Pittston Gazette

              r Ijj *3 Ilpl' I 1 F D f ft W i - jpg PITT ION, ZERX E CO., PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER «, -1HH?D. |!»T • 1 L.IKMK MO. i «r«*Ki ti.. *o. If. \ Oldest NewsDauer \ the Wyoming V LI \ W'eeKly Local and l am lv Journal i. in »'»: i an at m n 141UW, inched In a desperate lis aula HOW TO BUN HEN'S EGGS. THE MILLLR OF DEE. After a short explanation, during w-liicli the four heads were very close together, Jules went in one direction for a dark lantern, Gaston set forth in another to borrow a drum, Jean went in a third for the big watering pot, while Emil was to fill a basket with sand and grareL When they came back, later in the evening, each had succeeded in his errand. The Cry of |l»e D) if he was not allowed to when t. 1 of v I nirn ill tWd Btru^sl (jL'orsie 11 lues was so overcome strength soon failed 11 despair nud Two Kinds of Fowls That L*y the Oe»t j IliaVob, n luuki Oucs—Selling bv Weiclit. . . , , . , . i i v * ,1 n r lately, ;i:id roallv it ;i toni ii There is a real in the -flavor of a , "i - .. . . how laiT.e a proportion of Uieiiwesaro new Juki egg that but few city pome enow . , - 1 , anything about. A hen's egg is referral to. t\\ r. tod to one side or thoollu:. 1 ry to When tho is more than twenty-four lind the median lino of a persona face hours old this delicacy is gone. A1 hhjt tho hy tnu'Li'g it 1 mm the tij» oi his lioaoand markets it is impossible to get eggs so fresh s • how you cm ..- out' Many people as this. I'-ually they are collected by specu- who i imagine tliat their noses are perlators who drive through country towns, fCH-tlv straight would find hv arkw ingathering them up and paying as low a rate mkm a d D/en as possibles Then they are packed j( v and shipped to middlemen, or commission IIt*r D'»ho \Ta*n*j| tliti.V "f IlOrtl'S tvay; and he i have r to find Thtre dwelt a miller hale and bold. Beside the Rive* Dee; He worked and sang from morn till night. No lark more blithe than he; And this the burden of his song Forever used to be: "I envy 110 one, no, not 1, And no one envies me 1" than to t room And spoil And 11 i  iu former days, witnessed a year, but e from by birth, but know, lie has ind on when 1 weakening :ui to hi Where I dr. am ■C! my y fier t u'riniis hp lvul hnil wil.h Drs, and knowing his very bad t I d e»l 1 HIUI grabbing liolil of Colonel by CU's|iernte effort, hurled him For » d I'ani.T 1 v sitated to l. f it is never mei A dead bociv is t LovcIace And n to I -r Cli.-s .i mooned conra st obey or leave the room and told have met him ts bu Iy at t ,v of him clou o; ' \ i "Thou'rt wrong, my friend,"said old King Hale, "As wrong as wrong can be; For could my heart be light as thine I'd gladly change with thee. And tell nte now what makes thee sing. With voice so loud and free. While I am sad though I am the king Beside the River Deef "We will give the sergeant a goblin thunder storm," Gaston said, with a smile.' Then all four laughed aloud. They were sharp fellows, and they comprehended his plan. He fo: ned joked a lion maV mntanc ipeak of this matte r I cannot say vvua those appenCl:lgC3 or : haps fo tlivir urnnsi'tiKTit ll Di h it move a muscle of his body fawn, but Brother Henry v i very quiet ible it like t t lea f\ H its V.KDut tlio markets. the nests «evC nil 1 lDCD to their chagrin From the si I wjulJ go where the eh li pltfSJ hougl for tii the p "v- have boon out fore they are eaten so that they ■ral days bo A Portland doutUt I. IL a story to the point. Says ho: "Aftci I had fitted a set of falsctoolh tun lady, she exclaimcd, 'Why! yon haven't got tho middle of tho set in tho Biiddlo ol my faiv! "1 looked again. ;.:id t!i Although the moon shone brightly that night the conspirators set forth for the inn, walking in a single file, and grinning with anticipation. About midnight they were fn front of the window of tho "front room on the left.' Emil threw the sand against the pruies, Gaston beat a terrible roll upon the drum, and Jules flashed the light of his lantern through the window, while Jean spattered water upon the glass. The sergeant arose, came to the window and gazed curiously out. Apparently there was bright moonlight and a cloudless sky; buf he had seen the lightning, heard the thunder, and surely those were drops of rain upon the panes of the window. For a dreamer lives forever as a sense of duty would al other exciti yon even knew .flint Mi (fair ended so le of vour ac- oiler dies in a day g Ola'S alarm, he step him seriouHly. Th hi There nro some simple facts oboi th.-it egg consumers aro very slow in taking advantage of. If they had tho commonest sort of knowledge on tlio tiiliji The miller smiled and doffed his cap. "I earn ray bread," quoth he; love my wife, I love my friend, I love my children three. I owe no man 1 cannot pay I thank the River Dee That turns the mill that grinds the corn To feed my babes and me.** 1 feel no prUe. but pity in plain words that lie wis not t Dvoar the louilv he was ill there, anil, therefore 11 \wr For the burdens the r •e if h s pleas 1 to te u strn t tlicv iglit I had, There is nothing sweet in the city But the patient lives of the poor. Oh. the little hinds so gkdlf; 1, And the chil 1 mind choked with wee Tne daughter's heart grown w llf. 1, And the father's heut that bleeds. he t thiiis I aapure you that I will bout it to aiiyo could often buy to mu than they Clo. There Soino lay large, hi ment, tail others 1; '• 'But just look 'The middle of flic hi certainly is not in lino with the middle of i:iy noso.' !' B»id she, "V said with not 1 the s V  y eg zs, f said John.-firml svith almost no "are t.o thin, [:C ititeil  iu them. It is a ensi& That mav In said 1. 'bn '*Good friend," saiJ Hale, and sighed the whiles "Farewell thee, happy be; But say uo more if thouMst be true That no one envies me. Thy mealy cap ts worth my crown. Thy mill my kingdom fee; Such men as thou are Eugland's boast, O, miller of tho Dee." "for step backward most in 1 th "In Henry's room I found let y GufT. threateuinc him v.*it 1 •'J'nl whore blood coun' For a luiiC; tiirn noso your No, No ! from the street's ruds b.;si frrom trophies of mart an I Stage. 1 would fly to the wool's low ru; tie. And the meadow's kindly page. I.et me dream as o' oil by the 11vur. And be loved for the drearu 81 w*3 For a dreamer lives forever. And a toiler dies in a daj it hnv r had anv troubl wri lioed •\'Do you uv-an to toli t»o that «ny jlerc lo. and if you [ilv word I w t aware to do fun him to fllcti g in U7- f.'jainst what was c through ciiii'isitv" or Ci di^ •e to improve their noiio ain't Btrai-iit disti r face with my list that your so com How wil (ire you ters was w ttcn c Saturday morning the ! m strains of egg layers, they at last experiment ed with some leghorns, or light Brahinas, qi some other variety, w itli the re.-i that tho common barnyard bird proved by the introduction of t blood. case. I think you will find that biicIi is the you w when the dead bodv of her is j affair and delivered by a carrier m which lie 'Tit " 'How much is your bin? I'll pay it, and you can keep your old teeth!* "She tho bill, throw down the set, and flounced out, as angi \ . woman could he. She went i oine i.'i friends told iter how foolish she w . he !;D• 'vaLe ail ni;,ht, and the i oi:i«-ixed, and had he •wiston Journal. f!' his coat anil giving every si ad at" the same tim be invesi Will not t ersof that vile who made an nppoiutm beer garden, and urged 1 at with lleur at the r, usually. THE GOBLIN STORM. place be prosec to c no pre- Unrry ran tiD his attitUmcc •oughbrel Jons Boyi.x t i o: "I will " l iiHt av and I mux yon SD that 1 through the open door, ami bead-long down the stairway into the room below. The fall broke 1 is neck, hnt no ottier marks of violence could be seen upon liia body. In only a few cases did tl forth intelligent effort in this farmers put latter. Curi- Hed to buv a if an The four mischief makers had crouched closely against 'ho wall, and with difficulty restrained themselves from noisy mirth. #y here And then going tt r end Hie room, si we linv ii word Wheu v ivha rl v at The sergeant was home from Tonquin —so said all tho village—and was staying at tho inn, "too proud to speak to any one"—so added thoso who envied him the attention excited by his gorgeous uniform. ROY BERRY. :ie o! switch which is coil in the moru •s yon ice hi pit en live ously enough, they we ;cxt pince rtnd Ilarrv Flincs were there •g£s at fancy prices, set th lis, and, as soon fis thov w ratsi «i uy i jo line work finished The steps retreated from tho window. After waiting a moment another "Goblin Storm" was created, and brought the puzzled man again to the window; but so closely flattened against the inn were the four friends that there was no clew to the mystery, and the sergeant once moro retired, too sleepy to make any further investigation that night. A third repetition of their trick brought their victim running to the door—as they had expected. BY GEO. W. WOOIjSEY teacl within ji few feet c i ;i country school, ;i Tim. s i ret u you hail i lie Si papers t 1 long As he ( his pocket t s rc !:s lie look from v and handed it to :i the dead mar jd how to cou euougli, turn these cbicl in with the cou: dressoil her remarks to John, who was still s Hoy real the bortv and I) ilt. was a ucxt bred fowls e 1111)11 fowls to t [tvDn thC caro of set thee {Copyright, 18S9, by the Author.] Being somewhat surprised at lirst, Met tie scarcely knew how to ausv Mose. But gradually a smile C■ lier face, and she lifted a gre:»t 1 the old man's heart by frankly l\Drs him for what she had long sine consider a wrong. tlj;ui a dead men i finding of t lie Roy gazee a few nioiiu pale, and lei Gil}- was t tlie must be done quickly fur daylight was only a few hours away and their dead must lDe disposed of in some way or their guilt would be made known. in the rear end of the building there was a cellar, or kind of a dungeon, used for storing away boxes, barrels and rubbish. To this lonely place the body was then carried and hastily prepared for burial.matter difficult to decid 15i;t something llhi'Od s, half "Doctor, fiivo mo a suggestion m to the best way to stand this hot weather." The Way to Ket-p Cool. But Jules and Gaston, Jean and Einil, said bluntly that they knew better, and to show their faith in their old comrade invited him to take soup with them as he used to do before he went into the army. asant wood, and within reach of Jim. I have been employed to teach this ool. and I shall do it to the very best of notorious by a number o; u that part of the chickens, but instead t barnyard and half ID^gli r Utide lv tin of pigeons will stl;vt tkoir owu Uiuil ET, I different "Well," replied a prominent physician, "therto are a few simple things to remember. I'll tell you how I Jo it. lu the first place 1 got plenty of sleep. I do this by eating a light supper, without coffee aud with very little fluid of any sort and but a mouthful of beefsteak. My day's work ends with the day, acil after sunset I just sit around without my noat ajid vest. About !D o'clock I slip ijuietiv into my bathroom and soak myself ten or fifteen minutes in a bath tub full of cold water. Without drying myself I draw on my sleeping garment and go to bod. My ftmiDerature has lDecn reduced and my pulse has slowed up. This condition is preserved by the evaporation which goes on for half an hour or more, during which I go to sleep. Trv it. i off mv a ty: a in tl flndir w ho ca changc in bewii in niati thisri ? e&so-with j d ulppoinfhig, it il, and in tho l.'.vl.i 1 to capacity of teacher all who attend school are expected to and shall obev.' la in %vlnc me nt At le anil h;i gth II up ( try. Though the result w was, novertl iiuie hands at this last look from Ola qu with in almost a ■«, benefit Darnyanl in i Behold, then, tho five friends around the tab la \\ hat have they to talk of after their long separation? Wo will listen. "When Roy first told me that ha was going away I thought you had caused tht trouble and I was rightfully iudi and I then thought I could never you, but I now feel very different a I am very sure that it was the wlsi Roy could have done to leave the i when ho did." "Fur the bless'd Lawd's sal Aunt Dorcas, "cau it be that Mi hes dun give up master Roy? soon b'lieve the worle'ud come this bless'd minnit," nl him ttnil s but a re ami taken to the* 1 it was prepared fo r, wher is a Word, "Wiiy, 1 may now ot rvo traces of high-bred bird: tinned con The body of (iiilt was taken to the you act so The size, feathers ou coloring may in OUth llock. Bra preseuc nl foriu or of Plym- Being ready for him, Jean deluged the poor sergeant with water, Gaston deafened him with the drum, Jules blinded his eyes with the lantern, while F.mll pelted him with the gravel, and he staggered back indoors with his hands over his eyes and his breath almost gone. Next day the sergeant asked the landlord at breakfast time whether the terrible storm had not kept him awake. The landlord stared at him in silence for a moment, and then said: 1 on ktiow the j: "Yes." Were two brothers ever in deeper an- a. Cochin, Leghorn or some Tljo sergeant is speaking: "Indeed, I hardly know how'one lives at all in those tropics. Without boasting, I myself bear things as well as most of my neighlDors, but—I confess it, my friends, I have frightened by the tropics. Think of it, my boys, a French officer afraid of the weather!" "Of tho weather?" asked ErniL "I cannot see that," said Jules. "It is no more than the truth," resumed the sergeant. "In Tonquin we have thunder and lightning—for I cannot otherwise name them—but not such as come to these villages—littlegroans of thunder here and sparks of lightning there, but thunder storms to terrifv a bishop!" t mvs ad then turn g to Jim, she it was viewed v. and ■s to learn l? This was their first great crime, k of it, at that silent hour of mill- other sup.;rii As the far ready I have isked yon to sit if possiblevwho t but he "Then who from t in a dungeon with a dead man, and eat any laud of eg. tne jiu tvitliot willing to diseium dow room, and now when I was not identified 1 a lew old K they his muri Did th' pleadings nation as to size, w -v.,««i,uioy nuiy l'criiaA»-, i i, i'.\C'usi. vl lur IH'L having c\ii*eCi much what k; .J of bens th, . i • "" weiL'ht or c the third ree uncon ir of business entirely. But d ou year ago, aud it of their r her tlieu fall upon their ears ml sink deep down into their once strong Jim stood there like a statne with a defiant look and a "I'll do as I please" expression on his face. kooa dism an innocent old left there. I km he had so chauy: h \v! only w tho 1 s if t did not keep They j th0 em Roy was so complete! resemblance of the do he had known, that h vices c ssed with the Yes; and they would then have given all the wealth of all the saloon-keepers of Kentucky conld they have called back th» deed they had done. Hut it was too late! such birds bcr of e;r:r- would produce tho largest num- Hettie smiled and continued: "I hear from Roy every week, and I know he is doiug well, and bes: of all, h is engaged in a respectable and honor,l' business. He will come back again s time, and I do not worry about him I know he is well and safe from tl' tations which he had to encour His prospects once seemed shirk. future, and he went away to find t ment where he might not in any wa connected with the liquor bur George and Harry remained longdistillery and were tempted In time they, too, went away, differently was their course t :ai. taken by Roy? Their business leai1 into the lowest depths of degr their associates must necessarily ards and cut-throats: the; make drunkards, wreck hou. and ruin the lives of j-qung i all for the sake of perishable this that is now causii,, from my cheeks, and slowly bu bringing our mother iu so'- brink of the grave." Ola i herself squarely before liini. saw him that I did not recognize him, although I conld readily, see a familiar resemblance to someone I had known, lie however, t'.iere hav •n of liotcU full "Now, for the daytime, I eat a moderate breakfast, with but little hot coffee or tea. I avoid the butter and anything else very greasy. I eat my fill of bread, toast, toma- g the switch with her slender liil— « 1 hail nken a cullIv n of ta: in this matter :1 in the potter's was always la gerous boy. Very early in life he 1 Deiug si uau- Alas, too la desire to lay I e££s with hi.;1i .!■ r. .1 of tasi tour £iic "Sergeant, are you crazy?" "Landlord, what do you mean?" "replied the soldier with much dignity, rising to his feet. cide b I give you just o ail a g minute to dt Detectives were etnp 1 to ferret out a hard drinker, tlie terror of tt 1 when intoxicated was leighborhood. He was Hnie rave was hastily dug in the remotest corner of the cellar, into which the body was placed, having first been wrapped in a soldier's blanket. The grave A ru important point than it was once, lu the hot weather, when eggs are used very extensively in drinks, it is very is ft more am] freshness toes, cold milk, etc., with a small piece of lean, rare steak. I do not smoke or drink anything alcoholic. I occasionally take a glass of some aerated •water, like Vichy or seltzer. I wear light clothes and but few of them, and I am not ashamed to carry an umbrella. The result is that I suffer as little from the heat as is possible during the sultry " Louisvillo Post. whip uril at the tem liing was as still- as th lent 1 to a once a briglit, to make a us the best of hit: ntelligent boy. and bid fair , llall Oil the counter or bar should IkD attractive to tho eye and absolutely fresh. To drop a spoiled .Ofcn »"t» a tumbler under the cusi. .:uer"s very nose would certainly sjioil hi prevent him from enjoying t! sary that t eggs piied up ii; "It was a calm, bright moonlight night, as any ono will tell you. Why do you ask such a foolish question? To make me ridiculous?" tor the stood face to face without exchanging Other word, and at the end of the mil main a, aud 1) 1 man, bat whist il cd up with ilirt ami leveled over it uo traces were left of the silent ig place of Colonel Lovelace. TJ:irn 1 boxes were carefully arranged h scattered around so that Un left of confusion in the ice wil a rest ,1 he was a total wreck acli ed Ola brought the switch down upon the abborn boy's limbs with tremendous expost Re a :i ma he occupies a ilran 'ith at it the "How so?" asked Gaston, curiously. "It was but a poor joke, wasn't it, mine host?" said the sergeant, with a twist at his big mustaches while his cheeks grew very red. "Pray say nothing about it, and I will promise not to repeat so ill timed a pleasantry," and away he eracc and very proud indeed.ipidity you s it yo ,ssociate_ every day, who is re.+ponsi bor with whom least two niurde throue of justiec and the r there \v:is 110 supply weather The sergeant had enioyed his soup, find truly his tongue talked of itself. "In Tonquin," said he, rising to his feet (for so one gestures more easily), "the lightest of our thunder cracks cannon balls in two, and one' peal follows another so fast that there is never but one, which, however, lasts as long as the and yielded, but how The hitherto champion lighter of the school was greatly amazed and before he fully realize the situation he had received more than a dozen severe blows. ble for this, only out tragedies f many similar Roy hail learned a 1 o:i that he would rmiued lo cellar. At tl Tho buff C in beu lays an c The Salvation Army. cou at awful secret is lurki Can you tell from an outward not soon furgc nud he was usual early hour on the follow- delicacy of color is unsurpassed. Tho hen herself is a beautiful animal, and the egj is a pinkish brovriD. In a whito dish they are really exquisite. Unfortunately tlia Cochin does not "run to eggs," as tho I. liieh for The Man About Town chanced, the othei 3ay, across a prominent evangelist whose name is known throughout the length anil breadth of the continent, and who is beyoad a doubt universally regarded as one of the ablest men in his profession. Duriug the conversation which took pluco the Salvation Army was discussed, and the evangelist gave It as his opinion that while that organization had many disagreeable features, he had grown to look upon it as one of the great powers for good, and that it lilled a purpose which nothing else could answer. Dearauce v iu the breast of that man who is the p prolit by it, and if ] other noted lie liU 1 1* ins in were couunsj an ie saloon was opened coingtts usual nch so sprang like Ola would prietor of a saloon, from the smallest and most unpretentious to the finest gilded 3 eve -t ever Dy rigid ilerable ;1 110 one coul have guessed from the will as tiger, aud seizing i her to the floo: since lie had been in tlies outward appi-araii Hiues that a mnri ice of George and Harry li r had beeu committed Light. " -horn uoi's, i~.o bird, for to fatten it ad promptly dealt a pC palace jnittei nd tho: •e are C screen ■s that com economy had saved up a con anion n him ire bility c the nor is it vi the reason usual])' produces an atisfactory as storm Strangely enough, not only did the sergeant seek no explanation of his remarkable experience at the inn, but even his wonderful adventures in Tonquin were no more recalled. yy J would eyes of t nation with an 11:-toil -Mrs. ii.i her son W hkI causcd tlio two 1/iues', l' aud Hugh Lovelace to be summoned before Hie grancl jury, but :i that wiy • those "Strange enough," said Jules, with his mouth open, his spoon in tho air. "And the lightning?" asked Jean, quickly. g the color It is fade brou agaii lim to the tl(Sor " ill give von another one." tin ly. Soincbo lite away just auel his name lator who by a vote again science ;ible alarm were they done open;g liis s conscience j now becunsi parts which cro uot oaten, v of the frame ( lie t c outside Brahinaa oJ talDle rely Will yon now sitf down asked Ola of this sin, 3 worry in, forward devolved n poii had been raised from t could be proven against the sapers more than that minors had lay very *'u fowls, but t s not thic Find digr .Tim w ■ful scene I continue with this disagreeable s a 1 no one 11 for labor characte by hone.. citv c Jed 1 ■y eggs, an 1 are a little I: '.■using •s that 'I'knob "The lightning?" repeated the seresaat. niib6ij"inrn puts on green spectacles—oue or two pairs!" # "A curious custom!" remarket] Emil. looking sidewise at the veteran. ~ "As you say—curious indeed," replied the sergeant, smiling. "You would enjoy tho oddity of it, I have little doubt. But there is something more worthy of notica There is the rain. In Tonquin the rain falls so fast that it doesn't reach the ground!" As for Gaston, Jules, Emil and Jean, they never met together withoutxthuAk. They continued to do until next fair time. —Benjamin Webster in St. Nicholas. as already smarting with pain and th indignation. His vicious na- ve us a 1 liis own con '•■\v by which 1 of he b been allowed unlawful privileges in the saloon. For this they were brought into chickens, ami such uncouquo a hen has been known to 1. fereut j. "There are certain tor us UPJHiiiiJu.''irlli4v&i'6niSMSvurrents of degradation which we cannot fathom, and the only force that seems to reach them is the Salvation Army. With their crude methods they dig down into the depths, aiwc never could, rtnd do a work which is certainly a grand one in its way."—St. Louis Republic. CHAPTER VIII. — OLA'S XPEKIEN men are protected iu the m .eiu U..U. hu . uses miti the » which they willingly paid, thankful to escape so easily. From that time forward their business began to decrease, and the real character of the men and their place of business became more apparent. The would-be respectable drinker withdrew his patronage and returned to his old accustomed way of drinking from his own jug. Mrs. Berry and Ola, grieved lotie mother and sister can when first time an only sou and brother L them, liut time is a healer of nearly the sorrows to which humanity is and they gradually became reconciK their solitude, aud as Hoy's cheerful . ters always brought good news thought it useless to grieve life away without a cause. SCHOOL TEACHIN hire was hard to subdue, but he was almost persuaded to yield. T?ut the (.nought o£ being whipped and conquered by a wo- nur Ask xntum WW «»« V lifo liirly sent to his mother handsomi hunilrc unit r iters, can !;j i B6F Iiaisil, r.ro imlif- •c J to •o out 3 him Mllli jesitl I up a stick to'tii ■st until their chi ■ Of the fly species the horse fly is tho most cruel and bloodthirsty of the entire family, lie is armed with a most for midablo weapon, which consists of four lancets, so sharp and strong that theD will penetrate leather. When not in use they are nicely folded away in a sucker lie makes his appearance in June, and may often bo seen in the vicinity of small streams of water. He is said to subsitin part upon an airy diet, and to pass hitt life harmlessly. Not so the female, for she is armed with six lancets, with which she bleeds both cattle and horses, and even human beings. She lays her eggs in moist places.and,after they are hatched into footless maggots, they tpake all necessary journeys by stretching and closing the segments of their lodies, their heads being supplied by two hooks, by which they get their food In process of time this maggot goes down into moist earth where it reposes for some weeks, after which it bursts the pupa case, andconn-s forth a large black fly. armed and equipped like its predecessors.—Country Gentleman. The Pestiferous Horse Fly. man was too much for him and he resolved to make a break for the door and who p jor's on 1 of their shells. producers of fine eatable birds, faithful si south Hoe J ;;ood ■i s, and rifty nenv ,1 to liberty mouth, aud e til hiui d ilso." which 1: thou£ drawn I ith M Jay lord Ola noticed his agitation, anil guessing nis intention, was more tuan ever determined that ho should obey her last request to sit down, and stepping to the door she locked it and put the key in her pocket. • as it wot the bank they art .fficie iuro the There was employed in the store a niiitheu Hoy rigors of tl are all that one might expect from which tlujy bear. Houdaus, a I riety, have been bred here to a sai: but are a little tender for t he clima are said to lay the very finest e,:.;- be had. The Dorking is tin.1 finest i When the pubhc has become a ! acquainted with the merits of 1 they may, it is hoped, de;na::.l tlv Inew 1- and i They Wedding albums aro the latest fashion among Transatlantic ladies. A gorgeously bound volume contains the marriage certificat—usually illuminated in most artistic style—and photographs of the bride and bridegroom, bridesmaids and best man, wedding guests in their finery, and the officiating clergy, with the autograph of each under the corri,pending portrait. Illuminated inscriptions vV date, tiiae and phica complete the record they die-aged man v bou is flier hee s k knew In a very short time their only customers were of the lower class of drunkards who pay but little and drink a great deal. At the end of two years they found their business a total wreck, as well as a great number of the young men whom they found moving in respectable society when they first came to the town. i va- w yr came but vcr mime of Si, and \vl littl all extent, :ito. They ;s that can Ola had attended the district school nlarly for a number of years (1 had a Then turning to tho sullen boy whose anger knew no bounds, but who was as helpless as a caged lion, she pointed to the seat which she had previously requested him to take. He gave her a vicious look that almost chilled the blood iu her veins, but did uot move a muscle. not V muai- "But, sergeant," crid Gaston, rising to protest, "your last statement is hardly credible!" tained a good common school education so that she was qualified in every respect to teach; and, owing to her mother's poor health she felt that much depended upon her, and she was anxious in some way to assist in earning their support, and acting upon the advice of some of her friends and res|H cative ge juored kiud bird. and genial disposi take an unusual in "o«l to ami spent ft good ileal of his leisure time with him. He was a willing talker but always evaded all nllusiou to his personal affairs. He retomoro "Oh, you demand an explanation,'- said the sergeant with some warmth, and pounding the table with his still liners, "it is because the raindrops fall so fast they are dried up by the friction of the air—that is, of course, all but a little. I do not mean to say that none of the water falls to the ground—that would be unreasonable." rest in H eggs :iud Harry were shrewd enough to lay up a handsome bank account against the time for their final crash which tliey knew must come; and to escape the vengooutraged people, they left the place iu the darkness of night, and when next heard of were well on their way to Canada. Their sudden disappearance naturally created an excitement and sjt tongues to wagging that had been silent for some time on the subject of the Lovelace affair, which was still shrouded iu Geor of them by weight. E Ola renewed the attack with greater courage ami power. Fast and hard t he blows fell upon his back and limbs. His face changed color, and his eyes sparkled with rage, but finally he dropped iuto the seat anil Ola ceased her rather impressive instance, may weigh mon liens' eggs, and with whom she had consulted, she appliedto the school trustee of her home district, for the position of teacher, something that had never before been attempted by a young lady in that neighborhood. There were some objections on account of her age and inexperience, but she was finally employed; and, with the usual rapidity with which neighborhood gossip travels in that section of the country, the news of Ola's engagement as school teacher went from house to house until her name vvns iu cue moutn ot every patron and pupil in the district. knew al^abo sorts arnl never lost warn Iloy of the dan^ the numerous pleasur ilustry aud quality of U: binl mid industry There is sorrow iu eastern Connecticut, and in all seaboard New England, too, it is said, for the bean crop is likely to be a failure. There have been no first rate bean seasons in several years, and beans have been scarce and high. Cold, wot summers have caused the trouble! All the virtue in a bean ran into vines, no matter whether it was planted in the fall or the old or new of tho moon, for all the uiiK)iis were wet ones, and frost fell iu the autumn before the pods could ripen. A wail came over the telegraph wires into Connecticut from Boston tho other day demanding all tho beans there were in the Nutmeg state at any cost; but Connecticut Could not spare many for her suffering sister Fears t;f a Bean Famine. j opportuui Lj- those nee of bring only tho samo reward as ti of the, inferior fowl. places, It is very noticeable at tho markets, however, that housekeepers nearly always look for of low price, regardless of size, color and v. eight. It is also a em-prising fact that New England does not produce enough eggs to supply tho* local demands. Very large quantities of eggs are imported annually from the maritime provinces and from France. France is the greatest egg producing country iu tho world. English farmers and p ulterers also raise prodigious quantities of eggs, but they have not yet been able to supply tho homo consumption. Consequently England and America import eggs from France to the value of many millions of dollars annually.—Boston Ilorald. One evening when they were alone lie asked Roy if he had ever been at the Wineard beer garden, and then watched him very closely to see what ell "So I thought," 6aid Gaston, nodding his head wisely. persuasion The chastisement was thorough and the victory complete. The smaller scholars were frightened nearly to death and the older ones were but little less excited aud all was contusion in the school-room for a time, but quiet was again restored and the spelling was continued without fur- t an "You were right, Gaston," said the sergeant, grandly. "Always tell me if you find tny stories incredible. I am a little irritable, but not proud. And I know (since I, too, lived in this little village once—so long ago!) how seldom you hear such ad ven tun's?" .illusion to Lii.it, place w him. .1 have upon Yes; I was there once a 1 g while ago mystery The dead men iccre quickly taken from the with Guy Ions." aster, but di 1 not remain very Enraged creditors rushed in and all the real estate and personal property belonging to the liines Brothers was seized by the sheriff and disposed of to the best advantage, and the proceeds applied on the debts. ther trouble Reader, can you tell mc who is the greater murderer, tlie man who deliberately takes aim, pulls the trigger that discharges the*cap and fires the powder that sends the leaden ball through his victim's heart; or the man who, shielded by law, deals out little by little that which is no less fatal than the means employed by the former and at the end results the same to otherwise And did yo hing amusing or Enough. Old Aunt Polly Blake, who knew more about baking Johnny-cake and spinning flax and cotton than she did of reading and writing, thought "that it wotild never do for that bit of a gal to try to teach the district school." Jim Golf had been a terror to the school ever since he had been in the neighborhood, and had driven away two or three teachers who came near losing their life while in discharge of their duty in trying to compel him to submit to the reasonable Of cours' "My word, but 1 have heard things as strange!" saiJ dryly. "Then my stories do not surprise you?" asked the soldier, with some disappointment.A man was driving rapidly down the street when he accidentally ran over u negro Unable to stop his horses, the driver, true to his nature, called out "Hi, there! get out of the way!" At that moment the dazed negro, not much hurt, picked himself up and shouted in reply: "Ko' the lan's sake, boss, yo ain't coinin' back agin, be ye?"—LouiD Why should I t at i •st vis The saloon was first unlocked by the sheriff two weeks after it had been closed by the absconding owners, and a personal investigation was made in all the apartments by the officers and a number of interested citizens, among whom were Hugh Lovelace and Willie Haywood. The lower rooms having been examined the explorers ascended the stairs to the room where Colonel Lovelace so mysteriously disappeared on that fatal night. All were silently viewingthe furniture and fixtures, when Hugh Lovelace caused a ripple of excitement by speaking aloud apparently as one in a dream. a plac tiie true character of t ing of them as Von know one cannot fully realize The pried Of lxjans was never so high before iu the Liitd. Some farmors in this state had difficulty in gettiug enough for seeding last spring, an I what were planted acted just as badly as did thocrop last season. The vines rnn right up a twelve-foot pole, wrapped it in foliage as dense as that of a hop vine, and then soared skyward from the top of the dying fciugleof wreaths and air.—Williur'.nUs (Conu.) Iiiilt e;i ver b places •end- The Suez Canal as h War I'oute, Grandpap Saddler could see no come out of it. • "That Misses Bi keep her gal to hum and larn her to vveav good checked linsey and jeen school teaching for some le:ir pood to rules of the school, ten iis it appears to an ey It is becoming generally recognized that whatever may bo the commercial advantages of the Suez canal in peace time, it. is not, aud never can be, the war route to the east. Assured communication is the first necessity of war, and a channel that can be blocked at any moment by accident or design will not serve the purpose of imperial defease. Transports carrying an army Corps for India arrive at Port Said to learn thr.t a vessel has sunk at Kantara and that at least three weeks will bo needed to clear the waterway. This is what might actually occur, aud no first lord of the admiralty would accept such a risk for a possible gain of only a few days in the voyage to Bombay. Block tho canal and uncertainty ceases, while we fall back on the "Why should they?" replied Gaston. "I have never been in Tonquin. I have he;;rd of queerer things, however; yes atul in this very town!" He was in all particulars a very bad fellow. and without a friend anions all liis to that place?" "No, sir; one evenii Do you intend to ev repeat your visit leave fuaintances except two or three boys his victim X was quite enough for me. I assure vou. l.ut I mean to visit oilier puices to learn what I may ot tlieir who he was training in liis own way. They were fast becoming hard-drinkers, and it had long been the general opinion As soon as the shooting occurred, and "Will Guff and Henry Foster were found raying, their bodies were concealed so that there could bo no traces of the tragedy ▼isible to anyone coming in later in the '•Such as?"— said the sergeant, looking hard at the other and twisting his mustache ends into two needle points. "Some people would say your Tonquin storms were not large. Gaston said, frankly. "Hut 1 am not so foolish. Freely 1 admit that such storms are rare in this village. Hut 1 do contend that we liavo here the smallest storms that can well be." viilo Courier-Jo.vnal Muncie Harris received the news v little concern, which was a surpris; to h informant, as it was generally suppo*eC that he would be opposed to it and hi: judgment on important matters was looked npon as being about correct, and the neighborhood gossipers looked to him for most of their information. "Well, I'll be dogged my cats ' Muncie, with a shrug of his shoulde* a gesture of the hand, "if I don't bet old hat to a speckled pup or a pint .. liquor, that Ola Berry will lick that drunken Jim Goff before she has taught school a month." When the day arrived for the opening of school Ola, light of heart and firm of purpose, went alone through the lonely wood and over the hill to the httlee*-1- a half mile away, surrounded bD chestnut and poplar trees, and the tl. grown ivy bushes and mountain . where she had attended school all her lil But now she was going in a different ci pacity, and the responsibility which sli was assnming was 110 trilling matter, aut it required all the energy at her cotnmano to properly appear befure her old schoolmates as their teacher; but she had always been the friend of everyone and she an- character "No dot pole, making tendrils in t'uo Special. of everyone who knew him that he would become a desperado: and, therefore, he Dt you will bi mply paid for ODDS AND ENDS. yonr trouble, bu the Tt friend: lat ever you d all pretentious i, shun That Awful Cigaretle. "I will lose no time in reading your book." said a gentleman to an author. The extremely fashionable summer youns man wears a silver bangle on the left wrist. Tho recent Hoods in Japan are said to have swept nway 13,000 houses and drowned 100 was ueighbo: led by It was thought by most rly everybod in the t. and so intoxicated or so accustomed to such iC wt did witness it wevo 11 YOU for the 1 ■st. tirai If gOOl pernicioi: idvice would stop tho u:o ol the pie that he would do Ola some serious ;iry, but she never had any more trouwith him, and he soon quitted the in that wicked place that they paid meet the nl avoid jse who mltl ii practiced ■ssur Lailm says there is but oik poison i:i a g' mxI cigar, but thoro are live in a cigarette—the oil in the paper, tho oil of nicotine, saltpeter to preserve tho tobacco, opium to make it mild ami tho oil in tho riavoring. A mouthful of tho smoke blown througli a handkerchief will leave a brown stain; but blown tlirough tho nostrils no stain appears —it i-D left in the head and throat. Last voar there were 1,200,000 cigarettes made in the United States; and the consumption warrants the enormous manufacture. It is a wholesale system of poisoning. Dr. Holmes saj-s the habit of smoking cigarettes especially enfeebles the will power.—St. Louis (iiobe- uore. Pf arettQ, it would bo soon i no attention to it, and th soon forgotten; and as the bodies were removed before the men ceased to breathe, only a few knew the shooting was fatal. At a late hour in the night, and when the merriment was at the highest, a covered wagon was driven up by the side of an out-building and two or three men hastily lifted the dead bodies into the wagon and drove rapidly away. shooting was have you there '.ke part in an i will find "It was here that I last saw my father! Can it be that he is here now?" The iast sentence had not fallen from his lips until all eyes were turned upon him as he shrank from their gaze like a trapped tisjer. Sheriff Taylor was the first to speak— "When did you see your father here, Hugh? Yoti must be mistaken or beside yourself. Colonel Lovelace was a temperance man and never went iuto places like '' said schemers. Look out for t my c One i night just before Christmas, and short time after Jim Goff had stop- Roy appreciated t! ivarniug words of The sergeant moved uneasily on his four legged stool, and gazed at Gaston with his eyelids half closed. "Did you never hear of them?" said Gaston, seeming to be much surprised. "Never." said the sergeant, in a pecu- persous. bis friend and assured hit ever on the alert and f against all such characters as sought him personal harm. that he \v;i3 ways fortified io You may set it down as a truth, which admits of few exceptions, that those who your opinion really want your praise.—O W. Holmes. len called at Uncle Mose's cabin and ere admitted without being asked their to school, tli rt drunken young ocean route,'where Great Britain, if sho chooses, can be (strongest. Egypt, in tho permanent possession ot' a hostile naval power, ablo to use it as an advanced base, would bo an evident source of danger; but so long as this condition remains unfulfilled wo havo no real interests whatever in the delta, of the Nile, and the purehaso of the canal shares, though doubtless a sound commercial transaction, had no military importance of any kind. Broad tracts of desert guard Egypt on either side, and, given the dominant navy, 110 foreign power could place a soldier in Cairo without 11— leave of England.—Edinburgh Review. is was the custom among n gli" Si proposed to Ho er on the next Saturday ni that they go togetU- loouc of the The Diamonds have blazed in English society this season as never before. They have even appeared in profusion in morning entertainments.When once on the insido of the se they drew their revolvers and coined Uncle Mose to get out of bed, dress self, and go with them to a neighbor- They drove away in a westerly direction for three or four squares, and then turned into an alltiy and for more than a mile wound around first one way and most notorious resorts in lite city liar voice. tiool-houS' pell place was carried ( a respectable (?) sa :iuder the "It is said thai mnv at the inh, where you are staying, a man who had been a sailor—1 think it wjw a sailor—came home from Algeria and told of many wonderful experiences. Sea serpents, land slides, unicorns, rocs' eggs and mermaid—such was his stock' in trade. Well, one morning, that soldier"  "Sailor!" said the sergeant, frowning. was a ilea of infamy of tlio lowest character.i, when in ility it "No; father would not have come in hero for any price. I must have been Never speak well or ill of yourself, says an eastern proverb. If well, men will not believe you ; if ill, they will believe a great dec I more than-you «ay. iug dist were already very drunk ami used the most profane and vulgar language which le Mose out of his wits, and he for a jug of whisky They then another, purposely to evade auy one who might have chanced to follow them. 'i'lie wagon was stopped at the entrance to a dark alley in that part of the ciiy where there is hut little travel at a late hour of night, and tire dead men were ;on and left dreaming Democrat The arrangement for their visit of inspection was quickly completed, and it was understood that Si was to go in disguise, "You wore not'dreaming," said "Willie Haywood. "Hugh, we may us well tell all we know and ease oar own conscience of the secret we have so long kept." He then related to Sherill Taylor and the interested spectators, how ho and Hugh had been sought after by Georgo and Harry Hines; how they had been hid away in the saloon from time to time, and taught to play cards and drink beer and whisky until the place became dearer to them than their own pleasant homes; and how they had time after time deceived their parents by pretending to be in respectable society when in fact their whole leisure time was spent there in company with the common drunkard and gambler, and concluded by relating the unexpected appearance of Colonel Lovelace in their midst on that memorable night, and how he and Hugh had endeavored to escape before being detected. scared I Growing out of the masonry of tho Frcnch Catholic church steeple iu Biddeford, Me., almost at tho upper limit of the brickwork, are two young trees, both green and flourishing in appearance. One is fully eight feet full, and the other about sis. Both are green and healthy I-KDking plants, aud have grown rapidly within a year. They are beyond reach from the upper window, and could not be removed without a stage being built. The opinion is that one is a willow and tho other a -poplar, and how they obtained root in the masoury is a mistery.—True Flag. Trees in tlie Steeple. A New Orleans alderman, in speaking of pauper burial, remarked that greater care must be taken of the "indignant"' dead. An emigration niovement has been started among the colored people of North Carolina, and thousands of tliem will probably leave that state during the next eight months. The greatest house in London before long frill perhaps be Lord Portman's proposed re production of Wolsey's famous palace al Hampton Court. knew t tliem. ly safe thing to do was to obey "for said he, "it Is kuown by most people that I am an enemy to those hell-holes and if I should go openly I might get into serious trouble." One of the ruffians was d J to re- quickly taken from th lying Aunt I) hile the o 1 the si •eet a few feet apart Asony from h Buried Foot. "Sailor, of course—that sailor came to breakfast telling of a terrible storm, a thunder storm—a true Tonquin storm, if you will permit uie, sergeant.",. The sergeant bowed, still frowning. "But strangely enough," Gaston went on, two :\med Uncle Mose ia his un~ ney of a mile or two after the Shortly after the men had driven away a lone woman chanced to pass that way on her retWn home after a vain search for her husband who was spending his This was rather in the nature of a surprise to Roy. He was puzzled to know why he should be so cautious. Could it Seven years ago last Saturday, Harry Gillespie, a younp man of this place, had his foot injured by a reaping machino so seriously as to necessitate amputation. Tho foot was buried on the farm where the accidcnt happened. Mr. Gillespie has an artificial leg and foot. On Saturday afternoon he felt severe pains in his foot and applied to a doctor for relief. Tho pain continued to such an extent that ho was compelled to stop work, and ho had the appearance of a man attacked by a severe sickness. ticipated no trouble from a:iyo withstanding the district wai so noted for a few unruly grown who attended the school, presum keep up a disturbance more than thiug else. jug of whisky be that he was acting the part of a private detective, and was knowfr to the saloon keepers as such? thought he, but he could arrive at no definite conclusion aud finally left to guard the cabin was no where to be found, but the lifeless body of poor old Aunt Dorcas was found lying near the door. She had been foully murdered and robbed, and the assassin had disappeared tiie one who had been week. ivages in some saloon or gambling room, while his helpless family were at their home suffering for the necessaries of life. "no one else htvl seen any signs of a storm whatever. It had seemed to every one Many of the scholars hail preceded her and were anxiously awaiting her arrival; and she was not a little surprised to flud John Henderson there, slate and books under his arm just as he used to come when they were classmates. John was one year her senior, and generally conceded to be her equal in their studies. It was soon noised around that John Henderson was going to school to Ola Berry, and the gossiping old 1 ceased worrying about it. On the appointed evening for their visit Si appeared so completely disguised that Hoy did not readily recognize' him. They went out together about eight o'clock and were soon' at the. fashionable saloon of John Goyer, where we will leave them to spend the evening. Professor Langley Amis that a very faint light may be perceived in about half a sec on J, while an ordinary bright light requires only half that interval; and that the same amount of energy may produce at least 100,- 000 times the v isual effect in one color that it does in another. She ran onto the dead men before noticing them in tlie darkness. She was so overcome with fright that she could do nothing .more than scream for help and then fainted in the street. Assistancer came, and the lady was restored to reason after a long while. The dead men were taken in charge by the proper officials, and the cause of their death still remained a mystery. else a bright moonlight night! Now, I call that worthy of remark I" In the darkness. Unlucky Tourists, Uncle .Mose was too greatly excited to recognize any one of the party in the dim light, but gave it as his opinion that it was Jim Goff who acted as spokesmau; and when he suddenly and mysteriously ! disappeared from the neighborhood it was . generally believed that he had committed ! the murder and ran away to evade arrest. ! This opinion was never denied by his parents, who were respectable citizens and were held in the highest esteem by their neighbors. Jim's downfall was traceable Mount Etna has been ascended by a party of Americans under very unpleasant circumstances. They insisted 011 taking tho ascent during a wind storm, when dust and clouds covered the mountain, but took the precaution of carrying some brandy In case any of the party required support. Unfortunately, they gave the bottle to tho guides to carry, and tho Italians indulged in repeated nips on the road until they became perfectly drunk, and lost thoir way. So tho unlucky Americans spent three days and nights wandering amongst tho lava beds till they were rescued by a search party.—European Letter. "Truly so," said the sergent, uneasily • "And, strangely enough," went on the villager, "there is a legend that such storms are the work of goblins, who thus punish teller.* of big stories, as, it seems, this sailor must have been!" Monday morning at the suggestion of friends, ho went to the grave of his foot, and dug it up, finding nothing but tho bones. Around tho toes of tho foot the roots of a pear tree had become entwined. Mr. Gillespie says he took them up, cleaned them of! and reburied them, and from that time the pain ceased. "Secret society people help one another wonderfully," said a man as he went by a brick building in process of erection. "See, for instance, how thoso hod fellows assist the masons.Chronicle-Telegraph. "Why have you not let this be known Ion2 ago?" said Sheriff Taylor. "From fear orexposure, I suppose: We were not willing to let our mothers know we had been here, and consequently our lips have been sealed to the truth. We were here, with a number of others, and saw Mr. Lovelace when he removed his disguise, and heard him talking to George Hiues as we went out. Further than that we have no knowledge of liim." This rather unexpected information startled everyone present, and when Willie had finished his remarks, it was suggested that every, nook aud corner of the building be diligently searched with the hope of finding some clew to the mystery, as it was now very generally believed that Colonel Lovelace had been murdered by the lliues' and the body hid away to evade an exposure of their disgraceful business aud tneir arrest for the murder. But a careful search failed to throw any light on the mystery, aud all hope again faded away; but it was always talked of as the Hiues CHAPTER X. —GEORGE AND HARRY IIINES ies in Roy was on duty us usual on Monday morning, and had so completely recovered Diligent search was continued for Colonel Lovelace, and as time passed aud he could no where be found, the mystery widened. It was soon noised abroad that he had left his home to visit the saloon in search of his son Hugh, after which all traces of him were entirely lost. But sly hints were thrown out here and there that the Ilines' knew more about the affair than they were willing should be made public; but no proof of any consequence could be established against them, and the matter was for the time dropped, so far as they were concerned publicly, but private opinion was still strongly against them, and their saloon was more closely watched than ever before. The sergeant made no comment, but drummed a quickstep upon the table, whistling a noiseless fife accompaniment. the neighborhood "put tliei'r heads together" ftttd in a little while came to the conclusion "that John was not goiug to school to learn anything, and that they wouldn't wonder if Misses Berry had a sou-in-law In her family before the term was out." Ola paid no attention to what this one or that one said, but went right along successfully with her school; and, it w not until the end of the third wec'_ there was any sign of rebellion on the par' of any one of her scholars. On that Fr; A slick confidence man in Arkansas recently made quite a pot of money by selling bulb* which he said would produco rare orchids and other exotics. Enthusiastic ladies paid from seventy-five cents up to five dollars apiece for the magic roots. The bulbs were duly planted, and produced—common turnips! The vender long ago left for parts unknown.from his frightful experience of Saturday night that there was.no signs of his recent excitement. The mysterious finding of the murdered men was discussed by everyone, and vari- Tho young man, who soemed very much in earnest as ho told his story, said he had felt no pain to speak of previous to Saturday, when his foot began hurting him, it being tho seventh anniversary, almost to the minute, of receiving tho injury.— Franklin (0.) Cor. Cincinnati Knnnirar Emil, Jules and Jean had been listening open mouthed and ransacking their Drains to find some trace or tins wonderful legend. But no one of them co uld recall it, and, while they were collecting their wits to question Gaston, the sergeant asked: to the time when he was apprenticed to a distiller and to bj driuker :iu exjtGssivo Death of a Buckeye Centenarian. CHAPTER IX —DISPOSING OF TIIE DEAD MEN. ious rumors were heard on every side, but Roy 1 nothing about it to anyone. Zebediah Leo died in Orange township, this county, today, aged 101 years, 2 months and 10 days. Ho wos born in Fauquier county, Va., May '20, lT88t and had been married three tunes, his descendants reaching into great-great-grandchildren, numbering nearly 200. Lee had been a resident of Ohio over three-quarters of a century, and at his death was without doubt tho oldest person in the state.—l'indlay (O.) Cor. Cleveland Leader. that !o\r au Guy Guy (lid not come to the store, but at an early hour in the evening he called at Hoy's room. They closed the door and sat doivn in silence, j Guy was pale and weak. The heavy bur- ay passe away an To Frevent Lump Explosions. "Where was it you said this sailor lodged?" At your mn, in the front room 011 the loft your room, by the way, sergeant, is it not?" of the garden th walked Mix your petroleum carefully, and you need not fear an explosion. You have only to be cautious as to the amount of atmospheric air you blend with the explosive vapor. Experiments made since the explosion of a petroleum vessel in a French liarbor show that a mixture of ono part of petroleum vapor to five or less of air does not explode. With six parts of air tho mixture is feebly explosive; with seven to twelve, violently so; with sixteen parts, feebly explosive, ami with twenty parts of air is not likely to explode.—New York Telegram. A company of blind English students will soon ride on bicycles from Boulogne to Paris, and then will visit the exposition. The bicycle used lias from four to eight wheels and can carry eight people. hastily Clown the street ami neither spoke u word until they were several squares w ay from the scene of the tragedy. "Tliis visit has turned ont to be :v horri-nir," were Gay's first words. "I do fonder what trouble they got into that led ♦o tliis terrible deed?" afternoon, as was always the custon there, the school was engaged in a spell ing match. tlon on his mind was weighing liiia down. ew his chair close beside "Thut is where they have put me," replied the veteran Then rising, he shook hands all round, saying: "Good night, my lads, good night. Remarkable place, the tropics." "Remarkable, indeed!" they answered. No sooner was their guest out of sight than the others turned to Gaston, who was laughing to himself at their wonder- Whatever the number of a man's friends, thero will bo times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.—Bulwer Lytton. The rule was for two of the scholars, generally the two conceded to be the best spellers, to "choose up" and spell for the championship of "sides." About the middle of the afternoon Jim Goff, a big, burly, awkward sixteen-year-old fellow, missed a word, and a little fellow on the other side spelled him down; but he refused to git down as was the rule when one missed. Ola requested him to take his seat as he was fairly spelled (]own. ye got mad and ble aft Hoy, aud said— "Roy, have you spoken to anyone to-day about the tragedy?" Finally he When Colonel Lovelace made himself known in that assembly so unexpectedly on that fatal night, George Hiues was so completely enraged with fear and auger that his first impulse was to retreat and leave everything behind, but no sooner had the boys all left the scene than he sprang upon the lone man like a vicious beast, aud by a powerful effort threw him to the fioor. Colonel Lovelace surauc to How long had they been there?" asked Refrigerators of enormous size aro now being placed in all large commission houses injCloveland. Some of them aro large enough for tho storage of from 10,000 to 40,000 pounds of butter. The temperature within them is kept at 20 degs., and the public has the entertaining sight of seeing ice form on buckets of water in midsummer. 1 do not know. When we went in I saw brother Henry and Will Guff playing cards as quietly as usual, and I did not notice them after that until their pistol shots arrested my attention." "No, 1 have not—ouly in a general conversation with Others who were talkiog Anthony Burrows, of W(alker county, Ga., has a small piuo stump that has been petrified. It is as heavy as stone, cuts hard and resembles a rock, though the streaks of rosin and growth can bo seen, and beyond a doubt has been a small pine stump, which shows tho marks of an ax.  about it." "I am glad yon hnvo not, and it ia for that I came to talk with you to-night." "I am ready to hear anything you have murderous outrage. (to be contihued.) "Who is this Gull?" asked Roy.' 'There to say Advor is3 in tho Gazette. inCr faces