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ami BRATTLISHORO, FRIDAY, FliRRUARY 1, 1881). VOL. LVI. NO. 5. THE VERMONT PJKENIX, mil VKIIMuST Itr.ftUUl .Wit I'.UlMKir llllll'll .IM I, l-rht.Hlltlt MKUY MlllltY nv , O. I i. 1-' It K N(!ll. j HUATTI.KIIOltO, VT. 1T.UMS: SI.. Ml iht jinr m nihnnci'; If not paM ltl.lti tliej.-nr. l.. .,,,....,, Iiirllii, UmiIIh, iiiul Murrliwn luilillnluil lives i ililliiurr NiitUvn, tvuvlnir HihiiVh, ft.,f!cU. kt ik'Ii of i limn ur !. LKutvmlnt tlio UriUtli'lioro Post Office a. mwukI (lain mall matter. Business ifinrtoB. 11 lilt.UAN A Jli.-y.Mi, 5 (riirinf luuinwr itiwf iJetil Estate Agents, l.rprertentlni; Comiiaiilrti hIhimi nawU are over TKNEMKNT8 TO LET. Ap-liU for llARrom Fihic KiTIMll'isilElui. Olll'v In New l..inlc MM'k for. Main &. Klliot Hti IIKAni.KUOltO, VT. 1 on I'lti.n ri:itx. fj IIII.III1K1II A FAl.KK, l'liiilli-liu in mi l. IdHin.iril rillllliiK iiliieo. llAHHiiNV IImk'K. ItlUTTLKMOHil. w r. iiiiAKi, lit M I K. - II I N IIKIt 1 1 .11 II III.H'k. Ill'.lUli'lnil'il. Vt. UII.MIV A i'll.tPI, DIUdOlM', l.ltook HolKhllUHK. Uiadimleol thel'olleKCor l'hariu:ie ol thel'lt ol NM olk I'lUlll'll,) Wltll t'Utrtl 11, ILtUld A. l'o fun ml ill ft i, I I'm to Jam il ii in trrijitunin I ll A.tllt IMtl.AIA. l9 II UN I L lt. MI..N h U'KMSIItMlM. Agt nt lor Munlup Half uud Hrnltlchoio Uunido KJ MulllMltit, Urooht louse Hloek. w A l i:it.MA., M.Kii A II ITT, AIT' HtlS h S .VI LAW, flunk lihH'k, liintik-boio, Vt 1 n. now .11. !., 1 J, 1IMIKIAI IMi l'IIVs( IAN AM- Si JtUKoN I'liu tiint ii'M.li-iu iii l'tininl s Itimk, (trait le bum, Vt Mlloc llotils lllilll A M Ulitl Until i lo i.lltld li to r M i;. Vll.I.I, .u. I., V, lloMiJ-orAlHIf I'llWtlAN. t Mine. illMon s I Hit k, ut l lliitliipsoii k ll.irtl wuicstoie, lliuttlehoro, Vt Uttlce hours until 11 a. ll , lioni I In t, .it it I ; tu 'i M K i. .tiii.i,i:k, .fi. i., Um 1'11M(1AN AND sClitiKON, ll..k.-r lilk. Unitt o; Ull tut m. wtiiS. 7 to 0 p in lV AI.VIA li.'NAl'l, I) K MIS T, Hooker lUmk, r.mttl-lHi(i, Vt ill i i M ii i M , .ici li.iki x , 1 fifi ilu tiic v hi i it -I tu m Hi tit I ltln in . Vt. Hl. IIOI.TO.-N, .11. . l'llM(iN AMI htltULON. mlliv iiiul ivmiIi iivi' nr .Main itiul Wulmit Ms. t lunin' liom 1 tn 'i iLii'l ( In i u'clH.-k p. in. JtruttlHh.m, Vt I H Al.li:. iV CO.. 1 . UK l.Klt IN lAMIllIlluK Al.l. KIN I S UJ.' I'LitMUft, ItratlU'lNitn, t 11IYMCIAN AMI sUlttlKON, I IJtiri 111 t'l(wli lil'M'k. .silt- 'I'l-lcplinllf Kl Ullkv lioum t.i i U.-hlflKT l'.l Mu ti M ln.fr m limit Iflmtn, Vt nr. u'i:iimii:u, .ti. i. . i iniii' uml ii'Mili'iHv tl Uliot , llutltlt Ih.i.i, Vt llUv hi'iiin I fun h a u;l tu 'J ninl i. In 7 I i' M ( 1 i.. n,it , I . I I hKltMIsT All kilnK tf uiiimal- pitniiptl) tni'iinti'il Nut i.ili-U sitpiilit'S ulrt.is hi li.in-l ItiiilllfU.i... t HA1UI4 A NlOIIDAItl), ATPHiNISA t' l NM:i.I.nliS AT LAW un.l S.lii ltiM i'f I'.llt'lits, llmttlt ImiI.i, Vt. r II. K'l O.N pi.iiiM mi. I uiffiin tiim-r t -tik H'iMiitl atl-'ii.l.-il In ainlwitiottii' tiuit K'liai-.tiihH .l Onl.'ts It-It with K t'lark A, L' 1 J. ( AUI'C.M IJt, .Maikft Itl.K-k, Klliot JU, M liralfi-lii 'IV, I am) (IimhK lt.Nks, slaiiuin'iy, Ntwl".it'r, Mnaziin uinl l'iilnll t'uN Snlrst-niitniim nt'iitil fur tin iritn.-iil iif wh-Iuiih'i-h ami tiKiKiiznn" ami Corwanlt'tl ) mall or ntht'l'U I- J. mu. ii:it, Ulti: INM ItANt'K AliKXT, I'utii' j-. Vt Uatlroato & Strnmsljip Ktcltcts. WESTERN TICKETS OVKIt ALL I'KINtil'AI. LINKS II ij?kuh vliv ek ed thn.Uk'li; MffpiiicarL'ttli'ffurit. Tickets by Cunard and Allan Lines T'aul fi"in all Kuriin nt- ltii)fis alas haw ailwintaji-' of twst rat-s Vor further Infurmatiuii apply to l. I'. ItltOOKM, Ayfiit, 'lirkft oniif, KailnMul Matii'it. llrattlflHiro FOR SALE AND TO RENT. Estey Organ Co. Ollur lor roiiliil or lor salo sover al irotul Second Hand PIANOS. Hdtailpil ilpserijilloii is umipcos sary as I ho Pianos can lio oxiiniiiicd at H.B.Chamberlain'sStore, 2 BROOKS HOUSE BLOCK. Mr. ('Iiiiiiilici'laiii will f,'ivti all iit't'di'd inrorinatioii, or parties can call at our ollico. TIIK .NEW Is also pxliiliitcil at t lie sanio placo, iiiul inure lavoralilc prices anil It'i uis t ill lie offered Hum lor any oilier llrsl-clnss Piano in (he iiuirkel. Brattleboro, Vt. I'oi 1 iii tin ill 111 1' Noliiitnl W. HAIGH, CustomTailor Iluu full line of Foreign and Domestic Cloths Whii-li lie v ill make up to l.nlcsl Slyles alllio l.owe.sl I'os silile Prices. Klmp on Kllmt Street trio BLACK WALNUT, ANTIQUE OAK, CHERRY AND ASH SETS. iinr line Is Hie laixeKt neliae eer hlimMi ami tin pru are low. ramin; from $rui to grjMhi. EMERSON &, SON, ; Mii f -it i tof tHrvvJ PiariQS Estey Piano llltATTl.i:il01tO, VT. Is. E. 3i?alulru. Our sales lor the month of December just past were more in amount than fur any previous month in the almost 12 yrs. since I came to Hrattleboro. Now I want the present month of January to be correspond ingly as good, and in spite of the unseasonable weather shall hope to bring out more cus tomers than usual by making prices all through the stock unusually attractive. 1 don't mean that every article in the store will be reduced in price, but do mean that every de partment shall contain some notable and unusual bargain. In the cloak room I have now between .oo and 500 Ladies' and Children's outside garments; main' of them es pecially line garments. To close the season everything in the department, except a job purchase already olfered at closing prices, is now to be sold at a material reduction in price. livery day now 1 am pick ing out remnants, odd dress patterns, tumbled and soiled goods and slow selling arti cles, and putting a price on them to make them all quick sellers. Have today sorted out into two lots about 50 line white Lace Scarfs. Lot 1 were all $1.50 each, now 50c. Lot 2 were from $2 to $3 each, now 75c. This is a clearing up month in which it pays our custom ers to look around the store and see what particular bar gains are being olleicd on the day they visit us. jV. I. HA W 'LEY. AND STILL WE WANT MORE! V hhfppfil oir It"' pt'innl- nf Itiitlt-r ilnrfnt llin 1 i)h nf tin pat . k ami t -li'l nt liaf f in'iuh to till niir .ihli'n We waul .ill tin ulriitl) FIRST - CLASS BUTTER mi cm lit mi it ti - lit i ithi'i in I 1 toi 1 ml ptiiiH or ' ! M ihiimkI Ihim's V liati- lot f tfiMMN ami ur like to lla.le W.D.&J.LSTOCKWELL BRATTLEBORO BAKERY. We hate nl" i k on h tnl In fit li Mijpl) BREAD IIKT lilt Ml VM 1 K AN'll HKOWN PIES AITLL -MINCK. syl sll, ( I srni. . mon. IT. l. II I IA .'1 A tilALlt L VAHIK1 1i.if Jelly, t nut Co- 01.111m. I'liot'oiaie, .laihieii. luniMtn, l 00 Men HOT BAKED BEANS eery Snmlay iiiorn'K Our 1 onvtai.l aim l t pt nw our i-ustonierK A. E. THURBER. BOSTON INVESTMENT CO PER CENT. 1'AYAHI.K QITAHTKULY. Best Commercial Real Estate for Security. Tor a ilencrlrtlvc pamphlrt, f nil to OE( mOE I.KO.VAItll, llpn ..is't.omra 9, 10 4, i Atl o-er UuUaiug, Ht Wiublngton bt., ltuston. Mat. UnllUo any other, Ii oa much for Jtifrrrml aa External uae. Many people do not know thii. The Moit Wonderful Family Remedy Ever Known, or Poaltlvely cures Diphtheria, Croup, Aathma, llroncbltla, Neurnlsla, Kheuraatlam, Iloaraeneaa Hacking Couah, Whooping Cough. Catarrh, Choi vra Mornui, Dlarrbwa, Hclatioa. Lamu Hack and Bureneaa In Body or Limbs. Full particulars sent free Price, 38 eta. a buttles, $2. Express prepaid. I. S. JOHNSON & CO.. BOSTON, MASS Make New, Rich Blood! These plllawcre awomlerftil dlaoovery- No other like theui In the world. Will positively cure ur rtdkve at) luanner of dUtow. Tim luforuiatiou around taih Ux U worth ten tluii a ttiu cot. I if a box of pilU. I ind out about thetu. and u will always lw Ibanktiih 0 I ill a ixiih. JllUbtralid pumiibli I liw ttuUi aw r wticre, orscnt byuailltiry''-is. in siaiuns, Im I K JmUJium A Co., W ClsIuX liuiix Hr.,Lv3lyi, alaia 61 2 LINIMENT Tutt S Pills HB IV I I VI MB H m M vr fw,,, '-''' ul' work of iiiiml ur PARSOHS POWDER Absolutely Pure. Till powder neter arn n A marel nf pnill) nlniii;l 11 ami w liu Motnem M-n-e eeomiinleal than the onllnan kltuts aihleamint U-solil In com H-tltloli w It h the inultitmle nf low text, short weight alum or pluwpliaie mnMleiK K4tl only in 1 11 ha lt" ai, Hakisu l'tiwiiMt Co New York CURE Mck It. ii.Ur ho ami nil' alt tlm tronttUn Inci dent to a hi limn nt tu if tl' fCin, mch ad IMjUnea. Nail'. 1, lh in h, LmtrenH after atlt)f. 1'aln In thn hide, K. Wtnlo thclrtuoat riMnnrkfthlo nuccwia Laa tin n shown In curing SICK HtAtlarhc, yrt rrt.Tii Mltlo layer rilln ura equally viLiAhlc In t itmtlpati 11 . irn nmlpi'e tutlug tlildftiin 1 r lupUn I itiiil- tlnyalso cortvetaUillB r'h ' iithuriui.i '.ntimiiltqtha lUrr nl rutfuUtu thubowcK Lv 11 if tin y only HEAD Acho they woul 1 Ikj Mniodt prlc denn to thot. w ho BitflVr from tbUtltittrfKHiiicoiuidalnt, hutfortu lutety thelrniHHtnensdiKH titittml In nnnilth.)(to who ouco try thorn will flml the little pilUvalu aMo In r luany wnMtthat they will not bu wiL II11H tod without them, ltut after all nick head ACHE ! the Latin of - ' man li v that lif rti I" w hero wemaVotmr in at 1 iut Our yilU um it while Othera do li t Carter Llttlo Liver t'ilU an1 v-'ry amall and ery easy lo tak- Ona ur two lull make a dow. They are, atnctly v talilo and d- 11 t npo of parv"1. hut th ir ntlea tln j4 all mdo tiHttu'iii ImiaNat'i rcnta flwf rJL Sold by dru'iat ett-rywtierc, or a.nt Lj mail. CARTER MEDICINE CO., New York. ball Fill, MM kllFricsi DIPHTHERIA. SCROFULA. Mi- Lt im .Lnlkm. a daMifh'. r IT .ir old I of Vi u 1 Mi- It Ito-t.iii M . I.m. 1. t Ithl) t v I' L" 1-' a itfiliiinj e 1 .(m of N rofuU. I,' tl t Of ' M with Mi I 11 r of ei-'ht iar' ftamllin;. aft- rill n i . f t d. Aliuo-t a inlraile. Nuw m pvrl-' . hi al' 1. SWORN TO BEFORE Harmon Hall, Justice of the Peace. SCROFULOUS HUMOR. MleeMarr Kttfll.elchtnn. a Jauclitt-r flQrr old) of Mr. and Mr- ILrn-.iMi Len:hton. 10 Itlckford urt.L im, ( I ULl) by Loui n italiiu i oui pound of a ui p tt at- d N ronilnii lluiaor v 1U1 ih. ti iT m;er ipti ii J tthii tihad han1 d ikrht pin pi tan it ml the c mi 'Hit it fnrri m tf (wo proiniin nt hoepital. lVrfcttly c iu d and without a bk'iimh. SWORN TO BEFORE Justice of the Peace, SCROFULA AND DROPSY. Mr III tY Hull. TO fAt old. ILItM nf t? I'mtrt Pt . Mi'ilford. Man- . 11 1(KI hr ljnie - VHhI. Lliif; Coiupnuml of a terrible ca-uof i-rofnloii "r. u "intu v,tm coiumueu iatr oin- pliimt and Drnn-y, lloid and fin t1 uue mai of frott a Now fUn ! perfi ttlv r, -ir and tfenvral hr ill It perfectly rttond. i'hi.umiia hadtlu'U htr np. Sworn to Before CHAS, F, PAIGE, Justice of the Peace. LOUCEE'S VITALIZING COMPOUND. M by nil ltruifviitu, $1, BAILEY & SIIYIONDS'S Real Estate Agency. FOR SALE : Highly nere fai 111 near ihe'iinoiidH propel ty in (luilfoid, IVy story hoiw, Lirn lOxt. waoushetl, running water, Vei'ps 0 to in head ofhtm-k. iiikihhI state of liiltiwitloli. A Lirualn for Hilueone I'rhv. .'.101 Iiwllit (l(HHletioiu)i farm, West Itratlleltoio. C'hai. V ltiee farm in WauNLiro 1'iuv $)7u). A nlee reni.Iemv on the Aenue, I nere of laud. rutrfae house aiut hlahleh. Huntley house on Mivhanie Sipiaie. A few tern-menu to rent WVIiavea'ni'ie farm tdtuated In Ihiuuuerston, near stnie. Relnxd and clitin-h I'leuty of fruit, and well fenced I ly utorv house, corn e-ih, cattle ami horse Iwirn UuiUIInH in pMN lepair. run nlnji water Cuttt 1 1 tomt of hay. keeps tl head of mock, 1'tlce. $Uhm. Bailey & Simonds, Ural lMalc .(;i'iils ami llroKi iH, IIHATTI.KIIOIKI, VKItMONT. body tlrluk ur ei.Mimirelii Malarial Regions, Mill fll.ll Tlltt'H 1'illH lllO lllOHt Kt'llllll rifl.ralHucer orrvrcl tlioNiirrrliiK Intullil. Try Them Fairly. A ItfiiroiiM ImmI.v. inrv M001I. Nlroii ucrwMUittlu 'liverliiliiiliililllrt'hiilt. SOLD EVERYWHERE. PER CENT. INTEREST per nnnum, payable kcml nnnttallv. the first Weilnestlay iu April anil Oct., on Bums of 3iooaiui uiiwanis. uc lusua go 011 interest the first Monthly of every month, anil can he witmiiawn at any time by Riving 60 days' notice, KojnTAiu.u Tit vst Association. Dilutable Duildiri;. llu.ton, Mab8. WOMEN'S Educational and Industrial Union. i 1. il.u.-. Itl.u.L K.I M11I11 Kl ThUiikim Is iinw iiikmi fur tin- li- "f iiihiiI.tb t'uiilriliil- II., lis nf finnl. Ji-lly. iin-w nwi. iviiiiiitl runt, iii k- l. . ulul all U111U uf luillul' nmlla-wulk Milifltnl friuii ineinliii wlioilnwlrf tu iluw work on mIh. llltrlllKi'lKI HflU- fi.P Ull klllilliiif llIll tllllllix'llll ullli (lie rwuiw. ii-u riimi 11 a . until T h. u. virry.lav IV ruillier uilk'ir.in.ailirM Mhh K M t'll XTr'lKl.li, t'iiniilMliiitr S.', Itlut lU boru t CARTERS ISlTTLE TZm sver Mm I PILLS. IM .r.VV.V.V Slolilill.l,. VmIiIiiuIoii Corrrwpoiidrnt' Hitler Inliiliitf Hhelrli or I he Hrtmlor, .Ills, Morrill 11 ml .11 Niitiiiu I'lio Itltti CoiiK'reM ntnl III inrn mark ttio iiiiiiMtMioeiiieiit din) tlm (Illinium, with tliu picoMit KfMijuti, of tin leil.it 1 vt ca rcer of .I11-I111 S. Mm rill Itn lieaii Cotireaionnl nervict ill tlm teinpetUiMii tiinii of slavery xitatnm ntnl the Inrill font itiviTHim. Ilia first fXii'iieiiff uhh in tliu loti hensjoii winch Lectin 011 I)et. !t, I !.(., mljoiinioit after eitflit tnontlii of fruit loss elToit on tlie military hill, ai failed in extra s-etiKHm, uml then pam-d tliu uuas urt ufter a Litttr ilelinttt. Tlie eitinmlilu lady, who proHiilftt vir tin household of tli ij;ed hut brilliant Renntor from Vr tnontt t'limo to Wahtiitou with hfr hm hulid in tho very otltaet of hl pulilic ca reer. In I S5 1 .Iiiitin S. Morrill, mcr chant and farmer of Stinltoid, Vt., mid Itutli ll Swniin u tie mm lied I'mir jenr of their oaily marritd life wtro pafeu'd nl Strntlord on tlie henuhful chIuIi of Mr Morrill. Since then Mr ninl Mis. Morrill have paased the C'tml eMuioiial iceasonH at WaKhiiiKtoii.uiid have heeii prominently hi HiK'iated with the politico social eveiitt of the capital during the intei veiling jieiitsl. The family of .Irn. Morrill in one of the oldest in New Kti",lutid. Iter maternal nn (en torn in Atneiica sprain,' from that doughty pioneer, Miles htandixh. Senator Morrill 11 of Kntfllsli detcent of later date Hit grandfather iu Kf't, with flvu moiih and two daughter, went to Vermont and set tied near StralTord. Mrs. Morrill ii a daughter of Taleli Swatin, one of the mmt pkillful plnsiciaiiH mid active Hiliticlaim duriiiK the midille dt cades of the present century He gntduatei) at Harvard in ISM. one of his classmates Leintf the histo nan l'rescott After hit marriage he set lied in Alston. Main He uhm one of the earliest con ertM to hotinoopnthy. Hut Ma-oai-husettH known more of lnm atone of the 01 initial projectors of the temper mice movement in lHVM'i. In the stirrinjf campaign of " ripecanoe and Tvler too" he was one of the, most active champ ion of (leneial Han isou. .Mra. Mor rill well reniemherH those days, and it it 01 e of the happiest experiences of her loiij residence at Vahinj;toii to realize that she may lensouahly expect to witness the in atiiiiulioti nf the raiiilHUi of her fatherV friend and loader in politics. Mrt. Moil ill may lie said to have been Urn and i eared imid the ielentet con Ihctt of old-liuie jHihtic. Her mariietl life hat been equally atstn iate.l with the most momentous political evenU of tlm im tion'a historv W hen hl came to Vah itiKton in I Si the oligarchy of slave hold el a of the South and subservient Ih-iuocia cy of the North were in authority. Sen ator Morrill at once advanced to the front In the pal liaiuehtar) contests over slavel v, free soil, abolition and a protective tnnll Party rancor ran hih and social inter course was sectional. The MMit) of the capital was then broken into set, ami nt entertainments at the executive mansion. where nil met on a coimiiioh s4Mial plaiu, ' thete was more or lotta restraint At n re ' stilt of the Hitical upheaval of 1 -oil Mrs j Morrill liectinte one ot the leading Indies in the representatives' circle Throughout tin warlike din of tramping armien and , amid the acclamations of victor) and piuee. ' Mrs Morn'l lenunneo' at Wasbinirton mid figured in the toilit circles of the adiuiuit tiatioiisof Lincoln mid Johnson Aftei ' 1 years her husband became a senator, mid i for years more she has oi iiaiuented tin I brilliant caieer of her husband in the siir ' ruundings of the higher ss-ial life of the ! capiUil j When Mrs Mornll came to Vashiimtiu I in iNio her half sister. Mist laiisa S , Swauu, cnine with her ami has been a mem j ber of the household ever since Miss ; Svvanii hat figure) prominently in social life !eiiig possessed of an oltserviug mind ! and retentive memory, she is one of the i mo-t entertaining ladies at the capital. 'IheexiM-riencctof I'i esident IVrce'i broth- i ert who was a New 1! uiip-hiiv dioer, up on h a first visit, at told b Miss Swauu, presents tt most aniusmg picture of the con j tia-ting conditions of the two brothers Drover lVrce iHsirdisl at the same house i with tlm MornlN and, though not of the j same jsditical faith, tlmy weie all verv 1 friendly 'I ho simple minded New Hatiip- slure drover made a confident of Miss j Swnnn. His w.k-s of retlected cmspicu. ; oiisiiest. the hat ras-meiits of syfopha title oflice huutert. the pel plex ltle of conveu ; tional eti'piette. the torture of jsdite "do mgs," nearlv dntve theilrover of the tirun j ite state out of hit senses. He was ogled ; and jtointed at and followed by the crowd j to hit iNiarding house at if he "was some i 11) " He vvas pal ticulai ly iuceiiel that he "couldn't cat a meal of victual- with Itrothtr Frank without seeing alt nloiit it in the newspapets, just as if eating was something new." "Ihe troubles of Hen jamiii I'lerce. the drover frtmi New Hamp i shire, or the trials of a President's brother I on a vi-it to the national capital," at reii tlered by Miss Swann. would make a roar i ing chapter of experience ! The uily siui an ) child of Mrs Morrill has Wen some a hit of an invilid since a serious illness two years i In their y mug daH Mrs Morrill and her sister were great lielles, a Iiinrsl not only for their beauty but their conversational gifts For the p-tst few years Mrs Morrill has not been very strong She has therefore been much relieve I iu her household duties by Miot Swauu. who still retains her womanly !eauty The name of Mis Swanti it als associated with clriiitable work in Udialf of the colored people at tlm capital Sen ator Morrill, who will be 711 years of age in April, is still vigorous mid attends to his senatorial duties with all the enthiisi asm of men of fewer years Iu hit palmy das he was one of the brightest speakers in t'ongrest. and as an after dm mr speechmaker be had few peers I'rnl fariiut'M liuowiui; lloie. The follow ing story is told by Kred (irant s III his lust ear ut West Point he held the oMtiou of captain of aitillery. One day the visiting tillicer, who hapjieued to bu his father, (ien (irant, held mi inspection and drill. After tho cadets had assembled on the put fide ground It was decided to give the commands by bugle call. The officers would then deliver them by word of mouth to the men Fred (irant had ti notoriously bad ear for music He had ne er been able to master a single tune, and, worse still, had no idea of time When the announce meiit of tlie mode of giving the orders was made he rushed up to a connade and said : '(ireal goodness What shall 1 do f t can't tell the dillerence betw een tho 'charge ami the 'retreat ' " His friend advised him to change his horse for Mneppa, a horse of one of tho ser geants. She would carry him through. He hastily tlbl so, ami wateheu every move ment of his animal during tlie ensuing evo lutions When the bugle sounded "for- wurd," the knowing annual advanced ; ami the command wus accordingly given to the men. When the cull of "halt" cume, Ma eppa htod liku u rock, and the proper or der was issued bv the ollicer. In this way, tho horse, by its ear for music, told its rider the orders of the duy, and carried him safe ly through tho complicated movements of the drill. The far-famed city of Damascus, so bound up with uutiipiity, and hi Oriental in ull its characteristics, is to have drcet cant uml be lighted with gas. Tlm John Hopkins university is embar rassed by tlie failure of the Itnltimore and Ohio railroad to pay dividends, and mi ef fort it being made to raite $100,000 for the institution. People do not appear to take us much htock iu lightning rods us they formerly did. There are now only three lightning roil factories iu the country uguiust M a few yearb ugo. Miss Drexel, who was married last week, iu Philadelphia, to Kdward D. Morrell, re ceived w ed ling presents which were vul ued ut J's'OO.OOO. Thomas h. Nesiuith of Sun Diego, Cul., ueijuenths VMH) to Derrv, N. H., his na tive town, to be used for the establishment of a university 150 years hence. The strongest evidence scientifically and pruetieaUy i nguinst food values being in creused by cooking This matter can only bo determined in a scientific way by luuhuj all experiments on the use of the scales, A California fanner, who kept a careful financiHl aocouut nf the crop, says he real ized $ 10 ait acre from eleven acres of beets. The cultivation of this root appears to be extending iu that state. A beet augur fue tory iu Wutaonville has disbursed over $;V0,000 in that town this car. Tl e remains of the Confederute rum Mtrrimue have just been sold for old iron. Many Pennsylvania and Ohio manufac turers have had to return to the use of coal, as the BUpply uf natural gas is decreasing, "Wi'stinghouse, the inventor of the air brake, once nlTered to bell his patent out right for $0,HH). Since then he has made half u dozen million out of it. MISCELLANY. The Itnln 4'oinrs Holibliig lo ilir lloor The nljfht jfrows dark, and wein), and cold; and thick drops palter on the pane; Thei mies a wailing ftom the ftoa: the wind Is weary of the rain The h'd ismls clh k heiienth the lliime; and see, with slow and silent f t t. The li(Ked shadows cross Ihe woibIs lo w here tie Iwlllxht unteis l'iit Now fauwise from the rudtly lln a liHlllam-e sweeps nthwait Ihe Moor, As, t learning down the hi It Ices, tint in In coiner Addling to the door; An, stieamlug down the Ultlcet, The rain comes nobbing to the d-wr, Dull echoes round the catement fall, and through the empty chaiiil'rs go, Like forms unseen whom we can hear on tiptoe atealliigtonndfrn: Hut tilt your ghttses to the In Im, and, through a mist of smiles and tears. Our ejes shall tell how much we love lo toast the shades of other ) ears' And hither they will tlm It again, the ghosts of things t tint are no more. lille, streaming dow n the lattices, the rain oinew sobbing to the door; While streaming dow n the lattices. The rain comes sobbing to the door. The teinpcstdroddcn wastelands inoan, the tiees are tin ethl ng at the blast. And now the) come, the i ml lid slinMs of dieaiim (hat (M-iished in Ihe uit ; And, when we lift the windows up. a amolhercd whier toiiiid ut strajs. I.Ike some Imie witlideilug voice from graves that hold the wieck of li k'oiie dftJS I tell oii that I love the storm, Tor think we not or thought of )ore, lieu.stieAUiIugdow li the tut t lees, the rnln comet sobbing to the diKr When, streaming dow u the lattices, The rain comes sobbing to the door. We'll drink to those we sadly miss, and ting some mournful song we know, Since the) uinv chums to hear It all. and mute on ft fends tluVw Irft b low ho knows if souls in IiIinh can leave the borders of their KUleti home Hut that Mime toting one may now aUmt the an detil threshold loam i ill like an exile lie would hall a (fUni'ise of the ftintlHur ilsr. Ihouii. streaming down lie lattices, the rain ci lines sobbing to the door Though, streaming dow n the tat t Ices, 1 he ruin cumes sobbing to the door -mV AVndo, fin .1 untnthnn Vm .1 Itl'Mlt WAirrJ! WYi.. On a balmy spring afternoon Mr. Sal tonstall Weiitw rth emergeil from his ho te) on Fifth Avenue, and paused, meditat ing, on the steps The breath of spring was iu the ci isp jet tender air; the sun light slept on the warmed brick wulN, and thiew the trembling shadows of the trees on the pavement Iu the little jmrk the mtel laced Ismghs were blurred with croud mg buds and downy bursting jhmIs, silver ed b) the sun. Thiough their soft lui.v veil the Farragul loometl like u duik blot, and children, with the jo)oiisness of the sh) fi esh season in their voices, dodged alsuit its base The air had a mild, caress nig warmth, like the flower-soft touch of a bab)V hand, and the jwissers-by seemed im biied with a radiant soul sunshine, for the) stepped lightly, and smiled a smile Isiru of the sheer joy of living. Mr. Wentworth, loiteiing on the steps, iew ed them indilTei enth as Now York tjpes. He was a Ilostouiau and a Went worth, and iu some recess of his wail hid a toleimit contempt for New Yorkers in gen eral. Nov , nt he slowly descended, pass nig feminine e)et shot arrow) side glances at linn, and a jftir of chappies stole shame faced states at the beaut) and dignity of hmi in hit KngUsh clothes, tall hat, and pointed beard. Hut his cold gray glance swept over them at though the) were not He disliked staring, mid at he swung up avenue it struck him as odd that the gtrlt he met, all at fragile)), finely prett) at miniatures, should have looked ut him fully in passing, with the sunlight on their e)es, clear at wave washed agates, and the prevalent smile on their ri bps He no ticed them with faint dwipproh-itiou and tho uL'gard compliment nf a curt glance, continuing absorbed in his thoughts. Oc casionally he looked down from aneleva tiou of nearlv six feet at hit new patent leather low shoes, or absently cut with his cane at the uncurling leavet of ambitious shrubs, which, craving for sun. had thrust themselves out between the iron railings. Mr. Wentworth wnt going to pay a call, and he was dreamily wondering what the girl on whom he was going to call would Ik like. He wished he didn't have to go Calling on promiscuous oung ladies wat Hot one of hit small vices He only prac heed it with u few friends of hit childhood with whom he stssl on terms of lofty inti macy. He preferred the Kuropean method of calling on the mothers , married w omen w eie much more interesting than girls Tint ("articular call was made ut the re ipiest of one of hit married friends, a charmingly vivncious lady, whom he ad mired. "(ioing to New York f" she had cried, i utthug graciously to meet him where he stool, hat in hand, in that attitude of eay grace peculiar to the Weiitvvorths. "Pin so glad, because 1 have a commission to lie executed. I want a parcel, that I'm afraid to trust to the jsist, given to Miss Iiwry I'll give you tlm parcel and a letter. Such a charming girl ' I've wanted you to meet her for some tune. You'll go mid see her for my sake ' ' tilting her head on one side, and with u glance which seemed to the heir of all the Weiitvvorths more coquettish than dignified. After that he had to sit dim u, uml holding his hat betw een hit knees, hear a great deal ulsnit Mist Tina Ivr) , how prett) and clever she was; how her father had lost his money, and they had moved into such a tiny little house, but 'Iina was sobrave, how perfect her manners were but he would see for himself He then had the parcel given him and u letter for Tina, uud ut hit friend laid the package, in hit hand it was w nip ped in white tissue paper uud tied with a ribbon like a wedding present he knew that there vvas no escape. This afterii'M)!), before he put it iu his pocket, he had felt enough curiosity to pinch it charily It was soft, but other wise uoii committal, and, ashamed of him self, he thrust it uml the letter iu hi pock et, uud slapping his broad chest went forth philosophically. On the way he mused on Tina. He sup posed she vvas one of those frivolous, gig gling, artificial New York girls. He had no faith iu women's judgment of euch oth er He was rather glad that she was not enoimously iich ; he disliked what he wu. fond of considering the rich New York t) pe overdressed, over-iiervousgirls,crani-med to the mtule with small-talk They wore their mir curled on their foreheads, had small waists, and could play the banjo "Pshaw he muttered ; "I know the ftl perfectly;" and in his angry con tempt he stiuck a geranium leaf, which had forced its way out between the iron railing, u wnage cut with his cane, and down it dropped, nil its suH-ttrugsdes at mi end, to wither on the dusty tlags. Mr Wentworth.. haughty uud ill-humored, turned into the stieit w here Miss Iow rv lived She vvas evidently not lieh. It wus a cross street of little wooden houses a block or two of them some clipped by viues, which spread n delicate tracery over their vveuther beaten fronts, or twined to getlior supple, fibrous arms, and swung in heavy festisms from balcony anil window Irume. Mr. vv cutworm was surprised aim pleased. There wus originality uhout the house why not then about the inmate ; The street one sido chill and gray, one steeped in slanting sunlight was ijuiet as a room where children sleep. A crystal stillness brooded in the thin air, passing footsteps echoed faintly on the lonely flags, then fad eil into the murmuring distance, uud the hum uf the avenue came drowsily like uoisus iu a dreum. "1 don't believe she will play the banjo,' thought the unwilling visitor us he usceud ud the steps, Then, seeing no yellow silk curtains iu the lower front windows, he mentally added, ,And I shouldn't be sur prised if she hiul no curls on her fureheud." His spirits rose to the puint of vivacity, und when the door was opened by u trim maid, with capless heud und huir drawn smoothly back, he became sulTused with hope, ami thrilled with delicious expectu tiou. lie gave the girl the note and his curd, but kept the package to present hiui helf. It would break the ice which con geals young conversations. In the drawing rtwin he looked for the banjo, but without success. It wus a pret ty, novel romi. The window curtains were of a thin material iu brown and white stripes, and there werehome spiudlo-legged chairs mid u sofa, the wood-work inlaid with white vines, uud the seats covered in fuwn-cnWed hrocude, striped with a pale blue ribbon and u (lowering vine. Mr, Wentworth, tired of the great silent statu ly puilurs of his cluu, softly drew in his breuth iu silent upnrovul. The room sug gested u flue airy elegance and finish, and he hop d with prayerful fervor that Miss I wry would be to match. The window was open, and the mellow breath of Hie rich warm day stirred the striped curtains, gently filled them out uud sucked them in, us a thin veil fluctuates responsive to the soft breath of a womairs mouth. On the table vvas u IkjvvI of vio lets, and the vttgrunt bicee nassiug oior them awoke their fragrance, which rose like incciite and melted Into the sun chutgtd uir. l'e)ond this was another room, mid through n long window Mr. Wentworth saw a patch of shade, the clean-cut shadow of the house, mid then it glare of sun on u greening scrap of garden. He drew tho poiticres wide open and looked in. It was a library. There were lusik shelves iu all sorts of odd places. Na I row ones wide enough for only three volume, followed the w in. low-fi nines ; two shelves fitted neatly between the top of tlie sofa and the bottom of a picture ; five from the floor to the top of tun piuno. The walls were a mosaic of luniks and pictures, each fitting into the other like the pieces of a puzzle. I.ured by the uaintnets of the room, Mr. Wentworth stole into this student's para dise. There were seats covered with brown leather cushions built iu below the win dows, Sleepy Hollow chairs, find in one corner an odd looking sbiol with four high sides of wood, like a liox, and n blue plush cushion on top, the sides rising level with the cushion. lie baiely noticed this, for his e)es fell on n new magazine on thecen tre table, which he was particularly aux ions to see. He glanced at it, became in terested, hud his hat and stick on a chair, uud turned to sit down. The mpiaru stool with the wooden sides was near him, und he sat on it. Then something fearful happened ; the top of the stool suddenly went down sw iftly, silently dropped like a trup-door on the stage and Mr. Wentworth went down with it. He was conscious of u sud den subsidence of the plush cushion be neath hun, of being violently thrown on his beam ends w ith his feet iu the air, of flinging out hit aims at he shot down, grasping blindly, mideumg the high wood en sides which still stood immovable, and to arresting hit downward flight. It vvas so sudden, so horribly unexpected, that for u moment he was benumbed, stupefied. Where was he ! What wus it f What had hupjiened f He seemed crammed down in to u wooden funnel, with his feet coming outfit the top. Tho stool had dropped some three or four feet, leaving the sides stand ing like an empty U and forming a soit of shaft, to the sides of which he flung, with his lingers hooked over the top. reet and fingers weie all that was visible, for his heud was (pi tie low down, like truth Hi her well. "What iu the name of heaven is it f" he gu-ped, and then his arrested mind slid denly snapped back into action. He had sat on houitthiug which had given way, he didn't know what; but one thing he did know, and that was that he must get out before Mis Iwry came down. He watatraidto let go even lor an instant, for fear he would fall down putt all re claiming. He bent Ins anklet so that he could dutch tho top of the shaft with his heels, like a performer on the tiupeic ; he gripped fiercely with his handt, uml then he strained uud tugged with the freuy of lespair He rose a little, the muscles swelling iu hit aims, hit teeth set, his face riuisou, oulv to sink lutck again with a thud on the cutdiion. which gave warning!) benuath the weight of his returning ImhIv. There w us no doubt aUmt it . if he let go, down, down, down the infernal mni-hitie would fall, uml smash when it readied the Jsittom. "What can tlm people be like w Im have such a man trap in their house ;' lie groan ed, and then i eineuiliered tin- robber's den in the (.'loister and Hearth, where the bed had a false Isdtoiu, and whoever lay on it wat precipitated down an ab)ts, killed and robbed Was tint a similar contrivance f Weie these lteopte bandits ' He wished they were It would infuse into hit pret ent iKjsition an element of the dramatic, the heroic, which vvas now conspicuously lacking. He tried to struggle up. to turn and twine and twist. Hit own suppleness surprised him. If he could only stand on his head, so that he could get his knees and his el luiws over the sides, then one fierce wrench and he would 1? up And suppose the la- Iv entered at that critical moment, and iw him emerging out of the hole, head town: What would he do f Spring light U to hit feet, und with bent Issly kits his linger tips to her ! Sick w ith horror ami humiliation, he sank back and shut his eves. She could not be much longer. He had spent some moments m the draw ing-nsiin before he saw the magaine If she had each separate hair on her head to curl, and half a dozen ban jot to tune, she could not be much longer. At any moment she might enter. Madden ed b the thought, he made another effort fruitiest at the first He had no room to put forth hit strength, and no fulcrum to work on. He didn't believe he would ever get out He was like the rude forefitheis of the hamlet in their narrow cell forever laid. What trim hi he do when she came in ' And pierced with rage and misery, he writhed uud ground his tetth, swearing in a whisper. The parot mu past, he became suddenly silent, and thought of the approaching ' uonnifn at sick men think of death Hit imagination was more m-tiv e than it had ever beeli before He pictured Miss Ijiw ry's entrance. How much of him would she see ' The soles of his shoes and his fin gers 1 Perhaps oh, blissful thought ! she would not notice them, it not being customary for visitors to assume tin strik ing attitude iu which Miss Iowry would find him uule-is a miiacle intervened Or seeing him, or rather the soles of hit shoes, she might think them an optical delusion, a mirage. Just powers ! wat it in nature that she should think them what they really were ( She would supsso he had waited until he vvas tired, uud gone home. Men have done that. Hut if she did see him '. She had never met him before, and she might think it a practical joke, or a tempo rary aberration, or call iu the ioliee. lt would ull appear to morrow iu the papers. And again, tei rifled, appalled, he struggled in impotent despair. Was she never coming t His arms begun to ache, ami he wondered if he let go how far he would fall. The remedy was desper ate, but so was the ill. How deep was the inexplicable chasm over which he hung I As u in unsw er to his thought he felt a ten ston over hit sh'oulder snap suddenly, and then heard something drop with a series of metallic click dow u the shaft to the bottom. He knew it a suspender button He listened to it as it struck the sides of the shaft, w ith the ubsoi bed interest of a Swiss truveler w ho throws a stone iuton crevasse mid hcais thed) ing revci licentious as it leaps from wall to wall. It seemed a long time reaching the Uittoui, Clearly he w as siiie:ided over an abyss. it'n evident I can't drop," thought Went woith, giimly ; "lt would bo sheer suicide, and Merciful Heaven, here she comes !" Yes. there was a sound on the stairs, the froufrou of a womairs skirls, a step on the sill of the draw ing room door, a pause; J then tho click of the portiere rings sliding i together on the brass rod as a huud drew the curtain back. Wentworth held his biealh, hit eyes staring glassily ut the toe of one of his slaws in his intense endeavor J to be motionless and to hear ever) thing He was conscious, by little icy vibrations ' thrilling through hun, like bubble in chum I pague, that she vvas looking altout for him, ' and that his shoes were new and the toles j shone garishly in that darkened corner, i She denied strangely silent : perhaps she 1 lunl suddenly seen them uud fainted from j fright. As this occurred to him she stirred I ugain with u sound tike the suUlued, re I treutiug rustle of waves, ami the scent of j violets seemed to blend with her move incuts She was coming in ; he fancied he I could hear the (Kirtiere slipping with rich heaviness from letvv een her lingering fin I gers ; then came the tap of her heels, sharp , and distinct, on the hard wool floor, nb I ruptly silenced on the rug. She paused I again, laughed iu a stealthy, surprised way, ami M id softly to herself : "Why, how fun I ny ! Where cun he be f" i Wentworth set his jaws, and his nostrils ipdvered. .Miss iowry was iisiiameii oi uaving taic en so lung to dress. She had had a series of misfortunes: the plastron of her lilac waist wus mislaid, ami it hud taken some moments to lind it : the violets she had crushed into her belt were wet, and she had i to take them out and dry their stems on a i towel ; the Isiw of her slipper had come off, I and in pinning it on she had pricked her flu , ger. When she hurried down stairs she was Hushed, breathless, and excuses trem ! bled on her lips as she rustled into the pur- lor with exteuded hand. The lilac frock I accentuated her waxen fairness ; herthrout rose from its turned down frill us smoothly , creamy as a magnolia petal, and w here it I curled over uud melted into her chin there ! was a distracting little crease which came uud went us she moved her head. loor.e iocks of huir on her temples uud the uajie of her neck shrunk up into blond semicir cles us richly nil led as tender unfurling fern fronds In spring wood Her visitor vvas not in the drawing room, uud she dropped the (Hirtiere uud looked in to the library, n shy smile in her eyes, her huud iu readiness Her face fell at first, then she looked covertly amused. Where could belief The window wit, tlm deep chairs, were vacant Her eves broadened with growing surprise, then fell on his lint uud slick. She diopped the str Hern and walked In, laughing under her breath, but stmtle.l. The silence of the room was oppressive ; the air seemed to hold it breath. She leaned her hand on tho table ghostly fingers rising iu the ma hogany to delicately touch her own and slowly turned her heud, sweeping the room with a long searching glance. In mi hi slant her eyes encountered a pair of yellow soles glaring tim her from tho dusky corner. Mr. Wentworth heard her quick, indrawn breuth. It pierced his soul and stuck there, quivering like un arrow in a wound. lie heard her approach ; her Inxly, a dark sit Lunette against tho light, came suddenly into his line of vision, ami looking down as him, she said, in a voice hesitating ami tiemulous. "Mr Wentworth, I I believe ?" Tho prostrate Weutwoith saw against the glare of the window a small head, tlm outline blurred with ruflled filaments of feathery hair, a bare slender throat, a belt ed waist. The lady, peering down, saw a confused mass of recumbent gentleman, from the midst of which n dark face looked gloomily up uther. "Yes," he said, 'I urn Mr, Wentwoith." And then there was nothing more to say, and for a space they dumbly regarded each other iu dire silence, Mr. Wentworth glar ing upward from his tube and bondage, Miss Uiwry downward from the outer uir and freedom. It was horrible ! Miss Ijwry was trem bling toward hysterical laughter, but Mr. Wentworth was icily grave. He looked as if weighty matters engrossed his mind, so perfect were the Wentworth manners. It seemed insulting and clumsy to offer him ns pistance, he looked mi haughtily superior to his attitude. Something aUmt him seemed to suggest that the proper thing to do was to ignore the situation to stand there and talk to him easily, naturally, as if it were the most ordinary thing in life for gentle men to lie on their backs with their feet in the uir. Miss I) wry had a presentiment that if she olTered her guest assUtance or consolation he would answer with a cold, surprised stare, like the Scotchman who was told not to cut the fitulks of the aspara gus, '"You are very kind, but I always hit so : 1 prefer it." Mr. Wentworth meanwhile was very un happy. It was part of his creed to lie al ways cool, calm, master of the situation : moreover, he rarely took the initiative. Just now he felt that he could not make the first advances on this delicate subject The lady must notice it first ; she ought to ajM!ogje. And unyway what could lmsay ! "I look like a fool, don't I !' or something of thf kind. How could he say that to a gill he had never seen before ' It was too colloquial ; it was almost familiar. If it had been an old friend he might have been fun ny, have relieved the situation with an easy jest Hut us it was, the imputation of in sanity silenced his wit, and like the man iu the poem he didn't dare to be us funny nt he could. At the first oonmo she might all in the iioliee He had hit eyes fixed sternly on her n all this H tsheil through hit I mind, mid suddeulv diotmmg herevehds, she said, coiitntel), "I'm so oi ry." This was sufficient j "Pru) don't aKiIogijte," said Mr. Went worth from lus narrow cell, "I have uu fortunate!) met with an extiaordinary ac cident, I don't know what exactly , per hups vim do " His time was slight!) mean ing. "You have a letter introducing me ; you know I am neither an nuostfr nor a lunatic I brought you a parcel from Mrs. Vernay. It's on the table. I believe. 1 fame iu here to wait, and " Here he caught her dancing eyes, and broke olT sud- j denly. "What iu Heaven's name is this ' thing I'm in f" "The dumb-waiter," faintly. "The dumb-waiter ;" "Yes," she said, breathlessly, pinching the violets in her lielt. "This is the dining room really : we use it for a library Itecause the house is so small. And we make that into a sort of a seat ; it looks U tter. Hut it's nlwa)s Isdted on Isith sides. 1 supjsjse Kutie forgot it today. I'm so sorry. I hope our not hurt" She pause! every now and then, but kept her eyes on the violets. "I stipiiosH)ou've tried to get out :'' "Oh, )es, I've tried," cried the visitor, with a grim smile. "I can't stuiid it much longer. What cun I do f" "I might try to pull )ou out. I'm very -trong." It wu" too serious to be embarrassing now. Si desperate were the circumstances of Wentvioi th that he cast dignity to the winds. Thu "train on his arms was almost unbearable. "You might try," he said, eyeing the young girl doubtfully. "Where will I take you f" said she, all contrition and eagerness to help him, "Your hand '" and she grasped it. "No, no ; let go :" critd the guest, excit edly. "I'm holding by my hands." "Your foot, then her eves earnestly on his. He nodded, and she seized his ankle iu her cool little hands. "Now begin," she cried. "One, two, three ' They put forth all their strength. They set their teeth, and pulled and heaved. The lady dragged him by the foot till tho shoe, not to mention the member, was almost off. All was useless, and he sauk back, nervous and exhausted. Mist Low ry ad justed his shoe with delicate touches of her soft fin gers. "I'm not enough," she said, looking dis tressed aud anxious. "Two people, one on each fiot, would be better. Let me see. Oh, I know our housemaid ; she's Irish, and so strong. I'll cull her, if you don't mind." "Do," cried Wentworth, long past mind ing, and burning for freedom. Miss Iiowry ran out. He heard her call ing, at she hurried upstairs : "Katie, Ka tie, come here quickly ! I want you. Hur ry : hurry !" Then Katie came ponderously down the stairs. He heard them whispering iu the drawing-room, Miss Iowry's gentle, brook like murmur occasionally interrupted by an Irish guttural. The jiorticre was brushed open, and ho caught the young girl's cau tioning whisper : "Now please don't laugh. Lsik as if it was natural." The next instant they were beside him. The domestic, the one who had opened the door, had evidently been schooled. She avoided his eye. and wus silent. He thank ed Miss Ixwry for this thoughtfuluesa with a glance as eloquent as his position would permit. The young lady vvas practical und husiuess-Iike. "Tuke the gentleman's left foot, Katie," she said, "and when I give the word, pull." Katie hud a grip as firm and close as hand-cuffs around Ins ankle. The com mand was given, and they pulled. Miss Uiwry's gentle tugging was as vvuter un to wine compared to the sinewy might of Katie's iron biceps. Wentworth grouned aloud as he felt her backing furiously, like the captain iu a tug-of war, with his foot braced against her buxom waist. He had once seen Dore's picture of "The I,ust Judg ment," where devils were pulling sinners into the pit by their legs, which were stretch ed out like strained elastic, ami he felt that his own were undergoing a similar pmcess 1 of artificial elongation under Katie's heroic manner of treatment. He realized the feelings of the unfortunates stretched upon the bed of Procrustes, Punting, flushed aud discouraged, they desisted. Katie looked at her mistress for instructions ; the mistress looked worried uud at her wits' end Suddenly she cried, struck with a bright idea : "If you could only hold on till papa comes home. He may be hero at any moment. He could help )ou. (in, Kutie, uud see if he's coming. Hut, so different is the point of view of the sexes, that this suggestion, instead of cuu&iug a renewal of hope iu Mr. Went w orth's breast, was the blip to his cup of bitterness, Wuit for papa ! papa being a gentleman he had never seen, and who had probably never heard of him. He, lying in his fun nel, would have to keep silent aud hear Miss Lowry explain his appearance, hear papa question her, watch papa read his creden tials, probably look inside his hat to see if me imiiuis correspouueu who toe name on iiis card, staud uud stare curiously, suspi ciously down at him as a pestilential micro be under a microscoiie, while the daughter stood by aud with hat, letter aud curd tried to prove the guest neither luuutic, im poster nor burglar. No indeed ; he had reached tho limit of his endurance. Detter far let go and have his brains dashed out than en dure such ignominy, "I don't thiuk I'll wait any longer; I'll tuke the chances of letting go, lie said with heroic calm, und, even us he spoke, shut his eyes, opened his hands, uud (lashed down the shaft. There wus a shock, a crash, aud total darkness. Wentworth. from thinking ho vvas dead und an essence, found he was alive a,l .truralliiK for frt.-i lo,,.. HI. f..rt rtrm-k the vvtshlwork, which burst open 111 two , small ihmr, and he saw a luWe of light, ft 1 a warm flood of uir redolent of juicy meat browning over red coal, siw the glitt-r of clean crockery and the rich, smiMith gloss of , polished pewter and copper, ami, with tlm love of life and liberty utrong iimiii him, i began to writhe out feet find, through the aperture. He did not pause when, as he squeezed out, his coat was drawn up and rumpled, or even when his watch-chain caught on a lnilt and snapped ; but he did pause in pained surprise w hen, as he was carefully woiking his shoulder back and forth, he felt himself violently availed with a stiff, hard implement, which by tho un yielding nature of its blows he judged to be a poker, Each stroke was accompanied by a loud and angry voice, crying In tri umph ; "Aha, ye divil ! I've got yer. I heerd yer, I arrumed meself and laid in wait whin yer came cranin' out so sly and silent " It here occurred to Wentworth that his assail ant was evidently deaf, for, whatever else he might have done, there certainly had been noise enough about his descent to prove that it was not the soft and stealthy en trance of a burglar. "It's not i'll see yer burglarin' Miss Tina's little thtaps. I know yer, me foiuo feller. I've got yer now." The voice gro- louder, the blows hurder. Wentworth, whoe head was still iu the shaft, could hear Miss Iyiwry crying dis tractedly from above : "Oh, Norah' Justjowers! Norah.stop, stop ' Stop her, Katie, stop her 1 She'll hurt him. Norah" her voice rising to a shriek "stop, I tell you 1 The gentleman's a vis itor a friend of mine. Norah ! Katie ' Oh, mercy ! what shall I do ?" Wentworth, with these cries ringing in his ears, tore himself free and confronted the wielder of the poker a brawny, bare armed Irish woman. Her attitude w as war like fu the extreme, and it seemed to his excited fancy that she meditated a grapple. Driven to buy by this thought, he wrenched the poker out of her hand, Hung it across the room, and fled, shutting the door. He found a door opening on a flight of dark stairs, and groped his way up, patting dow n his hair and pulling his coat into posi tion. At the head of the flight he saw a figure against the light, as he had already seen it. The scent of violets was wafted toward him, and added the poignancy of memory to his present miseries. As he reached tho top she said, iu a subdued voice suggesting repressed tears : '"Oh, what can 1 say f Are you hurt i did that fiend hurt you f How horrible it's all been ' Come iu, do, please, and let me give you something. It is no use for me to apologize : there is nothing to say," He wiw she was deeply grieved, and no ticed, ut she turned, that she held hit stick, with which she was coming dow u to do but tie for him His heart melted as he saw this "Don't upolngue, I beseech you," he said gravely. "Theieisuo harm done." Hut ut he went to find hit hat she followed him, nun mining in pate contrition : "I don't know what to say. Oh, don't go ' Wait for papa. I'm so afraid you're hurt ' That fall must have bruised you dreadfully. Would )oii like, some col gne wiuie fond s hxtract '. If papa were here be would be able to do something for you.1 I hen, at Mr. Wentworth approached her, hat and stick iu hand, cold, dignified, calm, "Oh, please don't go' I can't forgive myself " "(iood-by," he said. I must go. It's late " He felt for his watch, and instead encoun tered the two pendulating ends of his brok en chain He "lipped them out of sight, and bowed his way to the door. "You will find the puree) on the table. ' He felt u pang ; he would never see the contents of that par cel. "Oood bye. I have enjoyed" he paus ed abruptly, then added, with much presence of mind "making your acquaintance very much." He pressed the small, cold hand she shyly otTered, ljwed with supeib dignity, and opened the door. On the steps he liowed again, turning for a last glance into the ten der, wistful eyes. The door closed, and Mr. Saltonstall Wentwoith's call was over. Three months later Miss Iwry and Mr. Wentworth very nearly had a quarrel. This wat the way of it : They were Isjth seated on the brow n leath er window-seat in the library, aud in the dusk Mist Iowry stole her fingers through Mr. Wentworth's arm and softly patted his hand. They had been silent, watching the twilight deepen and listening to the foot steps on that quiet cross-street dw indie aw ay toward the Avenue's subdued thunder; but now Miss Iwry said, suddenly : "Dearest, how would you like violets for the bouquet white violets, 1 ineun f" She felt Wentworth start, and knew that he looked curiously dow n at her head, which in truth rested in charming abandon uguinst hit shoulder. "Not ut all," ho answered ubruptly ; "I don't like them." "Not like violets i Why, lovey !" This vv us in u tone of gentle remonstrance, and in the dusk the young lady raised her eyebrows and (suited. Then, as Mr. Went worth made no response, she added, "Why don't you like them, Saltonstall f" Thus cornered, Saltonstall answered, with brilliant mendacity, "I don't like their per fume; it makes me ill." "Hut they're my favorite flower," insisted the adorable Tina, still displaying the pout ed lips of thwarted beauty. "Oh, I know that," he assented with much feeling; "the first time " She turned suddenly, and, pushing away from him, laid a soft hand on his lips. Hut their eyes met, full of mutual recollection, in that dim lovers' light, and outlmbbled their laughter in a duo long and loud. Uerftidine lionuer in Harper's WWUff. Poor Ijiillr lucompnilbilllr. The lawyer was sitting at Ins desk, ab sorbed in the preparation of a brief. So bent vvas he on his work that he did not hear the door as it was pushed gently open, nor see the curly head that was thrust into his office. A little sob attracted his notice, aud, turning, he saw a face that was streaked with recent tears. "Well, my little one, and what do you wnntf" "1 WHiit," and there was a resolute ring in her voice, "I want a divorce from my pupa a ml mama," Mfivlutnt Traveller. WUr "he U 'lis Agllnled. Fair passenger (to her traveling com panion) Do you know, Mr. Sampson, that 1 feel very nervous ? Mr. Sampson What makes you feel that way f Do you anticipate danger f Fair passenger (shyly) No, I don't an ticipate any danger, but we ure approach ing a tunnel, The fynn-h. A 43 r ii I Iutlucruirul. A St. Ixwis undertaker says that by dy ing now a man can save money, as the cost of a respectable interment vvas never as low Trtnj Times, According to a little Halthuore girl the interior of Africa "is principally used for purMises of exploration." Misfortunes are said to come iu pairs, but the first one surely came with uu apple. Huston (ittzette. There is one class of Americans that nev er miss trains. We refer to the defaulting cashiers. Ytmker Ultttemmtn. It it no use to fret about the inevitable ; but sometimes it helps one to pass away the time. Sinner vilte Journal. A Sioux City clergyman's prescription to young men who desire to get on in the woild is to mix brains with self denial." That's good doctrine for those who have the bruins to start with. Chlcaya Inter Iheitn Not Posted. Philadelphia!! (in St. Iuis) Will you kindly tell mo where I can get a drink of water I Pol ic em a 1 1 Mein freut, I hatl been only dree mouths on dis beat. IVtitmleljihia AVc url. Tho Farmers' Voice says ; "Don't kill the old lieu." The hoarding house Isiurder's voice echoes tho sentiment. IPnsiiionm L'rittc. t'jitjirrli (,rlL'ln.ite iu scrofuloiH taltlt Hood's Harsapurilla purities the blood, and thus perina uentely ciuvs catarrh There Issonn thing wroiigalmiit the woinuu w ho ooiiieutint'-s all her affections on a dog. Ilurltlrti' Arnica Huir' The liest salve tn the world for cuts, bruises, sores, uUfis, salt rheum, fever sores! tetter chil blains, chapped hands, corns, and ull skin eruje lions, aud Hislllvtl cures pile or no puyiequir ed. It is guaranteed to give jieiftt-t satisfaction or money refunded Price cents jt box. For suit by Henry A Chapin. The new combination of smartwitsl uud hella dotnia, us used in Caller's 1 tuck ache I'Uuters, has proved to Is one of the U.t lluit could Is made, iry tme of the plotters hi any case of weak or lain Isiek, Iswkache, rhetuuatkm, neundgla, HoretieM of the client and lungs, etc., and )ou will lie surprised uud pleased by the prompt relief. Iu li id ejiMHM uf i-lmtiiLi d fciieiMtbl it lihloter OVirl" the "'Jj rlir.tt.onir&kl; puut pilee&cU A7:ir i:nh.sn mmimms Ntorlr of Viiitlit-fs Who lliiinl lo Mrr AiMlbliig Ha to Wliftlr. Shakspeie makes Hamlet say : 'Ihrfft, Ihrlft. Horatio' the ruuernf baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the mar Huge table Hut a good New Kuglaiid woman did a "thriftier" thing than that. Her mother had a long sickness, mnl finally died of hi flammatory rheumatism, leaving several half used bottle of medicine, which lie camo a source of great concern to tlie daughter, for "it ought hot to bo wasted,' she said. She offered to sell it at a dis count to a neighbor, but finding it left on her hands she took it all herself for sore throat, colds, gastric trouble and whatever ailment Bho happened to have. The same woman once told two visitors whom she had invited to tea that she had been in a good deal of trouble that day to calculate upon just how mativ biscuits to make for tho meal. She always knew about her own family ; she "allovved one apiece, uud an extra one iu case of lieing extra hungry ;' but where two now per sons were concerned, whoso npptdites and habits were of an unknown quantity, she was iu such a state of mind that she was "fairly upsot ;" and at the table she watch ed w ith keen eye to see what was to la? the fate of tho one "extra" biscuit, which was nil she could bring herself to provide beyond the regular "extra" of the fumil) A certain New Kngland family will nev er forget their inward amusement at the remark of a "near " woman (as penurious ness and close calculation are phrased), who had come to see them in the beginning of her annual round of visiting to "save her board." She remarked at the dinner table that the food "tasted good," fur she had been keeping herself "short" in expecta tion of shutting up her house. She had been brought up iu such a fiiuall, narrow way that she "could tell to a pin"' every article she had with her. When a little girl she had been sent from home to school, and boarded with her Aunt Ksther, having for room mate a little girl named Hannah. At the close of the ten weeks term, when getting her things together, she went to her relative with these words "Aunt Esther, I wouldn't do such a thing as to say that Hannah would steal, but when I came here I had seven needles ami four rows of pins. Now Aunt Ksther, five pins are gone ami there is one of the need les which I can't find. Hannah must have taken them." Once when she was going avvav for two or three days she offered a neighbor the morning s tea groumts to steep over, and, to nave it, ti pumpkin pie, which she w us ufruid wouldn't keep till she got home. Hut she returned sooner than she expected, and went over and said if the pie had not been eaten she would take it back. 11 uir tint he. A llt'iitrr' Protest, Until the fall snow ? carpet the ground and render "still-hunting" practicable it it not uncommon for hunters to patrol the watercouses at night iu the hope of Mir prising someone of the deer tribe in or near the vvuter. He who is to do the shooting sits in the Ikjw, while the stem it occupied by the paddier, who mqiels the canoe in a manner that is absolutely noiseless The many sounds which at night characten.e the woods on the confines of civili.atiou are wanting in the forests of the wilder ness. In the absence of wind the silence is that of death itself like the Kgv ptian darkness, it seems us though it could uctu ally be felt. And so the canoe steals slow lv on, as silent us the shadow of a cloud, Its occupauts, their nerves at the highest ten sion, straining their ears to detect at the earliest possible moment the pi esence of the game they seek. Suddenly, without the slightest warning, the death-like silence is broken by a sound, as though the guardian angel of the deer tribe had hurled a stone alsjut two feet iu diameter into the water iu the immediate vicinity of the canoe. It is the protest of the beaver against tho in vasiou of its domain. I had heard this sound many timet, and its cause had been explained to mo us often. Still, though long experience had taught me implicit con fidence in my companion and mentor, I could yield him iu tint but a half hearted faith. It seemed incredible that an animal less than three feet long could make a noise the size of a two-story house. Hut one moonlight night we stole on u beaver swim ining iu a narrow stream. Not till the stem of the canoe was within five feet of it did it detect our pretence. Then down went its head, and rounding up its back, it struck a violent blow upon the water with its tail, aud vanished. I was liberally showered and thoroughly convinced at one and tho same moment. When excited or alarmed, a beaver will sometimes continue this performance, easily audible for half u mile or more, at half-minute intervals, for ten consecutive minutes, Harper' Maya zine. The lliourlio Hot Tbrrr. An Ausouia, Conn., man was recently beguiled into trying the speed of un un know n mustang on the Derby driving park. The animal vvas brought with a blanket and halter in place of saddle aud bridle. All being in readiness, he rode up the truck aud down under the wire on an easy can ter, with a sort of see-me-ride look on his placid features. The crowd shouted "Go and ut that moment n change came over that pouy. He straightened out and com menced to fly. Ihe rider was attonished, but thought he would quiet down before the quarter vvas reached. Hut the pony continued to go, and when he rounded the upper corner the rider dropped the halter and seized the mane, clinging on for dear life. The halt was made in 1:10, and at he passed the stand, cheered for his fine work, an agonized-looking fnco wus turned toward its occupants, uml a faint cry of "Help" vvas heard. Up tho back stretch flew the pony, the cry of "Stop him! Stop hint '" sounded by tho rider only increasing his speed. On the upper turn it seemed us if the rider would lie unhorsed, but his anus clasped around the pony's neck held bun fast. As he reached the home stretch it was only a question of durability of the muscles of the rider's anus whether he would pass under the wire with the tony or not. It was a fearful tension, as the power to hold on by tho lower limbs was gone, and the rider's body was strung out ut each jump, acting us a whip to the po ny, who came like a whirlwind under the wire, making the mile in 2:15, and the hist quarter in HO seconds. The rider's friends stopped the pony. The Hny's record was low ered !J0 seconds. .llurriuge u a ,ere Hcstorcr An amusing story, says the Yonkers Statesman, is told by a government ollicer who was instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to remove the buoy iu the bay near the summer cottage of Miss Kliabeth Stuart Phelps, the well known author, be cause it made her nervous. MUs Phelps und a ladv companion were so nervous that they could not endure the noise ot the buoy. The author of "(lutes Ajar" was unablo to liear the slightest jar upon her system until Itev. Mr. Ward's yucht anchoreil neur her house. Then she became so much im proved that not even the splashing of the water about the yacht or tho heavy tread of the young divine over the nnttiug cov ered floors affected her unpleasantly. Since her marriage Mrs, Ward is much better, and the ollicer who had to remove ,tho buoy has put it back with the nssur unco that next summer he will have no or ders to disturb it He prescribes matri uiony for ull maiden ladies who have nerves sorely annoyed by buoys, even though they are nearer to the shore than half u mile Miss Phelps boycotted the buoy but not the boy. And now the Iwycott has been re moved. Marriage is a great reformer Tliu ltullou Ciimrrii l'erhups the most successful uud lligeii ious concealed camera is one arranged to be suspended from the neck, behind the vest, having the. miniature leus projected through a button hole iu the vest, ami constructed so us to match tho other buttons. The sen sitive plate is circular in form, held in u round, thin, light metal case. Alter un ex 1 jKisure is made the plate is readily rotated forward until a new section is brought be hind the leus, A convenient cord depends , behind the vest from the releasing median ism of the shutter. In taking a picture it is only necessary to wulk up to within a few feet of the object, then to ipiickly pull j the string ; a slight sound or click at once apprises the operator that tho picture is I taken, Six negatives may bu made on one plate, the size uf each I wing uhout one uud a half Inches square. From these, enlarged pictures ure easily made. In (Isnuany this camera Is stylwd tho button cumvrn It is iKH'oming very oputar thvro, especially with artists and military oHieiuls, und it is reHrted that as many as thrve hundred ure now curried by the IttissUu police Harper Mayazlne.