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There was a. man, it was said one time, Who Went astray in his youthful prime. Can the brain keep cool and the heart keep quiet When the blood is a river that is running riot ‘I And the boys will be boys. the old folks Say, And a man’s the better who's had his day. The sinner reformed. and the preacher told Of the prodigal son who came hack to the fold, And the Christian people threw open the door With a warmer welcome than ever before ; Wealth and honor were his to command, And E spotless woman gave him her hand, And the wqud strewed their pathway with flowars abloom, Crying: _'.'.God bless Judy and Gd bless There was a. maiden went astray In the golden dawn of life's young day. She had more passion and heart than hand, And she followed blindly whore fond love 1ed~ And love unchecked is a dangerous guide To wander at will by a. fair girx’s side. The woman repented and turned from her sin, But no door opened to 101; bar in; The preacher prayed that she might. be for- given, But told her to 100k for mercy in heaven. For this is the law uf the em‘Lh we know, That the woman is scorned, while the 1mm may go. A brave man wedded hut after all, But the world said, frowning, "We shall not can." We have read, as you know, for ages and ages, Of a willowy maiden devoid of a. spine, A fabulous, proâ€"historic young person. Whiglltm white of an egg and a. cracker could me. ButI write to you now of a. commonplace W0- man, Who’s shockingly healthy and fearfully fat. Who never has headache or nervous prostratinn. Commonplace! what could be more so than that. She doesn’t do Kensington cat-tails or rushes. Nor has she a. screen with a, onevleggcd stark, She doesn't adore Charlotte Russe or blame- manges, But prefers unrnmantic, commonplace pork. She hasn't a quilt of crazy silk patchwork. Nor the tiniest bit; of crocheted macrmne; She cannot perform Beethoven‘s smmtas, Nor sing but the most commonplace little lay. She dogsn‘t believs she was born wile the mis smn, Unless, it may he, to be happy and well; Nor dues she at all understand protoplasm, And looks upon women who do as a. ” sell." She hasn’t a gift for the art decorative, Past,ng Japanese monsters on Yankee stone Jar, That stands in a cox-1101' to look so mathetic, Butfilmt grieves to the soul the old huusehold 8.1‘. She never paints song birds nor crickets on chinaâ€" To be drowned every day in our teacups, alas! Or ferns, cabbagewoses of ribbon at velvet, And naught did she know of the much-ham- mered brass. She cannot. write poems that glow like a. furnace, Nor sonnets as cold as the Appenine snow; For if she chops up her ideas into meter, There‘s a. rush in the ebb, and a halt in the And, with his heart beating with a sense of joyous expectation and a passionately tender longing for the sight of Shirley’s face once more, Guy turned his own to- ward home. It was on a. lovely summer evening that Guy Stuart got out of the train at the little country station, and found Madge and her ponies waiting for him in the golden sun- light. She greeted him joyfully, and as he bent and kissed her cheek, it seemed to him that he had seen nothing so fair in all his wanderings as this “ bonny English rose.” “Did‘I not {always some to meet you when you came to Erindale?” she asked, gaylx. “ A propos of a. wedding! Young ladies are always wild about weddings, so what they must be about their own particular one passes the limits of my imagination completely I" He had not seen Shirley for more than a year, and only once or twice during his long exile had a letter from her reached himâ€"frank, and friendly letters, such as a sister might write to a brother who was absent from her. Guy had smiled a little sadly over the cordial words; they were the only letters he had received from her, save the few during the brief Separation just subsequent to their engagement, and con- trasting them with these, he saw how the eager young girl had grown into the grave saddened woman who had suffered and loved and borne a load of anguish rarely laid upon the shoulders of frail humanity. But all the letters breathed a spirit of tenderness and trust which touched Guy sensibly as he read them, and which made it easier to keep away from her until such time had passed after that peaceful death in Adinbrooke Castle as would admit of his claiming the precious charge Sir Hugh had left him. Heheard much of her from others, more especially from Lady Oliphant, who was a constant correspondent. She told him how useful and earnest and beautiful was the life which Shirley led in the pretty cottage- home he had chosen ; for she had steadily re- fused any of Sir Hugh’s wealth save the small annuity he had left her in the will he so regretted at the last. She told him what good she did, how much she was loved, and she cheered him with a few words of hope which brightened Guy’s lonely life abroad with the thought that perhaps, after all, the Visions poor Hugh Glynn had seen with his dying eyes might become blessed realities in the time to come. But,When the roses were in bloom a second time, Guy received his summons home in a pretty affectionate note from Madge Oliphant, asking him to come back to be present at; her marriage. “ It was very good of you to come to meet me yourself, Madgie,” he said, as he accommodated his long limbs to the limits of Madge’s fairyâ€"like little vehicle. “Yes;but you were only a. lassie then; now you are a. young lady about to be married, and a very important personage altogether. When is the great day, Madgie?” “You gsve me no date, Madgie. I sup- pose you were in such a wild state of exciteâ€" ment that you forgot that. I was not likely to know What day you pad fixed." H “In a wild sizfie of excitement !" she echoed, teasing her pretty head. “ A prop0s de quoi, Guy ‘Ii’ ‘a. . -n ‘ 1. But there’s worse to be told of this commonplace WOIHEH, Who owns neithcr bird. nor dog, nm' pot out; They say that she's really in love with hur hus- band. Commonlylacel what would be) mum so than that ‘2 And when we 9.11 stand at the lastflmml tribun :1], Where great and where small mu anguud each a. part, May the angels make room {or the commonplace woman Who knows naught of literature, science or art. â€"Gtmd Houwkwpi/lgl. “'fhe great day is tomorrow,” she replied, with a. laugh and a. blush. “ You will soon see outward and visible signs of it.” time ?" VW‘IYes. We expected you quite a week ago." " 1.~.ur-u- 1- “ {Vélliyou see, I am the exception which proves the rule,” Madge staid, laugh- ing._“I am much as usual, thank you." ‘ mr 1,, " Nearly,” Madge answered, gayly. “The dining-room is intact; so you will have your dinner in peace, which assurance ” You are as saucy as usual, Madge. How are your father and mother ‘2” “Very Well, indeed.” “ And the Hall is turned upside down, I presume ?" ‘1 -. 1 M ,,v,, A Storv of Woman’s Faithfulness. “To-morrow! ThenIam only just in grBom! SHIRLEY ROSES : flow. The Connmouplace Woman. CHAPTER LIII. Two Sinners. -â€"â€"Ella Wheeler cnx‘ will, I know, be a. great comfort to you. You see, Guy,” she added, more soberly, " I should have preferred a. very quiet wedding, but mamma. and papa. did noc like disappointing all the village people, who have been looking forâ€" ward to all kinds of gayeties; so last night there was a ball for the tenants and house- hold, andâ€"«” “ To-night ‘3” said Guy, laughingly. “There is a dance for ourselves. Mamma wanted it to-morrow night; but I said that. I did not see Why 1 should be out; of it, so I begged to have it to-night.” . .-1 v,‘ w_oc,,, u Quin; right. Ana’, if the bride-elect will honor an old fogy so far, I beg to put in a. retainer for a. dance or two.“ “As mnny as Jack will let you have,” she said, merrily. “ Guy, how dare you call yourself an old fogy? You look over so much younger than you did Whenâ€"When I saw you last.” “ Do I ? I am glad of that. I am glad too, Mndgie. that Jack has been able so to arrange matters that he will not be obliged to take our sunshine away from us.” “ No; that has been settled very comfort- ably. Mr. Kearton takes the management of the house at Calcutta, and Jack stays in England.” “011: would have gone hard with your peoglve to spafe you, Madgie.” « 1. “ Yes, my heart was almost broken when I thought of it. It was so terrible to think that I must leave either pups and mamma. or Jack. It was miserable, Guy.” “ Poor little Mndgie l" “Sometimes I almost wished that I had never seen Jack.” she said, half ruefully: “and the next moment I felt that not even mother wanted me as he did.” ‘Z’That was just WhMâ€"” Madge begun, impulsively, but she stopped, coloring a. little. “Poor Jack! The past shadow will make the sunshine of the preaent all the brigy‘ger.” “ Just What, Madgie C?" Major Stuart naked, looking at her with a little smile; but Madge shook her head, smiling also, and did not. finish her semnnue. Perhaps be guessed what the conclusion would have been, for he did not urge her ; but a great longing came into his gray eyes. They drove on in the golden sunlight, down me pretty leafy lanes which were so pleasant in G uy‘s eyes. When he had seen them last they were bare and leafless and glittering with boar-frost, now the haw- thorn, both pink and white, was blooming in the hedges, and the banks were ablaze with floral treasures. She was so lost in some day-dream or musing,J that she did not hear him enter, nor the closing of the door, and he was able to watch her for some minutes unper- ceived. He saw that she was no less beautiful than she had been in the old days, and that her loveliness had increased rather than diminished; and, as she stood therein the sunlight, in her soft white dress, with one deeply tinted rose nestling in the lace at her throat, she was a sight “to make an old man young.” As she stood, she sighed softly»â€"~-sighed although there was a. little smile upon her lips ; then she turned quickly, feeling suddenly, as people do, that some one was Watching her ; whereupon Guy immediately went forward; and all her heart went out in glad welcome to him, although for a. second she could not move. Then she held out both hands to him, sndthe next instant â€"how it happened neither ever knewâ€" she was in his arms, held there in a. clasp which spoke more plainly than any words of Guy’s longing and Guy’s love, while her eyes», the lovely, lustrous hazel eyes, so pas- sionateâ€"looking up to his, told him, better than the sweetest words could all he Wanted to know. Perhaps it was because the thoughts of both were so full of Shirley that neither of them spoke of her. Once or twice glancing at the gmve face of the 1119.11 by her side, Madge smw the yearning in his gray eyes, which uhu interpreted rightly; will. she touched Xhe pretty [)UHiBh lightly with her Whip to inc-ream lll‘eil‘ puco; for were they not bringing them home to Erizidale Hall and to Shirley? How often during the long months of his exile and waiting he had yearned for the sight of her face, the sound of her voice, the touch of her hand! Even as a thirsty man in the desert craves for W8.th he had thirsted for her, his darling, whom he had loved so faithfully, so unaelfishly, so perfectly, all his life long. ‘ a In that moment it seemed to Guy that all the past suffering was forgotten in the the great joy and blessedness of their re- union. For many minutes he could find no welds to speak to her; she was so true, so beautiful, so loving, that he could not utter what he felt; his joy and love were alike dumb. But she needed no words. He held her in his arms, crulhing her in a close, fond embrace, looking down at the sweet face asif he would never tire of the rapt fond gaze: anil, as they stood thus, the golden sunshine streaming into the pretty room fell upon them both, a. presaage of the happier days tooome. Shirlef§vas thé first. to break the rap- turous silence. Putting her hands upon his breast, she Iookefl 111) into hisifacgl J 7“ Bu} what, Guy?” she said, lifting her eyes now to his, with a little smile in their lustrous depths. H I hope so, too,” Guy said, smiling, but with a great earnestness in his voice; and they v.11 proceeded together under the flower-crowned doors into the great hall, which was likewise full of unmistakable signs of the coming event, Where they stood talking, until Madge returned, Slipped her hand through Guy’s arm, and led him away, talking fast and merrily the While, to hide her great agitation. For a moment afner he had entered the room Guy thought that it was empty, but the next he became aware of a. slender woman in white standing by the open win- dow, with her face turned toward the setting sunlight and his heart gave a. sudden great bound of joy and gludness as his eyes rested upon her. ” You have come back to me, Guy ?” she said softly. “ I have come back. my darling." “ You will not go again?” The sweet voice was a little hurried and breathless now. “ Not if you tell me to stay, Shirley.” There was another silence as Guy watched the lovely pink flush mounting over the fair pale face up to the roots of the pretty hair. The sweet eyes were down- cast now, the red lips quivering a. little. “ Shirley,” he said very earnestly, very tenderly, very softly, “If. (luring all these years we have passed far from each other, you have learnt to love me less than you used to in the old days, and not only to love me less, but to love me differentlyâ€"as a. friend, as u. brotherâ€"let me hear it from your lips now. Butâ€"” -1 1-... ‘ The golden sunlight; was taking u shade of rosw-cnlmr when whey turned in at the park gu is, {naming tnc little ivygrown lodge when: Shirley nmi Madge had first nmn,ami driving swxftly up the avenue, Sir Frederic mm Jn‘uk were anuuding on lewhne shunu stops, and the great hall (LN): was crowned thh an arch of flowers, one of the unmismkable signs of the morâ€" row’s prowedings; and, while Guy greeted the two gentlemen, Madge disappeared into the house. “ The child would not let any one meet you but hereelf,” Sir Frederic remarked, smiling. “ We are glad to See you again, Stuart, and I hope yaur Wanderings are over.” At the door of a little room which Guy remembered well as her own favorite sanc- tum she: stopped, opening it; very softly, and motionng to Guy to enter. She did not follow, but/closed the door after him, and then slipped away with an April face of smiles and tears as she thought who was waiting for him Within. 7 Guy st'ooped dowh Bind stedaiod them with his own and the flush faded. still#” “ If 1” she repeated, with a. tone of ten- derest reproach in her sweet voice, and her arms crept _u_p about his neck. _ A. ~__[, , Closer in his arms now, nearer to his heart, clinging to him with a. love which had never swerved not faltered, a love which had endured, and would endure, they were very happy The tenants’ ball given in honor of Madge’s marriage had been a. great success, and the ball given to Sir Frederic and Lady Oliphant’s friends on the eve of their daughter’s wedding-day was not less so. The entertainment gained considerably by the presence of the charming bride-elect, whose fair and radiant smiles were pleasant to see and to remember. Out of consideration for the event next day, it was not to be a. late party, but dancing was kept up with unabated vigor, and the bonny queen of the ball must have danced her tiny satm slippers into holes on the occasion. Within a. month from the day there was another Wedaing in the old church, a. very quiet wedding, with no gay cortege of bride- maids and groomsmens, but which, not- Many of the guests were to remain at Erindale for the night, in order to be pre- sent at the wedding on the next day, and from garret to basement the grand old house was bright with light, While the gay strains of the dance-music rose and fell softly. It was a. pretty wedding. the guests said afterwards, the prettiest that some of them had ever seen. There was no lavish dis- play cf wealth, and the good .Wishes that followed the young bride were heartfelt and earnest. As she went down the path on her husband’s arm the sunshine fell upon them both, as it fell upon theirfuture lives. “ Madgie,“ Jack whispered, when, having walnzed her cleverly out of the circle of the dancers, they found themselves for a few minutes alone in the solitude of the con- servatory, where the light fell on the rich- hued flowers and on Madge Oliphant’s golden hair and white dress, colorless and pure as the dress she would wear next day, “ tell me, my dearest, are youquite happy ‘2” And in the carved pews of the chancel there were familiar facesâ€"Sir Oswald and Lady Fairholme, the latter as bright and sweet and sparkling as ever, and Mr. and Mrs. Litton, who had been married a year or more, and were settled in London, where the young surgeon‘s skill and perseverance and genuine love of his profession were meeting with their reward. They had come down for the occasion, for Rosie Litton and Madge had been fast friends in their girlhood. There, too, was Shirley, grave and beautiful in her rich dress of shimmering silk and lace; and, as Mr. Litton’s eyes rested upon her, he recalled the pale trembling woman who had come to him through the winter night, and their midnight walk through the snow. There also was Guy, so tall, erect, and stately, with a wonderful tenderness in his eyes as they dwelt upon Lady Glynn, his face that of one who has borne and endured, and conquered sorrow, and learned peace and faith through pain. _ There was tflow but irrepressible mur- mur as Madge and her dainty white-robed bride-maidl came up the aisle and a. gleam of passionate tenderness and joy flashed into the eyes of the handsome young bride- grodm who stood waiting for her, and by whose side she knelt to make the vows which she put-posed, with all the strength of her pure young heart, to keep. - It was a. [ii-etty sight and a touching one. Shirley’s eyes watched them with a grave tenderness which had something a. little wistful and sad in it. Perhaps she was thinking of her own wedding-day and its disastrous ending, and of the tears which had fallen upon the gleaming satin and lace of her weddingdress. No such fate was in store for Madge, she thought thankâ€" fully ; and, looking 'at Ruby, she met her earnest and sympathizing glance with a fond little pressure of the hand. The next moment they were both smiling at Bertie Fairholme, who, in a dainty courtâ€"suit of velvet and lace and silk stockings, brought up the rear of the bride-maids with little Amy Graham, and who had evidently given allhis childish heert to his little golden- haired companion. “ Quité hippy, Jack,” she afiswered-I iéan- ing her bright head against him for a mo- ment. “You have no fears, no misgivings, Madge “No fearsâ€"oh, noâ€"and no misgivings, Jack-r isave one.” “ And that, my own ?" “ 13 that I am not worthy of your love 1" He caught her in his arms and pressed his cheek to hBI'B. i‘r‘And you never thinkâ€"you never fear that 7 0h Madgie, even now, in my great hapgmeeg, I cannot help thinkingofâ€"â€"” 1,1 t The old church was crowded, the chancel alone being reserved for the guests; the rest; of the building was thronged with the good people of Erindale, the women in their gals. dress, the men with noaegays in their button-holes in honor ofA Miss Madge. “ Jack”#she lifted her head and looked at him with deep earnestnessâ€"“this eve- ning, when 1 went to Shirley, and she told me that what we had all so longed and wished for was to take place, she said that she had no regret now for the past, that all the sorrow had been blessed to her, that the present happiness was brighter for the past darkness, that there was no shadowâ€"â€" not oneâ€"upon her or Guy now. Jack"â€" the golden head was pressed closely against him nowâ€"” if you cannot forget, think of it as she doesâ€"with gratitude and love; snd"â€"she looked up smilingâ€"“ out of that trouble has come something for which you at least ought to be thankful, you ungrate- ful boy, since without it you would never have known me 1” He drew her closer in his arms. “ And you are more than able to make me forget the past,” he said tremulously : and the last shadow of the cloud fell away from them. Other lovers beside Jack and Madge sought the solitude cf the conservatory to talk to each other in uninterrupted felicity; but perhaps of 8.11 none were more peace- fully happy then Guy Stuart and Shirley Glynn as they stood there toward the end of the ball, while Sir Frederic and Lady Oliphant were speeding the parting guests. Many an interested and admiring glance had followed Lady Glynn that night, for her story was Well known, and it surrounded her with a, halo of romance which her grace and beauty had increased: while to her, as well as to Guy, 9. bsllvroom was a sight unfamiliar enough to be interesting and pretty, and to have many a touch of pathos and sentiment. ... . ‘ ” Thank you, my dearest,” he said with a grave tenderness which pleased her; and there was a steadfast light in the deep gray eyes which boded Well for the happiness of the future which rose before them with its rainbow of hope and joy. “ Do you re- member, Shirley,” he added, “ that once before I said that, looking into the future, I could see no shadow of parting with you ‘2” “ I remember, dear Guy.” “But the shadow ought to have been there, dearest.” “ I saw it, Guy," she said softly. “I cannot see any shadow now, my dar- ling. Can you, Shirley?” “ Noâ€"for there is none, Guy." Unmistakable signs of a. wedding were plentiful the next morning; and the sun shone g8.ny on Madge Oliphant’a wedding- day, streaming through the stained glass winaows of the parish church on the assem- bled guests as they waited for the bridal- Paily- ._ . w t .. . . A “Shirley‘ Guy said softly, as be bent over, “when email to Abake‘yoq home?" “When you like, Guy," she answered, smiling. _ “ But if not, Shirleyâ€"if you care for me r?” withstanding, the village turned out to witness to a man, for thereiwere a beautiful bride and a noble-looking bride-groom, and a few true and tried friends who had been with them in their sorrow and were with them to share their joy. Mr. Venn was assisted in his office by Mr. Grey, theVicar of Easton, and his curate, his daughter Lucie’s husband; and his wife and daugh- ters were present. Jack and Madge were there also, having returned to England for the purpose, the former a. proud and happy young husband, the latter the prettiest little matron imaginable. As Guy and Shirley went down the aisle together, inseparable and blessed, those who loved them felt that their “feast of joy" was not the less glad because of their experience of misery. They had learned to suffer and to endure, and the suffering and endurance had enobled and strength- ened them; and, as the sunshine fell upon them and the soft summer air floated by, it seemed as if some passing angel had touched them with his flying wings and blessed them with a heavenly blessing; and no sweeter words had ever fallen upon Shirley’s ears than those two which Guy uttered when they were once more aloneâ€" ” My wife.” Different Experiences. Handsome Manâ€"«Saved another lady from fracturing her skull. She fainted on the hotel steps, and would have fallen on the stone pavement if I had not caught her. It is remarkable how much ill health there is among the women of the present day. They are always fainting. " See here, mum, at ye can’t spare me nothing better to drink out of than a tin basin, an’ at you ain’t got nothing better to eat than this queer-tastin’ cake, Why, I ain’t got no use far this napkin.” Taking pity on a very forlorn looking tramp yesterday, an uptown housekeeper promised to give him something to eat, and, thinking he might want to Wash his horridly dirty face and hands before eating, she sent a. servant out with a. basin of water, a fresh cake of soap and a towel. A few minutes later the lady returned to see if he was in a. condition to be invited into the kitchen when the tramp broke out: " Wife, dear, my last hour is at hand. Voices are calling and spectral hands are beckoning me away.” “ Don’t say that, dear.” “ When the shadows of the evening deepen, the shadows of death will have en- compassed me forever. And now. darling, one last request.” “ Speak it, John.” “ When I am dead do not marry my brother.” “ Why ’2” “ His life has been a tempestuouslone, love, and I would like to feel sure when I go that his declining years will be spent in peace.”â€"Lincoln Journal. Night has faded far away; Their sun has risen and it is day" and from their present bliss they could look back thinkiully and without pain on that long and desert land thr'ough which they had toiled with weary feet. A: plain white marble tablet in the church Where they worship bears, without name or date, the short prayerâ€" “ MISERERE, DOMINE !” and, in the words of him in memory of Whom it was placed there, the future lives of Guy Stuart; and his wife may be summed “Pi . . -. “Isee a. happy home brightened by mutual love and joy and peace, a home where I am hot forgotten but remembered sometimes with compassion and pity. I see two persons perfectly happy in their mutual love and trust. Isee the husband, strong, brave, true, loving and protecting, and striving by a tenderness which never fails to make his wife forget the misery she has suffered. I see the wife loving, honoring, trusting, and looking up to a man worthy of all her tenderness, and making the sunshine of his home and of his life. I see too in that happy home a pale young mother lying, smiling and serene, with a child in her arms. I see the stately old home bright with restless children, who scamper swiftly down the galleries, and whose sweet gay voices echo through the old 'rooms, filling them with mirth‘and laughter." And what tfie dying eyes saw in vision has come to pass in reality; for it is even so. 3. Charles, son of Benjamin, married Caroline. What then? Amos is a brother to his son. Amos is grandfather to his daughter. Amos is grandfather to his sister. Amos is father to his grandson. Amos is his own grandfather, his own son, and brother-inâ€"law to himself. Benjamin is brother to his father. Benjamin is brother to his son. Benjamin is brother to his mother. Benjamin is brother to his daughter. Benjamin is the son of his sister. Benjamin is the husband of his sister. Charles is brother to his father. Charles is brother to his grandfather. Charles is brother to his mother. Charles is brother to his grandmother. Charles is grandnephew to his wife. Charles is grandchild to his aunt. Charles is married to another aunt. Charles is the son of his aunt. Charles is the husband of his sister. A New York Millionaire’s Tomb to Cover Half an Acre. There is a certain rich man in New York. currently reported to be out of health, who is spending his summer in cheerful mortuary pursuits. The architects who design his houses and yachts for him are just now hard at work on the drawings for a tomb that is to be at once the biggest, most ornate and most thoroughly burglar proof last resting place in this country. It will reach some hundred or more feet in the air, cover nearly half an acre of ground, require something like three years to complete the rich and beautiful sculptures with which it will be adorned and the vault to contain the ashes of the dead plutocrat is a marvel of mechanical ingenuity. In the first place the ponderous slabs of granite forming the four sides of the receptacle for the coffin are nearly three feet in thickness. The upper one moves on springs as smoothly as a door, but only when certain intricate combinations have been carried out upon the lock. and any fumbling with the fastenings by ahand that does not know the proper springs to be pressed and pulled awakens certain engines of destruction which will make it decidedly uncomfortable for the fumbler. But the hardy body snatcher would have first to penetrate through many obstacles and difficulties before he reached the place Where he could satisfactorily blow himself into smithereens.â€"â€"-Brooklyn Eagle. The way people can mix up themselves and their relations in the matter of marriage was perhaps never better illus- trated than in the case of a. backwoods Maine family, of which a. correspondent writes : A father, son and grandson married three sisters. That looks simple enough, doesn’t it ‘I It hasn’t dammed on you yet. Well, see here : 1. Amos, the father, married Abigal. 2. Benjamin, the son of Amos. married Betsey. Hbmely Maiâ€"I nevervnotioed it. Complex Family Relations. IT FOR JAY GOULD? Love’s Labor Lost His Last Request. THE END. "For them They Drive the Inmates Out by Fear of Ghosts. There is a dwelling on West Fayette street, near Fulton avenue, that for the past twelve months has been the cause of much fear to superslitious neighbors, particularly to the colored colony in Bruce street. in the last year the house has had three tenants. The first family lived there two months, the second about a month, and the house then remained idle for a little time. The neighbors would see the new tenants get their furniture and coal in and then make preparations to vacate. Servant girls whispered the stories of the strange house to one another, and many were the conjectures of the cause of the queer doings. Shortly after the first family moved in the children would wake up and scream for protection, declaring that some one was in the room, and had pulled the bed clothes off them. The gas would suddenly flare up after burning steadily for some time, and go out, leaving the occupants of the house in utter darkness. This sort of thing conâ€" tinued until the folks moved into more desirable quarters. Loud and unaccount- able noises were heard in the house nights. Except that one of the back third story windows was open there was no entrance except by unlocking either the front or the back door. The young folks in the neigh. borhood would give the house a wide berth and scurry along past it as quickly as posâ€" sible. The windows would rattle and the, doors bang without any apparent cause; and finally the thing got to be intolerable ‘ and the second tenant moved. The nexti family that moved in were entirely‘ ignorant of the reports that had been cir- , culated about the house, and they settled themselves in the firm belief that they had 1 securedagood dwelling at an extremely. low figure, In a little while they, too, began to be disturbed, and would vainly light the gas after it was repeatedly put out. One night recently it was determined to ascertain, if possible, what caused the strange doings, and watch was set. The lights were dimmed and all but two of the family retired. After getting nearly asleep the watchers were rudely awakened by the sound as of the flapping of wings and a peculiar chittering noise. The gas, which had been dimmed, had gone out, and refused positively to be lighted again. The watchers were in a dilemma. Matches were at a premium, and in the dark none could be found. The flapping of wings kept on, and the alarm was increased visibly by the smothered cries and the uneasiness of the ghost catchers. After along search a match was discovered, and the fears of the scared people were considerably lessened by a ray of light from a gas jet. The cause of all the excitement was two large bats. They continued to flutter until one had been killed and the other escaped by the open window. The next day an examination of the gas pipes was made, and they were found to be clogged up in such a manner that when an extra force of gas was put on the whole house was cut off. The mystery of the noise in the house was cleared up. It is supposed that the bats had free access to the house at all times, and their flapping around the rooms, particularly when the house was vacant, made the racket. The question of the bedclothes being pulled off the children is only accounted for in the belief that they went to bed after par- taking of too much supper, and were rest- less and kicked off the clothesâ€"Baltimore American. Ethelâ€"Do let me take the glass 1 I have been here 31x weeks, and it is the first man of any kind I have seen ._Life. Helenâ€"Oh, Ethel! there’s a man-of-war copipgfiigecfly toward_ us: \Vhere the Quail Belongs. An Austin teacher was instructing his class in natural history. “ To what class of birds does the hawk belong? ” he asked. “ To birds of prey,” was the reply. “ And to What class do quail belong? ” There was a. pause. The teacher repeated the question : ” Where does the quail belong ? ” ” On toast 1 ” yelled out the hungry boy at the foot of the class. “ I beg your pardon,” he said in some confusion, but his Virginian politeness quickly getting control, “I was feeling a. little peart last night and sat down rather hard on the bed, and 1â€"1 reckon I busted the mainspring.”v Washington 001‘. New York Press. The terrified women pulled the bed slowly down, and the new boarder, awak- ened by the motion, crawled out in a. rumpled state. The elevation of his feet, however, did not trouble the new boarder in the least ; he Wee already slumbering peacefully, and the bed, of course, did not close tightly. In the morning the absence of her new boarder from breakfast troubled the land- lady to such an extent that she went with the maid to investigate. The Virginian‘s door Was open, the room undisturbed and the bed apparently closed. The maid, however, discovered his hat on the floor, and then in sepulchral tones called atten- tion to the feet protruding from the top of the bed. The test was to be decided by the horses either pulling the timber from the hands of the men, or else pulling them from the ground to their feet. Three trials were to be made, each of three minutes’ steady pulling. The excited farmers and villagers crowded around the parties to witness this singular feat of strength and endurance. The horses were twice whipped into pull- ing their best, but with distended muscles and swelling veins that told of the terrific strain upon them the prostrate men held the horses to their position. At the third trial the excited farmer lashed his horses to force them to their utmost, when, by a sudden jerk, the timber in the hands of the resisting men, and to which the horses were hitched, snapped in two pieces. The end of one piece struck Crim in the side as it broke, and rendered him unconscious for nearly an hour. He was supposed to be dead, but finally recovered, and is out of all danger of serious results from the blow. The Main Spring Broke. The folding bed is apparently unknown inEirginia. The other day a. tall and rather verdant F. F. V. arrived in town, on a. Government oflice bent, and took quarters in :1 Washing- ton boarding house. As it was the dull season the Virginian was quartered in a. large front room where the bed folded silently up, like Longfellow’s Arab tent. It so happened that the Virginia. boarder met some friends from Alexandria during the evening of his first day in Washing- ton, and when he reached home the hour was late. Reaching his room he fell on the bed, boots and all, and the springs being worn thggtrupturgbegal} 1‘:o_ clqse up: A Singular Test of Strength. In a recent issue of the Cincinnati En- quirer we find an account of a novel con- test of human against brute strength. Two residents of Dearborn county, Indiana, Wm. Liddle, a merchant. and Jesse Grim, a blacksmith of the village, laid a wager that they could outpull any two horses in the township. Steven Cook, a farmer, who owned a fine team, accepted the bet, and not long ago,in the presence of a concourse of neighbors and friends of the respective contestants, the trial of strength was made. Liddle and Grim lay flat on their backs with their feet firmly braced against an immovable structure arranged for the pur- pose, and with their heads pointing from the horses, that were hitched a distance of 40 feet away to a piece of timber held firmly in the hands of the prostrate men. BATS CAPTURE A HOUSE. Fun After Dinner. Romantic Incident of the Great Michigan Prairie Fire. One day this weeka. pleasant-faced young lady arrived at the Clinton House, Kingsâ€" ton, and said she was from Grand Rapids, Mich, and that she desired to be conveyed to the residence of Mrs. Augustus Elmen- dorf. The proprietor told her that Mrs. Elmendorf lived on the Hurley road, and if she would wait until after dinner he would take her to her destination himself. While in conversation before dinner the young,r woman said Mrs. Elmendorf was a dear friend of hers and had been since both were little girls, but had never met. Tubercnlar consumption is simply lung- scrofulaâ€"the active and dangerous develop- ment of a taint in the blood. The grand bloodAcleanaing botanic principles contained in Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery specially fit it to purify the blood. and pruvent the formation of ulcers in the lungs and bronchial tubes. Liver complaint, skin disease, and sores, are also cured by it. All druggists. This statement caused astonishment among the young woman’s auditors. Ques- tions elicited from her the following romantic story: “In the full of 1871 a disastrous fire swept over the portion of Michigan Where I lived. In afew hours my father's house and many others for miles around were destroyed and we were left destitute. .L‘his was at the time of the Chicago fire; and besides doing so much for the sufferers in that city kind eastern people did not forget the sufferers by prairie fires. Ulster county people were generous, sending many boxes of food and clothing. In the town of Olive, at that time, lived Bertha, the little daughter of Ephraim Bishop. She had been told of the sufferings of the little children in the west, and among her offerings was a. dress for a, little girl. When she had finished the dress she wrote a. note telling who had made it and asked that the little girl who received it write to her and let her know ‘ all about it.’ In due time a. letter was sent to little Bertha. It gave a history of the fire and its ravages, and how delighted the writer was when a letter was found in the dress pocket telling who had sent the garment. “ Be mine,” he cried with voice sur- clmrged with anguish. “ If you refuse me I shall die ! ” That was forty years ago, and the heartless girl refused him. Yester- day he died. Girls, beware. I was a very ticklish youngster, and my comrades sometimes used that Weakness for their own amusement. One boy used to show how little effect tickling had upon him; but one hot summer day, as he was lying reading, I tickled him on the ribs, and he almost went into convulsions. I found that he was far more sensitive than any boy in the company, and he revealed his secret to me under condition of my never telling any one else. By holding his breath he became pachydermatous, and would let anybody tickle him as much as they pleased ; but, of course, they always gave it up at once when they saw his solid look. I tried the plain, and it worked ad- mirably ; and it is my only protection,even unto this day, for my cuticle is as sensitive as ever. The deduction is simpleia man holds his breath and the tickler is baffled. *Science. The “old reliable"â€"Dr. Snge’a Catarrh Remedy. “ For seventeen years the correspondence thus begun was continued. The two little girls passed into womanhood, and owing to circumstances neither could control they never met. Photographs were exchanged, and women’s love sprang up between them. Bertha Bishop some years ago married Augustus Elmendorf, a farmer, whom you tell me you will soon take me in to see. I am the Michigan girl who received the dress. No, I am not married. This sum- mer good fortune has given me the oppor- tunity to visit the east, and I have come to Ulster County to see the friend who is so dear to me.” Parts of wood to be painted which are soiled by smoke or grease are to be washed withasolution of saltpetre in Water, or with very thin lime Whitewash. 1f soap- suds are used to wash off the smoke or grease, they should be thoroughly rinsed with clean Water or the paint will not harden. To Dr‘ Pillbaqe, Patrick came With a moat woful face; Says he, “ Dear Docther, plmt‘s your name, Will you plaze trate my ca-e." The doctor looked him i-) too eye, His tongue he made him show; Said he, ” My man. you're going to dis; You've got tiozlmllourezlx ” “My faith.” says Hum, “ phat’s that you say ‘3 I’ve got Wick-dollar,” oh! Yoz lyin‘ thafe. 1 always pay Your bill before I go. I'll have no more to do wid yez, I’ll docther my own 03.58.” Hetook a. dose of P. 1’. P. P.'S, And wears a. brighter face. Use Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets for torpid liver, constipation, and all derangements of stomach and bowels. By druggiste. The best time to paint the outside of a. house is early in the winter, or in the spring, when the air is cold and no dust is fiyielg- _ A10 cent bottle of Polson‘s NERVILINE will cure neuralgia or headache. A 10 cent bottle of Nerviline will cure toothache or faceache. A 10 cent sample bottle of Nervi- line is sufficient to cure colds, diarrhoea, spasms, dysentery, etc. Nerviline is just the thing to cure all pains, Whether internal or external. Buy at your druggv'sts a 10 cent sample of Nerviline, ” the great pain cure.” Safe, prompt,and always effectual. Large bottles at any drug store, only 25 cents. The first, second and third coats of paint, on the outsidee of buildings, should be pre- pared by mixing the white lead with boiled linseed oil and allowing each coat to dry hard before applying the next. After this story had been told in a. way that went direct to the hearts of he): audi- tors, the young lady seemed no longer a. stranger in Kingston. During the after- noon she was taken to the home of Mrs. Elmendorf, Where she was given a joyful welcome.--Kingston Freeman. Brownâ€"Made with red and black. Bright brownâ€"Carmine, yellow and black. Roseâ€"Lake and white. Cheetnutâ€"‘White and brown. Purpleâ€"Carmine and blue. Lead color â€"VVhite and black. Pearlâ€"Blue and lead color. Pink White and alumina. ChocolatemBlack and Venetian red. French whiteâ€"Purple and White. Greenâ€"Blue and yellow. Pea. greenâ€"Green and white. Dark greenâ€"Green and black. Orangeâ€"Red and yellow. Straw colorâ€"White and yellow. Flesh Colorâ€"White, lake and vermilion. Oliveâ€"Red, blue, black and yellow. Buffâ€"Yellow, white and red. Vermilionâ€"Carmine and yellow. Lavenderâ€"Carmine, ultramarine and white. Sky blueâ€"White and ultramarine. Umberâ€"White, yellow, red and black. Drab -Umber, white and Venetian red. FRIENDS WHO HAD NOT MET. How to Paint a Residence. That Deadly Scourge ! “’hat 10 Cents Will Do. Dr. Pillbags' Diagnosis. Could Not be Tickled. How to JVIake Colors. Kept. His Promise. His Uncle Leaves Him $280,000 on Condi- tion that He Marry. James L. Babcock, formerly of Chicago, but now of Ann Arbor, will meet with smiling encouragement from mothers with marriageable daughters, for by the death of his uncle he inherits $280,000 in money and bonds upon condition that he marries within five years. Luther James, the deceased uncle, resided for many years at Lima, Mich, and became one of the wealthiest men in the county. He was a bachelor, and in fact, a. woman-hater. His brothers and sisters married and had families, and thoold bachelor grew to love and admire his nephews and nieces. He finally selected James Luther Babcock as his particular favorite, whom, as he grew to manhood, the old man helped and put in charge of a bank at Ann Arbor. The favorite nephew prospered. He fell in love with a beautiful girl and was accepted. The wedding day was fixed but the dream of happiness was doomed to fade into mist. Uncle Luther James opposed the match ‘ and James Babcock accepted the flat and broke of the match. He is now 45 years old and still unmarried, but some will say that his uncle’s will has recompensed him for the loss of his bride. The banker can now marry if he pleases, and if he declines to fill the condition the property is to be given to the sisters, nephews and nieces equally. By the will, which was probated in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, the two sisters and twenty-one nephews and nieces receive $5,000 each, the residue going to James L. Babcook on the odd condition named.~ l Chicago cor. New York Sun. THE flflfik’g BEST FREEME Wholly unlike artificial systems. Cure of iuiud wandering. Any book learned in one reading. Clmsea of l,087 at Baltimore. 1,005 at Detroit 1,500 at Puilndulphia, 1,113 at \Vaahiugton l ,216 at Boston, lurgu classes of Columbia. Law students, at Yale, \‘Vellbsley. Oberlin. University of Penn" Michigan University, Chautauquamto. etc. Endorsed by RICHARD I’BOUTUB, the ficien tist, Hons. W. W. ASTOR, JUDAH P. BENJAMIN Judge GIBSON, Dr. BROWN, E. 1:1. UOOK,P1‘iLLN.Y State Normal College, etc. Taught by corres- pondent, Prospgct‘gg‘ ‘ R ‘ ‘ {mm ITCHING PILES. SYMPTOMSâ€"Moisture; intense itching an stinging ; most at night; worse by scratch ing. If allowed to continue tumors form which often bleed end ulcerate, becomin very sore. SWAYNE’S OINTMENT stops the itching and bleeding, heels ulceration, and in many cases removes the tumors. It equally efficacious in curing all Ski Diseases. DR. SWAYNE & SON, Pro- prietors, Philadelphia. SWAYNE’H OINTMENI‘ can be obtained of druggiste. Sent by mail for 50 cents. - One of those shoppers known as “tasters,” who chew calico to see if the colors are fast, Went into a prominent dry goods store on the avenue. Approaching the calico counter she inquired of the clerk ; “ Hive you any blue stiriped calico on a red ground ‘2” The clerk, who knew his customer, ansvygred politely; _ H for 113. Cash Furnished on satisfactory guaranty Address, 0. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vermont, U. 5‘ We believe that in extent of light-weight raw material collected and, carried, Mr. Page holds the lead of (my omnpetltor and that his present stack is the largest halal by any house in this country.” And the Review says: “After a most thorough investigation of Mr Page’s business as contpwred with others in same line, we have become fully satisfied that in his specialty, light-weight stock, he is unquestionably the largest dealer in this country, while in superi mug of qztrtli 1/ he is omzfessedly (Lt the head.“ muuuunn I u,uu A uuuuugeuom 1y We want a. G001) MAN in your locality to pick up QUERY: 11 Mr. Page’s business is the largest in its line in the United States, is it. not the best possible proof of his ability bu pay highest prices ? 11‘ he did not do so. would he naturally get more Skins than any ofhis competitors in the same line? MERCHANTSfiUTGHERS‘ The Shoe A? Lmther Reporter, N. Y., and Shoe d? Leather Review, Chicago, the leading trade papers of the U.S. in the Hido line, have sent their representatives to investigate Mr. Page‘s busi news, and after a thorough examination and com parisou the Regnrtqrgives hiulpblgfis slandorlse'ment MMMWWLIMW MUST WED 0R LOSE A FORTUNE. 1% by observing the laws of health a; and resorting to that cheat the grave medicine v33 Sang Addison. But hadn’t you, for g a. few years at least, rather look at the firmmnent from the underside ? 39 There are thousands of people t0» $ day in insane :lsyhn’ns and graves, put there by Kid- ney Poisoned Blood. CALF SKINS “ Not a: moufhful.”â€"Dctroit Free Press. “THE STARRY FIRMAMENT * * * 0N HIGH,“ * ++ MEMORY You are out of sorts; a. splendifl $ feeling and appetite one day, while the next day life is a. burden. If you drift on in this way you are liable to become insane. Why ? WARNER’S SAFE CURE. Because poisoned blood on thew nerve centres wherein the lnennll faculties are local- od paralyses them and the victim becomes non-responsible, Insanity, according to‘ statistics, is increasing faster than any other disease. Is your eyesight failing? Your memory becoming impaired? An all-gone feeling on slight exertion upon you? If so, and YOU know whether this is so or not, do not neglect your case until reason totters and you are an imbecile, but to-day, while you llthfil’oa- sou, use your good sense and judgment by purchasing “7A1!- NER’S SAFE (JUICE and \VA IENEIE’S SAFE‘ PILLS; medicines warranted to do as repre gented, and which Will cure you. PROF: ‘LbiSETTE, 237 Fifth Ave., N.Y. YOU CAN DO IT MARVELOUS DISCOVERY. Food for Thought. DONL.37 m8 {I‘RADERS