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THE PKONT.
BY JIARUK DOUGLAS.
KU11 shines that Sabbath morn for me,
Ita brt te etUl whiper low;
Twm ycaterrtay ; li cannot be
'Twm thirty year ago,
K little girl. In broed-bnnimed hat.
In the old meettng-nouae I aat ;
The south ulnd through the doorway blew,
And the old deacon. In the pew
In front, looked back and gave e
roll blown, a crlmeon peony.
What eudden hdn of wealth wm mine !
To my delighted eyes,
It eeeuied a bloaaom each aa might
Have grown in Pared Ue ;
So wide ita silken petal spread,
Ho rich ita robe of royal red,
Piuka, rone a, lilies, violeta, all
My garden blOMOtue, great and small,
Seemed poor, pale, common things to me,
by that resplendent peony !
In what eereue content I spent
That oftumea weary hour,
My little hf ad in rapture bent
Above that niatchloaa flower !
The prayer and hymn were both unheard ;
I loKt the eerinon, every word ;
Put, oh, whatcharnia, unseen before,
For me, that gray old deacon wore 1
The beat of wen. I thought, muttt be
The giver of that peony.
Time fllea with awallow'a winga away ;
I oount the yeara, and know
That Sabbath waa not yesterday,
But thirty yeara ago;
The very meeting-house la gone
We gathered in that summer morn ;
The preacher's voice la hushod, and wave
The daisiea o'er the deacon 'a grave ;
Uirt, frreh and f ragTunt, still for me
Vnfading, blooms that peony
Btill bright, aa when, above Ita breast,
That happy day I smiled ;
Ob. blent, for aye the gift Is blest
lie stowed npon a child !
It has a worth beyond ita own
A charm to all things else unknown !
How perfect is the Joy it gives I
How loDg in memory It Uvea !
And cbildhood'e spe!l yet makes for me
A flower of flowers, the peony I
Sunday A(er noon for June,
TWO FAIR DECEIVERS.
"What do young men talk about 'when
they Bit at the open "windows smoking
on summer evenings ? Do you suppose
it is of love ? Indeed, I suspect it is of
money: or, if not of money, then at
least of something that either makes
monev or spends it.
Cleve Sullivan has been spending his
time for four years in Europe, and he has
just been telling his friend John Selden
how he fpent it. John has Bpent his in
"New York he is inclined to think just
as profitably. Both stories conclude in
the same way.
44 I have not a thousand dollars left.
John."
'Nor I, Cleve."
I thought your cousin died two years
ngo ; surely you have not spent all the
old gentleman s money already ?
"I only got $20,000; I owed half of
it."
44 Only $20,000 ! What did he do with
it?"
44 Gave it to his wife. lie married a
beauty about a year after you went
away, died in a few mouths afterward
and left her his whole fortune. I had
no claim on him. He educated me
gave me a profession, and 820,000
That was very well. lie was only my
mother s cousin.
44 And the widow where is she?"
4 'Living at his country-seat. I have
never seen her. She was one of the St,
Maurs, of Maryland."
4 4 Good family, and all beauties. Why
don t you marry tiie widow?
44 Why, I never thought of such
thing."
44 You can't think of anything better.
Write her a little note at once ; say that
you and I will soon bo in her neighbor
hood, and that gratitude to your cousin
and all that kind of thing then beg
Jeave to call and pay respects, etc., etc.'
John demurred a good deal to the
plan, but Cleve was masterful, and the
note was written, Clevo himself putting
:i' ii a- .
ism uie posiomce.
That was on Monday night. On
Wednesday morning the Widow Clare
iouna wiin a aozen otners upon ner
breakfast table. She was a dainty, high
bred little lady, witli
Eyes that drowse with dreamy splendor,
Checks with romwleaf timings tender,
Lips like fragrant pony,
and withal a kind, hospitable, temper,
well inclined to bo nappy in the happi
ness of others.
But this letter could not be answered
with the usual polite formula. She was
quite aware that John Selden had re
garded himself for many years as his
cousin's heir, and that her marriage
"with the late Thomas Clare had Eerious
ly altered nis prospects. Women easily
see through the best-laid plans of men,
and this plan was transparent enough to
the shrewd little widow. John would
scarcely have liked the half -contemptuous
shrug and 6mile which terminated
her private thoughts on the mattei.
44 Clementine, if you could spare a
moment from your fashion puper, I
wnnt to consult you, dear, about a vis
itor." Clementine raised her blue eyes,
dropped her paper, and said, 44 Who is
it, Fan?"
44 It is John Selden. If Mr. Clare
had not married me, he would have in
herited tho Clare estate. I think he is
coming now in order to see if it is worth
while asking for, encumbered by his
cousin's widow."
44 What selfishness! Write and tell
Inm that you are just leaving for the
Suez canal, or the Sandwich islands, or
iny other inconvenient place."
44 No; I have a better plan than that
Clementine, do 6top reading a few min
utes. I will take that pretty cottage at
Kyebank for the summer, and Mr. Sel
den and his friend shall visit us there.
No one knows us in the place, and I will
lake none of the servants with me."
44 Well?"
44 Then, Clementine, you are to bo the
Widow Clare, and I your poor friend and
.companion."
44 Good ! very good ! The Fair De
livers an excellent comedy. How I
shall snub you, Fan I And for once I
shall have the pleasure of outdressing
yen. But has not Mr. Selden se?nyou ?"
44 No; I was married in Maryland, and
went immediately to Europe. I came
liack a widow two years ago, but Mr.
Selden has never remembered me until
mow. t I wonder who this friend ia that
he proposes to bring with him ?"
44 Oh, men always think in pairs, Fan.
They never decide on anything until
their particular friend approves. I dare
av they wrote the letter together. What
is the gentleman's name ?"
The widow examined the note. " My
friend, Mr. Clevo Sullivan.' Do you
know him, Clementine?"
44 No ; I am quite sure that I never
.saw Mr. Cleve Sullivan. I don't fall in
love with the name do you ? But pray
accept the offer for both gentlemen.
Fan, and write this morning, dear."
Then Clementine returned to the con
sideration of the laoe in coquille for ber
new evening dress.
The plan so hastily Bxetcnea was bud-
seouentlv discussed and carried out.
The cottage at Ryebank was taken, and
one evening, at the end ox June, tne
two ladies took possession of it. The
new Widow Clare had engaged a maid in
New York, and fell into her part with
charming ease and a very pretty assump
tion of authority ; and tne real widow,
in her plain dress and pensive, quiet
manner!, realized effectively the idea of
a cultivated but dependent companion.
Thev had two days in which to rehearse
their parts and get all the household
machinery in order, and then the gontle-
men arrived at uyeoauK.
Fan and Clementine were qui jo ready
for their first call ; the latter in a rich
and exnuisite morning costume, the
former in a simple dress of spotted lawn.
Clementine went through tho introduc
tions with consummate ease of manner.
and, in half an hour, they were a very
pleasant party. John's ,4cousinship
afforded an excellent basis lor lniormai
companionship, and Clementine gave it
full prominence, indeed, in a lew days
John began to find the relationship tire
some ; it had been, 44 Cousin John, do
this." and 44 Cousin John, come here,"
continually ; and one night, when Clove
and he sat down to smoke tneir nnai
cigar, he was irritable enough to givo
his objections the form of speech.
44 Cleve, to tell you the honest truth,
1 do not like Mrs. Clare."
44 1 think she is a very lovely woman,
John."
44 1 say nothing against her beauty,
Cleve; I don't like her, and I have no
mind to occupy tho place that beautiful
ill-used Miss Marat fills. The way
Cousin Clare ignores or snubs a woman
to whom she is every way inferior makes
me angry enough, I assure you.
44 Don't fall in love with the wrong
woman. John.
44 Your advice is too late, Cleve; I am
in love. There is no use in us deceiving
ourselves or each other. You seem to
like the widow why not marry her ?
am quite willing you should."
44 Thank you, John; I have already
made some advances that way. They
have been favorably received, I think.
44 You are so handsome a fellow has no
chance against you. But we shall hard
ly quarrel, if .you do not interfere be
tween the lovely little Clement and my
self."
44 1 could not afford to smile on her,
John; she is too poor. And wnat on
earth are you going to do with a poor
wife? Nothing added to nothing will
not make a decent hving.
44 1 am going to ask her to be my wife,
and, if she does me the honor to say
4 Yes,' I will make a decent living out of
my profession.
From this time forth John devoted
himself, with some ostentation, to his
supposed cousin's companion. He was
determined to let the widow perceive
that he had made his choice, and that he
could not be bought with her money.
Mr. Selden and Miss Marat were always
together, and the widow did not interfere
between her companion and her cousin.
Perhaps she was rather glad of their
close friendship, for the handsome Cleve
made a much more delightful attendant.
Thus the party fell quite naturally into
couples, and the two weeks that the gen
tlemen had first fixed as the b'mit of their
stay lengthened into two months.
It was noticeable that, as the ladies be
came more confidential with their lovers,
they had less to say to each other ; and
it began at last to be quite evident to
the real widow that the play must end
for the present, or the denouement would
com6 prematurely. Circumstances fa
vored her determination. One night
Clementine, with a radiant face, came in
to her friend's room, and said : 4 4 Fan, I
have something to tell you. Cleve has
asked me to marry him.""
44 Now, Clement, you have told him
all; I know you have."
44 Not a word, Fan. ne still believes
me the Widow Clare."
44 Did you accept him ?"
44 Conditionally. Iam to give him a
final answer when we go to the city in
October. You are going to New York
this winter, are you not ?"
44 Yes. Our little play progresses
finely. John Selden asked me to be his
wife to-night."
44 1 told you men think and act in
pairs."
44 John is a noble fellow. I pretended
to think his cousin had ill-used him, and
he defended him until I was ashamed of
myself; absolutely said, Clement, that
you were a sufficient excuse for Mr.
Clare's will. Then he blamed his own
past idleness so much, and promised if I
wuld only try and endure 4 the slings
and arrows' of your outrageous temper,
Clement, for two years longer, he would
have made a heme for me in which I
could be happy. Yes, Clement, I should
marry John Selden if we had not a five
dollar bill between us."
44 1 wish Cleve had been a little more
explicit about his money affairs. How
ever, there is time enough yet. When
they leave to-morrow, what shall we
do?"
44 We will remain here another
month; Levine will have the house ready
for me by that time. I have written to
him about refurnishing the parlors."
So next day the lovers parted, with
many promises of constant letters and
future happy days together. The in
terval was long and dull enough; but it
passed, and one morning both gentle
men received notes of 'invitation to a
small dinner party at the Widow Clare's
mansion in street. There was a
good deal of dressing for this party.
Cleve wished to make his entrance into
his future home as becoming the pros
pective master of a million and a half of
money, and John was desirous of not
suffering in Clement's eyes by any com
parison with tho other gentlemen who
would probably be there.
Scarcely had they entered the drawing-room
when the ladies appearod, the
true Widow Clare no longer in the unas
suming toilet she had hitherto worn, but
magnificent in white crepe lisse and
satin, her arms and throat and pretty
head flashing with sapphires and dia
monds. Her companion assumed now
the role of simplicity, and Cleve was dis
appointed with the first glance at her
plain white Chambery giiuze dress.
John bad seen nothing but the bright
face of tho girl he loved and the love-
light in her. eyes. Beore he could
speak he had taken botn ner Hands and
whispered, "uearest and best and love
liest Clement"
Her smile answered him first. Then
Bhe said: " Pardon me, Mr. Selden, but
we have been in masquerade all summer.
and now we must unmask before real
life begins. My name is not Clemen
tine Marat, but Fanny Clare. Couln
John, I hope you are not disappointed.
Then she put ner hand into John's, and
they wandered off into the conservatory
to finish their explanation.
Mr. Cleve Sullivan found himself at
that moment in the moBt trying circum
stance of his life. The real Clementine
Marat stood looking down at a flower on
the carpet, and evidently expecting him
to resume the tender attitude he nad
been accustomed to bear toward her.
ne was a man of quick decisions where
his own interests were concerned, and it
did not take him half a minute to review
his position and determine what to do.
1118 PtlUU U1UUUO Klfl WlUiUUb IUI lUJiO
was not the girl he could marry; she had
deceived him, too he had a sudden and
severe spasm of morality; his confidence
was broken; he thought it was very poor
sport to play with a man's most sacred
feelings; lie nad been deeply disappoint
ed and grieved, etc, etc.
Clementine stood perfectly still, with
her eyos fixed on the carpet and her
cheeks gradually flushing, as Cleve made
his awkward accusations. She gave him
no help and she made no defense, and it
soon becomes embarrassing for a man
to stand in the middle of a largo draw
ing-room and talk to himself about any
girl. Cleve felt it so.
44 nave you done, sir?" at length she
asked, lifting to his face a pair of blue
eyes scintillating with Bcorn and anger.
44 1 promised you my final answer to
your suit when we met in JNew lottc.
You have spared me that trouble. Good
evening, sir."
Clementine showed to no one her dis
appointment, and she probably soon re
covered from it. Her life was full of
many other pleasant plans and hopes
and she could well afford to let a selfish
lover pass out of it. Sho remained with
her friend until after the nvrriage be
tween her and John Selden hud been
consummated, and then Cleve saw her
name among the list of passengers sail
in a: on one particular day for Europe,
As John and his bride left on the same
steamer, Cleve supposed, of course, sho
had crone in their comnanv.
44 Nice thing it would have been for
Cleve Sullivan to marry John Selden's
wife b maid, or something or other I
John always was a lucky fellow. Some
fellows are always unlucky in love affairs
I always am.
Half a year afterward ho reiterated
this statement with a great deal of un
necessary emphasis. He was just but
toning his gloves preparatory to starting
for his afternoon s drive, when an old
acquaintance hailed him.
44 Oh, it's that fool Belmar," ho mut
tered; 44 1 shall have to offer him a ride,
I thought he was in Paris Hello, Bel
mar, when did you get back ? Have a
ride?"
44 No, thank you. I have promised
my who to ride with her this after
noon."
4 lour wile I Wnen were you mar
ned?"
44 Last month, in Paris."
44 And the happy lady was "
44 Why, I thought you knew; every
one is tulking about my good fortune,
Mrs. Belmar is old Paul Marat's only
child."
44 What?"
44 Miss Clementine Marat. She bring
me nearly $3,000,000 in money and
real estate, and a heart beyond all
price.
44 now on earth did you meet her?"
44 She was traveling with Mr. and
Mrs. Selden you know John Selden
&ue lias lived with iVlrs. Selden ever
since she left school; they were friends
wlien tbey were girls together.
Cleve gathered up his reins, and, nod
ding to Mr. Frank Belmar, drove at a
finable rate up the avenue and through
the park. He could not trust himself to
speak to any one. and, when he did, the
remarK wuien lie made to lumsell in
strict confidence was not flattering. For
once Mr. Cleve Sullivan told Mr. Cleve
Sullivan that ho had been badly pun
ished, and that ho well deserved it.
Harper's Monthly.
Indications.
There are not wanting indications of
a real revival of prosperity.
First. The revival of foreign imnii
gration. For the first time in five or six
years tho tide of foreign immigration
has set in toward this port. This is an
unmistakable sign of prosperity.
second. The under-current of the
stock exchange is buoyant. No bear
movement has been successful since the
passage of the Silver bill. Every down
ward movement has been almost instant
ly followed by an upward movement.
Third. Railroad building has been
resumed, more especially in the far West,
This, of course, has already reacted on
the iron industries of Pennsylvania, and
the increased activity there will, in time,
produco an increased activity in the New
England mills.
Fourth. The prosperity of the far
West is phenomenal. Nothing similar
has been known heretofore. The har
vests promiso great abundance, and the
tide of settlement is flowing in rapidly.
New lands are being brought under cul
tivation ; feeders to the great trunk lines
of railroad are being constructed, and
the demand for manufactured products
is sure to be largo.
Fifth, Our foreign commerce is
steadily increasing. This is another
excellent criterion of returning pros
perity. New York Graphic,
Cats in Spain.
Cats have a nico time in Spain, I hear.
No dismal moonlight prowling over
fences and back sheds for them I They
have the roofs of tho whole country for
their walk, and need never touch the
ground unless they choose. I'll tell you
why. Grain is iorod in the attics of Spain
because they are too hot for anything
else. But rats and mice delight in attics,
as well as grain. So each owner cuts a
small door from the roof, big enough
for puss, and any homeless cat is wel
come to her warm home, in return for
which she keeps away rats. In a sud
den rain it must be funny to Bee dozens
of cats scampering over the roofs to their
homes among the gTain-bags. SU
Nicholas.
MJJiT LET I K ROT RITE US.
President Hayes' Correspondents.
The President, says the Washington
Star, receives more letters a day than
any other individual in the United States.
It would hardly be ctretching the point
to Bay that he receives more than anyone
else on the globe. Every mail brings
him a large batch coming from almost
every State in the Union, while commu
nications from foreign lands are the rule
rather than tho exception. These let
ters are npon every conceivable subject.
Invitations, criticisms of the Presi
dent's course, expanded theories, re-
qmests for pecuniary aid, letters of coun
sel and advice, petitions to be retained
in office, and hundreds of other topics
furnish Bubioct-matter for those who
wish to gain the Executive ear. Letters
of importance are, of course, answered,
but thousands of epistles go to the files
or garret unseen by him. Among the
President a correspondents is a London
er, who seriously requests him, as 44 the
head of a free and humane Government,"
to issue a proclamation prohibiting, un
der penalty of death, tho killing of any
of tho feathered tribe, any dog, or even
a rat or mouse.
Another letter is dated in Virginia,
not very far from Washington, and is
headed 44 On Finance. The writer as
serts that he has discovered a gold, sil
ver, and copper belt running through
that State and northwesterly as far as
Michigan. He promises to give to the
President a portion of his good fortune
for 44 pecuniary assistance.
One man from Kentucky sent the Pres
ident a photograph. Shortly after, an
other letter from the same individual
mado its appearance, containing another
photograph, which the sender thinks is
much better than the first one, and, hav
ing been improved on iu regard to looks,
ho wishes it, in place of the former one,
to be placed in tho President's album,
with 44 my best regards.
The following is an inquiry from
school-boy in Horton, Mich.
I wish to ask von vour airo. and clcaHO do not
think I am meddling for our teacher does not
no and I would like to ask you when your birth
day conies and how old you be and where
borne.
The letter below is from a Vermonter.
The President enjoyed it hugely and
had a reply sent regretting his inability
to accommodate his correspondent :
I have long entertained the hope of visiting
tho Capital of my country. 1 am 74 ycarB of
age; have always worked hard, and have ever
zealously cherished the public welfare. I have
now an opportunity to carry out my plans, un
less some unusual Providence prevents. The
occasion of my addressing you on the sibject
ia to obtain, if ponnible, residence in youi- fam
ily while I remain in the city. I am a Btrictly
temperance man, and entertain great aversion
to the hotels. I wish, moreover, to see yon,
and express to yon, in friendly and personal
intercourse, ray appreciation of your independ
ent efforts for tho good of the people. I do
not come from any personal or seiutu consider
ations have no ends to seek but those I have
already indicated. If you could for a few days
receive an unknown 'but patriotic citizen, I
should be pleased to be the happy recipient of
your favor. I ehall come entirely alone, and I
do not feel that I could be at home anywhere
ho much aa in your family, for whom I cherish a
profound souse of gratitude and respect. I
can give you referencea to men of eminence in
thia section of the (State. Flease, sir, accept
my kindest regard and be kind enough to
communicate with me at your earliest conven
ience. The next will be of interest to Capt.
Howgate, James Gordon Bennett, and
others interested in Arctic exploration.
It hails from Utah :
I learn to-day of the Jamoa Oordon Bennett
undertaking to open the long-closed doors of
the Arctic regiona. I am strongly of the opin
ion that the implement to open the Polar doors
ia not yet made, and will not be ready before or
between 18'JO and l'JOO. I am not speaking
with a view that my words will have any effect
on Mr. Bennett's plans, for no person in the
land would feel more proud or Joyful to learn
that the Stars and Stripes were lloatiug on that
pole. For my part I do not like these plans
"the climbing of breastworks in squally weath
er." I would rather take Gen. Grant's plan
and undermine for tho pole.
A Pennsylvanian sent a long disserta
tion on the extraordinary merits of the
Keely motor only a few days before it
was exploded by expertR. A few days
after, the same ion of the Keystone
State sent the lollowing, which is brief,
but to tho point : 44 1 have just learned
of the dowuftllof tho Keely motor.
An Alabamian sends the following
plea for aid to native American inventive
genius :
Hearing of your generous and noble dirfposi
tion, and believing it also, has emboldened me
to write to you. 1 am a poor man, and would
crave your help in a matter that would not only
be a Lenent to me, bat will bo benetlcial to oth
crs. I have found a remedy that will cure
cholera in hogs, and, not being able to prove
it as such, 1 want you to Bend me a transporta
tion to tne Dog-raising states, so that 1 can
prove to the world that what I claim for thia
antidote ia no humbug, but the naked truth.
I hope thia will not pass unnoticed, but will
meet with all the aid that honest integrity de-
serves. I remain, as ever, a friend to your
cause.
The Star reporter who secured this
correspondence did not learn if Mrs.
Hayes had read the following :
Mr. Itnthcrford li. Hayna:
Deab Eleksed Intknded Buiceoroom
now pen a few lines to you to let you know
that I am well, hoping these lines will find you
the same. If you please to come after me you
will find me at , and I will try to live
with you till the Lord comes to receivo ua in
heaven. I heard you would like to live with
me in New York citv or Washington. I send
my love to you, and liko to see you very much.
From California Oliver Magnam an
nounces himself as the second Giovah
(supposed to be Jehovah), and calls on
the JL'resident to reform and to preach
reform to the Eastern country, 44 for
soon half of all you shall die suddenly.
hkely next spring." He himself will
try to look out for the people out West.
There may be some doubt as to the
sanity of Bomeof the writers of the above
letters. Of the insanity of the writer of
tne lollowing there can be none. It is
written in an excellent hand, on paper
bearing the printed letter-head, 44 West
ern Kentucky Lunatio Asylum:"
The IKrii.R. B. Hayea:
Dear Sin: Having already mentioned se
cret detection in these asylums, I will make
one request, and then I am done for the pres
ent. Come on the 3d of December next plant
a battery of forty-pounders in front of this
building, and, if not surrendered in one hour,
please shoot hell out of the Center.
Another letter, from the hand of a
lunatic, contains this:
Since the fall of Adam man has been search
ing for Satan. Eureka I Eureka ! I now pro
pose to drown him and nut out his fire that we
may have no need of any more Christ. But
that God himself may reign supreme, I am
certain of success. Christ never worshiped
himaolf. nor did ho ever advise others to do
so, and if the people cannot see him in hi a true
light they will have to abide the con-equonce,
for they had an well worship me aa him. I sin
bound to relieve thia people, and my motto is,
4' Victory or Death." If you becomo Insulted
at what I hav said, then yon are not prepared
for the kingdom of heaven. Why dou t the 1
SDOpleact? Ood will pounce ou them some
ay. If all this availeth you nothing, you will
have to end in disappointment and despair.
If my enemies will not acknowledge me, I have
tua power to make it rougn for mem, certain.
I am staying ia aa asylum and plajing the lu
natio splendidly. Have Just finished writing a
short note to all the Governors of the United
States and the Queen of England, so yon may
look out for tornadoes, fire and hail. I also
sent each of them a photograph of myself.
Recent FostoClce Rulings.
The husband cannot control the cor-
resjiondenoe of the wife, and, if the wife
requests that letters directed to her be
not placed in her husband's box, the
Postmaster should comply with her re
quest. Ordinary postage stamps cannot be
used in payment of postage upon pub
lications received into the mails at the
pound rates. Special adhesive stamps
are provided for this purpose only.
uurrency cannot De sent in seaieu
transparent envelopes unless postage is
paid at letter rates.
A regisiereu lewr cannot. is aiutuuou
. i 1 A 1 .11
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fore its delivery, aa the department
holds it in legal custody for delivery to
the person addressed or according to his
or her order.
To inclose an envelope with a written
address thereon, to be used at some
future time would subject any package
of which it forms a part to letter post
age.
A publication claiming two places or
localities as its office of publication, can
not bo mailed from either place at pound
rates.
The Postoffice Department has no au
thority to detain or open letters sent
in conformity to the laws governing
their transmission in the mails ; such
letters must be delivered to the person
named in the address, or according to
his or her order, as soon after arrival
ss practicable, but it is the duty of a
Postmaster to obey a mandate or
court, and should he have undelivered
letters in his office addressed to a per
son on trial in court, and the court hav
inor served on Biich Postmaster a sub
pena duces tecum, it would be his duty
to appear in court with the letters, and,
once in court witn the letters the juris
diction of the Postoffice Department
ceases, and if said letters are opened tho
resDonsibmtv rests with the court.
Anything whatever pasted, gummed
or attached to a postal card subjects the
same to letter rates of postage.
The law makes no provision for the
mailing of 44 extras," except that they
must be prepaid at the rate for printed
matter.
To inclose a hand-bill in a newspaper
sent to a regular subscriber would Bub
ject the entire package to postage at the
rate of 1 cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof.
Tin dishes are unmailable.
Printed matter cannot be returned to
sender unless the Postmaster is fur
nished with stamps or money to prepay
the same.
Postmasters are not required to open
their offices on Sunday unless a mail ar
rives on that day.
To paste a printed slip upon a postal
card would render tne same siiDieci ia
letter rates of postage.
Soap ia unmailable.
Any matter partly in print and partly
in writing is subject to letter rates of
postage.
Packages of merchandise not prepaid
in full, at the rate of 1 cent for each
ounce or fraction thereof, should not be
forwarded.
When two or more kinds of mail mat
ter are inclosed in the same package the
entire package is subject to the higher
rate.
Advertising sheets received in bulk
mail prepaid at pound rates should not
be delivered unless postage is paid at
double rates. 1 cent for each ounce or
fraction thereof.
The insertion of a now date or figure
in a circular makes it subject to letter
rates of postage estern Postal Re
vieiv.
A Kemarkahle Crime.
The secret of a remarkable murder
was recently disclosed iu a medical lect
nro delivered in London by the eminent
Dr. Bucknilh In discussing the legal
relations of insanity he remarked that
the most singular case in which he had
ever been concerned was that of Con
stance .Kent, who murdered ner young
brofeher and escaped detection. After
an interval of several years a truly con
scientious motive led her to confess, and
Dr. Bucknill examined her for tho pur
pose of ascertaining whether it would
be right to enter the plea of 44 not guilty
on the ground of insanity." He was
compelled to advise against it, and her
counsel admitted that the experts could
not do otherwise. By her own wish he
published a letter in which the material
facts of the crime were described, but
as the motive was not disclosed the case
was still enveloped in mystery; for how
could a young girl, who was not insane.
have murdered her beautiful boy-brother
in cold blood? Dr. Bucknill, after keep
ing the secret for many years, now ex
plains that a real and dreadful motive
did exist. The girl's mother, having
become partially demented, was left by
her husband to live in the seclusion of
her own room, while the management of
the household was taken over the heads
of grown-up daughters by a high-spirited
governess, who, after the decease of
the llrst Mrs Kent, and a decent interval,
became Constanco Ken 's step-mother.
In this position sho was unwise enough
to make disparaging remarks about her
predecessor, little dreaming, poor lady,
the fund of rage and revengeful feeling
she was stirring up in the heart ctf her
young step-daughter. To escape from
away from home, but was brought back;
and after this she only thought of the
most efficient manner of wreaking her
vengeance. She thought of poisoning
her step-mother, but that, on reflection,
she felt would be no real Punishment.
and then it waa that she determined to
murder tho poor lady's boy. her only
chHd. A dreadful story this; but who
can fail to pity the depths of household
misery which it denotes T
SrxTT men and women of San Fran
cisco have gone into the mountains un
der the direction of Dio Lewis, to live in
tents for four months. They will eat
plain food, take plenty of exercise, move
from place to place, and return home,
they hope, in improved health.
BT tJLMV MABBIA
How come the early flowera of sprleg f
Aa roba h'raelf mr Phyllis aweet.
Just In her tena, wbUe f reah yeara cling
Unto bar aa her (town dlacret
Clloga to ber dainty anklea, fain
To leutfthen as the yara go on.
And uber in ewet womau'a dawn.
A mirror-look ah, me 1 o vain I
Then abapely Uuiba are tockiD(ed neat.
And allppere laced o't r dainty feet.
And breaata like alij?bt-reised works on frleee
Are coyly bid neath wbite cbruiLw ;
Tben, like tbe gboatly uilsta of aprlng,
Bhe filta about on feet of nlr,
And, blue-blrd-llke. essaya Ui aloft
Hong ba!f-renieuOered in tbe preea
Of ber own aweet eelf-coneciousueae;
Then, with ber wealth of gold-browo hair
8he tove aw bile, and rods or bralda
Or out la are used aa dainty alda
Toward tbat perfection be, dear girl.
Must be to b hereeif , tbe pearl !
Tbeu knot of ribbon, brlht and fair,
Makea brighter atiU ber wealth of hair;
Then eudUenly a 'wlldring flanh
Uf auk appeara ; and tben a aaah
Of daring color round ber waiat,
Where lover's arm baa ne'er been placed
All aUtely now, in blonsom full,
In color rich and bountiful.
Bo come the flowera of spring. Bo alow
Cornea bloeaom-eve, you scarcely kuow
'Tla balf so near. Lyke PbyUle, prim,
Hweet nature first must get in trim ;
And when a bloaon flrut in air
Khe Stunts like ribbon for ber balr,
before you know it, all around.
Her dreita with riebneaa will abound,
And gret-na and acarleta, plnka and bluee,
Hhine la their f reehent. brighteot hues.
-A jpletan' Journal r June.
WIT AW1 HUttOK.
Vehj of Tears Crape.
A Dead Set The Coroner's jury.
Dboppino a privateer Weeping in
secret.
The rabbit is timid, but no cook can
make it quail.
TnE man who cuts across lots is a sort
of cross-patch.
Railroad depose Turning out the
Superintendent.
Tjie scales of justice are for tho weigh
of the transgressor.
A good school-book, like a dress-shirt
bosom, should be well studded.
The American rifle team can tell you
what's in an aim, if Shakspeare
cannot.
A transaction that soots everybody
Taking down the parlor stove for the
season.
Youjfa poets find it hard to win fame
nowadays. There are so few anonymous
poems to claim.
. A man is obliged to die before his will
amounts to anything, but that of a woman
is always in force.
A correspondent wants to know what
kilt BkirtB ought to be made of. Corse
material, we should say.
44Dtin( in poverty," says a modern
moralist, 44 is nothing it is living in
poverty that comes hard on a fellow."
Let's see, is this the day for the cable
to declare 44 War Inevitable?" or is it
the ' Peace-Assured " day ? Norris
town Herald.
People who attempt to cut boarding
house pie-crust with a fork Bhould re
member that time thrown away can
never be recalled.
A freight car was recently broken
open on the Boston and Albany road and
a case of soap taken. Probably a case
of car-steal soap.
An Eastern antiquarian has discovered
that the reason
The boy stood on the burning deck
was that there was a brass band there.
Breakfast Table.
The Breakfast-Table man says 44 there
are four quarters in everything but the
Fourth of July." Will it tell us if
there are four quarters in hind quarters ?
Graphic.
The Cincinnati Enquirer's 44 Essay on
Man" is in one canto, as follows :
Man'a a vapor,
Full of woea,
Starts a paper,
Up he goea.
Pause, vain and impatient youth.
Squander not thine earnings for magic
elixirs wherewith to hurry -up thy tardy
mustache. Esau might have saved his
birthright and avoided a world of
trouble had his face been as smooth as
thine. Breakfast Table.
A boy in a Sunday. school proposed a
question to be answered tho Sunday fol
lowing : 44 How many letters does the
Bible contain ? The answer was 3,530,
333. The Superintendent says to James,
44 Is that right? 44 No, Bir," was the
prompt reply. 44 Will you please tell us
how many there are, then?" 44 Twenty
six, sir."
Must it not be exquisitely romantic to
bo on your knees beforo one of Eve's
lovely daughters, heaving up a torrent
of delectable sentiments between her
glowing, parted lips, raising roses on
her cheek by the acre, bringing tears of
ecstasy to her eyes, and at the critical
moment, when she is on the point of
swooning blissfully away into your
arms, to hear her anxious mother cry:
44 You, Sal, hev you fed them 'ere hogs ?"
MAT.
I saw a child, once, tbat bad lout ita wty
In a great city ; ah, dar Haaven, auch eyes !
A far-off look in them, aa if tbe aklea
Her birthplace were. 80 looks to me tbe May.
April la wmaoine ; June ia gla.l and gay ;
May glldea betwixt them In auch wondering wise
Lovely aa dropped from noma lar Paradiae,
And knowing, all the while, heraelf astray.
Or is the fault with ua ? Nay, call it not
A fault, but a aweet trouble. Is It we
Catching aome glunpxe of our own destiny
In May'a renewing toucn, aome yearning thought
Of heaven, beneath ber resurrecting baud
We who are aliens, loat in a rtrange land ?
Caroline A. Man, in June Unribner,
CniCAOO COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
44 It 'was simply an informal affair,"
wrote the editor, of a little strawberry
party at a neighbor's house. 44 It was
simply an infernal affair," read the com
positor, and that editor will never get
any more invitations from that quarter.
44 This is meat and drink," said the
sailor, who sat on the gunwale sipping
his grog following his remark by tum
bling back into the water. "Ay, and
there's washing and lodging," said his
messmate.
. MACBETH TO THE DAOGKR.
Ia thia a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my ban' f ' .
Or ia the hlc point toward my ban'? .
A feller cant most always aome nic aanieumne
Come, let me clutch thee Oho, yon wont?
Well, then. III show ye who'a runnin'the she hlc
ehebang
I have th. hio not : and yet I have thee still I
Hello, I see two daggers, or I '10 a goat I
Art thu not. fatal too hlo toothpicks,
8nalble to feeling, aato eight? No;
That eouldet net be hlc, elae could I
vt ihm rinnhiA. dnniile do I hlc see thee I
P'rapa thon art but a couple of daggers of the mind,
A falee ere hlo creation, so to speak,
Proceeding from the heat-oppreaeed brain Is good,
ai m 1 that word lar np iu the vat
Storehouse of my mind tor Mra. hlo Mrs. Mao
beth. Oil City Derrick.