Pittston Gazette

              HTAIMJSIII&I IS SO. » OL. X 1JII. NO. 11. t Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., IDA., FRIDAY, JUNE 15, I8!»l. A Weekly local and Family Journal. t"A"XE?AS,M THE OLD MILL- MYSTERY. bit of a rough arul tumble scrimmage, aud turned over the chairs, strewed the papers all over the place, and was just going to turn the lamp out when a thought seemed to strike him. lie took the broken iron bar he'd l»e«jn using, and wrapped it up in some ot the papers which he had stuck in his pocket. Then he turned off the gas and pitched the lamp, shade and all. into the. general wreck of things that lay strewn all about. After that, he went out and shut the door behind him, and I heard him go out of the mill." His eyes, looking? unnaturally  and deep sunken beneath their  blaek lirovvs, were fixed on the door, nini seemed to brighten a little very little—when the yirl entered. His hand, whieh lay CDn tie- coverlet, matin a faint motion, as lie attempted to ruit-i' it; Imt lie was too weak t ODDS AND ENDS replied tho ojiorator a* ho handed her thn pad of yellow blanks and pen and ink. MISS WILLARD AS A PATIENT Stil ly yourvoico tCD ,r, t ,,|i ,i10 KC.0]rt ont of it, and your fine to iret, nil tin- frvt out of it. "Juct liko initio," said tho woman, comparing tho blanks with crnniplod 0110 she had in hor hand. FOR A WEEK'S BOARD Delleveth other than dirt they that had the odor of the bilge water of the Mayflower npon their garments shall be cast oat into the uttermost plumb darkness, and him what take and tnrn in and paint' every house of his'n every other color nor with green blinds upon the same, behold of such a man, look well upon him, for verily he shall of a very surety be-plumb damned and that without recompense." Now, these be the words of the historian in the language of King James, who also translated the Bible unto himself so that he could understand it with less effort.And the I.ate Sir Andrew Clark'* Profr*- The giving away of Miss Frances WH- Iard's health lust year in England brought her. In the relation of patient, into an acquaintance with the lately deceased physician, Sir Andrew ("lurk. She has recorded in an print some of her impressions received of this distinguished practitioner and big hearted man, whose death has deeply moved a wide circle of friends, eminent and lowly. ftimml Advice t«» lfer. BILL NYE FURNISHES A STIRRING PIECE OF OBITUARY POETRY. Sam Join s defines a nepro as a colored mail and a nigger as "a black rascal t hat steals chickens." "Now let IIIO fio( What day in tho By Arthur W. Marchmont, B. A. tir it month is it "Twelfth. iiinY.it),* "All ri^'l She wont to him and. ariMveriiif* t!m appealing? look she thought she n ad in his oycsi lient over hini to catch any fow faint, feeble words he might wish to In* able to say. ThCD iiioiil.li is tho part of the human lwxly that, has thn greatest natural tendency to heal in case of injury. Now, lot nu You ni» Miml Then Wandrra Bark to Four mav Dmo tomorrow if it is jnst exactly C1*—why, there are 10 words already, and John told me I ought always to got a message into 10 words." Hundred Tears Ago, and Ho Contrasts A very eulogistic obituary of a lady says, "She was married 24 years, and in all that time never onc-3 hanged the door." That Period With Today—How He Col«- Author of "Mibbr Hoaducv's S*cr«t," "Madalinb Power," "I'.t Whosb bratecl Last Fourth. Haitd." "Isa," &c., &c, "Torsive inc." The words came very slowly in n voice so low and husky that she could barely hear thorn. "I forgive you," she said, taking his. "\ou might leave out the unimpor taut words,'' suggested the operator. [Copyright, 1804, by Edgar W. Nyc.] Below I give a death notice appearing in a Denver paper. The party referred to leaves quite a squad of children, and besides being a well known and beloved member of a secret organization had killed two men in an unguarded moment during the early days: [Copyright, 183J, by the Author.] | Ink and rust- stains tiro removed easily j by a solution containing 10 parts each of Uartaric acid, alum and distilled water. " When I went to see him," writes Miss Willard, "he extended a hand white as a lady's and «■ ft as velvet, and in a voice that matched the hand went into a most careful diagnosis of my case. Beginning tvith heredity and ending with the lasi morsel I had tasted that morning, he followed me through every lane of life, ances tral and individual; carefully examined my lnugs and heart, saying (I think this was part of his mind cure process): 'Beautiful lungs, beautiful heart., 110 organic difficulty, overwork, nervous exhaustion. What you need is rest,, pure air, cheerful companions, simple diet aud no end of outdoors.' "The villain!" exclaimed Mary '"Why, it seems as if they were all just as necessary as they could be, " said tin' woman in an aggrieved tone. But after repeated countings on her lingers and several seasons of meditation she at last reduced the message to exactly 10 words, although, as she said, it sounded real harsh and unfriendly to her. "Ah, you'd have said that right enough if you'd been in the fix in which lie left me in that night. Not only ivas I alone with a dead man in the place, but with a man that not one in ten thousand could help thinking had been murdered. I nearly died of fright when I thought what would happen to me if 1 were caught either iu the place or getting out of it. 1 was never so skeered in my life. I crept out of the room, thinking no more alwut the money, I can tell you. I just struck a match and had a look ut the ghastly work which (lorringe had done; and a beastly sight it wa*. lie had just iK'aten the face and head out of all recognition and J. fled away horrified. J got yi»t of the mill somehow, after starting a dogfw Mixes and then rushing back in fear. H«»t nobody saw me, and 1 crept into my lodging imC| into bed. That's what happened that Friday night in the mill." hands. The marriage rate in England and Wales during the last quarter of lsCt:t is reported to have been lower than in any previous like period. And what more right hath King James to translate the Bible into the King James times than Grover Cleveland hath to translate the good book into the lan. CHAPTER XXVIII. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT W THE "What was it?" asked Mary, breath lessly, as the other paused a moment. His eyes fixed upon her face and his lips moved as if he would have smiled the thanks he could not utter. ' "Old Coode was at the table sitting in his armchair, with his body doubled forward, and his head resting face downwards on his left arm, which lay on the table. The table itself was littered with papers and book6, except in one space near him, there was any amount of money in gold and silver and notes, which he seemed to have been counting when he had dropped asleep. The sight of that money just woke up the devil in me, and 1 gazed and glared at it and at the man, till I •wore I would have some of it, no ma* ter what the consequence might be." MILL. Three widowers at Marvcll, Ark., have married again. They hnvo made love to and lieen accepted by three, sisters. Their flrDt wives were also sisters. Cronin—This morn inc. at 8:15, R. C. Cronln at i-'15 C'urtis street, aged 38 yearn. Funeral at residence, to lie announced later, under auspices of Lodge 59, H. of Q. Faint and trembling with fright, Mary hesitated in doubt for a moment how to get out of the mill. Knowing that both the doors and gates were locked, she thought of the small windows through one of which she 'had before intended to try and escape.Then, after a long pause, he seemed to gather himself for another effort, and the girl felt his hand move slightlj in hers. A number of shopkeepers in various parts of England have lately been heavily lined for marketing and wiling American beef and bat on u» English products 8ho destroyed a considerable number of blanks during this process, but eyed the last one with evident satisfaction and approval. There is ono more that is missing. There is one more that is gone. And from the earth was taken Thursday Just at dawn. There is n vacant chair at the table Alongside his own sweet wife. Though eono, he's not forgotten By the friends that knew him through life, And yet he leaves behind him Two girls and a baby boy. IIow the v.ifc and husband worshiped them. For they were their pride and J0.5I But now he's gone. God bless hli^l Fray his soul rest overhead. Though mourners he leaves behind him. Dinky Cronin now is dead. —By a Brother H. of Q. Obituary poetry certainly offers a wide field for the amateur poet. While we are on this subject I would like very much, if there be no objection, to insert a verso which I recently furnished in return for a week's board where I was trout fishing at the time and sorely in need of means: 'Glad to die now," came in a broken wliispt r 1 love That was nil slio could hoar, but th" eyes rested on hers with a more restful and contented look than she had yet seen; and they f;raduullyclosed, lie had fainted fro-n th'' oifort of "And now I'd liko an envelope, if yon please,1' she said pleasantly to the operator as she began to folCl np the blank. "His manner whs most reassuring and had in it a teuder considerateness hardly to De expressed. When he asked to take the pulse or see the tongue, h-: prefaced the request with the words, 'My dear patient.' It was upparent that not only grC;at skiil and high character but a most fortunat; manner were the essentials of his success. He prescribed no medicine whatever, saying that he thought very little of it, and that old Mother Nature was the only true physician, and gave me some simple rules which seem to me so good that I have had them copied for the benefit of any who may care to profit by the wisdom of a man both great and good and a physician of unrivaled fame. Iler limbs were shaking so violently that she scarce keep her feet, but she made a great effort to regain self-command, and reflecting that perhaps the issue of life and death de).*Dmiad her speed, she ran through the long work-rooms and down the narrow staircase to the corner, where the two or three windows were which overlooked Watercourse lane. Wheeled vehicles are unknmn In Tanpier, Morocco. Donkeys, horses and camels we the only means of traus]iortation because of the luirrowness of the streets. Raying so little and doctor came left. vC u "What for?" inquired that long snf- and whilo the uur«. to restore him Mary A lDe;ir weighing .'JOO pounds was lately captured near Mount Pleasant, Mich. It had a trap weighing 25 potiuds attached to one foot. The trap was very old and rusty. fering person, "What for!" echoed tho woman. "Why, mine came in an envelop. I'll pay a cent extra if you're not willing to throw it in for the quarter."— Ynnfli'n Onmnnninn Mary shot a swift and questioning look at him at this. It was better lie should die. if only he could Ims brought to repent; and she was (flad she had been able tC comfort ) 1 i111 at the last. She was very thoughtful as Mlie tvalked home to liei cottage to get ready fp go tCD the |x» lieiC court tip hear her lover released. "Wait," ho Raid, noticing it. "Don't bo in a hurry to suspect. I told you this was uo murder. I waited a lonf» time; don't know how long. He never moved so much as a finger-nail, and this gave me an idea. I was desperate, ami ready to risk his waking. But first I bit on a plan to make sure lie was asleep. ( scraped ray foot and made enough nolso to tDave attracted his attention if he had beep only thinking; but not enough to tvake hiin from sleep, fie never moved, hik) I was glad. I didn't want to hurt him; but I meant having the money. Seven memlters of the family of llenry Wanker of Kiehnmnd, Iiul., have died of consumption withiu the past seven years, the father, live daughters and ouo soil Only the widow survives. They were closed and fastened, but after a little delay she succeeded in opening one, through which she was able to escape. The rush of the cold night air restored her somewhat. lliri Kxpliiiiutloii, "What a villainous traitor!" cried Mary, when the other had finished, "And there he was coming to me all the time, pretending to be full of desire to help roe in getting Tom acquitted, although unable to see how he could possibly be innocpnt. That iron bar lie hid in Tom's cottage, wrapped up in the paper* whifh were taken from the mill. What foul .treachery!" In a certain town in Nevada there was at one time a justice of the peace who had been !Dorn in the Emerald Isle, and whose blunders occasioned many a smile to the lic(ter educated members of the community. A fyivnt strike pf the Prague orchestra —one of the liest. in Kuroite-—for an in crease in salary of from f'J to $5 a month has revealed the fact that t hese musicians receive less than a month. JSilt lieu ( lift loitered the cottage she cried out with delight and surprise, for Tom caught licr in his arms aiu| strained her to his brea-t "At my request he wrote down thre« aphorisms that he had ustd during our interview, 'Lalior is the life of li e,' 'Rase is the way to disease,' 'The highest life of an organ lies in the fullest discharge of its functions.' Then followed what he called his 'temporary general instructions,' whioh concluded as follows: Without thinking to whom she fihoiiId go—for she was still too dazed and frightened to think correctly—she ran instinctively in the direction of her own cottage. When she reached it there was a surprise in store for her. (libeon I'rawle stood by the door. I low is I his. Ton)? I low arc yon (ieneral I iHilton of Baltimore hassecunxl a curious Hag of truce which was used by the Florida Indians In 18411. It consists of a hunch of white feathers, a string of white heads and a piece of tobacco. At one time a snbptrna had I teen issued from his court to another Irishman to attend as witness in a case where James Smith was the plaintiff and Isaac Williams et al. were the defendants.Babeook-At 2:30 a. m. of the 23d Inst.. Vinegar Bitters, eldest son of Hiram and Pearline Babcoek of Buck Forest, near C'rosar's Head, iuneral tomorrow at tho picnic grove at the Falta All are cordially invited. Vinney, you havo went away. For malignant typhoid fever had came to stay. And our sad souls has tho Impression That your family will mako a procession Reaching over of a mile. FIREWORKS IN BCNCOMBE COUNTY. - -3 tnage or our times* And so, loo, couSI t not be like the tariff translated in one way at the Padncah and in another dialect at Skowhegan? Some day I will " s'poein" how the Prodigal should be translated, say, in Bangor, Minneapolis and Texas. We will suppose that the president desires to know the wishes of those three sections regarding the straight 1900 A. D. edition of the Bible throughout the republic of the United States. here so s»n inV "The magistrates met earlier than they had arranged; assoon as the newD was known. They thought I had been punished long enough fordoing nothing; so they set me free as soon as possible, and 1 came here straight to you." Alt that moment there was a knock at the door of the cottage, ami the ser geant of police, who hail more than once shown much friendly sympathy Dyith the girl, and had been present at the Interview between her and Tom, came lit. On the staff of William Waldorf Astor's English paper is a retired judge of the India service who draws a modest {tension of $."D0,000 a year, and many other mcmliersof tin- staff occupy high positions in public and private life. "'Take as little medicine as possible; ao copt your Bufferings; strength is perfected in weakness; in lalior you will find life If you are terribly run down, some time go away for a fortnight's rest, and with eack meal take a teaspcooful of sirup of hypo phosphite*,'" At the sightof him the girl's intense excitement broke her down. She burst into tears and stood clinging to hib firm, sobbing hysterically, unable to MDeak a word and gasping, as if for air "Well, I turned the handle of the door between the two rooms, where f was standing, and to my Joy it was unlocked. I opened it, and keeping my eyes riveted on the motionless figure, ready lest he should wake and catch me, I crept up to the table. The first thing I did was to turn down the gas, so that if he should wake It would be less difficult to Identify roe- TI»»H I made certain that the other door was unlocked, and I left It ajar to render my escape the easier. Then 1 turned again to the table, and my eyes gloated oyer the rich haul I was going to make. f took some gold and silver coins, and crammed them into my pocket, and then. in foijje clumsy way, I touched the right baifd which was lying among some papers, fh" effect of this frightened me nearly out of my breath. The hand and arm slid slowly off the table, and hung listlessly and nervelessly at £he man's side, while some papers and .coins which the hand had dragged down in failing, clattered and rolled over the floor In a way (that made m® start with terror and put myself In a defensive position, expecting each second that he would awaken and discover me." Michael Fennessoy, the desired witness, ajipeiired 1*? court before tho trial commenced, and during an informal preliminary conversation ho asked bluntly: "Judge, who iu the world is 'et al. ?' That's fwat Oi'in wan tin t' l*i towld." "Never tCD pari uyniii. kid, ciiV cried. "Let me yet neiir to j*oui KIii* What could be pleasenter, sweet child. Than a peroession over Kj of a mild? Or who could a fairer funeral apoint Than one that would bo over hour passing ft given point? The writer wishes yon bon voyage to a future state And will boo voyace others at the same rate. "What's the matter, Mary?" he asked, wondering and alarmed. "Has anything happened? What Is it?" heart A woman In Cambridge, England, who lias built Up ii successful taiHincatt in typewriting, iian obtained ft machine fittx-d with tho Greek alplialict and mathematical signs, so she can utilize it for tlio benefit of mathematical and classical scholars. "I have news for you, Mary,'' ho "some official, some private. Officially, I have to go round at once to the police station to see the superintendent almut last night's business. Unofficially, I'll fell yoii what's up. Mr. Gorringe is all but dead, and h,!'8 made a most extraordinary statement to sjjow that Mr. L'ooda wasn't murdered, but {hat he, Oorringe, found him dead In the office and knocked in the mill-owner's face that he might seem to have been murdered; and after that, he got to work to plant the whole thing on Tom Uoy* lance, first making up the evidence a«)d then actually gettinghim arrested by having you followed. It's a rum story, and no mistake; but it'll free Tom Roylanco, whether It's true or not" '\Vever to leave it a train, ray wife," ho said, partly echoing her word a. Easily Di»po*eCl Of. Then she managed to tell him something of what bad occurred and to urge him to go for assistance. Undo Eli Johnson, who was the oldeat colored resident of a Now England town, iwssessed what he himself called "powers ob expoundin." Theee powers were exercised on all occasions and in many different ways and had brought their owner no small degreo of local celebrity,•'Wat does folks mean when dey ?peaks ob 'lookin a gif' hoss in de mouf,' Uncle Elir asked Pompey Leone one day as he stopped at the old man's woodshed for a little chat. Within a week tli'-y were man and wife—just two days after the wretched woman who had so nearly separated them had been taken back to Wads worth asylum. "Well, well, Moiehael,'' exclaimed his honor in evident amazement, "(J\ must say Oi'm a bit surprised that an Amirican citizen, an a man av o^tbinary intilligince, should not know the uianin of et ul But for the biuilit av the witness an any other gintlemin prisint that moight be ignorant as well »s Moiehael Fenncsscy C Dj will explain. It is di rivaled from two Latin wurrds conthraetetl an manes in its litheral an Amirican sinse, at all, at alll "--Youth's Companion, You are doubtless aware that 400 years ago this entire checkered country was covered with red men, and now they are driven back to the king row. A few more moves only remain. I tried to jump a red man once. He was on ihy nine. I found myself skunked. f "lleuben Gorringe stabbed by Savannah!" he cried, in Intense eawite,ment. "How came you all there?" The Dutch colonial policy differed materially from that of Spain in one important respect. The Spaniards always compelled the conquered natives to adopt a new religion. The Dutch never bothered their heads about the jeligiofi pf tho pco plu In their colonics. How do you think they would read? "Don't stay to ask now," she said, hurriedly. "Go for help. Go at oiim. ;I cannot move another step." "She's mad," he pried, breathlessly. /'I've traced her. I came back to tell you;" and with this h« ran off at top speed for a doctor and the police. All the village were at the wedding, for everyone scorned anxious to show some kind of reparation to Tom foi the wrong that had been done in suspecting him, No'one was more eagei in this than Mr. C'harnlev. lie insisted on arranging for all the little festivi ties by which the marriage, quiet and simple enough itself, was celebrated by the mill hands after the bride and bridegroom had gone away on a bridal holiday which he made them take. In Hawaii last year 2,2813 persona were arrested for drunkenness, 368 for ''desert ing contract service," yo7 for gambling, III for murder, 77 foe violation of carriage ordinances, 1 for "permitting a ferocious Iicast abroad," ) fur ''attemptingto leavo the kingdom without a permit," and 111 for "disturbing the quiet of tho night." Pour hundred years ago the streets were unpaved. You had no city debt or waterworks. A story which shows of how much on guesswork may be to a dealer in the supernatural is related by a historian of the reign of the French king Louis XL An astrologer had gained considerable celebrity, particularly at the king's court. After the manner of astrologers of all times, he had done a great deal of clever guessing, and, thanks to this and to some lucky coincidences, various of his predictions had been fulfilled. It happened that he predicted the death of a lady of the court within eight days, and on the eighth day she died. Four hundred years ago in this country thore was not a single pair of suspenders. Now everybody wears them— male and female. The girl looked for a moment after him as he disappeared in the darkness, .then tottered into the cottage and, ifeellng utterly prostrated and weak, •had only strength to drag herself to :her bed and sink down upon it exhausted, calling in a feeble rolce to her mother to come and help her. 'When the latter came the girt bad fainted. "Wat does dey mean?" qneried Uncle Eli, who usually "temporized" a little before making his wise replies. tJnapprcctatcd Humor. Senator George of Mississippi speaks with a brond southern accent. Just after tho organization of the Fifty-second congress tho senator one day walked over to the house and proceeded to go by tho doork«'op. tn. "Yassuh," returned Pompey. "I often heard folks say as ii it wa'n't safe to look a gif' fco«w in de mouf." Then America had no refinement, no knowledge of geography. They hardly 'where they were at. Now the country is filled with beautiful, refined homes, where one can stay during the lecture season and be safe. That was only a very small part of what he did. Ile was determined,hefiaid, that Tom should have some cause to rememlier with pleasure even the black "It's true! Here's some one who can bear it out," cried Mary. "He was In the mill that night, and saw all that happened- He has just told mC?." It Is doubful If there is anything else In existence quite as skinny, angular and awkward as a baby robin. Ho is a bit of pink, panting membmno drawn over a skeleton, fciir Itohin and madam, however, find their babes the ttva»uru of their lives and stand for minutes at a time on the edge of the nest, lost in admiration, slim, red breasted Sir Robin on one side, ami the plumjier, duller pojorud house mother on thCi other, talking baby talk and occasion ally btirring up with their beaks the un pleasant little mess in the bottom of the Rest, so nondesclrpt that no one has been able to tell yet whether it is one bird or a dozen. It ear, fiecn vigorously, though, for anything when but three days old and take in large 6ee?iohs of angleworm. Father Robin finds something to do at homo now and is working like a respectable man, bringing in full gainobags constantly. Mother Kobin makes short flights away, rarely leaving except when the sun is shining on her children. Between feeds and periods when the two old birds are hanging over the hopeful brood Mine. Kobin steps into tin- nest and deftly claw ing the miserable little bodies into a bunch potties tier wafiii, feathered self down over them and turns her black eyes to the window with an expression that plainly says: The Itab; Rubin. "Well, ob course it ain\ chilei ob course it ain\" said Uncle Eli, whose mind was in a condition to work rapidly after the short respite afforded by Pompey's reiteration. "Yo* see, Pomp, dat 'gif ' is jess a eotuiactlon, so to speak, «b 'gifted,' an when folks sjieaks ob a gifted' hoss w'at does yo' interlocate dey's referrin to?" "What were you doing there, Gibson?" asked the sergeant, suspiciously turning to him, time of the fearful charge made against him; and, as compensation for all, he put him in Reuben Oorringe's place as manager of the mill. And manager of the old Walkden mill he is this day. One of tho guardians, not knowing tho Mississippi statesman, laid bin hand on his arm and detained him. Four hundred years ago a solitary horseman might have been seen. Early the next morning Gibeon was at the cottsige asking for her, and, although she was still faint and weak and ill, she dressed herself and went to ;liim. "Did he not?" asked Mary. This created a sensation, and the king was superstitious enough to believe that the charlatan was a master of the black art. - He sent for him, previously having ordered some of his attendants to throw the astrologer out of the window. "No; and the strange unnatural stillness made me think there must be something wrong. I went to his side, and bent over him to listen to his breathing. But I heard nothing. Then I ventured to take the hand that hung by his side and laid a finger on his pulse. It was motionless. I thrust my Kaud then on to his heart. It had stopped. J lifted the man's head, gazed into the face. was set and rigid aud white; and the jeyes wer* fast glazing with the dullness of death- T'le man was as dead as a stone. I dropped the head in horror, and ft fell back int j the same position on the left arm. I was alone in the place with a dead man; and it flashed on me tliat if caught robbing the place, they would say I had killed him. I grew cautious instantly, and taking only a few more gold coins and as much silver as 1 could easily carry, I turned to creep from the place of death. Then my blood seemed to freeze within me, for, when I reached the door, I heard footsteps coming through the roiH toward the office." "Watohiijg (iorringe," was the short, dry answer. Tho Indian was ever ignorant and untidy. He was not refined. He did not know the joy of hunting the aniseed bag. I have a large stone adz at home, made by one of tho Indians of York state—a Tammany Indian. It is a Mohawk swatter, very crude. No evidences of brains about it except on the back. There there are a few, but I do not know whose they are. "Hero, r.ir; I say, sir, aro you a representative?" lie called out. "Well, you'd best come abDng, tCKj" "What about Savannah?" asked [the E.vn.] "No, sah," said the Mlsslsslppian gravely. "I am a member, sah, of the United States senate, and I wish to sefi Representative lvilgo', sah." "You are 111," he said, when he saw the pale wan look on her face. "Can you bear to hear news?*' Pompey shook his head, overpowered either by tho question or the remarkable language in which it was couched. Mary, It flight Have |l« » n Sn. "You who profess to be ao skillful, and to foretell the fate of every one, tell me the date of your own death," said Louis blandly. "She's all right, so far nt least as being under lock and key Is concerned; for, of course, she's locked up. Hut she's just like a mad woman," said the sergeant. "I have come to hear it," 6ha answered. '-I can bear anything better than suspense. What happened last "I only know a little about that. I have other news—gooCl news it should I*' for you. ("an you bear to hear that? I was waiting last night to tell you whpn von found me here." This doorkeeper wiw one of loeman fnruer's appoint!**, who had cultivated « grim pense of hamor which ho was in tho huhitof exploiting at tho expense of men with idiosyneracies. Ho promptly replied: "Sho, now, chile, am it possible yo' don't prejicato dat simple notion?" exclaimed the wise one, lifting his hands in apparent amazement. "W'y, it's jess like (lis. A 'gifted' hosa is one dat's got powers, powers fib I'ftria, powers ob kickin, powers oh condnctin hisse'f gen'lly, Andou'yo'sce, chile, dat when folks steps up to dat kind ob a hoss an makes as if dey persumpted to look in his mouf—w'y, dat hoss he jess lmchvlly ex'cises ob his powers, an it din' safe—ob conrse it »in\" "Yo' sutt'nly is a mons'ons easy jsponnder," said Pompey, with graMfying astonishment freely displayed m liisebony countenance, Luckily for himself, the magician guessed that the king had some direfnl plan, and hia readiness at playing upon superstition and credulity stood him in good stead. He answered promptly, "Three days before yonr majesty." As yon all know, Columbus had mnch trouble in discovering America, not only in tho matter of money, but he was also discouraged by the press. The papers said it would not succeed and threw cold "She may well be liko one," exclaimed Gibeon, "for she is one! Her name's Lucy Howell, and she was shut up in Wadsworth asylum and ought to be there now—aye, and would be there, too, if there hadn't been a hit of clumsy fooling on some one's part or other She's already committed one murder." Iteprcsontativo Kilgo', Bah, Is not ujion the tW, sah. Uc went homo til half-Mist fo\ sail. It is pleasant to know that the French king did not give the signal for the reader of horoscopes to be thrown out of the window, and it may be hoped that that personage was so badly scared that he adopted a less perilous and more respectable occupation.—Youth's Companion. "What is it? About Tom?" As she asked tliisa light pink flush just tinged her cheeks, aud her eyee brightened. And won't bu hack no i:io\ .sali. "I saw him treat a lady shamefully on a street car today, lie deserved a cowhiding,''A clay or two after there iras n nodden chaugn (if doorkti-pera at that particular portal* "Yes," he answered. "I have determined to tell the truth and risk all C:C tnsequences." "Ah! there's not much doubt about that, (lorriuge won't live many hours; that's the truth. Well, it serves hiin right in a way," added the sergeant, sententiously. "He's been using her as his tool for his own purpose. ISut come, please. The super's waiting: and supers are apt to be short-tempered when they're kept waiting, especially when they've been up a pool part of the uight, and hiivop't had breakfast.' And with that the three wept to t|ie ooliue station. And the keeper of the do', .«ah. Was heard of noverino', nab. —Washington Post. "Don't s|x-ak too hastily. Perhapsshe wua his wife."—Life. P. T. Expressed Hlmiclt "The truth?" cried Mary; and her old suspicions concerning him flashed upon her, aud showed in the look she bent upon hint. Years ago, when Tom Thumb was Barnum's only attraction, he went to Saratoga and attempted to give an entertainment The village fathers, however, scared him away by the price of their license, and he went to Ballston, the next town, and advertised the performance. A special train was ran from Saratoga, and a great many went down on it When the curtain went np, Barnnm came out and made a little speech. "Ladies and gentlemen," he began, "it was my first intention to give this entertainment in Saratoga, bnt 1 soon discovered that there were some men in that place so mnch smaller than my famous Tom Thumb that it would be useless to attempt competition with them."—Argonaut. A LiK»k Into the I utnrr. "Hush, they are sleeping! Now, don't ••-lam the blind or make any racket in there fur a few minutes, my good friend, and you shall sec tliem again soon. "—Newport 4nfortoifi of (irnetMl Twljjp*. "Oh, jess miudlin," said Uucle Eli, waving cDff further commendation with his right hand, in which he had grasped the saw preparatory to Ix-ginning work again, "jess middlin easy, dat's all. Any simple qnes'ion like dat ob course I can declarify right off, but dey is ques'ions dat would take me a conserble time to abjudicate complete."—Youth's Companion.'Ho was poor as far as having earthly possessions was concerned, though he had some salary, and tiie girl was worse off because she had no salary. Yet lie loved her. A gentleman of this city tells sonn r#.ry good stories of (General Twiggs, the Confederate commander, who once live*) In St. Louis. One winter while the gen eral was quartered at the Wa.-liingtot. House a fire brofco one at night in a liv ery stable in the rear of the hotel. All the gnests were up and alarmed by the smoke which tilled the house, Genera. Twiggs' room was directly opj*Dsito tiv.1t of Mrs. Smith, the landlady, "Yes, the truth. Iiut it is not what you suspected when I was last here," he answered, observing her look. "You were on the wrong track then, Mary, and I was a fool to bo angry instead of just telling you the whole truth. But I v as afraid; and the very readiness with w hich I saw you suspected me, increased my fear of speaking. I wanted to clear Tom iu some othfr way, and without n»y telling everything. That's why I're been hunting down that girl. Savannah; so as you might have a handle over her to make her speak the truth and bear out Tom's story. But wheu I got away I began turning things over and I couldn't help remembering that you didn't stop It a risk to save me that night in the barn; and then I grew wild with myself and floft like at thinking of what you must be suffering with suspense. So I just finished the inquiries I wanted to make about Savannah, and then cams back to clear Tom." News. He stopped and trembled as if in memory of that spasm of fear. Old Folks at llom«% Lovo is a roaring lion going ulxiut seeking whom it may devour. One «Df the interesting homes of Maine is that of Mr. and Airs. Tolman, at Rockland Highland, a sketch of whi( h is given iDy the ltockland Star. Mr. and Mrs. Tolman were married C13 years ago and have kept up many of the old customs with which they began housekeeping. The tin- yet hums on their hearth, with tongs, Ik-Hows and shovel in convenient proxim lty. Mrs. Tolman In her girlhood days wove the first carpet that was made in Rockland and has spun yarn for knitting regularly until this year. Hhe has a muff and Ixia made from the skin of the las: liear killed within the limitsof old Thom aston. Their house Is finished in the old fashioned style, with fireplace, oven and low posted rooms. A well in a shed, with a weight and pulley attachment for hoist ing the bucket, furnishes thom with water.—Lewiston Journal. "Go on," said Mary, whose Interest was intense. "Who was it?" "I didn't know what to do for the ruinate, but with a big effort I managed to creep back into the dark room—Gor ringe's oilice—and just got the door shut and locked, when some one came into the room where the dead man was. lie stopped dead on the threshold, as if iu surprit* at seeing Mr. Coode there, and as he stood staging at the still figure by the tahje, J recognized lieu ben Gorringe." The girl loved him also, but was tompoml by judgment and the cost of house rent, clothes, social demands and that soil. CHAPTER XXIX. TOM IS ritEB A I'nt l'p Job. It made a strange story when all was known; and when Mary had l;-amt it all, she wondered first that she had *ot seen throughout the hand that had guided everything, and afterwards that she and Tom had escaped ship As previously mentioned, ho loved her, and in time it came to pass that he proposed to her. At the first cry of fire she popped bet head out of her room door. At the sam» instant the old general ap]wared in hi» long ]leaked French nightcap. Simul taneously at the sight of each other thej withdrew their heads. The alarm in creased each moment, and at every frest howl out came the heads. This shuttle cock game continued for several min utes, until the landlady at last made j bold dash of it and fled along the hall The boarders never stopped quizzing tlw old general for his gallantry. "Oirls," he said dejectedly as ho sat with his head resting 011 his hand, "girls make me wear}*." "What's the matter now?" inquired hi? "But, dear G«*orge," she urged in the negative, "you.only have f 1,200 a year." mother, "Well," ho went on spasmodically, "1 went to see that. Liu wood girl last night; she's been holding me oif for a month; wanted lue to pop, I'm sure; kept hint' ing every night I went there that I was staying too late, but I never took the hint; girls have a way of shying at n chap in that style; they read about it in the papers; last night I made up my mind to nail her to the mast; talked right along for I don't know how long; girl yawned two or three times, but I never let np; finally I got where I thought was the place to make the break, and was just on the point of asking iter when the clock liegan tc strike; I counted up to 12 and had no idea it was so late; clock kept on striking, and I kiud of gagged and had tc stop for it; it didn't stop, though; girl lDegan to snigger; clock kept right on, then I tDegttu to get warm; when the old clock had struck 07, it laid down and quit; then before I had a chance to get my second wind the old man Bung out from the head of the stairs, 'Say, Lizzie, if that fellow is going to remain much longer after the clock has struck 6? he won't get home till some time next week, will he?' and I got up and left. Now, what do you think of that, mother?" and the mother got the camphor bottle and gavo it to her lDoy.—Detroit Free Press. wreck This argument rather surprised him, for he had an idea that *1 , 200 a yeiti was not, to bo sneezed at. An Un pardonable Misnomer. "What?" cried Mary. ''Reuben Gor ringe!" lieu!DC• n Gorringe had planned all. When he had learned that Mary and Tom were to l»e married lie set to work to ruii) his rival and separate the two lovers. Knowing the thread of irresolution and susceptibility that ran through Tom I toy lance's- character, he threw in his way the girl Savannah Morbyn, or. as he knew her, Lucy Howell. He had known her before she was in the asylum, and hear ing of her release just at the moment when he wanted a tool of the kind, he hail forced her to do his will by holding his knowledge of her madness and herdread of the asylum over her head Jlep great beauty and strange, subtle charm had fascinated Tom against hit better sense, as Gorringe had thought they would; and under his orders Tom hail been lured U) tho brink of ruin. The lDooks of his secretaryship had been falsified; all his savings had been lent to tho girl; and she it was who. learning where the money of the sick fund was kopt.had stolen it just at the time when, acting on a cunningly given hint from Gorringe. the othci men had swooped down and demanded an investigation. "No," said Chawlee, "I shall nevah speak to him again. His conversation is unendurable, you know." "Well," he exclaimed, "wocan live on that, can't we?" "Reuben Oorringe. Listen. He evidently didn't know what to make of matters; but after a moment he went up to the figure and touchec the shoulder, calling his name. I watched him, and then I saw in him the change, which had no doubt shown in me, as it dawned on him gradually that the man was dead, lie felt the pulse, laid his hand on the heart, and looked into the eyes, as J had done, and then rushed from the room, as I thought, to get assistance."TROUT FISHING. Sho took both his hands in hers and looked straight into his large, innocent eyes. water on it. If he did conclude to do so, however, they would like the refusal of his ashes after his death to put a monument over. "Why, does he lack grammar?" "Gwammah, deahboy? It's fah worse than a mattah of gwammah. He weferred to my walking stick as a cane, don't yon know."—Washington Star. "Live on it? Of course we can, yon dear boy," sho murmured, "but we would look too ridicuous for anything going around without any clothes on, wouldn't we, dear?" and poor George went down all in a heap.—Detroit Free Press. Betting Mother* of KnglniKl. Tie was a great stickler, too, for.clea* table linen. To avoid any possible ex change of napkins, he instructed the he.-id waiter to tie his cloth up in a big red ribbon, so. that there could not jiossiblj bo any mistake. Dr. De Camp, then on duty at this post, anil a boarder at t.h«- Washington, one day said to the genera! that it was all nonsense to take so inucL pains with his napkin, and that the waiters would just as likely change it as not "Why, man, don't suggest such a posst bility; don't destroy my illusion!" crietf the old general. "I can't eat a mouth fa,' If I can't believe I have my own napkin.* "You can clear him?" broke in Mary, eagerly. In Birmingham, England, a Miss Isaliel Kenward, speaking in the town hall, said she knew of hundreds of girls in the city addicted to Ix-tting and drinking. "For the last four years," said Miss Kenward, '"a certain woman has gone a regular round every week to collect betting money sent by mothers through their children. In one street every house had the reputation of containing a betting woman. In at least one factory the girl who did not lx-t was despised. In three or four factories the clerks and managers countenanced and encouraged the vice. One woman pawned her children's clothes in order to bet. Kven in my own Bible class are girls addicted to gambling." When Chris discovered America, North Carolina, for instance, had no marks of civilization or the ax. Now, if you ride a few rail-pa, how changedl You can hardly ride half a day without seeing where the sturdy woodsman has cut down the great oak to get a coon out of it. "Yes, I can do that. This ain't been a murder at all. Old Coode didn't die a violent death; he just died suddenly —heart disease, or apoplexy, or something of that sort. Anyways. It wasn't murder." * Uncertain. "Well?" said Mary. Fretih Air Prohibited. It will take a long time to clear the state that way, but the people of North Carolina are a patient people. "Not murder!" exclaimed Mary, her face alight with wonderment. "Why, how do you know? llow can you know?" "It flashed on me then that I was jn • worse fix than ever. If he brought a lot of people there I was sure to bo found, and then I should be safe to bo convicted of robbery, and perhaps of something a deal worse. I opened the door and ran out after Gorringe, intending to escape the way I had come in, but I had barely crossed the room when I heard him ooming back as quickly aa he had gone. I ran back again like a cat. He had changed his mind. I could see that by his. face, though I little thought, then, what he meant to do. lie was white and stern, and looked as much like a devil as anyone well eould. As soon as he camo in he began to make the closest examination, evidently to satisfy himself that the other was dead. Then I saw him search among the pajiers on tho table and watched him pick out a lot which he laid on one side." Many are the stories told of tho great reverence in which tho Scotch people hold tho Sabbath. Their- methods of showing their reverence, however, are sometimos so remarkable as to draw a smile from others, who may nevertheless bo reasonably strict observers of the "day of rest" I've only heard one complaint, and that is regarding Mr. Vanderbilt's brick and tile works. Plum Levi says, "Since Mr. Vanderbilt has took to cooking the clay there his family has hardly seen a well day." "I was in the mill that night." "What!" cried the girl, all her suspicions reawakened with redoubled force at these words. One day somebody asked him if h« had ever been in the Mammoth cave. "Never," he shouted as ho rose in hi» chair. "Do I look like a man who would do stvjh a darned fool thing? Fall in on tne tho moment I got underground! No *ir."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat "There you are. that'* Just It I nee what you're thinking again. It'a Just because I was afraid ot bringing thoughts like yours into everybody's head that I haven't dared to speak. 1'U tell you the whole job in a few words- I meant cutting it. I was sick ot hang' Ing about here doing nothing, and I meant clearing off once (or all. But I'd no coin, and I couldn't go emptyhanded; and then as those beggars at the mill had ruined me I determined to try and help myself to a little payment. I know every inch of the pbu*, as you know; and on that Friday night, I knew where to start when I wanted to get in. I waited till all was right and clear, and made for that window in Watercourse lane. I suppose somebody spotted me—though f didn't see anyone about—and mistook m® 'or Tom Roylance. But more like* ly they got put up to it by somebody else, as you'll think when I've told you aii. nen, i in eiwuiy euougu, and made for the office—yqn know the way—across the blowing-room and up the stairs and through the long rooms where the old machines are running." A minister of the kirk told an American clergyman who was traveling in Scotland that on one occasion ho paused a Sunday in a little country inn, and as the tiny parlor of the house was exceedingly close and stuffy and the day was warm ho started to open ono of tho windows. Teacher# Vermin Dentist*, A council of teachers has decided that the cube root should be eliminated from rudimentary arithmetic. What are the dentists going to do ubout it?—Albany Since Columbus' time look at the progress made In the arts and sciences! We make everything now. Up in Wisconsin they make Limburger cheese, all but the smelL Bell—What day are you to be marrind?Tho dentists will probably kill sonic of tho nervo tho council of teachers display cd.—New Orleans Picayune. Press, A Pliantytowii Ileal Instate Movement Nell—The dressmaker hasn't decided yet—Truth. The theft at the mill had also been concocted by (iorrinpe.and he had instigated Mr. Coode to drive Tom from thf village in disgrace. Then it was that, going by chance to the mill, the manager found the old man dead, and the idea had occurred to him of making it seem as if a murder had been commit ted, suspicion for which lie could fas ten on Tom. How he carried out the design is known; manufacturing bit by bit the evidence in such a way that he alone knew it; the price of his silence being the hand of the girl, foi love of whom he had planned all. He is responsible for the spread of education and religion. I am told that the pope has 11 cardinals' hats now to bestow —hats that he got on election, I presume. Where once were ignorance, superstition and idolatry, now there are good books, polished lecturers and the third party. Girl*' buds. Small Son—I don't want to wear these things. "What are yo aboot, man?" inquired tho landlady, with much severity, entering the room just in time to prevent the carrying ont of the minister's design. A Determined Woman. What Ffelnetl Htm, "80 you are mad at your husband. Are you going home to your mother?" '•No. I shan't do anything to please him again as long as I livo."—America. Tho Abbe d'Anbignao, who wrote rvdmirably on drama tip composition and had instanced many living examples of failure in that direction, was so imprudent, after 80 years' sileifc«\ as to write a tragedy himself, In the prefooe he boasted that he, of nil dramatists, had "most scrupulously observed the ruleF yf Aristotle, whoso inspiration ho had followed 1" To this it wafcreplied by one who had suffered from his criticism, "I do not quarrel with the Ablte d'Aubiguao for having followed the precepts of Aristotle, but I cannot pardon the precepts of Aristotle that caused the abbe to write such a tragedy."—Argonaut. Mother—Why, those are suspenders. Ho meekly explained that lie had thought it would be pleasant to have a little fresh uir. Small Son—I know. I 'spects you'll be puttin me in dressoe next.—Good News. Columbus did not indeed discover free- Not Tluit Klml of u Vegetable. ■'What relation is Mr. X to you?" asUcil the minister of a 4-year-old lx»y. "He's my grauulpi)." "And.what relation is Mrs. X 1" ".She's iny grandma.'■ dom, Out no discovered a good site ror it to be. He mado Fourth of July possible 800 years later, and then freedom became possible. "What papers were they?" burst from the listening girL "Eh, mon!" said the landlady, with additional emphasis and severity, "yo cuu hue no fresh air in this house on tho Sawboth. Six days are enow for that, mon I"—Youth's Companion. Considerate. Murphy (vvhC» lias j i t awakened)- (Jreat heavens, lliClClv, that robber MC; Giunis has foreelosul i fwliilst \vCD wi re hJiIhii'j "Don't know. Couldn't see that. But he gave the grin of a devil when he was looking at them. He did not look long, however; he didn't mean wasting time. As soon as he saw he'd got what he wanted, he shoved 'em in his pocket, and set to work to carry out his plan. lie went to one of the cupboards in the place and took out a short broken bar." Last year we celebrated the Fourth at my estate in Buncombe county. In the morning a parade, speaking at the grove in the afternoon, greased North Carolina pig, razor back. I had a man help me on the fireworks, but in the parade I had no assistance. "And what relation am I to you!"' add ed the clergyman. mortgage One great flaw, and one only there wan, in his plans. —Truth Ho lield two positions—a witness in tho criminal court and a prisoner in Fulton county JiuL Wlijr !!C■ Wum Tlier*. Tho Utile fellow \v;is puzzled, lint, was Anally fold: "I'm your pastor. You'll re inonilxT, won't you?" A SuiiK'r Slorv Savannah Morbyu, or ICucy IlowelL had fallen in love with him. lie had had, therefore, to simulate an affection for her; and it was this which had foiled his plans. In consequence of the pressure which she brought to bear upon him, he had had to force matterf to a crisis with Mary, and Lucy Ilowell, who had often 'been at the mill al nitfht when the two were laying their plans for Tom's ruin, had followed him on that night, and had thus heard enough of his love for Mary to show her that she herself had been deceived."'Oil, exclaimed the miraculous wotni, "I wouldn't go to Florida again r any thing." The lx'V promised, and when h-1 readied home electrified his mother and Rmml mother with the announcement: "Mr. Y say.-, I'm some relation to him. Ile'e my parsnip!*'—Most on Herald. Nothing was said about his last position by the defendant's attorney, m»d the witness soemod puffed up with his We had a piece on tho melodeon called "Peewee Bird Waltz" by a young lady. MAud why not?" inquired her caller. "Oli, it's just horrid down there. Why, our party saw 500 -snakes one NofcKveti Angry, She came over to our house and remained. She is there yet waiting for o remittance. She is nob well. She has air cells in her lungs. She had her affections blighted eight times by a man here. She has brought suit for eight blights at $500 per blight. But as soon as it was discovered that there was an enormous amount of climate here invalids began to flock to our shore and live on the saleratus broad of New Englaud. "Ah, I see now!" ejaculated Mary, unable to restrain her feelings, ns she remembered the discovery in Tom's cottage. own importance. "I know," said Mary, nodding he/ head in her eagerness. "You arc a prisoner in tho jail, ore yon not?" asked Solicitor Hill in cross questioning him. Ml** Julie R. Jmnvy. morning." "I went quietly, of course, and when I pot to the door of the office I hap pened to catch a chink of light coming through the keyhole. This gave me a bit of a start, I can tell yon, fori didn't know what the dickens |bo make of It. 1 waited a bit, listening like a cat, and couldn't hear a sound. All was still as a tomb. Tlien-I remembered the glass door between the two offices, and I crept to the door of Oorringe's room. This was shut, but all seemed dark aa (death inside; so I opened it and wenjt In. It was empty, and I crept on tiptoe and peeped through into the othet room, and when I saw what was there you might have knocked me down with feather." Miss Julie H. Jenney, a daughter of Colonel K. S. Jenney, one of the Ix-st known lawyers of central New York, has lieen admitted to the bar at the general term in Syracuse. Miss Jenney was r. member of a class of 12 law students, all young men except herself, who were examined at: the same time. The examiners say that she was splendidly successful and predict for her a brilliant future.—Syracuse Correspondent. She had gone down then' with an ex cursion party for a week. "Eh? See what?" said Oibeon, breaking off In surprise. "I could see what it was clearly enouph because he carried it up to the gas light to exam ine it. I didn't dream what he meant to do, even then; but I soon saw. He turned the body over—it had slipped on to the floor after his close examination of it — and then he got tCj work and bashed the head and face in with the broken bar with terrific blows, Btruck with all his force. It was a sickening job {to watch, I can tell you. He seemed to find it bad, too; for as soon as he finished, he shied the things in the room about quickly, to make it look as if there had been a "Yassar; (ley got mo down dar, "ro plied the witness in a surly tone.. "What have you been d$ing?" "Not 500 live enakes," protested the "Giv' us a pull, won't you?" "Yes, that's what they said I only caller "I would doit, Bill, you know I would, but I'm afraid it's too strong for you, and it'd stunt your growth."—Brooklyn Life. "Nuiliii." "Ain't done anything?" "No, sah. 1 am dun nnfiln." "You are one of those innocent men who are licing unjustly punished?" saw 10 nivself." "How many were in your party?" Barely had these things lDeen explained to Mary when a messenger came from Oorringe. Ho was dying and wanted the girl to go to him. At first she was unwilling, remembering all his wrong; but afterwards she con sen ted. "Fifty." "Possibly each one paw the same 10 snakes, and the liar of (lie party counted 50 times 10 to make the total." Thus there became a great epoch. Everywhere one could throw a cat by the Uvil he would hit an epoch. Then followed the hiatus. Times were dull in the old world, and the pilgrim fathere —where are they?—said: "Give us a place where God will make them to prosper that do paint their houses with white paint, and the blinds thereof shall be painted with green paint, and he that Knowles--For what peculiar reason* are some divorces granted 1 An actor has been granted one because his wife caused her clock to strike. Nothing Trivial About That. "I am dun ntiffin, liuffin at all." "Well, ain't there some charges against yoti? Why did they lock you up?" Writing » Telegram, Tho returned excursionist began to look confused and silly. Mrs. L.—And so yon went to that horrid, vulgar burlesque first? Telegraph operators have their trials as well as tickC t agents and other officials. "Is this tho place to send telegrams from?" demanded a woman breathlessly of tho operator in an out of town railway station. ''It is, ma'am,'' "I wonder, " she said sheepishly, "if that man was mean enough to imposo on me that way. I believed him when he told me, for lie had been there before, and I hadn't. "—Detriot Free Press. Mr. L.—Yes, dear, I c Bowles—That's a trivial enough reason.Ho was at the very point of death. That was clear, even to her. His face was pallid, his lips bloodless, and his brow clammv with the dew of death. "Dar was a ole po' whito man come long an 'dentified some chickens I had, but I am dun ntiflin."—Atlanta Journal.Mrs. L.—That's all right. I only want to know if you saw any good ideas for my new bathing costumes. —Lifo. Kuowles—Well, not exactly bo. Yon see, the clock struck hia head.—Jeweleraf Circular.