil Reno lo Bonrneval. Ho was very ttgrcoablo in company, although a trifle dad, seeming to dislike everything, very skeptical a formal nnd biting skep ticism I'U-v.r especially in laying Imro in ouo word worldly hypocrisies. Ho often repeated, "There are no virtuous men or lit leant they are only relative ly tempera to. " Ho had tv.-o brothers whom ho did not Visit, tho MM. do Conreils. On aivonnt of thoir different names I believed him the offspring of a second marriage. I had been told on several occasions that a strango story had happened in tliis family, but no details had lieen given me. This man being entirely agreeable to mo, wo wero soon good friends. Ono evening, after I had dined with him, I accidentally asked him, "Wero yon the offspring of your mother's first or second marriage.?" I saw him turn slightly pale, then blush, and ho re mained some seconds without speaking, Visibly embarrassed. Then ho sniih-d in a sweet and melancholy manner Which was peculiar to him and said: "My dear friend, if it does not tiro yon, I will give you some singular details of my parentage. I know you for an intelligent man. I do not therefore fear your friendship for mo will suffer, and if it should suffer I should no longer care to have yon for a friend. "My mother, Mine, de Conif'ls, was a poor, timid little woman, vi. m her husband had married for her fortune. Her ". hole life was n martyrdom. Af fectionate, fearful, delicate, sho was ill treated without intermission by him who should have been my father, one of thoso churl who aro called country gentlemen. After they had been married a mouth ho lived with a servant. Ho had besides for mistresses the wives and daughters f his tenants. This did not prevent his wife from having two chil dren; including myself, three should bo reckoned. 2Ay mother said nothing. She lived in that ever noisy house liko thoso little mice that slip in and out under tho furniture. Effacing herself, flying away, trembling, sho looked at people with her clear, restless eyes, which, always in motion, looked scared With the fear that never left them. Sho was still pretty, very pretty very fair with a gruyish fairness, a timid fair ness, ns if her hair hud faded a little from In r incessant fear. "Among tho friends of M. do Cour cils who came frequently to tho com tie was an old cavalry officer, a widower, a formidable, man, tender and violent, capable of tho most energetic resolves M. do Bourucval, whoso namo I bear. Ho was a tall, spare fellow, with a heavy block mustache, I resemble him very much. This umu had reud uud thought far more than those of hiscluss. His grcat-gvaudniothcr had been a lover of Jeuii Juiiu s Rousseau, und it was said that he had inherited something from thin connection of his ancestress. Ho kuew 'jy heart the '.Social Con tract, ' the 'New Heloise' and all those philosophical books which have prepared Is forehand tho future ovo" throw of cur ancient customs, of unr prejudices, our obsolete laws, our foolish morals. ' T . ' l , "Ho loved my mother, it appeared, and was loved by her. This ufl'uir wus kept so buret that no one subjected it Tli poor woman, t4 and Abandoned, clung to him desperately and imbibed all his habits of thought, theories of free i piuion, boldnc s of independent love j but, as she v.us so timid thut sho never dared speuk loudV. "U Lf it wm driven buck, ' condensed, pressed into her heart, which was never opened. "My two brothers were hursti to . ward her, like my father did wit (stress her and, u-.Hiistcmi d to seeing that sho did not count frr unvoting in the house, treated her alm.u-t like u servant. " I wus thi only one of her sous who really loved her und whom sho loved. "She die:1.. I wus then 18. I ought to udd, iu order that you umy under stand whut is to follow, that, by legul adviue, her '.mslirjid 'hud been provided for, uud she hud iefuiued her own sepa ratu estate, having, thuuks to the arti fices of the law and tho intelligent de votion of a notary, preserved the right to make her will as sho pleased. "Wo wcrcjtUt'ivfui-u, .iuluimud by thin uotury that u will existed uud in vited to be present ut its reading. "I recall it a if it were yesterday. It wa a grand, draiuut ic, burlt nun, surprising scene, culled forth by tha posthumous revolt of the dead woman, by this cry of liberty, thin claim fnua the depth of the grave of this martyr crushed by our morals during hi r life. Frout her shin) coffin she threw 11 d' pairing uppoul toward IucV'Jh ndcncij "Ho who behoved himself my , ther, a stout, plethoric, mail, who put one in wind of a butcher, and uiy bruf h era, two robust fellows of 20 nnd 82, waited tranquilly on their scuts. M. do HoumeVal, who was invited to lc pres ent, entered nnd placed himself behind jne. His frock coat was buttoned tight ly. He was very pale, and ho often nib bled his mustache, now a little grizzled. Ho doubtless expected what was com ing "Tho notary double locked tho door and commenced tho reading, after hav ing in onr presence broken the red wax leal of the envelope, of whose contents lie was ignorant. " Suddenly my friend was silent, rose and took from his secretary an old pa per, unfolded it, kissed it for a long time und resumed. "Here is the Inst will of my dearly loved mother: " 'I, the undersigned, Anne-Cather-ino Oenevievo Mathildo do Croixluce, lawful wife of Jean Leopold Joseph Gontran de Courcils, being of sound mind and body, do hereby make my last will. " 'I ask forgiveness of God above, and thon of my dear son Kene, for what I am now Koing to do. I think my child is stor' hearted enough to under stand nnd to forgive me. I have suffered all my life. I was married front consid erations of advantage and was afterward di"spised, disregarded, oppressed and de reived unceasingly by my husband. " 'I forgivo him, bnt I owe him nothing. " 'My elder sons have not loved me, havo not caressed mo, have scarcely treated mo liko a mother. " 'I have been to them during my life all I should have been ; after my death I no longer owe them anything. Tho ties of blood do not continue with out the constant, sacred affection of each day. An ungrateful son is less than a stranger. He is a culprit, for he has not tho right to bo indifferent to his mother. " 'I have always trembled before mankind, bi arm their iniquitous laws, their inhuman customs, their infamous prejudices. Before God, I no longer fear. Dead, I throw away from mo that shameful hypierisy; I dare to utter my thoughts and to openly avow the secrets of my heart. " 'Therefore I leave in trust the wholo of t'-Ht part of my fortune of which tho ; w permits me to dispose to my dearly loved lover, Pierre Ger mer Simon do Bonrneval, afterward to revert to onr dear sou Rene. ' (This will has been drawn up in ad dition, in a more formal manner, by a notary. ) " 'And before the Supreme Judge, who hears me, I declare that I should havo cursed heaven and my existence if I hud not found tho deep, devoted, tender, un shaken affection of my lover, if I had not learned in his anus that tho Creator has made human being to love, to sus tain and to console each other and to weep together in hours of bitterness. "'My two eldest sons are the chil dren of M. de Courcils. Reno alone owes his existence to M. do Bonrneval. 1 pray the Ruler of mankind uud their desti nies to plnee tho father nud sou above social prejudices, to make them love each other until thoir dentil, and love mo still in my grave. " 'Such aro my last thoughts and my last desire. ' "M. do Conrcils had risen. Ho crii-d, 'That is the will of a mud woman.' Then M. de Bonrneval stepjMsl forward and declared in a loud and decisive voice: 'I, Simon do Bonrneval, declare that this writing contains only tho strict trnth. I am ready to prove it by letters in my possession. ' "Then M. do Courcils walked to ward him. I thought they would seize each other by tho collar. There they stood, both tall, the ono stout, tho oth er spare, quivering. Tho hnsband of my mother stammeringly articulated, 'You are a villaiu!' Tho other said, iu a dry, vigorous tone: 'Wo will meet iu another place, monsieur. I should have uffroutcd and provoked you a long time ago if I had not valued above all elso tho tranquillity during her life of tho poor woman whom you huve made to suffer so much. ' "Then ho turnwl toward mo: 'You are my son. Will you come with me? I havo not the right to take you away, bnt I will take you if you wish to ucci.ui pany mo. ' "1 pressed his hand without unswer ing. Indeed, I was almost overcome. "Two duys luter M. de Bonrneval killed M. de Courcils in a duel. Mv brothers, afraid of a frightful scandal, kept silence. 1 truiferrcd to them and they accepted their sharo of tho fortune left by my mother. , ' ; " I took tho namo of my trno father, renouncing that which tho luw guvo and which was not mine. !"M.;(lu Bonrnevul died five years ago. I havo not yet found cous.ilution for my grief." En rose, took several steps, and, plac ing himself , iu front il-iup. Baid: 1 "Well, I say thut my mother's will 1 wus oue of tho most beautiful, mc I loyul, gruudest thiugs a wcnuiu could ' uceoniplisli. I not thut your opinion?" I stretched out both hunds to him, "Yes, surely, my friend." Guy do Maupassant. New Orleans Tonnla Conrta. "I was wulking out St. Onirics uv onuo this morning, " said u northern viuitor, "and I saw ueverul tennis courts, tho lines uf which were marked out on tho s.van br grass of u different I color from thut tvhich carpeted the I court. I inude inquiries about tho mat J ter and foui.d thut nearly ull tho New Orleans tenuis grounds wore marked off in (hat wuy. It is u very pretty idea, and one that I havo never Boon any where else. " New Orleans Times-Democrat. A lrelate'a JCIoquanee In 1104, when Henry I was iu Nor mandy, a pr .-lalo uumed Serlo preached so tloqneutly against tho fusbioir of wouriug luuj hair thut the niouurdi and his t'ourtierr were moved to teurs. j.Tukiug idvuituge oj the iuiprjudoi h had produced, tbe enthusiast", prel ate whipped a pair jof scissors opt of his sleevis uud cropped tht whole caugrega tiou. Loudon i'uu. Pianos Organs! n-t Why Not. Buy the Harvard Piano? It line a line tone and the easiest and bent action made. It lina the three pedal action. Or will pell you the A. H. Chane, Packard and Ever ett in any Ptyle, Baby, Grand Upright or Square. Wheeler & Wilson New No. 9 Family Sewing Machine. Rotary motion and ball bearingH make it eawy run ning, quiet, rapid and durable. A prenerver of health, a giver of comfort; time-paver and money-maker. Life is too phort and health too precious to wante with a slow, hard running, noisy machine, when you can get the V. tfe W., the only machine having a needle that cannot be Pet the wrong way. Purchasers say: '-It runs as light as a feather." "Great improvement over anything so far." "It turns drudgery into a pastime." "The magic Silent Sewer." "The simplest and best ever invented." Prices according to Ptyle and finish. Easy pay ments. Liberal discounts for cash or part cash, on short time. Old machines taken in exchange. Columbia Bicycles! , . i; -ii'-K.;ii;,.: ;i.:, ..!:; j r. : mi!. i Standard of the World. Any dealer or rldor will toll you whlcli in tho admitted louder in blcyclo worth. It's tho Columbia. Mayho sonio dealer, tlioiiyh, will tell you ho hus a wheel "jimt hh giwxl." Cun't ho. "JuHt u jfood" In thut ouno means tho deulor ix not lucky enough to huve. the Coluiu- , bia utfency. The solo aifeney Ih hum. Host of Tiros od Ctilumbia Uicycles. Tho Ilurtfoid Sintflu-Tubo Tires, with which Columbia bicycles uro ttttod aro tho standard Tires. Nono oqual them iu comfort, durability, or pane of repair. ' ('nluml)Ut Aft CutiliHjne Fret f ynu cull. 1 have just received a large stock of Mould ins' f many styles and patterns, and caw make them up for you in any size. B. J. CDRWIN. j PHOTOGRAPHER, Main Stbket, RjYnoi.dsvili.e, Pa. New Price List! Host flour, In cotton, Fine Cal. apricots 1.1c, or 2 cairn. " Tomatoes To. a can, l."i cans, " Syrup, pir (fiillon, " Head rice, H-r lb., " KalHiim, " " Pm-e tapioca, per lb.. " Tea, extra quality, ier lb., " Lima beans, " " Navy beans 8 11m. 2"h;., 1.1 11m. " ColTee cakes, 5 " Peas, 10 lbs. AtxMihitely pure IH'Iijht, er lb., " " baklnir powder, l 00 25 1 IX) .11) 05 (l." 05 2i 05 1 00 25 25 18 20 Tho above is price on a few articles In our Immense stock. We have tho Kods und our prices aro rlht ull along tho line. We can nave you money on GHOCKIUF.S, FLOUIland FKKI). Robinson & Mundorff. VELUM A.re a eymptom of Jaundice, Dyspepsia.Constipation, Bil iousness, Liver Complaint. DRs IAaTER 8 MAKDRAKC BITTERS will cure the disease and re move yellowness from skin and eyes. Warranted to cure. Sold everywhere at Si cts. per bottle. I'nr rule ljr II. Ales Stoke. ubcrlb for The Star, If you want the News). Iking & oo.tg A Thing of Beauty And a joy forever is a lady with fine form and sweet temper. Many thingw are conducive to this end, AMONG THEM The K. and G. Cornet, fit guaran teed. Alno home nurroundings and decorating, in paints, cur tains, shades, Arc. DreHs goods, shoes and toilet arti cles for adornment of the body. Good books for enlightenment of the mind. Music to cheer the drooping spirits. Choice groceries and provisions for sustaining the inner man. Complete in drugs, to aid in restoring the sick to health. A greater variety can be had than at any store in town, and reasonable prices. Call and see us at the old stand. J. C. King & Co. Price of Flour Advanced. Owing to the advance in the price of Wheat, and the arrival of a car of Flour ftnlripn Qlipaf VSU1UU1I VIIUUI has advanced to $1.00 per sack; 3.D0 per bbl. PERFECTION U5c. per sack; 8.70 per bbl. . t' .ll,UltU ,.v rV MADE FROM si I MJHaro spring wheats MEEKERBROS., Rkynolds Block, Reynoldsvillk, Pknn'a.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers