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nm 111 ijinii i nt-'Umi Uiilir v GLOBE REPUBLIC, SUNDAY MORKIKQ, JTJIr 12 1885 Heat t nml Hand. Billy foul, 'lit In iiln on purmip, 1 in ulic hisils nut ihn innl Unit vou n I -, 1) H c, nil mi frullli Ml) win, Unit In r lliouufiin mi. dm. fr iiwuj j 'I liiit, llmiiKli fur, liu her Inui cull Miiiiiimiiil, or whli li jou inn hum nivir n imrt? Jou mi) lunr-jiiii him touch lur white liuiiil! lie Ih in inir-hii touchi her lienrt. -diorKti lllntwje, In thu I'liititrjr. 'J hi) Hit Mult) I'IIcm. TliiTd lllllii liu lii tlinn i.oii it ptiiin 1 dim llllln 111(8 Jim iiutuMe, in tin, ruin. Siilil thu Ihn i) llttlu tllis in they hummed on tliu 1111110, To tlm Hi ri n Ilttlo llks who wire out In thu rnhi! "Don't u wlnlijou wirvliiroon this slduof lilt) plllie, liuli ml or out tin ro In tho mid nml the rain? Ami thi n nn must till jointure's dinner li cookliiir, TIioiikIi renlli unit trill), wo hnviti't Wen Innldntr. HUM tin' tlm i) llllln (II, r oiilsl.lo In tlm mill 'I o tho I hno Ilttlo lllrs Inside on tho iiinot "Wo think It's much nicer out luro In tho ruin Tlinn shut up wliiru )ou lire, Insldo oil tho piinc! Ami tin n tin ru's uioro fun tlutn tho bojsluno nt Imll In ilnilidinc tho ruin drops hs fnstiis they lull." ' And now I urn sum tlmt my Imnnu Is plnlni nliinivir vmu fiol thiiio Is cnuso to com- pliilu, lUmt'iuli' i the thrto llttlu tiles on tho pane. And Ihn Ihriu Ilttlo lllus Just ouUldu III tho ruin. D. U. Linkwood, In St. Nicholas for July. a woman's ki:vi:nui:. Tho tlmo for tho marriage of Ned Illy nml Hulli llatfonl was dt awing near. Illy was tho most promising joung ni.iii In tho neighborhood of (ray Kagle church, Arknnsnw. Ho possessed many good traits of char acter, jot ho had not that steadiness of purposo necessary to tho nchlovoment of well, ponpio who know liitu said that unless ho cultivated tenacity ho would nover set tho world nliro. Until was a qttiot, oven tomporod girl. In tho picturing of gentleness, hIio could lia o appropriately served as a model. Siturday evening, Nod was to como and spend Sunday. Kuth stood at tho fat m gate, looking down tho road. Sho saw Ned coming and sho waved her li imlkereliief at him. "Ho is tho dear est man in tho world," sho mused. "I will spend my life in devotion to him." "J hero sho stands,"" Ned mused. "Good girl, tho right kind of n girl to m.iki) a good wife but heigho. "Ned, I thought you never would como," she said, advancing to meet him. "I thought that I was making good time, Kuth." "Oh, j on might havo thought so for It Is much more weariness to wait than it is to tr.ivel." "i'i s, I Hiipposo so. Is your father well?" ho asked us ho opened tho gato for her. "No, not very. His cough does not seem to get any bettor." ".Sorry to hear il. Shall wo go to the houso or walk awhile?" "You havo walked enough, Ned. Why didn't you rido?" "Well, I was out in tho woods, think ing, vvhou the time for mo to set out annul, so I thought that It would bo saving time to walk r.ithor than to go back to the house and catch n horse." Mr. Hatford, with a feeble tread, was walking up and down tho porch. Ho cotdlally greeted tho young man, for vv horn ho hud pronounced regard. Believing that Ire could not live much longer, and with a natural anxiety for the vvelfato of his daughter, ho looked upon Ned as ho would havo lookod upon a son. "How aro you feeling, Mr. Hatford?" tho young man asked as ho soatcd him self In a largo arm chair which Kuth had drawn out from an adjoining loom. "I am not at allwoll, Ned. To toll you thu truth, I believe that my time hero Is short." "Oh, don't say that father," the girl iinploied. "I cannot help but say it, Kuth, when I feel it so strongly. It should not make jou sad, for it is much better to bo dead than it is to sulfur without tho slightest hope of leeovery. It is tho pain of this world that makes us willing to try tho fortunes of tho wot Id to come. 'J hero is one thing that I cannot help but regret. This farm is mortgaged for all it is worth. Holng hard pressed, in conscquonco of inabili ty to look after my nflairs, compelled mo to go in debt." Ned made no reply. Kuth looked at him with an expression of eagerness. Sho longed to hear him toll her father that it luado no diflcrcnco. "He is de vising soiiio noble plan," sho mused, but Ned's faco showed no sign of gen erous contemplation. "Well," said tho old man, "I must Ho down. 1 am afraid of tho pleasant air out hero." "Kuth," Ned remarked when tho old man had withdrawn, "let us walk out Into tho garden." They walked among tho flower which thu girl had so carefully culti vated. Tho air was sweet with tho rich perfume of roses. "Ned, something seems to bo weigh ing ou jour mind." "I om not very well." "I nni so sorry. Can I do anything for vou?" "No, I'll bo all right after awhile." They walked in silence. Ned's man ner was restless, and his frequent sighs did not escape tho girl's observa tion. "Ned, please tell me what is tho mat ter with jou. Something must bo troubling vou." "Kuth, let us sit down hero." They sat ou a rustic bench. After a few moments of meditation, Ned re marked: "I feur that vou aro deceived in mo, I am " "Now please don't upbraid joursolf. You aro the best, tho noblest man In the world." He sighed wearily. "No, I havo bo guu to bolievo that there is nothing good about mo. Kuth, 1 " "What, Ned?" "I cannot marry jou now. My cir cumstances " "Now, Ned, jou know that makes no dilleienee." "hot mo got through. My circum stances nio such that 1 cannot atlord to mat i j cannot in justlco to jou af ford it. Another thing, I have lived hem in thu country all my life and have never .seen an) thing iu tho world. It Is all right with a woman, but a mail who has never been around don't amount to anv thing. I havo thought, for suvuial duys, that we'd better in definitely postpone that Ilttlo allulr of ours. I vvaut to go out West. 1 want to hcu something." Sho had arisen. Tho moon, coming from behind u fleecy fragment of cloud, threw its light upon her color less face. "Then jou have been deceiving me. You don't lovo mo!" sho said with a sob. "Now hero, Kuth, don't talk that way. You can Unit a bettor husband than I could possibly be. Kuth, where uro vou coliii:?" "lo the house. "I hope that I havo nut oll'uuded you " "Oh, no," she replied lit a tonu of siicusm, "tho com Icons Mi. Illy nover ulh nileil unjotio. (iood bju." "Ileic, Kuth, Just n minute." Shu did not turn mound. "Now I huit. fixed It," he mused. "I Intended to break il gently, but failed. Well, I have simply dono my duty. I would be miserable If I woro to settle down. It is Impossible for a man to explain himself to a woman. Hang it, she don't want to understand mo. I am sorry foi the old man and sorry for tho girl, of coiiiso. Wull, for tli-U nrillei, I am sony for in) self. All over. Now I'll show tho pcoplo that I can lucomplish something." ( IIVI'TI It II. Kuth did not tell her father. Tho next day when ho asked why Ned did not stnj all night, she icplled that ho had a business appointment which ho was compelled to moot. Two dajs later, the old linn died. Just before passing nv av he spoke in high praise of Ned. The girl was almost heart broken, but she spoko to no one of her gi eater grief. '1 ho flower of her lovo became Ihn thoin of hale, and deep within hoi self, she binned with revengeful dusiie. Tho farm was sold and Kuth went out West to live with her uncle. Sov eral jears pissed, but sho had never ceased to pray for levcngo. Her tlmo was coming. Ono day, with a feeling of pleasure, a kind of hitler delight, sho learned that Ned Illy lived in tho country, that ho had begun tho practico of law in a town not fir away. Shi) felt that ho would como to sun her, for ho had tried to see liei before sho had loft her old home. "Kuth," said her uncle, upon re turning from thu town, "1 met an old friend of jours to-day. Ills iiamo Is Ned Illy. You knowhlm, don't you?" "Oh, jes, I know him." "He said that ho had known you a long time. I had some law business ami gavo It to him. 'I ho people say that ho Is a lino lawjer." "I am glad to ln-ar it. When jou see him again, glvo him my compli ments." "All right. I am going back day lifter to-morrow." When Mr. Hatford returned from his second visit, ho said to Kuth: "When I told Illy that vou sent jour compliments, ho seemed to be sur prised. IIu blushed, I thought. Ah, ltutli, ho Is a capital fellow, and, by the way, ho promised to call hero next Sundaj." "I shall bo delighted to meet him," Kuth replied. She was delighted, but what a do light! Tho faco of her f ither camo up before her. "Now," she mused, "my time is coming. I will win his lovo. 'I lien I will toich him a lesson. I de spise him!" When lily came, sho met him with out tho 'ightest belrajal of emotion. Ho had not changed. ".Miss Kuth, time has not in tho least alteied jou," ho said, as ho fondly looked upon her. "No, 1 am about tho same, I think." "I was afraid that jou would hatu me." "Oh, I could nuvor hato jou, Ned or Mr. HI), i.ithei." "'lint's right, call mo Ned. Why shouldn't )ou? Wo ate old friends. "Yes, vi ii grew up together." "Let mo see. Six jears havo passed since vvu puled in tho garden." "Yes," she said, with a sigh. "Six jeirs tho longest of my life. Two j ears ago, I went back lo the old home. It was four j ears lo a day since wo patted. 1 went into thu garden, which I was glad to see, had undoi gono lint llttlu change, and sat ou thu old bench. 1 plucked a rose, I havo its withered leaves " "Oh, Ned " "Kuth, I was a fool, but, darling, I loved jou then. Now, though, 1 wor ship vou. Ho my wife " "es," sho whispered. When ho hud "one, and while sho sat in her room, gloating over the near prospect of rovenge, tho face of her dead father came up bofoio her. "I will teach jou a lesson, oh, jou foul! I will walk out ou the floor with jou and then, in tho pieseuce of thu company, I will denounce ) on. 'ihatik God, that tho time is coming." Ned was happj'. As ho drovo to ward homo ho fondly mused over tho bright promises which spread out be fore him. "It is better as it is," ho thought, "Had I mairicd her six jears ago, 1 would havo settled down ou the farm, it mciu laboier, without a single pros- cct of ever amounting to anv thing letter. I was not reading law for noth ing. I felt withm mo that something must come of it. Now 1 nm in a fair waj, not onlj to become prosperous. but to become woilllij'. l liavo always loved Kuth. I havu nuvei thought that alio was entirely lost to me. Noble girl, her mind never conceived a wrong thought." Tho tlmo for Uio marriage was ap pointed. Kuth wis happj in hordetor minatlou of being avenged. "I will loaeli you what it Is to slitter," sho thought. "How can tho fool bo so blind? Kgotist, ho thinks that I lovu him. Men are sucli fools." A very large number of people weio invited. Ned wanted tlm allalr to bo quiet, but Kuth said: "No, wo wish to sulvorliso our happiness, Ned. We want thu people to see wh it li ip jiiuess tho union of two devoted heaits can bring about." "All right. Kulh," Nod icpllod. "I am willing to luivo uverythiug to jou. Llttlu gul, noble and patient with a forbearance which tho angels them selves could not tench, )ou do not know how I vv ui ship )ou. I havo bought u nice llttlu housu and well, I long for vou to see It I want you to see it. I want jou to seo liuw devoted a man can be. You ato thoughtful, Kuth." "1 am thinking, love, of out coming happmo".." Shu tin lied her faco from him. She was nftaid that her thoughts of ven geance might bo outlined on her conn ten. nice. "I know lint wo shall bo h ippv'," sho slid. "When loiing he. iris como together, sunshine musl follow." "Ah, little treasure, jou shall be iluiiuly paid for uvery .privation. I have nover ceased to think of jou. Kuth, would jou nut lather be the wife of a prospoious lawjer than tho wife of an Indlllerent fanner?" "It would nnko no dilluronco to me, dear, so long us I am jour wife." "You are mi ungel, Kuth. 1 don't believe that jou ever had a bitter thotuhl." "Not against jou, piceious," sho replied scarcclj' nblo to conceal her hate. "Kuth, dm lug our long separation, while muny people were anxious to compliment me, I did not ccaso to lovingly think of thu quiet little girl who had won my bojlsh love. I know now that fate is kind, that this old world has. been slandered." I ho ilny urrivud Kuth nut in tier room, waiting for tho coming of tho man who had daikuiicd her life. "When I denounce him," sho mused, "undo and aunt will say that 1 acted rightly. Oh, I will teach Ihal wretch u lesson that ho will never forget. 1 know that ho loves me mid I hatu him fur It." Ned in lived. Kulh heard his merry laugh, and she laughed bitterly. Shu woiu u roso in her linlr, a rose sho fan cied camo from thu old garden. When she descended the stairs and caught a glimpse of tho company assembled in thu parlor, sho smiled. Sho would glvo them a piece of acting. Without betraying her dospciato Intention, shu stood beside Ned. 'I ho minister ad vanced. Now was her time. Tho ceremony was pronounced. Sho had said "yes." Sho sat down vvhou her friends had congratulated her. When thu people weio gone, shu throw her arms around her husband and ex claimed, "Oh, Nod, I worship jou." Yes, the time for her rovengo had come. Arkansaw 'i'ravclir. A oumous uahi:. Thn lllliltl ('liilrvnyiint Who Ilesi rlliril tlio Ductor'fl llrnlii Ilpforn lie lllnl. "I)o I bellovo In clalivoyanls?" said a well-known cltlrcu of Kahway, form erly a medical student, jostcrday. "I cannot say that I do, but 1 was once almost ready to boliovo in them. In tho jear 1816 tho building at tho south east corner of Harelay and Church street, Now York, which Is now a fac tory, was occupied as a prlvato board-Ing-hotibo. As tho location sultod my convenience, I engagod n room there, and took possession of It ono Satuiday, about tho middle of January. Among nij' fcllow-boardors was Dr. Hathaway, a surgeon of tho United States urmj-, who had been on duty at the hospital on Statcn island. During my lirst evoning at tho houso a joimg lady vis itor was present who was introduced to mo simply as Mary. Sho was blind. 1 had listened hut a short time to tho conversation of these people befoio I learned that thoy were almost mono maniacs on tho subject of mesmuiism, and I afterward learned that tho blind girl, Mary, was a clairvojiint subj'eet of Dr. Lo Grande, a well-known phjsi cian, who professed to euro diseases bj- mesmorism. "Ileforo rotiring that night I went out to a restaurant in Park row for a plato of oysters. When I returned to tho boarding-house, having been gone a little over half au hour, tho front door, which I had carefully fastened, was wldo opou, lights were glancing about, and there were sounds of con fusion In tho uppor part of tho house. 1 was told that Dr. Hathaway had hud a lit, and that Dr. Van Huron, Dr. 1'arkor, mid another phjsician, whoso namo I cannot now recall, had been scut for, and were in attendance. rinding I could bo of no service, I went to bcif, and next morning thu landlady in formed mo that the doctor's lit was a slight attack of npoplexj-, unaccom panied with paraljsis, and tint he would probably bo all ' hi In a few da)s. Ho was not all light, however, cither in a few dajs or a few weeks. lscioio Hie end of tho mouth I moved up-town, but about tho lattrr oveil up-town, but abou ut of Alaich, havmir bu p.utof M.ueli, havmi; business dou n- town, I called at my old boaiding jilace. 1 found Dr. Hathaway seated in his loom in an invalid chair, not qullo cheerful, but apparent ly nut ailing much, although ho complained of a palu in the right side of his head. As I was leaving tho houso tho landlady diuw mo into her room and asked mo what 1 thought of Dr. Hathawaj's ease. My icply was: 'The doctor is doing well. If ho will get out aud take moderate e.eicie, ho will soon bo entirclj well.' "She shook her head mourufullj-,and said: 'Ho will nover go out again. Ho will never leavo that room alive.' " "What reason havo vou for such a melancholy supposition?' I asked. " 'Marj' sajs so.' " 'What? lias Mary been hero frightening jou with her flummerj?' I said. "No; Mary has not been in tho house sincu tho night jou met her here,' sho icplled. "At Di. Hath iwaj's request I went to consult her at Dr. Lo (ii.uule's olliee. She wcntiiito a trance aud examined Dr. Hathaway. Sho sajs that the inside of his skull ou tho right side is all sure and ulcciatcd and that there are tluce lumps ou tho light side of his brain us largo as hickory nuts; that ho will never get over it; that it will all bo over with him by tho lirst of Maj and that you will bo pros cut at tho post-mortem examination.' " 'Me?' "'You.' " 'What suggested such an idea as that?' " 'I don't know; sho sometimes lakes great interest in strangers shu casually meets. She knows a gieat deal about your futuiu.1 "the foi tune-telling chailatan!' I thought. Of coutso I was too polito to e.pie.-s this opinion aloud, and after u few commonplace remarks look my leave. "Duiingtho next month my mind was othorwiso so much occupied that I almost forgot tho alllictcd physician; but on thu last day of Apnl, when I sat down to my dinner, I was startled to hud on my plate a nolo announcing Dr. Hathaway s death and inviting mo to a post-mortem examination at 10 o'cIock next morning. Whon 1 en tered thu death chamber nt tho op poiuted hour I found soveral eminent plijsicians und surgeons assembled theie. Dr. Moses, who was ilomon stiator of anatomy at tho University of New York, was conducting tho autop sy. When the top of the ci allium was lemoved from the brain, and handed round for Inspection, what was my surpriso to bee lint the lining mom btuno on tho right sido had boon ex tensively Inflamed, just- exactly as tho blind clairvoyant had desenbed, nud fuithur, upon cutting into tho sub stance of tho brain on tho right sido, tin oo largo tubercles wuio found, a nuo and lemarkablu pathological con dition." "'that was very romar' iblo." "Yes, but at the funeral 1 chanced to ride In the samu carriage with a rela tive of the deceased, who told mo that a sister of Dr. Hathaway had died some j ears before, after sulleriug about tho namo length of time with similar bjmptoius, and that thu same patholog ical conditions had been found on post mortem examination." A'iw l'orh iiuii. A I'oickoiiu Conclusion. Joseph Ycatuans, who was forineily n Dallas alderman, but who has sincu reformed, was tried in Sin Antonio last woek for horse stealing, but was acquitted. After the veidicl was len dered his lawjer asked him. "Now that the trial is over aud jou aro acquitted, tell me houusllj, illdjuu real)) steal tho hoise?" "Of course I did. If I wn an itiuo conl man and a good cltien do jou suppose I'd havo auj thing to do with ai blank rascal like jou?" was thu in litrnnnt response, Tent) bifiN'. . WIT AXI HIJMOK. A joung Ilurllugtoiilan who patron izes thu skating-rink Is called "Khar toum" by his companions, beeiuso ho falls so often. -LwUnylwi I'rie I'rcat. 'I ho feeling between the rival and odj'icunt cities of St. l'.iul mid Allium apulis, Minn , Is sul to bo so bitter tint, weiu Gabriel to take his stand In either town mid blow his ttumpet, thu Inhabitants of tlm other would not pay thu slightest attention to tho sum minis. "Mamma, what's n bookworm?" ' One who loves to load and study and collect books, my dear." 'I ho next night company called. Miss Kdith, who wcats rings Innumerable, was present. (), niiiiiiiu, look ut Miss Ldilh's rings. I guess she's a riug w oi in, ain't she?" When a baby begins to osk questions wise men tuku their departure. A "J j oar-old" can inn tho profnuudest scholar to ground lu ten minutes. One of them recently examined thu eyes of his sister and asked, "Manilna, vvheru dous the Lord get his bluu dust from?" Mucon (Wn.) 'I eli'ijriiph. A couple of guvs walled upon tho rector of the Medical 1'aculty of tho Ileidloberg Unlvuislty. Professor "What is il jou waul'?" Iloth "Wo wisli lo sell our bodies for dissection after death!" I'lofessor "Very good; how much do jou nsk?" Iloth "Well, vou see at tho University of Mugdo lung the gavo us each ten thalers?' Jlumorutiche Mutter. "Oh, s.iy, nml" exclaimed a bright Ilttlo girl at tlm Hofl'man Houso while at dinner, "hasn't that man over thero got awful big oars?" "Hush, child! tho gentleman might hear vou," cautioned tho mother. "Well, ma." retorted tho precocious joungstcr, "if lio couldn't hoar mo Willi thoso ears lie ought to haul 'em down." Siu Yoik, Journal. "My brudder Moses nefor got rich if he vh is in dor clothing pecseness for a lous mil j ears." "Don't he buy goods close enough?" "Dot doan mako somopody lich. lKr tiotiblos mil .Mines vhas dot ho vlns too oxciled. Vhen ho belief dot Lngluud and Kussia go to w ir ho put :r!J00 Into wheat, mid in hvo dajs ho loo eaferj cent. "What should ho have done?" "Keep dot moiioj' in his pocket and iu.uk his stock up L'O pel cent." Wall htricl A'ctt'S. Young 1'oatheilj-, who was dining with tho familv, was unremitting in attentions to tho oldest daughter. "I don't see that sister is eatiu' any ball," ventured watchful Hobbj'. "Nover mind what jour sister is eating, Hobbv," inluiposcd tho father in ahum. "Little bojs Uiould bu seen, not " "Well, she ouijht to eat salt," in sisted Hobby, " 'cos ma told hor last night tint evui)thlng what Mr. 1'eath erly said lo her must be taken with a gtaln o' salt." .Ntio lori Tunes. A Houston editor, whose namo it Is not nccesi uy to mention, as ever) body knows who is meant, was iccoveriug fiom a spull of sickness. As sion us he was aolo to sit up, thu doctor, who had studied thu patient's constitution, said. "You aro so much improved that j ou c in lake a toddy or a glass of bcei." "Kvciy lifteen minutes or every half hunt, ductoi?" asked tho journalist, who begin to feel himself agaiu. Tex- (iS bljHU'Ji. "Seo here, Hrinker," if j'ou don't quit dunning niu for that little fool meat bill thuie'll bo a rumpus between jou aud inc." "Veil, how mooch I dun j'ou? Not more as twicu in vou veek." "Yes but see how long j'ou'vo been dunning mo over twojears." "Veil, (Jiiiiiel, I make a bargain mlt jou. Ouf jou dot bill pajs oil I dou'd dun jou mi moic, h liu'l it?" '1 ho ( olonel refused to accept tho pioposition, .iml linuker will continue in the dunning business. Kentucky btitti Journal. Johnnj- (who is spending tho after noon at tho Smiths') My mother says shu'd like lo look liko jou. Mis. Smith. Mrs. S. (who is oxtrenicly plain, but not entire)' aware of it) Liko me, my deal? I take that as a compliment, indeed, fiom so very pietty u lady as )our mamma. You'ro quite suro it was 1, Johnny, that sho meant? Johuny (accepting another wuller) Oh, j es ni. She said that if sho could have jour health and strength, sho believed she'd as lief look just as j'ou do. Jurpcr'n llazar. Tho 1'easant Who Was Short on Whe it A Peasant who was Short on Wheat for May Delivery, and found Kuin Staring llliu lu the l'aco Betook himself to the Cava of a Philosopher mid said: "O, Wise Man, I am half a million Hushola of Wheat short on May Deliver)'. I camo to ask help of tho Gods through jou." "Know je, my Friend," replied tho old man, "thnt tho Gods Kender Aid only whon tho Lawjeislnvo given up tho Case?" Thu next morning tho Peasant was iu Canada. Moral: And his Lawyer Set tled all Claims for 10 cents on tho Dol lar, "lions," says the Haverhill Bulletin, "aro nothing moro or less, so to speak, than machines, and with good feed and piopcr c ire cati do their work with tho logulaiitj of inachinorj'." Wo en tirely ngreu with this vlow. Iu the spring time, for instance, thoy can go thioiigh a flower or vegetablo bed 7n such a manlier us to leavo tho impres sion tint a mowing machine or patent steam plow with harrow iittaelimeut had been ut work In tho premises. Uudoubludlj hens aro very much liko machines, the only dllTeronco bolng tint thej can bo a little moro destruc tive when they get down to business. Huston Conner. Two not very prepossessing-looking gentlemen were toasting their feot at a stove iu thu back room of a saloon. Ouo of them was reading a nowspaper. Suddenly ho exclaimed: "Wlij", Sam and Hill Hoggs havo beon stoallug horses in Kansas. Hill was captured and is lo be tried for it, but Sam was shot and killed while running from tho shurill." "You don't say so! Well, I am glad Sam was killed. 1 know them bojs. 1 am glad Sam did not survive, fur ho was very high-toned, and it would have almost killed him to havo had his brother convicted of stealing. Ho was too sensitive, Sam was had too much family prido to succeed iu a rough fiontier country." An amusing anecdote Is told by an old inhabitant of Kindurhook of Thom as II. Heiitou when tho guest of Mr. Van Huron nt one of those dinner pur ties for which "Llndeiiwald" was not ed iu its palmj days. After the dosert had been served, llugur-bowls weio brought iu and wuio viewed with soma suspicion on the part of ono or two of tho guests. When dinner was over, Mr. Hentou said to a friend: "I ob served Mr. Vim Huron immerse tho tins of his lingers iu one of thoso llttlu glass bowls ijud wipe them daintily ou nis napi.iu, mit i ju-t loiloi. ,hck my sleeves and took u good, plain lepubll I'uli Wash " lliuoklyn I uu t "A distinguished lloiloii divine, of lltillsuall) solemn and impressive up liuaimice, went to u couuliy town not long ago to h etui e. He uilved e.uly In tliu afternoon, and nil the town, of couiso, "spottid" Ji) in within hvo min utes as n vei) gloat mid very saintly man Ho went Into a drug-sloie, nml, iu tones that frou thu )oung blood of thu cleik behind tliu cuuntei, said "Young man do jou smoke?" "Y jus, sir," said Ihu Humbling clerk; "I in sony, but I luuned the habit joung, mid haven't been nblo to quit It jut." "Then," said tho gieat divine, with out tho nun omi'iit of u muelo or tho iibat'jincut of u shade of tho awful sol emnity of his voice, "cm jou tell mo wheio I can get a good cigar. "Jlos ton ltuurtl. A 1)KAI novi:m.Vi Tho death of Hul'Ii Conway, tho nov elist, recent I), at Monaco, is a sharp reminder of the mulubilitv of all eaith ly plans and prospects II recalls tho legend of tho wish nngiil, who hovers continually about nioilals, healing them expiess their most cherished dc slies. Ho grants their w ish sooner or later, but under conditions width slnp it of nil joy. Ho humbles human be ings by giving them what they long for, aud thercbj ptoving the Illusivo ncss of all dreams of happiness. Very little is known of Hugh Con vvaj', whoso tiumo iu pilv Ho life was Frederick John l'argus Ho lived, nsplted, stiove, and in some measures achieved, then died just us lifu seemed to open before him. 'I li it much is known. The ellipsis in the short chap ter can bo readllj Idled bj tho imagina tion of anj one who knows how sleep und rugged Is the pithwaj that leads even to the boundaries of success. Ho wns only tliirty-seveii jears old, had had his shale of struggle, self-denial, puvaliou, ami ballled hope, of course, sinco none who stiivo mo strangors to these dtagous that crouch by tho road to eminence. Two jears ago Mr. l'argii!, who iv is an miction cor In Bristol, vvioto "( died Hick," a sloiy now known to two or three bun dled thousand leaders heioand abio id. It was published In Airowsmtih's An nual, and laj unnoticed on tho Lon don book stalls foi weeks, aud pel haps months. Ono daj' Ilciny Labouchere, going on a join no), picked it up to be guile the lodlousiiess of travel. Ho lead it. was pleased with it, and after ward spoko of it In TmtU ns a very clever story. Then all London wanted to read it, ami did read it. 'lhe -lii-HMiif was soon exhausted, and "Called Hack" was brought out In a new torm. A hundred thotisuid copies woro soon sold. It was re published in this coun try, and had an euoimous sale. It was iliamalied and had a long run in Loudon and also in Now York. As a work of art, "Called Hack" had its defects, but it also had what oflVet the defects an iudelinablo charm. It had force and feeling, tho germ and life of all art. Ono felt lliat its author hud a stiong puisoualit). It depicted no new phase of life, levelled no hid di u things. It simply grouped somo old, old hgurus of lictiou in a moiu stnking w ij There was a flavor of psjehologic mjsteiy about it, and a siiiprUo ut thu end of it. The charac ters which hguied in it, und whoso fato li id such a polenl ehaitn fur so many thousands of readers were. A blind man who lecovcrs his sight lij tho usu al surgical operation, a I'eautiful mad woman, two verv dtilug and success ful villains, with a faithful mir-wi nml one or two othei cipluis in the shape of obscuto suwtois. Yi t tho ndvon turcs and entanglements of these pci sutiagus commanded the public's warm est attention. A few months liter "Daik Dajs" appeared. This hud still greater suc cess than its piedicessor. Its heroine w is nlaO a beautiful m id worn ill, and il h id a captivating siiipnsu lu thu last chaptei. it was stead), iinmitigitcil tragedj fiom tho lirst to tho last wold, it was senous tu thu point of depression, never deviating into tho slightest appiouch to tho comic or llqi p int. It was mi intense stoij, dramat ic illj told iu tho lu st puisou It had not a line of philusuphj. Indeed, thero vv is not a woid in it unnecessary to tho simple telling of a powerful tale, its author had ncU.d upon the old idea that a stoiy should simply bo a storj nothing more, nothing leas Ho dem olish tiled that it needed nothing but power und feeling to m il.e it take hold ou Its ruaders. Thoso two books brought gold and honor to their author, and opened tho w ij' for futuio achievements in tho lields ho had long hungered to enter. '1 hen, just us ho had fairlj begun to breathe the air of his dieams, he died. Close attention to his work loft him ox h uistiul. becking recn atioti aud rest, ho went to Home, and thero piobably contracted the in ilana which culminat ed in typhoid fover at Monaco, and ended his life. Wo, who seo onlj thitpait of lifo which begins and en Is hcio, look upon a sudden lopping oil liko this with sad ness. It slnkes us with mournful pot ploxitj. Yet, it has been s ml, that somo time wo shall know that eveij life is complete 'lhe s iiinn.tr) and peifection of liuinau endeavoi are hid den fiom out linitu ejes, but thoy ra i) bo thetc. It cannot be th it all liunnii endeavor is empty and imnnvardcd. Kven what looks so to us may else where hive its full fiuition, its long day of jo). 'I lie soul, that mjstoiioiis star of our life, which "comuth fiom afar," turns its back upon tho pnes of tho woild tint it maj win greater ones in better countries. Death, the ancient mjstur), hides many a peifected dioam beneath a colllii lid. Indeed, we m ij' one day learn that he is kindest to those whose ojes ho closes while life is still bright to them. They who pass out of thw contest before they are wounded aro doubtless the most blessed. Yet wo aro so untaught in wisdom that wo be stow upon them pit) aud lamentations Instead of felicitations We speak of the sadness of a life ended when Its de sires weio beginning to bo lealied. Wo forgot that all lienors mo short lived, that fame is a bieath which i adverso wind may dissipatu; that fair prospects ma) unit in liuieo storms, thut jo) ma) coiuu with tliu morning and sorrow iiitiudu ut night, that hope, health, h ippiness, all tho sweet-voiced angels who walk with us hero fiom tlmo to time, have wings and 11) uwa) fitfully, whispering uuvei a word of their i etui ii ltuuiumbeilug how dlllieult it Is to live, wu should la) a flower upon tho giavu of Hugh Coiiwa) with a smile. The pen dropped fiom his hand when it had but begun lo show Us power; jet, who shall dare to sa) ho lust by tho changu? Man Is, indeed, of few das upon tho entli, and those du).s me tilled with what seem vain imagin ings, ftitilu strivings. "lino sits he, iliiiili!K wluus to II), Ills lit nit Inn In Him nmblir , IIu minus the iniiiiu (It mil)." MumIimmI Nimli'a (Jrnnil Project. Ou tho "Gth of October, MJ't, was celebliited the opening of thu Kilo canal. About a mouth before, when tho community, eageily anticipating a connection with tliu tide water, was ex cited with tho visions of prospective gi outness, and ready for any display, theio nrrived from Now York Major Manuel Mordecal Noah, high ghorlll of tho county of Now York, consul at Tunis, mid solf-tylcd Judge of Israel. IIu camo with gllttoring robos aud in signia of olllco, to establish tho city of Aiaiat on Grand Island, then covered with a dense forest. Although a loyal aud devoted son of Abraham, Major Noah had not succeeded in arousing enthusiasm In his schenio among thoso of his own faith. As a shrewd man of tho world, uu able luwjer, a success ful politician, and the editor of tho prim ipal organ of tho Tammany p irty In New York, and withal sanguine Hint tho city would iirovo a mluo of wealth to Its founders, lie had no dllll cully in persuading somo of his Ucu tile friends, among whom was tho father of tho late Gerrltt Smith, to buy nearly the wholo of Grand Island, then just stirvojed and oflorod for bale by the United States government. On tills lonely but extensive Island, between tho forks of tho Niagara, and Ijimr midway between Lake Krie and the Pulls of Niagara, ho dotormiucd to build a city of Oriental splendor. Al ready before his arrival on tho scone, u llagstair bearing tho "grand standaid of Israel" had bean oreotod on the chosen site, and u stono having an In scription in Hebrew and In English had been prepared to dedicate with im posing ceremonies. This stoue, al wavs known in local history as "Mor deeai's corner-stone," was intended rather us a memento of tho founding of tho luugnllicont city of tho Jows than us tho support of any particular build ing. In thoso days tho luxurious stcam-jachts of wealthy citizens, which now plough tho rapid current of the Niagara, existed not in the uuaglu i tiou of the veriest dreamer; cvou row boats vvcro wanting with which to con vey tho crowd eager to behold the spectaclo presented by tho birth of un Oriental city In tho depths of the for est. Tho brilliant and uudaclous Noah conceived tho Idea of having the ceie mony celebrated with duo pomp within tho walls of St. Paul's Church (in Buf falo) twelve miles from tho site of Ins city. To tliis end vvcro invoked tho willing services of all tho dlgnltarios of tho town, tho military and tho Masons, Major Noah tho central figuro appear ing as tho "Judge of Israel" luulack, wearing judicial robes of crimson silk, trimmed with crmlno, and a lichly embossed golden medal suspended fiom his neck. 1 ho bright September day opuncd with tho booming of cannons, lhe grand procession ombraccd tho best that the town could oiler. Halting at the church door, tho troops opened each way, and the pageant entered; while the band plaj ed tho grand march from Judas Maccabeus tho corner-stono of Aiar.it, the eitj of rcfugo for thu jicople who i ejected Christ, was laid on tho com lnuuiou table of a Protestant Episcopal chinch, and dedicated by Hebrew ntu il The Masonic rites were per fonned with the typical corn, wine, mid oil, tho choir sang "Old Hundred," and tho rector, in fun canonicals, pto nomiced a Christian benediction Mordecai Noah never saw the site of Ai.it it, and tho Hebrew race dlsie garded his grandiloquent pjjflclaniat. n and tho tax levied for its building, but its cotnoi-stone, after manj' cunoiis inigiatioiis, occupies a conspicuous placo iu tho rooms of tho Huflalo Hi-.-touc.il Sociutj-, whero rolic-hunlors aro fiequontly scon copying its inenp lion. Jane A". Welch, in hatter's .Unj wsinc J or July. s Train Tulle. "Keep a sharp lookout while on the rim?" echoed an engineer "Should .say wo did. Tho man that tries to run nn engine without keeping his eyes peeled gets left sooner or Titer. I've heard about fellows out West that Vvtjuld start out on a run with u board reaching across from tho driver's scat to the lircmau's, and a deck of caids, but I never tried that. Just to show you how necessary it is for n urau to Loop his ejo on tho rails ahead of him lot mo toll jou a little story. I was i mining along ono night in Ohio some vears ago. It was n blowy, raluj, nasty night, nnd in tunes like that "a m in is doubly watchful. For hours I never took my ejes from tho wet, glistening rails ahead of me, excopt, of course, when wo stopped at stations. All at once I saw in front of me how far ahoad I couldn't tell a glimmer of light. It was just a spark. I barely saw it before it disappeared. Was il a lightning-bug? I hadn't seoa any that night What was it? That I couldn't answer. Hut my instinct told me to stop tho train, and stop I did. It wa9 mighty lucky I looked ut It that way, for that glimmer of light was caused Iu tho oddest way you cvor saw. You couldn't guess it in a week. A farmer was walking along tho track, vvhou he discovered a short bridgo so badly washed out by tho frcsbot that to run upon it with a train meant a wreck. Ho tried to Start a liro with paper and his clothing but couldn't do it. IIu had one match left. He kept that until I got close to him, his plan bolug to strike that match, hold it in his hat, and wavo it across tho track as ho had scon tho brakomon do when thoy w t cd to signal stop. It was his hope that I would seo tho blazo beforo ft was blown out. He no sooner struck tho match than out went tho blaze It was merely a flash, but I saw It, and thu farmer had saved tho train. What if I hadn't mado it a rulo to keep my ej cs peeled along tho rails ovory min ute while ruuuing?" Thero was a long-haired man in tho smoking-car und some of the jouuget passengers were making sport of bim I hej called him a crank. "Put, tut, bojs," said au cldorly pissougcr; "don't call a man a crank simplv because ho has long hair. Let me toll you a stoiy. I owned a faun manj j ears ago down F.ast. Oao day I noticed a long-hulled man walking aiound my place in a very queer waj 1 asked him what ho was doing and he said he was just looking mound a lit tle. Hut ho was thero again the nckt day and tho next. Finally 1 insisted on his telling me what ho wanted, and ho said ' ell, farmer, there's bnrioJ tiousiue under jour fium, and I've been trjiug to locate thu best place to dig for it. I've found tho place, and now I'll miiku a baigaiu with jou. You do tho digging aud vvu'll divldu thu tieasuro equally between Us. I agreed and wont to digging whero ho told me lo 1 spent nil the mouoy I had on earth putting thut bole down, notwithstanding thnt tho neighbors laughed at mo und called the man u long-haired crank." "You wcru a bigger fool than 1 took j ou for," l'lughcd one of the younger passengers. "There jou go again," said thu old auuj "you youDiiters jujjjo us && iMjaranecs a tnl think you Know it uu. You " "Hut you nover found any buried treasure, did jou?" "Yes, I did, hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth." "What kind?" "Coal. J lie long-haired man was u geologist." II 'illmaii, ml'hicayo Jkr aid. m hhe Dabbled In Htoi k. It Is no uso denying the superiority of wonrin, says n writer In tho San Francisco Chronicle. Whenever a man gets up u shrewd schomo aud makes It a success all his fellow-men applaud him, shake hands with him, pat him on tho back mid stand him drinks. Thero is a modesty about female Ingenuity that prevents publicity and nil its at tendant kudos. 'Ihero Is a married lady in this town who would bo a for tune either as uu advance agent of a show, n partner In a bank or a manip ulator ou Pino street. 'I ho produce exchange should make hor an honorary member, and If sho vvcro In Chicago sho would bo a grain queen or some thing llko it. She was dabbling In stocks For most men assessments aro nightmares, but assessments havo no terrors for your truo woman. Thero came duo a little matter of .00 delin quent on u few shares shu held. Her husband bolieved her pure and unspot ted from tho stock market. Indeed ho thought she know nothing about bus iness nt all. Sho was busted, had not a cent, aud sho daro not ask him for tho rnouoj. Sho did not want to let the stock go. As shu sat demuroly trimming a now hat ono evoning, with u most demure nud purely domestic look of lovu in her pouslvu eyes, and her devoted husband sat in dressing gown and slippers reading opposite, a bright idea struck her. Sho aroso early next morning aud wont down to a friend of hers. Her husband had a dog of which ho thought tho world. IIo would not lose that dog for any thing. Sho took that dog with her. After she had piid her callslio said: "I wish j'ou'd let me leave this do;: here." "Certainly" "I'll send for him to-day if I got home in time, but, if jou don't mind, would jou just tiu him up In thu j aril" "All light With pleasure." The dog was lost when tho husband got home. "My dog goue! Somebody stolen him' Great Scott? What 'shall I do?" "I suppose the simplest way would bo to advertise a roward of 600. That would fotch him," and tho wife looked terribly distressed at her husband's an guish Next morning's paper con tained an adveiti-emciit, "?50 for dog lost." At 11 o'clock a messouger boy appeared with tho dog, got tho $50, and somehow oi othor tho wife still owned tho slock, assessment paid. WasIiiiiKlon'M Plist Cm n.si milcuco. Hero aro two letteis that were writ ton by two boys who becimo great and good men. Now, while wo aro about to commemorato the anniversary of our Nation's biith, It is pleasant to look back to tho da)s when those two groat patriots were only boys like the rest of us. Tho lirst letter is from Klchard Hen ry Lee, who spoke o boldly and acted so bi.ivcly for our country in the time of her gieat peril and need: "I'a brought mo two pretty books full of pieluius ho got them in Alexan dria Ihcy havo pictures of dog3 and cats and tigers nnd elefanls and over so manj' pietty things cousin bids mo send vou ouo them it has a picture of an ufefaut and n Ilttlo iilun boy on bis back liko unclu jo's sam pa sajs if I learn mj tasks good ho will let unclu jo bring mo to seo you will you ask j'our ma to lot jou como to seo mo. "Kiuivkd HhMtv Lu. ' To this letter Washington sent tho following roplj-. "Deal Diekoj I thank jou verj' much fur tho prettj' picturu book j on gavo me. bam asked me to show him thu pictures and I showed him all the pic tures lu it, mid I read to him how thu tame elephant took care of thomastei's little boy, aud put him on Ids back aud Would not let anj bod j' touch his mas ter's llttlu sou 1 can read thrco or four pages sometimes without missing u word. Ma saj s I maj-go to seo you uud stay all daj vv 1th you next week if it bo not rainy. She Eaj s I maj rido uiy pony Hero if Undo Hon will go with me and lead Hero. I havo a litflo pleco of poetry about tho picture book jou gave me, but I mustn't tell jou who wroto the pootij'. ' (1 W e cimiplliniuts to It. II. L. And likes his took full well, lliiiccloitti nill count him his Irk nd, And liupis ninn hupp (hi)H ho uuiy uu.' oui ioxmI trie nil, 0( oiiro W u-tiliiKton. "I urn going lo get a whip top soon, aud jou may see it and whip it." In less than half a century uftor w riling this child-letter, this same Geoigo Washington stood beforo a vast assemblage of people, and, with his hand upon thu Hible, took tho oath as tlm lust President of the United States. "Long live Georgu Washington, President of the United States," shout ed one who stood neat, aud tho pcoplo c utglit up nud repeated the shout. Hut tho hrst person to clasp Washing ton's hand wis his life-long friend, Kichard Henrj Lee. tw. Ilmry Au-yii-tus .itlam, i'i St. Xicholas Jor July. -- m Hie Cit ul' l lie I'lltiiro In Congo On cntoiing ou tho terrace of Loo poldville, I quick!) cast my c)es around to enjoy tho delightful vision, and my first feeling, I lemenibor, was ono of stupefaction, an in ibillt) to realize tho detail, but coucious that all I looked upon was verv sad and disheartening. Gras uvorj wheio; grass on tho terrace, tall gias luxuiiautly thick ou its slopes, grass iu the cievices of tho wall of tho ono rooidonce, a damp gieen on tho unbarkod trco pillars of tho veran da, tho broad waj of tho native town like agrass-coveredmatsh, abovo which lhe roofs of tho huts could only bo seen oven fiom the commanding posi tion of thu ten ace. A few acres of cas sava, peihaps a bundled bananas ludc pendentlj apart and widely scattered, not a single pawpaw stalk iu view, and it the semblance of u garden possessed any virtue within Its rickoty fenco It was of biich u mjthical mid modest na ture that the prolific glass completely shrouded It from view. At one end of the teiraco theio was n palisaded in closure intended for u redoubt, which I took to bo evidence of unfriendly tola tions with tlie natives. Since the block house of Loopoldvillo was liulshed only ouo small mag.uluu had been added to the Kuropean quuitei. Thu natlvo town stood Intact us it had been built ulevcu inoiiths previouslj, though In n dilapidated condition, uud smotlieied by tho wild and stubborn glass. Kx toinally theio was uu unmistakable ail of abandonment. , . . When 1 oxauiluo tho magazines internally I Und that thu treasury of Leopolvillu Is at tholowost ebb. The i'ontjo ami thu t'uumluiu i it Fne Slatibtanhy, f- ""'"' "' - - . 1 1 HP' HUM I I HiiiW ""' ! -j-wi-r---------MMMyMMMiiMaMi--Mi-MMi.M , - . KiiiiM tikm MMMWMSMWwKmSsmBmB