Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1874 — Page 1

PUBLISHED FRIDAY, CHAS, M. JOHNSON, KMt^m BBNSBELABB, - - INDIANA. JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. Term) of Sakwriptlra. One Yea# $1 50 One-half Year 75 One-Qaarter Year 50

THE NEWS.

The New York Temperance men met in State Convention at Utica on the 28d, and, aftei adopting resolutions favoring prohibition, appointed a committee to conduct the fall campaign and then adjourned. At the New York State Republican Convention held at Utica on the 28d the present State officers were renominated by acclamation. The platform adopted demands obedience to the laws and the full protection of every citizen in the enjoyment of his rights against the assaults of Ku-Klnx, assassins and revolutionists ;" declares that an armed attempt to subvert the recognized Government of a State is revolution, and revolution must be suppressed and the supremacy of the law maintained at every cost; that the public faith must be preserved inviolate and the public debt be paid in coin; opposes any inflation of paper currency and favors a speedy return to specie payments; approves of the administrations of President Grant and Gov. Dix. On the 23d the Minnesota Democratic and Liberal State Convention met at St Paul, and nominated Wescott Wilkin for Chief-Justice and William Lochren for Associate-Justice. The resolutions adopted denounce the carpet-bag rule at the South as being largely productive of the present disastrous condition of the Southern States, and demand a just and impartial policy toward the people of the South; favor a return to specie payments as soon as the public interest will allow, and a tariff for revenue only; advocate home rule and no centralization; declare that chartered corporations by the State are always supervisable by the State in the interests of the people. The Republicans of Missouri met in V State Convention at Jefferson City on the 23d, and after adopting a platform adjourned without making nominations. The resolutions adopted reiterate faith in the principles of the Republican party; condemn all political organization* founded upon race or nationality as detrimental to good government; indorse the candidates of the Reform party in the State, and declare it the part no less of prudence than patriotism to adjourn without nominating Republican candidates.

The Congressional nominations on the 23d were as follows: Republican— Eighth Wisconsin District. A. S. McDill, renominated. Democratic —Twentieth Ohio, Henry B. Payne; First Arkansas, Li> O. thmse- Second Arkansas, .F. Slemons. Reform Fourth Wisconsin, Samuel Rindskopf. Independent Twelfth Indiana, R. S. Taylor. r The white and colored people of Terre Bonne Parish, La., have united upon a parish ticket to be supported at the ensuing election, on which both classes have equal representation. Parisian newspapers of the 24th assert that Prussian agents had been engaged in tampering with Arabian tribes on the Algerian frontier. The report of the intended absorption of Denmark by Germany is emphatically denied in Bismarck’s organ. The boundary dispute between Switzerland and Italy has been decided in favor of the latter power by the arbitrator. Members of the Austrian polar expedition declare that explorations in the direction of the north pole can never result satisfactorily and that the open polar sea is a snare and a delusion. According to Washington dispatches of the 24th information recently received by the authorities confirms the opinion of Prof. Winchell as to the entire absence" of gold in the Black Hills. The Congressional nominations on the 24th were as follows: Democratic — Third Kentucky District, C. W. Milliken, renominated. Republican—Seventeenth Illinois, John J. Rinaker. Independent Reform —Sixth Illinois, J. H. Elliott. Liberal —Third Minnesota, E. Wilson. People’s Ticket—Seventh Missouri, Jas. H. Lay. Democratic-Liberal—Seventh Michigan, Enos M. Goodrich. Reform — Fifth Wisconsin, S. D. Burchard. Independent—Twelfth Missouri, B. S. Lipscomb.

In consequence of a collision of passenger trains on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Smithton, W. Va., on the 24th, one of the mail clerks, named Bradford, was burned to death and the entire mail consumed. Gov. Kellogg, of Louisiana, telegraphed to the Attorney-General on the 23d that the Kellogg parish officers were being generally reinstated, and that the country and city were quiet. A southern-bound train on the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, on the morning of the 24th, went through the bridge on Waxatchin Creek, falling sixty feet. The train was a total wreck. The engineer, fireman and several passengers were killed, and nearly all the remaining passengers were wounded. Among the killed is William Boyd, ex-Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The Prince of Wales has lately been appointed Grand Master of the English Freemasons. The Czar of Russia recently sent a cordial and sympathetic letter to Don Carlos. On the 25th Austria gave a public reception to the members of the * recentlyreturned Polar expedition. Gen. Emory, in reply to a letter of inquiry addressed to him by Marshal Packard, of New Orleans, declares that neither the Marshal nor anyone else had used or attempted to use United States troops for political purposes in Louisiana. The President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, in a press dispatch of the 25th, denies the charge that, during the recent troubles in New Orleans,

THE JASPER REPUBLICAN.

VOLUME I.

the Fusionists had exercised a censorshop over telegraphic dispatches. At a meeting of the State Central Committee of the People’s party of Lohisiana, held at Jfew Orleans on the evening of the 25th, it was decided te participate in the coming November election with spirit and vigor. , A. R. Debait has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats of the Tenth Missouri District. The following placed-in nomination on the 25th by the Nevada Republican State Convention. Governor, J. C. Hazelett; Lieutenant-Governor, Bowman; Congressman,Wm. Woodbum; Supreme Judges, Beatty for the long term and Wardon Earle for the short term; J. D. Miner for Secretary of State; L. J. Hogle for State Treasurer. The platform adopted indorses the last Republican Congress; declares that the recent outrages in the South were perpetrated by men determined to establish there a white man’s Government; disapproves of the election of a President for a third term; favors the revision of the treaty with China and the restriction of Chinese immigration; opposes subsidies or grants to railroads or other corporations; asks Congress to pass laws regulating railroad fares and freights; favors a return to specie payment. The river Segre, in Spain, recently overflowed its banks, causing great loss of life and the destruction of a great number of buildings. Antiguia, Guatemala, was recently destroyed by an earthquake. On the 27th a violent typhoon passed over Hong Kong, China, destroying several vessels, a great number of dwellings and over 1,000 lives. The Secretary of the Treasury has ordered the selling of $2,500,000 gold

during October. Washington dispatches of the 27th say that the Porto Rico annexation project was and is seriously entertained by Bismarck. Russia, it is said, will ally herself with the United States to prevent Germany from gaining a foothold there. The Secretary of the National Grange says the Grangers’ National Bank is not indorsed by the National Grange, nor by the Executive Committee. Bishop Lee, of lowa, died at Davenport on the 26th from a gangrened hand, the result of an accident occurring several weeks before. On the 26th Mrs. Alphonsine Herbert, of New Iberia, La., waj killed by the explosion of a can of coal oil while filling a lighted lantp. ' - The citizens of New Orleans having in their possession arms belonging to the State of Louisiana have been requested by McEnery and Penn to deliver them to the United States authorities. Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, applied to the President on the 26th for troops to aid in suppressing disorders in Edgefield County. The President directed a reply to the effect that a company of troops was already stationed there, which, it was expected and believed, would afford all adequate protection. An Augusta (Ga.) dispatch of the 26th says the troubles in Edgefield were over, the Captain of the colored militia company having delivered up his arms to the United States troops and the negroes having returned to their homes. Austria projects another expedition to the Arctic regions to determine whether the land recently discovered in high latitudes, and named Franz Joseph’s Land, is an island or a continent.

Mr. Henry C. Bowen, of the New York Independent, has recently published a letter, in which he emphatically denies that he is the originator of the great scandal, as charged in a recent letter over the signature of Miss Catherine®. Beecher. Townsend & Co., bankers of New Haven, Conn., have failed for $3,000,000. Two criminal indictments have been found by the Kings County (N. Y.) Grand Jury against Francis D. Moulton for libeling Miss Edna Dean Proctor. Bail was fixed at $20,000 in each case. According to a census just completed by the State authorities, the population of Minnesota is 552,000, and the taxable property is valued at $217,000,000 —an average of about $393 per capita. A National Convention to consider the question of removing the capital from Washington to the valley of the Missisippi will be held at Louisville, Ky., on the 21st of October. The Burlington & Missouri River and Union Pacific Railroads have each given $5,000 to the Nebraska Relief and Aid Society for the relief of the farmers whose crops have been destroyed by grasshoppers. According to Madrid dispatches of the 29th ult. there had been continuous fighting with the Carlists in the Province of Navarre during the preceding four days, resulting in their decisive defeat. All the European Governments except France have directed their delegates to the Postal Congress, at Berne, to sign the convention, provided it meets the views of the delegates from the United States.

Williamson, Griffith & Co., sugar re finers, and James Bishop & Co., importers of india-rubber, of New York city, failed for large amounts on the 29th ult. The New York Liberals, recently in convention at Albany, declared it unadvisable to make nominations for State officers. Two trains collided on the Utica & Chenango Valley Railroad on the 29th, and the mail agent, the fireman and a lady passenger were killed. The mails were burned. An international rifle match between Irish and American teams came off at Creedmoor, N. Y., on the 26th, the latter winning by three points,

OUR AIM: TO FEAR GO©, TEIptHK TRUTH AND MAKE MONEY.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1874.

A compromise between the Republican and Conservative Committees at New Orleans has been effected, by which it is agreed that the registration shall be committed .to an Advisory Board composed of two Democrats, two Republicans and a Republican umpire. The earnings of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad for the third week in September according to the New York Tribune , show a decrease of 47 per cent, compared with the corresponding period last year. The Northwestern also, it says, shows a still greater decrease in its earnings for the same period. The Nevada Democracy met in State Convention on the 29th and placed in nomination the following ticket: Governor, L. R. Bradley; Lieutenant-Gov-ernor, Jewett Adams; Congressman, A. C. Ellis. The platform opposes massed capital, subsidies and a third term; condemns the back-salary grab; opposes Chinese immigration; favors laws for regulating fares and freights the Eight-Hour law; arraigns ’the Administration for its abuse of pawer; demands the repeal of the bullion tax and condemns the acts of violence recently perpetrated in the South. The following Congressional nominations were made on the 29th ult.: Republican—Fifth Ohio District, Reynolds M. Little. Democratic—First Missouri, Edward C. Kehr; Second do, Erastus Wells, renominated; Third do, William H. Stone, renominated. The Supreme Court of Wisconsin has vacated so much of the recent order of the court as exempted the Prairie du Chien Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad from the operations of the Potter law. The National Grange will meet at Charleston, S. C., on the 18th of November.

THE MARKETS.

September 28,1874. NEW YOBK. Cotton. —Middling upland, 16H@16J4c. Lira Stock. —Beef Cattle —*[email protected]. Hogs —Dressed, *[email protected]. Sheep—Live, *4.50® 6.25. Breadstuff*.— Flour — Good to choice, *5.50 @5.85; white wheat extra, *[email protected]. Wheat —Ho. 2 Chicago, *[email protected]; lowa spring, *l.lO @1.11; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, *[email protected]. Rye —Western and State, 90@98c. Barley—*l.3o@ I. , Corn—Mixed Western afloat, 94@95c. Oats—Western, 60@68Hc. Provisions. —Pork —Mess, *[email protected]. Lard —l4X@lsc. Cheese —1114®14c. Woox..—Common to extra, 45@66c. CHICAGO. Livestock. —Beeves —Ch0ice,*[email protected]; good, *[email protected]; medium, *[email protected]; butchers’ stock, *[email protected]; stock cattle, *[email protected]. Hogs—Live, *[email protected]. Sheep—Good to choice, *[email protected]. Provisions. —Butter —Choice, 30@35c. Rggs— Fresh, 15@16V4c. Cheese—New York Factory, Western Factory, 12V4@13V4c. PorkNew Mess, [email protected]. Lard—l4H@t4Hc. Breadstuff*.— Flour—White Winter Extra, *[email protected]; spring extra, *[email protected]. WheatSpring, No. 2, 96H@97c. Corn—No. 2, 81 @Bl He. Oats—No. 2, 49@49J4c. Rye—No. 2, 89@90c. Barley—No. 2, *[email protected]. Wool.— Tub-washed, 45@57c.; fleece, washed, 40@50c.; fleece, unwashed, 27@35c. Lumber.— First clear, *[email protected]; second clear, *[email protected]; Common Boards, *10.50® 11. Fencing, *[email protected]; “A” Shingles, *[email protected]; Lath, *2;[email protected]. CINCINNATI. Breadstuff*.- -Fleur —*[email protected]. Wheat-r Red, *l.lO. Com—Bs@B7c. Rye—*l.ol. Oats—s3® 57c. Barley—*[email protected]. Provisions. —Pork —*[email protected]. Lard —14 @lsc. ST. LOUIS. Live Stock.: —Beeves—Fair to choice, *4.00® 6.00. Hogs—Live, *[email protected]. Breadstuffs. —Flour, XX Fall, *[email protected]. Wheat—No. 2 Red Fall, *[email protected]. Com—No. 2, 79@80c. Oats—No. 2, 52H@53c. Rye—No. 2, 94@95c. Barley—*[email protected]. Provisions.— Pork—Mess, *[email protected]. Lard —l4@lsc. MILWAUKEE. Breadstuffs .—Flour —Spring XX, *[email protected]. Wheat—Spring, No. 1, *[email protected]; No. 2, 95® 95Hc. Com—No. 2, 79@80c. Oats—No. 2,48*® 48&c. Rye—No. 1, 90@91c. Barley—No. 2, *1.12 @1.14. DETROIT. Bre ADSTtnrtrs. —Wheat Extra, *1.183£@1.19. Cora—79@Boc. Oats—sl@s2c. TOLEDO. Breadstuffs. —Wheat—Amber Mich., *1.07 @1.08; No. 2 Red, *[email protected]. Com—Mixed, 80@8ic. Oats—s2@s3c. CLEVELAND. Breadstuffs.— Wheat—No. 1 Red, *l.lo® 1.11; No. 2 Rad, *[email protected]. Corn-87@88c. Oats—s2@63c. BUFFALO. Live Stock.— Beeves Live, *[email protected]. Sheep—Live, *[email protected]. EAST LIBERTY. Live Stock. —Beeves Best, *[email protected]; medium, *[email protected]. Hogs—Yorkers, *6.50® 7.25; Philadelphia, *[email protected]. Sheep—Best, *[email protected]; good, *4A0®4.75.

A Fish and Rat Story.

The Boston Traveller tells the following story of an old gentleman who passes his summer days at a favorite resort in Boston harbor. The other morning before four o’clock he took his fishing rod and basket and went gravely (he does everything gravely) down to the landing, to fish an hour or two before breakfast. The sport was not over-exciting, and after he had caught one smelt he took a short nap, the smelt meanwhile having been deposited in the basket. Another bite came, and another smelt was caught and placed in the basket. “ Two,” says the old gentleman, laconically, but to his surprise his first fish was gone. He wondered a little, but took another nap. Then caught another smelt. “ Two now,” said the old man; but, wonder again, the second fish had disappeared. He tried one more nap with the same result, and after catching his fourth fish determined to watch his basket while the fifth smelt was biting. The thief was discovered, and proved to be an immense and cheeky wharf rat —not a human wharf rat, but a rodent. He had been feeding during the pleasant sleep of the ancient fisherman, and no doubt went off to tell his friends what a kind old fellow had been roosting on the landing.

REGRET. Hx offered a kirs in the morning— I coldly tamed away; For an idle word that 1 overheard Had rankled a night and a day. I knew, in truth, it wae nothing That he would have blushed to own. That point and sting of the trifling thing Grew out of my heart alone. But a vexed, unquiet spirit Weighs no matter aright, And the sore smart of a jealous heart Pats reason ontof sight. I let him go in the morning Without the kiss he sought; And the day was long, but I nursed my wrong With many a bitter thought. One bitter thought, God help me! Did not enter my brain, * ' Thatjpss of mine, by word or sign, He would never again. But as evening shadows gathered, My heart began tejium With a quickened sense of his taffuehce, And I longed for his return. Leaning against the window That overlooked the street, I strained my ear his step to hear In the crowd of hurrying feet. Far off, in the dimmest distance, , I should have known it well; 1 * Bat there came instead a muffled tread, And the sharp alarm of the bell. Some griefs, thongh deep and bitter, Find at last their cures. But some retain tha old, old pain As long as life endures. I did not know in the morning, When I coldly turned away, That I should miss and monm that kiss Down to my dying day! —Mary E. Bradley , in Appleton's Journal.

THE WOODEN WEDDING.

«Of course Louison must come home for the wooden wedding,” decided the whole of the Gruhners assembled in full family conclave; the said family conclave being feomposed of Grandfather and Grandrfbther Gruhner, Widow Gruhner and her two daughters, Margot, whose fifth wedding day was to be celebrated, and Gretchen, the laughter-loving youngest daughter of the family. Besides whom were present Wilhelm Raus, Margot’s husband, and Hans, the miller’s son. “Yes, yes, Fraulein Louison must come home for the wedding, of course,” echoed Hans. And then everybody laughed. First of all, because no one in the world but Hans would have dreamed of dignifying little Louison Gruhner with so imposing a title; and next, because poor Hans could never so much as mention Louison’s name, titled or not, without causing a laugh in the family circle. His admiration for that young person, freely expressed on all occasions when the object of his affections was not present, and his extreme shyness in her society, had long been a standing joke in the village of Brushofen, and had earned for him the nickname of “ the bashful lover.”

When they all laughed, Hans blushed a very furious and unbecoming red. “Never mind, never mind, friend Hans,” said Wilhelm, clapping him on the shoulder encouragingly. “I was young once, and timid too, and yet thou seest I took the bull by the horns at last; and I would advise thee ” But the advice was drowned in a chorus of laughter and expostulations. Margot, perhaps not unnaturally, objected to be compared to a horned bull; and Wilhelm’s timidity had not been so patent to the world, even in his young days, as to have made much impression upon it, it would seem. However, it was quite decided that Louison was to come home. She was a bright, dark-eyed girl of about seventeen, an orphan niece of Widow Gruhner, and the bosom friend of her cousin Gretchen, who was her junior by a few months. Louison lived, as a rule, with some distant relatives, who were farmers, a few miles from Konigsbeig; but her holidays, somewhat few and far between, were always spent in the Gruhners’ little cottage, which from her childhood had been considered as her real home, and her visits to Brushofen were looked forward to by all the members of the family with great pleasure. It was now almost a year since she had been to see them, and it was quite impossible to allow the grand festivities of the “ wooden wedding” to take place without her. So after a somewhat elaborate correspondence between the-Widow Gruhner and Frau Liebe, the farmer’s wife, whose right hand Louison was, a leave of a fortnight was obtained, and the day was fixed for the young girl’s arrival at Brushofen. Old Gruhner, accompanied by his grand-daughter, Gretchen, went to meet her at the coach. “ Two weeks, two whole weeks, my Louioon,” cried Gretchen, grasping her friend’s hand as they walked together up the steep cliff path that led to the cottage. “ Only think how delightful! And before the end of that time Hans Steimer will have asked thee to marry him, and then thou wilt stay here always, and live in the pretty new cottage by the mill, and we shall never part with thee again.”

“ Come, come,” retorted Louison, “ how dost thoa know that by the time Hans Steimer pleases to say ‘ Wilt thou? 1 shall not please to say * Nay? ’ ” But as she spoke a smile curled the corners of her pretty mouth, and her eyes sparkled, all hidden though they were by their long lashes. “ Well, well, we shall see,” returned Gretchen, wisely resolving not to press the matter, at least for the present. And there were naturally many other subjects of conversation interesting to the family party, or at least to the women portion of it: many questions to ask and be answered, many friends to be inquired for and discussed A merry and talkative group were they, “6 they sat together that §yepingat work

by the open window of the cottage kitchen. It seemed as though they could never get to the end of their absorbing topics—births, marriages, deaths, changes of one kmd or another, rumors of what flight be, or might have been, flirtations, feuds—who does not know the thousand and one elements of village gossip? If the conversation flagged for a moment, it was sure to break out again directly with an “ Oh! what do you think?” or “ Have you heard?” or “Do tell me?” And then on the tongues would go again, as glibly as though not a word had been spoken for hours. “Obi these women, these women,” grumbled old Grandfather Gruhner. “Just listen.to them click clack, click clacking, for all the world like a flock of geese. Set five women together, and some mischief will be brewing, one may be sure of that.” And yet, in spite of his protests, it did not seem that the old man had really any very strong aversion himself to a little gossip, since he hovered about the group, pipe in mouth, with some tenacity, instead of following his son-in-law, Wilhelm, to the garden, where he was busy digging potatoes. The forthcoming festivities of the wooden wedding, and the presents which were expected or promised for the occasion, of course took up a considerable share of the conversation, and filled up the pauses of village scandal. -The custom of giving presents of a special kind on each fifth anniversary of a marriage originated in America, but has been largely adopted in Germany. On the

fifth anniversary of the wedding-day all the gifts must be of wood, on .the tenth of tin, on the fifteenth of china, and so on until the silver, the twenty-fifth; the golden, the fiftieth; and the diamond, the seldom-reached seventy-fifth year of wedlock, is attained. There was naturally a good deal of arrangement required, and some anxiety manifested by the notable young housewife that the offerings should be such as would give satisfaction alike to the donor and the recipients, that rarest of all cases in the giving and receiving of presents. Possibly Margot had never heard of that unhappy bridal pair whose thoughtful friends provided them with ten toast-racks as wedding gifts. But experience or learning of some kind had evidently made her wise, and she was resolved that no mistake of such a kind should occur in her case. Though the gifts might be limited in kind, as well as in cost, there was no reason why they should not be of very various description. At least so it would seem from the list which she counted on her fingers, more than twice over, for her cousin’s benefit, and which included among other things an arm-chair, a teacaddy, a carved necklace, a picture frame, three spoons, a brooch, a potato bowl, and a washing tub. “Ah, by the bye,” she says, rather suddenly, after one of those dead pauses which occur even in the most animated conversations, “ by the bye, my husband tells me that Hans Steimer will come this evening to ask what his present to me shall be. I must decide. What dost think, grandmother, of a little bracket for the wall that would just hold the best Dutch china teapot?” “ I think that would be capital,” responds the old lady. Meanwhile a look of intelligence passes between the other women. Lotiison, who is sitting close by Gretchen, works away very steadily, and pretends not to see it. “ I doubt if Margot’s present is the only reason for Hans’ coming up tonight,” says Widow Gruhner, smiling at licr niece “How should he know I was here?” asks poor Louison, betraying herself unconsciously, and then blushing crimson to the very tips of her ears. There is a general laugh. At the same moment Louison drops the needle she is working with, and goes dn her knees on the floor to find it. Suddenly her heart beats tumultuously. It seems to have flown to her head, and to be knocking a very tattoo on her brain; the sound of a footstep, of a well-known voice, has reached her listening ears long before the others are conscious of it. It is not a very musical voice; it does not belong to a very remarkable or specially charming person. Hans is, after all, but a commonplace, every-day sort of young man; but yet to the little girl groping about in the twilight after the missing needle the voice has a charm sweeter than any other on earth, the round, commonplace face, under the round, shabby hat, has a radiance and beauty no other face will ever equal in her eyes. After all, is it not every-day love which makes every-day happiness? “ Ganst thou not find that needle?” asks Gretchen; and then, looking suddenly up, “ Why, only think,* Louison, here is Hans! ” As if Louison had not known that an age ago! “Here he comes. I thought so. Get up—or, no, no,” in a whisper, “stay there, and we will pretend thou hast not come; and we will hear what he says.”

“ Well, Hans, thou art a good example of the old proverb, for we were but just speaking of thee,” says Grandfather Gruhner as the young man approaches and leans against the open window, pipe in mouth. Gretchen holds her work spread out so as to hide kneeling Louison. Hans bids them all good evening, but gazes round the small room somewhat disconsolately, seeking for that which he finds not. Oh! for a glimpse of a small, plump figure in a dark serge dress, a pair of bright dark eyes, and coral lips that part to show a row of pearly teeth, sighs the young man sighs, and blindly curses fate, because like many another foolish mortal he cannot see a yard before his face. “Ah, Hans, Is it thou?” says laughing, jnjschievous Gretchen. “Poof Hans! {

NUMBER 3.

am sorry forthee if it is to pay thy respects to our fair cousin thou art come.” “What folly of Gretchen, to be sure!” grumbles Margot under her breath. “ She will put my present quite out of his stupid head, and we all know that is what he has Really come about.” She moves quickly from her seat and whispers to her mother. An idea has struck her that after all two smaller brackets, one for each side of the chimney-piece, would be better than one. “ Dost think it would be too much to ask for?” she inquires of her mother. But the good, widow is so much amused with the small domestic comedy going on before her that she can scarcely pay due and proper attention to the weighty matter of the bracket. As for Hans, if Margot and tor wooden wedding had ever been very prominent matters of interest in his head, it is quite clear of them now. At the present moment one idea alone possesses the young lover. “How —why—what dost thou mean?” he stammers. “Is not Fraulein —I mean she—is she not coming?” Louison gives Gretchen’s dress a little, tremulous pull. “ No, indeed, she is poor Hans.” The smile fades suddenly away from the young man’s face. Gretchen puts on a very long face too and shakes her head dismally. “ What is it, Gretchen? Don’t keep me in suspense. Has anything happened to her? Is she ill? Is she — What’s the good of making mysteries? Eyerybody knows how I love her,” cries Hans, gaining sudden courage. “Yes, everybody except Louison herself,” says Gretchen. Another tug at the dress —an imploring tug this time. Louison feels her situation becoming extremely embarrassing. But Gretchen’s tongue is not so easily stopped. The very spirit of mischief seems to have taken possession of her. “Everybody except Louison herself,” she repeats. “ Could you—could you not help me a little when she comes?” asked Hans in an undertone which is meant for Gretchen’s ear alone, but which reaches several other pairs of ears besides. Gretchen laughs. “Not I. Manage thine own business, Master Hans. Besides, did I not tell thee that she is not coming? that, in short, thou art a day after the fair” —a vehement pull at the dress—“that there are attractions at Konigsberg”—a still more vehement pull and something like a groan from Hans—- “ a farmer, you must know, young, handsome and rich ”

This is too much. Louison’s patience and discretion alike give way. She scrambles up to her feet. “Gretchen, Gretchen, how can you, how dare you!” she cries, her cheeks all aflame. Of course there is a laugh from the whole circle. As for Hans, at the first sight of the unexpected apparition his new-found courage suddenly takes flight and he with it. When they look round t for him to explain matters he is nowhere to be seen. Possibly the remembrance of his late has produced a reaction; possibly the last piece of intelligence about the handsome young farmer at Konigsberg has proved too much for his nerves; or possibly he may be hurt and offended at the little trick which has been played upon him. This is the fear which troubles Louison. “ Oh, Gretchen, Gretchen, how unkind, to be sure! Who would have dreamed to hear thee say such things?” she cries. “ What a goose art thou to turn a little innocent bit of fun into such a scene, Louison! Why didst thou not stay quiet ?” “ I think thou wert carrying thy non--sense too far, Gretchen,” says the widow. “ See, thou hast vexed Hans and made Louison cry.” “ And he will think it is all true,” sobs Louison. * “Nay, nay, child,” puts in the old grandmother, consolingly, “ never fear. It will all come right in time. Most things do, if we will only have patience.” “He will know that it was all Gretchen’s nonsense,” suggests the old grttndfather. “ I will go and see if I can find him anywhere about and bring him in to thee.” “ No, no, grandfather,” cries the little maiden between her sebs. “It is all my own fault. Don’t fetch him. Don’t go after him. If he is angry, it is quite right—quite. He must think me to horrid, so bold. He must think I only wanted to hear him say ” “He loved you.” It is Gretchen, half mischievous and half repentant, who fills up the blank. “He will never say so again,” sobs Louison. “And wouldst thou care so very, very much if he did not? Eh?” asks Gretchen. Louison’s face is hidden in her hands. She does not see' a shadow that creeps stealthily every moment nearer and nearer to the open window. Gretchen stands before her. “ Dost thou indeed care for him so much, little one?” Louison does not look up. The words that she says are not many and are broken with sobs. But, few or many, they are to the purpose. More to the purpose than listening Hans would have dared to hope for—more to the purpose than he would ever have heard had he not played eavesdropper in his turn. Before they are fairly out of her mouth there is a rustle of the creeper outside the house, a leap through the window, and before Louison can turn to fly she is caught, caged, held fast in a pair of strong young arms. What need of more love-making when the love was made already? Louison protests. “ Oh! it was mean, I unfair of thee, Hans; I could not have believed it,” she cries.

, ..<r, -• ' " '">»■* 5S advertising Rates. ** A change allowed every quarter on yearly advertieementa. OoaJtuNTCATKms of general and local interest solicited.

But she dries her teaja, and Hans helps her. “ But at least thou wort as bad,” Hans retorts. “ I never could have believed it of thee, either.” “Then I suppose we must forgive one another.” * “I suppose we mast try.” And so they settle it. Ahd very soon after the wooden wedding comes another, where, we may be sure, laughing Gretchen. acts the part of bridesmaid. . • « ? ! “ ’Twas all thy fault,” Louison says to her, as they walk home. “Entirely,” echoes Hans. “I never should have thought of such a thing but for thee and thy tricks. But I forgive thee.” “ And thou, Louison?" asks the girl. . “ Well, I will see how Hans behaves in the sh ture. Twill tell ’on-4>n the day of my wooden wedding.” But as she looks up into her young husband’s face she does not seem to have much fear. “Ah! talking of wooden weddings, thou hast quite forgotten all about poor Margaret and her bracket,” says. Louison. “ I will give her a pair instead of one,” says Hans. And so they were all made happy.— Saturday Journal.

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The New York (Sun, in mentioning the death of the Hathaway twins, makes the astonishing statement that “ both were born in Newark.” John Fork lent a stranger a dollar at Richmond in 1856, and the other day the stranger paid him back SBO,OOO. Step this way, strangers. —Detroit Press. A citizen of Connecticut, recently introduced to a newly-married man, congratulated him warmly, and said: “Ah, these Litchfield County girls make clever* wives; I’ve had three of ’em.” “What is Heaven’s best gift to man?” asked a young lady the other night, smiling sweetly on a pleasant-looking young man. “A horse!” replied the young man, with great prudence. , The polonaise will continue fashionable indefinitely. They, will not be ma terially altered. Anew idea is that of pleating the back from the neck to the edge in the flat pleats. It is of French origin. It is altogether too absurd to say that “man is not perfect.” Who is there who ha£ not met with many who were perfect strangers and some who were perfect rascals, and not a few who were perfect fools? A Washington belle has forty-eight pairs of shoes. Borne curious wretch calculates that if they were arranged, heel and toe, in a straight line, the shortest possible length would be a fraction over 110 feet. —Williamsport Register. It is strange, but nevertheless true, that the old-fashioned cloak —the regular affair, reaching to and sometimes below the knees—is to be revived in all its ancient and modern glory. They are made of quilted silk, cashmere and velvet. The Springfield Republican calls upon Massachusetts to believe that it knows a black-and-tau terrier that, being troubled by another dog, summoned a canine f rieud to his assistance, hid him behind a tree, and then enticed the enemy up to be killed. Forestv ille, Chuatauqua County, N. Y., has a sensation in the shape of a child three weeks old, whose heart is located in the middle of its breast and covered only by a thin membrane, so that it is plainly visible, and capable of Jieing lifted by the hand outside. of cash in hand was never so near omnipotent in Europe as in the current season. Tons of silks, laces, shawls and everything^Jiave thus come into American purchasers’ hands at prices which will prove a great temptation even to those who have not a fortune to spend in dress. / ..a •: A German jeweler named Consalk, of Norwich, Conn., has invented a clock of which the whole discernible mechanism is a transparent dial-plate and a pair of black walnut hands. The latter turn loosely on a pivot, and if whirled in different directions will immediately readjust themselves to the exact time. Indeed, they may be taken off altogether for hours, and upon restoration point the true hour and minute as before. There is a smart young widow, in Lane County, Oregon, who last winter plowed between seventy and eighty acres of ground for her father, and harrowed the most of it in. She then turned out her team and went and got a certificate as a teacher, took up a school and taught until haying and commenced, when she dropped the “ birch” and again took up the reins and cut her father’s and uncle’s grain, and then cut the grain for the neighbors. Dyspepsia arises from a great variety of causes, and different persons are relieved by different remedies, according to the nature of the disease and condition of the stomach. We know of a lady who has derived great benefit from drinking a tumbler of sweet milk—the richer and fresher the better —whenever a burning sensation is experienced in the stomach. An elderly gentleman of our acquaintance, who was afflicted for many years with great distress after eating, has effected a cure by mixing a tablespoonful of wheat bran in half a tumbler of water, and drinkitfg it half an hour after his meals. It is necessary to stir quickly and drink immediately, or the bran will adhere to the glass and become pasty. Coffee and tobacco are probably the worst substances dyspeptics can