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Wild ft^alr of red lips aro upturned t6 jrcvfti With no one to g&jsjp abciut it: Prayfor endtiranee to lei thoni alone? JVoll, may bo you do—but I doubt it 8lyMM? h»ndyou're permitted to seize, W it a el so a it y°o think you cau drop it with novor a squeezo? Well, maybe you can—but I doubt it arm, -Wncn.a tapering waist is in reach of your "«u a wonderful plumpness about it, Do you arguo the point 'twixt the good and the harm? Well, may be yon do—but I doubt it Aqd if by theso tricks yon should.capture a heart, With a womanly'sweetness about it, Will yon guard it, and keep it and act the KOod part, Well, maybe you will—but I doubt it THE GENERAL'S WARD. Gon. Hidclulpli set back in his clmlr, looking the picture of misery, vhile hia carrie was growing cold and his hench man and trusted servant Scott was amazed and a little alarmed at such ex traordinary proceedings. The cause ol all this was a letter with a foreign post mark held feebly in the general's hand. It was briefly, nay, tersely* written: —th Hossahs, Duj-Hi, May 10,18— Dear Sin.—Just received your last lotter jnan^ tluinkf! for the budget of papcra you have sent- they sire most accoptablo. Am any thing but well, and iriurli worried Will you do mo a favor? My girl is anxious to see England it is simply impossible for me to get leave for tho next two years, and as that state of affairs does not please her elie has deter •v?9? ly herself. Of course she jrijl have proper chaperona^o from liere anil bring her own people, but I thought you would jiko to do mo a turn for. "aulil lang syne" and look aftor hor. It soen.s altogether a most unorthodox arrangement, but she is a young woman with a will, and von know my old max im, "Anything for aqnic-t life." 8bo will ar rive, 1 ox poet, soon after vou get this, auil will jjofirst to Claries street with the woman who W taking care of hor. With much Kiatitudo and remembrances to the old set, over, dear Dick, your affectionate friend, Druce Dat.y. 1*' &—Incloyed find draft on my hankers for any exponso she might incur. I)essa is Just 1. It certainly was an alarming prospect to a bachelor. A young girl untram meled, untaught, to be thus thrown on his hand*! The general felt as if an eclipse had suddenly darkened the sun shine of his life as if some heavy veil had dropped over the bright of the future. To have his days tormented by tho whims and faneies of a little minx, his social joys disturbed to escort a young savage from tho tower to Mmo. Tnssaud's—the thought was terrible. He pushed away his plate, and in his an noyance rumpled his caivfully adjust ed locks of hair, wlieivat Seotfc grow more alarmed, and at last summoned up courage to ask his master if lie would not like Bome fresh breakfast. The general woke from his dream of horror and looked gloomily at the man "Eli, what, Scott? breakfast? No. I think I shall stroll round to the club I have had some troublesome news," Scott silently brought the immacu late hat, stick and gloves, and stood by while his master rearranged his locks and adjusted his hat. The general drew a deep breath of satisfaction as he marched up St. James' street to his club. The sun was sliin 'ng glorious!y, tho air was warm and delightful, and gradually hia depressed spirits rose, and he felt once more him self. "After all," ho mused as he walked along, "Daly u^ed to be the best fellow in the world years ago who knows if she may not tako after him? I shall look her up in the morning, trot her about to one or two places, and then I shall have done my duty. It is just like Druce Daiy"—his wrath was rising again—"to put a man in my position, a bachelor, in such an awkward fix but he always was tho most careless and shiftless man passible. Wonder is how he ever married and had a daughter. Let me see, whom the duce did he mar ry?" Back into the far past fled his memo ry but although he thought and thought, he could not recall the mother of the girl who was coming to plague his life. "I might ask Goodwin," he deter mined "he is sure to know. Deuce take it! Why on earth am I to be trou bled with another man's worries? Why did the mother die? Why did Daly marry and have a daughter?" His railings at fate were interrupted by a hearty "good morning" from a hale-looking man, as lie entered the club and sat down at tho same table, whereon was laid a dainty breakfast. "Good morning, Goodwin," he re plied gloomily, not even trying to catch a glimpse of his reflection in tho mirror opposite, a sign he was greatly dis turbed. "Have some breakfast?" "Thanks." Hunger was asserting itself. Ho took the cup of coffee, pushed across the table and stirred it round and round, his thoughts flown away to his vexation again. "Why, hang it all, man you look quite worried! anything wrong?" asked Col. Godwin, in an interval of hearty eating. "Yes," laconically and then he on burdened his mind to his friend. Col. Goodwin looked amused. 'Well, I don't see anything terrible in all this," he said, with a twinkle in his eye "you aro fond enough of women as a rule why should you object to this one?" "This is a very different case," said the general, testily. 'I admire women, it is useless to deny it, but I like them cultivated, refined, gentle, not raw, un tutored savages as this young female is sure to be. Then it is tho greatest bore on earth to be tied and bound by the whims of a girl in her teens, who will lea4 me a life of horror before^he is done! Wgnt to eat penr.y ices in the street, or some such thing The other laughed heartily. "I sup pose having girls of one's one makes all the difference I don't mind their chat ter and fun it is rather pleasant than otherwise. If this young woman is any thing like her mother was, she ought to be the most charming creature in the world." "The very thing I wanted to ask you, exolaimed Gen. Biddulph. "Whom did Daly marry?" "She was the only daughter of Bruno —vou remember him out in Cashmere. It mast be—let me see," continued Col. Godwin, leaning back in his chair and musing "it must be about twenty or twenty-one years ago since I saw her. She was the most lovely girl, with a face like an angel's." The general's face brightened. "Daly fell a hopeless victim, and In retnrn I think she loved him passion ately. He was nearly distraught when she died. The girl must be jost the age her mother was when I first met her." The general's hand stole nnconsoons ly to his gray mustache. "And yon say Mrs. Daly was very lovely he asked, glancing for the first time at thetmirror. The breakfast had certainly refreshed him. man may not be so a good-looking IKUIa "He was, indeed,1*responded Colonel Godwin. "Let me know when the girl arrives I should like to see her, so I am sure would my wife. If she gets be yond yon, pack her off to Combewall to play with my girls." "Thanks. Are yon going to Spen cer's I will come with yon I must speak to him about my new mare." :r Somehow the news crept out. When Gen. Biddulph took his "stroli in the park a few days later .he was greeted by sly hints and tender inquiries after his ward Fait faces beamed, on him, and pretty lips mnrnlured kind proriiipes to take the .young stranger ill hand and show her life: H* begad, ft shine with a reflected glory Mm* Daly, accord ing to Col. Godwin's authority, must be a beauty^and,—this was gently whispered —it was,well, known Druce Daly had dollars collected in goodly numbers. The ne'er-do-wells and out-of*pocket young men exhibited an extraordinary consideration for the general's welfare^ They were always dropping in upon him unawares notwithstanding tho grimness of Scott and the nnm^atj^lr^ble frigidity df their weloome. Every morning Gen. Biddulph eagerly searched his letters in qnest of some dispatch informing him of the arrival of his ward, and he called twice a day re* gular at Clarges street only to reeeive the intelligence that "Mrs. Comyns Miss Daly had not yet arrived. A week had elapsed since he received Maj. Daly*8 letter, and still no tidings had come. Contrary winds or recal citrant engines had delayed tho P. & O. with its fair freight, and the general was beginning to be uneasy. At last one morning he was gratified When he called at tho house by the announce ment that "the ladies were expected that evening." Now that the actual moment was ap proaching when he should come face to face with the much-thought-of, much talked-of ward, he found himself actu ally nervous and excited. Scott, who had received the news with stolid silence, gazed with astonishment at the specta clo of his master, fidgeting—actually fidgeting—from the window to the arm chair, like the veriest school-boy. The general's mind during the hnnsual mi grations presented a brilliant panorama of future success. He saw a vesta of long social triumphs in which he shared largely. Then he fell to thinking what tho queen of all these joys would be like tall and stately, sm$ll and fragile blue, gray, brown, black eyes complex ion as fair as a lily or dusky as the pro verbial berry: a Claopatra or a Gretch eu, soft as a ball of down or sturdy as tho Norse daughters. One thing, at any rate, he was certain of: she would bo young. With life's spring dawning on her cheek, how could she be aught but charming? It is'wonderful how a man like the general, who had lived so many years and had so much experience, could have made this mistake. Pig's beauty is all very well but youth is more tliau often connected with indiff erent skins, lengthy limbs and gawky forms generally desirous of wriggling out of their garments. His wishes in this ease were father to tho picture, and he ended by starting to welcome tho traveler with the personification of fe male Iovliness before his eyes He knocked briskly at the door in Clarges street, and smiled benignly on the man who opened it and preceded him Up stairs. The sun was lingering on the walls as he mounted the stair casd, and the evening air came in sweet and fresh through an open window. It had been very hot all day, and the general was surprised at first to find a bright fire burning on the hearth of the room into which he was ushered, until he re membered that of course the travelers would be chilly. The room was empty, but from an adjoining chamber came sounds of voices, loud and almost dis cordant. The general shivered. Could hers be one of them He hoped not. It was apparent to tho meanest intelli gence that some sort of altercation was proceeding. He grew nervous. Rows and disturbances were at all times ap palling. After a few moments the voices dropped and he let his eye wander round the room. In one corner stood a huge traveling case, with labels all over it masses of wraps vivid scarlot, a bear SKin rug an« an unmistaKaoie acotcu plaid were tossed unheeded on the floor, while parcels and small boxes wore strewn around in the wildest profusion. The hands of the clock moved slowly oti. Waiting is always annoying, now it was most provoking. But just as he was debating whether to go or stay the door of the inner room was opened, and a pale, fair, faded woman of about 40 made her appearance. The general advanced with a low bow. "How do you do, Gen. Biddulph?" she said, in langnid tones, extending a thin, delicate hand. "I am so sorry to keep you waiting* but I was detained by Dessa," (sighing faintly). The general hastened to push an easy chair for ward. "I am really quite glad you have come," continued Mrs. Comyns, sinking into the chair, and drawing the sliawl closely around her, 'for she is altogether beyond me." "Are you alluding to Miss Daly?" asked the general hastily. "Yos, sighed tho lady. out of friendship to Maj. Daly I undertook the charge of liis daughter but I was totally unprepared for her wild temper and ways. "She is high-spirited?"* he suggest ed feebly. "Very," Mrs. Comyns replied dryly. "My health is so bad I am quite incom petent to manage her." "May I not see her?" asked the gen eral, after a pause. "She will be here in a minute., I daresay you heard some sounds of quarreling when you came in. Yes, I thought so that was Dessa giving her ayah a lesson—in fact pulling out the poor creature's hair in liandfuls." The general uttered an exclamation of dis may. "I think it is only right to let you know what she is." the lady con tinued, holding out her hands to the fire, though to him the room was in sufferably hot, "unless you are pre pared perhaps yon are. Has Maj. Dalv told you anything about her?" The general was reluctantly compelled to reply in the negative. "Just as I expected he is too lazy to do anything of the sort. My own opinion is that he is too delighted to get rid of her for a time. I am not sur prised. "But she is so beautiful said tht general, apologetically, the picture of his visionary ward rising clearly before him. Mrs. Comyns turned her head aside. "She is a trine dark," was her reply and somehow the general traced suppressed merriment in her tones. "She is a brunette, then? he asked, anxiously. Mrs. Comyns laughed softly. "My dear Geo. Biddulph," she said, looking at him for one moment,, "I see you are not an courant with the state of things. May I ask if you remember the late Mrs. Daly?" "I have no personal recollection, cer tainly but I know her to have been a beautiful and amiable woman," here turned promptly. "That was the first wife I mean the second." "The second!" repeated the general, blankly.* "It is a most extraordinary story. Major Daly, in one of his eccentric moods, wandered np country, fell, ill, and was carefully nursed and tended by a native woman of inferior rank. With zeal worthy of abetter cause, Major Daly sought her ont when he recovered, and he married her." Mrs Comyns' soft low voioe died away. The general stood silent as a •statue. "Then this girl," he said, at length, "is—is"— "Black," observed Mrs. Comyns, "black as your hat on the chimney. A sound of rapid movement came from the inner room, the door was burst open, and before the general hjw} time to re cover himself a "girl stood in the Open ing. "Ah, here is Dessa. Dessa, this is your guardian come and shake hands with him." Speechless with astonisment and vex ation the poor nian gazed with horror on the 0gnre before lum. Squat short, dressed jW the, most unearthly, garb, with huge gold rings dancing in her black ears, aha innumerable silver ban gles .shining on her dusky arnis, stood the beauty of his dreams, the heiress, his ward. He advanced feebly, with outstretched hand. The :girl's face ex panded into abroad grin, her .white even teeth gleaming like pearls in their ebony setting." :i ''She is shy,? said Mrs. Comyns, ^rith a smile still hovering around tho cor ners of her mouth. "You will be bet ter friends by and by." Murmuring some incoherent fare well, the general seized his hat, and hastily made his escape from the room, and ont of the house. He strode home overwhelmed with the horrible discov ery. Mortification, anger and vexed pride surged in his heart, and he longed at that moment for Major Daly's head, that he might have relieved his over charged feelings. He would bo a laugh ing-stock of the season. After so much anticipation, what result! He passed the evening alone, he could not face the cinb, and sought his pillow a much depressed and annoyed man. As he sat at breakfast the next morn ing, carefully studying his Bradshaw preparatory to taking (light, Scott en tered marched up to his side, anil ten dered a tray with a card upon it. The general took it up mechanically. "Miss Paly." jHe dropped the innocent pasteboard as if it had been a scorpion. "I am engaged, Scott," he gasped, leaning back in his chair aghast. "Say very sorry,, but"— "Beg parkon, general the young la dy was most anxious to see you." The general groaned. 'Show her in." He turned savagely to his Bradshaw. What was he to say to the blackmoor when she appeared? He could not sub mit to be hunted' down in this way. She must.be made to understand clear ly that he would-have nothing to do with her, and to-night he would start for Paris enroute for some place, the further from England the better. The door openod. He shut the book nervously. The apparition of the night before loomed iu the doorway. He turned cold it was worse by daylight than in the evening gloom. He shut his eyes for one second, and when he opened them again they fell on tho sweetest, fairest face it had ever been his lot to see. Before lie could recovef from his surprise the owner of the faco was speaking. "Gen. Biddulph," she said hesita tingly, "please forgive me for disturb ing you so early, but I could not rest until I had seen you and apologized for iny nonsensical rudeness last night." The general looked mystified. "To whoih have I the pleasure of speak ing?" he asked hurriedly. "I am Dessa Daly." "Miss Daly! But, surely—I—that is"— "Please let me explain all," said Miss Daly, quickly, her pretty face suffused with blushes. "I scarcely knefw how to begin. 1—when we landed yesterday some people, friends of Mrs. Comyns, met her, and when they were gone I learnt from her that there was a little excitement about me, and—it was very foolish of them—they wished to seo what I was like. They told her you knew nothing about me, and a spirit of mischief entered our heads, we deter mined to play a little joke on you, and pass off Sunda here," drawing the smil ing black maid forward, "as me. It was very, very wrong, ^but I hope you will forgive us. The general drew himself up stiffly, and looked decidedlv grim. "I don't know what papa would say if lie knew how shockingly I had treat ed his old friend," continued the culprit, her pretty head drooping gracefully "but I hope—I do hope you will forgive me." The general thawed. He took the the little hand outstretched and pressed it warmly. "Who could resist such a pleader?" he replied gallantly, the vision of lovli ness before him dispelling his wrath. "But—then you were not—scolding— your maid last night?" "No, no," laughed the girl gayly "that was part of my plot, I wanted you to think I was the most horrible crea ture in the world. Sunda acted that scene all alone for your benefit." "She was most successful," said tho general, dryly "but I will be even with vou yet, Miss Dessa, for the trick you have played upon me. I might have known Druce Daly's daughter would have had a good spioe of mischief in her composition. It is just the sort of thing your father delighted to do when we were boys together." Dessa lifted her deep gray eyes to his. "Then you have forgiven me?'' she said softly. "Now—forever—always 1" The general's ward was a great suc cess. Gcliouna According: to Boston. One of the best and brighest girls o? the Back Bay teaches a Sunday school class in a certain famous Ortho dox church. Recently she grew very earnest picturing to the eager in fants who surrounded her the joys of heaven to be won by those who live and trust in a way to deserve them. "You must love the lord," said she, "and be just as good as you know how to be. You must never get into tempers, you must never tell naughty stories, you must always mind your mammas, and be good in every way you know how, and then you will be sure to go to heaven when you die, Won't that be nice?" "Yes, ma'am," lisped all the babies before her. "But if you are bad," and she look ed relentingly into the innocent faces before her, "you won't go to heaven. If you are bad," and she took a firm grip on the doctrine she felt called on to teach—"if you are bad, my dear children, you will go to hell, and that" —that—" she groped for a word and ended eloquently, "and that would be perfectly ridiculous." The Tactics of Leo and Meade, PbiladeldUia Ledger. It was Lee's purpose when ho came into Pennsylvania that he would not take a "tactical offensive"—that is, that he would not attack his adver sary, but compel that adversary to at tack him. There is evidenpe indeed that he made promise to that effect to his corps commanders because of the danger to him in case of failure gase rowing out of his distance from his of supplies and the necessity of recros8ing the Potomac. But Meade knew all that, too, and It so fell out that Lee had to make the attack. How fierce and persistent that was. and how it was finally repulsed all may know to-day. But all do not know that, after- it was so repulsed, Lee baffled and beaten, lay ip wait all the following day to entice Meade in to a counter attack, for which he bad the fresh divisions of Hood and Ale Laws to give Meade just the disas trous reception that Meade had given him, and which the Philadelphia bri gade had given to Pickett's charging column on the 3d of July. Meade knew iiis men, and he knew, too, the imminent hazard of the situation too well to imperii W® own vital sqQoesq BUS. BARKER'S WOOD. "No wood!" Mrs. John.Barker's eyes wandered in lismay around the unpromising looking rood ird. Two or three green logs iay tliere against bnd of which Ah ax leaned in a cleft forined by a stote length being half tihapped Off Her hiusband and his hifed help, consisting »f a.man and boy had just gone (o their frork on a.distant part of the iarm and the knew she should see neither 6f them before dark. .. What should she do? Half impa tiently she turned toward the house, and then, with a thought of the pah of light lough waiting inside, she began to' gather some of tho chips which lay around, only to fling them down again. "It's no Use. I can't bake bread with these. I know what I'll do." She quickly washed the dinner dishes with the already cooling water, and then went to the stable, in which, with hands dextrous by practice in such work, she had soon harnessed a horse to alight buggy. "Mother and tho girls will think I'm crazy*" she said to herself, "but I san't help that* I swung an ax once and ached for a month to pay lot it, so I'm not going to do it again," She brought out lidr paii of bread wrapped in a large cloth, and, setting it in the bottom of the buggy, spriing in' herself, and had soon driveti fhfc twef miles which lay between her Own house and her mother's. Arriving there she carried in her pan and set it down witb a laugh. "There, mother, I've come to bake my bread. John and the others went 3ff without leaving me ariy Wood, iihd I had to do it or let it spoil. Mch will forget, you know," She was not going to blame him to' others, nor let them imagine how often, since she had gone as a bride to John Barker's new house only last spring, blio had this same trouble about wood. "That's right. Set it right down there by tho tire, so't'ill get het up be fore you knead it into loaves. Yes, they will and if any man's to be ex cused for not keepin' wood on his mind it's John Barker, if there's anything in blooi and I say there is. titis father is just so—a real forehanded man, good provider, and took proper pride in liav in' things npick and span about him, but never seemin' to think what a both er it was to tho women folks not to have their wood handy. Many and hiany's the time I've dropped into tea with John's mother and seo her have the greatest time a scrapin' up a few chips or shakin' the snow off sticks of miser able green wood." John's wife tvrned her face as she took off her things, for fear hot friends would see in her face how nearly her own experience was already becoming like that of John's mother. "I used to tell her," went on her mother "that she'd ought to trained him better when he was young. Now, like as not, John takes a little after his fath er—nobody could wonder at it—and I wish father could haul you a load or two of liis good seasoned wood, s'pose Wouldn't do—eh, Susan "No, Wouldn't do, mother thank you all the same." Twilight of the November day was Bhutting in whei John Barker, return ing to his house, missed the accustomed fire glow in the windows. "Wliat's up no fire I no wife! No Wonder!" he ejaculated again as he went out and took^a view of the wood yard. After fifteen minutes' work with his ax ho carried in an armful of wood and kindling, and had a bright fire crack ling and snapping in the stove by the time his wife's cheery voice was heard. "I've had a real frolic, John," she Said, tugging in a basket, from which she iaid out several loaves of bread and a number of light, puffy biscuits. "I couldn't find any wood, so I just hitch* ed up old Bill and went over to moth* er's to bake my bread." There was not tho slightest shade of reproach in her tones, but John felt a tingle of mortification at what had oc curred, and resolved that it should not happen again, and so he assured Susan with great fervor. And tho next day he went vigorously to work to keep his word. Logs, some freshly felled, others which had fallen through decay, were" hauled from the piece of timber land belonging to the farm, and for a week all hands sawed and chopped with a will. Then the re^ suits were flung poll mellinto the wood shed, and John, who had never learned at home to look far enough ahead to think of providing seasoned wood from year to year, felt proud at having done his duty like a man. And Susan, as she worried through that winter with wood green or decayed, too short or too long for the stove, made up her mind (and she had a good deal of mind of her own to make up) that she would never worry through such another, remembering some sensi ble advice her sensible, energetic moth er had given her when she left home. "Bear things, Susan. There's lots of things lias to be borne in this world, and tliem that learns to bear 'em best's tho best of all. Men will be trying, and if woman can't be patient it's apt to make trouble. But mind—when I say bear I mean there's reason in all things, and I don't mean you should bear things that's out of all reasou. JJ a woman'lllet herself be trod on, and them that does it'll never thank her for it or look up to her for it. Bear what's reasonable, Susan, but if things go be yon.l reason, why then look out for yourself." It came about that when tho next October term of the Circuit Court was in session John was drawn on the jury and had to be away for two weeks. "Why, what the world's this, Su san he said, staring into the wood-' shed when he got home the second Saturday. "That's my winter's supply of wood," said Susan. "And how in thunder did it get there—anil in such good shape, tool" He gazed at it in astonishment. It was in good shape. Bow after row of well-seasoned, neatly sawed and split wood piled to the rafters, with a heap ot pine and hemlock in kindling lengths in one corner. "I had it put there," said Susan, qui etly. Some more questions ho asked, but. with a little way, she sometimes had ox asserting herself, sho gave him to un derstand she had nothing more to tell, aud he was ashamed to ask any one else. The winter bvo." its usual round ot siniplo gayetics in *. -ountry neigh borhood, in which Jo..: and his wife took their full sharo. "It seems to me, Susan," he aaid one evening on their return from a olmrcli sociable, "you don't fix up quite enough when you go out." "Don't 1 look nice?" "Yos, of course you do but that's a dress yon had v/lien we were married, and that'.* nigh on two years ago. I haven't seen anything of that silk I gave .you last fall." "Are you sure?" she said, with a smile which he could not understand. "Yea, I jun. "Jfcint boeu m»da $p jet, is it "Yes, it is. And you've seen it worn." John was pnzzled, and felt sure he had not, but Susan would give him no further satisfaction on ih« subject of the silk dress. As spring approached she made a few suggestions as to the advisability of fire Woid being set to season in due time. But Johflj prompt and dilligent in prep aration for Seed time and harvest, full of the best intentions regarding his wife'S c'orafort,- still thought the wood was ono of the things which could be looked to) at any time, find Susan soon gave over Reminding him of it. One day in September be came home to dinner and found a cold lunch wait ing him.. The house was clean and quiet and cheerless,' no wife there, but a written line which ran "Df.ah Jons—-I am going lo spend the day oyer at Mrs. Carter's, Will be home in tune to give you a late supper." He was glad to have her go, for she had had a busy summer and needed a little change. But there was a day out the next week and the next and the next, until ho began to wonder at Susan's growing taste for gadding about. In early October he came home to find his woodyard, which had still remained empty, occupied by half a dozen or so cords of first class wood, with Sol. Carter and his two big boys busy at it, and they worked until it was stored up as before in the shed. And John felt cross, but asked no questions "Where's Mrs. Barker?"said a small Carter boy to Jolin, as he put up his bars one evening. .. "She is oVef to neighbor Grant's. You will fine her there if you want her." "It ain't no matter. You can tell her here's the sowin' she's to do for mother, and mother wants to know if she can come and wash to our house to-mor row." "The—old scratch she does?" ex claimed John, turning on the boy in blank amazement, which rapidly grew into anger. "Mrs. Barker hire out to do washin' and sowin'? What d'ye tncan by comin' t6 me with such a mes sage, yoti young rascal?" The astonished youngster dropped his sewing and applied his knuckles td his eyes' as John advanced towards hinj then ran with all his might as the bun dle came whizzing after him. And Su san's lord and mastor strode in digni fied wrath down tho road to meet her. "Susan—I. don't understand this— there's been a young chap talkin' about sewin' and wasliin' for Mrs. Carter. What in all creation docs it mean, I'd like to know?" "It's all right," said Susan, compos edly. "What was the message Thunderation! You don't mean to say you sew and wash for other folks, do you V" "Yes. I do." "And for what?" Is there anything you want, Susan, that I don't give you?" "YeSj John* there is* I want wood. I can't saw and chop* but I can wash and sew and do anything else a woman Ought to do, and there's, no blame to me for changing work I can do for work I Can't. I'm never,'' Susan spoke very firmly, but without a grain of irri tation, "going to put up with poor, badly cut, green wood again As long as I can turn my woman's work into man's work. I'd rather wash for somebody every week, it's half the comfort of a woman's life. You've never had to wait for your dinner with the wood sizzling in the stove and the fire not burning since I've been providing the wood." John was dumbfounded. "And you've been working for Sol. Carter's wife these two years I" he said, in intense disgust. "No lily silk dress paid for last year's wood. I hated to let it go, John, be cause you gave it me, but Tilda Carter took a fancy to it. It was she you saw wearing it," and Susan laughed at his frunt of dissatisfaction with the whole usiness. "You to go letting me down this way before the Carter's!" he growled. And if Mrs. John's eyes flashed a little who can blame her, as she answered: "If there's any letting down to do it's your doing, not mine!" They finished their walk home in si lence, and then John said: "Susan, will you leave the wood busi ness to me after this "I'll try you, John," she said.—Phila delphia Call. The Cost of Nobility. Brooklyn Eagle: Laboucliere says that the ttfenty-eight dukes, thirty three marquises and 200 earls of the House of Lords have received from the tax-pavers of Great Britain since 1850 the aggregate sum of £66,000,000 and odd—in round numbers some $330,000, 000. By way of earning this handsome sum of money he says that they have opposed, rejected and mutilated every bill sent Up to them In the interest of the people—obstrcuting, as far as lay in their power, the enlargement of the franchise, the reformation of mu nicipalities, the relief of Catholics, Dis senters and Jews, the promotion of ed ucation, the suppression of liberty at elections, the laws facilitating the trans fer and distribution of land and all oth ers designed for the good of the public, instead of the protection of their grasp ing and rapacious order. Adding to this sum total and cost of royalty dur ing. the same interval, it will be ob served that Great Britain pays rather a heavy sum for her pageants, particularly as none of them longer represent the least utility. How Camphor is Made. The Druggist: Camphor is made is Japan in this way. After a tree is felled to the earth it is cut into ohips, which are laid in a tub or a large iron pot partially filled with water, and placed over a slow fire. Through holes in the bottom of the tub steam slowly rises, and, heating the ohips generates oil andcamphor. Of course, the tub with the chips has a closely fitting cov er. From this cover a bamboo pipe leads to a succession of Other tubs with bamboo connections, and the last of these tubs is divided into two com partments, one above the other, the di viding floor being perforated with small holes to allow tho water and oil to pass to the lower compartment. The upper compartment is supplied with a straw layer, which catches and holds the camphor in crystal in deposit as it passes to the cooling process. The camphor is then seperated from the straw, packed in wooden tubs aud is ready for market. The oil is used by the natives for illuminating and other purposes. What tho Baby was Thinking. Mrs. Fogg: As I came by the station, just now, I saw a baby in its carriage. It was amusing to see tho little thing watch the locomotive as it rushed past, and until it was out of sight. I wonder what the little darling was thinking of? Fogg: That depends. If it was a girl, she was thinking, "splendid," "just too lovely for anything," or some thing of that sort If it was a boy, he might have been mentally construct ing a smoke-consumer or patent coup ler, but probably was' considering whether it was best to invest in the road's common or preferred stock, its first, second or third mortgage bonds, its equipment sevens, land-grant eightSp or cor-trust thirteens. —Boston Zrag« •oript. seed, *2.00 toj»2,jlS. jhax seed vMKnNo New Yohk.—Wheat. No. i, hard,87to89c Mo. l.red,88c:NO. 3,'red, SO to 98c Corn, No. 2,46^c Mo. 3. White. KhsOats, mixed, western, 84 to 86c white, western, 80 to 41c. Milwaukee.—Wheat, 7H'c. Corn, No. 8,37c. Oats, No. 2, white, 80c. Rye, No. 1,57c. Bar ey. Ito. 2, S7c. Pork, $14.SO. Lard, §6.30. Wheat, No. 1, hard. 70c Mo. 1. Northern, 69c .!!,• gottJttgQ, 67c. low, 8b to 86*0 No. 3, white, 88c No. 3, to 86c No. 8, yellow, 86c, No. 4,87c. Oats, No. 2,24Uc No. 8. 28c Mo. 2, white, 80c. Bye, No. 64c. parley. No. 2 eed, f2.00 rejected, #1, .81 to oOc. Kye, No. 6SC. Timothy I, No. 1, 111.19 •0.20 to $0,266. Her. 0r XeOlyaa'a Keplf. Rev. Dr. McOiynn, lately deposed from the priesthood he gives to the pttblic tor the first time his final sumuitfns to' Rorne^ which was sent hiui in May denouncea the P1 hiin to the one-sided arid numerous letters sent to Borne against the doctof by Arch bishop Corrigan. He also attempts to prove that his case was prejudiced at llome, and that lie was called there to be disci plined rather than for trial. Speaking of his having partaken ol the holy commun ion last Sunday, Dr. McGlynn says: He did so because he holds that he has not boon legally excommunicated He would not enter any church and raise tt disturbance in order to partake ot the eu charist. He would receive it from any friendly priests who, believed as he in a quiet way, In order not to get a friend in trouble. If all priests refuse him, ho, being still a priest, may adminis ter it, nnd that he will partake of the em blems from his own hands. m* The Earl of Aberdeea to Irlnlisies, The Karl of Aherdeeu, replying to an ad dress presented by an Irish delegation in Now York, spoke words of hope and ad* vice. Incidentally the encotiniging words and works of the countess of Aberdeen Were also touched upon feelingly. The enfl in reply said: This bddreHs frill treasured and re membered by Lrniy Abordcen and myself. It iudicntes that tho people of America are seeking to aleviate the condition of Ire land by giving It home rule by peaceful and constitutional modes, home rule is not dead, but it is to come sooner or later, litcont results in Kngland show that voters fere won over. I came to America to have British minds disabused of the wrongideae which have beett formed, thereby letting them seo an think for themselves. Their ideas regarding the Irish-American sympa thizers with Ireland formed by the great journals Of thtf United Kingdom. 1 am satisfied that you represent a largo and enlightened body which be liovca strictly in the policy of Mr. Gladstone's bill, and who desire only the reform asked in that bill. Thny need not expect to seo all of the provisions of that bill revived. That bill is dead but the principal lives, and in time will be car ried into effect by Gladstone, aided by Mr. Pnrnell and his followers, and that by con stitutional measures. I know that the Irish are great politicians and know the influence they have on the politics of this country. It is the duty of Irishmen to this great conntry, and that British coun try which is fighting hpme rule across the seas, to bo good Irishmen, honorable, and assist by honorable means alone the con test which is being waged. A lVsetitngtoii Weather Sramarjr. The torrid weather which has prevailed in nearly every section of the country during tho past week is not dus, the signal oflicer says, to any exceptional causes, and no relief can be predicted at present. The weather, however, was considerably cooler on the 14th inst., in some parts of the UnitcdStutes than previously. During the past twenty-four hours the temperature has fallen from 8 to 12 degrees in Western Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Florida. A cool wave has also made itself felt in Northern Toxas, the Indian Terri tory, Arkansas and Louisiana. The warm weather has also been broken in the Lake Superior region, Penn sylvania, New York and the New Eng land states by a reduction of from four to eighteen degrees. The heat continues un abated in Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, Minnesota, Eastern Dakota and the South Atlantic states. Fort Sully, Dakota, at 3 o'clock to-day was the hottest place In the United 8tates, with the thermometer at 102. Huron, Dak., and Atlanta. Ga., followed witb 98 degrees, and North Platto, Nob., Dubuque, la., Indianapolis, Ind., Lynchburg and Norfold, Va.t with 9G dogroes. The coolett eection of the country to-day was the Lake Superior re lu gion, and Dufuth, Minn., returns a lower temperature than sny unelevated city in tho United States, viz., 56 degreee. Western Geological fiarrqi- In his proposed work the coming season Maj. Powell, of the geological survey, say of the wostern portion: It is proposod to commence surveys in Iowa upon the one-mile scale, for the rea son that the relief there is slight and the detailed maps are required for use in the special geological work required in the re gion. It is recommended that for the prosecution ot tbe work contemplated in this section there be allotted $20,000. In Montana, subsection2, twoparties, head ed by R. M. Douglass and F. Tweedy, respec tively, will be employed in triangulation and the topographic work in Southwestern Montana,where it is proposed to complete the surveys required. The investigations of las!, year have thrown much light on the iron-bearing and copper-bearing rocks ot the Lake Superior region, and it is pro- Btose osed to continue the investigation of rocks in Northern Michigan, Wiscon sin and Minuesota In accordance with tho general plau alreadv formulated. Prof. R. D. Irving will remain in charge of the lamB. It is recommended that th*re be allotted for this work $10,000. mm mm The treasury departm»nt has called tbe attention St the department of state to the report of a special agont of the treas ury department relative to the under valuation of steel slabs exported from Charleroi, Belgium, and the certification of the same by the consular agent at that place. The special agent says: The cus toms officers can place no confidence in his certificates, and the invoice might as well be a blank piece of paper so far as giving any information of market values is con cerned. mm The Panama Canal company must be in rather desperate financial straits when the next loan, which it is proposod to issue in Paris, will net, at the heavy proposed discount of 57% p$r cent, only 85,000,000 francs from the face value of 200,000,000 francs. Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renower Is becoming a universal favorite for restor ing gray hair to its original color, and making hair grow thick and strong. The crimes bill was discussed in the house ot lords and put^n its third reading. $500 Not Called For. It seems Btrange that it is nocessary to percuade men that you can cure their dis eases by offnrin a premium to the man who fails to receive bonoflt. And yet Dr. Sago undoubtedly cured thousands of eases of obstinate catarrh with his "Ca tarrh Remedy," who would never have applied to lilm, if it had not been for his offer of the above sum tor an incurable ease. Who is tho next bidder (or our# or cash. Tho lollowing postmasters have been commissioned: Dakota, Tarsus, P. H. Brunei Wisconsin, Stointlial, W. Witto. A Wonderful Freak of Xitar* is sometimes exhibited in our public exhi bitions. When we gaze upon some of the peculiar freaks dame nature occasionally indulges in, our minds revert back to the creation of man, "who is so fearfully and wonderful made." The myster ies of hiB nature have been unrav eled by Dr. R. V. Pisrce, of Buf falo, and through his knowledge ot those mysteries he h:ts lieen able to prepare his "Golden Medical Discovery," which is a specific for all blood taints, poisons and humors, such as scrofula, pimples, blotches, eruptions, swellings, tumors, ulcers and kindred affections. By druggists. Young Cyrus W. Feld netted $600,000 ono day on the stump in Manhattan l£ls vated stock. A Bonanza Mas of health is to he found in Dr. B. V.Pierce's "Favorite Prescription," to the merits ot which, as a remedy for the female weakness and kindred affections, thousands testify. Ex-Secretary Manning iratill» atek ms has lost mueh flesh and takes little inter in pa in Wilt Ufset Bssmsf the Bevil's Pins. Two years ago a South American fodder plant was tonad to possess the extraordi nary power of stopping the appetite for liq uors, effects ot dissipation and nervous exhaustion of women at oaee, without stimulation or reaction, leaving no mor bid appetites or bad effects more than any ordinary food. It created so much excite* tfttfffS ttyftcmg the ehurch people and doe tors, that large .manufactory was start ed, over five million qnart bottles were sold the first months. The whole country are astounded at the size of the demand. The Grocers and Druggists are ftifl of it. It is only 50 ets a quart bottle. The womea swarm after it. Thurnian positively declines to be the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio. It is so Every where.—E. B. Rail, druggist at Httittsville. Kan., has this to write about Allen's Lung Balsam: It is the best selling throat and Itfng remedy, and gives general satisfaction. Buy the large $1.0(1 bottles for Lung Diseases. Mrd. Riegel, formerly Elizabeth Nicholson, a celebrated Philadelphia belle, recently married Baron Fre'derie Blanc Of France. An English physician observed a cat with symptoms of whooping cough in a family where there was a child with that disease* Query—Which one brought it in to the house, the boy or the cat?—Dr. Foot's Health Monthly. tm The lucky Canadian Pacific is to be permitted to ship goods in bond from Pa cific coast seaports to Port Moody. Reroei and herolses. There are few who enjoy bodily troubles with out complaint. Did you ever meet among the heroes or heroines of your acquaintance—it any such there have been—one with a yellowish cast of countenance ai»d that jaundiced aspect gene* ally, which the rnost unpraetieed eye recognizes 96 the product of a disordered liver, who did not complain, and peevishly too, of the sore ness of the recalcitrant organ, ©f pains beneath the right shoulder blade, of dyspeptic symptoms, constipation nnd headache? Of course you never did, and of course the individual was not using HoKtetter's Stomach Bitters, or he would untFo have looked—so 1 iavecomplained, Topu- riiy ho blood when contaminated with bile, and conduct the secretion into its proper channel, to re-establish regularity of the bowels, banish bilious headache and remove impediments to complete digestion, nothing can approach iu ef ficacy this jieei-less alternative aim tonic. Ma larial complaints, always involving the liver and kidneys and bladder Inactively, areremedled by it. It is a capital appetizer. Lord Churchill speaks in the house of commons against certain clauses of the Irish land bill. Allen's Iron Tonic Bitters is not a fancy alcoholic beverage. All genuine boar the signature of J. P. Allen, Druggist, St. Paul, Minn. The beat cough medicine 1b Piso'e Cure for Consumption. Sold everywhere 25 cents. Soveyour wagons, your horses and your paticnce by using Frazer Axle Grease. New York, and aoUl by all Drugigirij, is tte best tonic, and for patients recovering from Favor or ether sick ness, it haft no equal. (How to Curt Skin 8c Scalp Diseases witfj the CUTICUF\/\ REMEDIES* cured by the OOTtcunA Rbmkdiks. OtrnccHA Kksoi/vkST. the New Blood PnrMter, ran*es the blood and pe rapt ration of dtaeaM-Histain- W -Inmenta, and thus remove* the canse. (JsTicctu, the great Skin (tara, instantly allay* tching and Inflammation, clear* the akin and scalp ol ciust*. scale* nnd screw, and rentcres the hair. OcnouRA Soap, an exquisite Skin Beuntifler, la indispensable in treating skin diseases, baby humor*, •kin blemishes, chapped and oily skin. CuncuaA IlMKDXKis aro the groat skin beaunfien. Sold everywhere. Price, CtjnctjUA, S0o. Soap, Rc, Resolvent, $1. Prepared by Porrsa Daoa and CnKWOAi, Co.. Tlorro*, Mass.the Send tor "How to Cure Ekin Diseases." |tlD with tbe loveliest delicacy li the skin bathed with Ccticuba Medicated Soap. Waltham PATENT Dust Proof Watches were originally made for rail way men, whose service par ticularly required an abso lutely tight closing case. They have given entire satisfaction, and their reputa tion has spread so rapidly, that they have become the standard Watches for Millers, Miners, Lumbermen, Far mers, Mechanics, Engineers, Travelers and others whose occupation requires a watch which is proof against dust and moisture. Over 150,000 Waltham Patent Dust Proof Cases are now in actual use. The Waltham were the first Patent Dust Proof Cases manufactured, and are the only ones pletely exclude dust and moisture from the movement. They are far superior to all others claiming equal advantages. Each genuine case is plainly marked with the name and trade mark of the American WalthamWatch Company. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST CLASS JEWELERS. $8 A DAY. Samples worth SI.60 E. I.inos not under the norse's feet, write WWBK urm KSIIHOLBCBCO., My.Hch. Ifone geasia* anlsss itamped with th* aton taina km. tke awileiM Miut iss ssrgattv*. V* be per* tMMMStSlS Tonlov Alterative and Cathartle Properties. TSM*a nil* feiMH ttwe^mllttM la as —!•—t aad Speedily Restore tettftewtortwlrastssl rwtetaltte •ettss, imimRm—wgalarliy. Sold Eteiy wfrere. hoWa ail ^yJLrwrwer Qntji laintt CXY\A xU B°we\ "Troubles are, cured by 7*»« Mi dra3^t5ts sell it# TI?HTP¥/MITP proenred. 1Cyears* exper m~ Ci Iw AI I.J HI A Sence as Attorneys in Pea W aWni and otVr SoMtaf Claim*. C. M. Htea Co.. Washington, I). C. A s. A.JT, Lacbt, ratem I'D I I S% Attorney* naabtfwton, l. O. I "1 hll I Instructions and r^liilius SB to patentability FKKJK. MT17 yeaia' experiaao* OS Habit Cnrrt la W nya. ft'o pay till rnreJ. ItflieiM, Lebanon. OPIUMS OUa. PATENTS OBTAINED by LOCI9 BAGGBK St JT CO., attorneys, Washington, D. C. Established IBM. Aayjof (Ml Scandinavian language underetootl: SHORTHAND, BEST AND j.Aitf,v.sTi S O O I 1 ypewrltlng State*. Shorthand t,y mat a apeelaltr. Send for cir *iBT«a« m. uu eolar* to Anna C. Drf.w,Minn, ISliMIMnil ]|aie blk_ St. 1'aul. FACE, HAHDS, FfcET, as4 11 their Imperfections, inrlnrfia* Fa cial Development. Hair and Scalp, fluoo* Hair, Pirlh Mark., Moles, Wans, Moth, Freckles. Red Acne, El«rt Head*. Scars, l'tRintf and their treatment. Send 10c.forbookorJMpajce»,4the)it!n. Sr.*. S. W—Oary.STW. Pearl St,.AJbacj,S.Y^Est^'l 18T& Fiso'a Remedy for Catarrh Is tlie |B Beet, Eaaieet to Uee, and Cheapest. A A Sold by drnmriets or sent by malL 50c. E. T. Haieltine, Warren, Pa. JOSEPH CI LLOTTS STEEL PENS GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION-I87B. THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS ^^JMARLIN REPEATING teedpetfeettrae^^^^k A. which com BC8T iN THB cnraM and abaolatel^^^P^^^ WORLOI eafe. Kade In all aiaee for large or email gane. BALLARD Qallery, Bsstisf ss4 Target Kllea. teal fcr lllaatrated CataTagae. Marlla Hre AtsssCe., HewHaw, Conn. CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH PENNYROYAL PILLS The Original and Only Genuine. Safe and always Reliable. Beware of wartfcleaa lmita Mona Ladies, ask your Druggist for "C'blrkeater's BaiUik" and take no other, or Inclose 4c. (stamps) to 08 fer particulars In letter by return mil. nui raraa. CHICHESTER CHEMICAL, CO., ... SS1S Ssums Signal*. I'hllarin. I'a. Bald by HriiggUU every wkere.<p></p>Grand Ask for "t'hlrlie*- *er*a Peaayroyal I'lllm Take no I tier. Closing ont sale 4 all enmmcr suit", coats and vest* Thin nnflerwear. Litfht colored and straw hats ut tht BIG BOSTON, MINNEAPOLIS fwnd a sample or der and hjo what bargain* we are giving. Men's bine flannel suits and gray mixed cassamere all wool only 96.00. ]JEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY ll0*MUSIC Boaton, Maaa. We are selling trmr times as many against any other eif caae a'week. J. lnth« Tiior. 6 ugh tint ruction In Vocal and Instrumental Music. Piai Piano an] 6 ugh Oigan To man, and etc. Tuition, |8 to S3 Electric Lifhtre^ OO to #7^0 per week. Fall Term heginf Sept. 8,1*87. For Illustrated Calendar, with full information, address £. TOUBJES, Dir., Franklin Sq^ BOSTON, Mass. Oaa Agent (Hsrchant only) wanted In erery town fot Tansill'rt Punch* Cigar and have only had them in th« Tozibb, Druggist, Brockport. N. Y. Address R. W. TAN8ILL & CO., Chicago The oldeat medida* in the world i* probably Dr. Isaac Tkompeea's I ELEBRATED EYE WATE| This article 1* a carefully prepared Pbyateiana pr» aoriptlon. and ha* been in eonataat us* nearly a e*tv tnry, and notwithstanding It* many other prepara tions that bare been iatrednoed Into the market, the aale of this article ta constantly increasing. I the di rection* are fallowed it will never fail. Wa particular ly invite Use attention of physician* to Ita merit*. O JOHN L. THOMPSON. SONS fc CO.. TROY. S. T. TIm BUTEK8' OVIDM la 1—ed Sept. aai Xarcls, taekysar. SIM pagte, •%xll% tnels—,wltla orei 3.BOO Ulastratloaii a wkels Ptetar* Gallery. CIVKB Wholssale Prices dfced to Manner* on all goetU ftr ynwsalertallf we, Telle how tm •Her, as! gives cxact coat of ererjr thlag jr*« ut, sat, drink, wear, or hay* Aim with. Tl»sas lMVALPABl.lt BOOKS featala Information gleaned fren the Markets of the world. We will nudl a oopy FREE to say ad flrae* apon receipt of IS eta. to defray ixftast of •alllag. E«t as hear ftoaa HespcetAellj MONTGOMERY WARD A CO. WT ft lta Wahaah At—a*,CMcaaOi N. W.N.U. 1WT Don'twaateyonrnwoeroaafaaier inVber eeat The Is absolutely and timl raoor, aad will keej you dr, Ask lor the^'FISH BRAND" *Licaaa and.take no ether. For a woman to say she does not use Procter & Gamble's Lenox Soap, is to admit she is "behind the times." Nobody uses ordinary soap now they can get" Lenox." 111. No. 3C 'WaniiinrcfCoatl ErerlalB. The FISH MAKD SUCEE ry la the hardest sum if yoor storekeeper do