Bloomington Progress, Volume 23, Number 29, Bloomington, Monroe County, 11 September 1889 — Page 4

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Mac; Ood'ewmt-'-But Uavon sav tMT lit Ultakol MB K'r lis eood-.' DntoSST 1 But it i. tin And all ita t ttorotHse. Iurm it Tetaniano,te, try TOiiaialaarl S&TBf tte tsfiirar. -- y BY DAYID -OWRT, yCURR VI. It wav not weakness, although Sobmm ttaiel Mued nrtetn r twenty adnata in tAjtApood, awing Irvt, and waa almost y itaaatod. Bar any -read that made aim VMM.- 1m tmlmA V.W. a ntiiU - ii nan W was pa-wetles to balp the hundreds of auo t beings threatened with the moat awrtibee ox dsauaa. Ba waa aistranght with horror one S30-sae-t. It waa only irhan he looked down and taw (hat ho waa clasping and un ela&ii bis hand avrposaty that bo revised ua eonotttOB. "Am at all nin nail? 1w Kfifc-Arl m uaoaeax hiat. The man ahi red, and - lama aareaad aside. Caa nothing La done? i there ao one he caJMjnr to Bare soma of tkoae peoer J fce Bo way to gat at thorn? rhoeepaopla i shore there, there! see the people in the boats. Why in the aame-of heaven do the; not go to their aiar f . Them ton saaa, tig, nnaembv ata whose coat, vest and ahnt waa off. slowly iwpaed, Ifw sav onrsehraa w may taana- sT miBow; for thCtat time Soman suddenly aaaUsad that J-att the men sad women uioand him ha& lost the greater part of totnmg, .e-m aoma wan aanoai Ha looked wondering! at hu t a. aathM of etothjmg an. niUiL .7 Half the pefopla in the water awn daludod by tfar loree of the en set and nolent c(-t with floating debris. floaaoacs tookad closely at tha people in the atti A. There waa not a taca there ha Where were all the people, who were aroamd him half an hoax ago? Aa Somen asked himself this qaest:on, a womaa pointed to log that was borne swiftly past, serosa which an old man was lying. Half cf his body oat of Tater, his arma were sxtoa lying hell 4easiy on the log, aad his bead rose and tell on the water's gutfase- His hair waa white; his eyes wan closed, seemingly in death. Half a dozen uttered his name. Evidently he was well knerrs. Then another did mas came in view, holding two children. Beside him was a woman, who waa atvaining to bar breast a babe. Tha people in the attic max. mured the name of these as they were whirled on to death. Next came Somen aaaatedit waa his intimate friend, the gwoatsmanl He aa? Somen, waved a hand wildly, aad disappeared, sinking ' ia the naod as a great tree rolled fast. He waa borne under by some of its Here and then s man, boy, or woman coold be seen in a lat or skiff. Some of thee l, erased by fsar or the Ions of their fam4y, ware unable to control the frail eraft, aad. indeed, it would have nquawd a brave heart, a cool head, and a ana said steady head and eye to render serviee in the straits to which they wote tae- monntahi sides ia boaia were extendinn helpins Bat out ia the middle of the roaring V!HwauBBiHBTamHuia nudredewem ushered into eternity know, sag, seeing the fate that awaited 'them. At. that mat sut gamers felt a tremor. The house a seeto of people wen htsd'dled in ia fancied security began to nek. Umevad. A mighty raft of debris was pressing against k. "We are going." "We shall all be burn like ttwothera," a woman moaned. "Hen ia one who will not," said the big . axasealarmaa beside Somen. Hoiaaang into the ftoed as he spoke, resolved to diown rather tbaa be burned. He swam ' boldly for a few feet, a gnat tog struck hem, sad he too disappeared from view. "Hen is another," said a tall man whee.eoat was buttoned tightly. Apiatol sIk rang utk air and Vfall en the Bcaaen felt the instinct of self.ppiservarion as strong at that moment as be had ever experienced it. He leaped into !ae water anth seised a large beam that promised relief temporarily, at least., hfie the house he left was swept suddenly ami with inresistible force down the stmant, where tha surging waters rsmorasr wsly ground it to r'tocee, and all when Bad upon it for safety. Soawbody was shouting frantically Dear at hand. Somen thought be heard bis asms He looked toward the shore. There was a man beckamng to Mm. The man stood spins flat. He had a large piece of broken board which he need as a peddle Then was -aot moek current "Juaaa, Men' Jump into do water, fe'4e Ietwd'asake jum& an'l'U am yo'. fiat tiadmll caarr oa 'way. lampr Seaaen reaBsed tana muen bjmself. But then was so much between him aad lha man iu the fiat that the ease seemed hopeless, Finally ha left the beam, and ease more was swimming battling for Ufa. A piece of scantling whirling ia the water struck him on the aide. He : out aM.saeafatn i felt Ua stmnxth leaving him. Human endurance eoald stand no mess the limit was reached; throwing ap ais hands, he sank once more. He rose agate, and a powerful hand grasped his wrist. j vegot nota .gas a Bomers. Jiasy Bow, fnaa Mule' -don't you Then Somen felt himself pulled slowly interne flat, where be fell powerless to utter bis thaks to his savior. "IoenF yo know me, Man BomenT Welti Wbea we git ashom yoU come to yo'seiC I'm Bi 3 HarsaSqnin lepsoa'smon. Somen looked at him belpleasly. When be reeevered bis breath, bo sat up. Bi's strong hands soon put the end of ike Sat aaainst a house half coveted with water. "Dat; jump in dar diss's a shed roof haekdar. You kin step right off 'a de reef to de groan'. Den's whole let o' people dar; mos likoly deyll know yea," "Wperom the Squwe aad Mrs. Jep"Desm ask me I did see da Squire safe de water den he got in agio. I know none of us knows what we BOW can't think -r-head's aaoa' i time to sit. even. 1'se triad I sew you, Mars IKosaers. Is is why don'tyougitiBdar?'' Aad then 81, whose wits reminded blpi it was best not to speak of the bride at that time, suddenly pat abend up. Ihere were teen then bow. Be, too, stopped oat of the flat.. He bad helped seevee of people, lot he bad performed the last act of Liadnass that was ia his power. JTo mnn could guido a eraft a mem oat longer in those waten. When Bonams sprang from the roof of the shed on the sloping mountain-aide to the around he sew nnmhera of people hurrying hither and thither. All wen so beer harping aach otliercarryhag ebildrea fad heipiagtne wounded saad up

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Itaa-waito fit Harkaas nailed his coat 05 and banded it to him, saving, "To pat dat on, Mara Somen; 't will do some good till yo' an' clothe b somewliar. An' 6 may keep yo from eatchin' death. Dat's it. Bataoa it. JDarl Now you're fixed till joa get among men folks, an "where is did you see" Mr. or Mrs. Broadhnrst, 817 "Mr. Broadhnrst, he's all right, I reckon. Mrs. Breedhtn-at an' da preacher, day' both ap- on da bill somewhere. uee more along - "Are all the others aoce?" "Doan", for Gawd 'a sake, apeak no ano, Mara Soman t can't stan' it." Then Si Harkesa broke don eo - and sobbed like a atuld, while stood looking at ktun with dry eyes. "Doan look at me. Mara Somen: oan't bear It. Tow- .ayes scorch me. Go Ions aaiek: vet avions- men folks. Bar, now! We .can't no Rood huycr. Mots along, haany:;coms!" Then Soraere f lt himself aroed along by Si. wb held h J arm tightly. As ha hurriadL on. 8i mtvierad: "Wae'ndrownin'Jwns'nburniii'! Iooka lian ho gwtne cltan crasy! vraiteb vri. ox xaa mocjttain smm Somen sabmUttd to tha nisgro without speakine. Be wis nlunaed in thontlht. After ail, waa it 'TOrth while to Iito? It were beat to die. Why did ha not die wnnna wuer "Mister Jertold. dis is Man Somen.' Soman looked ap to meet the look of a middle-aged man jm remembered having me aomewnere. jar, Jerroia s eyes were in named with wuepug; his face waa grimy. He cast a penetrating glance upon Somen, and the words that were shaped in his milid wen unnttered. In stead, he took Soman by the hand, sayCome this war. and wo will trr to set aoma clothes for jon. There's everything gofaqrjo waste; it will keep you from tak. Directly Mr. Jeirold stood with Somen m a group ox meo,.seTeni or wnom wen wearfiig shawls ad women's clothes, freshly dbnned, evidently. Somen waa handed a pair f cast-off tronsen or cnwraBta aad a ftannel shirt. He put taasa on mechanLoally; meanwhile Mr. Jorrold obaerred him intently. ion oognt to Hare something on your Somen looked at bis right hand. Then waa a deep cut in it, and tha blood was sowing freely. Until now ho bad not noticed it, "Aad your head that is an ugly gash." Somen put his band to Bis nead. There was a great lump on the side of his head; blood trickled from it. "It dees not matter," he said, Mr. Xerrold called another man to him. "Heavens! Somen I An yon hurt much?" It was Enoch Bi-oadhurst spoke. Somen aheek bis head. "Come this way," said Broadhnrst. 1 aan't give yea much time I mast help the Fofdyass. over then. Hen!" He seised a common watenail that was placed under a rude bench that hod been lifted ont of the water, and set on the mountain stue, xnere was a small earthen pitcher ou the bench. "Swallow thaCaWdroAdhunt, handnaiin4!rffcber he diooed into the ! -rpaiL Then was a gill of whisky in the pttener. Homers duLnot know what the pitcher eontainel nntfif it was at his moath. Then he hsd gulped so much of it down that it burned his throat. "Harkesa imd you, Jerrold keep an eye on him until I return." Then Broslhar8t hastened down toe house in which several people wen moving about, while others on the mountain aide placed board i ap to the windows for the occupants of the house to escape. This was the work Enoch Broadhnrst assisted in. When the last member of the family was gotten oat not without considerable peril to those who aided them Broadhant retained to Jertold and SomIt was plaia that Mr. Jerrold and Broadhant wen concerned about Somers, wheleoksdoatonthe wasteof waten now like a man in a dream. A woman, distraught with grief, passed them at that moment, bearing the dead body of a child in her amis. Behind her came a little gir), and next the girl walked a man earrymga lame boy. The boy waa deformed, bat his expression was angelic. The father was crying. The boy waa trying to comfort his father. . It mo dewtt now, papa," he' said when they came opposite Somen. "I want to rest, X am thud- and yoa can rest too." The man laid him down gently on the ground. Then Somen saw that the boy's arm bang Bnrp. He tried to sneak to his father once, twice a gurgling sound issued fom his throat, then a torrent of Hood flowed forth. . Then was a single gatp, then the boy lay motionless. His life went out in that gasp. The father clinched his hands and tamed bis eyes heavenward with a frightful imprecation. Somen knelt beside the boy, placed a band on his heart and stroked his beautiful head . Then a gush of teas blinded him. He felt for the as though his hand rested on Aer He lifted the dead boy. the father made no sign, and Semen, who, ten minutes before was ao weak that he staggered, now felt strong enough to bear the boy further npthe mountain side. ' whan Enooh Broadhant sought him, he found him striving to comfort the distracted mother. Mr, Jerrold was compelled to tarn aside. "Tea have lost some one, too," said Somen to Jen old. . "God help us all yes. . The apple of my eye my only solace in the world has go no. My daughter aad her babe the babe that was ray pride. Swept away before Leonid reach them anil me lookreached out a hand. Jerrold clasped it eonynlsivsly, and they wept together. Enoch Broadhuret called to Jerrold loudly at that moment, waving a hand to a poiut below him. Jen-old walked toward him, and Somen, after casting another nek back at the group on the rook around the dead boy, followed Jerrold. Mr. BroedAunt waa bending oyer the body of a man. He had turned the face of the dead man upward. When Jerrold approached, Broadhunt straightened himself and irattod for Jerrold to speak. Si Harkesa came forward at the same time. "Foot Mr. Kutledge!" exclaimed Jerrold. ' "Yes," said Harkees with a shudder, "dat's Man Butledge. He done killed. Seebebead." "I do not And any papers about him nothing so far by which to identify him," said Enoch Broadhunt. "Dat's Man Butledge, Man Broadhus' taint no one else," said Si Harkees. "I thought so, but it is possible to make a mistake," "I know H is Mr. Butledge," said Jerrold. "See, then is the broken tooth yoa have noticed.'' 'I did not observe that," said Brottdhurst; "I am almost sure it is Butledge. That was why I called you. We must have the body removed speedily. He was bending over tha body again"What is this?" ha exclaimed. "There has been murder ben." He bared the dead man' breast, and they beheld a bullet-hole. "I cannot understand this I fear there him been foul play, This must be looked into." "Do you think he would shoot himself?" Somen asked. He was alert again; the ferer had left his eyes. His actions, wards sad looks wen those of a rational man. "Why do you ask that?" "Because I saw a man shoot himself a little while ago. He was resolved be should not be burned to death." "Thetis utterly unlike Butledge. He would have died at the stake if it was necessary. How do you feel now?" He looked nana wly at Somen. "Yery tired tint I can help some yet." "Well, ia that ease, then is plenty for as ell to do who an alive. Then are people down then who do not know what they are doing. Unless they an talked to, eoatpelled to mcve the water's edge, they will be drowned, and God know eaougb have been lest" It was nightfall before Somen and his companion cussed their work. Then the reaction was to gnat that he was overcome with abiep Ave minutes after he est down on the mountain side. Jerrold sat near him, but then was no sleep for Teat Jerrold that night. Then ware thousands of others fu the

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jm Jerrold, .ao were, like Tom Jerroldi' tlufcsu. .vivors or fami lies that were dtroid by the South ors iiem. - . l tm nnvTHRvnut Tidtegs of the overwhelming calamity traveled ;tasU The telegraph wires flashed it half- way across the continent that ie first to nceive the news were the viewsgatheren in Pittsburgh. The calamity new in volume then until the writers on the press, the printers, and pressmen wen wearied, f sgged ont, pre paring ine details lor weir renders. The bulletins startled the workers who passed the newspaper offloes. By the time the business world bad its oves open, thousands wen looking on the Allegheny, which was running bank ihtll. uviaeuces or rum wen aounaant at at wn It was not until the morning was well ad vanced, however, thai the surface of the river became thickly covered with all manner Of debris. Then the hbusest barns, shops, and lumber all the floating m&tterswept away by the flood be low the bridge at Johnstown Was bbrafc past the city at the head of the Ohio The tidings of tha disaster were borno up the Allegheny Valley again by the trainmen, by the morning newspapers, by hundreds of worktogmen. By the time the debris had reached from shore to shore, hundreds of eves in every town ana h (unlet in the Allegheny V alley were scanning the waten. Then were courageous men ready and anxious to suocor victims ef the flood. They sat in skiffs, looking out over the river. Hen anil there, when large masses of the wreck wen collected into rafts, boats pushed out at great risk to the occupants; who examined the debris, and satisfied themselveii that no human being was fastened between the interlaced frag ments or uuiDer ana lumoer. At Verona, seven miles from Pitts burgh, a litrge crowd of worldnamen wen gathered together, encouraging those who had skiffs to go out. One ke&n.eyed man, looking over the broad expanse of water, directed attention to a cradle far out in the river. Instantly all. eyes were fixed upon the object, and tie occupant of a skiff urged to make his way to it. This mi.n did not require urging. The drift was very thick. It required no little lnbor and ingenuity to row a skiff across the current that was bearing a mass of debris on raTd. The occupant of the skiff proved equal to the task he set himself. He made his way oarefuUy to the cradle, which was now almost abreast of the crowd assembled on the bank of the river. At this juncture speculation was rife among the lookers-on. What if there should be a child in the cradle, one ventured to say. Then was a movement among the crowd. One positive man reminded the nan who made the remark that that drift had floated from fifty to seventy miles. Another eoually oositive said: "That stuff comes all the way from Johnstown. It aint likely that any one will oome down this far alive." "If there is anything in that cradlejf 5-4ead?-- ' - "Why." said another, "think of the aw ful weather. Do you think a ohild could live tlirouah the night in that river the air would chill a stout man." The man who thonarht a child might be found in the cradle meanwhile held his peace. The absurdity of the Idea grew on him, too, as he looked at the rushing water. The man in the skiff was now very near the object of all this solicitude. Those on shore could see him moving through the dnrt with rare aeiioo ration, xney observed him restinu on his oars one minute as he looked over his shoulden. Then he pushed forward, rowing rapidly until the boat touched the drift that sus tained the cradle. When the skiff seemed to be wedged into the drift, the occupant stood up suddenly. The people on shora could sea him bending over the cradle could see him 1 if tine something, but whether betook it out of the cradle or from the debris beside it no one could be sun. They beheld him moving around ins peculiar manner. Then h sat down and began to row shoreward. Now it was apparent that there was somethins in or near the cradle. The owner of the skiff wns bringing the cradle to the shore with him.' "What is he doing? If there's anything in the cradle, why don't he bring it ashore and let tha cradle go?" "If then waa a live baby in that cradle I wouldn't give a pin for its chances. A stick or iog will nit it, and over it will go mark my words. Jack Alward ought to have mora sense." "Never you mind Jack; he knows what he is doing." "Ill bet he'll never bring that cradle in." "TouH see now. He has tied it to the skiff." The interest in the cradle was now very gnat. Some-women who were standing apart approached the man eagerly. One asked, Can you see what Mr. Alward is doing? is there anything in the cradle, do yon think?" "I think," said one man,-dryly, "Jack Alward is bound to have that cradle after rowing out there to see what was in it as if anything living could be in it now, no matter what might have been then last night." "Yes," said another with a laugh, "Jack's going to save himself the expense of buying a cradle. "Look, look!" one of the women exclaimed. "I saw a baby's bands in the ikiff." The men laughed scornfully. The woman persisted. "I know there's a baby in the skiff," "She is right," satd a man, "I saw a baby's hand just now. Seel There's two hands." "Pooh! If there's anything in the skiff it's a dog. Jack is very fond of dogs. You sew a dog's tail wagging, or a dog's can. "I tell you it was iv baby's hands," said the other angrily. "I guess my eyesight's good." By this time a gnat crowd had gathered at the river edge. Jack Alward's errand created all manner of speculation. Then wen quirkfi and jokes at the expense of the man and woman who declared they beheld a baby's hands in the skiff. One solitary individual, standing apait, ? lulled a spy-glass out of bis pocket and ooked steadily at the skiff which wss forced down far below the ciowd now by the current, in spit of all that Jack Alward could do to ef.'eot a landing higher up. This man calmly passed tiis glass to another, and the seoond man who looked through the glass shouted that he beheld a babe's hands held up plainly. Then the crowd nin pell-mull down the river bank. Every man there wanted to be first at the edgef the ri7er when Jack Alward pulled his skiff to the shore. Jaok rowed deliberately to the shore; long before his skiff touched the shore his friends shouted to him: "What have you got there?" "Is it really a child?" Jack vouchsafed so reply. Then was no need. Hundreds beheld child's hands moving in the boat. Then a shout went up. Some one proposed a cheer for Jack Alward. It was given with a will, and just then he stepped. aehore, carrying a babe in his arms. TBI crowd impeded his steps. Everybody wanted to see the babe that survived the awful flood. Women cried tean of joy. and laughed as they wiped their cheeks. "Let's carry it in its cradle, Jack," said a friend. "It's mine, boys; I found it. It's mine to keep!" "To oe sure it is. But let us carry it up to your house in the cradle, Jack. This is the second Moses." ' "Yes, let us pat Mosei No. S back in the cradle, Jack." "Agreed!" said Jack. Then the cradle was plsoed on the ground, "Moses No. 2" was placed in it again, and a merry procession escorted the babe to Je? Alward's door. In less than an hour every man, woman, and child in the town had the satisfaction of looking upon the babe that Jack Alward rescued from the river. CHAPTER IX. vox rsiBtm' nsia. Somen slept soundly for hocn, He dreamed.

He tliougUt he was traveling in strangs ouu try. Of all the people he en countered io his journeys not one knew him. He journeyed by water. The scenery was lovely, the air balmy everywherattieriiWfts life and jay. it seemed (i perpe'taa! holiday; All the world wat journeying It seemed the most natural thing in th world of his dreams. He fonn 1 himself unexpectedly in vast buildiog. It was like one of those huge hoveln seen on the seashore. There was muiie everywhere. Young and old wen IhUflhing, talking, enjoying the mnsio, and looking on various games Then van u vast ball-room and in tuif the danri . were without number. Botneis danced too. He could se from wlieri: he was dancing a vast sheet of waten which until now escaped his at tention. 'J 'his water was placid as the bosom ol a lake; Suddt hi)' It scene of peril caused Som; en to g j tiatue balcony near at hand. He lean ed irat over it, end as he looked an aWfttl souticl filled the air. The people around Ida were wholly unaware of theit peril, but i"; was plain to Somers that the great bt Ud ing would topple and plunge over a y,at r fall greater than Niagara. He di 1 not cry out; be gave no warning sound. Ho simply availed himself oi the chance to leap out ou the bosom ol the lak ), trusting to chance to enabk him to escape the fate of those he left behind Itim. He leaped out of the house and a'voke. The loar of the waterfall was in hia ears. He sai up. Tom Jerrold was walking back a id forth on the mountain tide clasplnf-and unclasping his bands. Some: was on his foet presently. Seeing liim up, Jerrold spoke to hiar: "What is it, mm? Best lie down again. You can do no good. No one can help now," They wen in a dent in the mountain aide. (Standing or lying there, it was impossible tor any one to witness the horrors tr aspiring at the -railway bridge. Jerrold wss resolved that Somen should not see them, lest he should conclude, at so man f others did, that nil they loved were imprisoned in the debris and slowly burning. "Where is Mr. Broadhnrst and Harkes?" "I'm iiyur, Man' Somers right 'long side yoiu "lie i own again," said Jerrold, "Why don't you lie down?" "I did, but I could not sleep."

xou nave exnaustea yourseir. xon are ha:4. You need rest. Lie down again. If you are needed I will woke you. Thus counseled, bomers lay down again. "Where did this heavy cost come from? And this what is it?" "It is a piece of tarpaulin. It will keep you wsim." to be coNraroBD. ioA Billings' Philosophy. ; It w our duty tew pray for them who wile and persekuts us, but i don't fcno as we are obHged tew lot them knoit. Just sxackly az a man crows pure, ne grove numpift--J3o"J ess we kno the more wti suspi A grate mind fcaz no room for suspi cion. Extrnnms meet; tho -very wisest are of te. n seen to do the most phoolish things. It iz hard tew quit play while we are winninj;. It iz just bo ia morals; men seldum undertake tew git religion as long az they can git ensy thing else. The man who never nold a lie iz a well-br d man, i don't cs.re if he sprung from a .lunghill. Tharnizno better evidence ov wisdum tl an tew beleave what wo kaut undersland. Trow courage iz az gentle az a pet lamb. "Whe:i we are young, we change bur opinyuits too often. When we are old, too Beli '.iun. Thai e ain't no people in this world who makes so menny blunders az thoze rho don't beleave "that enny good thing ever came out ov Nazareth." We l.w all ov our bad luck tew stim boddy i use, but our suooe&sea we giv ourself kredit for. One jv the most difficult things for old persons tew forgit, imd at the same time tli e most neoeasarj, iz that they are no longer young. Seek and lay iz like a aekond ease ov meaeleii the paehunt alwus haz it light. Men in luy alwus akt like phools or lnnatiks, according tew the amount ov their b.ranes. It iz better tew be stubborn than weak. Thai e iz no more degrading servitude in this life than tew be obliged tew flatter another. Mosl men would rather be ritch than wize. New York Weekly. Current Superstitions. At a funeral, entering a ohnroh -before the mourners means death to some of the entering party. " If the grave is left open over Sunday another death will occur before the Sands r following. If rain falls into an open grave another T atrial in the same cemetery will occur ifithin three days. To keep the corpse in the house over Sunday will bring death in the family before the year is out. If ar.y one comes to a funeral after the priicession starts another death will occur in the same house. It is unlucky to pass through a funeral, either between the carriages or the fib is of mourners on foot. In Switzerland, it a grave is left ope a over Sunday, it is said that within four weeks one of the village will die. To put on the bonnet or hat of one in mourning is the sign that yoa will wear one before the year is out. Whim a woman who has been sewing puts her thimble on the table as she site dewn to eat, it is a sign that she will bit left a widow if she marries. If, during sickness, a pair of shears be dropped in such a manner that the point titicks into the floor, it indicates the de ath of the sick person. A c ommon saying in England is, "Hapi y is the corpse the rain falls on." This belief exists also in the United State. Thus it is said that if Wm falls at the time of the funeral it ia a sign tliat the dead has gone to heaven. Curious Historical Facts, During the troubles in the reign of Charing I., a country girl came to London in eearoh of a place as a servant maid, but not succeeding, she hir.ad hersel f to carry out beer from a warehouse, and was one of those called tubwomen. The brewer observing a goodlooking girl in this low occupation, took lier into his family as a servant, and afterward married her. He died while she was yet a young woman, and left hr the bulk of his fortune. The widow being in need of legal advice, a certain Mr. Hyde was recommended to her as a skillful laywer, to arrange her husband's affairs. Hyde, who was afterward Earl of Clarendon, finding the Wdow's fortune considerable, married iter. By this marriage there wss no other issue than a daughter, who was ai.'fcerward wifo of James IX, anl mothc r of Mary and Anna, Queens of England. What Kept Him. Irale mamma Goodness me! It's half a: l hour since I sent yon around to the at ore to get those things, and hore yon are back without them. Lit lie Pick It was snob along time before my turn came to bo waited on that 1 forgot what it was you wanted. "Then why didn't you come home and find out?" "I was afraid if I left I'd lose my turn." ett York Weekly. A i abis paper devotes n corner to "first class deaths." Will there be any firgjhilass resurrections, wa wonder.

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NLES8 ma riage is made -in heaven and I blessed of God) 'unless there isj love-and byj love I mean not an explo-i sion, but a growth; not passion; b u endurt n g i friendship .nd faitli unless; there is mutual willing-i nnss to War and forbear, and iln abiding trust founded orj an understanding of each other's faults as well art rtns. mai-riae-e is the direst cured that can befall a woman. Let us fit bur daughters, as we do our sona to be self-reliant and self-sup porting; let it be an understood thing that a girl ia not to he a parlor? boarder in her home, a parader in Vanity Fair, useless as thistle down, helpless and idle as a peacock, and there will be fewer crushed hearts and wast-i od lives from ill-assorted marriages. If; I were rich as Vanderbilt and blue; blooded as a prince of the Orangq stock my daughters should follow a profession or learn a trade, and; thus be fitted to take an -active; rather than a passive part in life. Dq you ever ask for an explanation of tho difference as to wrinkles, bent sboulj ders and hollow eyes in men and women of the same age? A man at 44 is little more than a boy grown tall. His physical powers are at their benti his nerves unshaken. A woman at thd same age is often a wreck; And why ? Did you ever think of how many things the wife has to think of and plan foi.' iu domestic life, while her husband's mind is centered only upon one ? Whs.( man goes to his counting-house or desk and bends over his accounts with visions dancing before him of how his! last year's trousers can be dyed, and turned, and cut over to fit the requirements of this season's fashion? What man is called upon to solve the problem of what in Egypt to get to eat three times a day for Boo days in a mortal year? Whatman baa to keep trotting up and down stairs to answer calls and nurse cross babies, and direct green girls, and find lost balls, until his back and his legs "go "queer," and he covers his face with his coat-tail and weeps aloud? The average man goes out into this world and Chooses his life as men pick ripe peaches off a tree all sunned and sweetened .to the taste, with a flavor that never: palls, but endures with infinite gusto to the end. The average woman takes her life canned and labeled to order, ike the same fruit prepared without ezSrdio individual taste or selection. Destiny ctfii BP the job and shelved it; all there is leftTfcfher to do is to adapt herself to the inevitable, and not yearn any more than she can help after the unattainable. Blessed be the girls whom- wise parents am$ a beneficent providence have put inthe way of choosing their own peachesfrom out the orchard where they ripen aild redden in the sun, rather than accenting them in a tin can with a trade mark cover from the wholesale stock of undiscriminating "destiny." Such Good Friend. Two ladies met in one of our fashionable dry goods stores theotherday and cat down to have a fashionable chat. One of the ladies in the course of conversation said: "I saw Mr. Blank when I was home last month, and he inquired very particularly after you." "Did he ? How strange that he should remember me. I haven't seen him since I was married." "So he told me. He said it was twenty-five years since he had seen you." ; "Dear, dear. Is it possible it is so long as that?" 1 "Yes. And he said he would go a Jong way just to look at you again. ; "Did he? How nice of him. And iwhat did you say?" j "Oh, I told him you were not as well worth looking at now as you were twenty-five years ago. It's true, isn't it, dear?" "Yes, love," said the other woman, sweetly. "Do you know you remind me of Tennyson?" "How so?" asked the friend, with a plesed expression. "Why, you knov here he says it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all Do von see the application? Good morning, dearest." And she sailed away. Her friend saw the application. Detroit Free Press. The Manuscript of Kenllworth. A writer in Macmttlan'a Magaiine says : I was looking not long ago at the manuscript of "Jfenilworth" in the British Museum, and examined the end with particular care, thinking that the wonderful scene of Amy Bobsart's death must surely have cost Scott some labor. They were the cleanest pages in the volume. I do not think there was a sentence altered or added in the whole chapter. And what is still more wonderful, he could dictate with the; same rapidity. Three of his novels and they are among his best "A Lei gend of Montrose," "Iyanhoe," and "The Bride of Lammermoor" were iq a great part dictated, the last entire! so, owing to ill health; but his amann-t enses declare that they could hardly keep pace with him. During the pro-' gress of "The Bride of Lammermoor" his pain was sometimes such that strong man as he was, he fairly, screamed aloud, but with the nexij breath he would continue the sentence as though nothing had happened. On one occasion his agony was so great that he was begged to give over till it had passed. "Nay," was the answer,' "only see that the doors are fast. I would fain keep all the cry as well as the wool to ourselves, but as to giving over the work, that can only be done when I am dead." Setting the Fashion, Hard wovk will accomplish wonders, but it will not take the plane of genius. Some things must be done suddenly and in a moment of inspiration. A writer in the Pliiladelphia Record mentions a case in point, a case in which a social revolution was wrought, eo to speak, by a stamp of the foot. I once found a celebrated milliner in tears beoause a gem of a hat, the result of many attempts, had failed to suit a very fussy customer. Her feelings getting the better of her judgment, she threw the condemned hat on the floor, and jumped on it, crushing it into an entirely new shape. A clerk, who had seen this outburst of temper, put tho misused hat away in the drawer. Half an hour later a lady customer came in, and another clerk, after showing her nearly all the hats and bonnets in the stock and failing to please her fancy, brought forth the crushed hat, with the remark: "Here is something that will suit you." To my surprise it did suit her. She purchased it, and insisted upon wearing it at once. Calling at the same place a week afterward, I was told that some half-dozen hats had been made like the ornshed one, and were being worn by very fashionable people. The man who knows himself may not always be proud of the acquaintance,

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In a Spanish Forest. Some experiences are sufficiently thrilling at second hand; oven the most adventurous person could scarcely Irish for a nearer acquaintance with them. Irving Montague, n English tear correspondent in Spain, one day, in exploring a picturesque region, sat down upon a piece of wood in forest hook beside the road, and began making notes in his sketch book. I must plead guilty, however, ho tays, to leaving my notes in a very unfinished state; for I had not long proceeded with them when my interest was rivitedhy the wonderful saffron and gray tones on one of the exposed roots of a tree near where I was sitting, These hues were almost meialie'; While I was regretting that, as my" colors were in the ambulance, I could make no note of them, I observed, on one of the interlacing branohes fibove me, a similar effect, though this time' it was a greenish block. While sitting and admiring those lovely effects of color, to which the siin gave tinseled beauty, I was suddenly seized with a facinstion which I even now recall with a sense of horror; in that second of time I realized that a green, shake of considerable size, was staring at me with its luminous flame-colored eyes, within a short distance of the place where I sat. The next instant I rapidly reoovered myself and started to my feet. At the same moment the saffron-gray trunk near me slowly unwound itself; it was yet another reptile of the same kind. My supposed greenish-black, metallietinted bough had, at the same instant, wriggled down to an open space, unpleasantly near my feet, and several tendril branohes, as I had supposed them to be, commenced showing signs of viper animation; . , In fact, much to my consternation, I discovered myself to be in a very hot: bed of snakes; the place was literally alive with them. I am no naturalist; I cannot give you their Latin names, nor tell if their bite would kill a buffalo or a bull-finch. I only know it was with a sigh of immense relief that I found myself on the highway, where I breathed again. Exchange. The Grand Prvraqoialt or Vigor. The dual operation ot digestion and OMimila tlon la tho grand prerequisite ot vigor, to ln snra tha conversion ot food Into rich natritloas blood. It is only necessary to nse with persistence and systematically Hortettsra Btomaoh Bitters. The fountain head ot supply in tha asloial economy is the stomach. To regniate, to Invlgoiata that organ, and thus facilitate its digestive aud assimilative prooeeees, should be the chief aim ot those troubled with a deficit ot stamina, Kervonanesa, insomnia, feeble appetite theaa are usually traceable to impaired digestion. Overcome this noil yoa of neccisitv dismisa Ua multifarious, perplexing and harassing symptoms. The emit -iatdl can never hope to iuri flash so long aa assimilation is imperfect; the Bitten surmounts the only obstacle to an tucreaae not only oi vigor but of bodily substance. Conquer alao with the Sitters malaria, kidney and liver complaint, constipation and rheumaila trouble. Thoroughness cbanwterizea its effects. A Modern Disease. Dr. LaMode A case of extreme nervous exhaustion.. (Writes prescription and departs.) Leader of Fashion (after reading it) Life is not worth living any longer. (Turns her face to the wall and expires.) "It reads: "Must not carry her parsol out more than twice a week, or else have half its handle cut off." Detroit fYee Press, Ir you wish to do tho easiest and quickest weelra washing you ever did, try Dobbins Eloetrio Soap next washday. Follow the directions. Ask your grocor for it. Boon on the mm kot '24 roara. Take no other. v8ared by a Foot. Miss F-tnce (selecting the ring) I prefer this fine, large solitaire. Jeweller (extracting his foot from beneath that of miss Fiance's young man) Dear mel That wonld never do. Large stones are not at ail fashionable for engagement rings. Here is " Miss Fiances young man (triumphantly) The very latest tiling out so small and neat Jewelers' Weekly. A Pocket Cigar Case and five cf TanUTa gunoh. alitor 25a. A Stragetio Hove. Author I want you to give my book a good notice. I want to see it in the hands of every mother, wife, and daughter in the country. Editor lean fix thai In oritioising the book I'll say that it is not a proper book for any self-respecting lady to read, and then they all will buy it. The flour of tho family ia usually the latest to rise. Si. I'aul Kerala. The Inmbsi-nuui's favorite drink is logger St. I'aul Ihratd.

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