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(‘run'kl “Shall [gnu )(m my hand wlwn you’vn 81101011 my heart?” (lrnukl (Tmnkl (Ymakl The wedding m‘nntmrl a social Emulation ; 'l‘he beetle and all of this lmnll population Worn laid in (Jim union of Music. and Ari»â€" Uroakl Cmnk l (trunk l “ Why are you shaking your head ‘2" Madge asked, imperatively. " There’s not the leaat use in trying to resist me. You’re not strong enough for anything~»you must. rest for ten days or a fortnight. I have taken poasesalon of you to pet andto nurse; when you are quite yourself you shall hear our plans for you." ‘ o H N,‘ n” (‘LL‘IAN “ Have you made plans for me ‘2” Shirley said, smiling down sadly at the sweet, bright face. “ That is very good of you. May I hear them. ,_ ‘ ....‘ .1,A,_IAA_.._.L:,.L J - Madge hesitated a. little -, thephmswhich she had talked over so eagerly with her mother on the previous evening seemed difficult to unfold to this grave, stately woman, stately even in her shabby black dress, as she sat on the window-seat, restâ€" ing her head against the wall. A__ I nI,:,l1h__ .._:J A Storv of Woman’s Faithfulness. m5 ..- n W, “Won't you tell me ?” Shirley staid, softly. “ Whatever they are, I shall be only too grateful for the kind thought which prompted them." “ And you Will not be offended ?" “ Offendedflwith you, my child ?" Shirley smiled slightly as she spoke, and, liftinghor hand, parted Medge’s hair on her brow with tender caressing fingers; then, bending forward, she put her lips to the pure white forehead. u 1h rf__ __1 A: the touch Madge ()liphant‘s face col- ored, and she trembled slightly. She had taken a. sudden, warm, girlish fancy to this beautiful fascinating woman who had come so strangely into her life. 1. IA‘A “Mamma. thought, and I hoped, that you would come and live with us as my friend and companion,” said Madge, look ing up with entreating eyes. , n .u ERRâ€"you know ‘hoihing of me, turned Shirley, unstendily. “1 can you pp references as to ” ‘1. A “ Mammn said she would trust you." Madge said eagerly, coloring hotly at the remembrance of the earnest entreuties she had employed to induce Lady Oliphant to dispense with references in case this beau- tiful and interesting stranger had none. “ She said she would trust me 1” Shirley echoed, with a. bright light of admiration on her face as she thought of these strangers’ faith in her. “ How good of her 1 Heaven bless her for it 1” “ And you will come? Oh,please come I" pleaded Madge. “ We shall have such pleasant times, you and I together. Mamma is not Vary strong, you know, and you wnuld help me to take care of, her, and we should be so happy 1 You will come ‘I" Shirley hesitated ; then, looking down at the eager entreating face, she shook her head. She knew she could take no posi- tion, however humble, in such a. household as Sir Frederic Oliphent’s ; there would alâ€" ways be constant risk of detection. Even if they had not known Guy they might have other visitors who would recognize her ; even among the servants there might be some one. «"5561! Will not come '2” Madge said, in a. disagpointgnl tone. “ But sugely-«w-J’ , 1 n “ Do not urge me, Shirley begged, faintly. “ I cannot bear to refuse you ; but indeed I must do so. I must not come into your home, my child. Believe me, it hurts me greatly to refuse you.” “ Than I will not urge you. Will you let me tell you the other plan? I think perhaps; you will like it better. You will not be offended, will you 'I” added Madge, shyly. _ .1w. .1 . ” Nothing you could do or say would of- fend me,” Shirley assured her. “ My child, but for your kindness, [ should belmmelese and shelterless now#but for your olmrity I should have starved to death by the roadv side. Oh, there is no work I will not. do to earn my bread, since,” she added, with ir- repressible bitternessfl“ since I cannot die." She dropped her head upon her hands as she spoke, and covered her face, and there was a. short pause in the little attic room Whemthey were; then Shirley looked up again, and said Hoftly ‘â€" “ What is it, Miss Oliphant? Tell me what you have found for me. Ah, forgive me~1 have pained you 1 But indeed I will not distress you again.” . “ I am so sorry for you i" Madge said, pitifully. ” You are so young: and so pretty to be unhappy. Shall I tell you what we were thinking of, mamma and 1 ‘2 \Ve want a teacher for the village schools, and we thought you might be that teacher.” Shirley’s face brightened. “ The schools here ‘2" “ Yes. That red-brick buildingr on the hill is the girls7 school, and that little cot huge beside it is where the teacher lives. Do you think yonwould like that ‘2 Mamma told me to tell you,” the girl went on, color- ing a little, “that the~â€"â€"the salary would be quite sufficient, and that the cottage was a comfortable little place. The last teacher was a lady,” continued Madge, earnestly. “ We were very fond of her, and she left us only to be married to a gentleman who had been a curate here, but who is now the Vicar of Addinbroko. The work is not very hard.” Madge resumed in a minute. “ There are two pupil teachers, and you would soon get into the ways here. You know, mamma has a hobby, and her hobby is the education of the children, and she likeg them to be taught useful things, plain sewing and all that.” Shirley’s thoughts went back to the sowâ€" ing classes that she had attended at the convent st Bruges ; she could teach plain sewing, gfeat lady as she had been; her proficiency in needle-work had often astonished her maid. “ It would be a quiet home for you,” Miss Oliphnnt continued in her earnest- ness. “ I think you would not be unhappy, and we would try tomnke you comfortable. Will you stay with us there, at the cottage ?" “ {can not,” Shirley answered piteonsly tmd brokenly ; and Madge uttered a. quick exclamation of disappointment as she rose from her knees by Shirley’s side and turned away keenly hurt: With a sorrowful tenderness and regret and yearning Shirley’s eyes follovvetl her as she moved away. Ah, what a haven of rest and peace the little red-brick cottage seemed to her I And yet she had to turn away from it. How could she accept a post which might bring her into contact with Guy? For, of course, if he was “ courting” Miss Oliphant, he would be constantly at l‘lrindale, and they could not hi1 to meet at some time or other, No; SHIRLEY ROSS : Croukvlr (iroakll' (Honk! A Union (31' Music and Art. can give 1‘0 she must refuse it ; she must go away, and let him be happy with this sweet young girl who was BO eminently worthy of his love, who would make him forget the pest and his misery. She must go away and let Madge think of her ma ungrateful for all her kindnesa. She must go away â€"- but whither-fiwhither could she go ‘2 With IL grvat tearleas sob her head Hunk forward on her hremst. Ah, how hard it all was, how cruel life was to her ? Was: she never to find rent? Must she go out once more into the cold, cruel world which had treated her so hardly ? Must she face the long nights without shelter again? Must she know the misery and suffering of hunger and thirst and fatigue and depression? Must she go through them all once more? An, Ilmven. why did they save herâ€"why did they not let her die ?” wMadge came back slowly, and stood be aide her for a moment in silence: “ Heaven help me!" Shirley answered, hrokenly. “ I cannot I “ Ah, don’t let me trouble you, Miss ()liphant I I bring misery and suffering wherever I go, and you must not let the thought. of mo cloud your young life: Ah, if it is: as bright and clondless as I wish and hope it may be, it Will be a. happy life 1” V‘V“ Wrtgn'tr you stay ?" she said, gently. “ We will try_to_ makgyollla‘ppy." ‘ “ But Why will you not stay ‘2” the young girl persisted, gently. “ I think you would not be unhappy ; and mamma woula be so pleased, and I~" n u 1 I',‘, râ€"ghifhay caught the gentle hands which were held out so kindly toward her, and draw them both close to her ham-t. “ Heaven bless you for all your good- ness l” she said, tearfully. “] shall never forget itâ€"never. But I cannot staymdo not ask 1110401" your own Sake, do not ask me 2” The intensity of her earnestness struck Madge ()liplmnt painfully, and she forbore from her entrenty. wondering a great deal and grieving for the misery on Shirley’s face, which seemed to deepen every m0» ment. “ I will not urge you any longer,” she said, gently. “ Perhaps you will think it over for a day or two, and give mamma an answer. It will make us very happy if you accept. And now I must not talk any longer," she added, “ for I have tired you out. \Vill you come down with me ?” Shirley rose at once; above all things, she feared to excite suspicion in the young girl’s mind, and, moreover, it was a very great pleasure to her to be with Madgem the girl was so sweot and bright, so spark- ling and tender; besides, she wanted to know her better, this happy girl, thishappy fortunate girl who was to live with Guy in the future and bask in the sunshine of his love and nestle into his heart, healing the old wound and making him happy oncv more. Sweet hlnuuyod M adge heaven bless her and him 1 Mrs. Ford was waiting for thom in the little sittingroom, and Madge tried to chat with her usual gayety ; but it was difficult for her to overcome hgr disap- pointment, and Shirley‘s sad eyes became sadder still as she watuliod the shadow which darkened the fair young face. “ You don't seem HO 1 bright to-night, Miss Madge,” Mrs. Ford said, looking: at her anxiously. “ Are you quite well 5’” “ Oh, yes, nursze, 1 am quite well I But things will go wrong sometimes you know !“ “ What iéx goinfi wrong with you. Miss Madge dear ? You were born to live in the snnnhine.” “ Ah, but it is not always sunshine for any of us ‘." Madge said, sighing. “1 Sup- pose we have to put up with clouds some~ times. It is all sunshine which makes the desert, nursie.” “ Lot, is it now ‘2” said Mrs. Ford, in amazement. “ lVell, I should like a little more sunshine, Miss Madge. But what has vexed you lately, my dear ’2” “ Two or three things, nurse. One is that Major Stuart is going away tomorrow morning.” Shirley thrted and glanced upqnickly. The girl‘s face was full of themost un- feigned regret! but aha spoke withrmta shade of embarrassment or constraint. “ Going away, Miss Madgeqso soon ‘3” exclaimed Mrs. Ford. ” Yeswgoing abroad for six months»â€" for the whole \vinzer. You know he was! very ill last winter, nursic ; and the doctors an) now he must not risk npending this winter at home." “ But he does not look ill, Miss Madge,” said Mrs. Ford consolingly, for the girl’s eyeajvere full 0( Laura. 1 1 ” Yea, with the spring,” echoed Madge sorrowfully. "Do you find the air too mld, Mrs. Grunt ? I am sure you shivered." “0h, 110â€"011, no!” Shirley said nerV» ounly, as she shrunk back from the win. dow, thankful for the semiâ€"darkness in the little room which prevented her changing color and trembling; hands from being noticed. “ And Major Stuart letwas to-morrow, Miss Madge ‘2" said Mrs. Ford, barking back to the subject which interested her most, I“ Not very ill ; lmt papa says he is dread- fully mltered, and 1 think so too. But I hopgthifiwinfigr abroad will do him good." ‘A‘ And he will come back with the spring. Miss Madge, my deal: ‘2" emit} Mrs. Ford. “ Yes,l)y the early express: ; so you must say good-bye to himmuraimwhon he comes presently to fetch me. 110 will be here very soon now, I should think. Mnmmn was tired,” she added,mrning toward Shir» ley as «he sat in her corner, “ or she would have come in to see you, Mrs. lmnt." Mrs. Ford hurried away to get her lamp ready for lighting ; and, as: soon as they were alone, Shirley said hastily and tremâ€" ulously-v ” Miss: ()liplmnt, will you allow me to chango my mind? If I can perform the duties Lndy ()liphant requires from me, 1 will stay.” “ Oh, you dear, good girl 1” Madge cried delightedly. ” I am so glad 1 Perform the duties ? Of course you can. I’ll conch you up. Oh, you have made mo so glad i” “ 1 am afraid there is! not. much cause for gladnesa.” remarked Shirley ; but be- fore Madge could answer, a firm, rather heavy step sounded on the graveled path Without, and Guy Stuart's well remembered tones fell upon Shirley’s ear. He was ‘standing “outside, and Bpolm through the open wigdow. “ Madge, are you there, dear “I” he said ; and Shirley shrunk back, trembling and powerless to move in her terror and agitation. U“ Yes, I am here," Madge answered. “I am coming. I won’t keep you, Guy ; but nursie wants to gay goodâ€"byeflto you; “ Does she ‘2 Wé Iiiust ndt ling-er, Madge Your mother is anxious about you, and 1 have brought you a shawl." Major Stuart entered, steeping a. little as he passed under the doorway. Mm. Ford came in hastily from the kitchen, but without a. lamp, for she had not had time to light it. Oh, how thankful Shirley felt! And yet it seemed as! if the terror and anxiety of that moment must kill her. “ A shawl on this lovely night. I really do not need it. Nun-lie," she added, “ here is Major Stuart. Come and apeak to him. Take care of your tall head, Guy. “ I am sorry to hear you are goingaway, sir,” said Mrs. Ford,conrteaying to the tall figure which stood on the threshold of her little sitting-room. “ Thank you,” Guy’s grave deep voice said. “ I am sorry to go; but it can’t be helped, you know. 'I hope to find you look» ing as well when I see you again in the spring," he added, shaking hands with her cordially. “ I must take Miss Oliphant away now. It is getting late. Here is your shawl, Madgie.” - n u J He placed it round her carefully, the white fleecy shawl which made such a pretty frame to the bright piquant face. Mrs. Ford had lighted a candle,but its ruya did not penetrate to Shirley’s corner, although they lighted up Guy’s dark grave face and Madgie’s sparkling eyes and golden hair with its soft covering. » unu vuuu “m Nv‘- VV . -7. “ Goodnight,” Madgie said,goingtowar(l Shirley and taking her hand kindly. “How cold you are, Mrs. Grant I You have stayed up too long. Take care of her, nursie.” “ Trust me, Miss Madgie,” said Mrs. Ford, smiling. " She’ll do nicely now.” J‘ mu, uuuuug. gum .. \u. .. J ,u. .. , " I hope so. Goodmight, nursie. tome, Guy” _ . w . 1 1 vn,.,_ L3,. -m... V ..., . She slipped her hand Within his arm, with a gesture which had been very common with Shirley herself during the time of her engagement to Guy, and they went out together, Mrs. Ford going to the door to watch them walk down the drive, While Shirley put her hands to her eyes to nhut out, if she could. the sight ofthe grave changed face. Ah, when she saw it again, What wonderinl things had come to pass 7 “ They make a fine maple," Mrs. Ford said complacently, coming back into the room. “ Don’t you think 50, Mrs. Gmnt ’1 He is too old for her, I fancy ; but I dare say he will make her very happy.” CHAPTER XLI. Mnjor Stuart left Erindale the next morning, never dreaming that the woman Whom he had caught a. glimpse of in the little, dimly lighted room was the woman whom he had loved and lost and sormwed for with such an intense sorrow. Just the trivial cirmxmstance tlmt MrsL Ford's: lamp had been a little refractory had saved Shir- ley from detection, for she hnd been too startled and unnerved to attempt flight, even if she had had the opportunity of esâ€" cape Bo Guy went away, taking with him that heavy heartache which was always present with him now, and which would cease, he thought sometimes, only when life's troubles: were over altogether for him ; and Shirley Glynn, or Mrs. Grant, as she was called in the village, became the village school-lilietreee, and took up her residence in the little, redrbriok cottage built beside the eohoolâ€"houeeâ€"a quaint, comfortablelitâ€" tle dwelling, with a wide, lowceiled sitting room, and a little kitchen and a. bedroom at one side, and above two little attic bed- roome, one of which was devoted to lumber, While in the other slept the teacher‘syouth- ful handmaiden, a trim little damsel of fif- teen. It was a. humble home truly, but to Shirâ€" ley it seemed a haven of rest. After the stuffy London lodgings, her sitting-room, with its polished woodwork and bright winâ€" dows, and cleanly, comfortable, old-fash- ioned furniture, was very plenannt, while Ma.ng herself had superintended all the arrangements for the comfort of the new teacher, for whom she had conceived so deep 5 love. A little cottage pianoâ€" Mndge‘a own property-had been sent down from the Hall, and a little bookcase with some volumes of the girl’s own sel- ection~~Dickens and Thackeray chiefly fill- ing the shelves. Shirley‘s duties were not very onerous. The children were well taught and well drilled, and after a time her duties became sufficiently familiar not to be very Weary ing. Certainly they were irksome at times Wand such duties can hardly fail to be so ; but as she grew stronger She felt it less, and the diainclination to exertion sewed. Her life, although necessarily monoton- ous, was: not a lonely one. Almost daily Madge ()liphant paid her a. visit at the cot- tage. Sometimes the girl was walking alone, her only attendant beingn great black retriever called Rover, 21 present from Guy Stuart; at others she was riding, and she would leave her horse with the groom and come in smiling and radiant, looking so bright and pretty in her close-fitting habit and coquettish ridinghnt that Shirley always felt a pang of regret at the thought that Guy was not there to see her. _....v W3, ,_-, Sometimes too she would walk down in the afternoon and have tea. with Shirley in the low-coiled sitting-room which looked so pleasant and homelike when it was lighted by lamp and fire; for the winter began early that your. October was a cold month, and at the first of November there was snow, which made Madge‘e visits not quite so frequent, although she still came as often ma possible, for her enthusiastic admiration of Shirley had settled down in- to (loop, steadfast affection, as sincere as any Shirley had ever received. 1 u- 1 And it fH'OVOd the depth and unselfishâ€" ness of Shirley’s love for Guy Stuart that she loved this young girl with a warm and true affection, which wag all the deeper be cause she thought her Guy’e ehoeen wife. There was a sad. sweet pleasure for Shir} ley in her study of Madge ()liphant’s char» aeter, in her little timid attempts to teach her something that she fancied it would please Guy for her to know. She coaxed Mang into taking some music-lessons from her, and into practicing at home. The young girl was but an indifferent per. former ; and Shirley knew what a lover of music Major Stuart was; and Madge’a steady progress under her tuition pleased her greatly. Few as the yoare between them wore~~the one was eighteen, the other five-and-twentyflShirley’s seniority gave her an excuse for putting and scolding and remonstrating with Madge in a pretty and motherly way which the girl enjoyed and laughed at, but which had its effect nevertheleee. Not that there was much to alter or improve in sweet, blue-eyed Madge ()liphant; for Shirley owned to herself frankly and sincerely that Guy could not have made a Wiser ehoiee. She was jth the bright, sweet girl who would steal into his heart and nestle there and make him nappy , uxmsu Vvun Ilv uuuwu V. ........ They would he as happy a couple as Ruby and Oswald, she thought sometimes â€"â€"~&s happy as only a married couple Who llflll perfect love for and faith in each other can be. She recollected sometimes that, once or twice after she had known Lucie Grey, she had wished that (l 11y might be made happy with such a wife; but Madge would suit him better; her brightness would relieve the gravity of his character and give him back the youth which had been so cruely marred. happy. and help him to forth all the past bitterness and sorrow. And, when such thoughts as these eroseod his mind, Shirley would thank Heaven that strength had been given her to go away, to resist (luy’e entrentiee, and to leave him free. lVith her, deeply as he had loved her, and pea- sionately as she had returned that love, he would never have been able to forget the past; and Madge had no connection with it ; it was not she who had made him eul- fer such an agony of pain and misery, and she would brighten his life, as sheâ€"Shirley could never have done. Her love was great enough and intense enough to be perfectly unselfish ; there was no touch of jealousy in her heart against Madge; she did not envy her the love she had won or the position she was to fill. Perhaps she envied her a little the power to make Guy happy ; but she wished that happiness with too Sincere a. Wish to mind the menus by which it was prooured. And such a wife as Madge would make him happy ; there was no doubt of that. v , Sometimes: she wondered a little why Madge, who was so frank and candid, and who showed such perfect confidence in her, should never mention Guy: but she never did; and Shirley dared not pronounce his name. She felt that even now she could not speak it without betraying herself, and, if she showed the slightest emotion. Madge might have her suspicions aroused, and she might be discovered. And then she would think wearin of the time when she would have to leave the little home and go out on her wanderings again. In the spring, when Guy came back, she must go away and hide It beumno one of the snhoolmistress’ greatest pleasures in the long; lonely winter evenings, when she Rat alone in the little Hittingâ€"room, too weary alter the day‘s work to employ herself or to do anything but lie back in the comfortably cushioned American chair which Mmlge‘s care had provided for her, to picture Guy’s future with Madge. heraeli once more, and find 5 new home. Perhaps, when Guy was married, and happily settled with his young Wife, she might write to Oswald and Ruby and the Greys; they would not betray her to him then ; and perhaps Ruby would take herin, and let her look after little Bertie and the baby-girl who 11ml fluttered down into Oswald’s homemest the autumn before. Ilow she thought of them all during those long lonely vigils, of all her dear ones, whom she might never see again! Had they forgotten her? she wondered. Did they think of her sometimes, and feel a little sorry for her? Perhaps they thought her dead; and the fact that she had never applied. for the annuity which Sir Hugh had left her would have given strong grounds for such a belief, What would they have said, she Wondered some- times, if they had known that she had been in want, that she had been Without shelter for days, that she had almost died of starâ€" vetion? She was growing stronger now, although Madge ()liphant often felt dissatisfied about her health. Perhaps she would never be really strong again; but she was much better, and she was looking almost like the Shirley of old, in the black dress she always wore, and the white mobhap, with its large black Alsatian bow, which Lady Oliphant liked the schoolmistress to wear. And the autumn passed, and the winter followed, and Christmas cameâ€"a regular old fashioned Christmas, people called it, with a hard frost and snow uponthe ground and a blue sky and sunshine overhead. And Christmas was to be greeted warmly at lrlrindale. The church was to be deco- rated and joyful anthems were to be sung ; and in the Hall at the Rectory, at Mrs. Ford’s lodge. and in every cottage there were to be feasting and merry making-every- where, save in that little red»briok cottage Where the school-teacher lived, and where she was to spend the Christmas-tide alone, for even her little handmaiden had gone home. It was Shirley’s own wish that she should spend it in her little cottage home-fthu home which had grown dear to her from its rest and peace; for there were meny who would have welcomed the school» mistress' fair face at their tables, but Shirley had declined every invitation. She preferred to spend Christmas alone, she said gently, but decidedly ; and they for- bore to press her, for the sweet sad mouth could be firm at times. and she was eviâ€" dently sincere in her desire. 0n Christmasâ€"day the snow [ell heavily, covering the hills and the valley with a. soft, white, spotless mantle, so that many who came from a distance were deterred from attending Divine service, for the snow had drifted in places, and made the crossing of fields and layâ€"paths rather a dangerous undertaking. Still the pretty decorated church was well filled, and there was no brighter, fairer face among the worshippers than Madge ()liphant’s, as she set in the Hall pew in her soft furs and velvet dress, against which the white skin and golden hair shone so delicately fair. Shirley, from her place in the sideâ€"aisle, let her sad eyes rest upon her with a wist» ful pleasure. She was very lovely, this young girl who was to teach Guy to forget her, very lovely and bright and good; she would make him happy-~thenk Heaven for that; and she bowed her head upon her hand and tried to forget the one happy Christmas- tide she had spent in England, that imme- diately following her engagement to Guy, which this season brought so clearly said freshly to her mind. Well, it was some- thing to have had even those few days of happiness to look back upon; some poor women had not even those. She had known the pleasure of requited love for a. season; some women went from the cradle to the grave without feeling its sweetness, without possessing its joy. L Mnige stopped her, when coming out of church, to whisper a warm wish of happiâ€" ness and welfare, and Shirley answered it mutoly, but With an expression in her eyes which more than satisfied Madge; andthen, escaping from the parents of her pupils, who altered her no less sincere good wishes, Shirley climbed the hill on the top of which stood her cottage »â€"n rather solitary home certainly, for there were no houses near the school-house and the ootta ge ad- joining. It was a little lonely, Shirley thought, as she entered, closing the door carefully after her and fastening it, for though tramps and marauders were few and far between, she was not very cour. ageous, and she felt safer with the door secured. A little terrier~â€"a present from Madge, and a great favorite of Shirley’sâ€"â€" greeted her with joyful and shrill barking, and prevented the loneliness and solitude from being too oppressive, and the fire was burning cheerily, as if it meant to do its best to make Shirley’s solitary Christmas- day 9. little brighter, While the school- children had put up some holly and [dis tletoe upon the walls-sud Shirley smiled sadly at the homely attempts at decoration. (To be continued.) How often it is that what seem our misâ€" fortunes turn out to be the best of good luck. A Toronto merchant had a cargo of (17,000 bushels of N0. 1 Manitoba hard hung up in the ice last winter at McKay’s Harbor,in Lake Superior. It is just getting out now, and is worth eighteen cents a bushel more than when it was frozen in. Profit from the transaction $12,000, and no elevator charges! to pay. wToronto Glolm. “ Adolphus, d’ye know that I'm a little vexed at Miss Simmons ‘2 " “ What hap- pened, Arthur, old boy? ” “ XVell, you know, I pride myself on my singing. We Were at the piano. ‘ I‘ll sing one more song and than go home,’ I said. “ Was it late? " “ About midnight." " And what did she say? ” "She said, ‘(lan’t you go home first ? ' ” “ And did you? ” “Yes, Adolphus. I tell you I’m a little vexed about it." A little girl seeing her mother petting and caressing; another child began to Show unmistakable sigma of jealousy. Her mother remarked: “\Vhy, Sadie, I believe you are, jealous." “ No, memma,” she replied indignantly. “ I’m not jealous. but 1 don’t feel comf’able." Mak as a Difference. “ This is the fourth time I’ve called you, VViHiam," said his wife. “ You told me that you wanted to get up in good sermon this morning.” “ Yes," replied Williammleepily, “but it was last night when I told you that.” The latellnrly llnchnn well remembered Napoleon Bonaparte at St. Helena, where her father was governor in 1815. When she wua first introduced to him the tax-emperor Enid: “ I have long heard from various quarters of, your superior elegance and beauty, but now I. am convinced that report has scarcely done you sufficient justice.” And then, as she was soon to leave the island, he added. “ You must be glad to get away." “ 0, no, sire,” said she, ” I am sorry to go.” “ Ah? Well, mademoiaelle, I wish I could exchange places with you.” Policeman (to Brown, who is clinging to a lamp post) #811311 I help you over to your house, Mr. Brown? Bro'wano, shunneshy. Hoth be (hie) here in minute; can see it comin’. Been ’rmmd twishe alreadhy.’â€"Lifr. On the wagon sheet of a prairie schooner that passed through Orleans, Mo., from Kansas the other day, bound eastward, was the inscription: “ Tryin’ 2 git back 2 my wife’s people. My name’s Eii.” Misfm'tuue Turned Into Luck. Why He Was a Little Vexcd. In a More‘ Del in Form . Unnecnssm- l unhle. The treatment of Diseases of ‘ the Air Passages and Lungs such as Chronic Catarrh in the fiend, " Laryngiiis, Bronchitis, Asthma, and Consumption, both ttthrtengh ‘1 ' e ' cnrrospundmmu and at our ins i‘u ions, : (constitnm‘s 2m import.sz specialty. mums-Mer \Vo publish threw, svpumtc books on Nuaul, Thumb and Lung Diseases. whiuh give much valuable inâ€" rmmution, viz: (1) A ’l‘mmisu on Consuuntimi, Luryngitis and Hymn-hum; pvmv, )Jtmi~li21id,h‘ll (mum. (1:) A Treatise on Asthma, .n- l’hlhisu'. giving new and successful treatment; price. post,- wid‘ tun «mum. (3) A TN‘XUJSU on Chronic Cutarrh in the Head; ;-x~i - v‘ pmbpnin]. two ovum. hm'mm‘i': ' D 'npepflia, “Liver Complaint,” 0!)- Rl‘inatc Constipation, Chronic Diar- : ,‘ ‘ ‘ rhea, ‘ulm-‘vorlns, and kindreduiTucfions. 1 are among tlmse chronic diseases in the NUCâ€" JN-u - 1] ta’mltniuntuf which ()ur‘spucizflists have ML, THU m gym»: Jun-mum, ; m'szasgs [iF % éijS'rmu. v. x mnwwum .m Diwnsua nl’ th an n-cvim, or tvn mama mm 33“"..53533 .A .Mh null-r- I 'w nun-anng IJIIIDI'J any, nuu i kinlil"‘l] lllililldlt‘fl, huvc buteu very lul‘g‘uly treated. . * " mid Mirvs nth-clued in thousands of cases which : {,(‘FASES hle lmi-n pronounced lmyond hope. Those dis- 5N”- ! mum um readily diinml'usticuturl. ur determined, did-“Amman I by (zhvnnml analysis (if the urinv, without a wmnnui rmmm [HUN ul’ patients. who can, therefore, mwranly he mumengfinlly preatod at their homps. :‘lm i nilv mid pun-tine 0! chemical analysis nnd microscopical "Lulu. (ion of Hm urine in our mnsidomtion 0f exudes, with -\~:‘u:-«~nuu m corn-0t, dingnnsis, in which our institution 10m: mm vu-i-zmiu fiunnus, him naturally had to u very extensive practice ‘ s of the urinary organs. x.- s. “glam; 5 'l‘hmn disonnos‘shquld be. treated only by a specialâ€" ; iiat Him-migth inunhur With them. mid who 180011]â€" j 5 - pain-nit in usunrlnin the exact condition and stage mama.“ 01' ~idvunm'lmsnt. which the disoagc has made (whim pm. only he iism-rmim-il hyru cairpful (511(5lnliflzll and micro- ‘z-iumrul oxnniiniitiun of Him urnw), for lilCdlCiIH‘R which are i, ‘ m. in “mi mm.» m (-nniliiinn do 7msilinr= ‘njury in others. living In ummnnl ivlwipinl' mum-mus inquiries [or acumplnm \‘.Hl'i\ 1m Hm nuun'n und climbiliiy of thuso mnlzulil's. writtnn in a 3mm: 14) hi: (tuxin undurstimd, wn hilyc published u. large. Illus- n-‘miul 'L‘n-utiw on Lhasa (lisvuflufl, whu-h will he sent to any ad- im, ui' ten cents in postage stumps. rim INFLAMMATION OF THE BLAD- DEIL STONE IN THE BLADDER, iii-awn], Enlarged Prostate Gland, n- Retention of Urine, and kindred affecâ€" . tioris, may be lllCllldl‘d among those in the cum ' of which our specialists lmvv achieved extraor- «linmy Humvm. Thvsn are fully troutml of in our Illustrated i'nmphle-t, on Urinary Diseases. Sent by mail for l0 cm. in stamps. STRICTURES AND URINARY FIS- TU LASerundrods of cases of the worst form ' of stricturr-s, many (if thvm greatly aggravumd by the careless use of instruments in the hands 0f invx‘porinnond physicians and sum‘onns, causing: false passages. urinary ilstu 1m, nnd other complications, annually Consult us for 11-1in and (euro. That no (case of this class is too difficult for the skill (if our specialists is proved by cures rnpnrtnd in our illus- miiwl truatisv on those maladies, to which wv rofur with pride. To intrust this (‘lflRR of cases to physicians of small experience, is 1L (lungvrnus pmcnoding. Many a man has been ruined for life by so doing; whiln thousands annually lose their lives through unskilli‘ul trmmnvnt. Send particulars of your case and ten cunts in smian for )1 large. Illustrated Treatise containing many matinioninls. I‘laitor ~â€" Don‘t mefi'tion it, my love. Some at our most valuable exchanges come to us in wrappers. Editor’s Young Wifeâ€"My dear, you must pardon me for coming down in a wrofgper thég m‘qming.‘ Hanging by Her Teeth from a Balloon in NIitLair. It seems strange that it is necessary to persuade men that you can cure their dis- eases by offering 11 premium to the man who fails to receive benefit. And yet Dr. Sago, undoubtedly cured thousands of cases of obstinate catarrh with his “ Cutarrh Remedy," Who would never have applied to him. if it had not been for his offer of the above sum for an incurable case. Who is the next bidder for cure or cash 7 The Berliners did not fail to notice that both Emperor Frederick and his father died on a Friday and that the Red Prince Frederick Charles, also died at the same age as the Emperor Frederick. ~le7 York Ilcvuld. A lady writing on kissing says that a. kiss on the forehead denotes reverence for the intellect. She doezm’t any so, but a. kiss on the back of the neck is a proof that the young woman didn't hold still. HSGranton Truth. We greatly doubt the moral right of Miss Leona Dare, the remnant who ascended from the Crystal Palace on Monday, to risk her life as she does. even for the sake of getting a living by the exhibition of her courage. According to her OWn ac- count, which was verified by 60,000 specta- tors on Monday, she ascends some mile and a half into the air (3,000 metres is her own estimate), hanging to a balloon by her own teeth, which are unusually strong. An iron bar is attached to a trapeze suspended from the car, to one end of which an india rubber mouthpiece or ball of that sub- stance has been fitted. Miss Dare puts her mouth over this. closes her teeth, and is carried up by the balloon, supported by her teeth alone, to a height at which she is invisible from below. There she signals to two ex- perienced assistants in the car, who lower a ladder, by which she ascends, being, of course, trained to all acrobatic feats, through a trapdoor into the basket ; " then the basket is divided into two compart- ments by a shawl, and behind this parti tion I change my ballooning costume, which of necessity is very light, into an ordinary walking dress, so as to be able to go home without inconvenience when We descend." Miss Dare declares that she suffers no inconvenience beyond a surging in her ears, which lasts for some time after she has descended, and that through long exercise her teeth and jaws have become exceptionally strong and trained to bear the excessive fatigue which, it is plain, must fall to their share ; but it is obvious, nevertheless, that her life must be in the most extreme peril. She does not like the balloon, she says, to start “ with a jerk "â€" a remark betraying her consciousness of a most ugly possibility. The slightest taint- ness, the smallest defect in the bar, the shock of a moment‘s toothache, and she would fall among the gaping crowdâ€"dead. we can but trust, before she reached the ground, but in any event crushed out of all recognition.â€"â€"1’ull Mall Gazette. What a world of meaning this statement embodies. Just What you are looking for, is it not ? Putnam‘s Painless Corn Ex- tractorâ€"the great ante-pop corn cureâ€"acts in this way. It makes no sore spots; safe, acts speedily and with certainty; sure and mildly, without inllmmiug the parts; pain- lessly. Do not be imposed upon by imitations or subunith I. “a”.me ' Dyspepsia, “Liver Complaint,” 0!)- R Inalc Constipation, Chronic Diar- H‘ ‘ ‘ rlmu, ‘ulm-‘vorlns, and kindrI-d uiTucLions. urn among tlmsc chronic diseases in thu NUCâ€" JNN . cvssfu] trunmnuntuf Whth our‘spucizuists have wwwqu utlzxinvd grunt, mwuvss, ()ur Uomplvm Treatise n Iliwnsua nl’ 1114- liig‘vstdvv Organs will he sent to any address ‘1. n-cvipt, or tvn cuan in postage stamps. INVALIDS‘ HOTEL MID SURGIBAL INSTITUTE, 853 Main 81., Buffalo, II. V. Friday a Hallenlolleru Day for Dying. LEONA, DARE’S REGKLESSNESS. fe, Sure and Painless. 500 Not Called For. Export Intel] gent-e. No New Thing. BIHQHT’S DISEASE, DIABETES, gmgi OUR FIELD OF SUCCESS. ’ It is stated that the Erie Railway Com- ! pany will put up in all its stations signs reading: " Kissing on the platform strictly lprohibited.” This is a step in the right direction. Any such effort to make travel less hazardous should meet with the un- qualifiea approval of the whole country. The large number of casualties lately has I made many somewhat timid about getting on railroad cars, and it is cheering to see the Erie trying to allay these ieara.â€"~ Albany Argus. Woman (to tramp)â€"After you’ve ate that pie will you saw a little wood? Tramp (eying the pie) ~Yes, ma‘am, if I’m alive. The Tlny, Glittering Stream That Pays for l‘ stands for Pierce, the wonderful doctor, Providing safe remedies, of which he is auucoetnn Pleasant to taste, and exmy 1,0 mku Purgntivo Pellets uuw “ hlml‘ 01f tlm cmkol" The mining of quicksilver, says a letter in the San Jose Herald, is far from being as profitable as in years past, and it is only by the application of the most improved methods that it is made to pay at present prices. The reduction works are situated at the base of the hill, and cover an im- mense area, and there is enough here to consume an entire day in sight-seeing. All the ore from the various shafts is waggoned to the brow of the hill and then let dowu to the works by means of an inclined cable railway, right into the upper story of the building, thereby saving the hauling of it a long distance, and also the elevating of it to the top of the works, where it begins its journéy in the reduction process. The furnaces are run day and night, Sunday or Monday. Every hour they dump in a carload of ore at the top, and take a load of rock from the bottom. A small stream of pure quicksilver is con» stantly running into an iron basin, from which it is ladled out into a scoop balanced for ninety pounds,from which it is funneled into an iron flask and tightly sealed. The novice is .very much surprised, after viewing the white heat of the furnace and seeing the solid ore thrown in,to go to the base of the furnace and see the melted silver stream running out, to find that he can hold his hand in the liquid without being burned. Again he is surprised to see his guidedrop a heavy iron bolt into the liquid and find that the solid iron floats like cork. The most surprising thing to the stranger is to view all these shafts, pumping-engine, hoisting~works. hundreds of men employed in mining, teams and cars used in mining and transporting ore from the mines to the furnaces, acres of furnaces and miles of piping, and nothing to show for this great outlay of labor and capital but a tiny stream of bright silver that you would guess you could carry away in a bucket at night. Edison’s agentâ€"M7011]an you like to buy a phonograph? It will store up everyâ€" thing you say and repeat it to you. Want one? Omaha manâ€"No; got a wife.â€"-0muha World. “She’s Much Older Tlmn Her Husband." We heard a young girl make the above remark the other day about a lady with whom we are slightly acquainted. It was not true, yet the lady in question actually does look live years older than her husband, although she is several years his junior. She is prematurely aged, and functional derangement is the cause. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription would cure her, and should be recommended to her, and to all others who are in the same condition. If the reader of this chances to be a similar sufferer, let her get the “ Prescription." It will bring back her lost beauty, and, better still, it will remove all those distress- ing symptoms which have made life a bur- den to her so long. Money refunded if it don‘t give satisfaction. See guarantee printed on bottle wrapper. QUICKSILVER 0N TAP. No Great Improvement. The Little \Von] Working n. ma Minn. Epileptic Convulsionfi. or Fits, I‘m. rnlynii, or Pal, ', Looulnulor Auu in.i SLanni’I-t Dan , lnmunnin, or inulyilm tn film-1», mu! Mn“ ‘m-Iu-d insanity, Nervous - Debillly, and vwry vm-uzty 0f nm‘vmm HUN” tinn. are hunted by our Hpvviulists fur HH‘SD diu- eases with unusual success. Sm: numerous Camus rupurtod in our dilfvmnt mummm pumphlutfl on m'n'nus l‘im‘ilHl‘fl, any mm M which will be sent for ten cents in postage stamps. whrn n-quost for them is awemnpunivd with :1 statement of a case for comaun tiun, so (hut We may know which mmol' our ’I‘x‘umjaus lu Hl'IIlL NEnvuus our Illustratod Treatise. FILES, FISTIILIE, and other disoan nmwting Hm lawm- bowels, are truith with wniidvrl‘ul success. The worst 01in of ile tumors, are pcrmum-utly cum-d ui tiltouu to twenty duya. ‘end ten cents for Illustrated Treatise. Organic wmkuong, rwrvoua dobility, promnturc decline of the Imuin powers, involuntary 103395. impaier memory, uwnml mun-(y, HDSI‘HCO u}; Willâ€"DOWOI‘, lllK‘lullL‘hul)‘. wvuk bath. and all allvd~ tions arisingr from youthful imlm'rvtinns nml pvrâ€" niqious, solitary practices. are npwdil). thoroughly We have n Spncial Departinan dovolod czrclwlivclu t0 the troutnn-ut, of Discusw of anun. Evm :mv consulting uur spmainliflts, w wlusthl'r by letter or in lit-mun. is gin-u this most careful and Confiitloruh- ntn‘ntinn. lmâ€" pormnt (miles (and wu get low \\‘lll(‘]l luwu not already buflk-d the skill 01' all the homo physicians) have the lwxwlit. of a, full Council of skilled specialists. Rooms fur lmlivs in tln: Invaliils' Hotel and Surgical Institutn are very priulm. Rl-ml ton 0011“! in stumps for mn‘ Comp]le 'l'rl'ulim» (All “lFl'llN'fl of Women. illustmwd with wuod-cuts and (zolnl'vd plums (lull plums), m‘s “whostnblisliml a Swain] 'prm'lnwnl, for Hm ‘lwso dim-uses, under the mnnzml-nwm m" Hnnw u! the most skillful physicians and surgeons «m mn' Mall". in mle that 3111 who apply to us might rec in: all flue mlvnnlugm of n. full Council of tho most experienced specialists. anilv permanently mired We offer no apology for dovnting so much WE nttontion to this nvglvctl-d class 01‘ (lillt‘zllll‘fl, believing that no condilinn of immunity is No too wretched t0 morit tlm sympnllly lnul ' host servicos of the nnhln mull-ash)” tn which we belong. Why :my llH‘dlt'lll mun, intent on doing good and alleviating~ Hull'm-inu, should slmn such cases. we cannot imagine. Why any mu- should (fflllfiikll’r it otherwise than moat honnmhlo in (turn the wnrxt (-usm (bf these diseases. we cannot understanid; uml yvt. of :ill flu,- other maladies which afflict mankind MH‘I‘U is prnhulily nan 211101”; which physicians in mineral DI'HOHOP lmmv nu lilllv. \\'v shall. therefore, continue, as llnromfnrv, in 1mm. with mn‘ Ill-Hi on”. aideration, sympathy. and skill, all amllimnls who am: humming from any of them dolicatn diamnos. H Most of those 0mm: min in t‘mntpd by us when ED at 1!. distance :18 wvll as if horn in person. A Complete Treatise (136 pugns) ml tlmso (lvlicute diseases gent xmlrd. in plain mnwlnpe, smum frnm nllsarvarinn, on rnrwipt, of only ten cents, in stumps, for manure. All H‘ratvmvnts nmdu and secrets confided m 1m will he wld m be mcrnrll” mmfillctnlxiul. All letters of inquiry, or of consultation, thnld luv mldrmsml tn HADIBAL flunE or HUPTUHE. u If}: WflflLB’S DISPENSAHY MEDIGHL RSSDBIATIUN, N0. 663 Muhl SI", BUFFA L0, Y. N: WE obtain our knowleng of the patient/p. din» Base by the application, to the 1mm Iiee :. medicine, of Wt'll-mtuhlislleil principlea of mole .1 science. The most ample resources for h'eulin‘." lingering or chrome diseases. and the gremrw skill, are thus placed Within the easy reach or illVlllidH, however dintme they may reside. Write and describe your symptoms. inelosiinr ten mm 1 in stmnpa, and n cmnplete treatise, on your pm» tieulnr disease. will be sent you, with our opinâ€" ion as to its nature and cumhility. Many CHRONIC DISEASES Stu-z cessfully Treated without a Personal consultation. EXPERIENGEB PHYSIBIANS & summers: REMEDIAL HOME, matter of how long standing. (11‘ of \\ lmL Esme. isprmnptl Yam] pornuuwntl ’ cuer by nur Rpm-via ism, without the nil‘c and “'ithoul dependent-0 upon trusses. Abundant references. Send tn: cents. for (Brunch). 01:_RU tinny“ A if PLEASANT FULL STAFF 0F THE COOK’S BEST FRIEND DUNN’S BAKING POWDER QUERY: if Mu Page’s business is the largest: in its line in the United States, is it not the best possible proof of his ability topay highest prices ‘1 11' he did not do so, would be naturally get more Skins than any of his competitors in tho sauna line? H a bulian that in mutant of light»we1?ght raw material 1011001011, and mxrriml, Mr. Page holds the lead 01' any nmnpefitor (and that his present simzk 71s Hm largvsi. held by (my house «m this rountry." And the Review says: "Afm- a most Hzomugh invgsfigation of Mr l’unn's business as mnwucrnd 7m 1, 011mm in same? line, 71v: Iuwe l)!‘l‘(ll)l(7 fully sat at], that in his spa-fully, liq/II w qILL stack, ht: is unquestionably the wry/ml, rhea/w 1," this nou71t1‘y,wh.1le in superi only ufqm ' [mi non]: (fly at fimli‘teac‘l." Physical Peculiar-[ties Which Have Be- , , ,,_ come Famoustr 7 Hunchbacks form a tolerably numerous list, says a writer in the "Gentleman's Maga- zine” for June. There is that brilliant soldier, the Marmhal de Luxemburg, of whom Macaulay writes in one of his most finished passages : “Highly descended and gifted as he was, he had with difficulty sur- mounted the obstacles which impeded him in the road to fame. If he owed much to the bounty of nature and fortune, he had suffered still more from their spite. His features were frightfully harsh ; his stature was diminutive ; a huge and pointed hump rose on his back." The reader knows the hunchbacked Richard of Shakspeare‘s powerful drama ; but historical research seems to have delivered the King from his burden, and to have shown that he was only high shouldered. Lord Lytton, in his “Last of the Barons,” has adopted the modern View : “Though the back was not curved,” he says, “yet one shoulder was slightly higher than the other, which was the more observable from the evident pains he took to disguise it, and the gorgeous splendor, savoring of personal coxcombryâ€" from which no Plantagenet was ever free- that he exhibited in his dress.” The great minister of Queen Elizabeth.William Cecil, Lord Burleigh ; the learned German theo- logian, Eber ; our “glorious deliverer,” William III. ; the famous general of Spain, the Duke of Parma, these were all “crook backs.” The pout Pope had a protuberance both on the back and in front, and one of his sides was contracted. ITCHING PI Llfi. . SYMPTOMS ~Moisture; intense itching an stinging ; most at night; worse by scratch ing. If allowed to continue tumors form which often bleed and ulcerate, becomin very sore. SWAYNE‘s OINTMENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It equally efficacious in curing all Ski for us. Cu.le Vurm’nhnd on smhisfactoryguamutg Addm ,, 0. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont, U. , . The Shoe (15' Lratlmr limo/rt”, N. Y., and Shoe rt‘ Lflathr'r Bunion), Chicago, the leading trade papers of the US. in the Hide line, have sent their ruprosnnmtivos to investigate Mr. Page‘s busi Hans, and alter a. thorough examination and cum ' n the 1:59pm 'givcsllim this gmdorsqment: Diseases. DR. SWAYNE & SON, Pro- prietors, Philnaelphia. SWAYNE’S OINTMENI‘ can be obtained of druggista. Sent by mail for 50 cents. Innate Depravily of Animate Matter. Cam any one explain why a bottle of cat- sup, when it explodes on the table, will sprinkle everything in the room except; the. meat ?â€"C’hicrzgo Tribune. MERGHANTS,BUTGHERS‘ muuuunu I. U,UU l UIJUIUJ g0lmml1y_ \Ve want. 1). mum MAN in your locality to pick up CALF SKINS NOTED HUNCHBAOKS. 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