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Pfyetlhiy Jfegtsfe3 THE DtSERT OF THE SOUTH. (jpct'iwnnf, ever «>utb ward, UrnJ our sIom alwoc. Ugbteced by 1 he ourdeu Otau Ar*v*>ug. i»>r It)# pi«in that wraioliM yn as eye «*a see, la ibcdii/i'lagMinilRlir, Bare o.' rix * or tr*e. Sottilng but th* *uuti<ht AeU In* cJivMI«m «*jr, (if • aoieiu a ewiuel • SJovljr i*cwg by. Olortou* i» ih» sanligtn Of ibe^ou'titm Utid in It burn'* «u«i re Ideal Inlbeytl'iOW vand. Tt'l we leem to winder •MM 'lie noontide te»l. Th'. u*b a mo!leu river t'Dil'Toeait) our feet. Ufa and toy ami f-eedoai, AH »"• «««»» K»-d»y A» e«ai/op for war J On oar Soul bern way; Jjfe thaf never ureeti as lb onr Northern bom*; fruiom »ueh ».< come' h • but to tbose wbo romn. ttcrrlr life |.« ;«von» .4* ire rid# eloijjc, IMeoion to the htir l' U t>/ an \rafeaonic. — !'*< Aca,!. .^ - A STORY OF mUt'SRms. It w« lialf pari 12 bef.»re the dozen frimk wbo bad been diuing with me left I be hoa*. The evening brtpui wittt argumeut, which bv drgrws relieved by light yet bit tor banter. Some of the ladies bt^an to make Use of thone most ex j revive words, '•Indeed:" "Really!" J aud "I mint say <>r "If you will allow me to sayetc. And I am ashamed to , <>aft* that I myself-the host—became go animated a.- to desire to prolong the disunion instead of putting an end to it before anything extreme should be said on either side. My guests were my nearest relations —nephews, niece* and young cousins. (>ue niece was the wife of a rising mem I er of Parliament, a man supposed to have a prosperous future before him. Another was one of the sweetest girls I ever met One cviusin was a Sister of Mercy, wbo hail no home ties left, and dedicated her life to God's {nx>r. And the *u!>ject over which we grew - > eager wa-< the "Kights of Women." T« my surprise, the wife of the Mem ttrof I'ari.'auient, a more than ordi narily agrteaMe, clever young womau, t'S'k liie iiii •! dfidfl <ho<1 agaiust sisters. The >i-ter of Mervy only sat aud J.-fened, and often laughed heartily. The youngs? aud weakest, a pate ilt- I lie creature wh® spent all her time iu nursing Lt-r children and arranging her /air tai iik<l fr.nge, was our bitterest enemy, and loud were her comp.'aiuts against the unjust subjection of the w< man; though I happen to know that on that very morning she hail gone iu tear«tohei husband to entreat his in Urferenee with a refractory nursery maid. J Hut I am old enough now never to be -iiri>ri;*ti at anything.' 1 \»*> UtrsveU lUlo using siruug es prev-ions nr. self. I remember asserting ii,at N.lomonS virtuous w<>uian con futed herself with giving him a tlrst dinner and keeping hi* garments in or«U>r ami the childreu altogether out or sight. . The araumeut grew hotter, h'.ectoral •liabilities had to he exhausted, then the \exed questious of I'nivenity hon ors. mtdicine and woman's degrees. Finally I almost shouted: "In my <>piuiou wemau's mission is submis sion!" Afhr iha' they left roe. I felt too much excited to go to bed at nuiv, so 1 resorted to the calming in fluence of a cigar. My w.fe nini twenty-live years ago. < >ur man led life las-ted* five years, and when :die died I gave up pshaw ! It was not that that made me give up the malitia, and Parliament, and (Jiarter Setaious, and the oi l scheme* for pay ing oil'the mortgage* and all that, to go ::i read. The old iliurch is not restored yet. However, this is nothing to the purpose. I am meditatiug an essay on women in general, not on individuals, and if the world last another thousaud years it would never produce again a Woman such a* she was. The cigar is very soothing. 1 will < civ make a few notes ou the hack of i i mve'of'e—heads of subjects with llur <>ti-e<|Ueocen arranged like a ped igree under them. 1 begiu with the i rtati- d of Kve—a ronet important Hei> my pe icii rolled away from me, ■ •I 1 th iiK I uiiwt have falieu asl*ep, :.::d yet I should be sorry to swear iu a < < i:rt of justice that ali which follo wed wae only a dre*m. My study ha 1 l>een recently a id h1 1 • the house, and the shadovs flickered >' ruugely over the wide white plastered * all that taced my great e*a-<y chair as I *at by the tire. It became suddenly quite dark, then eirde of light danced iuto the eentre • f the wn'te wall, and grew larger and 1 "«i t»r, ti'i I saw as if in braid day iht asd-ne which m ght have been it-tWted fn.iu a magic lantern. King a-ring-a-ring! oh! that inde - r:l ahle seu^. (,f hurry; who th*t has ever experienced it does not recognize " Ii must to* the division bell or the ih u.-e of Commons. There go the t onorake member* ruuuiug fa*t. The vetie represents the exterior; two po men stand af. one of the doirs. Two <>r three pigeons hop stiffly out of the of the honorable members, hiug-a-ritik: a nng! It lia* stopped wow. There is a pause; the pigeons ppck at .nit and plume themselves, and i.ie piiii-em^n pursue their endless \ brousbam trots up at around pace; an auxi«>u» face looks out watching? til:ally a vn'ce i-alis to the ftH>tinan. "John*. Sir Jo*ph is there." A tall, careworn member ot the Op* i iwiiiou jun^'H into the carriage* • Uoucd St. James' Par*," he calls out, *i.d away they go. . A la<ly take* her liu*l>ands haua i»g»tly«wl»pf«ta: __ "Here are the notes, 1 Now what* • ver you do, do not forget >,'*" • .*)*> and "You are *ur*'." « "l)l course— IW» »»*», Too aud •!*>. Ana it was the Times said so, not tne L>-i'ly New*, renifmiier that: and the date was April 12. Yon had put«lown the 11th." "AkI wa* 1 awurate about reel?" "Yes*. I uave found his very word-*. Tbn are ju*t what joa want, onlj 1 think 1 wou'd nnketheothertwoprints tirat." "I me-.iut them for a perjratlou." "Yw; but don't you think this one that 1 have f >uud would do better? See this Mutation. It will enable you to fulfill the uu<ri'eful duty of annihilat ing one of our own side with uiore grace: ' ■'tou urgemea-* . but I had r*ther iDQ*i»iila luvf bt i rim gar like a Ot' had u »!n at -ainet, n-> my child, TotmoMU bi« fault 1 should have Iinu mo • mild. A p«ril»l Lauder tough! I to avoiJ, And in tt> M>neace my own ute destroyed. Ala*! 1looked ih-n <nm» of you *ho lid • »/ 1 *»« too *»n« to m\ke mlaa own away. Hut yon gran" v*v» to my nn wllhag ton »n« A*alnw my wit' to do my^if tula wron*/ " "It will do." "Did you notke *q inaccuracy in B '» . speech la.-t h'gU? He said that Lord l'almer>ton was distinctly of hU opla ion. Here is Paluaerston's speech on the sani* subject. K-ad it, d->ar " "Fravo. Jeanie! You have surpassed your-elf to day. Now we must turn." "Already! Oh, Jos., I wish I could go to tb* k a ler>! J ''You could not stay late enough to hear me." Ti en, in an eager wh'sper, sh* said **the brrtijfham pulled up: "(jood-by, 4*"d >p««d >ou'." That pi« ture faded away as the little litugbam trotted out of it. The next »)« »ed a Ix>odon drum. The hostess ►taoding at the head of the stairs re ceiving ber guests; a lady, exquisitely riretstd, sitting on a sofa* witb two or tLrte men around ber, andabuzxof po litical murmurs. "Best speech of the session! Outdid himself; never thought Pelham would come out like this!" • Well, Lady Pelham, I congratulate y(u heartily. We all look upon Sir Jo*< pb as the rising hope of the party." ou should have heard the roars of laughter with which bis Shakespearian quotation was received. Harvard, you can tell Lady Pelham what it was. I do not remember the words, but he took no fatherly a tone to poor W. that from a man of uia age the effect was inimita ble Two members were talking together in sn ante-room. ."Pest speech of the session! I never btlitved there waa so much in that lazy It-lirw Pelbam." "It i» all bis wife'i doings. She baa brought out his dormant powers.'' Ti e shadows are pawing over the wall again. I bend forward eagerly. What i* it? What a blurred looking |iciure! It 18 raining fast, pot/ring, with the hissing sound of rain on the pavement. It is so dark that I can only just distinguish a narrow alley, such a tit d of pestilence as Shored itch can best show. On the right stands a public house. I see taint lighta through the chinks of its dirt-encrusted shutters, and hear loud tones and evil words from within. A man reels to the door, and looks out; nothing but rain and black mud, and a horrible stench from the rushing gutters. He shuts the door with an oath and goes in again. "Take care, missus!" A faint glimmer from a lantern shows me two figures picking their way through<mud and tilth—a rough-look ing man, whose old fur cap is drawn low over his brow, and behind him a woman, dresed in the coarse gown and white cap of an Koglish Bister of Mercy; a little black wooden cross on her breast and a long cloak round her. The face, on which the yellow light shines, is homely, with a slightly worn expres sion, ami eyes full of kindly sweet ness. ''I am very glad to have arrived," she says cheerfully, shutting her cotton umbrella, and about to step into tbe house. A man from witbiu pushes her back roughly but not unkindly. "I>oyou know what you undertake, missus?" he says. "Five of'em—two brothers, wives and a child. And it's black sinall-pox." "I know; let me pass! Thank you for your warning,'' she answered, gently. j Tbe man mutters something and draws back. She goes in. * * * • I suppose some days, even weeks, must have passed in my dreams, for I \ woke to find my little circular picture full of daylight. It is the same alley, but a narrow pathway along it is swept cleau and dry ai.d here and there strewn with straw. At the door of the public h^nise stands a little group of people surrounding the 6^ter of Mercy. Two of them seem as if their hearts were too full of speech; on the arm of one hangs a weakly woman, the othtr stauds alone. Tney press her bands; one man raises tbe rough sleeve of her gown and kisses its hen), with tears rainiug down his cheeks. Kindly words she says to all, a little practical advice, a little exhortation. They listen as if she were a saiut from heaven, and then she goes her way. One old man exclaims as she disap l-ears: "Well, if there is a God, He will htar our biessmgs au that there .Sister." The shadows gathered so quickly over my picture that I hardly saw her to the end of the strtet. I leant my head on my hand and tried to make out these visions, but I seemed strangely unable to tix my thoughts. "Kxeeptional cases, nothing but ex ceptional cases," I heard myself mutter, and the words half aroused me. I felt for my pencil to make another memor andum, when my attention was again a i rested. Shadows rone up one after auother like thin curtains from my magic cir e'e, and a new sceue presented itself to my gaze. A charming houJoir, furnished with every luxury, the walls hung with crim en silk, full of rare pictures and cabi nets of precious china. A white bear skin ri;g before the lire, on which wai •fated a young lady, who leaued her aims on the lap of an older woman re posing in an arm chair. They were very like each othor, but it was doubtful whether the elder lady could ever have been as lovely as her golden-haired child. The girl held out to her mother a closely-written letter, saying^in a broken voice: "Mother, I waut you to see what I have v r tten to him." Her 11>8 smiled bravely, while the 'i ars w er- streaming uotieededdown her •heeks. The mother took her letter. I seemed to be reading with her eyes, for I heard no voice, yet I kuew what that letter contained. • Alv Dkakkst Hakk\ Your letter came to me this morning, and it is so iitticult to answer that 1 hope you will patient with me. We have known -sou oilier so long, aud loved eacU other so dearly, that it grieves me bit terly to refuse to marry you. Ye*, dearest, it is iudeed to refuse you that 1 write, aud perhaps you will think m* bard and pedantic for my reasons, au 1 perhaps unfeeling and unkind. Oh, do not think so, for 1 have beeu crying all the time that I have been writing this, and I can scarcely see to write it now. It goes to my very heart to grieve you «o. And must I, need I, tell you why? Harry, if you do not grow more steady, you will break my heart. I have tried to believe what you say, that I could save you. I am only a girl, and very full of faults. I could not hear of my husband gambling, or see him helpless from drink without terror, diigmt, hor ror. 1 dare not, Harry; your salvation is in higher hands than mine. Dj not lean on a broken reed. We have no strength in ourselves. I am doiug this —lam sendiugyou away from me— but it is breaking my heart For I love you, my darling—I love you as I know that you love me. Do not try to see me, or to alter my determination, for it e*n uot be altered. Good-bye, my darliug. I will pray for all God's blessing* on your bead. Hood-bye, good-bye. "Mauds." Then the shadows stole lingeriugl v over the circle, folding it softly out of sight. Again I must suppose a lapse of time, perhaps years, it is war timn; anxiety and tro'ible are brooding over the land. The shadows flit past. It is the same room, with the same figures, but differ ently occupied. Dressed In deep mourn ing, mother and daughter have been picking liut. A little packet of letters lies on the table, and low moans burst now and then from Maude. There lies her own letter, worn and £ el low and old. It was found in his rctst, and sent home with a lock of his cbcstnutbair, accompanied by a let ter from his Colonel—Aill of bitter grief for the young officer whom everytoidy had loved—the steadiest, the best, the bravest, the most zealous whose influ ence bad rawed the whole tone of hi* command. "Maude—Tell Maude I owe a'l to her under God." Those were the last words be u tered before he was laid in a soldier's grav& • • • « • See, the.shadows are stirring again, j moving to and fro in an agitated way What is coining now? It was dark at first; then slowly, as roy eyes got accustomed to ths gloom I taw before me a death-bed. Upraised on white pillows I saw an aged woman, her face beaming wiih a IIgbt more di vine than tbat of earth, ber pale bands crossed on ber birasi. Round her stood ber sons and daughters, and ber child ren's children, and not one among them who ha* Dot wept bitter tears that so soon they should see her faoe do more. • . . • * • • Ooly oue more little glimpse, aud light poured over the picture, which dis appeared io a golden glow. 1 hid my dazzled face. "Charley!" A voice spoke my Dame io tones that thrilled my soul, aud a sound of distant niueis filled the air. I raised my eyes. Id the midst of the glow stood the form of my wife. Her robes were as white as snow, her golden hair fell like a halo around her. her lips parted in that sweet smile that never could fade from my heart. "Husband," she said, "you have seen visions, seat to teach you the secret o' woman's mission—influence, the power of the weakest." "And their rights?" "The reward of their labor. Prayers and blessings, the fruition of self-sac riflee, gratitude, reverence, love. These are the rights of true women." The sweet vision passed away, and I was left sitting in my chair with the black wall opposite to me, and the em bers in the grate slowly burning out. Bweet Maudie, eoergetic Jeanie, my good cousins—who would have thought it of you all? Well! well! one lives and learns. I wish I had come home soon enough to see my mother once more. They say she asked for me. lu this world all must have its fitting place, and will be adjusted so well that the revolutions of our circular globe do not produce a second chaos. What were the tree without its leaves, or the flower without the stalk? What were woman without man, and In Heaven's name where were men without woman?.— Temple Bar. OUR GLEEFUL GIRLS. A sweet "bread-winn?r"—the girl who takes the cake.—Salem Sunbeam. The young lady who used the word "porous-plaster" for' protoplasm had just graduated from the kitchen depart ment of a woman's college.—Youkers Gazette. A Rochester baker recently received an order for a cake weighing 619 pounds. If be had secured some" newly-married boarding school girl to make it, it would not have to be so very large to come ud to the repaired weight.—Uurlington Free Press. She was a beautiful, raven-haired, dark eyed maiden, with two rows of as pearly teeth as ever glistened in the rear of two ruby vum-yum lips— but there was a four dollar mortgage ou one row held by a tooth doctor, and he refuses to let the poor girl life it at a nickel a kiss.—Kentucky State Journal. An eighteen-year-old Indiana girl, #hen sentenced to prison for four years for stealing a horse, astonished thespsc tatrrs by shouting for joy. Those who were shocked and thought her dread fully depraved for one so young were mi-takeu. She was ju*t bubbling over with happiness because the judge didn't make it tive years and cut her off from all chanct-8 for the next leap year.— Chicago Sun. A Carlisle g'rl has a record of having eattn thirty-five griddle cakes on a re cent wager. This, of course, occurred since Matthew Arnold's declaration that the women of America are delicate, -■pirituelle creatures. It is very doubt ful if the apostle of "sweetness and livhf" himself, with all his intelligence and deep poetic feeling, could put him self outside of thirty-five griddle cakes in one inning. - Norristown Herald. MATRIMONIAL MENAGERIE. l'ytbagoras used to say that a wouud from the tongue is worse than a wouud from a sword. Pythagoras must have heen a married man.—Louisville Cou rier Journal. The late husband who removed bis hoots in the hall, thinking to steal up stairs without waking his wife, and found that she was watching him from the landing, admitted that it was a bootless attempt.—Sumerville Journal. A Chicago man has a small boy tumitd Tod, and when he sits down to doste by the fire in the evening, aud hears his wife call "Toddy," he often routes troni his nap, and adds, sleepily, "Me too, (Jeorge—'alf aud 'alf."—Bur lington Free Press." A French philosopher says a woman may love or hate, but she cau never be I indifferent. Guess he has never seen the look that comes over a woman's face wheu her husband asks if there is ! such a thing as a shirt button in the house.—Philadelphia Call. A man in New York rescues people from drowning by throwing a las-to around them while they are struggling in the water. This ought to furnish an excellent idea to married women. By becoming expert at throwing the laseo, they iould often calch their hu-i bands when they were sueakiug out or the house at night, or when entering a saloon.—Philadelphia Chronicle. OUR SANITARIUM. Krrrrnlioii for Tired Mutticr*. A writer ou woumu'a h-alth says: "The wife is uuce^tiu^ly told to soothe her husbaud—that, iu fact, "her fuuetion is that of a soothing syrup. lie is out id the frtsh air, iu vigorous health, ha* uo m rves, chats with a hundred people, htars and repeats funny stories, has a varied and breezy life; while his wife stays all day long in the same houw, , breathes over the same air, wash^ over I the same dishes, hears the monotonous cr> of ma, ma, ma, fifteen hours a day, 1 till she is wild with headaches aud nervousness: theu she is to watch for i | her husband s coming, greet him with a smile and proceed at once to soothe | him. The tirst aud highest duty of a ! woman, married or unmarried, is to I preserve her health, aud to perform j j ber duties to all about her. If married, it may lie her duty to soothe her hu< band if he is sick or worried; but it is 1 more like her highest duty to tea<-h her husband cheerful patience, self-help aud deepreapeec for her maternal fuue tions. A wife who allows her husbiud to make her uuhappy by fussing over i the demands of his appetite or by stay ing too much witbiu doors that she may b^ always there when he arrives, or in any other way to sacrifice her health tohis.p!easure, may be a very de void wife; but she is an unfaithful! mother and a silly woman." DROWNED BY A TEAR. Tbc t'rlabltnl t'nteol * i>ebl* Society NomiIIIj, Bob ftwdett?. A What, escaping from its keepers, was walking dotfn the street, and oc. '•annually mingling in a feeble way with the Huniau Brings whoj'istled by, when it met a lonely It, surrounded by a Newmarket. "Ah, deah boy," said the What, " 'tevah's mattah with you? Twousahs bag like a sailabs, don't y' know!'' "Alas," replied the heart-broken It. "Dreadful, isn't it? Y' see, they came home new lawst night, don't y' know, and my valet, he pulled them on the tongs to stwetch them and he's made perfect bags oi them, don't y' know? An' I just want to die, deah boy, 'pon honah, I do now." And shedding a tear as loud as a pea, iheuuhappy It was drowned in it* briny dt-pthis. THE DESIDERATUM. HI* boot* are so shiny. hi* tinea so whit*, tit* co*t no deUcloutly slat*}*: Hl» citls so correct, and his collar so tight, And the curve of hU hat i« so4 dosty." His elbows are rounded, hla cheek is shaved clean. Bia p. hi a, too. fit c>o«er ihsn gloving; HI- 1«ih'i an> ho yellow, hla necktie so green. And hla eye* ao oe wltcUtogly loving. Hie cane ia Malacca, the top, a Turk's head Id ei)\-e*. t» quite anadorner; ' Hi* handkerchief silk, with a border of red. And amoougiam worked la the earner. Ill* mustache baa a abeen, lent by French brillian'Mu, He until* of New Mown Btephanotls; Not a creator a crack, up or down, front or back. And bk fare ta as fre*h as bis oort ia. He ban dollar* hv tons, and Is eldest of sons, For «hen»veMt oonrs then it raln\too; la he el»ver?—W#'t, there I really dont care. For I dont want my Hah to have brains. too. EXPERIMENTAL BUF6LARY. A Sewer man Enteri the Bank of Enpland at Pleasure. DETECTIVES LAUGHED AT. The Secret Pointed Out to the Aitounded Directors—Untold Wealth Ex posed to Thieves. Not long ago the Directors of the Hank of England were much perplexed and not a little amused when the Secretary read to them, at their usual sitting, the following ill-spelt and somewhat curious letter: "TwoGenUtmln #fl Sank England: Yoo llilnk vow is all safeband yoor Bank la Haafe, bi tt 1 knows buttnr. 1 bin blnsid* ihe Bank t> tt las' 2 nlte hand yon nose nnffln abowt it. But 1 am net a tbeafe, so hifl yeo wll mett mf* In I be aret rom, werh arl the money is at twelf 2 nite He txpialn ort toyeow, let only lbor 2 come alown.andsay nutlia to nobody. Jon 8miff. The letter being duly read, was, as might be expected, the topic of conver nation for some little time. Some were for paying no attention to it. Others thought that under the apparently ig norantly written letter a deeper mystery was hidden; but all agreed that the safest way was to put tbe letter with proper instructions into the hands of the detectives. The detectives looked grave. There was a plot at work, they saw; and with their usual penetration they at once penetrated the deepest depths of tbe initjiiity. Tbe Treasure Room. There is a very large room under ground, wnere tbe huge wealth of the bank is debited—millions and millions of English sovereigns, bars of gold, and hundredweights of silver, with myriads of notes. The detectives, of course, knew that this room must be tne place which tbe writer 6f the letter designated as the "gret squar rom." It is full of treasure. The floor is of solid stone pavement, and its walls, roofs and doors are of wrought iron and steel. All the night long detectives were secreted in the room, but they saw nothing and heard nothing, with tbe exception that some ?aid they heard about one or two o'clock a strange noise they could not account for. The next night was the fame, and the next, and the next; and when the board day of tbe bank came around the whole of the Hank Directors would have treated the aflair as an idle attempt to frighten them had not t leir attention been more strongly called to the subject by the following incident: An Expeilinratal Burglary. A fceavy chest bad b^en forwarded, acdressed to the "Directors of the Bauk of England." The chest was, of course, o| ei>ed before them at once—such a tLing being very unusual - aud found to contain a large packet of most valua ble papers aud securities, which had been safely deposited in the vault. With (hem was tiie following letter: To the 1Mrectors of the H oik of E-talantl (•khti.kmcn—My bun wand, wlun-.au honest maD, wrote to you last week and told you thai tie Lad found a way- which he believe* i» only known to hlmself-of geiting into j our strong room, ano ottered If vou would meet him there at night, to exp'alu the wbo'e maiter. He lias never taken anything from that room except the Inclosed box. Vou net defectives upon him, and he took the box to "how jou that lie could go there, whoever might t«e on watch, if he cuoae He gives you another chance. Let a few gentleman be In the room alone. guard the door aud mate everj thirg secure, and my husband will meet you at midnight. Your* respectfu'ly, Mas Kli.k.v Smith. The Director* on Hatch. This letter was more mysterious than the last. The only thing that was evi dent was that the writer, "Mrs. Ellen Smith," was a better writer than her husband, who styled himself "Jon Sn.'ifl. ' The detectives were shown the letter, and acted accordingly. Of course they were posted in the room. In the morning tlrey told a strange story. Tney said that they saw a light at abDJt t wcl ve o'clock. 11 seemed to come from a dark lantern, but directly they ran to the spot from wheuce the light pro Ct-edtd it went out, and the' strictest starch had discovered nothing. Tue bank onicials became alarmed. They however, agreed to do what perhaps would have been done at first, viz., to depute a few of their number to visit the vault alone. Ho it was arranged that three gentlemen should remaiu in the strong room all night, and that no one else should be with them. Every suita ble precaution was taken when night came. The sentinel paced up and down outside; the detectives were not far ott; and after the most rigorous search had' lieen made, the gentlemen were locked in. At last one of them, who paced the floor rather impatiently, beginning to think that perhaps, after all, it was only a clever trick, cried out: "Vou ghost you secret visitor, you midnight thief' come out! There is no one here but (wo gentlemen aud my-elf Ifyou a:e afraid, Igive you my word of honor a» a geut'emau that the policeare not here. Come out, 1 say Th* Burglar Appear*. It was more in jest than in eirneit 11 at Major C., for be whs a military man, shouted out the absurd speech fir as we have said, he beguu to stuped that, after alt, some practical joke w.»s lietng adroitly carried on, as had more i bar. once before been perpetrated, ami he did not like being victimized him eilf. His astonishment, however was great when, in reply, he heard a strange voice, saving: "Ifyou have k-pt your word, 1 will keep mine. Put out vour I'Kbt. for I ve one and I'll come." "The Major and his fellow Directors did not much like putting out the light, but they were not cowards, and after s >aie demur, it was done. Where the voice came from was, however, a mystery for there was no hiding place in the' room, every side being of thick, many patedirou aud steel; the ceiling was also of the same material. Wuen the light wa* out they waited in silence, w bile the Major grasped lirmly in one hand a revolver and iu the other held he lantei 11 and a lew matches. For a . while a low, grating sound was heard, axd then a voice, evidently that of some one in the room, said: * "Are you alone, sure?" , ^aj°r, who eared nothing for oodilv form, struck a match, and In stantly a crash was heard, and a low, smotnered laugh. When the match was lighted nothing could be detected noi one was there. Again the Major called U{»ou the mysterious somebody o come forth, and again a voice was now?"WTh«g\f ! H"W L'dn 1 lrust y,)U now. Ihe Major was angry, and his companions alarmed, aud after trying in vaiu to trace the point whence the voice proceeded, exclaimed: "Well, we II put out the light aguin; only come quickly and put an end to this bother." frajitig, he put out the light again. Tbe Srer»l Eipomxl. A moment or two after the same grating sound was heard, then tbe fall* jug of some heavy body, and the next it stant a man was visible standing ia the middle of tbe vault with a dark lantern In bis hand. Of course he came from somewhere, but tbe puzzle was— bow. A ghost could not have entered more mysteriously. The man sooq spoke for himself, and the Directors, who were still at a loss to explaia his presence there, listened in astonish* ment. It appeared that he was a poor man, and obtained a precarious living in a strange way. When the tide was low it is the custom of a certain class of men, unknown to refined society, to enter the sewers to search for any arti cles of value whioh may have been washed down Into them. It is a very dangerous task, and, of course, revolt* ttojt in tbe extreme, nut they not infre* quently find very precious things bid den in the filth. This man was one of those strange adventurers. One night he had discovered an opening leading to some place above. There was a large square stone, which he found ceuld be easily raided. He listened for some time, and finding ail was silent, lilted up tbe store without much diffl culty, and found, after tome little inves tigation by the light of bis lantern, tbat he W88 in the strong room of a hank. These men, like miners, can readily de termine the exact tpot of. ground under which they are, and he soon had a clue lo the whole mystery. He told his wife, who was a woman of superior edu cation to his own, of the whole affair, and he then wrote, as we have seen, to the Directors. Down in the sewer he w as able to hear all their movements as well as if above ground, and thus was not only able to know their plans, but to frustrate them, and .cf course could watch histime to remove the small but valuable box, to leave the letterson the table, and to appear so mysteriously. No one had thought of loosing to the stone pavement, which was supposed to be solid and immovable, as it was known tbat there were no vaults below, although the iron walls and doors were carefully tested. The mystery was now cleared up and the man well rewarded. THE SAME OLD STORY. a Terrible Accident tbat Seared a Tim . oronn Woman. Kentucky State Journal, The frightful scream of a woman wa9 heard in a York street house yesterday afternoon. Beveral men who were j asking along rushed pell-mell into the house, thinking the woman was being murdered. "What's the matter?" asked the man who entered first. "Ob, oh!" sighed the woman. "Where is he? Where did he go?" asked another as he rushed here and theie. "Oh—in—oh !—that hole iu the cor n< r, I think." It was a mouse. BOLD BANDITS. The Career of the Leading Horse Thief in Montana Territory. His Fight w th a Sheriff's Posse—Two Men Killed-Lynching a Wounded Robber— A Bandit Riddled with Bullets—The L'or.'s Changed for a Fox's Skin. Miles City, M. T., March 28.—Mr. Oeorge A ah by, the leading liorae thief of Montana, steals from both white and red men, making tbe appropriation of Indian ponies a specialty. There is also against him a standing indictment for murder. Mr. Ashby is said to be at the head of a trusty band as fearless and as lawless is himself. The Little Missouri and Powder Iiiver districts are the theatre of his operations. An Indian is Mr. Ashby's detcstatiou, He kills him at sight if he can. He considers that In dians have no right to own pouies, and he takes their pouies whenever he can. There are several iudiotmeuts against him for horse stealing. The Custer county officers of th»» Jaw and their deputies have been 1 ookiug for him for some time, but have beeu unable to tied him. Mr. Ashby has repeatedly anr.our.ced his determination never to be taken alive. Tbe men of the frontier say that he bears A (banned Life, and the hairbreadth 'scapes of which ibey have made him the hero are numerous and of the wildest stamp. About the 2d of last month oue Pruden was arrested in Miles City, telegraphed by request of Marsha! Raymond of - Deadwood, for stealing on an Indian reservation. He was held iu custody until an officer could be sent from Dead wood to receive him and carry him thither. Last summer Pruden made the acquaintance of Ashby, who was hunting on the range. Ashby con ceived an attachment for Pruden. As soon as be beard that Pruden had been arrested and was to be taken "against his will" to Deadwood, he resolved to rescue him. For that purpose he or ganized a rescuing party, composed of Linis-elf, Harry Tuttle, JUIly the Kid, Pad Land Charley, and two or three others less known to fame. <>n the 13th ult. a deputy marshal, Joseph Ryan, arrived here from Deadwood to take charge of Pruden and take him to De&iiwcod. That night Pruden was informed by some friend that the deputy marshal would be Held I'p at some point on the road by Aohhyand it's party, and that he (Pruden) would beretcutd. On the 12th Ryan, rein forced by Deputies Zahl aud El wards, started with his prisoner from Miles City for Dead wood. On the 115th news was received by the ollicials at Dead wood that an attempt would be made to rescue Pruden, and that the nlace selected for tbe attempt was tbe Little ' Missouri. A party under Deputy Marshsl Willard was sent to reinforce R\un, and, if pos-ible, to intercept Ashby and his gang. Willard with his i»rty reached Stoueville, ou the LHtle Missouri, ou the 14th. bioaevi.le is .iorly due southeast from here, and •il out two-thirds of the distauce from MdesCityto D^aJwood, close to tbe Wyoming line, and not far from the D.iketa boundary. ' Ou reaching tbe village, Willard iuiiMU that Ashby bad said there that day that he and his party would rescue Piuden if ali his band were killed inthe attempt. Ashby, with his six or seven followers, was still iu the village, Their horses were standing in front of a stack. Wi I lard's party shot tour of tbe horses, three of w hich were packed and one ^addled, the latter intended for Pruden. A«bby's gang 1 lien U|ifiipii nrf on Marshal Willard's party. Hix of tli** r«<hl>» r» were to the right ami rear (if Willnrrt and one to the left and front. Ii <Mi i) from sight by a post behind w hich he was ensconced. John O'Hara, one of the deputies, was killed by this tire. The bullet came from behind the poM. Willard's party promptly re lumed the (ire, wouuding three of the robber*, Ashby, Tuttle and Camp bell. Bein? outnumbered and under a m>ss tire, they withdrew into a store, taking with'tliem the dead body of O'Hara. Ashby and bin party tben blazed away into a crowd of iunocent cow boys c-t-inding near. They wounded one, Harris, seriously, and killed Cun niugham. This cowardly proceeding was due to Ashby, who thus avenged himself for an old personal quarrel be tween himself and some cowboy. Toe snow was falling heavily. Darkness came on, and Ashby, severely wound td, with Campbell, a!*o badly wounded, and Tuttle, whose left elbow had been frbot through, withdrew Into the "con lees'1 with others of their party. Mr. Willard then increased his party by organizing a posse, and set out to meet Rpan and his party in charge of Pruden. Ryan and his assistants, with the prisoner, were met about twelve milts from Htoneville, on the Miles City trail. Pruden was tben delivered to the Dakota officials. The other depu ties started on Ashby's trail. Tdey traled him, Billy the Kid, and Harry 'Ilittle, to Sheldon's ranch, five miles above Stoneville. On arriving there, they learned that th* three robbers had been there the previous night, and had obtained $40 in money and bandage for their wounds. They had left the ranch, but bad given no intimation of the direction they were going to take. The snow had drifted badly, and their tracks conld not be seen. Mr. Willard tben split his party and continued the pursuit. Tb* C««k*ri. who were greatly exasperated by the unprovoked murder of Cunningham, a!so made up a party and joined io the chase. One of Asbby's old hiding places, kuowr as the Devil's Tower, w# searched, but the devil was not in the tower. The pursuit was kept up for many days, and in terrible weather, Nit was finally abandoned. 80 that A-hbv's lock has not altogether de -ertrd him. Tt is possible be may die of hia wounds for want of proper treat ment—bat be ia still at Urge. Borne of bis companions were not so fortunate. Campbell, who sent back a letter to tbe deputies, was followed into tbe "con lees," ordered to throws up bis bands, and failing to do so with the prompti. lude desired, fell dead with fifteen bul lets in his body. Tuttle, who was shot through tbe left elbow in tbe fight, was abandoned by bis companions, and went into Spear fish, where he asked to be taken into the county hospital for trektmeat. He was admitted and treated. On the nigbtof the 26th ult eight masked men went to tbe hospital. Half tbe partv were posted outside. Tbe other half entered the sick ward, where there was only one nurse. They seized Tuttle, gagged bim, and carried him oft with out any clothing except an undershirt. The night was verv cold. They stopped on a clifl a short distance away. They gave bim either a short shrift or none at all. A rope w&s fastened to a tree overhanging the precipice. A noose was hastily put around his neck, and be w&s pushed over the biink. One of his legs was broken in the fttll, but his neck was not broken, and he was IhofcKl to Heath. An inquest was held, and the remains of the outlaw were buried at 8pearli-»b. The general sentiment is against the lynching, because Tuttle was bound to die of bis wounds. Tuttle is the man whose shot is believed to have killed Deputy Marshal John O'Haraintbe fight, and O'Hara's friends were ttrri bly exasperated. The cowboys, too, who saw two in nocent men suddenly shot down with' out having given the slightest provoca tion, were roused to a white heat by the killing of Cunn n him. Kfforts have been made to discover who were the perpetrators of the crime, but they have uot been successful, and no arrests have been made. There is a theory thft neither the friends of the murdered O'Hara nor the cowboys composed the vig.lant parly. It is believetl by some that Tuttle was lynched by some of A*hby's own gang to prevent his mak ing any disclosures. Pruden was safely taken to Dtadwocd and imprisoned there. He has been examined by the Court, which ordered his release, and he is free once more. 80 that several men have been killed and wounded really to no purpose. IJefore ^he 8toneville fight several efforts were made to capture Ashby. It is said that a party of four, not very long ago, went to arrest the desperado. Stoneville seems to be his social head quarters. Thither they wended their way. Ashby was in a saloon thore when they arrived. They posted one man outside the door and the others entered. As they passed the threshold a small young man passed between them. One of them asked him if he knew Ahbby. He answered that he did. They asked him if Ashby was in 'he Louse. He shook his head and passed out. After examining the other occupants of the h• use, the deputies turned to go out. As they were le*v mg, oi e of the men in house said, point ng to tlieslight youth, who was now hbout a hundred yards away, mounted m a gooi horse, with a Winchester rifle resting in the hollow of his arm: "There's Ashby. If you want him why n don't you take him?'' The deputies started in pursuit, but \shby got away in the darkness. OUR COOKERY BOOK. One Wtiy for Prfpirla* RlmhnrU Fie nnd Olil limn PuukM. "Rhubarb?" said the artist as he laid aside his anron; "you are a little early (or that. But If you want my recipe here it is: Peel and cut into iucb engths two small bunches of rhubarb; put on the tire in a porcelain stew pan with half a cup of water; rook until tender and then stir in a large table spoonful of butter, a dessert sprxjuful of corn starch; wet with a little cold waterand a scant cupful of su^ar. Re move from the lire after it baa boiled up once and add very slowly, Iteating the while, two well-whipped epirs. Line a deep dish with good pnste, till with this mixture, cover with paste and bake. There should be two cups of the rhu hai b after it is stewed. The above <|iiantity is sufficient for one large or two small pies." 4 You have probably ta«fed puicakes 'lhat grandmother made'?" "Y»h." "Well, what was Iter way ?" Whipping out a book of memoranda he artist read slowly: "Melt butter he si/.»> of an egg in a pint of hot sweet milk; and a pint of cold milk, the yolks of four eggs thoroughly beaten, a tea -poonful of salt, half a cake of com pressed yeast dissolved in a Utile w<irm I water, and Hour sullicient to make a etill batter; w-t this to rise in a warm place, for three hours if they we wauted for dinner, over night in a cool place If they are wanted for breakfast, then add the beaten whites which have been kept eool meantime. No. Hour mint lie added again before baking. Try these with honey or maple syrup. MEDICAL. (uticura POSITIVE CURE for nrery form of SKIN A niXK>D DiSKASK _ - rtou K PWIPLES to SCROFULA rpOCt EA NSE M H E HKIS,Hjalp and Blood ± of Jtohlm .Hcaiy, PimpIy.tJopper Colored, "-crofnlou*, Irherlt d and ('<>iitu*i<»n« Ha raor», 15 cod Polsore, Ulcers, ANtceases, and Infantile .-►In Torture*, theCUrict'KA Kim i>jgfe are lufa'lihle. < ullriirit Kr»ul vrpi. the new Blood Par it t-r, Diuretic and A^eritni, expel* dlseaijd i«rrn« from the blood And perspiration, and thou remove* the rttutr. Cotlcura. the great kin core. Instantly alla)n Itching and ln> Damnation, clears i)ie akin and acaln, heals nlrers and eore*. retfores the oamplexlon. cuticma Hoap, an euinlaite skin beautlrler Nt d t<-ll«-t requisite, 1- Indixpensaoie In treat it K 'k d <lla<a~eR and for rough, chapped or gr*»»y *klD. b ackhearts, hjotche*. and baby > nt» f>m. cnllcurs Kemeole* are the only In 'nibble bin* d fwriflerfc and »► In beaotlflars, < |ih». HoukIiion, t«q„ lawyer, 2* rtutt* *treet, *c svn, rep* rts a case of Halt Khearn older his observation for len years, trtucb covered the patient's body and limbs. an1 to which all known methods of treatment had >*en applied without benefit, wblcb was completely cnred roleiy by the Utmrua* Rri vpikh". Itavlcg a clean and hcilthy akin. JJ r. H»Ml Hrp. I Vfrilt Mebblns. B?lljb »!l «•», Ma»s , W!lie: Onr lUtleboy ati ter f|Mr •«flirted with tJcrofala, halt Kneorn and Krj atpelas p*"er atrce be wan horn, ao<j noth* ■ rg wiconld give him btlped him antil we >rl«d t rtlcora Eemed'e*. which eraina'ly fried him, nntll he la now m fair aa any child. IV. E- taapeaier, Henderson, N. V., cared r* psoriaiu* or Leprosy, of twenty years' landing, by i'otlcora Ketnetiies. Ihe most wcnderfnl core on record. A dnstnanfal of fell from him dally. Physicians and bis friendsthoi'Kb! h-ma-tdlea. Cur«sw'>ra to befor* a]nsiir#of tbe peace and Header -orVmost prominent dtlzena. Mr*, ft. K. Whipple, locator. Mt«b.. wrliee that ber fac», head and wise parts of tier body were almost r»w. Head covered wlthscsbaand sores. Hcflered fearfaily and teie«l evervtMr>( Permanently eared by tbe Cnticnra Remedies from a Main flu-nor. Hold by all druggists. Cuticnra, 60 eenU; Re»oTert. tl.00: Hoap. 25 eeenta Porrsa Lri-o omCnmrn Co., Boston, Mm. Seed for "How to Care Skin IMS sprimOAib HEALTH IS WEALTHY took 5«cral|la, UfMMht, fl»r»wi nvmrm it»D oowd bj lb* om of aloobol or tnbMO, Wakafnlneaa. Mtoitl D»pr«<k»», HorteilM of the Praln revolting In loMotty mm) 1 rmA tn« to m t»rry. decay and d-*th. Pronator* OM A*e. Barren mi* Lmi of Power In «<tn«v Involuntary Iyweaapd i»o«rm*torrl>fiM rvwmd Vy oT«r<exertton of the brain. Mlf ibaw or over Indnlcaeiee. l»eh bo* wo t»!n»ona mont*% tre*»meot. »i (fa box. or <tz for PiM, ml by mall prepaid on receipt of prlM, We Gnarantee Six Boxes fe»e-«od*dc DIY 000DS. J.S. RH0DES&C0.'5 i '' •, . > IsTEW Spring Stock —OS — DRY GOODS HAS ARRIVED. New Summer Silks, New Dress GoodSi New Ginghams, New White Goods, New Parasols, New Jerseys, % ALL AT THK VHRY Lowest Prices. J. S. RHODES & CO. Are Offering Some Special Bargains -IK White Goods, Towels. Quilts -AND PRIFTS Thai Will Pan You to Call and Sea. J, S. RHODES CO. ' M* FUBHITUffK. . HOW OFTEN Tlie question is asked, '•What sliall I give for a present!" You will not have to ask that question a second time after hav ing examined the ex tensive stock of G. MENDEL & CO. What could be more appro priate than A Beautiful Cabinet, A Marble-Top Table, A Handsome Towel Rack, A Foot-Rett, • Slipper-Cue, An Easy Chair, An Elegant Rug, A Desk, an Easel, A Pair of Lace CurtalM, A Work-Stand, A Blacking-Bex, A Library Table, A Sbavlag-Stand, A 8ntoker'e Stand, Or one of many other Beautiful and Mil Articles to be found In the extensive stock of G.Mendel£Co. 1124 Main Si JEWKLKY. '» n i* ■ i ■ r r 1 GREAT BARGAIN -IN Fines! Displa -OP STQNES IN THE CITY • t Choice Selection —OK— New Jewelry NOVELTIES — IN— Fancy Goods — DIAMONDS A SPECIILTV A. «. FRANZHEIM 1200 MARKET ST. MtDIOAL. Dr. J. E. SMITH So. Iltl ( ba^IlM RlrMt, Near Pourtaautb Ntraat la the only regularly edaoatad phyalalaa ai*clkllat on Iha loUowing dlMHt Id lk( Male of Woit Virginia, and Ina baat avl<iea<* of hit iik111 and auooaaa la the taatimoa patiauta, Ha narar oaae ft without parmlaalon; thuaa without parmlaalon; Uioaa appaoaaa ar few out of many hnndrad oartlicatai la punmIoo. Many raara' ixptrlaiM la beat boapltala. together with a thorough M leal adaoaUon and familiarity with tharapaa tic aganta. a clo»* ohaanranna of tamp«rinaa< tal pMOUarlUaa, and atrial attention u>|nr (leuic management enablgabin to traal fllk aueeeaa dlaaaaaa which ara freouaall j rrnii M iui inenrable. In every Inatanee DrHialtt will fran kljr gl rathe patient hia opinVia. PROOF. loaMM^ItM, Mlttlac Btaaa — Mf friend* gave np all hopaa ol my reeovary. D» John JC. Hmitn cured ma two mn ago. Kobt. I Planar, Martini Kerry (X faa*«n|iiiaa, lUraaki MarrWa ftpliilag aad Paaalag Blaa4-1 waaaaa claim lo a akeleton. Ktrengtb uonm. Or KmliV cured me two year* ago. nmil cow am wall. Mra.J. Paltr^n, Whealliig, W. Vk Catarrh, Palraaa ml Caw, U« al talre-1 an fir r ad for yeara Piiyaloiaita and medicine* failed to halp ana, 1 thoughtaj •lin»a«« lurnrahla. I>r. Hmltn cured ma aoaa phtH* twoyeara ago. have been wall w« alnoa. Charts fbaililaefc. or Hi«id«i * Co* wiMtUai, w. va 4'aaeer of Brratl-Wn oat out tiara* time* hy i>l')»l< laug. Dr Nailtli cured me without flu- knlfa. Mra. R. H.Onmlt, To Ik# laaia»-Dr kmlth baa a method a# tree Mug falling c( the womb and fmila weak new which curua II la aahort lima U dlca need aofTar no longer. rnaal* Wrakaww Moat igraraM kind. »oona —mad U nnderWaaa tha —r of my d«uahtar. Dr. *mlth eared bar a yaw ago and aha la now wall and eUong. Mra.C. J Pel 1a.m. Willing, W. Va. rtatala la «aa, rilee-Mnet inraraM K m «l*an op to die and prauiicstil Inaaia hia. ua my baak f«r eighteen weraa. or Hmltb eurttl ma In flva waaka wlthoet Lba knlfa. three ><-am ago, and I an joy bait* health now than aw. Tho*. (olrln, Urooar, WbaaUag, r 11m-Mr wl'e bad them lor yaara (Ml get no relief. 1 <r. Hmlih eared oar Uiiw yeam ago, and *l>e he* had oonaMnaa. krraAilaai l'la*r mm Uf flag Taara Dr. HaUUi onrw) ma two yaara ago. M ra. Catharine FhlllabMML ■ Valley Oroya, <T. V* I)r. Hmlth will engage to aura any eaaea# pi lea, no mattar bow loag ataadlng. withal I ha knlfa. and without lba laaat daagar off any kind, laa ml Ummbmm4-9r. Hmltb baa made • apedalty of thia eondltloo wblct foundatloa of health aad rand •o many. Hia traatmaot will and eireagth In a abort Uaa Dr. HaaMh% rmau ara ao arraagad that paliaeta galling •» aaa blm do not <waa la auataat with atkg^ and hia buainaaa with ladlaa aadgaatioaaaa M atrlotiy eonddaaUaL Mia ad MlaarWara Th Uiia daatroyer of Ufa may with parlaetaaaaraaaa, A (ban tar kalHi.,. patlcnta at a dlianaa oa raaWpt al twak atampa, aad p*ttaatt that traalai at* alwar gaaranlard aatMCaattaa. ■^•ssS^V.