ADVERSE FATES "I am listening to yon," said Annella, bending her blond little head and Mario felt that her slender hand trembled in his. Who was Annella? The beautiful widow of Count Giummi had found her one day, pale, desolate and exhausted, beside a dead Woman in a squalid, dark room. That dead woman was the aunt of the count ess and the mother of Afnella, and the poverty which surrounded her was the sole inheritance of the fair young^girl. Countess Giummi, rich, admired and courted by the fine flower of aristocratic Balons, lived upon vanity and coquetry. But in spite of that she had a morsel of heart, and poor Annella's little white face hod the power to draw two beauti ful tears, more lucent than pearls, from her great, Wack, enchanting eyes. If the baron, the viscount or the marquis could have seen those two pearls, surely they would have loved her even more than they did—so compassionato and tender did sho seem amid tho triumphs of her happy youth. That same evening Annella reposed in a soft bed, under a counterpane of pink silk, while nt the balcony window, that sho had left partly open, the moon peered in and laid a tint of pallor upon tho rose red divans of the elegant little room. Two years passed after that first tran quil sleep. Annella's beauty, which early privations and sorrows had almost with ered in the bud, bloomed again as if by magic. It was a pleasure to seo the radiant girl; a slender little person, but with perfoct curves of outline, the bust full, the throat of admirable softness, and the little head—oh, that dainty little head was like an artist's thought! Like a golden wave, the curling hair, which she wore unbound and floating, rippled down her shoulders; her eyes laughed with the color of the clear heavens un der arching, delicato eyebrows that were black against the whiteness of her forehead and gave a resolute expression to her beautiful countenance. Her small, rosy mouth was always smiling; it was but a languid smile and tinged with an expression of melancholy or bitterness. Now, after having sketched Annella's graceful figure, it seems strange not to be able to give it a background of bright colors. We know how much a brilliant setting adds to a gem, and certainly the Countess Giummi's beauty gained great ly by tho luxury and richness of her dress and surroundings. A fashionable dressmaker, an artist in his line, dressed her with Parisian taste; a skillful young woman, who was maid and confidante togother, combed the wealth of her dark hair that touched the floor and adapted to her shapely porson stuffs, tolors, flowers and jewels. From their hands tho countess issued a true goddess of love, and her shrine gleaming xvith silks, marbles, silver and crystal in creased tho enchantment and rendered her marvelous to the eyes of visitors. Poor Annella! so simple in her little muslin gown; so timid in that ricli house, not her own, how could sho con tend for tho palm with that superb queen? And it is no new thing that the bright rays of tho moon dim the placid light of the quiet stars. So the hundred gentlemen that flocked into thoße gilded rooms had eyes only for the beautiful and if they deigned to bestow s passing word or look on the timid girl, that was merely an act of homage to the reigning lady, homage that showed their admiration for her charity to a de pendent They all knew, and from her own mouth, too, the countess had taken tho forsaken orphan to this beautiful home and changed her sorrow to happi ness, But was Annella really happy? Her young heart thirsted for love. In her childhood she had been the one treasure of her poor mother, and though ihe had often lacked bread, air and sun light, caresses were never wanting. Sho knew the sweetness of a kiss into which Ib transfused all a loving soul; she know the dual life, the breath mingled (vith another breath from a breast pal pitating with tenderness. Yes.hermoth sr'g love had taught her all these things, ind taught them to her in poverty. Then :ame fine times, abundance of every thing, new amusements every day and 'very hour, noisy gayeties and the lux ary of carriages and dinners. But itrange to say, amid all this laughter of Hfe, her heart was narrowed, closed. 3ho indeed no longer suffered from hun qer, cold or fear of worse misfortunes but henceforth she had no one to love per, nor a simple object to call forth Per own love, though she felt an over powering need to bestow on some one ill her warm, impassioned soul. At first she had tried for this exchange >f affection with her cousin, the mag nificent countess. Alas! she had found per kind, courteous, generous, but friv jlous, full of herself and her attractions, ind incapablo not only of feeling love, but even of comprehending it. Discomfited. Annella had looked about ler, and amid that array of faces, coats ind decorations that made a circle iround her beautiful cousin she had lought and sought. An odd girl! Sho lad actually found those polished gen ilemen empty and unsympathetic., al ihough finely clad and unexceptionable brom top to toe. How could she have larod to raise even her thoughts to the leights on wkprji they moved? Which if them would have deigned to descend a her, a poor little orphan, sheltered by die pity of her cousin? Thus set apart and averse to all flat eriea, she led her own life, amid tho lestivltios and the constant noise and lonfuslon of the house. Bnt one evening she discovered among be crowd n newcomer — blond and undsorae lihe herself, and like herself ad, timid and embarrassed. At once i secret sympathy attracted her toward rotting Mario. It seemod to her that sho night be hble to comfort him with her voids, tor snrely he cherished a deep nsrotrin his heart, since his fine face JMWM Wveiy c arrange Ihe corsage ofttho scarlet gown that sot jff the marble'whiteness of her perfect ihonlders. Annella burled her face in the pillow, ind drenched it with' scalding tears.— Translated from the Italian of Erminia Bazxocchl, for Short'tStorice, by E. Ca raws. —.""T* *•"** r~ ~ ~V: Sunstroke Stops of 70 a;ic| gfl. A marriage was interrupted Thursday night by the groom becoming suddenly overcome with the heat and he had to be taken to his hotel, where he has been confined to his bed ever since. The groom in qnes&on is Mr. W. S. Fowler who boards at the Enterprise hotel. Until a short while ago he con ducted a livery stable on East Market street, but retired about a year ago with a comfortable fortune. Mr. Fowler is a widower, seventy-five years old, and has several grown children. A short while ago he met Miss Lillie Townsend, a young woman twenty-five years of age, who is employed by J. Bacon & Sons at the glove counter. The courtship did not last long till the engagement was announced. Mr. Fowl er's children, it seems, objected strongly to the marriage and did everything in their powor to break off the match. They were unsuccessful, however, and June 15, the day set for the marriage, arrived. The wedding was to take place where Miss Townsend has boarded for several years. Everything was in readiness at the time appointed—the guests, the min ister and the happy couple. Just before the time for the ceremony Mr. Fowler bocame very faint and would have fallen but for the support of one of the guests. He dfcon lost con sciousness and was taken to the Enter prise hotel in a carriage, where he was put to bed and the doctor summoned. His condition was found not to be seri ous, but he was suffering from a slight case of sunstroke.—Louisville Courier- Journal. An Imprisoned Genius. Alberto Lopaz, who was taken to Yuma recently to serve a two years' term for burglary gave his personal ef fects to his friends about the jail. Deputy Barry was presented with a fac simile of the Episcopal church made out of pasteboard. Lopaz could see the church from one of the jail windows, and he reproduced it almost perfectly. He borrowed a knife from Deputy Sheri dan with which he cut up the paste board, and then mado paste from flour with which to stick the pieces together. It is a piece of workmanship to lie proud of. The greatest production of Lopaz while confined in jail here is a reproduc tion of the magnificent Merchants' ex change building in Guadalajara. The entire affair is constructed of paper. On tho inside of the building aro the stairways, etc., each perfect in its con struction. The prisoner must be pos sessed of a memory much stronger than moßt men are, to remember every detail of that large structure for a number of years. However much genius the man possessed, he has made bad use of it.— Phoenix Herald. Troublesome Seals* The salmon fishermen down the river and bay are having trouble tips spring from the seals, as usual. These pests are multiplying rather than decreasing and aro causing great losses to the weirs. While the seals of the arctic regions have the reputation of being slow, stupid animals, hunters killing them with clubs, those on the Maine coast are the sharpest game to be found. They will go in and out of the salmon weirs, either by force or strategy, and eat all the fish they want. They are very hard to get a shot at, and when hit sink to the bottom, the carcass thus being lost to the gunner. One fisher man remarked on a recent Saturday that there was a small fortune in store for the man who would invent a trap that would catch seals and hold them. The bounty upon them doesn't seem to do a bit of good.—Bangor (Me.) Com mercial. No Buyer for Riklelgh's Youghall House. Sir Walter Raleigh's Irish home in Youghall, County Cork, which belonged to the late Sir John Pope Henuessy, M. P., was put up for sale by Messrs. E. & H. Lumley, in the Auction mart, To kenhouse yard. The house is a fine specimen of Elizabethan architecture. It was there that Sir Walter smoked the first pipe of tobacco in Ireland and received an unexpected bath from a faithful servant maid, who, on seeing the blue smoke emerging from her mas ter's mouth and curling around his head, thought Sir Walter was falling a victim to spontaneous combustion and threw a pail of cold water oyer him to extinguish the conflagration. Only £1,250 was bid for the property, which was according ly bought in by the auctioneer, who said he could not think of selling a his torical mansion like it for such a figure. —London Telograph. Telephone from Turin to Rordeoux. At 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon the new telephone line between Paris and Bordeaux was opened. Complimentary messages were exchanged between the presidents of the chambers of commerce of both cities, and the minister of com merce, and the mayor of Bordeaux. The telephone works exceedingly well, every word being clearly heard. Before con cluding the Elysee telephone was hitched on and a complimentary message sent through from Bordeaux to President Carnot, to which he replied in suitable terms.—Galignani Messenger. Snow In Juno, but None In Winter. Persons returning from the hills re port that a foot of snow fell Wednesday. It extended down within 2,000 feet of the plains. A shower of "round" snow fell in the vineyards lietween Fresno and the base of the Sierra Nevada moun tains, where no snow fell at any time last winter.—Fresno Cor. San Francisco Chronicle. W. C. Crawford is now, at the age of eighty-six, living in destitution at Alva rado, Tex. He is the sole survivor of the band of patriots Who Bigned the dec laration of Texas independence at Wash ington, on the Brazos river, March 2, 1886. During a masked ball at Covent Gar- Jon theater tliioves mado off with valu- Ible diamonds and jewelry which they tre said to have cnt from the ladies' (res M*. An Uncanny Monster. The people residing along Palmetto creek, South Carolina, as well as thoße for miles back in the "slashes," are highly excited over the appearance of a strange and uncouth creature in that vicinity. The beast is described as be ing a creature that far outdoes the night mare ideas of the mythologists. It is equally at home in the water, on the land or among the tall trees of the neighborhood, where it has been most frequently seen. The general contour of the head reminds one of some gigantic serpent with this exception: The "snout" terminates in a bulbus, monkey faced knot, which much resembles the physi ognomy of some gigantic ape. From the neck down, with the exception of some fin shaped flippers, which extend from the arms to the waist, the creature resembles a man, only that the toes and fingers are armed with claws from two to six inches long. Tracks made by the beast in the soft mud around Hennis lake have been taken to Donner's Grove, where they are kept on exhibition in a druggist's show case. Those who have seen the horrid thing face to face say that it is a full nine feet in height, which could hardly be believed only for the fact that the tracks mentioned above are within a 6mall fraction of fifteen inches in length. Fishermen who surprised the monster sitting silently on a mass of driftwood declared that its back looked like an al ligator's, and that it had a caudal ter mination a yard long, which forked like the tail of a fish.—St. Louis Republic. Little Short of Murder. The neighbors around a certain corner of Ash street were alarmed on Monday night by low moans issuing from a close ly curtained carriage that stood on the corner. A driver sat upon the sent. One of the neighlrors came out and ap proached the team to ask what was the matter. Before he reached the corner the driver caught sight of him, and whipping up the horses drove rapidly off. The folks were doubly alarmed, and after a good deal of exciting talk asked a policeman to call at the houßeon tho corner and ascertain who was hurt, or if any mystery was in the moans. He talked with an excited woman who came to tho door, and also with a man who wiped his eyes with a handkerchief, while the neighbors stood across the street in suspicious silence. The officer camo over the street and told them that the old family dog, the hero of dozens and dozens of fights and of 28 years, had been carried off to die by a bullet. The dog evidently understood his fate, for he began to moan and moan as soon as they took him from the house.—Lewis ton Journal. Eskimos for the World's Fair. Two well known Swedish sfcientists. MM. Bjorling and Kallstemuis, arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, yesterday. They are commissioned by the geo graphical and geological societies of Stockholm to explore the shores of Smith's sound, in tho Arctic regions, to collect spccimons of the flora and fauna of the district and to take astronomical observations. They will hire a schooner in St. John's for their voyage, from which they expect to return in Septem ber. Information has been received that a party of Americans is coming to explore Labrador and visit the Great falls, which were discovered last year. Another American party leaves here soon in order to transport for the World's fair at Chicago threo villages of different tribes of Eskimos, with all their be longings, and also a village of Indianß inhabiting the mountainous districts in tho interior of Labrador.—Newfound land Cor. Pall Mall Gazette. A Hall of Fire on a Housetop. During a severe electrical storm this evening the Crescent oil refinery was struck by lightning and caught fire, but the blazo was extinguished without muoh damage. The house of Ferdinand Kreincr was struck by a ball of electric fire, which exploded with tremendous force. A fire alarm was turned in, but the electrical display burned itself out without even setting fire to the house. Eyewitnesses say it was the most re markable sight they ever witnessed. An enormous electric globe of fire lodged against the peak of the house, where it hung, burning and spitting flashes of fire until exhausted. Every inmate of the place was more or less severely shocked, the air being heavily charged. All watches and clocks on the premises were stopped and other electrical phe nomena occurred.—Bradford Cor. Pitts burg Dispatch. lied Demolished, Occupants Unharmed. | A strange freak of a bolt of lightning i occurred at Jeannette during the heavy storm last evening. Mr. and Mrs. Har- J ry Krisman reside in a small tenement | house close to the Catholic church. They were in bed and asleop when tho storm began to rage. Suddenly their bed was torn from beneath them and re ducod to splintors. A bolt of lightning had struck the house and passed through the wall into the room occupied by them. Tho couplo were not hurt.— Pittsburg Post. Again the Willlpus-Wnllapus! A couple of darkies raised consider able excitement Saturday night by de claring that they had seen tho gyascutns, willipus-wallapus, or whatever it is that has been prowling around here for two or three weeks past. A big crowd turned out armed with guns, sticks, txes, etc., but after a thorough search failed to locate the varmint.—Turin Cor. Atlanta Constitution. A wire netting fence 500 miles long is one of the late Australian wonders. The fence separates the colonies of Now South Wales and Queensland, and its object is to keep the rabbits out of the latter country. A recent order for books sent by Mr. Gladstone to a London dealer embraced i'orks ranging in character from a vol ime of Etoa verse to treatises on solar (hysics and myth*. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. The Game of Living Whist. Since the living chess game played in various pastoral festivities some years ago, and the representation of the same game in one of the comic operas, there has been nothing more charming than the game of "living whist," which has been one of the features of the Masonic bazaar, held in the grounds of the Royal Dublin society, at Ball's Bridge, near Dublin, for the purpose of procuring funds for the Masonic orphanage. Lord Plunket, archbishop of Dublin, inau gurated tho bazanr. The most attrac tive feature of the entertainment was a game of "living whist," in which the cards were represented d>y tho Masonic orphans, who had been previously drilled to absolute perfection. Here is a de scription of tho game: To represent the card table a large cloth is stretched on the floor, at the sides of which the four players only take their seats. To the sounding of a bugle call the living cards enter in pro cession, the kings and queens all attend ed by their knaves and aces, and guard ed by the Bmaller cards. After the four suits have taken up position the court cards begin a stately dance, in which the smaller cards join. Then tho music changes, becoming more lively. It grows quicker and qnicker Ijx degrees, until the whole pack gets apparently into disorder—to represent "a shuffle." The trumpet sounds again and the cards open out, disclosing in tho center a little blindfold page, who "cuts" the pack with his wand. Then the "deal" commences. The page leads the trump card to its place, and the other cards move around to quick music, arranging themselves in four lines, one on each side of the table. Another bugle call and the cards step around, face the players, step off the ta ble and sort themselves into suits. Each player in turn now calls out his card, which turns about and moves into the middle of the table to a dance measure, and so to the end of the trick. The win ning player now calls the winning card, who, accompanied by tho partner's card, takes captive the other two, walking them off to the corner of the table whore tho tricks are placed. After all the tricks have been played and score called, at a bugle call the winning tricks form fours and march round the table in col umn, tho boaten tricks, with downcast heads, following. Then the corner elec tric "candles" go out, and all is over.— New York Recorder. A Seaside Holiday. Tho picture herewith given represents a scene which is very common on the seashore at this season. There are many nice places along the Atlantic coast where the boys and girls go with their guardians, sometimes to stay weeks and sometimes only for a day. Tho chil dren's greatest delight is to bathe in the surf, and when they can find a large flat rock, where the water is not too deep at low tide, they have great fun diving and jumping off into the water. The man in the boat is a guard whose duty it is to be ever on the watch to go to the assistance of any one who be comes exhausted or is otherwise placed in danger. Tho guards save many lives. Fifteen Today. For the liyst time, dear dolly, I dress you. And carefully put you away; You can't tell bow much I shall miss you. But then I am ilfteen today. And you, not so very much younger— Have you nothing at parting to say? Are you sorry our fun is all over. And that I am fifteen today? What walks we have hod through tho clover: What rides on the top of the hay; What feasting In grandmother's garret! And now I must put you away. Cousin Ethel just buried her dolly, With its eyes open wide, and as blue As yours, my sweet dolly, this minute; I couldn't do that, dear, to you. Oh, stop, dolly! what am I thinking? Why cannot I give you away? There's a poor little girl I love dearly. And she's only ten years today. How happy your bright face would make her! fthe never had playthings like you, With all your fine dresses and trinkets. Yes, dolly, that's Just what I'll do. I do believe, dolly, I'm crying. "What nonsense, child!" grandma would say. Goodby; one last kiss; I'm half sorry That I am fifteen, dear, today. —Mary A. Denison in Harper's Young People. An Interesting Trick. Here is 'an interesting experiment for the young folks: If two threads are fixed to the edgeß of cardboard disks they can be rapidly rotated, so that the two sides are alternately seen in rapid succession. If a broad block band it drawn on one side and a similar one is drawn at right angles to it on the oppo site side, on rotating the disk the ap pearnnoeof across is seen. If on one side a bird and on the other a cage is drawn, when the disk is rapidly rotated the bird appears in the cage, etc.—New York Mail and Express. Don't Miss This! For if you do you will lose money by it. WE NOW BEGIN Neuburger's Annual Clearing Sale. We will offer our entire stock, which is the largest in this region, at prices that will astonish you. Call early if you are looking for bargains as this sale will last t Fob Ten Bays O.ney I During this time we will sell goods at prices lower than were ever before heard of. In the Dry Goods department you can buy: Handsome dress gingliam-print calicoes, 0 cents per yard; re duced from 10 cents. Apron gingham will be sold at 5 cents per yard. All the leading shades in double-width cashmere, which was sold at IS cents is now going at 10 cents per yard. As handsome an assortment of Scotch and zephyr dress ging hams as you have ever seen, which we sold at 20 cents, will now go at 12$ cents per yard. Sockwood, best sheeting, we will sell at 17$ cents per yard,, reducing it from 25 cents. Fifty different shades of Bedford cord, Manchester chevron and Henrietta cloth, which were sold at 45 cents, will now go at 25 cents per yard. Hosiery department quotes the following: Men's seamless socks, 5 cents per pair. Boys' outing cloth waists, 15 cents each. Men's outing cloth shirts, 20 cents each. Ladies' ribbed summer vests, 4 for 25 cents. Ladies' chemise, 25 cents. We have just, received an elegant line of ladies' shirt waists and will sell them from 35 cents upward. Shoe department makes the following announcement: We have just received a large consignment from the East, and have not yet had time to quote prices. But we will say that they will go at prices on which we defy competi- > tion. Call and examine them. Clothing prices are marked as follows: We are selling boys' 40-cent knee pants at 25 cents. Men's $1.25 pants are now going at 75 cents per pair. Boys' blouse suits, 50 cents. Men's SO.OO suits reduced to $3.00. Men's Custom-made SO.OO wood-brown cassimere suits re duced to $5.00. Men's absolutely fast-color blue suits at $0.50; reduced from SIO.OO. We have lowest marks on all goods in our lines oT Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, Notions, Etc. ♦llStpß Meirburger's BARGAIN EMPORIUM, P. 0. S. of A. Building, Freeland, Pa, FOR CQ rr © jj 1 And Hardware of Every Description.* REPAIRING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE, We are prepared to do roofing and spouting in the most improved manner and at reasonable rates. We have the choicest line of miners' goods in Freeland. Our mining oil, selling at 20, 25 and 30 cents per gallon, cannot be surpasssed. samples sent to anyone on application. Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods. Q\RKQECK'S, , I r CENTRE STREET, FREELAND, PA.