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t carta fOL, ( Oldest NewsDaDer in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECMBER 13, 1889. A WeeKly Local and Familv Journal. Be Happy. Are you glad, In your heart, are you thankful upon intf. As .brace was aoout to pass through on his way out he caught up her wrist savagely in his hand. As savagely she tore it away, and in her turn came and stook before me. they even twined trom nougn to oougn of the great cedar that lent shade to the lawn. The Bonnet's Beauty. with a few good tnuiga wo »■ m better and far more profitable than a big ono, a little short on illuminating eas but long on sewer gas, run by a man who took up the tavern business becauso it looked easier than any thing else. j "People think that l nave an tn« money that was missing when th* books were examined. In the firdt place I never had that amount. All the I shortages of other people were put oa my account when I ran away, and even what I had taken was pretty well spent when I came. "Besides, it is a sad thing to have no home and no flag that you are permitted to be proud of. The triumphs of ! our own dear land I have no right to enjoy. I shall die by myself in a hotel, | one of the saddest of deaths at all times; but with me it will be even sadder for, I will oast an eternal gloom over the room and no one will ever want to «o-oupy the apartment where I died. To those who may think that my life in Canada is one long, luxurious dream, you might say that they are mistaken.E TALMAGE IN ROME. Xlll's physical capabilities than mine: "The pope looks like a genial, good old grandfather, at least ten years younger than he is said to be. His eyes are as keen as a hawk's and gentle as a dove's. Many of the cardinals do not seem to possess half his strength, and I believe he will outlive most of iliem." "Don't you consider it idolatrous," persisted his interrogator, "to bow down to the pope and kiss his band?" For the blessings to-day hath given! Do your thoughts arise with a glad surprise Hie glory of a beauty's bonnet, Which wins at sight our hearty praises, |i Been within it, not upon it, It needs not daffodils nor daisies. charged, inclusive of personal oagga&w* Dr. Talmage is certainly not a shrewd buyer, and Italian sharks are reaping a royal harvest of Brooklyn shekels. After visiting Pompeii last week, he was led as a lamb to the slaughter by the guid« into a museum where are sold articles made of the lava to be found in endless quantity about Vesuvius. Tempted by his evil genius, he inquired the value of a dozen unmounted medallions. Before he received full information as to that point h6 paid fifty francs (about $10) for them, to learn from Mrs. Talmage when he came home, and Poll of glee exhibited his marvelous purchase, that on Fulton street, Brooklyn, the $ame articles could be had for a quarter apiece, with a good sized discount on an order for a whole dozen. To the throne of graoe in Heaven? "This is a house worthy of Edith," I thought. "Oh, that it may be mine to offer her." Do you feel, can you weigh all the pleasure That has fallen around your life? How much have you won at the setting sun "I'm a-goin'," she said A Service at St. Peter's, with a Good Look at the Pope. "And a good riddance," I thought, exasperated by the belief that she knew where the diamond was, and could reveal the whole mystery if she choee. It would be time wastod to enter into my business transactions with Colonel llinks. Suffice it to say that mv ardent wish was realized, and that in less than a month from my arriving in San Diego I entered into possession of the beautiful property. Doubtless, it was a liazanlous undertaking for one who knew nothing whatever of the business, but what hazard is too great for a man .whose object is to win tne woman he loves? That the money I invested was not my own, did not lessen the risk I ran, but increased it; for, unless I could show a reasonable probability of repaying Sir Edmund's loan, I could not demand Edith's hand. However, I had every reason to believe tliat Colonel llinks was a gentleman, and an honest and conscientious man of business; added to this, I had confidence in my own perseverance, energy, and strength, and that buoyant feeling of hope with which nearly everyone who breathes the healthful air of this delightful continent seems to be inspired. Early in November I received a letter from Sir Edmund. Among other things he wrote: Tis not the velvet, silk nor Eatin, Poised gracefully upon her head. Tis not the trimming "this or that hi," Nor blended blossoms white and red. Of that peace beyond the strife? Neither heavy black walnut oounters nor costly bills of fare printed In two colors and frescoed with Boft boiled egg can make a successful hotel. Neither ;an a hearty greeting from the landlord, giving promise to the eye, and to break it to tho heart. Neither oan porous towels and loud-lunged porters announcing tho trains in stentorian tones bring happiness to the guest. However, we find that often when other qualifications are deficient, firmness on tho part of the landlord wins. A traveling man in the West last winter ordered a steak. It was a plain steak. He had never Be® bo plain a stoak before. It was gathered at one side, however, and had scars on it Do you smile, arejyour spirits asoending, r When the day la dark and drear? Or do you forget In yoar selfish at The many days that are fair? Do you weep, do you shrink from the future. With its burden of care and pain? After weary night. With its darksome blight, "You ain't goin' to let me go like him, are yer?" she asked; "you ain't goin' to let me go without say in' good-byV" There was deep pathos in her voice. The friendless little Bavage loved me. She had saved my life.. My heart smote me for forgetting that. I gave her my two hands; she drew them round her slight body, and tlien flinging her arms about my neck she whispered with tender impulsiveness: "Shall I be good? Shall I tell you where it is?" That rich, attractive bonnet shining, "A thing of beauty" in tho street Or church, is valued for its lining: A face that's radiant and Ewcct. DR. TALMAttE'S IMPRESSIONS. A View of Pop* Leo—Notable Opinions Which Mad* It Memorable—The Beatification of m French Martyr in fit. Pater's. "No," replied the Brooklyn preacher, "I do not. I have no reason to suppose that deference shown to him implies more of the worshipful spirit than deference exhibited towards th« president at the United States. That, I think, is to be taken as a substitute for the patriotic spirit." The admiration of a lover, Unkindled by the richest laco Or splendid plumes that wave above her, Is lit by her fair, winsome face. Comes the bright, glad dawn again. And the fair, happy day Is done ? Oh, well will It be on your life's broad sea If your course has been well run. Do yon sigh when the shadows are deepening, Tho heart beats quicker in the bosom Of one whose cheeks now rod, now whits, Who's thinking of the orange blossom, A form of grace and oyes of light. [Copyright, 1889, by American Press Association.] Rome, Not. 13.—Shortly after our arrival in Rome we learned that on Sunday, at 3 in the afternoon, there was to be a beatification, prior to his being canonized, of a French martyr who had sacrificed his life in China. The services of beatification, we were further informed, would take place in one of the large chapels of St Peter's, and the pope would be present and take an active part in them. This last was the crowning attraction, as bis holiness now rarely appears in public, and tickets of admission were exceedingly hard to procure. These had been issued by the papal authorities free of charge, but commanded a considerable price, so eager was the inquiry for them. Five were bought for our party, including Dr. Talmage, who would be able to attend after fulfilling his engagement in the morning of Sunday. An hour before the time appointed we arrived at St Peter's, jrhere we waited in the front rank of over ten thousand people seeking admission. A detachment of the Swiss papal guard, all stalwart, fine looking fellows, dressed in bright uniforms, held the crowd in check until a very Then rojoloe when your fate smiles upon yon. And beneath the shadows of woe Forget not the joy with the dark alloy, But just at that moment her fine ear caught the rustle of a woman's dress, and catching sight of Edith, who was entering from the dining-room, she started back. He thinks of a bright arch of roses, Where plighted lovers soon will stand; And when the ceremony closes No happier pair will grace the land. "What in the proceedings of today impressed you most, doctor?' asked a lady from Brooklyn. "The earnestness of the people," was his reply. Being asked what he thought of the services, he said: "Iamnotenough of the ecclesiastic to understand all this cerenfony concerning the beatification of a martyr. If, however, half of what they say in regard to this particular martyr is true, the Lord made him a saint long before this. He was, as I understand it, a missionary in China, giving his life to the poor and destitute unfcU he was soned. Then every day be was taken from prison and cruelly beaten until the time came for his martyrdom." Louis Klopsch. Mrs. Talmage often finds herself compelled to remonstrate with her husband on his extravagance, for he would buy, ■if restraint were not forthcoming, every book that has any bearing on religion or on the trip, and every trinket offered* that in any way is associated with places visited. She was appalled by the freight charges on the box of fragments has collected, and gently advised "xt— J_ For 'tis sure to oome—and go. * —Ella f. XL Sellingham, in Troy Times, In Autumn Days. "I am the day-time ghost of a crime, uneasily walking the streets, ing only forward to the next meal, which after all'X do not want. I see other men with their fl»ppy families getting some good out of life, while I am slowly withering and my heart is frozen. If one American boy can be scared out of speculating with other people's money by knowing just how miserable I am, I shall feel a little better about it. I have bought a ticket four times to come with and -weakened at last because it gets harder and harder every time. Twice I have blown out the gas and fastened the doors and windows of my room, but some old memory of childhood has made me take up the old load again and go on. "If I could pay each dollar I took with a drop of blood and then die as well beloved and honestly mourned as I could have been five years ago, I would run twenty miles to get the chanoe. "No, sir; those people who claim that it is all I can do to keepmy exuberance of spirits under control are mistaken." He went away then and I saw h*a go down the street trying to look like a man who is going to his business. Did you ever try to do that when you had no business? It is like trying to sit down in an imaginary chair and feel perfectly comfortable, The glory of a beauty's bonnet Which wins at sight our hearty praises. Is seen within it, not upon it, It needs not daffodils nor daisies. •-George W. Bungay. ln Ridley's Fashion Magazine.Night brings with her a brooding chill, As hastening o'er the eastern hill She softly comes to chase away The tiresoiM tumult of the day. To sleap you sink—oh, blissful rest, Of aUonr earthly pleasures heat! * When Earth, with sable curtains drawn, Admits gray-bearded, halting Dawn. 'Tis then that from ycrar bed you rise And stand and shiver in To find that by some moans unknown The atmosphere has colder grown. You strike a Bickering, blinding light. Then seflt the closet—useless quite; The mattress than you raise on high And drop again, with weary sigh You hany thvMgk the house, but oome Back to juer chamber, cold sad glum. You don your clothes against your will. Compelled by the increasing chill. The question still returns, unhid. Where are those extra oorers hid? —Washington Capital. Scowling over her shoulder at Edith, her eyes aflame with hate, sbe said, in a voice from which all tenderness had gone: "For her sake? No!" and without looking again at me she went from the room and ioined her father. "The robbery is still ajmystery—to me it is a greater mystery than ever. Van Hoeck has taken lodgings in the village. I have met him twice in tlie woods, a DYE IN CANADA. My engagement with Edith was broken oil that evening. . I hjul noFthe slightest hope or IWuti'i1 ing the lost diamond, ami when I told Sir Edmund my reasons for despairing, he did not attempt to conceal his satisfaction with regard to mv determination. "A man should never be dependent on his wife. It must necessarily be a source of humiliation to liinij and no man suffers humiliation without in time losing his own self-respect. That will never, 1 hope, be your loss, Bernard. Poor girl, it will be a great grief to her; for though she has known you but a lfttle while, she has found in you a great deal to admire and love, and her affection is so tenacious that I doubt if she will ever cease to love." He sighed, and for some moments sat in thoughtful Silence; then he said. "We must not break her heart, my dear fallow—we must leave her some hope, as it is necessary that for some time you Bhould be separated, it is right that you both should be free to form other engagements, at the same time there may be a tacit understanding that, should you succeed in making a position for yourself in a reasonable space of time, and then are both still warmly disposed toward each other, the engagement shall be renewed. • "There is no necessity for your having a large fortune, but it is essential, as I think, and as vou happily think also, that you should be able to provide yourself with the necessities of life. I promise that Edith sliall bring with her the luxuries." CHAPTER XIV. sconomy. "Now iear," replied he, "there are two things I never economize on. One is health, the other is knowl*dg*~l most feetf body with good victual? and pleifTv of them, and most have books to read. When I was a young man I ran in debt for books, and ' while I do not generally recommend that ▼ay of getting them, I never regretted it. There are lots of preachers who lis Experience with Kanuck Hotels and Steam Radiators. "wild, aopiornrtio nnj.vr, and, innood, "pitiable, if one tnav doubt his complicity in the robbery. Once he was upon his hands and knees, groping among the ferns, as if he expected to find there the lost diamond; but ho chooses the night for these expeditions—probably because he is then less open to observation. The keepers tell me that he passes the whole night, and every night, in this hopeless search. Why on earth should he do this, if he and Brace got possession of the diamond, as we suppose?" In a postscript lie added—"Mr. Furni▼al, dating from Haxel's Hotel, London, wrote asking me for your address. I replied that you were at San Diego, California."Poet Riley'* Fire-Escape Drill — A Few Homely Hints to Tavern-Keepers — A Landlord Who Gently I'crsuades -Ills Guests to Eat Plain Steak—The Keir Brunswick Tarson's Strategy—Nye Meets -» Sorrow-Stricken Exile. Brindisi, Nov. 18.—I send you from this place -a further account of our experiences in Rome, first of all reminding you that 'tis from here we take ship on our way to Athens. The time is now about 2 in the morning. We ahull sail Eresently in the hope of reaching Patras y 4 a. m. to-morrow. feed exclusively on books published thirty and forty years ago, and when I ask them, 'Why don't you supply your library with current works?" they reply that they cannot afford it I believe them, and if they continue to feed on [Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W. Nye.] In the Dominion or Canada I WITHOUT A CHIME. D November &!, 18S9. ) THE GREAT HESPER. For a time we hare been doing Canida and a pretty good snug little Doninion Bhe is, far enough away from the nother country to feel almost independent, and if she bo really ground under ;he heel of a vemorseless monarchy she loesn't show it. where other guests had stabbed it and then gone away. It was the kind of steak used in polishing tombstones and granite monuments. He oomplained to the waiter and said he oould not eat it The waiter said he was there to wait on guests and fill their orders, he wasn't there to monkey with people who had no teeth. The traveling man said he would tell the proprietor. § numerous m alC choir and a smal had passed intc the cathedral anc taken their poei drew up on eithei side of the mail entrance along the entire lengtl of the chapel, af i , "T—fV A such material they never will be able to afford it. I think it wry poor economy , :l"w'BjhTC «««11One of the great points of interest in Rome was the Sacred Stairs, down which j|_gBt|ijjlP it is said Christ walked when leaving the niM.presence of Pilate. No one is permitted . . 40 w»lk np these stairs in the customary Wirt J&ffir, wayD although they are-completely covfv ered with a wooden frame, but he must r temporarily call the knees into requiaition to do the service of the feet. Hav- Tm rrtrrtesvi-rw ing once ascended them in that manner Pmt„ r- - o» and repeated on each of the twenty-eight Ex-Governor Porter, V States Btep noeter, the faithful is relieved of whatever sins he may have committed during a period of nine years, and as the potency of this charm is so great that it can cover the past as well as the future, a person has to make the trip tat eight times to get a complimentary pass for the entire season. Dr. Talmage stood by, and, with uncovered head, watched two men performing this penance. Then he turned away, saying: "Thank God for being born in a free xjuntry, with-an open Bible, liberty of tnseienee and with no one standing be- BT FRANK BABBCTT. The news with regard to Van Hoeck did not add greatly to the mystery in which this strange man was already involved; but the postscript was a new source of perplexity to me. I knew no one of the name of Furnival; I Could not recollect having spoken to anyone of Sir IMmiinrt while T was in London. How, then, gould this Mr. iurnival have known where to apply for my address? I expected a letter from him to clear up this matter, but no letter came. A few daw later I received a letter addressed to me at Monken Abbey, and readdressed in Sir Edmund's hand. Turning to the signature I found it was from Brace. It was dated October 15th, Petersville. Nevada county. The Judgethen was in California, within a day's journey of me. I was not surprised at this, knowing his partiality for the state: but it was irreconcilable with the supposition that he and Van Hoeck had the diamond. He wrote thus: "HI hare all the kens searched before the morning." "That is part of your business, of course. At the same time, I would suggest that it is of fur more importance to watch the men themselves. Van Hoeck would not trust the diamond to the keeping of ordinary thieves' receivers; it would he safer merelv laid under a plant in tne garaens aown oy tne aocs, xuu may be sure he has the ingenuity to suggest a safe place for Its keeping. "I'll have some plain-clothes men on the first tiling to-morrow morning, and I'd better go and telegraph to Scotland Yard at once." We are going away before tho winter •ports begin. I am very sorry for this »n some accounts and very glad on others. I would liko to see the gay tobogganer with his toboggan, tobogganing, also various other winter relaxations for which this region is noted, but we do notwish to wait for "the bounce." No one is too eminent to escape being bounced in Even tho "old man," as ho is affectionately referred to, »nd the Cabinet are liable to be hurled into tho air by a group of muscular Canadians at any time and caught as he somos down, not on a blanket but on tho hands of tho bouncors. "No need of that," the waiter said, "I will tell him myself." Business seems to be good in Canada for this season of the year. Most of those with whom I have talked speak very unfavorably of Annexation. The longer I stay here the more they seem to be opposed to it Can my visit have any thing to do with it, I wonder? So he did. . Tho landlord came In. He was a large man with a corrugated brow. He was not muoh of a talker and wore hid hat into the dining-room when he wanted to como in there at all. Ha wondered what the trouble was. The traveling man said he couldn't eat his steak. The landlord heard the case quietly, then he ate a magcnta-coated cookie from the table and said as he took a large, oldfashioned Colt's revolver from hi* panier: -__ _ _ _ a ffwbujK crowd was admitted at their right and left. Within a few moments the chapel was filled with a dense throng. People crowded each other to such an extent that many individuals were fairly wedged in and were utterly incapable of moving an inch in any direction. As we had ascertained that the pope would walk up the niiddle aisle between the two rows of Swiss guards, we endeavored to get as close to the soldiers as possible, and by persistent effort we succeeded in getting into the front row of the crushing crowd. The chapel, 1t appeared to me, was about throe hundred feet long, and the people were divided by intervening soldiers into two huge throngs, facing each other the entire length of the interior, each crowd fringed off in front by the brilliant uniforms of the soldiers. At 3, papal officers and chamberlains, archbishops, bishops and foreign representatives at the Vatican came straggling in. By this time, as you must sup. pose, the temperature of the air in the chapel had reached fever heat, and the vast concourse was literally a maun of perspirjng humanity. Inquiring of a bystander, the hour being now considerably past that announced, whether the pope was usually not punctual in filling his engagements, I was told that in earlier years, when his physical health was good, he was a model of punctuality, always promptly on time, but this had been less and less the case with increasing years and bodily infirmities. Of these the reoollection was a painful one, that on the public occasion preceding this in which he had participated, his weakness was so great that he had to be carried in to the services and fainted while assisting in them. There was no telling this time when he would arrive, but it would be probably not much before 4 o'clock. . At half-past 8, the perspiration was streaming down Dr. Talmage's face, in full view of a great many people, for he was one of the tallest persons in the crowd. The circumstanoes of delay became more and more distressing, and every now and then the guards permitted people who could not bear the suffocating pressure to pass out between their majestic ranks. The sturdy American preacher held his ground without flinching, and beguiled the time by getting up a.conversation with an officer of the Swiss troops, who could convene fluently in the English language. Immediately behind our party was a band of students preparing for the ministry. Hey recognized Dr. Talmage and were much pleased to see him. WJ , _nited ninister to Italy, and his daughter, n. is a delightful call at the Oriental hoU. where we staid while in Rome. EUtii i genial, pleasant gentleman, and ex pressed himself as greatly gratified with bis appointment. Of Rome and its wealth of antiquities, he spoke with much information and more enthusiasm than is* usually seen in diplomatic gentlemen. The Colosseum was a prominent subject of conversation. Speaking of It," Dr. Talmage said: "An idea has occurred to me with reference to this colossal work of antiquity. A great deal has been said about duplicating the Eiffel tower at the American exhibition of 1899, but it seems to me that it would be a far greater idea to duplicate the Colosseum at Rome. This would be a means of classical education for the whole nation. The presence of that structure would be a forcible and continual reminder to all nations of the blessings of Christian civilization as compared with the heartless cruelties of the most refined heathen civilization, now happily banished from the face of earth forever. Besides, it is the stupendous structure ever erected on oui planet Moreover, I have discovered something in regard to it which I hart never heard spoken of. I allude to its acoustic qualities. I tried them today Some of my family stood on tho — site side of the Colosseum, wh pable of holding one hundrea people, while I stood on the occupied by Nero, and word I uttered, thus . building of this kind could be heard by one sand people. 8nch a to arts, science, education would somewhat cruelties that were, ries, enacted in its Roman Dr. Farreiiy, to whom ' very kindly undertook 1 Talmage an audience w our arrangement would unless we were content Sunday to travel. Thii would not consent to do the exception of meeting. to preach, Puritanical rest . of the day with him on Sunday; no &»*. seeing then, however great the tempta tion. While at Naples we gave up ing Vesuvius, although we had paid 12B francs for tickets to take us there and back, and we all longed to visit it, but it was not possible without our traveling to Brindisi on Sunday, and we deferred ao- Came Near It, Anjrhow. "As soon as possible. But, not to alarm the men, you had better make a pretence of continuing your investigations, and avail yourself of some plausible pretext for returning to Southampton. Everything at this moment depends upon keeping Van Hoeck and Brace in ignorance or our suspicion. And with that view," he added, turning to me, "I counsel you, Mr. Thome, to conceal your own feelings. Not one of these three ought to see any change in your demeanor toward them." Mistress (to exile from Erin)—Ellen, go down to 's dry-goods store and ask one of the clerks to send me samples of satin de Lyon. He then offered to use his influence in procuring me a secretaryship; but as I had never been accustomed to sedentary occupation, and such an appointment could never satisfy my more ambitious hopes, he 'generously placed his purse at my disposal, to use as I might And occasion.(Maid returns from errand; seeks her lady, before whom she stands, a picture of Bilent tearfulness.) I would rather be excused. I would not look dignified. And I am nothing If not dignified. "I rite these linos fur to show where I am lokated, and likewise that I have not slinked off like a thief in the night to hide my lights under a bushel. If tilings ain't no forarder than they was in the direction of clearin up what's Income of the Great Hesper, they aint anyways no backarder. "Young man, listfn to me. Iam no talker. I can not tarry with you. You will eat that steak or by I'll wear it out on you." Here in my room I had tho stylo of steam radiator which does every thing but radiate. You will recall one or two af them in your experienco. Tho steam never got fairly into it while I was stopping there, but I know it had Deen once, for the carpet around it was wot and black and had a primary school flavor to it, which showed that at some time steam had been in it, but now it did nothing but go off occasionally liko an alarm clock when you were thinking of something else. Mistress—Did yon get them? What did he say? I have purposely abstained from dwelling UDon my love affairs, for if I entered into them at all, my feelings would lead me to dilate upon the delights of my brief wooing, to the exclusion of the graver matters which form the subject of this book. For the same reason I shall pass over the bitter grief of our parting. I will only say that Edith's last words awakened courage in my sinking heart. I could form no satisfactory theory with recard to the Great Heeoer robbery, but I was disposeu to regard van nuecs as the least culpable agent concerned in it. It was impossible to tell how the rob? bery affected this mysterious man. As I have said, during the investigation he sat perfectly motionlesl and perfectly silent. His race wore the inscrutable expression of a death-mask. Sir Edmund had no sympathy with him after learning from me the particulars relating to the adventures of the morning. When we entered the library from the dining-room, where our interview had taken place, we found Van Hoeck sitting where we had left him. Ellen (mournfully)—Sure, ma'am, he did nothing but lafT. Firmness is aot confined to landlords ayether-. They had a clergyman at St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, years ago who was supposed to get a good salary, but ho didn't get it He got kind words and a swarm' of bees, gentle ecomiums and a prime supper, but he got very little money. The church was pretty well fixed, for the building was given by a wealthy man and the pulpit was brought from England at a cost of 92,500. Mistress (much surprised) — Why, what did you tell him? ween my Saviour and myself. Louis Klopscb »» This was sound advice, and I recognized the importance of conforming with it: but I am the worst actor in the world where my feelings are concerned, and my very soul revolted against the men who had plotted together to take my life from the mete inynsate greed of gain. I felt more .bitterly toward Brace than toward his accomplice, not because I thought Van Hoeck less guilty, but because I had felt more kindly toward the Judge, to whom I seemed linked by the brotherhood of labor, I kept out of his way when we returned to the library, and avoided looking at him, lest he should perceive that I was no longer his friend. But I knew he had his keen eyes upon me, and was reading the aigns of my newly born aversion, ana this made my acting worse. When the officer had completed his in? vestimation, he said sagaciously, as he closed his note-book: "It aint no use promisin without you are got it right inter yer to perforin, "but I will allow that I aint goin to chuck up the cards before Ive made you shake my hand and acknowledge Ive played square. The Kid iB fret tin and things in genal is not lively with j our partner, Ellen (thoughtfully)—Well, ma'am, says Oi, my lad} says would you be so kolnd as to plaze send her some samples o' satin t' sit on? The Heaaeoger The diminutive professional messenger boy, with his bright face and tasty uniform, is to my mind apenonage who deserves some little consideration. As a public institution he comes in for a good deal of abuse. He never goes on a message and returns with an answer without being "cussed" by the recipient of that answer for not moving faster; the jokes made at his expense by the newspaper n wits and comedians of the stage would is one not exactly to be envied. And think ot the hows he has; it is never less than twelve hours' service a day that he 1b called on to perform, and the most arduous sort of service at that He is was ca- constantly on the move, never at rest; cnousand mugt gQ into all sorts of places—often . . . P je once into places where is is not good for a boy, ey eard every Qf jean to enter—and he must always/ proving that in a appear neat, brisk and cheerful, or he the human voice 8tand in danger of being bounoed. j Something that never fails to excite my structure devoted sympathy is the sight, late at night, of a ana Wpm 0ut district messenger boy fast ttone for the horrid asleep (as I have often seen them) in the during five centu- Gf a street car, with his message gripped faithfully in his chubby hand above, and an expression of premature old age o arrange for Dr. on tired features. I never see this li the pope But Iast 8ightl without resolving never to bei° a mi o this one of the youngsters for tardiness ° in «oin8 on The boys de t t work well, and deserve a good word act, with occasionally.—Chicago Journal his engagements ' i8the0^" known m Mistress swoons. Society Slant la St. Paul, "Jos. Brace." Apropos of the increase in the use of tlang by the girl of the period the following brief conversation, carried on in audible tones in a theater a few evenings since by two well-known young ladies, is a little of the slangiest yet. The curtain having descended on the second aot Stephanie and Clarissa converse In audible tones as follows: I did not replv to this letter. I heard again from Sir Edmund at the end of November. His letter was dated the 20th. He felicitated me heartily upon the purchase I had made, and added the warmtest wishes for my success. He continued. Early in the morning, say at two or three a. m., this radiator begancommuning with itself like p blacksmith-shop having a reverie, or liko a boiler-works dictating to its typo-writer. Then take a nervous American in Canada—and most of our Americans in Canada aro a little nervous—and put him in a room with one of those radiators for a few weeks and it will not bo very long before you will have a man who' will go crazy and gnaw holes in people. Tho pastor stood up in this 92,500 pulpit many a Sabbath and preached a good sermon when he was actually hungry. Members of the congregation said they would give so much if Mr. so-and-so would give so much. They carried their subscriptions over with so many conditions that it was like a World's Fair subscription list. The result was that he and his wife ate fried mush three tines a day and tried to be reconcile i. "Thank you for Brace's letter. The tone of it would lead one to imagine not only tliat he knows where the diamond is, but has a strong belief in his power to recover it! One cannot possibly believe that it was he who robbed and attempted to murder you. But whom are we to suspect, if not him? If he were not guilty, why should he try to conceal tho leather case which might lead to its recovery? There is a fascination in this subject which overcomes my wish to drop it. It is like the fifteen puzzle that drove half the world mad some years ago. '•Van Hoeck still wanders about tho woods through the night. More than once be has been seen standing outside the room in which Edith and I pass the evening, listening. "His suspicions have perhaps fallen upon us. The poor wretch may have lost his reason. His appearance, when I caught sight of him the other day, justifies the suspicion. "I have to confess to an indiscretion which may have no serious result, but which I regret all the same. Yesterday I received a telegram from Furnival, dated Haxel's Hotel. Clarissa—How does the play hit you, Steph? Stephanie—Very bum—quite the bunt" meat thing I've seen in months. "I have sufficient information for my present purpose. J may not be able to discover the perpetrators of this outrage and robbery immediately, but I think { shall be in a position to tell you something about the lost diamond within twenty-four hours." Sir Edmund accompanied him to the door. When he returned and took the seat be had occupied at tne neaa 01 tne long table, Brace rose, and placing himpelf at the opposite end, inclined his head first to the baronet, then to the right and to the left, "Squire and genleman of this committee," be said, "1 don't want to speak dis. respectful of the polioe, but the intelligent officer who has jast left as, as if he'd got hold of the tail end of a rocket, and meant follerin' it right up, and holdin' tight on till it bust, ain't goin' to do any good for hisself or anyone else in this business. The big diamond's lost, end he ain't going to flndit in twenty-four hours, nor in twenty-four years. Ef it was a haystack, I don't say but what, with the help of Providence—and a good lot of it —he might be up to the job he's onder« took. But it ain't a haystack. End ef he was to grind up the whole of this country, end every blessed thing upon it small, puddled it in a clean flume, and sifted the tailins careful, he wouldn't find it. End theee bein'mv views, it stands to reason that I ain't going to hang about here lookin' at the place where I've come to grief, like an old female what's slipped off the sidewalk on a bit of orange-peel. With your permission, Squire, I'm goin' away right off." "I cannot stop yon, Brace, even if X wished to," replied Sir Edmund, who, be it observed, knew nothing of the suspicion againat the Judge. "I am inclined to think that you will be happier in seeking a new fortune than in lingering about with the faint hope of recovering the old. If the diamond is found yew will hear of it wherever you may be. Are you going to look for another diamond?" "No, squire; I'm going to find that, please God," Brace replied, then, after a moment's pause, he said, "There's a matter of business to finish up before I go, sir; all the money I have in my pocket belongs to you." "It is a loan; keep it. Brace—keep it until you are in a position to pay me; and I hope, for your sake, that time may not be far hence." There is one kind of hotel which -has a steam heater that the guest can not operate. It has to be opened by an expert who comes from New York. If tho guest could work it ho might get too warm and injure himself. So it is wisely delegated to the Now York man in whose bosom alone rests the right to open this machino. Even then ho ia liable to be imposed upon. I think that this right should only be in the hands Claris**—That's whftt.—St Paul Globe. One day, however, I presume the mush ha4 gone to his head or something like that, for "in lieu of a sermon," the historian says, "he took » brace of pistols from the pulpit and saluted the wealthy but ti oughtless congregation with a double /olley which cleared the ohurch. He locked the door end went home, haying tnnounoed that When the subscription was paid up he would resume work a.id not before. "I have ordered the carriage to be at the door in half an hour, Mr. Van Hoeck," said the barpnet. "Be good enough to make your arrangements for departure by that time." Van Hoeck inclined his head. Fagin—Hello, Slickboy, where've ye been for the last few months? Slickboy—I've bin doin' the Expo, at Paris. On the Bowery, "I took a gold medal at the Expo." "Any suocess?" "I shall be glad if you will redeem your I O U at an early date," the baronet fidded, sternly. Van Hoeck put his band in his pocket, drew out a purse, and extended it. I took it, seeing the baronet's repugnance, and placed it on the table. I accompanied Van Hoeck to Southampton. Neither of us spoke on the way—indeed, I had not heard a word pass his lips since we parted in the early morning. ) I took a room for him at an hotel, and when the servant who led us to it - was gone, I said; : "I am going to leave you, Van Hoeck." A gesture of indifference was his only reply. "You have nothing to say—no explanation to offer?" I asked. "Oh, come oft; did ye, though7" "Yes; but don't congratulate me, for the police made me give it baok, and put me in the cooler."—Time. A carved dove and an olive branch over tfce pulpit convey the impression that he was successful. The bullet holoc ?n the pows were puttied up anc all w* at well thereafter, although fo ,yaars whenever a deacon fell asleep do] Not Maoh of • Low. Dudely—I lost my heart, Miss Fanny, last night when I was talking to you. You have it in your possession. Miss Fanny (frigidly)^—You are mistaken, Mr. Dudely, but I will ask the servant girl. Perhaps she picked it up when she swept out the other trash this morning.—Texas Sittings. "I ran thus: It 14 a fact, weL - by dealers in jutlery, that not one man in fifty knows bow to Sharpen a pocket knife. A razor must be laid flat on the hone, being hoi-1 low ground and requiring a fine edge.' The pocket knife, however, requires a stiff edge, and the moment it is laid fiat on a stone, so as to touch the polished side, its edge is ruined. The blade must be held'at an angle of 20 or 25 degs.. and hare an edge similar to a chisel. This is called the "camel," and is marked on all new knives by a fine white line which does not remove or touch the polished surface.—New York Commercial Advertiser.Knives. '"We have important clew. Send address of Joseph Brace at once, or place where he is likely to be found.' "The 'we' led me to suppose that he was an agent of the detectives employed in this case, and without further reflection I sent Brace's address, having your letter under my hand. I became uneasy as soon as the messenger was out of sight and sent Wilson over to Southampton with two telegrams, one for Furnival and the other for the head of the detective department, asking for further particulars. I have received no reply whatever from Furnival, and the detectives replied by letter that they employed no one named Furnival, and that all inquiries were made through the head office. Inveterate Enemies. Slmeral—Are Jones and Brlggs Mends? "What do you mean?—speak plainly," he said. Grimsby—Friends I No, indeed I They oouldn't hate each other more if they sang in the same church choir.—Time. "I saw you discussing with Brace what should be done with the case that held the diamond before he secreted it." ITEMS OF INFORMATION. A movement throughout the chapel, which everybody who has stood on Broadway waiting for a procession to pass can realize, meant that the pope was coming. About twenty-five cardinals preceded him in the procession, of which he was the central figure, as many following him as he walked between the raqks of the soldiery. Every head bared as the kindly, sweet-faced old man, smiling pleasantly all tfee way, passed along, pronouncing benedictions as he went, bestowed impartially oo the multitudes standing in compact masses to his right and left, and on the favored nuns and secular magnates—of whom I believe I have nqt spoken before— who occupied seats in what a profane pen might call the boxes. He raised his bands, wafting paternal blessings in svery direction, excepting when one rod another of the faithful, in an eo(tacy of devotion, fell kneeling before lim and fervently kissed his hands or ihe robe he wore. The pope seemed xDth pleased and touched at these expressions of devout veneration. His face beamed :*h ' heavenly smile, cordingly until a future occasion. This, however, probably will never cone, certainly not to Dr. Talmage, who says the world is so large and there is so much to be seen in it that no one can afford to visit a place twice for sight see* ing. The doctor, however, lias found it within the possibilities of our itinerary and due Sabbath observance to visit the Mamertine prison three times. He has made accurate measurements and draughted a careful diagram of this place. Before leaving Rome he also managed to break away a piece of the ancient, time-honored mortar of the historic ruin, which he has labeled and dated in museum style. The Mamertine prison greatly impressed him. "Oh," he said, "that our church members could come here and see with their own eyes what Paul must have suffered, and then go home and in a measure relive his life. The trouble is, we get our religion toe cheap, and too often value it at the prict we pay for it." From the Mamertine prison we startec for the road to Ostia, the same which St Paul had to take 'his to "If you know that we were discussing that, you know all. It is useless to make an explanation that you would not believe. I have nothing to say." He groped his way to a chair and threw himself into it. "Brigade" meant originally a noisy crew or company, from Italian brigare, •to brawl. It is of course a near relative jof "brigand." . The city of Washington is said to have ibeen first called "The City of Magnifi- Jcent Distances" by President Madison, jit is so called on account of the wide, open spaces caused by the peculiar plans of its streets, and being originally laid out on a large scale. I put a packet of notes on the table, a0d told him that if he had need of further help he might write to me, addressing his fetter to the care of Sir Edmund, Then I left him, MAKIXa RILEY HAPPY. of the President. Let it be arranged so that hotel radiators and gas jets could only be opened by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate and House of Representatives, and this oountry would be safe for the traveling public. As it is now, there is littlo protection for oyether the hotel or tho publio. "Who on earth can this Furnival be, and what can be the object of his inquiries? The mystery was sufficiently incomprehensible without this addition." His Tom on « Ch»ti. An Indianapolis man has an odd watch charm, according to this dispatch in The I had a vague idea of purchasing A partnership in some business where I could And activc employment, and witlj this view I took lodgings in London, and began to look about me. I had been engaged in this pursuit about a week when I received a letter from Sir Edmund."Incomprehensible indeed, and the more closely one examined the mystery, the more inscrutable it apjieared." Enquirer, of Cincinnati: Several years ago two of bis toes were amputated, and he preserved them in alcohoL Afterward the bottle was broken, and he threw the toes in a box in the garret, where they remained until recently Meanwhile they had petrified and turned black as ooal. Though shrunken in size, they continued perfect in form, and so he had them gold mounted, and now wean them pendant from his watch Spibes are erected on churches for ornamental purposes, and also to serve as hanging-places for single bells or a chime of bells, as the case may be. They have been in use, in various shapes, for ages. The earliest examples are the pyramidal roofs of the turrets of Norman date. "I enclose,'" he wrote, in conclusion, "a letter which came to hand this morning."I heard some ono moving about in Mr. Riley's room tho other evening and fearing that he might need help on a sonnet I went in there. It was all dark in his room, for the gas burners had been pinched together by the landlord so that people could not get asphyxiated without his consent. So Mr. Riley, who is a great reader and oan not go to sleep without a book In his hand, had tried vainly to light tho gas, then ho had tried to go to sleep without reading. Afterward ho had given it up and was, as I came in, practicing with tho flre-escapo. THE CTSTOKABY CAIfADIAW BOUNCE. ing tho sermon and a hymn-book slid off the seat with a loud report, he would jump up and offer to settle at any price, or slip down quietly under the pew till he was reassured. "I enclose," he wrote, "a outting from one of the weekly papers. Vine-growing u it is here described, seems to be the very thing that should suit a man of your disposition and taste; it would suit me, if I were thirty years younger than lam. As it is, nothing would better please jxxe than to see you a prosperous fruit farmer. "That Edith might have something to look forward to, I have proposed that our next summer hobday trip should be to San Diego. She thinks we should find Californian hotels insupportable. Perhaps you will be able to offer something more acceptable than hotel accommodation. In any case, my dear fellow, you can give me no more acceptable testimony of your affection than ill availing yourself freely and fully of my pecuniary assistance." It was a second letter from Brace. This is the copy; "Tibbal's Golden State Hotel, t "SaC;hamento City, Nov. 8. | "Gentleman Tiioi:xk, Siu: I dint expec you to answer iny letter, but the Kid have took it to heart moren natral. I told you she was kinder frettlh, and to plciuto her I made believe I had sent the message she est me to rite. Which Rettin no anser to said messaze she sorter felt youtl turned your back on her for ever. I don't think slies goin to make old bones. Seems to me like as if she meant knocking off early. Ses she don't feel like gatherin any more wild flowers. Titers: is a common expression, "it suits to a T," that is a very old one. The T square or rule is an instrument used hj mechanics when great exactness is required. When any thing is exactly right ''it suits to-aT." That is, it is correct in every way, as a piece of work would be if measured by the T rule. I met a man on this side last week who did not seem to be enjoying himself. If I gave his name you would remember him. He came around very quietly and said he did not want to take up my time but possibly X might liko to hear somo of his story. chain. BcrMch Owl mt m Segro Harry Making. Though thin faces and fantastic costumes were strikingly real in the bright light that would flash up as a faggot crumbled, when this flickered down to a soft glow the gathering and scene was ghastly in the extreme. Off to the rear of the hut, which afforded an animated foreground, tall gums,cypress and water *■ oaks reared their heights. In one of these a screech owl had tnlfon up his post and sent shivers down the spinal columns of his listeners with his dis- "You're grit, squire—real grit! I won't refuse your kindness. I shall need a bit to start with. But IH ask you, sir, to bold this till I claim it." - as w,„ a hea... _ ind he appeared in his fragility as onC only waiting for the summons from or high. Having reached the altar he knelt and offered an inaudible prayer,which seemed to last a very long time. Indeed, I noticed that one of the cardinals, who was evidently under the impression that his holi- - on . way Cjxeci iom "Doctor," said I, "are you no: (pending too muck time on St. Paul? It bis history any way connected witl your life of Christ?'' "Indeed it is," he answered; "the more I study Paul's lift the grander Jesus appears to me, for hC alone could be the inspiration of such i life." "What is it, Brace?"asked the baronet, taking the paper Brace drew from his pocket. He found it was the Judge's copy of agreement. "Oh, I do not need this, my good fellow," he protested; "I have your IO U, and that is as good now as ever it was." He went round to Sir Edmund. "I am an exilo," he said. "I am the man without a country. People think-1 am over here having a good time with the large sum of money 1 am supposed to have. According to tradition Christ was crucified on Friday, on which account it has been customary for hundreds of years for hangings to take place on that day. Of late a sentiment against this atrange notion has been developed, and the day is not selected as often as before, more particularly in the State of Pennsylvania. '•'The doctor considers that sickness she got out Africa has settled into her; and she cant corff it off. "Everywhere I go," ho said, "I find a now kind of fire-escape and I have tCS add to very regular duties the job of going through a lire-escapo drill at Ojich hotel where I go. This ono is too large. It was made for rescuing "a middling hoavy-set man" weighing about three hundred pounds and I'm afraid that I would slump through it. I am testing it while all the house is wrapt in slum'ber. The gas burners are so pinched by want and the landlord that I can not read, and as I am always afraid of flro I will now tost this escape." "The rains hes set in early np Peters▼ille,nnd thev aint no i?ood for a poor little sick Kid. We come down here day fore yesterday. "Shes pinin. part!nor, thats whata the matter with her, witch is why I rite her message. "I am not having a good time. "For years I was a busy man. You don't know what a comfort it is to be busy until you get out of a job. Did you ever put in two or three rainy days at a strange hotel, waiting for a draft or delayed in somo other way? Did you enjoy it? "If yon won't keep it for your own security, squire, I'll ask you to keep it for my own. it's a kinder ce'tificate, and if anyone hee got aoythin' to say agen me when I'm not here to defend myself, IH ask you to let that up. Good-by, squire." He held out his hand, and said, as Sir Edmund shook it cordially—"Thank you, Bir, thank vou! You are grit!" He strode down the room, brushing past Van Hoeck. who sat immovable and rilent as though he were carved in stone md came to where I was standing. M.i face must have told him that my hear ivas hardened. But he stretched out hii land and said hoarsely: "Say good-by to ub, nardner." I folded my arms ana shook my head The cutting referred to vino-growing and fruit-culture in Southern California; but before I read a single line in it I had made up my mind to be at San Diego to receive Edith and her father in the summer.□ess had become absorbed in hi* dew You would be surprised to see Dr. Taltions, went over and whispered to mage's collection of the pieces of stone The pope then arose, about fifteen mil*. which he has gathered already on this utes after he had reached the altar, and trip. One is a piece of marble, carrying retraced his steps by the way that ha distinct traces of the sculptor's art, and ha/! gone. His return was accompanied "bich once adorned a pillar in Nero's with the same manifestations of popular palace. Another piece was taken from ▼eneranon as naa appeared on ma wmy the mosaic pavement of the Vomitory, to the altar. One of these was so im- an apartment f£und in thf gorgeous pressively touching and beautiful that it baths of that inhuman monster, and is stamped on my memory, never to be where he and his guests retired, after eatforgotten. A little girl dressed in white ing a hearty meal, to tickle their throats advanced and kissed the hand of the holy and induce a complete disgorgement, father, who rewarded her with the sweet- thus m.Ving room for another meal, est of smiles, and when she arose from My readers will remember that six hours her knees be took her hand and gently daily were consumed by Nero and his pressed it in his. Then he passed gra- friends at dinner, or rather dinners, for ciously on. At the pope's departure the during this time three meals, of two people gradually filed out hours' duration each, * were eaten. It is to be noted that on the 14th of April, the day after Easter in 1380, King Edward III. lay w}th his army before the city of Paris, which day was full dark of mist and hail, and so bitter oold that many men died on their horse's backs with the oold. wherefore unto this day it has been oalled the "Black Monday."cordant and gruesome cries. When this ill omened bird alights near a negro's cabin and begins his clamor, the husband sticks the tongs in the fire to avert the death which the birdY presence is believed to foretell, and casts a handful of salt in the firs to rid the vicinity of "She says she wants to be good; thems her words. I never knew her say such a thin?, and I cant hardly expec you to believe it, knowln what she was, but if yon could only see her as she is yond believe it. S ies that altered; no tantrums, no opposishuu, no obstinacy—no nothin. "Seein this, vou may be moved, sir, beta kinder pitiful by natar, to rite her a few words, J '»t to say youve c?ot her message, and ho|De shell stick to ber promise. With a little bit of encouragement like that, I dont think shed no away without telling us wtiat shes done with the Groat Hesper. "Yours Respectfully, "Jos. Brace." I starteil for Sacramento without a moment's delav. Fortune favored me; before I had been twenty-four hours in San Diego, I learned that one of the best fruit farms in the state was to be sold. It lay in Elysium Valley, about twelve miles back of San Diego City, and was the property of Colonel Hinks. On hearing this, I hired a horse at once, and rode to the estate. The road ran between irrigated plantations of lemons, citrons, oranges, and other fruits that perfumed the air; the higher slopes were covered with vines. In the distance before me were the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, and turning in my saddle as I ascended the gentle rise on which the house stood, my eyes were dazzled with the beauty of San Diego Bay. house was large and well-built in the Italian style—a style not unsuited to that unclouded sky, and the surrounding scenery. The view from the belvedere was mdescnbablv beautiful, and indeed justified the high-sounding name riven to the valley it overlooked. There werei flowera everywhere about and around the house; they festooned the terrace fronting the facade; they hung I Sram tho windows; them edged the Dath? CHAPTER XV. "You could play billiards for an hour or so and then read the papers, but the days got mighty long, didn't they? "I am here because I speculated with other people's money. Other people did it and got out all right, but I didn't. Still, I deserve it. But don't think I am having fun. Ploase print it in the Darxr that I am not eniovinir mvself. ''Whenever I see two or three people talking together I have got so that I am sure they are talking about me. When people talk with me X- wonder if it is not through curiosity, and when they do not talk with mo I am sure it is because they despise me. I hate to look at my face in the glass now, because it looks go anxious even to me. I am miserable besides because I have nothing else to do. God help the man who is denied the genuine comfort of employment. Even in prison I oould dull my sorrow with industry. Here I am in a bigger cell, but it is all the loaesomer, that's all the difference. So I wish that you would just say in one of your letters that I am not uproariously happy. I called him back just as ho was about to leap forth into tho bosom of the night, and quickly taking from the pocket of my robe do nuit a small pair of pincers, I unscrewed the gas tip, and putting in a big fish-tail burner which gives a beautiful glare of light, at the same time consuming two thousand cubic feet of gas per night, I soon had him comfortably fixed for tho night with a copy of "Looking Backward," and also ono entitled "Light, More Light, or DangCT in the Dark." I lotfc him lying on his couch in the rich, warm light like a strangely-beautiful child. its obnoxious presence.—T. P. Henry. Chelny. In making sleighbells the ball is put Inside a sand "core," or internal mold, just the shape of the inside of the belL This sand core, with the jinglet inside, is placed in the mold of the outside, and when the melted metal is poured in it fills the space between the core and the mold. The hot metal burns the We so that it can all be shaken out, leaving the ball within the shell. A controversy arising from a request for instances of the use of this cant word before 1840 was left undecided owing- to s doubt as to whether a trace of its use oould be discovered in the sixteenth century. In the injunctions of King Edward VI to the capitular bodies of the cathedrals, fa 1547, they are forbiddea io "use any wanton, filthie, chekyng, vot«r He dropped _ - jM^Tty "Prehaps you're right," he said, re moraely, "prehaps you're right. Ttoi will show that I've got a clean conscience if-Heaven is just." He paused, then ii a still lower tone, and with an accent 01 reproach, he added, "Say yer hope so pardner, say yer heme so." '•I hope so, I saii He shook his head rnefolly. '"Tain't yer old voice, Gentleman Thorne—there's no heart in it. We've Roughed it together, and we've shared our bacca oat there, end"—his chin twitched convulsively, and turning away he takes all the pluck outer mLola was standing in a corner of the room br the door, with her - " (TO BE OOJTriHUED ) In these days of much travel and wide* Then he has a piece from the spread knowledge of pablio men, it is rostrunv on which Cicero and othe* not surprising that Dr. Talmage was rec- ( eloquent orators discussed the queeognized and cordially greeted by not a tions of the day in the great Roman few folks from different cities of the forum, and many other pieces, so that in United States. Brooklyn and Cincinnati; the coarse of a three days* tour of inhere most numerously represented on spection he has secured enough fraothis occasion. Among those who took tured masonry to tax a strong man's part in this informal reception was Dr.. carrying powers and to knock a hole the Family, acting rector of the American giae of a hilndred dollar bill in his pocket college in Boma. Dr. Talmage was1 book for freight, as he insists on canyasked how the pope impressed him. He fog his stony treasures around wUU Wm replied, perhaps and I alb sure I hope ] with a view to increasing the stock, and so—with, a more correct judgment of here in Italy every pound of freight is A Lesson In Grammar. •I cougL! He coughs! They comb!" Atd why rDp«*l they couah Dr. Pierce'* Gold-n Medical Discovery will curecougbs, colds. atid all lung d g sbpc. ' The two sides of the face are not alike. As a rule, says a German professor, the want of symmetry is con* .fined to the upper part of the face. The left half of the brain overweighs the right half; the nose leans a little to the 'right or to the left. The region of the right eye is usually slightly higher than that of the left eye; while the left dye lift nearer the middle line of the conn'tenance. The right ear is also higher, jnarule, than the left ear. i scornefull or taunting wordes."—f and Queries. Pat Up Tour Cash. A Michigan woman husked 321 bushels of con in six days, besides getting three meaia per day, whaling six young 'un* and attending to the regular Monday: wash. If you folks down in Ohio or Indiana have a champion haakar. jort trof her out and put up your dudads.—Detroit Free Pre*. i Please remember that in touching gently on the gas and radiator I am not alluding to the Canadlah hotel, for Canada has good hotels. I am just at this time reminded of a few which the traveling publio will easily call to mind. They aro found scattered over the continent, but growing losa and less froqaent, I believe. 1 am trying to help this infreaufcncv as much as I can. A small hotel Buv it aDd try it tberrs Yirtne and wonh In the boule whoa* contents ire pu'r; Twill eztinsuinb t'e germs of con&umption a Hrtii, Aod its more acute sytrp'om wi'l curr. eye# fixed PEERLESS DYES
Object Description
Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 41 Number 7, December 13, 1889 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 7 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1889-12-13 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
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Contributing Institution | West Pittston Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 41 Number 7, December 13, 1889 |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 7 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1889-12-13 |
Location Covered | United States; Pennsylvania; Luzerne County; Pittston |
Type | Text |
Original Format | newspaper |
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Identifier | PGZ_18891213_001.tif |
Language | English |
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Full Text | t carta fOL, ( Oldest NewsDaDer in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., PA., FRIDAY, DECMBER 13, 1889. A WeeKly Local and Familv Journal. Be Happy. Are you glad, In your heart, are you thankful upon intf. As .brace was aoout to pass through on his way out he caught up her wrist savagely in his hand. As savagely she tore it away, and in her turn came and stook before me. they even twined trom nougn to oougn of the great cedar that lent shade to the lawn. The Bonnet's Beauty. with a few good tnuiga wo »■ m better and far more profitable than a big ono, a little short on illuminating eas but long on sewer gas, run by a man who took up the tavern business becauso it looked easier than any thing else. j "People think that l nave an tn« money that was missing when th* books were examined. In the firdt place I never had that amount. All the I shortages of other people were put oa my account when I ran away, and even what I had taken was pretty well spent when I came. "Besides, it is a sad thing to have no home and no flag that you are permitted to be proud of. The triumphs of ! our own dear land I have no right to enjoy. I shall die by myself in a hotel, | one of the saddest of deaths at all times; but with me it will be even sadder for, I will oast an eternal gloom over the room and no one will ever want to «o-oupy the apartment where I died. To those who may think that my life in Canada is one long, luxurious dream, you might say that they are mistaken.E TALMAGE IN ROME. Xlll's physical capabilities than mine: "The pope looks like a genial, good old grandfather, at least ten years younger than he is said to be. His eyes are as keen as a hawk's and gentle as a dove's. Many of the cardinals do not seem to possess half his strength, and I believe he will outlive most of iliem." "Don't you consider it idolatrous," persisted his interrogator, "to bow down to the pope and kiss his band?" For the blessings to-day hath given! Do your thoughts arise with a glad surprise Hie glory of a beauty's bonnet, Which wins at sight our hearty praises, |i Been within it, not upon it, It needs not daffodils nor daisies. charged, inclusive of personal oagga&w* Dr. Talmage is certainly not a shrewd buyer, and Italian sharks are reaping a royal harvest of Brooklyn shekels. After visiting Pompeii last week, he was led as a lamb to the slaughter by the guid« into a museum where are sold articles made of the lava to be found in endless quantity about Vesuvius. Tempted by his evil genius, he inquired the value of a dozen unmounted medallions. Before he received full information as to that point h6 paid fifty francs (about $10) for them, to learn from Mrs. Talmage when he came home, and Poll of glee exhibited his marvelous purchase, that on Fulton street, Brooklyn, the $ame articles could be had for a quarter apiece, with a good sized discount on an order for a whole dozen. To the throne of graoe in Heaven? "This is a house worthy of Edith," I thought. "Oh, that it may be mine to offer her." Do you feel, can you weigh all the pleasure That has fallen around your life? How much have you won at the setting sun "I'm a-goin'," she said A Service at St. Peter's, with a Good Look at the Pope. "And a good riddance," I thought, exasperated by the belief that she knew where the diamond was, and could reveal the whole mystery if she choee. It would be time wastod to enter into my business transactions with Colonel llinks. Suffice it to say that mv ardent wish was realized, and that in less than a month from my arriving in San Diego I entered into possession of the beautiful property. Doubtless, it was a liazanlous undertaking for one who knew nothing whatever of the business, but what hazard is too great for a man .whose object is to win tne woman he loves? That the money I invested was not my own, did not lessen the risk I ran, but increased it; for, unless I could show a reasonable probability of repaying Sir Edmund's loan, I could not demand Edith's hand. However, I had every reason to believe tliat Colonel llinks was a gentleman, and an honest and conscientious man of business; added to this, I had confidence in my own perseverance, energy, and strength, and that buoyant feeling of hope with which nearly everyone who breathes the healthful air of this delightful continent seems to be inspired. Early in November I received a letter from Sir Edmund. Among other things he wrote: Tis not the velvet, silk nor Eatin, Poised gracefully upon her head. Tis not the trimming "this or that hi," Nor blended blossoms white and red. Of that peace beyond the strife? Neither heavy black walnut oounters nor costly bills of fare printed In two colors and frescoed with Boft boiled egg can make a successful hotel. Neither ;an a hearty greeting from the landlord, giving promise to the eye, and to break it to tho heart. Neither oan porous towels and loud-lunged porters announcing tho trains in stentorian tones bring happiness to the guest. However, we find that often when other qualifications are deficient, firmness on tho part of the landlord wins. A traveling man in the West last winter ordered a steak. It was a plain steak. He had never Be® bo plain a stoak before. It was gathered at one side, however, and had scars on it Do you smile, arejyour spirits asoending, r When the day la dark and drear? Or do you forget In yoar selfish at The many days that are fair? Do you weep, do you shrink from the future. With its burden of care and pain? After weary night. With its darksome blight, "You ain't goin' to let me go like him, are yer?" she asked; "you ain't goin' to let me go without say in' good-byV" There was deep pathos in her voice. The friendless little Bavage loved me. She had saved my life.. My heart smote me for forgetting that. I gave her my two hands; she drew them round her slight body, and tlien flinging her arms about my neck she whispered with tender impulsiveness: "Shall I be good? Shall I tell you where it is?" That rich, attractive bonnet shining, "A thing of beauty" in tho street Or church, is valued for its lining: A face that's radiant and Ewcct. DR. TALMAttE'S IMPRESSIONS. A View of Pop* Leo—Notable Opinions Which Mad* It Memorable—The Beatification of m French Martyr in fit. Pater's. "No," replied the Brooklyn preacher, "I do not. I have no reason to suppose that deference shown to him implies more of the worshipful spirit than deference exhibited towards th« president at the United States. That, I think, is to be taken as a substitute for the patriotic spirit." The admiration of a lover, Unkindled by the richest laco Or splendid plumes that wave above her, Is lit by her fair, winsome face. Comes the bright, glad dawn again. And the fair, happy day Is done ? Oh, well will It be on your life's broad sea If your course has been well run. Do yon sigh when the shadows are deepening, Tho heart beats quicker in the bosom Of one whose cheeks now rod, now whits, Who's thinking of the orange blossom, A form of grace and oyes of light. [Copyright, 1889, by American Press Association.] Rome, Not. 13.—Shortly after our arrival in Rome we learned that on Sunday, at 3 in the afternoon, there was to be a beatification, prior to his being canonized, of a French martyr who had sacrificed his life in China. The services of beatification, we were further informed, would take place in one of the large chapels of St Peter's, and the pope would be present and take an active part in them. This last was the crowning attraction, as bis holiness now rarely appears in public, and tickets of admission were exceedingly hard to procure. These had been issued by the papal authorities free of charge, but commanded a considerable price, so eager was the inquiry for them. Five were bought for our party, including Dr. Talmage, who would be able to attend after fulfilling his engagement in the morning of Sunday. An hour before the time appointed we arrived at St Peter's, jrhere we waited in the front rank of over ten thousand people seeking admission. A detachment of the Swiss papal guard, all stalwart, fine looking fellows, dressed in bright uniforms, held the crowd in check until a very Then rojoloe when your fate smiles upon yon. And beneath the shadows of woe Forget not the joy with the dark alloy, But just at that moment her fine ear caught the rustle of a woman's dress, and catching sight of Edith, who was entering from the dining-room, she started back. He thinks of a bright arch of roses, Where plighted lovers soon will stand; And when the ceremony closes No happier pair will grace the land. "What in the proceedings of today impressed you most, doctor?' asked a lady from Brooklyn. "The earnestness of the people," was his reply. Being asked what he thought of the services, he said: "Iamnotenough of the ecclesiastic to understand all this cerenfony concerning the beatification of a martyr. If, however, half of what they say in regard to this particular martyr is true, the Lord made him a saint long before this. He was, as I understand it, a missionary in China, giving his life to the poor and destitute unfcU he was soned. Then every day be was taken from prison and cruelly beaten until the time came for his martyrdom." Louis Klopsch. Mrs. Talmage often finds herself compelled to remonstrate with her husband on his extravagance, for he would buy, ■if restraint were not forthcoming, every book that has any bearing on religion or on the trip, and every trinket offered* that in any way is associated with places visited. She was appalled by the freight charges on the box of fragments has collected, and gently advised "xt— J_ For 'tis sure to oome—and go. * —Ella f. XL Sellingham, in Troy Times, In Autumn Days. "I am the day-time ghost of a crime, uneasily walking the streets, ing only forward to the next meal, which after all'X do not want. I see other men with their fl»ppy families getting some good out of life, while I am slowly withering and my heart is frozen. If one American boy can be scared out of speculating with other people's money by knowing just how miserable I am, I shall feel a little better about it. I have bought a ticket four times to come with and -weakened at last because it gets harder and harder every time. Twice I have blown out the gas and fastened the doors and windows of my room, but some old memory of childhood has made me take up the old load again and go on. "If I could pay each dollar I took with a drop of blood and then die as well beloved and honestly mourned as I could have been five years ago, I would run twenty miles to get the chanoe. "No, sir; those people who claim that it is all I can do to keepmy exuberance of spirits under control are mistaken." He went away then and I saw h*a go down the street trying to look like a man who is going to his business. Did you ever try to do that when you had no business? It is like trying to sit down in an imaginary chair and feel perfectly comfortable, The glory of a beauty's bonnet Which wins at sight our hearty praises. Is seen within it, not upon it, It needs not daffodils nor daisies. •-George W. Bungay. ln Ridley's Fashion Magazine.Night brings with her a brooding chill, As hastening o'er the eastern hill She softly comes to chase away The tiresoiM tumult of the day. To sleap you sink—oh, blissful rest, Of aUonr earthly pleasures heat! * When Earth, with sable curtains drawn, Admits gray-bearded, halting Dawn. 'Tis then that from ycrar bed you rise And stand and shiver in To find that by some moans unknown The atmosphere has colder grown. You strike a Bickering, blinding light. Then seflt the closet—useless quite; The mattress than you raise on high And drop again, with weary sigh You hany thvMgk the house, but oome Back to juer chamber, cold sad glum. You don your clothes against your will. Compelled by the increasing chill. The question still returns, unhid. Where are those extra oorers hid? —Washington Capital. Scowling over her shoulder at Edith, her eyes aflame with hate, sbe said, in a voice from which all tenderness had gone: "For her sake? No!" and without looking again at me she went from the room and ioined her father. "The robbery is still ajmystery—to me it is a greater mystery than ever. Van Hoeck has taken lodgings in the village. I have met him twice in tlie woods, a DYE IN CANADA. My engagement with Edith was broken oil that evening. . I hjul noFthe slightest hope or IWuti'i1 ing the lost diamond, ami when I told Sir Edmund my reasons for despairing, he did not attempt to conceal his satisfaction with regard to mv determination. "A man should never be dependent on his wife. It must necessarily be a source of humiliation to liinij and no man suffers humiliation without in time losing his own self-respect. That will never, 1 hope, be your loss, Bernard. Poor girl, it will be a great grief to her; for though she has known you but a lfttle while, she has found in you a great deal to admire and love, and her affection is so tenacious that I doubt if she will ever cease to love." He sighed, and for some moments sat in thoughtful Silence; then he said. "We must not break her heart, my dear fallow—we must leave her some hope, as it is necessary that for some time you Bhould be separated, it is right that you both should be free to form other engagements, at the same time there may be a tacit understanding that, should you succeed in making a position for yourself in a reasonable space of time, and then are both still warmly disposed toward each other, the engagement shall be renewed. • "There is no necessity for your having a large fortune, but it is essential, as I think, and as vou happily think also, that you should be able to provide yourself with the necessities of life. I promise that Edith sliall bring with her the luxuries." CHAPTER XIV. sconomy. "Now iear," replied he, "there are two things I never economize on. One is health, the other is knowl*dg*~l most feetf body with good victual? and pleifTv of them, and most have books to read. When I was a young man I ran in debt for books, and ' while I do not generally recommend that ▼ay of getting them, I never regretted it. There are lots of preachers who lis Experience with Kanuck Hotels and Steam Radiators. "wild, aopiornrtio nnj.vr, and, innood, "pitiable, if one tnav doubt his complicity in the robbery. Once he was upon his hands and knees, groping among the ferns, as if he expected to find there the lost diamond; but ho chooses the night for these expeditions—probably because he is then less open to observation. The keepers tell me that he passes the whole night, and every night, in this hopeless search. Why on earth should he do this, if he and Brace got possession of the diamond, as we suppose?" In a postscript lie added—"Mr. Furni▼al, dating from Haxel's Hotel, London, wrote asking me for your address. I replied that you were at San Diego, California."Poet Riley'* Fire-Escape Drill — A Few Homely Hints to Tavern-Keepers — A Landlord Who Gently I'crsuades -Ills Guests to Eat Plain Steak—The Keir Brunswick Tarson's Strategy—Nye Meets -» Sorrow-Stricken Exile. Brindisi, Nov. 18.—I send you from this place -a further account of our experiences in Rome, first of all reminding you that 'tis from here we take ship on our way to Athens. The time is now about 2 in the morning. We ahull sail Eresently in the hope of reaching Patras y 4 a. m. to-morrow. feed exclusively on books published thirty and forty years ago, and when I ask them, 'Why don't you supply your library with current works?" they reply that they cannot afford it I believe them, and if they continue to feed on [Copyright, 1889, by Edgar W. Nye.] In the Dominion or Canada I WITHOUT A CHIME. D November &!, 18S9. ) THE GREAT HESPER. For a time we hare been doing Canida and a pretty good snug little Doninion Bhe is, far enough away from the nother country to feel almost independent, and if she bo really ground under ;he heel of a vemorseless monarchy she loesn't show it. where other guests had stabbed it and then gone away. It was the kind of steak used in polishing tombstones and granite monuments. He oomplained to the waiter and said he oould not eat it The waiter said he was there to wait on guests and fill their orders, he wasn't there to monkey with people who had no teeth. The traveling man said he would tell the proprietor. § numerous m alC choir and a smal had passed intc the cathedral anc taken their poei drew up on eithei side of the mail entrance along the entire lengtl of the chapel, af i , "T—fV A such material they never will be able to afford it. I think it wry poor economy , :l"w'BjhTC «««11One of the great points of interest in Rome was the Sacred Stairs, down which j|_gBt|ijjlP it is said Christ walked when leaving the niM.presence of Pilate. No one is permitted . . 40 w»lk np these stairs in the customary Wirt J&ffir, wayD although they are-completely covfv ered with a wooden frame, but he must r temporarily call the knees into requiaition to do the service of the feet. Hav- Tm rrtrrtesvi-rw ing once ascended them in that manner Pmt„ r- - o» and repeated on each of the twenty-eight Ex-Governor Porter, V States Btep noeter, the faithful is relieved of whatever sins he may have committed during a period of nine years, and as the potency of this charm is so great that it can cover the past as well as the future, a person has to make the trip tat eight times to get a complimentary pass for the entire season. Dr. Talmage stood by, and, with uncovered head, watched two men performing this penance. Then he turned away, saying: "Thank God for being born in a free xjuntry, with-an open Bible, liberty of tnseienee and with no one standing be- BT FRANK BABBCTT. The news with regard to Van Hoeck did not add greatly to the mystery in which this strange man was already involved; but the postscript was a new source of perplexity to me. I knew no one of the name of Furnival; I Could not recollect having spoken to anyone of Sir IMmiinrt while T was in London. How, then, gould this Mr. iurnival have known where to apply for my address? I expected a letter from him to clear up this matter, but no letter came. A few daw later I received a letter addressed to me at Monken Abbey, and readdressed in Sir Edmund's hand. Turning to the signature I found it was from Brace. It was dated October 15th, Petersville. Nevada county. The Judgethen was in California, within a day's journey of me. I was not surprised at this, knowing his partiality for the state: but it was irreconcilable with the supposition that he and Van Hoeck had the diamond. He wrote thus: "HI hare all the kens searched before the morning." "That is part of your business, of course. At the same time, I would suggest that it is of fur more importance to watch the men themselves. Van Hoeck would not trust the diamond to the keeping of ordinary thieves' receivers; it would he safer merelv laid under a plant in tne garaens aown oy tne aocs, xuu may be sure he has the ingenuity to suggest a safe place for Its keeping. "I'll have some plain-clothes men on the first tiling to-morrow morning, and I'd better go and telegraph to Scotland Yard at once." We are going away before tho winter •ports begin. I am very sorry for this »n some accounts and very glad on others. I would liko to see the gay tobogganer with his toboggan, tobogganing, also various other winter relaxations for which this region is noted, but we do notwish to wait for "the bounce." No one is too eminent to escape being bounced in Even tho "old man," as ho is affectionately referred to, »nd the Cabinet are liable to be hurled into tho air by a group of muscular Canadians at any time and caught as he somos down, not on a blanket but on tho hands of tho bouncors. "No need of that," the waiter said, "I will tell him myself." Business seems to be good in Canada for this season of the year. Most of those with whom I have talked speak very unfavorably of Annexation. The longer I stay here the more they seem to be opposed to it Can my visit have any thing to do with it, I wonder? So he did. . Tho landlord came In. He was a large man with a corrugated brow. He was not muoh of a talker and wore hid hat into the dining-room when he wanted to como in there at all. Ha wondered what the trouble was. The traveling man said he couldn't eat his steak. The landlord heard the case quietly, then he ate a magcnta-coated cookie from the table and said as he took a large, oldfashioned Colt's revolver from hi* panier: -__ _ _ _ a ffwbujK crowd was admitted at their right and left. Within a few moments the chapel was filled with a dense throng. People crowded each other to such an extent that many individuals were fairly wedged in and were utterly incapable of moving an inch in any direction. As we had ascertained that the pope would walk up the niiddle aisle between the two rows of Swiss guards, we endeavored to get as close to the soldiers as possible, and by persistent effort we succeeded in getting into the front row of the crushing crowd. The chapel, 1t appeared to me, was about throe hundred feet long, and the people were divided by intervening soldiers into two huge throngs, facing each other the entire length of the interior, each crowd fringed off in front by the brilliant uniforms of the soldiers. At 3, papal officers and chamberlains, archbishops, bishops and foreign representatives at the Vatican came straggling in. By this time, as you must sup. pose, the temperature of the air in the chapel had reached fever heat, and the vast concourse was literally a maun of perspirjng humanity. Inquiring of a bystander, the hour being now considerably past that announced, whether the pope was usually not punctual in filling his engagements, I was told that in earlier years, when his physical health was good, he was a model of punctuality, always promptly on time, but this had been less and less the case with increasing years and bodily infirmities. Of these the reoollection was a painful one, that on the public occasion preceding this in which he had participated, his weakness was so great that he had to be carried in to the services and fainted while assisting in them. There was no telling this time when he would arrive, but it would be probably not much before 4 o'clock. . At half-past 8, the perspiration was streaming down Dr. Talmage's face, in full view of a great many people, for he was one of the tallest persons in the crowd. The circumstanoes of delay became more and more distressing, and every now and then the guards permitted people who could not bear the suffocating pressure to pass out between their majestic ranks. The sturdy American preacher held his ground without flinching, and beguiled the time by getting up a.conversation with an officer of the Swiss troops, who could convene fluently in the English language. Immediately behind our party was a band of students preparing for the ministry. Hey recognized Dr. Talmage and were much pleased to see him. WJ , _nited ninister to Italy, and his daughter, n. is a delightful call at the Oriental hoU. where we staid while in Rome. EUtii i genial, pleasant gentleman, and ex pressed himself as greatly gratified with bis appointment. Of Rome and its wealth of antiquities, he spoke with much information and more enthusiasm than is* usually seen in diplomatic gentlemen. The Colosseum was a prominent subject of conversation. Speaking of It," Dr. Talmage said: "An idea has occurred to me with reference to this colossal work of antiquity. A great deal has been said about duplicating the Eiffel tower at the American exhibition of 1899, but it seems to me that it would be a far greater idea to duplicate the Colosseum at Rome. This would be a means of classical education for the whole nation. The presence of that structure would be a forcible and continual reminder to all nations of the blessings of Christian civilization as compared with the heartless cruelties of the most refined heathen civilization, now happily banished from the face of earth forever. Besides, it is the stupendous structure ever erected on oui planet Moreover, I have discovered something in regard to it which I hart never heard spoken of. I allude to its acoustic qualities. I tried them today Some of my family stood on tho — site side of the Colosseum, wh pable of holding one hundrea people, while I stood on the occupied by Nero, and word I uttered, thus . building of this kind could be heard by one sand people. 8nch a to arts, science, education would somewhat cruelties that were, ries, enacted in its Roman Dr. Farreiiy, to whom ' very kindly undertook 1 Talmage an audience w our arrangement would unless we were content Sunday to travel. Thii would not consent to do the exception of meeting. to preach, Puritanical rest . of the day with him on Sunday; no &»*. seeing then, however great the tempta tion. While at Naples we gave up ing Vesuvius, although we had paid 12B francs for tickets to take us there and back, and we all longed to visit it, but it was not possible without our traveling to Brindisi on Sunday, and we deferred ao- Came Near It, Anjrhow. "As soon as possible. But, not to alarm the men, you had better make a pretence of continuing your investigations, and avail yourself of some plausible pretext for returning to Southampton. Everything at this moment depends upon keeping Van Hoeck and Brace in ignorance or our suspicion. And with that view," he added, turning to me, "I counsel you, Mr. Thome, to conceal your own feelings. Not one of these three ought to see any change in your demeanor toward them." Mistress (to exile from Erin)—Ellen, go down to 's dry-goods store and ask one of the clerks to send me samples of satin de Lyon. He then offered to use his influence in procuring me a secretaryship; but as I had never been accustomed to sedentary occupation, and such an appointment could never satisfy my more ambitious hopes, he 'generously placed his purse at my disposal, to use as I might And occasion.(Maid returns from errand; seeks her lady, before whom she stands, a picture of Bilent tearfulness.) I would rather be excused. I would not look dignified. And I am nothing If not dignified. "I rite these linos fur to show where I am lokated, and likewise that I have not slinked off like a thief in the night to hide my lights under a bushel. If tilings ain't no forarder than they was in the direction of clearin up what's Income of the Great Hesper, they aint anyways no backarder. "Young man, listfn to me. Iam no talker. I can not tarry with you. You will eat that steak or by I'll wear it out on you." Here in my room I had tho stylo of steam radiator which does every thing but radiate. You will recall one or two af them in your experienco. Tho steam never got fairly into it while I was stopping there, but I know it had Deen once, for the carpet around it was wot and black and had a primary school flavor to it, which showed that at some time steam had been in it, but now it did nothing but go off occasionally liko an alarm clock when you were thinking of something else. Mistress—Did yon get them? What did he say? I have purposely abstained from dwelling UDon my love affairs, for if I entered into them at all, my feelings would lead me to dilate upon the delights of my brief wooing, to the exclusion of the graver matters which form the subject of this book. For the same reason I shall pass over the bitter grief of our parting. I will only say that Edith's last words awakened courage in my sinking heart. I could form no satisfactory theory with recard to the Great Heeoer robbery, but I was disposeu to regard van nuecs as the least culpable agent concerned in it. It was impossible to tell how the rob? bery affected this mysterious man. As I have said, during the investigation he sat perfectly motionlesl and perfectly silent. His race wore the inscrutable expression of a death-mask. Sir Edmund had no sympathy with him after learning from me the particulars relating to the adventures of the morning. When we entered the library from the dining-room, where our interview had taken place, we found Van Hoeck sitting where we had left him. Ellen (mournfully)—Sure, ma'am, he did nothing but lafT. Firmness is aot confined to landlords ayether-. They had a clergyman at St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, years ago who was supposed to get a good salary, but ho didn't get it He got kind words and a swarm' of bees, gentle ecomiums and a prime supper, but he got very little money. The church was pretty well fixed, for the building was given by a wealthy man and the pulpit was brought from England at a cost of 92,500. Mistress (much surprised) — Why, what did you tell him? ween my Saviour and myself. Louis Klopscb »» This was sound advice, and I recognized the importance of conforming with it: but I am the worst actor in the world where my feelings are concerned, and my very soul revolted against the men who had plotted together to take my life from the mete inynsate greed of gain. I felt more .bitterly toward Brace than toward his accomplice, not because I thought Van Hoeck less guilty, but because I had felt more kindly toward the Judge, to whom I seemed linked by the brotherhood of labor, I kept out of his way when we returned to the library, and avoided looking at him, lest he should perceive that I was no longer his friend. But I knew he had his keen eyes upon me, and was reading the aigns of my newly born aversion, ana this made my acting worse. When the officer had completed his in? vestimation, he said sagaciously, as he closed his note-book: "It aint no use promisin without you are got it right inter yer to perforin, "but I will allow that I aint goin to chuck up the cards before Ive made you shake my hand and acknowledge Ive played square. The Kid iB fret tin and things in genal is not lively with j our partner, Ellen (thoughtfully)—Well, ma'am, says Oi, my lad} says would you be so kolnd as to plaze send her some samples o' satin t' sit on? The Heaaeoger The diminutive professional messenger boy, with his bright face and tasty uniform, is to my mind apenonage who deserves some little consideration. As a public institution he comes in for a good deal of abuse. He never goes on a message and returns with an answer without being "cussed" by the recipient of that answer for not moving faster; the jokes made at his expense by the newspaper n wits and comedians of the stage would is one not exactly to be envied. And think ot the hows he has; it is never less than twelve hours' service a day that he 1b called on to perform, and the most arduous sort of service at that He is was ca- constantly on the move, never at rest; cnousand mugt gQ into all sorts of places—often . . . P je once into places where is is not good for a boy, ey eard every Qf jean to enter—and he must always/ proving that in a appear neat, brisk and cheerful, or he the human voice 8tand in danger of being bounoed. j Something that never fails to excite my structure devoted sympathy is the sight, late at night, of a ana Wpm 0ut district messenger boy fast ttone for the horrid asleep (as I have often seen them) in the during five centu- Gf a street car, with his message gripped faithfully in his chubby hand above, and an expression of premature old age o arrange for Dr. on tired features. I never see this li the pope But Iast 8ightl without resolving never to bei° a mi o this one of the youngsters for tardiness ° in «oin8 on The boys de t t work well, and deserve a good word act, with occasionally.—Chicago Journal his engagements ' i8the0^" known m Mistress swoons. Society Slant la St. Paul, "Jos. Brace." Apropos of the increase in the use of tlang by the girl of the period the following brief conversation, carried on in audible tones in a theater a few evenings since by two well-known young ladies, is a little of the slangiest yet. The curtain having descended on the second aot Stephanie and Clarissa converse In audible tones as follows: I did not replv to this letter. I heard again from Sir Edmund at the end of November. His letter was dated the 20th. He felicitated me heartily upon the purchase I had made, and added the warmtest wishes for my success. He continued. Early in the morning, say at two or three a. m., this radiator begancommuning with itself like p blacksmith-shop having a reverie, or liko a boiler-works dictating to its typo-writer. Then take a nervous American in Canada—and most of our Americans in Canada aro a little nervous—and put him in a room with one of those radiators for a few weeks and it will not bo very long before you will have a man who' will go crazy and gnaw holes in people. Tho pastor stood up in this 92,500 pulpit many a Sabbath and preached a good sermon when he was actually hungry. Members of the congregation said they would give so much if Mr. so-and-so would give so much. They carried their subscriptions over with so many conditions that it was like a World's Fair subscription list. The result was that he and his wife ate fried mush three tines a day and tried to be reconcile i. "Thank you for Brace's letter. The tone of it would lead one to imagine not only tliat he knows where the diamond is, but has a strong belief in his power to recover it! One cannot possibly believe that it was he who robbed and attempted to murder you. But whom are we to suspect, if not him? If he were not guilty, why should he try to conceal tho leather case which might lead to its recovery? There is a fascination in this subject which overcomes my wish to drop it. It is like the fifteen puzzle that drove half the world mad some years ago. '•Van Hoeck still wanders about tho woods through the night. More than once be has been seen standing outside the room in which Edith and I pass the evening, listening. "His suspicions have perhaps fallen upon us. The poor wretch may have lost his reason. His appearance, when I caught sight of him the other day, justifies the suspicion. "I have to confess to an indiscretion which may have no serious result, but which I regret all the same. Yesterday I received a telegram from Furnival, dated Haxel's Hotel. Clarissa—How does the play hit you, Steph? Stephanie—Very bum—quite the bunt" meat thing I've seen in months. "I have sufficient information for my present purpose. J may not be able to discover the perpetrators of this outrage and robbery immediately, but I think { shall be in a position to tell you something about the lost diamond within twenty-four hours." Sir Edmund accompanied him to the door. When he returned and took the seat be had occupied at tne neaa 01 tne long table, Brace rose, and placing himpelf at the opposite end, inclined his head first to the baronet, then to the right and to the left, "Squire and genleman of this committee," be said, "1 don't want to speak dis. respectful of the polioe, but the intelligent officer who has jast left as, as if he'd got hold of the tail end of a rocket, and meant follerin' it right up, and holdin' tight on till it bust, ain't goin' to do any good for hisself or anyone else in this business. The big diamond's lost, end he ain't going to flndit in twenty-four hours, nor in twenty-four years. Ef it was a haystack, I don't say but what, with the help of Providence—and a good lot of it —he might be up to the job he's onder« took. But it ain't a haystack. End ef he was to grind up the whole of this country, end every blessed thing upon it small, puddled it in a clean flume, and sifted the tailins careful, he wouldn't find it. End theee bein'mv views, it stands to reason that I ain't going to hang about here lookin' at the place where I've come to grief, like an old female what's slipped off the sidewalk on a bit of orange-peel. With your permission, Squire, I'm goin' away right off." "I cannot stop yon, Brace, even if X wished to," replied Sir Edmund, who, be it observed, knew nothing of the suspicion againat the Judge. "I am inclined to think that you will be happier in seeking a new fortune than in lingering about with the faint hope of recovering the old. If the diamond is found yew will hear of it wherever you may be. Are you going to look for another diamond?" "No, squire; I'm going to find that, please God," Brace replied, then, after a moment's pause, he said, "There's a matter of business to finish up before I go, sir; all the money I have in my pocket belongs to you." "It is a loan; keep it. Brace—keep it until you are in a position to pay me; and I hope, for your sake, that time may not be far hence." There is one kind of hotel which -has a steam heater that the guest can not operate. It has to be opened by an expert who comes from New York. If tho guest could work it ho might get too warm and injure himself. So it is wisely delegated to the Now York man in whose bosom alone rests the right to open this machino. Even then ho ia liable to be imposed upon. I think that this right should only be in the hands Claris**—That's whftt.—St Paul Globe. One day, however, I presume the mush ha4 gone to his head or something like that, for "in lieu of a sermon," the historian says, "he took » brace of pistols from the pulpit and saluted the wealthy but ti oughtless congregation with a double /olley which cleared the ohurch. He locked the door end went home, haying tnnounoed that When the subscription was paid up he would resume work a.id not before. "I have ordered the carriage to be at the door in half an hour, Mr. Van Hoeck," said the barpnet. "Be good enough to make your arrangements for departure by that time." Van Hoeck inclined his head. Fagin—Hello, Slickboy, where've ye been for the last few months? Slickboy—I've bin doin' the Expo, at Paris. On the Bowery, "I took a gold medal at the Expo." "Any suocess?" "I shall be glad if you will redeem your I O U at an early date," the baronet fidded, sternly. Van Hoeck put his band in his pocket, drew out a purse, and extended it. I took it, seeing the baronet's repugnance, and placed it on the table. I accompanied Van Hoeck to Southampton. Neither of us spoke on the way—indeed, I had not heard a word pass his lips since we parted in the early morning. ) I took a room for him at an hotel, and when the servant who led us to it - was gone, I said; : "I am going to leave you, Van Hoeck." A gesture of indifference was his only reply. "You have nothing to say—no explanation to offer?" I asked. "Oh, come oft; did ye, though7" "Yes; but don't congratulate me, for the police made me give it baok, and put me in the cooler."—Time. A carved dove and an olive branch over tfce pulpit convey the impression that he was successful. The bullet holoc ?n the pows were puttied up anc all w* at well thereafter, although fo ,yaars whenever a deacon fell asleep do] Not Maoh of • Low. Dudely—I lost my heart, Miss Fanny, last night when I was talking to you. You have it in your possession. Miss Fanny (frigidly)^—You are mistaken, Mr. Dudely, but I will ask the servant girl. Perhaps she picked it up when she swept out the other trash this morning.—Texas Sittings. "I ran thus: It 14 a fact, weL - by dealers in jutlery, that not one man in fifty knows bow to Sharpen a pocket knife. A razor must be laid flat on the hone, being hoi-1 low ground and requiring a fine edge.' The pocket knife, however, requires a stiff edge, and the moment it is laid fiat on a stone, so as to touch the polished side, its edge is ruined. The blade must be held'at an angle of 20 or 25 degs.. and hare an edge similar to a chisel. This is called the "camel," and is marked on all new knives by a fine white line which does not remove or touch the polished surface.—New York Commercial Advertiser.Knives. '"We have important clew. Send address of Joseph Brace at once, or place where he is likely to be found.' "The 'we' led me to suppose that he was an agent of the detectives employed in this case, and without further reflection I sent Brace's address, having your letter under my hand. I became uneasy as soon as the messenger was out of sight and sent Wilson over to Southampton with two telegrams, one for Furnival and the other for the head of the detective department, asking for further particulars. I have received no reply whatever from Furnival, and the detectives replied by letter that they employed no one named Furnival, and that all inquiries were made through the head office. Inveterate Enemies. Slmeral—Are Jones and Brlggs Mends? "What do you mean?—speak plainly," he said. Grimsby—Friends I No, indeed I They oouldn't hate each other more if they sang in the same church choir.—Time. "I saw you discussing with Brace what should be done with the case that held the diamond before he secreted it." ITEMS OF INFORMATION. A movement throughout the chapel, which everybody who has stood on Broadway waiting for a procession to pass can realize, meant that the pope was coming. About twenty-five cardinals preceded him in the procession, of which he was the central figure, as many following him as he walked between the raqks of the soldiery. Every head bared as the kindly, sweet-faced old man, smiling pleasantly all tfee way, passed along, pronouncing benedictions as he went, bestowed impartially oo the multitudes standing in compact masses to his right and left, and on the favored nuns and secular magnates—of whom I believe I have nqt spoken before— who occupied seats in what a profane pen might call the boxes. He raised his bands, wafting paternal blessings in svery direction, excepting when one rod another of the faithful, in an eo(tacy of devotion, fell kneeling before lim and fervently kissed his hands or ihe robe he wore. The pope seemed xDth pleased and touched at these expressions of devout veneration. His face beamed :*h ' heavenly smile, cordingly until a future occasion. This, however, probably will never cone, certainly not to Dr. Talmage, who says the world is so large and there is so much to be seen in it that no one can afford to visit a place twice for sight see* ing. The doctor, however, lias found it within the possibilities of our itinerary and due Sabbath observance to visit the Mamertine prison three times. He has made accurate measurements and draughted a careful diagram of this place. Before leaving Rome he also managed to break away a piece of the ancient, time-honored mortar of the historic ruin, which he has labeled and dated in museum style. The Mamertine prison greatly impressed him. "Oh," he said, "that our church members could come here and see with their own eyes what Paul must have suffered, and then go home and in a measure relive his life. The trouble is, we get our religion toe cheap, and too often value it at the prict we pay for it." From the Mamertine prison we startec for the road to Ostia, the same which St Paul had to take 'his to "If you know that we were discussing that, you know all. It is useless to make an explanation that you would not believe. I have nothing to say." He groped his way to a chair and threw himself into it. "Brigade" meant originally a noisy crew or company, from Italian brigare, •to brawl. It is of course a near relative jof "brigand." . The city of Washington is said to have ibeen first called "The City of Magnifi- Jcent Distances" by President Madison, jit is so called on account of the wide, open spaces caused by the peculiar plans of its streets, and being originally laid out on a large scale. I put a packet of notes on the table, a0d told him that if he had need of further help he might write to me, addressing his fetter to the care of Sir Edmund, Then I left him, MAKIXa RILEY HAPPY. of the President. Let it be arranged so that hotel radiators and gas jets could only be opened by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate and House of Representatives, and this oountry would be safe for the traveling public. As it is now, there is littlo protection for oyether the hotel or tho publio. "Who on earth can this Furnival be, and what can be the object of his inquiries? The mystery was sufficiently incomprehensible without this addition." His Tom on « Ch»ti. An Indianapolis man has an odd watch charm, according to this dispatch in The I had a vague idea of purchasing A partnership in some business where I could And activc employment, and witlj this view I took lodgings in London, and began to look about me. I had been engaged in this pursuit about a week when I received a letter from Sir Edmund."Incomprehensible indeed, and the more closely one examined the mystery, the more inscrutable it apjieared." Enquirer, of Cincinnati: Several years ago two of bis toes were amputated, and he preserved them in alcohoL Afterward the bottle was broken, and he threw the toes in a box in the garret, where they remained until recently Meanwhile they had petrified and turned black as ooal. Though shrunken in size, they continued perfect in form, and so he had them gold mounted, and now wean them pendant from his watch Spibes are erected on churches for ornamental purposes, and also to serve as hanging-places for single bells or a chime of bells, as the case may be. They have been in use, in various shapes, for ages. The earliest examples are the pyramidal roofs of the turrets of Norman date. "I enclose,'" he wrote, in conclusion, "a letter which came to hand this morning."I heard some ono moving about in Mr. Riley's room tho other evening and fearing that he might need help on a sonnet I went in there. It was all dark in his room, for the gas burners had been pinched together by the landlord so that people could not get asphyxiated without his consent. So Mr. Riley, who is a great reader and oan not go to sleep without a book In his hand, had tried vainly to light tho gas, then ho had tried to go to sleep without reading. Afterward ho had given it up and was, as I came in, practicing with tho flre-escapo. THE CTSTOKABY CAIfADIAW BOUNCE. ing tho sermon and a hymn-book slid off the seat with a loud report, he would jump up and offer to settle at any price, or slip down quietly under the pew till he was reassured. "I enclose," he wrote, "a outting from one of the weekly papers. Vine-growing u it is here described, seems to be the very thing that should suit a man of your disposition and taste; it would suit me, if I were thirty years younger than lam. As it is, nothing would better please jxxe than to see you a prosperous fruit farmer. "That Edith might have something to look forward to, I have proposed that our next summer hobday trip should be to San Diego. She thinks we should find Californian hotels insupportable. Perhaps you will be able to offer something more acceptable than hotel accommodation. In any case, my dear fellow, you can give me no more acceptable testimony of your affection than ill availing yourself freely and fully of my pecuniary assistance." It was a second letter from Brace. This is the copy; "Tibbal's Golden State Hotel, t "SaC;hamento City, Nov. 8. | "Gentleman Tiioi:xk, Siu: I dint expec you to answer iny letter, but the Kid have took it to heart moren natral. I told you she was kinder frettlh, and to plciuto her I made believe I had sent the message she est me to rite. Which Rettin no anser to said messaze she sorter felt youtl turned your back on her for ever. I don't think slies goin to make old bones. Seems to me like as if she meant knocking off early. Ses she don't feel like gatherin any more wild flowers. Titers: is a common expression, "it suits to a T," that is a very old one. The T square or rule is an instrument used hj mechanics when great exactness is required. When any thing is exactly right ''it suits to-aT." That is, it is correct in every way, as a piece of work would be if measured by the T rule. I met a man on this side last week who did not seem to be enjoying himself. If I gave his name you would remember him. He came around very quietly and said he did not want to take up my time but possibly X might liko to hear somo of his story. chain. BcrMch Owl mt m Segro Harry Making. Though thin faces and fantastic costumes were strikingly real in the bright light that would flash up as a faggot crumbled, when this flickered down to a soft glow the gathering and scene was ghastly in the extreme. Off to the rear of the hut, which afforded an animated foreground, tall gums,cypress and water *■ oaks reared their heights. In one of these a screech owl had tnlfon up his post and sent shivers down the spinal columns of his listeners with his dis- "You're grit, squire—real grit! I won't refuse your kindness. I shall need a bit to start with. But IH ask you, sir, to bold this till I claim it." - as w,„ a hea... _ ind he appeared in his fragility as onC only waiting for the summons from or high. Having reached the altar he knelt and offered an inaudible prayer,which seemed to last a very long time. Indeed, I noticed that one of the cardinals, who was evidently under the impression that his holi- - on . way Cjxeci iom "Doctor," said I, "are you no: (pending too muck time on St. Paul? It bis history any way connected witl your life of Christ?'' "Indeed it is," he answered; "the more I study Paul's lift the grander Jesus appears to me, for hC alone could be the inspiration of such i life." "What is it, Brace?"asked the baronet, taking the paper Brace drew from his pocket. He found it was the Judge's copy of agreement. "Oh, I do not need this, my good fellow," he protested; "I have your IO U, and that is as good now as ever it was." He went round to Sir Edmund. "I am an exilo," he said. "I am the man without a country. People think-1 am over here having a good time with the large sum of money 1 am supposed to have. According to tradition Christ was crucified on Friday, on which account it has been customary for hundreds of years for hangings to take place on that day. Of late a sentiment against this atrange notion has been developed, and the day is not selected as often as before, more particularly in the State of Pennsylvania. '•'The doctor considers that sickness she got out Africa has settled into her; and she cant corff it off. "Everywhere I go," ho said, "I find a now kind of fire-escape and I have tCS add to very regular duties the job of going through a lire-escapo drill at Ojich hotel where I go. This ono is too large. It was made for rescuing "a middling hoavy-set man" weighing about three hundred pounds and I'm afraid that I would slump through it. I am testing it while all the house is wrapt in slum'ber. The gas burners are so pinched by want and the landlord that I can not read, and as I am always afraid of flro I will now tost this escape." "The rains hes set in early np Peters▼ille,nnd thev aint no i?ood for a poor little sick Kid. We come down here day fore yesterday. "Shes pinin. part!nor, thats whata the matter with her, witch is why I rite her message. "I am not having a good time. "For years I was a busy man. You don't know what a comfort it is to be busy until you get out of a job. Did you ever put in two or three rainy days at a strange hotel, waiting for a draft or delayed in somo other way? Did you enjoy it? "If yon won't keep it for your own security, squire, I'll ask you to keep it for my own. it's a kinder ce'tificate, and if anyone hee got aoythin' to say agen me when I'm not here to defend myself, IH ask you to let that up. Good-by, squire." He held out his hand, and said, as Sir Edmund shook it cordially—"Thank you, Bir, thank vou! You are grit!" He strode down the room, brushing past Van Hoeck. who sat immovable and rilent as though he were carved in stone md came to where I was standing. M.i face must have told him that my hear ivas hardened. But he stretched out hii land and said hoarsely: "Say good-by to ub, nardner." I folded my arms ana shook my head The cutting referred to vino-growing and fruit-culture in Southern California; but before I read a single line in it I had made up my mind to be at San Diego to receive Edith and her father in the summer.□ess had become absorbed in hi* dew You would be surprised to see Dr. Taltions, went over and whispered to mage's collection of the pieces of stone The pope then arose, about fifteen mil*. which he has gathered already on this utes after he had reached the altar, and trip. One is a piece of marble, carrying retraced his steps by the way that ha distinct traces of the sculptor's art, and ha/! gone. His return was accompanied "bich once adorned a pillar in Nero's with the same manifestations of popular palace. Another piece was taken from ▼eneranon as naa appeared on ma wmy the mosaic pavement of the Vomitory, to the altar. One of these was so im- an apartment f£und in thf gorgeous pressively touching and beautiful that it baths of that inhuman monster, and is stamped on my memory, never to be where he and his guests retired, after eatforgotten. A little girl dressed in white ing a hearty meal, to tickle their throats advanced and kissed the hand of the holy and induce a complete disgorgement, father, who rewarded her with the sweet- thus m.Ving room for another meal, est of smiles, and when she arose from My readers will remember that six hours her knees be took her hand and gently daily were consumed by Nero and his pressed it in his. Then he passed gra- friends at dinner, or rather dinners, for ciously on. At the pope's departure the during this time three meals, of two people gradually filed out hours' duration each, * were eaten. It is to be noted that on the 14th of April, the day after Easter in 1380, King Edward III. lay w}th his army before the city of Paris, which day was full dark of mist and hail, and so bitter oold that many men died on their horse's backs with the oold. wherefore unto this day it has been oalled the "Black Monday."cordant and gruesome cries. When this ill omened bird alights near a negro's cabin and begins his clamor, the husband sticks the tongs in the fire to avert the death which the birdY presence is believed to foretell, and casts a handful of salt in the firs to rid the vicinity of "She says she wants to be good; thems her words. I never knew her say such a thin?, and I cant hardly expec you to believe it, knowln what she was, but if yon could only see her as she is yond believe it. S ies that altered; no tantrums, no opposishuu, no obstinacy—no nothin. "Seein this, vou may be moved, sir, beta kinder pitiful by natar, to rite her a few words, J '»t to say youve c?ot her message, and ho|De shell stick to ber promise. With a little bit of encouragement like that, I dont think shed no away without telling us wtiat shes done with the Groat Hesper. "Yours Respectfully, "Jos. Brace." I starteil for Sacramento without a moment's delav. Fortune favored me; before I had been twenty-four hours in San Diego, I learned that one of the best fruit farms in the state was to be sold. It lay in Elysium Valley, about twelve miles back of San Diego City, and was the property of Colonel Hinks. On hearing this, I hired a horse at once, and rode to the estate. The road ran between irrigated plantations of lemons, citrons, oranges, and other fruits that perfumed the air; the higher slopes were covered with vines. In the distance before me were the snowcapped peaks of the Sierra Nevada, and turning in my saddle as I ascended the gentle rise on which the house stood, my eyes were dazzled with the beauty of San Diego Bay. house was large and well-built in the Italian style—a style not unsuited to that unclouded sky, and the surrounding scenery. The view from the belvedere was mdescnbablv beautiful, and indeed justified the high-sounding name riven to the valley it overlooked. There werei flowera everywhere about and around the house; they festooned the terrace fronting the facade; they hung I Sram tho windows; them edged the Dath? CHAPTER XV. "You could play billiards for an hour or so and then read the papers, but the days got mighty long, didn't they? "I am here because I speculated with other people's money. Other people did it and got out all right, but I didn't. Still, I deserve it. But don't think I am having fun. Ploase print it in the Darxr that I am not eniovinir mvself. ''Whenever I see two or three people talking together I have got so that I am sure they are talking about me. When people talk with me X- wonder if it is not through curiosity, and when they do not talk with mo I am sure it is because they despise me. I hate to look at my face in the glass now, because it looks go anxious even to me. I am miserable besides because I have nothing else to do. God help the man who is denied the genuine comfort of employment. Even in prison I oould dull my sorrow with industry. Here I am in a bigger cell, but it is all the loaesomer, that's all the difference. So I wish that you would just say in one of your letters that I am not uproariously happy. I called him back just as ho was about to leap forth into tho bosom of the night, and quickly taking from the pocket of my robe do nuit a small pair of pincers, I unscrewed the gas tip, and putting in a big fish-tail burner which gives a beautiful glare of light, at the same time consuming two thousand cubic feet of gas per night, I soon had him comfortably fixed for tho night with a copy of "Looking Backward," and also ono entitled "Light, More Light, or DangCT in the Dark." I lotfc him lying on his couch in the rich, warm light like a strangely-beautiful child. its obnoxious presence.—T. P. Henry. Chelny. In making sleighbells the ball is put Inside a sand "core," or internal mold, just the shape of the inside of the belL This sand core, with the jinglet inside, is placed in the mold of the outside, and when the melted metal is poured in it fills the space between the core and the mold. The hot metal burns the We so that it can all be shaken out, leaving the ball within the shell. A controversy arising from a request for instances of the use of this cant word before 1840 was left undecided owing- to s doubt as to whether a trace of its use oould be discovered in the sixteenth century. In the injunctions of King Edward VI to the capitular bodies of the cathedrals, fa 1547, they are forbiddea io "use any wanton, filthie, chekyng, vot«r He dropped _ - jM^Tty "Prehaps you're right," he said, re moraely, "prehaps you're right. Ttoi will show that I've got a clean conscience if-Heaven is just." He paused, then ii a still lower tone, and with an accent 01 reproach, he added, "Say yer hope so pardner, say yer heme so." '•I hope so, I saii He shook his head rnefolly. '"Tain't yer old voice, Gentleman Thorne—there's no heart in it. We've Roughed it together, and we've shared our bacca oat there, end"—his chin twitched convulsively, and turning away he takes all the pluck outer mLola was standing in a corner of the room br the door, with her - " (TO BE OOJTriHUED ) In these days of much travel and wide* Then he has a piece from the spread knowledge of pablio men, it is rostrunv on which Cicero and othe* not surprising that Dr. Talmage was rec- ( eloquent orators discussed the queeognized and cordially greeted by not a tions of the day in the great Roman few folks from different cities of the forum, and many other pieces, so that in United States. Brooklyn and Cincinnati; the coarse of a three days* tour of inhere most numerously represented on spection he has secured enough fraothis occasion. Among those who took tured masonry to tax a strong man's part in this informal reception was Dr.. carrying powers and to knock a hole the Family, acting rector of the American giae of a hilndred dollar bill in his pocket college in Boma. Dr. Talmage was1 book for freight, as he insists on canyasked how the pope impressed him. He fog his stony treasures around wUU Wm replied, perhaps and I alb sure I hope ] with a view to increasing the stock, and so—with, a more correct judgment of here in Italy every pound of freight is A Lesson In Grammar. •I cougL! He coughs! They comb!" Atd why rDp«*l they couah Dr. Pierce'* Gold-n Medical Discovery will curecougbs, colds. atid all lung d g sbpc. ' The two sides of the face are not alike. As a rule, says a German professor, the want of symmetry is con* .fined to the upper part of the face. The left half of the brain overweighs the right half; the nose leans a little to the 'right or to the left. The region of the right eye is usually slightly higher than that of the left eye; while the left dye lift nearer the middle line of the conn'tenance. The right ear is also higher, jnarule, than the left ear. i scornefull or taunting wordes."—f and Queries. Pat Up Tour Cash. A Michigan woman husked 321 bushels of con in six days, besides getting three meaia per day, whaling six young 'un* and attending to the regular Monday: wash. If you folks down in Ohio or Indiana have a champion haakar. jort trof her out and put up your dudads.—Detroit Free Pre*. i Please remember that in touching gently on the gas and radiator I am not alluding to the Canadlah hotel, for Canada has good hotels. I am just at this time reminded of a few which the traveling publio will easily call to mind. They aro found scattered over the continent, but growing losa and less froqaent, I believe. 1 am trying to help this infreaufcncv as much as I can. A small hotel Buv it aDd try it tberrs Yirtne and wonh In the boule whoa* contents ire pu'r; Twill eztinsuinb t'e germs of con&umption a Hrtii, Aod its more acute sytrp'om wi'l curr. eye# fixed PEERLESS DYES |
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