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K 4 ;a n f4 .;I j hl a ' THE BEE. PUBLI8HED EVERY SATURDAY AT 110', STREET, N. W , WASHINGTON, D. 0. W. 0. OHASE, Editor and Proprietor. 0. 0. SIEWABT, Business Manager. 'Entered at tbo Poatoffice, at Wafihington, D. !)., ae eecond-claes maite'r. bubscbiftios bates: (6imontuB iS " a " - binglo copieu, 100 20 ADVEimSXNO RATES : One inch, one month !S-ciii. Pix ex 12 0" 20 00 40 0(1 10 00 25 0!' 85 00 75 00 ic llcol. fi Hunch one year (I )l col. Special notices, 50 cents each. Ten lines constitute an inch. . AH communications pertaining to dubuipds mnet be iddrfiftflod to tne RnRinfiRR Marmrpr Matter for publication and on private business i BaURt bn RddrftRBed to flio Kdifnr nnd Pronrin- I tor. In conjunction with the Bee, the mana- gera have established a News Bureau of tbe -. . .-.-.' .i Colored Proes. "We are prepared to furnish biographies, epecial correspondence and news items at a reasonable price. The object of the bureau is to furnish colored journals with Bpecial Washington letters when they have no epeoial correspondents. Wo have Bomo of the best writers in the country connected with tbe bureau, which will enable us to furnish truth ful, spicy and conciBO correspondence. Give the Hews Bureau a call. Hon. J. B. Edmonds has" been con ifined to his room. It is hoped that he will recover soon. The commissioner fis 'doing good work. The Savannah Echo favors Hon. iRcibert T. Lincoln for President in j!884. We are with you, brother Echo, (and so is the whole South. EDITORIAL ACKNOWLEDG MENT. The marriage of Miss Joanna C. Young to Herbert A. Clark, Esq., edi tor of the Afro-American, look place 'at St. Joseph, Louisiana, Thursday morning, July 5th. Xot withstanding our inability to be present, we tender itoMie two happy ones whoso souls are ibut asingle thought and whose hearts now beat as one. Our congratulations. If there has been anv bargain en tered into for the purpose of sending anyone to the National Republican 'Convention, we assure those who have isold the good that we shall see whether they can be declined. The young men of this city have a claim on those goods, and we advise the pur chaser to have a consultation with the young element before there is another consideration given. Please take our (advice a hint to the wise is sufiicient. send to the Louisville Convention, illon. Fred. Douglass and Rev. R. S. Laws. The third man has not been 'decided on. We thank our friends ikindly for amusing us that our elector 'as a delegate to the Louisville Conven tion is assured if we desire to o, but we must decline. We respectfully ask our friends to give their entire support to our ticket, Douglass and Laws. The third man may be Cook, Johnson or Gregory, or quite likely C. A. Le tmore. We have received as many as twenty Hetters from persons among the best citizens of this city, endorsing the 'course of the Bee, especially as to its 'course in. regard to certain "me?i and measures." Clara and Louise, and tthcir letters are thoroughly endorsed fov our best ladies, and all good and true gentlemen. We mean to continue ilhe publication of these letters, and Ave also intend to make short and quick work of many of the sham i and pre tenses that have so long held sway over this tolerating community. We Ihnve passed through the fiery furnace: 'and we defy mir sneaking enemies to rthe front. LINCOLN FOR PRESIDENT, AND BRUCE FOR VICE-PREbiDENT. For President : Robert Lincoln : for Vice-President, B. K. Bruce. This would be a most excellent ticket for the republicans to nominate for the igreat st ruggle of next year. That this ticket has many elements of strength, not possessed by any other two men of the party, is patent to all thinking men. We fear, however, that they will not secure the nomination; stifl both of the gentleman have made pub lic records of which thevand the party should feel proud. The Weekly Pilot Alabama. The press throughout the country iseem to be unanimous for Hon. Robert T. Lincoln for President and Hon. Blanch K. Bruce for Vice-President. line colored press will sway a great deal of influence in the next republi can convention, and both Sccrctaiy Lincoln and ex-Senator Bruce will be d mportant factors. MAHONE NICKING THE REPUB LICANS. disgust of the old liners. In connection with.the consolidation of internal revenue districts in Vir ginia it is remarked as a fat I .signifi cant of Senator Mahone's inllu nce that vtlhe deposed collectors voted for Gar iliold and Arthur, while all three of the imen .who were given preference over ' them are said to have voted tor Han cook and English. Messrs. Craig and Rallston, who were preferred U Rives and Botts, were open supporters of of Hancock. In the campaign of 1880 the Virginia readjustcrs had a llan cock electoral ticket of their own, and in coalitionist, who was a prominent 'candidate of that party last year, told a &KVH -reporter that Collector Brady COl- lectors, Botts and Rives, were earnest supporters of Garfield, and have been tMMlK Munn -v ifunn 13 jw rf iyiuwi,ii iui caia. nnw " chairman of the republican state com mittee. The Star's informant said that "this deal" had increased the al ready existing dissatisfaction among republicans with the coalition, and I added: "If republicans who have been . faithful to the party in the past are to , b'1 set aside for Mahone's democratic j favorites, there will be a good many who will follow Gen. Wickham into the demos, ratic .party." Washington Stnj. Tin bulk of the republican party in vntPil thirt" Hnkpf Tho rlnnnsnrl Oi I Virginia is made up from colored peo- pie. Take the white people in the State, who have heretofore voted the republican ticket, and you will find that nine-tenths were in official posi tion. Take the two revenue collectors that have been jilted out in this new deal, and ascertain, by careful investi gation, in what did their republicanism consist? And the answer will be, "In holding office at the full expense of the j colored vote' Then ask the question, "What have either Messrs. Botts or Rives crer done to prove their interest in the welfare and advancement of the colored race?" What is the answer? "Mr. Rives never employed but one colored official in his legion of revenue subordinates, and that was done with in the past two years. He has had the office over ten years, and when he put this colored man at a desk, the whole State knew that it was done to satisfy the readjuster colored element that Mr. Rives was then "vorking." How about Mr. Botts? Well, Mr. Botts has been revenue collector for ten or twelve years, and not a colored man has ever drawn a cent out of his office, and wiry? because Mr. Botts and that class of white republicans be lieve in running with the hare and pkvying the hound, and when colored men ask for recognition, they reply. "Tis too soon yet." Colored men need not weep over the "sifting out" of these two officials. Either of the gentlemen retained can be looked to for more practical and substantial evidence of good-will to the colored voter than the deposed. Xow we are to hear the racket ! What ? Why, all these discombabe latcd and discumgorigrimphicated officials are to blow the horn for defeat of Mahone and the liberal party be cause they are no longer in fat federal places. We advise our friends in Vir ginia to stand firmly-by the liberal co" alition part-. Thrice have you be'n to success with them. Through the victory you gained then, has been de stroyed the whipping-post, the capitation-tax law, and the school-house, heretofore closed to colored teachers, has ieen opened wide to you, and nearly every portion of democratic bourbon legislation, enacted especially to bow the colored people down in hu mility, has been torn from the statute books. Let the 'democrats once more obtain control of Virginia, and you colored men will wish you had never been born I "The people of the south are as pat riotic, as honest, and as much in favor of good government as the people of the north. A majority are heartily sick of the heatreds, preajudices, and follies of the old bourbons, and they would gladly see them buried out of sight, but they have been taught to hate the name 'republican,' and vote against everything bearing that label. This sentiment ivas absorbed with the mother's milk. This being the case all the bourbon leaders and Jtheir follow ingb have to do is to so label opposi tion to bourbonism and it goes by the board. The political salvation of the south is in the nourishment of the in depentent movement. The republi cans throughout the south, except a few factious spirits who have made their living for years by opposing and breaking down of factional lines, strongly favor a union of the bourbon opposition. This factious element, under the head of a few pretended re publican papers shout for 'Streight re publican ticket!' 'Down with Jones!' jjown witn lanoner J list compare Virginia on the one hand, and Arkan sas, Missouri and Kentucky on the other. Virginia with her Mahone, has free speech, free schools, an honest vote, and defeated bonrbonism. Ken tucky, Arkansas, and Missouri, have no independent leaders, or indepen dent parties, and they are certain for the streight democratic ticket by from 50,000 to 100,000 majority, as the occa sion may appear to demand. The bour bons fear the work of Mahone and the the spirit he is fostering more than they do the work of all the streight re publicans in the south, and well they should be, for Mahone beats them and the streight republicans don't." Na tional Republican. AVe subscribe to the above, every word of it is true as gospel politics can be. Gen. Pleasanton says the only mis take Gen. Crook made during his hist camaign against the Indians was in not leaving the captured hostiles in the wire of the Mexicans, who would have given them a pleasant passage to the happy hunting grounds, and re lieved the cabinet of the embarrass- ment of determining what must be done with the slaughtering wretches. ! Gen. Pleasanton evidently endors s the sentiment once elegantly voiced by Mark Twain and since echoed by sev eral thousand citizens, that the only good Indians are dead Indians. Ex- change. The policy of extermination is a ' very bad step to lake. The democrats ! tried it on the colored race of the south, and since 1865, have succeeded in murdering something like 13.000 colored persons, what is the result so far as extermination goes? the race is increasing in numbers, and advancing! so-rapidly in solid measured civilization that it marvels the average American, that stops to contemplate it. The nllll5(inn ,;a a0 i.wlJnnrf A irmri I iiiivouiuu niuu ni- i tjinu--u ... can now, is what shall we do to keep the negro behind us in civilization, in , advancement and general progress i Instead of extermination for the red brother, we suggest the same reme dies that were used on the recently bond class in the south: more school houses, less fire water, more farming utensils, less improved rifics, less rob bery and pillaging of the red men by agents of the government and a more earnest and vigorous policy of doing justice to those that have so long been very badly treated. We cannot look for a quickening response to the demands of the hour from the Indian as we get them from the colored brother, but in time, we may expect a reasonable return for our efforts in a humane and just cause. SUFFRAGE. When the colored people of this Dis trict were enfranchised the colored schools were in their infancy. Since then boys who at that time were six or eight years old have had time to receive common school education and to attain their majority, Hence, if popular gov ernment were now restored, a consider able percentage of the colored voters would be found to possess fair edca tional qualifications; and the proportion of such is increasing year by year. Under these altered cireumstances, it would not be possible to revive the state of things which existed twelve or fif teen years ago. The leaders of those days might still have a following, but there would be an opposing element by which the influence of that class of men would be in a great measure coun teracted. Suffrage might therefore be put in operation here now under much more favoaable circumstances than prevailed during the half dozen years before the system of government by commissioners was established. The Daily Ct iti AVe agree with our contemporary, the Critic. There is a young educated element in this city, and that element proposes to make these old hot-house politicians take a back seat. We want suffrage. Theopposers to the election franchise will find out that there will be a different state of things now than there were several years ago. AVe hope that the citizens will make a move for suffrage at the next Congress. OUR REVIEW. The Republican Pahty axd the Faithful Allies Suffrage for the District of Columbia The Colored Press and. the Next Republican P k es i d e n t The Coming Convention of Colored Men What will Probably be the Program Mahone and the Virginia Negroes. Owing to a pressure of business, we have been compelled to leave out our review. There seems to be a disposi tion on the part of office-hunters and chronic growlers to misrepresent the republican party and the ever faithful allies. The fact is, and it is undenia ble, that the colored man cannot afford to leave the republican party. AVe have been made citizens of the United States, and that citizenship was only obtained by blood and a cost to this government of many thousands of lives and many millions of dollars. The few discontented negroes who have deemed it wise to urge the col ored man to leave the old ship of State, are those who have failed in every thing. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, notwithstanding the blunders of some of its leaders, will have the colored vote in the next Presidential election. AVhat the negroes of the country want is protection in the South and the en forcement of the laws of the Constitu tion of the United States. The col ored man is satisfied with the principle enunciated by the republican party if they are enforced to a letter. SUFFRAGE IN THE DISTRICT of Columbia is booming. There seems to be a determined disposition on the part of the citizens to demand the res toration of the elective franchise. There is a better element in this city now than there was several 3 ears ago. There is a 3'oung educated class, both white and black, who will not allow themselves to be dictated to by the old pot-house politicians. THE COLORED PRESS throughout the country seem to be fa vorable to Hon. Robert T. Lincoln for President of the United States. Whether Secretary Lincoln is made President or not, in 1884, we are as sured that he will enter the convention with the united South and a strong southwestern faction. The name of Lincoln will be a living monument to posterity. Hon. B. K. Bruce is spoken of either for the Vice-Presidency or the Cabinet. The nation honors Mr. Bruce, and the South will enter the next convention strong for him. THE CONVENTION OF COLORED MEN that is to be "held at Louisville, Ky., next September will express their grievances and urge a rigid enforce ment of the laws of the Constitution ! of the United States, and better pro- icciion lor tne negro at the ballot-box in the South. The greatest mistake on the part of several colored men in VIRGINIA is the attempt, on their part, to per suade the colored vote from the read juster party. AVe advise the colored people to stand by the ship that brought them over to freedom and libertv. j Never before in the history of Virginia nave we enjoyed the freedom of sell government, protection at the ballot, J f..Ir vofn .,,! .. 1 - T l tl lull lUtC UUU .111 IIUllCIO WU1IL. XjUL come what may, the next readjuster I victory in Virginia will bring the ne- j gro up to a higher standard. Beware ' ot those men who are at the head of that organization, called the United 1 Freeman. Beware ! Beware ! DELEGATES ELECTED. The colored citizens' of the Ninth District met on Monday evening and elected the following delegates to the convention to be held on the 10th of the present month. W. C. Chase, Gray, C. O. "Stewart, with Murray as alternates. The Spencer delegates were instructed 0 vote for Hon. Fred. Douglass Laws. and Rev. R. S. LOUISE TO CLARA. Dear Claha I have jus? returned from Harper's Ferry, where I have been spending a few days. I received your last letter, and really, Clara, you seem to forget what you told me some few weeks ago. I should like very much to have been present at the de pot when the girls left town. 1 sup pose that you have been enjoying yourself since mv absence? The sad news of Charlie's death reached me a few days ago, and 1 suppose Alice took it very hard. She is a dear, sweet girl, and would make anyone a faithful and honest wife. Alice is so very peculiar, and it is very hard to tell how matters effect her. You should have been present Sun day at our mutual friend. There .was plenty of real and true gossipping going on. Our sweet and dear friend, Miss F M. W., of AVest Washington, is to be married soon 10 a Bostonian. I am not responsible for this; it was told to me by one of the Bee staff. On my arrival in town the first thing that was told to me was that our silly friend, r. t. g,, was making an un successful war. Dearest he is excus able, as you know he lacks a great deal. Poor Dick looks crazy. I wonder how he does to live? Dear little Harry will be one of the school trustees, I am told. I rnly pray that it is so. The teachers are anxious for a change on the school board. Poor creatures, they are for ever kept in terror and suspense. John has sent in his resignation, and I only hope that it will bo accepted. I have no serious objections to him, but I think that a change on the school board is necessary. There is loo much favoritism. The board has commited another blunder by the appointment of J. T. L. as one of the musical in structors. Pet! what could the tru. tees have been thinking about when they made that appointment? He knows as much about music as the person in whose place he was ap pointed. I am just full of indigna tion, and I don't hesitate in express ing it. I didn't attend the picnic of Com pany A; I suppose everything went off nicely. Don't fail to be present on the Sparta excursion next week. 1 shall be attired in my new white dress. I am inclined to believe that A. P. B. is a dude. His flirtations should be watched. Miss A. V. McC. was out riding Suntkiy afternoon. Don't you know she is a girl whom 1 admire. She has very line qualities. News has reached here that Miss L. M w ill be appointed principal of the Normal School. Another blunder bv the ollicial heads. The Normal School should have an experienced teacher at its head. Prof. L. would be just the per son for the place. Mrs. Register B. K. B. will spend the summer in Ohio. It always gives me pleasure to listen to her when she is talking. She has such a sweet and dignified way of ex pressing herself. The Senator is very piuiul nf hiu wifo; m-fnot ho h:i? :i right to honor and love one so worthy. Have you heard the news? There is a misunderstanding between Miss R. E. C. and a lady whom I admire. Of course you must know the cause. Jessie's heart is beating in another di rection. Well, I suppose he knows what he is about. There was a secret conclave held in the Sumner School not long since; have you been able to find out what it meant? I always had better opinion of Dr. P. till lately; there is no doubt that he displeases colored tutors. His opposition to Prof. AV has created an ill feeling among our friends. I have said enough, and 1 hope when you write again you will tell me all about matters in general. You took occasion to tell me about Leedy. Yes. indeed, dear girl, I know that my ref erences to "Leedy" and the girls created quite a furore. I had a note from Maude; she told me that Mr. Leedy was armed to the teeth for a fiasco. How truly this must be, for if there ever was a fiasco personificator, truly that must have been he. I am not surprised at what is going on, not the least. Only a few nights ago I was passing up a certain street, and there in front of a lady's door stood ahorse and buggy. My escort said, "Whoo horse and wagon is that?" I went up, took a look at the team, and I said, "Don't vou know whose 'get up' that is?" "No," said he. "Well, I will tell you. That is the hearse; it belongs to a private firm in 7th street between G and II the same that carried out several corpse last winter. Remember me kindly to the girls, and tell them I hope to be with them soon. Your loving friend, Louise. EX-BAILIFF PARKERS SUNDAY DINNER. On last Sunday afternoon, Ex-Bailiff Joshua Parker, entertained at dinner J. B. McGinnis, Esq., of Delaware, a highly educated and influential gentle man. The menu was excellent, and the table tastefully arranged. Mr. Parker is well known in this city, and was at one time one of the most effi cient bailiffs of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The occa sion of last Sunday was a happy one, and will be long remembered. The form of yielding up a bride to her bridegroom in consequence of an attack, was preserved in Ireland up to the early part of the last century, and in Wales it was customary for the friends of the bride and groom to meet on horseback, the bride mounted behind her nearest kinsman, who fled with her while .a pretended quarrel went on between the two parties, to be pursued MTIfl Pnrif llrrwl -i.rl.r. 4-Un -ftna Vilrl Vinnn "-"lvww v null wiu mumiucni . , . . t -1 Protracte(I until both sides had had enough of it. Trustworthy estimates show that MU.UUU. II I Wnro nirncn l.iel itn... 1... live stock business in Wyoming and Texas. . -- A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil, - John A. Thither. A golden hfize melts down the purple skies, Where glows the lingering day the moun tains o'er; On noiseless wings the idle butterflies Drift o'er the daisied meadow's vernal floor; Tho drowsy blos3oma of tho sycamore Breathe heavy odors on the dreamy air; Hall drowsed with honey, drones the weary bee Across the marshes to his hollow tree, While from the east the salty breezes bear The far-off echoes ot the open sea. The rosy tide of summer's beauty dies; From frosty skies the gales ot atumn roar; The renper8 song is dene, and idle lies His shining scythe beside his lonely door, The sweet bird carols to tho day no more No nioro the little bluebird coos his prayer; But winter's footprints thicken on the lea And hush in ice tho brook's low melody, While louder lise, from rocky caverns bare, The far-off echoes of the open sea. So change our lives! AVhen childhood lit my eye3 I dreamed that life eternal summer wore I dreamed the earth would be a paradise My sect should through the shining years .oxploro; I saw the gay birds into heaven soar, And fancied I as dear as joy should share; And when the cold world told of death to me I could not understand what death might be; Its sorrows never brought to me a care Those i'ar-oB echoes of the open sea! Just Lord, I learn the change thy seasons bear I There is a sweetness in tho minor key; Blest are we while we live, blest when iiom thee We hear that summons low that calls us whore No echo answers from the open sea. Ernest IV. Shurtliff. JOHN AND I. "Come, John," said I, cheerfully, "it really is time to go; if you stay any longer I shall be afraid to come down and lock the door after you." My visitor rose a proceeding that always reminded me of the genii emerg ing from the copper vessel, as he measured six foot three and stood looking reproachfully down at me. "You are in a great hurry to get rid of me," he said. Now I didn't agree with him, for he had made his usu.il call of two hours and a half; having, in country phrase taken to "sitting up" with me so liter ally that I was frequently at my wits' end to suppress the yawn that I knew would bring a troop after it. He was a fine, manly looking fellow, this John Cranford, old for his age which was the rather boyish period of twenty-two and every way worthy of being loved. But I didn't love him. I was seven years his senior; when in stead of letting the worm of conceal ment prey on his damask cheek, he ventured to tell his love for my mature self, I remorselesslv seized an English prayer book, and pointed sternly to the clause, "A man may not marry his grandmother." That was three years ago, and I added encouragingly: "Beside, John, you are a child, and don't know your own mind." "If a man of nineteen doesn't know his own mind," remonstrated my lover. "I would like to know who should But I will wait for you seven years, if you say so fourteen as Jacob did for Rachel." "You forget," laughing at his way of mending matters, "that a Avoman does not improve with age. But seriously, John, this is absurd; you are a nice boy, and I like vou but mv feelings toward you are more those of a mother than a wife." The boy's eyes flashed indignantly, and before I could divine his intention he had lifted me from the spot where I stood, and carried me infant fashion to the sofa, at the other end of the room. "I could almost find it in my heart to shake you!" he muttered, as he set me down with emphasis. This was rather like the courtship of William of Normandy, and matters promised to be quite exciting.' "Don't do that again," I said with dignity, when I recovered my breath. "Will you marry me?" asked John, somewhat threateningly, "Not just at present," I replied. "The great, handsome fellow," I thought, as he paced the floor restless ly, "why couldn't he fall in love with some girl of fifteen, instead of setting his affections on an old maid like me? I don't want the bov on mv hands anri rf , .v.. won't have him!" "As to your being twenty-six," pur sued John, in answer to my thoughts "You say it's down in the family Bible and I suppose it must be so; but no one would believe it; and I don't care if you are forty. You look like a giri of sixteen, and you are the only woman I shall ever love." O John, John! at least five millions of men have said the same thing before in every known language. Neverthe less, when he fairly breaks down and cries, I relent for I am disgracefully sof t-heartel and weakly promise then and there that I will either keep my own name or take his. And John looked radiant at this con cession, for love is a very dog in the manger. It was a comfort to know that if he could not gather the flower himself, no one else would. A sort of family shipwreck had wafted John to my threshold. Our own household was sadly broken up, and I found myself, comparatively young in years, with a half invalid Jj.i . 7 TOat more natural deter" nation than to take boarders? And among the first were Mr. Cranford and his BOn and aister "ho h&d "just been wrecked themselves by the death of the wife and mother in a foreign land one of those sudden, unexpected deaths, that leave the survivors in a dazed condition, because it is so diffi cult to imagine the gay worlding who has been called hence in another state of beiag. Mr. Cranford wab one of my admira tions from the first. Tall, pale, with dark hair and eyes, he reminded me of Dante, only that he was handsomer; and he had such a general air of know ing everything worth knowing (with out the least pedantry, however) that I was quite afraid of him. He was evidently wrapped up in. John, and patient to his sister which was asking quite enough of Christian charity under the sun, for Mrs. Shellgrove was an unmitigated nuisance. Such a talker! babbling of her own and her brother's affairs with equal indiscretion, and treating the latter as though he were an incapably infant. They stayed with us three years and during that time I was fairly persecu ted about John. Mrs. Shellgrove wrote me a letter on the subject, in which she informed me that the whole family were ready to receive me with open arms a prospect that I did not find at all- alluring. They seemed to have their hearts set upon me as a per son peculiarly fitted to train John in the way he should go. Everything. I was told, depended on his getting the right kind of a wife. A special interview with Mr. Cran ford, at his particular request, touched me considerably. "I hope," said he, "that you will not refuse my boy, Miss Edna. He has se his heart so fully upon you, and you are everything that I could desire in a daughter. I want some one to pet. I feel sadly lonely at times, and I am sure you would fill the vacant niche." I drew my hand away from his caress, and almost felt like hating John Cranford. Life with him would be one of ease and luxury; but 1 decided that I had rather keep boarders. Not long after this the Cranfords concluded to go to housekeeping, and Mrs. Shellgrove was in her glory. She always came to luncheon in her bonnet, and gave minute details of all that had been done and talked of about the house in the last twenty-four hours. "It is really magnificent," said she lengthening out each syllable. "Brother has such perfect taste. And he is actually furnishing the library. Miss Edna, after your suggestion. You see we look upon you quite as one of the family." "That is very good of you," I replied, shortly; but I certainly have no ex pectations of ever belonging to it." Mrs. Shellgrove laughed as though I had perpetrated an excellent joke. "Young ladies always deny these things, of course; but John tells a dif ferent story." I rattled the cups and saucers'angrily; and my thoughts flew off, not to John' but to John's father, sitting lonely In the library furnished after my sugges tion. Wasn't it, after all, my duty to marry the family generally? The house was finished and moved into, and John spent his evenings with me. I used to get dreadfully tired of him. He was too devoted to be at all interesting, and I had reached that state of feeling which, if summar ly or dered to take.my choice between him and the gallows, I would have prepar ed myself lor the latter with a sort of alacrity. I locked the door upon John on the evening in question, when I had finally got rid of him, with these things in full force; and I meditated while un" dressing on some desperate move that would bring matters to a crisis. But the boy had been roused at last He, too, had rellected in the watches of the night; and next day 1 received quite a dignified letter from him, tell, ing me that business called him from the city for three or four weeks, and that possibly on his return I might ap preciate his- devotion better. I felt inexpressibly relieved. It ap peared to me the most sensible move ment that John had made in the whole course of our acquaintance, and I be gan to breathe with more freedom. Time flew, however, and the three weeks lengthened to six, without John's return. He wrote to me, but his letters became somewhat constrain ed; and I scarcely knew what to make of him. If he would only give me up. I thought; but I felt sure that he would hold me to that weak promise of mine, that I should either become Jbcina Cranlord or remain Edna Car rington. "Mr. Cranford." was announced one evening, and I entered the parlor fully prepared for an overdose of John, but found myself confronted by his father. He looked very grave, and instantly I imagined all sorts of things, and re proached myself for my coldness. "John is well?" I gasped finally. "Qaite well," was the reply, in such a kind tone that I felt sure there was something wrong. AVhat it was I cared not, but poured forth my feelings impetuously to my astonished visitor. "He must not come here again I" j exclaimed. "I do not wish to see hb Tell him so, Mr. Cranford! tef im tnac jl nau rather remain Edjua rington as he made me promise honivmo "Plno Prntifn-.l J ' Car. than "And he made yon promisel, was the reply. -The selfish ffelow? lu!:i to Without u c j. UdB ueen exect ins? I am very lonely so lonely that I do not see how I can give her up.' 'I glanced at him. and the room seemed swimming aroundeverythins was dreadfully unreal. I tried to sit down, and was carried tenderly to a sofa. "Shall it be Edna Carrington 01 Edna Cranford9" he whispered. "You need not break your promise to .lohn.'1 "Edna Cranford," I replied, feeling that I had left the world entirely, andi was in another sphere of existence. If the thought crossed my mind th;i Mr. Cranford had rather cheer full supplanted his son the proceeding was fully justified during the visit which I soon received from that young gentle, man. I tried to make it plain to him that I did him no wrong, as I had never professed to love him, though not at all sure that I wouldn't receive the shaking threatened on a previous occasion, and I endeavor et I to he ag tender as possible, for I felt reallv sorry for Iiim. To my great surprise John laughed! heartily. "Well, this is jolly!" he exclaimed "And I am not a villian after alii What do you think of her, Edna?" He produced an ivory-type in rich velvet case a pretty, little, Mue-iyedl simpleton, who looked ahoufc seventeen. "Rose," he continued, "Kw Parting the name suits her. doeen't it ? she was staying at my uncle's in Miarykinili that's where I have been vUhng, you know, and she was such a (fate little confiding thing that a fellow couldn't help falling in love with her. And she thinks no end of me, you see; says she's quite afraid of me and1 jiIJi that." John knew I wasn't a bit afraidi of him; but I felt an elder sisterly sorb off interest in his happiness, and had nevec liked him so well as at that niomenk And this was the dreadful news that his father had come to break to uiq when his narrative was nipped in the bud by my revelations anil the inter view ended in a far more satisfactory manner than either of us had anticipat ed. So I kept my promise to John, after all; and as Miss Rose kept her's, lie is now a steady married man, and' a very agreeable son-in-law. Ruinous Reading. An example of the pernicious in fluence exercised upon the mind of the young by the perusal of the exciting lit erature prepared especially for thern i found in an occurrence that took pl.we a few days since in Murkbam, Ont. For some time business houses and dwell ings have been burglarized, and no due could be obtained to the perpetrator-.-. At last the suspicion of a bunker's w if e were directed to a young man empjuyed in the office of her husband, and she detected him in the act of hiding stolen plunder. He confessed his crime and the mystery of the burglaries was re vealed. It appears that a number of bos sons of the most respectable people in the town, had formed an organization for the perpetration of crimes similar to. those related in the flashy literature they were permitted to read. Member of the gang retired as uMial with others of the family, and when all w.i quiet slipped out of the houe and re paired to the rendezous, which wa- .1 cave near a graveyard. The captthf of one of the thieves led totherecMerv of much of the stolen property, and the high standing of the parent- pre vented prosecution of the boys, wh were allowed to escape without uftVi ing the penalty they richly desened. Comment is superfluous. The eu! effect of the promiscuous reading d the flash literature so prevalent .11110112 the yonng of both sexes at the pre smt time has been many times di u 'd ly the press. The only remedy he? in legislative suppression of the eviL Cleveland (Ohio) Herald. He Didn't Know the Man. There was a musical entertainment in the palatial mansion of "lone! Duby Bigbug. Miss Birdie Ihgbu? plays on the piano. She is not imuli of a player, but her folks think there is nothing more for her to learn. Among the guests was a stranger, who hap pened to be a musical genius. Aftr Miss Bigbug had pounded the instru ment until the house shook to i' foundations, a young gentleman askd the stranger what he thought of thf young lady's playing. "It surpasses my expectations," he replied. "You don't say so," said the delight ed young man. "Yes, I do. I never expected that it was possible for any one to play sf atrociously as that." The young man was Tom Bighuft the brother of the unsurpassed per formera fact that the stranger did not discover until he regained conscious ness in the hospital two hours after ward. Sif tings. Who Were Interested. An esthetic Austin lady went oaf into thjg SG'Onlry To? her health, rh Country people were not that way at an. so when she went into ecstaeieso" the beautiful grass and flowers, th did not seem to reciprocate. he w.i very much astonished at their apathy .. -u.-i .. i.un tut ft an in- "ijoes nouuuv uuu n - terest in the beautiful .gems of the prairies?" "Oh, yes, the sheep eat them, the response. Texan Sif tings. was t?