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Newspaper Page Textrr bushed evkky Saturday AT AC COMA C C. Hi. VA. J no.W. Edmonds. Offucr ami Editor. Subscription r.a:ej. 1 Copy, one year.81 00 1 " six months. CO 5 " one year. 5 Ol' anil a copy for si\ months free to the one sending club. 10 copies, one year.S10 00 and a free copy to the sender. Advertising Rates. 1 Inch, one insert ion.SI 00 1 three ?_? . 1 75 1 ?? one year. 7 50 tSTRates for larger advertisements for a longer time made known on appli? cation. I?S5SA cross mark on your paper indi catesthat yoursnbseriptnm has expired, or is due. and yon are respectfully Rolic e 1 to renew or remit. I^Commissioij mea of business men of an? class in Baltimore. New York, l'iiiladi-iphia or Boston, can reach more tnu-kers und fanners through the col? umns of Tut: Exteucuise than in any o:!u r way. Joini J. Guillen John \v. 6. BlacXstone. GUXTEli & BLACKST?XE, ATTORXEYS-A T-LA M*. AccOMAtiK C. IT.. V;i.. will practice in the Courts Accomack and Northampton counties. Jas, H. Fletcher. Jr. c..>... v. Parra-noro PLETCIIEi: & PARUA5I?K13, ATTOKN E YS- A T-LAW. Agcomack C. 11.. Va.. Practice in all the courts on the East? ern shore of Y'a. Prompt attention to collection of claims. Jo.::i Seely. | Cjtthur i>. Qulnby, Accomac c. IT, Va. | Onancuck, Va. xeely & Qnxr.v. aI tor x e v H-at-L a w, Accomac c. 11.. Va.. practica iu the Courts on the Eastern Shore of Va. Prompt attention given to the collection of claims. l. eloyd nock, attorxey-at-law and notary public, Accomack c. iL. v.v., will practice in all courts of Accomac and Niu-tliamptioji counties. Prompt attention to nil business. john w. edmonds, AT torn e y-AT-l AW, % . * ACCCOIAC p. TL. Va. y. j. w; legato, a t i 0 r x e t-a t- l a w . E??t?iTtce SAVAGEVILLE. AVHi resume the pracl Ice of Mis profes? sion in the .Counties of Accomack and NoitTHAMlTOS". General [xsukaxcss Agent; NORFOLK, VA. ?3F*All com in a ideations promptly attended to. rjjio THE l?t*SJi.If. I>r. Lewis.!. "::?.?::>;i'iso:i having rrturn (??; m his !i^i:i>.niity tvni Biltla ore, and io catod at O turncock for ti?*- practice of DENTISTRY, ?flVr? hU services to the public L.-lit; i graduate nt Che Ball! ::i->re College "f Dental Snrcetv, an.? havliitfjia?! boiiic experience In practl.Mng:hls t?r>>re.v.":>>n in ihn: city, in- may he relletl ??x?? tu- nil his work Ituhohesi ctvle. II? will visit r>ru!>Hiiiiii(ltt>wtievcrj' ???mrt .'17^ aa i cm ??.'???*>?* be round at Waduy'a Botoli OAse: Market s:., opposite Baptist church ? t.w"5 J. HAItMAN'SOX, D. D. S. Otiaucock, Va. G, Welly CozM, Carpenter and Builder, Accomac C. ft.. Va., Dwellings; Storehouses, Churches, built by the (lay or con tract, i?ccortV iug (utlie latest styl?? and improve? ments in architect m e. Plans anil Specifications Furnished at reasonable rates. References?V.v. George \V. Kel? ly, Onancock; Messrs. J no..L Black stone and James II. Parramore, Ac? comac c. n., va., ami other numer ! bus patrons. Agent of Patented Heady Roof. ing, warranted not to leak. Sold iit one-half the cost of shingles. tloyitTabb. i (Ooo. aMatlln. J. Prower T.ivb. j \ W. C. Diiiiraoci; TABS BROS,, MASLIN CO., |lMrOETE?S OK TlTLEilY. CfXS, Ac. i" IIopkiu^> Place; (formerly_Sharp gt BALTIMORE BLAOKSTONE & BELL j Accomack C IL, Va., A FULL LINK OF FANCY ARTICLES, DRUGS, OILS, PAINTS. SEEDS. &c, &c., &c, &c, krpt on hand for sale at lowest prices. 151 STORE. I. H. Merrill & Co., rO?O-HOKE CITY, MD., -Dealers in MEN'S. YOUTHS', I JOYS' AND CW l LI) RENS EINE OLOTIUXG. LADIES. GESTS. MISSES AM) ClULOKEXS V 1 x r. s ho rcs, ii AM) AN!) MACHINESHWEl): 11 ATS. CA PS. AND A i.i, KINDS OF CENTS E C K X LS III N C GOODS, KODES HOUSE AND LAP 1? 1, A N K KT S, W ii i PS, SATCFIKLS. UMBRELLAS. RUB HEP BOOTS AND SHOES, &C. Mre avail ours?lve3 of this means of ail vising the citizens o? Accomac ami Northampton eounMi's that \vc have madc;large additions to "iir si.u k. ami an- iiOAv ready lor the f ill and winter trade. We buy largely direct from man? ufacturers and feel sale in saviiiir that our stock ?>!' ItIS U> V-M Al>'?tMiOTIT INC. HOOTS;SriOBS. RATS.CAPS, GENTS BVUNlSJDNlii GOODS, js without a superior both hi style ami ipialitT on tliis peninsula. Prices close for meritorious gnats. When von visit Poeoihoke City, don't fail t>> call and sec our goods ami prices. V??ur presence will always i?- appreciated, ami your commands by mail will have our best at? tention. Ileaiember we keep an im? mense stoek, ami sell low for e.ish. 1. iOtBlMil LL&CO.. Pocomokc City; X[d. Francis Albert. Biederte? Albert. ALBERT BROS., -IMPORTERS 0F IA1 D W M11, Cutlery and Guns, No. 4 North Howard Strekt, BALTIMORE. MD. ^SPECIAL A TTENTIOfJ GIVEiJ TO ORDERS. HENRY C. LEWIS, Accomac C. TL. Ya., AFFERS HIS SERVICES to the ^ public; ami is prepared t<> build houses of every kind and descrip? tion at moderate rates. Satisfactory reference a* to his skill as a workman can and will be cheerfully given when desired. Gram], Upright and Square. The Superiority ot'ilS "StlcfTV Plnuos is roc?K?lzc'i and li'?cnowledjsed i?y tlio 1:iirlif.-i iiiii-l-al auihoriclMA, uiul !!:??? demand f'-r Uiein 1.- 1 steadily Increasing na Uiclr merits are becoming more extensively known. HIGHEST HONORS Over ail American and many Euro? pean rivals at the Exposition, Paris, 1878 Have the Endorsement of over 100 different Colleges, Schools and Seminaries, As to their Durability. They arc Per reel l:i Tone, ami Work uiau?!ii{>. and tCle{runt iu &l>t>curu 11 ee. A large Assortment of Second-hand Pianos Always on Hand. General Wholesale Agents for QiTSend for Illustrated Piano or Or-, gau Catalogue. CHAS. M. STIEFF, [NO. 0 North Libert? Street, BALTIMORE, MD. F. T. Bous, Bra, K?. BOG GS' WHARF, Accomac county, Ya., dealers in i General Merchandise, Lumber, Shingles, Laths. Railing-. Well Tubiug, Lime, Furniture, Fertilizers, &e., &c. ^"Furniture sold at Baltimore ,, prices, stoek of building material! large, and .shipments can be con-1 veniently made to any point cm Eastern Shore. ' ENTEiirtasi: oulv SI a year. fflpm win Sewing: Machine STANDS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS lu Quality ami Simplicity. It lias no Rival .to put it down. but It stands Bold at the Front. Having sold over 400 in 1ss1, 1ss2 and ISSSj shows (hat I lie People of Accomac Appreciate Its Merits, I ran sell you other machines Tor less price, Singer pat i err., drop leaf and I wo drawers, for isttV.flO; Hi vir, Domestic. Ifoweaud any other pattern; Will Belt| the Royal St. John, drop leaf and six (li) j drawers'. fur si::.no. but I earn ml pal I Ts?^ ^(UlSITTE with these inferior I?! fvUi !i ? machines."?s tt> the I price. Having sold machines for nearly i fourteen years, gives me a chance to know something of the tricks which1 others practice on those who arc not; posted in machinery, it T?UU ? come and see me. or write to me. and I WILL, SELL YOU ANY MACHINE that can he bought.TUP ^SJSTg but nonesogooilas S lit tf* Sal I iL, Also, a lame stock of FU RNTT?RE, MATT R ESS KS, &c, on hand, llcpair ingof Furniture, Pictures Framed;.or a?vthiu? else in our line pronmlly at-' tended to. COFFINS, cask ETS and TR1MMJNOS for sale liespectfidlVi &c. P. 11. PENNEWELL, UXAXCOoic, Ya. IXVV.lt sc ?KDl'I.K. the w Enstorn Shore Stenmboat Company n|- i:\i.riMi)t:r:. On mi l nftor Snmliiy. Xov. SOtti. ISSI, (Saturday exeepied) will run their steamers,.an f >l lows; leaving South Street H'lmri at .">.oo-?V-!'-ek p. in. Steamer E.VSTKKN S2IOKK, c\i-r. G. a. lt.vvxou. Sundnvfor Crlsllold. HoiTmniCs, Evans", Boggs", Head's. DavK Miles'. Shields'. Ilnnsar'i) ?iu| Tnyli.r.s. Ilciuriilug?Le tve Tiylor's every Tue*dny al ii a. ill., t? -n "hing ;tl tin- ab >ve luti'tlntcs Including Uoggsrllle, at Uio usual hours. Wednesday f->r Crisueld. Tansior Maud, li.ns*. j Tille. Hoffman's, Evan's Uogtf.?'. ?iillford and lluutiii? Crook. Roturhlng?Tieave Hunting Creeds ry Frl lay a! 7.:til \. M , tSiitlfnrd liogggvlllo 12 Jfnou, and the oilier landing* a: the usual hours. Steamer TAXGITF.R, C.trr. s. ii. wii.son, Tuesday and Friday forCrMtold. Flnnoy's, Ounncnck. litis' Wharf. Cedar ii illi UeholiotU. r-oeomoko City and Snow mil. iteltirnlug -Leave Smuvv nut every Xtonday and Thursditynt da. in.', loiichingal the alxive liind 1 iiir-i ai i he usunl hours* <.-^A 1 Steamers leave Cri?f;elcl for Balti .? W more, on arrival of last down train. Freight and passengers received lor all i?oinis nn the X. Y.. Phlln. nud XorMk, Wienmlco and 1'.moke, and Delaware, Maryland uud Vir? ginia itallroads. Positively no freight received after 3 p, m. and must lie pre|uild t<> all |>olnts. except ou the N. V. Phlla, and N..rf..:k Railroad. P. P.. CLAF.K, General Agent, KM South Street. Baltimore. i\Tew Firm! Now (mods! We will open on the 2ml ilav of June,lSS4. at HlDCiK WOOD.about 4 miles from PUiNTGOTE AG?J3, a large stuck uf bought with much care for cash.1 We can anil will sell GOOD GOODS for SMALL PRICES. Call and see for yourselves at JJ. W. Mears Sen., John E. Fowler. | MAltTONVILLE, VA. dealer in Wines, Liquors and Cigars. Cogniae ! Plainly and ntlier fine liquors for] medicinal purposes specialties. G. B. PARSONS, \\%\CIIAPREAGTJE CITY, (Powi-it ui) Accomac county, Va., MASTER BUILDER & CONTRACTOR. Offers his services to the public and is prepared to build houses of every kind ami description by the dav im- contract. AT ANY POINT ON TIIK EASTERN SHORE. ??J'huis and Specifications furnished when desired at reasonable rates.'* He can give best of references and will furnish security, when necessary. C. LLOYD DOUCHTYj belle haven, va., RESTAURATEUR, ana neater in Mines, JjKjuors and 'Cigars, Meals at all hours, on the European plan, pirst-class lixU':' .? furnished. Livery Stables of .! ob. ?ro. & Co. attached, and passengers conveyed to any part of the Peninsula. Has recent? ly opened to the public a half-mile race course. lias branch houses at Ward town and Hadloek, Northampton coun ty, Va. F. W. BYRD, with Jas. Myer & Co., X\ HOLESALE GROCERS and dea lei'S ix Tobacco, Cigars and Pipes ^39 CHE APSIDE, Baltimore. or,'I.Y H'.VMIMi. Only Waiting till lliu shadows Arnh null- longer crown; only waiting Oil llio gll-iem-r of ilif day's last Imam In flown; Till Um nlghi of earth Is failed From Ihn heart mnv full of day. TIM iln< smrs of heaven an! breaking Through Hu-' twilight cold and gray. Only waiting till I ho realtors Have tin! lu-?t sheaf gathered Imme, For Uio summer Mir? Is foiled, Ami Hie au tu in ii wind* liav? cum?; Quickly, reapers! (illicitly gather, Tlic laM ripe hours of my heart. For tin* Mo ?in of life is wintered. Ami I hasten lo.lcpurt. Only waiting til tin- angel* Open w| Ii- Um mystic gate My who?u ifldo 1 long have lingered, Weary, Poor, ami desolate; Even now, 1 hoar the footsteps, And ihelr voices far away; Ittlieyrnll me. I am walling, Only walling to obey. Duly w ilting till lite shadows Vre a null' longer griiwh; Only waltlug till Hie glimmer or tin' day's Ins' beam Is down; Then from out Hit; gathering darkness, Holy; doithlos* si.irs shall rise. I'.y whose light my soul sli.ilI gla lly Tread its pathway I? ? the skies. SETTLING DOWN. : _ii ?3 Ahem! Well, my dear, we'lLsct- j tie down for good. No more non-; sen.se now, yon gknow. Married | people niusj he sensible some tune, j so we may as well begin right j away." ??K\ae11y.L >uis;lhnt is just, wliafcl | think. Now, ol' eoiiise you'll leave* off smoking, and won't think of; treating your friends just to be'sb- \ viable'?of course 1 know you don't; care about it yourself; and as* for interviewing the barber everyi morning and attending champagne.] suppers ii) I In* evening with l'rivo Ions bachelors, why?" "Now just hold on. little girl; 1 began i his conversal ion." ??Yes. sir: and I'm liiiisliing.it." i '?Hut. my dear, you must abide; by my judgment." ? '?Must, did I hear you say f.* Why! this assumption ol noble ability, my lord ami master.' But of course I; will listen." '?Well, saucebox, to begin with,: married people are generally digni lied. What is becoming in a young ' miss is very unbecoming in a mar ried woman." "Von don't say!'' -Yes, hut [do say! Ant]'now re- j member-yon said you would listen." "And haven't I been listenfiig?" ??Then allow me to finish my" re? marks. , You must learn to be ihorej digni lied, more circumspect^ in, short, I would like to have y**iidro?> some of your impulsive manners. They are very inconsistent witlf] your present, position, and I he fact is. I want yon to put. the represser mi your condiicfc." "Do j on indeed? Well, now, Mr. Weldon, would you not like a glass of water or a sip of lemonade, after that long-winded speech' You might to get a position as a Sunday school superintendent, you can give such gooil advice, audit seems so natural for yon to command obe-. diente." ??Ami I'm afraid it's equally na? tural lor you not to obey." ?Now. Louis, f think it would be prudent to drop the conversation." j ??Agreed, my dear!" And Louis Weldon and his mouth old bride stopped talking and looked j at each other* he was grave and i dignified, and she just as impudent and unconcerned as pos.-ible. Louis Weldon was a grave, proud man with a splendid intellect, thougli somewhat prejudiced against strong mi tided women. And she. Lclia Weldon, was one; of i hose gay, irrepressible girls who, j like a mettlesome horse, chafed ac! the least restraint. She might be crushed, but she( could not be curbed, and there was! where Louis Weldon made a serious mistake in.judging his wife, but why : he should care to suppress the char? acteristics that had charmed him in ! th?ir lover days was a mystery to j Lclia. She was a handsome girl, in the! dark style of beauty. Her eyes were simply glorious. The ideas of Louis Weldon and his wife were generally different; but they both agreed iu one respect, and that was their love for each other. They had spent nearly a month j roaming around sight-seeing, and they had been so happy, Lelia! vaguely wondered if the perfect Heaven-caught rays of the honey moon would continue to shine until the silver srtting of life's evening. ?'Now, Louis, 1 don't want you to scold me;" said Lelia, making a comical failure id" trying to assume a martyr-like air as her husband began to talk seriously. "Of course I shall not scold you!" And Lout's Weldon kissed the half pouting Hps. "But really, my dear, I waul you to abide by.my wishes." ??With pleasure, Louis." ??Now I consider my judgment superior to yours m some things," -And if you can only convince me of the last-mentioned fact, I sup- j pose things generally will assume J that even tenor that is so admira? ble." "Well, we won't discuss the mat? ter any further at present." And Louis Weldon lighted a cigar j and strolled leisurely down town, forgetting for the first time to leave the accustomed kiss ou Leila's scar? let monl Ii. One thing was evident, thought1 Mr, Weldon: Lelia showed signs of rebellion, and. in his judgment, to have a happy home man must be the ruler. And yet he did not mean to be| unkind. Oh, uo! ! ! I r \ No man ever lines; but Leibi would not, pleasehim if she contin lied in the old irrepressible way. One day. as lir sat reading, a pair of soft hands blinded his eyes and the owner of the hands said gayly: "Wlio is it!1' ??'Leibi." "Yes sir; right the first time.,' "Lclia, don't you know I don't like to he, disturbed when I am rending?" ? ''Then you shouldn't road while. I'm present." ?'This paper is very interesting." ?'Complimentary to the piper!"' And holla began humming a lit? tle xual oh of love-song to hide the lump that seemed swelling in her throat. "Lclia, I wish yon would leave olF singing those sentimental songs," saiil Mi*. Woldon, without glancing from his paper. "Well, then, \v.h:\t would vou 'prelei?'Hold the. Fort' or 'Okl [TnnilreiU" But Mr. Woldon was reading a very interesting item, and failed tu answer. The next morning ho was sitting philosophically smoking, when Le? iht waltzed gayly into the room. '?Oh, Lelia, do try and be more dignified! Yon are so impulsive for a married lady. What you need is taming, my dear. Mustang''have been broken in, you know," he added, as he saw a rebellious light gather in Lclia's big black eyes ? ??What do you want, my dear'/" There, was a spice of tein per about \ Lclia, as she answered: '?Louis, we. arc out of vinegar, but I have mixed some sugar and water together, and if you'll j list, step down and talk to it a little, no doubt we shall have plenty of the sourest kind." "Lolii!" ?'Sil!" '?Are vou aware to whom .you are speaking?" "Certainly, Mr. Wehlen; I'm talk? ing to t ie lluwcr of the family; in faet. yoi ?<re 1 he entire plant?vin? egar plant, to speak accurately!" .Mr. We.Idon purled at his cigar reflectively a few moments, then said: ?'I see plainly that you need taming. 1 have got my little, mus? tang lassooed, and now I must tame her. But let's make a bargain, Lc? lia. dear. What will you take not to do anything unbecoming to a married lady lorn month.'" ??Just the same amount vou will take not to speak a single cross word to nie daring the length of (imchieiil ioued, or scold about any .tiling." ?,.,'iSbw, Mrs. Weldon, I prefer to oe tue judge of my own conduct, without any restrain tiro in petticoat riili.': and really, pel, you wouldn't have other people think that I was a henpecked husband, would you?" And Mr. Weldon pinciied Lclia's check playfully. ??And, Loiiis, my love, you would not have other people think that I was a downtrodden wife?" Mr.Weldon wrinkled his brow thoughtfully, but said nothing: yet he kept well in his mind a set de termination to subdue to proper decorum his impulsive little wife. At. the end of the year he flatter? ed himself that he had succeeded admirably; but somehow he did feel lonely with his reticent wife when ever lie thought of their old lover days. lie had succeeded in his wishes and yet he was not satisfied. Then interfering people would talk rrheii t hey saw the change creep over Lelia Weldon. "Ah, siie has found him out," one old maid remarked. "He's taming her, that's plain," Said a married friend. "Ami when she. is demure enough for an old woman eighty yeirs old, then he'll flirt with all the gay girls,ai d have the beautiful excuse that home has no attractions for him; his wile un? congenial to his iiuttire and must see'; an affinity elsewhere." "It's all nonsense, love is," said another acquaintance. "Before he was married he went to sec her three times a week and took her everywhere, and was so devoted; and now I don't suppose lie takes her out once a month. His presence at his meals is sufficient for a mar? ried woman. I suppose that the awful fact that she might actually enjoy a theatre or lecture never en? ters his mind; but such amusements seem to be necessary to his happi? ness still." These and many other remarks not*complimentary to .Mr. Weldon were freely indulged in by their talkative friends. Hut had they really known nil-1 der what suppression .Mrs. Wel don's high spirits were kepi, they would have, been greatly surprised. Mr. Weldon did not mean to treat his wife unkindly, but if he had only taken a peep at her end of the telescope. Only married a year, and yet it seemed a lifetime to Lelia. One evening when sitting alone she heard Mr. Weldon's step earl? ier than usual. A wave of gladness swept over her face, then it died away, and a hard, hitter light crept into those glorious eyes. She started as to meet her bus band, then sat down as she wearily thought that it was of no use; he Mould only frown at her childish nc.ss. But somehow a different spirit seemed to actuate .Mr. Weldon. As he came in he looked half, pityingly at the quiet woman sit-! ting there, then said, with assumed ' lightness: "Can't you kiss a fellow, Lelia, when he comes home earlier than nst-al?" Mrs. VW Iii in was-.somewhat sur? prised, but she amweiied obi lly: '?r hardly Mi ink it would bn be coming to my dignity as a married woman." A sort, of a frown gathered on Mr. Wcldon's face, hut he crossed the room to where she s it in her pride. ?'Lelia,'? he said, tenderly, "a bay brought a telegram to my office to? day that said tha t "Lily was dead." Lelia knit her slender hands con* vulsively together,and rcpe ited the words slowly, as though scarcely comprehending their meaning. Lily was Lelia,s older sister, and Mr. Weldon remembered the grave, pallid girl who was introduced t:o hiiii al, their wedding as "Sister Lily." And he wondered how anyone, and especially Lelia'.s sister, could grow so spiritless. Her hash-ami was a grav?, reti? cent, man that Weldon had', ad. m'red It" his ??.haugeleSs dignity; but he could not help contrasting the impetuous tiger-lily an.l tin; wfiite wilted lily, as he called the two sisters. .Now Lily was dead. film had died at her mother's home, where she had been fir a month or two, with a, mother to care for her. The first tears that Lelia shed for her sister Lily was when she saw her lying in the hushed room, with its soft; perfume of flowers, its white and black drapery, and its awful st blues*. Not, the man who had been called her stay and support in life knelt beside her llowcr-embalmed casket, but (he one who had cared for the (diild and guarded the girlhood of the sleeper, watched alone by >?!!! that was mortal of poor, pallid Lily. While Mr. Weldon stood silently j by, he was shocked at the growing likeness between the face of dead Lily and that of his Lelia. There was a grand funeral iiqx* day. Lily's husband was there, care? fully dressed in theexcess of mourn ing: his tears did not moisten the marble face of the sleeper, yet he grieved inwardly for the bird that had Mown from him forever. But he was one e'" those individ? uals who consider an outside ex? pression id'any emotion as an evi? dence of weakness, so he. never be? trayed what he really felt. When l he last clods had tell on all that was mortal of poor Lily,the. mourners dispersed. The bereaved husband went # methodically back to his.oh I duties, began life -lain, and !?o only thought"!nat it was a dispensation of Providence. Mr. Weldon was kind-hearted and sympathetic, and a strange thought came to him. What if his Lelia was dead.' And ilieu a great wave of pity moistened his eyes and made his heart ache for Lily's husband. His wife and mother were with him, and he s lid: "Do you in i! feel sorry for poor Arthur.''' A hard, bitter light came into tin' sorrowing mother's eyes as she answered hi:n. "Feel sorry for him?her murder? er? Do you think L could feel grief lor the man to whom I gave my first-born to love, and cherish, gave her to him. believing that he would make her happy.' Bnt instead, he brought, her back to me in live short years to die. And she ; was murdered, my beautiful Lily, not. by an\ crime that the law cm I punish?that, would have been quicker and more merciful?but by the slow torture that killed her.or.r queen Lily, as we called lie?j in live years." Weldon was shocked. He had never heard of such a thing: and Mrs. Everett continued: ??'Tis drop by drop of little ills that wear away the. most invinci? ble barrier, and our Lily was once just like. Leibi, though' only those that knew her then would believe it. But if yon had known under what constant suppression our queen Lily was kept, you would not have wondered at the change.? When she had only been the bride of half a year she suffered keenly that worst of pains?tin; heartache ?and she grew to realize fully that man's love is of man's life a part, but woman's whole existence. It was a slow but sure way that Ar? thur Warden took to tame his bride, but she could not be curbed. ? She and Lelia were alike, in that respect. When he took away all,1 the joyousuess he look away her gay spirits, and that is death in the j end to all natures like our Lily's. ? : There was never a time when Ar-; tliiir failed to make cynical remarks;! in truth, he kept my love-cherished child under a continual cloud of disapprobation. If she laughed.she was silly; if she enjoyedsociety,sbe was frivolous; if she wanted any? thing pretty, she was just like all the women?didn't care for any? thing but dress; if a noted person spoke to her and she mentioned the fact, she was vain because those above her noticed her; and if she spoke to anyone under the ban of society, she was told that no la? dy spoke to such a person. And oh, it was wonderful what an effect ir ad had on her, our darling! She wl'o had laughed to scorn all re? straint from a lover now yielded meekly; but she was crushed, tint curbed. She had grown tired of fruitless resistance, and now the sequel of it all is told by the folded hands and silent lips of my murder? ed child. Murdered the same as many others will be that are on the l torture rack to-day; andyet no man ever thinks that he is treating his I wife unkindly. But men have such peculiar ways ol" showing their af i'ectio i for those that, are nearest ami dearest. VVIi*jii Arthur began ! to think that Lily must be ailing.he ! brought her home to gain strength; I but she died, and he. her murderer, is to day receiving the condolence of scores of pitying friends!" Ah. how every won I of Mrs. I*J\ erMt's struck home! Hail not Mr. Weldon's treatment of Lelia been aim >.st an epitome of Arthur Warden's treatment of Lily? How he remain lieivd now of hear l ing an acquaint nice remark that i Lelia was growing delicate, and i they thought .-.he'd go just like Lily. And Weldon could not help ad? mitting that, the tiger-lily had changed to a stately cella; but she could not wither and die if he could make any atonement. That evening, when thev were alone, he actually kissed lior,whieh ! was something novel of late, ami then s iiil, "Lelia, darling, can you ever forgiva me! Are. my eyes opened before ?, is too late to make amends.' Won't, you kiss me,wifey? and on this, the anniversary of our wedding, we will begin the second year anew, and all that pleased inf? ill my little sweetheart will doubly please me in mv precious wife." And Lniif Weldon never forgot the lesson he learne I; and when the royal color came slowly back to j Ills Lelia's p.lie cheeks, he realized j fully chat gravity and decorum Will do for business men and the world ; generally, but love and gaiety are as essential as the breath of life to make a home for those we love. Tin' Knot and the MiJe. The "knot" and the "mile" are' terms often used interchangeably, but erroneously. The fact is that ii mile is less than eighty-seven per cent, of a knot. Three and one half miles are equal, within a! very small fraction, to three knots.; Theknot is?,(>32 feet in length. The statute mile isr?,*?S(> feet. The re I suit of the difference is that the speed in miles per hour is always! considerably larger than when | stated in knots, and if a person for-; gets this and stales a speed at so many knots, when it is really so many miles, he may be giving fig? ures verging oil the incredible.?! When wehearparties say that such I a vessel is capable of making twen? ty knots per hour, we nsti illy take! the statement with a very large grain of salt, for twenty knots is 23.?I mi!.--- per hour, a speed which very few vessels have made, and it is doubted by some who have the best opportun ty for making actual measurements whether any vessel! has made twenty-live miles in sixty' minutes. It has been said that some of the English torpedo boats I have nude as high as twenty-four or twenty-six knots. Twenty-four j knots are over twenty seven and a half miles per hour, and twenty-live ' knots are upward of twenty-eight and three quarter miles per hour, j distances that are incredible. Loves to Talk too Much. I know a farmer who is a good clever man and behaves himself decently, but he loves to talk so! well that he can't work.- He will talk about the weather for an hour1 without stopping. He came to my; house the other day to borrow a spade, and said he was in a power-! fid hurry to get back. Without! thinking of the coi/sequeuces 1 just asked him if the storm damaged i his corn any, and that started Iiim. i He told about the storms aiidi hurricanes from away back to his! boyhood, and how a man hung to a sapling and never got nary bruise,! but the wind blew his breath away ! and didn't give him time to, draw j anot her, and so he died for want of breath, just as a cow dies when i she loses her cud. He couldn't! work his bellows in such a wind.? J And he told how another storm: blew an old cow head foremost, j against a poplar tree and stuck: both her horns in so deep they couldn't pull her out by the tail, i and they had to saw her horns off and leave them in tiie tree, and they are there now. And so he! kept on until I told him I had to go, for I was in a harry loo. That man has lost half his life in talking. It always scares me to see him com? ing.?Bill Alp. Lawyers will gladly learn that Brougham, the great English Bar? rister, was always cireful of his throat, and further that Dr. Bull's Cough syrup is the best remedy for I bronchitis and other throat troubles Part of His Profession. "Pap, i thought you said the oth? er night when you read that piece ; in the paper that if vou'd catch any one hoggin' your wife you'd leave her." "Yes I did." "Well, then I recoiled you'll have to leave mother, for yesterday when that dentist lixed her teeth he all the time had his arm right around her neck." "Oh, well, that's a different thing. I That's a part of his profession." "And kin he hug girls, too?" \ "Yes." "Well, then, by golly, I'm goin' i to learn the touth doctor trade!" Dismal People. There ore many people who take a strange delight in being dismal. Some of them are so selfish that > nothing is ever right, because they ? imagine they ought to have some i thing extraordinary in the, way of j luck. A few are ill-tempered, and I adopt the dismal line on purpose j to spite those who live with them, being well assured that this is the most effectual way of so doing.? But the majority of the dismals are good people (or, at least, people who want to be good), and they ap? pear to be dismal strictly on con? scientious grounds. If they put their feelings into words they would nrobably say something of this sort: '?This world is made up of sin, and sorrow, and suffering. It is a probation, and we need not look for anything pleasant until we pass into the next. We must not give way to happiness, or encourage joy. j It is true that God gives the sun? shine and flowers, bur lb; intends that while looking at them we shall I constantly remind ourselves that I the rain will come and that the flowers will die." It seems impossible that, such hearts can love, but perhaps they do so after their own dismal fash? ion. Everything is done for duty, and if by chance in performing this duty they stumble upon the doing of anything pleasant they are sure to spoil the taste of it. The ques? tion is, what pleasure do such peo? ple find in life? The best t!:hg that mortals can do while passing through this thorny world is to pluck as many roses as possible. My Hand and Seal. A thousand years ago, the mass? es, the nobility, the poor and the rich, were wholly unacquainted with the mysteries of the alphabet and tin? pen. A few men known as clerks, who generally belonged to the priesthood, monopolized them as a special ckss of artists.? They taught their business only to their seminaries' apprentices; and beyond them and their few pupils, no one knew how to read and write; nor was it expected of the generality, any more than it would be nowadays that everybody should be a shoemaker or a lawyer.? Kings did not know how to sign their names, so that when they wanted to subscribe to a written contract, law or treaty, which, some clerk had drawn up for theia, they would smear their right hand witli ink ami slap it down upon the parchment, saying, ''Witness my hand-" At a later flaj^sonje.fffi?*. fas devised the substitute of a seal, which was impressed instead of the hand, but ofteiier beside the hand. Every gentleman had a seal with a peculiar device thereon. Hence the sacrimental words now in use. ''Witness my hand andseal," affixed to modern deeds, serves at least the purpose of reminding us of the middle ages. "Increased fever, pulse feeble, legs and eats cold, and great phy sical prostration." That will do. Inflammation of Che bowels. Give the horse the usual quantity of Day's Horse and Cattle Powder.? Price 25 cents per package of one pound, lull weight. He ExpiTunented. fie was a bashful wooer, bnt there was a certain manlitcass about him which indicated that he only needed a little encouragement to let himself out. Shu saw this, and re? solved on a policyofencourageinent "Doyou believe these stories in the funny papers," she asked, "about the willingness of young la? dies to bo kissed?" "I?I really can't say,"he replied. "They may be true." Then, gath? ering courage, he added: ??! hope they are true," and he drew closer to her. "It seems to me," she said, "that there is only one way in which a young man can discov er whether they are true or not." "What way is that?" he asked. There was a brief pause. Then, with a faraway look in her eye?, she answered: "By experimenting when he has an opportunity," He experimented.?Detroit Prco Press. The Auckland, New Zealand, Daily Herald, in referring to the departiireof His .Majesty, Tawhiao, for England, to visit the Queen to be confirmed King of the Maoris, expresses pleasure, editorially, at the cure of His Majesty of rheuma? tism by St. Jacobs Oil, and says that during his stay at. Mercer he was introduced to the Great Ger? man Remedy. A Lyiiisr Crowd. "Where were you when the first shot was tired'?" asked an Austin lawyer of a female witness in a shooting .scrape. "I was lying down on the sofa." "And where was your husband .'" "He wns lying down in the gal? lery." ??And where were yourcliildren?" "They were lying on the bed fast asleep." "Any other member of your fam? ily lying down?" "Not that I know of, but if my brother had been there he would have been lying down in the court? house. He is a lawyer like you.? Sif tings.