Pittston Gazette

              ! Oldest vewsuauer in the Wyoming Valley PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 30, I88!D. a VUeKly Local and l amiJv (ournal. of this place. 1 assumed the appearance of a drinking man, for I knew that to come without disguise would be useless. I came into the room below in time to see the boys marclied off to this secret place, which no decent man knows to be in existence. I remained below for a time and then came up to the outer door of this room where 1 have been a silent observer for the last hour. No mortal tonguecould have pictured to my mind what my eyes have seen here to-night. Here I find my boy and my neighbors' boys, some of them in a beastly state of intoxication. I shall at once take the proper steps toward the suppression of this unlawful and outrageous uusiuess, ana nave you, sir, and your brother, and partner in crime, dealt with according to the severest terms prescribed by law." A Word many mends. Drink a glass ot wine ana consider yourself engaged to dance with me in the next set." not looking tor, and for which she was lif Tne laws of the state forbid minors the right of buying liquor or visiting saloons as a place of resort. But the Ilines saloon was so arranged that boys could enter aud depart by a side door unobserved, and it was a nightly occurrence for a score or more boys to mingle with the crowd of men who assembled there to spend their LOCKS DON'T BOTHER HIM Such a smilC TillittHgc'A Smile. SLOTS AND SLIDES. GREAT IN RHETORIC. terward heartily sorry After partiug with Roy, Ilettie went, to her room and there alone poured ont the sorrows of her broken heart in the bitterest of bitter tears.. She was young and unaware Of the trials of life. Hoy, in her estimation, was perfection, and the cruel blow was more than she thought she could everjbear, and she felt that her fat her was wronging her and crushing her with an uncalled for weight of sorrow. A Thli'l f.» U'Ixmii Lever* and Combltin- It would frighten gloom from the torture of the toothache and chase joy on the wiugs of the morning. Chewing Guui and Hymn Hook Machines* BY FRANCIS C. BAYU Roy was astonished at such bold familiarity and blushed as he bowed politely to refuse the proffered glass and begged to be excused from dancing. tlons Arc No Mure* Tliiiti l^itrlistrlngH. Automatic Novelties. THV- Griiluate'i Sljle Was Far Aboye That of the Old Reporter. A worJ. and all a h«art With joy unspeakable Is tilled. A word, and there's 110 art Can bid the tbrob of pain One night last October John P. Campbell, editor of Tlx* Clay Center (Kan.) Dispatch, was awakened by hearing some one stumble in his room. lie spi-aug to his feet, revolver in hand, and confronted the intruder, inquiring his business. The man very coolly Baiil: It spreads out like on overflow at the mouth of the Mississippi, and sinks in like ths depths of the ocean. "Gol darn it, neaow!" was the exclamation of a wrathy rural as he stood gaping at an automatic chewing gum machine with the familiar slot. "Them things, mister," turning to a bystander, "are mighty ou.sartin Id their workings. It ain't a bad kind o' game for them as gits the nickels, but hotf* about the fellow as chucks in his last cent and don't git his guuif The new reporter, a young man whoa* graduating essay, "The Unseen Forces of Moral Philosophy," had been highly oomplimented by the professor of botany, took • seat near the city editor's desk. "I am dfrlighti-d," said he, speaking to the city editor, "to think that I have so easily and with so little delay found the work for which I so well fitted. How do you like my sketch IValraven St. BoirreP" A puzzled expression came over the woman's comely face, and seeing that she had failed in her attempt to draw him out into the hilarity Bhe turned away from him and was soon lost in the crowd. time and money. One night about nine, o'clock a gentle tap was heard on the side door. Harry Hines opened the door and was astonished to And a woman standing there in the JIght that shone through the half open Be Stilled With a countenance as solemn and as homely as the sphinx, the smile breaks over it like the silver rift in a storm cloud, or a dancing sunbeam across the gloomy mouth of the Mammoth cave. The whole man is transformed, and the morgue like shadows disappear in the glowing brightness of the noonday sun. A wotd, and faith is wrectoei And all a life is marred "I was just passing the house, and, being out of money, thought I would come in and see if I could And ooine. As T was going away with this little bundle which I had gathered I trippad nu this rug and awakened you. I aui very sorry indeed that I disturbed your rest." Pornyel A woid, and love is deckt d In rainbow-hopes that arch A sky! "Ha, young man, not drink with so fair a creature as that? Maybe I'd be found makin' a fool o' myself that way," said the queer old man, who came up just as the young woman disappeared. She wept for a long while but Anally conquered her feelings and resolved to brave it out and wait patiently, though sorrowfully, until the promised time for Roy's return. door "Slot" machines are making their appearance everywhere and in the most eurioui places. Hotels, stores, news stands, ferries, restaurants, are supplied with all sorts of devices on the "slot" principle, and selling e varied description of merchandise. "It is magnificent," the city editor answeiv «d, as he took out a manuscript. "Your diCv tion is delightful and your style is captivat» !ng; and in nearly every line there is a gentle yet strong rebuke to the blunt and commonplace writer." He stepped back anil would have closed the door had she not advance 1 and pleadingly looked him full in the face as she You can see that smile as it shyly twinkles and wrinkles in the comer of the eye, then slyly steals downward and skirmishes along the expanse of cheek to the twitching lips, until it charges all along the line, captures the whole countenance, and is lost in the mouth, which opens liko a widening crevice in the earth's surface, or the bellows to a church organ. A wor J, and Honor's st ibbed. Writhes, moaning, bleed*, waili out After the somewhat spirited conversation with his wife, Mr. Hines returned to his office, but was too much excited to transact any kind of business. Of late things were all going wrong. He hail never before seen his wife in such a rage, and not until then had he fully realized "Who are you that you should take so much interest in my behavior here tonight?"asked "Well, you are a cool one!" ejaculated Campbell. "I guess you had better stand where you are for a few minutes, until I dress anil I will take you down to the sheriff."Its i rj ] A word, and peace long 1M For some sad heart breathes in A sight "I think lie is not," said Ilarry; and then turning to the cowering crowd he made a warning gesture to a boy apparently fifteen years of age, at the same time calling aloud— Is my boy here!" While Colonel Ixnelace wns thus addressing George Ilines, the boys who were not too drunk to realize what they were doing, disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as Mr. Lovelace had appeared. Most of these machines are kept in good order, being regularly inspected by the proprietors who place them. But they frequently "don't work," as in the case of the Now Hampshire friend. It's often a game ol "perhaps;" if it works you get your purchase, if it doesn't you don't. Still, there are thousands who drop in their nickels and make no complaint, even if the slot is slovenly. It is said that there's a knack in it, and that tli6 thing can bo worked to a charm il you know how. "Nobody, much," said he, "only just a living, walking temperance guide-post. Surely any sensible man who is traveling this way and happeus to run across me, and find out what has brought me to this, will turn face about and make tracks in "My dear sir," exclaimed the reporter, 1 you charm me." "You are very kind, indeed, to go to so much trouble for a stranger. I will be «ery glad to make the sheriff's acquaintance," politely responded the burglar. "For instance," said the city editor, taking no notice of the reporter's enthusiasm, "yo® •ay that Walraven located iii this portion of the country." Words, pat ent, tender, wide. Kind, trustful, loving, true. Speak such. What power in them lies To heal, and help and bless And touch. what he had done The men employed in the distillery were sullen, and among themselves talked the matter over, and all with one accord predicted that Mr. Hines would rue the day he objected to his daughter's choice and so cruelly drove Roy Berry away. "Is Willie Haywood in the room?" A half dozeu voices auswered iu cou\o, lie's not here!" Colonel Lovelace did not return 10 his home that nitwit. The uextday a thorough search was made for him, but he could uo where be found. Such a smila would sit chill and lonesome on an ordinary mouth twelve or fifteen inches wide, but on this one it gambols like a frisky colt at play on a new mown lawn, and with the sprightly movement of a dog firmly attached by a tail coupling to an ignited bunch of cannon crackers. It is none of your fair weather smiles, but one that gives a Grceco- Roman fall to dyspejwia, aujl plants mirth on the face of sorrow in three rounds. the opposite direction Campliell escorted his prisoner to the jail, where he turned him over to Sheriff James Sterling, telling him that the man was probably insane. He was placed in a cell, and next morning he was taken before Justice J. W. Miller, where he gave the name of Henry Carton. He waived examination and was returned to jail, in default of $1,000 lDall, to await the action of the grand jury at the January term of the circuit court. "Yes; do you like the way I express it!" D'I am delighted. Some writers—old Pink* ney, out there, for instance—would have said that Walraven settled in this part of the country." Why, really, you are becoming elo- I am interested. Tell me more of cert Harry again told Mrs. ITaywood that Willie was not there and that he had uot been during the eveuiug. CJIU'I your Word?, anery. foilfcb, vile. Unkind, cruel, false, ah! Evil weD ds "I am n poor homeless drunkard, without frieuds and without money. I once was iu fair circumstances and held a good posilion. 1 lived iu a large city. To spend my time of evenings when, off duty, I was enticed into a place not unlike this. A young friend advised ine not to go, but another one with more persuasive power iTrged and I followed him. 1 joined in •self,'' said Iioy "lint surely he is here, flight you not be mistaken, Mr. Hiues?" CHAPTEU VII.—MRS. HIN'ES PLEADS IN VAIN. Mrs. Jliues improved every opportunity to persuade George and Harry to abandou the saloon business and retu-1'' home to take charge rtf the farm and her business affairs generally. Hut her pleadings were For many years Thomas Hines had owned aud operated the only distillery in that part of Kentucky, npd consequently monopolized the whisky and brandy trade for many miles around. The candy slot is in high favor. Scores ol girls drop in their coins and giggle as the resplendent packages roll out. The next in favor is the chewing gum slot, and largely patronized by girls. Then there is the fountain perfume slot, worked with a penny, which gives out a wee jet of cologne. ThiC unique contrivance doesn't always work, but it sometimes gives a scent for a cent. "Yes, I see. He doesn't understand rhetoric very well, does he!* 'lhat fester rank, by wile Of Sat n b ossoming in Fearful deed.-! "I am positive that he is not here." "Oh, no, not at all. Here is another excellent point," said the city editor, turning the leaves of the manuscript. "You say Walraven went to a hardware establishment "Then he must have gone out since I have been talking with you. for I followed and saw him cuter this door uo more than ten minutes ago accompanied by Hugh Lovelace and two or three other boys." It is a genuine brain reaching risible wlggier, as spontaneous as a kitten's antics, lingering as an unpaid bill, mysterious as a woman's reason, sudden as an unpleasant fact, receptive as a baby's mouth, as infectious as smallpox, with the get-there quality of the bedbug, and would tickle an Indian cigar sign into hysterics. Oh', lips, God-made, to let The music out of heaven's Wide gate. Farmers hauled their apples and peaches by the wagon loads from the "upper countries" to the Hines' distillery and had them made into brandy. He charged by the gallon or manufactured ou the shares. Most generally the latter, and it was not an unusual thing for him to have his store houses full of barrels of whisky and brandy. There being at that time no railroad near, he was forced to haul his products to Lexington and other railroad connections where he found a ready sale at good prices, or shipped it to Cincinnati, Louisville, and other northern markets, where he sold at much higher figures. all in vain She had always, been opposed to the liquor business while her husband was engaged in it. And now as she saw her two sons following his example with every prospect of a far worse ending, her Brief was inexpressible. She real'zad that they could never become useful citizens so longns they were encaged ill a business that robbed men of their senses, broke up family circles, pauperized helpless and innocent children and brought heartbroken wives aud mothers iu sorrow to The jail at Clay Center is a two story brick and stone building, with latest improvements in steel cells and grating, and is considered the strongest in the state. About noon on the day of the commitment, Carton sent for Attorney F. P. Harkness to come to the jail to talk about the case and deflne the line of defense. When Harkness went to the cell Carton had not a word to say about the case, but confined his conversation to scientific and literary subjects. He appeared to l«j an ex ceodingly well rend man, and surprised Harkness by his erudition. After consuming an hour In this talk Mr. Harkness became impatient and asked Carton to speak of his ca«e. and procured a rifle." - "That's good, isn't it?" For hurrying crowds-^God set A guard before thee ere Too late. "Mrs. Haywood, you must be mistaken. I don't think they have been here." Weighing slot machines, with their clock (aces, ore said to be irregular in their action, and a customer weighing would be puzzltxi to know just what his weight was by thest wonderful machines. "First class. Old Pinkney would hare Mid that he went to a hardware store and bought a rifle." DJSr Daring this brief conversation, Haywootl and Hugh Ixivelace were crouching behind a pool table in sucli a position that they could not be seen from the Willie It scares sorrow, creates mirth, and throws out the longest pole to knock off the laughter persimmons that ever converted gloom into a side show or turned melancholy into a circus. . "That's because he is rather low in his manner of expression, isn't it?" ROY BERRY. "Assuredly. And again you say that Walraven partook of refreshments." "How does that strike you?" "Way up." ' nono A candy motto shop was working admirably the other day as two young people stood spooning in front of it, dropping their nickolt and laughing over the prophecies and sentiments in which the chunks of candy were wrapped. They uiu t have spent at least $1 on the game boforo they extracted enough sweetness, and as they walked off, sucking their fingers and repeating the soft nonsense to each other, an observer might bo inclined to say: "God bless that slot." BY GEO. W. WOOLSEY. door Mrs. Haywood at first resolved to go inside, but was constrained from doing so by the thought that 110 respectable woman ever went into such places as that, and she concluded to try some other menus to liud out if her boy was beiug enticed ir.to that kind of associations. 9,4 1} * /-\ V— It ebbs and flows like the ocean's tide and leaves as much trace on the place it travels over as the serpentine fluttering of a feather on a bald man's head. "What would Pinkney have said J" [Copyright, 1839, by the .Author.] -—^ the grave "Oh, in his vulgar way he would have said that Walraven ate supper or luncheon, or something of that sort." -'I wonder that he does not learn better," said the reporter. CHAPTER IV KoY MEETS TUE TEMPTEB. C3* I m i Her letters to them were full of pleadings and Christian motherly ad vii e. But they were so intensely interested in hoard* Ing up wealth, no matter in what way, that they never stopped to think what they were coming to or whether they were leading the life" most successful and enjoyable.''You play billiards, don't you?" was the surprising reply. But its effect on the audience is like the opening of spring, or peaches and cream to a hungry tramp. It first passes over one liko the mist of a gentle rain, gradually curls the the corners of the mouth with the suddenness of an April shower, and finally bursts over the countenance like a rainbow of promise and merges into laughter that peals forth like the rumble of thunder from the gentlemen, and sits enshrined in the exquisite dimples on beauty's cheek like the glistening dewdrop on a shell pink rose. There was a young mm envp'.oyed In the store by the name of Gay Filter, who had schemed in every way possible to attain the position which ]tCiy now lilk-d so successfully and satisfactorily to Mr. Gaylord. He was too shrewd, however, to let his disappointment be kijown, and to all outward appearance was Roy's very best friend, and was almost coustautly with him when it was at all possible for him to be. Ho planned in every way imaginable to cunningly entrap Boy in some way to cause him to be discharge'!. He knew that Mr. Gaylord would not keep in his employ a drinking man if he knew it, and if he could only entice Roy into some low-down resort, get him drunk and then have some one report it on him, he knew that he would be discharged. But reverses in business of this kind were not an unfrequent occurrence and in the case of Thoirihs Hiues were no exccp- She cast a longing look into the elegantly f uru D hi d room. and then disappeared in the darkness, discouraged aud heartbroken."Yes; why." tion "Well, I will meet you at that billiard hall across tho way at 8 o'clock this ovening, and while we play we can talk about my case." "It seems that he should. By the way, we cannot afford to use this sketch. It is too high for our readers." "What must I do with it?" "Bring it out in pamphlet form and sell it on the campos." " His first great loss was the burning of his distillery, and !i total loss of everything connected with it right in the midst of the The latest automatic novelty, which has become quite a crozo in England, is the bos placed convenient in churches and chapels for the pui pose of providing folks with hymu books. The box is a small wooden affair with a slide lid. On the lid there is this inscription:"That was a closi when he had clos d call 1 Harry, f she had "But the sheriff won't let you go out to play billiards. You must remember you are in jail." busy season, in their ambition for the perishable fortune and pleasures of this life they seldom, if ever, thought of the better way to live here aud the imperishable treasures in the world to come. To rebuild required much time and a large outlay of money, and when at the end of three months the new establishment was ready for business again, the fruit season was over and the grain crop was a total failure in that part of the come in here and call ::it me in that d—d lie and found all you b Dys in here I expect all the mothers in town would Lave been hero looking for their boys every night hereafter if they should happen to go outside the house after dark." "That's all right. You meet me there at 8 o'clock this evening," answered Carton. "That's a good idea; I'll do it. Shall I go out now and write something?" "No, old Pinkney is covering the ground pretty well. You may go oijt to the county asylum, though." Harkness was convinced that his client was insane, but his manner was so earnest and cool that when evening came on he could not resist the temptation to go to the billiard hall. Promptly at 8 o'clock the door opened and in walked Carton, whoseentrance created no surprise to any one except Harkness, for there were only a few in town tliat were aware of a new prisoner being in jail, and none had seen him. He went directly up to Harkness, and the two men began a game of billiards. While tho gauie was in progress Sheriff Sterling entered the plaoe. He did not recognize his prisoner, but Harkness, who was now completely nonplused, called to him and said: "Look here, Sterling, is it your usual custom to allow your prisoners to be out playing billiards at this hour of the nightf" It is a ninth wonder, and stands upon the face o* Dr. Tahnage like Edmund Dantes on his tiny island in mid ocean, exclaiming "the world is mine." Put one penny in the box and obtain the use of a hymn book. A youn-j i ivIk i'C Hoy irat All these things weighed so heavily on their mother that she began to fail rapidly iu health, and at times her troubles appeared to b" more than she could possibly bear. But through divine ass .stance she did not entirely yield to her troubles. it tin country, and consequently the amount of grain necessary to make a gallon of whisky was worth more in its raw state than the gallon of whisky would sell for when While this was going on in the bar-room George Hines was entertaining some friends in the gamiug-room, and the entire crowd were drinking and playing It is quite a scientific arrangement and works easily. When the penny is placed ic the box it acts on a spring which throws open the slide lid, disclosing the hymn book. The penny drops down a secret slit in the lid and is hidden from view and secured from removal. It seems almost like a reflection on the worshipers, for the automatic beauty of the workmanship is that the door or lid cannot be shut until the verger himself takes the eoin out, when the hymn book is replaced ind the door is fastened. There is also an indicator inside the box which shows how many coins have been put in, so that ever the vergei aas to be honest. 'To write up the abuses of the institution J" "No, to stay there until we sei.d for you. Good-by."—Arkansaw Traveler. the revelry and lost all—money, situation, honor, reputation, and everything, oiriy my wretched life, and that is only spared to be a burden. I was compelled to return to my home, and my reckless life soon brought my mother in sorrow to her grave. It was a fair lass, not unlike the one who tempted you here to-night, who gave me the first glass of wine, aud now I can fancy that I see her face in every glass I drink. Take warning by me and don't be led into this place again." It is a grin winner with a blue ribbon tied to its tail, and drives awav slumber liko a Minnetonka mosquito. Guy Foster was a drinking man, but always managed to keep,sober during working hours, and consequently supposed that his drinking and carousing would never be known outside of the circle of his immediate friends and associates with whom he spent much of his time in the various saloons and dens of iniquity at late hours of night. manufactured cards. Hettie was almost constantly with her mother, and as time passed the great burden she ha.l so long and bravely Iwrne seemed to be oartiallv removed, and she was tier mother s greatest earthly com- It is a grin that would make a monkey laugh, and waft a breeze through a baboon's whiskers.—Minneapolis Tribune. Tlie Vanderbilt of China* This state of affairs, connected with oth- Harry was very cautious about allowing minors to drink at the bar for fear some one might be present who would report it and cause trouble, and to obviate all possible chance of exposure, it jvas decided on this particular evening to allow the boys to go up to the gambling room and there be supplied from a bar arranged In one corner of the room for the convenience of those who congregated there from night to night. I visited this afternoon the Vanderbilt ot China. He is a relative of the Chinese minister at Washington, and his grandfather died less than a generation ago leaving an estate of 50,000,000 hard gold dollars. His fci How Qua, and he has acres of houses in UD* busiest part of Canton. His own reeideoce occupies the site of a good sized farm, and has diamonds and pearls by the cupful. On* of his diamonds, a ring worth 140,000, was sent ,to England to be sold not long ago, it is probably now in the jewel casket of ooe of the raonarchs of Europe. He has plantations of rice fields and many acres of the choicest tea gardens. His money is well invested, and he would approach the wealth of Jay Gould were it not that the officials every now and then come down upon him for a gift of from ? 10,000 to ? 100,000, and he dare not refuse. This rich man is now 49 years old, though he does not look over 85. He Is ■ typical Chinaman of the literary class, has a broad, high forehead, thin yellow cheeks, and eyes that shine as brightly as his  diamonds. His hair is like jet and his cat reaches to his ankles. He was drewed la silks and fur when he received me, and be hart a tight, round, black silk skull cap on the top of his head. Ho shook his own before his breast in Chinese salutation when our American consul, Mr. Seymour, introduced me to him, and then he reached out his long nailed fingers and grasped my hand a l'Americair.e.—Canton Letter. er serious business failures, discouraged the great liquor king, and in order to regain, in part at least, his f;ist disappearing fortune, lie resolved to go into the retail forter. ODDS AND ENDS. business and carry on botl the trade. ranches of George and Harry came home to visit their mother and sister regularly once a month, aud their coming was always a time for rejoicing in the once happy home, and they would, ou the occasion of every visit, talk of their business in the most flattering terms, but whenever that subject was alluded to Mrs. Hines would cast an anxious look at them, aud the same sad expression would come over her face that was so characteristic of her of late, and she never lost an opportunity to poiut out to them the evils of the liquor busiuess and t he great damage the saloon element was doing iu the community. Tho university of Oxford lias appliances for printing iu 150 different languagess. To do this required but a small amount of capital, and the income from such business can scarcely be computed, but to select a suitable locatiou was no little task. Finally he decided upon S ■, a thriving little county seat through which the great Southern railroad was then being built. He fitted up a room in first-class style and arranged for George and Harry to carry on that branch of the business while he remained at home and attended to the distillery and his fast depreciating farm affairs. \ One Saturday night he weut to Roy with the proposition that they go together and spend the evening in a beer garden in an out-of-tlie-way part of the city where there would not be the slightest dauger of any ef their friends finding them out, and assuring him that there was no where to be found a more respectable or enjoyable place for young men to spend an evening. "What is your name? And why do you still continue coming here when you kuovv so well the nature of the place?" One man in western Australia owns and controls nearly 4,000,000 acres of land. "What do you mean?'' asked the sheriff. There are twenty-seveu trust companies in the state of New York, with resources aggregating $269,517,35(5. What the future of the "slot" and "slide" may lie, who can tell? Perhaps when pneumatic tubes become as popular as telephones, md are attached to our holies and stores, •hopping will be done by developments of the dot and slide. "My name is Legion, you may see me at any time in places where gentlemen and ladies never come, and too frequently on the streets or roaming, like the wanderer I am, up dark alleys and loitering around the back doors of saloons where they have robbed me of all I had and then kicked me out as mercilessly as though I were a rabid dog. I have nowhere else to go. It is better now for me here than constantly in the streets." • on tins occasion there was an extra vigilance kept, for the appearance of a lady at that place was a rare occurrence and ■not at all pleasing to the proprietors, who were not caring for the mothers so long as they could have their boys'patronage, and they feared that a few such visits would drive away some of those who were fast becoming profitable customers on the sly. "Why, I mean that this mau Carton was coirmitted to jail this rnorniug to await the action of the grand jury, anil now he is here piaving billiards in the evening." A Miss Glanf, of Pittsburg, married her uncle-stepfather and becomes stepmother to her brother. Sterling 1111-111x1 pale from the shock and fear that there had been a jail break. Who is wise? Ho that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content —Dillwyn. "Drop a dollar in the slot and receive your groceries lor the day" may some day be as lommon as ice cards. An English church has already ordered oOO automatic slide hymn book boxes for its free seats. Roy had learned a great deal about the saloons and beer gardens by reading of them, and had often wished that he might have an opportunity to see the inside of these places and learn more of them that would enable him more fully to comprehend the vileness of their character. "Don't get excited, old fellow." said Carton. "I only wanted to get a little fresh air, but if you object I will go back now." Mrs. Hines very greatly opposed this arraugement, and plead with her husband to abaiulou it, but like too much of her good advice, he paid no attention to her entreaties. The number of boys increased until nt 10 o'clock there were abont twenty, ranging iu age from fifteen to tweuty years. George was generally the spokesman on all these occas'ons, and plead his case faithfully, but never to the satisfaction of his mother. She would remonstrate with him in a manner that fully showed forth her earnestness and desire to have her sons lead a 1 letter life. The sheriff, the lawyer and the burglar crossed the street to tho jail, where every door was found cli*ed and locked, even the cell door being fast. To all inquiries as to how he got out Carton made no reply. He was replaced iu the ceil, and bidding his companions good night prepared for bed. A man named Clemmer has been discovered in Reading who has made 300 clay idols, which he keeps in his house and worships with idolatrous devotion. Who will l:e the man to start a pneutnoautomatic slot or sliie delivery company.'— Boston Globe. When Roy turned to question him still further he was gone. He disappeared as suddenly and mysteriously as he had appeared.Will Haywood was a bright, intelligent boy, and the pride of a widowed mother. He was a jovial, sociable companion in whatever company he chanced to be, aud a friend to everybody, Guy fully understanding the influence and power the persons frequenting these wicked pleasure resorts have over the young, innocent and inexperienced, supposed it to be an easy matter to initiate Roy if once enticed into the scenes of the debauchery. She realized the fact that her boys were already becoming addicted to the use of liquor. George of late having frequently been prostrated, aud Harry occasionally coming in from the distillery in a druukeu condition. She knew if they were allowed to make others drunken, they would themselves become drunkards, for could she not plainly see that the acquired appetite was rapidly growing on them? The strength and safety of a community consists hi the virtue and intelligence of its youth, especially of its young men.—J. Hawes. Cave Dwellers Found in Mexico, While Roy still remaiued a silent observer Guy was planning with his associates to contrive some untried means by which to induce Roy to go into some game so that he might be more easily led on step by step to the trap so skillfully set to catch him. A dispatch from Deming, N. M., says: "Lieut. Schwatka has arrived here. His party has been successful beyond expectations in their explorations, and especially in southern Chihuahua, where living cliff and cave dwellers wore found in great abundance,wild as any of the Mexican tribes at the time of Cortez's conquest. The abodes thej' live in are exactly similar to the old, abandoued cliff dwellings of Arizona and New Mexico, about which there has been much speculation. It was almost impossible to get near them, so wild and timid were they. Upon the approach of white people they flee to their caves by notched sticks placed against the face of the cliffs, if steep, although they can osc6nd vertical stone faces if there are the slightest crevices for their fingers and toes. "My sou, your business, though protected by law, is- both disgraceful and degrading. Your associates are oMh'e lowest and vilest outcasts of the community. You may conduct your business as respectably as anyone, but money obtained in that way can never bring comfort and contentment in old age when one most needs to have everything pleasurable. Do you realize that for every dollar you pntin youv pocket iu that way, some drunkard's helpless child has an extra patch added to his ragged coat? Three or four days afterward Carton asked the sheriff if he could not take a walk around the town to get a little fresh air. Sterling laughed and told him that it was against the rules. Carton did not appear to Le disappointed, but next morning when Sterling came from his apartments to the jail entrance he was astounded to see Carton quietly sitting on the stejDs smoking a cigar. On seeing the sheriff he arose and saluted him, telling him that ho needed fresh air so badly that he concluded to take a walk lDt|ore breakfast. He was locked up again by the sheriff, who was thoroughly alar:awl at the fact that this man could at will pass through the walls, apparently, of the strongest jail in the state. Carton told him to give himself 110 uneasiness, as he liked his quarters too well to leave them until winter was over. Harry Hines, fearing that Mrs. Haywood might return with" reinforcements, proposed that the minor portion of the crowd should go up to the room where they could enjoy themselves without any danger of being found by anyone who might come spying around. There has lately been such a glut of herrings that the Scotch fishing smacks are leaving Ardglass for home, herring being so cheap and plentiful that it does not pay to catch them. Boy consented to go, but first assured Guy that he would not drink a drop nor take any part in the amusements, but ■would go only as a spectator, and with no other understanding. But occasionally the best laid schemes of the wisest and most cunning men, fail, and this was true of Guy Foster's plans. The present estimated population of the United States is 04,000,000. The annual growth by natural increase and immigration is placed at about a million. The estimated foreign population is not far below 14,000,- 000. Bed Dressing. At a recent sale of antiquities which engaged the attention of Parisians, there was a - bed covering nearly three centuries old, which a correspondent tells me is being copied by decorators for modern use. The material is red satin heavily weighted with gold and silk embroidery. Crowns, shields and ileur-de-lis are done with the metal, and the intermediate spaces are filled with figure* of men and women in costume, and gayly caparisoned horses, most exquisitely wrought in silks, from which time has stolen the colore. Tho distinguishing feature of the quilt i* • soiidly stuffed bolster at each end, over which the embroidered velvet is carried smoothly. The sides of the spread are cut into five deep Vardykes. ' which aro bordered with gold embroider v. But no amount of persuasion would change his plans. His only argument was that business depression compelled him to do something speedily. There was a good supply of liquors and a jolly fellow to deal it out. preceded them, and when once inside the room they were safe from the gaze of the outside world and free to indulge to their own satisfaction, or until their money gave out. "Certainly you will not drink—nor I," said Guy. "We go to see what others do and to learn something about the ways of the world. I 3on't believe in a fellow being cooped up in a store all the time and never know anything of what other people are doiug. We may as well as not have some pleasure as others do." As the merriment increased and the drunken men and women became more noisy, Roy, becoming thoroughly disgusted with the place, ventured out into the crowd to look for Guy and make known to him his intention to leave for home at once. He advanced a few steps from where he had been sitting when he heard angry words near by, and a glance at two nicely dressed young gentlemen sitting on either side of a table upon which there was a pack of cards, a bottle and two glasses, assured him that they were engaged in a quarrel. Thus was the heart-broken mother compelled to see her boys placed in a position where they were liable to temptations of the vilest character and where there are evil habits formed from which not one in a thousand is reclaimed. "Can you not sometimes picture out in your miud the poor drunkard's desolate home while you are taking the money which rightfully belongs to his wife and iunocent children, aud if they had it, it would make their home comfortable and their lives happy? I beg of you to consider these things in their true light, aud if you are conviuced that it is wrong, give it It was lately stried by one of the heads of departments of t e London aud Northwestern Railway con;; anv that that compauy issues yearly fifty toas of railway tickets. Willie Haywood led the way to the room, and the drinking began by him, treating the entire crowd. Some half dozen others followed his example, and within the next hour there were more than half of the boys considerably intoxicated. Card playing, daucing, swearing, aud the quoting of vulgar anecdotes were the main features of the evening's amnsement. "These cliff dwellers are sun worshipers, putting their new born children out in the full rays of tho sun tho first day of their lives, and showing many other forms of devotion to the great luminary. They are usually tall, lean and well formed, their skin being a blackish red, much nearer the color of the negro than the copper colored Indian of the United States. They took a car and traveled northwestward to near the city limits where they left the car and walked a few squares to where they came to the famous Wineard beer garden. By the first of the new year a license had been procured, and the Hines Brothers were establishing themselves in a good paying business in the town of S . A Gothic government was established in Castile about S00. By the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, in 1474, the first step toward the union of Aragon and Castile was taken. Both kingdoms became one monarchy in 1479. It now became a thing of frequent cccurreuce for the sheriff to find his prisoner sitting on the jail steps, and though he placed a watch on the. man lie could never find how the escape was made. Mr. Hines remained at home and still continued in the distillery business, but without the least shadow of the success he had enjoyed in the past. Misfortune after misfortune came, and he grew weary of life. Other distilleries were opened for business in the neighborhood. His business finally became so depressed and his health so poor that he was compelled to It was there where score? of young men have been ruined—tlie place where they first began drinking beer and gaming, which finally ended in their total destruction.George Hines and a friend sat near a table, smoking aud talking, while uear by others were engaged in playing cards aud drinking. George and his friend had just closed an excitiug game and were at that time discussing some business transaction; but they were both too drunk to realize what they were doing. up nt once. "Mother, if Harry and I do not sell whisky there someone else will, aud if there is money in the bnsinees we may as well have it as anyone. If a man is determined to drink he will find some place where he can buy whisky, and if we should quit the business aud close the house, he will go somewhere else to spend his money for drink." During the latter part, of November the lock on the vault of the Farmers and Merchants' bank became deranged, and the officials were compiled to uadergo a temporary suspension until they could get some one to open the lock. All the locksmiths in the town and the bank loek experts of Kansas City tried their skill on the refractory door iu vain, and the bankers were going to send to New York for an expert, when Carton told the sheriff to offer his services, as he thought he could open the vault. He had given Sterling such good reason to believe in his power that the sheriff had no hesitancy iu tolling the bankers that he had a man who could open their safe for them. Carton was escorted to tbo bank, and in the presence of the sheriff aud bank officials went to work. In half an hour he swung the door open, and then examined the lock and adjusted the part which had given the trouble. After receiving the thanks of the bankers he was taken back to his cell. It is rumored that the queen has at last yielded to her physicians and will take a long sea trip, perhaps to India, or possibly to Canada aud tho United States. They had evidently been drinking too freely, for their faces were flushed and their hands unsteady, while their eyes gleamed like the eyes of a ferocious animal. A dispute arose between them aud angry words flew thick and fast. One called the other a liar and two revolvers glistened in the dim light. For a moment the two men stood face to face with uplifted weapons, without uttering a word. "Schwatka claims that nothing has heretofore been known about these people except by the half Indian mountain Mexicans, and thinks his investigation will be of immense anthropological and archaeological value. He estimates the cave and cliff dwellers to be from 8,000 to 1-,GDKJ in number, armed only with bows, arro.vs an J stone hatchets." A quilt of brocateHe, or any suitable material. could lxD made in humble imitation of this gorgeous antique, and tho bolstered ends would give the dignified effect of a divan to a low iron bedstead. A band of plush coold be used to border the sides of the quilt.— Mrs. M. C. Hunger'ord in Home Maker. A large crowd had preceded Guy aud Roy, and the hilarity was unbounded when they were ushered in. Guy was recognized by some half dozen of his lady friends, aud in a vep- short time was eu- A recent discussion about the height of trees in the forest of Victoria brings from the government botanist the statement that he has seen one 525 feet high. The chief inspector of forests measured a fallen one that was 4S5 feet long. retire. Presently George looked up aud exclaimed, with apparent astonishment: tirely lost to Roy, who threw himself into the most convenient seat and prpceededto make a careful survey of his surroundings. On every side he saw gayety. Men and boys, women and girls were there, all congregated in one common herd. Within a year after his retirement he sickened aud died, and then a public settlement of his affairs disclosed the fact that instead of the great fortune he possessed a few years before, there was little more than enough left to cover the liabilities.This kind of persuasion and argument was indulged in sometime during every visit George and Harry made to their old For a moment all was as silent as the grave. The antagonists moved not a muscle, but looked one another squarely in the face with the look of desperation. The silence was broken by the report of two pistol shots, and the forms of two stalwart young men fell to the ground mortally wounded. "Why, Willie Haywood, you here? I should sooner have looked for you with your mother at prayer-meeting, but I am real glad to see you; come aud have something to drink with me." Are we not to pity aud supply the poor, though they have no relation to us! No relation? That cannot be. The gospel styles them all our brethren; nay, they have a nearer relation to us—our fellow members; and both these from their relation to our Saviour himself, who calls them his brethren. A Kival to the Telephone. Fed His Stock 011 Leave*. home Mr. W. S. Rogers has a company in process of formation to introduce the writing telegraph machines. Mr. Rogers proposes to operate them on the telephone system, having a central office connecting with all the private or public instruments. If a business man wants to hold a conversation with a custodier or friend he pulls a little lever, which rings a bell It the central office. He theu writes down on his plate the number ho desires, the connection is uv ie, and he proceeds to write down his message, which is immediately reproduced at the other end. If tho party the message is addressed to is in he answers in the same way, and the conversation can be carried on indefinitely. The questions and answers being all in writing, they can be filed away for future reference. When the party called up is not iu the message is ready for him when he returns to his office. Mr. Rogers also intends to use the machine in furnishing baseball scores to public resorts. —St. Louis Globe-Cemocrat. Farmer Sawyer, of Wallingford, had quite p.n experience with his cattle. His stock o4 hay ran out, and being uuable to get more in time ho gave the cows some of the dry leaves ho had collected for bedding, and he was surprised to see that they apjDeared to enjoy them. The leaves went so well that he concluded that ho wouldn't get any more hay for a while, and, iu fact, leaves were the only thing that the six cows and two horse* lived on during the last half of the wintar. While eating hay the cows had given tweW* quarts of milk weekly, yielding five pounds of butter. After being put on the diet of leaves the quantity and quality of the milb increased until they gave fifteen quart* of milk, yielding seven |Dounds of butter. Mr. Sawyer intends to uso nothing but leaves during the winter hercaftev, as the leave* «n be had for the trouble of collecting them, are better than costly hay or grain.—Meriden (Conn.) Republican. Mrs. Hines finally despaired ot ever again having her boys with her only as they would come and go as visitors, and as there was so much to attend to on the farm she resolved to send for Uncle Mose, who had removed with his wife to Ala- It was early in the evening and there was but little sign of intoxication, thpugh the beverages were being rapidly consumed.He was greatly missed by scores of poor people who for many years had depended upon luffl tor xaDor 10 earn tneir aany bread. He motioned the crowd to follow, aud headed by Willie, all those who were not already too drunk to walk, matched across the room to the bar aud were treated to whatever they called for. —Sprat. Looking toward the entrance Roy saw an aged and decrepit man stagger in apparently under the influence of liquor. His clothes were tattered, and his shoes were woru out. He carried a cane with which he partly supporied his tottering steps. His form was stooped with age and infirmities. There was somethiug in his manner that arrested Roy's attention, and he watched him very closely for a few minutes when his attention was called away and he had almost forgotten the strange old man, when some object touched his arm, and, turning around, came face to face with the queer old crea- Roy was too much frightened to move a muscle, but stood there like a statue, gazing upon the horrible spectacle before bam a. The primate of all England has two chairs considerably over one thousand years old— the chair of Augustine at Canterbury and the chair in which he sits at Lambeth, which belonged to the abbot of Reculver in the Seventh century. In many respects Thomas Hines was a good and useful man. He was self-wjjled and had his own estimation of what was right aud what was wrong. He engaged in the liquor business fully knowing the evils growing out of the traffic, but like too many men of to-day, he liked it for the gain there is in it without properly considering the result. Every rational man and woman upon the face of the earth know that it is now our monster evil, but pass it by unthoughtfully as a thing necessary to exist among other lesser evils. The merriment increased as the midnight hour drew nigli and thelights in the lower room had been put out. Mose had been the slave of Mrs. Hines' father when she was a child and at her marriage he became her property; and, at tho close of the war he begged to be allowed to remain on the plantation aud live in the little cabin where he had so long resided. He was too old and infirm to do very much work and just before the death, of Thomas Hines he was persuaded by his wife, Aunt Dorcas, to go to Alabama, the home of her early slave days. Guy was attracted by the report of the pistols and rushed to the scene where the murderers were in the agonies of death, and bending closely over the dying men that lie might not be mistaken as to their identity, was horrified to find his suspicious confirmed, and as he ro:e to his feet again, exclaimed— him, When the district court convened the judge fouud a very largo docket, aud the result was that Carton's case had to be postponed until the August term. All spring and summer Carton took his regular nightly excursions, anil tho matter became so common that the sheriff began to lose his fear of an escape. Last Thursday, however, Carton's cell door was opeu, and the prisoner was not sitting on the jail steps. On a stand in the cell was a Rote to Sterling, thanking hiui for his kindness and stating that pressing business further west necessitated his hasty departure. A strange.r appeared at the door of the room at the head of the stairwav. Willie He that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while ho is living, prevents it from doing any good to himself when he is dead, and by an egotism that is suicidal and has a double edge, cuts himself off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness hereafter.—Colton. ] #]* & "My God! this is terrible!" and then turning to Roy, said: Mose had never been satisfied there, and liis delight was inexpressible when he received the letter from his old mistress offering to him again the only real home he had ever known; and a few days lilfcr he and his wife, with their household goods, arrived at their old home where they had spent so many happy years of real coutentmeut; and it would have been a life-long picture indelibly painted on the memory of anyone who witnessed the honest expression of true happiness that came over their black, wrinkled faces when they again entered the door of that dear little cabin-home where they had ever had pleasure and the joys for which we all should live. Willard Matteson's pet cat of Hope Valley, Conn., killed sixty-one chickens for him iu fivo days, making a good record of one dozen slaughtered each day. Then Matteson killed the cat. "This one is my brother, and his murderer we had considered his best friend. They were constantly together but have never quarreled before to my knowledge. I wonder what could have caused this?" We need not tell men who sell liquor and those who drink it, that it is ruinous. They already know it. What we most need to do is to get before them something in some way to illustrate the wrong and impress it so vividly upon their minds that they cautiot erase it and to set them to thinking of what they already know, aud when a man once begins to think he will begin to act, and when he begins to act in the right direction his influence will be felt on that side. \ f. ' J "Ha, young feller, gi'ine somothin' to buy a glass o' beer." ture. % How Fast Can x !.CDcomotive Bun? An Auecdote of Victor EmmanatL This was startling, but when Mr. John A. Moss, cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' bank, opened his desk that morning he found a note from Carton stating that he had taken $200 from the safe in the vault to pay his traveling expenses, and ttiat ho considered this as a fair payment for his services in Using the vault, for which he had never received pay. The question "HuCv : .ist can a locomotive runf" has been a good deiJ discussed recently in the engineering papers.* The conclusion appears to be that there is no authentic record of any speed above eighty miles an hour. That speed was obtained many years ago by a Bristol and Exeter tank engine with nine foot driving wheels—a long extinct species— down a steep bank. But it has, apparently, never been beaten. It is, indeed, not a little strange how sharply the line appears to have been drawn at eighty miles an hour. Records of seventy-five miles an hour are as plenty as blackberries. Records of eighty are exceedingly rare. Records of any greater speed have a way of crumbling beneath the lightest touch.—i'he Railways of England- Ac worth. Going to the theatre one night in a gray coat tho king observed that the daughter of the emperor of Russia • and the Prince* Margherita were in tho house. He must pay a visit to the foreign princess, and it wai too lato to returu to tho Quiriual to change his dress. "I am all black but the coat," he to his attendants. 1'If some one would hwwl me a coat!" Roy scanned him more closely. There was something strangely familiar in that voice, but surely it was no one he had ever met before, and his answer uD the request for money to buy betr was linn and the old man could not misconstrue the "I was looking for you," said Roy, "when my attention was directed to them by oaths and angry words. One called the other a liar, and you see the result of it." A coon killed a dozen chickens for Alden F. Miner, of North Stonington, Conn., and within an hour after Miner had discovered his loss his deaf dog Pontius Pilate, the first coon dog in the county, had treed the coon in a neighboring wood, and Mr. Miner shot It That coon was the 293d one that Pontius Pilate has aided in slaughtering in the last fourteen years. •m: meaning Gny stepped to one side and liastly ex- "No. I ran not Clo it. I »tu a s* rausrer nere, and came not to drink myself nor to give to others to drink. If at any other place you had asked me for bread or clothing—seeing your deplorable condition—I would most willingly have aided you; but here I cannot. Your appearance indicates that you have already been ruined by drink and I am not the one to aid you i-n falling still lower." clianii 1 a few words with a gentleman who Hoy supposed to be the proprietor. Returning to Roy they locked arms and walked rapidly away, leavjng the dead men lying where they had fallen. After the death of Mr. Hines, George was appointed administrator and' honorably adjusted his father's affairs. Ho espied a young marquis, one of hi* aids-de-camp, near, and sent for him. The coat was quickly exchanged, but a white tie was still wanting. The marquis offered hit, but Victor Emmanuel, seeing one of his servants at the door of the box with a fresher one, walked up to him and silently took oQ his tie and fastened it on himself; then brushing his hair at the glass he said: "Do I look king of Italy?"—Letter in Cincinnati quirer. /u 11 Moss rushed to the vault, and in the safe 011 a pile of money found a receipt for $200, signed "Henry Carton." An examination showed that this was all that was taken from the thousands of dollars that were at hand. Sot a clew has been found that would lend to the discovery of the man, and Sheriff Sterling firmly believos that he has had charge of some supernatural being.—Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. In Australia there aro nearly 247,000 more males than females. Including New Zealand and Tasmania, the excess of males over females is 301,04'J. O Mrs. Hiues prayerfully and tearfully urged her boys to abandon their profession and return home and live with her upon the estate which she had inherited and still held in her own right. "O, home, sweet home, fie it ever so humlile, There's no place like liome." C1IAFTER V Mil. HiD: Bl'StXESS REVERSES. Uncle Mose assumed, his old charge, that of managing the cattle and horses, superintending the farm work so far as he was able, aud did odd jobs about the house, but the greater part of Ids time was spent in improving and beautifying his own little home which was to him a perfect paradise aud the dearest spot on earth. The ways of auctioneers in 'different parts of the world vary greatly. In England and America the seller bears the expense of the sale, but in France the purchaser bears the cost, 5 per cent, being added to his purchase. In Holland it is still worse, the buyer being required to pay 10 per cent, additional for the expenses of the sale. Hoy was scarceful out of sight after his last interview witli Hettiewheu Mr. Hines returned to the house, looking careworn and troubled. ■ Co]oncl lAiv lnr To this arrangement George and Ilarry would not listen. They liked the business and were determined to continue. Haywood was singing aud whistling alternately while n fellow compauion was dancing. The other boys were playing cards or lying around in a drunken stupor. mil Jirrcf' "That's right, young man. You'd better not spend your money for drink nor your evenings here. See what it has done for me!" and a sad expression came over the poor old man's face that could not be mistaken for genuine heartfelt sorrow, and it touched the tender cord in Koy's heart that forced the tears to his eyes. The old man saw the effect of his words and continued- Mrs. Hines saw that there was somethiauthe matter with her husband, and asKea mm wnat was going wrong. He told her what he had previously learned from Uncle Mose, the conversation he had with Roy and the resuit of it all. An Ancieut Idea Refuted. CHAPTER VI —GEORGE AND HARRY HINES. The strange man advanced to the middle of the room, and facing George Hines, removed from his face a disguise. An unusual amount of nonsense under the guise of scientific discovery is inflicted on the public. To begin with, says Popular Science News, the old familiar absurdity of burning water has been resurrected, and a leading technical journal gives considerable space to the description of an invention by which water is to be dissociated into its elementary gases, and these gases to be burned, thus producing an oxyhydrogeu flame at a small cost. This ancient idea has been refuted so many times that it would seem almost unnecessary to say that the process is a mathematical impossibility, and that exactly as much heat will be absorbed in dissociating the atoms of hydrogen and oxygen in the water as will be produced by their subsequent combustion. Griffith Williams and a family of eight have left-for Wales. They are survivor* at the Johnstown flood. One of the children, who was born in the attic of a house that was floating along the stream, has been christened Moses. • The Hines saloon was the finest in that part of the state. Two elegant billiard and pool tables had recently been added to the other attractions of their establishment. This was a new feature in that hitherto back-woods town, and the saloon was constantly crowded With customers, and spectators who thought it an eminently proper place to while away leisure As tlie Youthful Mind Sees It. The meeting of orange growers and dealers recently held, was hardly well enough attended to give promise of any immediate and far reaching revolution in the methods of the orange trade. Less than a dozen persons Interested in the business were present, and only two of them were from New York. But in his happiest hours there was one thought that always brought with it a sting of remorse. The sweet, sad face of Hettie told him the wrong he had unintentionally done her in plainer language tnan spoKen worus. A little girl is the author of tho following remarkable list of definitions: Stability—Taking care of a stable. A Mosquito, being tho child of white and black i wren Is, means a mestizo. George exclaimed with astonishment: "Colonel Loveiace! you here?" Mrs. Hines was really angry when she learned what had been done and soundly berated her husband for the course he had taken, and finished the tirade of words by saying: "Yes, sir; and for a purpose, too." A Havana dispatch says that numerous fissures have suddenly appeared in the earth near Matanzas and have created great alarm among the inhabitants of that vicinity. Sams of the fissures are 600 feet long, Si fe«t wide and 20 feet deep. "Once I was as young and handsome as you; but look at me now! But I must have beer, so good-bye." There was a death-like silence. Willie Haywood aud Hugh Lovelace cowered like trapped wolves. Obelisk—A mark of punctuation—or something omitted—means stars. Tocsin—A sense of intoxication. Monastery—A place for monsters. A Rehearsal—Going back from a funeral One day he came in from the field and found Hettie with Aunt Dorcas, and at sight of her wan face, with colorless cheeks and fading eyes, he felt more keenly than ever before the remorse that had never entirely left him since the day he had the conversation with Mr. Hines in the distillery oflice. There is no reason to believe in the carrying out of the project now before the Dominion government for laying a new cable in the Atlantic. If laid, it will be the shortest ocean cable line between Europe and America, or, in other words, will bo less than 2,000 miles in length. The project is strongly supported by the press in all the provinces of the New Dominion; aud is favored by several of the leaders of the Dominion government. The cable can be laid at a cost of $1,700,000, and there appeal's to be no difficulty in procuring the capital required. At length the silence was broken by Colonel Lovelace addressing the following rather plain remarks to George Hines: He staggered away and was soon lost in the crowd. "Thomas, you are surely the most foolish man I ever saw; to treat the boy so cruelly is simply outrageous and uncalled for. Roy has just left here, but I had uot thought of anything like this. Why, they are only children and have been together like brother and sister all their lives, and I don't see auy cause for this nonsense. This seems to me a very unusual fruak for you, who should know •otter than to act so. You ought to reason more with common sense before you make such hasty conclusions, and not listen to everything that silly old darkey is always so Teady to tell you." 8aw Ilis wife's anger and thought it best that he should keep silent, and so he left the house without uttering another word and returned to his office. Mrs. Ilines was a quiet and strictly religious woman, but such nonsense as she termed it, was too much for her to bear in silence, and for a time she gave vent to lier feelinirs in a manner her husband Wqs borros. a gamoiing room was opeuea in an upper apartment of the building, the entrance to which was gained by a secret stairway at the rear end of the bar-room. Finally Guy came to Roy and said "Mr. Hines, I am both surprised and alarmed. As I sat reading at my home this evening a lone woman called at ray door. She was in great distress—her face was bathed in tears and her eyes were swollen from much weeping. She told me how she had followed her son aud saw him enter this building by a side door, accompanied by my son; that she called upon your brother and plead with him for her boy, who she knew was in here. He told her that he was not here. This was a surprise to me. Little did I think that so fine appearing gentlemen as yourself and brother would be engaged in a business to entrap and ruin our boys. It had never entered my mind that any boy was allowed to come in here, and much more surprised to find my own son here. The pleadings of the good woman to-night aroused my suspicion and I resolved to see the inside in a hearse. A Cincinnati man used 10,000 gallon* of water on his lawn last year. His neighbor trusted to Providence to sprinkle his, and when the fall came he had the best lawn. "It must be dull sitting here alone; let me introduce you to a lady friend of Incendiary—Odor prepared for himself; incense.mine?" There was but little complaint of any disturbance about the saloon, as everything from au outward appearance was conducted in a business-like manner, and no lawlessness was being carried on so far as anyone who might have been interested knew of or even suspicioned. A Turbot—A rhetorical, turgid style. Expostulation—To be pitted with smallpox."I guess not!" said Roy, half contemptuously; "I don't want to know any of your lady (?) friends here." He then and there determined to confess the great wrong his conscience so plainly told him that he had done. Eighteen Cincinnati grocers offer their customers 3 per cent, discount if they will carry Cupid Takes a Hand. home their purchases. They can afford to "Come, Roy, this is a gay crowd, and I want you to enjoy yourself." "Why, good eveniu'. Miss Hettie, I'm rale glad ter see yer, 'deed I am; but yer not a lookin' well, au' I reckon as I'm the cause ov it, fer I tole yer father 'way back yander an' then he driv the poor boy 'way an' left yer with a broken heart. Miss Hettie, it was dreflul onkind in me, an' I 'spects yer can never forgive me; but the Lord only knows how drefful sorry I've been ever since Ifov went 'wav." Tho term "Star Spangled Banner" was first applied to the flag of tho United States in a poem written by Francis S. Key on tho morning after tho British attack on Fort Me Henry at Baltimore in 1812. Tho ' bombardment, which took place during the night, was witnessed by Hi-. Key, who, with somo friends, watched with intenso anxiety for the return of day. At length tho light came, und tuey saw tho American flag still flying from tho fort, tho attack having failed. In the excitement of the moment he wrote tlie now famous soUg, the first verso of which to graphically describes tho scenes of tho night and morning. —Exchange. Tho Star Spangled lSumior. We approve the conduct of a street railroad superintendent in Oakland. A young lady was injured on his lino by the driver's carelessness, and was about to bring suit for damages. The superintendent, a sprightly single man, called on her to parley the matter, and called again, and finally the young lady found herself sued. Result, a very happy wedding and an action for damages averted.—San Francisco Alta. do even better than this, as some of then have to keep as many as eight horses, wagr oils and drivers. "I shall enjoy myself, if at all, only as a looker-on, and you will not interrupt me nor mar your own pleasures by further «ntreaty, I trust." If the Hines boys drank at all it was not known outside the circle of their immediate associates, until one day George atD tended a shooting match just outside the town limits on Sandy creek, and while there, %vith others, indulged too freely and became beastly intoxicated and had to be carried home. Tlie latest story of Kansas productiveness comes from Ford county, where a Mr. Sternberg planted twenty acres to melons and sold the seeds to an eastern seed house for $400. From the melons he manufactured 1,000 barrels of vinegar, which he values at $10 per barrel. This melon vinegar he claims to be fully equal to, if not better, than the cider vinegar. If this story is true Kansas will be principally devoted to the production of watermelons in a short space of time. Just think of it! $10,400 for the product of twenty acres of land. A purse of $10 was put up that two Arkansas men might make a test as to which could stand the mosquitoes the longest. Both stripped and sat down in a swamp. One gave in after twenty iniuutes, and the other stood it ten minutes longer. Directly after Guy had gone, a young woman, handsome and winning, came to where Roy was sitting, and introducing herself, said:. "Well, then, do not grow impatient." There some spheres, the contact with which inevitably degrades the high, debases the pure, deforms the beautiful. It must be a mind of uncommon strength and little impressibility that can permit itself the habit of weh intercourse and not. be deteriorated.  Ho that will not permit his wealth to do any good to others while lie is living prevent* it from doing any good to himself when he it load, and by an egotism that H suicidal wd - a doable edr outs off "You are a stranarer here, I believe, and you must not be backward in a place fike this, where you ar? surrounded by so From this time the place was more closely watched, and it was soon noised around that the saloon was not conducted as It should be. _ . [to be continued.] T1 e .T.-rsey Central Ra'lrovl are rankirg preparation to'erect a hanfsnroe new d»pct in South Wilkes-Bsrre. has a double edge, _ hlmwitf — (ran truest pleasaro here ana the nighert bmpptuees hereafter.—Coltpn. _ 1